……

After returning to her accommodation, Junna Yukitake went to take a shower first.

Hiroshi Furukawa went to make dinner.

For dinner, I had pork and ginger roast.

In the past, Hirosawa Furukawa may have served away with a cup of noodles, but since being with Junna Yukitake, under her supervision, Hirosawa Furukawa has also begun to learn to cook.

Make your life a little more refined.

Although from a nutritional point of view, Furukawa himself does not think that the difference between ginger yaki and cup noodles is very large.

However, since the doctor recommended it, he still did it.

After the two of them finished eating, Junna Yukitake went to wash the dishes, and Hirosawa Furukawa cleaned up the house and began to connect the power to prepare for the night's game activities.

It's a real blessing to be able to play your favorite games with the girls you like.

"Please be sure to wait for me." Junna said with a smile.

"Hmm."

Hirosawa Furukawa nodded solemnly.

……

The two of them had already finished preparing and changed into comfortable pajamas, and Junna Yukitake sat next to Hirosawa Furukawa.

"Let's start, this time the insect master, it sounds a little scary."

"Hmm."

Hiroshi Furukawa nodded, he didn't know why Pokeni gave the game such a name.

Just seeing insects, or words like Gu, makes people uncomfortable, and they always think of the disgusting person in the previous fate.

However, when I watched the trailer before, Hirozer Furukawa dispelled the doubts in his heart, because the entire poster and promotional video looked particularly beautiful, fresh and natural.

The publicity gives the impression that this game is not a weird horror game, but a warm and healing fresh and natural feeling.

No matter how many times he was deceived by Pokeni's promotional video, Furukawa still chose to believe them.

"Shall I start then?"

"Okay."

Junna Yukitake hid behind him, leaning out half of her face to look at the TV screen, ready to shrink behind Furukawa if anything unexpected happened.

Hiroshi Furukawa puts it on the disc and the game starts.

The screen goes black, and the Pokeni logo appears on the screen.

Here's the iconic slogan:

[Game is life]

[Here, start an unprecedented journey of life]

On top of the font, a ring of green branches and leaves grows, as if they were made from leaves, and the whole game has a clean picture with a very natural lighting effect.

It looks like you're in nature.

This is also the style of pokeni, and the LOGO at the beginning is adapted according to different game content

It's quite creative every time, and people will unconsciously substitute into it, so as to set a tone for playing the game.

Obviously, although the name of the game seems a bit scary, it always gives the impression that there will be a dense crawl of disgusting bugs.

In fact, this is not the case, the game is mainly green as the main color, and at the same time, a lot of natural elements are added.

It's not so much a bug as it gives a sense of nature.

Even Junna Yukitake, who was hiding behind Hirosawa Furukawa, couldn't help but be a little puzzled, "Where are the bugs?" I thought the logo at the beginning would be crawling with dense insects. ”

"Hmm...... I don't know about this, I read the previous trailer that said that the bugs here are not the same as the bugs we usually talk about.

It's more like a magical creature close to nature.

Actually, I can't say it.

Enter the game to find out. ”

Hiroshi Furukawa has just read the PV and related promotional materials, but pokeni doesn't elaborate on what these worms are, and it should be put into the game, so that players can understand and understand it through their own experience.

……

The light flowed through the screen, and the sound of rustling also sounded.

In the main interface, a beautiful picture appears:

Distant mountain tops were covered with mist.

Below is the verdant forest.

The light poured down from above, casting dappled shadows on the ground.

The main character, with short silver hair, stands in the shade of a tree.

If you look closely, you can see that above his head and under his feet, there are small, strange-looking little things that glow golden.

Some of them are shaped like leaves, but they have many more thin silk threads on the leaves that resemble human hair, extending into the distance.

Others are like small stick insects, but the golden ones, with their bodies stunted above the trunks.

And at the feet of the male protagonist, some small people with filamentous bodies are crawling.

The main interface is such a GIF, or real picture, in which each tiny creature moves freely according to the planned trajectory.

A sense of life came over me.

……

Hirosawa Furukawa pressed the button and selected [Start Game]

The picture went black, and a voice rang out:

It's an old woman's voice.

"Reincarnation outside of the human world."

"Inhabited by a group of inferior and strange things, very different from the plants and animals we are used to."

"Mankind has been in awe of these aliens since time immemorial."

"Unknowingly, they are collectively referred to as [worms]"

In the middle of the narration, antique pictures appeared, on which many strange shapes were drawn, simple line shapes, which looked like twisted little bugs.

And when the last sentence is finished, the camera stays on the big traditional Chinese character [worm].

The worm is a superposition of three worm words, which looks a little scary.

The picture slowly fades into darkness.

A beautiful and cheerful piece of music followed.

The music is played on the guitar, but slowly, like the sound of raindrops falling.

Watered in the game, it smudged a green patch.

When the picture lit up again, the misty woods appeared in the field of vision of Hirosawa Furukawa and Junna Yukitake.

"It's beautiful."

Yukitake, who was hiding behind Furukawa, let out a sigh.

Like a little girl, her big eyes were full of brilliance.

It's really beautiful.

Pokeni is really a masterpiece when it comes to making game graphics.

It's not just 3D drawing, it's a combination of 2D and 3D, just like when I played Princess Mononoke.

The current "Bug Master" also has the shadow of Princess Mononoke.

The camera slowly descends from the sky, and the gold in the picture becomes more and more three-dimensional as it becomes more and more three-dimensional, and if you look closely, you can see some small regular shapes.

"Insects here are neither plants nor animals, nor are they different from microorganisms and fungi, and they are closer to the original ecology of life.

These things are collectively called "worms".

Their form and existence are ambiguous, and when the worlds of humans and insects overlap, strange phenomena that surpass human intelligence occur, and humans begin to know about their existence.

Life does not exist to threaten others.

It's just that each exists in its own form—as an insect master who connects such a worm with a human being. ”

When the camera falls completely on the ground, the color of the sky seems to darken a lot.

On the ground stood a silver-haired man.

His name is Yingu.

It's a Worm Master

……

The character of Gingu looks a little strange, at least it is completely different from the pokeni painting style in Furukawa Hiroze's impression, and the protagonists of the previous P company have a bit of Miyazaki's style in it.

Or the more popular two-dimensional style.

Now it's Yingu, although it looks like a two-dimensional style, but he doesn't look handsome at all.

The face shape is neither the small round face used by Hayao Miyazaki, nor the melon seed face, or the parallelogram of the male protagonist's face-

It became angular, and it looked more like a squished cockroach head, but it was just a good-looking human face.

Some of them are square, and the eyes are a little small, which is really different from the big round eyes of the past, and the pupil in them is like a small bean, which looks quite funny.

The short silver hair is covered and the bangs on the front cover one of the left eyes, so Yingu looks like a man with a sense of mystery and a little bit of coolness.

He wears a white shirt and a dark gray jacket, a wooden box on his back, and a pair of jeans on his lower body.

It looks modern and has an indescribable sense of quaintness.

One can't help but think:

What era is this guy?

In fact, the employees of Pokeni themselves do not know what kind of era the world in which Ginko lives.

Because the copywriting itself is provided by the president.

The producer still hangs the name of [Furuhara Tsubaki].

Good guy, it's the work of Tsubaki Furuhara again, and just thinking of the name, Hirosawa Furukawa feels a hint of ominousness.

……

In fact, Furuhara Tsubaki himself doesn't know the story of the insect master, because the original book is a little chaotic, and the protagonist Yinggu is wearing modern clothes, but in the places that have been experienced, many people seem to be living in ancient times.

It's a strange feeling.

Or maybe this is also the atmosphere and sense of disobedience that the original author Ushihara Yuki wants to create, but what kind of deep meaning is hidden behind it, in fact, it is unknown.

……

The camera returns to the male protagonist, and then Furukawa Hiroze can control Yingu to act.

Now he was in a deep path in the middle of the mountains.

There are many bizarre-looking trees around, and fallen leaves are piled up on the ground.

At the same time, there was a golden light not far away.

In this slightly dim environment, the golden light becomes especially prominent.

Following the beginner's guide, Haozer Furukawa learned how to use the joystick to move, and how to use the joystick to turn direction and change vision.

It can be seen from the changes in operation that although the overall picture of "Insect Master" feels like an animation, it is indeed a 3D game.

It can only be said that the legendary [animation rendering] of the P Society is getting better and better.

All this is thanks to Qing Zhiyuan, for Qing Zhiyuan, doing animation rendering is his old job, when he developed the engine in miHoYo, he was mainly responsible for this content.

Different animation renderings can achieve different effects.

The animation rendering used this time is already relatively basic.

If it weren't for the limitations of the hardware, Qingzhiyuan thought that the game could be better.

Looking at the backpack, the items the protagonist is now carrying are:

A wooden suitcase, a piece of insect repellent smoke, and a kerosene lamp.

as well as a few other small containers.

……

Hiroshi Furukawa walked forward as he was instructed.

In fact, there is no need for game hints, because there are enough guidelines given on the scene itself-

I saw the golden light on the ground, stretching out, like a slowly wandering river.

Now the silver gu needs to go all the way along it.

And the further you go, the brighter the river gets wider and wider, and finally they come together and become a small pool.

It looks like a circular lake where light gathers.

The atmosphere of the whole scene is quite well done, giving a magical feeling in the midst of the tranquility.

And around this bright spring sat a circle of humans with white hats and bodies shrouded in wide white robes.

After greeting them in turn and having a conversation, Hiroshi Furukawa realized-

It turns out that this bright river is called the vein of light.

What gathers in the veins of light is the wine of light.

Light wine, which is the source of life that only insects can drink, is the embodiment of the essence of nature. This kind of light wine can revive all things, can make mountains fertile, and can bring life to the world.

But if humans drink it, they will become strange creatures, and that kind of creature will be closer to the so-called [worm]

Worms are strange creatures that are closer to the origin of life.

……

So far, that's probably all Furukawa has gotten to it.

But now he's more curious about Worm and Light Wine.

The NPC asked Silvergo to fill a wine bottle with some light wine from the light vein, which is said to be useful in the future.

It can attract [insects] and can also be used as bait to catch them.

But as a human or insect master, the best way is not to intervene [Worm]

This great power is only used when needed.

The so-called insect repellent smoke plays the opposite role, this thing looks like an ordinary cigarette smoked by humans, and the so-called [insects] will not approach after lighting the insect repellent smoke.

One is to attract, and the other is to drive away.

Probably these two effects.

In fact, in the game of insect master, you can master the light wine, insect repellent smoke and the method of catching insects, and that's enough.

An elderly insect master dropped two drops of the light wine in his hand into the empty wine bottle of Yingu, and then let him put it on the ground.

On the grass, in the bottle that was obviously only a little light, the golden light swayed and slowly overflowed.

I don't know why, but the bottle was filled up all at once.

Furukawa Hirosawa and Junna Yukitake couldn't help but be surprised when they saw this.

Wow......

That's amazing, isn't it?

……

After the novice tutorial, Hirozer Furukawa stepped out of the forest.

The forest is actually not very big, and it is called the Forest of Insects.

By the time he came back, the insect masters who had been celebrating in place had disappeared without a trace.

And the vein of light flowing with light wine before gradually dimmed and disappeared.

According to the information I learned before, there is also a certain time limit for the place where the light veins flow, and I don't know when the next time I see such a scene.

After coming out, he looked forward and couldn't help but let out an exclamation:

"Wow, is this what is called an open world?!"

I saw that the place where he was standing was a high mountain, and the village was faintly visible in the distance, and the road stretched out, and many pedestrians could be seen.

When you look to the other side, you can see the majestic mountains in the distance......

It gives the illusion of being in the real world of animation.

Hirosawa Furukawa opened the minimap and looked at it, and couldn't help but be stunned.

It's a big world!

He stands in a small part of the world, roughly like a parking lot in Tokyo, and there are no restrictions on you in the game, so you can go wherever you want.

This is the first time I've seen Hiroze Furukawa in such a situation.

Seriously, there was still a bit of panic.

The feeling of not being in control of my destiny, because I am full of unknowns about the whole world, and I don't know what to do next.

However, the road is on the face.

If you're not sure where to go first, let's move on.

Furukawa Hirosawa vaguely saw a village in the distance.

……

This feeling is really amazing, you seem to have really entered the world of a worm master, and become a person named Yingu, you have gone through your own trek through mountains and rivers, walking in this world according to your own will and will, no one will interfere with you, and you don't know where you are going in the next moment.

It's all too real.

After walking a little further, there was a path, surrounded by turquoise plants, lush.

And the color is particularly bright green, giving people a fresh and aerobic feeling.

The name of the place appears in the picture:

Gomokuzo Town.

After walking a little ahead, I saw a yellow figure in the treetops in the distance.

Probably a human figure.

However, when Furukawa approached, the thing suddenly jumped out of the treetops and disappeared in an instant.

"I think I saw something just now."

"It can't be a ghost or something, right?" Junna Yukitake hugged Hirosawa Furukawa's arm tightly.

The sunlight gradually softened, the plants and trees took root, and the light and shadow changed with the footsteps of Yingu.

It was at this time that Hirosawa Furukawa suddenly realized-

It turns out that time in this game is constantly passing.

You can even see the time in the small panel in the upper left corner of the game.

For example, it says January 1st: 4:50 a.m.

The sun is emerging from the top of the mountain, and the light is shining down from afar.

"Amazing, isn't it?"

Furukawa lamented that this was the first time he had felt the change of time in a game.

……

I had just walked some distance when I saw a house.

A teenager was chasing something with a net, shouting as he chased, "Don't run around!" ”

The thing he was chasing jumped over, and then Hirosawa Furukawa and Junna Yukitake saw it clearly-

It turned out to be a bird word.

It's really written with a brush and ink, and it's a kanji.

It's just that the Chinese character seems to have vitality, flapping its wings and flying.

Words can fly?

This kind of thing is really unheard of.

However, on the whole, the painting style of "The Insect Master" itself gives people the illusion of walking in ink painting.

At this time, there are flying Chinese characters, and it doesn't seem to be a big deal.

As the text approached, a large X button appeared on the screen, saying "Catch"

In the insect master game, many interactions with objects and characters are based on the actual interaction objects, and this design is the same as the Ocarina of Time released by Ren Heaven.

The program logic is to make a lot of triggers, if you encounter this, what kind of action will be called, what kind of animation and text will be triggered, etc.。

So when the text flew up, a button appeared to grab it near the insect master Yingu.

It's a pity that Furukawa didn't react at the first time.

It wasn't until the word [bird] flew out for a distance that he controlled Yingu to run.

Finally caught the bird word.

Then this thing turned into a puddle of ink in Yingu's hands.

"Ink?" Yin Gu let out a soft sigh.

The boy with the net from before also ran over panting.

He looked at the actor suspiciously and asked, "Can you see it?" ”

"Well, you can see it clearly." Yingu replied.

……

After some conversation, Furukawa Hirosawa realized that this young man was called Gobaizo Senluo, and he had a magical ability since birth.

Anything he writes or draws with his left hand becomes alive.

It's like the bird word just now, and it flew out as soon as it was written.

Fortunately, he was caught by Yingu, otherwise he wouldn't know where to fly.

"My grandmother told me not to use this ability of mine for a long time.

Grandmother said that creating new creatures is not something that humans can do.

This would incur the wrath of the gods.

That's why I was forbidden to paint with my left hand. ”

However, with the right hand, there is nothing to do.

Five hundred Tibetan Senluo said with a smile.

It's just that my right hand was injured before, so I used my left hand to draw just now.

At this point, Furukawa seems to be able to feel the power of the insect master game a little bit, and it feels like it is guiding you to explore and discover magical things.

Take the left hand of the five hundred Tibetan Senluo as an example, it is more like a myth and legend.

"It's really magical." Junna Yukitake next to her smiled and let out a sigh.

She looked down at her right hand, "If only I had that power too." ”

"Huh?" Furukawa Hirosawa was stunned for a moment, then looked back, "Do you also want to create new creatures?" ”

"No," Junna Yukitake smiled, "I just want to use this ability to heal patients, and if I can create lives, can I also save lives?" ”

……

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There is another chapter in the evening (end of this chapter)