[Battle to the Top]
Outside the novice training ground of this game, there is a piece of land that is particularly eye-catching.
There was nothing special nearby, and even the scenery was very ordinary, but it was abnormally crowded with players.
The players looked lazy and some left from time to time, while others joined in immediately. In short, they made this ordinary area become very lively.
Is that person here today?
This is the phrase most often mentioned by the players gathered here.
They were waiting for the summiteer to arrive again.
It was such a pity that the other party left yesterday. They were obviously about to meet each other, but at the last moment they could only watch that legendary figure leave.
Many people did not give up and ran here to wait, hoping that the other party would come again.
The game is first launched in a specific area, but there are only two locations for each subsequent launch. One is the initial point, which is the place where the player first logs in, a bit like a personal space; the other is where you were when you went offline, and that is where you will appear when you go online again.
Of course, both of these options are chosen by the players themselves, and no one knows where someone will choose to go online, but at least, if they wait here, there is a 50% chance that they will see each other.
This legendary character who hasn't logged in for many years, since he has come for the first time, there will definitely be a second time. After all, his son has reached the appropriate age and will definitely be more interested in this game.
The gaming world was in a carnival last night. Even if some newcomers were not aware of the achievements of the person who reached the top, there would naturally be players who would publicize it again.
Videos and achievements from many years ago were dug up, allowing the glory that had been lost over time to spread throughout the game again.
The handsome young man who was originally suspected to be the son of the summit winner was spread through layers of rumors by many players, and somehow, was firmly believed to be his son.
So more and more players are waiting at the place where the last climber left.
If the other party doesn’t go online for one day, they will stay online for one day. If the other party doesn’t go online for two days, they will stay online for two days!
Compare patience with the game’s avid fans; they have plenty of it! You have waited for so many years, do you still care about one or two days?
There are actually quite a few people who have this idea. Many small teams even take turns to stay on duty and have arranged duty roster.
What's worse is that people often quarrel over a piece of land closer to the middle.
However, players waiting here are destined to be disappointed.
Because Elvia and Zhou Zhou did not choose to go online from the original location.
Because of the special nature of Zhou Zhou's identity, Elvia needs to make settings and adjustments every time he goes online, so they have to come out of their personal space every time they go online.
Moreover, their goal today is not the novice training ground.
Zhou Zhou has passed the novice stage, and Alvia is ready to take him to the intermediate arena.
The intermediate competition field and the novice training field were not far apart. Zhou Zhou saw the large crowds of people there from afar, with curiosity flashing in his eyes.
He pointed to the area filled with players and asked Alvia, "Al, what are you doing there?"
Alvia also noticed the abnormality there. He hadn't logged in for so many years and hadn't read the forum, so he naturally didn't know what the people gathered there were doing. Seeing that Zhou Zhou seemed very interested, he asked, "Do you want to go over and take a look?"
Zhou Zhou looked at the dense crowd and considered the possibility of them squeezing in.
"Forget it, there are too many people." Zhou Zhou still vividly remembered how he was squeezed into a pancake by a large group of people yesterday. Although he was curious, he didn't want to try it again.
"Okay, let's go play the game first. Today's game may be difficult, but I think you can master it quickly." Elvia had no interest in crowding with others. While telling Zhou Zhou the precautions, she walked towards the building.
So the climber that the players had been waiting for walked into the distant building in a swaggering manner.
Players: looking forward to it, eagerly waiting.
When will the summiteer appear?
Not knowing that the players outside were calling him affectionately, Elvia was explaining the actual combat content to Zhou Zhou.
Yesterday, Zhou Zhou was in the novice competition. Most people had just started using mechas, so they couldn't beat Zhou Zhou, who had an excellent memory.
The intermediate arena is probably the one with the most uneven levels of competition. There are both newcomers who have just been promoted and experienced players who have been in the industry for a long time, so it is still unknown whether Zhou Zhou can defeat his opponents.
“No matter whether we win or lose, as long as we can remember the characteristics of our opponent’s moves and find out the problems we still have, this game can be considered a gain,” said Elvia.
Although Zhou Zhou showed yesterday that he was not very concerned about winning or losing, Elvia still tried his best to prevent Zhou Zhou from caring too much about winning or losing. After all, he had only learned about mechas for one day, and many things required accumulation of experience.
"We'll take it step by step first. Just play ten games today, and then we'll go to other areas."
Zhou Zhou nodded obediently, looking like a good student accepting the teacher's instructions.
Zhou Zhou released the mecha, and Elvia helped him check whether the mecha was damaged. In the game, if the mecha was damaged, points were required to repair it.
However, Elvia is quite proficient in the maintenance of mechas. Even though yesterday's game was relatively easy for Zhou Zhou, he still carefully checked each part to prevent any unexpected situations from occurring to Zhou Zhou's mecha during the game.
While Elvia was inspecting, Zhou Zhou stood below and looked up.
Alvia still used that common face, but in Zhou Zhou's eyes, he seemed to be able to see Alvia's true appearance through the face set by the system that made people forget it at a glance.
Especially when the other person looks serious, it's like the frost and snow on the top of an unreachable mountain. Even just one look at him makes people fall in love with him.
But now, His Majesty, who was unattainable in the eyes of everyone, was climbing up and down with an uncle's face to help Zhou Zhou repair the mecha.
Zhou Zhou: I always have an indescribable strange feeling.
If it was Ryan standing here, he might be very familiar with this feeling, the pain and contrast of a high-born beauty falling into the mortal world.
"No problem." Alvia got off the mecha.
Zhou Zhou ignored the strange feeling, looked at his mecha, and suddenly said to Alvia: "I found that the color of the mecha is similar to your eyes."
Just discovered it? That's why he bought it.
"It looks very nice, this color is very beautiful." After Zhou Zhou said this, he went on stage to prepare for the competition.
Only Elvia was left standing there in a daze. It was not until Zhou Zhou's match began that Elvia covered her forehead and began to watch the game.
He found that Zhou Zhou always used a sentence to get on his nerves, and this time there was no critical hit added later. It is precisely because of this that Elvia always has a feeling of unreality.
It would be great if Zhou Zhou could say these words to him every day, Alvia had a delusion.
However, thinking about how Zhou Zhou's words were always sweet in the first half and a critical hit in the second half, causing more damage than not saying anything, Elvia still hesitated.
However, he quickly thought of a good idea. Since Zhou Zhou's damage value was doubled, what would be the effect if he said these words?
Alvia thought it was worth a try.
Elvia in the audience was extremely nervous, while Zhou Zhou on the stage was full of fighting spirit.
Driving a tall and mighty mecha, Zhou Zhou's eyes were sharp and his operation was like a phantom, suppressing his opponent in all directions.
He is clearly an NPC in love who lives a peaceful life, but due to various coincidences, he appears in a fighting game and even suppresses the players. This strange thing would be considered bizarre by everyone. But when you think about it, this love NPC has already been designed into the horror game, so fighting against it doesn't seem to be a big deal.
Zhou Zhou won the first game, but it took him quite some time. After all, his opponent was not like the novice player from yesterday who could be knocked down with one punch. His opponent had his own combat experience and methods, and was able to barely escape from Zhou Zhou's extremely quick reaction. However, in the later period, Zhou Zhou began to imitate his movements, and all of his moves were learned by his opponent, who used them better than himself.
This poor opponent felt that his opponents in the later stages seemed to have become version 2.0 of himself. He could not win no matter what method he used and could only admit defeat.
The victorious Zhou Zhou drove the mecha towards where Elvia was.
Looking at Zhou Zhou who was waiting for his evaluation after winning, Alvia seemed to be able to imagine those amber eyes looking at him brightly.
"You did a great job, and you can keep doing this until you fail."
The method he mentioned was that Zhou Zhou should imitate other people's actions. Zhou Zhou had too short a time to come into contact with mechas. If he imitated the actions of different players, he would be able to master a large number of operating methods in the shortest time, which would be easier than learning it by himself.
Of course, this method is only limited to players like Zhou Zhou who have superb memory and can remember the opponent's actions instantly.
The ice-blue mecha nodded, exactly the same as Zhou Zhou's usual movements. It was obviously a cold and powerful mecha, but it inexplicably had a hint of cleverness.
Alvia: I think it's kind of cute. It was the first time he thought a mecha was cute.
Sure enough, in the subsequent games, Zhou Zhou began to imitate the movements of each player. At the beginning, the imitation was more mechanical, but gradually, Zhou Zhou began to master it and was able to use the skills learned in the previous game to deal with opponents in the next game.
All the players who played against him said that this guy was too insidious. He actually used their own moves to beat them. The key point was that they still lost.
Is this a mecha competition? This is clearly a psychological warfare. First, secretly learn their techniques, then use the skills you just learned openly, and finally take advantage of their distracted mind because of this matter to launch a sneak attack. No one will lose!
With evil intentions!
If you have the guts, fight openly!
Zhou Zhou couldn't hear the players' indignation; he was concentrating on dealing with the opponent in front of him.
Unlike yesterday's game which he lost due to improper operation, Zhou Zhou had a very difficult time in this game.
He imitated his opponent's moves, but his opponent responded with ease; he used the moves that his previous opponents had used, but his opponent remained calm, as if all his moves had fallen on deaf ears and had no effect at all.
Zhou Zhou lost.
This was also his tenth game.
After the game, Zhou Zhou walked towards Elvia in a daze. In fact, he still didn't quite understand why he lost the game.
Is the opponent too strong? But it seems that the opponent didn't use any powerful moves.
Are those moves useless? But I have defeated many people before.
Looking at Zhou Zhou's silent appearance, Alvia couldn't help but want to touch his little curly hair.
In fact, he did so.
"Do you know why you lost?"
Zhou Zhou held his hand on his head and looked at Alvia pitifully: "I don't know."
The curly hair was rubbed twice again.
"Because your opponent is more experienced, he should be a military academy student from some university, and he has studied very hard in school. All the moves you imitated before were actually moves that are widely circulated in school or society, and there are ways to crack them. He just practiced the basics very solidly, so you will feel that every move of yours has been predicted by your opponent, but he is not predicting, he just knows what you will do."
Those players who had learned skills from Zhou Zhou before naturally also knew the subsequent moves, but their speed and reaction could not keep up with Zhou Zhou, so they were naturally unable to resist the 2.0 version of the moves.
Seeing that Zhou Zhou was a little discouraged, Alvia originally wanted to talk about some key points of Zhou Zhou's failure, but in a flash, he suddenly realized it.
Now is a very good time!
"Zhou Zhou." Alvia's expression turned serious. "You've done very well. You can perform at this level on an intermediate mecha on the second day of learning mecha. This is enough to prove that you are very talented and have a promising future."
Why does it feel like the leader is encouraging his subordinates?
"I am very happy to witness your growth. If possible, I hope to accompany you in your growth in the future."
This is a good sentence.
Alvia nodded with satisfaction in her heart.
Zhou Zhou's expression changed slightly, but when he raised his head and was about to say something, he saw Elvia's kind, slightly plump figure of an ordinary middle-aged man, and the strange feeling in his heart disappeared without a trace.
No one could have any bad thoughts about such a "kind" face.
The combination of kindness and growth is more like an elderly elder's earnest expectation for his or her younger generation.
"I am very happy too. I will continue to work hard."
Look, what a perfect junior-style answer.
Although Zhou Zhou's answer did not meet Elvia's expectations, he did not actually have high expectations. After all, Zhou Zhou's thinking was different from that of ordinary people, so just a little response would be enough.
Just like that, Alvia’s first flirtation turned into a touching family affair.
Both parties are quite satisfied.
Afterwards, Elvia took Zhou Zhou to the starship area. Zhou Zhou was also very interested in flying a spaceship, but this part required too much theoretical knowledge to be mastered in advance. If Zhou Zhou wanted to practice, he had to learn professional knowledge in advance.
In other words, read a lot of books.
Zhou Zhou doesn’t have time as he has to design a copy recently, so it can only be postponed.
Zhou Zhou was thinking about submitting the copy for review, so Elvia considerately logged off early and went back with him to check the review results.
Before logging off, when passing by the mecha area, Zhou Zhou found that there were still a lot of people there. They had obviously stayed in the mecha area and the starship area for a long time. Don’t the people there need to log off or go home for dinner? He actually stayed there all the time.
Their trip was not discovered by any players. After all, in just over ten hours from yesterday to today, several groups of people pretending to be the summiteer and his son had appeared.
The common face is the system template, beautiful faces can be customized, and there are many players who know that the top climbers use the common faces of the system and imitate them, all of which make it quite difficult to find the real person.
No one expected that the real summiteer would be running around right under their noses.
When Zhou Zhou and Elvia went offline, the players waited anxiously.
When will the summiteer appear?
After returning to the Nightmare City, Zhou Zhou discovered that his copy review had passed!
It was so fast! He had originally planned that the review might take several days, but it came out so quickly.
Moreover, his copy had been adjusted by intermediate players such as Elvia and Molan, and there was no problem at all after the review.
"Next I will start building the copy!" Zhou Zhou was very happy.
They are now back at Zhou Zhou's home. Looking at Zhou Zhou's happy appearance, Elvia is also infected by his mood.
"I'll go with you."
Zhou Zhou blinked: "But you haven't upgraded yet."
Alvia paused, it seemed to be true. He was still a novice player, and it seemed that novice players could not participate in designing copies?
"I'll ask Zeus."
Elvia is looking for Zeus who has gone off to have fun somewhere. They have a special way of communication and can find each other at any time.
But today, Zeus was acting out of character. When Elvia was looking for him, he not only did not come back immediately, but only sent a message to Elvia.
"I'm busy, don't disturb me. And these rules are clearly in the instructions of the latest version of the game, go and check it out yourself! Humph!"
Alvia: "..." So what is Zeus doing? He obviously has many clones and all matters can be handled by his clones, so how could he be busy?
Could it be that he is still resentful about being locked in a small dark room for ten minutes yesterday?
However, Elvia could not guess all of Zeus' strange ideas. After all, children always have their own ideas when they grow up.
I found the instructions for the new version from the task panel, and there was indeed an explanation about this.
Alvia read through the instructions at a glance.
"New dungeons must be built in intermediate player cities." Elvia found the relevant instructions, which meant that he really could not build a dungeon with Zhou Zhou.
"However, after the designed dungeon passes the final review, you can invite no more than three junior players to conduct an evaluation."
He can participate in this.
In this case, Zhou Zhou could only go to the small town outside the Novice Village to design it himself, and Elvia...
"Al, do you want to go and rest first? It's very late now." Zhou Zhou asked. He planned to rest after the copy was completed, otherwise he would not be able to rest well if he was thinking about this matter.
But Alvia is different, he should get a good rest on time.
Elvia agreed on the surface, but after leaving Zhou Zhou's house, she immediately went to do the dungeon mission alone.
Zhou Zhou's mind was obviously on designing the copy. If he had always been a junior player, he would not even be able to stay with Zhou Zhou most of the time, so he had to upgrade first.
Elvia, who had been paddling all along, finally started to get serious.
And Zhou Zhou is not in this copy, so he needs to finish the battle quickly.
After the copy scene is submitted, it will be simulated and generated by the system. All these generated scenes will appear in the small town so that the designer can make adjustments at any time. However, when the copy is put into use, the scene will be placed in the novice village.
All the mechanisms, trigger props, etc. inside were made by the designers themselves.
The first copy scene designed by Zhou Zhou was very small, but he put a lot of thought into it. He also had various props given by other intermediate players.
These were all given to him by everyone for building the copy. Zhou Zhou decided to use all of them and not let everyone down.
After a whole night of hard work, Elvia completed two copies and his points increased significantly, but it would take some time before he could upgrade.
Alvia: ...If I had known, I wouldn't have slacked off.
Zhou Zhou's copy was basically done, but it seemed like something was missing...
Looking at the bustling crowd in the small town, with people of all races and strange looks, Zhou Zhou finally realized that he was still missing a few NPCs!
It would be no fun without NPCs in the dungeon.
This small town for intermediate players is the most convenient place to find NPCs.
Another day passed, and Zhou Zhou's copy passed the final review.
He was the first to invite Alvia to help him with the assessment.
At this time, the copy had not yet been put into the Novice Village. Elvia stood at the door outside the copy. She could enter the copy immediately by just pushing the door.
"Al, come on!" Zhou Zhou is now cheering Alvia on the side.
Although he already knew the general process of this copy and had proposed some modification suggestions, he did not participate in the actual operation and construction of the copy at all. He was really curious about what the copy designed by Zhou Zhou would look like.
After pushing the door open, Alvia walked in slowly.
Zhou Zhou, on the other hand, stayed outside and waited.
Of course, he also needs to look at the changes in various values in the background of the copy, and make adjustments if there are any inappropriate places.
These were originally things that players needed to figure out on their own after upgrading, but Zhou Zhou had the help of Molan and the others, who basically told him all the things to pay attention to and the key points.
In addition, Zhou Zhou has a strong learning ability and he mastered everything in just a few days without having to figure it out on his own. It is constantly adjusted according to the background copy data, and looks quite realistic with a tense little face.
Players with a backend are just that efficient.
The data is normal, and the progress of clearing the level is also very fast. It seems that the various mechanisms and plots he designed did not pose any difficulty for Al.
Zhou Zhou admired in his heart, not feeling at all distressed that the copy had been cracked so quickly.
In his opinion, his first copy was just an ordinary small copy, which could be cleared as long as he worked hard, and it was not difficult at all.
Successfully cleared the level!
The door was opened again, and Elvia walked out calmly.
Zhou Zhou immediately went up to him and said, "How is it, Al, how is my copy?"
Alvia looked at Zhou Zhou, who had his amber eyes wide open and was looking at him nervously, and was silent for a while.
"Do you really want to put this copy into the Novice Village?" Elvia suddenly asked this question.
"Of course, if there are no problems, it can be launched today."
Zhou Zhou looked at Elvia with a complicated look in his eyes and asked nervously, "Is there any problem?" Is there something wrong? But the backstage is normal.
Alvia sighed, "Nothing, no problem."
Zhou Zhou also felt that there was no problem, but seeing Al's strange look, he felt a little worried.
"I'll ask Shirley and Keli to come over and test it for me again."
Zhou Zhou was about to send a message to the two of them, but was stopped by Alvia.
"I think it's better not to do that. If you let them come to evaluate, you might lose two friends." Elvia held Zhou Zhou's hand and suggested sincerely.
Zhou Zhou:? ? ?
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