The two pushed the door open and entered. The players who arrived first looked back after hearing the sound. When they saw who was coming, they went about their business again. A gathering of strangers made the atmosphere a bit depressing.
Walking into the building, Wu Chen and Baili Yan finally saw the remnants of high-tech civilization. It is wrapped in a large area of polymer materials, with streamer screens everywhere, soft light strips surrounding it, service robots scattered everywhere, and extremely comfortable ergonomic seats. This is obviously something Wu Chen is very familiar with——
"Science fiction in the near future." The female player has returned from picking up her meal.
"It's the near future." Wu Chen was also convinced that the plot world in front of him had attributes that matched his own.
Although he lost most of his previous memories due to the fire injection. However, Wu Chen's basic common sense and basic judgment are still there.
The so-called near future, simply put, is the high-tech era that is divorced from the real world but slightly ahead of schedule. The gap is just the distance from laboratory to mass production.
For example, flexible screens that replace paper have already been mass-produced in the real world. It’s not surprising for new players. Veteran players are used to it.
"Aren't you hungry?" Bailiyan gently put down the plate and sat across from Wu Chen.
"I'm not hungry." Wu Chen lost his appetite. Especially when you are new here. Facing the collapsing plot world in front of me, my heart is full of unknowns and uneasiness. What's more, annihilation follows closely, and death follows closely. Perhaps before finishing eating, the service area would have been completely wiped out.
"This should be the first safe house." Seeing that Wu Chen was uneasy, Baili Yan comforted him.
Safe houses, or safe zones, are not difficult to understand.
"Are you sure?" Wu Chen was doubtful.
"Not sure." Bailiyan smiled. Then focus on having a hearty meal.
With nothing to do, Wu Chen also got up to get his meal.
Wait for Wu Chen to return with the plate. There was another couple sitting at the next table.
After exchanging pleasantries, Wu Chen first asked: "Do you two know which plot world we are currently in?"
"We don't know anything either." The male player shook his head.
Wu Chen asked again: "How to save yourself?"
The male player thought for a while and said: "Return to the shelter before the world is completely shattered."
"Annihilation takes time." The female player deliberately lowered her voice: "Destruction will eventually take place."
This sentence is not difficult to understand. It takes time for a world to go from being broken to being completely destroyed. And before the world is annihilated, accumulate wealth and return to the sanctuary. After completing the redemption, you will naturally be able to escape.
"Besides, some things are destined to be remembered." Bailiyan pointed to his forehead.
This means that the guardian of the world is also doing his best to delay the sound of the death knell. Players and the world are fighting against fate tenaciously.
"That's right." The player and his wife were also encouraged by these words.
"How many resource points are needed to complete self-rescue?" Wu Chen asked again.
"I don't know." The male player shook his head: "I heard that asylum coins are used in the 'Land of Exile'."
The female player beside him added: "Now, almost no one calls it 'resource point' anymore."
In other words, since the sanctuary was shattered. The original system was also shattered. According to the player couple, the resource points that Wu Chen was familiar with had long been cast into asylum coins by the players.
One resource point is equal to one asylum coin.
Once upon a time, the right to mint coins in the sanctuary was a privilege that only lord-level players could obtain. An exclusive shelter building with the function of minting coins is called the "Mint". Currencies based on resource points can be minted. The biggest role of these coins is as chips in the goddess's playground.
Asylum coins, apparently a product of the Brotherhood Mint. And after the shelter was broken, the resource points were successfully replaced. Wu Chen was not deeply involved in the plot line after the break. Because of the previous 9 fire injections, Master Ling asked Diewu to send Wu Chen back to a certain plot point before the shattering. Trying to stop the brokenness. However, without exception, 9 consecutive failures occurred. So for the 10th time he passed the fire, Diewu took matters into his own hands and sent Wu Chen back to the post-shattering world.
For players. Before the Shattering and after the Shattering, Sanctuary was clearly a world apart.
After thinking about it, Wu Chen put the asylum coin he got by chance on the table.
"Oh my god..." Unexpectedly, a mere asylum coin caused a husband and wife player to cover their mouths and exclaim.
"You don't have one?" Wu Chen finally reacted.
The husband and wife players shook their heads repeatedly. One of the female players tried to speak: "Only VIP players who have overdrafted the assets of the shelter have the authority to save themselves once."
"If you overdraw the shelter assets," how can you still have shelter coins?
Wu Chen was convinced: "I got this by chance after arriving."
"That should be it." The husband and wife players nodded repeatedly. There are always lucky ones.
The key is, what can a mere asylum coin do?
"Follow me." Bailiyan seemed to know what Wu Chen was thinking.
Wu Chen retrieved the asylum coin and followed Bailiyan to a vending machine.
At first glance, everything for sale is souvenirs. The dolls, models, and hanging ornaments seemed to have been left untouched for a long time.
"Insert the coin." Bailiyan pushed Wu Chen in front of him.
Sensing the player's approach, the vending machine will open automatically. No mobile phone scanning required, no face recognition required.
Wu Chen tossed in the coin.
The coins fall with a sound. The sales interface will then open.
There are all kinds of creations born in the near-future world of science fiction. The prices are all one coin.
"Wait." Wu Chen was struggling with how to choose. The player and his wife rushed to stop him.
Seeing Bailiyan, his eyes were alert. The male player waved his hands repeatedly before approaching: "Don't buy it."
"Why?" Bailiyan was puzzled.
"Go to the maintenance station and upgrade the vehicle." The male player explained hurriedly.
Eyes facing each other. Wu Chen and Baili Yan understood at the same time: "Okay."
Wait for Wu Chen to drive the AE86 into the maintenance station. Bailiyan and his husband were standing next to a circular platform, waving to him.
Next to the circular platform, there is a machine similar to a vending machine. Similar interface, same coin input and coin withdrawal slots.
Park the AE86 in the center of the platform. In the expectant eyes of everyone, Wu Chen threw in the coin.
Almost as soon as the coin dropped into the bag, the holographic image of AE86 appeared on the interactive interface.
When the progress bar finished, a pop-up box appeared: "Confirm the creation of the shelter. Is it going to improve the plot point?"
It’s not about “upgrading vehicles”, it’s about “improving plot points”.
The male player further explained: "The so-called 'plot nodes' can be understood as 'archives' at different stages. Unsurprisingly, we all come from a sci-fi near-future world. And the vehicles we bring in are archives from a certain past. .You can load a new file separately by 'upgrading plot points'. Repeat this until the vehicle is 'upgraded' to an exclusive shelter."
"The existing conditions remain unchanged, only the new save file of this car is loaded?" Bailiyan understood. That is to say, everything related to it remains unchanged, only AE86 has changed.
"That's right." The male player breathed a sigh of relief.
"In this way, all the creations of the shelter can be loaded into new files independently without any collateral effects." Wu Chen also understood.
"You can say that." The male player was not very sure either.
"Try it." Wu Chen casually clicked "Yes".
The pop-up box disappeared, and a new one popped up: "Please wait."
