Chapter 213 The ring that was brought back to reality
"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!"
"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?"
Under the instructions of his grandfather, Tarzan wandered around the novice village, only observing and observing the various new players.
"You said these people are just ordinary people in your world?"
"Of course, but there are also many second-generation rich people."
"What is the second generation of rich people?"
"Local tyrants are people who are not short of money. The second generation includes the rich second generation, the official second generation, the demolished second generation, the acting second generation, etc. The second generation official is the most expensive, the second generation rich has the most, and the second generation demolished is the most arrogant."
"..."
"You don't understand again, haha. Find a chance to see it for yourself. We have a lot of new things in Gada."
"...Well, it's time to go and take a look."
"Uh...what did you just say?"
"I have studied the sketch you gave me, and I am going to try to go back with you this time..."
"You mean...come offline with me!?"
"right!"
Tarzan was stunned.
Let’s NPPC.
The NPC wants to go offline together with the player, and no one would be as stunned as him.
Tarzan didn't believe it from the bottom of his heart when he said "Canaan is not a game". Subconsciously, he didn't want to believe it either. He preferred to believe in his good luck. When he encountered a system bug, the old man in the ring was just a disconnected person.
NPC, just like the artificial intelligence in science fiction novels suddenly has its own consciousness and thoughts.
But this request made him no longer able to ignore or escape. If this came true, would it prove...
"What, when are you leaving?"
"Now"
"ah?"
"This is a place where online and offline are concentrated. I feel the 'net' and have been studying it for a while... I'll give it a try and see if it works."
"Oh well!"
"Go and record the landing point first"
"oh!"
"Do as I say."
The player's login point can be changed, any safe zone with teleportation function will do. After going offline, the player's body character will be recycled by the system into the [Clone Pool]. The [Clone Pool] is at the foot of the mountain in Chenxi Town, which is the magic network.
The place with the strictest detection and control is also the focus of the Mage Tower's key monitoring and defense.
After the player goes online, the physical character will be transferred from the [Clone Pool] to the recorded login point, so that the player can go online and offline anytime and anywhere.
After explaining the principle, it means that the old man in the ring has arrived at the heavily guarded [Clone Pool] and has a certain understanding of the mechanism of players going online and offline. After all, the Magic Network is also a magic effect. Since it is magic, it is
There are roots to follow, experience to rely on, and ways to achieve it repeatedly.
Of course, the old man in the ring may be just a projection, a remnant soul, a very hidden and advanced magic that temporarily stores perception and spirit in a container. The old man cannot exist in the ring in person, nor can he exist elsewhere.
If you have the ability to touch the [Clone Pool] while touching the magic net, you don't have to hide your head and tail for so long.
Tarzan recorded the landing point with either expectation or fear. During the process, he kept chanting spells and sprinkling material powder according to the grandfather's instructions. It had no effect at all and made him look like he was talking.
, attracted the attention of many people.
"Aren't you afraid that the main thread NPC will find out?"
"He has discovered it a long time ago."
"ah?"
"Don't worry about this. The last step is to swallow the ring."
"ah!!?"
"Hurry, the time limit for the ceremony has expired soon."
Ceremony, what ceremony?
Tarzan wanted to regret it, but he was curious and swallowed the ring in his mouth in confusion, and chose to log off.
The world was spinning for a while, and my consciousness woke up in the confusion and darkness.
When I opened my eyes, I was lying on a double bed in reality, and I smelled the smell of smelly socks lying next to the pillow.
He sat up in a daze, and was aroused when he remembered what happened in the game. He subconsciously touched his right hand and found it was empty. He touched his throat again, as if there was a foreign object there.
But that's just his illusion.
"Old man, old man?"
Tarzan called out softly and tremblingly a few times, then held his breath and waited for two minutes.
"Hey, I'm so crazy!"
After all the pressure, he threw off the quilt and jumped out of bed, took a few steps to sit in front of the computer and sat down.
"Oh, man, I was really scared this time. Guess what? The NPC said that Canaan is not just a game, but a real world. He wants to go offline with me and come to real life..."
"Damn, you're bragging again."
"Really, I swear to God, if I tell a lie, the sky will thunder with thunder!"
"Listen to me, Taishan, read less online articles, you are already a little hysterical."
"How do you believe it?"
"Unless you give me 5 gold"
"5 gold, I only need 2 gold"
"1 gold"
"50 silver!"
"You are so poor, believe it or not!"
After closing the family group chat interface, Tarzan cursed and went to wash up.
This is a very fine farmhouse. The three-story building was specially designed by someone. It is expensive, has a huge area, and is very ingenious in its layout.
The entire yard was recently built, and the decoration is a combination of earth and western styles, making it very luxurious and elegant.
"Yangyang, are you offline yet?"
"Just got off, what happened?"
"There are people coming to see you tonight, don't forget it."
"Got it, got it!"
One of the disadvantages of a big house is that the whole family has to shout every time they say something. Tarzan quickly forgot about the unpleasantness and hummed a song as he walked out of the bathroom. He was eating the lunch carefully prepared by his parents when he suddenly felt a bad taste.
, and vomited it out on the spot.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Did you catch a cold at night... Oh, what is this?"
Tarzan was also stunned. Among the small amount of vomit, suddenly there was a ring with a simple shape.
