Hey hey hey... what is this? This is different from what I was told? How did I lose?
I was just getting started! Why did it end? My beautiful campus life with the pink angel has just begun!
Why did the game suddenly end here? This is so tragic!
Is this what people called the trial version? It gave you a very good beginning, attracted your attention, made you addicted, and then suddenly stopped. In the end, they would send a payment notice?
I can only continue my campus life with the pink Angel after spending money? Praise the game publisher! Praise the game developer! That is why I hate this kind of stuff...
Of course... no one will be able to answer my questions if I keep standing here, so there is no point in complaining.
In short, let me quit the game first——
Quit this virtual reality version of Beautiful Girls Dating Sim called, "The Story Of Cherry Blossoms".
Naturally-my real name was not GaoCheng Yuan, and my identity was not a high school student, it was just the identity of the male protagonist in this game.
In reality, I was just an ordinary freshman named Shi YuanXing. For some purposes, I tried this game recommended by netizens.
They said that I would be able to experience the pink high school life that I have never experienced before. It was the easiest dating sim that even a braindead person would be able to clear it.
But now I was facing the fact that... the game ended on the first night.
This was a shame. For me, who regarded games as my greatest hobby and specialty, it was a humiliation!
Besides, the latest generation of VR game helmet I was wearing was very expensive, okay? I didn't come here to see the cherry blossom road.
Try again... Maybe it was just a glitch. I just needed to restart it once.
Cherry Blossom road...[Gameover]
Well, it may also be a problem with the game hardware, check it and try again.
Cherry Blossom road...[Gameover]
Could it be that the tone of my dialogue was wrong?
Cherry Blossom road...[Gameover]
Again!
Cherry Blossom road...[Gameover]
Again?
Cherry Blossom road...[Gameover]
Again...
Cherry Blossom road...[Gameover]
...
After repeating this countless times, I finally failed to survive the first day. Could it be that this thing was a semi-finished product? I didn't see any payment prompts either.
Soon, almost desperate, I could only choose the final solution.
Raising my hand, on the holographic screen projected by the metal bracelet, I called up a conversation with the netizen who I had just met a few days ago- [Eternal Waning Moon In The Bloody Sky].
If I could, I didn't want to talk to him often.
Speaking of this netizen, he should be a game lover like me.
The specific performance was that in a day, around 18 hours his status on the gaming platform would appear "in game".
Of course, don't ask me why I was sure that someone else was in the game for 18 hours...
However, unlike me, who liked certain types of games, this guy had a lot of knowledge. The number of games he purchased on the Skyland platform was almost 10 times that of mine...
With a beep, my thoughts were interrupted...
"Hello viewers, welcome to the live broadcast channel of this platform. Today we have invited Mr. Shen Kong, who is a research and development staff of Endea, as a special guest on the security issues of VR games that frequently spread on the Internet. Hello, Mr. Shen Kong."
"Hello!"
So what is the point of this sudden ad push? Just because I am not a paid member of the Skyland platform, so I can't skip it? Looking at the holographic window that appeared in front of me, I sighed helplessly.
The gentle man with glasses on the screen was a member of Endea, a company responsible for various artificial intelligence development in popular VR games.
Speaking of which, there have indeed been cases of players falling into a coma for some reason while playing VR games and unable to go offline.
Such rumors and urban legends were always very creepy. Anything that became popular was like this. Negative news and anything that people deliberately wanted to hype up was completely unreliable.
There was no point watching this kind of boring show, I'd rather zone out for a while-
"And the interviewer invited today is the popular professional game player Su You."
This sentence caught my attention.
At this time, the camera turned to the other side, where a stylish yellow-haired young man sat on the sofa.
Su You, also known as the legend of the gaming community, not only won consecutive championships in the world competitions, but he also topped the rankings of almost all games. In other words, there was no game he was not good at. In addition, his attitude was very kind, not like other arrogant pro gamers at all. It could be said that he was my idol.
"Mr. Shen. Regarding what many netizens said before, VR games can cause brain dysfunction, memory loss, vegetative state, and even brain death. What's your opinion on this?"
Su You's question really hit the nail on the head. Although I believed that they had already prepared the questions and answers in advance.
"I think this is impossible. First of all, the so-called VR or virtual reality technology is just a computer simulation system that can create and experience virtual worlds. In virtual reality games, the game helmet generates a corresponding simulation environment through brain-computer interaction technology, which is actually no essential difference from dreaming."
Researcher Shen Kong said confidently, not believing those claims at all.
"It is impossible for it to cause harm to the user. The power of the output signal is strictly tested. Even those horror games that are dedicated to the pursuit of sensory and psychological stimulation will respond in real time according to the user's physical state; the system will force players to log out before any problem occurs."
"Thank you Mr. Shen. Some netizens previously exposed a serious incident in which a player died suddenly while playing a game. What is your opinion on this? "
So there really is such an incident? I became interested.
"I think netizens have some misunderstandings about this. According to the results announced by the police and the company, the deceased himself suffered from heart disease, so it was probably just an accident. Please pay attention here. Players with heart problems need to avoid stimulating games, this is also stated in the equipment packaging and game instructions."
The host nodded slightly. Hang on a second, I seemed to know what was going on.
"In addition, I would like to sincerely remind all users not to be addicted to playing games. Please keep in mind that at this stage, the virtual reality technology is not suitable for everyone. In addition, please do not easily believe in some claims and rumors on the Internet, game equipment and the content itself are harmless. "
"Thank you very much for Mr. Shen's answer. By the way, as a game player, I need to be in contact with VR devices for a long time every day. Although I have never seen the death of a player, after a long game, even I would inevitably feel uncomfortable. So I hope everyone can arrange game time appropriately and not play for too long. See you next time!"
I closed the window. In fact, the intention of this kind of interview conducted by the official channel was too obvious. It seemed like a deliberate refutation of rumors. Even the professional game players like Su You were also invited to do the interview to increase the publicity.
It had to be said that hardware and software manufacturers have indeed made great efforts to calm the users. In this way, 80% of those who deliberately engaged in making troubles on the Internet would not be able to do anything.
After this interview, all kinds of evidence would be listed, completely dismissing those claims and rumors...
But as Su You and Shen Kong said, I didn't believe that playing a VR game would have such serious consequences. I haven't seen any accidents after playing for so long.
Anyway, back to the game itself, why did it suddenly end!
Ah, right, I have to send a message to Waning Moon.
[Me: This game is really difficult. Why did the Gameover interface jump out when I lay on the bed the first night? Is it because I didn't buy any credit?]
Probably because he was in the middle of a game, it took him 5 minutes to reply to the message.
[Waning Moon: Seriously? This is one of the simplest galgames, and there is no in-app purchase function.]
[Me: So, what kind of game is a galgame?]
[Waning Moon: You don't even know what kind of game a galgame is? ]
In desperation, Waning Moon gave me a brief introduction about what galgame was.
Simply put, galgames were dating sims. It has existed as early as decades ago in the desktop era.
In the game, the player needed to talk to the beautiful girls and choose the correct option to conquer them. Although the early galgame mainly focused on reading text, it was limited by the level of hardware and software.
Nowadays, as the era of the great development of virtual reality games, relying on the development of brain-computer interaction technology, games were no longer presented by the physical computer monitor.
The options were no longer displayed in text, but were reflected in the interaction with npc——
[Me: So, that means there is no battle in this game, can I only interact with npc? How is this kind of game interesting?]
[Waning Moon: It was you who complained that you haven't dated anyone in 18 years and it is very sad, so I recommend you to play galgame to learn how to interact with girls, alright? Obviously, it is a game that even apes can clear at once, but you got the Gameover notice on the first day. You have really impressed me...]
Damn it, I was also someone who had a little qualification to be called "pro" in the gaming community, but he compared me with apes!
[Waning Moon: Anyway, tell me what choices you have made. ]
[Me: What are you talking about, choice?]
[Waning Moon: It's a hidden choice. Didn't you know that early galgames used options to change the progress of the plot?]
[Me: I still don't understand it very well, I didn't see any text such as options.]
[Waning Moon: ... you are really hopeless. Although there are no obvious options in the virtual reality galgames, its essence has not changed, that is, what you choose when facing a situation that requires you to make a decision will affect the development of the plot.]
[Me: I have gone through this plot 10 times, but I never encountered any situation like that...]
[Waning Moon: Take a moment to think about it in detail again.]
I tried to remember every detail of the first day of the game...because I had repeated it so many times, it was easy for me...
[Me: I was standing on the cherry blossom road when I first entered the game, where I met Yuchuan Ying. Then, before the class, the class teacher announced that Yuchuan Ying had transferred to our class and appointed her to be my deskmate. Nothing happened afterwards, except after school, Bantian Yuaner asked me to go to buy a game...]
[Waning Moon: Wait a minute! ]
[Me: Is there any problem?]
[Waning Moon: You said you went to buy a game with Bantian Yuaner?]
[Me: Yeah-and I tried 10 times and I still couldn't get the copy that came with gifts. Actually, those kinds of copies didn't exist, right?]
[Waning Moon: ... and you repeated this a dozen times?]
[Me: Is there any problem?]
[Waning Moon: Pfft--hahahaha... No wonder you are still single after 18 years! LOL! ]
...This guy! He actually laughed at me!
That was why I didn't like to talk to him. Sometimes, Waning Moon's personality was really terrible. It was a coincidence to get acquainted with him. As long as he didn't mock me, we got along pretty well, maybe in reality he was similar to me.
So what, if I didn't date any girls for 18 years? I just didn't pay attention to girls, and when I got serious, I would be able to find one.
As someone who played games more than 10 hours a day and liked galgames like this, he was much more hopeless than me, right? He must be a NEET, and probably a fat one!
And the worst thing was that not long after we got to know each other he began to speak venomously. If he was also like this in reality, then his relationship with other people must be very bad. Probably not at the point of being a transparent person like me, but at the level of the public enemy.
[Me: If you are still acting like this, I will blacklist you.]
[Waning Moon: To be honest, it's the first time I have heard that someone actually chose to buy games with a pal in galgames. Is it because your pal or the game is so attractive to you that you actually skipped the club activities again and again?]
[Me: ...what is the club activity?]
[Waning Moon: You don't know about 'club activities'? !]
[Me: How would I know! No one told me.]
[Waning Moon:...It's all written in the 'notebook', haven't you read it?]
[Me: What is "notebook"...]
Even I was a little embarrassed to continue to ask. It seemed that I really shouldn't play this game without reading the instructions...
[Waning Moon: Are you mentally retarded? The "notebook" is a game instruction for the players. It records background settings, character introductions, and other items. How did you go on playing without looking at the "notebook"? Obviously, it should be in your school bag from the beginning.]
[Me: I really didn't notice it...]
Going through the notebook in my schoolbag in the game? I would never do such a thing.
[Waning Moon: I'm very curious, how do you know your class number without looking at a notebook?]
[Me: This also troubled me for a long time. I asked a few classmates, one of them happened to be my classmate, then I found it...]
[Waning Moon:...]
[Me: So, what is the relationship between club activities and the plot?]
[Waning Moon: Only by participating in club activities can you see the second heroine and trigger Ying's next plot.]
[Me: Since this is the case, let me try it again. Thank you.]
Not wanting to hear his ridicule, I quickly closed the contact.
Now that I understand the reason for the failure, it would be easy for me to play the game. I just needed to participate in club activities.
Putting on the helmet, I returned to "The Story Of Cherry Blossoms"——