"Old man, are you saying that Canaan is not a game, but a real world?"

"Yes."

"Is it possible that it's just a game and you don't know it?"

"...Maybe."

"No, maybe. If Canaan is a real world, then what are we... Wow, the fourth natural disaster?"

"What is the fourth natural disaster?"

"...It's a long story. Do you know such a thing as a novel?"

"novel……"

"Novel is a story. The story may be adapted from real events, or it may be fabricated or imagined. Our entertainment industry is very developed, and some people specialize in making up stories for people to read."

"You mean, this fourth natural disaster is also a story made up?"

"yes"

"Then... what is the fourth natural disaster? If there is a fourth, there must be a first. What are the first three?"

"I don't quite understand... It seems to be the Sovereign Agreement, the Void Demon and the High-Dimensional Invasion... Never mind, these are not important. The fourth natural disaster is the players, which means they are full of uncertainty and only pursue mission goals.

There is no firm concept of right and wrong, infinite resurrection, and a strong sense of destruction."

"..."

"Haha, your mind is also confused, right? Then the question is, since Canaan is a real world, then who among us players got it? A certain god? Wow, there really is a god, Canaan

God is real, right?”

"It's not a god, but a spell caster like me. You still know him... Yes, he is the main thread NPC you mentioned!"

"He...he is so strong?"

"He got a very powerful magic item, very powerful."

"Artifact?"

"It's something closer to basic rules than artifacts."

"Wow!"

"Let's go to the Novice Village you mentioned."

"Old man, why didn't you tell me this before?"

"...it's not that time yet"

"Is it time now? You came to me just to deal with the main thread NPC, right? You want the artifact in his hand... Wait a minute, I'm confused, are you really sure that Canaan is a game?

, is it possible that you and the main thread NPC are both plot characters, and we are all in a certain plot?"

"..."

"Why don't you speak?"

"..."

"Old man?"

"Because I am also sure, not sure, not sure..."

On the way to Novice Village, Tarzan kept talking to the voice in the ring. However, the deeper the conversation, the more silent the voice in the ring became. Tarzan's few words revealed a huge amount of information, which contained the story of Canaan's life.

It does not involve thought and philosophical systems, and has a richness and height far beyond Canaan.

In the past, the voice in the ring just assigned all kinds of inexplicable tasks for Tarzan to do, without ever explaining why. The mystery has not been revealed until now.

But the funny thing is that the consequence of being open and honest is that the voice in the ring also becomes uncertain.

Is Canaan a game? Is he a game character without knowing it?

Ordinary Canaanite natives would not doubt this, but not the voice in the ring. His vision, his experience, his knowledge... isn't it true that the end of science is theology on earth?

"Old man, old man?"

"Uh...I've thought about some questions. Go take the teleportation ride!"

"Aren't you going to let me take the teleportation ride?"

"It's okay now."

The teleportation array in Punk City has become a lot more lively recently, because it has a "real" gaming experience. Old players have finally gathered here, and there are also many new players. For many rich people who are not short of money, the teleportation fee is only a few dollars.

After all, there is such a large base of money.

Players and NPCs coming and going interact harmoniously and frequently, just like a prosperous town in the Middle Ages. Most of the shops around are shops that provide food and accommodation. You can buy everything from frying to cooking. The whole street is filled with the aroma of food.

.

It was evening, and the afterglow of the setting sun seemed to cast a hazy filter on the surrounding scenery. At first glance, it really looked like a high-definition CG scene. If it weren't for the ID logos above the heads of the players and NPCs, it would ruin this scene.

With such a sense of extreme life-like reality, who would question that this is just a game?

Damn it, it’s none of my business whether it’s a game or not. I’m here to play and make money.

Whether it's a game or real, as long as I can make a small amount of money, as long as I can kill everyone, it doesn't matter what it is.

When Tarzan thought about it, those random thoughts stopped a lot. The old man living in the ring was a huge opportunity for him, so he could just treat it as a system BUG or a hidden mission plot.

When his mentality changed, he switched from pragmatism to pragmatism. He said to the "grandpa in the ring", "Old man, I have no money."

"...Turn left!"

"Well?"

"Go sell some more materials."

"oh!"

Tarzan was overjoyed. He turned left and saw a grocery store opened by the system. A standardized, non-intelligent NPC stood at the door, interacting with seven or eight players at the same time.

This kind of shop is easy to recognize. Each resident of Punk City has a profession, address, and origin. These are tool people who appear out of thin air and can only perform certain established processes mechanically and quickly.

I talked to the tool NPC, opened the sales interface, and put in the materials newly given by the old man and acquired by the system.

They are all materials with extremely high purchase prices. Most of them are unknown to Tarzan. Some are shiny, some are like stones, and some are just pieces of bacon...

I got 5 gold, so happy.

If other players knew about it, their eyes would probably pop out of their heads. This is not a system BUG, ​​it is simply a plug-in to 'spend money'!

"Go take the teleportation ride!"

"oh!"

Tarzan didn't know what to see in Novice Village. Anyway, he would do whatever the old man said.

Since being approached by the old man, I have tried all the functions in the game. Just like using the skin of the flying dragon to make equipment, it is obviously not worth the gain.

And practice...

Recalling this, Tarzan is still a little frightened. That is more than a hundred gold. How much it costs. It is like throwing it into a fire just to see the color of the flames. The equipment he is wearing now is from that fire.

, it’s not even the best, the best ones were ruined by the old man.

In Morningside Town 1, a new batch of online players walked out of the spawn point in a chaotic manner, and hundreds of thousands of them rushed towards the vacant shops, streets and various mission NPCs.

As soon as Tarzan of the Apes appeared, several 'beggars' reached out to ask for money, and they were all pitiful female elf players. They had little brothers, handsome guys, and even called them husband and dad... They had no bottom line.

"No money, no money, get out!"

It has long been revealed on the forum that some newcomers did not learn well and became full-time beggars, and even formed some sort of 'beggars' gangs'. This was also due to the tight resources in Xinshou Village. They found that reaching out to clear monsters was more laborious than going outside.

He came very efficiently, so he deliberately acted miserable in front of some veteran players, pretending to be pitiful.

Some old players do the same, knowingly giving away any amount of points just for fun, which further contributes to this unhealthy trend. This is a scene that emerged in Xinshou Village after the "spending money to walk the dog".

Of course, veteran players don't always come to Novice Village to show off their superiority, they also come to do business.

There are many old players in the square trying to recruit newbies who are new online.

"Handsome guy, why don't you go to the carriage shop to recruit workers? The pay is good. You can take the traditional trade route from Buck to Punk City. Along the way, there are experts who will help you level up monsters. What a great opportunity?"

"Beauty, are you interested in becoming an actor? You are a big star. The Night Rose Repertory Theater in Punk City is well-known far and wide. Once you join, you will have the opportunity to appear on stage. The salary is generous!"

"Miners, recruit miners, pay wages daily, sign offline contracts..."

"The mid-level blacksmith recruits apprentices, and they are guaranteed employment, materials, and labor. Don't miss this opportunity!"

…

And so on.

But most of the newcomers who pass by are not interested. That’s enough in reality, but you still have to work for others in the game?

Many newbies swear that even if they starve to death they will not be exploited by evil-minded capitalists (old players), but they have a very open mind about reaching out to beg, as if begging in the game is not begging, and it is not the same as the minimum limit in the game.

The lower limit is the same.

"What's so interesting about this damn place?"
To be continued...