Infinite Mask Game

Chapter 2 Ranking
In the bright and spacious bedroom, Wei Miao took off her black helmet and sat up on the big soft bed.

Sunlight streaming through trees and window sills casts shadows on black and white checkered sheets.A row of exquisite figurines stood on the desk, and 3D projections of well-known VR game masterpieces were shown on the floor.

A girl with a lazy expression was reflected in the mirror of the dressing table.She has mid-length hair that just reaches her shoulders, and the ends are slightly curled. At first glance, her facial features are ordinary, but after a long time, she has a kind of smallness and delicateness. The black hair complements her fair complexion.

Wearing pink rabbit pajamas, Wei Miao sat on the edge of the bed and swung her two little feet. She was in a daze for a while before getting ready to really get up.

After eating, she returned to the bedroom, holding her mobile phone, logged into a game platform account, wrote down her thoughts on the game "Masquerade Ball", and posted updates.

She is a game anchor, she doesn't show her face due to her skills, and she has hundreds of thousands of fans, but her old fans hear her voice as if she hasn't woken up, and they all speculate whether she is a house girl with kidney deficiency.

Wei Miao sneered at the attacks of the old fans, and only played the game to pull them in to kill them.

Game broadcasting is just an unknown side job of hers. Her main job is to be an inconspicuous clerk in the family company. Except for the supervisor, no one knows that she is related to the chairman.

And her brother started his own business and is now the CEO of a listed company.Her cousin, who is two years younger than her, went abroad to study at a top university.The cousin is the chairman's right-hand man.My cousin is a well-known artist, and an oil painting can command a good price.

Among the younger generations of the family, regardless of her side job, it seemed that she was the only one who was left in despair.

The Wei family is a well-known family in the local province A. There are many talented people in the family, and the elites of the younger generations are seriously introverted. Due to the large size of the family, there are three aunts and four aunts. Although I am a successful person, I don’t forget to compare their children.

When Wei Miao was young, he witnessed his brother collapse and cry in the middle of his Mathematical Olympiad homework. The first thing his parents did when they entered the room was to scold him for not being able to bear hardships. A man does not cry easily. Only by studying hard can he win in the future. Look at the relatives next door As a child, he won various competition awards at a young age.

So when other children are playing with toys, her brother is rushing to piano class; when other children are watching anime, he is watching the news; when Wei Miao is picking up a teddy bear, he is making models...

I directly looked at my childhood Wei Miao as an emo, and decided to stay away from the cruel and inward vortex. I was a salty fish from a young age, and I kept my strength in doing things. I can lie down and never sit down.

You can push a genius to compete with the same top players, but for an "ordinary person", when he can only look up to the dust, no one will delusional let him chase the stars.

Therefore, Wei Miao was able to withdraw from the endless comparison ranks, grow up smoothly, and become an anchor in a game that is regarded as a nonsense in the eyes of everyone.

In a short period of time, her article "On the Possibility of Choosing a Straight Road in the Beginner's Guide" has received hundreds of likes and replies.

"The novice guide throws out a cruel multiple-choice question, but most people in the game are exactly the opposite of reality. They will pursue moral satisfaction that they cannot experience in reality-choose the straight road and sacrifice themselves."

"Another reason is that players are limited to experience pain in ordinary VR. With the mentality that players share weal and woe with themselves-everyone dies together, it is inevitable to underestimate the 100% pain simulation that is claimed to be completely realistic. I believe it is extremely comfortable. My friends will try their best to avoid game death in the future."

"And in the balance of different considerations between the left and the right, patients with difficulty in choosing may simply be bad and choose the straight path..."

In the comments below, some people also analyzed the possibility of choosing the left and right paths in an orderly manner.

There are tens of millions of comments on posts on the official website.It is somewhat unbelievable to gain such popularity at the beginning of the service.

"Masquerade Ball" is a buyout system online VR game that is sold globally. The price is affordable, only 500 yuan in federal currency, including the cost of helmet equipment, which is so low that people doubt its quality.

Before the opening of the server, it is said that an internal beta test was carried out. There was no video of the real machine, and no ups claimed to have joined the beta test. It seems that the beta test does not exist at all. Bounced.

Even so, its popularity remains high.The root of it is that it has made unprecedented innovations in game mechanics and gameplay.

First, "Masquerade Ball" guarantees that you will not be forced to kryptonite or liver. The only in-app purchase is non-attribute fashion. The core gameplay is the dungeon ranking system. You can only queue for one game a day, and there are thousands of dungeons. The probability of being in the same dungeon is extremely low, and the plot will have different endings due to the player's choice.

Second, discarding the traditional occupation system and value stacking, everyone's initial attributes are the same, and the growth system uses [camouflage coefficient], [entry] and [identity markers], which are obtained through ranking copies.

Third, it claims to be comparable to the black technology VR technology used by the US military.Fully immersive experience, you can play with only one helmet, and the sensory experience is completely realistic, including various pain sensations, trampling the "Game Industry Convention" under your feet.What's jaw-dropping is that it still has a version number and is available on major game stores.

Fourth, its protection of personal privacy is so strict that it practices the game concept featuring "camouflage".It vowed not to obtain the real personal information of the players, but only scanned and recorded the iris characteristics to ensure the uniqueness of the login, and therefore specially developed an adaptation helmet, its sincerity is amazing.

In addition, there are many features waiting for players to dig.

"Masquerade Ball" started the public beta at 8:00 federal time this morning. Players must log in before 9:[-], otherwise the account will be invalidated.This is an easy task for Sunday.

Wei Miao entered on time, and when she exited the game, it was ten past nine, but she obviously felt that the game time was very short.

Suddenly, the soothing cell phone rang. Looking at the contact person, it was Zhong Ling, the colleague.She is also a game anchor. She is cute and skilled. She has twice as many fans as Wei Miao. They met by chance during an event on the platform.

Wei Miao picked up the phone, her face adjusted to a smile, her voice raised, but her eyes were very calm: "Zhong Ling."

"Miao Miao, you should have played "Masquerade Ball"." Zhong Ling always spoke directly, "How do you feel?"

"A rare and conscientious manufacturer. What I thought was a big cake has been realized." Wei Miao's lively voice was converted into electromagnetic waves and received by the other side.

"Emmm... do you plan to broadcast live?" Zhong Ling asked the purpose of the call.

"It's stated on the official website that you don't have to bear legal responsibility for all actions in the game. The player's information is completely confidential, but you can reveal the disguise on your own...Are you planning to broadcast live before the first round?"

Wei Miao's words seem to have no logic, and there is a hidden meaning of rejection.

"Most people would hesitate to expose their disguise because of the initial invisibility. If I live broadcast now, I will be one of the few people who eat crabs. It's hot, hehehe~" Zhong Ling was thinking on the other side.

Wei Miao still kept smiling, even though the other party couldn't see her at all: "Then... I wish you a great career in advance."

"Well, I hung up."

Wei Miao put down the phone, looked at the page of "the other party has hung up the phone", and thought for a moment.

She just vaguely reminded Zhong Ling of the dangers of live streaming, but unfortunately, Zhong Ling's mind was filled with soaring enthusiasm. In this era where traffic is king, attention is tied to money.Perhaps, she noticed but didn't take it to heart.

Legal immunity and complete disguise, these are two terrible keys, enough to unlock the shackles given by morality and society, and release a violent and dark beast.

Although this game does not have the "dark" label, it is deeper than all the dark background games on the market, including games with apocalyptic, war, and human nature, because it is a living person who is interpreting the story, not an already written one. A good plot for the AI ​​to execute.

Wei Miao is not good at persuading people, especially when the person has almost reached a conclusion.Everyone needs to take responsibility for their actions.

She lay back on the bed in a "big" shape, stretched herself, picked up the helmet beside her and put it on.

【Iris recognition... passed, welcome back! 】

When she opened her eyes again, she was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror, showing a polite smile to the image of Mr. Gray Rabbit.

When creating a character, gender, ID, height and body type (130-220cm) are up to you to decide. The most interesting thing is that you have to choose a mask, and face pinchers can even make their own styles.

Wei Miao made changes to the basic bunny mask to give it an anime feel.

Ranking is the core gameplay of the game, and "camouflage coefficient" is the core value of the game.At the time of settlement, a camouflage coefficient of 0-10 will be given according to the player's game performance.

When the camouflage factor reaches a certain value, you can participate in a higher-end dance party. In layman's terms, it is a "promotion".

At present, everyone is at the level of "mask".

All players start with the same attributes, and the attributes are added by the camouflage coefficient, specifically a 1:1 ratio increase.In addition, some "entries" can also add attributes.

There is another chance to rank today, and the way to start ranking is also very simple. There are detailed guidelines on the official website, using scene interaction.

Wei Miao pulled the luxurious wooden chair in the corner to the mirror and sat down gracefully.

[Ranking match...]

[The dungeon is locked!I wish you a happy dance! 】

Wei Miao saw that her image in the mirror had changed.

In the mirror is a pale, tall and thin young man with blond hair, staring at her with quiet lake blue eyes, wearing a striped white shirt with a skin color similar to his, with loose collar buttons on the cuffs, looking fragile, as if he could be easily caught people tear up.

He has a world-weary face, young and expressionless, restrained, deep and decadent.

Suddenly, he raised the corners of his mouth towards Wei Miao, nodded slightly, and there was a trace of evil in his shy smile.

Wei Miao also smiled, her disguised neutral voice was somewhat magnetic, gentle and sweet: "Hello."

Darkness gradually engulfed the dressing room.

(End of this chapter)