The driverless taxi silently shuttled through the underground tunnels flashing with shopping advertisements. It didn't take long for Yang Jie and her roommates to arrive at the entrance of the largest underground city in Xanadu - "Jinrun World"!
After taking the elevator from the second floor to the tenth floor, the door opened a small crack, and noisy hawking sounds and the smoke of barbecue fireworks greeted us. Immediately, a bustling and lively market came into view.
Even though it is a man-made space deep underground, the super large commercial plaza that Yang Jie and the others walked into will still not make you feel even a little bit depressed!
Hidden lamps that simulated sunlight illuminated everything brightly. The "sky" above our heads was three or four stories high, and a special device was used to simulate the blue sky and white clouds. It's hard to imagine if you don't look carefully.
I am underground on the tenth floor.
Even compared to the surface, the environment in the underground city is better, with green plants everywhere and good air quality, which will not affect people's health.
Yang Jie followed her roommates through the crowd of people shopping. She would not be surprised by this scene.
The Third World War led to the pollution of the natural environment. After the war, humans moved their living scenes indoors or even underground with filtration systems.
The construction technology of underground cities developed rapidly during the war - everyone dug underground to avoid the war. It is worth mentioning that the most important course in the civil engineering major that Yang Jie and the others studied was "Underground Construction"
study".
After the war, these technologies were used by people, and underground cities that could accommodate more people were "digged out of the ground" under the ruins of cities destroyed by war.
There are twelve underground cities like "Jinrun World" in Xanadu. Of course, "Jinrun World", which covers an area of more than 2,000 acres and is more than ten floors underground, is the largest and most prosperous one in Xanadu.
!
However, although Yang Jie has also come to "Jinrun World" to buy things, Yang Jie has never paid attention to the "Tylolan Internet Cafe" where Dai Manchun and the others are going, let alone played in it.
"I walk through the cold winter night to kill,
The snowflakes in the sky are my veil,
Boundless, endless, crazy, scary,
All that's left is struggle!"
Stepping into the automatic glass door with good sound insulation, the heavy metal music that the singer sang at the top of his lungs was like a terrifying tsunami, pressing towards Yang Jie with a thick wall of sound.
Even though she was mentally prepared, Yang Jie still frowned and stopped.
What kind of environment is this?
It was pitch black and so noisy, it felt like a chaotic nightclub.
At this time, Dai Manchun and Zhang Zizhen came back after communicating with the immersive robot sitting at the front desk serving guests. Zhang Zizhen also handed her a helmet like a motorcycle hat, and they each also had one.
"Put it on!"
Looking at the shape of her mouth, Yang Jie followed their example and put the helmet on her head.
What's amazing is that after wearing the helmet, the world becomes quiet! The deafening heavy metal music is isolated from the outside of the helmet, and Yang Jie can clearly hear Zhang Zizhen's teasing laughter.
"How is it? Xiaojie, are you not used to this environment?"
Yang Jie really felt uncomfortable. Even after wearing a helmet and no strong sound interference in her hearing, she could still see the surrounding environment, and she could see it more clearly when her mood returned to a calm state.
It is not completely dark inside the Internet cafe. In fact, the walls are covered with hidden light strips. The lights and shadows of purple, red, blue and other colors are interlaced and changing. When the light and shadow flow through, the graffiti full of exaggeration and mechanical temperament are short-lived.
The ground appears.
Even the immersive robot at the front desk has a purple non-mainstream hairstyle, and its wiring is exposed. The combination of steel pipes and various colored cables gives off a strong cyberpunk atmosphere!
These can be called art, but they are still not Yang Jie's favorite style.
However, although she was a little scared, she still didn't want to appear too vulnerable in front of her roommates. She wore a helmet and shook her head.
"Let's go up. They booked a big box. When they heard that Xiaojie was coming, they were all very happy."
Dai Manchun took them in the elevator to the fifth floor.
Sure enough, the four boys were already waiting at the door of the box. When they saw the girls appear, they each held water bottles and drink bottles and cheered while beating gongs and drums.
"Welcome Xiaojie. Hey, isn't Xiao Xuejing here?"
Dai Manchun's boyfriend Sun Ruibo stood at the front and greeted Yang Jie with a smile.
He invited his girlfriend to have dinner with her roommates before, so he met Yang Jie once.
"She didn't come, she had something to do in the afternoon."
Yang Jie held the helmet and said softly. They took off the helmet when they took the elevator. It was for playing games.
"Okay, let me introduce you to them. They are my roommates. This is Chen Hualun, then Yuan Junfeng, and Ge Yan."
Sun Ruibo introduced.
Although Yang Jie had never met these three boys, she had heard Dai Manchun mention them to Zhang Zizhen before in the dormitory.
Chen Hualun has a close relationship with Zhang Zizhen. He has been chasing Zhang Zizhen, and Zhang Zizhen often hangs out with him. However, their relationship has not been confirmed yet, so Zhang Zizhen said he is not in a hurry.
Ge Yan is nothing special, but Yuan Junfeng is said to have fallen in love at first sight after seeing Yang Jie's photos, and has been pestering Sun Ruibo and Dai Manchun, asking them to help invite Yang Jie out to meet and have dinner.
But how could Yang Jie agree?
She has absolutely no intention of falling in love, let alone that she used to have opinions about games and didn't like boys who play games.
However, Yuan Junfeng probably did not give up.
Now that he saw Yang Jie, he was always beaming with joy. If he hadn't tried hard to endure it, he would have grinned from the corner of his mouth to his ears.
"The five of us will form a team to compete on the ladder later. Afeng, you will be responsible for accompanying sister Xiaojie! Whatever games she likes to play, you can take her to play with her."
Sun Ruibo pretended that he had not discussed it before making arrangements, and the others also pretended not to know and listened carefully, nodding frequently.
"Okay, leave it to me, don't worry!"
Yuan Junfeng patted his chest.
Before Yang Jie could react, they put on their helmets with a wink, and then stepped on the large game platforms in the box with ease.
Yang Jie had heard of virtual devices and had glimpses of them in advertisements, but this was the first time she had seen others play them with her own eyes.
The virtual device is very large, and its base is an omnidirectional running mat of about ten square meters - no wonder they come to the Internet cafe to play games. Even if the school doesn't ban these devices, they can't even place a few of them in the dormitory. I don't know what the mat is.
It was made of material and looked like a trampoline, but Yang Jie saw that it was very strong when they stepped on it.
It is surrounded by mesh guardrails. After the hemispherical ceiling at the top is lowered with various components of the traction rope, the surrounding guardrail pillars will extend mechanical arms to help players put on these components with light and dexterous movements.
Gloves on the hands, sleeves on the forearms, elbow pads, shoulder straps on the upper arms, calves, thighs, waist, buttocks, etc. These components almost cover the whole body. After being fitted, they are like tights, but they are connected in all directions.
Holding the rope, it looks both sci-fi and weird!
Finally, there are special glasses that cover both eyes, and two control handles held in their hands.
Obviously, these three things are just like the monitor, keyboard, and mouse of previous computer games, and they play a very important role in the game!
Yang Jie just looked at it curiously for a while, and saw that they were holding the handle like a gun, looking left and right, and rolling and jumping from time to time. It seemed that the battle was very fierce!
It seems like fun?
Yang Jie didn't know why, but a strong desire surged in her heart again.
"Well, Xiaojie, what game do you want to play?"
Yuan Junfeng asked anxiously, which made her come back to her senses and remember that there was someone next to her.
"What game to play."
Yang Jie hesitated.
How does she know what games to play? She doesn't even know there are games.
"How about I take you to play "Elf Kingdom"? This game is more casual, and the scenery inside is very beautiful, with green mountains and green waters."
Yuan Junfeng saw this and took the initiative to suggest.
No need to guess, he just has selfish motives!
Although the game "Elf Kingdom" is indeed as he said, it is just about traveling around the mountains and rivers, and it is not very difficult, but there are plots of boating and horseback riding in it.
Yuan Junfeng knew that Yang Jie definitely didn't know how to play. When the time came, he could take her boating on the quiet lake filled with stars, and he could also take her riding a horse through the valley full of flowers.
How romantic!
"Elf Kingdom" was voted the best dating game of the year by players!
But just as Yuan Junfeng's heart was pounding and he was excitedly waiting for Yang Jie to nod and say "ok", Yang Jie pointed at the people who were playing the game.
"What game are they playing?"
Yang Jie asked.
"Well, the game they play is called "Fighter Combat Sequence". It is an FPS game. FPS means first-person shooting. Simply put, it is a gun-fighting game. It may be more intense and difficult, so you may not like it.
"
Yuan Junfeng introduced it honestly.
What is a cute girl like you doing playing this game?
Let's go boating and horseback riding! Maybe I can make you a lei and catch a rabbit!
But Yuan Junfeng didn't notice that when Yang Jie heard him say "FPS", a bright light flashed in her eyes.
"Let's play this too!"
Yang Jie's answer surprised him.
She really chose "Machine Combat Sequence"!
Moreover, despite Yang Jie's small stature and soft voice, her eyes were very firm. After Yuan Junfeng saw her, he no longer had the courage to persuade her.
"Okay, you can play this. "Sequence of Machine Combat" is the most popular FPS game in the world now, and because it was jointly developed by the five core countries, it was used as an FPS competition in the Olympic Games."
Yuan Junfeng's attitude changed quickly.
Yuan Junfeng taught Yang Jie how to enter the virtual device, but after she stepped in, she suddenly remembered something and stopped her quickly:
"By the way, Xiaojie, I have to remind you."
Yang Jie stood on the omnidirectional running mat and looked at him.
At the same time, the equipment on the top emitted a row of grid-shaped light, which was scanning her whole body from top to bottom. It was unclear whether it was for identity verification or in-game modeling.
"After you enter the game later, because you are a newcomer, "Machine War Sequence" will have a storyline for newcomers to guide. My suggestion is that you can long press the button on the left hand controller to jump over. I will take you slowly later.
Try this game slowly. It’s very exciting for newbies to guide you. I’m afraid you will be scared.”