Chapter 41: Prison Break

The footage in the video cuts to the scribe's copy.

"Next, let's talk about the scribe copy that I cleared the wasteland.

Obviously, the definition of a scribe in the game "Dark Sand" is also different from the traditional sense of a scribe.

"In this dungeon, the player has to go through many heavy tests, in addition to surviving in prison, and have to refute three types of people.

"The first type is the opportunistic literati led by He Xueyi, this kind of person only studies to get promoted and make a fortune, and drills left and right, although on the surface they also maintain a clean and honest reputation and a good reputation, but this is just a means for them to be promoted. After Yang Yan was imprisoned, not only could he not stand up to support Yang Yan, but he also wanted to refute Yang Yan according to Emperor Wei Zhao's intentions, and even wanted to cause a political turmoil, pull down several big figures, and let himself take the opportunity to take the position.

"The second type is corrupt officials and powerful ministers like Wang Chong. They have their own set of logic, using the theory of 'saving the people and saving the officials first' to portray the entire officialdom as a big dye vat and a place where dirt is hidden, rationalize their own corrupt behavior, and even want to use this crooked reasoning to corrode Yang Yan's ideals and beliefs.

"The third type is an emperor like Emperor Wei Zhao. Regard the world as private property, regard officials as domestic slaves, and regard the people as livestock. As the emperor, he only has his own selfish desires in his heart, and there are no people in the world, and he has been using the 'Yangtze River and Yellow River Theory' for officials, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is better to let the clean officials and corrupt officials check and balance each other, let the corrupt officials do dirty work for their own wealth, and let different forces fight among themselves, he has always held on to power and sat back and relaxed.

"In the dimly lit dungeon, looking at his broken body, watching those officials stand tall and well-fed, it is really not easy to stick to his beliefs.

"But only by persevering, by carrying out the beliefs of being a scribe, can you go down in history. Whether it is He Xueyi, Wang Chong or Emperor Wei Zhao, they can only leave an infamy and be despised by others.

"In the game "Dark Sand", it is not emphasized that the scribe must be loyal to the king, which is a kind of foolish loyalty. On the premise of playing a good role, as long as you have firm beliefs and a clear conscience, you can always stand on the side of the people of Li Min, which is considered to have completed your mission.

"As for the martial arts copy, Zhao Haiping has already said a lot before, and he has a deep understanding as a customs clearer of the martial arts copy, so I won't repeat it.

"Now comes the focus of this video: What kind of game is Dark Sands?

"In fact, we can clearly feel that the four identities actually have one thing in common: they all take the people of Lebanon and fairness and justice as the first goal!

"The assassins assassinated Emperor Yan Ling because Emperor Yan Ling was a faint monarch and a tyrant, and he acted arbitrarily and recklessly to make the people's lives miserable;

"The soldiers guarded the border city in order to resist the southern ravages of the Beidi barbarians, so that the people on the border could avoid the suffering of war;

"The scribes advised Emperor Wei Zhao because Emperor Wei Zhao reused Wang Chong, which led to the greed of the entire court, so that the victims could only eat bran and forage;

"The ranger killed Xue Tianba because Xue Tianba was a disaster in the township and ran rampant, and the court was powerless to restrain him.

"So, we can roughly summarize the connotation of the game "Dark Sand".

"Through this game, players travel to ancient historical figures and complete their missions.

"And the identities we have traversed and the events we have experienced should be things that have really happened in history. The criterion for selection is to see whether this character is worthy of his mission and the people.

"So why is this game so difficult?

"On the one hand, because it emphasizes realism, since it is 100% real, then the enemy must be very smart, otherwise it is not real; On the other hand, it is to allow players to feel more clearly the difficulties of these people.

"Just like many action games, the difficulty curve is deliberately raised in order to strengthen the player's sense of accomplishment after clearing the level.

"If the difficulty of the game "Dark Sand" is reduced, and the AI of the NPCs in it is also adjusted very low, the player can easily succeed in the assassination, or go through the motions to refute Wang Chong and Wei Zhaodi, then it will not achieve the current effect at all.

"In fact, the current difficulty of this game has been reduced compared to real history, after all, we can not only obtain the blessing of various magical orderer talents, but also consult historical materials as a reference, which can be said to be an open-book exam.

"Best of all, we can try different methods over and over again, and if we keep doing it, we will always get through. And those characters in history, they only have one chance.

"In short, I think this game is indeed unique, although it has a high degree of difficulty in terms of historical knowledge, combat effectiveness and acting, but the accurate portrayal of historical details, 100% realism and extremely high enemy AI all build an extremely realistic historical scene for us, allowing us to experience the unknown history of the past almost in a way that is almost like a time travel.

"In this respect, this game is unprecedented in the history of gaming!

"Finally, I will talk about the meaning of the name "Dark Sands" that I guessed.

"When I first started playing the Assassin dungeon, I thought it was a homonym for 'assassination', but now it seems that this idea is too simple, and it is definitely not.

"Actually, 'dark sand' can be taken literally: it originally means a small island formed by the accumulation of gravel and coral debris in the sea, slightly below or at the same level as the low tide line, and it can also be understood as a special kind of reef.

"According to my understanding, the reason why this game is called "Dark Sand" may have two meanings.

"The first implication is that if our world is an ocean, then our history is an island. Most of the island is beneath the surface of the sea, submerged by the sea, and only a small part of its history is remembered by us, the 'dark sand'.

"It's like there's an idiom called 'the tip of the iceberg', where the vast majority of icebergs are hidden beneath the surface of the sea, and only a small part is exposed on the surface.

"It's the same with our history, which was originally a representation of the history that was exposed to the sea, and we can use it to trace our roots back to a much older, more obscure history, to explore the part of the sand that lies beneath the surface of the sea.

Another moral may be to compare the thousands of Li people to grains of sand. History is an island, it is not entirely created by princes and generals, heroes and heroes, it is composed of countless Li people, and those heroes are just a relatively large piece of countless gravel.

"So, this is a game with a historical theme, and it is also a hymn to those ordinary people who silently create history, and those heroes who stand up for the people!

"I'm a big fan of this game now, and I'm looking forward to the future updates of this game, because there are so many people and things in history that can be sung and cried, and I feel really excited to experience this game, as a first-hand witness to travel back in time to play these heroes!

"For other players who haven't been able to clear the game or want to give up, I want to say that I hope everyone will stick around a little longer and cherish their beta qualifications, otherwise it will be too late to regret them when the official really takes back the beta qualifications of those inactive players.

"Finally, I hope everyone can have fun in Dark Sand, and I hope that the official of Dark Sand will seize the time to open new game content!"

……

Du Gang finished watching the video, and refreshed it again, this post has been put on the front page of the forum by players, and the number of replies has skyrocketed.

The response has been overwhelming!

After carefully watching the content of the video two or three times, Du Gang lit a cigarette and fell into deep thought.

"Yes, the report is there.

In this way, this game is indeed more complicated than imagined, and the division of these four identities is not only the difference in combat ability in other games, but also represents the different choices of four people in history.

"When encountering a faint king and a powerful minister, the assassin's choice is to assassinate the king, the scribe's choice is to persuade with death, the ranger's choice is to act for the heavens, and the warrior is to defend the border city and protect the territory and the people no matter what happens.

"Moreover, the four identities and four choices also depend on the player's personality traits and abilities.

"This game is not only a simple entertainment, but also has a deep cultural heritage and family feelings, which is really valuable.

"But it's still not clear what the purpose of the game's developers is, and a lot of black technology still can't explain it at all.

"Anyway, today's report is here. But we still have to find a way to contact the game's designer as soon as possible. ”

Du Gang extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray and continued to type on the keyboard.

……

At this time, Meng Yuan was carefully watching the players' clearance videos.

The merchant was munching on an apple next to him.

"So, when will I know the specifics of this slice of history?" Meng Yuan asked.

The merchant replied, "In a few hours, it should be enough to wait for this slice of history to get closer to reality." At present, it can be determined that this historical slice should not be too long, at most it is the middle and late Dasheng Dynasty, and it will not be too well-known event.

"Of course, we can't take it lightly, after all, no matter how weak the demons are, they are all tricky for us now." ”

Meng Yuan nodded: "I know." ”

During this time, Meng Yuan had repeatedly confirmed with the participants that the historical slice overlapped with reality, and was formulating a battle plan based on the progress of the players.

That is, the version update plan of "Dark Sand".

According to Sanshang, history is like a river connecting the ancient and the present, and demons occupy the history of antiquity, and if they want to descend into reality, they must penetrate step by step.

So, even if the slice of history briefly overlaps with reality under the influence of demons, there is a long process.

What overlaps at the beginning must only be a small part of the historical slice close to reality, and the one that can smoothly enter reality should only be a very small number of forces in that slice.

For example, several brute squads controlled by demons.

As the degree of overlap between the slice of history and reality increases, the power of the demons who have been able to enter reality will gradually increase.

Therefore, Meng Yuan, the orderer, needs to achieve two goals next.

The first goal is to organize the players, destroy the demons that have entered the real world, and ensure the safety of the people in this world.

The second goal is to select the player to enter the slice controlled by the demon, correct the wrong history, expel the demons in that slice, and use this as a springboard to continue to trace back to the older slice of history, and in the process strengthen themselves and the power of the business.