A Race to The Top

This is a forest, with towering branches and luxuriant leaves, trying hard to cover the sky, but there is still sunlight squeezing in unwillingly and sprinkling on the face of the young man lying on the ground.

Sunlight, tree shadows, breeze, insects, and the fragrance of the earth coming from the nose are so real that it is impossible to believe that this is just a virtual world.

Except for the flying bird stuck in mid-air.

Ling Xiaolu had been staring at the flying bird motionlessly for half a minute, fearing that it would fall and hit his face.

But Asuka didn't move, he didn't move either. It's not that I don't want to, but I can't.

On the surface, he was just lying quietly, but the earth knew that he was agitated. His violent and fast heartbeat, through his thin back and his sweaty shirt, could still reach the soil, not to mention the abnormality. Increased body temperature. Fortunately, the earth can't see his face, otherwise you will find that the color is the same as the apple that has been ripened and fallen in autumn.

Although the narrator has described this scene as elegantly as possible, the listener may have guessed that Ling Xiaolu, the poor luckiest who sounds so pretty at his name, was in estrus at an inappropriate time and an inappropriate occasion.

A handsome face appeared in his sight, covering Asuka, with a golden name on top of his head.

The initiator of Ling Xiaolu's estrus, this golden name named Ji Meng made an appointment, cares about Ling Xiaolu ignorantly:

"You are not in a good state, your face is red, is it something uncomfortable?"

If it's not that he can't move, Ling Xiaolu really wants to let the other party know that he is violent when he is "uncomfortable".

For example, now, he very, very desperately wanted to use the family ancestral Luquan hammer to blow Ji Meng's face that had undergone plastic surgery.

The cause of all this has to be traced back to earlier today...

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The game franchise store is deserted and the only clerk is boringly playing a virtual space architecture game. This casual game is very suitable to pass the time without missing guests who may come to the door.

The sensor door opened and closed gently, and a young man of seventeen or eighteen came in with his hair dyed striking golden yellow.

In this era of nationwide online shopping, customers can enjoy home delivery, door-to-door, service, and service with just a touch of a terminal. There are fewer and fewer buyers willing to patronize physical stores. Usually there are only students who have plenty of time or those who need technical assistance. Customers will actively visit.

Based on the clerk's experience of reading people, the visitor should belong to the former, especially now it is a holiday, he is more sure of his guess.

He snapped his fingers, and the light **** that had been framed in front of him spread out one after another, like a mini firework, brilliantly dazzling, and Ling Xiaolu, who had witnessed this scene as soon as he entered the door, blew his whistle in amazement.

"Cool."

"Welcome, how can I help you?"

Ling Xiaolu jumped to the counter step by step, giving the impression of a young man with a lively personality.

"I just saw this at the traffic station."

He showed a light and shadow photo, on which a silver-white dragon faintly appeared, and he was very handsome.

"Do you know what game this is?"

It is certainly not an unpopular game that can be advertised at a traffic station, as the clerk knows at a glance.

"This is the holographic online game "Elf Contract" produced by Xinshan Company. What you see should be the advertisement for the new expansion film "The Hidden Dragon Race"."

"That's it! Are there any sold here?"

The clerk stretched out his hand and stroked the air randomly, and the transparent ice blue circular counter in front of him rotated sixty degrees counterclockwise. This freely rotatable counter is made of actinic materials. When it rotates, the edge glows with a blue glare of technological sense, and then slowly stops.

The clerk gently clicks on the counter, and the top layer slowly opens, rises, and moves back, not only presents the inner decorations in front of the guests in a zero isolation, but the erected actinic glass is also properly transformed into a 3D LCD screen and starts to play three-dimensionally. Promotional video of the game.

"Yes, that's it!" The dragon, exactly like the one in the photo, hovered and leaped on the screen. The silver-white scales reflected dazzling light, and even the lines on it were clearly displayed.

""Elf Contract" is a massively multiplayer online role-playing network game featuring pet combat. What you see now is the upcoming top combat pet, Wind Breath Pterosaur, belonging to the dragon family Wyvern."

Ling Xiaolu didn't understand the terminology of what department and subject, he only knew the most direct.

"Is it powerful?"

"According to the current official data, the wind dragon belongs to the best pets in terms of strength and agility, not to mention that the Flying Dragon Branch itself has good blood volume and magic power. It can be said that it is a rare collection of force. The attacking pet that is integrated with mana, and its all-round balanced development value is simply impeccable."

"Great, how much does this sell?"

The clerk is embarrassed, this kind of rare battle pet is quite difficult to get started. In order to maintain value, before the next expansion is released, the number of releases will not exceed three, which can only be obtained by a very small number of elite players. For novice gamers, having a dragon scale is a delusion.

But of course he would not say that.

"Purchase the "Hidden Dragons" Deluxe Edition client now, and you will get a chance to win a lottery for the wind-breathing pterodactyl, a chance to win a peerless and rare battle pet, and a variety of rich prizes with a winning rate of 100%. "

Ling Xiaolu looked like a wind dragon is what I have in my bag: "Okay, I will buy the deluxe version you said!"

"The price of the deluxe version is 888 mun."

"It's not expensive."

"But before that, do you have any gaming peripherals produced by Xinshan Company?"

"what is that?"

"Is this your first contact with the holographic online game produced by Xinshan Company?"

"Yes," the boy nodded, "not to mention Xinshan, it's the first time to play even the game."

"Each holographic online game produced by Xinshan needs special peripheral support to start. It is not possible to experience the game by purchasing the client separately."

"Well, how much does the peripheral cost?"

"Different styles and different prices. I suggest you choose this one. It is also a device with a high penetration rate among players."

He took out a bracelet from the counter. It was about two centimeters wide and had a metallic texture. It was engraved with the LOGO of the game company with a laser. The appearance was quite pleasing to young people.

"This is a bracelet-type peripheral, which is very popular among young male players. It is priced at 8888 tokens. Now you can enjoy a 5% discount when you package it with the client."

"Ten times over!" Ling Xiaolu exclaimed.

"Although it seems expensive, the peripherals are disposable consumer products, and they are free for lifelong maintenance and upgrades. It can be used in any game produced by Xinshan. You only need to download the game data, or you can directly insert the chip to use."

Ling Xiaolu still hesitated: "Anything else?"

"There are also headbands, ear studs, necklaces, etc. at the same price. There is no difference in function, but the wearing part is different."

Ling Xiaolu shook his head again and again: "No, no, the headband is a second in the middle, and the rest is too damn."

The clerk smiled: "Necklaces and earrings are bought by female players. They can also be changed into watches or even implanted communication devices according to customer needs, but they need to be ordered separately, the price will be higher, and the production cycle will be required."

"Just extra customization." Ling Xiaolu leaned over to look at the equipment in the counter, and was attracted by one of them.

"Wow, and the ring! This one looks great!"

"That's not a real peripheral, it's just a model. The real ring is not in stock in our store, and must be ordered from the official website."

"Why? Is it rare?"

"This is not an ordinary ring. It is a VIP peripheral specially developed at the request of a very small number of distinguished customers. Players who use this peripheral can also enjoy the VIP account treatment in the game. There is a special title called the Covenant."

"Accounts are divided into ordinary and VIP? Isn't that unbalanced?"

"No game design is absolutely balanced. The appearance of appointments does affect the fairness in the game, but its price is destined that only a very small number of players can enjoy this preferential treatment."

The clerk eloquently introduced: "When Xinshan first launched this peripheral, it also triggered a frenzy of opposition from players, and even held demonstrations. But as time goes by, and the number of appointments is scarce, The vast majority of players have gradually accepted its existence. From the very beginning, the daters were repelled and opposed, and gradually evolved to be admired and sought after. They are attracting attention no matter where they go in the game."

"Huh?" Ling Xiaolu listened with gusto, "How much does it cost?"

"five million."

Ling Xiaolu slipped and almost fell.

"Obviously, the cost of this ring is not worth that much, and the privileges enjoyed by those who have made appointments in the game are not worth that much. The reason why it is set at a sky-high price is purely to control the number and increase the threshold for making appointments.

"I don't believe anyone will spend five million to buy a gaming peripheral."

"Compared with the huge player base of "Elves Contract", the number of appointments only accounts for one ten thousandth of all players. From the launch to the present, the total number of sold rings does not exceed one hundred."

Ling Xiaolu sighed, "There are so many rich and idle local tyrants, you are right, if the price of this privilege is five million, I really don't mind the influence of these people. In view of the fairness of the game, it is like saying...I will not be jealous that Wang Si Suan is richer than me, let alone that Wu Yan-sun is handsomer than me."

"That's the truth, and the territory of "Elven Contract" is quite large. If you don't go to watch important events, the probability of you meeting a date in the game is also very low."

Ling Xiaolu nodded his head to express his understanding, and moved his eyes to the next device. The shape of the same metal ring is several times larger than the size of the bracelet.

"Where did you wear this?"

"neck."

"neck?"

"Yes, this is a money circle."

"A what?"

"The collar." The clerk repeated, "It is made of exactly the same material as the ring, and the cost is quite expensive. It can be said to be an enlarged version of the ring."

Ling Xiaolu opened his mouth wide: "Such a small ring will sell for five million, so isn't this one for five hundred million?"

"No, this money circle is free. To be precise, it is provided to the user for free."

Nothing can describe Ling Xiaolu's surprise at this moment.

"are you kidding me?"

"It is similar to the function of a ring. Players who wear a ring and enter the game will automatically obtain the identity of the dater, and players who wear a collar and enter the game will also acquire another identity."

"What is it?"

"You just learned about it, battle pet."

"...Wind Breath Pterosaur?"

"Yes, the wind-breathing pterodactyl is the representative of the AI-type battle pet. The so-called AI is a game body with artificial intelligence. To put it more bluntly, its essence is a data stream."

Ling Xiaolu listened attentively: "What then?"

"But no matter how smart AI is, it can only follow the artificially designed combat mode and make a fixed response to the changes in the battle situation. Although Xinshan has reached the state of perfection in the development of AI intelligence, the intelligence of AI, It can never surpass humans, and it doesn’t even possess subjective thinking ability."

"It's terrible if you have it!"

"So, after the ring peripherals that represent privileges, and also to meet the needs of the daters who want to have non-AI smart pets, the corresponding products of the ring were born. Players who wear the collar for the game can be The player who wears the ring is accepted as a battle pet, and the actual cost of purchasing the collar is paid by the other party after the wearer signs a contract with the contractor."

"Oh my God! The rich can really play!"

"Unexpectedly, the development of smart battle pets has encountered a big problem."

"What problem?"

"Many people can't wear this money ring."

"what?"

"That's true. This problem sounds absurd, but the power of all the programmers of Xinshan Company, and even Guangfa Heroes posted to recruit private masters. It is rumored that even the most mysterious hacker organization has intervened and still cannot solve this technical problem."

"What's so difficult about this, I know."

The clerk asked in surprise: "You know?"

"The collar is too small, and the player's neck is thick, so naturally it can't be worn."

"..."

The clerk coughed awkwardly: "Not for this reason."

He simply took out the entity from the counter, allowing Ling Xiaolu to observe it more closely.

"This collar is made of imported materials from extragalactic galaxies and can be automatically adjusted according to the size of the wearer's neck. All the rings produced by Xinshan Company are of one size, but they can be worn by anyone in the right way. The collar is also based on the same principle. "

"In that case, why can't you wear it?"

"I can show it to you." After the clerk said, he placed the collar flat on his left hand, and touched the collar with the index finger of his right hand to draw an arc along the edge. Ling Xiaolu was surprised to see that the originally seamless silver collar had been opened with a gap following the trajectory of his fingertips, as if it had been abruptly erased.

"It's amazing!" Ling Xiaolu couldn't help but admire.

The gap was big enough to pass through the clerk's neck, and what he was holding now could barely be called an arc.

Under Ling Xiaolu’s gaze, the clerk stuck the arc on his neck, and in the same way as before, stretched out his index finger from one end of the arc along the neck to the other, and the erased part was regenerated. , Once again become a flawless collar, the connection is seamless.

Ling Xiaolu was taken aback: "Isn't this wearing it?"

The clerk did not answer him directly, but put his hands on both ends of the collar: "Three, two, one."

At the end of the countdown, the collar broke and turned into two semicircles, which he held in his hands one by one.

"how so?"

"This is also a problem that has plagued Xinshan Company for a year." The clerk connected the two collars together, and they soon merged flawlessly into one.

"This is unscientific. It stands to reason that a ring can be worn, but how can a collar with the same material and principle not be worn?"

"Probably the main difference lies in the identity of the wearer in the game. According to relevant sources, the reason why it will be disconnected is mainly because it conflicts with the program settings of the battle pet."

"What do you mean?"

"Because the concept of appointments is still a kind of player user even if it is added later. The initial settings for battle pets are NPCs with no vital signs. They are forced to be replaced by players with autonomous intelligence, which leads to the internal The data is messy and the terminal cannot process it, so the system will automatically reject these players to log in."

"It turned out to be like this." Ling Xiaolu roughly understood.

"But the strange thing is here. After long-term testing, the server terminal does not exclude every user who logs in as a battle pet. There are still a small number of people who can overcome this obstacle and successfully realize the original intention of Xinshan Company. ."

"You mean that there are some players, even if they wear it, the collar will not split?"

"Yes, although the number is extremely rare. So far, only 30 players have passed the test, which is still not enough for one-third of the players."

"In this case, why doesn't the game company conduct further research on these 30 players, maybe they can find the reason?"

"Xinshan Company has never stopped tracking and researching this group of special players. Not only that, they have also carried out a national survey, as long as they can successfully wear the collar without falling off, they will give away a general game peripheral for free."

"Including the bracelet that sold four eights?"

"Yes." The clerk clicked a few times on the screen that had just played the promotional video, and called up the hero post sent by Xinshan Company.

The reward was good, Ling Xiaolu had a slight move.

"Does that as long as you wear it, you have to wear it to play?"

"Of course not. Regardless of the success rate of this survey is less than 0.001%, even if it is successful, Xinshan Company only needs to extract your body data once for research purposes. As for what kind of The way of playing is your freedom. You can use the gift bracelet to enter the game."

"In that case, I don't mind giving it a try."

"No problem," the clerk opened the collar in his hand again, "I will wear it for you now."

The metal-like collar clung to the skin of Ling Xiaolu's neck, but it didn't have the cold and hard touch as imagined.

"Sure enough, it's amazing material."

"Yes, you can wear it to eat, sleep, and do anything without any abnormal feelings."

"Ha, even if you say that, I don't want to."

The clerk's fingers drew a half circle on Ling Xiaolu's neck, and the collar closed.

"how do you feel?"

Ling Xiaolu didn't answer him. Instead, he imitated him and put his hands on the left and right sides.

"Three, two, one."

"…One."

"One."

He counted three one in a row, the collar did not move, he raised his head in surprise, and the clerk in front of him was no less surprised than him.

"Am I considered a success?"

"Yes, this is the first time I have witnessed someone successfully wear this. Congratulations on this, you have obtained a game peripheral worth 8888 tokens."

"It's great!" Ling Xiaolu, who was a student party, couldn't be happier when he saved more than 8,000 so easily.

"Once someone wears it successfully, the gaming terminal will automatically detect it, and the technical department will be able to read your body data soon. You only need to sign an authorization consent form."

"no problem."

Ling Xiaolu signed his name on the light screen, and the progress bar showed that the data was uploading.

"Are you really not going to experience the game content of battle pets? Because the number is rarer than those on the appointment, the popularity of human battle pets in the game can be said to be quite high, especially those who have not signed a contract. The object that the daters are chasing."

"Don't be kidding, I play games but I want to catch pets, not to be pets."

A silver light flashes on the edge of the light screen, which is a signal of successful data upload.

"Thank you for your support and cooperation. Your personal data has been collected. I will pick it up for you now."

"Thanks." Ling Xiaolu raised his chin to facilitate his operation.

One second has passed, two seconds, three seconds... half a minute has passed, but the collar is still missing.

"What's the matter?" Ling Xiaolu asked, according to the speed of putting it on, it will never take so long to take it off.

The clerk raised his head, looking confused.

"I don't know what happened, this...can't open..."

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Warning 2: Mary Su is a fanatic, avoid those who are unwell (but there is still no next-door knowledge of Mary Su, who is uncomfortable, please avoid two consecutive articles).

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