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The music started and the title of Monster Hunter appeared on the screen.
Register your name, select your gender, then enter the 'face-pinching' process, and finally allocate points to your body data.
Strength, agility, charm, intelligence, etc. will all affect the subsequent plot.
This is the first game to appear in the mobile store today. There is also an official promotional advertisement on the 'Mr. White Rabbit' end.
“This game feels good.”
Because he had heard Ling mention it before, Kotaro paid special attention to it, so he discovered the game as soon as it was released.
After destroying the blood-sucking plant monster Basera (codenamed by Araki), there was another period of peace. Compared to the invasion of Yabo in the past, when we encountered super beasts every two or three days, the current Earth can indeed be considered a "peaceful period".
During the break after the patrol, Kotaro opened the game interface in the command room. Unexpectedly, Araki, Kitajima and others were attracted.
"what game is this?"
"Monster Hunter, it's just been released, you can play it too."
Indeed, they can download it. But sometimes playing by yourself is not as good as watching others play, especially when you die again and again, the people playing the game are furious, and the people watching laugh, it is really interesting.
Asahina didn't stop him since there was nothing urgent to do at the moment.
On weekdays, if I have something to do during my rest time, I have to work overtime. Now when I am at work, of course I can rest even if I have nothing to do. This is ZAT’s daily routine.
Kotaro created a character that looked like his own as the protagonist, and his name was also called Higashi Kotaro.
Nanyuan has an opinion
"Hey Kotaro, you're already playing a game, what's the point of just playing by yourself? Hurry up and create a female character. I want to watch girls fighting and killing each other."
Kotaro ignored him.
He was already annoyed by the girls' fighting, although most of the time she just summoned a few phantoms. But there were a few times when she personally fought, and then Taro felt that he would rather fight with the phantoms.
Yabo, super beasts, forgive me for not knowing that you had gone through such pain. I sympathize with you for a second.
The face-pinching is completed and the game begins.
Since the game is called "Monster Hunter", the protagonist is of course a hunter (of course he can also be the prey), and also a gourmet. Walking in the 3.5 million-year timeline from the Carboniferous period to today.
The reason why it starts from the Carboniferous period is that terrestrial organisms appeared in large numbers during the Carboniferous period.
Hunt everywhere, cook delicious food, and complete your own 'life menu'.
In the game, players can choose to descend into any timeline. The 'protagonist' is set as a time-space hunter with the ability to travel through timelines. Different timelines, with a difference of just a million years, will result in very different corresponding species.
However, every time you choose to travel through time and space, you must consume a "beacon". It is a relatively rare item with a very low drop rate when killing monsters.
Ordinary prey will not drop items. Only elite monsters and above may drop items, and the drop rate is less than 5%. Only the strongest BOSS in each time and space can drop items at a 100% rate.
"Kotaro, have you decided which timeline to choose?"
"Needless to say, it's the Cretaceous period, of course!"
Of course, a man’s romance is hunting dinosaurs!
Compared to the Jurassic period, the Cretaceous period was dominated by large dinosaurs. Quetzalcoatlus in the sky, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops on the ground, and Mosasaurus and Elasmosaurus in the sea all appeared in this era.
After purchasing the necessary weapons and equipment in the Novice Village, the protagonist controlled by Kotaro stepped out of the time tunnel and walked on the desolate Earth 100 million years ago.
"Come to think of it, these animals are so realistic, it's like they were recorded in person," said Araki.
If he didn't know that the animals here had long been extinct, he would really have thought it was a video.
This is certainly not a video, but it is not fiction either.
In addition to the Ultraman fighting game, this is the second time Lingye asked Kainar to make a game.
Because with her company's current technology, it probably won't be able to achieve the results she wants even after a few decades.
And it took Kenar 5 seconds.
No need to take photos or videos. Kainaer read Lingye's scattered spirit, just like she learned Japanese, Chinese and English in the moment she met Lingye.
She read from Lingye's dissipated spiritual power what Lingye saw and heard in the "Noah's Ark" space, and mastered the information of the creatures sealed in the amber of time.
Using this as material, a game was made.
To be honest, there are more than trillions of creatures in "Noah's Ark". Even the creatures that have become extinct in the last 3.5 million years are more than tens of billions or hundreds of billions.
In the past, thousands of species went extinct every year due to natural selection. But after human intervention, the number of species going extinct increased nearly 100 times to more than 100,000 per year.
Therefore, if all the information of the endless 'Noah's Ark' creatures were to be added to the game, the server would not be large enough to be made into a planet. Kainar only selected tens of thousands of creatures as materials, and could update them irregularly in the future.
Tens of thousands (not tens of thousands) of completely different NPCs with their own characteristics are endless for players. If it weren't for the algorithms from higher-dimensional civilizations, human phones would not be able to store and run such a huge amount of data.
Monster Hunter is not for profit, but to let humans know more about the creatures that have been extinct in history. If they come back one day, I hope humans can accept and treat them well.
"Kotaro, hit it! Ah!"
The screen went black. Chicken flavor, crunchy.
It was not that he hunted the prey, but that Kotaro on the screen was swallowed by a giant dragon.
"Haha, if you can't even beat a dinosaur, are you still a member of ZAT?"
"What? I don't have a ZAT gun."
It is natural to lose when encountering elite monsters with initial equipment, it is just bad luck. It seems that I need to study the habits of these animals carefully, otherwise it is easy to get caught.
Kotaro was suddenly stunned while thinking this. Studying habits?
As expected, it was just like what Ling said. Because of this game, everyone would definitely take the initiative to learn about those extinct creatures.
Of course, ordinary people don’t have such awareness.
The most important thing about a game is whether it is fun to play. Obviously, Monster Hunter can be completely classified as "fun". In just a few days, the number of downloads has surged.
There were also a lot of discussions on Mr. White Rabbit's website. Some were asking for strategies, some were inviting people to form a team, and there were even more various trading posts. At first glance, I almost thought the website had been hacked.
The operating company of 'Mr. White Rabbit' had to open a discussion section for "Monster Hunter".
Monster Hunter is not a stand-alone game, but an online game. However, because the time span of 3.5 million years is too long, even if tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of players are online at the same time, unless they agree on the exact coordinates of the time to go, the chance of accidentally meeting in the game is too small.
The only place where players gather is the market in the Novice Village, because here prey can be exchanged and bought and sold.
Of course, the currency used is the virtual currency in the game.
If you want to make money, there are countless ways to make money with such a high-quality game. But Lingye's goal is not this, so the game does not even have a recharge window.
At this time, Reiya's other friend, Sakura Kinomoto, was on vacation.
Because the first season of "Tsubasa Chronicle" has ended and the filming of the next season is still in the works, Sakura has no filming tasks during the holidays.
Sakura's father, Tenglong, has an archaeological project and will be going to Kagoshima in Kyushu to contact a local research institute. It is a famous tourist destination with beautiful natural scenery and a long history. This is a rare opportunity, so he brought Nadeshiko and Sakura along.
A long-awaited family trip.
They haven't had such a family trip since Xiaoying was three years old. Before she was three years old, her mother's health had not been good and she was often hospitalized. She couldn't remember whether she had ever traveled like this with her parents.
"This time we're just going to do a preliminary site survey and connect with the people at the local research institute to see if there's any archaeological value. It'll take about three days. While I'm at the research institute, Nadeshiko, you take Sakura with you to go around and play."
Of course Nadeshiko agreed.
Considering the results of the preliminary on-site investigation after contacting him, if it is indeed of archaeological value, he will lead a team of graduate students to conduct field investigation and research here after writing the proposal report.
"If we really want to develop and research it, will it take a long time?" Sakura couldn't help but ask.
"Normally, it would take about three to four months, to half a year."
In the past, he was the only one with Sakura, so he couldn't go too far from home, which was very inconvenient for leading the team to conduct inspections. Now that Sakura has grown up and is in the sixth grade, and with Nadeshiko around, he has nothing to worry about.
This answer made Sakura a little depressed. She didn't want to be separated from her father for so long. She made a wish to God that the archaeological site here would have no value.
But looking at her father's excited look, she felt that such a wish was a bit too much.
"My Lord God, the wish I just made doesn't count." She muttered to herself.
Archaeology is my father's ambition. I have grown up now and should not be a burden to him anymore.
"It's okay Sakura, even if dad stays in Kagoshima, we can still visit him every day." Nadeshiko said, revealing the dimensional ring that Yawa left her on her hand.
Yes, Sakura just then remembered that her mother was a real dimensional witch both in the story and outside the story.
So even though they and their father are in Tokyo and Kagoshima respectively, they can still see each other every day.
This is wonderful. Magic is indeed a miracle that can bring happiness.
The train drove out of the tunnel. The surrounding mountains blocked the sun, but the sparkling water on one side refracted the sunlight back, making it so dazzling that it was difficult to open one's eyes. However, one did not want to look back and just wanted to take a good look at the vast ocean.
We have arrived in Kagoshima.
"The oldest relics in Kagoshima can be traced back to the Paleolithic Age 3 years ago. Because it is located at the southernmost tip of the island, it has been a window for communication with other countries in history. Every inch of land may have left ancient cultural relics, so this can be said to be the most desirable place for archaeologists."
"Dad, do you want to be here too?"
"of course."
Sakura felt more and more guilty for her previous selfish thoughts.
She made a new wish, hoping that her father could find valuable relics as he wished. It didn't matter if he stayed in Kagoshima, she and her mother would visit her father every day.
At this moment, a roar suddenly came from the distance.
"Is it thundering?" Sakura looked out the car window at the sky, which was clear.
"That must be someone setting off fireworks." Fujitaka said.
Indeed, after a while another sound was heard, and it was indeed coming from the mountains.
"What does firing a cannon mean?"
"Digging caves or quarrying are rare in the plains of Tokyo, but they are common in the mountains."
Live by the mountain, live by the water, this is the ancient way of life.
Chapter 392 Earthquake
It was already evening when the train arrived at the station.
It gets dark very early in early spring. Tokyo is already dark at five o'clock, but you can still see the sunset in Kagoshima.
A completely different view from Tokyo. No skyscrapers filling up the city skyline, no trains packed like sardines. A quiet town.
Although the time here is the same as in Tokyo, there is a time difference of about one hour in geographical longitude.
“It always feels a little weird.”