"If you were given a new life in a parallel world, what would you do with it?"
In the darkness, a magnetic voice whispered softly in his ear.
"Hu …"
It sounded like the sound of the wind, but also like a person's breathing. Then, the darkness gradually brightened, and a first-person perspective image appeared in the darkness, as if a person was slowly opening his eyes.
In front of him was a sky filled with dark clouds. This person raised his hand, rubbed his eyes, and then struggled to sit up.
As the line of sight turned, what came into view was a dilapidated city under dark clouds.
This city was built very strangely, there were many old thatched cottages on both sides of the street, but behind these cottages, there were adjacent high-rise buildings, just like a modern residential area.
"Unfortunately, you were reborn in a dark and turbulent era …"
In his ear, the magnetic male voice continued narrating, there was no fluctuation in his voice. "You may be a thief, or a farmer, or a bard …"
Then, the line of sight in front of him suddenly shook, and then slowly rose, as if the owner of the line of sight stood up from the ground.
Then, he looked around, and the camera immediately showed a full view of the surroundings. This was a muddy and dirty street, and the ground was extremely filthy. At this time, there were a few people in ragged clothes, with sallow complexions, walking past, but they were indifferent to the owner of the line of sight.
"You woke up from the darkness, and the first thing you have to do is to find a way to adapt to this body …"
The male voice continued narrating calmly, and as he spoke, the scene shook again, as if the owner of the line of sight staggered a few steps before he steadied himself.
A low string orchestra played slowly with cello music, but the tone was as gray and despairing as the city in front of him, and the owner of the line of sight began to stagger towards the nearest medical station.
Then, the scene went dark, but the background music gradually increased...
"This is an era where human lives are cheap like paper, this is an era of chaos, this is an era of civilization's decline …"
The man's voice gradually became tainted with an inexplicable emotion, and the next second, the scene flashed again, and a monster as huge as a mountain stood in the sky!
This monster's body was extremely huge, and its upper body was like an inverted triangle, while its lower body was filled with grape-like tassels.
"Roar —!"
The ferocious mouth on the monster's chest suddenly opened, and an earth-shaking roar came from the horizon, the sound waves visible to the naked eye!
"An ancient evil god that enslaved humans. It destroyed the temple of our civilization and caused the human race to fall from glory …"
Then, the image flashed again, and another strange church appeared on the screen. This time, the image was not in the first person, but in the regular third person.
He could only see the strange divine runes and symbols flickering on the church, as well as the retro medieval buildings near the church.
"Most of the humans lowered their proud heads and submitted to the Evil God of old, treating themselves as his kin …"
Following this sentence, the camera switched again, switching to the image of a seemingly dilapidated bomber. The bomber flew over the city and dropped rusty iron buckets one after another.
Boom!
"Boom boom boom!"
A series of fireballs rose from below the city, and the fighter jet made a turn and flew towards the horizon.
"However, there is still a group of people who are unwilling to admit defeat. They have been fighting for the past 400 years, unwilling to lower their noble heads …"
The voice continued, "Joint Resistance Army … Holy Fusion Empire … Who can define the fate of mankind?"
At this time, the background music was completely impassioned, as if hundreds of people were singing angrily at the same time!
As the music became more impassioned, the images in the video began to flash rapidly. Each image was a scene — some farmers plowing the wheat fields, some thieves walking in the crowded downtown, and some were three to five strong men fighting each other in a bar …
Then, the images flashed faster and faster, and more and more grandiose images appeared. Some of them were armored warriors fighting in a bloody battle in the wilderness, some were black-robed rangers slaughtering soldiers in dark alleys, and some were assembly line factories continuously spitting out glistening yellow bullets …
"When technology and theocracy oppose each other, when gunpowder and theurgy attack each other, when death and new life begin to chant …"
Buzz —!
At this moment, the background music finally came to an end, and at the end, a louder and louder horn sounded and then stopped abruptly!
"In this era of decadence, what can you do?
"All you can do is try your best to survive... That's all."
The man's voice gradually faded, and finally, there was only a low echo, like embers slowly extinguishing.
Then, the three-minute video came to an end.
"I... F * ck..."
In a university dormitory, a little fat guy in a black T-shirt slowly took off the V.5 visual impact helmet on his head. He leaned back on the sofa and did not come back to his senses for a long time.
There was only shock in his eyes.
"What do you think, Mike, this game trailer is explosive, right?"
His roommate next to him said excitedly, his eyes flashing like a hungry wolf, "Can you believe it? Blackwatch claims that this video is a live demo, which means that as long as we enter the game, the image we see is of this quality! "
"Is this still a game? I'll believe you even if you say this is a filmed movie! "
The little fat Mike jumped up. "What are you waiting for, when will this game be released? How much is it sold for? What kind of game helmet do you need? I'll go prepare it now! "
"Wait!"
The roommate immediately smiled bitterly when he heard this. He pulled the little fat guy who was eager to move. "How can it be released now? Today is only the game trailer. If we want to enter the closed beta stage, we have to wait for another month. "
"What, there's still a month before the closed beta?"
The little fat guy's face suddenly fell when he heard this. He collapsed on the sofa, as if he had lost his parents. "Doesn't that mean there's no hope at all? From closed beta to open beta, it'll take at least three months, right?"
"Nonsense, I suspect it won't even be released in three months, at least half a year!"
The roommate suddenly raised his right hand and gently pressed on the watch-like device on his wrist. Then, a translucent webpage popped up and floated above the watch.
"The official website of Blackwatch says that this game is called Ancient Civilization, which is a 3S masterpiece that transcends time. The closed beta will be on the first of next month. At that time, 100,000 accounts will be randomly distributed around the world, and at the same time, supporting game equipment will be included for free!"
"What?"
The little fat guy's eyes almost popped out when he heard this. "100,000 game equipment, free? Now the highest configuration game helmet on the market can reach 100,000 USD. This game is so realistic, how can the supporting game equipment be less than 100,000 USD? In other words, they're planning to give away tens of billions of USD worth of game helmets? "
"After all, it's Blackwatch, this amount of money is probably nothing to them..."
The roommate's focus was obviously not on this. When he saw this promotional video, he immediately notified his roommate. At this time, he was in the mood to read the text description under the video. As he read it, his eyes became brighter and brighter.
According to it, this game called Ancient Civilization would use the latest game equipment developed by Blackwatch. It was not a game helmet, nor was it the V-series haptic shock chair, but a more high-end device — the game chamber!
"It's the ultimate game equipment in online literature — the virtual reality game chamber?"
The little fat guy on the side also leaned his head over. When he saw this description, the fat all over his body trembled violently, revealing a look of disbelief. "I'm not dreaming, am I?"
"As expected, as expected of Blackwatch!"
The roommate on the side also scratched his ears and cheeks excitedly. "More than ten years ago, when we were still in elementary school, Blackwatch was the first to introduce the virtual reality helmet and haptic shock chair. Many media speculated that Blackwatch was estimated to soon invent the game chamber, but there has been no news for more than ten years. I thought this company had run out of ideas. I didn't expect that after more than ten years, the game chamber would really appear!"
"They're holding back for a big move!"
The little fat guy looked up and laughed three times, then then urged, "Hurry up and scroll down, quickly, see what else is said below?"
Hearing this, the roommate used his consciousness to control the screen to continue to move down. Hearing this, the roommate continued to use his consciousness to control the screen to continue to scroll down. "The game chamber is currently blessed with thermostatic facilities, immersion facilities, and life support facilities. It can monitor the user's vital signs. After the user enters the game, they can be fully immersed in the game. Even if there are abnormal physiological reactions due to excitement after entering the game, the game chamber can maintain the user's vital signs and automatically call the emergency number!"
"This technology..."
The little fat guy and his roommate could not help but look at each other, but they felt a little strange. Could playing a game scare people to the point of insanity?
Then, they continued to scroll down, only to see that the following turned out to be the background introduction of the game.
"What! The background setting of this game is in the 24th century on Earth? "
"What! In this game, in the 21st century, humans encountered an ancient evil god? After a cataclysm, humans were divided into two major factions? "
"What! Under the forces of the Joint Resistance Army in the 24th century, in addition to the forces of the four continents, there's a fifth major force called Blacklight City? "
Little fat Mike could not help shouting, "Smuggling their own goods, this is... I'm dying of laughter, Blackwatch actually put themselves in the game and even set themselves to be the fifth major resistance army force on an equal footing with the four continents..."
"But according to the description, there are a total of two major factions of humans, the Joint Resistance Army is only one of them, and the other is the Divine Fusion Empire under the command of the ancient evil god?"
The roommate showed a thoughtful expression. "Blackwatch is really stubborn. This' fusion 'is clearly the' fusion virus' epidemic more than a decade ago, right? It was that epidemic that gave birth to countless psionicists in our human society, but now it has been magically modified by Blackwatch, turning the epidemic demon into a kind of evil god? "
"It seems that's the case..."
The little fat guy nodded but did not have much of a reaction. "This is nothing, I think it's okay. After all, Blackwatch also contributed a lot to that epidemic."
The discussion between the two became more and more intense, wishing they could play this game immediately. After all, from the description, this game had the world's first physics engine that was 100% realistic. As long as one was a man with the dream of galloping on the battlefield, there was no man who would not be tempted, especially in this era where the virtual reality industry was extremely developed.
And the conversation between the two was just a microcosm of the tens of billions of people on Earth. At this time, on the Internet, with the release of the game trailer of "Ancient Evil God", the entire world was plunged into a tsunami of exclamations...
[What? 3S-grade virtual reality masterpiece? 100% immersion simulation? The world's first cross-era online game?]
[After the V-series virtual reality helmet and impact chair, has Blackwatch finally made a move on something as conceptual as a game chamber?]
[I'm not dreaming, am I? I've been waiting for this 100% immersion game chamber to appear. God bless, it really appeared in my lifetime, and the completion rate is so high!]
[Blackwatch, eternal god!]
[Why do we have to wait a month? Why do we have to do a closed beta? I refuse to accept this! I want to play "Ancient Evil God", I'm going to die without a game to play!]
While countless people were exclaiming, naturally, there were equally many voices of opposition, and most of these people objected because this game turned out to be an online game.
[So it's an online game, then it's fine. Goodbye, I'm a noble standalone player!]
[Isn't Blackwatch afraid of failing? They've bragged so much, if it's a standalone game, I'd believe it, but this game is an online game? So don't even think about it, online games will always be about ten years behind standalone games, whether it's the graphics or the plot.]
[Upstairs, don't talk nonsense. You can imagine so much just by watching a promotional video? What's wrong with online games, when has Blackwatch ever disappointed people?]
[Is it because they don't have money to build a Dyson cloud? How dare they come up with an online game to cheat money? Blacklight: Create happiness with Xin, no money to play your * ss!]
[Stop arguing, I believe in Blackwatch. If you don't believe that an online game can produce a masterpiece, then wait for the game to come out and see. Anyway, 100,000 devices will be given away in the first batch of closed beta, we'll see if it's good or not!]
In addition to the voices of support and opposition, there were many voices of doubt, and the point of these people's doubts was that the promotional video was too exaggerated, not like a game at all, but like it was shot directly with high-definition equipment.
Others questioned the safety of the game chamber, believing that this kind of full immersion would harm the psychological health of players, especially since the game was also set in a dark and bloody era background, so battles and conflicts were almost inevitable.
Moreover, according to Blackwatch's consistent practice, the bloody scenes in the urine must be extremely real. If there were minors playing this game at that time, would it not damage the values of minors?
Countless people held different views. For a while, the situation was turbulent, and the entire Internet was a battlefield...
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