August 15, 2035, sunny

In a luxurious office in the 'Pioneer Building', a middle-aged man is sighing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Chen Xin, as the chief planning editor of China's largest video game & e-sports magazine, has been in the industry for several years.

As the world has already entered an era of peace, video games, as the most widely used entertainment among human beings, have become an indispensable part of everyone's life, and at the same time, they are also an important part of the social economy.

As the top gold collar of the most authoritative game magazine, Chen Xin can be described as a successful person who has gained both fame and fortune. And as a hardcore gamer, he doesn't just see the profession that has brought him a good life as a job.

He poured all his love and passion into games, and it was this dedication that contributed to his success, and the snobbish woman who divorced himself as a "game widow" in his early years probably didn't expect this. I heard that she transferred from Mrs. Chen to a "people's servant" as a mistress, which was a good destination, but after the "public servant" was opened by Shuanggui, she didn't have anything, so she ran to kneel and beg Chen Xin for forgiveness with a dead face.

Of course, these are just digressions, and what really upset him so much was not the unpleasant relationship at the beginning, but a special interview assignment given to him by the old editor of the magazine.

"World of Warcraft" - the top online game that swept the world at that time, I remember that Chen Xin was still a young man in his prime, and he was also crazy obsessed with this magical and colorful fantasy world, how many days and nights with a group of comrades fought in every corner of the Azeroth continent.

But later, with the continuous adjustment of the game operation, the game copy of the bento, the daily repetition of prestige, the player's whiteness, the selfishness of the atmosphere and so on, as a senior player, Chen Xin finally reluctantly left his beloved game, because he definitely didn't want to see the day when the game was completely destroyed, maybe only by quitting decisively to a degree that was still bearable could he retain a relatively good memory in his mind.

Of course, the game has been stumbling and continuing to operate, and it is somewhat a reminiscent of the old days, until the development company called "glass slag" was acquired by a Chinese company after the national economic crisis, and Chen Xin didn't even pay attention to the game.

It's now the forty-fifth part of the story, and the game environment has also developed from pseudo-3D to holographic 3D to the latest virtual reality technology, but Chen Xin thinks that no matter how it is updated, it is just a change of soup and not a change of medicine, not to mention that now it is a Chinese company that can produce good things in full power!

For these considerations, he originally wanted to reject the old editor, so that he didn't have to enter the game again that he had decided to permanently seal in his memory, but the old editor still worked part-time as the ultimate position of the boss, so although he despised this kind of bug-like shameless dual talent setting, the work that should be done should not be discounted at all, otherwise the old editor would not be fun at all to use the authority of the head of the enterprise to give you a "/ roll cover get out" order.

Looking at the virtual personal terminal like a hairpin on the desk in front of him, Chen Xin gritted his teeth and made a decision: Come in, let's enter, isn't it just a thought! What if it becomes disgusting, now the things that destroy the three views are seen every day, and what can a good memory be counted if it collapses!

Thinking of this, Chen Xin put on the terminal, adjusted the back of the chair to a more comfortable position, and lay down, and then connected the nerve center to the network.

Access World of Warcraft in the game options, directly try to log in to the account of the year, and it can still be used!

"Dingding!"

The system prompts that the account will be bound to the current terminal identity, and there is no option to ask whether to agree, so it is directly enforced!

Think about it, in the current era of virtual network integration, this kind of ancient 'wild number' will never be allowed to continue to exist, once an old account logs in, it will naturally be directly bound to the unique virtual identity being used.

Directly to the character selection interface, a thief named 'Gentle Poke' appeared in front of him, his rickety body was still familiar, and the handsome Blood Tooth Transmogrification suit showed the peerless demeanor of the Shadow Walker, triggering Chen Xin's thoughts like a tide.

After a long time, Chen Xin let the character enter the game.

Although any online game is now a single world shared server, but with the support of technological development, any data is read in seconds, which is definitely much better than the situation of fighting character and network speed in memory, and it is not possible to admit it!

"Ding, ding, ding!"

As soon as the character is spawned on the landing point, a series of system prompts are overwhelming.

"System prompt: The character data version is too old, and it will be updated and imported automatically...... The update was imported, and it took 0 time in total. 01 microseconds!"

"System Prompt: Congratulations to players for obtaining the Ancient Summoning Gift Pack, which contains a set of +7 Legend Tier 4 equipment and 15 sets of advanced attribute potions......"

"System prompt: Players will automatically get the status of Return of the Brave, which lasts for 25 days, during which the professional skill improvement speed bonus is 350%, the character attribute bonus is 125%, the individual drop rate is increased by 25%, and the team drop rate is increased by 5%......"

"System Prompt: The current version of the transmog system has been canceled, and the equipment transmog effect will be lifted within 24 hours......"

“......”

Chen Xin casually clicked out all the system prompts, and didn't check them carefully at all, anyway, he didn't come in to play, and it was the right solution to complete the interview task and quit quickly.

So he entered the address data provided by the old editor into the map index, hung up the automatic wayfinding and began to hurry, and it took a few turnovers along the way, if he wasn't busy watching the scenery and then falling into memories from time to time, it would be a little boring.

"It was a big slot to be bored in a hurry back then, but I didn't expect it to be improved now!" Seeing that the character stopped moving, Chen Xin switched back from sightseeing.

"This is the market trading area, and it seems that the personal shops are all the rage now, and the fun of shopping is indeed much more realistic than that of the auction house. ”

As a game editor, Chen Xin naturally began to think about the problem from the perspective of professional habits, and verified the information given by the old editor, and the owner of the store he wanted to interview this time was one of these stores.

"Shop No. 1654, No. 15...... 1211...... 1577...... 1652, 1653, 1654, it's here!"

After looking door-to-door for half an hour, Chen Xin finally arrived at the place, and couldn't help but be curious and began to look at what kind of store could make the old editor force an ace player like him to go out in person.

"There is a Shop...... Dizzy, this name is really vulgar enough, and I guess the shopkeeper is not a serious product......

I don't think the door is open!"

Chen Xin, who was secretly slandering the interviewee, suddenly found a problem, the sign representing business at the door was not lit up, and the closed door seemed to prove this problem.

"Wouldn't it? Since the old ghost asked me to go out, it will never be to interview amateurs, now is the peak of the launch, even if no one is in this store, the system will not be opened, which is too irresponsible for professionals!"

With doubts, Chen Xin carefully checked the notice board on the window, which reads crookedly:

"The type of goods in our store: can be sold;

Scope of customized manifests: willing to receive:

Our business hours: It depends on the mood!"

After reading it, Chen Xin immediately had the urge to scold his mother, and after confirming that today was not April 1st, he finally suppressed the urge to immediately go offline to find the old editor to settle accounts.

"The current player is really arrogant!I can't just wait for him to open the door!" Chen Xin grumbled impatiently, and it seemed that his hopes of quickly resolving the battle were in vain.

"Damn, buddy, be careful when you talk! The owner of this shop is a very grudge-minded and petty ghost, do you want to mix up in the game when you say bad things about him!"

Suddenly, a muffled voice came from behind him, and when he looked back, it turned out to be a minotaur player with a big axe on his back, and the name was 'Roasted to Medium Rare'.

"Do you know the owner of this shop?"

"You don't know, buddy, you're new!"

"Oh, sort of! I've been entrusted to find the owner of this shop. But I really don't have much time, that's why I'm so worried, brother, do you know about this shopkeeper!"

"Hehe, you're really asking the right person! I've been playing this game for more than ten years, and there's basically nothing I don't know......"

It seems that this player has the same bold and enthusiastic personality as his own character race, and he began to talk endlessly about the reckless 'newbie' in front of him.

And Chen Xin, as a hardcore veteran who has experienced the initial stage of the game, not only can't show impatience in order to set up information, but also puts on a teachable expression, which really makes his heart chill.

But in this way, I finally understand why the editor asked him to interview the shopkeeper: since the game's life business skills have been overhauled, not only have there been dozens of types, but the recipe has also completely changed to a hybrid mode of random acquisition and self-created comprehension, and this unequal acquisition mechanism combined with the personal store system launched at the same time has created a business environment that is extremely close to the real business.

And the owner of this store is the person who stands at the apex of the full server store, and his store products cover almost all the range of business skill output, including rare goods. And for the special products customized by high-end buyers, it is almost to the extent that there is a request and satisfaction, so such a big cow is extremely respected in the game, especially respected by high-end players, and naturally it is not something that ordinary people can afford; Such a mysterious legend is really newsworthy, not to mention.

"It turned out to be a top professional profiteer, and he was also an unidentified famous player, which can be regarded as a feature subject worthy of reporting, and this trip is not in vain. Chen Xin secretly thought, but the player in front of him was still running wildly and spitting Xingzi, and he began to suspect that the other party was probably not just pure enthusiasm but also a chatter.

"Oh, wait someone voice me...... Lao Huang has a fart to release quickly, I still have something to do...... Uh-huh...... Coincidentally, I was looking for ...... I'll go right away!"

Listening to the voice of 'baked to seven' and people's voices, it is estimated that the other party is a familiar friend, but listening to his voice immediately raised, it seems that something must have happened.

I saw that the minotaur suddenly raised his hand to summon an unusually tall mount, and then he couldn't help but say that the thief who grabbed Chen Xin jumped up and slipped away.

Chen Xin, who was bumping in the back seat, didn't know why, but kept muttering in his head: "Ni Mei, this is clearly a grass and mud horse, and it is also a double mount, it really ruined the three views!!!"