Civilization Invasion: Summon The Player To Flatten The Back Room

Along the Pearl River, the night breeze is gentle.

"Mom, I'll be home in 15 minutes, really soon."

"You asked me 5 minutes ago. I've walked this road since I was a child. I'm sure I won't get lost... Well, I've already seen Sunshine Elementary School... Got it, I'm sure I won't walk and look at my phone, um ,Bye-Bye."

"I said damn it, Xiaohang is already this old, there is no need to rush him home in such a hurry, just in case you are with the girl you like, won't you delay his good deeds? *´∀`)" (Dad's teasing voice)

"Shut up! (￣ε(#￣)☆╰╮o(￣炿￣///)" (mom's angry voice)

"..."

I heard that my parents are so passionate about each other at their age.

Sky twitched the corner of his mouth, and hung up his mother's life-threatening serial calls in a playful manner.

Facing the night wind, he raised his head and looked across the river.

It was already 10 o'clock in the evening.

Under the curtain of night, the lights in countless high-rise buildings are like countless twinkling stars. In these small stars, figures smaller than them are moving like silhouettes... No matter in which era, the skyline of a big city The lines are beautiful scenery that people can't help but stop.

This scene reminded Sky of the layer he explored recently.

Level 11.

"Unfortunately, didn't see Level 11 at night."

"If we can record the night of Level 11, Angela and the others will definitely be envious."

Sky couldn't help but sigh slightly.

After defeating the Crusher, the sun had already touched the horizon, and it would soon be night.

It's a pity that before he had time to see the night scene, he was called by the base chief to rescue him.

Then... Cool cool.

Although there are regrets.

But Sky is not a pity, he believes that one day, he will be able to reach Level 11 again.

And he found that he had gradually liked this feeling.

The sense of adventure.

In addition to the desire for rewards, every time you explore a level with your companions, there is also a sense of surprise and anticipation of discovering new maps.

How big will the Level 11 map be?

Will it be bigger than the entire Flower City?

The phone keeps popping up messages.

Sky finally disobeyed his mother's orders and played with his mobile phone while walking.

A series of "dididi" news naturally came from the forum.

When do you want to ask, the forum is the most lively?

That is of course before each game version update!

["Backrooms" version 1.05 update, community system front: favorability evaluation system]

Sky has to say, the planner and administrator of this game are really amazing!

Every time it is updated, the essence of the version will be put on the table, but the specifics will not be disclosed, and they have to wait until the moment of the update to announce it, which makes all the players feel itchy, so they can only chat wildly below to quench their thirst.

The manager is also real.

Except for the title and ban, basically do not communicate with them.

Just when Sky wanted to participate in the discussion, a private chat message was sent.

[I can't wake up from a dream]: "Boss Sky, are you there?"

【Skywalker】: "Yes, what's the matter?"

[I can't wake up from a dream]: "It's like this. I heard that when you switched to Level 11, you were called by the nickname by the base chief, and then you activated the exclusive mission, right?"

【Skywalker】: "Yes."

[I can't wake up from a dream]: "He also called me by my name today, am I going to activate the exclusive task too?" (Looking forward)"

Sky thought for a while and replied: "It's possible, maybe it has something to do with the degree of favorability. I asked Cao Bandit and them, and the base chief still called them 'explorers'."

[I can't wake up from a dream]: "Oh, can you tell me what happened after you activated the exclusive task? (Looking forward)"

【Skywalker】: "I'm dead."

[I can't wake up from a dream]: "???"

[I can't wake up from a dream]: "Isn't it?! Does activating the exclusive task cost my life? I don't want to lose my first blood. QAQ"

【Skywalker】: "Don't worry, just listen to me. (cover face)"

[Skywalker]: "I went on a trading mission first, and on the way back with the base commander, I fought with a Lv 135 elite monster-the crusher, and then I was crushed to death in the rescue mission and returned to the city. "

[Skywalker]: "To be honest, this death could have been avoided. If I prepared a support pole in advance, or emptied the rubble upstairs, I should not have died."

[I can't wake up from a dream]: "Oh, even if the exclusive mission is dangerous, there are some that are not dangerous, right?"

[Skywalker]: "Yes, if you don't want to die, it's best to accept the exclusive mission of the base commander in the explored level, such as Level 1, and don't go to those unknown levels."

[I can't wake up from a dream]: "Okay, I know, thank you Sky Boss!"

End chat.

Sky put away the phone and looked at the sparkling river.

The sound of the gurgling river reverberated in his mind, making his thoughts clearer.

I was covered by passion and excitement at the time, so I didn't have time to think deeply.

But after calming down, he suddenly discovered that when facing the trapped faceless father and daughter, the head of the base seemed to be urging him to die.

As an M.E.G. soldier, I was supposed to protect the people. That's why the base chief weighed his own life and that of the father and daughter. He chose the father and daughter and let himself risk death to save people.

Although reasonable, this requires a certain amount of logical thinking.

Does AI have such a high IQ?

The whistle sounded on the road in the distance, interrupting Sky's thoughts, at this moment, he suddenly had a bold idea.

The NPCs in the base...

Could it be someone from the game company pretending to be it?

...

Official website:

["Backrooms" version 1.05 update, community system front: favorability evaluation system]

[Xiao] (Administrator): "Hello, everyone. After sacrificing hundreds of siege lions and programmers, the 1.05 version that I have been thinking about is finally updated and launched. For the sake of the hard work of planning, can you How about a like?"

【update content】

1. Added task types: level-specific tasks

Description: Level-specific tasks refer to tasks that will only be triggered after reaching a specific level.

(PS: reaching Level 10 and Level 11 will trigger)

2. The AI ​​of the base NPC is further strengthened.

Already have a strong emotional feedback module and realistic character behavior logic, if you go to provoke Bloss in the future, he may beat you up, provoke Gardel, and open the blind box in the future with a probability of saying "Thank you for your patronage" oh~

3. Daily task update: comfort Dr. Palt

Recently, due to unknown reasons, Dr. Palt fell into extreme autism. Give it love (crossed out) to chat with it, and explore the truth of Dr. Anser's betrayal.

4. The third round of game testing - Part A

The third round of game testing is the most important part of the test, which will be divided into three parts, A, B, and C. Part A will enroll 5,000 people, and the test qualification will be recruited in the form of questionnaire + lottery.

5. Added more unknown levels

6. Fix a few bugs

7. Mandatory offline time change

For players over the age of 18, the mandatory offline time is no longer limited to 0~6:00 of the next day, and the online time in a single day cannot exceed 16 hours, and there is no limit if there are special events.

Ye Xiao breathed out softly: "Next is point 8."

It is also the core of this version update.

8. Pre-community system: favorability evaluation system

As the most important part of version 1.05, Ye Xiao felt it necessary to explain a few words as an administrator.

[Xiao] (Administrator): "Some time ago we drew a big cake, the community system will be unlocked after reaching Level 11, but now there is a situation, the production team regrets to tell everyone that the community system is still being improved."

[Xiao] (Administrator): "But in order to see the results as soon as possible, and to give back to the enthusiasm of the players, the working group made a very bold decision: launch an important part of it, the favorability evaluation system, in advance. "

[Xiao] (Administrator): "I believe that many friends have noticed that there is an evaluation value of 'favorability' in the game, but before version 1.05, it has no specific use, and it is not even displayed on the system panel. displayed in."

"But now, it works."

Description of favorability rating system:

At present, only the main NPC has favorability for "you", and the favorability of different NPCs may affect each other.

The higher the favorability, the richer the dialogues will be, and the richer the task rewards will be, and vice versa.

Value range: -50~100.

(PS: If you speak bad words to NPCs, or do strange and dangerous things, your favorability will be greatly reduced)

[Xiao] (Administrator): "We often think about how to build a human-computer interaction-friendly virtual community instead of an out-of-control and disordered fast food world with "Backrooms", which focuses on sandbox + warmth + breaking through levels."

"Of course, this is the next version, or even the next version."

Skillfully edit game announcements.

Ye Xiao felt that he was becoming more and more like a qualified planner. After checking that there were no typos, he clicked upload with satisfaction.

As expected.

Just 1 minute later, the comment section below was blown up.

However, to Ye Xiao's surprise, only half of the people were discussing the "favorability evaluation" as the finale, while the other half were arguing about the third round of game testing.

One of the most popular comments:

[Gao Leng's diamond block]: "Fuck? Only 5,000 people? Can't the dog planner recruit more people at once? Or your server can't stand it... What? The quota hasn't started yet? Planner Dad, I was wrong, Can you give me a spot? (づ￣3￣)づ”

"..."

Ye Xiao rolled his eyes.

Players want to enter the back room and experience the thrill of adventure and beating entities. Why doesn't he want more of his little leeks and thugs?

It's a pity that the balance is not allowed.

Brainstorm doesn't make sense.

What limits the number of players is weapon production capacity and site size.

In the second test, the gun-holding rate of players is 50%, and they still use small-caliber firearms with low power such as USP and MP5.

Although they don't lack the courage to charge to the Lv 200 boss, courage alone is useless.

Facing Ethan, it is impossible to fight with bricks and iron rods.

At the very least, she must have an MP5, which can sharpen her defense.

Otherwise, if someone directly clears the field with an AOE skill, it will have no meaning other than deducting a bunch of structural energy.

Or, push the spring water to her face.

In traditional MOBA confrontation games, facing NPCs with low AI, players can also use some monster-inducing operations to lure the BOSS near the spring and grind it to death a little bit.

But the NPCs in Backrooms are, in fact, real people.

In other words, highly intelligent AI.

Can think, have feelings, and have no fixed route and behavior pattern.

Therefore, it is very likely that this situation will happen: you and your companions prepare weapons, set up traps, squat for 3 days and 3 nights, and finally encounter the BOSS.

As a result, in the middle of the call, someone received a communication saying that TA's mother called TA to go home for dinner, then turned around and walked away at the speed of light, leaving you with a dazed look on your face.

Or, you can stir up enough hate.

Or, the other side is stupid enough.

But Ethan Nelson, as the leader of the Masked Girls, will never be so stupid as to flirt with the player fountain. Once she finds that players are pouring out from a certain place, she will definitely stay away from there.

To place a blocker, you need to be at the same level as the opponent, and there are certain risks.

Therefore, to expand the player team, we must continue to advance.

But there is no rush.

At present, it seems that when gradually expanding the total player team, it is inevitable to cultivate a group of top players.

What are these top players?

Related positions at the Alpha base.

Exclusive custom equipment.

Exclusive special tasks.

And this can also be linked to favorability.

Let me just ask, when a player has the position of "Little Captain" on his head, and carries an exclusive grenade gun or a standard black knife on his shoulder, all the wanderers will regard him as a hero, and offer flowers and almond water, and the hero record book will engrave With TA's nickname... Which player can resist such a temptation?

It can also stimulate other people to work harder to do things that are beneficial to the base.

Clear thinking.

Well, as expected of me!

Just when he was about to draft a plan and write down this point, a private chat popped up in the background, Ye Xiao glanced at it, it was from [Skywalker].

I planned to ignore it as usual.

But when the pop-up window was about to be closed, Ye Xiao suddenly felt that in order to become a qualified planner, it is also necessary to occasionally understand the players' thoughts, so he replied.

【Xiao】(Administrator): "What's wrong?"

I go.

Actually got back to me!

Sky on the other side quickly typed back: "Hi, administrator, can I ask a more sensitive question?"

Are you really going to ask this?

Ye Xiao pretended to be confused, and typed a "?" slowly.

Sky took a deep breath and typed out his own question, even if this question would offend the base chief, he still wanted to know the answer!

I'm already offline, so I won't be able to deduct favorability!

It can't be that the administrator is the person who plays the role of the base chief NPC!

[Skywalker]: "I want to ask, the base chief NPC... is he a program, or is it played by you real people?"

【Xiao】(Administrator): "Why do you think so?"

【Skywalker】: "It just feels like he has become a little smarter, and it doesn't look like a set program."

"Yesterday he called me by my nickname, and my friend also told me that he had this problem, and he felt that he was a PUA person. When I think about it now, he seems to be encouraging me to die."

"Steve also told me that after he scolded the base chief, it exploded on the spot. This should not be a bug in the system."

Seeing that the administrator didn't reply to him for a long time, Sky immediately added: "I just asked casually, if it involves company secrets or something, just pretend I didn't say anything."

【Xiao】(Administrator): "It's okay, this is not a secret, and I, as an administrator, have no access to those technical details."

【Skywalker】: "Hmm! Then please tell me!"

With a cheeky face, Ye Xiao took out the excuse he had prepared: "Your guess is either right or wrong."

【Skywalker】: "Huh?"

【Xiao】(Administrator): "To put it simply, his existence is very special."

"He is the first generation of complete artificial intelligence that our company is trying to develop."

What?

Full artificial intelligence?

Sky was startled.

[Xiao] (Administrator): "Actually, it's not accurate at all. The intelligence level of 'Ye Xiao' is only 95% now, but his thinking mode is created by us according to human thinking."

"He has his own personality, memory, values, and behavior patterns. In fact, we have loaded him with this module before the 1.05 update, so he will become a little smarter."

I see!

Sky suddenly realized: "I understand, no wonder he PUA us."

An amazing idea brewed in his mind.

As he gradually thought deeply, Sky couldn't help being shocked by the structure that "Backrooms" wanted to create, and excitedly said: "I understand, I understand everything, your company's layout is really far-reaching, this time the version 1.05 update , is just the beginning, right?"

Ye Xiao: "???"

What is this guy thinking about?

Sky continued: "Not surprisingly, the other NPCs in the base are also almost 100% artificial intelligence, right?"

"Administrator, you once mentioned that the community system will be activated after reaching Level 11, so what is a real community? There will definitely be NPC evaluations of players, and favorability is an important part of this evaluation."

"So, in this round of version 1.05 update, you are testing not only the game itself, but also the AI ​​of the game, and even the interaction between the player and the AI."

"Combined with the map setting of the game, there are so many levels, so many people, things and plots."

"This is a..."

Sky couldn't hold back his excitement anymore: "O Yuan Universe!"

Such a far-reaching layout, such an advanced technology, such an advanced game concept: exploration, nostalgia, dream core, strange core...

There are also mini-game elements such as "Rules and Strange Talk", and more "mini-games" will be added in the future.

It is conceivable that "Backrooms" will definitely explode in the future!

And I am the first test player of this game.

However, in Level 1, Ye Xiao was silent for a long time in the face of Sky's operation of going straight up into the atmosphere, and then slowly typed out a sentence after a while:

"You're smart. (show teeth)"

"All the important NPCs in the base are actually the only test versions, and their codes are all typed out line by line by us."

"Because it is created by simulating human thinking, they are not aware that they are artificial intelligence, nor can they understand the concept of VR games. For them, this game is the real world in which they live."

【Skywalker】: "So are those NPCs and hostile entities at Level 11?"

I didn't expect that I could do nothing but fool my teammates.

You also need to fool the players.

Ye Xiao lamented that he had paid too much for this base, and replied with his mind: "Those people are not knocked out, but generated by models and behavior mechanism generators. It is impossible and we have no energy to create one." A knock code."

"The current generation algorithm mechanism, we are still in the experimental stage of detection, the NPCs you see are the limit of the number that can be generated at present."

"Fortunately, only you have reached Level 11. If there are a few more people, the server will be overheated and shut down for emergency repairs on the spot."

"..."

After finishing the communication with this smart player, Ye Xiao let out a sigh of relief.

No way, he introduced the favorability system so that players can live in harmony with homeless people and friendly entities when they reach Level 11.

Unexpectedly, Sky's brain supplement also provided him with an idea.

In future version updates or patches, some small bugs may be left for players to guess and analyze, and maybe some new ideas can be obtained.

Otherwise, what are you using your brain for?

Isn't it just for brainstorming?

After being sullen for a long time, the core came out of Ye Xiao's body: "Master, you are really more and more good at deceiving people."

Since waking up in his body for 3 months, it has watched Ye Xiao change from a simple child to the scheming liar he is now.

Lying is more natural than drinking water!

Facing the complaints from the core, Ye Xiao leaned back on the chair indifferently, and hummed softly:

"Heh, I'm just becoming a qualified game planner."

...

In the bloody world.

In front of the dark brown cabin, a tightly bound member of the Eye of Argos struggled, desperately crawling away from the cabin, but because his hands were tied, he could only crawl like a worm in the crimson Move a little bit on the ground.

She is the captain of a "North Korean" squad.

The teammates were all killed by a monster-like woman.

Even knowing it is futile.

Fear was also driving her to escape from the wooden house behind her.

"Alice, are you ready for treatment?"

A haggard to numb voice replied:

"Yes, I'm ready."

2 short sentences of dialogue made the girl crawl faster.

Soon, Ethan Nelson came out of the cabin and stepped on the back of the escaped girl.

Immediately, the predator's weeds wrapped around the arm, and the skin and fingers were attached together, and a "reddened" arm appeared. Ethan grabbed the girl's left arm, and then broke it hard——

"ah--"

Accompanied by a shrill scream, the female player's arm was torn off, the beating muscle fibers and bones were exposed to the air, and the dark red blood was scattered on the crimson ground.

Quickly absorbed by the soil.

The female team member bit her tongue until her mouth was covered with blood, and passed out.

Ethan took the severed arm and returned to the cabin.

Alice said softly to Alice lying flat on the bed with her left arm empty:

"It will hurt later, bear with it."

Alice nodded stiffly.

Next, Ethan's "reddened" arm disintegrated quickly. Part of the predator weeds wrapped around Alice's severed arm and penetrated into the wound that had stopped bleeding and clotted. Dark red blood immediately flowed from the broken flesh, while the other part Bring the fresh severed arm over.

The predatory weeds that were originally deadly turned into dexterous surgical threads, quietly connecting every blood vessel and nerve.

During the whole process, Alice didn't cry out in pain.

Not even a "huh".

Just staring at the ceiling.

"have a good rest."

After a brief instruction, Ethan turned his head and asked Sullivan in the corner:

"Did you see Fina die with your own eyes?"

Sullivan was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "We are attacked by partygoers, those things...Fina, she can't survive in front of those things."

"If you don't confirm it with your own eyes, then there is still a glimmer of hope. Don't just give up like this."

Before Ethan left, he patted him on the shoulder: "Give this to Alice."

She took out a bottle of blue potion.

Sullivan took it and asked:

"What's this?"

"A body strengthening agent, I got it after destroying a M.E.G. experimental base. It may be very painful after injection. You let Alice choose."

After Ethan finished speaking, he carried the unconscious female team member and walked into the distance.

Viscera can be used as nourishment.

Limbs can be used as raw materials.

In the Eye of Argos team she attacked and killed, there was no arbiter of truth, and she would not pick a team with arbiter of truth.

It's not that she's afraid, she's not afraid of the adjudicators after the 002 sequence, but each adjudicator has some Argos' power in his body, and attacking them has a certain risk.

Just don't bring the Arbiter of Truth in here.

She can ensure that Argos will not position her because of this.

As for fighting in this bloody world—"Judgment Greenhouse", unless Argos came in person, no one could defeat her at this level.

The figure was quickly covered by the red mist.

Sullivan carefully looked at the potion in his hand, and then told Alice about it: "There is a chance to become stronger, do you want it?"

Alice quickly responded: "Give it to me."

Sullivan frowned slightly: "Master Ethan said, it will be very painful. You just got your broken arm, don't you think about taking more rest?"

"Give me."

"I want it now."

The words are terrifyingly calm.

Sullivan understood.

Without further ado, after filling the syringe with the medicinal liquid, slowly push the liquid into Alice's arm.

With the injection of the blue liquid medicine, a pain that was enough to make an adult strong man faint rose up in Alice's body—as if every bone was exploding, making a creaking sound of reorganization, and the blood It boiled, and the internal organs were turned into a paste in the burning... But Alice didn't say a word, and didn't even lift her eyelids.

Because she has more painful parts.

Once, her world had 2 parts.

One is revenge.

The other one is Elfina.

Once, she couldn't figure out which part was more important.

But at the moment of losing Elefina, she understood which was more important. If she could return Elefina, she would rather die forever with regret and humiliation.

What has already happened cannot be changed.

Now the most important part is gone, an empty nothing that no amount of memory can fill.

Then, her life, only left:

revenge.