At 8 PM on the 23rd, all of the closed beta players around the world received their equipment in the afternoon.
Ten percent of the closed beta testers were professional players chosen by the Angel Corporation. They were people who had stood out in other games.
These professional players were given their closed beta accounts, and they could receive the equipment for free.
As for the other players, they had to buy the equipment. This was because the Angel Corporation had merged with the eight major gaming companies, and they had a lot of channels. Even if they were in remote areas, they could quickly get the equipment.
There were more than 700,000 people registered on the official forums. The reason there were so many users in just two days was mainly because of the reputation of the eight major gaming companies. In comparison, many people didn't completely believe in the existence of virtual reality.
Many people expressed on the forums that this game was at most better than VR games, and it definitely wasn't the holographic game that everyone thought it was.
After receiving the equipment, many of the closed beta testers started to show off and complain about it.
After all, the equipment that they had spent $500 USD on was far from what they had imagined.
"Oh my god, isn't this equipment too crude? One password lock, one alarm clock … before Apocalypse started, it was just an MP3 player! "
"I suddenly don't have much hope for this game. There's no external joystick or console. Look at this manual … wear a blindfold and lie on the bed. Once the game starts, you'll enter the Apocalypse world …"
"Haha! I feel like all of you who bought the equipment have been scammed! How do you play lying on the bed? Roll around? "
"The manual also says that after entering the game, the human body will be in a sleeping state. Please make sure the environment is safe to avoid accidents. I'm dying of laughter. This is a dream game? Doesn't that mean I won't be able to sleep in the future? Do I have to work during the day and play at night? "
"Good thing I didn't buy it. I heard that you can record in the game. It's starting in a few minutes, so you closed beta testers, remember to record first hand! We're all waiting on the forums! "
“OK！ I'll record for a few minutes, then I'll log out and send it to you! "
The forums were bustling with activity. To most of the players, the beta testers had obviously become a kind of lab rat, an existence that specialized in testing poison for them.
Seeing that there were only two minutes left until 8 PM, the closed beta testers on the forums immediately disappeared. Everyone knew that they had gone to bed.
Nani was a Portuguese who was temporarily living in America. He was also one of the top streamers on YouTube.
He often reviewed major games, trying them out or playing guides. Because of his exquisite operation and creativity, he was very popular. In some games with a high degree of freedom, he could always play some unique tricks.
Since he was invited to become a closed beta tester, the equipment was given to him for free. The equipment he received cost ten thousand USD. Unlike the cheap equipment, this was a high-end equipment. It was said that it even had an early warning system that would alert the players if they were disturbed in real life. It could also be charged in-game.
Yes, topping up money. However, topping up in this game didn't have much use. It was only for reviving.
It was announced on the official website that even though it was a closed beta, players who died in the game would not be revived automatically. They would be revived for five minutes before they could choose to quit the game or spend money to save their lives.
The official explanation for this was that everyone only had one life, and to revive them, they would have to spend money to create a new character.
This setting was also one of the points that the forum was crazily complaining about. They thought that it was a big way for the game company to make money, and the way they did it was too ugly!
Moreover, there was another point. After reviving, everything from the previous character would be gone, and they would have to start from scratch! This was because the game was set up for people on Earth to use clones to fight in another world. If a body died and was revived, it was equivalent to possessing a new clone.
Unless one could find something that they had left behind, or had stored it in the base before they died, they could still retrieve it if they knew the password. Other than skills that would disappear with death, items could still be inherited from the previous character.
Nani only smiled at this. He was confident that he could familiarize himself with this game with one life. When the time came, he would be the first to release a demo video.
He put on the blindfold. Needless to say, the ten thousand USD blindfold was very comfortable on his face. He lay on the big bed very relaxed.
The equipment was already bound to his account. In front of him was a simple login screen.
When he saw the login screen, Nani's heart skipped a beat.
It was too simple. The resolution of the screen was average, and it was just ordinary.
"It can't be just a small game that I wear on my face and use my eyes to control, right? Looks like the background is quite grand … "
Nani pursed his lips and said with disappointment, "Enter the game …"
The instructions were very clear. The interface on the blindfold could be controlled by voice.
There were only three main functions: enter the game, set the alarm, listen to music …
It felt like an old game from the last century. It made people feel dispirited.
At eight o 'clock sharp, the moment Nani chose to enter the game, the nanomachines moved. He suddenly felt sleepy and fell asleep peacefully.
His consciousness was still there. It was like bungee jumping. He suddenly sank, and a sense of weightlessness brought him to a narrow space.
"Where is this?" Nani was shocked. His surroundings were dark.
Suddenly, there was the sound of machinery operating. His eyes lit up and he saw the outside world.
It turned out that he was in a small freezer. There was a corridor outside.
The steel corridor was filled with freezers. One person after another walked out of the freezers, filling up the corridor.
"Did I lose my memory?"
"I was still at home just now! Where is this? "
"I was locked up?"
They were a little afraid of the sudden change in the unfamiliar environment. They were lying on the bed a second ago, and the next second, they were locked up in a steel room. It was too scary.
Nani panicked for a moment, but he suddenly calmed down.
That was because he found a recording device. There was a small device embedded in his temple. This was the game's real-time recording device introduced by the official website. It only needed to be clicked to start recording.
As a top streamer, Nani immediately chose to start recording.
At the same time, someone in the panicked crowd reacted and shouted, "Everyone, there is a recording device on your head. We are in the game!"
"It's true! This is a game? "
"Isn't this too realistic?"
The crowd gradually calmed down. When they realized that this was a game, they were not so panicked anymore. They began to marvel at the realism of the game.
"The touch is real … I can even feel my own heartbeat …"
"Let's get out of here! This corridor is too oppressive! "
Many people could not stand the feeling of being squeezed in the steel corridor. They all ran toward the door at the end of the corridor.
Nani sneered and said, "This is really the developer's bad taste. They scared us at the beginning. The design of this place is indeed very oppressive."
He explained softly. After all, he had turned on the recording device. He was already used to it.
There were about two hundred people in the large group. They pushed open the door at the end of the corridor and ran out one after another.
There was an open space outside, where men and women in the same attire as them were standing. Many doors were opened in all directions, and wave after wave of people gathered here.
There were towering steel buildings, fresh air, and bright sunshine.
White clouds floated in the sky, floating naturally.
Countless people felt the realism of the game in a daze. Some touched the ground as if they did not believe it. Suddenly, they started digging with their hands. They had already dug two feet deep.
There were also people who used their tongues to feel all sorts of things. They tasted plants or licked the steel. They sniffed the smell of clothes like perverts.
Nani also could not believe it. He kept describing his own feelings. It was real! It was so real that it made people afraid.
"Touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing are all perfect … Is this really a game?" People exclaimed.
Suddenly, Nani noticed that a young man was crying. He was crying and running around excitedly. He was jumping around like a lunatic.
Nani laughed and said, "Yes, yes, yes, we're also very excited. A perfect virtual reality game is indeed amazing, but you don't have to go crazy, right?"
When the young man heard Nani's words, he excitedly said, "What do you know? My … my legs are fine! "
"What?" Nani did not know what was going on. After hearing his explanation, he was stunned.
Half of the young man's legs had been paralyzed in the real world, and he had stayed at home every day to play games. Now, in Heaven Awaken, he had regained his health!
This was the North America Region Exploration Base. All of the people present were registered North American players, and there were 20,000 of them.
Because the game was so real and did not have any support systems, they were quite noisy for a while.
This continued until a person wearing a handsome battle uniform walked out of a sealed building. He held a saber in one hand and a gun in the other.
"Everyone! Welcome to the North America Region Exploration Base. This is the Heaven Awaken World. As explorers sent by Earth, you will represent your countries to explore here. I am the Chief of the Exploration Base, and I have the responsibility to guide you … this is a dangerous world, and here … "
This was an NPC. When they heard him speak, everyone quieted down and listened carefully to his introduction.
Feige was a Blood Breed. In the dream, he had the strength of a third-generation Blood Breed, and he also had most of the authority in the base. He was the NPC with the highest authority in the North American base.
In other words, he was the Chief of the Beginner's Village …
Feige gave them a general introduction of the world, which was also available on the official website. However, he also explained in detail about the terrain and the monsters near the base. In short, it was extremely dangerous.
"… your duty is to open up a larger living space for the people of Earth in the future. Contribute food, information, materials, and so on to the base to earn merits. No matter what status you have on Earth, here, I only look at merits! If you want to have something, you have to pay for it. The outside world is full of danger. Once you step out of the base, your life and death depends on you.
"Go, I have prepared equipment for you in the weapons warehouse. They will help you survive."
After that, Feige returned to the central building, but the door was still open, as if they could go in and find him at any time.
The players in the square looked at each other. Some of the smarter professional players had already realized that this was a mission! They all rushed to the weapons warehouse to collect their equipment.
Nani naturally understood. In short, this was a game with a high degree of freedom. Players were free to explore outside the base, and everything they obtained from the exploration could be contributed to the base in exchange for living materials, better weapons, and even skills.
Outside was an infinitely vast world filled with endless dangers. Once they stepped out of the base, life and death were up to fate!
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