"Oooooooooooo

The roar of the mountains and the tsunami from the stands almost toppled the roof of the ring stadium.

Players look up and squint at the huge screen hanging in the sky.

Yuri and Gandalf appear on the screen, both of them standing on the high platform and waving and smiling downwards, causing even more enthusiastic cheers.

Gandalf smiled and pressed his hand to calm the audience's emotions,

"Some people say that we are false,"

Gandalf's voice was loud, and his tone contained the gentleness and solemnity of a wise man, "We come from video games,

From the very beginning, it existed to cater to the tastes of the Creator.

Language, ethnicity, culture, country, living habits, concepts of good and evil, proud of meritorious deeds, dark memories that torment the soul, longing for relatives and friends, anger and unrepentance, love and admiration....

All of it,

All that makes us who we are, what makes us who we are,

It's all designed by the Creator, like a tragic and comic drama, and the fate has been decided when the pen is first written.

And the saddest thing is that we are not even the protagonists.

The decisions we think we make with our own free will are just arbitrary choices made by high-dimensional beings within a given framework.

We were angry, in pain, and some even tried to break through the dimensional barriers, rushing to the Creator, grabbing them by the neck and questioning,

'Why create, tease, play with us. ’

However, just as the omniscient and all-powerful gods have stones that they cannot lift,

The gap between the dimensions is a thick wall called the rules of the world, which cannot be crossed or penetrated. ”

Gandalf paused, looked at the silent audience below, and said slowly: "Some people say that freedom of will and thought is true freedom.

If you are deprived of the freedom to think independently, become a caged bird, an ant in a box, and become a puppet composed of rotten wood, it is better to die cleanly, at least to ensure the final dignity.

I can't comment on whether this idea is right or wrong.

But at least for this moment,

We are living for ourselves and fighting for ourselves.

That's enough. ”

The scene was silent, and the screen screen cut to Yuri's face.

The leader from "Red Alert", facing the camera, just said a word lightly.

"Let the game begin."

As if a switch had been turned on, most of the drivers on the vast track put on their helmets and sat in their chariots in solemn and silent silence.

On the big screen, a thirty-second countdown appeared.

"Whew..."

Li Ang, who was sitting in the machine gun position on the left side of the top of the armored car, breathed a long sigh of relief, the lights on the scene were brilliant, and every second of the countdown on the big screen would be a salute at the edge of the circular sports field, causing the heart to tremble.

“...”

The witch sitting in the machine gun position on the right side of the armored car pursed her lips and pulled down the black wizard hat,

She has always hated being led by the nose as a pawn,

But at the same time, she also has to admit that she has always adhered to the principle of calm and rationality, and she has been infected by the warm atmosphere of the scene, and gradually feels the excitement brought by the surging fighting spirit.

The Dusk Knight, who was sitting in the driver's seat and wearing heavy armor, silently grasped the steering wheel of the chariot,

Sunset Molten Gold, who was sitting in the passenger seat and was in charge of watching and collecting information, licked his chapped lips, and his gloved fingers quickly flipped through the guide to the Death Chariot race that the guide had left behind earlier.

A total of 156 chariots of different shapes were neatly arranged on the wide track in a 6x26 formation.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the countdown on the big screen below the airship.

15、14、13...

The engines of the chariots started one after another, and smoke poured out of the exhaust pipes, filling the air with the refreshing smell of engine oil.

9、8、7...

The tires slowly turned, the rough ground rubbed against death, and the cheers of the scene were like a magnificent symphony, gradually raising the scale.

3、2、1、0！

At the moment when the countdown reaches zero, the blue light barrier blocking the front row of the car suddenly disappears, and the cheers reach a peak at this moment.

Rumble!

The Dusk Knight slammed on the gas pedal and began to charge along the track with the mighty traffic.

Their luck was not bad, they were relatively high in the tank array, and they were between the first and second echelons at the beginning.

[Stage 3 Mission Objective: Win the Top 3 in the Death Chariot Competition]

[Mission Time Limit: None]

[Reward 1: S-rank clearance evaluation to obtain Random items of Excellent Quality*1, Clearance evaluation of A-rank to obtain random items of Rare quality*1, Clearance evaluation of B-rank to obtain random items of Normal quality*2]

[Reward 2: XP 500 * Number of vehicles destroyed]

[Reward 3: 500 points of in-game currency * number of vehicles destroyed]

[Failure Penalty: Stranded in the Quarantine Sandbox World until you finish in the top 3 in the Death Chariot Race.] During the period, the quarantine sandbox will be the same as the player's real-world time flow rate.

Finally!

The hearts of the four players were shocked, and this mission finally entered the final stage.

The first item of the task reward can only be said to be mediocre, and the S-level clearance evaluation is only a fine-level item*1,

It's attractive for the average player, but it's reasonable for players of their level (except for Sunset Molten Gold, which has been short of money lately).

But the second reward of the task is very scary,

For each vehicle you destroy, you get 500 XP!

If you destroy three, you can directly fill up the experience bar of Lv15.

Destroy ten cars and even gain 5,000 XP!

And that's not even counting the extra buffs that come with high clearance ratings.

It can be said that if they are executed perfectly, this mission alone can make them promote to Lv19 or even Lv20!

"Calm down, calm down."

Sunset Molten Gold took a deep breath and forced himself to recover from the shock and devote himself to the chariot of death in front of him.

"No matter how high the reward is, you have to have a life to enjoy it, and destroying the vehicle is only a condition for an additional reward, not a condition for completing the mission."

Sunset Molten Gold whispered to his companions, "The ultimate goal is to win the competition for speed. ”

"It's such an obvious thing, so you don't need to deliberately emphasize it."

The witch's voice came from the machine gun position, and her heart was equally excited, but more importantly, she was still worried, "The higher the reward, the greater the risk,

If the mission fails, we will be stranded in the Quarantine Sandbox world until we have completed the mission objective.

For other tasks, this could be an unprecedented leveling opportunity – we can stay here forever, work on ourselves, and come back to the real world in a god costume.

But with the addition of the suffix of the same speed of time, this becomes an extremely cruel punishment - even if we return to reality, it will be a year later,

No one can say what the Earth will be like at that time..."

The four players still have their own concerns on Earth, and they have not completely abandoned humanity and embraced the so-called "transcendent divinity" like the "superhuman theory" advocated by some people on the forum.

Waiting for a year to return to reality is absolutely unacceptable to them.

"Then do your best to win this game."

In the howling wind, Li Ang buttoned the cuffs of his white coat, looked at the road ahead and said lightly: "Victory, and then go home." ”