-['Otherworldly Era' is about to undergo update maintenance, the expected maintenance time is 12 hours ...]
Riley, wearing a gaming helmet on his head, stared at the game announcement and muttered in dissatisfaction with the bubblegum in his mouth, 'It's not easy to get off work, I just wanted to play a PVP arena, but the result is maintenance?!'
He was an ordinary labourer, his life was boring, and his only pleasure was to soak in the holographic online Otherworldly Era' after work.
This game is called the strongest immersive experience in history, the degree of realism is close to 100%, and even hunger, temperature, and pain can be adjusted. Players can explore freely, build a country and become a king, become a common merchant, or even mix with the dark forces like a second life.
Riley played the role of the wild swordsman, professional violence, skills fast, he relied on years of experience in the game, has become a top player, PVP invincible, copies of the single brush without pressure.
Seeing that the maintenance is still 12 hours away, he was bored and brushed the forums, and suddenly noticed an official hidden update -
[New Free Exploration Mode, completely breaking the restrictions of copies and quests, players can independently open a brand new adventure and truly experience the otherworldly world!
Riley came to be interested:'Free exploration. It can't be a new information film, right?'
Anyway, the real world was boring as hell, so he didn't hesitate to click on book an immediate experience.
[Ding-Connection Successful]
A white light flashed, and he lost consciousness as his eyes went black.
--
He heard the sound of leaves rubbing together, and the wind brushed his cheeks with a faint scent of grass.
Riley subconsciously frowned, the level of realism was too high, right? Even the delicate touch of the wind blowing across his cheeks was much more realistic than in previous holographic games!
He opened his eyes and realised that he was lying in a lush forest, the sunlight in the sky was pouring down through the leaves of the trees, and the air was too fresh to be true.
Riley sat up violently and looked around, the surroundings were extremely realistic - the blades of grass on the ground swayed with the wind, and he could even make out the traces of ants crawling on the soil, the sounds of birdsong and wind mingled ... with all of this detail, so he couldn't help but sigh:
'The technology of this game company, I'm afraid it's not going against the sky?!'
However, the most important thing is ... that the equipment on his body is still there!
Riley looked down and saw that he was still wearing the armour of a Berserker, with an Obsidian Heavy Sword on his back, a top-quality weapon that he had spent half a year building!
He excitedly gripped the sword, feeling the heavyweight, he couldn't help but fling it a few times, and the blade sliced through the air, bringing up a biting wind.
'This feel, it's even more realistic than the previous holographic version! There's no sense of that data delay at all, it's almost like you're holding the sword ...'
Riley tried to bring up the game menu, and with a thought, sure enough, a translucent system panel appeared in front of his eyes-
[Character: Riley]
[Level: 72 (Berserker)]]
[Life: 100%]
[Strength: 135]
[Agility: 89]
[Skills: Earth Splitting Slash, Berserk Strike, Storm Sword Dance ...].
[Equipment: Obsidian Heavy Sword, Dragon Scale Armour, Titan Boots ...].
[Status: Normal]
All the stats and equipment were perfectly preserved, even the 500,000 gold coins he had previously stored in the warehouse were still there!
The more Riley looked at it, the more satisfied he became, and he couldn't help but smile,'This update, not only is it a new map, but even the data has been inherited in its entirety! The official is so generous!'
However, when he was about to exit the game, he found that there was no'exit' button in the menu.
'Huh?' Riley furrowed his brows, double-checked, and even tried to use his voice to command,'Quit the game!'
There was no response.
'Is ... officially forcing immersion mode on? It won't let you quit?'
Riley was a bit puzzled, but didn't think much about it, since he couldn't quit, he would explore first!
He groped his way out of the forest, and soon, his vision opened up, and a winding dirt road appeared in front of him, leading to a small village in the distance.
'A newbie village?'
Riley's eyes lit up and he quickened his pace towards the village.
--
The village was not big, the houses were wooden structures and looked rather shabby, the villagers wore rough clothes with tired and wary faces, and there were even a few old men hiding behind doors to secretly observe him.
Riley secretly sighed:'This NPC's expression movements are too vivid, even the muscle tremors can be seen, there is absolutely no holographic game's"fake face feeling"... What kind of black technology did this company use?'
At this time, a white haired old man came over, leaning on his cane, and carefully asked,'This ... lord, which kingdom sent him?'
Riley froze and blurted out,'Er ... I am a free adventurer.'
Hearing this answer, the village chief's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, followed by a look of excitement,'A free adventurer? Great! Lord Braveheart, please save our village!'
[Trigger Quest: Save the Village from Demon Attack]
[Quest Reward:????]
The corner of Riley's mouth lifted, this kind of routine was familiar to him,'Sure enough, it's a novice village's guidance quest!'
The village chief explained anxiously,'Recently, the Black Flame Demon Wolves outside our village have been constantly attacking the village, and several people have already died, if we don't solve it, the village will be destroyed ...'
Riley nodded,'A BOSS level monster? Alright, I'll go and cut it down.'
The village chief froze, obviously not expecting Riley to agree so painfully.
But in the next second, Riley had already pulled out his greatsword and walked towards the direction of the quest target with gusto, his heart excited as hell:'A BOSS battle when the game has only just begun? Not bad, not bad!'
--
Half an hour later, the cave of the Black Flame Demon Wolf.
The pitch-black wolf king was lying on the stone, his scarlet eyes staring dead on at Riley who had suddenly intruded, a low growl coming from his throat.
Riley moved his neck and gripped his Obsidian Heavy Sword tightly, the corner of his mouth curling into an expectant smile.
'Come on, let me see how strong the AI of this boss is!'
In the next second, he stepped on his feet and his figure instantly disappeared in place, accompanied by a gale-like sword light, charging straight at the Demon Wolf-
'Earth Splitting Slash!'
Boom!
Sword energy erupted, the Black Flame Demon Wolf couldn't even send out a scream, and was directly split in half by a sword, blood splattering all over Riley.
[Quest completed! Reward obtained:????]
Riley stood in front of the Demon Wolf's corpse and nodded with satisfaction:''This BOSS's blood bar is too short, it only took one slash to die? Has this difficulty been toned down?'
After saying that, he put the corpse of the Demon Wolf into the system backpack
He turned around and headed back to the village, not noticing in the slightest-
Not far away, several hunters who were stunned by his sword were staring at him with pale faces and weak legs.
'... Is this really something a human can do?!'