First Player

Chapter 270 Chapter 268·"World Game Auction"

【December 3, 16:53 pm】

Dark clouds piled up on the horizon, completely blocking the originally clear sky.

As soon as people on the street looked up, they would know that some damn guy was playing with that Hampi architecture virtual scene system again.

Before they could start cursing, the heavy rain came down with a loud crash, and they didn't even have time to open their umbrellas.

"shit!"

"We should find a security guard to pull away those people who are messing around. It's really like cats and dogs can play this system..."

"Wait a minute, over there on the street, that seems to be..."

The crowd that had gathered quickly dispersed, and the voices of people complaining stopped in their throats.

They scattered as if running for their lives.

...In the middle of the street, a red figure appeared.

The man was not wearing red clothes, but because he was covered in blood, his whole body was red. The strong smell of blood came from his body. It was not only the smell of blood, but also the blood energy emanating from his body.

Like the blood that killed many people.

He was walking with a limp, and the blood on his legs was washed away by the rain. Even his white shoes were covered with blood spots.

"Hell, it must be the adventure players who have just returned... All the adventure players who have returned now are crazy..." At the corner of the street, a female casual player who had just escaped quickly dialed the number of the United Group.

In order to "help players as soon as possible", the United Group has opened a phone window through which any player can contact them.

Now when people encounter this kind of bloody madman, their first reaction is to ask for help from the United Group.

They have gradually become accustomed to the status of the United Regiment in maintaining order.

"Hello, this is the United Group." A gentle female voice came from over there.

"A joint group? I want to call the police. Area 209 of the Lord God Space, (coordinates), there is an adventure player who has just returned. He is like a madman, with blood all over his body..." the woman said immediately.

Even if people know that they cannot attack directly here, they will always be afraid when they see a madman. After all, no one knows whether these lunatics will put a few bombs or packs of poison in their backpacks.

There is no security check or security now. If someone goes crazy, casual players like them can't resist it.

After hearing the woman's report, the operator of the joint regiment immediately informed her to evacuate and comforted her, saying that someone would soon handle the matter.

The woman felt relieved after hearing this.

"You have to handle it well. Now we are really afraid of players like this who have just returned..."

She babbled and quickly left the street.

On the street, many people like her also fled the place as quickly as they were fleeing from terrorists.

The man covered in blood stood there with blank eyes.

In the pouring rain, he suddenly felt that he had nowhere to go.

"Why are you avoiding me?" He murmured, his eyes full of disbelief.

I've obviously just returned from the most dangerous front line, haven't I?

He had obviously just experienced such a horrific incident, and finally managed to save his life and be able to breathe the fresh air on the street.

why why……

This group of people, this group of people he protects, this group of idlers, are they avoiding him like they are avoiding criminals?

The depression in his heart could not be relieved, and he gradually clenched his fists.

He stood in the rain, saying nothing, until he saw a man in military uniform and a silver star approaching him.

Among all the people hiding from him, the man wearing the silver star was the only one who walked against the flow of people and walked towards him.

"Hello, I am Yang Changxu, Wanli Troop."

The man with the silver star stretched out his hand towards him.

The man raised his head in confusion, stretched out his hand, and shook hands with the other person's cold palm.

"Thank you for your contribution to the overall score of mankind." A soldier named Yang Changxu bowed to him: "Hero of mankind, welcome back, thank you for your heroic struggle."

Listening to Yang Changxu's words, the man blinked in confusion.

In the original world, people like him lived at the lowest level, like bugs. He did nothing but get drunk all day, and even the neighbor's aunt looked at him with disgust.

But now, now...

A well-dressed soldier came towards him, bowed to him, saluted, and called him...

"Heroes of Mankind".

Some strange emotions emerged in his heart, as if a door that had never been opened was opening towards him.

"The psychological department of the United Regiment has prepared a grand homecoming ceremony for heroes like you." Yang Changxu said with a smile: "At the same time, you have just come back and you also need to rest."

He said, extending his hand in a very friendly manner: "You can go back with me first."

The man involuntarily stretched out his hand and let the soldier lead him towards the teleportation array.

...He is a hero.

The man chewed over and over again the meaning of Yang Changxu's words.

In such a world, people like him... can also be called heroes.

so good.

It seems that his decision was indeed right.

People need people like him... they need "heroes" like him who stand at the forefront and strive for points for mankind.

He closed his eyes and smiled.

The rain washed over his body, and his head, which had been in severe pain due to long-term mental torture, seemed to be soaked in warm water.

He let the man in military uniform in front of him lead him and left here.

After the two left, the people who had been hiding gradually emerged.

"...Finally left, that guy." An aunt said.

"That's right. Fortunately, the joint team arrived in time."

"If you ask me, when these adventurers come back, they should first go to the United Group to observe for a while and then come back. I saw several of them covered in blood. Don't they want to change their clothes?"

"Perhaps I have already integrated into it. In such a world, it is not strange to be addicted to hallucinations."

"I'm afraid these people will use explosives to blow us up one day. It doesn't look normal..."

"Don't say that, after all, you are also a frontline player..."

"However, we should really make a distinction. I'm really afraid that these adventure players will suddenly go crazy... Don't let me reach the point target and I won't be able to see that day."

People talked and gradually returned to their respective places.

The rain washed away the blood on the ground, and the reddish blood flowed into the sewer.

It's like nothing happened.

…

[World Game Version 0.03 has been updated]

[1. At 20:00 on the evening of December 14th, the "World-Class Auction" will be open to all players! The invitation letter has been sent to each player's email address, please check it carefully.

2. The upper limit for sub-professional players has been opened to level five.

3. New arrivals in the store!

In the new version, the Lord God Store will open a batch of new equipment for adventure players.

4. The layout of the main interface has been adjusted, the functions of the live broadcast room have been adjusted, and some game background music and sound effects have been added.

5. More special identities have been opened. Players are welcome to explore for more information.

6. The Eighth World - The competitive world for top players will be opened after the end of the Seventh World. At that time, the betting market will be opened again, and the remaining players can place their own bets.

...]

Looking at the most popular post that was placed at the top of the World Forum, Su Mingan understood what Noel meant by "interesting update announcement".

...The overall announcement layout is like a third-rate online game announcement. Many important points are not explained clearly at all. I don’t know which high-dimensional creature compiled it.

However, on the surface, the announcement does not address any changes to the game copy rules themselves.

This announcement is more of an “informant” than an “update.” Tell them, these confused players who have just returned, what important events happened in the main god space.

For example, the world-class auction on the 14th.

Is this an event organized by the organizer? Facing all players...

Su Mingan noticed that "invitations have been sent to all players' mailboxes" on the announcement, and he opened his mailbox.

“Ding dong ding dong ding dong—!”

Accompanied by a series of harsh sound effects, like a machine gun, "dong dong dong" rang in his ears, the red dot on the mailbox interface jumped out, and the number on it soared to 99999+.

If 99999+ was not the maximum value displayed, he did not doubt that this number could reach hundreds of millions.

Email is the only way to contact him directly without adding friends. Just enter his name to deliver the letter.

Many people just throw letters into the sea and send him an email, hoping to try their luck. If he is free one day, he suddenly pulls out one and sees theirs.

It turns out that Su Mingan is free today.

He looked at the system information first, and sure enough, he saw two messages labeled "Auction Invitation" and "Special Easter Egg Reward".

He clicked on the invitation first.

The scene turned, and a materialized letter slowly appeared in his hand.

[Dear NO.1 player:

The "World-class Auction" hosted by World Game Organizer will be held grandly at 20:00 on the evening of December 14th at (Coordinate Point). The auction will feature six items, each of which will be provided by the organizer.

Organizer: World Game Organizer

Participants: All billion players

Bidder: Adventure Player

Auction location: (coordinate point)

Activity method: 1. The host of the organizer will call for the auction, put pictures on the spot during the auction, and briefly describe the relevant information of the item. Item types may include: props, equipment, special identities, pets, followers...

2. Bidders can only use points to bid. If you need to use props or equipment, please redeem them in time before the auction starts.

3. Bidders can only use adventure points (excluding points given between players in the dungeon) to bid. Points from casual players and life players cannot be used for bidding.

4. Casual players and lifestyle players can go to the site to watch the auction process. Sufficient seats have been prepared in the auction house. The entire auction will also be live broadcast.

5. Once the bidding is successful, the contract cannot be broken, otherwise the organizer will deal with it seriously.

6. After the auction, there will be on-site selection and commendation.

7. The final interpretation right of the above regulations belongs to the organizer. 】

…

Su Mingan looked at the "Selection and Commendation" in Article 6.

...I don’t know why, but he felt that this commendation seemed full of malice.

However, it can also be seen from this invitation that the points of adventure players are very important. Those who are qualified to actually participate in the auction are the more than 20 million players who survived.

Moreover, the vast majority of them should have little financial strength.

For nearly half of the players, it is difficult for them to complete the task, and their live broadcast rooms are not very popular. Once the world is over, even if they are not dead, they will only get more than one or two hundred points.

And these people will basically squander all their points when the world ends.

Su Mingan looked at his 741 points.

He is basically certain that he is the one with the most points in this auction.

So, what to buy and in what order is a very important question...

He opened the second system email and received a special easter egg reward.

[You gain 6 free attribute points]

[You get special props (skill upgrade stones)]

[Skill Evolution Stone: Used to evolve skills. This item cannot be sold. 】

…

The free attribute points were still distributed as usual. As for the evolved skills, Su Mingan chose the Eye of Supervision.

He originally chose this skill because of the "weakness insight" skill that can be obtained after evolution in its description.

The red stone exploded in his hand and turned into a stream of light that penetrated the skill bar. After opening the skill bar, he saw the updated information.

…

[(Purple level) Insight into portability weaknesses (second evolution):

Skill 1 (Clue Insight): Passive skill, in non-combat state, will automatically provide the player with the location of key clue points within the field of vision. (Small clues and partially hidden clues will not appear.)

Skill 2 (Dynamic Insight): Passive skill, under combat conditions, it will always provide players with a "weakness insight" state, marking the enemy's weaknesses in red. Players attacking the enemy's weaknesses will greatly increase the probability of critical hits. 】

…

Looking at the description, Su Mingan understood how valuable this skill was.

It can greatly reduce the player's exploration time, just like giving the player a clue-finding hook.

Even without the second skill, Dynamic Insight, this purple-level skill is equivalent to a magical skill, playing a god-like role in exploration dungeons.

After receiving the email reward, he glanced at the sea of ​​email messages. The email notification sound in his ears was still ringing. Even at this time, there were still many people sending messages. He sends emails.

The messages in front of him were floating like snowflakes, and he couldn't help but be curious - what on earth were these guys writing persistently even though they knew he wouldn't read the emails?

He randomly picked one out of the snowflakes of mail.

[Yueze Tiangongyao: Zhai Xing is heading for destruction...almost irreversible. Human beings are born to die, all things are born on the earth, and nature will return to the earth. What all things give us, we must eventually return to the world...

Humanity has no hope, and like dust, I am so insignificant, listening to such songs at such a night, what on earth am I thinking about... Player No. 1, do you know? Maybe God just likes to see us full of regrets. And how sad I am, the song knows it, the pillow knows it, but you don’t know it...]

Su Mingan: "..."

He regretted opening the letter.