Chapter 191 Newbies join the game, explore new scenes

Chapter 191 Newbies join the game, explore new scenes

Chapter 191 Newbies join the game, explore new scenes
"Hahaha, I've got the qualification."

When the red envelope was opened, a dazzling golden light flashed by.

The red envelope shell turned into star points and melted away, leaving Tu Bai with a golden note in his hand, with the word "qualification" printed on it.

The game prompt also sounded in my mind:

[Activity Tips: Congratulations on obtaining the challenger qualification, which will be activated within 24 hours (qualification will disappear after expiration).]

Faced with the hysterical wailing and spitting of tourists of various ethnic groups nearby, Tu Bai's face was filled with a bright smile.

He didn't have high hopes for this event.

After all, there are a huge number of tourists participating in the event, and the probability of him winning is too low.

More importantly, he joined the event too late.

The event was launched on New Year’s Eve, but at the time he was watching players playing in the arena in the live broadcast room of Monster World’s official website. He had been watching for several days and had no idea that the official had issued qualifications at this time.

In order to better immerse himself in the game, he would close the comment section and barrage when watching live broadcasts, and immerse himself in the experience from the game host's first-person perspective.

He had no idea what the tourists in the live broadcast room talked about during this period.

The follow-up was because several anchors I followed did not catch the Ancient God bus at Colorful Mist Coast, so I thought about going offline to order a batch of new nutrient solution.

As soon as he went offline, he realized something was wrong.

He was surprised to find that the Monster World officials actually issued game qualifications.

Facts have proved that in real life you still need a few good friends, otherwise no one will remind you of welfare activities.

The event has been going on for three days, but he hasn't been able to attend a single day.

He always shouts for qualifications, but when the qualifications are actually issued, he is not there.

This made Tu Bai beat his chest and stamp his feet. Even though the probability was slim, he still felt that he had missed out on 100 million.

In fact, compared to 100 million, he wants the game qualification of Monster World more.

He can basically buy anything that can be bought with 100 million yuan in real life.

As for cars and houses, these commodities pursued by humans in the old era are no longer suitable in this era.

Most of the cars on the road are driverless cars controlled by the city's intelligent brain.

Showing off the value of your car will only make you look stupid.

In contrast, cars in the old days were a face-saving project. Anyone who drove a luxury car would have face wherever he went.

But now cars are no longer the same. With the popularization of driverless cars, cars have become "shared bicycles". You can pick them up by clicking on an APP. You don't even need to touch the steering wheel or a driver. You don't have to worry about parking difficulties or traffic jams.

Everything is handled by the intelligent brain, which can provide the best route every time.

All you have to do is sit in, check your phone, and wait to arrive at your destination.

Many cities have even eliminated taxi fees and replaced them with free use of driverless cars.

The car truly serves as a means of transportation and has no other added value.

The house does have a little more presence than the car, but it’s not much better.

No matter how big or luxurious the house in reality is, no one cares. After all, everyone lives in the virtual world, so who cares how many houses you have in reality.

When someone shows off their real estate, people will just find it boring, or even think that this guy doesn’t even understand the virtual world.

In an era when members of all ethnic groups spend most of their time in the virtual world, there are quite a few people who show off their virtual properties, but very few who show off their real properties in the virtual world.

The way of showing off wealth has long changed, and the virtual world is the main place.

This is why members of all ethnic groups invest large sums of money into the virtual world every year.

Therefore, when comparing the value of one hundred million and the qualification to play the Monster World game, most people prefer the qualification to play the Monster World game.

Especially those tourist players who watch live broadcasts every day.

Every day they would praise StarNet in different live broadcast rooms, trying to obtain the gaming qualification granted by StarNet in this way.

It is uncertain whether this makes sense.

But what is certain is that the StarNet, which monitors the entire network, can receive all information on the network.

You might be given the qualification.

As long as there is the slightest possibility, this group of tourists and players don't want to miss it.

Tu Bai is also this type of player.

Every day when I enter the live broadcast room, I first say "Praise Star Network", then block the comment area and barrage, and start immersively watching the anchor explore the monster world.

His favorite live broadcast section is the arena, and he loves to watch the exciting battles.

This time when I went offline, I found that the qualification distribution activity for Monster World had been open for three days. While feeling regretful that I acted too late, I decided to participate decisively.

What he didn't expect was that in the red envelope grabbing event at 12 o'clock in the morning, he won a game qualification with just one attempt.

He originally wanted to accumulate activity points to qualify for the game draw, but he ended up getting the highest prize directly.

It’s like getting ready to run a marathon, and then getting awarded the championship medal.

There is a feeling of becoming the chosen one in an instant.

This made him happier than winning the lottery jackpot, and he couldn't help laughing.

Facing the contemptuous looks from all around, Tu Bai smiled and held up the golden note, turning it around to show it:
"Friends from all ethnic groups, see you in the live broadcast room next time."

Without waiting for the members of various tribes to start scolding, Tu Bai decisively called out the system panel and chose to log off.

After the game cabin was opened, Tu Bai was so excited that he didn't bother to change into his game clothes and went straight to the computer desk.

Wake up the pitch-black screen and enter the Monster World official website.

I saw an additional "Download" option on the official website interface.

It turned out that this was not an illusion derived from his endless desire, he really got the qualification to play the game.

But he didn't rush to click download.

He picked up the mobile phone on the computer desk, turned the phone lens to the front camera, put his face close to the computer screen, raised his left thumb, grinned, and took a photo with the download prompt on the official page.

Click!

“Upload it to Moments!”

My Moments, which hasn’t been updated in thousands of years, finally has some material to show off.

The value of this screenshot is even greater than showing off your lottery winnings.

The title is: Invincible, Lonely.

Caption: About how I casually opened a red envelope and unexpectedly became the chosen one.

After pressing publish, Tu Bai put down his phone and turned his attention to the official website of Monster World.

"Monster world, start!"

Click, press the left button of the mouse and click download.

……

After one hour.

Tu Bai's figure appeared in the glowing white space, and four big words flashed before his eyes.

The world of caves.

As for the new space node, he had seen the challenger prompts when watching the live broadcast.

But he didn't know what kind of place the underground world was.

There were crowds of people from various ethnic groups nearby. From the way they were dressed, one could tell that they were all newbies who had just qualified through the event like him.

Calling up the space map, he walked straight towards the exit.

Leaving the Novice Village, what appears before your eyes is a vast wasteland.

Time here seems to have stopped, the sky is gray-blue, the earth is bumpy and worn by years of wind and sand, and occasionally a few clumps of withered yellow grass can be seen on the gray-brown land. As far as the eye can see, there are machine wreckage everywhere.

A large number of new players gathered near the exit, and the regional chat channel of the scene was particularly lively.

"Come and form a team. As long as you output, your efficiency will be upgraded."

"Are there any veteran players who can help a newbie level up? Please help me. I don't want to be too hasty with my first death."

"Let's form a fixed team of stone statues. There are several young and beautiful ladies in the team. They don't have to bear any medical expenses and the profit resources are distributed fairly."

"The fixed team is in need of a support player, preferably one with experience in virtual games."

……

Although newbies only have one initial soul, after watching many live broadcasts and forum guides, many players know the importance of forming a team when exploring the monster world.

Many fixed teams start looking for the rarest damage-bearing players in advance.

Although Tu Bai plays melee combat, his initial soul choice is the Power Axe, not the damage-bearing flow.

After watching a lot of live broadcasts, he thinks melee combat is awesome in the arena.

Magic, support, and damage-taking, these three schools of thought do not perform very well in the arena.

The French are fragile and can easily die suddenly.

The output of the auxiliary and damage-taking flow is too low, and you spend most of your time getting beaten in the arena.

Only the close combat performance is eye-catching enough.

After all, the arena is a 1v1 environment. The version of the son of magic is very strong on the battlefield, but it is far inferior in the arena. Looking through the team list in the regional voice channel, he found a team that had submitted a team application.

Soon, the reminder to form a team sounded in my mind.

Then a middle-aged man's voice was heard in the team voice chat:
"Brother, come here quickly, we found a monster."

Following the blue teammate mark on the map, Tu Bai hurriedly ran to a nearby place.

Crossing the small hill of machine wreckage, he saw countless players fighting various types of robots in the wasteland.

His team has four members, all wearing black cloth clothes exclusive to newbies.

The captain is a member of the Black Jade Clan. He has a head that is glowing black and his skin is pale white.

The entire team is composed of two human members and two members of the Black Jade Clan.

Summoning the powerful axe that flashed with golden light, Tu Bai decisively joined the battle.

He looked towards the robot that was fighting with his teammates.

It has a round shape, like a large metal dinner plate with two flexible mechanical rollers, and its silvery-white shell is covered with fine textures.

After the analysis was started, relevant information appeared in Tu Bai's mind.

【Cleaning Robot T1】:
Hunting Level: 2
Target introduction: A cleaning robot created by the Guards, responsible for cleaning, organizing, and collecting mechanical debris. Equipped with advanced cleaning programs, it can accurately identify various types of garbage and classify them, and is particularly good at cleaning stubborn stains.

……

Seeing how enthusiastically his teammates were fighting, he thought it was a very tough target.

It turned out to be just a hunting level 2 vacuum cleaner robot.

With disdain in his heart, Tu Bai shouted, picked up his battle axe and joined the battle, chopping at the robot:
"Make way."

Upon hearing this, the captain decisively moved sideways to make room, but before Tu Bai's battle axe could hit the sweeping robot, two metal rods popped out from under the robot's shell and hit his ankles with a sweeping force.

With his legs moving sideways and his head looking down, he fell heavily to the ground, knocking out a front tooth.

While feeling the pain, he also felt very embarrassed.

It was actually sanctioned by the sweeping robot.

"Are you okay, brother?" The captain helped him up, then pushed forward, and was also knocked to the ground by the sweeping robot.

This robot looks weak, but when you really fight it you find that it is not the case.

After watching so many cool performances of players playing in the arena in the live broadcast room, it was not until the first time I fought against monsters that I realized how painful close combat is.

After just one heavy blow, an idea came into his mind.

Actually... the legal system is not bad either.

But the fight was not over yet. After the captain fell to the ground, Tu Bai immediately took over, but was then knocked down again.

Compared with the two magic players in the back and the stable output of a scattered arrow bow, he and the captain were like two enemies, standing in the front and getting beaten constantly.

After being knocked down again, a soft brush plowed back and forth on his head, and then a straw was put over his head.

Tu Bai felt like his soul was being sucked out of him, and when the captain pulled him away, he discovered that all the hair on his head had been sucked away.

Leaving behind a bald head that was brushed to a shiny finish.

Tu Bai's miserable appearance made his teammates laugh.

Tu Bai's future vision of "killing everyone" after entering the monster world was shattered by the sweeping robot.

Faced with the embarrassment, Tu Bai became ruthless and stood up to continue attacking.

There are four types of attack methods of the sweeping robot.

They were sweeping attacks from two metal rods, which seemed to be the arms of the sweeping robot used to move heavy objects.

The second is the strong adsorption straw, which is obviously used for vacuuming and absorbing garbage.

The third attack method is a high-speed rotating brush, which does not cause much damage but is extremely insulting.

The last type of attack is to spit a chemical substance, which seems to be used to dissolve stubborn stains. This is also the most damaging type of attack.

Gradually figuring out the sweeping robot's attack method, Tu Bai seized the opportunity and successfully hit the sweeping robot with the battle axe in his hand.

It left a gap in its silver-white shell, and then it was knocked over by the sweeping robot again and washed its face with a brush.

Although the battle was difficult, Tu Bai had already felt the fun brought by the real game.

During this period, the teammates' noisy communication seemed like they were defeating a BOSS, and the strangeness between me and the new teammates quickly faded in the process.

After more than ten minutes of effort, the sweeping robot with both arms knocked off finally couldn't hold on. The lights on its surface suddenly flashed at a high frequency and then went out, becoming motionless.

Suddenly, the core inside the robot was decomposed by an invisible force, and game prompts sounded in Tu Bai and his teammates' minds.

The remaining remains of the robot were sacrificed to Brother Di Zhao, and the sacrificial power was divided equally among the members of the team.

Compared to monster life.

The evolution points given by the sweeping robot are very few, far less than the level 2 monsters in the Colorful Mist Coast, but the sacrifice power reward given after killing it is much higher.

Sitting on the ground, Tu Bai gasped for breath and subconsciously touched his bald head, causing his teammates to laugh.

"Huh, close combat is too difficult. I kind of regret it."

The captain sitting next to him, sweating profusely, smiled and nodded:

"I realized this problem before entering the game. Only players with faith can stick to melee combat. The melee combat in this game is completely different from the melee combat in other games. There is a reason why the proportion of magic players is high, but I still choose melee combat because I have faith."

What the captain said was exactly what Tu Bai was thinking.

Watching and playing are two completely different things.

Perfect sensory feedback makes close combat particularly exciting.

Faced with the sweeping attack of the sweeping robot, he subconsciously bared his teeth before it hit him, sensed the pain one step ahead, and his body subconsciously dodged.

This strong sense of immersion is not found in other games.

Secondly, muscle soreness and even muscle strain during combat are real.

In comparison, the importance of the health bar is not as high as imagined.

This is fundamentally different from traditional games.

In other games, players' perception of themselves relies on the visual status display of the health bar.

When the health bar gradually decreases, the player will know that he is in danger and needs to take measures such as taking drugs and avoiding attacks.

During the battle, players need to focus their attention on the changes in the health bar value. The long and thin bar is the only indicator of the character's life or death.

But in the game Monster World, the health bar is more like an optional decoration, just a statistic of the overall physical condition.

Fatigue, pain...all kinds of factors will be indicators that affect combat effectiveness, and are no different from reality.

For example, when the health bar is healthy, if the muscles are strained due to excessive exertion, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

Just as the players who are interested in strategy on the forum said, in fierce battles, status is the most important core indicator. You don’t even need to look at the health bar. Experienced players can judge whether they are low on health by feeling the changes in their physical condition.

Therefore, the health bar is only a vague statistic of the body's status, which is far less direct than real sensory feedback.

This is the cruelest part of the game Monster World, but it is also the most exciting setting.

It brings a sense of immersion that other games can’t even dream of.

So it is not difficult to understand why the ranged output style in the game is far superior to the melee style.

This phenomenon can be summed up in two words: fear of pain.

From a technical point of view, the technical requirements for melee players are far higher than those for magic players.

Precise movement and dodging, control of attack rhythm, environmental observation, distance control... In the ever-changing battle, melee players have very little time to react and need to stay highly concentrated at all times.

The "Assassin" style, which is recognized as the strongest technical style at this stage, is the representative of technical players.

Most importantly, melee combat is the cause of team annihilation.

Getting beaten, taking the blame, wasting money on medicine, being under a lot of pressure... no wonder there's a saying circulating on forums: Even dogs wouldn't play close combat.

You rush to attack a monster, and your teammates die unexpectedly, and they ask, "What did you give me?"

You hesitated, and your teammate asked, "Why are you so scared?"

Being caught between a rock and a hard place is a daily reality for melee players.

"Captain, why are you playing the Stone Statue style?" While gasping for breath, Tu Bai looked at the captain curiously.

"I also played melee combat in other games. After watching a lot of Monster World live broadcasts, I think melee combat is the real warrior!"

"They use their flesh and blood to build a defense for their teammates, and use their lives to explain what it means if I don't go to hell, who will? Although it is normal for them to take the blame, as long as they perform well, they are the most eye-catching in the whole game. This feeling is strongest when watching the God King command. After all, without the sacrifice of close combat, how can the back row be comfortable?"

“I like the feeling of being at the heart of a team.”

Tu Bai listened and gave a thumbs up:

"Captain, your words give me the motivation to persevere."

"Well, try to hold on. If you feel you can't adapt, you can switch to support or magic. Our team has just been established and we are short of everything. We support whatever style you want to change to."

After chatting for a long time, Tu Bai and his teammates recovered their strength and stood up to explore the front.

There are new players everywhere along the way, and the development phase when the scene is just opened is full of fun.

Faced with low-hunting-level robots, the novice players nearby felt like they were pushing down a BOSS. The constant exclamations were mixed with cheers of successfully killing the robots, and the atmosphere was as warm as a grand carnival party.

This feeling can only be described in one word: awesome!

(End of this chapter)