Chapter 8: Goodbye Father

As soon as Lin Qifu entered Yingjie Town, he found the difference between him and Lingyun Village.

Lingyun Village is a typical small village in the countryside, with a total of five rooms, and I haven't paid attention to other villagers except for Xiaoya. The roads are dirt roads and the houses are thatched houses.

The town of Ingjie is much larger. Running through the town is a bluestone avenue, lined with small buildings of various colors, which appear to be various functional buildings. The outer circle appears to be a variety of small courtyards, which are supposed to be where the residents live.

There are plaques in front of the doors of various small buildings. The words on the plaque tell you what the building does.

Career Pavilion, Wanbao Building, Guild Hall, Juyi Hall...... Lin Qi looked at these small buildings and thought for a while, and walked into the Career Pavilion.

"Welcome! How can I help you? ”

A little girl with a bag and a bun head standing at the door greeted Lin Qi.

"Hello, little girl. What does this career cabinet do? ”

Although Lin Qi had some guesses, he still asked.

The little girl smiled and introduced the functions of the Career Pavilion.

"The Career Pavilion is naturally related to careers. Here you can learn about the profession and learn how to change your skills. ”

"Oh, I'm a samurai. Who should I contact for information about samurai? ”

"The samurai's mentor is Master Tian, you can go to the second floor to find him."

Lin Qi thanked the little girl and walked from the stairs on the side to the second floor. The second floor looks like a tea room, with several tea tables. There are several NPCs sitting next to a tea table by the window.

Lin Qi stepped forward and hugged his fists, and heard the news softly.

"Hello everyone, may I ask who is Master Tian?"

A bearded man sitting on the outermost side of the tea table near Lin Qi stood up.

"The Sprinkle family is Tian, and the son is a samurai?"

Lin Qi nodded and hugged his fist to the master again.

"Master Tian, I am a rookie samurai, and I want Master Tian to learn about samurai-related knowledge, and I want to learn about martial arts."

"Okay, come, let's sit here."

Master Tian asked Lin Qi, and the two of them went to a row of seats next to them and sat down across a small coffee table.

Master Tian poured a cup of tea, looking at his five big and three thick figures, with a full beard, but his technique when pouring tea was still orderly.

Lin Qi took the teacup with both hands and took a sip. The faint fragrance of tea came, but I didn't expect that induction games could still simulate the feeling of eating and drinking. Lin Qiping doesn't drink much tea, and he can't taste what he drinks, whether it's good or bad. But the experience was so fresh that I took another sip.

"Master Tian, I want to know what a combat technique is."

Master Tian stroked his beard and smiled.

"Childe asked well. Usually, it is inconvenient to talk in detail when there are many people, but there is no one now, so it doesn't hurt to talk to the son.

This combat skill is a combat skill. When fighting, some simple or complex skills or abilities can be quickly used in a simpler way, which is a combat skill.

For example, if you are a samurai, complex skills such as cross slash and cyclone slash, if you let you practice it yourself, it is estimated that it will take months but years, but if you turn it into a combat skill, then as long as the level and skill points are enough, then you can learn it directly. Do you understand this? ”

Lin Qi sounded a little twisted, as if he hadn't found the key point.

"You mean, we can learn the skills in the combat skills ourselves?"

"In principle, yes. However, there are still differences in talent between people. Some people learn quickly, and some people are naturally dull. The existence of combat skills is to reduce this gap to a certain extent. As long as they are willing to cultivate, everyone can master combat skills. ”

Lin Qi still felt a little strange when he heard him say this. As a role-playing-based game, the game system should be a macro balance. If there is a gap in the number of skills and skills that a player has, then the gap will be even greater after passing Krypton in the later stage.

Master Tian saw that Lin Qi was still a little confused, and added.

"This combat skill is just a basic concept. Skills are class-neutral, which means that you can learn the skills of all classes through hard work. But the combat skills themselves also have proficiency, and if the proficiency is not enough, it is quite awkward to use. Therefore, the distinction between classes is only the upper limit of the level of combat skills and the speed of learning. ”

"You mean, samurai can also learn the skills of other professions?"

"Well, that's what it means. However, after you learn it, the difficulty and cost of using it will be higher than that of this class, and the effect when using it will also be different from the effect of using it in the corresponding class. If you are extremely talented, you can directly cultivate the content of combat skills in the flesh, so you don't need to be limited by your profession. Of course, there are still differences in the profession itself. ”

(It's so interesting, I've seen games with similar settings before, but I haven't seen anything that open.) I don't know what it's like to unleash a spell skill by myself. ）

Lin Qi felt a trace of regret for a moment, feeling that he should choose a spell profession first. However, since he could also learn spells, Lin Qi could already imagine himself becoming a demon swordsman.

"Master, if you want to learn combat skills, how do you learn them? What if you want to learn the skills of other classes? ”

Lin Qi was a little eager to see what kind of structure the combat technique looked like.

"This is very simple, let's chat now to help you unlock the combat skill system, you look at your operation interface."

Lin Qi looked down, and then saw that there was an extra combat skill icon in the main menu in the lower right corner of the virtual interface, and this icon was flickering slightly at this time.

"You may be confused when you first contact combat skills, don't worry, you try it yourself first."

Master Tian walked away as he spoke, Lin Qi was still a little strange in his heart, even if it was an open skill system, he would not be confused, he was a veteran of the game.

Muttering so much in his heart, Lin Qi clicked the combat skill button with some disdain.

Brush, brush, brush.

Lin Qi was stunned.

Square and round skill icons flew out and swirled around him. Like flying fireflies, and like stars, the soft glow shone, swirling, surrounding, and enveloping Lin Qi.

In the end, thousands of icons stopped in the air in a staggered manner, and some faint lines connected them together, forming a canopy outside Lin Qi's body, a panoramic canopy composed of skill trees.

"I'm rubbing! With such bells and whistles, is this still a skill tree? It's a skill network! What's the point of making this skill into 3D space? ”

Lin Qi was shocked, he played a lot of games by himself, and he had never seen a game design skill tree with this style. I have to say that this is also a kind of courage.

"Hehe, do you like it? Xiao Kai? ”

A familiar male voice came, it was Lin Qi's familiar voice, but it seemed to have become a little unfamiliar. ”

"Dad!?"

Lin Qi looked out loud and found that there was a tall and familiar figure beside him. That was Lin Qi's father.

"Dad, you're really here! What the hell happened to you and your mom?! ”

Lin Qi rushed up and grabbed his father's shoulders and shook it.

"Xiao Qi, this photo was taken very early, and the intelligence recorded is limited, although your mother is researching intelligent AI, I may still not be able to answer all your questions. This photo is an official hello to you. Welcome to the world of Souls, a world that I have created with your mom and other colleagues. It's also a gift for your adult. ”

Lin Qi's eyes were moist, and he didn't know whether he was happy or sad, disappointed or expectant, only this unknown emotion tugged at his heartstrings.

"I, I miss you ...... so much"

Lin Qi hugged his father tightly in his arms.

"Look at you like this, we might have an accident. But it doesn't matter, Xiao Qi, Mom and Dad will always be with you. There are a lot of back doors in this soul world, oh no, it should be said to be easter eggs. It's what we've left for you, and I hope you will explore and find. Whenever you really need it, we must, should, and maybe come out to help you. ”

Lin Qi hugged his father and sobbed, he felt that he had become able to accept all this in the past few years and became stronger, but when he saw his father, he knew that he was still a child, and by their side, he would always be a child.

After calming down for a while, Lin Qi knew that he still had a long way to go, so he let go of his father, wanting to learn more useful information from his father's mouth.

"Xiaoya from the novice village seems to recognize me, you must have left the back door. How did they identify me? ”

"Your mom designed the AI side. I don't know exactly how to identify you. Or some photos later can tell you. All I can say is, Xiaoya, she should be a trigger. In order to let you have a good gaming experience, but don't want you to be too addicted to the game, we have designed some small means, which may speed up your experience process to a certain extent. But don't worry, it's not cheating, and if you're not good enough, you won't get it for you. ”

Lin Qi thought of the White Wolf King of the Novice Village, and his father's meaning might be that his luck would be very good, and what it would take a long time for others to encounter would be easily encountered by himself. What is this not cheating? When my father said this, he felt like he was just convincing himself to accept it.

Lin Qi pointed to the panoramic skill tree that was still beside him.

"What is this? Honestly, you should be able to use it if you make a flat one, right? What's the point of making a three-dimensional panoramic skill system, flashy? ”

Lin Qi's father laughed, Lynch saw that his nose was a little sour in his eyes, his father's bold way of laughing, he had not seen it for a long time.

"We spent a lot of money to make it less flashy, and even changed the core mechanics of the entire game. Silly son, you don't remember, do you? This skill system is your own design! ”

"I designed it? When did I design this? ”

"The picture you drew in kindergarten, and your parents were criticized by the teacher for not letting you play games too early. Did you forget? The name of the painting is - My Skill Tree. ”

Lin Qi rolled his eyes, how could he remember the things in kindergarten. The family had never seen such a painting, and he wondered if his father was lying to him.

"This is a system that my son designed when he was three years old, and I showed the picture to my uncles, and they immediately decided that they had to make it. And in order to make it real and useful, the core concept of this game has been tweaked several times. I told them that if my son played this game in the future, it would be the best! Your mom and I know that you've almost lost interest in games, the world of geniuses, always lonely. We've gone to great lengths to create a world you'll be interested in! ”

Lin Qi sighed, it seems that what his father said is true, this is his character.

"Take a good photo, you can't say anything valuable, your son is having a hard time now."

Although Lin Qi was complaining, there was a smile on his lips.

"Valuable? Forehead...... When we designed the game, we were very strict about recycling the game. Hopefully, the price of this game will not be overly affected by cheats or studios. Does this count? ”

After Lin Qi listened, his heart moved, and his inspiration flashed but he didn't fully grasp it.

"Your son is now part of the money studio...... Didn't you cut me off......"

"Alright. Don't look at a photo, it's not easy for you to see him unaffected. Daddy is gone, wait for you to grow up a little more, Daddy will come to see you again. Daddy loves you. ”

In Lin Qi's surprised gaze, his father's figure disappeared.

"This is the first time he's said that...... It's actually in the game......"

Lin Qi sat back in his chair, his mood difficult to calm down.

He thought of something and looked up. Master Tian had returned to his original position, chatting with the other masters. I didn't seem to hear the conversation I had just seen with my father. Lin Qi was a little strange, but he didn't think it was a big deal, after all, he was an NPC, even if he heard and saw something, there was no problem.

Lin Qi came back to his senses and looked at the skill trees surrounding him.

Was this really designed when I was three years old? Lin Qi smiled a little wryly, he definitely couldn't remember such a small thing, but his father had always been a game developer, and it was not strange that he was able to come into contact with games when he was a child.

Skill trees are linked to each other in space, forming a web-like structure. There are round, square, triangular, and hexagonal shapes, which vary in size. Click on it to see the details of the skill.

The round dots are mostly passive abilities that provide basic stats, but not basic attack defense health. Rather, it is relatively abstract strength, agility, intelligence, endurance, physical strength. These are first-level attributes, which simulate the basic abilities of humans, and based on these, they will be converted into second-level attributes such as offensive and defensive blood.

The square one is a professional skill, which is written with the corresponding class, the conditions of use and how to use it, etc. The square skill is surrounded by small round dots, and the small dots must be dotted before they can be connected to the square dots. It seems that it takes several skill points to learn a professional skill.

The points of the triangle are very special, and they provide basic functions in the direction of the system. For example, unlock and view your basic attributes, unlock and view the enemy's remaining life, unlock and view target attributes, unlock and view backpack item attributes, and so on.

"I'll go, I won't carry this pot. How can anyone make this basic function into a skill to learn! Isn't this a pure waste of skill points? What's the point? ”

No, Lin Qigang thought so, and reacted.

It makes sense to design it that way. Lin Qi completely figured it out, including the content that Master Tian explained just now, and now it is connected.

As a novice player, or a handicap party, you must start learning basic combat skills, otherwise the game will hardly work properly. After all, you can't even see your own attributes, the lives of enemies, and the attributes of props, so how can you play this game?

Even in the previous core-oriented action games, at most, the enemy's health bar was hidden, but you can still master all your attributes. The less information you have, the more confused you will be when you fight. In order to reduce the difficulty of the game and make it enjoyable for everyone, the designer will make the information of both friend and foe transparent.

Souls games do the opposite, the more skilled the player, the less they can invest in useless features. And invest more combat skill points in professional or attribute combat skills to make your character more powerful, which will give players a sense of achievement and superiority.

According to Master Tian, there is no learning bottleneck in combat skills between professions, only mastery of proficiency. So if there is such a person who can master all the combat skills, what a terrifying existence it will be.

And this kind of strength is powerful in the real sense, not from kryptonite. Then for players, the way to become stronger is very simple, that is, to endlessly improve their proficiency in combat skills. In the end, it is even up to you to unleash it entirely, without relying on the skills themselves.

Then the strongest player's combat skill will only increase the circle dots, which will greatly enhance the state of attributes.

Thinking of this, Lin Qi couldn't help but applaud his father and other uncles who designed the game system. In terms of gameplay, this approach is undoubtedly close to reality and close to perfection.

By the way, what is the hexagonal combat technique?

Lin Qi remembered that there was another combat skill that he hadn't checked, and when he looked over, he found that the icon of this combat skill was the largest and most obvious, but the number was very small.

This is the core skill, the core that can determine the direction of the character's development, and all of them are very important effects.

The upper limit of the level of the specified type of combat skill has been increased, the speed of gaining experience points of the specified type of combat skill has been increased, the ability to use the specified weapon has been increased, the attack effect of the specified type has been increased, and the damage to the enemy of the specified type has been increased.

These core skills will essentially change the development direction of the game character, the way of thinking about character building, and the construction of the final form of the character.

That's right, that's how it should be.

Lin Qi felt that the last piece of the puzzle was complete, and the ultimate purpose of this system was to allow players to learn and gradually stop relying on professional combat skills, but rely on their own personal abilities to fight. The final core skill makes up for the final deficiency and forms a complete chain.

"This game...... It's not about teaching people to play games, it's about teaching people to become stronger...... Where is this a role-playing game, this is a martial arts teaching arena, ah......".

Thinking like this, Lin Qi was already so excited that his face was red, and a cold sweat broke out behind him.

"Dad, what kind of devil game did you design!"