doomsday beta

After getting the results in the middle of the night, Jiang Cheng did not discuss with Guo Jia in depth, but frowned and predicted: Baoguo might be in danger, and the local embassy should be notified immediately to activate the emergency plan.

At that time, the Republic of Bulgaria, located in the second district of the East, was still in the evening of the National Day on March 3.

Sure enough, as soon as the national day of Baoguo ended, the game made an announcement:

[Successfully trigger NPC Wesker, unlock the special expansion pack, and start delivering it immediately! 】

At this time, it was the dawn of March 3 in China, and it was dawn.

Guo Jia woke up early in the morning, received the report sent by Secretary Chang early in the morning, and connected with consultant Jiang Cheng.

Baoguo's reputation in China is far less than that of her neighbor Turkey, and it is in the off-season for tourism, so there are not many Chinese tourists.Just now the Consul General in Bulgaria sent back the news that the Chinese tourists have been safely taken away, and some overseas workers who cannot evacuate the dungeon area because of their player status have also been notified in place to take refuge online and start rescue after the dungeon is over.

This small country with only over 700 million people is at the tail end of the European Union.

However, no matter how late the news is, in the face of frequent natural disasters in various countries around the world, they will also notice something strange, follow the footsteps of several bigwigs from EU member states, and raise their vigilance against "Noah's Ark".

According to the survey, because the Baoguo service area does not pay attention to the mastermind, the game experience is poor. The original registered players are less than [-], and the average daily online number is only [-] to [-].

Due to the extremely difficult task, more than a month after the server was launched, [-]% of the players are still stranded in Novice Village.Under the instigation of the official media, a large number of players gave up wasting time and diverted to other keyboard online games. The number of online players in the full-server game during peak hours was only three digits.And on the town-level map that triggers NPC, there are even fewer.

In the first 23 hours, the National Day event came to an end safely, until Jiang Cheng predicted that soon, the next day - when the traffic peak has passed and there are only three or two night owls left online, according to the difficulty of the game, they will hit an NPC and trigger The possibility of the game has infinitely approached zero, but just at this time, some players triggered the expansion pack in a daze, and were complacent about it.

"Our investigation found that the past mood posted by the player who triggered the NPC on the Skype homepage, without exception, complained that the game was difficult to play and there was no way to complain. Until the last few minutes of the National Day, he felt a sneaky The figure hovered around, at first I thought it was a criminal, but I didn't expect it to be an expansion pack NPC."

Secretary Chang said: "Coincidentally, many high-level players in the insurance server have disclosed on the Internet that they encountered 'stalking' at the same time, but most of the other players panicked and went offline. Only this daring player confronted the NPC directly. Confrontation, only one face-to-face, and the prompt to open the expansion pack sounded."

"It can be seen that this is entirely Noah's initiative and deliberately letting players trigger the expansion pack."

Jiang Cheng on the other end of the video took over the conversation and said:

"...after the national day special expansion pack failed to be triggered in many service areas such as Iran, Serbia, Lithuania, Gambia, Brunei, Guyana, Estonia, etc., a service area that is usually neglected by the game was easily triggered successfully! This shows that : Little Noah is already extremely unhappy and needs to have some fun."

Guo Jia cast a glance.

Jiang Cheng paused, "Okay, I understand it's a bit offensive to say that."

He said: "But you can see that the anchor announced that the opening of the expansion pack was unsuccessful, and he had a dull expression on his face. Only when the expansion pack was delivered would he show a happy expression. Obviously, our disasters and sufferings are what they enjoy in adjusting their lives?"

Guo Jia sighed.

Jiang Cheng persisted and said: "You also saw that the temporary copy last night was in the community where Fang Zhou lived, and only Fang Zhou was rewarded, and the others ended without touching a hair. Little Noah didn't mean enough Is it obvious? You have to make a decision early, otherwise, little Noah is really in a hurry, and it is not impossible to move the October National Day special celebration to today..."

Guo Jia nodded.

Turning to look at Secretary Chang: "I remember that Fang Zhou is going to court today?"

"Yes, it will be arranged this morning."

……

After Fang Zhou got up in the morning and washed up, Li Chui and others were already waiting downstairs to pick him up and go to the court.

In the car, Li Liangfeng tried his best to comfort Fang Zhou. Don't worry too much about the verdict. Li Hammer didn't want to put too much pressure on him. He talked about Fang Zhou's feat of distributing equipment, and then mentioned that the two girlfriends came out in a hurry last night and didn't ask for leave. The matter was stabbed to the parents and went home to receive education.

Gag all the way, came to the East City Court.

The entire trial process went very smoothly, and the verdict came out in the afternoon.

Skimming through the lengthy content about Ark’s vile violation of military personnel’s personal information but not causing military life and property damage, etc., it was decided to restrict Ark’s exit from the country and undergo eleven-month supervision. ——The time set is probably in consideration of the time limit set for the destruction of the world at the end of the third warning letter.

"I looked over and over again, does it mean that as long as you don't violate the rules, nothing will happen?"

Ark nodded.

Li Chui raised the document, and finally reached a point:

"The above not only did not expressly restrict you from going online without permission, but also said that during this period, you need to cooperate with the country's actions and be ready to serve the country at any time. Therefore, you must keep the player account in normal use, and ensure that the time limit for clearing the account will not be triggered. Accompanied by supervisors Carry out online activities..."

"So, you are online by order?" Li Chui looked envious.

After Fang Zhou put away the relevant documents, several of them went out to have a good meal, and then went back to their respective homes.

At night, when the armed Li Chui and others were discussing in the group how to avoid the government's eyeliner and show off their skills against the wild monsters in the wild mountains and mountains, Fang Zhou had already notified the East City Anti-Terrorism Office. Accompanied, landed in Shanhai Town.

In the early morning of autumn, the game is still a bit chilly.

Fang Zhou fastened his clothes and walked in the town where people come and go—to be precise, NPCs come and go.

Because the rescue operation has ended, only sporadic members of the Anti-Terrorism Office passed through it. As for ordinary players, Ark looked around and only saw Noah's team who had lost Jiang Cheng's relationship.

In the restaurant selling breakfast across the street, Jiang Xun, who was on a mission, lit up and was about to come over.

Fang Zhou withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked into the Shanhai Academy of Gaomen Hongzhu.

It is called a school, so it is natural to preach and teach.

As soon as you enter the door, you will see several forks on the main road, which lead to various courtyards in a "feng" shape. In the distance, on a narrow path surrounded by thick shade, there is a faint sound, rustling in the depths of the red maple. Between.

"It doesn't work. Sure enough, every road is stuck as soon as it reaches the trash can."

"Trash bin! This golden toad obviously wants to throw money into it when it opens its mouth. It's because we have to pay the tuition fee before letting it go!"

"I just said that the gate of the school opens as soon as it is pushed, and you can enter and exit casually. It turns out that there are barriers everywhere!"

Fang Zhou looked at the guidepost erected next to him.

Under the signposts such as Shennong Baicaoyuan, Hua Tuo Zaizaotang, Jiang Taigong Fishing Workshop, etc., the taught courses are indicated: collecting skills, pharmacy skills, fishing skills, sewing skills, identification skills, iron smelting skills, etc., etc. foot.

The tuition fee is marked at the end, and the unified price is 20 silver.

"Fuckme! 1 Silver costs 4000 RMB, and a skill costs [-]! The hell it's not a wall, it's just a damn life skill!"

Fang Zhou turned his head following the familiar voice.

The red devil who had just entered the school walked up to him, feeling a lot of emotion: "I said, this game is so ruthless in killing players, and it doesn't care about the hard work of ordinary people earning money! It's obvious that you don't want players to learn skills hard?"

In the blink of an eye from Fang Zhou, Jiang Xun had already squeezed away the Red Devils, and moved forward to occupy the C position in Fang Zhou's field of vision.

Glancing at the restless clothes corner beside him, it's self-evident that someone's forelimbs are itchy and want to move.Fang Zhou didn't know if it was because Jiang Cheng had people push him into the pit, Nian Beast was disgusted with the house, and even Jiang Cheng's own brothers were hostile.

He flicked his hand in the void to appease the restless Nian Beast.

Su Cheng, who had been following silently and without any sense of presence, cast a keen glance, remembering the strange wind blowing in the collapsed pit that day.

But before he could think about it, he was surrounded by colleagues who got out of the path to chat, and they complained that the game was ruining the body and mind, and asked Su Cheng, who was "respected by the team leader", to ask on his behalf: Can the tuition be reimbursed?

In a few or two sentences, Su Cheng's doubts were blown to the back of his mind, and he was tired of dealing with the team members.

Fang Zhou next to him looked at Jiang Xun, "Is there something wrong?"

Jiang Xun scratched his head, "That's not true."

"Then borrow it."

Jiang Xun foolishly moved away, and waited for the ark to pass by, then he came back to his senses in the sigh of his teammates. He slapped his forehead, and was about to catch up with Su Cheng, who was throwing off his colleague next to him, when he saw the young man in front of him stop. , turned and walked straight towards Jiang Xun.

The slow steps seemed to be stepping on the tip of Jiang Xun's heart, beating drums in his heart.

As the distance between the two became shorter and shorter, the tall and handsome young man's body became stiff—this stiffness reached its peak when the ark stopped in front of him.

He almost held his breath, waiting for Fang Zhou to express, when he saw the young man pull out an object out of thin air and put it in the palm of Jiang Xun's half-raised hand subconsciously trying to cover his chest.

It is the "The Woodcutter and Hermes".

"Give it back to you."

Jiang Xun was stunned.

Watching Fang Zhou turn around and leave without delay, his heart, which was about to jump out of the way, felt like it had been hit hard, and fell back hard into the depths where the sun could not be seen.

"Just, that's it... is this gone?"

He was answered by his teammates shaking their heads and sighing, and the gossiping glances of the onlookers before they turned into the alley to pay the tuition fees, and the back view of Fang Zhou, who was the focus of attention, disappeared at the end of the main road with Su Cheng.

Fang Zhou pushed away the main hall of the school, waved his hands behind his back, signaled the huge Nian Beast to stay outside the door, and brought Su Cheng in through the door.

The interior decoration of the hall is antique, looking around, let alone empty, not even a bird shadow.

Fang Zhou turned his gaze back to the display again.

A tree branch was inserted into the exquisite ceramic ornaments placed in the corner, and flower pots were placed on the flower rack beside it, with seasonal yellow | chrysanthemums planted, layer after layer.

Patchwork, bright as gold.

On the wall next to the flower stand, there are calligraphy and paintings of fish, wood, bird and people hanging in a row, and there seems to be nothing particularly eye-catching.

Only on the table in the center of the hall, a stick was placed like a place of worship, and a set of teacups and a teapot overflowing with fragrance and steaming were placed beside it.

A futon is placed in front of the table.

"A lottery? Is this the kind used in Chinese temples to count marriages and beg for children?"

There was a "creak" sound on the door, and Noah's team was a few steps late.

Weiwei went straight to the sign holder when she entered the door, and found the problem as soon as she touched it:

"The bottom seems to be stuck!"

She went to draw the wooden sticks in the barrel again, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue and purple in different colors, but none of them could be pulled out.

"What's the matter?"

"...It should be to make people kneel down."

As Li Jie spoke, he looked away from the futon, looked around, and stopped at Fang Zhou who retreated to the side.

Originally, it was only out of the intention of paying attention to, probing and confronting competitors who repeatedly beat him, but before their eyes stopped for half a second, a figure blocked his vision and glared at Li Jie, "What are you looking at? Where are your eyes going?" Let it go!"

"Boss, you really..."

Li Jie sighed speechlessly, looked away, and greeted his teammates, "The tuition is so expensive ahead, maybe the mystery is here, why don't you kneel on the mat and pay homage to see the situation?"

He Dongfeng volunteered, knelt down and kowtowed.

It was very quiet and there was no movement.

He Xifeng booed from the side: "Do you want to kneel three times and kowtow nine times or something? You are so dishonest! Knock two more, kowtow twice more!"

He Dongfeng bowed again and again, but when the three heads went down, there was still no change in the surroundings.

Noah and the others looked at each other, and Li Jie looked at Fang Zhou subconsciously.

The tall young man stood quietly and looked at the teapot, Li Jie had a flash of inspiration.

"Is it the tradition of Chinese apprentices to serve tea and pour water?"

He Xifeng, who had been merciless in teasing his elder brother before, now helped his elder brother to serve tea on his behalf.

Kneeling on the futon and holding the teacup high, his arms were stiff for a while.

There was only silence in the air that responded to him.

"Should I kowtow again?"

He muttered, tried to put the teacup on the desk, and kowtowed again, but it was still in vain.

Noah and the others were completely at a loss, and looked at Li Jie, who was in charge of IQ, while Li Jie looked at the young man who was watching.

But Fang Zhou just looked away from Noah and the others who helped him rule out the wrong option, leaving an indifferent back, and turned to look at the interior decoration.

In the golden autumn season, when the branches and leaves are withered, it is very common to put a bare branch in the bottle.

Fang Zhou went to the corner, took out the bare branches, and there was a scent of cinnamon.

Osmanthus osmanthus is in season in autumn, and it is a bit unusual to put a bare branch.

Look at the chrysanthemums on the side, two by two, two by two, placed in several layers and meet at the bottom, only a pot of chrysanthemums and an apple.

"Osmanthus fragrans."

"Chrysanthemum apple."

Fang Zhou murmured, and inserted back the laurel branch.

The line of sight pauses on the forked cinnamon branches protruding from the round mouth of the bottle and twists into 2 shapes, and then glances at the V-shape formed by the connected chrysanthemum potted plants, and suddenly the eyes are deeply focused.

He lowered his head to compare his watch and understood something.

Only then did he look up at the four scrolls hanging on the wall next to him.

"What kind of strange things are these paintings?"

Before the Red Devil approached and stood still, Jiang Xun immediately glanced over. He took a few steps back wisely, and opened a distance of one meter from the ark before looking at the picture scroll again.

I saw a mermaid in the first picture.

But it is not the mermaid with a human head and a fish body in fairy tales, but a fish head and a human body.

The words left on the right side: The mountain of Shaoshi, Xiushui flows out, and Beiliu flows into Luo.Among them, there are many fishes, which are shaped like scorpions and long-distance, with white feet facing each other. The eaters have no Gu disease and can defend soldiers. ——"Shan Hai Jing Zhongci Qi Jing"

Then there is the landscape map in the volume.

There are many lush trees in the mountains, and there are vigorous green trees with crowns like canopies bearing cocoon-shaped fruits. The lushness is very conspicuous, but they are hidden behind. Instead, an inconspicuous green tree occupies the main position of the picture scroll, bearing sporadic fruits. red berries.

The words next to it: the mountain of great time, there are many hogs and oaks on it. ——"Shan Hai Jing Xi Shan Jing"

The third picture shows a bird.

There is a word saying: On the mountain of Qingqiu, there is a bird Yan, whose shape is like a dove, and its sound is like ah, the name is Guanguan, and it is not confusing to wear it. ——"Shan Hai Jing · Nan Shan Jing"

In the fourth painting is a man with strangely long lower limbs.

There is a saying beside it: In the North Sea, there is a country of nail spirits.Its people have hair from the knees down, have horseshoes, and are good at walking. ——"Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Jing"

"Tiger."

"Big wood, oak wood."

"Irrigate."

"A man from the Ningling Kingdom."

Fang Zhou walked past the scroll one by one, and suddenly stopped.

"I see."