Virtual World - Earth Online
Ch.1-Reboot
His mind still resonates with past events, playing over and over again like a movie …
The sky was blood red, the battlefield was torn apart and littered with broken arms and armor. The horses shouted, almost like humans, and the wind blew fiercely, filling the air with the sweet smell of blood spilling over. No one moved, they had experienced a tense confrontation. The living and dead brothers who fought shoulder to shoulder a moment ago were now facing each other in battle. At this moment, even the air seemed to freeze.
Not far from the center of the fight lay the body of a large and terrifying man, all covered in blood from the massive fight. He was Song Heitar, the leader of the Black Wind House, a King ranked expert, nineteenth on the list of most sought after yamen. Under his corpse, the purple glow of a huge treasure shone around him, waiting to be claimed.
"Why?" Speak of a handsome young man, tall and straight, wearing strong armor and with powerful equipment on it, holding his signature Cloud Dragon Halberd.
He was seriously injured, half kneeling on the ground, his bloody spear keeping him upright as he leaned against him. Blood flowed out from his chest, soaking his armor. If one were to look carefully, the wound was actually from a small blade, one hand that was pushed through his back to his chest, the handle was broken by the blow from his spear.
Opposite him stood a middle-aged man, with a dark beard, thick eyebrows, and big eyes. The man wore a mithral chainmail, and held a golden spear, ready to fight at any moment. On the left side of his waist was an empty scabbard, cold and alone and seemed to shout the cruelty of the reality of the situation.
"To live .. a better life." The older man's voice answered. His voice was firm, as if it was less responding to a question than convincing himself of his own actions. After saying these words, he stopped talking, calmly seeing the young man die before him.
"Ha, for that?" The younger man's face was full of scorn, pointing at the armor under the corpse. "Only for Platinum-ranked equipment, hahaha, is it really ridiculous." His voice became cold and sharp.
"I really didn't expect that it had any magic, to mess with the minds of people like this. The one who had always paid attention to my back, my dear brother, turned around and stabbed me for it. You are someone who is respected by everyone, and you give up your dignity. "
He was very weak, but his black eyes were still clear and sharp. But now, there is a sense of self-condemnation inherent within them that has never existed before.
“Sister, no matter what, in the end, it's just a game. One day, we have to get out of here and get back to the real world. I didn't expect ..The end of our fraternity, five years of friendship, would be worth even more than a drop in valuable equipment in the game. ”
"Sorry, Third Brother." His voice was still calm and unfeeling.
"Ha ha ha! 'Sorry'. Ha ha! Very silly. Big brother, this is the last time I call you this. Greed is a sin; I do not blame You for it. ”The young man became very calm, his face without a trace of emotion on it. His eyes were as bright as the sea, boundless and unfathomable.
Those who saw recognized the face, which earned him his nickname, the Two-Faced Shura. When he is cold, he scares his enemies; when he is warm, to his friends he is as fresh as the spring breeze.
"But the next time we meet, I'll kill you" he said coldly to the older man.
He grabbed the sword that pierced him, blood flowing from his palm. His face was as calm as water, with no ripples on it, he ignored the pain while pulling. With a tear of flesh, the sword slipped from his body. Blood spurted out from his heart, bloody flowers graced the battlefield for a quiet moment.
And the screen froze.
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The sky was bleeding, the blood spurting upwards towards heaven, so small, so stubborn. As if it was someone else, Ouyang Shuo silently watched as he fell to the ground and did not stand up anymore, bleeding out and finally dying.
This was not the first time Ouyang Shuo had reincarnated, but this was definitely the most painful time. Reincarnation means starting all over again. Unlike other games, in this game, you lose everything when you die. Your character level starts at zero, and your equipment is gone. It was the cruelest death sentence.
“I will not be defeated by this betrayal. I'll get back everything I lost. ”Thinking about his sister, whom he was waiting to return from the city, Ouyang Shuo put aside all the distractions, sealed this vow in his heart, and slowly opened his heavy eyelids.
Above it was a clean white ceiling, the walls of the room were made of metal and smooth, empty with nothing on it. Other than her bed, there was no other furniture in the room, it was simple to the extreme. On the opposite wall was a game poster, and that was it.
"This ... where?" Ouyang Shuo asked loudly, puzzled. This was definitely not a reincarnation hall. Rebirth always happens in the reincarnation hall. The rebirth in the hall was always accompanied by a ghostly lament, surrounded by the cry of the devil as he moved towards the new light of life.
Has he returned to the real world? That's not true, if he gets offline and back to reality, he should be lying in the game cabin, rather than in bed as he is now.
The first game in history to feature personal adventure, territory building, and major warfare in internet history, Earth Online, is expected to enter its official beta on January 1, 2190, so stay tuned!
Seeing that astonishing propaganda line shocked Ouyang Shuo, turning back the past years with a sudden jarring. Five years ago, this was his home. Inactive memories flooded his brain, tearing him from the game world and back to Earth.
In 2170, abnormal fluctuations were detected in the Earth's core. After three months of testing and observation, calculations by scientists from around the world reached a chilling conclusion: In about thirty years, the core will explode. The molten magma would gush out of the mantle and burn all life on Earth. The earth will be like the Sun, the world of fire.
When the report was sent to the federal government, panic broke out. Although space travel has developed well in the last two hundred years, it is such that humanity can undertake long-distance star exploration and wormhole crossings, mankind has not yet discovered another planet of life like Earth. The only extraplanet base is on Mars, and it can only accommodate a limited population while still needing support from homeworlds.
If Earth were to be destroyed, humanity would still have no place to live. After this disaster was confirmed, the government first turned to the idea of transforming Mars and making it more habitable. And then, a miracle happened.
Recent reports from interstellar explorers have discovered new worlds that sustain life in the galaxy. The government has no time to celebrate and instead plans an interplanetary migration plan in less than three months.
This new planet is called 'Hope', because it is the last hope of mankind. To avoid widespread panic, immigration plans are kept confidential.
The entire plan is divided into many independent sections, with various organizations and departments in charge. It can be said that except for the Federal President, no one else on Earth knows the full plan.
‘Earth Online’ is an important part of the plan, serving as a new distraction and hope for people to get involved. Of course, the game wore a mysterious veil layer the moment it happened. The planning and design of the game, its ability to adapt and grow to accommodate many players, is, and the claim to the plotline far exceeds the tired repetition of the TV series – no one can get enough detail to satisfy them.
The game templates were created using the entire world as templates, with the area expanded tenfold. The game design team is solely responsible for the coding architecture and design of game modes, specific game scenes and NPCs based on historical data for their templates.
The true design team is a national historical archive, with all video content, text materials and cultural artifacts scanned into the main game host ‘Gaia’, the artificial intelligence that will oversee the game. Even the designers and programmers do not know the game beyond their specific tasks and design parameters.
Fifteen years later, in 2185, Earth Online's first secret test began, with all participants having to sign a strict confidentiality agreement. Naturally, there was a lot of competition for these early testing slots, some of which even resulted in bloodshed, but this was all quietly silent.
To ensure the relative fairness of the game, Gaia produced new lands, and the measured maps did not appear in the official game material. Through the closed beta, Gaia was able to observe the players' game behavior and NPC response. Using a large amount of first-hand observation data, Gaia constantly analyzes and summarizes, constantly adjusting and refining the game settings.
Participation is done in batches, each session lasts for six months. Each time, the tester is different, and the game content is not the same. After four years and a total of eight closed betas, Gaia completely shut down the game for a full year of calculations and deductive calculations, with January 1, 2190 scheduled for an official public beta. No one in the MMORPG industry, not even insiders working on games, is sure about what will happen.
On December 20, 2189, the official website of Earth Online was launched. It is divided into three standard sections: database, mall, and forum. The database has only basic information about the game architecture, and there is no detailed information about the game.
In the mall, the only commodity sold was the gaming cabin, at a price of one hundred thousand credits. The high price made many players uninspired. Coupled with the lack of game information, even with the publishing of posters and showing some pictures, the publicity for the game did not make a big impact, just gathering a few notes that it might be a little unusual.
As a reincarnator, Ouyang Shuo knows that abnormal marketing is the result of a compromise between some of the parties involved and the federal president. The goal is very simple, and it is to slow down the initial registration into the game by ordinary players, so that their people get early access and play the advantage against newer arrivals.
Of course, to get such a profit one would have to pay a heavy price. The price was high enough that even the most radical party could not say anything years later when the truth was announced.
The knock on the door interfered with the flow of memories in Ouyang Shuo's head. "Brother, you lazy bum, wake up! Binger hungry! "
Ouyang Shuo picked up the phone on his bed and looked at the time. December 28, 2189. It was three days before the game opened! How wonderful those moments are, everything is like a new life …
Everything in the past was a dream, let it die with the wind, Ouyang Shuo thought. After his rebirth, his knowledge of the game and the familiarity of the players and all of their strengths, coupled with his own good talent, Ouyang Shuo believed that as long as he tried, as long as he tried, he will be able to create a new world in the game, a shelter for his sister and himself.
In that world, he would never leave his sister alone. Not only that, she will let Binger become a princess in the game, a true princess.
"Binger, I woke up to make you breakfast!" Even Ouyang Shuo himself did not realize that he had become so relaxed and happy.
