Hyperreal board game

He put down the information in his hand and continued: "If you follow DND's thinking, the world is a different plane, separated by a powerful crystal wall. The world we live in is called the main material plane. The demons of the abyss have been I tried my best to invade the main material plane, but because the crystal wall was too hard to pass through, I had to use some small cracks to put my projection into the main material plane to make waves."

Zhang Hongruo thought, "Yes, I came up with this theory. I think the Chaos Point is the node where creatures from other planes smuggle in. Because the boundaries of the dimensions are confused, the defense is weak, so other plane creatures can take advantage of it." But it’s just okay, we are also worried that these creatures have other plans, such as trying to expand the chaotic point—or expand the crack, so that more powerful beings can come and make trouble.”

An Ge: "Sounds like Cthulhu, do they still want to send an ancient god to occupy the world?"

Zhang Hong laughed loudly: "This is not good, we have a heavy responsibility on our shoulders."

Yue Zimo, who had been listening silently, asked: "So, are Mephisto and Faust both alien creatures...? But aren't they the Mephisto and Faust in folklore? It doesn't look like it's fake, do other planes have exactly the same legend?"

Zhang Hong said: "There is a kind of demon called Faceless Demon. The name does not mean that it has no face, but refers to its ability. It will become the person you believe, and according to the information provided by your memory, Completely transform yourself into that person, even yourself will believe that this is an undoubted fact, so as to completely replace that person and exist. We assume that the creature, or energy, or that existence that passes through the dimensional crack, Originally, no one was there, because you thought it was Mephisto, so it became the real Mephisto. This is actually a very two-dimensional phenomenon—the concept precedes the substance, and the concept creates the substance. There seem to be schools of philosophy that believe this too, but that's not my area of ​​interest."

Yue Zimo crossed his arms and frowned: "I seem to understand it, but I don't seem to understand it...I always feel that my three views have been shattered since I met you."

Zhang Hong continued to laugh loudly: "It's painful to break and reshape, but it can make you stronger. You should thank me. But speaking of it, you are also very good. Most people can survive when they encounter a point of chaos. It will be very difficult in the end, I didn't expect that you would be able to wipe out the stowaways with an army instead. If you don't mind, can you tell me the process?"

An Ge also had no intention of hiding anything, they sat at the table in the reference room, and Zhang Hong turned on the recording pen.Afterwards, An Ge dictated and Yue Zimo supplemented, telling the whole process.

Only two places have been slightly modified.One was when he was attacked by the fire of the dungeon trap, he said that it was all thanks to the golden item protection necklace obtained in the maze.The other is that Yue Zimo suddenly fell into a coma - because he couldn't explain the reason, he simply only talked about the process.

Fortunately, Zhang Hong is a veteran player after all, and he didn't care about their concealment at all. He just asked in detail about the process of fighting against Mephisto and Faust's behavior.

Then he changed his pen thoughtfully: "It seems that you have encountered two stowaways, and I don't know why, these two stowaways are still hostile-I think it's mostly because the plot of the module is set in this way. After all There are only two NPCs in this module, and they met two stowaways, so they had to be bound by the main plot and confront each other—your luck is simply against the sky! If they join forces, this module will become a player killer. If not, the cracks will get bigger and bigger, and the ancient gods will conquer the earth just around the corner... Oh my god, it's scary!" Zhang Hong bit his fingernails in horror as he spoke.

Mainly because of Yue Zimo's good luck.

However, Yue Zimo, whose luck value is as high as 99, didn't realize it. Instead, he crossed his arms and continued to meditate, "But I just heard you say so much, how do I feel... Chaos point seems to be a virus attached to the board game system, It’s not something that comes with the system itself.”

Zhang Hong smiled and nodded: "Bingo! It was discovered by you. Indeed, some of us also hold this view. Because smugglers are also restricted by the system, and we only observed the emergence of chaotic points 15 years ago. Before that, it was almost certain that No."

So here comes the question... What is the reason for the emergence of chaotic points?

Zhang Hong spread his hands in a very lonely manner: "I don't know, but I welcome you to join the Special Opposition Committee and pursue the truth behind all the time together."

An Ge: "I refuse."

Zhang Hong: "...Wait, don't refuse so quickly. We work from [-] to [-], and we have weekends and weekends. We provide board and lodging, as well as benefits for regular medical examinations, and year-end bonuses!"

An Ge: "You can't even pay your salary, and you still have money for a year-end bonus?"

Zhang Hong: "...just occasionally, occasionally!"

Yue Zimo asked: "Let's ask, how much is the year-end bonus?"

Zhang Hong extended a slap.

Yue Zimo: "Fifty thousand? Not bad."

An Ge: "How is it possible, at most five thousand."

Zhang Hong: "How is it possible, it is five hundred per person regardless of position."

Zhang Hong himself felt shy after speaking, rubbed his nose and changed the subject, "In short, we also try our best to do something for the victims of the system. And..." He took out his work card again, "What is written on it? ?”

An Ge glanced and read: "S.Mismylife."

Zhang Hong's face changed, and he took back his work card as if he was shocked by electricity, and changed another one again, "Ahem, cough, I mean what is written on it?"

On the ribbon surrounded by the metal frame, there are four big characters: sharpen the sword to protect the country.

Zhang Hong looked serious: "The board game system has changed the lives of many people and claimed many innocent lives. Although I am a victim, I at least want to do my part to study it clearly and try to prevent it from harming it." More people. For this, I want your power."

An Ge: "...as if you are the main character."

Zhang Hong laughed loudly: "The system is fair, and no one can be the protagonist in front of it. But at least we can unite and do something. If the salary I took over from the former section chief can be passed on forever , one day, it will become a raging fire that burns down the system."

An Ge asked curiously, "The former section chief? Where did he go?"

Zhang Hong said: "I'm dead, I died in a super-difficult module half a year ago."

His tone can even be described as brisk, and there is no sadness in remembering the ancestors. When he saw An Ge and Yue Zimo's sad expressions, he smiled and patted them on the shoulders, "For adventurers, this is not very normal. Is it a matter of death? People are inherently mortal, or they are lighter than a feather, or they are heavier than Mount Tai. The life and death of the Gou benefit the country..."

"Stop, stop." An Ge stopped his words from slipping into a dangerous place, "Yue Zimo and I are still studying, at least for now, we still want to continue to live like ordinary people. So we won't Join any organization, but if I can help, I will do my best."

He paused, and then said, "Actually, I still have a question. What happened 15 years ago?"

Zhang Hong sighed: "We guess it has something to do with a certain game designer. Writing a module, allowing players to explore adventures in their own imagination, is equivalent to creating a world. So we made a module designed 15 years ago. statistics."

He pulled out a piece of paper from the folder: "This is all the modules of the year when the chaotic point was observed, a total of 73."

Then he pulled out another two pages of paper: "This is all the modules before that year, a total of 410."

"These are recorded by the special committee. Players have experienced all the modules. If there is any special situation, all the new modules after that year have not appeared in the board game system even once. Even the original The same goes for mods written by 42 game designers."

An Ge came to a conclusion: "That is to say, this incident has nothing to do with the mod, it should have something to do with people."

Zhang Hong went to the file cabinet and took out three thick folders and put them on the table: "This is the biography of the 42 game designers... After so many years, one-third of them are dead, and the rest The oldest ones are in their 70s, and the youngest ones are in their early forties, so I really don’t see any problems. Take a look, maybe there will be new gains from different angles.”

Yue Zimo held this introduction and said thoughtfully: "I found that... the board game system seems to affect mainly people in the Chinese-speaking circle, and there are very few people in foreign countries."

Zhang Hong said: "Indeed, players play games in their native language, and there are very few cross-lingual phenomena. We really don't know much about the situation in foreign countries. Because of our low-key behavior, we didn't even inquire about foreign official organizations." The presence."

"It's said to be low-key, but it's actually because of limited funds?"

Zhang Hong sighed: "There is no money for business trips in neighboring provinces, let alone abroad. But it is also worth noting that at least half of the victims of the system are concentrated in Changsheng City, and half of all other provinces and cities combined."

Yue Zimo said: "I was very concerned just now. Among the 42 game designers, three are locals of Changsheng City, and the other five have lived in Changsheng City for a long time because of their studies or work. And The more important events include: the first is that the parents divorced in 01, and the college entrance examination was hit hard; the second was that there was a car accident in the second half of 02, leaving lifelong disabilities; the third was that he passed away due to illness in 02 ; The fourth... probably counts as a major event, right? I got married in 03."

Zhang Hong pondered: "Strictly speaking, only the one who got married was 15 years ago, and the other three were all overdue, 17 and 16 years. Very low. Our props are still very effective..."

Yue Zimo said: "It may also be because there is a transition period, or an incubation period? Doing bad things also requires preparation in advance."

Zhang Hong: "...It really makes sense! Brother, you have a good brain! I'll ask someone to check it out."

Yue Zimo chuckled, An Ge took the information from him, flipped through it as he said, and then froze.

"I seem to have seen this person..."