Chapter 8 Initial Success (II)

On the first day of the journey through another world, at noon, the Greek temple-like surface entrance to the Great Tomb of Nasalik

In the sleepy warm sun, Catrider Ricky lay lazily in the middle of the lawn, curled up into a furball. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And her other nine fellow catmen, as well as the unfortunate shaved tiger warrior Syfer, were also lying on the lawn and falling asleep. Even the two little goblins, who seemed to be infinitely energetic, flew back and forth in the sunlight for a while, and now they were also lying on the branches of the trees in the courtyard, each falling asleep soundly. As for the slime mage Ghismei, who was afraid of the sun, he had to curl up in the shadow of the temple and take a nap.

- After twelve hours of unbelievable thrilling adventure from last night to now, they are all exhausted.

Although the final result is quite thrilling, the specific process is really unbearable.

When this group of college student rookie players who have undergone earth-shattering upheaval finally leave the dark interior of the Nasalik Tomb, return to the surface, and see the blue sky and white clouds again, in the hearts of each of them, there seems to be a feeling of being in a different world.

Then there is the uncontrollable drowsiness and drowsiness that can be so exhausting for anyone after a great deal of stress.

So, in the incarnation of tabby cat Wang Qiu and others (waiting for meow?) After taking over the task of standing guard and sentry, all the rookie players couldn't wait to fall asleep - I have to admit that it is really a very pleasant thing to sleep in the warm sun.

However, after they had slept enough, they were awakened one by one by hunger.

“…… I'm so hungry! Is there anything to eat in this place? ”

Stroking her purring belly, the cat rider Ricky reluctantly stood up, but all she could see was vast grasslands, sparse trees, messy tombstones, and tall stone statues. Although there may be food inside the Great Tomb of Nassalik, the cat knight Ricky, who had just escaped from the torture ground there, really didn't want to return to that nightmare place, at least for a short time.

“…… What to do? If there's a river nearby, you might be able to try catching fish, but there's only grassland...... Do you really want to catch mice to fill your stomach like a cat? Ratty, the cat rider, pulled her thorny sword from her waist and poked at the dirt on the ground one after the other.

Although she has the appearance of a cat, she has no ability to catch mice, and even if she catches mice, she probably can't eat them.

-- Her body is just a Hunan person who likes to eat chili peppers, not a Cantonese person who can drink with rat meat without changing her face and heartbeat!

At the same time, her twin sister Flor, the leprechaun, is experiencing the same problem, so she is shuttling back and forth between the wildflowers on the grassland, using the elf's [gathering] skill on the stamens. The problem is that although the leprechaun is only fifteen centimeters tall, it is still much larger than bees and butterflies, and such a pitiful amount of pollen and nectar cannot fill her little belly.

Another pseudo-girl, Sakura Dance, is looking in vain for edible wild fruits among the trees, but unfortunately the land has just entered spring, and it is still quite far from the time when the fruits are ripe. However, the slime mage Ghismei is not a picky eater, and can barely chew on some tender blades of grass at random. But looking at the tangled expression of this thing, it seems that it is very uncomfortable to eat - after all, no one likes to eat grass.

Fortunately, just when the cat rider Ricky was dizzy from hunger, the savior who saved their bellies finally came.

“…… Kittens! It's time to eat! Woof! Squirrel-sama asked me to bring you food! Woof! ”

With a strange mouth fetish, a maid with a gentle tone and a very strange appearance appeared at the entrance to the great tomb of Nasalik.

In the Great Tomb of Nasalik, in addition to the six battle maids of the Auridia, there are also forty-one ordinary maids who provide daily services, which are artificial beings belonging to alchemical lifeforms, and they all have the appearance of beautiful women, but she is the only exception. She was in the shape of a dog-headed body, with a line in the center of her face - similar to a scar with stitches on it. It was as if a face that had been split in half and barely stitched together.

Her name is Pestney. s。 Wang Ke, who served as the head maid of the service department of the Great Tomb of Nasalik, was also a high-ranking priest.

(Kobold...... It feels a lot like an ancient Egyptian god. P.S.: The head maid of the battle department is the headless horseman Yuri. Alpha. ）

Although her head, which only belonged to the Wang Xingren, made the cats on the lawn a little nervous, but with it, a mouth-watering breath wafted in, but it strongly stimulated the nose and stomach of the rookie players, making them forget their little resistance to the Wang Xingren in an instant.

- Behind the head maid, the Iron Golem player, who had just reloaded his hands and feet and painted in jungle camouflage, and had a "paint not dry" wooden sign on his chest, was carrying a huge tray and walking out of the staircase in the center of the temple. When he placed the tray at the door of the temple, he immediately displayed a variety of delicacies: dried fish for the kitten people, barbecue steak for the tiger people, honey milk pudding for the goblin, and slimes for the ...... Well, you don't have to prepare anything special for the slime, and the slime can eat any of the above things very happily.

So, the hungry cat rider Ricky, as if controlled by the cat's instincts, immediately meowed and pounced, and buried her head in a basin full of small dried fish. It wasn't until she had eaten half of her fill that she seemed to remember something, and she quickly turned her head to look, and found that the tabby cat who had rescued her from the Lich King was still squatting at the door of the Great Tomb wall, so she picked up the largest piece of dried fish from the basin and ran over in a hurry.

However, what the enthusiastic cat rider Ricky didn't know was that at this time, the controller of the tabby cat had been quietly changed......

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In the modern world of the 21st century, Beidaihe, China, has just temporarily established a "command center for operations against other worlds"

In the center of a huge conference room filled with LCD screens and blackboards, there are several hemispherical space chairs, each of which is equipped with a helmet-shaped three-dimensional virtual reality goggle screen, as well as an accompanying microphone and stereo headset, as well as a restraint device to sense the player's hand and foot movements—if only from the outside, it is quite similar to the electric chair used by the Americans to execute death row prisoners.

――This is the most advanced civilian version of the virtual reality game cabin, which allows players to enter the virtual game world, enjoy the real-life audio-visual effects, and remotely control the hands and feet of the game characters, but the sense of taste and smell is really helpless, and even the sense of touch outside the hands and feet cannot be imitated. Not to mention an organ in the lower half of the body...... No way, the computer game technology of the 21st century is only at this level.

At this moment, Wang Qiu had just left one of the space chairs, yawning tiredly, while moving his limbs that felt quite sore from sitting for too long. At the same time that Wang Qiu took off his helmet and left to rest, another NSA agent who had been waiting for a long time immediately switched to his post and kept the game character online for 24 hours, in case something happened to a tabby cat in another world.

“…… Alas, I finally fooled the Lich King...... Thankfully, the fifteen trapped don't know much......"

Wang Qiu casually picked up a can of coffee, took a few sips, and then sighed to Political Commissar Guo and the others.

- In fact, as early as when the Lich King Flying Squirrel had just returned from the surface, the tabby cat that Wang Qiu had incarnated had been quietly lurking in the corner of the arena, and had watched the whole process of the torture of the fifteen players in the Great Tomb of Nasalik:

Fortunately, these fifteen trapped newcomers in the infinite space don't seem to have seen much of the work "Overlord of the Undead" before, and only after entering the infinite space, they only heard a few words of brief description from those veterans, and they know very little about the progress of the plot.

Therefore, although under the control of the Lich King's [All-Race Charm] spiritual magic, they all confessed almost everything they knew, but they were still vague and contradictory, and did not tell too much truth.

Otherwise, if these fifteen trapped people were all familiar with "The King of the Overlord", knew every small plot, and then told the flying squirrel everything truthfully under the manipulation of spiritual magic, then things would probably become quite bad, at least Wang Qiu and most of them would not be able to fool the flying squirrel and his subordinates anymore, and guide the pace of progress of this otherworldly adventure.

“…… By the way, have you sent someone to investigate the identities and current status of the fifteen trapped people in the "Overlord Undead King" plane? ”

After drinking coffee, Wang Qiu then asked, "...... They are all teachers and students at the same university in Changsha, Hunan, so it should not be difficult to investigate. ”

“…… The central authorities have strictly ordered the police in Changsha, Hunan Province, to conduct an investigation as soon as possible, and it is expected that a return will be made within 24 hours. Political Commissar Guo replied.

“…… So, what about the game map? How many places can you see? Wang Qiu asked again.

“…… With the exception of the arena on the sixth floor of Nazarik's Great Tomb and a small area like the entrance temple on the surface, the rest of the map is still dark. And, after you were sent out of the grave by the Lich King Flying Squirrel, even the Arena is now back to darkness again. ”

Commissar Guo stretched out his finger and pointed to the large screen hanging in the center of the conference room, the game map on it was almost completely dark, only the center of the screen, the surface temple of the Great Tomb of Nasalik, and a small piece of grassland around it, were in a bright state of "being able to display".

“…… This is not surprising, the Great Tomb of Nasalik is a top-level guild stronghold, and the flying squirrel is a hundred-level Lich King, or that kind of cautious character, so there must be a lot of magic barriers built in the stronghold to counter reconnaissance and prohibit spatial teleportation. ”

Wang Qiu nodded and replied, "...... Previously, we were able to enter because fifteen newcomers from the infinite space were trapped inside, and we could only enter the arena that temporarily served as a torture center. Now that they have been brought out, the Great Tomb is naturally closed again. What else did you find next? Is there any game cheating? Although the first-level kitten people are light and flexible, their combat effectiveness is really tragic! ”

“…… Well, according to the research and investigation just now, through this server turned into "The Book of Travel", we have obtained a certain degree of GM permission, which can tamper with the level data of several game characters, but it is limited to a maximum of twenty people.

If more gamers want to log in, then the characters they created at the beginning will only have the initial attributes of race level and class level zero. Next, they have to farm experience points by fighting monsters and PK before they can level up little by little. ”

Commissar Guo replied, "...... In addition, the character attribute table of the fifteen trapped people is also under the control of GM permissions on our side, which can be modified arbitrarily, and will not occupy the twenty tampering cheat cheat quotas of the newly created characters. ”

“…… In that case, let's add them all to the max level! Wang Qiu suggested, "...... Anyway, our side is actually absolutely safe, and even if the game characters created in the Atlas are killed many times, it will only be a loss of a few game accounts. But if these fifteen of them unfortunately die, our mission will be tantamount to failure, and we must try to improve their self-protection ability......"

“…… This one...... It's better to wait, at least to make sure that all fifteen of us are all in obedience, knowing that the newfound relationship of trust between us and the owner of the Great Tomb of Nasalik is fragile. ”

Political Commissar Guo frowned and vetoed, "...... Giving these guys a lot of power before they can be sure is almost like throwing detonators and explosives at a bear kid, and if they do something recklessly, it's going to be a problem! ”

“…… Actually, it's not that serious. Since we helped them cheat to rise to the same level, then naturally we can change it back to the same way at any time, and let them become weak chickens on the street again - these guys are also college students, and they should be able to understand this truth. ”

Wang Qiu shrugged his shoulders and pouted disapprovingly, "...... Okay, let's put that on the go. Since we can create new characters in that world at any time without limit, why not organize an army to go there right away? We have reliable and obedient comrades here! Although you can't actually occupy the land of another world, you can at least speed up the earning of bonus points and complete this crossing mission as soon as possible! ”

“…… Things are not so simple, Comrade Xiao Wang, although this mission is carried out in the form of playing online games, but on the other side is a real different world, at least a highly realistic game world. There are so many difficulties that we need to solve in advance. ”

Political Commissar Guo shook his head, "...... First of all, there is the problem of diet, according to what we have just observed, if you don't consume food and water for a period of time, then the game character's health bar will gradually start to fall, and the later it goes, the faster it falls, and if it takes a little longer, you may even die of thirst and starvation. Moreover, the type of food that should be consumed seems to be related to the racial setting of the game character. We had a kitten nibble on some plant tubers dug out of the dirt, and instead of regaining a little bit of HP, we went into a slightly poisoned state. ”

He took out a tablet and looked at it, then concluded, "...... Later, we consulted the instructions for the game's character settings and found that cat people must regularly consume fish, mice, birds, or other seafood, and cannot only eat vegetarian food, otherwise they will enter an unhealthy state; Leprechauns need to be fed with sweets, preferably fruit and honey as the staple food, and at least sugar as a condiment; Tiger people need to eat a lot of meat every day; Slimes are not picky eaters at all, even eating carrion and bugs, but they are difficult to level up, slow to move, and afraid of both sunlight and dryness. Only the Iron Golem does not need to eat, but it is heavy and large, has limited mobility in the wild, and requires frequent maintenance and lubrication.

Therefore, it is impossible to organize a large number of players to go to the Atlas when the supplies are not guaranteed - they must not be allowed to kill each other!

Secondly, in addition to ensuring food and nourishment, proper sleep is also essential for the game characters we have created in the Atlas, otherwise fatigue will continue to rise, and physical strength and magic will decrease accordingly, and in the most serious cases, it may even lead to sudden death.

Among them, kitten people need to sleep for 14 hours a day to ensure full physical strength. Tiger people can be reduced to about twelve hours, slimes need to sleep for ten hours, and goblins only need to sleep for six hours. Only the Iron Golem can theoretically stay awake, but in practice it also requires cooldown time and regular maintenance, otherwise its durability will gradually decrease, eventually leading to a weakening of its combat effectiveness.

Then, while we can tamper with the character data through the server, we can get twenty hundred level max-level gamers. But there is nowhere to get equipment, potions, and items, and we don't know where to get in-game gold at the moment......"

“…… In terms of game gold, there should be a [Coin Box] item in the Great Tomb of Nassalik, as long as we have the consent of the other party, we can collect things in the world over there and throw them in for money. However, the conversion price seems to be very tricky, and it takes a large cart of wheat to exchange for a gold coin......"

Wang Qiu scratched his hair, his expression slightly distressed, "...... Is there any provision and equipment, it seems that for the time being, we can only count on the kindness of the Lich King in the Great Tomb, and I hope this guy is good enough to talk...... Huh? They seem to have delivered food over there, which is amazing! ”

――Through the large screen in the command center, everyone saw the scene of Nasalik's tomb delivering food to visitors from another world.

“…… Yes, yes, it looks like our Lich King is quite hospitable...... But, oh hehehe, little brother Wang Qiu! The little female cat on the other side seems to have a good impression of you! I even sent you a love lunch! ”

Watching the cat rider Rui Qi'er on the screen spread out her four calves and slipped the dried fish in front of Wang Qiu's tabby cat, Ma Tong couldn't help but laugh and teased. And Wang Qiu's response to her was a regular white eye......

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In the afternoon, the kittens who had eaten lunch were once again knocked down by the Sandman, and once again lazily snored in the sun.

However, other new players from another world, or explorers, are still tirelessly busy.

For example, an Iron Golem, equipped with a magnifying glass and a small shovel and driven by a crawler at the bottom, looks like a rover, and is walking and stopping on the grasslands outside Nasalik's Great Tomb, occasionally digging up dirt for the two leprechauns following behind for analysis.

-- The two goblins are now used by two seasoned agricultural experts, who have been ordered to judge the agricultural value of the land.

“…… Although there are no more specific ingredient tests now, based on experience alone, this is definitely a blessed fertile land! It's a big natural granary! At least on par with the Ukrainian steppes or the Polish plains in Europe! ”

One of the leprechaun experts lamented, "...... The terrain is so flat and the difficulty of development is so low, I really don't know why it hasn't been reclaimed. ”

“…… I heard that it is because it is located on the border between the two countries, and there are frequent wars, which leads to a sparse population. Another expert shrugged, "...... In addition, the level of agricultural technology and the main crop varieties in the world are also important variables, and it is impossible to evaluate them without looking at them with your own eyes. ”

“…… So just wait a minute! I've heard that this evening, the authorities will be investigating the possible existence of human settlements in the vicinity......"