"You will become pirates, travel to the seven seas, and challenge various adventures with your strong will and courage."
At this time, Noah's Ark has already begun to introduce five story stages to the children.
As Dr. Ali said, all stages are set in Europe at the end of the last century.
"The second one is the Paris-Dakar cross-country race! Join the world's famous riders and compete for the championship in rigorous competitions."
"The third one is the ancient Roman Arena! Find powerful weapons and armor, and then test your skills in the Roman Empire and defeat the brave warriors from all walks of life."
"The fourth one is Solomon's Treasure. Everyone will play the role of treasure hunters and go to Solomon's treasures buried all over the world."
Yuan Huaiyu looked at the TV. At this time, the picture on the TV had turned into a live broadcast of the game.
"It's really attractive...what do you think, Hiroki?"
In his opinion, this game has indeed surpassed all games in the world, and has even gone beyond the category of "game". It can almost be regarded as a virtual reality. For a game enthusiast, this is almost
Has a fatal attraction.
If the production of these stages is so sophisticated that it is not far from reality, it will definitely lead the trend of the entire game industry and make all players flock to it.
Hiroki didn't speak. He was already a little stunned.
If possible, since he had never played games with his friends since he was a child, he really wanted to participate in this game and have a good time playing a game with these children of similar age.
"There will always be opportunities in the future. If Noah's Ark is by your side, Hiroki, you will definitely have the opportunity to play this game."
Yuanhuaiyu seemed to understand what Hongshu was thinking and comforted him.
If Hiroki really wants to try this game, Yuan Huaiyu believes that Noah's Ark will spare no effort to create a machine similar to "Cocoon" for Hiroki to satisfy his desire to play this game.
"Yeah!" Hiroki nodded and looked at the TV intently.
Noah's Ark in the TV screen was introducing the last stage, and the momentum was still so oppressive, not at all like the timid look he had when facing Yuanhuaiyu just now.
"Then...the fifth one is London in the old days! Here, everyone will experience a suspenseful story with a thrilling feel."
"In London in 1888, there is an unsolved case that has not yet been solved in the real world - the serial murderer, Jack the Ripper - and it takes everyone's efforts to bring him to justice."
After all five stages were introduced, the fifty children participating in the game fell into endless discussions.
"If no one clears the level, will we really die?"
A child asked his companions worriedly.
When they are still young, they almost do not understand the meaning of death. They have only heard from adults that death is a disgusting and terrible thing.
"Why do we encounter such unlucky things..."
His companion replied with a sad look on his face.
"It's not like I want to be my father's child!" A little girl said with fear on her face.
Yuan Huaiyu laughed out loud instantly when he heard this.
This little girl is obviously too immature to say such ridiculous things.
"These children who are born with silver spoons in their mouths have been strictly protected by their parents since birth. They are like flowers in a greenhouse or eaglets in a bird's nest. They have never experienced the dangers of this society and will naturally imitate them subconsciously.
My parents should follow the same path that their parents have walked and follow the ideas that their parents have implemented."
"Even so, when they encounter a life crisis, they will still complain about their parents who brought them this crisis. It can be said that..."
"They have never thought about how difficult their lives would be without the protection of their parents. Look at the children in poor areas in Africa who can't even eat enough. If they were given a chance, I believe they would rather stand today
We face a life and death crisis here."
Hongshu listened to Yuan Huaiyu's words and nodded in agreement.
"Please! Someone come and save me!" A child with a fragile heart was about to cry.
"Everyone, cheer up! We can no longer admit defeat before the outcome is decided!"
It was Xiaolan who spoke. Seeing that all the children were demoralized and almost giving up, she quickly cheered them up.
After all, in terms of age, she is also the oldest among these fifty people.
"That's it! As long as one person can reach the end, it's fine!" Conan also helped.
"Everyone now choose the stage you want to enter and find a way to clear it!"
Xiaolan told these children what she was going to do now.
Yuan Huaiyu, who was in front of the TV, shook his head.
"Hiroki, Noah's Ark, what would you do if this happens?"
Before they could answer, Yuan Huaiyu said to himself: "Any way will work, but the optimal solution is definitely for fifty people to enter a familiar stage, so that we can have the greatest possibility of ensuring that one of them can pass the level."
"It's just that there are disadvantages to this. If there are too many pig teammates, it is very likely that they will be dragged down. After all... they are just children, a group of immature children at all."
"In other words, if you look at it from the most utilitarian and coldest perspective, if you want to maximize the use of this group of children, you should directly use all the children with insufficient abilities as cannon fodder to pave the way for those who are truly capable of passing the level - but this
This approach is of course impossible to achieve.”
"There is no other way. It seems that the only option is to fight hard..."
Just as Yuan Huaiyu was commenting on the game as if it were a TV show, the children also made new moves.
The grandson of the deputy director of the Metropolitan Police, he is also the king of children among the rich and powerful, and the opinion leader Morohoshi was the first to stand up.
"If I hadn't received a message from Hiroki today and learned that Hiroki was still alive, I would have used the simulated personality of Hiroki to pretend to be this child and participate in the game..."
Noah's Ark was explained in a timely manner.
"You're thoughtful." Of course Hiroki knew what Noah's Ark was doing to make up for his regrets, and he patted the computer gratefully.
On TV, several of Morohoshi's friends whose parents were either rich or wealthy quickly followed behind him.
"Zhuxing, which stage do you want to choose?"
"Wait for me!"
Thanks to the existence of Xiaolan, the opinion leader, the children seemed to have a backbone, and they all moved towards the game stages they wanted to participate in.
The Young Detective Team and Xiaolan walked towards the fifth stage together. At the same time, they soon discovered that the four Morohoshis, who had had some friction and quarrels before, had also chosen this stage.
"Hey...you guys choose this too?"
"Don't hinder us!"
Morohoshi and his entourage immediately sneered at this group of guys who couldn't deal with them.
"We should say this to you, right?" Yuantai immediately became unhappy and shot back.
"Okay, okay, don't argue anymore!" Xiaolan tried to stop the fight.
【Then, the game begins!】
Following Noah's Ark's order, Conan took the lead and walked towards the stone gate.
"Okay, let's go!"
…
"This is London, the capital of dense fog..."
After passing through a light curtain behind the stone gate, the group of people found that the environment they were in had changed. It was no longer the empty space with only the stone gate, but instead they were located in a town.
Through the introduction of Noah's Ark, they naturally quickly understood where this place was.
This is London, known as the Fog City. The surrounding fog and the simple and elegant architectural style also prove this.
"It's not so much romantic as it is weird." Xiaolan looked at the dim light through the fog. She was afraid of ghosts and only felt chilly.
If this place was used as a set for a horror movie, it wouldn't feel out of place at all.
"It seems that the air on my face is very dirty..." Ayumi said.
Yuantai sniffed it, and disgust appeared on his face: "It even smells like it!"
"The fog in London is not just a clean substance formed by the condensation of water vapor, but the smoke produced by the combination of soot and fog produced by burning coal and petroleum..."
Before Conan finished his science talk, everyone suddenly heard a shrill scream across the sky, exploding in everyone's ears.
The scream was so close that it seemed to be happening right next to me.
"Jack the Ripper!"
Conan was excited, his face changed, and he rushed towards the source of the sound.
After running past several houses and turning into an alley, Conan saw at a glance a tightly wrapped guy squatting in front of a female body who didn't know whether she was dead or alive.
"Stop!" he shouted angrily.
Jack the Ripper, who had just finished his murder, heard that someone had arrived so quickly. His face, which was still smiling proudly, straightened up, he jumped up, and ran nimbly towards the end of the dark street.
Conan was about to press his feet to strengthen his sneakers and use a tin can discarded on the ground to shoot Jack the Ripper in the back of the head, but suddenly found that he in the game had no bonus from any of the props prepared for him by the doctor.
After all, this is a hypnotic state, and any external props will be ineffective in the game.
In front of the TV, Yuan Huaiyu smiled happily as he watched Conan's somewhat bewildered scene.
"I really miss it... It's a rare occasion when this guy can't use his anesthesia needle, voice changer and foot strength... Look at those Conan movies later, there are footballs shooting satellites, footballs stopping magnetic levitation..."
After complaining about Ke Xue, Yuanhuaiyu heard Hongshu ask curiously:
"Mr. Yuan, this child is..."
"He is an arrogant detective, but if we want to find a person who is most likely to pass the game this time, it must be this guy."
Yuan Huaiyu shrugged.
In the TV picture, Conan's child's body was of course unable to catch up with the specially trained Jack the Ripper. He could only stand next to the lifeless body and watch Jack the Ripper run away.
"Jack the Ripper appears!"
Soon, after nearby residents heard the screams just now, some brave people ran out to check the situation, and saw the corpse with obvious characteristics at a glance.
This is the way Jack the Ripper committed crimes. After repeatedly committing murders, the residents of London have become extremely fearful of this cruel serial killer.
Noah's Ark soon discovered that these children seemed to not understand English as the basic language, and very thoughtfully reset all the languages in the game to Japanese that they could understand.
It didn't take long for several police officers to arrive at the scene, push aside the crowd of onlookers, and after checking the body, the leading police officer shouted to his subordinates:
"Hey! Call Officer Lestrade quickly!"
"Eh?" Conan's whole body was shocked as if he heard some keyword.
【Lestrade Police Department?!】
After everyone witnessed the murder scene, they did not stay long, but came to a bridge over a river somewhere.
During this process, Conan kept thinking with his brows furrowed.
[Based on my understanding of my father, this stage...]
"Really! They say they want us to catch the murderer. Where on earth should we look for it?" Zhuxing kicked the ground with some dissatisfaction.
"It seems we have to wait until dawn..." Mitsuhiko was a little at a loss.
"No..." Conan, who had already figured it out, smiled confidently, "Didn't the policeman just say that? Just go find Officer Lestrade."
"Officer Lestrade..." Xiaolan also quickly noticed this name.
Because one of her annoying childhood sweethearts would tell her the story of this character whenever he had free time, so she naturally became familiar with the name.
"But isn't that a character who appears in Conan Doyle's novels?"
"This game may be a world that mixes fiction and reality." Haihara Ai said from the side.
"That means..." Xiaolan opened her mouth wide.
"Ah, yes, that person should also exist in this world, and he must be someone we can seek help from..."
"That Sherlock Holmes!"
Conan named his favorite detective.
In the outside world, although they could not talk to the game, Kudo Yusaku, Kenmura and Dr. Agasa were relieved when they heard that Conan had discovered the important clue of Sherlock Holmes, but they quickly thought of something, and their expressions
Became more dignified than before.
"If we can find Holmes, then there will basically be no problem in cracking this level. But..."
Jiancun's face turned even paler.
The character who left the most profound mark in the history of mystery novels is not just a joke!
But the prerequisite for getting his help is that the great detective is still in London.
"The Whitechapel area they are currently in is quite far from Baker Street where Holmes is located, and if I am not mistaken, Noah's Ark has tampered with the game process and sent Holmes, who was originally a key assisting NPC, to investigate the case.
!”
Dr. Ali took a deep breath.
"Damn it, why is this mysterious artificial intelligence so hateful!"
Thinking of his daughter's safety, Mouri Kogoro stamped his foot heavily.