In the apartment, Huang Song was lying on the bed wearing a helmet, looking at the center of the dark field of vision and a 5-minute countdown prompt in a daze.
Recently, thanks to the "Escape from the City Movement", the rent has dropped a lot. After contacting his family and knowing that he could not go home to reunite with his family in any way, he moved out of the university dormitory and used it at an extremely low cost.
Price, I rented this exquisite single apartment.
At this time, the pervasive atmosphere of panic had dissipated a lot, and there was no fog for four or five days in a row. People gradually calmed down, the market recovered, and people were returning to their homes in the city from the suburbs one after another.
On the streets, public transportation has resumed first, and the subway has also resumed operation. Although the number of people is scary, it is finally a sign of recovery.
Out of simple wishes, most people believe that the Great Fog is just a sudden abnormal climate that science cannot explain, so there is no explanation. This is the only phenomenon in the world that cannot be explained by science, as long as it does not happen again.
Wearing a game helmet, Huang Song knew that this was just an extravagant hope. The fog would definitely appear again. It was as common as rain, sunny and windy, and would become a part of people's daily lives.
The evidence is on his head.
Online is the cause of all this abnormal scene, and now he is about to go to the center of the storm. He is so nervous and frightened that he really can't regard it as a game.
As the countdown time came to an end, a beam of light shone on his soul, and an ecstatic feeling made him "leave his body and take off." The eyes of his body were closed, but the eyes of his soul were open.
The light beam began to accelerate with his soul, and he felt like it was passing through something. There was a thunder in his consciousness, and he was in a towering temple.
After this series of encounters and being in such a temple, he was extremely frightened.
Looking at the majestic statue of the God, I couldn't control my "knees", and my soul knelt down in front of the statue.
After that, there is the familiar process of selecting a race, editing a character, and obtaining the player's ID number.
With a sense of awe and piety that previous players did not have, he did not waste much time on these aspects. His appearance was slightly changed according to his real appearance, so that no one could recognize him at first glance.
The soul is thrown into the newly generated character body, and he is awake during the process of obtaining the new body.
It feels like the soul and flesh and blood are gradually merging together, and the signals transmitted from all parts of the body to the brain are gradually fed back to the level of consciousness, and are read by him.
It was like bubbles floating on the water, and the bubbles burst, telling him various feelings and tastes...
When he opened his eyes, he saw a white light.
White lights lit up on the teleportation array of Novice Village No. 2 under Tianzhi Tuan City. This grand scene of newcomers logging in for the first time is familiar to old players. The noise, chaos and excitement in their impressions are now
No trace at all.
After the white light dissipated, the newcomers walked out of the birth point in silence one by one. Although they were a little timid, they were honest and calm, and they really didn't look like they were landing for the first time.
At this point the script has already started to move.
"Ah, welcome, young rebels, welcome to wake up from your long slumber. This is Novice Village No. 2 in Tianzhi Tuan City. I am your novice mentor. If you have any questions, you can come to me...
...Come on, don't be stunned, kids, I have prepared many, many good things for you..."
Huang Song, who was named "Green Pine Under Heavy Snow", followed the flow of people to the instructor in Novice Village and began to go through the plot.
"Hiss...this new batch of newcomers..."
"What's wrong, boss?"
"It's a little too quiet."
"It's normal. Reality is like that. Is there anyone who doesn't know how powerful it is?"
"Don't be so scared. We don't need weaklings without courage."
"Don't worry, they have all been screened. I dare not say anything else. They all have courage, and some are particularly daring."
"Don't recruit all the murderers. I'm telling you, you can't even ask for thorns in the head."
"Even if you are a pervert, you will still have to obey your orders when you come to our one-third of an acre of land."
"That's true."
Not to mention the old people hiding where the newcomers can’t see and making comments, let’s just say that newcomer Huang Song has already started his first online mission trip.
The first step is to familiarize yourself with the entire Novice Village.
Follow the task prompts and visit the functional NPCs in the city one by one. This is a process of understanding the system functions, then accepting the corresponding tasks from these NPCs, and finally gathering them together at the village chief to start the process of the main task.
"The leader of our regiment, Tianya Haijiao, is a brave, strong, powerful, generous, and compassionate commander. His military rank is the second-level commander of the regiment and the title of group viscount. Come, newcomers, join me in praising the leader and city lord.
Kang Cai, you must know that everything you are in now is funded by him..."
All the tool NPCs are systematic, but this village chief was arranged by the Tianzhi Tuan, and his intention is very obvious.
At first, I considered having experienced players play the role, and some people were willing to do it. However, it would definitely be too tiring for one person to play the role. If many people did it together, the cost would be too high. After thinking about it, functional NPCs are still more cost-effective.
Forget it.
After listening to a long speech praising his virtues, the plot of the main mission began.
Starting from the first test, the village elder talked about the player's journey and achievements, and now they are able to compete with the gods and their minions... He spoke with a fanatical look on his face, and his saliva flew everywhere.
Then the current tense situation was introduced... At this time, Huang Song's novice map was unlocked. Following the village chief's description, starting from Novice Village and ending at Tianzhi Tuan's gang station [Tianzhi City], a map with a diameter of only
The 15-kilometer map clearly marked his location and direction.
Except for Novice Village, other places are unexplored.
The main task is to light up the four maps around the Novice Village, complete the commissions from each shop owner NPC, and get novice outfits and various benefits.
Huang Song led the mission and started running errands.
I was delivering a letter to the owner of the tailor shop, and the recipient was at a livestock farm outside the city. Along the way, there were groups of newcomers. Without any chat channels or friend panels, they could only chat quietly together.
"Shhh, it's best not to talk about offline things online. It's a taboo."
"What's the taboo?"
"It's already said to be taboo, so what else can we say? Anyway, don't mention it, don't mention it."
"Ah, I understand, I understand, thank you, old cousin."
“You’re welcome, help each other”
"Brother, where are you from?"
Someone came over to strike up a conversation with Huang Song.
"Chongyang Festival, how about you?"
"I'm from Huangdu, and I'm going to train as a paladin. How about you?"
"I... haven't thought about it yet"
"Would you choose humans or mages? Humanoid turrets are the ones with the highest output."
"Well……"
"Let's practice mage. Let's form a fixed team. There are already three of us. I'm a paladin, and I have a priest and a ranger. With you, it's almost enough."
"Where's the bard?"
"You can't use the bard without a group. Let's talk about it later."
This person was so familiar that Huang Song didn't know how to refuse, but chatting like this was a rare moment of relaxation these days.
There is no need to worry that random thoughts will attract dirty things, and there is no need to be startled at the slightest disturbance. There will never be any supernatural events online. This is the base camp for supernatural events.
We talked and laughed all the way, and by the time we arrived at the ranch, everyone was much more relaxed.
The pasture is surrounded by a fence that is as high as two people. It looks very simple. There is a centaur NPC standing guard at the door. New people come up to talk one after another. Some are allowed in and some are turned away.
Huang Song took the letter and walked into the pasture smoothly. He saw a flat grassland with the largest number of gray-scaled horses looking for food everywhere. Among the waist-deep thatch, there were many busy centaur NPC figures, close up.
Observing this kind of humanoid creature, it was really strong, sturdy and tall. He remembered that when he was a cloud player, he had seen a horrifying video of centaurs cannibalizing people. Then he connected the protagonist in the video with them, and it was another image.
Got the impression.
"Uh... that old guy..."
The mission NPC found him, took his heart, and pretended that he had never seen the same letter that was thrown into a pile next to him. He said very distressedly: "Go back and tell him, it's not so fast, how can new varieties be so easy to cultivate... But
Maybe you can help, but before that you have to prove your courage and bring back the 'Turbans of 10 Goblin Warriors', and I will tell you what to do."
This is a prerequisite task for getting a mount. I heard that if you are lucky, you can get a free gray scale horse mount. It is a must-do task for newcomers.
Received the mission and farmed the goblins.
After not being too busy, I went back to hand in the mission, and the ranch map and plantation were lit up.
This time I brought a kind of flower seed.
There are also groups of players running errands together, but this time it is much more urgent, and the newcomers finally have a sense of time tension.
I was speechless all the way, running wildly without even caring about the scenery. When I ran out of energy, I sat down on the ground to rest. It took me more than half an hour to get out of the plantation.
The plantation has no boundary wall, the quest NPCs are far less easy to find than the previous quest, and there is no chat channel. In order to improve efficiency, many newcomers spread out and wander around the plantation like a dragnet.
When you find the mission NPC, just shout loudly, and those around you who hear it will rush over. Those who don't hear it can only consider themselves unlucky and continue to try their luck.
This NPC can also 'hide and seek', and its location is not fixed. Huang Song searched for it according to the coordinates given by the player who completed this task, and only found an empty space.
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The purpose of this system is to allow new people to become familiar with the plantation environment, remember the crops they have planted, and then start collecting them if they discover something when they go out in the future.
This task took Huang Song an hour and a half to complete. When he found the task npc, he wanted to spit on this hateful fat face.
"...Yes, yes, newcomers must have enough patience, let me see, let me see...Okay, this is your newbie medicine bag, take it, and start a brave adventure, young rebel."
I got the mission experience rewards and the novice potion kit, and I'm almost up to level one. I don't have to go back to submit the mission yet. Calculating the time, it's almost the same as the first mission.
Whether to go back and submit the first task to reach level 1 or continue running errands, Huang Song simply weighed it and chose to continue running.
The third mission and the third map is the mine.
The blacksmith's mission, the mine is not difficult to find. There is a range mark on the map. The entrance is at the foot of a hill. You need to go around half of the mountain. By the time Huang Song arrives, the team of newcomers has become more sparse.
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Many people were impatient to run errands, so they went back and handed in tasks, rose to level one, and went to the monster spawning point to level up.
This task is naturally to familiarize newcomers with the mining and forging processes. The task NPC is in the deepest part of the mine. After finding it, he was taught a lot of knowledge about mining and forging. After listening, there will be an on-site assessment. If you fail,
, the mission cannot be completed.
This time it took more than two hours to complete the task. He answered all the questions correctly. He also spent half an hour digging with a novice mining shovel. After successfully digging the target ore, the task NPC stopped torturing him and gave him the task.
Experience rewards, upgrade to level 1, get 3 points of free attributes and a novice dagger reward.
The fourth map is the leveling area, which is where monsters are refreshed.
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After going all the way, return to the city to hand in the mission, and the main mission is completed.
"...Discipline, discipline is very important!", the head of Novice Village looked excited, eloquent, and spat at a group of newcomers who came to hand over the main task: "We are a collective, we are a glorious resistance army, it
It is a military organization, and discipline is the first priority!"
"You are very good. You have abided by the discipline and completed the first phase of the task step by step. But others made me very disappointed because they ignored the importance of discipline and went to do other things midway."
"Although this is a trivial matter, it can also reveal your respective personalities. I am very pleased. The great Tianzhi Tuan Bangzhu, Lord of Tianzhi City, Group Viscount, Lord Tianya Haijiao said..."
Huang Song and others suppressed the saliva on their faces after listening to Xingzi, and were surprised to receive the main mission reward and an additional 50 points of reputation in the novice village. As for those who went to farm monsters in the middle, they would naturally be gone, even if they finished in the end.
Completed the mission and lit up four maps of Novice Village.
"This Tianya Haijiao must be an extremely narcissistic guy..."
After receiving a new main mission - to reach level 5 as soon as possible and light up the city map of Tianzhi City, a player who did not know the orcs complained softly, "We are all players, who is more noble than the other?"
"They are more noble than us!" Another player said the opposite.
"Why did you say that?", the orc player looked back in surprise.
The man shrugged and walked away without saying anything.
Huang Song did not participate in the discussion. After completing a round of tasks, he had a novice dagger, novice tops, bottoms, shoes, all changed, plus three free attribute points that increased by 1 level. Finally, he could go to the leveling area to kill monsters.
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It is said that a sharpened sword makes a good chopping wood. After receiving all the tasks in the monster spawning area and arriving, those guys who deserted midway have generally been promoted by 2 levels.
oops!
Huang Song was anxious and hurried to the bustling entrance to find a team to join.
