Chapter 1: Rebirth
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Another rebirth
The last images before death still echo in my mind, like a movie replay.
The blood-stained sky, the battlefield with stumps and broken arms, the neighing of war horses, the mourning everywhere, and even the breeze blowing across the earth carries the smell of blood. But no one paid attention to it, the two brothers of life and death who were still fighting side by side a moment ago were facing each other with swords at this moment, quietly confronting each other. At this moment, even the air seemed to freeze.
Not far from the feet of the two, there was the corpse of a hideous and wicked man, stained with blood, and his body was already in a different place. It was Song Heitar, the leader of the Black Wind Cottage, a king-level master, and a villain who ranked nineteenth on the Six Doors Bounty List. Underneath the corpse of the evil man, a purple armor was shining brightly.
"Why?" The one who spoke was a handsome young man, with delicate facial features, a tall figure, wearing a beast wanton and spitting treasure armor, and holding a cloud dragon halberd.
The young man was badly wounded, half on his knees, most of his body leaning limply on the blood-stained halberd, shaky. Blood poured from his chest, soaking most of his armor. If you look closely, it turns out to be a thin sword from the back through the chest. The hilt of the sword was broken in two, and it was thought that it was stabbed from the back.
Opposite the handsome young man, stood a middle-aged man with a beard and thick eyebrows and big eyes. The middle-aged man wears Mithril chain mail and holds a gilded spear. The sword at his waist was only a scabbard, lonely, as if telling some kind of cruelty of reality.
"To live...... Better to live. The middle-aged man's voice was hoarse, but his tone was extraordinarily firm, as if he was answering the question of the handsome young man, and as if he was convincing himself. The middle-aged man said such a short two sentences, and he didn't speak, just calmly stared at the young man who was half-kneeling on the ground.
"Huh, just for it?" The handsome young man's face was full of ridicule, pointing to the purple armor under the corpse of the evil man not far away, and he was emotional. "Just for a piece of purple gold equipment, ha, haha, it's ridiculous." The youth's voice became unusually cold.
"I really didn't expect it to have such magical power that it can make people go crazy. can make my eldest brother, who has always loved me and respected me, stab me in the back. can make you, who are respected by the rivers and lakes as Xiao Song Jiang, give up your dignity. ”
The handsome young man was already very weak at the moment, but his black eyes were still as clear as a pity. It's a pity that it lacks the sharpness of the past and adds a lingering self-deprecation.
"Big brother, anyway, at the end of the day, this is just a game. One day, we will all get out of here and go back to the real world. Unexpectedly, in the end, the five-year friendship between our brothers was not as precious as a piece of game equipment. ”
"Third brother, I'm sorry!"
"Ha~haha~~I'm sorry~~haha~~ It's ridiculous! Big brother, this is the last time I'll call you big brother. Greed is the original sin, and I don't blame you. Suddenly, the handsome young man became unusually calm, and the expression on his face did not fluctuate at all. A pair of bright eyes are as deep as the sea, and no one can see through his inner world anymore.
Those who are familiar with him are no strangers to the young man's expression, just like his title "Double-faced Shura". When it is cold, it terrifies the enemy; When it's warm, let friends feel like a spring breeze.
"But, next time, I'll kill you." The young man glanced at the middle-aged man and said coldly.
With his left hand, he slowly and tightly grasped the sharp sword that passed through his chest, the sharp blade cutting through his palm, and the blood slowly flowed. The young man's expression was still so calm, without a trace of fluctuation, as if he did not feel pain. With a thud, the sword was quickly pulled out of the body. The sharp blade pierced the heart and pierced through the armor. The burning blood spurted out and shot high into the air, just like the blooming youth, quietly blooming.
The picture is frozen, the blood-stained sky, a blood sprinkled into the sky, it looks so small, so stubborn. The young man in the picture didn't seem to be himself, and Ouyang Shuo silently watched him fall to the ground until he bled to death.
This is not Ouyang Shuo's first rebirth, but it is definitely the most painful one for him. Rebirth means starting from scratch. Unlike other games, in this game, every time the player dies and is reincarnated, the character level is cleared, and all the equipment on the body is dropped, which is a cruel death punishment to the extreme.
"I will not be defeated by betrayal, I will take back everything that belongs to me." Thinking of his sister who was still waiting for him to go back in the city, Ouyang Shuo put aside all distractions, made up his mind, made a declaration of fate, and slowly opened his heavy eyelids.
White ceiling, spotlessly clean. Smooth metal walls, empty. There was no furniture in the room except for a bed, and it was simple to the extreme. There was a game poster on the opposite wall, but there was no decoration.
"Where is this?" Ouyang Shuo couldn't help but muttered to himself, his face full of confusion. This is certainly not the Hall of Reincarnation. The reincarnation hall has always been full of ghosts crying wolves, cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods all over the place, and the perennial wind is full of compassion, and it definitely has nothing to do with peace.
Is it hard to go back to the real world? It's not right, if the game goes offline and comes back to reality, it should also be lying in the game pod, not lying in bed like now.
His gaze casually swept over the huge game poster on the wall, and Ouyang Shuo felt like he had been electrocuted. It's too familiar, how can you not be familiar, that's the game poster I've been playing for five years.
"Earth Online, the first cross-era online game in history that integrates personal adventure + territory construction + plane warfare, is expected to be officially beta on January 1, 2190, so stay tuned!"
The eye-catching propaganda slogan made Ouyang Shuo stunned, and his thinking paused for an instant, like a light brain crash. Oh, remember, this was my home from five years ago. Dormant memories came flooding back, bringing Ouyang Shuo, who had long been accustomed to the game world, back to the world.
In 2170 AD, scientists observed anomalous fluctuations coming from the Earth's core. After three months of repeated observations and complex calculations by a team of scientists, an astonishing conclusion was derived: in 30 years, the Earth's core will completely explode. At that time, the mantle magma will break through the earth's crust without any scruples, and the earth will be completely reduced to a flaming planet like the sun.
When the observation was sent to the federal government, everyone was in despair. Although space technology has developed considerably in the past two hundred years, it has been possible to carry out long-distance interstellar voyages and wormhole crossing. However, mankind has yet to find a living planet like Earth. The only Martian base can only accommodate a limited population, and it needs constant support from the home planet Earth.
If the Earth were to be destroyed, there would be no place for humanity. The road ahead has been decided, and the future is unpredictable. In desperation, just when the federal government was about to launch the Mars transformation plan, a turning point miraculously appeared.
The latest images from the Explorer interstellar probe show a new planet of life in the explorer's field of vision. The federal government didn't care about the bullet crown, and a huge interstellar immigration plan was formulated in less than three months.
The new planet of life was named "Hope". The code name of the interstellar migration program is naturally also "Hope", which is the last hope of mankind. In order to avoid the breeding of panic in society, the immigration program is kept strictly secret.
The whole project is divided into many separate parts, which are assigned to different organizations or departments. It can be said that there is no second person who, except for the president of the Federation, knows the full content of the program.
As an important part of the "Hope" project, "Earth Online" has naturally been covered with a veil of mystery since its birth. There are countless struggles of interests and compromises around the planning and design of the game, which are far more exciting than the bloody plot of the TV series, and the specific details are not enough for outsiders.
The game map is completely generated from the Earth as a realistic template, and the area is ten times larger. The game design team is only responsible for the game architecture and game mode design, and the specific game scenes and NPCs are deduced and generated based on the historical data of various countries.
The design team scanned the historical image data, text materials and cultural relics of various countries and imported them into the Skynet host "Gaia" for years of intelligent deduction. Even the designers didn't know the specific task flow and detailed data parameters in the game.
Fifteen years later, on January 1, 2185, Earth Online began a top-secret closed beta, and all closed beta personnel were required to sign strict confidentiality agreements. In order to grab the qualification for the internal beta, the forces of all parties are naturally fighting again, not to mention it.
In order to ensure the relative fairness of the game, Gaia has generated a separate land, and the closed beta map will not appear in the official game map. Through the closed beta, Gaia can continuously observe the player's game behavior and NPCs' responses. Based on a large amount of first-hand observations, Gaia constantly analyzes and summarizes, constantly adjusting and improving the game's settings.
The internal test is carried out in batches, and each time lasts for half a year. The people are different for each closed test, and the content of the test is different. After a total of eight closed beta tests in four years, Gaia completely shut down the game and carried out a year-long final refinement, which is scheduled to be officially open beta on January 1, 2190. Even the beta test staff couldn't figure out what would happen to the game, everything was unknown.
On December 20, 2189, the official website of "Earth Online" was officially launched. The official website is divided into three sections, database, mall and forum. The library only has basic information about the game's architecture, and there is no detailed information.
The only product sold in the mall is the game landing pod, the game pod is not graded, the uniform price is 100,000 credits, and online reservations are accepted. The high price discourages a large number of ordinary players, coupled with the ridiculously small amount of game information, and the poor publicity that has not even been produced in CG except for the poster, makes everything look unusual.
As a reborn, Ouyang Shuo knew that such abnormalities were naturally the result of the struggle and compromise between various forces and the federal president. The purpose is also very simple, that is, to deliberately slow down the time for ordinary players to enter the game, so that their personnel can gain an early advantage.
Of course, all parties have paid a sufficient price for such a compromise. The cost was so great that even the most radical democrats could say nothing when the federal truth was revealed a year later.
A flood of memories is interrupted by a knock on the door. A crisp children's voice came from outside the door, "Brother~~ Big lazy worm, get up!" Bing'er is hungry~~"
I picked up the mobile phone that was placed on the bedside and looked at the time, December 28, 2189. It's the first three days of the game, what a wonderful moment, everything is like a new life.
Let everything in the past be a dream, let it go with the wind. After being reborn, the level of familiarity with the game surpasses all players and forces. Coupled with his good talent for games, Ouyang Shuo believes that as long as he works hard enough, he will definitely be able to break into a new world in the game and shelter his sister from the wind and rain.
In this life, don't let your sister wander with you again. No, not only that, but also to make Bing'er the princess of the game, the real princess.
"Good Bing'er, brother, I'll get up and make you breakfast." Even he didn't realize that he was so relaxed and happy at this time.
Ps. chasing more children's shoes, are there any free appreciation tickets and starting coins~ The countdown to the 515 red envelope list is over, I'll pull a ticket, ask for an increase and appreciation vote, and finally rush a handful!