This huge stone ring-shaped building with a bonfire in the center looks like both a gladiatorial arena and a grand theater, and the overall atmosphere is somewhat like a sacrificial hall.
A long time has passed since the last visitor visited it, and the environment has also undergone considerable changes. The most intuitive change is that the area of the "stage" in the middle is about three times larger than the original one. The number of "doors" floating in the air in the auditorium is also more than a dozen more than before.
Almost all of these "doors" are completely open. If someone is in front of the door, they can see what is happening "inside the door" through its limited field of vision.
Most of the contents displayed on the doors are scenes of modern human cities. A small part shows scenes of suspected wilderness, forests and the seabed, and some seem to be shooting the starry sky, but without exception, the "lenses" are still. status, as if they were really a door leading to those places.
Opposite these "doors", on the "stand" on the other side, there are seven huge stone thrones standing as before. If the ordinary seats in the auditorium are used as a reference for normal people, if they want to be comfortable Sitting on these thrones, even the shortest one must be at least ten meters tall.
Of course, if you are not pursuing the utilization of these seats, there is no problem in using it as a stone platform.
On one of the thrones, there is a girl sitting on the edge of the seat, shaking her calves. She has a round face, long pink and white hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a pink and white cake skirt, with a furry ball-shaped skirt hanging behind her. With his thin tail, he tilted his head and poked the void in front of him with two fingers.
The door in front of her showed a scene that looked like a conference room. There were only a few people in the conference room. One of them had blue skin and a resolute appearance. The first impression she gave people was that he had a bald head that was perfect for wearing sunglasses. The man is making his speech.
"... We have made such a big noise. The Zheng Mansion and the military must have known about it. They are just thinking about the power of the 'Brando Family', the strength of Atlantis, and 'Ms. Bai Jingjing', a senior FBI agent." The agent's identity is the reason why we are standing still, we must give them some results before they lose their patience."
"Gotham is not afraid of trouble, but it will not ask for trouble," another man attending the meeting with a serious expression responded: "Are you sure that if you throw a 'game console' to those people, you can satisfy their appetite?"
"Of course not, what I want to hand over to them is the alien's advanced fire control and communication command system," the bald man said: "They are just in the form of an approximate game. If they have any knowledge about these technologies attached to us, Regarding issues of reliability and application prospects, I will make a proposal of 'making it into a game and conducting public testing at no additional cost', and they will definitely agree."
Phew, two long text bubbles appeared above the door:
【"Buy a casket and return a pearl."】
【"The trees are hidden in the forest."】
The pink-haired girl tilted her head, and after thinking for a moment, she continued to click in the void in front of her, and new bubbles appeared.
【"It's just because of this vinegar that I made this dumpling." (Solomon)】
"..." The woman wearing a white lady's suit and a white top hat was stunned, and then read out the contents of the third bubble in an emotionless tone.
"Incisive." Another man attending the meeting raised his thumb.
[What a brilliant idea, that’s a fart.] The little girl quickly typed out such a line of words with two fingers. After hesitating for half a minute, she still reluctantly deleted it, then she held her chin with one hand and leaned on the stone.
Resting on the armrest of the throne watching the meeting.
"Yes, they never thought that our purpose was originally for this game," the bald man nodded: "Such a mature VR is too wasteful to use in the military, it is still used to generate revenue for Gotham.
good."
"Even if you say so, we don't have experts in programming, let alone art, screenwriting, directors and planners." A fat man in a black dress and white shirt answered.
"In fact, there is no need," the bald man opened his hand: "Just slightly modify the battlefield simulation system that comes with these Chitauri command terminals. When we really need those positions, we should have already recruited them.
"
"What should the content be changed to?" the serious man said, "I've seen it. They are all simulations of the Chitauri's conquests in other worlds. There are almost no scenes that are familiar to humans."
"As long as the player is a human being," the bald man shook his finger: "It can be set as the protagonist. After encountering aliens, in order not to lead the enemy to the earth, he blindly jumps to the coordinates of the unknown universe, and finally arrives through a strange wormhole.
There is nothing familiar about Alien. The biggest problem now is the name of the game. What do you think of 'Terminator'?"
The pink-haired girl who was fascinated by the lake suddenly sat up straight, typed out a word quickly and then took a picture.
【"Contra" (Zeus)】
【"Starship Troopers"(Mercury)】
【"Halo" (Solomon)】
【"Fomalhaut" (Heracles)】
【"M78 Nebula" (Atlas)】
【"The Color of Stars"(Achilles)】
"Gu——" The girl puffed up her face and stared at several other thrones, where figures sitting or standing appeared at some point.
"Ahaha... There's nothing we can do about it." On the throne next to her was a young man wearing a yellow raincoat: "You know, this is the 'Dimension Ascension', everyone wants to help 'that one'
."
"To be honest, this kind of 'game world in a movie world' can only help very little. I'm just joining in the fun. You can cross it out," said Bai, who was wearing black armor and holding a black dragon flag in his hand.
The girl held her chin in boredom: "Gandalf's magic academy is the big one."
"Only Solomon and I have the most reasonable opinions," the girl wearing a white lab coat and red-rimmed glasses looked at the options on the door: "Do you want the players to go crazy or become light?"
"...I won't win anyway, just write something for fun." The girl in black with a skull mask on her face replied.
"They will enter strange wormholes, and Abby likes it very much." said the blond girl wearing a black pumpkin skirt and a big hat.
"Use a code name, my sister." The boy in yellow covered his face: "It wouldn't be fun if 'that' looked over at me."
"Oh, it's not Abi, it's Achilles who likes it very much." The girl named Abi said smoothly.
"Forget it, forget it..." The boy in yellow waved his hands repeatedly.
At this time, the woman who could see the speech bubble in the conference room made a decision:
"I think [Halo] is pretty good."
call--
As her voice fell, the door suddenly closed, then suddenly jumped upwards and disappeared into the amphitheater.
"Okay, get one, now..." Mercury pushed up his glasses and began to look at the door of the auditorium: "Who has experience in dealing with the chaotic thinking of the 'berserker'?"
"...I," Achilles weakly raised his hand: "Restraint."
"No, if we want to defeat him, any one of us can do it," Mercury closed his eyes speechlessly, then opened them: "I understand his train of thought. After all, there is no 'Shazam' as a spokesperson in the dark universe."
stare--
Solomon, Atlas and Achilles turned to look at Zeus.
"Although I am the only person present who has a Berserker job, are you sure you want me to change?" Zeus put his hand on the M-shaped hair ornament on his forehead and glanced at Heracles: "'She' is still dragging
There are a lot of line drawings that have not been drawn, and Enqi will chase them to urge them."
"Forget it," the young man in yellow trembled: "I don't want to see him."
"I'll do it..." Mercury sighed, stopped picking and picked, and raised his hand to suck one of the "doors" in front of the throne.
The scene behind the door is of a rather formal and quaint living room, where two well-dressed men are having an ordinary conversation, although given their status, this situation can be said to be quite unusual.
"Can you believe it, Mr. Bruce Wayne?" A man wearing a long purple suit, a blue flower on his chest, and neatly styled hair, looking like a salesman, was talking to the person opposite him.
Showing the document in his hand: "Those 'Chitauri' are actually consumables."
"You're aware of it. Does this have anything to do with your project?" The man known as Bruce Wayne had a gentle expression, but the corners of his smiling mouth twitched a little. It seemed that he always wanted to droop down.
"According to the analysis of these glasses, it can be seen that after the cannon fodder soldiers' death, their consciousness will return to the mother ship, and then use the new body made by the mother ship to continue fighting. The mother ship creates a cannon fodder soldier with almost no consumption, so theoretically speaking
, the strength of the Chitauri is unlimited." The corners of the salesman's mouth were also twitching, but he couldn't help but curl up: "Don't you think this is great? You won't die, but you can truly experience death.
Of fear, I can put them to—”
"Ahem, please go back to the topic, Mr. Joe Chell." Bruce coughed.
"——Assign them to do some more risky jobs." The salesman named Joe Chell blinked, completed the sentence, and then started to be in a daze as if he suddenly couldn't remember where he said it.
"About 'Ready Player One'." Bruce prompted.
"Oh, yes, look at my memory," Joechel knocked on his head: "That's right, based on the characteristics of Chitauri soldiers, I came up with a game mode, which is 'mowing grass'."
"I think there are a lot of games that, like you said, cut the grass." Bruce understood the meaning of the word almost immediately.
"I mean, players are stupid," Joechel added.
"Oh?" Bruce raised his eyebrows.
“The purpose of this game is to allow players to get used to facing enemies who can easily defeat them, and learn to be perseverant, become more courageous with every setback, fight against repeated defeats, never give up and other excellent qualities during the game,” said Joechel Said: "This way, when they face difficulties in bat, I mean life, they will be more courageous to take action and provide me with more fun."
"..." Bruce looked at him and remained silent.
"Oh, cross out the last sentence." Joechel added.
"'Ready Player One' is just the project code name, so what is the name of the first 'Mowing' game you want to design?" Bruce asked.
"Oh, I think it should be called—"
Click, click, click.
The Rock of Eternity suddenly sounded a knocking sound, and then six "bubbles" floated neatly on the door.
【Devil's Soul】
【Dark Soul】
【Bloodborne Curse】
【Sekiro】
【Super Mary】
【Eldon's Ring】
"..." Everyone present collectively turned their attention to Solomon.
"I can't play that. I always think I can eat the enemy." Solomon puffed up his face.
"From now on, you can be called Kirby." Zeus complained.
"Of course it's [Dark Soul]! Hahaha!" Joechel finally couldn't hold it in anymore and started laughing.
Kacha, the door closed and disappeared.
"Well..." Mercury adjusted his glasses again: "I didn't find the problem, what about you?"
"Me neither," Zeus pressed her forehead: "But there are 'Ready Player Ones' in three worlds at the same time. This is impossible under normal circumstances. Not to mention Marvel, DC's situation is, If people or things have the possibility of developing in a good direction, they will go to the bright universe. No matter how they develop, they will definitely turn bad and enter the dark universe."
"Then only the 'Ready Player One' developed by Jarvis is left," Hercules breathed out: "The name of its game is fixed, there is no need to guess, do you still want to watch it?"
"Let's read it," Atlas said, "I want to know how he came up with the title of the game."
"Uh-huh." Zeus responded and pulled the largest door in the theater over.
The scene behind the door is the cargo hold of a small aircraft. A gold and red steel suit is pushing three huge dormant cabins deep into the cargo hold.
"With the size of the Stark Group and the technical content of these things, it won't be a loss even if you make a tourist program just to see the scenery," Stark said: "But I still want to hear your overall plan for the project.
, such as game content.”
"[The content of the game can be spread out from this 'alien invasion' event, sir,]" Jarvis's response in the suit was enlarged and played: "[For example, this 'invasion' actually
It is caused by the lack of communication with each other. Humanity is desperately preparing for the second war. Suddenly, a "Cosmic Civilization Alliance" comes to mediate. After they reveal the greatness of the universe to humans, they absorb humans into this system. The protagonist is
The representatives sent by humans to the cosmic society, after various conspiracies and arduous battles, finally allowed humans to gain a firm foothold in the "Cosmic Civilization Union", but they discovered that there is a deeper darkness that is ready to move in the universe... Sir?]
"
"Hell, I suddenly feel that the future may really develop like you said," Stark clicked his tongue and continued to push the box: "So, what is the name of your story?"
"[I think this story should be named after the never-before-seen technology that humans use to travel to the universe -]" Jarvis paused: "[Mass Effect]."
