Volume 1 The Scholar and the Sword Chapter 2 He and the Player
"What the hell is this game?!!
As a star player who is the president of the top union [Ghost Knife], [Unconscious] has made similar shouts in his heart many times before, but today's experience has once again broken his perception of "game".
At this time, he is forming a team with several other top players in the game to complete a super difficult mission, and now he is in the final step of completing the mission - "Go to the Dawu Dynasty Royal Library and find the secret room that does not exist".
Just now, he and his teammates finally succeeded in finding the final secret room after some decryption, but the scene after entering the secret room made him can't help but lose his temper and shout.
Even as a player at the top of the game, by now, I have already had some guesses about the truth of this game, and I am a little prepared in my heart.
But the man in front of him, or NPC, who came out of the depths of the bookshelf, still found him incomprehensible.
The man was dressed in a red-and-black robe and cloak, with a hood similar to Assassin's Creed, and dark gold moire on the cuffs, which made him appear mysterious but not dark.
After walking in front of the players, the other party took off his cloak and hood, revealing a slightly immature face, and it could be seen that the man was not very old, maybe not even 20 years old, and he was a young man. The height is not high, the size of the earth is only about 175cm, although there is still a lot of gap compared to those tall and powerful beautiful men, but his body makes people feel tall and slender.
As for the appearance of the young man, even [Wujue], who was quite confident in his appearance, had to be convinced - I saw that his facial features were soft and handsome but not feminine, his complexion was fair and not pale, and the short black hair that was revealed by taking off his hood was slightly messy but not sloppy.
With a few books and a candle hanging around him, the word "warm as jade" is deserved.
And the most striking thing is his pair of eyes, with slightly curved eyebrows and eyes, with a smile, and the pupils are clear and bright, as if they contain the whole starry sky, giving people a mysterious beauty.
At this time, in the dimly lit large library, the candlelight reflected on him did not make people feel weird, but made his surroundings the brightest part, giving people a sense of warmth.
But what makes a straight man like [Unconscious] can't help but lose his temper is naturally not the appearance of the young man, but the [detection result] displayed in front of his eyes-
[Detection (Blur)]
[Name: ???
Grade:???
Character Template: NPC (non-player character)
(The following side is blurred)]
You know, generally speaking, in the game "Immortal Journey", [Detection] belongs to the kind of skill that all players must have.
This skill can't be said to be very strong, because many times when encountering NPCs that are too strong than you, [Detection] is very easy to fail, and even if you succeed, you can't get much information. It's just that this small amount of information is still very useful for those plot parties.
Therefore, as a hardcore player who really loves games and likes to interpret the plot, [Unconscious] lost a [detection] when he saw this NPC that was obviously discovered by the player for the first time. Don't ask for too much information, at least know what the name of the young man in front of you is.
However, as a result, his long-term gaming experience was almost upended.
You must know that in "Xiantu", except for those NPCs who deliberately hide their faces from others, other characters will at least display the name of the subject regardless of whether the [detection] is successful or not.
And now this one is even a name??? , only one has appeared so far in the server, and that NPC also shows the title, which is used in place of the name.
But the young man in front of him didn't say what kind of information it was, except for telling you that he was indeed an NPC, and he didn't even show whether the [detection] was successful or not!
As if sensing what he was thinking, the young man in front of him smiled mysteriously at him and his teammates, a pair of clear and bright eyes bent into a crescent shape, like a fox who had discovered some secret.
"You're 'spying' at me, aren't you? Hmph~ Is it that you can't see anything? I'm very confident in that! ”
The young man's tone was a little proud, like a child showing off his treasure,
"But please believe that I have no ill will towards you.
Not...... Well, as a sign of sincerity, I'll show you a little bit! ”
Having said that, the young man's expression was as if he was afraid that if they refused, he would not be able to show off his stunt.
I saw him stretch out a fair-skinned, slender and slender right hand with five fingers from under the red and black cloak, and then slowly raised it.
Suddenly, his right hand froze in the air, and the smile on the young man's face froze for a moment, and then returned to normal, but the hand held in the air neither withdrew nor made the next move.
[unconscious] suddenly felt that this young man should, maybe, probably, maybe he was thinking of a handsome move.
As if ashamed of this momentary gaffe, the young man shook his hand in annoyance, then withdrew his right hand under his cloak, and then looked at the players with an expectant expression.
This brief but slightly comical scene did not elicit laughter from the sand sculpture players.
Because before they wanted to laugh out loud, the [detection results] that appeared in front of them made their smiles turn into shock, and "! ”——
[Name: 'He' (don't get me wrong, of course this is not his real name, how can anyone call it that)
Level: Chaoyuan Realm
Race: Guardian of the Spiritual Realm (suspected)
I don't want to talk about the rest]
Before the players could take screenshots, they seemed to know that they had read them all, and the [detection results] disappeared instantly.
No matter how you use [Detection] in the future, it is like a stone sinking into the sea, and there is no reaction at all.
But the mood of several players is not calm, although it looks like they are contemplative, in fact, the chat group has exploded.
[Ghost Lamp]: ", another big guy who can change the game has appeared, and this time he directly changed the [detection result] for us." What to do, a little scared. ”
[Zhuang Mengdie]: "That's right, this time it's a super boss, and the 'Guardian of the Spirit Domain' or something is the race of the thief Dior." Brother Jue, you hurry up and give me an idea, whether to continue chatting with him or run away. ”
[Unconsciousness]: "Actually, I think the biggest gain this time is to know the so-called 'Chaoyuan Realm', which seems to be different from the cultivation realm of other NPCs.
It seems to have been mentioned in the fourth update that there seem to be other levels in the game.,Now our players' cultivation is too slow.,There are too few open levels.,A little more understanding may be beneficial to the opening of new levels in the future.,At least there are more ways to go.。
As for the next strategy, since this so-called 'he' has always said that he has no ill will towards us, then let's believe it first.
But be careful not to provoke him, I suspect that these NPCs who can directly interfere with the rules of the game have the ability to directly ban us! ”
[Ghost Lamp]: "it??? ”
[Zhuang Mengdie]: "it??? ”
[Swallowing the sky]: "it??? ”
[Other miscellaneous team members who haven't figured out their names yet]: "it??? ”
[Xiao]: "。。。。。 ”
[Unswerving] is worthy of being the president of the top trade union, even if he was shocked before, but now he can calm down quickly.
He took a deep breath and looked up at "him" again, only to find that the young man was looking at them, or one of them, with his eyes bent and smiling.
This team was pulled up for a previous extremely difficult elite mission, and the members of the team are also some of the top players in the "Xiantu" service since its inception.
Although they all know each other in the same professional circle, there are still a few single professional players from non-guilds who they don't know well. This type of player is also a professional gamer, but not the kind of professional gamer who signs up with a company, but some professional gamers who work on their own.
Most of them have their own circles, although it is not easy to get out of the company without a company, but there are still some very powerful top players among them.
At this time, [Wujue] was about to follow "his" gaze, but found that the other party was actually looking at him with a smile.
"If you talk about the ability to ban the title, I am really one of the few people in this world who can do it, and I can't tell you the principle now. Hehe, you're pretty smart to guess that.
But you don't have to be too nervous, this ability is also very expensive to me, with your strength...... I can only do this with this body once, so don't worry! ”
As the last word of "he" was finished, all the players present broke out in a cold sweat, and they didn't feel a little "relieved" at all. None of the people present were really stupid, and now everyone realized that there was something incomprehensible about this so-called NPC in front of them, and at least one thing that all players agreed on -
'This guy can see our chat directly!' ’
Seeing the expressions of the players, "he" seemed to react, forced himself to restrain his smile, and squeezed out a very flustered expression: "Oops, I accidentally said that I leaked my mouth, well, then just confess without doing anything!" ”
Speaking of this, "he" rarely put away the increasingly exaggerated smile, rarely put on a serious expression, and changed the previous slightly frivolous said: "Everyone, you are all the elites of the so-called 'outsiders'. My presence before you today means that I am officially representing myself in contact with you 'outsiders'.
In fact, I'm probably the person who knows you best in the world.
I'm sure you can also see that this body is not my real body, but only a 'he' who is very close to 'me'. With similar abilities, I have been observing you, or your race, for a long time. It's been so long that I can understand what NPCs mean from your words; It's been a long time since I have a basic understanding of your homeland, which is what you call 'Earth'.
At least I already know part of your history, and I know that you have many countries: Huaxia, Shimazaki, United States...... It has been learned that 'NPC' is one of these languages, which means 'non-player character' in English.
I also know a lot about you: your culture, your history, your politics, etc., I know a little bit about you......"
With a gentle and cold and serious voice resounding in the huge royal library little by little, every player had a lot of cold sweat on their bodies, and their limbs were even colder, like falling into an ice cave.
In fact, it's not that no one has thought about this possibility, it's just that everyone subconsciously ignores this possibility. Even in the face of the "Fourth Update" that made a lot of noise before, most people feel like self-hypnosis that this is just an update that fits the characteristics of the game.
However, in fact, everyone already has a little guess in their minds: why does one game surpass other games so much? Why was the developer who was able to make such a game so unknown? Why are the characters in the game completely indistinguishable from real people? Why......
And today, all this answers everyone's question in the most absurd possibility - this is a real world, and someone has already "discovered" us! So, when they do find us, they will ......
"Of all the things I've learned, the longest and most important thing is what do 'we' have in your eyes? A game! I'm right, everybody......"
Speaking of this, "his" face is full of smiles again, like the warm sun in winter, giving people a warm feeling, which makes people unconsciously feel good. Then with such a smile and an equally warm voice, he said the most terrifying sentence that players heard today-
"I'm right, guys, players......"
ps: This chapter roughly describes the situation in the middle and late stages of the book, as well as the state of the protagonist, and it must be emphasized that this is not a systematic text, and there will be no such setting as a game world.