Although he has not played games for a long time, Duan Qing considers himself an old player who has been exposed to many virtual reality games. Not to mention the methods of playing various games, but only the themes, game stories and backgrounds, and the game He doesn’t know how much he has seen in many fields such as Chinese history and culture. But even so, when he realized that he might have unconsciously encountered a deep secret in a certain game, his heart was still extremely excited.
This is what every player dreams of, especially for Duan Qing - although these things often don't give you any substantial rewards.
Every player who goes for hidden elements and plots is most likely going for rewards, which is not only a great thing for players, but also helps players discover the game and promote the progress and progression of the game. develop. However, since the beginning of the opening of the Free World, it has shown differences from other games in many areas. This is also obvious in terms of hidden plots. These plots may be deeply hidden, but they are just like in everyone’s heart. It's like a private secret. You'll find it when you find it. There is nothing more substantial that can be provided to the players. In the exploration of the plot of the free world so far, there are also some people who have gained some benefits from the hidden elements, but for most players, their final results are usually empty-handed.
However, they still enjoy it - once a player went through a lot of hard work and finally found the location of the treasure that an old man told him in his last words, but in the end he only found a skeleton. However, the player still published the entire mission process and plot on the forum, and based on the clues he obtained, he concluded that the skeleton should be the old man's wife who had been dead for many years. For this old man, it was indeed his most precious treasure, so the story in this mission also touched many players and made them more interested in the game plot in the free world.
For Duan Qing, these things are more attractive to him. Nothing can attract this player who is looking for the fun and meaning of the game more than a fresh plot. It is an authentic and spiritual pleasure. and a sense of accomplishment.
"The so-called..." His voice was trembling: "What is the favored one?"
"Recently, there have been a lot of adventurers like you in Fenghua Town. Like you, they risk their lives and sacrifice everything for adventure and wealth, so their behavior is different from ordinary townspeople, and for It has always been difficult for me to foresee their fate." The woman did not answer his question directly: "But I can predict their future, because they are all risk-takers, and their way of doing things is very easy to understand."
"Power, wealth, status - in the final analysis, they are all human desires and needs." She smiled slightly.
"Adventurers are just ordinary people with some abilities. Naturally, they are not exempt from vulgarity." Duan Qing continued: "Expecting them to become saints is like expecting a king to give up his throne."
"You have a profound understanding of human nature." The woman looked at Duan Qing: "Maybe this is why you are different from other adventurers."
"Ordinary people, just ordinary people..." Duan Qing waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't expect me to do anything big for you..."
"Now that I think about it, maybe this is what Gustan meant when he asked you to contact Rama." The woman stared at Duan Qing for a while, then slowly turned her head and looked at the dusk sky on the side of the mountain: "That The old guy may have seen something in you, so he taught you that sentence."
"You mean...Gustan tricked me?"
"In short, he plotted against you." The woman obviously didn't understand what the routine meant, but she still understood what Duan Qing said: "In terms of the results...he is right."
"Your appearance has changed a lot of things."
"Is this the reason for calling me the Favored One?" Duan Qing did not hide his surprise: "Isn't this too simple?"
"Think about it carefully." There was a slight smile in the woman's voice: "Have you... met that old guy Gustan before you came to Fenghua Town?"
"Yes, we encountered a landslide at that time. If Master Gustan had not appeared in time..."
"How do you know...if he doesn't show up, you will die?"
Duan Qing was silent.
"I can tell you that Gustan came to that place for certain reasons, and he was... being hunted." The woman continued to reveal the news without hesitation: "Those landslides were aimed at him. Go ahead, you are just...innocent civilians who were affected."
"It turns out to be Chiyu..." Duan Qing murmured.
"In order to save you, or...change your undeserved fate, he should take action to prevent that disaster from happening." The woman's white fingers tapped on the edge of the railing: "This is what he did Of course he should be held responsible for the sins caused."
"Then the later ones, and the rosary..."
"Do you know why Gustan went to that place?" The woman interrupted Duan Qing's question.
"Uh...how do I know this kind of thing..."
"For the Emerald Tower."
Poof... Duan Qing almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.
"It seems you understand." The woman looked at the other person with a smile: "He met you on the road, so he stopped his journey and came back with you."
Thinking of the direction in which the weird old man appeared, Duan Qing nodded with some understanding.
"What happened in the Emerald Tower really shocked the free world, but Gustan must have already had the answer in his heart when he gave you the rosary." The woman lowered her eyebrows and smiled: "Then, now you can put your rosary in the Emerald Tower What you saw on the tower...can you introduce it to me in a little detail?"
Without any doubts about the information the woman knew, Duan Qing was bewildered by the beautiful smile of the woman in front of him. It should not exist in this world. The angelic smile matched the mountain wind blowing. The long hair and robe give her a goddess-like feel. But thinking of this man's age, Duan Qing immediately became sober again: "That... I should have told the two great magicians about the specific situation, so there is nothing to hide... ."
The sun gradually set toward the horizon. Accompanied by the mountain breeze and tidbits, Duan Qing recalled his previous story in the Emerald Forest and told it completely and thoroughly. When talking about the diary, the woman lowered her eyebrows. He moved imperceptibly, and when he was talking about the various scenes he saw in the fantasy, the woman's eyes brightened significantly when she looked at Duan Qing, just like Nina who was listening next to her.
"As expected... so." A long time after the story ended, the woman with her head lowered finally gathered her loose robe: "You are a favored one by fate."
"Haha, hahaha, I know this adventure experience is really bluffing, but for someone like you who is old...well, has experienced a lot, it should be nothing. If you keep praising me like this, I won't Sorry..."
"You see the Circle of Destiny."
Duan Qing's mouth opened wide because of his echoing laughter and never closed again.
"There is a rumor in the free world: the destiny of all things has an end. That is the end of all things and the common destiny of all things. There is no record to prove this rumor, but in the past thousand years, a few Several people claimed that they had seen something that did not seem to exist in this world."
"All of them are strong, and all of them are people who grasp the truth of the world. And according to their descriptions, we, the Destiny Weavers, have passed down the appearance of that thing."
"Wait a minute!" Duan Qing closed his open mouth: "How do you know what they say is true? Why don't you know it yourself? Aren't you the weavers of destiny?"
"... No destiny weaver can prove the existence of that thing. Simply put, no destiny weaver has ever seen the thing they claim. Even the name 'Ring of Destiny' is We named it ourselves." The woman's voice was still calm: "But both my seniors and myself believe in the existence of that thing. It is probably the underlying consciousness of the Destiny Weaver, or our belief."
"As for why no destiny weaver has been able to see that thing for thousands of years..." The woman raised her head and looked at Duan Qing with strange eyes: "I may not have known before, but now... ...I kind of get it.”
Duan Qing narrowed his eyes.
"Leave here." The woman looked at Duan Qing and said: "It won't take long for Rama to get the news. With his character, he will definitely take advantage of it and use the fastest speed to eradicate dissidents. .”
"Although Norman, I, and Jin are here, 'protecting you' is not a long-term solution, and we will not be enemies of the principality. As for you..."
She showed a beautiful smile again: "You should keep moving forward, there is more destiny waiting for you."
"That doesn't sound like a good sign." Duan Qing scratched his head: "Forget it, I originally wanted to leave. But..."
He pulled the little girl who had been listening to him to him: "What should she do? Won't Rama deal with her?"
"No matter how crazy a person is, he will not attack a little girl, and..." The woman looked at Nina, then walked up to her, knelt down and touched the little girl's head: "Your fate has been Things have changed, and as I said when we met, it's time for me to take over."
"Little girl." She asked, "Are you willing to become a destiny weaver?"
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"Uncle! Why did it take you so long? Do you know the sun has gone down?"
Duan Qing, who returned to the Adventurers Association, unexpectedly received an angry shout from Mengzhu.
"The city gates are already closed at this time!"
"What? Why are the city gates closed? When did Fenghua Town have such a rule?"
"Of course it was the mayor who did it!" The little girl stamped her feet angrily: "To maintain law and order...isn't it because he was afraid that we would run away? Who can't see it?"
"Before today, we showed no signs of trying to escape. Rama shouldn't be so alert..." Duan Qing said doubtfully: "Could it be that there are spies around us... ..”
He looked around the still messy surroundings, but didn't find anyone strange: "Strange, am I worrying too much? Or is this just a coincidence... Huh? Where is the smiling butcher?"
"In the afternoon, a female player suddenly came to look for him. She seemed to know him, and then Uncle Smile went out." Mengzhu whispered: "Not long after you left."
"It's so suspicious... Where is Xiao Hongchen?"
"He didn't come back after he went out... Are you doubting the two of them?" Mengzhu's voice was full of disappointment.
"Just asking." Duan Qing said noncommittally: "I can't get out now anyway. It seems useless for us to think about this now. If it really doesn't work..."
"We can only ask the people in Wizard for help."
"No, you can go out tomorrow."
A voice sounded from outside the door of the Adventurers Association. Following Mengzhu's cheers, the smiling butcher stepped over the door frame and walked in in the dim light: "Rama just closed the city gate at night. He has not yet The alert is at the level of martial law, so as long as you leave as early as possible tomorrow, it should be... not too late."
"You?" However, Duan Qing discovered the differences in the other party's words: "Isn't it... us?"
The little girl also realized the problem and then faded away from the excitement.
"I...have to leave." Facing the doubtful looks of the two men, the smiling butcher said with a wry smile: "My daughter came to see me just now..."
"Nani?" Duan Qing and Mengzhu were shocked: "The person who came to you just now is your daughter?"
"Ahahaha..." Uncle Smiling laughed awkwardly: "This is what happened..."
The following time became story time for the Smiling Butcher.
When the Smiling Butcher first came to Fenghua Town, he did have a place to seek refuge, but that place was his daughter's guild. Logically speaking, playing games with one's own children is an embarrassing thing, but the smiling butcher has long passed that young and competitive age, and he came to this game mainly to relax himself, so he faced his daughter's hardships Begging, he reluctantly agreed. However, after arriving in Fenghua Town, the person sent by the guild to greet him was not his daughter, but the person in charge of recruitment of the guild in this place.
Although that guild is not one of the top ten guilds in the alliance, it is not small in scale, has a complete elite staff, and is naturally very strict in recruiting people. Although he has a family relationship, when faced with the recruitment assessment, based on his stubbornness and honest and kind spirit, Uncle Smiling still accepted the other party's test and wanted to join this team as an equal without relying on his own relationship. In the guild, while proving that his sword is still young, he can also give his children a surprise.
Of course, the results are predictable.
When Duan Qing and Mengzhu found him on Hua Lan Street, it was when he was politely refused to go out. Faced with the little girl's kind invitation, thinking that he still had nothing to do after all, the smiling butcher took advantage of the situation and entered the little girl's house. In a small adventure group, I thought that no matter how big the guild was, this kind of game was suitable for me at my old age. With such a goalless and constructionless group, I would definitely live in the future. Live a lazy and slow gaming life.
Although the final result showed that this was all a pipe dream.
"That means...your daughter has come back to you now?"
"Yes. I didn't want to tell her at first. When I logged off, I just talked nonsense and said that I was doing well. I never thought...she heard about Fenghua Town. Then he saw my situation, so he rushed back in a hurry, trying to get me to join the club again." The smiling butcher said with a wry smile: "They said they wanted to save me from the sea of fire."
"I'm so sorry." Duan Qing didn't mean to defend himself, but sighed: "You have been tired these past few days, and in the end you suffered such a serious blow..."
"No, no, no, I didn't say that." The uncle laughed, walked up to Duan Qing, reached out and patted his shoulder: "On the contrary."
"This is the best gaming experience I've had in years."
