Village Elder: "In my opinion, the development team is playing a big game! The current black screen is all preparation for a surprise later!"
Heaven-defying Dragon Emperor: "How do you know it's not just to drop a big one?"
Village Elder: "..."
Candied Hawthorn: "Surprise my ass! I want to get online!"
Roasted Lamb Skewer: "Where's the create character page! Hurry up and get it out for me!"
Excited Netizen: "Exactly! GKD!"
Yiye Zhiqu: "Everyone, calm down a bit, the game is clearly still in the development stage, this is all the content we can experience! I think the transition of covering the crystal ball with a cloth is already very clever compared to just taking down the DEMO!"
Dragon Slayer Warrior: "Fuck, what is this? You guys really got on?"
Knowledge Explosion: "Fake, right!"
Arrogant Lifetime: "I don't care! If they don't give me a helmet, it's definitely a scam!!! (freaking out)"
Yiye Zhiqu: "A helmet? You don't need a helmet, any VR glasses will do... (sweat)"
Pig-headed Knight: "Fuck, guys, we can log on! Quick, get on!!!"
Yiye Zhiqu: "?!"
Little Evening Hungry: "If you deceive me again, I'll shark you all! (angry)"
"Catastrophe OL" official website.
Ever since some NPC covered the crystal ball, the forum had been noisy for the entire day, yet the development team hadn't made a sound from start to finish.
Zhao Jinyan had been observing secretly.
Currently, the posts on the forum could basically be divided into two types, one that believed the development team really developed a groundbreaking RPG online game, and another that didn't believe at all what the developers claimed and the so-called promotional PV were real.
Isn't AI technology very hot recently?
Generating videos isn't considered a difficult task anymore.
Honestly, Zhao Jinyan was more inclined to believe the latter.
After all, a completely immersive virtual reality online game, no matter how you put it, was too exaggerated. And if such technology really existed, would someone use it first to make a game?
There should be more profitable options, right!
However, what surprised Zhao Jinyan was that after the distribution of internal testing qualifications and DEMO programs yesterday, some people on the forum seemed to really have played it?
Though it was only for a few hours, but from what they described, it seemed real, even pulling out some hypnotism theory.
Surely these people couldn't be AI, could they?
Speaking of, this was also the most surprising part for him.
A game that was announced just a few days ago, with a vague promotional PV, had actually cultivated a group of die-hard fans?
"...Could this game really be that amazing?"
The undecided Zhao Jinyan muttered quietly, and after some hesitation, he finally picked up his phone and bought the cheapest second-hand VR equipment online.
A completely real virtual reality online game...
He had already spent quite a bit to support it.
This "Catastrophe OL" development team better not disappoint him!
...
The busiest districts of Thunder City were concentrated in the south-eastern part near the harbor, so the further north you went, the visible decline was apparent.
Especially outside the city gates, the residential houses crammed against the city walls were as wrecked as cattle sheds, squeezing out wrinkled alleys across the vast land.
Due to the frequent wars, the houses next to the walls were constantly being demolished and rebuilt... therefore, whether human or beast, life here was quite sloppy.
Following behind Miss Chris, Luo Yan soon met up with a few of her teammates.
As he expected, these four fierce-looking brothers were the ones he had seen previously in the tavern.
However, here, they pretended to meet him for the first time, warmly greeting Luo Yan, and even started making dirty jokes about him and Chris.
The bald man named Am was a Berserker, skilled in using dual-axes, with bronze-level strength.
The other three, named Reksen, Bond, and Greyhound, one was a silver-level Dual-Handed Swordsman, two were Scouts without Extraordinary Power.
This is the top combat force for exploring the maze?
Egger was more intimidating...
Having spent three years in a silver-covered Demon King Academy, Luo Yan was somewhat disappointed with these guys.
"Where's the entrance to the maze? When do we start?"
Luo Yan acted eager, as if he couldn't wait to dive into the maze right away.
His enthusiastic act made Chris giggle, who then teased him by saying,
"Don't rush, there are many entrances to the maze, and recklessly rushing in will only get you lost. We need to take a carriage for the secret path we found, which starts from the northernmost entrance... By the way, don't you need to go to the inn to check-in and drop off your luggage? I can accompany you."
She found him quite to her taste; it'd be a shame not to have a taste before snapping him up.
Besides, moving luggage back and forth was a hassle; it was easier to drop it off at the inn first, finish their business, and take the key to pick it up later.
However, as luck would have it, someone was also averse to hassle and too lazy to make the trip back.
Pretending not to understand her hint, Luo Yan smiled shyly and said,
"No need, my suitcase has some materials in case someone gets hurt and I need to make medicine."
Chris looked at him surprisingly.
"You can make Magic Potion?"
"Of course!" Luo Yan nodded with a smile, "I know many recipes, including Healing Potion, including Strength Potion."
"Not bad, kid, didn't expect you to have this skill," the bald Am laughed heartily and slapped him on the shoulder, buddy-buddy with him as he said, "Starting to like you a bit!"
"Thanks."
Luo Yan modestly smiled, his thumb secretly touching the ring hidden in his fist.