"Heart-burning!"
Along with his signature opening remarks, Mr. Xinyuan’s voice echoed throughout the venue in the early morning of the knockout round.
He spoke energetically to the screen about the rules of the Super Cup round to all the qualifying players and the audience.
"In this round, 64 contestants will enter the 'mind labyrinth' of Kaiba Park and experience a fantasy-filled adventure with the assistance of virtual projections!"
"Maze! What a romantic word? Dungeons and Dragons will always be the main theme of adventure stories!"
"But please note that the maze not only contains wonderful adventures and rich treasures, but it is also full of encroaching monsters and traps that can lead people to fall into a bottomless abyss of despair!"
"Let us all wait and see whether the duelists who become adventurers and adventure in fantasy can obtain priceless treasures in the maze where danger and opportunity coexist!"
Despite Mr. Xinyuan’s confusing explanation on the big screen, the participating duelists received a more specific explanation of the rules than the audience:
1. Collect clues in the paradise maze transformed into another world under the virtual projection, and obtain a limited number of 8 final tickets.
2. There will be encounters with monsters, magic and traps in the maze, and duelists need to use their own decks to solve the dilemma.
3. Outside of event encounters, duelists are prohibited from operating the dueling disk.
4. The terrain in most areas of the maze is narrow, so duelists only have their own grid and three operable areas in front and behind to summon monsters or set up magic traps.
5. There is no main stage 2, the use of field magic is prohibited, and the duelist's status will be inherited to the next event encounter.
"This village rule looks a bit familiar."
After reading the rules displayed by the D-scope, Jock unexpectedly felt inexplicably nostalgic.
With 3 squares and no m2, this is clearly a duel link daze!
And the inheritance of duelist status mentioned in the last article is also very possible. Does it mean that the blood volume will not recover naturally in the maze?
No, maybe even the graveyard and excluded cards will not be restored after the encounter. This is a huge blow to decks with fewer recovery methods.
But considering the "springs" and "save points" that mostly exist in the maze, the organizers probably set the rules after weighing the characteristics of various decks.
"It feels like it will be a fun adventure!"
Judai next to him looked as if he was moved by Mr. Shinzono's words: "Isn't this knockout match very similar to the completely immersive virtual game "DM" that Mr. Muto Yugi once played?"
In Yu-Gi-Oh! DM, there was a VR game called "DM" in Kaiba Paradise.
As the president, Kaiba was tricked into the game by the company's five giants and fell into a trap that attempted to kill him in the virtual world.
However, Yugi, Jonouchi and others entered the virtual world at Gomamon's request and rescued Kaiba, which completely disgraced the five giants and left the company.
It's a pity that this VR game was involved in the storm of public opinion probably because of this incident and the subsequent "Alcatraz Incident", and finally ended up being never mentioned again.
Nowadays, Xinyuan’s AR version of “Maze of the Mind” is obviously a variant of the VR version of “Duel Monsters”. Although it is impossible to enter the virtual world to obtain a near-real experience, it also greatly guarantees the personal safety of players.
"It does seem quite interesting." After Judai said this, Qiao Ke nodded with interest and said, "It's very similar to a large-scale outdoor variety show. If the organizer doesn't make an internal arrangement, it might be a good experience."
However, as we all know, whether it is a reality show, variety show or talent show, the final winner has been decided long before the recording.
"It's okay Jock, don't worry too much about this."
Regarding Qiao Ke's meaningful hint, Caesar Liang showed no fear: "Even if someone gets the 'treasure', as long as he beats him in a duel, he can attend the main match."
Judai heard this and smiled without thinking: "So we might still be enemies in the end, so don't let it go, Senior Caesar!"
"Well, whether it's the finals or here, try your best to play without regrets then."
Mr. Xinyuan’s explanation ended quickly, and the contestants were guided into the maze by the staff in the order in which they collected the pieces of their hearts.
It wasn't until the end that Jock realized that Judai seemed to be just listening to Mr. Xinyuan's confusing explanation, without confirming the specific rules in the D-scope... I could only wish him good luck.
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The mind maze is divided into 6 areas by the system. Participants, or players, must wear D-sights in order to play normally.
On the virtual projection provided by the d-view mirror, players can confirm the surrounding/global map that has been explored, the current number of remaining players, their own status, process records, and the props/skills and clues they hold.
The name of the area map that Jock entered is "The Hall of Ghost Schemes".
The surrounding terrain is just like its name, it is a very huge Western-style mansion.
The dilapidated buildings, dim light, weird decorations, mysterious figures that flash out from time to time after the lights are briefly extinguished, plus the vaguely evil sounds that surround the ears, create a hair-raising atmosphere everywhere you look.
Unknowingly, the tour guide who guided him into the maze disappeared, leaving him alone in the empty mansion.
If Jock, who is not very good at horror games, were to come to this environment alone, he would probably be frightened for a while before he realized that these were just AR projections.
It's a pity that he is not alone.
"How can you play AR games without wearing D-vision goggles?"
Wang Jiang, who was following Jiao Ke next to him, complained: "In my eyes, the surrounding area is just an empty room and an empty wall without any decorations. What's the point of this?"
"Qiaoqiao, would you please put the D-sight on Wang Dai?"
"Don't you have a spell like "Visual Sharing"? "
"I didn't prepare anything today. Mages usually prepare scrolls for such uncommon spells. It's really a bit expensive to waste money in a place like this..."
Spells cannot be cast without preparation, and scrolls are valuable. It is too wasteful to use them in the game just to see the virtual projection.
After hearing this, Jock wanted to agree, but unexpectedly, a treasure chest that suddenly appeared after turning a corner attracted his attention.
"Okay, I'll give it to you later when I duel with others... guess what I saw?
"A huge treasure chest engraved with demonic patterns!"
"There's obviously nothing there, well, it's just a virtual projection again."
It's a treasure chest!
With a vague expectation in his heart, he took two steps and came directly to the treasure chest.
When things came to a close, Jock calmed down.
"If you think about it carefully, it's a stereotype that treasure chests appear in dungeons and mazes. Who would put all kinds of treasures on the enemy's journey?"
Even so, he still opened the treasure chest without hesitation.
