My slow journey to infinity

Kayaba Akihiko uploaded the final hot patch, and two minutes later the polling self-test mechanism ran through all modules without any abnormalities.

No cheers erupted in the room. The only two developers and planners just sighed at the same time.

"The data density far exceeded expectations, and we actually completed it ahead of schedule..."

The situation was not as easy as Wang Shui lamented.

As the two continue to iterate on important subjects such as mathematics, humanities, philosophy, physics, metallurgy and chemical engineering, machinery manufacturing, small-scale engineering production lines, materials science, etc. in the industrial era, their workload continues to increase as they continue to search for information.

In the end, Wang Shui produced more than 300,000 words of various historical texts, thousands of pages of incomplete scientific research manuscripts, entered a total of 43,391 new items and more than 20,000 environmental debris, and also helped Kayaba improve the update of the combat real-time computing module .

Kayaba Akihiko's job is not easy either. He added a new weapon type [firearms] and a new strengthening mechanism [sword skill blade bullet], and added new resistance and negative status mechanisms. When adjusting these new contents, he almost The world engine has been overhauled and can only be updated bit by bit with hot patches.

Today is February 21, 2023. Wang Shui has been separated from his identity as a player for nearly three months, and the strategy team has activated the portal on the twelfth floor and began to efficiently search for high-value tasks.

In about three months, the development team released six small updates one after another. These updates were notified to players in the form of small pop-up windows. Tonight, this expansion pack will usher in its final version. The version name will not change, but the craftsman system will be greatly updated.

The [Handcrafting] skill will be reopened with a large number of recipes and guidance will be added to encourage craftsmen players to explore heavy machinery and equipment. The [Sword Skill Blade Bullets] system has also been completed, and the factory for manufacturing blade bullets has been set up. Every large town after the tenth floor will directly sell [Blank Sword Skill Blade Bullets] below the floor level.

However, there is no way to synchronize the update of sword skills to the highly intelligent sword skill instructor NPC. Players need to explore the sword skills related to using blade bullets by themselves. The good news is that starting from the fifth level, relevant information will be disclosed. Players can use The small amount of blade bombs at the lower level revealed a lot of sword skills.

Wang Shui just sighed and looked at his boss, who was still looking at the information in the test environment.

"Boss, you've been working for so long, don't you want to take a break?"

After hearing Wang Shui's words, Kayaba was silent for a few seconds and asked:

"Do you want to leave this world and take a rest outside? I have restored the settings of your device. If necessary, I can let my students release you. At the same time, I will destroy your NERvGear to prevent outsiders from using it. If it comes in, of course you can't come back... Are you ready to face reality? Your current physical condition should not be easily transferred, and you must be prepared in advance to face the government and media's words."

To be honest, Wang Shui has no intention of leaving the game world. In reality, he can't study all the time, and even if he wants to leave this world, Wang Shui will not choose to take off his helmet in advance - he does not trust Kayaba Akihiko. Don't trust yourself either.

Wang Shui couldn't be sure whether the simple tool he made was still working properly. Taking off the helmet early was undoubtedly a gamble, and Wang Shui hated probability events the most. Therefore, Wang Shui plans to pack the [Seed of the World] in advance when the game is in the middle and late stages of the game, and try to leave the world directly through the dream system boss.

But Kayaba Akihiko's words reminded him.

"No, I mean, it's so boring to face so much data and monitoring every day. Boss, don't you want to observe and experience your own world up close?"

Wang Shui guided his boss to indulge in the game while distractedly opening the character panel, which here refers to his dream system panel as an awakened person.

The original panel has very little information, so the changes look obvious.

In the game world, he has a gray [Physical Energy] attribute, which drops from the human high value of 1.12 (the part of the racial attribute fluctuation that exceeds the average is then averaged, and the default is 1, which represents a healthy individual with a little exercise). It fell to 0.72.

This meant that his physical fitness was declining rapidly in real life. Kayabao's words reminded Wang Shui that he hadn't looked at the panel for several days.

The [Coordination] attribute dropped from 1.77 to 0.81, the value was cut in half, and the coordination and nerve reflexes deteriorated very obviously.

But Wang Shui is not particularly worried. These basic attributes are still easy to train. Before reaching the "human" extreme value of 5, the lower the attributes, the more obvious the training effect will be.

Correspondingly, the other three attributes did not decrease but increased. The [Perception] attribute has been increased from 0.82 to 1.67. Wang Shui's observation ability and sensitivity to the environment have greatly improved, although he himself feels nothing.

The [Mind] attribute, which represents soul, mental power, will and concentration, has been increased from 1.22 to 2.61. But this is not the most exaggerated thing. The [Thinking] attribute, which represents thinking and learning ability, calculation and analysis ability, has increased from 1.88 to 3.99. This is no longer a low attribute.

If it hadn't been for the occasional click to check some time ago, Wang Shui wouldn't have dared to accept this kind of improvement speed. As expected, he was just sitting in the repair shop and would never have the opportunity to improve in his life.

The strength of the character's attributes directly determines the upper and lower limits of the awakened person. No matter how strong the talents and skills are without attributes as the basis and enhancement, they will eventually be like a castle in the air.

The improvement of the last three attributes can be regarded as recognition of Wang Shui's focus on learning during this period. What excites him the most, and even makes him a little proud now, is his newly mastered skill [Computer Integration (Elementary)].

ah! It has been nearly nine months since I last obtained the awakening copy of the [Forging] and [Mechanical Engineering] skills.

During this period, as long as the awakened ones of the same class as Wang Shui are not dead, they have probably become the mainstay of [Tiefeng City]. And Wang Shui finally obtained his third skill.

When he saw these extra words a few days ago, Wang Shui almost shed tears, nine months! Do you know how I got through these nine months?

Wang Shui, who had no regrets in life, had the idea of ​​ending the mission immediately, but he couldn't bear it. His learning progress was still far behind, and the natural science accumulated in an ordinary modern world was difficult for him to master in a short period of time. , even if he only picked out a small amount of knowledge that interested him.

In addition, Wang Shui also wanted to master some combat-related skills, so he sidetracked Kayaba Akihiko and wanted to get his boss to play games together. Wang Shui is more worried that spending time on games may make his boss unhappy, which may affect Wang Shui's ability to learn cutting-edge knowledge from Kayaba.

So, drag him down first!

Kayaba Akihiko, who had been silent, fell into serious thinking, and then asked Wang Shui about his concerns:

"Just... just ordinary players? We have seen the previous game content many times and tested it for a long time... If we start from scratch, it will definitely take a lot of time to catch up with the progress of the twelfth floor."

Wang Shui forced himself not to show contempt. Hey, if you want to cheat, just say so. Your gaming skills are pretty good. Why don't you get yourself some basic equipment to keep up with the front line?

At this time, mature employees have to step up.

"Well, we play not just to relax and experience the game, but also to experience the effects of the new system in real time. The best position is of course on the front line. Well... let's put it this way, the seven or eight players with the highest level on the front line are probably level 35 Right, boss, create a level 35 account, set the attributes to the training limit of this level, and adjust the skill proficiency to the average of frontline players, which is about 600. As for weapons and equipment, just get a set of twelve-level specialties. , it doesn’t cost much anyway, and by the way, it should be fully strengthened. It’s very troublesome to collect low-level materials, and even buying them directly will waste a lot of time.”

"Ah, um... um, is that so? Then we need to design the character carefully."

Kayaba Akihiko was persuaded by Wang Shui with difficulty.

"More than that, I suggest you, boss, not to enable death mode. Although the game can continue to operate after you die, I won't be able to withstand any major changes in the future. I suggest you change your administrator rights to Bind it to the character account, then turn off most administrator rights when activating the character state, and only keep the immortality characteristic. Oh, by the way, I reset the immortality characteristic that locked blood at half health. The current immortality characteristic will only lock the last 1 point. HP value, and at the same time, the body will have the same special effects as death, and then you will be teleported to this room, so that you will not reveal your secrets in front of the players, and then you can pinch people to return."

Wang Shui's understanding made Kayaba feel comfortable, but he just nodded reservedly and asked casually:

"how about you?"

"I will just add the immortality feature, and at most get better weapons. There are many friends of mine among the players. I want to experience the joy of being upgraded by my friends. Oh, by the way, even if I return to the game, I will I will continue to learn, and I hope you, boss, can continue to help me answer my questions."

"sure."

For a time, the small room was filled with a harmonious atmosphere of consensus. After Kayaba Akihiko checked that there was no abnormality in the hosting effect of [Autonomous Intelligence] in the test environment, he began to pinch his [Heathcliff].

Wang Shui just glanced at the boss's knight-like figure, wow, he actually liked this tone. Although Wang Shui is very timid in reality, he prefers agile and active DPS players when playing games. However, the previous death game made him more conservative.

Rather than staying here to embarrass his boss, Wang Shui left quickly. His vision changed, and he came to the third-level main city [Zimfut].

Although the strategy team has reached the twelfth floor, the gap between the players is actually getting wider and wider. Now there are many players staying on each floor to accumulate resources. Even in the novice village on the first floor, there are also some who have just stepped in. Players on the adventure path.

Of course, this kind of excitement also stems from Wang Shui's sense of gap after staying in a small room for a long time. He quickly adjusted his mood and walked towards the ice-blue figure who seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and at the same time issued a long-awaited invitation to form a team.

Shino, who was already level 32 at this time, looked at Wang Shui, who was only level 16, with indifference, and almost had contempt written on his face.

"Is the matter settled?"

"Of course, everything has been dealt with, and it is your turn to start repaying it from today. Let's go, go through the elf mission quickly, then take me to level up, and then treat me to dinner in the evening. Oh, by the way, you have to repay the money. !”

Wang Shui passed by Shino and patted her shoulder, signaling her to follow him quickly.

"Do you still need to level up in embarrassment? Your boss didn't give you any compensation? For example, just pull down a maxed-level account or something."

"What's the use of such a boring request? This is just a game world. Are you still not confident in completely conquering the 100th floor?"

Wang Shui's rhetorical question made Shino unable to refute. Now the players' strategy was extremely smooth and the pace was very fast. No one in the frontline strategy team had died in a long time. Everyone was full of confidence in completely conquering this world.

"So what do you want? If it's not convenient for you to tell me, just pretend I didn't ask."

"Of course it's convenient. I don't want anything. I just ask the boss to be merciful and spare my life. Alas, enjoy the game. If you want to experience such a realistic full stealth game next time, you have to wait until next time. Oh, it seems like you enjoy being strong in the game."

Wang Shui said and motioned to Sinon's waist with his eyes. There was a beautiful silver revolver there, and Sinon's belt also had bullets tied with a clamp.

"Hmph~"

Sinon expressed her pride in her nasal voice, "This is a drop from the ninth floor BOSS. At that time, I was the only one in the strategy team who had mastered the [Firearm] skill, so I bought this [Secret Firearms] at a very low price. Silver Whisper], there is no better firearm weapon than this gun until the twelfth floor."

It can be seen that Shino is happy. Without Wang Shui's help, she has become the main player in the frontline strategy team. Oh no, the large amount of supplies left by Wang Shui is still very important.

"Oh, if I had known you already had a love gun, I wouldn't have secretly brought this thing out."

Wang Shui pretended to be disappointed, and then took out a matte black revolver. Different from the elegant [Mithril Whisper] with an elegant elf style, the black pistol displayed in Wang Shui's hand was more realistic and sci-fi. charm.

The gun body has edges and corners, and the runner also has a rare octagonal prism structure on the bottom. The barrel is wrapped in a wide and inexplicable square module, and the hammer part is also covered and hidden. The whole gun is full of slender and elegant features. A solid sense of technology.

Shino grabbed it without any politeness:

"Girls won't like you if you give gifts in such a weird way."

"I don't think you understand girls, at least not as well as I do." Wang Shui curled his lips in disdain.

Sinon didn't pay attention to Wang Shui's words. She was already attracted by the properties of this black pistol:

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[Famous Gun·Black Water]

[Range: Far]

[Weapon type: Firearms]

[Attack power: 200-400 (no bullet attribute bonus)]

[Ammo capacity: 8]

[Durability: 3000]

[Weight: 50]

[Equipment requirements: None]

[Enhancement limit: 50]

[Characteristic 1: Famous gun: When the enhancement fails, it will only lose the enhancement level, and will not take up the number of enhancement times or be damaged. 】

[Characteristic 2: Extreme Explosion: Grants the special sword skill "Extreme Explosion". When activated, long-press the trigger to immediately fire all remaining bullets. 】

[Characteristic 3·Black Water: After active activation, the next bullet will receive a damage bonus based on the "Strength" and "Agility" attributes, and will be given level 7 "Knockback" and "Knockdown" effects. 】

[Explanation: It was built with the efforts of the legendary ancient craftsman - "Book of Heaven". Together with another famous gun that can only have two shots, it is called the highest crystallization of ancient firearms technology. Unfortunately, the literature on the famous double shot gun is no longer available. The existence of the famous gun Blackwater has also been questioned. 】

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"When did you become a legendary ancient craftsman?"

"Hey, your focus is a little strange! The weapon I worked so hard to build, but you only focus on the instructions! Apologize to me quickly and thank me!"

Sinon just pursed her lips and smiled, without saying anything more. She just unequipped the dagger and replaced the main hand weapon with [Famous Gun·Black Water].

"I've wanted to try dual guns for a long time, but I never found a suitable vanguard, and the cost of bullets consumed by dual guns is more than the drops from monsters. Today is the perfect time to give it a try!"

"You are obviously going to lead me to level up, but you still want me to be the vanguard..." Wang Shui protested in a low voice.

"They're just monsters on the third floor. Don't worry, I won't let them get close to you!"

As Shino spoke, he stopped, slumped slightly, and quickly pulled out the black and white guns with both hands. The two revolvers spun rapidly in her hands, and then she inserted them back into the holsters accurately and smoothly, cute and handsome.

Her liveliness and confidence have been gradually developed in the game.

Wang Shui just smiled happily and let go of the little bit of reluctance in his heart.

Let me digress a little bit to give everyone a shot.

The slow infinite journey does not refer to slowness in words, but in time. Therefore, if the copy I designed involves repeated work for a long time, it will also have a description like "a few days later" instead of typing every copy. Monsters will write down in detail how much blood they lose with each attack.

So the copy of Sword will end soon, and the world I want to show later is just about to begin... I saw that some people thought I was writing fan fiction about Sword, so I couldn't help but remind me that I still stream infinitely.

In fact, originally, I was furious because of what happened on August 24th, and I was ready to write an article to kill everyone! But the book was immediately blocked on the day it was opened...

I have prepared a week of comprehensive comic information and don’t want to waste it, so I will start a new article based on the general settings in the big world that I set in detail before, which is the current book.

It can be regarded as my first trial work, and the results are surprisingly good. I would also like to thank everyone for their support (bow seriously).

In addition, now I slightly regret writing a comprehensive comic, because I have read very few comics, and most of the outlines are original worlds. If I had known that people liked my writing style, I would have opened the original world directly.

Now it can be considered as a small collection of opinions, whether the following world should be mainly original world, or mixed with ordinary or even more animation world.

These are already formed outlines. I am just struggling with them. Don’t worry, the emotions of the first book are very sufficient. I have also received recommendations for the following, so I will write it down seriously.

(I just quit my job before writing the book, so now I have time)

Thanks again for your support, MUA