Chapter 456: The Land Forsaken by the Gods (45) (1st update + 2nd update + 44.4w nutrient solution 3rd update) [VIP]
Everyone has heard this information on the first day of entering this world.
Thousands of years ago, the continents here were isolated from each other, and all races lived on their own continents, unaware of the existence of other intelligent races in the world. A major earthquake connected the continents, and after that, the gods disappeared.
Only by traveling across the entire continent can the purple-haired adventurer open the gate to the kingdom of God and allow the gods to return to this continent.
This story never appeared in the background story of the game "Breath of Slenkmed". If there is anything that appeared after the game stopped updating and spread quickly throughout the world, and anyone who came in could know it, it was only this information.
They will know it as soon as they come in, and the people in the studio will definitely know it as soon as they come in.
"One of the things about the game is that the continent was isolated thousands of years ago, and the intelligent races didn't know about each other's existence until a major earthquake connected them. This is the background setting of the game," Guan Hongyan continued, "but it's different from the background setting. The background setting says that the races here were quite xenophobic at first. In the early stages of civilization, people didn't know much about the existence of other intelligent races. It was only after the emergence of adventurers who dared to take the first step into the outside world that the races gradually interacted with each other and became what they are now. Adventurers also gradually changed from a general term for those who 'left their habitats and went to other areas' to a profession."
The purpose of this background story is mainly to introduce the origin of the adventurer profession in Slenkmed, in order to introduce the identity played by the player.
The big earthquake, the disappeared gods, and the purple-haired adventurer that followed were all never mentioned in the game.
"There are two problems with this story." Bai Jinshu said.
"First, the devil changed history and created a great earthquake and the gods that disappeared after the earthquake."
The background setting of "Breath of Slenkmed" is still very simple. It is a story about an ordinary adventurer who embarks on a journey, becomes a disciple of a famous teacher, and then experiences a series of fantasy adventures.
The background setting of the gods is not too complicated. The only god that is certain to exist on this continent is the God of Light believed by the professional nurses. As long as the player releases the extreme skills, he can pray for the coming of the gods.
In addition, until the fourth expansion pack of the game, the game has not yet stamped the existence of a second god. The god who disappeared after the earthquake is definitely not the god in the game.
"Secondly, the following paragraph was added, saying that as long as you travel across the continent, you can open the gate to the kingdom of God and save the world."
There was a problem with this statement in the first place, but no one noticed it at first.
"If only the gods disappeared, then apart from the spread of the disease we found, it seems that the disappearance of the gods will have no impact," Yun Guang followed his thoughts, "Why do we need to save the world? This doesn't make sense. What message does Lao Zhang want to convey?"
Normal rumors at least say that the end of the world will come in a few years, so the world needs to be saved. If the door to the kingdom of God cannot be opened, everyone will die.
This seems a lot more reasonable.
But now it’s just said that the gods once existed, but then they disappeared, and now you can call back the gods by traveling across the continent. How can this be considered saving the world?
This legend has a lot of flaws from beginning to end. It feels like the kind of bedtime story that was made up without any logical reasoning to coax children.
"Let's sort it out. There are several elements in this story," White Eth sorted it out. "The first is that the continents are isolated from each other. Each race has its own continent and they don't know about the existence of other intelligent races. This is the background setting of the game, and it is also the only element that fits the game setting."
"The second is that a great earthquake occurs, all races are connected, and the gods disappear. The third is that a purple-haired adventurer must travel across the continent to open the gate to the kingdom of God. The fourth is that after the gate is opened, the world will be saved."
"That big earthquake and the disappearance of the gods..." Su Hao interrupted, "Could the subtext be about the car accident?"
"Oh my god, genius!" Zhao Ying slapped him on the back with a big palm, causing Su Hao to hiss and shrink his shoulders.
"Be gentle... I'm eating." He raised the bread in his hand.
"Just a little bit," Zhao Yinglai shrugged, "So the gods disappeared after a big earthquake, which means that Lao Zhang died after a car accident."
"Vegetative." Yun Guang corrected.
"After a car accident, Lao Zhang became a vegetable," Zhao Yinglai corrected the topic, "This part is about revealing the identity, right?"
"The conclusion drawn in the end that opening the gate to the Kingdom of God can save the world refers to the spread of a strange disease on the continent, so something needs to be done to cure the disease."
This is also easy to think of.
"So what does this purple-haired adventurer represent?" Guan Hongyan twirled her hair.
Now that the legend has spread, there are countless "purple-haired adventurers" in Slenkmed. If you throw a brick into the adventurer's guilds in the four main cities, eight out of ten people will have purple hair. The other two are because they forgot to dye their hair roots.
Not only adventurers like to dye their hair, but people from other industries also like to follow suit. After everyone turned "purple hair = adventurer" into an equation, many people who cannot be adventurers for various reasons but yearn for this kind of life, those who want to strike up conversations as adventurers, and those who think this profession is cool, also like to dye their hair purple.
Purple hair is the first fashion item for young people in Schlenkmade. In this craze of hair dyeing, those with natural purple hair have long been submerged in the endless permed purple hair.
With the direction left by Lao Zhang being so numerous on a continent filled with purple-haired adventurers, it is difficult to trace back to who he originally pointed to.
"Are there any players with purple hair among the protagonists?"
"Unfortunately, no," White Moth looked through the information, "Except for the players who can dye their hair at will, there are two black-haired, five white-haired, one red-haired, and two blue-haired people in the protagonist group, but no one has purple hair."
Guan Hongyan: "Where are the NPCs?"
"There are quite a few NPCs with purple hair who have appeared before," Lu Changfeng and Su Hao flipped through the setting collection together, "but there are only two who meet the requirements of adventurers. One is a passerby adventurer who was killed in the plot when he first appeared, and the other is a butler who appeared in the key plot of Marlinan City and was an adventurer in his early years."
It doesn't look like the person Lao Zhang is pointing to.
"This doesn't look like it..." Guan Hongyan leaned over to take a look and muttered.
"Why are you looking for purple-haired people? Isn't this direction a bit off?" Zhao Yinglai propped up his head. "After this rumor spreads, the biggest effect it can achieve is that the whole place will be flooded with purple-haired adventurers. I am more inclined to believe that this is a secret code of theirs, which can make those who know the situation feel that something is wrong after seeing purple-haired people everywhere."
Maybe this is not a real purple-haired adventurer, but a code word between Lao Zhang and his studio buddies.
If they try to find a suitable position by looking for an n.pc, they will definitely be led into trouble.
"Is it possible that the focus is on traveling across the continent?" Guan Hongyan leaned back in her chair with her arms crossed. "What kind of buffs can be gained by traveling across the continent?"
"After all these years, hasn't there been an adventurer who has traveled all over the continent and said that he didn't see any gate to the kingdom of God?" She slammed the table in dissatisfaction. "Slenkmed isn't that big. Ten years! You can travel around the world several times!"
After all these years, has no one come out to expose the fakes?
"Word game." Bai Jinshu looked coldly at her hand that was about to reach out to Huai Jiamu.
Guan Hongyan quickly retracted it: "I didn't touch it, what are you looking at."
Love-brained.
"Dermis is right, this is a word game," Yun Guang explained, "What is the definition of traveling across the continent? Does it mean that you have traveled across the continent as long as you arrive in a city and rest there for a night, or do you have to walk through every street in the city in person?"
"Isn't that bullying?" White Eth blurted out, "What if walking every street doesn't count as walking everywhere? Do we have to walk through every home in this city? Do we have to walk through the living room, bedroom, and bathroom of every home?"
"That's right," Yun Guang nodded, "If you put it that way, no one can really travel all over the continent."
This is a false proposition. If you want to find fault, you can go all the way to "Have you walked around every 90-degree corner of every building?" If not, then you haven't walked around the whole mainland.
"So whenever someone walks all over the continent and doesn't see the gate to the Kingdom of God, they will start to reflect on themselves?" White E twitched his lips, "Reflect on whether they have not visited some places before walking again?"
So whenever someone comes out and says that he didn't see that god, the onlookers around will suggest that he walk more carefully?
"Don't they realize this is a game of words..."
"I can tell, but this goes back to the original question," Yun Guang pointed at Bai Jinshu politely, "That's what Delmis said at the beginning, saving the world is also a false proposition."
To ordinary people who are unaware of the disease, there is nothing in the world that needs to be saved.
Everyone lives a good life, and there are no natural disasters or man-made disasters. After the plot stopped updating, there has been peace here for more than ten years. I really can't see why the world needs to be saved.
"Then why do so many adventurers continue to travel across the continent..." Lu Changfeng was at a loss.
Bai Jin said: "Interesting."
"ah?"
"Interesting," Bai Jinshu repeated, "Because it's interesting to have a chance to see the true gods descend when you travel across the continent. Summoning gods doesn't require any extra costs, nor does it require changing one's beliefs, nor does it require any tributes. This is very interesting."
Everyone around was silent for several seconds.
"What?" He raised his eyebrows, "Do you think it's so easy to see a god?"
Most believers will never see the gods they believe in in their entire lives, and the God of Light will only respond to prayers for the advent of players who have activated cheats for their protagonists. For ordinary people, seeing God is just a matter of taking risks, which can be regarded as a breath of fresh air among the various prayer ceremonies.
"Well..." Guan Hongyan said tactfully, "In our place, we can see God on the news as long as we turn on our cell phones."
"Go away, don't get involved in this discussion," Zhao Yinglai waved his hand. "The truth about Delmis is revealed. You can see God without paying any price. Even most adventurers want to be adventurers because they can't sit still. For most people, whether they can really open the door to the Kingdom of God is actually like the company's promise that if you attend class every day this month, you will get a scratch-off lottery ticket."
For most employees, they have to go to work and attend class in full attendance. The lottery is more like an extra reward. It's best if you can win, but it doesn't matter if you can't, because no one chooses to work in this company just for a lottery ticket every month.
Similarly, most adventurers don't really go on adventures for the purpose of opening the gate to the kingdom of God or saving the world. They just have the chance to open the gate to the kingdom of God, so why not do it and dye their hair purple?
"So why did Lao Zhang say that? To let the adventurer with purple hair run around so that the people in the studio can see him?"
"Can't he just say, "I, Lao Zhang, am trapped here, help me,"?" Bai Moth muttered, scratching his head.
"Because only in this way can it spread across the continent," Yun Guang said in a gentle voice, "But I suspect that he might have been subject to some kind of restrictions at the time. For example, NPCs cannot say these words that are beyond the existing setting model."
"The intelligent n.pc conversations in the holographic game are essentially conversations with the AI trained by the game company," Yun Guang explained. "The AI trained for the game only has content related to Breath of Slenkmed in its database, so it can only give answers related to this. Once the player's conversation goes beyond the set model of this holographic world, the n.pc will no longer be able to understand what he is saying."
Therefore, it is impossible for n.pc to suddenly understand what a "mobile phone" and a "computer" are, and the database does not support them saying such things.
If Lao Zhang wanted to convey the message "I am trapped in a holographic game" or "I am trapped in xx place", firstly, the n.pcs would not understand it, and secondly, it would not be as widely spread as an interesting rumor.
"And do you remember, we tried it before," Yun Guang blinked, "This space is indeed transformed from a holographic game, but the rules and games here cannot be used."
They tried this one: [This space is transformed from the holographic game "Breath of Slenkmed", and is attached to the sub-space under the mother space numbered xx. All rules follow the rules of the holographic game "Breath of Slenkmed".]
[Follow the game rules] refers to the most common rules in the game, such as no fighting in the main city, no use of mounts, no use of skills, etc. These common rules can be achieved in the normal world, but are restricted here from the underlying code.
Bai Mo is an old player who has played countless MMORPGs. He gives vivid examples: "There are many rules in the game. For example, you can only enter the main city if you wear the Adventurer's Guild badge, you can't fight or ride mounts in the main city, you can't attack NPCs in public areas, you can't enter some maps during the dungeon queue, and only interactive items can be interactive. There are conflicts between interactive props, and you can only use one at a time. For example, you can't eat when holding an umbrella. It will take forever to write about it... If we follow the rules of the game here, we will never be able to finish writing, and who knows which one is the core and which one is not, so it is better to link it with the mother space and try to say that we can directly use the rules of the game to summarize it in general."
Everyone thought about it at that time and felt that it made sense, so they tried to see if they could summarize it directly in this way. The result proved that it was completely impossible, and by the way, it also proved that there was no relationship between the existing rules in this subspace and the rules of the game.
After the game came to life, although it seems that some of the old rules are still in operation, the core concept of operation has nothing to do with the rules of the game, but has become something else.
Just like in the city of Besser where fighting is theoretically prohibited, Bai Jinshu can actually take action. The reason why fighting is prohibited here is because there are patrol teams and people wearing Adventurer's Guild badges under the suppression of the Grand Mage.
After everyone verified that this would not work and the game rules did not apply, they gave up the idea of starting with the game. They returned to the rumor of "the purple-haired adventurer traveled all over the continent" and planned to have Hector pretend to be a "player" to become famous in the continent, to see if he could open the gate of the kingdom of God and discover new rules after meeting this condition.
"I guess that after Breath of Slenkmed became a real world, the various rules that originally operated here also changed," Yun Guang speculated. "This space has appeared for less than a year, and it is a new world formed by a game that is completely constructed by a worldview framework. It still inherits the old rules and regulations, but it has become less absolute because it has been separated from the code. In this case, there is no time for more changes to occur, so the rules that are absolutely applicable here can only be related to the event that caused the world to change, that is, it is related to the Grand Mage and Enoch."
"So, the changes that happened to the world after Lao Zhang entered here, which were caused by him, are most likely related to the rules here."
At present, everyone speculates that Enoch, who was Lao Zhang before he lost his memory, had done a total of things: helped the Grand Mage select the location of the Perrin Mine, arranged all the magic pattern addresses with the Grand Mage, stole the alchemical props from the Fairy Kingdom and then borrowed money from relatives and friends, and finally hid in the city of Besser for many years without going out.
The first two were intended to delay the invasion of Slenkmed by the disease from another world, so they were related to the fact that this world was about to be invaded by the disease. What about the latter ones?
Everyone looked at Enoch, who did not participate in the topic, with endless questions.
Enoch noticed the burning gazes of the crowd and looked up in shock: "Why are you looking at me?"
"Come on, come on," Guan Hongyan stood up, put her arms around his neck, and pulled him onto the stool, "Tell me everything you've done."
Enoch originally said that he had nothing to do with the Grand Mage, but was slapped in the face by the Knight Captain who said that he had been to the Knight Academy with the Grand Mage.
Enoch originally said that he had accepted a commission to come to the fairy kingdom to find something, but he accidentally brought out the alchemical equipment. As a result, they discovered that only the developers knew the standard location of Alterac. He definitely did not go to Alterac because of the commission, and was slapped in the face.
Earlier, Enoch claimed that he had been in Besser City for decades and that he owned an old alchemy shop. However, Lao Zhang died ten years ago. Even earlier, it would have been impossible for Enoch to open a shop in Besser City, and he was slapped in the face again.
It seems like this guy has been lying from the beginning to the end.
He must have hidden more.
Enoch was also confused: "Me? I didn't do anything..."
Hasn't he been well behaved these days?
Guan Hongyan said faintly: "Don't lie to us, although you may be Lao Zhang now and we can't kill you, but we can really let you wear a bunny girl's outfit to meet the driver of the Perrin Mine. You see, we are almost there now..."
Enoch shuddered: "I really didn't do anything!"
"Think back," Yun Guang came over to play the good guy, "In your previous life, besides going to the fairy kingdom and borrowing money from your friends to hide in Besser City, have you done anything else?"
He said he couldn't remember anything about the Grand Mage, but he must remember these, right?
"Just say that you were an adventurer and had special commissions and adventures," Zhao Yinglai raised his voice and interrupted, then explained in a low voice, "I suspect there is something wrong with his memory. There is a discrepancy between what he remembers and what is actually there."
"I... I accepted both the mission to assassinate the employer and the commission to protect the employer, and then revealed the low price to both parties and let them bid against each other?" Enoch asked tentatively.
"How wicked," Guan Hongyan commented pertinently, "What else?"
"Uh... I'll sell my newly developed cheating alchemy device at a high price of 50,000 copper coins each. Once all my devices have captured the market, tell the Royal Academy that I can develop an anti-cheating device that will catch 100% of students. I'll pay 50,000 gold coins for it."
"You are really not a human being," Su Hao's eyelids twitched, "Anything else?"
"Let me think about it... Well, provide the thief with the location of the priceless treasure, and then after he actually steals it, provide the treasure's owner with the thief's personal information..."
"Be a human being," Bai Re held his forehead with his hand, "Is there nothing else? Something like you stole the goblin's treasure?"
Enoch, how many evil things have you done?
"Stealing goblin treasures once is enough! How dare you do it a second time!" Enoch shuddered, "How many lives do I have to live if I do something of the same level as this!"
"Won't you be beaten for what you did before? If I were your employer, a student at the academy, the thief you sold out, I would hire someone to beat you to death," Guan Hongyan was speechless. "Dermis, can't you just search his memory?"
"Okay," Bai Jinshu stared at Enoch for a few seconds, "You'll become a fool after searching."
"He knows nothing now. He only remembers a magic pattern and has to recall it like a puzzle when he sets out. He is no different from a fool..." Guan Hongyan muttered, and threw Enoch aside. "Forget it, let's wait for public opinion to ferment and see if Wei Yu will spit out more."
"First, let the people in the mother world start to investigate the clues left by Lao Zhang to find out what the rumors about the purple-haired adventurer are about," Bai Jinshu looked at the mother world's social media linked to his watch, "and then let them contact Wei Yu's people to complete the fourth expansion pack."
Now that we have determined the reason why Thrunkmed has become like this, it is actually very simple to stop the spread of the disaster. In the game, we can restore the supply of magic sand at the Perrin Mine, and outside the game, "Breath of Thrunkmed" will update the plot. In the new plot, as long as the problem of the other world is solved, the biggest crisis here will be solved.
Even if the studio does not consider updating the fourth expansion pack of "Breath of Slenkmed" due to cost reasons, all space organizations will help them in order to avoid their subordinates being infected by this strange disease and losing their value.
Although the direction of resources developed after the exploration of the mother space has nothing to do with the holographic game, it is easy to catch up with Wei Yu. This is the only one who is willing to invest in "Breath of Slenkmed" to support them to complete the fourth expansion pack and continue to update the plot.
Guan Hongyan opened his watch and sent a message, briefly explaining their judgment. Only by investing in "Breath of Slenkmed" and allowing Wei Yu to complete the fourth expansion pack can the world be saved. The rules are not clear at the moment, but they have to ensure that the world is not destroyed before they can talk about anything else.
If it's convenient, ask the purple-haired adventurer about the investment.
Her friend responded very quickly, thanked them for the clue, and sent a series of fancy thanks, praising their high efficiency in an extremely exaggerated way, saying that she would immediately send someone in to spend a lot of money... No, let's talk about investment.
With the reason they found out that "investing in a company in the mother world is necessary to prevent the destruction of the sub-world", not to mention this year's budget, the budget for next year, the year after next, and the year after next can be spent with this reason. The situation in the sub-world is sometimes good and sometimes bad, just like the adaptive escaping scallops on Changzi Island. This reason for spending money is more legitimate than ever.
Wei Yu got cheated, Breath of Slenkmed was reborn, and they also spent all their budget. It was a win-win-win situation for all three parties. There couldn't be a better situation than this.
Guan Hongyan twitched her lips and thought about it. They came here just to spend money on other people's budget. Now that they have this reason, can they just leave?
Apparently other people had thought of this, too.
"Should we continue investigating? We don't have to wait until the new plot is completed before we can get any follow-up results. There's no need to stay here," Zhao Yinglai peeled an orange slice. "Let's go to the Perrin Mine first and pass on a message to make sure the magic sand can continue to be transported. If Slenkmade won't die for a while, then we can leave?"
The cycle of developing a new version of the game is still very long. Even if we just update the content of the fourth expansion pack on the original version, it will take at least several months for all departments that Wei Yu can use to work at full capacity.
This is not a normal exploration process. They can enter and exit at any time. There is no need to wait for several months, and there is no need to wait in the sub-world.
"Can we go now?" Bai Jinshu raised his eyes. "Goodbye. I'm going to celebrate the anniversary ceremony with my partner. You guys stay here."
He even stood up from his seat.
"Wait a minute!" Guan Hongyan broke into a voice, "Let the boat land before you leave!"
They are still in heaven!
Now that Delmis is gone and the ghost ship is gone, are these people going to free fall in the sky?
The other organization was obviously watching the live broadcast.
【Wait a minute! 】
[You guys should explore the rules first! ]
[We watched the live broadcast. The rules of this world seem to be related to the Grand Mage. If ordinary people see that magic pattern, something bad will happen. Only you, 0106 Delmis, can see it. He has enough experience. If we finish exploring this space as soon as possible, we can convert the exploration investment into development investment as soon as possible, so that it will be easier to report! ]
"Dermis," Guan Hongyan looked up, "They want you to explore the rules before you leave."
Across from her, Dermis looked suspicious: "You want me to miss the anniversary ceremony between me and my partner?"
"What should we do?" Guan Hongyan blinked, "If they don't let you through, you can't get out either."
Although the two organizations would not become enemies over this matter, they definitely wanted Delmis to complete his exploration. After all, they now had so many clues, and if they pushed further they might find the answer. Besides, only he could see the magic pattern, and the next time they wanted to find such a wizard who was proficient in magic, the expense would be secondary, the main thing was that he would be difficult to find.
There are very few exploration team members in the magical world, and even fewer in the field of magic runes.
Dermis looked unhappy.
At this moment, his partner suddenly squeezed his hand and whispered something over. Guan Hongyan vaguely heard the words "it's a fat sheep" and also heard him say "ask for more".
She had a vague feeling that something bad was going to happen.
A bad feeling about my friend's organization.
A few seconds later.
Delmis: "This is my 523rd Ceremony Anniversary. It is very important."
Delmis: "It costs extra money."
Guan Hongyan:.
The bad premonition came true!
The author has something to say:
What was Brother Jiamu mumbling: [Blood, Flesh, Bitterness and Weakness] is so expensive, ask for more as a reward, as much as you can. You said the other side is a fat sheep, it would be a shame not to grab it, our anniversary is still next year.
Metal, who works hard to support the family (thought for a second, where is the anniversary for the two of us) (remembered the balance): If that makes sense, then point out more.
Brother Jiamu: The anniversary of our meeting is not a memorial day?
Whenever Sister Yan opens her phone, she will see some news about God: Thor took random photos with passers-by in New York, and then passionately showed off ten burgers after smashing a building.
Thor (to other gods who are very arrogant): Blame me.
All comments on this chapter will receive red envelopes! I'll kowtow to everyone one by one!
I was the one driving on the highway both ways to and from the ancestor worship service. Everyone else in the car was fast asleep, and I ended up oversleeping when I got home and no one woke me up!
I woke up in a daze and found that no one called me. I looked at the time and it was already 4 o'clock in the morning and there was no update! My heart was broken immediately! ! ! ! ! ! !
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