Alice ignored him and continued to hit the buttons on the handle, making a snapping sound. In front of her was an old-fashioned game console, which was quite bulky, but the screen only occupied a small space on the huge iron casing.
One-tenth of the space, so although it is a high-tech creation, it gives people a rough feeling of being built by hand. During the day, Alice also introduced it enthusiastically to a game machine called an arcade, an electronic
The initial development form of the game.
The cold light emitted by the inferior screen hit the girl's face, making her look paler than a real vampire, and her eyes were lifeless. She just silently stared at the scene on the screen, tapping the handle mechanically,
She just controlled her own character to fight. Lin Ge stood behind her and took a look. It seemed to be a two-player game type, just like the duel often described in medieval knight novels. Both parties controlled their own characters to fight.
, until the opponent is defeated.
However, the characters in the game are much more flashy than those old-fashioned knights. In terms of clothing, the male characters are unconventional, while the female characters are immoral. When the ascetic monks from the Spiritual Prayer Meeting come, they have to shout "Holy Lord!"
and the hairstyles are also wonderful in their own way, far beyond the imagination of young people. The most surprising thing is that they can keep their clothes on at all times in fierce battles where flames burst out and ice freezes.
The integrity and stable hair style are nothing short of a miracle.
Since no one is playing with her, Alice must be playing against the program set inside the game console. Naturally, the game program with rigid playing methods cannot compete with experienced and talented players. In just five minutes, Ringer
He saw exciting characters flashing across the screen a dozen times. He didn't recognize the alien characters, but he could already guess that they meant "victory".
Alice's face was expressionless.
Every time she defeated an opponent, she would quickly move on to the next battle, with no intention of cheering for her victory. Is this because the opponents were too weak, and natural victory could not excite talented players? I'm afraid not entirely.
After all, Alice had a lot of fun playing games with Olvera or Ietta in the past. According to the young man's observation, those two were much better at playing games than the game programmers.
So, is it because the game programs are not living people, and even if Alice defeats them, she doesn’t know who to show off to, so she feels bored? Maybe there is such a possibility. Ringer thought about it, and after Alice defeated them again
Before an opponent had time to enter the next battle, he walked up to her and sat down. He picked up another vacant handle on the arcade and asked, "Do you mind playing with me?"
Alice finally reacted. She turned her head like a doll and glanced at Ringer. There was no extra emotion in her eyes, or no emotion at all. She turned her head back again and silently pressed
Pressing a button on the arcade console, the battle interface disappeared and was replaced by an interface with many character avatars. Lin Ge tried to control it with the handle and found that he could select a character.
So he pushed the joystick awkwardly and looked at them one by one. Since he had never been exposed to this kind of fighting game, he took each character very seriously. Unfortunately, he couldn't judge who was strong and who was weak based on their appearance alone.
, and besides, young people don’t care about strength or winning or losing, so after thinking over and over again, he chose a young man with short brown hair, flames wrapped around his hands, who looked very sunny and cheerful.
As for why I chose this character, it’s probably because among all the characters, he is the one who smiles the happiest, probably enjoying the battle. Such a pure character is always easy to like, and young people still remember Shepherd
The words the girl said made him smile more. Smiles can convey kindness and warmth. Alice needs these two emotions at this moment.
The genius player did not move until Lin Ge selected the character. She glanced at him quietly, and then quickly tapped the four buttons of the controller with her fingers. Something magical happened quickly: the original selection interface disappeared.
, there was only an avatar representing a question mark on the newly appeared interface. Alice quickly locked on this mysterious character, and a figure with short white hair and a bare upper body appeared on the screen. His expression looked very cold, but unexpectedly gave people a sense of mystery.
youth.
After selecting the character, the battle officially entered. When Lin Ge was still familiar with the operation and unexpectedly discovered that he could use the key combinations to make more cool and gorgeous moves, the talented player had already used a small combo to defeat him.
It means to show off to newcomers.
Ringer: "..."
He thought he was unlucky, and then started the second game. This time the talented player gave him some time to get familiar with the character. The character she controlled huddled in the corner of the screen, silently watching the character controlled by Lin Ge.
The character jumps up and down, sometimes kicks in the air, sometimes squats to set fire, and occasionally assumes poses of unknown meaning. But he is not completely idle. From time to time, he will be nudged with long-distance attacks, because he does not lose much blood, and Ringer does not.
Taking it to heart, I thought she was helping me get familiar with the character's skills.
As a result, when he finally figured out how to play his character, the talented player had already filled up the energy bar under the character's health bar by taking damage, and directly exploded three bars. In the gorgeous stop-motion animation, the white-haired young man instantly
Moving behind the character controlled by Ringer, with a cold, solemn and pityful declaration, he directly raised his hand and pierced his heart.
Ringer: "..."
He somewhat understood why Ietta and Olvera were unwilling to play games with this guy. It was definitely not the game's fault.
Then came the third game, the fourth game, the fifth game... Ringer always lost, but his skills became more and more proficient. Should it be said that although he is not interested in video games, he is unexpectedly talented in this area?
By the sixth game, Alice could no longer easily defeat Ringer without using any extra moves. Although the character she controlled was very powerful, Ringer's reaction ability was stronger and he could always win.
To dodge attacks at the critical moment, he even learned some advanced skills without any teacher, such as seizing the gap between the opponent's moves to launch an attack, so that she would not have time to react. He had cleared "Dark Castle: Dawn Moon Waltz"
", Alice seems to have said that this technique is called catch and shake.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the sixth game, Ringer still lost, but this had nothing to do with the level of the game, but Alice suddenly looked back in the middle of the fight. Ringer thought that
There was something next to her, so she looked over, but when she turned around, she found that her character had fallen on the cold floor, and Alice pursed her lips and returned to the selection interface expressionlessly.
"The same trick will not work a second time."
Ringer said to Alice, still locked on the character who controlled the flames.
And Alice still chose the white-haired young man.
Sure enough, at the beginning of the seventh game, Alice was at a disadvantage and could only huddle in a corner to defend; Linger pursued her fiercely and aggressively. However, if you don't look at the game screen, you will find that Linger's hand speed is actually not
Soon, the force of tapping the controller buttons was also very light, as if each press was pressed after careful consideration. This is counter-intuitive in a fast-paced fighting game, but it magically fits the attack frequency of the game character;
Alice, on the other hand, banged the four pitiful buttons on the handle, as if she wanted to make sparks out of them. Her fingers danced rapidly on the handle, even pulling out afterimages. However, the character could only defend herself.
, defense, then defense, no one knows what kind of moves she wants to create by tapping so many buttons.
The victory is decided.
Ringo thought.
Suddenly, Alice, who had always had a cold face, said, "Didn't you come to see me for dinner? Is it really okay to stay here and play games with me?"
"Nothing bad."
Ringer's attention was briefly removed from the game, and he replied: "Everyone is worried about you and wants me to take you back, so at least before you realize that now is definitely not the time to be depressed, let me
It's okay to stay here forever. In fact, when I decided to come to you, I was already mentally prepared."
"That's really hard on you."
The genius player curled his lips: "Who makes me not as strong as Mr. Ringer? I can stay calm no matter what I encounter, or it may be said that I am too cold to be like a human being. I am just a fragile and unwilling person who refuses to face reality.
You weak guy, I'm really sorry for betraying your trust."
What an angry statement, just like a child whose parents refuse to buy a new toy.
Linge shook his head helplessly: "You must understand my words as having such a sinister meaning, then there's nothing I can do about it... huh?"
He suddenly realized something, and tapped his fingers quickly on the handle a few times, trying to save the situation, but it was too late. The white-haired young man on the screen made a smooth combo, and then followed it up with a gorgeous special move.
, directly killed the brown-haired young man whose flaw was exposed due to the operator's negligence, and large golden characters representing victory appeared on the screen.
"Seven battles, total victory."
The genius player proved his worth with four light words, then put down the controller and stretched: "I'm so tired, I won't play anymore."
Not even giving him a chance to save face is really despicable.
Ringer also put down the controller. He was a little annoyed. He had clearly told Alice that the same trick would never work a second time, but he still fell into her trap. It was really speechless. Then he was stunned again.
For a moment, he suddenly realized that the emotion of regret rarely appeared in him. It was as rare as his own smile after the death of Mr. Yang Ke. And tonight, he showed a long-lost smile for a girl, and again
Because the other girl felt the long-lost regrets, these two emotions that had been separated for a long time returned to the young man on the same night, making him feel like he was back in the past.
Back to that time - when Ringer was still a young man with normal human emotions, who could cry, laugh, feel annoyed, and be full of longing and expectation for the future.
Ringer will not refuse to admit that he has gained something from the two girls, such as the knee pillow, such as the fun of the game. If the knee pillow symbolizes a kind of tolerant love, then the fun of the game comes from the original fantasy. Love
Can fantasy and fantasy allow people to return to their childhood? This is a grand proposition that cannot be explained by an accidental idea that flashes in the mind.
He was disappointed, and Alice, who had put down the controller, suddenly stood up. Her legs staggered a bit due to sitting cross-legged for a long time, but she didn't take it to heart and just staggered towards the other direction.
Lin Ge came back to his senses and asked quickly: "Are you going back?"
"No." Alice answered quickly, as if she hadn't thought about it at all: "I just want to play the next game."
"Didn't you say you were tired of playing?"
"I'm tired of playing that game."
Alice found another game console, fumbled on the casing for a while and found the switch. She pressed it gently to start the game console. The cold light projected by the glass screen illuminated a small area of darkness around her, and then she picked it up.
The matching handle next to him sat down cross-legged in front of the game console again, and said casually: "I won't be tired if I change the game."
Lin Ge also stood up and walked over. Along with the brisk and joyful music, he saw a character wearing a red hat and a big nose appeared on the screen. In terms of appearance, it was not as good as the character in the fighting game just now. Each one had its own characteristics.
Beautiful or handsome, but it gives people a childish and funny feeling. If it is Metien and Semi, they might like this game very much. Lin Ge thought, and was surprised that he would have such an association.
.
Then Alice controlled the character and ran rampant on the screen, stepping on mushrooms and hitting bricks, occasionally getting bigger and sometimes getting smaller. Its enemies were not vicious, but some anthropomorphic turtles or chestnuts. It sounded like this
It is a very boring game, but the genius player is very devoted to playing it, and Ringer is also very devoted to watching it. Occasionally, he will be amused by Alice's scumbag, and the corner of his mouth will curl up slightly, but the genius player has his back to him, so he can't see it.
That's all.
"I suddenly discovered," the young man said with emotion: "Video games are actually quite interesting."
Alice's hand paused, and the red-hatted man on the screen was hit by a monster, and the invincibility effect disappeared. In the past, talented players would have shouted loudly, complaining that Ringer ruined their ability to clear the level without injury, but now
But she just curled her lips and said calmly: "Do you know what these words remind me of?"
"What?"
Alice's face was expressionless: "They are those stubborn parents on the earth who hate their children when they see them playing games, and then start praising them when they show success."