Chapter 67 Western European Scenery

The first level is the tutorial, which still uses keyboard and mouse controls. After being forced to follow the guide images and jump around in place for a long time, I finally entered the game.

Lu Yusheng pointed to each icon on the screen and explained its meaning: "Gold coins and silver coins are the currencies you use to buy everything in the game."

Lin Pingzhi nodded in response to the gold and silver icons on the screen.

She then put down the mouse and pointed directly at the screen to continue explaining the reading and meaning of Arabic numerals to him.

Once he can understand the basic icons, the subsequent explanations become easier. Even disregarding the simplified Chinese characters he can't fully understand, he can barely comprehend the remaining content in the occasional text.

"The main focus right now is building up the territory. You are a baron who inherited this small town from your father."

He responded blankly, but his gaze did not leave the picture in front of him.

"You can use the mouse or the arrow keys to control the little figure in the center to move it," Lu Yusheng's voice continued. A click of the mouse opened the character interface, and a magnified version of the player's image appeared in front of the two of them.

Sikong Zhaixing, who had gradually become interested, quietly moved over as well.

Then, together with Lin Pingzhi, they continued to listen to her say, "This is the character that the player will control, you in the game world depicted in the painting."

As a baron with his own territory, the character comes with a set of pure black noble attire, with a sword tied to his waist with a gold belt.

The character modeling is quite well done. Although Lu Yusheng once again skipped the character customization, his original appearance is still acceptable.

If you don't choose a hair color, it's just basic black short hair. Although Lu Yusheng sees nothing wrong with it, people from ancient times probably wouldn't find it very pleasing to the eye.

Sure enough, although Lin Pingzhi didn't say anything, he wasn't entirely satisfied with his incongruous attire. However, the thought of being able to freely explore the game soon made him excitedly ignore his dissatisfaction.

Is there anything else?

He asked the question almost without hiding his anticipation.

Lu Yusheng frowned and thought for a moment, then gave up on the idea of ​​guiding him from scratch. He withdrew his hand from the mouse and said, "I can't think of anything for now. Try it out for a while and I'll explain if you don't understand anything."

The moment he took the mouse, Lin Pingzhi awkwardly began to move his character. Seeing him running and jumping around on the screen, Lu Yusheng added, "You can move around freely here until you encounter a place where you can't move forward anymore. That's the invisible wall at the border of the territory."

Lin Pingzhi did not respond to the sound. He was already immersed in this new world, and from time to time he would switch the main perspective using the new methods he had learned to carefully observe each item.

Medieval Europe was a scene he had never imagined. The buildings on both sides of the street were very different from those in the Central Plains, and their shapes were much more complicated. Unfortunately, after trying a few houses, he found that not all buildings could be entered.

"Wait a moment."

He had just controlled his character to walk past a pure white high-rise building when Lu Yusheng called out to him.

Without waiting for the other party to ask, she introduced, "This is the church of the Church of Light. You can try going in and taking on a mission."

Since the topic has come up, she casually explained, "In this world depicted in the painting, there are many ordinary people who believe in gods. The two largest organizations, the Church of Light and the Church of Darkness, are composed of followers of the God of Light and the God of Darkness, respectively."

Seeing that everyone seemed confused, Lu Yusheng only gave an example of similarities between Buddhism and Taoism and then said no more.

Fortunately, they quickly figured it out themselves, and apart from Sikong Zhaixing, no one asked any more questions... Before they knew it, he had moved his body directly behind the two of them, getting very close to the computer: "Are there still gods in this world?"

"No, it's just a typical Western European background."

As Lu Yusheng was speaking, he suddenly remembered the teleportation function that would be enabled after the map was unlocked. How did the official explanation for that come about?

"Oh, right."

After reminiscing, she added, "As the protagonist, you must recruit righteous knights and kind mages for your team. Magic exists in this world, but there are no other races besides humans."

The game's map function is not unlocked in the first city; you can only go anywhere by walking. This is a malicious attempt to trick players into spending more online time.

Once the construction and exploration progress of the starting city is maxed out, the locations of surrounding cities will gradually appear on the map. After a storyline where a kind-hearted bespectacled little witch helps set up a teleportation circle, the character can freely travel between the town and the surrounding forests and seas.

Cui, the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort), who should have been closest to Lin Pingzhi, was pushed aside by the two of them. However, he was mindful that this was someone else's territory and didn't get too angry. In addition, he couldn't help but feel a little curious, so he stayed not far away from the three of them and watched quietly.

He wasn't actually that receptive to these novel things, and he wasn't particularly interested in games, but the constantly changing visuals were simply beyond his comprehension.

"Subdue?" Lin Ping repeated the word subconsciously.

"It's about increasing their favorability by completing tasks, so they can become a member of your team."

He noticed that Lu Yusheng mentioned the word "mission" again. This time, without any prompting, Lin Pingzhi obediently manipulated his character to walk to the "church" building she mentioned.

As he approached the gate, a small floating button with the word "Open" immediately appeared on the screen.

Upon seeing this, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and clicked on the icon. The door went from closed to open in just one second, but he was still amazed by it.

Although Lin Pingzhi had no interest in mechanical devices before and was somewhat resentful of Zhu Ting because of his father, he only realized the wonder of this field after truly experiencing the "computer game," a device he had never heard of before.

He began to realize that he had been too disrespectful to Master Zhu Ting before. Even if he had never met him, he should not have said behind his back that he was pretentious.

And then there's Boss Lu standing beside him... Lin Pingzhi subtly turned his head to steal a glance at him.

I never realized he was such a remarkable person.

He didn't dare look at it for long after that, and once the door on the screen opened, he controlled his character to go inside again.

Upon entering, one is greeted by a bright corridor lined with murals on both sides. The figures in the murals all have white hair, wear similar white robes with gold trim, and wear uniquely shaped hats inlaid with gold jewels.

Lin Pingzhi glanced around a few times and then aimed his path at the white light at the end of the road ahead.

When he finally entered the lobby, the stained glass windows on both sides and the beautiful arched roof caught his eye. He hadn't expected that the height seen from the outside would all be concentrated in one space.

Behind the stacked seats stood a handsome young man standing behind an altar surrounded by flowers.

The young bishop, with his long, dark blue hair and distinct features, stood there quietly.

His expression was gentle, and his face magnified on the screen as the main character moved closer, looking extremely close to a real person without any facial flaws, which amazed Lin Pingzhi.

As an important character, the level of detail in its modeling is naturally on a completely different scale from that of a few random passersby on the street.

There are only a few main characters in the tutorial. I remember when the game first launched, many players were already used to seeing those NPCs that were starting to take on human form on the streets. When they suddenly saw this great character, they all actively left a lot of questions on the development team's social media accounts.

The official response was selective:

"...Strategy guide? Of course, there is a strategy guide function."

"Serene? Sorry, clergy members are not included in the romanceable characters due to special settings."

The name "Selene," which once broke the hearts of countless players, is naturally the name of the blue-haired bishop in front of him. At this moment, Lin Pingzhi had already seen the introduction above the other party's head.

Bishop Serin of Stan City

He paused, looking at Lu Yusheng with some confusion, waiting for her to explain the next steps.

Lu Yusheng took the mouse and moved the cursor to the little figure on the screen. He clicked gently when a black outline appeared around the figure.

The image that originally filled the screen began to blur, and a clear half-body portrait appeared on the screen. Lin Pingzhi recognized that this was the appearance of the person in the painting. After zooming in, the details on the face became clearer. Apart from the slight differences in facial features caused by different races, it was almost as if a living person had been captured in the painting.

He suppressed his doubts and continued reading.

Once loading is complete, a dialog box will appear superimposed on top of it.

Lin Pingzhi, who was not yet used to the reading order, initially found it difficult to read. It was only when he read the last sentence, "The God of Light blesses you," that he realized the name of the person in the painting was not "Lindsay Lohan" as he had thought.

Seeing that he was standing there in a daze, Lu Yusheng assumed that the other party had not understood, so he briefly summarized the general meaning of the prayer and turned the page.

At the same time, they also made sure to return the right to use the equipment to the other party.

There's not much to say about what happens next. After all, he's using a newly created level 1 alt account, and the main quest isn't at the required level to trigger. Lin Pingzhi, with a mix of guesswork and Lu Yusheng's guidance, ends up accepting a quest to help him find the whereabouts of missing believers after the conversation.

After the dialogue ends, the dialog box and bust that were floating above the background disappear.

When the scene returned to its original perspective, Lin Pingzhi noticed that there was a huge statue behind the young man, depicting a middle-aged man with an indistinct face.

Against this backdrop, the blue-haired youth's demeanor appeared even more refined and mysterious.

Although the game does not have an automatic quest location search function, clicking on a quest will light up a floating arrow on the ground, and you can find the corresponding NPC by following the direction the arrow points.

At this point, Lin Pingzhi no longer needed Lu Yusheng's guidance and headed towards the village on the outskirts of the city.

Seeing that the other party was already fired up, Lu Yusheng felt relieved.

Seeing that she had finally gotten up to leave, Sikong Zhaixing hurriedly followed.

"I want to play this too."

He stood beside Lu Yusheng, looking on expectantly. Hua Manlou, who had been leaning against the door for a long time, put away his tools and prepared to leave as the two passed by.

Hearing this, he couldn't help but turn his head slightly towards the source of the sound with some surprise. He couldn't see those scenes, and although he listened carefully to Lu Yusheng's explanation, he still couldn't really imagine what the game they were so obsessed with would look like.

Sikong Zhaixing, who had been watching for a while, was now itching to play: "Isn't there another one of these downstairs? I want to play too."

Just before, he was engrossed in various VR parkour games, and in one game, he spent a long time struggling with the prison guards while escaping from an isolated prison.

Unexpectedly, a new game at this time has piqued his interest so quickly.

Lu Yusheng was annoyed by his noise, but since the installation wasn't too difficult, he took the person over and waited for them to load and enter the game before starting the idle play mode.

Why did you leave?

Seeing that Lu Yusheng was about to leave, Sikong Zhaixing immediately grabbed her arm hanging by her side: "Aren't you going to stay and play with me?"

She was a little annoyed that her treatment was so much worse than that of the other child, and her eyes unconsciously turned a bit resentful.