Akihiko Aoba uploaded the last hot patch, and two minutes later the polling self-test mechanism ran through all the modules without any anomalies.

There was no cheering in the room, and the only two developers and planners just sighed at the same time.

"The data density far exceeded expectations, and we actually completed the ...... ahead of schedule"

The situation was not as easy as Wang Shui sighed.

As the two of them continue to iterate on important disciplines such as mathematics, humanities, philosophy, physics, metallurgy and chemical engineering, machinery manufacturing, small engineering production lines, and materials science in the industrial age, their workload also increases as they continue to search for information.

In the end, Wang Shui produced more than 300,000 words of various historical texts, thousands of pages of incomplete scientific research manuscripts, entered a total of 43,391 new items and more than 20,000 environmental debris, and also helped the Maochang improve the update of the combat real-time computing module.

Akihiko Kayaba's job was not easy, he added a new weapon type [Firearms] and a new enhancement mechanic [Sword Skill Blade Bullet], added new resistance and negative status mechanics, and when he adjusted these new content, he almost overhauled the world engine, and it could only be updated little by little with a hot patch.

Today is February 21, 2023, and Wang Shui has been out of the player for nearly three months, and the Raiders team has activated the portal on the twelfth floor and has begun to efficiently search for high-value tasks.

In the past three months or so, the two of them have released six small updates, all of which are in the form of small pop-ups. And tonight, the expansion will have its final version, with no change in the name of the version, but a major update to the Tinkerer system.

The Handcrafting skill will be reopened with a large number of recipes and will be added to the guide, encouraging Artisan players to explore heavy machinery. The [Sword Skill Blade Bullet] system has also been completed, and the factory for making Blade Bullet has been set up, and every large town after the tenth floor will directly sell [Blank Sword Skill Blade Bullet] below the floor level.

However, there is no way to synchronize the update of sword skills to the highly intelligent sword skill mentor NPC, players need to explore the use of blade bullet-related sword skills by themselves, the good news is that from the fifth layer, there is relevant information public, and players have unearthed a lot of sword skills with a small number of blade bullets in the lower layer.

Wang Shui just sighed, and then looked at his boss, who was still looking at the information in the test environment.

"Boss, after working for so long, don't you think about taking a break?"

Hearing Wang Shui's words, Maochang was silent for a few seconds, and then asked rhetorically:

"Do you want to leave this world and go outside for a break? I've restored the settings of your device, and I can ask my students to release you if needed, and I'll destroy your NERvGear to prevent outsiders from using it to get in, and of course you won't be able to come back...... Are you ready to face reality? Your current physical state should not be easy to transfer, and you must be prepared in advance in the face of the government and the media. ”

To be honest, Wang Shui has no intention of leaving the game world, in reality, he can't study without sleep, and even if he wants to leave this world, Wang Shui will not choose to take off his helmet in advance - he doesn't trust Akihiko Kayaba, and he doesn't trust himself.

Aqua Wang couldn't be sure if the simple tool he made was still working, taking off the helmet early was undoubtedly a gamble, and Aqua Wang hated the probability event the most. Therefore, Wang Shui plans to pack the [Seed of the World] in advance when the game strategy reaches the middle and late stages, and try to leave this world directly through the dream system big boss.

But Akihiko Kayaba's words reminded him.

"No, I mean, it's so boring to face so much data and surveillance every day, boss, don't you want to see and experience your own world up close?"

Wang Shui guided the boss to indulge in the game, and at the same time distracted and opened the character panel, which here refers to the dream system panel of his awakened person.

The original panel has very little information, so the changes look obvious.

In the game world, he has a gray [Stamina] stat, which drops from a high value of 1.12 for humans (the part of the race stat fluctuation that exceeds the average value is taken and then averaged, and the default value is 1, which represents a healthy and slightly exercised individual), to 0.72.

This means that his physical fitness in reality is declining rapidly, and Maochanghua reminded Wang Shui - he hasn't looked at the panel for several days.

The [Coordination] attribute has dropped from 1.77 to 0.81, and the value is directly cut in half, and the regression of coordination and nerve reflexes is very obvious.

But aqua regia is not particularly worried, these basic attributes are still very easy to exercise, and before reaching the extreme value of "human" 5, the lower the attributes, the more obvious the exercise effect.

Correspondingly, the other three attributes do not fall but rise. The [Perception] stat has been increased from 0.82 to 1.67. Wang Shui's observation ability and sensitivity to the environment have greatly improved, although he has no sense of it.

The [Mind] attribute representing soul, mental power, will, and concentration has been increased from 1.22 to 2.61. But this is not the most exaggerated, the [thinking] attribute that represents the ability to think and learn, the ability to calculate and analyze, has increased from 1.88 to 3.99, which is not a low attribute.

If it weren't for the occasional click on it some time ago, Wang Shui couldn't accept this kind of improvement speed, and sure enough, he was just nested in the maintenance shop, and he didn't have the opportunity to improve in his life.

The strength of the character's attributes directly determines the upper and lower limits of the awakened, and no matter how strong the talent and skills are, if there is no attribute as the basis and amplification, it will eventually be a castle in the air.

The improvement of the last three attributes can be regarded as a recognition of Wang Shui's dedication to learning during this time, and what excites him the most, and even makes him a little carried away now, is his newly mastered skill [Computer Comprehensive (Elementary)].

Yes! It's been nearly nine months since the last time I obtained the Awakening Quest of the [Forging] and [Mechanical Engineering] skills.

During this period, the awakened people of the same class as Wang Shui, as long as they did not die, they had probably become the mainstay of [Iron Blade City]. And Wang Shui finally gained his third skill.

When I saw these extra words a few days ago, Wang Shui almost shed tears, nine months! Do you know how I've been through these nine months?

Wang Shui, who had no regrets in his life, had the idea of ending the task immediately at that time, but he was reluctant, his learning progress was still far behind, and the natural sciences accumulated in an ordinary modern world were also difficult for him to master in a short period of time, even if he only picked a small amount of knowledge that he was interested in.

In addition, Wang Shui also wanted to master some combat-related skills, so he knocked on the side and wanted to pull the boss to play the game together. Wang Shui was more worried that his time spent on the game might make the boss unhappy, which in turn might affect Wang Shui's learning from the Maochang.

So, drag him into the water first!

Kayaba Jinghiko, who had been silent, fell into serious thought, and then asked Wang Shui about his concerns:

"It's just...... Is it just an average player? We've seen the previous game many times and tested it for a long time...... If you start from scratch, it will definitely take a lot of time to catch up with the progress of the twelfth floor. ”

Wang Shui forced himself not to show a contemptuous expression, hey, if you want to cheat, just say it, your game skills are good, what's wrong with giving yourself some basic equipment to keep up with the front line.

At this time, the mature employees are about to hand over the steps.

"Well, we don't just play to relax and experience the game, but to experience the effects of the new system in real time, and the best position is of course on the front line. Not...... That's it.,The seven or eight players with the highest front-line level are about level 35.,Boss, you create a level 35 account.,The attributes are set to the training limit of this level.,The skill proficiency is adjusted to the average level of front-line players.,That's about 600.,Weapons and equipment.,Just engage in a set of twelve-layer specialties.,Anyway, it doesn't cost much.,Oh yes.,Enhancement is also full.,Low-level materials are very troublesome to collect.,Even if you buy it directly, it will waste a lot of time.。 ”

"Ah, hmm...... Well, is that so? That's when you have to design the characters. ”

Kayaba Jinghiko was persuaded by Wang Shui with difficulty.

"Not only that, I suggest that the boss don't turn on the death mode, although the game can continue to operate if you die, but if there are any major changes in the future, I can't stand it alone. I recommend that you bind your administrator privileges to the role account, and then turn off most of the admin privileges when activating the role state, and only keep the immortal feature. Oh yes, I reset the undead trait of the half-blood lock, and the current undead trait will only lock the last 1 HP value, and the body will have the same special effect as death, and then you will be teleported to this room, so that you will not be exposed in front of the player, and you can pinch people back when the time comes. ”

Wang Shui's sensibility made Maochang feel more comfortable, but he just nodded reservedly and asked casually:

"What about you?"

"I'm just going to add an undead trait, at most get a better weapon, and there are a lot of my friends among the players, and I want to experience the joy of being upgraded by my friends. Oh yes, even if I return to the game, I will continue to learn, and I hope the boss will continue to help me answer my questions. ”

"Absolutely."

For a while, the small room was filled with a harmonious atmosphere of consensus, and after Akihiko Kayaba checked that the hosting effect of [Autonomic Intelligence] was not abnormal in the test environment, he began to pinch his [Heathcliff].

Wang Shui just glanced at the chivalric character of the boss, tsk, he actually liked this tone. Although Wang Shui is very cowardly in reality, he prefers agile and active output when playing games, but the previous death game made him much more conservative.

didn't continue to stay here to make the boss embarrassed, Wang Shui hurriedly left, his vision changed in reality, and he came to the third layer of the main city [Zmfert].

Although the strategy group has reached the twelfth floor, the gap between players is actually getting wider and wider, and now there are many players on each floor to stay and accumulate resources, and even in the novice village on the first floor, there are players who have just embarked on the road of adventure.

Of course, this excitement also stems from the feeling of disparity between Wang Shui staying in the small room for a long time, and he quickly adjusted his mood and walked towards the ice-blue back that seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and at the same time issued a long-lost invitation to form a team.

At this time, Shi Nai, who was already level 32, looked indifferently at Wang Shui, who was only level 16, and almost wanted to write contempt on his face.

"Is this done?"

"Of course, it's all taken care of, and it's your turn to start paying it back today. Let's go, let's do a quick elf quest first, then take me to brush the level, and then invite me to dinner in the evening, oh yes, you're going to pay it back! ”

Wang Shui passed by Shi Nai's side, patted her on the shoulder, and motioned for her to hurry up.

"Do you still need to level up in embarrassment? Your boss didn't pay you anything? For example, directly pull down the full-level account or something. ”

"What's the use of such a boring request, this is just a game world, and you still don't have confidence in completely attacking the hundred layers?"

Wang Shui's rhetorical question made Shino unable to refute, now the player's strategy is extremely smooth, and the pace is also very fast, no one has died in the strategy group on the front line for a long time, and everyone is full of confidence in the complete strategy of this world.

"So what did you want? If it's inconvenient to say when I didn't ask. ”

"Of course it's convenient.,I didn't ask for anything.,Just ask the boss to be merciful and spare my life.,Alas,Enjoy the game.,Next time you want to experience such a real completely stealth game.,I'll have to wait for the next time.。 Oh, and it looks like you're enjoying the game's strong self. ”

Wang Shui said and gestured with his eyes to Shi Nai's waist, where there was a fine silver revolver, and Shi Nai's belt also had bullets tied by clamps.

"Hmph~"

Shino expressed her pride in a nasal voice, "This is a drop from the ninth layer boss, and I was the only one in the strategy group who mastered the [Firearm] skill at that time, so I bought this [Mithril Whisper] at a very low price, and now there is no better firearm weapon than this gun until the twelfth floor." ”

It can be seen that Shi Nai's happiness is not as good as Shui Wang's help, and she herself has become the main player of the Raiders group at the forefront of the team, oh no, the large amount of materials left by Shui Wang is still very important.

"Alas, if I knew you already had a love gun, I wouldn't have smuggled this thing out."

Wang Shui pretended to be lost, and then took out a black revolver with a matte finish, unlike the elegant elf style of [Mithril Whisper], the black pistol displayed by Wang Shui had more realistic sci-fi charm.

The body of the gun is angular and angular, the runner is also a rare octagonal prismatic structure on the bottom surface, the barrel is wrapped in a wide inexplicable square module, and the hammer part is also covered and hidden, and the whole gun is full of slender and thick sense of technology.

Shino snatched it unceremoniously:

"If you give a gift and are so yin and yang, you won't be liked by girls."

"I don't think you understand girls, at least not me." Wang Shui pursed his lips in disdain.

Shi Nai didn't care about Wang Shui's words, she was already attracted by the attributes of this black pistol:

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【Black Water】

[Range: Far]

[Weapon Type: Firearm]

[Attack: 200-400 (no bullet attribute bonus)]

[Bullet capacity: 8]

[Durability: 3000]

[Weight: 50]

[Equipment Requirements: None]

[Enhancement Cap: 50]

[Trait 1: Famous Guns: When the enhancement fails, it will only drop the enhancement level, and will not take up the number of enhancements or damage.] 】

[Trait 2: Extreme Burst: Grants a special sword skill "Extreme Burst" that fires all remaining bullets immediately with a long pull of the trigger.] 】

[Trait 3: Blackwater: When activated, the next bullet will gain a damage bonus based on the attributes of "Strength" and "Agility", and give a level 7 "Knockback" and "Knockdown" effects.] 】

[Description: Created by the legendary ancient craftsman "Book of Heaven", it is known as the highest crystallization of ancient firearms technology along with another famous gun that can only be double-shot, but unfortunately the literature of the double-shot famous gun is no longer available, and the existence of the famous gun Blackwater has also been questioned. 】

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"When did you become a legendary ancient craftsman?"

"Hey, there's something strange about your focus! The weapon I worked so hard to build, you only pay attention to the instructions! Hurry up and apologize and thank me! ”

Shino just pursed her lips and smiled, and didn't say anything more, just disarmed the short sword and replaced the main weapon with [Famous Gun Black Water].

"I've wanted to try dual guns for a long time, but there's always no suitable avant-garde, and the cost of double guns to consume bullets is more than the drop of monsters, so let's try it today!"

"Obviously you want to take me to upgrade, do you still want me to be a avant-garde......" Wang Shui protested in a low voice.

"It's just a three-story monster, don't worry, I won't let them get close to you!"

Shino stopped as she spoke, sank slightly, and quickly pulled out her black and white guns with both hands. The two revolvers spun rapidly in her hands, and then she inserted them back into the holster with precision and smoothness, cute and handsome.

Her liveliness and self-confidence have been developed in the game.

Wang Shui just smiled with relief, and let go of the little reluctance in his heart.