King from scratch

Why things turned out like this may start with He Xingwen's choice to refuse to admit it.

The identity of His Majesty the King represents so much that, two years after he disappeared, the country is still trying to find him.

Of course, most people have no hope of finding His Majesty the King. After all, the objective gap between them is doomed that they can only remain passive in front of each other.

Behind the most far-reaching "spiritual recovery" on the earth is the opponent's shadow, and His Majesty the King has pushed the earth into the age of superpowers.

If such an existence can be found, it should be found when the opponent's wings are not yet full.

Therefore, although the country is still trying its best to find His Majesty, this behavior is not so much to find His Majesty, but rather to maintain internal emotional stability.

But who would have thought that His Majesty the King was found.

Strictly speaking, it was "Schrödinger's discovery". As long as He Xingwen didn't admit it, they wouldn't really have found His Majesty the King.

After all, they couldn't prove that the other party was His Majesty the King.

Of course, the real meaning of the so-called "unable to prove" is that they don't know how to deal with this His Majesty who "does not recognize himself as His Majesty the King".

If the other party admits it frankly, maybe after some trials, everyone can pick up the tacit cooperation before and carry out further cooperation on the different world and the earth.

But the other side doesn't admit it...

Then other people have to consider the meaning behind the other party's attitude and the price they have to pay if they insist on the other party's acknowledgment.

So, after several very high-level discussions with very small scope, things finally evolved into this situation.

Everyone tacitly pretends nothing happened.

Of course, no one really acts like nothing happened.

For example, Wu Xing put down other tasks in his hands and almost followed He Xingwen every inch of the way, and it was inevitable that several "new neighbors" would move in near He Xingwen's house.

These can only be regarded as some small personnel changes.

The most obvious are changes in attitudes and actions.

For example--

Wu Xing walked around He Xingwen with a stack of papers, muttering to himself, "It seems that this experiment does not require your cooperation. Does this experiment take a little time? This experiment seems unnecessary..."

He Xingwen had just accompanied He Tong to get a certificate, and at the moment he was admiring the group photo in the small notebook, when he heard this, he extended his hand to Wu Xingyi.

Wu Xing immediately handed over the stack of experimental materials in his hand with relief.

He Xingwen casually crossed out most of the unnecessary experiments in the materials.

As a result, He Xingwen's new schedule was freshly released, and most of the time was allocated to the hologram game.

This is just one of the daily routines where "nothing happens", the rest is—

Wu Xingxu babbled: "Do you know the progress of the research on the unknown object on the seabed? I heard that it really doesn't look like a product of the earth..."

While peeling the oranges, He Xingwen said, "I didn't know about it."

Wu Xing obsequiously took the orange and helped him peel it, and said while peeling, "Then what do you think? Is this really an alien product?"

He Xingwen took another orange, peeled it again, and said in a casual way: "Not necessarily."

After peeling the oranges, Wu Xing handed the oranges to He Xingwen, who was disgusted.

Wu Xing ate it by himself, and broke the casserole while eating and asked the end: "It doesn't necessarily mean that it may be an alien product, or it may not be an alien product?"

He Xingwen handed the peeled orange to He Tong, and wiped his hands slowly: "It doesn't necessarily mean that it may be an alien product, or it may be a product of another world."

"cough cough cough"

Wu Xing was caught off guard and almost choked to death by the orange in his mouth. He drank two big saliva and managed to survive. Turning to look at He Xingwen, his voice suddenly changed: "Product of another world? Impossible? If the other world can do this, We couldn't have been ignorant."

He Xingwen yawned, and shouted to He Jianwen who was busy in the kitchen: "Dad, it's not such an important guest to cook two dishes less."

He Jianwen probed from the kitchen: "Isn't Xiao Wu your leader?"

Wu Xing waved wildly from the side: "No, no, just colleagues...ordinary colleagues."

After this episode passed, He Xingwen turned back to the topic out of boredom and said, "There is no specific reference to another world, so who can say which other world it is?"

Wu Xing was tongue-tied: "Can there be other different worlds here?"

He Xingwen looked at Wu Xing in surprise: "Can you count how many drops of water there are in the sea?"

"But..." Wu Xing paused for a long time and said, "But, isn't it too crowded?"

This shows the difference between the different world and the earth. After learning that the world is far bigger than imagined, the first reaction of the different world is to expand, conquer, and build a new world. After growing up, my first reaction was worry.

He Xingwen didn't answer, and Wu Xing didn't have to get an answer.

After all, this is just a conversation between two ordinary people, nothing more.

In addition, this kind of dialogue between ordinary people also occurs in many fields, including but not limited to the "master console of the game", the "key" of the great scientist, and mutant creatures. Everything is full of curiosity and keen to ask questions.

But not all questions can be answered. He Xingwen, who claims that he has nothing to do with His Majesty the King, answers questions very freely

Wu Xing's level has risen rapidly in just a few days, and of course a lot of hair fell down. I only hate why I picked He Xingwen with my eyes to recognize talents, so that I fell into the current crack to survive. situation.

People in the know have many speculations about these actions of He Xingwen, but He Xingwen doesn't care about those. He is very satisfied with the current "tactful" situation.

When He Xingwen went online again, Wu Xing, who was like a dog's skin plaster, was still beside him.

He Xingwen looked at his character panel, and set the first goal of his gaming career - to gain experience, improve skill levels, and catch up with the big army.

So, Wu Xing watched He Xingwen repeat the previous operation, took a bunch of tasks in one go, and then quickly completed the tasks.

After repeated operations like this several times, He Xingwen has accumulated a lot of experience and credit points due to the rich mission rewards.

Wu Xing didn't know that He Xingwen was playing computer games, he only saw He Xingwen complete those tasks—whether it was unspeakable things or other tasks, it was as easy as leapfrogging monsters.

You must know that the difficulty of the bounty hunter's task corresponds to the player's ability, ensuring that the task can be completed by the player but not easily. However, He Xingwen doesn't need to kill a human being who knows some ether spells, and he does the same for the unspeakable. It's crisp and neat, it's like playing two games with Wu Xing and the others.

Wu Xing, who has been reduced to a leg pendant: Considering the identity of the other party, maybe they are really playing two games.

Is it a concept that the gm can play games with ordinary players?

After He Xingwen finished the bounty hunter mission, he went straight to the kingdom.

He left in Fuyi, but rumors of Xinghan Canlan began to spread in the rivers and lakes—it is said that this player cleared the bounty hunter missions of the Diman Empire.

The source of this legend lies in the strategy that Wang Lun drove out overnight.

The world view that Wang Lun was shattered by the boss was passed on to other players through the latest version of "Diman Empire - Bounty Hunter Speedrunning Strategy".

This strategy is full of dry goods, including the way to obtain the special achievements of bounty hunters, and it has been wildly sought after once it was released.

What's more, in this strategy, Wang Lun also proposed a method to improve the efficiency of task completion, directly find the task target location from the task details, and solve the problem from the source.

At the end of the strategy, Wang Lun humbly gave the source of the strategy: Xinghan Cancan, and spent two long paragraphs of descriptions that have nothing to do with the strategy to express his admiration for the boss from the bottom of his heart.

The player Xinghan Canlan thus entered the public eye, and quickly became one of the many legends in the world.

But for now, this has nothing to do with He Xingwen, he is busy learning new skills.

In He Xingwen's perception, the new skills of the blacksmith profession can only be learned from the dwarves at the kingdom's dwarf academy or on the top of the mountains.

So He Xingwen teleported directly to the kingdom.

The kingdom has undergone tremendous changes. The infrastructure cities that were under construction have long been completed. Hundreds of cities stand on the territory of the kingdom, and the mountains, deserts and jungles have been conquered. Players have traveled all over the territory of the kingdom.

He Xingwen cast a quick glance at the kingdom's territory while boarding the train.

The train has been continuously improved in the past 20 years, and now it has three functions of sea, land and air, and the transportation range covers the entire kingdom. It is a well-deserved number one long-distance transportation tool.

The train riding experience has also been greatly improved. Each location has its own small box to isolate the harassment of other people. Of course, if the relationship is good, two small boxes can also be combined into one.

But He Xingwen doesn't have this need - he is a computer player, and he is not taking the immersive experience.

Wu Xing really wanted to communicate with He Xingwen, but He Xingwen was expressionless the whole time, and it seemed that it was not a good time to start a fight—no way, He Xingwen forgot to use emoticons for the game characters, and the game characters without players are naturally I can only be expressionless.

The train stopped outside the academy, and the isolation buff on He Xingwen's character disappeared. He Xingwen manipulated the game character to get off the train and walked towards the dwarf academy.

He has a small map to navigate, so he doesn't have to worry about getting lost, but he met an over-enthusiastic player on the road, and stuffed him with a stack of paper without saying a word.

"Have you changed your job? Are you considering coming to our marine zoo?"

He Xingwen paused his hand for pressing the "w" button, clicked on the leaflet, and a line of exaggerated slogans popped up on the screen.

"Marine Zoo! Allows you to have close contact with underwater intelligent creatures..."

"I have changed my job," Wu Xing came up to dismiss the players blocking the way: "Blacksmith."

The two players showed regretful expressions: "It's quite early for you to change jobs, who still learns as a blacksmith now..."

After reading the slogan, He Xingwen was silent for two seconds before turning on the mic and asking, "Aquarium is a new job?"

Wu Xing pushed He Xingwen past these two ordinary players, and explained to him: "It can't be considered a new profession..."

He organized the following words: "It is one of the ways for cooperation and exchanges between the submarine civilization and the continental civilization. The Ocean Zoo is the player's nickname for it. Its full name is 'Submarine Civilization College', which is a college that introduces the submarine civilization. , but no players are interested in just introducing the undersea civilization, so I added some techniques of using ether by intelligent undersea creatures, and developed some special skills, which attracted a wave of players.”

"The main advantage of this academy is that anyone can learn without changing jobs..."

Before He Xingwen finished speaking, He Xingwen, who was heading towards the Dwarf Academy, encountered another player blocking the way.

"Have you changed your profession? Are you considering becoming a monk?"

"I changed my job, I changed my job, blacksmith." After rejecting the other party, Wu Xing took He Xingwen past the group of people and explained again: "This is one of the new jobs that were opened before, because the human kingdom and the kingdom have further in-depth cooperation and cooperation. Exchange, so the monk opened a college here to compete with the mage for students."

Wu Xing also introduced the reason why he was frequently intercepted by players along the way: "The new semester is about to start, and everyone is busy completing the npc student source task."

He glanced at He Xingwen, and found that the other party was still expressionless, completely unable to see what he was thinking, and continued: "Generally, old players who have changed jobs don't come back here very often. Only new players come to school at this time."

He Xingwen was a little puzzled: "Where do old players go to learn new skills?"

"The Hall of Knowledge," Wu Xing said honestly, "The Hall of Knowledge, which originally only had scientific common sense, has been restored with many new contents from other professions."

"The Palace of Knowledge currently covers the entire continent. In theory, as long as it is located on the continent and meets the skill requirements, players can learn new skills directly."

He Xingwen stopped, clicked on the personal panel, stared at his skill list for a few seconds, hesitantly clicked on a grayed out skill, and saw a small prompt popping up next to it, reminding the player that experience, credit points, Resources such as favorability have learned this skill.

To be honest, this operation is too online.

He Xingwen lit up all the skills that he hadn't learned before, and asked, "Then how did you learn new skills?"

Wu Xing was stunned by this question: "Direct access to the Hall of Knowledge? How to use skills?"

He Xingwen closed the microphone and asked He Tong: "Why is there no Hall of Knowledge on my side?"

"You don't have an etheric body that can access the Hall of Knowledge," He Tong reminded He Xingwen: "Although players understand the Hall of Knowledge as a large library, it is actually an information carrier composed of ethers, which require the interaction of the etheric body to Complete the process of information exchange."

"Since you play differently from them, the main console of the game directly loads this part of information for you."

He Xingwen felt a little regretful, but after thinking about it, he came up with a new idea: "I'll go to the Hall of Knowledge to have a look."

The word Palace of Knowledge corresponds to two different existences on the mainland. One is the scientific system of great scientists—this is a virtual existence constructed from ether, an encyclopedia with multiple functions.

After it covers the entire continent through the ether matrix, it opens up authority to all intelligent creatures on the continent, allowing intelligent creatures in the South China Sea to access the Hall of Knowledge, which greatly promotes the dissemination and promotion of science on the mainland.

And the other is the organization of the Palace of Knowledge—this is a scientific research institution that perfects the scientific system of great scientists and further studies ether and science.

It promotes and establishes the etheric matrix covering the entire continent, and is the driving force behind the improvement and promotion of the scientific system.

With a certain thought, He Xingwen moved with great force: "Let's go."

Wu Xing followed He Xingwen's footsteps: "Where are you going?"

"The ruins of the Salfa Federation..." He Xingwen pressed the "w" key and asked Wu Xing: "Can players enter that place?"

"Except for the main city of the Kingdom, there is no place on the mainland that players cannot enter," Wu Xing said, "Even the very center of the Salfa Federation site, where the Temple of Knowledge organization is located, is also open to players."

He Xingwen didn't take a few steps before bumping into another scene.

The intelligent creature strolling out of the marine zoo met the tree man on the way, and had a good conversation.

Huge soft-bodied aquatic organisms run across the ground, leaving slippery trails where they pass, huge tentacles drooping on the ground and directly occupying the entire road, while huge trees move in the green belt, their roots firmly Rooted firmly in the ground.

This scene is harmonious and magical, and truly reflects the new order of the mainland centered on the kingdom.

Probably because both parties are not human, they did not communicate in the common language of mankind, but conducted a more convenient spiritual communication.

He Xingwen and the others didn't bother each other, and took a detour - the road ahead was blocked tightly by these two behemoths, making it impassable.

The ruins of the Salfa Federation also changed their appearance.

To be precise, it is far from a ruin now. With the tireless efforts of hundreds of millions of players, even the huge ruins of the Safa Federation have been dug through long ago.

After the player searched the ruins several times at the cost of their lives, the proposal to rebuild the Salfa Federation naturally appeared.

It's not that they want to build a Salfa Federation, but to reproduce the previous layout of the Salfa Federation, which will help to further fill the "scientific" framework.

Therefore, when He Xingwen came to the ruins of the Salfa Federation, he saw half of the ruins and half of the city.

The city was rebuilt in the ruins and put into operation, while some technological products deep in the ruins have not been conquered and still maintain their original appearance.

This place doesn't look like a gold mining place, but more like the center of the mainland.

Because His Majesty the King originally established the principle of "this place does not belong to any force and is open to the entire continent", coupled with the establishment of the New World Order here, after His Majesty the King disappeared for unknown reasons, it has indeed become a substantial part of the mainland. political center.

The Gold of Aegon and the Temple of Knowledge maintain order here, while the influx of players and other gold diggers brings life here.

He Xingwen and the others took Aizhijin's public transportation to the center of the Salfa Federation, where the Temple of Knowledge is now located.

It's not such a mysterious place - any place that the player can enter can't remain mysterious.

It is nothing more than endless buildings, a large number of NPCs, and the ubiquitous Aizhijin.

All the races of intelligent creatures on the entire continent exist here, and He Xingwen caught a glimpse of the demon at a glance. Even in such a perfunctory map, the strange appearance of the demon is still very impactful.

In fact, there are quite a few players here.

He Xingwen quickly understood the reason why this place was neither mysterious nor so lively - he saw many npcs with exclamation marks on their heads.

There are many more missions here than elsewhere.

He Xingwen squeezed into the crowd with quick eyesight and quick hands.

Surrounded by the crowd, Wu Xing couldn't move an inch and watched He Xingwen disappear in front of him.

The others didn't have He Xingwen's cheating method of stepping into a no-man's land in the crowd, so they could only watch this player who appeared out of nowhere, and took a round of tasks in one go.

"Dear Brave, we need some..."

Skip, accept the quest.

"Brave player, there is no need to fear death..."

Skip, accept the quest.

"You came just in time, we still lack..."

Skip, accept the quest.

The efficient He Xingwen once again filled his task list with numerous tasks, only to realize that the distance between the task target and him was too short.

All of them are hundreds of meters, and some mission targets are even only a few meters.

Good guy, is this going to kill people on the spot?

He Xingwen changed his equipment in seconds, the game character had already grasped the dagger, and only then realized from the mission introduction that the mission of the Temple of Knowledge and the mission of the bounty hunter are not the same thing at all.

The attributes of bounty hunters are more inclined to do black work, and they are often murdered and stolen. The degree of ferocity of the task depends on the moral bottom line of the client, but the temple of knowledge is a serious scientific research organization. The experimental subjects did not have the task content of killing people and stealing money at all.

Although the quests in the Hall of Knowledge are far more tedious than other quests, but all players need to earn the reputation of the Hall of Knowledge in exchange for various advanced knowledge, so the popularity here has not been weakened by the boring tasks.

It's hard to say whether the rapid improvement of the scientific system is directly related to the players' success in completing tasks.

However, He Xingwen didn't care about this. As an ordinary player, He Xingwen started the journey of clearing missions again.

The boring tasks for the players, after switching to the computer mode, become even more boring little by little.

He Xingwen left Wu Xing behind, the task ranged from puzzles to testing semi-finished products, and the difficulty ranged from clicking the mouse to exploding on the spot with a bang. It was a very unique death experience.

This is the first time this game character has died. The death is worthless and has no ability to resist. After the screen is grayed out and the tone in the scene dims, the game character is resurrected from the resurrection point.

The system prompts that He Xingwen has randomly dropped a number of favorability points and a certain skill level.

Because the sense of substitution is really lacking, He Xingwen can't feel the players' true feelings for the game, so he has evolved into a tool person who has no emotion to complete the task.

He Xingwen glanced at the task list. Although the game character died on the spot, the task of the semi-finished product test showed that it had been completed.

The research on this thing has definitely failed, right? What’s the matter with directly blowing up the user to death?

He Xingwen complained in his heart, looking at the next task, it is still a semi-finished product test. There are too many such tasks here, and the player's undead traits are brought into full play.

He Xingwen continued to read the mission introduction.

【Preconditions:

Possess the blacksmith profession.

Hall of Knowledge reputation: ≥500.

Demon favorability: ≥0.]

He Xingwen watched it for a few seconds, then sent Wu Xing a private message.

Xinghan Canlan: [How much reputation do you have in the Hall of Knowledge? 】

Wu Xing returned quickly: [350, what's wrong? 】

Xinghan Canlan: [Are there many players with a reputation of more than [-] in the Hall of Knowledge? 】

Wu Xing: [As far as I know, there are only a few masters of the internal test who got it, right?Are you still doing tasks?Reputation reached [-]? 】

Xinghan Canlan: [I seem to have received a special mission. 】

When Wu Xing heard this sentence, he was silent for a few seconds. He felt that the other party's move was quite suspicious of taking off his pants and farting. You are a gm, don't you just accept any special mission if you want to?

But he replied very sincerely: [What special task? 】

Xinghan Canlan: [Hmm... have you heard of the Mechanical Body Project? 】