[Holographic online game] Hooded Warlock

Ji Xuan was very interested in the "remaining 290 meters of the mage's tower" mentioned in the art, so he squeezed into the trading house, and took away Qi Qin, who was already in the middle.

Qi Qin looked at the seat occupied by others in a daze, and said, "Are you not queuing?"

Ji Xuan shook his head, and shared the information with him, regardless of whether Qi Qin had reacted, he said, "We will hang things up when there are fewer people for dinner, and we will go to the Mage Tower to see the situation first."

If the rumors are true, then the remaining 290 meters is probably the true meaning of the Mage Tower to most players.

Ji Xuanyi led Qi Qin all the way into the mage tower, and entered the elevator under the guidance of the guide NPC.

When the elevator was just opened, Ji Xuanyi noticed something was wrong. This morning, the elevator material was still completely invisible, but now it has become a thick frosted glass texture. Although it is impossible to see the things outside completely clearly, it can indeed be vaguely seen. Make some outlines.

Qi Qin also noticed this, looked at Ji Xuanyi in surprise, and said, "The inside of the elevator has really changed!"

Ji Xuanyi frowned and nodded, took Qi Qin to the elevator, hesitated for a moment, and said to the NPC before the elevator started: "Can you walk a little slower?"

The NPC's attitude towards Ji Xuanyi has always been very warm, Ji Xuanyi thought she would respond to his needs, but the NPC smiled and said: "Sorry, the great magician August likes assistants with high work efficiency."

This is what rejection means.

Ji Xuanyi: "...Okay."

Under the operation of the NPC, the elevator slowly ascended and gradually accelerated. At the beginning, Ji Xuanyi could only see figures moving behind the glass, as well as large areas of color, which looked like bookshelves. Halfway through , the speed was so fast that he couldn't see anything, until he reached the top floor and slowed down when he was about to stop, Ji Xuanyi saw the same scene behind the glass as the lower floor.

The middle section of the mage tower seems to have the same layout. If such a large space is used to store books, it is estimated that there will be some abnormal daily tasks.

But correspondingly, since there is such a place, the background setting and main line involved in this game may also be found there.

As soon as Ji Xuan thought about it, when the elevator arrived, the NPC smiled at the two of them and made a "please" gesture.

As soon as Ji Xuan walked out, Qi Qin followed behind.

The sudden change of the elevator definitely means that the official has already planned to disclose updated information to the players. In this case, August may be able to answer questions about this aspect.

Ji Xuan took the time to send a secret message to Yiyi confirming that the rumors were true, pushed the door open and walked into August's room.

Since no one could answer August's question, and he might have to turn his favorability into a negative number, the number of players who came to report to August finally decreased during this period.

But August's mood doesn't look too good.

As soon as Ji Xuan knew why, Mrs. Harman never wrote back to him, and August was very worried about it.

But even though he was carrying Mrs. Harman's letter in his backpack, he was a little confused as to whether he should show it to August.

That letter is more like a general reminder to the player than a quest item that triggers the plot, and there is nothing wrong with Mrs. Harman's thoughts about her and August mentioned in it.

The most important thing is that a major update is coming soon. August means a lot to Starry City. No one knows whether this NPC will really leave the entire Starry City behind when he learns that his daughter may be in danger. Will leaving will affect the next plot.

Ji Xuanyi is not afraid of taking risks, but Fanxingcheng is. Even though he used to be a game cancer who only respected himself, and now he has recovered, he still has to think about other partners.

After thinking over and over again, Ji Xuan still didn't take out Mrs. Harman's letter, but said to the frowning August: "Hello, we are here again."

Because Ji Xuanyi and the others had already had tea once in the morning, August did not stand up to entertain them, but looked up at them and said, "Hamanna still hasn't replied to me."

This sentence is heard by Ji Xuanyi and the others every time they come to interview. Once they heard August unconsciously chanting this sentence when facing other players, and was asked by an innocent player, "Who is Hamana?" "Then give the player a scolding meal.

August didn’t just mutter this sentence once or twice. Some players thought it was a breakthrough in the mission of affection, so they specifically checked the NPC Harmanna. However, there are occasional cases where NPCs have the same name in Western Fantasy games. , such a large-scale game as "Domain" is even more unavoidable. There is a flower shop owner named Harmanna in Fanxing City, who is quite beautiful. Some people speculate whether Auguste is going to fall in love with Sunset Red... …

However, after spending several days experimenting with the dialogue, the player found that the florist and August had nothing to do with each other, and finally had to put this information on hold.

As far as Ji Xuanyi knows, this question has also been included in the popular science summary post of [Unsolved Mysteries - Starry City Chapter] in the forum.

As for whether August intends to be serious about the sunset red or the domineering great magician Bao‖ the little owner of the florist...

August's wind review was murdered!

However, Ji Xuanyi is someone who knows the truth. Facing August's inquiry, he hesitated for a moment, and comforted him: "Maybe there will be a reply in a while."

August sighed, and muttered, "Maybe she's still mad at me... It was my fault at the beginning, and it's been so many years, isn't she planning to forgive me?"

Ji Xuanyi didn't speak, August looked up at them and said, "What's the matter with you?"

Ji Xuan lowered his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking. He came back to his senses after hearing August's question, and said to him: "I want to know, where is the middle floor of the mage tower? A library?"

Sure enough, August responded to the question. He shook his head and corrected: "That's not a library, it's my private library. The books in it are all collected when I was young, almost including everything on this continent."

In other words, if you have any questions or guesses about the main plot or setting, you can find the answer there.

Ji Xuan's eyes brightened slightly, and he said, "Can I go in and have a look?"

August said: "Other people need to pass my test before they are allowed to enter the library, but you are different, you can enter at any time..."

Speaking of this, August showed a somewhat embarrassed expression: "But not now, child, because it has been too long, and the library is being repaired and tidied up. It may take a while to open. I am sorry."

It is also expected, after all, it is the setting data of the whole game, if it can be obtained so long earlier than others, then it is no different from cheating.

Ji Xuan nodded, thanked August, and left with Qi Qin.

If he guessed correctly, there is not much time left for him to save money.

After the exposure of the frosted glass elevator in the Mage Tower, players who were numb to the task began frantically looking for possible update hints in various maps. However, this madness did not last long, and the official update announcement was published.

The coincidence rate with Ji Xuanyi's inferences made in advance is very high, but to Ji Xuanyi's surprise, in this update, there is no mention of the plot missions related to the world line he guessed, but only three major plot tasks are released. The library in the three mage towers on the map, life skills, more specific reputation and favor system, and the field map that players have been thinking about for a long time.

To be precise, it should be the entire world map.

Just one day ago, the exhausted map makers just launched the full map and subregional map of the three main cities. After hearing that the world map was fully open, some internal members of the map production organization reported on the forum that the team's organization that night Or a person sat in the room all night.

Only after the main city was drawn, five new field maps were released, and I heard that there are still forks in the roads between the maps, that is to say, what they have to prepare next is not just five new maps, There's even an entire world map included.

The map makers said one after another: "No, no, it hurts the body. Let's use our brains to record the road together, or wait for the official news..."

In addition to the new field map, the exchange between maps is also open, but only people on high-level maps can go to low-level maps. For example, people from Starry City can go back to Green Forest City, which has not yet reached level [-]. People still can't visit Starry City in advance, and the same is true for the five novice towns, but because the area of ​​novice towns is too small, old players need to queue up if they plan to go back for nostalgia.

But in fact, there should not be many people who will really go back to Novice Town. After the map is opened, the official "rushing" that existed in the game before is gone. , you can walk there in half an hour, but you need to be serious and down-to-earth to finish the road that should exist on the map. Some people infer that it may take a day or two to walk there, unless you are a sensitive profession or a knight, it may be faster a little.

However, the official also explained that during the journey, the player may pick up some materials needed for life skills, and there may be wild bosses with rich drops. Although the experience is less than that of doing tasks in the main city, but The fun can more than make up for this loss.

In addition, the official has also imposed restrictions on possible large-scale massacres, but any large-scale that returns to a low-level map cannot attack players with a level difference of more than ten levels. If you are maliciously injured by a high-level map player within level ten, you can also report to the official. After verifying the situation, the high-level player will be punished accordingly.

This wave of update announcements can be said to be full of sincerity. Although players have to wait for another three days, almost everyone has no complaints. Everyone is eagerly waiting for the day when the server will open.

Ji Xuanyi obediently attended class for three days, because Qi Qin's parents were home, he didn't have to rush over to help him just because the other party did something stupid.

And Qi Qin is also learning. During the three days of game maintenance, he learned company management technology from Qi's father. After three days, Qi's father looked at him from looking at his son to looking at the stick, and told Qi's mother with tears in his eyes. In the future, he estimated that he could only buy a few houses for Qi Qin and let him live on rent.

Qi's mother smiled kindly while cutting vegetables: "I think our son may not be able to calculate the rent, so we should just go to the construction site to move bricks. He is good at this."

Qi Qin: "..."

After figuring out the nature of this Qi Qin now, Qi's father and Qi's mother have not concealed their complaints at all!

Qi Qin was wronged too!He's not so stupid, is he?It's just that I don't understand what Papa Qi is saying!

Xuan Yi would not despise him so much! QAQ!

That's right, Ji Xuanyi usually sees that he doesn't understand, so he just gives up explaining and lets everything go with the wind, anyway, just follow the instructions.

However, it is impossible for Qi's father to really ask Qi Qin to collect rent or move bricks, so he can only take time to explain it carefully and meticulously. Qi Qin can barely understand it, and three days have passed.

Qi's father knew that Qi Qinxue's company management was just an auxiliary means, and the focus was still on chasing Ji Xuanyi, so with a wave of his hand, he told him to go back to playing games.

Although Qi's father didn't know that his son was so cowardly that he never confessed his love...

On the day of server opening, Ji Xuanyi skipped class again and climbed up to play games. By the time Qi Qin also climbed up, the streets of Fanxing City had become much emptier.

Although Starry City occupies too much area, players can't occupy every street and alley, but in most cases, the more popular streets are not only bustling with each other, but there is also a lively atmosphere.

However, now that Ji Xuanyi and the others were standing on a street not far from the trading house and the auction house, the scenes of people coming and going were gone, and there were only a few passers-by on the road, looking very bleak.

Qi Qin was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Hasn't the server been opened for a while? What's the situation now?"

Ji Xuanyi calmly said: "So many activities have been updated, how many people are still staying quietly in the city, probably they all went outside to explore the new map?"

Qi Qin recalled their adventures on the field map, and said happily, "Shall we go too?"

Ji Xuan shook his head, this journey is not easy to come back, the official said that the length of the journey has returned to normal data, who knows how long it will take to walk to the new map?

Compared to this, Ji Xuanyi is more willing to visit the open library in the Master Tower. According to the information given by August, the five newly opened maps should also be recorded in the library. Compared with taking so long Instead of going step by step, it is more convenient to go directly to the information.

But before that, Ji Xuanyi wanted to see the favorability and reputation system newly added to the player control interface.

The favorability system and the reputation system are measured in the same way. From low to high, there are six stages of hatred, disgust, neutrality, friendship, enthusiasm, and intimacy. The difference between the two is that the favorability is relative to a single NPC. , but prestige is relative to an entire force.

According to the explanation of the system, the favorability of a single npc under the influence may also affect the reputation of the influence according to the status of the npc itself in the influence. If your favorability is high, the reputation of the auction forces will also increase slightly, but only a little, and it doesn't have much impact on the whole.

But like Ji Xuanyi, if the favorability with August reaches the level of intimacy, the reputation of the entire Mage Tower with Ji Xuanyi is enthusiastic, and because of August's status in the Starry City, even the stars Most of the forces in the city have a high reputation for Ji Xuanyi, except for the Fanxing City Auction, which is equally enthusiastic, the lowest reputation of other forces with Ji Xuanyi is also friendly.

Ji Xuanyi looked at the densely packed various Star City forces in his prestige list, and only then did he realize what August's sympathy degree represented, and why it was so difficult to obtain.

August represents the entire Starry City to a certain extent, and such a setting is indeed as it should be.

What's strange about Ji Xuanyi is that although they didn't seem to get favorability when they were in the elf camp last time, the prestige of the elves now appears in his prestige list as well, and the neutral bar is already full, and it's still not enough. One point is friendly. In addition, it may be because of the hidden main task, and his reputation in the Green Forest City Lord's Mansion is also enthusiastic.

In terms of NPC favorability, besides August, who is the highest, Mrs. Harman ranks second, and the third is the chief guard of Xinmu Town. After that, there are a bunch of NPCs from Starry City. It is estimated that their favorability was also brought by August.

Ji Xuanyi took a quick look and found that the favorability and reputation of each level would bring some privileges given by NPCs. He had experienced these at Auguste and the auction before the reputation system was opened, but just According to the explanation he saw, these privileges are not unified like other games, but give players privileges within the capabilities of NPCs.

For example, once Ji Xuan gets August's favor, there are many things he can do, including but not limited to various information and the privilege of unlimited access to the mage tower, but if a player gets a flower shop owner If you like him, maybe the privilege the florist can give him is to send him a bouquet of fresh flowers every morning.

The same is true for faction prestige, such as the special rooms in the auction, and random daily routines. As Ji Xuanyi saw, if you brush up the guild stronghold forces in Fanxing City, the benefits of the guild strongholds will increase, and there will even be guild exclusive daily routines. , probably because the concept of power itself is relatively large, so Ji Xuanyi has not yet discovered which power's privileges are relatively useless, and they are basically very useful privileges.

However, corresponding to the size of the privilege, it is probably the difficulty of the favorability task. Ji Xuanyi dare not say that he is dead. After all, as far as the current situation is concerned, there are actually not many forces in Fanxing City that open the way to earn reputation. NPC favorability Only a small part of the mission has been opened, and the follow-up situation will not be known until all of them are opened.

Ji Xuan once went through the reputation and favorability system, and took Qi Qin to the Master Tower.

As one of the four major updates, the scene at the entrance of the Mage Tower is much more lively than usual. Many players line up outside the Mage Tower, waiting for the guards to check and let them in.

The guards picked up one or two players and threw them out from time to time. It must have been because they had gone in once before and then ran out again for some reason, or they were unlucky enough to touch August before the announcement was made, and they were thrown out. Week of no-entry ban.

When Ji Xuanyi was about to queue up, he heard the guard say to the person at the front: "The Mage Tower is full, please wait a while before entering."

The player's face suddenly collapsed, and he sighed with a mournful face. The players behind heard it too, but it might be that the same scene had happened before, so no one expressed dissatisfaction in comparison, but continued to line up outside , There are also some people at the end who left directly after hearing what the front row said, probably because they didn't want to wait and wanted to look elsewhere.

Ji Xuanyi didn't expect that it would be full of people, but the area of ​​the Mage Tower is really small, and it is impossible to accommodate so many players.

But speaking of it, if the remaining 290 meters of the mage tower are also open, can you pretend to be some people?

God knows how long it will be before the people inside come out, Ji Xuanyi didn't want to just wait like this, walked to the front, and said to the players in front: "I have the reputation of the Mage Tower, can you let me try it?" Can I go in?"

The player seemed to recognize Ji Xuanyi, was taken aback for a moment, and said, "It's you?"

It was only then that Ji Xuanyi discovered that this man had the Mengtanggu sign pinned to his chest, presumably he had seen him when the three major gangs helped fight.

Ji Xuanyi nodded towards him, and the player in Mengtanggu also knew that Ji Xuanyi had a good relationship with their leader, he scratched his hair, stepped aside a little, and muttered: "Okay, then you can try."

Ji Xuan thanked him, stepped forward, and said to the guard: "Can I go in?"

When the guard saw that it was Ji Xuanyi, he really smiled, and under the influence of his reputation, he said very unprincipled: "Of course."

Ji Xuanyi heard the player from Mengtanggu behind him say "Fuck...".

Not only Ji Xuanyi, but even Qi Qin can go in. Seeing that Ji Xuanyi was about to leave, the player from Mengtanggu hurriedly said, "How can I increase the reputation of the Mage Tower!"

Ji Xuanyi didn't know how to answer, he couldn't say that the hidden mission he did in Xinshou Village caused the reputation of the Mage Tower to be enthusiastic, right?Who would believe it!

Ji Xuanyi said kindly: "If you get August's favor, you will have the reputation of the Mage Tower."

Mengtanggu player: "..."

Isn't this fucking nonsense!If August's favorability is so easy, why would he ask this question?

Facing that player's complicated gaze, Ji Xuanyi had no other choice.

After all, what he said was indeed the truth. The reputation of the mage tower at this stage can only be increased by relying on August's favorability, and there is no other way.

It was only after Ji Xuanyi and Qi Qin entered the outer area of ​​the mage tower that they realized why there were so many layers of libraries open inside the mage tower, but it still couldn't accommodate many people.

Because most of the people failed to enter the library.

Just like what August said to Ji Xuanyi before, if you want to borrow his library, you must pass his test. All the players that Ji Xuan can see are walking around outside the mage tower, from time to time He squatted down to pull out a blade of grass, as if he was looking for something.

Ji Xuanyi felt that with this number of players, it was thanks to the quick respawning of the plants around the mage tower, otherwise he would have been bald by this group of players.

In addition to the players weeding outside, there was also a line on the first floor of the Mage Tower, which lined up straight to the door. Ji Xuan and his friends took a look and found that the first floor of the Mage Tower was also full of players, who were talking to Augustus. Talk to the four special apprentice NPCs, some of them happily ran up the elevator after speaking, some of them cried sadly after they finished speaking, hugging the NPC tightly and refused to leave, and some of them may have different tasks Tali came out and joined the weeding army on the outskirts.

too messy……

Ji Xuanyi didn't realize when he sighed, Qi Qin already patted him on the back very skillfully, and comforted him in a low voice: "Don't get angry..."

Ji Xuanyi: "..."

He was not very angry, he was just inexplicably tired.

But having said that, it's a good thing he didn't line up outside, otherwise, judging from the current situation of answering the wrong questions and refusing to leave, it would be really inefficient.

Ji Xuanyi bypassed the queue and went straight in to wait for the elevator.

Some players who found that they did not complete the mission looked at them strangely. Ji Xuanyi responded very skillfully and calmly: "Newcomers report."

Everyone showed suddenly enlightened expressions, and no one watched them anymore.

This excuse is really useful, Ji Xuanyi couldn't help thinking.

Because there were only three people entering the elevator in the previous round, the elevator came down quickly. After Ji Xuanyi and Qi Qin entered, another player who had finished answering the questions hurriedly shouted, "Wait, wait!" Then ran in.

Qi Qin posted a note to Ji Xuanyi to make room for him.

The guiding NPC controlling the elevator didn't take people away without saying a word like before. She looked at the three of them with a smile and asked, "Which floor are you going to?"

A place like the Mage Tower will not help you classify the books so intimately, tell you what kind of books are on which floors, and where to find the books you want. All the books are mixed together. Judging from Sturt's personality, not to mention the sorting of books on each floor, it is estimated that every bookshelf has not been sorted, who knows which floor to start from.

Of course, the player who ran in later didn't know. He didn't even hear Ji Xuanyi say that he was a newcomer because he was addicted to answering the questions. This person's answer can give him a reference.

But he was going to be disappointed, Ji Xuanyi's outburst of temper, if he went through the books layer by layer, he might blow up a torch and set the mage tower on fire, so he didn't plan to go to the library now, but was going to go first Go to August and see if you can ask anything.

Ji Xuanyi said lightly: "I'll go to the top floor."

The player who came in behind: "..."

That's fine too!

Guide the NPC to get the answer, and looked at the player with a smile, the person had no choice but to say: "Then I will go to the 51st floor."

There are 51 newly opened floors in the middle, plus the first floor, the [-]st floor is the floor below the top floor.

Ji Xuan raised his eyebrows.

The guide NPC responded and started the elevator.

This time, the previous frosted glass has also changed, and the entire elevator is as transparent as crystal. Considering the wealth of Starry City, it is not impossible that it is really made of crystal.

Ji Xuan took a look at the neatly arranged bookshelves on the floor, as well as patrolling NPCs to prevent players from destroying and taking books out privately, among which were some players flipping through books.

Not many, but not particularly small.

Ji Xuan looked at the player next to him who felt a little uncomfortable because he was in the same room with a stranger, and said, "Is the question this time very simple? It seems that many people have answered it correctly."

Although more wrong answers.

That player glanced at Ji Xuanyi, maybe because he was blinded by the other party's legal robes, or because Ji Xuanyi looked really friendly, he smiled at Ji Xuanyi, and said a little shyly: " It’s much simpler than those problems before.”

The player explained: "When I came here to do the impression task before, in addition to the four multiple-choice questions, I had to go to the top floor to answer a question and answer question, but the only questions for entering the library were the apprentice questions on the first floor, and those who completely listened Questions that I don’t understand are also mixed with questions that can be answered, such as the drop and collection of materials that have already appeared, and the answers to some questions can also be found in the newly opened life skills today.”

Not to mention material drop and collection, those who are interested can still remember it, but it is not so easy to talk about the life skills that are only open today.

After all, everyone is not at the full level yet, and most players are not willing to waste time doing life skills. After all, the opening of life skills means the depreciation of enchantment and other props. If they want to use them, they can just buy them directly. Who will look carefully at the displayed interface?

Ji Xuan took a look at the player and said, "You are very careful."

The player blushed a little, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "Thank you."

Ji Xuanyi wanted to say something else.

Qi Qin: "Cough cough cough!!!"

Ji Xuanyi: "..."

Ji Xuanyi turned his head speechlessly, and said, "What's wrong?"

Qi Qin said pitifully, "I have a sore throat."

Ji Xuanyi: "...Go offline and eat some fat sea."

Qi Qin nodded repeatedly.

As soon as the words were finished, the 51st floor arrived. The player said goodbye to Ji Xuan and got off the elevator.

It wasn't until the elevator door closed again that the player was taken aback for a moment, thinking in a daze, was that person just now a newcomer or an old man?Newcomers ask questions too smoothly, right?But if you are an elderly person, how can you get into the elevator without answering the following four questions?

Ji Xuanyi didn't know that he made the players he met just now suspect that he had encountered a high-quality imitation NPC, and got off the elevator after reaching the top floor.

Today is really too busy, so the guide NPC gave him a hasty smile, then walked back to the elevator and went down.

However, although the Mage Tower was very busy today, August's door was empty, and there was no one waiting. Ji Xuan directly pushed the door open and walked in.

August was writing a letter that would not receive a reply. He raised his head and found that it was Ji Xuanyi, so he smiled at him and said, "Are you here?"

Ji Xuanyi looked at the pen and paper in his hand, his eyes dimmed, and he nodded and said, "Yes."

August stood up, and the large mage robe was put on him, making the old man look very thin. He made a cup of tea and handed it to Ji Xuanyi and Qi Qin as usual.

But Ji Xuanyi didn't drink, but looked at August seriously.

August sat down again, rubbed the unsatisfactory letter paper, threw it aside, took out another one, smoothed it carefully with his skinny fingers, and said something to Ji Xuan. : "What do you want me to do?"

Ji Xuan looked at him for a while, lowered his eyes, and said, "I want to ask you, which floor of the library is the information about other races on the mainland?"

The information mentioned in Mrs. Harman's letter must be true, and the official has not released the plot mission until now, but opened the new map and library first. The only possibility is that the official also knows the difficulty of this mission. The next update does not mean that the plot mission will not be released in a short time, but to give players a period of time to familiarize themselves with the situation, which is the so-called warm-up. Before the players know it, the challenge is actually getting closer.

Mrs. Haman's reminder of "all creatures on the continent", combined with the five new field maps released by the government, is likely to refer to the five races that may exist in these five field maps, including the elves, to stop the evil gods. The mission of invasion must be closely related to these five maps and five races.

And Ji Xuanyi is determined to rescue Mrs. Haman, and must obtain as much information as possible within the time given to them by the authorities. In this way, no matter whether it is the speed of completing the task or the progress of the task that will affect the world line, Ji Xuanyi can increase the possibility of Madam Haman's survival to the greatest extent.

The NPC is fake, but Ji Xuanyi believes that their story must be true, so he will do his best to play a HE!