Volume II The Age of Mountains and Seas Chapter 00 Prologue
All things are born, one body with two sides. What is good must be what is negative, what is above is what is below, yin and yang complement each other, and water and fire complement each other. With the vitality of heaven and earth, it is not surprising that the evil energy will come out. Driven by the rules of the game, the game world is evolving step by step.
Even the administration and even the founder don’t know what the evolution will look like in the future.
"Reporting to the director, the information from Mango shows that the demonic energy of heaven and earth erupting in Black Wind Mountain is rapidly merging with the vitality of heaven and earth, and it is expected to stabilize in a month." The white-clothed staff in the management center's monitoring center hurried towards the virtual screen.
A dignified middle-aged man reports.
The location of the Administration Bureau is a mysterious place, located in a certain space crack above the Longhua Continent. The spring here is bright, with green trees and gurgling streams, just like a paradise. The blue sky is clear, the wind is white, and the place is not very big.
The majestic white modern high-rise building is suspended in the void, which is where the administration is located.
The space trembled slightly, and invisible small oscillations were heard in the air.
Staff member A obviously felt something unusual in the air, and frowned and said: "Peach Blossom Spring has also been affected by the demonic energy of heaven and earth spewing out from Black Wind Mountain, and it seems a little unstable."
"According to the results of Mango's analysis, Taohuayuan is also subject to unlimited rules. If this continues, I'm afraid our bureau..." Staff member B reported with a worried look on his face, and stopped hesitantly mid-sentence.
The Peach Blossom Spring is a special place that was opened up after the "Celestial Change" in the game. The Management Bureau is set up in this place specifically to monitor changes in the game world.
"Well, Wu's rules are working well! Demonic energy, it's interesting. Let's check whether this incident has caused any harm to the players." The dignified middle-aged man obviously also knew about the incident in Black Wind Mountain.
"According to Mango analysis, there are currently 87,433 players in the game world, and the entry and exit frequency is 323 times per second. Since the outbreak of the magic energy, no abnormalities have been seen." There was silence for a moment in the monitoring center, and staff member C opened his eyes and said.
"Very good, the responsibility of the monitoring center is to monitor whether any changes in the game will cause harm to the players. Before the demonic energy is completely stabilized, the monitoring will be strengthened and a monitoring report will be submitted every day." The middle-aged man said unhurriedly: "
Although the questions you mentioned are not within our responsibilities, I will report them to the commander."
"Yes." The staff members looked at the virtual screen and responded in unison.
The middle-aged man sat in the spacious office, shook his head and turned off the virtual screen, muttering to himself: "It seems that I am going to change my view on games. It is worth looking forward to." It turned out to be the office of the director of the monitoring center, with a layout similar to
In reality, the company office is exactly the same, with soft leather chairs, a large mahogany desk, and soft sunlight penetrating through the transparent floor-to-ceiling glass, making it bright and comfortable.
Seeing the jet black watch in his hand flashing red, the middle-aged man frowned and walked towards the door.
"Hey, Lao Zhou, why do you look unhappy? We're just having a meeting!" A young man in his twenties walked over with a smile and patted the director of the monitoring center on the shoulder.
"Haha, it's boring to stay here. How can it be compared to your emergency response team who are free and easy and can go wherever they want." Lao Zhou shook his head. Although he laughed twice, his face was still serious.
expression.
"Oh~ Lao Zhou, don't you always say that playing with things makes you lose your spirit? What's wrong today, do you want to play in the game?" A naughty smile appeared on the young man's face, and he came over and whispered: "How about I take you to have fun someday?"
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"No matter how big or small, be careful your sister-in-law doesn't treat you to dinner in the future." The middle-aged man laughed, raised his hand and flicked a chestnut on the young man's head, and walked straight to the conveyor belt ahead.
"Hey, hey, wait for me!" the young man shouted and followed quickly.
"Team Leader Zhang, this is not a place to make loud noises!" A clear female voice came from behind.
Seeing that Team Leader Zhang looked like he was under a spell, he turned around and said: "Director, hehe..." But he kept mumbling in his heart, oh no, why was he caught by this fiery beauty again.
A delicate beauty is staring at Team Leader Zhang with a smile. She is dressed like a working girl in a white shirt, black jacket and short skirt. She has tall breasts, slender thighs, and a small waist that can be easily grasped. If she is walking in
On the street, some people who don't know the details may come up to chat with me.
The appearance of the management staff in the game is 100% consistent with reality. The appearance in the game is the appearance in reality. Naturally, the director is also a beauty in reality.
Team Leader Zhang had a taste of the power of others, because this beauty was none other than Li Wutong, the director of the administration, who was twenty-two years old. Although Director Li was young, he was entrusted with such an important task for some reason.
The administration is divided into seven different departments. For example, the monitoring center monitors the impact of changes in the game world on players under the rules; Zhang Ting’s emergency response team is composed of expert players since the game’s internal testing to prevent incidents that occur in the game.
emergencies to maintain the order of the game; there is also a financial operations department responsible for the financial balance of the game, etc...
After all, Zhang Ting was young and frivolous. When he first came to the bureau, he didn't know that the director was such a young and beautiful girl. A few frivolous words would naturally lead to severe punishment. The memory is still fresh in his memory, so he would naturally follow Li Wutong when he saw him.
A mouse is like a cat.
According to Zhang Ting, there is no need to abandon the entire forest for a tree. As for whether this sentence can be used as an explanation, others can't figure it out. Anyway, Zhang Ting was always very honest in front of this beauty.
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"It's a meeting, why don't you hurry up to the conference room." Li Wutong tossed his long hair and walked quickly onto the conveyor belt. A burst of fresh fragrance drifted past Zhang Ting's nose.
Zhang Ting was in a daze, looking at Li Wutong who was gradually walking away, shrugged helplessly, and hurried to follow.
"Okay, everyone is here, let's start now!" Li Wutong looked around at the heads of various departments sitting at the round table and said, although she has a young qualification, after months of running in the game, plus this
It is a newly established department and can basically perform her duties as director smoothly.
"First of all, this meeting is classified as confidential level two, which means that only you can know it. Please keep it confidential. After receiving news from the headquarters, the game world has become more and more rigorous due to its continuous self-evolution. Since the establishment of the rules,
When the demonic energy of heaven and earth breaks out, we are about to enter the second period of the game."
"According to the headquarters, the game will enter the era of mountains and seas, and the prototype of a real mythical world has been initially formed." Li Wutong's words stirred up a whisper in the conference room, and the heads of the seven departments were whispering in low voices.
"Ahem, cough, everyone, the change in the demonic energy of heaven and earth has been reported to Director Li as soon as possible after the outbreak, and he has also asked for instructions from the headquarters." Director Zhou stood up and said: "Everyone knows about the demonic energy of heaven and earth, and of course I do too.
I don’t know much about the Shanhai Era, so please ask the director to explain it to us.”
"Haha, the headquarters responded quickly after receiving our report." Li Wutong chuckled a few times and continued: "In other words, after the demonic energy of heaven and earth stabilizes, a mountain and sea similar to the ancient mythology will appear.
The era of war is about to appear, and the traces of the game will become less and less."
"Similarly, our intervention methods will become less and less as they are gradually compressed by the evolutionary rules of the game." Li Wutong paused here and glanced at the venue with bright eyes.
When Director Zhou heard this, he frowned again and glanced at another thin middle-aged man opposite, which was Director Wan of the Financial Operations Department. He only saw Director Wan nodding with the same solemn expression.
"This shouldn't be considered a second-level secret?" Zhang Ting said with a confused look on his face. There is no GM system in the game. The original regulations are to not interfere with the game world to the maximum extent. The evolution of the game has led to the gradual reduction of the management's interference methods.
As it should be, otherwise his emergency response team wouldn't exist.
"As you all know, our first priority is to ensure the safety and health of players participating in the game, and the second is to ensure the company's profits." Li Wutong no longer looked like Wenxiu's ladylike self at this time, and nodded ably.
"According to Director Zhou's report, there is nothing to worry about in the first place. Before continuing to convey orders from the headquarters, please introduce the financial operations of the game to Minister Wan." Li Wutong nodded to Minister Wan.
Minister Wan is a tall and thin middle-aged man with shiny hair. He stood up and summoned a virtual screen. He pointed at the groups of data that appeared and said: "What is circulating in Longhua Continent can be exchanged for reality."
The official currency of money, including gold coins, silver coins, etc., is issued in equal amounts by us based on the actual amount of money players invest in the game."
"The dropping of gems is also based on this. Everyone knows this, so I won't talk nonsense." Minister Wan pointed to the profit and loss data line of the past few months and said: "Because it is the open beta period and there are relatively few players, so we
The tax and operating income obtained from the game is more than 300,000 gold coins..."
"No, Minister Wan, it's only more than 300,000 gold coins, which is too little." Zhang Ting interrupted, if such a huge game only has such a small profit level, it might as well go home and farm. If you include the development costs
, staff costs, hardware facilities, etc., it can only be said that the loss is huge.
"Haha, don't get excited, Team Leader Zhang. Such an achievement during the open beta of the game is already very good, which is equivalent to us earning 3 gold coins from each player." Minister Wan glanced at Zhang Ting, but still explained patiently.
"Taiyi Bank is our hub for exchanging game currency for real money. Our income mainly comes from some operating facilities in the three major cities and taxes from in-game transactions. The recent discovery of gold mines in China Town has also brought a little impact to our income.
Because gold can be used to pay for NPCs, it reduces the amount of real currency invested by players."
"After the game is opened and we gradually withdraw from business, then our profits in the game can only rely on taxes, and part of the tax must be paid to the state according to the "Virtual Reality Game Law." The basic situation is like this." Wan
After the minister finished speaking, he sat down.
"The order from the headquarters is that the evolution of the game world is based on the rules of the game, and the rules of interpersonal relationships are established by the players themselves. Our administration must gradually fade away from intervening in the game. The statement from the headquarters is that with the advent of the Shanhai era, the rules of the game will be established by the players themselves."
The existence of the administration may not be allowed..." Li Wutong continued with a solemn expression.
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the conference room.
"Doesn't that mean the game is out of control?" The short, middle-aged woman who had been silent until now spoke slowly. This was Director Lu of the event planning department.
"Director, if this happens, we won't be able to operate this game at all, and how to collect taxes will be a problem." Minister Wan asked sternly.
"I'm sorry, this is a high-level secret of the company, and I don't know. But what the headquarters means is to let the administration participate in the game and manage it in another way." Li Wutong said without expression: "So we need to hold a meeting to discuss it.
Minister Wan, your mission is...".
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The Black Wind Mountain collapsed rapidly amidst the rumbling vibrations, and the big green trees were mercilessly rolled into the soil, crushed and then mixed into the collapsed boulders and fell.
The high mountains within a hundred kilometers of the original Heifeng Village soon turned into a huge black hole with no bottom. Thick black gas was still pouring out, and there were faint black shadows below.
The sky was densely covered with haze. Although there was no terrifying scene like when the Ten Thousand Demons Blood Soul Array was activated, it was still a mess. Suddenly, a big hole opened in the dark clouds, and thousands of rays of light slanted out from it. A dozen lights and shadows instantly condensed over the huge black hole.
stand.
In the hazy black air, the rays of light flickered in the light, and you could vaguely see people in it, but you couldn't see the faces of the people in it.
"Build a barrier!" The figure standing in the far northeast corner roared like thunder.
In an instant, more than a dozen rays of brilliant light intertwined and formed a dense network shape, covering the black hole from the edge to the middle. It fell lightly, flashing a hundred and eight light spots, and then disappeared. The demons of heaven and earth
Qi is still gushing out, and the barrier seems to be unable to prevent the overflow of demonic Qi. However, the naked eye can see sparks of light splashing from time to time in the black mist, as if it is blocking something underneath.
"Okay, let's search around and see if we can find Qi from Zhonghua Town!"
More than a dozen lights and shadows turned into fireflies and circled in all directions. After a while, they returned to the man in the northeast corner and said, "Report, nothing was found."
In the light, he vaguely saw a young man with long hair shawl. He sighed and said: "It's not that I won't save you, it's just that you can't be found. Anyway, it's not a big loss if you reincarnate."
"Team leader, the residents of the demon world are just low-level NPCs. There is no need to be so nervous about setting up such a large 108-star array. Besides, it is not necessarily a bad thing when the demonic energy of heaven and earth comes out. Haha, only powerful monsters can be fun.
." An old voice sounded.
"It's easy to do whatever the director says. Anyway, we only have this ability. This formation can only block monsters with high abilities for a while, which can be regarded as a buffer for the personal world." It turns out that he is the Zhang Ting team member of the emergency management team of the bureau.
long.
"Leave, it won't be good if you stay too long." Zhang Ting waved his hand, and more than a dozen streaks of light disappeared in an instant.