Chapter 1 Game CD, Hotel of the Afterlife
Chapter 1 Game CD, Hotel of the Afterlife
Lucheng, in a residential area.
Su Ming, a slightly plump young man, sat in front of the computer, reading the recent news.
“The horror game is about to start a large-scale public beta test. This public beta test will have a large number of participants and is expected to cover 1/10 of the world’s population.”
"Each country has established a corresponding countermeasures bureau. The Chinese Horror Game Countermeasures Bureau has issued an announcement. Those who wish to obtain player qualifications should call the following number to register."
"One of the first beta testers, 'Ouyang Ming', made a suggestion on his social account, hoping that the selected players would pay attention to the following matters when participating in the game for the first time. This will greatly increase the survival rate of novices!"
"According to a big shot who wishes to remain anonymous, the difficulty of the Novice Trial Dungeons ranges from easy, normal, difficult, and extremely difficult. The higher the difficulty, the better the rewards, but at the same time the lower the clearance rate. The clearance rate of extremely difficult dungeons is less than 1%!"
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The overwhelming amount of news on the Internet right now is basically all related to horror games.
Originally, the authorities had no intention of releasing this information for fear of causing panic.
However, now that the large-scale public beta test is about to begin, there is no point in hiding it any longer.
So, recently, the authorities began to promote it vigorously.
The horror game, which was originally a semi-secret thing, has become known to everyone.
In fact, there is only a limited amount the official can do. They can only popularize some basic knowledge about horror games.
But this thing is just like the theorems and axioms in the book. If you want to deeply understand and apply it, you have to practice through questions.
That is, experience with the specific copy content, or at least knowledge of the relevant information, is required.
However, horror games have considerable restrictions on the dissemination of copy content.
Players who have not experienced a certain dungeon cannot obtain dungeon information through other players' narration, text, images, and other conventional methods.
This means that players who have passed the dungeon are unable to post their clearance experience online for reference by players who have not passed the dungeon.
Therefore, for those who have not experienced horror games, the information about horror games circulating on the Internet is all general content, and it is impossible to find a specific copy.
If you want to know the copy content information in advance, the only way is through the "copy information fragments".
The production of fragments requires a lot of game points, which is often more than the income of a copy, and it is a disposable item.
It is impossible for ordinary players to obtain it.
Su Ming: "Forget it, never mind."
"Thriller games are so dangerous. You might die right after entering. It's better to play more games in the last minute."
"This way, even if I die in the dungeon, I'll have fewer regrets."
He took out an old CD and put it into the computer's CD drive.
He found this game CD when he was cleaning the old house some time ago.
I remember that my father played the game on this CD when I was very young.
During that time, he was very envious and wanted to play, but his father wouldn't let him play or even look at it.
He said the game was too scary and not suitable for children, and told him to play it after he became an adult.
Later, he gradually forgot about the CD.
It wasn't until I went back to my old house to pack up my things that I came across this CD.
Memories of his childhood suddenly hit him, and he remembered everything.
The CD has been found now, but he has lost contact with his parents for several years.
"Hey... Dad, Mom, where have you been?"
"Why did you just disappear without even saying hello?"
"Are you also the beta testers of the horror game?"
As Su Ming talked to himself, the CD was read out by the CD-ROM drive.
The computer screen showed a picture of a slightly dilapidated hotel.
Then, four large blood-red words appeared: Hotel of Rebirth.
The game's painting style is 2D pixel style.
As the game started, Su Ming gradually immersed himself in it. It was obviously just a pixel game, but the sense of immersion was surprisingly high, and the plot was also very good.
This game was released more than a decade ago, but it is still quite playable today.
The background of the game is very simple. The class monitor organized the whole class to live and play in the Rebirth Hotel for three days. But when they arrived, they found that only the class monitor had not shown up.
It started to rain heavily outside the hotel. The students had no way to leave and could only stay in the hotel. But soon, someone died and all kinds of strange events began to occur...
This game has a high mortality rate and you will die if you are not careful.
But fortunately, the game can be saved. Su Ming relies on the SL method, continuous trial and error, and finally avoids countless pitfalls. Finally, he finds out the truth and solves the source of the hotel's weirdness.
It took him a whole week to complete the game perfectly.
Watching the final ending animation, Su Ming let out a long sigh: "Huh... I finally completed the game perfectly!"
He couldn't help but sigh: "This game is really difficult."
"Even an expert like me took a whole week to complete it perfectly."
"If horror games were this difficult, it would be a 99% chance of death."
dong dong dong-
There was a knock on the door.
A dull male voice came from outside the door: "Express delivery!" "Here it comes, here it comes."
Su Ming stood up and trotted to the door.
When I opened the door, there was only a black box outside, which looked like an urn.
There were also a few words written on it: Congratulations! You have obtained the qualification for the horror game public beta!
Su Ming's hands trembled, and he wanted to close the door.
孽 孽!
Something dirty has found its way to your door!
But he knew that once he saw this thing, he would not be able to escape.
At this time, the panel of a horror game appeared in front of him.
[Hello, horror game public beta player D5205211314! ]
【Welcome to join the horror game! 】
[The novice copy will start in one minute, please be prepared. ]
[In order to protect the safety of players' lives, property and personal privacy, the appearance of players will be adjusted after entering the dungeon. After entering the dungeon, you will automatically get a code name assigned by the horror game. Please do not reveal your real name at will. (Changing the code name requires special props)]
[Instance Name: Hotel of the Rebirth]
[difficulty: extremely difficult]
[Number of people: 30]
[Explanation: When you are about to graduate, your class monitor organized the whole class to go to the Rebirth Hotel for fun. You are one of them. However, you never dreamed that this would be the beginning of a nightmare...]
Su Ming was a little confused: "The Rebirth Hotel?"
Isn’t this the same name as the game in his CD?
Not only that, even the background is very similar, with the class monitor inviting the whole class to visit the Wangsheng Hotel.
Is this just a coincidence, or is there some connection between them?
There is no time to think too much, you are about to enter the game.
Su Ming quickly moved the black box at the door in.
Then quickly open it to reveal what's inside.
This is a silver coin with intricate patterns engraved on it.
[Item: Silver Ghost Coin]
[Level: Normal]
[Description: This special coin can be exchanged for 100 points. This is a little balance compensation for the unlucky people who start with a very difficult dungeon.]
Game points are very precious things. It is said that they can be used to purchase items in the store within the copy and on the copy settlement page. In addition, they have other uses.
The price of one point on Taobao has been driven up to 10,000 yuan.
In the last moments, Su Ming also tried to search for information about the Rebirth Hotel on the Internet, but found nothing.
It seems that the horror game has blocked the relevant news.
In the blink of an eye, a minute passed.
Su Ming disappeared into the rental house.
When he opened his eyes, Su Ming found himself in front of a hotel.
Surrounding him were the players who had come in with him, most of whom looked a little panicked and desperate.
There was a code floating above everyone's head. The codes varied greatly, and there was no discernible pattern, but they were all two to four words:
【Keyboard Warrior】
【Rat】
【coward】
【Cowardly】
【Shop Assistant】
【Mr. Green Hat】
……
The code name above Su Ming’s head is [Game House].
"This code name doesn't seem to be chosen randomly, but rather it is chosen based on some characteristics of the player, summarizing the player's image."
Looking at the Rebirth Hotel in front of him, Su Ming felt inexplicably familiar.
Although the hotel he had seen in the previous CD game was pixelated and this one was a 3D entity, he still recognized it at a glance.
This hotel is the one in the CD game!
This further confirmed Su Ming's guess.
Perhaps, the CD game I was playing was really related to this copy.
If that's the case, then there will be something fun to do.
After all, after three days of exploration, he knew everything about the Hotel of the Afterlife in the CD game.
(End of this chapter)