Urban Sims

Federal calendar year 1516.

After the annual high school entrance examination, after more than half a month of anxious waiting, the results of the high school entrance examination were finally announced.

Yun Xinghe scored 996 out of 1,000 points on the test paper, ranking first in the city.

The total score of moral education is 500 points. Based on his good performance in school, the teachers of Wenyue Middle School gave him 495 points.

As soon as these results came out, Yun Xinghe received a lot of calls from high schools, promising various benefits and hoping to come to my school.

In the interstellar era, educational resources are abundant and high-quality students are in short supply. Due to the great extension of life span, the population growth rate has dropped, resulting in an average of fifty years for a new generation. In addition, with the declining birthrate, the number of students is scarce. Non-key high schools, in order to obtain generous government education Subsidy, we have to use various means to compete for students.

Naturally, key high schools do not have this worry. High-quality education is the guarantee of abundant students. However, they will never sit idly by and woo top students who are top-notch in all qualities. They will also promise some benefits and try to win them over.

So after receiving an invitation call from the teacher of Yuanlan High School, the best high school in the city, Yun Xinghe discussed it with her aunt and agreed to attend the school.

The future era is also an era of knowledge explosion. People need to learn and master many knowledge points, which are more difficult and complex. Moreover, a four-five-year education grading system is implemented.

That is, five years of primary school, five years of middle school, five years of high school, and five years of college.

In other words, a graduate with a higher education degree will have to study in school for 20 years.

Of course, there is no end to learning. If you are not satisfied with a mere university diploma, you can continue to study for graduate school, PhD, and beyond.

However, in school, just studying is not enough. After all, there are only a few nerds who can study hard. Entertainment besides heavy academic tasks is also very important.

When transitioning from middle school to high school, the most exciting thing for students is that the government has lifted the ban on high school students playing virtual online games. Students over the age of 16 can purchase virtual online game helmets and enter a highly realistic virtual world. The world, fight monsters and upgrade, conquer cities and territories, have grudges and hatreds, and enjoy the game life to the fullest.

This is even more exciting than being able to legally watch adult movies if you are over 18.

The reason why most virtual game companies choose to release games during the summer vacation is because they want to attract more high school players - even if these players, in the eyes of other players, are bad, scummy, noisy, and have a very bad reputation. .

Even some senior players, when they hear that there are a lot of high school students in a certain online game, will immediately lose interest in the game and say they will never buy it.

Even so, high school students are still the most important market group for all online game companies, because they have never been exposed to virtual online games. Once addicted, they will have a persistent preference for the series of games and become die-hard fans. bring huge benefits.

So this summer vacation, faced with dozens of virtual online games released almost simultaneously, Yun Xinghe and his friends were caught up in discussions.

A total of five virtual online games were included in their final options:

"Galactic War" is a large-scale interstellar war strategy management game. You compete for resource planets, develop advanced technology, and fight with surrounding civilizations!

"Thunder Armor" is a large-scale mecha online game. Its steel body, iron-blooded heroism, and exciting mecha combat will keep you fighting.

"Doomsday Watch" is a doomsday zombie online game. Its main style is weirdness, exploration, puzzle solving, and the killing of zombies and various biological monsters.

"Magicland 9", a large-scale Western fantasy online game, has achieved great success and has countless loyal fans. Now it has launched the ninth part of the series, which is worth looking forward to.

"God's Domain" was developed by Sword and Sword Company over a period of 30 years. Its realism has reached an unprecedented 99%. It is said that it also integrates countless advanced technologies that other game companies do not have, such as "deep learning" technology in free mode. Players learn in the game Some of his fighting skills can also be used in reality.

"As soon as "God's Domain" is released, 90% of the game companies on the market will face bankruptcy. This game has achieved perfect balance. More than 80% of players will play this game for ten years!" said the president of Sword Company. raving.

In the living room.

The friends gathered together.

Yun Xinghe thought for a while and said: "Let's choose "Galaxy War". I heard that this online game is very good. Each of us has a galaxy, form an alliance, and conquer the entire server!"

"Boss, do you know how much money you spend playing strategy games? Buying a level 9 starship in the game mall costs 1 million federal coins. Those rich players can buy a fleet. Do you think we can outplay them? "

Sugaru rolled his eyes and said, rejecting the proposal. Other friends also seconded the idea. What are they, high school students, getting involved in in the rich man's game?

""Thunder Armor" feels okay. It feels great to control the mecha and attack the enemy."

"There is nothing new, just go bang, go, go, go, go, go, go, buy armor, buy advanced missiles, buy high-end power core, it is also very expensive, and the further you go, the more pitfalls you get."

The adventure and puzzle solving of "Doomsday Watch" are attractive, but playing the game is just for fun, so who is willing to expend that mental energy?

"Magic Continent" is even less interesting. It is still in the ninth generation. It is a money-making game with no ambition to make progress. It has long lost its initial appeal.

"Let's play "God's Domain" by Sword Company. It has 99% realism, absolute balance, and deep learning technology... Galaxy Boss, let's play this game!" Sugaru said excitedly.

"Yes, many of my classmates are now looking for various summer jobs to earn money to buy helmets for the game "God's Domain". They all say they will definitely play this game."

"Boss Xinghe, a friend of mine got a piece of gossip saying that the Sword Company has found the best way to solve the problem of the Furuya family's large number of people. They said that even if all the Furuya family members join the game, they will not be able to destroy the game. Balance." A friend said mysteriously.

"really?"

Everyone was refreshed and their eyes widened.

In fact, in the future, virtual online games have long been able to maintain the most basic balance of the game while ensuring profits. Rich players can establish certain advantages by spending money and save accumulated time. Non-rich players can also By extending the game time and completing more tasks, the gap with wealthy players can be narrowed.

But the Furuya family bug, no matter which game you enter, no matter how perfect the balance of the game is, once there are more players in the Furuya family, rich players and non-rich players will have to rush to the street, and they will be drowned in waves. A wave of people attacks.

And this family is very resilient. Even if the entire server is launching a campaign against the Furuya family, as long as you relax a little bit, this family will come back and swamp you.

I don’t know how many popular virtual online games are on other administrative planets. Once they get the game on Bora Star, they will stop playing and die suddenly in less than two years.

Now, there is actually a virtual online game that privately claims to be able to solve the Furuya family bug. How is this possible?

"Grandpa, is there really such a game? Can even the Furuya family be balanced?"

Yun Xinghe asked the old man in his mind, feeling a little unbelievable. More people equals an advantage. This is an unsolvable problem.

Zhou Ming searched the memory in his mind and found some information about "God's Domain". He said: "The existence of this game has indeed achieved an absolute balance. Even the Furuwu family has nothing to do with this game, but This game did not have a long life, it only operated for about 10 years, and later caused a lot of social unrest and was taken away by the military."

"10 years, so short? What kind of turmoil did it cause?"

"This seems to be related to the 'deep learning' function of this game, which has led to the emergence of a large number of martial arts masters in reality, who use force to break the law. The crime rate has increased, and the government will naturally intervene."

"It's so great. This game looks like it's worth playing."

Seeing that his friends also liked this online game, Yun Xinghe could only nod his head and collectively chose "God's Domain" from Sword Company. The friends cheered.

A week later.

Game release date.

Through relay queuing, at the gaming helmet sales point, Yun Xinghe and his friends lined up for two nights. Finally, Du Xiaopang, who was covered in sweat, came to Yun's house holding several gaming helmets. , he seemed to have lost several pounds, and said excitedly: "Boss Xinghe, I bought the helmet!"