A few ordinary days passed.
During the day, Duan Qing had nothing to do at home. Before he decided to play games, Duan Qing once worked as a ghostwriter for others on a certain media platform. Based on his previous experience and random assumptions, he wrote some incomprehensible stories.
Comments, while disrupting the direction of public opinion, also earned me some food ration money. In addition, I used to help the chef and work as a security guard in the hospital, and combined with my daily frugality, I also saved some money.
A lot of wife books were provided for his use.
But that woman didn't become his wife in the end, so now he has the capital to squander it.
Lying in the game cabin, browsing various platforms, watching videos, being a fan or watching the party, or going out for a walk, relaxing, and thinking about the life you want after the tragedy called breakup. After all, these few days
He has been busy in this corner of the country for many years, and rarely takes a good look at the things around him. This period of relaxation really allowed him to re-understand the appearance of the surroundings in his life. For example, there is a steamed bun shop with a facade on the street in front.
It’s delicious; there is actually a square behind the district where he lives, and many people go to exercise in the evening; there is a river three miles away from the district where he rents, but the water is not clear, and I don’t know what year it was restored.
The last thing that happened next; and the fast food restaurant that he often passed by when he was busy in the past seemed to have been closed due to an accident recently...
Although the technology of this era has been extremely advanced, things that should be included in daily life still exist. After all, there are still many people who like to go shopping and buy things, and even more people like to be foodies. In comparison, there are more people who like to play games.
Although the number is not as good as the wider public, the proliferation of the virtual game industry still drives everyone's enthusiasm. At least at this time, Duan Qing has never forgotten his love for that world.
However, when he was walking on the street, he saw all kinds of people passing by him. The hovering cars passing by, the fashionable girl wearing sunglasses in the driver's seat; the young woman holding the child's hand and pointing around,
Occasionally, you can see men of similar age accompanying each other, as if they are a family; office workers walking in a hurry while talking to others on the phone, and old people walking through the garden with their hands hunched over their backs.
.... Whenever he sees these, he can always feel that he is separated from the world of the virtual game and truly feels the reality of real life.
Then I feel lonely, and then I feel sad.
"Perhaps I can just live an ordinary life in this life..." Although I have worked hard these years, I want to start an ordinary family, marry a wife and have children, draw a clear line with my past self, and at the same time strive for my own future.
The future has come to an end, but the past three years of hard work and the extremely realistic abandonment of his ex-girlfriend have left him feeling more or less isolated from the real world.
Thanks to his experiences in the past few years, Duan Qing has not easily given up on finding support in life. For the same reason, Duan Qing is still confused about his future life.
Fortunately, Duan Qing gained more from "Free World" than from the distraction of these past few days.
In fact, Duan Qing had already been promoted to one level during the several experiments he went out at dusk on the first day. After all, those Wuha were placed there because Iron Ambition deliberately pulled them there. In terms of level, they were higher than those at the entrance of the village.
Those wild rabbits that train novices are stronger and naturally have more experience.
However, Iron Ambition has solemnly and proudly said that the first ten levels are easier to practice because the experience required is relatively small. After reaching more than ten levels, the experience required will increase exponentially.
This is a great time for players to stabilize their strength and go out for adventure.
Simply put, if you can't move up, find something else to do.
A sixth-level player talks to you about things that are ten levels or even later, and he also knows a lot about things in this world. Naturally, he has doubts about Duan Qinglai. Duan Qing also made a vague inquiry about this matter, and got
The answer was somewhat surprising.
"Haha, because I have played it before."
I originally thought I would get a reply like "I've checked a lot of information, I've read a lot of guides", or even "I'm a genius", but the result turned out to be reasonable and ordinary: Hearts of Iron is an old player.
In fact, in many games, especially online games, there will always be a group of people like this. For various reasons, such as not playing well before, being tired of their career, or having graduated perfectly, they want to experience it.
For other professions, because of a certain version update, they suddenly find that a certain profession is very useful and powerful... Then they will decisively give up the previous profession, practice a new account and start over, and use their experienced skills.
Game experience quickly makes you stronger.
Of course, there is a more likely reason for this: I couldn't get through playing it before, so I had to delete my account and practice again... Fortunately, Hearts of Iron belongs to the former group.
"Although I am not a master, my level during the time I played before was considered to be in the first echelon. But I followed the dual-sword route. Although it was fun to play with two swords on the left and right, I always felt that it was not my style.
....”
When Iron Ambition answered at that time, he scratched the back of his head and looked embarrassed: "If you go further and further, you may regret it in the future, so..." He put a hand on his neck.
After scratching it once, a "click" sound came out of his mouth: "Let's start over."
Seeing Duan Qing looking at him like a great man, Brother Tie might have felt even more embarrassed, and quickly made a statement: "Sure enough, the big sword is the romance of men, hahahaha..."
Sure enough, he is still a single-celled man... Duan Qing's eyelids drooped.
In the past few days, Duan Qing has been fighting monsters and upgrading. He has mixed up a few levels casually. At the same time, he also learned to take monster corpses to the village to exchange for some survival supplies, and at the same time to build relationships. For example, Aunt Fima at the entrance of the village once
He gave himself a few water bottles; Uncle Ushe, who was on the street next to the blacksmith, laughed and gave him a few burritos in exchange, and excitedly asked him to patronize his business more in the future; the grocery store in the central square saw how pitiful he was.
, gave myself some cloth bags to put things in - looking at the traitorous look on the boss's face, it must be impossible to get valuable things... Of course, there is also the blacksmith, who is probably a connection among the villagers that Duan Qing knows.
The strangest one.
Every time Duan Qing passed by and the blacksmith saw him, he would put away his usual friendly face and sit expressionlessly drinking water. However, he would not rush Duan Qing away, and sometimes he would not object to chatting with Duan Qing.
He would chat about daily life in the village, the situation on the continent, and even some thoughts and experiences about fighting - of course this was not because he wanted to become an apprentice, but because Duan Qing deliberately guided the conversation.
But every time Duan Qing wanted to bring the topic to the blacksmith's past, he would remain silent and throw Duan Qing out.
There were still some valuable harvests, the most worth mentioning was that he gave all the carcasses of wild wolves that he had hunted in the past few days to a hunter, who then gave him a hunting knife.
Yes, with Duan Qing's current adaptability to the game, the lone wild wolf on the grassland north of the village is already a piece of cake for him, and he has the sharp weapon given to him by Brother Tie, which is better than the one given to him by Orion.
The Laoshizi hunting knife is much stronger.
【Hunting knife (normal)】
[Weapon power: Weaker]
[A hunting knife can be used for cutting, whittling, cutting, chopping, stabbing and other purposes. Of course it can be used for fighting, if you don’t mind its length.]
As mentioned in the introduction of the weapon, the length of this knife is very short, only about ten centimeters long, but the sharpness still makes Duan Qing quite satisfied. The system gave the power evaluation of this weapon, which is comparable to the one in his hand.
It was the same as a rough dagger, which was enough to show the attack power of the sword. But even so, Duan Qing still kept it on his waist and never used it.
And not everything is so smooth: Duan Qing has troubles in another area, and that's attributes.
Through those brief exchanges with Hearts of Iron, Duan Qing can still roughly guess that there are many genres or gameplays in this game.
He opened the character's attribute panel many times and observed the four attributes. He also looked at the two short bars of life and stamina from time to time, thinking about the mystery behind it.
Now he is also at level 6 and has obtained 5 numbers, but he has not added any numbers because he has not yet... decided on his future career.
There is no profession in this game, at least there are no names given to you by the system such as warrior, mage, priest, archer, fighter, thief, etc. However, there are still distinctions, except for players who actively classify them in private.
, the organizations of the free world also have their own differences, that is, the Warrior House and the Mage Council.
——Just look at these two names and you will know what these two organizations do.
After all, there are combat professions in this continent, and there are many of them. Compared with the general world of swords and magic, this world has almost all kinds of cold weapons, and it also has the field that many players dream of: magic.
When the free world is open for play, many players are very excited to find that their attributes include intelligence and spiritual attributes after birth, because this shows that there is a legal system in the free world. The thought of being able to experience all kinds of gorgeousness in a virtual online game
And magical spells, imagining that all kinds of enemies will be wiped out under the bombardment of his gorgeous magic, all kinds of players who like to be mages are very excited.
And now, a few months later, there are very few legal players - this is also what Iron Ambition, an old player, introduced to him - and the reason is naturally: the legal profession is very weak.
As for the reason for the weakness of the legal system, in addition to some factors of the profession itself, the historical background of the Free Continent also has a profound impact to a certain extent.
According to the background setting of the free world, there was an era of prosperous magic in this world a long time ago. The magic skills at that time were very mature and the magic technology was also very advanced. The development of all fields in that era was almost inseparable from magic.
The help of energy. The most powerful forces in the continent at that time were almost controlled by the most powerful mages. The social status of people in that time was almost judged by the level of their magic skills.
.....In short, it was an era ruled by magic, and it was also a hellish era for the "untouchables" with poor magical talents.
Of course, the power of those "untouchables" with insufficient talent is not enough to support them in overthrowing this era. The demise of this era is caused by themselves.
The decline of the Magic Age, the content recorded in the existing history books of the Free Continent, can allow various scholars to study for most of their lives, because there are too many things worthy of study and reflection. However, if we summarize the reasons for the decline, the general public on the continent now
It is: the excessive use of magic elements in the Magic Age, resulting in the collapse of the balance of elements.
A classic case of making a profit out of nothing - the opinion that flashed through Duan Qing's mind immediately when he read through the information.
Maybe it was because of the over-advanced magic technology at that time, or maybe it was because of the sloppy utilization of magic in magic crafts at that time. In short, after the Magic Age, the weight of various elements on the continent became very low, and various powerful magics lacked elements.
Support, it became difficult to use, and even many legendary magics were lost... As for other magic skills, magic products, and even various buildings and facilities that represent the glory of the magic empire, they have all disappeared in the long run of time.
in the flow.
Of course, if you ask the historians who have the most profound knowledge of the history of the Free Continent, the answer they will give is: the large number of large-scale wars at the end of the Magic Age, as well as the abuse of strategic magic in them, have caused inestimable damage to the balance of elements and other aspects.
Reversal of destruction, and this is the main reason for the current lack of elements.
Those who spend their days doing archaeology can produce some evidence for the above conclusion. For example, the ruins of the Magic Age and the ruins of the Magic War left around the world after the Great War, and many places are still being discovered and excavated.
; The loss of various mature magic systems in the Magic Age, and the loss of many spells and technologies. The level of magic in the continent has still not reached one-tenth of that era; and there are now demonized creatures appearing all over the world. Many scholars believe that
It must have been affected by the disastrous war in the Magic Age...
All in all, it was a great era when great magicians emerged in large numbers, and due to the influence of that great era, magic elements have become very scarce in the current free continent. Therefore, it is almost impossible to be an invincible mage now.
of.
However, the group of mages still exists.
Among the current forces of the indigenous people of the free world, including empires and principalities, there are still many people who use magic to fight. Some of the strongest among them have spontaneously united to inherit and promote the knowledge and system of magic.
Conduct research work and spell experiments to prevent the decline of magic, and establish organizations similar to fan clubs to exchange information and help each other on magic knowledge and system recovery, while maintaining the authority and interests of the mage group. And these people, or so-called
The broadest alliance among professionals who are mages is the Magisters' Council established hundreds of years ago.
Inspired by the establishment of the Mage Council, the unofficial organization of the Warrior House also appeared on the continent, obsessed with the research of various cold weapon techniques, and even masters from various places who were good at bare-handed fighting, for the maintenance and protection of various melee professions.
During the subsequent development, these two alliances were of great help to various countries and civilians, so they were gradually accepted and tolerated, and then gradually formed the Free Alliance.
6 is the most similar existing structure to the career system.
Later, these things began to be studied by players who entered the game.
Although Duan Qing is somewhat interested in these historical things, as a veteran player, he is more concerned about more practical issues, such as whether there is a future for mages... Earlier
At that time, Iron Ambition, who regarded himself as a veteran player, gave an answer to this question.
This is what he replied at the time: "Magicians... are very weak."
Brother Tie still used a generous tone, as if he didn't care about his subsequent slanderous words: "Judging from the mage players I have seen...the attack ability is average, and they still need to chant and cast spells."
There are very few skills and movements that can be understood. With the spells of your own, you can't do any tricks, and the even more tragic thing is..."
“They’re so crispy!”
"It's not fragile in the literal sense. After all, there is currently no effective way to increase health in this game. If everyone rushes to fight, they will die in two hits, but the mages... run away.
Slow, body reaction is also slow, there are no life-saving skills, and there is no way to deal with attacks. Well, at least the mages I have seen fall to their knees when they encounter strange situations such as add, hatred transfer, etc., without even using a hand.
Also, completely unable to adapt to this dangerous world..."
"Of course, there may be some very strong mages among those professional players, but I have never seen them... So you want to play as a mage? Don't get confused, young man... Do you really want to play?
Well, your tangled expression betrays you. Give me back that dagger. Then you can’t think of it and delete your account and practice again. Isn’t that dagger a waste? No, you still need it if you want to play as a mage.
What kind of melee weapon is it? You'd better return it to me as soon as possible, I might as well keep it as a souvenir..."
Recalling the scene at that time, Duan Qing screwed up his face just as he did at that time. It was a feeling of powerlessness when he encountered Tang Monk's noisy voice.
However, for a self-proclaimed veteran player, the profession of magician is still quite attractive. In the words of former professional player Maisui Jinhuang, soaring in the sky is the dream of every virtual player.
"Mage..." At this time, Duan Qing, like those legal professional enthusiasts when the game was first launched, looked at the attributes of intelligence and spirit, as well as the "+" icon behind the attributes, without any hesitation.
A gleam of curiosity was concealed.
"...Would you like to give it a try?"
This chapter has been completed!