"The Killer"?
This is a game I’ve never heard of. Could it be a small game made by a foreign manufacturer?
Seeing the time, it was almost noon. Ren Suo ordered some takeout, then peed, brushed his teeth and washed his face. After that, he lay down on the sofa in the living room and started playing the Small World game console.
The house that his uncle rented to him was fully decorated and equipped with furniture such as audio equipment, 4K TV, sofas, etc. It must be very comfortable to live there alone - it would be even more comfortable if he had a girlfriend.
So Ren Suo bought his best girlfriend, the Fourth Princess, whose full name is Hell 4th Generation Game Console.
After washing his face, Ren Suo regained consciousness. Only then did he remember that he had bought his game console and the game separately.
The mobile phone order showed that the "Heroes Warriors 8" and "Curse of the Evil Dead 2" he purchased were still on the way and would probably take another day or two to arrive. Even if he bought the game consoles, it would be useless.
"Heroes Warriors 8" is a new lawn-mowing action game, while "Curse of the Evil Dead 2" is a hardcore role-playing action game. Ren Suo took a long time to choose these two, and plans to play them for a few months until he gets platinum and goes to work.
Because the purchase of these two masterpieces almost emptied Ren Suo's gaming funds, he did not plan to purchase digital versions of games from the Hell Gaming Platform. This was because digital games were often more expensive than physical versions, and Ren Suo would not consider buying them unless there was a discount - not to mention the "collectibility" and "recovery" of the physical version.
If he becomes wealthy in the future, Ren Suo will collect game discs as his own glorious history;
If he is poor, he can sell the game discs to make money back. A game like this won’t cost him much.
Based on these two reasons, Ren Suo chose the physical version of the game which takes a very long time to ship.
Now that there are no games, the Hell 4PRO game console has to remain idle, and Ren Suo can only play the "Bald Killer" in the small world.
Select "Free Game of the Month" and "Hitman" will show a game introduction of a role-playing action game, an immersive assassination game. Players will transform into a modern killer with "bullet time" to travel the world. The killer is proficient in all firearms and all fighting techniques, and can even choose other killer characters. It looks pretty good.
After selecting download, a pop-up prompt appears on the screen:
"Player selection is a free chapter. This month's free chapter of Hitman is 'Bloody Dinner'. Game difficulty: 1 star."
"The difficulty of this free chapter is 1 star, so the exclusive reward is cancelled."
"The remaining time for this game chapter is 14 hours, 23 minutes and 51 seconds. After the time is up, this game will be automatically deleted."
"What? I can only play one chapter of the free game, and there are less than 15 hours left?" Ren Suo complained, but he had seen too many free things in Xuan Country, so he was not too surprised.
However, the game was downloaded incredibly quickly. In less than five seconds, Ren Suo was prompted that the game had been downloaded successfully. Ren Suo had no hope for this game anymore. Although the apartment was connected to a 200M optical fiber cable from Xuan Guo Telecom, a game that could be downloaded via WIFI in just five seconds would probably not be more than 100M, right?
Even if it is just one chapter, the music, system, and images still need to be downloaded. Games with such a small capacity are either too censored or the main body is actually very small - although the capacity does not represent the quality of the game, it limits the expressiveness of the game.
"It looks like it should be a small game...wait?"
Ren Suo suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have connected the Small World game console to the apartment's WIFI?
However, this small world game console has been extremely powerful since its appearance. It can directly connect to the game controller of Hell 4 and the rice TV. Now it can automatically connect to the apartment WIFI, which is not surprising.
However, when he entered the game, his expectations, which had not been very high at first, were suddenly lifted!
On the screen, raindrops were falling from the eaves of the buildings on both sides, dripping onto the muddy ground of the alley. The light from the distant buildings and the street lamps outside the alley became the only light sources in the alley.
In the dim alley that seemed like an abyss, a figure holding a black umbrella stepped on the rain and slowly appeared in the center of the screen. He was wearing a suit and had a straight figure, like an aristocrat in the rainy night.
At this time, the camera moves forward and shifts the screen view to under the umbrella, allowing the player to fully see the man's appearance -
"Please set the killer's appearance."
"What the hell? This isn't CG, but the actual game scene?" Ren Suo was shocked. Behind the game character was still the alley with the drizzling rain, but the light and shadow, the rain, the buildings, the textures, the rendering, and the characters were so stunning that even the game "Log Horizon", which boasted of being the 'pinnacle of performance', might not be able to compare to them!
"This is definitely not a small game, but a 3A masterpiece," Ren Suo became interested. He found that the default appearance of the game character was a bald man with a fierce look. After choosing to change the appearance, a list of appearance adjustment options popped up, which made Ren Suo a little scared.
Although he likes to manipulate cool characters, Ren Suo is not interested in face-pinching (adjusting appearance), especially in the current situation where appearance values are highly differentiated and dozens of data need to be adjusted for each face-pinching. As a terminally lazy patient, Ren Suo does not intend to waste too much time on this.
Generally speaking, people like Ren Suo, who like good-looking characters but don't want to spend time, will choose to search for other people's face-pinching records on the Internet, and become a freeloader. He will directly create his favorite character according to other people's face-pinching data, and at most adjust the eye color, hairstyle and hair color, and then this is Ren Suo's game character!
But Ren Suo searched for the game "Hitman" and found that there were games with similar themes and names on the Internet, but none of the games had the same graphics as the one in front of Ren Suo, and none of the games allowed face-shaping, so there was no way for Ren Suo to be a freeloader.
Fortunately, there are "Recommended Appearances" and "Recommended Characters" in the appearance interface.
In the "Recommended Characters" there are not only the initial "Bald Killer", but also "Clown Killer" and "Demon Hunter Killer", and there is also "Please purchase character DLC for more options"...
Ren Suo took a careful look and discovered that in addition to the differences in appearance and voice, the killer characters also affected their skills.
For example, the skill of the "Bald Killer" is [Bullet Time] which affects the speed of his own time flow;
The skill of the 'Killer Clown' with tear makeup on his face is [Changeable], which requires 30 points of merit to unlock;
The skill of the white-haired and weathered Demon Hunter is [Abyss Wolf Swordsmanship], which requires 30 points of merit to unlock;
Even their initial specialties are different. The initial skills of the 'Bald Killer' seem to be [Combat Mastery] and [Firearms Mastery], the 'Clown Killer' is [Firearms Entry] and [Throwing Expert], and the 'Demon Hunter Killer' only has [Swordsmanship Master].
Among the three "recommended characters", 'Bald Killer' is recommended for newcomers and is the only free one.
Ren Suo still hasn't figured out how to recharge, and he won't spend money on a game that automatically deletes itself after 14 hours, so he can only choose 'Bald Killer'.
Of course he would not use this appearance, so he chose a Xuan countryman's appearance with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes in the "Recommended Appearance", and added a little red teardrop-shaped mark between the eyebrows, making him look evil, charming and crazy.
"Please name the killer." After the character is confirmed, the game pops up a prompt.
Ren Suo directly named it "Killer". Then the scene changed, the handle shook, and the killer holding an umbrella smiled slightly. He could control this character.
At this time, a drunk homeless man appeared in front of the killer, walking towards the killer in the muddy rain water, holding a wine bottle as if he wanted to hit him.
By walking out of the alley and subduing the homeless man, Ren Suo basically understood how to operate the game. After knocking the homeless man unconscious with his fighting skills, the game popped up a prompt: "Before 20:00, find a way to enter the Lampeluki Dinner on the 8th floor of the Blackthorn Building with a legitimate identity."
The view moves upwards, and on the screen, a green inverted pyramid mark appears on the magnificent and bright building just outside the alley. It seems that is the destination that the player needs to reach.
Ren Suo controlled the killer to walk out of the alley and saw that the road outside the building was crowded with sports cars and luxury cars, and waiters were holding umbrellas to welcome the incoming guests.
He walked closer and saw that those upper-class people who looked elegant and noble would take out an invitation letter before entering. They could only enter after the waiter confirmed the invitation. Moreover, the waiter was very attentive and kept his eyes on the guests until they got into the elevator.
For example, Ren Suo saw a young man who parked his car far away and had his clothes splashed with dirty water. When he walked to the door and showed his invitation, the waiter immediately said, "Mr. Ricard, there are spare formal suits and drying equipment upstairs. I'll take you there right away."
"Thanks."
The waiter's service was really attentive. He took the young man to the elevator and told the waiter in the elevator his request. There were at least three pairs of eyes watching him throughout the whole process, so it seemed impossible to sneak in.
Ren Suo directly controlled the killer to try to enter the building, and then he was naturally stopped by the waiter. The waiter spoke a few words in English, and a dialog box popped up on his avatar: "Sir, please show me your invitation."
At this time, four options appear at the bottom of the screen, which can be selected using the four direction keys, but the selection time is only 10 seconds. If you do not make a selection, the first option will be selected by default.
① “I forgot my invitation at home.”
② “I am the person in charge of the company above. I need to take the elevator upstairs to get the documents.”
③ (Attack him) "Why should I ask you for instructions?"
④ (Takes out 5 pounds) "Cousin, long time no see..."
There are also free options? Ren Suo is no stranger to this mode. This kind of option basically determines how the player can pass the level. Based on Ren Suo's years of watching game videos, he believes that ① should be a soy sauce option, which is basically useless; ② may be a verbal clearance option; ③ is definitely a force clearance option; ④ is a bribery clearance option.
He tentatively chose the option that seemed to cost nothing. ② "I'm the head of the company upstairs. I need to take the elevator upstairs to get some documents."
Waiter: "Oh? But the traffic is not allowed before 18:00 today. Please come back tomorrow."
Ren Suo: “Why?”
Waiter: "Just because this building belongs to the Lamperouge family."
Ren Suo: “…”
The first attempt to enter failed, so Ren Suo continued to go in and try other options.
However, the waiter frowned at this time: "What are you doing here again? Security, take him to the next room to calm down."
Two 2-meter-tall, blue-uniformed muscular security guards came over and sandwiched the killer on both sides. Ren Suo thought this meant the mission had failed, but the scene continued to show the killer being taken to an alley.
"Don't cause trouble, kid." The security guard patted the killer's head and turned to leave. Ren Suo subconsciously pressed the handle, and then the killer automatically wrapped around the security guard's neck and twisted it off with a click.
Ren Suo was stunned, but the other security guard was not. He immediately covered his ear and shouted, "A hostile element has appeared in Palan Alley. Terry has been killed. Call for reinforcements! Call for reinforcements!"
He drew his baton and pointed it at the killer, then retreated out of the alley step by step, while loudly notifying his superiors of the killer's evil deeds.
Ren Suo watched the security guard leave the alley. The dead security guard's body on the screen glowed faintly yellow. He controlled the killer to take a look and found three options for the body: search, drag, and dispose of.
Looting means you can take off all the clothes and equipment on the security guard and use them for yourself; dragging means you can drag the body to move; but when Ren Suo chooses "dispose", the game prompts "You don't have any tools to dispose".
At this moment, a dozen men in black suddenly appeared outside, shooting at the killer. When blood splattered on the killer's body, the game screen turned black and white.
"You're dead."