Chapter 246 Tianning Pavilion

On the third day of the Spring Festival holiday, Tianba Studio launched the official game trading platform - Tianning Pavilion!

Once launched, the platform quickly gained popularity among countless players.

After all, the official trading platform is definitely countless times more reliable than the third-party trading platform. In the future, when you trade accounts or game items through this platform, security will be fully guaranteed.

Xiao Jie thought so too.

He is a new player of "Forza Motorsport" and has just started the game for less than half a month under the guidance of a friend.

The game is fun, competitive, and the most professional in history. It has all the elements that other racing games should have, and even elements that other racing games don't have, "Forza Motorsport" also has.

Because of this, Xiao Jie became addicted to the game.

It's a pity that he has only been playing for a short time. Although he has purchased a lot of game coins through the game merchant, he still can't buy a series of fun and rare racing cars.

For example, the Old Man Le! Yes, you heard it right! In the game "Need for Speed", the Old Man Le was originally a junky car that no one car looked down upon. Even if the garage was empty, there would be no place for the Old Man Le.

At that time, no one would have thought that the Old Man Le would eventually be out of print and become one of the rarest and most uncommon models in the game!

Xiao Jie got into the game too late.

By the time he started playing the game, Laotoule was no longer available for purchase at the 4S stores in the game.

Is the Lao Toule great? Not really! There is a reason why this kind of junk car is looked down upon. In terms of performance and modification expandability, it is all garbage among garbage.

But it is out of print, this is the reason! As the saying goes, out of print is powerful, out of print is cool, thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, I used to ignore it when I bought it casually, but now it is out of print and I can't afford it.

Any account with a Lao Tou Le in the garage can easily sell it for 400 to 500 yuan on a third-party trading platform. Can you believe this? In the "Second-hand Car Trading Center" in the game, a well-maintained Lao Tou Le with high enough durability can easily start at 10 million yuan.

Of course, this is game currency...

Even so, it was still an exaggeration! After all, according to the current market price, 10 million game coins would cost at least 700 or 800 yuan.

Lao Toule = Fire Kirin, it’s easy to understand this way!

Xiao Jie really wants a Lao Tou Le, even though the Lao Tou Le's performance is rubbish and the modification potential is very low, but it is out of print and it is so cool to be able to drive a Lao Tou Le in "Ford"!

For this reason, after learning that Tianning Pavilion was online, Xiao Jie planned to buy an Old Man's Car with higher durability on the platform, or directly buy an account character with an Old Man's Car in the garage.

“Why are there so few things?”

Xiao Jie opened the page with great joy, but was extremely disappointed when he found that there were only five pages of products for sale.

But he could understand it.

After all, Tianning Pavilion has just been launched, not many players know about it, and not many people consign characters or game items on it, so the product list is relatively small.

Forget it, let’s come back and check it out later!

Just when Xiao Jie was planning to leave Tianning Pavilion and come back to shop after a while when the number of goods increased, he suddenly saw a character with a starting price of 1 yuan out of the corner of his eye.

"Hmm? Can it still be auctioned?"

Xiao Jie was not unfamiliar with this model of starting price at one yuan and multiple bidders. After all, he had participated in many so-called online judicial auctions before.

He just didn't expect that game characters could be sold like this. It was really a bit strange.

“Why is there only one picture?”

After opening the product's description and finding only one screenshot, Xiao Jie was a little confused. What could he see from this picture? Nothing!

Why don't you take a screenshot of the garage and workshop details page! You can't see anything from just one screenshot. Is this a scam?

[Official certification: Brother Ba’s own account]

After clicking on the introduction information column and finding only this short line of words, Xiao Jie's eyes suddenly widened.

Brother Ba’s first-hand account?

Oh, this is incredible! No wonder the introduction is so sloppy and there is only one screenshot. It turns out that this is Brother Ba’s personal account! This account that Brother Ba has played with is really a big gimmick. In just half an hour, 147 people participated in the auction, and the price of the account also jumped from one yuan to a terrifying 999 yuan.

It's almost over a thousand! For an account with unknown assets, no one knows how many game coins it has, no one knows what cars are in its garage, and everything is unknown, to be able to sell it at this price, I can only say that Brother Ba has some charisma.

Xiao Jie had some money, so he also participated in the auction and directly raised the price to five thousand yuan.

He originally thought that he would give up if someone raised the price, but unexpectedly, his bid seemed to scare a lot of people and no one dared to bid.

It may be because, although this account was played by Brother Ba, no one knows what is in the account, so no one dares to take pictures.

There is another reason, that is, Brother Ba has played quite a lot of accounts, one for almost every game, not just this one, so there is no need to fight with Xiao Jie.

In a nutshell.

As the countdown to the auction came to an end, Xiao Jie won Brother Ba’s account in “The Drive” at a high price of 5,000 yuan.

No delivery account password is required.

After the transaction is completed, the game officials will automatically transfer the character to Xiao Jie's account, and it cannot be put on the shelves for sale again within 30 days.

"No one is bidding higher?"

Xiao Jie felt a little regretful. If he had known that no one would bid 5,000 yuan, he should not have made such a high offer on impulse.

It's bad, he has become a victim...

Xiao Jie felt distressed when he thought about how he spent so much money to buy a "celebrity" account but still didn't know what was in it.

Hurry up and log in to check it out! After all, it’s an account that Brother Ba has played before, so there should be some surprises in the garage, right? It’s impossible that Brother Ba doesn’t even have a Lao Toule in his account, right? “Zhao! There really isn’t one!”

After entering the game, Xiao Jie was speechless when he found that although the garage of this account was full of cars, there was really no Lao Tou Le.

He wanted to slap himself.

Why did you bother to buy this number? Now it’s over! Five thousand yuan is a huge loss. There is nothing in the blind box, not even the out-of-print Lao Tou Le.

Xiao Jie, who had a splitting headache, told this to his friend who also played "Need for Speed".

He originally wanted to seek some comfort, but after his friend saw his garage, his eyes almost popped out of his head.

"Fuck! Huiba S1 test vehicle?"

"What kind of antique is this? Where did you get this thing? There are only two of this model in the entire game, right?"

"This is... the Tianpeng Plus prototype? Oh my god, where did you buy this number? Why are there so many collectible vehicles in your garage?"

The more my friend watched, the more shocked he was, and he exclaimed it was unbelievable.

There are dozens of cars parked in this garage. These cars seem inconspicuous and not very valuable, but in fact, each one is a "collector-level" car that is out of print and cannot be bought even if you have money.

"Ah? So amazing?"

Xiao Jie was stunned. These cars looked unremarkable to him, but were they so awesome?

What is a prototype? What is a test vehicle?

After his friend's explanation, he finally understood how outrageous Brother Ba's account was.

Thanks to the excellent physics engine and the ultra-realistic and ultra-restored vehicle collision system, many car companies have set up R&D centers in "Need for Speed".

Therefore, there are many prototypes and test cars in this game.

These cars are not available for purchase. They are all treasures of various car companies. How could they be leaked to ordinary players? Even if one or two are leaked occasionally, they will be bought by other car companies at high prices and then taken back for disassembly and research.

"This is Brother Ba's account..."

"That's all right!"

My friend originally wanted to ask who was so powerful that he could get so many prototypes and test cars, but when he heard what Xiao Jie said, he was speechless.

Brother Ba? That makes sense. If others can't get something, then it's just a piece of cake for Brother Ba, right?

“You made a fortune!”

After learning that Xiao Jie only spent 5,000 yuan to buy this number, his friend enviously said: "Even though each of the cars here is very outdated, they are of great collection value and can easily be worth tens of thousands of yuan."

Dozens of cars, that's hundreds of thousands! Xiao Jie only spent 5,000 yuan to buy a garage worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. Regarding Xiao Jie's deal, his friends expressed envy.

"See if there's anything else?"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

“Let me take a look…”

When Xiao Jie heard what his friend said, he also felt that this account had great potential for exploration, so he searched around for things that might be of value.

As he was browsing, he accidentally opened the friend list and was shocked to find that there was only one friend in it, and judging by the profile picture, it was a girl. How about clicking it and taking a look?

Xiao Jie might not be interested in chat records or anything like that if it were someone else, but this was gossip about Brother Ba, and he was really curious!

…

"broken!"

Upon learning that Tianning Pavilion was online, Chen Ba, who had successfully completed many transactions, suddenly thought of something and asked nervously, "Did you sell my account?"

"Which number are you talking about?"

"Forza! My Forza character..."

Hearing this, Yang Dong nodded and said, "It's sold! And it sold for 5,000 yuan. What's wrong?"

"Has the personal information on my account been erased?"

"What do you mean..."

Yang Dong was a little puzzled. What personal information was erased? If a game character was traded, wouldn't that include all the items of this character?

"Friends list!"

Chen Ba gnashed his teeth and said, "There are also private message chat records. They are not still kept on the server, are they?"

"yes!"

Yang Dong nodded and said, "These things will naturally be preserved when they are transferred along with the character... Wait a minute! Is there anything shameful on your account?"

Chen Ba remained silent.

Shameful things? Of course there are some. He once had an online relationship with a girl in "The Drive", and left behind some embarrassing black history of flirting.

Delete, delete all! Chen Ba didn’t want to expose his sultry nature, and didn’t want everyone to laugh at him, so he immediately deleted all the personal information under his account on the server.

However, Xiao Jie had already taken a screenshot and posted this dark history to the Tianba community...

"Brother Ba, please accept my condolences!"

Xiao Lu suppressed his laughter and said, "Who hasn't said some cheesy love talk? After all, when you use a second account to flirt, no one knows it's you!"

"Now we know everything!"

Chen Ba said speechlessly, "Can you delete this post for me? And ban all those who are laughing at me?"

“Isn’t this bad?”

"We in Tianba Community are committed to doing things according to the law. They are just laughing at your tacky approach, and they haven't done anything harmful. There's no need to ban or delete your post!"

Xiao Lu strongly objected: "And I don't think it's a big deal. When you were chatting with your smurf account, you should have guessed that the day would come when your vest would be exposed!"

Chen Ba: “…”

Laughing so loudly, do you not want this month's salary? Chen Ba rolled his eyes at Xiao Lu and waved his hand, "Don't be in a hurry to laugh at me. Is there any news from the person I asked you to contact?"

"You mean... the popular new generation bestselling author who is good at writing suspense and horror works?"

"right!"

Chen Ba asked, "What did he say? Is he willing to take our job?"

“I haven’t touched it yet!”

Xiao Lu's face fell, as if he had suffered a major blow: "I only made a phone call and had a brief chat. He didn't seem to be very interested."

Tianba Studio wants to make a horror game, so the script and story are of paramount importance.

To this end, Chen Ba specifically asked Xiao Lu to contact a new generation best-selling writer of horror and suspense, hoping that he would write a short horror story.

But it was obvious that the other party was not very interested.

Adding money can solve this problem, but the price offered by Tianba Studio is already very high. Adding more money? It would be better to write it myself! "If you don't want to, forget it."

Chen Ba exhaled and said, "Without external help, let's write a story ourselves. The most important thing about horror games is to create a sense of atmosphere, so it doesn't matter if the story is a little worse."

He finally understood.

The prices asked for by these foreign players are higher than each other. Instead of spending a large sum of money to hire them, it is better to do it ourselves.

What's so difficult about horror games? It doesn't matter whether the story is exciting or not, what matters is that the game atmosphere creates a tense and terrifying feeling, that's enough.

"I thought so……"

Chen Ba had already prepared for the situation without external aid, so he had already prepared a relatively simple idea in his mind.

"The story originated in a remote mountain village. The protagonist is from the village. His parents died when he was young and he grew up eating at other people's homes. The villagers raised money for him to go to college, and he has been away for seven years."

"After graduation, the protagonist worked hard and finally achieved some success. He plans to return to his hometown to visit his fellow villagers..."

The small mountain village is located in a remote area, with no electricity or internet, and even the road leading into the village is a winding path.

These are the elements that a horror story should have. The story then revolves around the protagonist returning to the village, noticing something strange in the village, and secretly investigating to gradually uncover the strange truth about the mountain village.

He only provides an idea.

As for the specific gameplay of the game, what is the weirdness of the small mountain village and what situations the protagonist will encounter, all these need to be filled in slowly.

(End of this chapter)