(Written before, readers who want to read this must read it: This novel is generally a slow-burning novel, but I guarantee that the theme is still progressive YY, so please be patient and read the prologue.
The overture may be a bit bland, but it is just to lay the background, so please forgive me.)
It is just past noon, and the area from the seaside hills of the Serenity Sea to the secluded forest is now exposed to the hot sun. It is summer in the Oras region, and the daytime temperature is rising step by step.
It makes modern people who have no chance to understand the changes of the four seasons in the real world become addicted.
His eyes moved to the west of Eternal Dark Hills. Walking on the mountain path that spiraled down the mountain was a tired-looking guy wrapped in a black cloth robe. Judging from his dusty appearance, he must have been running around for several days.
This person's name is Palin. He is one of the official public beta registered players of the game Canaan. He is an extremely ordinary wizard. Of course, this is just his game name. His real name is Xiao Fen. He was once a member of East Asia and China.
A student from a well-known intermediate college in District A city is currently sitting at home, waiting for the admission notice from a higher-level college.
Xiao Fen walked awkwardly on the road that was almost smoked by the sun. Oh no, that can no longer be called walking. To put it mildly, it would be called staggering. To put it harshly, he now looks like a lame.
He wiped his sweat vigorously, and a series of curses poured out in his heart. This damn mage professional mission required him to trek back and forth along the Eternal Dark Hills and the shores of Star Lake for three days. Except for the 8 hours a day of the human race,
With a fixed sleep schedule, he spent almost 56 hours on the road, and was chased several times by the two-headed giant in the hills.
He dragged his almost rigid legs and walked forward slowly until he had bypassed the huge brown-red rock, the green agate-like Star Lake in the distance, and the 20-foot-high wooden structure of Ever Dark Town by the lake.
The wall was fiercely reflected in his already numb visual nerves. At that moment, he couldn't help but feel slightly stunned. His highly nervous spirit finally relaxed a little. His vision drifted, and he suddenly passed through the connected areas of Yongdark Town.
The dark red roofs floated over the towering bell tower of the church in the town, and floated further to the secluded forest stretching from the Eastern Mountains. Even in such a bright sunshine, the secluded forest looked still from a distance.
It was still a group of cold dark green, quietly entrenched around Yongdark Town like wild beasts... He looked at the direction of the forest and exhaled a deep breath, knowing that he was finally home.
"God bless me, I'm finally here!" Xiao Fen pinched his numb leg hard to confirm that this was not a dream, and the final result of this was that there was a sudden noise near Yongdian Town to the west of Yongdark Hills.
A distant and timeless 'wolf howl'...
"Ah————!!!! Oh my god, it hurts so much!"
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Undoubtedly, Xiao Fen's generation is lucky. They did not experience the war that spread across the world a hundred years ago, nor did they have to experience the harsh environment that people endured in the past. The year 2505 is really a wonderful era.
Obviously different from what the pessimistic guys predicted in the past, human beings were not destroyed in the war caused by themselves, nor were they replaced by robots, nor were they moved out of the earth due to environmental degradation. On the contrary, although the merger of regions a hundred years ago triggered a
Rare turmoil, but in the end mankind has embarked on the road of unification. Although the area representing the national mark still exists, under the management of the Earth Federation (United Earth Parliament), the former national mark has gradually faded, and only the nation and race have
, no country or region!
As for the earth’s natural environment, after hundreds of years of governance and the application of new technologies, the natural environment has become hundreds of times better than that period in the 20th and 21st centuries. The launch of global climate control and natural climate regionalization plans has reduced the forest coverage area on the earth.
It has increased almost five times. To put it in another way that is easy to understand, now the areas outside of urban areas and production areas are almost all pristine natural terrain. Outside urban areas, there is almost a dense forest within a hundred yards. Of course,
, this is also inseparable from the improvement of productivity. Now a highly intensive agricultural production area with an area of less than ten square kilometers can produce the food needs of a medium-sized city. In the past, before the widespread use of automated machinery and high-end biotechnology, this was
unimaginable.
Human labor is no longer consumed in production, and more labor is beginning to flow into outer space. After all, modern earthlings can see further, and exploring the universe is the common goal of all mankind.
On the one hand, large-scale mechanization has freed humans from repetitive labor. On the other hand, unemployment and homeless people have also surged. However, in this era, this small problem is not difficult for the coalition government, and there is a huge savings in resources.
, it is a very simple thing to feed these people, so what is left is how to find something to make these people settle down.
Voluntary work is a solution. After all, it feels uncomfortable to eat for free. The government will provide some temporary jobs that require manpower to these idle people. Of course, this is unpaid, and it just adds a little honor to you in the eyes of others.
In today's society, reputation and respect from others are very important. In the eyes of a large number of unemployed people, those who have formal jobs are not only supporting themselves, but also providing their own share for the entire human society.
Ability, in our era, is one of the most glorious things. Of course, if you want to obtain that glory, you must have the corresponding ability.
Another method is entertainment. The government has been involved in global large-scale virtual online games for a long time. Online games can not only accommodate a large number of unemployed people, but also provide a way for those who have jobs to relax and rest. It can be regarded as a
A good way to kill two birds with one stone.
Of course, the government is only responsible for maintaining game order, virtual transactions and currency exchange. Today, several well-known large-scale online games have currency exchange inside and outside the game. Large-scale online games without currency exchange are almost equivalent to saying that the government does not have secret support.
, then the reliability of the game will drop several levels, and there is no doubt that that kind of game will definitely not survive.
Large-scale virtual online games are already very mature technologies in this era. Whether it is the time extension system, internal simulation, or perception system, they are all becoming perfect. Nowadays, players are picky about the background and interior of the game. A good
Games not only require high-end technical support, but also must have novel buying points, such as superb background settings, world settings, and game settings, just like this game that is now popular around the world-Canaan!
Speaking of Canaan, I have to mention the origin of this game: About three months ago, Xiao Fen was playing an online game with a science fiction background called "Black Prison" with his "colleagues" in the college.
At that time, several large-scale online games in the world issued system notifications at the same time, saying that in two months several companies would release a giant virtual online game covering the world at the same time. At that time, these current games would be converted to free-to-play.
Operations, and players of these games have sixty days to consider whether to switch to new games...
Next, there was an overwhelming amount of advertising. I remember the sentence that Xiao Fen heard the most during those two months was: How about the giant virtual online game 'Canaan' with medieval swords and magic as the background... and...
How how...
Human beings like the new and hate the old. Occasionally, they may feel a little nostalgic and melancholy, but they can adjust their mentality in an instant.
Canaan’s 30 million closed beta accounts were robbed within two hours...
Canaan temporarily adds 13 million closed beta accounts...
Canaan responded to the strong request (actually a strong protest) from the majority of players to add another 13 million closed beta accounts...
Canaan entered open beta, and more than 40 million people entered the game on the first day...
Canaan urgently announced that in order to better maintain the order of the game, from now on the number of new players entering the game will be limited to one million people per day (meaning that only one million new players can be added per day). On the same day, a large number of players took to the streets to demonstrate
protest……
Less than a month after the public beta of the game started, the number of players in the game exceeded 100 million. This is because of the limited incoming traffic. Today, when the earth has a population of 20 billion, a game has more than 1/200 players of the population.
This is a very unbelievable thing. After all, there are too many good games, not to mention that this open beta has only started for more than 20 days.
The potential of this game was greater than Xiao Fen's imagination, and the appeal was also greater than his imagination. During the days when he graduated from the academy, even though he was extremely busy every day, he still found time to play this game with his "colleagues"
After some research, my only regret is that I didn’t get a beta account for the game.
Time flies, and one month after graduation passed like water. Although I was a little sad to say goodbye to my friends, I was still a young person after all, and time quickly diluted this sadness.
Xiao Fen is an orphan. He grew up in an orphanage. When he was 15 years old, he resolutely entered the society and supported himself with his own hands. He also completed his studies at an intermediate college with excellent results and earned enough for himself.
Complete all the expenses of studying at the most advanced college with peace of mind.
The place where he lives now is located in the southern suburbs of city A. He once shared this private residence with a very good friend. After his friend returned to his hometown, the two-bedroom and one-living room was temporarily occupied by Xiao Fen alone. However,
The landlord had informed him a few days ago that the new roommate would arrive within two weeks at the latest, so he didn't have a few days of 'personal space' to enjoy...
But in fact, I doubt whether he really remembers that the landlord told him about the new roommate, because since this month, he has almost plunged into the game "Canaan", and it seems that besides remembering it every day,
In addition to checking my email for admission notice, I was even so busy that I didn't even have time to eat...
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As mentioned above, the game background of Canaan is set in the era of swords and magic. It tells the story of a planet with a civilization that is completely different from the earth. This planet is called Canaan and is the fourth planet in the star system.
This planet has three satellites, that is, three moons. The three moons are called "Dark Simana", "Brilliant Simana" and "Bloodweeping Simana" by the inhabitants of the planet according to their colors. The size of the planet
Slightly larger than the earth, 60% of its surface is covered by ocean, and the rest is land. The land is divided into three parts, which are called the three continents blessed by the gods, which are what people call - Shaktai Gate, Kalam's Tears,
Far Southland.
Among them, Shaktaimen and Canaan are located in the northern hemisphere of the planet and are open continents that allow players to enter, while the Far South is located in the southern hemisphere of the continent and is an unopened map.
The Shaktai Gate is located in the north of the northern hemisphere. The Lombard Sea in the north of the continent is close to the Arctic Circle and is called the Sea of Storms. The entire continent covers an area of 80.7 million square kilometers. The areas adjacent to the three famous sea areas in the northwest of the continent have a temperate marine climate.
There is a large area of tropical monsoon climate in the south, and a narrow temperate monsoon climate zone in the east. In addition, except for a few alpine climates and temperate desert climate zones in the central part of the continent, most of the other areas have a temperate continental climate.
The Tears of Jialan is further south. This area is close to the equator and is covered with large tracts of tropical rainforest. However, the entire continent is not coherent. It is a continent composed of countless large and small island groups. The density of islands is enough to make the whole world
People in the Oceania area are ashamed. If the pure land area of this continent is considered, it may only be half of that of Shaktaimen. However, if the entire included area is considered, the precise area of this continent is - 97.03 million square kilometers.
As for the Far South, no official information has been released, and it is estimated that it will not be opened in the short term...
In fact, the entry area for newcomers to the game Canaan only includes the area called Orath near the three northwest seas of the Shaaktai Gate, which is the Storm Sea of Rumbar, the Gulf of Tranquility, the Sawtooth Sea of Doom, and the Cloud Mountains.
A small area surrounding it, but even this small area is the size of China in the past, which is now the China region in East Asia.
The game includes seven races - humans, elves, dwarves, halflings, dwarfs, half-elves, and half-orcs. The subrace selection of this race is not available for the time being (for example, elves do not have drow and wood elves). Each race has its own unique characteristics.
Specialties and talents. For example, humans are given talent rewards with many more skill points than other races because of their versatility and quick learning. Of course, the talents of each race are not bad, enough to tempt the chooser.
In addition, the game opens career options for warriors, priests, paladins, wizards, warlocks, barbarians, rangers, thieves, monks, druids, bards, etc. Of course, in addition to these main routes, you can also choose the enhancement routes for each profession.
, in fact, the multi-professional system of this game is also the key to attracting so many players.