What is the most attractive thing for players in an online game's closed beta?
Is it to experience the immersive gameplay in advance? Game content and plot? Skills and careers? Or should you be one step ahead of the public and lick a beautiful NPC earlier than others?
No!
Compared with the closed beta experience brought by the game "Godfall", the above is simply low.
As a video up owner in the game section of Station C, Jianjian has been invited to participate in the internal testing of many games, including some well-known masterpieces.
But a game like "Falling God" allows closed beta players to take matters into their own hands and build the spawn point for thousands of players after the open beta in the future, which is also a closed beta gameplay commonly known as "Newbie Village". This is the first time I have seen the editor.
I thought that in less than two weeks, the closed beta was about to end. The previous "Arrival of the Abyss" expansion pack was already the end for these closed beta players.
But who would have thought that there would be a bigger follow-up now!
The current brief and many players are in the audience, and on a simple temporary wooden platform, the little girl familiar to the players, an NPC named "Vivian" is delivering a speech.
The content of the speech was the same as that of most players. I didn’t listen carefully. Anyway, it was very cliche and the same, similar to the fact that we are encountering difficulties now and urgently need the help of you brave foreigners, Barabala.
The tasks of the standard NPC template are not shabby.
What really excited Jianjie, which was not cliche at all, or even unprecedented, was the mission that Vivian issued to them.
[Ding, Vivian, an enthusiastic citizen, has released the task "Rebuilding Home" to you]
【rebuild home】
[Mission introduction: After the incident of Fallen into the Abyss, although the crisis has been resolved, the disaster and pain caused are difficult to eliminate. Vivian has just obtained a sum of funds from the nobles in Huodian City for disaster relief and reconstruction. , she needs your help to restore the village ecology with her]
At first glance it doesn't seem like much.
But if there is something in the "mission prompt" further down, it gives an extremely obvious hint.
[Task Tip: Destruction also represents rebirth, which means that a new era is coming. The Yanyu Territory, which has been severely damaged, urgently needs fresh blood from the outside. Perhaps more strangers will arrive in the future. Therefore, what you are rebuilding today Home, in the future, will most likely become the first choice for a new batch of foreigners arriving in the Flame Territory]
As soon as this tip came out, the discussion on the closed beta forum reached its peak in an instant.
Many players have analyzed it. Among them, "new era" alludes to the arrival of the open beta, while "new blood and more strangers" obviously refers to the arrival of the real army of players.
The most important thing is the last sentence of the prompt, which is the first place to stay, which means the starting point, the Novice Village! ?
Good guy!
The official co-author of the game is too lazy to model the novice village, so he uses the beta testers as coolies and makes it self-sufficient, right? As soon as you go on a mission, you will know that you are an old capitalist!
The brief and the vast majority of closed beta players expressed strong support for this...
Agree!
This is not a matter of hard work or not, this is an honor! Do you understand the sense of honor?
Imagine that during the public beta in the future, with your cute new friends who know nothing about it, after being born in Novice Village, you can proudly say, Did you see, the road you are stepping on now was paved by me. I built the houses of the village elders who gave you the mission!
Regarding this, there is another celebrity on the closed beta forum, the black fan leader known as Black Vivian, and the player whose ID is "The Most Handsome Little Wolf", who posted a post to collect ideas.
That said, if you were given a chance to build a building containing private goods in Novice Village, what would you choose?
In just half an hour, there were hundreds of messages replied.
The little wolf cub was lying in front of the maid Alina Ruanxiang's chest, using her paws to browse the various replies from the players.
Some said they wanted to build their own sculptures, some said they wanted to restore a famous anime scene, and some said they wanted to build a monster lair so that they could spawn monsters at will without leaving the Novice Village. There were also some who wanted to build a brothel filled with all sorts of things. A beautiful NPC, as well as some ardent fans of Vivian, actually want to join forces to build a sculpture of a little girl.
What the hell is this!
The little wolf cub finally came up with a compromise, erecting a stone monument in the huge novice village that the players were about to build, no, it should be called novice town.
It is said to be a stone tablet, but it is actually a ranking list in disguise.
Whoever contributes the most to the reconstruction work during the final two weeks of internal testing will have their name engraved on the most eye-catching position on the stone tablet, and so on.
As for the quota, according to the total number of closed beta players, which is about four to five hundred, one-tenth, that is, the nicknames of fifty players will be engraved on it.
This time, everyone's passion was completely ignited.
The temptation of "dungeon crystals" is there, and you can redeem the number of times you enter the dungeon crystal through "contribution points", so the players are all excited, and even because of the news that Liao Zixuan was released in advance, the road is long and the dust is falling. A group of players had already accumulated a large amount of materials before Vivian sent out the mission.
No, after the task is actually issued...
"This...are all these done by those strangers?"
Thorin was a little dumbfounded, looking at the various types of wood piled up like hills in the vacated land.
"Should...right?" Vivian replied weakly.
Just after she finished her speech asking for help from strangers, a swarm of strangers who looked familiar to the little girl swarmed towards her.
Before Vivian could react, like a magic trick, the chopped wood was placed in front of her eyes.
As for rewards...
It seemed that after hearing her "Thank you...thank you!", he left happily.
Mayor Solin looked at the little girl next to him with complicated eyes.
He didn't say it, but he underestimated it mentally.
Could it be that the aesthetics of people in foreign lands prefer movies of girls with unpredictable figures? Too strange! Even a suitor is too fanatical, right? Doing such hard work just to hear a thank you from Vivian?
of course not.
Although there are indeed some ardent fans, most players still rely on the secret operations of the little wolf cub to exchange contribution points for them again and again.
But anyway...
"Great Vivian! With so much wood, we don't know how much time and money we can save. As long as we move to the ruins of Red Flame Town, we can start rebuilding immediately!"
Thorin's face was only happy for a moment, but soon he became sad again.
because...
"However, we had to send so many refugees back to the ruined wilderness, and now we have to transport the wood there. My remaining guards in Chiyan Town alone may not be enough. , we have to hire a large number of escorts from the Adventure Association or the city guards."
"After calculating the cost, it will never be low, hey..."
Thorin shook his head. After all, they only had a start-up capital of 300,000 gold coins. Every penny spent was a penny less. They hadn't even started the reconstruction work yet. Just hiring guards would cost at least tens of thousands of gold coins.
But what can be done?
Without human activities, the wilderness has become a world of monsters. As long as you leave the scope of Huodian City, you may be attacked by wandering monsters at any time.
The loss of a little wood is not bad, but if these tens of thousands of refugees are not protected by guards, there may be many casualties on the road.
After all, there is no Archbishop Maggie this time. If they open another portal out of thin air, they can travel hundreds of miles across in the blink of an eye.
While Thorin was worried, Vivian spoke at this moment.
"Uncle Thorin, I don't think it's necessary. With your guards and the people from foreign lands, I think it's enough. There is no need to recruit new escorts."
"What!? Vivian, we can't save this money, which is related to human lives. You are still young, so you don't know. Let me tell you, the monsters in the wild are very fierce. If you encounter another monster passing by, Group, then even more..."
Thorin thought it was the little girl who wanted to save money, so he looked preachy.
Unexpectedly, Vivian shook her head.
After the little girl smiled, she said to Thorin in an almost confident tone:
"Don't worry, we won't be attacked by monsters. After all... Xiao Hei is here!"
"Xiao Hei?"
After Vivian spoke, Thorin subconsciously glanced at the little black wolf cub lying behind Vivian in the arms of the little maid, seemingly dozing out of boredom.
"I'm not talking about Vivian, I know your little black is very strong, but it... can it really suppress all the monsters in the wild?"
This time, there was no need for the little girl to speak.
The little wolf cub who had just closed his eyes and snored just now seemed to have heard someone speaking ill of him behind his back, and he opened his eyes in vain after Solin spoke.
As if he had no choice but to stretch out, he jumped up and left the warm embrace of the jade. In mid-air, the little wolf cub's body instantly grew in size and expanded several times.
When he landed again, he had transformed into a giant black wolf that was seven or eight meters tall.
The wolf's head looked down. Thorin's originally quite broad body looked like a small child in front of the black wolf.
Not only the size, but also the pressure that increased several times, also emanated from the body of the dark giant wolf. The suffocating pressure almost made Thorin unable to breathe and suffocated to death.
The players were okay, but as natives of the world of "Falling God", whether they were refugees or guards, they were all trembling under the instinct, looking at the giant wolf in the center of the distance with a horrified expression.
Some even had weak willpower and fell to their knees with a plop, pressing their foreheads to the ground and kneeling in front of the giant wolf.
"Okay, Xiao Hei, don't lose your temper. Uncle Thorin didn't mean it."
"Okay, okay, calm down..."
Vivian quickly approached the giant wolf. After the little girl comforted her, the giant wolf shook its body and shrank rapidly again, returning to its original appearance of a cute wolf cub that was harmless to humans and animals.
After experiencing the scene just now, Thorin didn't dare to say another word anymore. He finally saw that Vivian's little wolf cub was too humane and... very vindictive. !
He wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.
"Now that everything is ready, let's... take everyone away."
"Um."
"I hope... everything goes well, hey..."
Seeing the refugees who started to pack their luggage under his own orders and finally left the dark mass outside Huodian City, Thorin always felt uneasy in his heart.
...
...
"What did you say!? They are leaving now? What adventurers and escort guards are not hired?"
In Earl Dulin's mansion, after listening to the reports from his men, the Earl's face looked a little unsightly.
"Lord Du Lin, it is said that the monster that was Vivian at that time, the black wolf, showed its true form and calmed everyone at once, making people believe that the black wolf could protect them, so..."
"Otherwise, with the caution of that old guy Thorin, who also brought several carts of wood that was said to have been cut by strangers in advance, Thorin would have forced Vivian to hire escorts."
The servant who looked like a butler said bravely.
Opposite him, the earl tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair, with a hint of ruthlessness between his brows.
He originally wanted to take the opportunity to extort money, but he had contacted several adventure groups from the Adventurer's Guild. Then everyone raised the price and tried to kill the little girl. Unexpectedly, Vivian ignored her. .
In that case...
Then don't blame him for being inhumane.
"Are all the people we arranged to sneak into the refugee ranks still there?"
"I'm here, sir."
"Send a message to them and tell them to wait until they are halfway through the migration journey. If there are no monster attacks yet, they can use the medicine."
As soon as Count Dulin said these words, the expression on the face of the butler opposite him paused for a few times.
"Sir, that kind of medicine... was originally meant to be used after they settled down, established a firm footing, and had some improvement in their reconstruction. I'm afraid it would be too early to use it now?"
"That kind of potion that can attract monsters is okay if it is used outside the town. The monsters will be wary. But if it is used in the wild... I am afraid that the number of monsters attracted is not a small number. It is more likely that even elite-level monsters will be attracted. Even high-level monsters can be summoned..."
In the eyes of the steward and Earl Dulin, the lives of the refugees are also their lives. This means that as a tool for them to produce and make money, if there are serious casualties, the nobles are not willing to see it.
but.
"Hmph, what are you afraid of? Isn't that little girl very crazy? If I don't give her a taste of pain, does she really think she is capable?"
"Just do what I tell you, and I changed my mind. Not only do I want them to sprinkle the medicine along the way, but I also want them to double the dose!"
After Count Dulin finished speaking, his eyes flashed with coldness.
He wanted to see how the strangers, whose combat prowess was inferior to that of the treasure thieves, and Thorin's remaining poor soldiers, could deal with the ferocious monster tide in the wild!
Or, can that little girl, Vivian, protect everyone on her own?
ridiculous!
Because this is completely different from the battle outside Huodian City.
At that time, the refugees could rely on Huodian City, and they could only be attacked on one side, and there was no way to retreat. It was a desperate encounter. But this time it was in the wild, and monsters came from all directions. What was even more terrifying was that they would attack them regardless of day or night. .
If you have to compare it, it's like one is holding on and the other is ambushing, an ambush involving everyone.
The journey of hundreds of miles from Huodian City to the ruins of Chiyan Town would take more than a day and a half even if you traveled without rest.
You Vivian can repel one wave of monster attacks, but what about the second wave and the third wave? Under the strong stimulation of the potion, the monsters will not give up such a large piece of "fat".
If there is a time when a monster rushes into the refugee group without proper protection, then given the quality of those refugees, I am afraid that they will not even use the monster, and they will be scared out of their wits and start running around casually.
Old adventurers all know that they are often attacked by monsters, and only a few die at the claws of the monsters. Most people run around out of fear and then disappear in the wild.
So, how many people will die along the way?
And what kind of expression will the little girl who claims to be kind show when facing the cruel reality and discovering that she is powerless?
The thought of this.
The sad look on Count Dulin's face turned into a sneer.
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