How to significantly improve the work enthusiasm of a group of people? The answer is to first provide the most basic living security, and then deliberately make the free food not very tasty, and the free dormitory conditions a bit uncomfortable.
In this way, they will have enough motivation to work hard to make money, buy food that suits their taste better, move to a more comfortable house that requires rent, or go further to enjoy life in the extremely developed future world three hundred years later.
Moreover, when dealing with these "players", Zuo Si deliberately reversed the virtual world and the real world, making them think that the virtual world is reality and reality is virtual.
This means that a huge group of "players" will become the most important ballast in the future economic circulation system of the floating city world.
Because no matter what treasures and artifacts they get during missions and adventures, or how much wealth they earn, a large part of it will be exchanged for the currency used in the "Infinite City" in order to satisfy their material and spiritual enjoyment in "real" life.
During this exchange process, Zuo Si actually used some false illusions created by the main brain Isadora to easily recover the real gold and silver currencies that had been distributed without paying any cost.
Simply put, it is to first use the "player" group to create value and wealth, let them perform various dangerous tasks that may result in death, and then use the means of reversing virtual and reality to take back the rewards that have been distributed.
Through this positive cycle, not only can "players" get unprecedented satisfaction, but they can also get thousands of educated, skilled, and high-quality workers for free.
Finally, we use a sustainable approach of exhausting all resources to achieve the ultimate goal of repeatedly harvesting leeks.
It is not difficult to see from the institutional design alone that Zuo Si's understanding of individual psychology and social psychology has reached an astonishing level, and he is able to use this as a tool to manipulate the thoughts and behaviors of others, turning them into chess pieces in his hands without realizing it.
Right now in the virtual world "Infinite City", ever since the first batch of residents finished eating the so-called "nutritious meals", almost all of them have complained about their bad taste and disgusting texture.
"Fuck! That stuff is a piece of shit! It's a hundred times more disgusting than the worst military rations I've ever eaten! It can't even be called food!" The white man gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice.
Although he had long anticipated that free things would not be good, he still underestimated someone's bottom line.
Especially the colorful and sticky paste, which made this man who was used to eating big pieces of beef and fried chicken want to die.
If he wasn't so hungry that he had to eat, he would even refuse to eat.
The Asian man next to him tried hard to resist the urge to join in the complaints, and consoled him with a wry smile, "Take it easy, man. At least according to the introduction, these nutritious meals are scientifically formulated, and one serving can satisfy the body's needs. Most importantly, it's completely free, and poor people like us who are penniless don't seem to have any other choice."
"Damn it! I've never been so eager to go to work and make money as I am now! If for nothing else, just to have a bite of something that can be called food, instead of that shitty mush. Oh, by the way, it would be best if I could have a bottle of cold beer." The strong white man's tone was filled with yearning for a better life.
"Hopefully everything will be alright."
Another Latino girl sighed slightly with a bitter look on her face.
Because an atmosphere of sympathy was deliberately created, the first batch of new residents of Infinite City quickly broke through racial constraints and established initial friendships with people of similar age and personality around them.
After all, humans are social creatures with an innate desire to communicate with each other.
But in this so-called world three hundred years later, everything around them is unfamiliar to them, especially those "future people" created by virtual illusions, who are always speaking nouns and sentences that they cannot understand at all.
Therefore, communicating with people from the future often means huge communication barriers.
The only thing they can communicate with is these "old popsicles" around them who have been sleeping for three hundred years just like themselves, which invisibly strengthens their sense of identity with each other.
Needless to say, this is also a part of Zuo Si's careful design, which is to enhance the unity within the player group so that they can have good teamwork skills when they gather together on a large scale in the future.
Soon, under the guidance of the main brain Isadora, the first batch of players lay down in the sci-fi life support chamber.
After a while, the mastermind Isadora teleported their consciousness into the clone breeding center of the floating city.
It is different from those high-level talents who use the characteristics of various powerful racial genes to strengthen their bodies.
Although the players' bodies have been strengthened to a certain extent, they still follow the principles of low cost, fast cultivation and large-scale supplementation, and essentially have not deviated from the category of "cannon fodder".
And in order to increase the fun and do some interesting biological experiments, Zuo Si specifically allows these players to choose different races in the "Create Character Interface" and then add no more than two other bloodlines.
Each additional bloodline will produce different appearance, attributes and unknown special abilities.
For example, if you choose to be a human and then add orc bloodline, your strength attribute will be enhanced, and you will gain dim vision that allows you to see objects clearly even at night, but your appearance will become very ugly and your charm attribute will be reduced. Charm is directly related to the initial favorability of all NPCs in the "game world", and even the price of purchasing supplies and selling spoils.
For example, if you add troll bloodline, you can gain enhanced strength and rapid regeneration ability, but the price is that you will grow uncomfortable tumors on your body, and your charm attribute will be reduced while gaining two weaknesses: fire and strong acid.
As for special abilities, they will gradually awaken and manifest themselves after these players reach a certain level.
After a few minutes or so, when they had selected the clones and completed the transformation, they were scooped out of the mucus one by one by tentacles covered with suction cups like giant octopuses, thrown into a pool connected to the water elemental plane for cleaning, and then dressed in a black smock with the logo of the floating city printed on it.
After all this was done, psychic signals emitting blue light began to fall from the sky.
With a slight twitch, the first batch of players finally came into this world.
"This... this is the virtual world? It's too real! Taste, smell, touch, sight and hearing, everything is just like the real thing. Unbelievable! No wonder it's called my second home!"
A young and beautiful elf girl quickly got up from the ground, first touched herself from head to toe, and then tried to touch the huge tentacle growing from the wall, but was mercilessly pushed away by the tentacle.
"Fuck! Awesome!"
"It really is worthy of being the future technology of three hundred years from now!"
"Fuck! It's worth being frozen for three hundred years, no, five hundred years, to be able to play a game like this."
"Wow! I can make money while playing games? That's awesome!"
"Look at that giant moving octopus tentacle. I wonder how it will taste if I cut it up and stir-fry it."
"No, no, no! Tentacles are only delicious when made into takoyaki!"
"Stop it, buddy. I guarantee that with the terrifying power of that tentacle, you will be beaten into a pulp before you even get close."
"By the way, does anyone know where we are? How do we proceed with the game?"
"Idiot! Didn't you read the instructions, the background story, and the code of conduct? Our game characters were born in a place called the floating city of Plantia, and were created by the magic of the mages here. As for how to play the game, of course, you have to wait for the mages of the floating city to issue tasks, and then make them more and more powerful through the behavior of the players."
"Tsk! Who would watch these things?"
…
It has to be said that the inherent chaotic characteristics, unexpectedness and unpredictability of the player group are immediately displayed as soon as they enter this world.
Some overly excited guys even fearlessly approached the giant tentacles that could easily kill them, touching and patting them, and three or five of them even bit them directly to get a taste.
Others scooped up the sticky liquid in the pool that was used to preserve the clones and prevent them from losing their vitality and put it in their mouths to taste it. Then they were so disgusted by the terrible taste that they lay on the ground and vomited wildly.
As for those who take off their overalls and run around naked to release their nature, there are even more psychopaths.
一小撮变态更是躲在角落里玩起比自己身体强度的游戏，搞得好几位不小心看到的女性玩家发出刺耳尖叫并大声呵斥。
要知道在九十年的时候，地球上的电子游戏产业还处于刚刚起步的阶段，互联网游戏更是连个影子都没有。
所以这一切对于他们而言无异于神迹。
如果不是关于宗教信仰的部分早已被完全抹除，八成会有不少人跪下来向他们所信仰的神祈祷。
当然，也多亏了没有互联网游戏的经验，所以这批玩家并没有做出太多的骚操作，充其量只是在用一些正常人不太能理解的方式发泄内心之中激动的情绪。
看着这些令自己倍感熟悉、亲切的举动和反应，正坐在中央高塔王座上的左思不由得微微翘起嘴角露出了怀念的表情。
不过为了不让混乱继续扩散，他还是立马给平日负责管理浮空城事物的瓦内萨使了个眼色。
后者心领神会，立刻给早就安置在各个克隆体培育中心出口的构装体下达了命令。
大概三五秒钟之后，这些身高超过四米、全身上下由金属构成、覆盖着复杂魔法纹路的庞然大物便打开紧闭的大门走了进去。
瞬间！
上一秒还在胡闹的玩家们，下一秒就变得鸦雀无声。
确切的说是被这种凝结科技美感与强大魔法力量的造物震慑住了。
要知道左思在浮空城内大批量制造的构装体跟魔像，可不是像费伦大陆那种按照类人生物大概捏一捏、看起来既笨重又呆傻，反能动就行的拙劣作品。
刚好相反！
他充分参考了一些机械设计原理，不仅拥有更加稳定的重心和普通构装体所不具备的变形、替换零件功能，同时在外形上也更加赏心悦目。
“诸位，请跟我来，至高无上的浮空城之主索斯阁下已经在等待你们了。”
魔像用一种低沉且不带任何感情的声音向玩家们做出了说明。
一众玩家们根本来不及多想，纷纷跟上这个庞然大物的脚步，沿着四通八达隧道从略显昏暗的建筑里走了出来。
当他们亲眼看到那经过重新规划后的宏伟城市，数以千计直插云霄的魔法高塔，整个人都不由自主的陷入了呆滞。
尤其是意识到这座巨大的城市是漂浮在数千米之上的天空后，那种无法用语言形容的震撼感直接攀升到了顶点。
甚至可以清晰的从每个人眼睛里看到瞳孔急速扩张、收缩、再扩张、再收缩的过程。
心脏跳动的频率几乎是正常情况下的三倍以上。
浑身上下的肌肉下意识绷紧并且伴随着大量的出汗。
尽管在认知中，这群玩家已经知道眼前看到的一切都是“虚拟幻象”，可那种无与伦比的真实感，却让他们的潜意识将其当成了一个真实存在的世界。
毕竟人对于周围的感知主要是通过视觉、听觉、味觉、嗅觉和触觉等感知器官来完成。
所以当技术达到足以完美欺骗感官之后，现实和虚拟之间的界限自然也就会变得模糊，甚至是彻底混淆在一起。
“嘿！快看！那边浮空岛上的巨型圆柱体是什么东西？大……大炮吗？”
一名选择了种族为矮人的玩家指着远处第一代巨兽级电磁炮大声惊呼。
没办法！ 这玩意实在是太显眼了，显眼到但凡没有任何东西进行遮挡都能第一眼看到。
毕竟那可是长度超过五百米，外形就如同一根粗壮金属柱的超级武器。
尤其是黑洞洞足以轻松把一整列货车塞进去的炮口，还有摆放在旁边宛如小山一样的炮弹，都完全颠覆了地球上对于“炮”这种武器的认知。
咕咚！
不少玩家都下意识的吞了吞口水。
太尼玛吓人了！
稍微有点科学常识的人都明白，这种长度跟口径的远程投射武器，一炮下去威力和杀伤半径会有多么惊人。
身为一名曾经加入过军队并有过实战经验的老兵，给自己起名叫杰克的白人壮汉显然对于巨兽电磁炮非常感兴趣，立刻用胳膊肘碰了一下身边的亚洲人同伴，小声询问道：“伱难道不觉得这几门超级巨炮的机构有些奇怪吗？”
“嗯！的确非常奇怪。不出意外的话，它们应该都是通过电磁加速原理制造的电磁炮。”
同样起了一个新名字叫做“吴生”的亚洲人，立刻根据自己掌握的专业知识给出判断。
“电……电磁炮？你确定！”杰克惊讶的长大了嘴巴。
要知道在九十年代，这种武器虽然因为星球大战计划海量的资金投入，确实已经有了实验性质的成品，但威力只能算是马马虎虎，距离投入实战还差得远呢。
可眼前的巨兽电磁炮显然并不是那种样子货。
这一点从旁边堆放重达几百吨乃至上千吨，体积像是房子一样的恐怖炮弹就能略窥一二。
吴生不加思索的点了点头：“非常确定。
因为以这些炮弹的重量，想要靠化学爆炸产生的推力将其送到十几公里乃至几十公里之外，几乎是不可能做到的事情。
光是几百公斤发射药爆炸所产生的破坏力就足以将炮管撕碎。
而且你注意到炮管后面接入的粗壮电缆了吗？ 只有电磁炮才需要输入如此巨量的电力。”
“难以置信！那你觉得那些涂抹了不同颜色的炮弹里都装了些什么？炸药？燃烧剂？还是毒气？”杰克舔着嘴唇继续追问道。
吴生摸着下巴思索了片刻，很快笑着摇了摇头：“不知道。别忘了，我们眼下所在的是一个通过虚拟现实技术营造出来的魔法世界。
在这里，地球上的物理规则并不一定适用，魔法也是我们从未见过的东西。
但我敢保证，作为这座漂浮在天上巨型城市的防御和进攻性武器，它的威力肯定远超我们已知任何一种常规武器。
如果不小心刚好处在炮弹杀伤半径之内，估计连一点残渣和碎肉都不会剩下。”
杰克听到这句话立刻开心的大笑起来：“哈哈哈哈！听你这么说，我倒是有些期待这个大宝贝轰鸣时的壮观景象了。
知道吗？ 我跟正常人不太一样，格外喜欢战争和杀戮。
为了能拿到合法杀人执照，我才会去选择参军当兵。
不过我讨厌欺凌弱小、屠杀平民，更喜欢与那些强者交锋，享受在枪林弹雨中与死神擦肩而过的刺激。
后来退役之后，主动选择成为了一名雇佣兵。
之前我还在担心，自己是否能适应三百年后的和平生活。
但是现在，我一点也不担心了。
虽然在现实世界没办法享受战争与杀戮的乐趣，但却可以在虚拟世界实现。
最重要的是，我在你身上嗅到了跟自己一样的气息。
如果没猜错的话，你应该也参加过极为惨烈的战争，并且也对那种感觉产生了无法抑制的上瘾，对吧？”
伴随着这句话脱口而出，原本总是一副人畜无害的吴生眼睛里顿时迸射出骇人的寒光，抬起头反问：“这你都能看得出来？”
“当然看得出来。虽然你极力在克制，可是在看我的时候总是第一时间把目光投向心脏、肾脏、肝脏、下体、脖子、眼睛等致命部位。既然我们都是同一类，不如一起组队行动如何？比起那些还没搞清楚状况的家伙，我认为我们俩应该可以抢占一些先机。”
杰克主动伸出手发出了组队邀请。
当过雇佣兵的他比任何人都清楚，不管自己的战斗力有多么出色，很多时候都仍旧需要有同伴的帮助跟掩护。
因此在醒来之后就一直在物色合适的人选，组建一个精英小队来挑战那些最危险、奖励最高的任务。
“可以。不过事先说好只是组队合做，我可不是你的手下。”
吴生思索片刻之后很快提出了交换条件。
“没问题！我相信我们之间会相处的非常愉快。”
就这样，玩家之中第一个双人小队在前往中央高塔的路上成立了。
除了他们俩之外，还有一些意识到团队协作重要性的玩家也纷纷开始抱团。
等来到中央高塔王座前的时候，差不多三分之一都组建或是加入了小团队，剩下三分之二刨除极少数“独狼”，也都纷纷有了类似的想法。
欣赏着眼前这群乱糟糟一直在不停讨论的家伙，左思立刻给耸立在大殿两边召唤出来的巨龙使了个眼色。
下一秒……
“安静！！！！！”
两条巨龙发出的咆哮与龙威，瞬间把这群还没获得职业等级的新手吓的噤声，并且忍不住瑟瑟发抖。
有些心理素质差的，更是扑通一声跪在地上，整个人像筛糠一样上下牙直打架。
Before these ordinary souls from Earth could react to what was happening, two giant dragons emitting powerful auras crawled down in the most humble manner, allowing a human who looked too young to step on their heads and walked down from the throne at a slow and oppressive pace.
Not only the dragon, but also the giant construct golems around, the creepy Skeleton Giants, as well as the mind flayers, beholders, liches, dark elves, gray dwarves, giants, trolls, ogres and other races, as well as the balor, six-armed snake demons and succubi that were specially summoned to support the scene were all kneeling in a row on both sides.
Plop! Plop! Plop! Every time Zuo Si walked down a step, the players could feel their hearts beating violently.
Soon, they realized that the young human in front of them was the supreme ruler of the floating city of Plantia in the background setting, and also their creator and master.
So they all knelt on one knee as required by the rule book to show respect and obedience.
Of course, all of these arrangements are also applications of social psychology.
The purpose is to establish an absolute central authority among the player community, so that it will be less likely to cause major chaos in future management.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Zuo Si stopped and began to pretend to recite the lines he had prepared in advance.
“The world has just experienced an unprecedented disaster.
The terrible magical plague killed more than 90 percent of the population, causing the once prosperous empire and civilization to fall into darkness in the storm.
I created you in order to end it all, reignite the flames of civilization, and create a great nation that is more glorious and brilliant than before.
Similarly, I also believe that you will not let me down and will continue to contribute your wisdom and strength in this process.
In return!
I will give you great power! Endless wealth! Power over ordinary people! Fearless warriors!
Please stand up now!
Look up and look me in the eyes!
Tell me, do you have the confidence to overcome all difficulties, defeat all enemies that stand in your way, and smash all those obstacles one by one?
Are you willing to follow me to those unknown and dangerous worlds to obtain the resources we need?
Are you willing to have your name engraved on the huge immortal monument in the central square of the floating city and become a great hero praised by everyone? "
"Yes! We do!"
"For the great empire!"
"For the glory of the floating city of Plantia!"
"To rekindle the flame of civilization!"
"For the Supreme Lord!"
…
As the emotions on the scene were fully aroused, these players, without exception, roared at the top of their lungs, completely immersed in the roles they played.
Because they knew nothing about magic, they didn't notice that the chandelier inlaid with countless gems above the hall was emitting a strange light.
Needless to say, the function of this device is to exert a very strong group psychological suggestion on these "leeks" below, so that they will identify with the identity of residents of the floating city.
"Very good! I feel your determination.
However, in order to adapt to the dangerous world outside, you first need to receive some training.
Next, the construct will take you to some special schools and training grounds.
There, you can choose to become a fighter, ranger, rogue, druid, wizard, warlock, creator, bard, priest, monk or barbarian.
Only after passing the graduation assessment will one be allowed to leave the floating city.
Of course, during this period of time, everyone can do some work within their ability in the floating city based on the knowledge they have mastered to earn the necessary expenses for daily life.
Finally, I wish you a smooth and pleasant start. ”
After saying this, Zuo Si returned to the throne and waved his hand gently.
After a while, the construct took the group of players who had been brainwashed silently to the next stop - the academy.
After everyone had gone away, Zuo Si smiled and asked Vanessa who was standing next to him: "How is my acting? Isn't it good?"
"Perfect! I believe that after going through all this, those souls from another world will soon become a trump card in our hands. Because they have no fear, and they are not afraid of death."
The lich raised the corners of his mouth and revealed a smile of great anticipation.
You should know that this first batch of players have undergone very strict screening. They are either veterans who have experienced war and can kill efficiently without any psychological barriers, or they are highly skilled workers who have mastered certain professional knowledge and techniques, or they are talented boys or girls who died young due to terminal illness.
In short, the souls of ordinary people after death are not even qualified to be screened.
"Remember, don't use force on these people unless necessary, but try to guide them as much as possible. For example, set a relatively high reward for some dangerous tasks, and they will naturally rush to do it." Zuo Si reminded meaningfully.
As the Fourth Disaster Plan begins, within the next month, there will be five to ten thousand players in the floating city.
After about one and a half to two months, they will successfully obtain the LV10 virtual professional level through rigorous training, which is equivalent to the real professional level of LV1.
This means that finding a new time and space of appropriate difficulty for players to practice must be put on the agenda.
But the question is, among the worlds known to Zuo Si, which one is suitable for a group of players who have just obtained professional levels to explore?
Obviously, the universe where the world of Toril, with its many gods, demons, devils, and celestial creatures, is located, is definitely not suitable.
By the same token, the universe of Zendikar, which has many planeswalkers, is also not very suitable.
Therefore, he had to find a world with magical energy from his own memory as the initial trial ground.
The first to be taken into consideration is Middle-earth from The Lord of the Rings.
If we judge simply by the number, size and combat effectiveness of the dark legions composed of evil creatures in this world, such as orcs, wargs, and dragons, it is indeed a very good choice.
Enough energy can be collected through war and killing alone, allowing players to grow their strength rapidly.
But the problem is that there are a large number of real gods in the world of The Lord of the Rings.
Even though in the original story, the most powerful gods hardly showed up from beginning to end, only a few weaker gods and demigods such as Morgoth and Sauron were causing trouble.
But God knows how the more powerful gods will react when they discover the foreign invaders.
So as expected, it was the first one to be eliminated.
As for the second one taken into reference, it is the planet where Game of Thrones is located.
Unlike the world of The Lord of the Rings, the biggest advantage here is that there are no very obvious signs of divine activity. Even some so-called "miracles" may actually be some unique magical power.
Moreover, even if there is a true god, he cannot grant divine powers to believers on a large scale and can only perform miracles on a very small number of people. Their power must be very weak, so weak that they can be easily killed by Zuo Si.
In addition, several continents in this world are experiencing frequent wars. Whether you join any of the forces or simply secede and establish your own regime, you will never have to worry about not having wars to fight.
But everything has its pros and cons.
The shortcoming of the world of A Song of Ice and Fire is the generally low combat effectiveness. Even Gregor Clegane, known as "The Mountain", would probably find it difficult to defeat a fully armed ogre or hill giant.
The only supernatural creatures are a few fire-breathing dragons with low intelligence, whose scales can't even protect against giant crossbow bolts without enchantments.
Perhaps the only thing worth watching is the Night King north of the Wall and the army of wights under his command.
In comparison, the third world under consideration - "Undead King" is much more interesting.
First of all, this is a place that has many similarities to Toril.
Including the professions, abilities, monsters and a large number of magic levels brought by players from the parallel earth "World Tree", the corresponding prototypes can be found in Faerun.
Secondly, there is no real God in this world either.
The only one who comes close to godly power is the Dragon Emperor who summoned the player.
Zuo Si, who had many trump cards in his hand, was confident that he could defeat or even kill him.
Last but not least, going to war with the time traveler players who control the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick is strictly PVP. Both in terms of the degree of danger and the emergencies that need to be dealt with, it is much more difficult than PVE against local natives.
Regardless of success or failure in the end, players can gain a lot of experience from it.
In addition, according to many people's calculations of the level of the game character "World Tree", the so-called LV100 is only equivalent to LV27 to LV29 in the continent of Faerun.
If the situation really develops to the point where it is out of control, Zuo Si can directly lead the liches and a large number of summoned creatures in the organization to start a fight, and destroy the tomb and the numerous guardians inside with overwhelming absolute force.
As for Azeroth, which I have always thought about, I'd better give up until I have figured out the corresponding time magic to block the perception of the bronze dragon army.
"First, open the world of A Song of Ice and Fire as a trial for novices, and then open the world of the Undead King to let the Fourth Scourge bring warmth to Old Bones, so that he doesn't have to fight wits with the air all day long. This is the happy decision." Zuo Si touched his chin and muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear.
Of course, exploring two worlds you've never been to before is going to take a long time, even for a planeswalker.
Fortunately, the more detailed the description of this world in memory, the more likely it is that we can use the power of sparks to travel through the dark void and find its true location.
The players were obviously unaware of Zuo Si's arrangements.
At this moment, they were standing in groups at the gates of colleges, hesitating which one to choose.
Especially the players of several spellcasting professions, the largest number of players gathered at the door.
After all, in the eyes of most people, mysterious magic is far more interesting than chopping people with swords.
Unfortunately, becoming a spellcaster is not an easy task.
In just a few minutes, more than a dozen players came out of one of the mage towers cursing.
Apparently, they had failed the most basic entrance test.
Normally, anyone with normal intelligence can master the power of arcane magic through learning.
But in order to avoid too many "magic barbarians" and waste of resources, Zuo Si deliberately designed a series of sophisticated psychological tests to ensure that those who do not have the qualifications of a mage can be eliminated.
The result is that the mage has become the profession with the highest entry threshold, with an elimination rate of over 90 percent.
Among the one hundred testers, less than ten put on the robes symbolizing apprenticeship and entered with an attitude of great pride.
However, what they don’t know is that what awaits them will be a longer learning process than other professions, and they can’t expect to get out of the tower within three months at least.
Of course, those who were eliminated were not discouraged and began to accept tests from warlocks, druids, bards and priests one by one.
There is also a small group who discovered that the Creator is a special profession that cannot cast spells but possesses powerful magical powers and amazing potential, and they chose to join without hesitation.
Among the many people who were eliminated from the mage test, Jack was undoubtedly the most conspicuous one.
Because of his inherent thinking, he always has a special liking for pure power attributes. When creating his character, he chose a hybrid of human + ogre + giant. His height alone is over two meters and five, and he has a body full of horrible tendons. He is probably able to kill a cow with his bare hands. He doesn't look like a material for becoming a wizard.
A half-orc female player who also failed the test and was originally a little depressed, couldn't help but burst out laughing when she saw Jack walking out of the tower.
"Hahahaha! Big guy, the Mage Tower is not the place you should come to. Look, do you see the warriors, barbarians, and monk academy over there? That is your final destination."
"I protest! This is naked discrimination! Who says that a wizard must be as thin as a bamboo pole, hiding far away and chanting spells? Can't he just hold a war hammer, cast strengthening magic on himself, rush forward and chop down the enemy?" Jack argued unwillingly.
"Ahem! Stop it, man. I just asked around. What you're talking about is the fighting style of priests."
Wu Sheng, who was waiting at the door, hurriedly pulled his teammate to avoid embarrassing himself here.
"priest?"
A puzzled look came over Jack's face.
Wu Sheng hurriedly explained, "Yes! It means to believe in and serve God devoutly, and to obtain the power of divine arts granted by God. By the way, how many perception attributes do you have?"
"fifteen!"
Since all players can call upon retinal projections formed by psychic energy, Jack opened the attribute panel and took a look and immediately gave the answer.
This guy obviously took the extreme route. Apart from a strength attribute of 20 points, a physique attribute of 16 points, and a perception attribute of 15 points, the rest were basically in single digits.
Among them, agility is eight points, intelligence is five points, and charm is three points.
Low agility means being clumsy and slow to react, which is often inversely proportional to the size of the body. The larger the body, the lower the agility, and the smaller the body, the higher the agility.
As for intelligence, although the player's intelligence attribute only represents the potential for brain development, it will not cause mental retardation and inability to learn any language or writing like ordinary people due to insufficient intelligence attributes.
But Jack is the only one who can be so short.
And that charm with only three points...
Look at his face, which looks like a scene of a car accident. No, even a car accident scene is several times better than this. People with poor psychological quality might vomit up their overnight meal after just one look at it.
This has gone beyond the literal word "ugly" and is closer to a mental attack.
The reason why Jack created such a weird thing is to pursue strength beyond the limit. It seems that many people who play games will max out the main attributes and reduce those unimportant attributes to a level that is unbearable to watch.
"Great! What a priest needs is a high perception attribute. As long as you can overcome your psychological barriers and serve the Phoenix God, Benu, wholeheartedly, you will be able to obtain the divine arts he bestows."
After saying that, Wu Sheng dragged his newly-cooperated companion towards the direction of the temple.
Since the Bennu faith has been spread among the survivors in this world for some time, there are already quite a few believers and priests.
Currently stationed in the floating city is a fifty-year-old woman named Monlia, who has a priest level of LV7. She is explaining the teachings of the Phoenix God to the players who have just passed the test.
Some white people and Latinos who already had a religious belief foundation soon sensed the existence of God through solemn rituals and established a weak connection with him.
Although this connection is not enough to obtain true divine power, it can change the surrounding things through a small amount of overflowing divine power.
After all, the biggest difference between a priest and a mage is that the latter gains power through learning, which cannot be taken away easily by anyone, so the learning process is very long.
But the former is different. As long as you are pious enough and have a relatively high perception attribute, you can quickly gain the favor of the gods.
Of course, in addition to the common priests who believe in God and rely on the power granted by God, there is actually a rare type of priest who does not believe in a specific god, but believes in some abstract things, such as some philosophical thoughts and truths that exist in the universe, and gains divine arts and power from them.
It’s just that it’s much more difficult for the latter to gain power than the former, so it’s basically rarely encountered.
Just when Monlia was feeling happy about being able to recruit so many qualified priest apprentices at once, he suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet tremble slightly.
Then, she saw an extremely ugly and huge humanoid monster walk in from outside, kneel on the ground and shout, "Your Excellency the Bishop! I want to be a priest of the God of Phoenix!"
Boom! Monlia felt his brain explode instantly. He subconsciously raised his head and looked at the statue standing in the center of the temple. He had no idea whether to agree or refuse...
(End of this chapter)