We Are Gamers

"Tell me you don't really want to go!"

Yi Nian stared at Bai Ge seriously: "You definitely don't want to go, right! What about your desire to survive, give it to me Kang Kang!"

"I'm sorry, brother Nian, I've let you down. I have a strong attachment to exploring the map. As for the desire to survive, although I have a strong desire to survive, of course I want to win when I play games. My desire to survive is not as good as mine. Desire to win." Bai Ge said, "I still need you to accompany me for a run."

Yi Nian raised her trembling hand and raised a bloody middle finger.

Bai Ge didn't mind this, he cheated on his teammates more than once or twice.

"Now that you have retrieved your own shadow, it's time to unlock the second phase of the main mission."

Yi Nian nodded her bald head: "The main task is still very ambiguous, what about finding the source of the Shadowless Curse."

"Then we still have to continue to explore." Bai Ge patted the dust on his knees: "The result is the same, what should be explored still has to be explored, can you still get stuck with Teacher Guda when you play Black Soul?"

Yi Nian blushed and didn't answer.

The two rested, chatting idlely while recovering their physical strength.

Although the gate was destroyed, there were no shadow demons coming from outside the gate. As Shenglong said, this place is indeed very safe. If the shadow of Yi Nian did not come to kill him, there would not be such a dangerous situation just now.

About an hour or so passed.

Bai Ge's physical fitness has largely recovered, and there is a faint pain in his back, but it does not affect his movement. The soul blood gauge has also recovered to about half, which means that there are three drops of soul blood available.

The wound on Yi Nian's hand was basically healed under the healing of the bandage. After he blessed himself with a holy light, he recovered faster, and his physical strength was temporarily increased by the supplement of two boxes of bento.

When ready, the two players are ready to go.

Shenglong sighed enviously: "I wish you good luck."

"We'll be lucky."

Bai Ge waved his hand.

The backs of the two disappeared under the moonlight.

The figure on the throne didn't move, he lowered his head silently, didn't take out his phone, just stared at the bright moon outside the window, thoughtfully.

……

left the tower.

At first, I had little interest, and I thought that the next journey would be another journey full of all kinds of old and creepy Sun Knights.

Unexpectedly, Bai Ge stopped.

After they left the high tower, Bai Ge did not go to another high tower, but came to the high platform where the previous thought was dropped, from here you can overlook the middle city where the church below is located.

The moonlight shines all over, and the scenery is picturesque.

"It's enough to get here. If it can still hear it here, it doesn't matter how far you escape."

Bai Ge leaned against the edge of the high platform, blowing the cool night breeze. He narrowed his eyes comfortably: "We can formally sort out all the information from the beginning of the game to the present."

"Ah?" The bald man made a doubtful voice like a big brother: "Why now, why are you here?"

"The scenery here is beautiful."

"……Hey!"

"It can also avoid unnecessary eyes and ears." Bai Ge added.

Yi Nian touched his forehead: "So, what did you think of?"

"Don't worry, let's talk slowly." Bai Ge asked, "Do you know the physics engine in the game?"

"Of course I know this. It is a basic tool for constructing games and can be used to achieve the effects required by complex programming."

Bai Ge nodded, and he talked eloquently.

"That's right, but it's impossible to perfectly simulate reality with a powerful physics engine... Just as no matter how perfect a game is, bugs may appear. Perfectly replicating reality, it is based on the hyper-reality of reality, so there are many designs and rules that violate the real world in most games.”

"For example, click on the small map to move quickly, such as in a large FPS game, it is easy to pick up clips anywhere, such as being injured by a gun but recovering blood after just a few breaths, such as the more direct... Archive."

"These factors exist in most games. As a player, you don't need to care about or think about such issues, because this is the inherent 'game mechanism' that exists in the game."

One thought still didn't make sense: "Is there something wrong with this?"

"Listen to me."

Bai Ge went on to say: "The existence of the game mechanism is to optimize the game experience. Whether it is fast movement or the design of returning to the city, it is indeed convenient for the player. However, in some game types, the game mechanism does not just appear out of thin air. The mechanism itself is a design that exists in the plot, a real concept that can be explained, this game mechanism itself is a reminder to the player, you will care about their appearance, because we all know these mechanisms Regarding the plot, it is even related to whether the game can pass the level."

"Indeed, when playing decryption games, there are very few flaws in the game mechanism, and most of them don't have too abrupt designs." Yi Nian nodded.

"Then let me ask you, in all the game spaces you have experienced so far, are there any settings that cannot be logically self-consistent in the world view?" Bai Ge asked.

"No, it's better to say that this game is too real, whether it's the background world view, the development of the plot, or even the characters in it are very vivid and real." With a serious expression on his face, Yi Nian frowned: "I don't really want to discuss the game The difference from reality..."

"I don't plan to discuss it either. What I want to talk about is not truth and falsehood, but the difference in game mechanics... The games I have cleared before also have certain special mechanisms, but they can all be justified, and some mechanisms even directly It is related to the world view, such as the choice of the specialization system, it is a reminder, but since entering here, I have felt this strong sense of abruptness several times in a row, which stems from the abruptness of the game mechanism.”

Bai Ge raised his index finger: "The first time I entered the game, I entered a mass of darkness and was forced to return to the original starting point. I thought this was the game mechanism, and even thought it was a kind of It is a reminder, but so far I have not been able to get a reasonable explanation why it can send me back to the original position, the black mist can only blur the vision and teleport the space."

"The second time was a lunar eclipse, and a large number of monsters appeared out of thin air, as if countless monsters suddenly drilled out of the ground while playing ARPG."

"The third time is on the tower..." Bai Ge said, "The holy dragon is in the third stage of liver collapse."

"Uh, what's wrong with that?"

"In a world without electricity and internet, do you think it's reasonable to play a mobile game that requires an internet connection to log in?" Bai Ge asked back.

It was only after a thought that I realized that this was indeed unreasonable.

Since the player doesn't belong to this world, he subconsciously ignored this problem. He thought it was just irrelevant, but... thinking about it carefully, it's so weird.

"Hiss..." He took a deep breath: "The more you talk, the more I feel that something is wrong."

"The abruptness of the game mechanism has caused countless senses of disobedience here... After thinking about it carefully, I realized that there are too many unreasonable things here."

Pressing the center of his eyebrows, Bai Ge counted in turn: "An ordinary match can burn for nearly a minute. Here the moon does not rise and set, only cloudy and sunny. This city has clearly not had sunlight for many years. It should be frozen, but the temperature here remains constant... even the curse itself is nonsense! There is light but no shadow!"

"Is this a nonsense? Light and shadow go hand in hand, children understand! No shadow represents me? It's already become transparent!"

"This is already anti-science and seriously violates basic physical concepts."

"Using one sentence—this is a different world, it can't be fully explained."

Bai Ge sighed: "Besides, it doesn't mean to explain to me, there is no text, no clues, no way to follow, it just repeatedly asks us to hunt monsters and explore... and those The monsters are not too strong to be outrageous, and the whole game has a taste of low-level garbage from the beginning to the present, but the difficult game should not only have this difficulty."

Bai Ge stopped his frenzied movements and stared at the lonely city.

"I have thought about it for a long time, and I can only come to one conclusion in the end."

"Assuming that the disorder and error of the game mechanism and basic concepts are itself a reminder to the players...then this also means that we have been cognitively confused about this ancient city from the very beginning."

"It was born out of reality, but it was divorced from reality."

"Yes, there is only one answer..."

He pointed to a thought and said in a firm tone.

"you are dreaming."

Chapter 90

"Fuck you, you're just dreaming." Yi Nian raised his eyebrows: "What kind of dream can be so real? Although there are many unreasonable things, pain and everything else exist. How can ordinary dreams be like this?"

"bingo~"

Bai Ge snapped his fingers and pointed to Yi Nian's nose.

"You are right. Ordinary dreams are indeed not like this. Even lucid dreams cannot be so real. The dreams of ordinary people are ambiguous and fuzzy, and they are very easy to collapse. Once you realize that you are dreaming, it is very easy. will wake up."

"Then I'm not dreaming."

"No, we are all dreaming, but not our own dream."

What Bai Ge said was ambiguous, which sounded unbelievable.

"……explain more clearly."

"Okay, let me explain a little bit more."

Bai Ge put on a foolish expression, and stretched out the translation voice: "Ah, my dear friend, can I take up a moment of your time? I hope I can tell you about our heavenly father and savior..."

"Stop it, Mr. Ke doesn't want to give candy anymore!" Yi Nian complained skillfully.

"If you know the Cthulhu Mythos, you should know Azathoth, yes, that blind and ignorant mentally handicapped, the whole universe exists in its dream, and once it wakes up, the universe will disappear." Bai Ge said inexplicably Said in a tone of voice: "Then, extending this concept to here can also reasonably explain the reality of this dream."

"Fuck, are we in Azathoth's dream?" Yi Nian was startled: "Then how do we fight? Even if it's Mr. Ke, I can hit his head with a fishing boat and blow his ass with a double-barreled shotgun, Azato It's impossible."

"Do you think it's possible for you to win if you switch to Ke Zong and Naiyazi?"

Bai Ge corrected: "And you are so wrong, I didn't say that this is the mentally retarded dream, I just gave an example to make an analogy... What I want to say is, if this is a dream, then we should exist in In the dream of a superior."

"The so-called high-ranking person refers to a life or concept that is more noble and great than human beings... The ancient gods and old gods in the Cthulhu mythology are all high-ranking people. The dream of a powerful high-ranking person can make us unable to distinguish reality. The difference between false and false, if you have played Curse of Blood, you should know that the so-called Yanan is just a fantasy created by the moon god."

Yi Nian froze for a long time without speaking, he opened his mouth.

"Although your speculation is outrageous, I don't seem to be able to refute it..."

"However, suppose, assuming everything is as you said, then how should we clear the level? The Shadowless Curse here was created by the superior, and the shadow demon was also created by it. The superior who created this dream, in the dream It is invincible."

He frowned, suddenly confused.

"The superior is indeed invincible, especially in its dream, but our purpose is not to fight it, but to leave the dream." Bai Ge said: "We want it to wake up."

"If it is willing to wake up, it should have woken up..."

Yi Nian seems to believe that the so-called superior is already the final boss.

Bai Ge shook his head.

"not necessarily."

"It may not be unwilling to wake up, but it may not be able to wake up at all."

"Otherwise, why does it maintain such a dream? What's the meaning? The dream here has no real meaning of existence. It seems to be just a cage for wild animals, a facility built to feed something."

Yi Nian asked: "Could it be to fill my stomach?"

"Can you eat enough in your dreams?" Bai Ge asked back: "If it really wants to eat people, it doesn't need to go through so much trouble."

"The more I listen, the more confused I become. Can you be more straightforward?"

His temper was already irritable at the first thought, so going around in circles made him anxious.