Online Games: I Can Move The Decimal Point

"Mr. Xia, I'm really sorry. I received a notice from the city hall yesterday that our company's work tasks need to leave 80% vacancies for this year's college interns. The originally planned recruitment positions have now been cancelled." A beautiful-looking beauty received the reception Yuan Zheng explained to Xia Zhi with an apologetic look.

"However, as compensation for your passing the recruitment assessment, we will give you a compensation of 10,000 United Dollars, and at the same time, you will receive priority employment rights from our company. If you are still willing to come to our next recruitment event, you will be given the same ability under the same ability. Our company will give you priority in admission.”

"Okay!" Xia Zhi waved his hand and got 10,000 United Dollars in vain. What else could he say? It was his first day at work and he had not signed the employment contract yet, so he was fired.

Walking out of the hundreds-of-storey office building, Xia Zhi sighed softly and looked at the busy street without knowing where to go.

"Forget it, let's go play that game. It happens to be that the server opens today."

For more than a year since graduation, Xia Zhi has been spending time interviewing. Now I finally found one, but it was inexplicably gone before I even started working.

You must know that the unemployment rate in Daxia at the end of the 21st century is more than 90%, but all jobs that do not require the use of brains and innovation have basically been replaced by robot AI. Standing on the street and looking around, it is already common in this world that there are more robots than real people. normal.

In Daxia, and even around the world, the vast majority of people live on the subsistence allowance of "relief funds". There are not enough jobs in the world for real people to do them.

Daxia's officials also tried to forcibly add meaningless jobs to promote employment, and once suppressed the domestic unemployment rate to less than one thousandth, but that policy only lasted less than ten years.

Because the official calculation was later made, it was less cost-effective to forcibly add positions than to directly send money. It was a serious waste of manpower and material resources.

Compared with the world average, Daxia's relief fund is not low. Even Xia Zhi, who has just graduated, can receive two thousand United Dollars every month.

If you are lucky enough to find a partner and get married, the benefit will be increased to 1,000. If you go further and have a son and a half, the couple will be able to receive another 1,000 benefits for each child they have, until it reaches 1,000. The personal limit is five thousand joint coins per month.

In fact, it is okay to stay at home and receive subsistence allowance every day, but after more than ten years of education, it is really difficult for Xia Zhi to accept that kind of degenerate life. There are many people who think the same as Xia Zhi, and they all want to realize the value of their lives, so they find a job The difficulty becomes increasingly outrageous.

Walking on the wide and clean streets and looking at the huge word "shadow" on the skyscrapers, Xia Zhi completely gave up on looking for a job.

Looking around, wherever you can see advertisements, they are all promotional posters for the game "Shadow". But the funny thing is that among the many posters, there is not a single actual picture of "Shadow", and there is no so-called text description. A little practical introduction to what the game is about.

"Ha! It's quite mysterious."

Fifteen days ago, countries around the world suddenly jointly promoted a game called "Shadow". At the same time, all online games on the market entered a countdown to shutting down their servers to make way for this sudden game.

According to the official website of the game, this game has 100% realism. Due to the extremely high degree of realism, it may even happen that after the player dies in the game, the real world will also follow the brain death.

As soon as the announcement came out, public opinion was in an uproar. Only a ghost would play a game that could kill people.

As soon as the promotion of "Shadow" came out, it was full of curses. There was even an anti-"Shadow" association, but it was voluntarily disbanded the next day.

It seems that the public's attitude cannot change the government's thinking, and the progress of "Shadow" has not been delayed in the slightest.

The official attitude of various countries is very firm. In order to allow more people to enter the game, Daxia officials even directly canceled the relief system and renamed the subsidy. You must play "Shadow" to receive it, and the online time per day is required to be no less than eight hours. .

Xia Zhi, who was unemployed after graduation and lost his job as soon as he found one, relied on relief funds to survive. The government directly cut off his livelihood.

There is no way, now that the relief fund is restructured, in order to subsidize Jin Xia Zhi, he can only enter the game, otherwise he will only starve to death.

"I just hope the game won't be too dangerous."

With a sigh, Xia Zhi came to the game helmet collection point in City C.

It is very deserted here now. After all, more than ten days have passed, and those who should receive the gaming helmet have already received it. The game will be launched today, and there are only a few people at the collection point now.

With a beep, the Xia Zhi ID card was swiped through the machine, the identity registration was completed, and he received his own gaming helmet.

Gaming helmets are free. After all, people may die from playing games. If gaming helmets were charged, the officials would probably be scolded to death.

After getting the gaming helmet, Xia Zhi didn't plan to wander around the main city. He bought 100 nutrition bars on the way and took the subway home.

Nutrition bars can perfectly meet the needs of the human body. They are very cheap, but the taste is a bit indescribable. However, Xia Zhi has become accustomed to them and will buy some instant noodles from time to time to improve the taste.

Due to human development, the pollution on Blue Star has long been overwhelmed. Although in recent years due to the expansion into other planets in the solar system, most of the heavily polluting factories have moved out, the environment of Blue Star has improved a lot. However, in this era, green food has become the same as Luxury goods are on the hook.

You must know that the evaluation standards for green food in this era have been reduced to food that is grown in the soil and meets food hygiene and safety standards.

At a time when industrial synthetic foods are everywhere, even instant noodles, which were once known for their low prices and cost one cow a year, are also rising.

[The train is about to arrive at Yonghu Community Station. Passengers who want to get off the train, please prepare in advance and proceed from..., please pay attention when getting off...]

The subway was very fast, but there were many stops in between. After more than two hours, Xia Zhi finally arrived at his destination.

Xia Zhi's house is a government-allocated relief house. It is free, has one bedroom and one bathroom, and is about 40 square meters. It is located in the Qingba Community under the jurisdiction of Yonghu Community in the suburban community.

After returning home and putting things away, Xia Zhi came to the newly built sports ground in the community.

Many people are running here at the moment.

After warming up and turning on the recording function on my phone, Xia Zhi also joined the running queue.

It’s not that you want to run during the summer solstice. There is a condition for logging into the game using a gaming helmet, which is to run for five kilometers.

This is an artificial limit. Lying down wearing a helmet all the time will have adverse effects on the body.

The official has this regulation in order to prevent players from ruining their bodies by playing games.

Not only that, if you log in with a game helmet, you will be kicked out of the game for up to eight hours each time, and you will be allowed to log in again after an interval of one hour. Of course, you must not be less than five kilometers before logging in.

In comparison, the game cabin is much better. There are no login restrictions and you can log in 24 hours a day. Moreover, the game cabin has a nerve stimulation function and a life maintenance system. If you lie down all the time, not only will your body not suffer from Adverse consequences can also strengthen body functions.

Unfortunately, the game cabin is very expensive, with one unit costing 10 million United Dollars.

It is said that there are eleven special game cabins around the world, and there are special rewards for logging in. However, it seems that they have been divided up by the governments of various countries. There is one for each country in the Wuchang, and the remaining ones are divided into five, and one is mixed with the ordinary game cabin for sale.

Of course, all this has nothing to do with Xia Zhi, he only has a free gaming helmet.

Xia Zhi's physical fitness was not very good. It took more than half an hour to run the five kilometers. Even though the temperature was only a few degrees, I was still sweating profusely and felt a heat rolling around my body.

Ding dong!

Xia Zhi, who was about to go home after running and holding her cell phone, suddenly received a message.

[Affected by the geomagnetism, a magnitude 4 earthquake is about to occur in your current area, which will last for about ten minutes. Residents please do not panic during this period. Modern buildings can directly withstand magnitude 8 earthquakes. Just wait at home and wait for the earthquake to end. Please do not take the initiative Go to other places that may cause danger. ——C City Natural Disaster Prevention Bureau]

"Again?"

Xia Zhi curled her lips and turned off the cell phone that had already started counting down to the last three hundred seconds. The screen flashed red and started beeping alarms. This was already the eighth earthquake in the past ten days. It was getting bigger and smaller, and the highest was only Level 4, he was already used to it.

I heard that earthquakes have occurred all over the world in the past few days. In a few days, the number of earthquakes has exceeded the total number of earthquakes in the past ten years, especially in Japan, which seems to have never stopped.

Abnormalities that suddenly sweep across the world always give people a feeling that the end of the world is coming. If the authorities hadn't been suppressing it desperately, there would have been riots.

It was still a few minutes' walk from home. Although it was not surprising, Xia Zhi still erred on the side of caution and found an open place to wait for the earthquake to pass.

More than ten minutes passed quickly, the earthquake subsided, the sweat on Xia Zhi's body dried, and the cold wind blew, still feeling a bit chilly.

I went back to the room, turned on the air conditioner, took a hot shower, ate a nutrition bar, and lay on the bed in my pajamas. It felt so comfortable.

In fact, it's not that hard to accept that I have been unable to find a job, and I don't have to worry about food and clothing anyway.

After staring at the ceiling for a few seconds, Xia Zhi got bored of waiting and simply put on his gaming helmet.

The server of "Shadow" has not yet been launched, and everything in front of me is dark, but I can connect directly to the official website.

Xia Zhi clicked in through conscious operation. There was no information about the game on the official website, only two top tips.

[Because in-game death will bring about real-life death, players are asked to be as careful as possible during play. The game is not standardized, and relatives shed tears. 】

[Malicious PK is prohibited in the game. Certain behaviors in the game have been included in the criminal law. For relevant regulations, please refer to the 1562nd Amendment to the Criminal Law. 】

I sighed that it was outrageous. When I opened the game forum, I could only see the Daxia area. If I wanted to see other areas, I had to go through the wall.

However, the posts on the forum are not very nutritious. Except for the labor union and studio recruitment, they are basically those who criticize "Shadow" and some conspiracy theories.

The whole forum is in a state of chaos, and the officials don't care about it.

For example, "Shadow" is actually an alien technology. Blue Star's technology cannot support hundreds of millions of people online at the same time. Governments and military forces from various countries have joined in because the game world needs to be integrated with reality. Things in the game can be brought out, and the world So earthquakes occur because of this game...

Xia Zhi has a little bit of faith in this. After all, the official behavior of various countries after the emergence of this game is really strange and abnormal no matter how you look at it.

The official only said that the game will be launched today, but did not announce the specific time.

Not sure how long he would have to wait, Xia Zhi passed the time by looking through the boring posts on the forum.

…

Daxia, a military base

The nuclear-proof fortification that was originally used as a warehouse has now been sorted out. Rows of bright silver game cabins are neatly placed, and without exception, they are all open.

"Chief, except for the soldiers on patrol duty, all other soldiers have entered the login cabin and are on standby. They are just waiting..."

A young officer was giving a situation report to the top person in charge of the base.

…

The same thing happened in different places on Blue Star at the same time.

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December 31, 2099 23:59:60

With the bell ringing on New Year's Day, the game starts.

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Mental testing in progress...meeting the login conditions...

Account creation in progress...Creation completed...

Binding...Binding completed...

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Following a series of system prompts, a dazzling light suddenly lit up in the originally endless darkness. Xia Zhi unconsciously put her hand in front of her eyebrows to cover it. When her eyes adjusted a little, Xia Zhi put down her hand and found that she was standing in a place where she could not see. Arriving at the huge square on the edge, the square was crowded with people, beams of light flashed, and people were constantly being teleported in.

"Is this in the game?" Looking at the surrounding environment, Xia Zhi suddenly realized that he was no longer lying on the bed.

"Holy crap! This game is awesome, I can actually hear it again."

"I'm sorry! I can move my unconscious left hand!"

"Is this the horror of 100% realism? Tsk..."

The screams of several people who may actually be disabled made Xia Zhi come back to her senses and move her eyes upward.

The most attractive thing about this square is probably the two spherical shadows in the sky, one blue and one white!

The miniature of the larger blue planet is suspended in the sky above the square, and there is a white ball rotating next to it, which looks like the moon is revolving around the blue star.

Suddenly, the blue shadow burst out with azure light. The light was not dazzling, but when Xia Zhi reacted, he found that he was the only one left in the square.

[System prompt: You have been blessed by Blue Star and awakened your exclusive talent. 】

[System prompt: You have received the blessing of Blue Star and obtained the buff status: blue blessing and zero growth. 】

Two mechanical system sounds sounded from his ears, the light in front of Xia Zhi fluctuated again, and the originally crowded square appeared in front of him again.

"Blue Star Blessing?" Xia Zhi looked up at the blue shadow in the sky in confusion. After scanning for a week, he found that everyone in the square was as confused as he was. It seemed that everyone had experienced the same thing.

"Brother, do you know what the effect of Blue Star's blessing is..."

A person next to Xia Zhi was asking him doubtfully, but before he could finish his words, he was taken away by a beam of light falling from the sky. Xia Zhi was also taken away by another beam of light that fell from behind.

[System prompt: Character construction in progress... Please name your character. 】

The scene before him changed again, but this time it was floating in the void.

Now it was time to name. After thinking about Xia Zhi, he said, "Winter."

He usually calls this name when playing games, but sometimes he will be registered by someone. Single-character names are usually easy to be snatched, but this time he was lucky, the name passed, and he went directly to the next stage.

[System prompt: Body detection in progress...Adaptive generation of personal attributes...]

Name: Dong

Level: Level 0 (0/100)

Constitution: 3 (affects physical attack, physical defense, spell defense, agility, life, physical strength, weight bearing, etc.)

Spirit: 5 (affects spell attack, abnormal resistance, mana, agility, etc.)

Life: 30 (Physique x10)

Power/Mana: Not turned on

Agility: 4 [(Physique + Spirit)/2, affects movement speed, attack speed, chanting time, etc.]

Base speed: 10 [The maximum moving speed is 10 meters/second, the actual maximum speed is: base speed

Physical defense: 3 (Physique x1)

Spell defense: 3 (Physique x1)

Mental resistance: 5 (mental x1)

talent:

[Crazy Decimal Point: When you see the decimal point in the panel, you can move it one position to the left or right. Each independent panel can only be moved once. (Operable panels: some system prompts, item panels, skill panels) (Decimal points appear on the panel adaptively)]

Equipment: none

Skills: None

Gain:

[Blue Blessing (Special): When you die, your level will be -1, half of the equipment worn will be randomly dropped, and you will be prohibited from logging in for 10 days. Duration: 12 years]

[Zero point growth (special): You are given an experience bar, and most of your actions will receive certain experience rewards, and the pain can be reduced by up to 80%. Duration: Disappears at level 100. 】

Debuff: None

The attribute panel was generated quickly. Looking at the gain effects on the panel, Xia Zhiyi didn't know what to say. Such a heavy death penalty, do you call this a gain?

Of course, compared with the official promotion of the game where death will follow in reality, it is indeed a gain, but is it played like this?

Although I wanted to complain a little, at least I didn't have to worry about dying inexplicably in the game. Xia Zhi turned to look at her own talent.

However, a system prompt sounded at this time.

[System prompt: Attributes have been generated, please select the direction of your ability, physical system (activation strength value: strength = constitution 0. Energy level: Level 2); all systems (Activated spiritual power value: Spiritual power = (Physique + Spirit) X 1.0, Energy level: Level 12)]

[System prompt: Strength value is used for the use of physical skills, mana value is used for the use of legal skills, and spiritual power value is used for the use of all skills. There are no advantages or disadvantages among the three options. Please choose carefully according to your own situation. Note: Some special professions will generate profession-specific energy bars, and high-level energy bars will cover low-level energy bars. 】

Looking at the system prompts, Xia Zhi opened his panel again and took a look at his talents.

Crazy decimal point, you can move the decimal point. Then his eyes moved back and forth on the three numbers prompted by the system. Normally, there are only two choices, one is to turn on power, and the other is to turn on mana.

This spiritual power is a trap at first glance. Now based on Xia Zhi's panel attributes, after choosing this, there will only be a total of 8 points of spiritual power. I am afraid that not even a single skill can be used.

But looking at the energy level 12, Xia Zhi was a little jealous.

If he didn't have the talent to move a decimal point, Xia Zhi would definitely not even take a look at it. But if he moved a decimal point, there would be no numerical difference between Xia Zhi's spiritual power and the other two. Maybe The level of strength is ten levels higher.

Although Xia Zhi doesn't know what the use of this energy level is, as a talent that can't move the decimal point, it shouldn't be weak no matter how you look at it.

If the decimal point can be moved in levels, then Xia Zhi will definitely choose mana directly, and then the energy level is level 20. With his own talent, it is most suitable to follow the master line that relies on skills to make a living.

After thinking for a while, Xia Zhi finally made his choice.

[System prompt: Attributes have been generated, please select the direction of your ability, physical system (activation strength value: strength = constitution X20, energy level: level two); law system (activation mana value: mana = spirit : Level 2); all systems (Activated spiritual power value: Spiritual power = (Physique + Spirit) X 10, Energy level: Level 12)]

Each independent panel can only be moved once. After Xia Zhi moved the decimal point behind the spiritual power, all the decimal points in this system prompt disappeared.

"Choose all types." This spiritual power seems to be very advanced no matter how you look at it. It doesn't matter even if it is not very strong. As long as it is not worse than the strength and mana, even if you choose the wrong one, you will not fall behind at all compared to others. There was basically no loss, so Xia Zhi planned to take a gamble. After all, his talent became more and more outrageous in the later stages, so a small gamble in the early stages was harmless.