A Race to (Be) The Top

Three or ten minutes later, Ling Xiaolu went online like a thief, looked around cautiously, and was relieved to be sure that there was no one there.

"It's been so long since I've been offline, did you go to masturbate? The power of Ecstasy Powder really shouldn't be underestimated!"

Ling Long came out of nowhere, which startled him a lot.

"Scary to death, you!"

"Don't worry, Ji Meng has already left."

"Hmph, I haven't settled with you yet." Ling Xiaolu had the intention of beheading him.

"Settling the score?" Ling Long exaggeratedly clutched his chest, "If I hadn't kicked him just now, you might be in Dongye now."

"Tono? Where is that?"

"It's where the mansion of the applicant you saw just now is located."

Ling Xiaolu squinted at him: "You know it pretty well."

"Shangyue is a valued customer of our company, and every customer service requires to know their basic information well." Ling Long answered fluently.

"Really? What about Li Zheng?"

"He has lived in an inaccessible place in Beimang for a long time, and he rarely goes down the mountain."

"Very well, then I will set off in the southwest direction farthest from them."

Linglong pressed his forehead with his claws: "There are currently about a hundred applicants in this game, scattered in every corner of the continent, and almost everyone has their own sphere of influence. Not to mention that they have unlimited teleportation rights and can reach them in a short time Anywhere I want to go, I guess blindly adopting escape tactics is ineffective."

Ling Xiaolu froze for a few seconds, then turned around and walked in the direction of Yuanting Town.

"Where are you going?"

Ling Long wobbled and followed.

"Since I can't run away, I just don't run away. The most dangerous place is the safest place. There are so many people in Yuanting Town, so it will be difficult to find me from a bunch of green names."

Ling Long suddenly realized: "You are so smart!"

"Tell me how this game is played, and if something like this happens again, I can't be so passive like this time."

"Ambition!" Ling Long held his paw, "I just like to follow ambitious players like you!"

"Don't say anything else, does this game have a public chat channel?"

"Of course! We have many channels, public, private, geographically, and purposely. You can pinch your earlobe and say the name of the channel you want to add. Open the chat window, if it is a private encrypted channel, you need to connect the password after the channel name, or you can only join if you are invited. Then you can open the private chat by connecting the user name. By the way, if you need to call me at any time, you can also use this way."

Ling Xiaolu pinched his right earlobe: "Linglong."

A floating mini card popped out in front of his eyes, which was a chat box.

Linglong: Did you see it?In the future, when it is inconvenient to speak, you can also use text to communicate.

Ling Long: You just need to think about the content you want to input in your mind, and the system will automatically read it.

Ruby: All right, you unparalleled stalwart in the universe.

Ling Long: ...you have spoken out what is in your heart.

Ruby: Oh, it's not very comfortable to retract and retract, sorry for the four-horned bug.

Ling Long: ... (maintaining a rational and professional smile)

With a flick of his finger, Ling Xiaolu swiped away Linglong's chat box and ordered again.

"Regional Channel - Waking of Insects City."

System: Joined the local area channel.

Another chat window popped up, the Jingzhe City area channel was busy, and the players were chatting quickly.

[Region] Chu Huan: Who said that there was a gathering in Yuanting Town?Where?

[Region] Bai Qi: There should be places with fan names.

[Region] Qiuqiu Little Teddy: I ​​searched for a long time but I couldn't find the pink and gold names, either red or green.

[Region] Maiden Man: You don't have a pet tracking radar, how could you find it.

[Region] Nia: But it’s been a lot, someone should see it.

[Region] Days and leaves endlessly: I saw it!At the forest entrance outside the town!

[Region] Ruan Qi: Who is who? !Send a screenshot!

[Region] Days and leaves: [Screenshot]

[Region] Qiao Yu: It's Kou's father!

[Region] Wei Zhengzhi: Stop talking, I'm going to find my father.Dad wait for me!

When Ling Xiaolu walked out of the forest, he saw a Shangyue named Dou Kou surrounded by a group of passers-by, almost unable to move an inch.

He took a deep breath, and swaggered past in front of Jin Ming. The legendary father Kou was tired of dealing with more and more leg-hugging parties, completely unaware that he and his prey were passing by like this.

Ling Xiaolu breathed a sigh of relief after walking out of the other party's line of sight. God knows how afraid he was of being recognized just now.

It seems that this method is very effective. As long as someone covers more, he is not afraid of exposing doubts.

Linglong flies around him obediently, disguised as a quiet Meifenglong, and makes a systematic action from time to time to give full play to the most commonly used function of a non-combat pet - to be cute.

After passing the first level, he needs to arm himself for the second level.

"Where can I learn skills?"

"Elf school, commonly known as the pet exchange. Most of the skills can be learned there. In addition, there are some rare skills that need to be learned through skill books. There are various ways to acquire them."

"Pet Exchange? Your game also designs a place for pet mating?" Ling Xiaolu asked contemptuously.

"Where did you go?" Ling Long was even more contemptuous, "Pet exchanges, when there were no player pet stores at the earliest, everyone bought and sold pets in elf schools. This common name has not changed until now, and retail investors still like it. It is traded there, but its official name is rarely called by anyone.”

"..."

The pet exchange is the pet exchange. Ling Xiaolu found the largest building in the town. Sure enough, many retail investors are holding their babies to sell here, and some people are bargaining. Ling Xiaolu did not bring a baby with him. .

"Newly caught mammoth baby elephant, rare pet, can learn to mount!"

"Come and see my baby praying mantis. It's the best in attack and sensitivity, and it's a must for martial arts!"

"The most suitable black sheep for novices, jump off the building for sale!"

Ling Xiaolu ignored them and went straight to where the elf trainer was. There were seven NPCs here, each with a different title on their heads.

"The pets in the game are divided into eight departments, namely insects, plants, beasts, undead, metal, elves and dragons, as well as the human department played by the player. Each department has different subjects, and each department contains seven Babies with different attributes, such as the Wind-breathing Pterosaur with the wind attribute, the Ice Dragon with the water attribute, and the Flame Flame Dragon with the fire attribute. But it's a university question."

"You said there are eight departments for pets, but there are only seven teaching NPCs here."

"Because there is no human-type trainer, the pet played by the player has no exclusive skills, but can learn all the skills of the other seven departments. This alone is enough to defy the sky. Think about it, insect-type babies are good at attacking, and plant-type babies are good at Add blood, and you can do it all by yourself!"

"But there is always an upper limit to learning, right?"

"That's right, the total value of a pet's talent is fixed, so choosing what skills to learn is also a university question. But if you are not satisfied with your skills, you can wash them at any time, and you only need to pay the washing fee."

Ling Xiaolu asked the beast trainer closest to him, and a thick martial arts cheat book fell from the sky. Players can flip through it. Each page has a skill written on it, but what puzzles Ling Xiaolu is that the names of these skills are all gray .

"I can't learn these skills?"

"You have to check whether the learning conditions after the skill are met. General skills need to meet two conditions, talent points and money. Exclusive skills also have requirements for the breed of pets."

Ling Xiaolu casually turned a page:

-Earthquake [top level]

——Talent Points: 240 Points/Money: 200000 Spirit Coins/Exclusive: Mammoth Branch

——Skill Effect: Make the ground vibrate strongly, interrupting all targets within the range.

- Cooldown: 5 minutes

"Oh? This is a very powerful PVP group attack skill, and it requires a lot of talent points. Learning this means giving up many other skills, so think twice."

"I don't have enough talent points, and I don't have any money. How can I get talent points?"

"Do missions and accept commissions, but the fastest thing is to eat."

"eat?"

"Take a pat on the waist, this is a quick gesture to open the luggage."

Ling Xiaolu opened the bag as he said. The novice bag is very small, with only 24 compartments.

"We gave you two talent pills, and each pill can increase your talent by 25 points, which is enough for you to learn some single-target attack skills. If you want to increase your talent later, you can only rely on your own efforts."

Ling Xiaolu took the ball out of the bag and put it in his mouth.He originally thought that the props in the game would not have a taste, but he didn't expect that this gifted meatball would melt in the mouth, and after swallowing for a long time, there was still a faint scent of osmanthus on his lips and teeth.

"Delicious!" he said intoxicated.

"It tastes good, right? Our technical department has put a lot of effort into sensory simulation, including the various energy bottles, action potions, and booster foods in the game that all have unique tastes. There are even many foodies playing this game just to Eat, the point is, no matter how you eat, you don’t have to worry about getting fat!”

"...Your game will be a hit." Ling Xiaolu said sincerely.

With the cultivation base and the start-up funds given by the system, some primary skill names were finally highlighted.

He studied the skill books of seven trainers in turn, and finally selected two——

——Frost Arrow [Level 15]: Elf-type attack spell, which causes a small amount of damage to the target and at the same time produces a deceleration effect on the target.Consume [-] points of talent to upgrade to level ten.

——Earth Dungeon [Top Level]: Plant-based anti-control spells, removes the effect of slowing down and immobilizing oneself, and escapes from the battle with the help of the power of the earth.Consumes 35 points of talent.

Ling Long watched from the side with black lines all over his face, one made the enemy unable to get close, and the other made himself run fast, as expected of a pet thinking that does not want to be a pet.

Ling Xiaolu got two skill books. He put the book between his palms and clapped his hands. The pages of the book turned into little fluorescent lights and dissipated. At the same time, he also received a system prompt.

[System] You have mastered the new skills [Frost Arrow] and [Earth Dungeon]. Please check them on the skill panel.

[System] You have obtained achievements: master 1 skill, reward 5 achievement points.

"How to quickly open the skill panel?"

"You need to make a seal like this."

Ling Long compared it with his four-fingered claws. The structure was different and the size was small. Ling Xiaolu couldn't see clearly at all, so Ling Long had to call out the picture in the novice manual for him.

The gesture of summoning the skill panel is quite cool. The first three fingers are straightened, and the last two fingers are bent. When they are together, it looks like a ninja's gesture at first glance.

The skill panel is arranged in the order of the seven types of pets. Currently, only the elves and plants have icons.

"Skills in the game can be triggered by action or language, or a combination of the two. You can set the trigger conditions for each skill. It is very interesting to set skills. For example, you can bind ice arrows with a casting action, or use You can use the language 'BIUBIUBIU' to trigger it, and you can also shout 'BIUBIUBIU' while casting a spell, the third combination usage in the game is relatively common."

"..." Ling Xiaolu, "but the third one sounds the most middle-class."

"Because there are quite a lot of skills in the game, including physical attacks, magic attacks, and auxiliary skills. Many players like to organize them like this, for example: Ping Slash + Drink = Whirlwind Slash, Ping Slash + Ha = Flame Slash, Ping Slash + Roar = serial slash; or: spell casting + point = ice arrow, spell casting + line = ice dragon spell, spell casting + surface = ice rain spell, this is easier to remember."

"Isn't it easier for me to use the name of the skill as the trigger condition?"

"It is strongly recommended that you do not do that, otherwise during PK, the opponent will know what move you are going to make just by listening to the sound, so try to set it as personalized as possible." Ling Long couldn't stop talking here, "Actually, as a As a GM, I have seen too many creative players. Some people have to recite a heart sutra every time they release a skill. There are also kung fu players who bind skills with martial arts moves. Casting skills is like flowing water, which is amazing. You must see the opportunity.”

"Can you still play like this? Let me think about it..."

Ling Xiaolu made settings for the two newly learned skills. Put two fingers together and connect to "Don't come over" is Frostbolt, and backflip on the spot to connect with "I'm going" is Tudun.

Ling Long was a little worried: "Is the backflip a bit more difficult?"

"can you?"

Ling Xiaolu grew up learning hip-hop and playing parkour, and this level of movement is really a trivial skill for him.He tried it out once on the spot, and every time he activated a skill, an icon would be refreshed in the center of the virtual interface, accompanied by cool light and explosive sound effects.

"Awesome!" Ling Long stared at the stars, "I can't see that you are still a master, and I am full of expectations for your future."

After learning the two skills, Ling Xiaolu was truly destitute.

"Is there any way to make money?"

"For novices, if you want to make money, you have to accept commissions honestly. After completing the commissions, you can get money. The materials collected during the commissioning process can also be sold to player stores. The accumulated income is also good."

"Is there any way to make money quickly?"

"That's even easier. Now you go out and find a place with the most people, shouting that I am a human pet, and there will be a lot of money to adopt you soon. At that time, you don't have to do anything, you can play however you want Play."

Ling Xiaolu: convex =_= convex

The regional channel that was minimized by Ling Xiaolu flickered, and he clicked on it, and it turned out that someone had posted an announcement in it.Publishing an announcement requires paying a fee to the system, and the wider the channel range, the higher the fee.

[Region] [Announcement] Dou Kou: 500W will be rewarded for providing fan name coordinates in private messages, reward + block for those who provide false information.

500 million!

Ling Xiaolu couldn't wait to open his bag and counted twice, and confirmed that all his belongings were less than 500 coins.

"Look! I'm actually worth 500 million!"

Ling Long was very disdainful: "What is 500 million, just wait and see."

Sure enough, under that announcement, another one was posted quickly:

[Region] [Announcement] Ji Meng: The reward coordinates are 1000W, and the ID is 2000W.

2000!Dancing grass!Ling Xiaolu was about to scream: "This dad's ID looks familiar!"

Ling Long: ...the spine!

"No, the one above is used to calling him Papa Kou, and the one below is usually called Husband." Ling Long was afraid that he might call him wrong, so he kindly explained.

Sure enough, enthusiastic players have set an example for Ling Xiaolu.

[Region] Hei Zi: Husband is domineering!

[Region] Mo Yu: Husband, you are awesome!

[Region] Baa Baa: The walls are changing so quickly, be careful that your father will sever the father-son relationship with you.

[Region] Mo Yu: Then what's the matter, I don't want a father anymore after I have a husband!

[Region] Ah Miao: A person surnamed Ji dares to flirt, isn't he afraid of being banned?

[Region] Porridge: The newcomer asks for an explanation. Could it be the Ji I imagined?

[Region] Dichlorvos: Swearing upstairs→_→

[Region] Porridge: ... Halo, I didn't mean that!

Ling Xiaolu was deeply inspired: "No wonder people call him husband instead of father. Ji's father is really ugly."

Ling Long: ...I really want to laugh but I can't be presumptuous.

"But they said they would be banned. What's wrong with this surname?"

"Are you really ignorant, or are you pretending to be ignorant?"

"Isn't it a screen name?"

"No no, it's your real name."

Using his real name in the game, this guy has a big heart.

"I really don't know, please give me some science."

"Have you ever heard of the president of Xinshan Company?"

"do not know."

"Ji Taihuan."

"...Could it be that Ji Meng is your crown prince?"

"No, he is the president's nephew. However, since Boss Ji has no children, many people in the game call him Prince Ji." Ling Long added in a low voice, "This is a dirty name, so don't call him in person."

Ling Xiaolu: ...

Ling Xiaolu sorted out the relationship between the characters: "So just now he said that the ring was given by the uncle, but it was actually given by your boss? Why didn't you say such important information just now?"

"Ji's surname is not too common. I thought most people would notice it, at least those who play this game would have heard of it."

"I'm really sorry, I used to be obsessed with studying, and I didn't pay attention to the question of the last name of President Xinshan."

"It doesn't matter, at least now, you have had close contact with Ji's family, haven't you?"

"Can I choose not to contact him?" Ling Xiaolu asked, "The previous customer service girl still bluffed him, you dared to lie to the president's nephew."

"Our company is customer-oriented, all players are treated equally, and there is no partiality at all."

"Isn't his money changed by the programmer?"

"Talking with data is a violation of the game convention. Even the president's own daughter doesn't allow it. All his game coins are bought through legitimate channels."

"But the money to buy game currency comes from players."

"That's true, but the player's consumption is normal, and he's also earning it legitimately. There's nothing wrong with it."

"Will he really not go to the technical department to check?" Ling Xiaolu was still worried.

"I have to check it early in the morning, and I don't need to report the bug to the GM. You don't have to worry about this. He is not the only high-level family member who is active in this game. Everyone consciously abides by the rules, otherwise the players would have caused trouble."

"That's okay." Ling Xiaolu walked out, ready to study the commission that Ling Long said.

He went out of the door of the pet exchange, but ran into Ji Meng head-on, who also found him almost at the same time.

"It's you!"

As soon as Ji Meng saw Ling Xiaolu, he immediately walked towards him, Ling Xiaolu panicked, and pointed with two fingers:

"do not come!"

An ice arrow shot out, and Ji Meng's feet had the effect of freezing and slowing down.

Ji Meng didn't expect that someone would dare to attack him head-on. He looked down and was furious: "How dare you slow me down?"

Ling Xiaolu didn't care what he said, and immediately flipped backwards on the spot:

"I'm going!"

Ji Meng watched helplessly as he disappeared out of thin air, leaving only the dusty effect of his skills in place.

The first-level ice arrow only lasted for 1.5 seconds before it was over. Ji Meng rushed over and looked around, but he couldn't even see the shadow of Ling Xiaolu.

This was the second time that he ran away in person, and Ji Meng, who was in a state of despair, pulled out the big sword behind his back and swung it heavily in the air, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Damn! You wait for me!"

The author has something to say: *Gong Shou is a child preparing to go to college, and his words and deeds are relatively immature.This is the smallest (most middle two) protagonist CP I have ever written.