After ten hours or so, Lan Mu found that the players had begun to adapt to the game.
First, they consciously accumulated food reserves.
In this game, food and water were indispensable. When the players first explored and killed monsters, they didn't know what to do with the corpses.
Some cut off the heads and went back to exchange for merit points.
Some dealt with animal corpses in real life, barely dissecting them and taking some seemingly important parts to exchange for merit points.
But in the end, the players found that a whole corpse was worth the most merit points, so they dragged all the corpses back to the base after killing the monsters.
After a long time, while they earned a lot of merit points, they found that the base didn't provide food and water for free.
When hunger plagued them, they found that they needed merit points to eat the processed meat.
"What a scam!"
Therefore, the players who knew how to cook became fathers in the game, because not everyone knew how to make a fire in the wild.
The team formed a team to hunt monsters, and the chef would deal with the corpses. The meat would be left for food, and the rest would be sent back to the base to exchange for merit points.
Gradually, a team began to unconsciously divide the work.
Interestingly, this division of work relied on the skills of the players in real life.
The most devout believers of Gabriel in real life were naturally the clerics, the core of the team, "Master Mages."
When injured, the clerics had to rely on the clerics to heal. When they encountered powerful monsters, the clerics had to rely on the clerics to control the field. Everyone prioritized protecting the clerics.
Next was the commander of the team. Most of them were professional players, and their adaptability and understanding of the game were better than the average person. They were the leaders and tactical guides.
But surprisingly, the third profession wasn't a chef, nor was it the so-called main tank, nor was it a player who was good at sports in real life.
It was a craftsman who knew some carpentry and stonemason skills. Otherwise, the team wouldn't even have a wheelbarrow.
"Hey, this game really makes the players start from scratch. Tom, you're a technical geek, or we'll have to spend merit points to buy a transport vehicle like the team over there."
Nani formed a team. Although there were only fifteen people, they had everything.
Their team was the first to discover that they could create their own things in the game, and the degree of freedom was surprisingly high.
They didn't need to spend merit points to buy advanced technology from the base to make handcarts, axes, man-made weapons, and so on. They could do it themselves.
In a situation where the clerics, technical geeks, and even the chefs were the team fathers, Nani, who didn't have any skills, was still the team leader.
He relied on his unique understanding of this unique game.
At that time, teams only dared to hunt small monsters and ran away when they encountered large monsters or groups of monsters.
He was the first person to lead a team to destroy nine Velociraptors.
Using traps and fire, they didn't have to sacrifice a single person to wipe out the small group of Velociraptors.
This battle had also greatly stabilized his position as the leader of the team and made him famous in the North America Region.
That was a Velociraptor! Groups of Velociraptors ranged from seven to eight to a dozen. If players encountered one, they could only flee. Moreover, they couldn't even escape. These Velociraptors were practically a nightmare for players. They were widely regarded as the most powerful monsters in the vicinity of the base.
However, in the early stages of the war, Nani's team had used human intelligence to wipe out nine Velociraptors.
When the wooden carts brought the Velociraptor's corpse back to the base, the entire North America region was in an uproar.
Using intelligence to defeat a strong enemy, this sense of achievement made players captivated. Killing nine monsters was more satisfying than killing a hundred monsters in other games.
"We've accumulated quite a lot of merit points. We can finally consider exchanging them for skills."
"Let's exchange for Advanced Cooking! I'm not very satisfied with the food I made … "
"Learn how to make leather! Our beginner's clothes are about to rot … "
"I want to learn how to swim. I don't know how to swim in real life. If it wasn't for me dragging everyone down, we would've already crossed the Novice River."
Everyone expressed their own opinions and had their own life skills that they wanted to learn.
However, no one brought up the topic of learning combat skills. In Nani's understanding, he told everyone that combat skills were of little value. Their team relied on their intelligence and tools to win. Would learning combat skills be enough to PK a Velociraptor?
Nani said, "Cooking and leather-making aren't urgent. However, Tom really needs to learn how to swim. Our exploration progress has already fallen behind Teemo's team."
Swimming was a natural weakness of some players. They didn't know how to swim in real life and couldn't even cross a river in the game.
The Novice River was the name given by the players. It was located 20 miles west of the base. It was the first river that players had encountered and the only source of water.
The water was turbulent and there were many monsters. However, many players had already crossed the river and brought back news of ores and stronger monsters.
Nani said, "As for the remaining achievement points, if everyone trusts me, we can combine them and exchange them for the construction skills."
After listening to Nani's explanation, everyone exclaimed, "You want to build your own town so soon?"
"This is just the beginning of the closed beta!"
Nani laughed, "Some things have to be tried during the closed beta. If I'm not wrong, we can build the first fortress outside the base tomorrow!"
It was a game! They had to be willing to go all out!
Hearing Nani's great ambition, they all shouted, "Good! Let's build our own territory together! "
…
The next day. This was the second day in the game. In real life, only 10 hours had passed and it was only 4 AM.
Because this was the Dream World, the time ratio was 2: 1. This was explained on the official website.
A large group of people were addicted to the game. Although it was extremely torturous, they were still playing with gusto.
Nani's team was one of the top teams in the North America region. They had already started building houses at the other end of the Novice River.
When other players discovered their actions, the news immediately spread throughout the North America region.
"Nani's team is building a fortress!"
"They've already built the foundation and walls!"
More and more players came to observe. Some even joined Nani's team directly.
As the team grew, the construction progress became faster and faster.
"Tom! Go offline and check the inner wall structure of the furnace! "
"Eh? How do we make the glass? Go and use Google! "
"The ropes of the pulleys are not strong enough. Everyone, think of a way to solve it!"
Nani continued to instruct. Whenever they encountered difficulties during the construction of the fortress, they would go offline to check for information.
They were like transmigrators with an entire civilization behind them. They were madly climbing the technology tree in the early stages.
From a technical point of view, they had already surpassed all the closed beta players.
Many closed beta players admired the divine arts and the combat skills in the base, as well as the trap-making skills.
Building pulleys in the game? Making glass? Wasn't that crazy?
However, when Nani's team returned to the base with a batch of goods, the players were stunned.
This group of people had actually made explosives! There was also a bomb!
Although it was extremely crude and even unsafe, it was still very beneficial for killing monsters. For a moment, it caused a commotion among the players.
It was much cheaper than the weapons in the base. A can of explosives was only sold for 2 merit points. It was the same price as two rounds of ammunition in the base.
Two rounds of ammunition were not as powerful as a can of explosives. There were too many uses for one can of explosives to deal with large creatures.
Therefore, Nani started the gun business in the base and earned a lot of merit points.
…
Lan Mu, who was overlooking the players' actions from the sky in the dream world, quickly discovered the players' behavior of climbing the technology tree.
However, he had already expected this. Other than the mid-late stages of the base's sci-fi creation, there was not much difference between the early stages and the real world. The skills that one knew in the real world did not need to be learned in the game. The skills that one did not know in the real world could be learned in the game and used in the real world.
Therefore, Google, Encyclopedia, and other things became the players' guides. They crazily posted on the forum to introduce the manufacturing methods of various items and the substitutes of various materials in the game.
This trend was caused by Nani. On the morning of the second day in the real world, he posted a video of himself in the game. Many people were amazed.
The other closed beta players were amazed by Nani's understanding of the game. He actually used his technical advantage in the game to cheat the players of their money (merit points).
The netizens who did not have a closed beta account could not believe that this game was so free. It was like a real world where the players could do whatever they wanted.
After watching the video of the game, the netizens who did not have a closed beta license were envious. They realized that this was an epoch-making game. They were all looking forward to when the second round of closed beta would be sent out.
Moreover, more and more players said that the life skills learned in the game could be used in the real world. This caused an even bigger sensation.
For example, cooking and swimming. In the learning machine in the base in the game, the players were directly taught the information of these two skills. In the end, they learned the related skills in the real world.
Swimming was originally a very simple thing. Those who did not know how to swim in the real world did not dare to try it. Moreover, they did not know the technique and would give up after a few swallows. However, the players in the game were brave enough to try it out. After learning how to swim in the real world, they were naturally not afraid of water.
It was the same for cooking, skinning, and tailoring. As long as they used it many times in the game and were familiar with it, they would be able to use it in the real world.
University students who studied architecture in the real world were all eager to learn the building skills in the game. Those who studied engineering in the real world were also drooling over the related skills in the game. The technology of downloading knowledge only existed in science fiction.
A game like this that could directly input real knowledge was completely a benefit for the underachievers!
Some players even said that they would play it even if it was fifty thousand dollars, let alone five hundred dollars!
Lan Mu smiled slightly and realized that the time was about right.
"It's time to increase the number of players. However, it's a pity that as the number of players increases and the exploration area expands, you will soon find out what the truly difficult monsters are …"
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