Chapter 5 Broken Hair in the Sunset
After passing through the entrance of the illusion realm, Zhao Haiping found himself in an ancient palace with a calm atmosphere.
Looking up, the palace has a drop of 100 meters, and three stone steps stretch upwards to the highest hall.
On both sides were tall red-armored guards with cold eyes, clad in sturdy and stubborn clothes, as if each of them was an elite of a hundred battles killed from the sea of corpses and blood.
It's just that at this time, the illusion space-time is obviously in a frozen state and has not started to operate.
In front of Zhao Haiping, three cards appeared, with different shapes and colors, and descriptions were written on them.
[癸 Calm (White): You are emotionally calm and able to deal with danger more calmly. 】
[De Sword Mastery (Blue): Your swordsmanship level is increased accordingly. 】
[Non Aggressive (White): You will exude an aura full of oppression, making it easier for enemies to fear you. 】
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[Skill level (from high to low): A, B, C, D, pente, hexagen, xin, non decide]
[Skill Rarity: White Common, Blue Fine, Golden Legend]
Zhao Haiping carefully observed these three cards and carefully looked at their skills.
"So, the introduction on the official website is really right, this game does have some meat pigeon elements.
"It looks like I'll gain different skills in this Trials Fantasy, and the choice of those skills will determine where I play the game.
"Is it similar to the talent selection of the meat pigeon game? Then I'll have to think about it. ”
The so-called meat pigeon game, that is, the roguelike game, is characterized by strong randomness, and every time you die you can't read the file, you can only start again.
Many meat pigeon games will randomly draw the skills in the game and let the players choose for themselves. After choosing skills, players also have to adjust their clearance strategies, genre development and gameplay, which is also the greatest fun of meat pigeon games.
At this time, Zhao Haiping was faced with such a choice.
Skills must be good and bad, and the results that may be caused by different skills are very different, otherwise there is no need to choose.
Zhao Haiping began to analyze carefully.
"The strength of a skill is obviously limited by two factors: level and rarity. The higher the level and the rarer it is, the more powerful the skill will definitely be.
Then the first option can basically be ruled out and choose from the latter two.
"The goal of this quest is to assassinate the king, so I'm actually an assassin. Then, swordsmanship proficiency should be very important, and if you slip your hand at a critical moment, the outcome will be worlds apart.
"This 'aggressive'...... It's a higher-level skill that doesn't seem to be bad.
"After all, there must be some guards around the emperor, and when the time comes, the guards will rush up and beat me, even if I use swordsmanship, I may not be able to beat so many people.
"But the effect of being aggressive is to make the enemy more intimidating, and then it is more likely to break through the guards and successfully assassinate the emperor......
"One is rarer, the other is higher-level, it's a bit hard to choose.
"Forget it, let's choose a random one first, and see the specific difficulty of this copy."
Zhao Haiping thought about it for a while, and tapped lightly on the skill card of [Aggressive], and the card immediately turned into light particles and converged into his body, while the other two cards disappeared.
At this time, Zhao Haiping had a very special feeling, as if he had a very special aura!
Between the gestures, the king's anger suddenly grew.
Zhao Haiping even felt that if he met a few thugs on the street at this time, he didn't need to do anything, and a shout of anger could scare them away!
"It seems that it makes sense that this skill level is a little higher. Compared to the swordsmanship that everyone can master to a certain extent after hard training, this kind of domineering is more difficult to obtain. ”
Zhao Haiping is quite satisfied with his choice.
The moment he made his choice, the whole illusion began to flow.
The little eunuch leading the way in front had already begun to walk forward, and Zhao Haiping hurriedly followed.
At this time, he noticed that he was holding a wooden box in his hand, with a beautiful pattern, which must contain some kind of precious thing.
Zhao Haiping was a little curious about what was inside, but at this time, under the gaze of the red-armored guards on both sides, he didn't dare to act rashly, so he had to lower his head and follow the little eunuch in front of him through the long stone steps and come to the main hall.
With every step he took, he felt the atmosphere depressed a little, and his heart couldn't stop pounding, getting louder and louder.
By the time he arrived at the main hall, his heart seemed to be beating out of his chest, trembling and irrepressible.
"Is this a game with 100% realism? How do you feel a hundred times more nervous than when I went to the interview when I just graduated from college......"
Zhao Haiping realized at this time what literal pressure is.
I've never had this experience when I've played other VR games.
When he first entered the illusion, he didn't feel anything, after all, time hadn't begun to flow at that time, and what he saw in front of him was just a static scene, although the palace in front of him looked magnificent and a little shocking, but it was nothing more than that.
But when he really slowly climbed the steps up to 100 meters under the gaze of countless cardinals, in this incomparably solemn atmosphere and the long climbing process, he could feel the pressure accumulating, like bundles of straw constantly pressing on the camel's body.
If this is really a scene in reality, I am afraid that many people with poor psychological quality will not be able to walk with weak legs before they reach the main hall.
Fortunately, he could see all kinds of game information in his field of vision, always reminding him that this was in the game, and he was just playing the role of the game, which made Zhao Haiping's mentality a lot easier.
Finally, I came to the main hall.
A red-armored guard stepped forward and conducted a final body search.
After being roughly touched up and down, Zhao Haiping was released.
Before leaving, the red-armored guard looked at him vigilantly, although Zhao Haiping had been a little scared, but this guard was still like a great enemy.
This is most likely the effect of that [Aggressive] skill.
However, it was just at this opportunity that he saw the name on the head of the red-armored guard.
Although there were red-armored guards on both sides of the hall before, Zhao Haiping didn't dare to look around at all, not to mention that those guards were too far away from him, and the words on his head couldn't be read clearly.
Now he saw it clearly: the Great Yan Red Armor Army.
Zhao Haiping's brain was running fast and he thought of a lot of information.
"Yes, when I see these armorers wearing red clothes, I should think of Dayan. As the first unified dynasty in Kyushu, Shang Huode likes red, and the Red Armor Army is the most elite army of the Great Yan Dynasty.
"That's not right, since he is the monarch of the Great Yan Dynasty, he should be a positive character, right, as the one who returns to the order, why did I assassinate the king and kill him?
"Do you mean......
"What I'm playing now is the scene of assassinating Emperor Yan Ling?"
Zhao Haiping looked at the wooden box in his hand again, although this wooden box did not appear any explanatory information, but judging from its size and shape, it was undoubtedly completely in line with Zhao Haiping's guess.
Zhao Haiping is not a person who knows history very well, but the popularity of this history is so high that it is widely praised that it is almost impossible for him not to know.
Emperor Yan Ling is a famous tyrant in history, so that the people are not happy, so that the people are not happy, the chivalrous Nie Rang borrowed the opportunity to assassinate Emperor Yan Ling, although he died, but the new king took the throne after the elimination of the evils of the times, and continued the life of the Great Yan Dynasty for more than 100 years.
Of course, Nie Rang was still an unknown person at the time of Xianxiangrui, and it was after he assassinated Emperor Yan Ling that he was known as the first swordsman at that time, and later generations were known as the first of the top ten assassins.
In short, Emperor Yan Ling in history is a proper villain, and playing the role of Nie Rang to assassinate the king belongs to eliminating harm for the people.
In this way, the method of customs clearance is very clear.
"I am now going to play the chivalrous Nie Rang and recreate the scene of the assassination of Emperor Yan Ling.
"Most of what is in this box is the so-called auspicious rui, the black jade unicorn."
Zhao Haiping now understands a little bit why the original closed beta player recruitment announcement required players to have a certain amount of historical knowledge.
If it's really the kind of illiterate person who doesn't know anything about history, and it is estimated that he can't even guess what the main quest is when he enters this dungeon, and he is completely blind, then how can he clear the customs?
The little eunuch hurriedly stepped forward to the main hall and said to Emperor Yan Ling, who was high above: "Your Majesty, Nie Rang, who has entered the auspicious Rui Moyu Qilin, is already waiting outside the hall. ”
Emperor Yan Ling was tall and mighty, and laughed loudly: "Oh? Then let him go to the temple and face the saints! Ladies and gentlemen, welcome Xiangrui with me! ”
The little eunuch immediately shouted: "Xuan, Nie let me see you!" ”
Zhao Haiping knew that it was his turn, and hurriedly lowered his head and walked quickly to the main hall.
At this time, the civil and military officials of the Great Yan Dynasty were on both sides, and Zhao Haiping was under more pressure, and fine beads of sweat couldn't help but ooze from his forehead, but he still forcibly calmed down, like many film and television dramas he had watched, knelt on the ground, and held the wooden box high with both hands: "The grass people knock to see Your Majesty!" ”
I waited for a while, but I didn't hear back.
Zhao Haiping was a little suspicious, thinking, isn't this game buggy? Why are you still stuck?
He subconsciously looked up, only to find that the high-flying Emperor Yan Ling was squinting his eyes and looking at him vigilantly.
"Look up? Sure enough, he intended to assassinate the king!
"You have been full of murder from the moment you entered the temple, and I can see at a glance that you must be a fierce man without a father or a king!
"Where is the armor? Drag it out and cut it! ”
Zhao Haiping was stupid: "Hey,! ”
Before he could react, two red-armored guards had already stepped forward and took him down without saying a word.
Zhao Haiping wanted to resist, but the two armorers had already locked him up, making him unable to break free.
Before Zhao Haiping could quibble, he had already been dragged out of the hall by two armor soldiers, with a knife in his hand and a whimper.
If it were other emperors, it might have to go through a process to cut people, but Emperor Yan Ling was a well-known tyrant in history, and he never killed people overnight.
Zhao Haiping only felt a chill in his neck and a black in front of his eyes, and only half a sentence of complaining was left, floating out of his unwilling head.
"Nima ......"