[Countdown: 10 minutes and 00 seconds]
The frozen countdown hung high in the sky above the tower.
"Where is this...?"
Chen Shi woke up in a daze.
What a big tower!
Except for the huge thing in front of him, there was a dark void around him.
The dark tower is inlaid with many gems, and the faint purple light emitted by the gems makes people feel scared.
Could it be...that game?
Chen Shi pinched his temples to remind himself of some things.
As a game review blogger with no reputation and an unstable salary, no game manufacturer has ever issued a business order to him.
But just now, he received his first business order in his life!
Let him play and review a game called "Retrospective".
I opened the official website given by Shangdan with great expectation.
Chen Shi smiled.
The official website page is not very well done, it looks like Chun Chun can’t even afford an artist.
[The world has been destroyed. You will play the role of the guardian of the black tower. You will continue to go back in time through the gate of time and space to explore the world on the eve of destruction and find the truth before destruction. This time, the world will be changed by you. 】
Apart from the lines above, there are only a few rough screenshots.
Reverse propaganda?
Chen Shi checked the game online, but couldn't find any information.
Normally, this kind of mysterious game information would never be downloaded.
However, what he gave was too much...
It’s a full 8,000 yuan, and it doesn’t require much, just play a game and make a video.
Who can have trouble with money?
"Whatever, anti-virus software is about to disappear from the stage of history, it can still be a Trojan horse!"
"Backtrack, start!"
That's what he was thinking at the time and clicked the download button.
Then.
There is no more.
They come, the security.
When he first chose to be a blogger, even after borrowing money to eat steamed buns, Chen Shi was still relatively strong in his heart.
"It seems that this is the black tower."
Chen Shi looked at the giant tower in front of him.
Aren't you playing the role of the guardian of the black tower? As a guardian, it makes sense to go in and take a look at your own territory, right?
The gate of the Black Tower is made of black rock, and there are many incomprehensible runes on the stone gate.
Chen Shi wanted to push the stone door open, but as soon as his hand touched the door and before he exerted any force, the runes on the door panel seemed to be injected with energy, and they all lit up instantly.
At the same time, several lines of golden words floated in front of Chen Shi's eyes.
[The new Guardian of the Black Tower has randomly selected three talents. Please choose one as your Guardian talent. 】
[Invisibility: You can make yourself invisible so that others cannot detect you visually. 】
[Healing Hands: You can use your hands to heal wounds and make them heal quickly. 】
[Simulation privilege: Before each time you enter the time and space gate, you will get a simulation opportunity. 】
Isn’t this the standard choice of three talents in the meat pigeon game?
Regarding these three talents, Chen Shi used his rich gaming experience to analyze them.
Talents in meat pigeon games are usually color-coded to represent talent levels.
Gold is the highest and rarest, followed by purple, then blue, green, and white.
The first [Invisibility] should be a blue talent. If you can avoid hearing and perception, you can give it a purple talent rating.
It's useless to just block vision. Some monsters don't rely on vision at all, such as snake-like monsters.
The second [Healing Hand] can be green, blue or even purple.
Of course, it depends on the degree of healing. If it can only heal some minor wounds, then it is a proper green garbage talent.
[Simulation Privilege] This is the one that Chen Shi is most excited about. And it can't be used only once, it can be used every time before entering the space-time gate.
As you can see from the introduction of the game, the space-time gate is the main building. Players need to pass the time-space gate to save a destroyed world.
This is a guaranteed purple, which means that the simulation effect can get a purple rating in the worst case.
As long as the simulation is a little normal, this is a stable golden talent.
Besides, I know nothing about the unknown world now. Being able to simulate it means I can have more time to think and formulate countermeasures before setting off.
That's it.
"Simulation privilege!"
After selecting this talent, a very strong light appeared in the tower and enveloped Chen Shi.
Chen Shi felt as if his soul had been pulled out.
At the same time, the tower door opened, and Chen Shi was sucked in by an inexplicable force.
[Congratulations on becoming the new guardian of the Black Tower. 】
[A magical mechanical age style building has been randomly generated for you. 】
The black tower began to sway, as if the heaven and earth were collapsing under its influence.
A sudden earthquake caused the ground to rise. At the same time, some buildings appeared out of thin air in the open space like phantoms.
After some time passed, the shaking finally stopped.
At this time, a large amount of land appeared under the feet, but it was not flat and there were still many potholes.
These pits are like portals to another world. Below and outside, there is an abyss of nothingness.
Chen Shi walked forward along the road.
There is a flat land ahead. Compared to the darkness around it, there are many torches and oil lamps lighting up there.
Under the light, a huge machine was revealed, its appearance covered with traces of time.
"It's so old. Can this still be used?"
Chen Shi sighed.
The machine stood there quietly, as if telling an ancient story.
Before Chen Shi could react, he found a virtual screen appearing on the machine in front of him.
[Detecting identity...can be used by the guardian of the black tower. 】
It turns out that the guardian can gain access to it.
[Wooden Ax: Wood 0/1]
[Wooden Spear: Wood 0/1]
[Stone Spear: Wood 0/1, Stone 0/1]
[Stone Ax: Wood 0/1, Stone 0/1]
[Stone Draft: Wood 0/1, Stone 0/2]
[Roughly made wand: wood 0/5, metal 0/1, blank parchment 0/1]
[10 crudely crafted enchanted wooden bullets: wood 0/1, blank parchment 0/1]
【? ? ? : Not unlocked]
Chen Shi understood.
A necessary workbench in survival games.
It's just that the shape of the wooden wand is not a wand in the traditional sense, but in the shape of a musket.
You call this a wand?
Isn't it just a gun?
The next line is the enchanted bullets, which must also be loaded inside.
But there is no point in having this workbench at the moment.
After all, there is not a single piece of wood or stone.
Chen Shi closed the workbench.
But not far from the workbench, Chen Shi found a piece of parchment.
"Is this the blank parchment you need for your workbench?"
Chen Shi bent down and picked it up.
The parchment gave off a faint glow the moment it was picked up.
[When you see this sentence, it proves that I have failed (97)]
After conveying this message, the parchment turned into broken light, floating in the void.
Who left this sentence?
What does the 97 at the end mean?
Chen Shi fell into thinking.
Thinking from the perspective of the game setting, there are two possibilities for the person who left the parchment.
One is a powerful NPC, and the other is a 'player' like him.
Chen Shi has played many games. In one of the games he has played, other players will leave some information through footprints.
If you follow the settings of that game, then these parchments are player messages.
Soon, Chen Shi found two pieces of parchment not far away.
[To fall down in such a place, the damn goat demon (51)]
The parchment still turned into a shimmer of light and dissipated in the void.
"It's a number again, this time it's 51."
Chen Shi frowned.
After reading the second piece of parchment, Chen Shi felt a little tired.
It seems that reading these parchments consumes mental energy.
However, Chen Shi couldn't hold back and read the third piece of parchment.
[A word for late comers? Oh, don’t trust parchment (19)]
Seeing this, Chen Shi probably understood.
These parchments are the words left by his predecessors, and judging from the context of these words, they should be the last words they left.
Is the number at the end the game length?
Day, week, month?
Or something else?
Chen Shi felt very tired and stopped collecting these parchments.
Moreover, Chen Shi was a little concerned about the third piece of parchment.
These 'seniors' may not necessarily be so kind.
Continue exploring inside the Black Tower.
With guardian authority, you won't be blinded at all. There will be a general introduction to the buildings in the black tower.
However, other buildings are basically in a damaged state, and materials need to be collected to repair the buildings.
The black tower is not big. Apart from the workbench, Chen Shi found only one building that could be used without repair, the space-time gate.
Anyway, everything that should be explored has been explored, and there is no point in staying here. Chen Shi walked towards the space-time gate.
[Guardian, the world on the other side has been destroyed, and the current state can be traced back to 10 minutes before the destruction of the world. 】
[You can go back once a day. Do you want to go back? 】
In addition to the basic materials required for the workbench, the black tower also lacks one very important thing - food.
The world on the other side has been destroyed, which is certainly very dangerous.
But waiting here all the time is not a problem.
It would be even more dangerous to wait until you are hungry and have no energy to explore.
"Backtracking."
Chen Shi made his own choice.
[The time and space gate is looking back...]
[Backtracking successful, current status: accessible. 】
Just when Chen Shi was about to walk in, a few more lines of words appeared in front of him.
[You can choose a temporary talent before entering each time. The currently available talents are: 'Scud', 'Cooking Novice' and 'Gathering Apprentice'. 】
[Please choose one of the above temporary talents. The temporary talents will disappear every time you return to the black tower. If you find the "Crystal of Time", you can permanently obtain the temporary talents and increase the lookback time. 】
[Scud (white): You can run quickly for a short distance, and then the speed drops significantly for a period of time. 】
[Cooking Novice (White): You can make some simple food, but you are not proficient in cooking skills. 】
[Novice Gatherer (White): You are good at collecting various resources and can find rare ores and plants. 】
Yes, you can choose a meat pigeon-style temporary talent every time you enter the time and space gate.
This is so useful.
Talents are indeed divided into colors. Marking them makes the selection much easier.
I just don’t know why, but the “simulation privilege” talent given to the guardian at the beginning did not display the color.
Although it is a temporary talent, as long as you find the "Crystal of Time", you can permanently obtain this temporary talent and increase the lookback time.
Chen Shi has not taken a closer look at these three temporary talents.
Another prompt appeared.
[The guardian has simulation privileges. Do you want to enable the privileges? 】
