A Race to The Top

Ding—The protected player number 4109874 is online, and the exclusive customer service is being dispatched...

Ling Xiaolu stared at the waiting signal in front of him and was speechless. How did he become a protected player, and what was the system number? Those who know this are playing games, but those who don't know think they are in jail.

The efficiency of the customer service was quite fast, and within half a minute, an unknown creature appeared next to Ling Xiaolu.

"Hello! GM92735 will serve you wholeheartedly!"

Ling Xiaolu:...

"From today onwards, I will be your exclusive customer service. I hope to come and let me come and come and come and hey!"

Ling Xiaolu held the tail of the guest uniform — if it was a tail — and hung it upside down. Due to the violence, the silver-white little guy struggled desperately, his paws dashed in the air without any rules, and his head His long beard also twisted left and right.

"Maliciously attacking GM, don't even talk about the game convention!" The weird creature denounced Ling Xiaolu's evil deeds.

"You are so strange that you can still speak," Ling Xiaoluo let go, "What the **** are you?"

After finally regaining his freedom, GM bounced in mid-air, circled twice, and finally turned his head up.

"Didn't you introduce it just now? I was assigned by my superior to be responsible for your exclusive customer service, job number 92735."

"This is not what I want to ask, what kind of species are you?"

"Huh? Isn't this what you specifically asked for? I am obviously a handsome and handsome pterosaur."

"Thank you for letting me know. If you don't tell me, I would think you are a four-legged bug."

GM burst into tears: "I always feel that there is a bad errand."

"Well then, Mr. GM Long... I always thought that GM should be a human being. Is technology already so advanced?"

"I was originally a human being. What you see now is the mimicry I made to hide my identity."

"Wait," Ling Xiaolu's mind flashed, "Manager Ke said that the master gave me a mini version of Wind Breathing Pterodactyl. Wouldn't it be you?"

"Congratulations on your right! In fact, what you saw is just an ordinary non-combat pet dragon, but since I am responsible for your future game guidance and identity protection, in order not to attract attention, I took the liberty of borrowing your pet's shell. It's definitely the most suitable way to disguise, don't you think so?"

Ling Xiaolu was expressionless: "Can I ask you to come out of my pet's body?"

"Of course I can, but then I will restore my original human form. Do you hope that in the future journey of the game, an adult man who is one hundred and ninety-nine and weighs one hundred and ninety-nine will swim with you? Of course I am not personally. Mind."

"I mind! The first time I see you, I feel very pleasing to the eye. Please be sure to stay inside and don't step out!"

"As you wish. So next, how about let me do an in-game guide for you?"

"Let's talk about it."

"First of all, "Elves Contract" is a holographic online game that focuses on pet battles. Players can capture and train various pets in the game to assist their BOSS battles, dungeons, and PK. It can be said that the pet system is the biggest selling point of this game. Of course None of this has anything to do with you."

Ling Xiaopao stared at him badly.

"Hahaha cough cough cough, of course, except for the pet system, this game still has a lot to play, such as production system, home system, business system, and rich interpersonal interaction, all of which are the game of "Elves Contract" Features."

"Will you be sincere? Don't memorize it."

GM turned a somersault: "Then let us get to the point. First of all, I want to teach you the basic operation of this game. Do you see a glowing button in the upper right corner?"

Ling Xiaolu had seen the flickering virtual button long ago, and he reached out and touched it, and a row of menus popped up.

"It should be noted that the interface you see now can only be seen by you, unless you actively choose to share with others. Have you brought up the menu now?"

"I saw it."

"Please click on the first item, personal information."

Ling Xiaolu clicked on the first option, and the character attribute panel was refreshed in the left half of his vision. The panel was semi-transparent, and the scene behind could still be seen clearly through it.

"Did you see yourself?"

Ling Xiaolu looked at his own 3D model in the character frame, fiddled with it with his hands and turned around.

"interesting."

"You may have noticed that there is no name in your name column. That's because you haven't named it. Now, you can give your character a name."

With a flick of his tail, GM turned into a big piece of rice paper. The paper was suspended in mid-air. It lay on the paper comfortably. The dragon's claws held a brush roughly while it was licking the tip of the pen with its tongue.的毛。

Ling Xiaolu: …Do the special effects of this game have to be so exaggerated?

Ling Xiaolu was very depressed. He originally wanted to be a great **** in the game, but now he had to hide and be a mortal.

The Great God is in the mortal world, "Call God Fan."

"Ok."

GM agreed and wrote down crookedly: God annoying.

"It's what a mortal is!"

"What I wrote is annoying?"

Ling Xiaolu helped the amount: "Forget it, let's use my previous net name Lubi. Xiaolu's deer, Bambi's, don't make any mistakes!"

"This is also good." GM wiped the previous one with his paw, and re-written the word "Lubi", and the content appeared in the name box of Ling Xiaolu simultaneously.

"Next, you can also choose a name for me. Every non-combat pet has an initial chance to change its name. In the future, if you want to change your name, you can only use the store's reset items, so please be careful when you name it.

Ling Xiaolu didn't even think about it: "Just linger."

GM92735:...

"Ah, is it called Linglong? I see."

"No, it's called Ling Gou Dan."

"This name is so nice, I like it."

"But I'm talking about Ling Gou Dan."

"Linglong will worship the song at the beginning of the year, no one can understand the song. Good literary talent, a person who can pick up such a name will know people at first sight."

"Can't you understand human language?"

"Okay, the name has been changed. If you have other ideas, please recharge the coupon and go to the mall to purchase related items."

"This is a commercial fraud. I want to complain."

"If you make a complaint, you must tell me my job number accurately. Do you still remember my job number?"

"..." Ling Xiaolu, "I don't remember."

"Then let us live in harmony, after all, there is still a long way to go."

"Can I make wine with you?"

"Don't talk about soaking wine, just soak your feet, after all," Ling Long tilted his body, and the faucet leaned lazily on the dragon's claws, "I have no effect."

Ling Xiaolu decided not to care about it, otherwise God knows how many kinds of poses this guy can display.

"carry on."

Ling Long cleared his throat and returned to his serious form: "The next item that you are most concerned about is your appearance in this game. The initial appearance of each player is the real appearance. Of course, if you think about your three-dimensional The appearance is not satisfied, and the game also provides a plastic surgery service intimately."

"If you want to have a plastic surgery, you have to buy redesigned items in the mall, right?" Ling Xiaolu has already guessed the cheating money of this game, ah no, the charging mode.

"This is true for others, but for you, hiding your true face and not being recognized by acquaintances is obviously extremely beneficial to concealing your pet's identity. Therefore, the company specially prepared this for you."

After that, it turned into a container similar to a perfume bottle, and the liquid inside was also transparent.

"what is this?"

"This is a high-tech product developed by our company independently-human face atomizer. As long as you spray it lightly, your face will look like a Meitu Xiuxiu P, even if your mother is standing in front of you. Can't recognize it."

Ling Xiaolu frowned: "Is it so magical? In the eyes of others, am I becoming beautiful or ugly? I can't even have my nose, right?"

"This is the greatest magic of this product. After using the human face atomizer, your appearance will become nothing in the eyes of others."

"...What do you mean?" Ling Xiaolu shuddered as a faceless man appeared in his mind.

"To put it simply, others see you as you are now, but people who know you will not associate you with the person they know. People who don’t know you will have the same face in their memory after leaving the game. It will become blurred. They will remember you as a person, but they will not remember you in any way."

"Really?" It was the first time Ling Xiaolu heard that the props in the game could even be tampered with.

"Of course, they will think you are familiar at best, but they will never remember where they have seen it."

"Well, since that's the case, I'll just try."

Ling Long raised the atomizer and sprayed it at Ling Xiaolu's face. It was colorless and tasteless, and didn't even feel at all.

"All right."

"Is that all right?" Ling Xiaolu touched his face, "Is there a mirror?"

Ling Long really changed into a mirror.

Ling Xiaolu looked in the mirror: "I can't see any changes."

"If you don't see it, it's right, the atomizer will not have any effect on your own memory... Oops, I have begun to forget what you look like."

Ling Xiaolu squinted: "The acting is really bad."

Ling Long received the mirror in a serene manner, and whispered in his mouth: "Is that because I am a dragon? If I were a humanoid, the custody emperor would have taken a few."

Suddenly, Ling Xiaolu found that the collar on his neck was gone, and there was an extra bracelet on his left wrist.

"What's going on again?"

"This is a blinding method to change the game screen. Your bracelet is just a decoration. The real peripherals are still on your neck, but they are hidden. But if someone touches the back of the neck, it will still be abnormal, so please be sure to protect it. This part."

Ling Xiaolu touched the back of his neck, and he felt a strange bulge, but it disappeared again.

"If the collar is accidentally touched by someone, it will be completely hidden for a short period of time for fifteen minutes. This is the limit that a technician can do."

Well, I can only say that talking is better than nothing.

"Anything else?"

"The other thing is that when other players view your character information, your profile will be displayed exactly like ordinary players, and the dater will not be able to capture your specific location through the pet radar."

"What is a pet radar?"

"Every player here has a radar. The radar can locate players and pets on the map, but only the radar of the dater can target human pets."

Ling Xiaolu understands roughly.

"The character panel needs to introduce so much for the time being. We can learn about other functions step by step during the game. Touch the X in the upper right corner of the panel, it will be automatically closed, or you can directly make an X gesture."

Ling Xiaolu's index fingers crossed, and the panel biu disappeared.

"This is a shortcut gesture to close the panel. You can also call up the panel through a shortcut gesture. Each panel in the game corresponds to a shortcut gesture."

"How to compare?"

"Take the character panel as an example. Just tap on the belly button with your hand."

Ling Xiaolu touched his belly button according to what it said, and the panel that had just been turned off immediately popped out again. He crossed it, clicked it, and crossed it again, feeling very strange.

"Other commonly used operations are: click on the temple to summon the radar, double-click to open the map, and stay for two seconds to enter the navigation system; snap your fingers and end with a heart-like gesture to open the friend interface. Two consecutive finger snaps are transactions. Of course, you are in When making gestures, you must synchronize the things you want to do in your brain, otherwise it will be very troublesome to accidentally trigger a bunch of panels wherever you touch them."

"Think carefully." Ling Xiaolu admired the program's ingenuity.

"Another important point is that if you need to go offline in an emergency, you can disconnect from the terminal by saying "Forced offline" three times. This is for emergency. Please don't use it when you go offline because it may It will cause data loss. This function can only be used once every twenty-four hours."

"Okay, I remember."

"Then now we can experience it in the game, and I will explain to you the problems we see simultaneously."

Ling Xiaolu was teleported to a small town. It was said to be a small town, and it was very prosperous at first glance.

"There are a total of 24 main cities in "Elves Contract". Because the main city map is relatively large, if there are no important activities, players generally choose to do activities in the surrounding towns of the main city. This is one of the twenty-four main cities-Jingzhe Yuanting Town, the most prosperous suburb of the city, is connected to the three main cities. It is one of the important transportation hubs in the game and a famous free trade distribution center."

Lingxiao Road and it are walking on the main road of the town. There are shops on both sides, and it is common to see people setting up stalls on the street.

Outside a pet shop, the owner lavishly placed a hundred pets for sale, directly occupying a small half of the street.

"Wow!" Ling Xiaolu, who had little knowledge, exclaimed to the exquisite pets.

"What's this?" Ling Long is well-informed. "The number of pets that can be displayed in the commercial street is limited. When you go to the end of the street, the place where babies are sold is as big as a parking lot, and you can't see it at a glance. side."

"There are so many? Can they be sold?"

"Even pets of the same species, there is a difference in value. The best products will be fired at sky-high prices, and the inferior products will generally be packaged and wholesaled for good pets to upgrade."

"Are these stores run by players?"

"Every one is. Players have to sign a lease with the system first, and then they will get a shop. Pets like this kind of commercial street are only counted as money, not the top-grade ones will only lose money. The kind at the end of the street Large areas are cheaper, but they cannot be rented by just one player. They are usually contracted by professional chambers of commerce or families."

"Interesting, can people who can't catch pets by themselves like me open a shop?"

"Do you think that the owners of these stores are caught by themselves? They just have good acquisition channels, and then they are buying and selling. Besides, there are many other stores here besides pet stores, such as equipment stores and food stores. , Pet supply stores, etc. The difficulty of opening a store is not whether you can catch pets, but..."

Its dragon's claws trembled convulsively.

"what does that mean?"

"money."

"It turns out that your gesture was for money, I thought it was cramps."

Ling Long: "..."

"Then there is no money, nor can I catch pets, what should I do now?"

"I teach you that whenever you go to a place, you must first go to its tavern."

"Tavern?"

"The building with a wine barrel logo at the door. After you enter the tavern, you can open the teleportation point. In addition, the inn is also a place where players must pass through, and a lot of information and gossip are flowed out from here."

Ling Xiaolu stepped into the tavern, and a strangely dressed person greeted him enthusiastically.

"Please inside, what would you like to drink?"

Ling Long pressed to his ear: "He is an NPC, tell him a little bit."

Ling Xiaolu: "Start."

"I have already written down the name of the distinguished guest. It will be convenient to come again next time. Be sure to come often!"

Ling Long: "Just find a table to sit down and listen to if there are any major events recently."

Ling Xiaolu did it. He looked around for a week and couldn't tell which was the player and which was the NPC.

"How can I know which one is the real person?"

"Did you not show your name at the beginning? Some people like the real experience, so turn off this feature, but I suggest you turn on this feature before you become familiar with the game."

Ling Xiaolu found an item on the top of the head name from the system settings, and ticked it, and an extra name appeared on the top of each person's head.

"In the game, the gray name is the neutral NPC, the orange name is the NPC that can be attacked. There are five colors for the player's name: the name of the friendly target is displayed in green, the hostile target is displayed in red, and the murderous value is accumulated. To a certain extent, the name will change to black, the name of the dater will be gold, and the name of the battle pet will be beautiful pink."

"Gosh! My name won't be pink!"

"Of course not. In order to hide your identity, the technical department has changed your name to green, emerald green."

"Oh, that's okay." Ling Xiaolu breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't imagine the pink name Su Shuang on his head.

Ling Xiaolu is a newcomer without any influence. For the time being, everyone in the tavern is a green name.

Just like Ling Long said, everyone likes to sit in a pub and talk about gossip while drinking.

"Hey, have you heard of it? Someone has successfully put on a collar recently."

Ling Xiaolu shuddered, he was here to listen to the gossip, but why is he the protagonist of the gossip? !

"seriously?"

This is big news, and many people in the pub have attracted attention.

"Of course it's true, I heard what my uncle who works in Xinshan said, and..." The speaker sold it off.

"And what? Say it!" Someone who couldn't hold back came up and poked him.

"According to my inference, that person is now haunting Yuanting Town."

Yuanting Town, isn't it the town where he is now?

Ling Xiaolu really wanted to strangle Ling Long, so he decided not to expose it? How long has he just arrived, and how can he even know it!

"How do you know so clearly?"

"I don’t know, but someone knows. Don’t forget. Every time a humanoid pet appears in the game, there will be a reminder on the appointment system. I just heard from a friend that several appointments have already set off here. There is no competition in Jingzhe City. Why do you think they gathered together by chance?"

Ling Xiaolu lowered his head, pretending to be sleeping on the table, gritted his teeth and asked Ling Long in private, "Didn't you promise to hide my identity?"

"No! It's not hidden, it's a disguise!" Ling Long said bluntly, "We did do some tricks on your information, but that's just superficial work. If you want to change all the settings, But the huge amount of work cannot be completed in a short time, and it will disrupt the order of the game!"

"What?" Ling Xiaolu was heartbroken, "Then what should I do!"

"Three points rely on cover, seven points rely on acting skills, come on!"

"Fak!"

I only heard that the person who broke the news was still saying: "...not just a few of them, it is rumored that even Li Zheng was dispatched this time."

"Li Zheng?!" There was an exclamation in the tavern, "Even he is here?"

Ling Xiaolu: Who is that again!

Fortunately, a newcomer like Ling Xiaolu asked for him: "Who is Li Zheng?"

"You don't even know about Li Zheng, he is the national male **** of "Elves Contract"! In the annual Masters Tournament in the game, Li Zheng was the runner-up last year, but everyone generally believes that his personal strength is still above the championship. ."

"Then why did he lose?"

"When he loses, he loses to pets. The situation is in the quarterfinals. It's almost a duel between the daters. Those who can squeeze into the quarterfinals will be favored by humans, and they can be favored by AI. The runner-up is only a master like Lizheng. However, it is a pity that artificial intelligence is still no match for a living person. In the finals, he loses by one point. If it is not for the pet to lag behind the opponent too much, he has long been the champion. Up."

"Li Zheng rarely shows up in crowded places. If even he comes, I really believe that person is near Yuanting Town, and I don't know who will take the lead this time."

"Uuuuu, my male god, if only I could see him..."

Ling Xiaolu couldn't listen anymore, he wanted to escape this ghost place quickly.

"It's hard to speak," Ling Xiaolu complained and ran away, unknowingly he came to the forest outside the town, "Promise that I won't be caught as a pet. Now that everyone is here, I will almost be caught in the urn. ."

"This can't be completely blamed on the company. The colleagues in the technical department have tried their best." Ling Long said aggrieved.

Ling Xiaolu buried his head and hurried, suddenly a strange sound exploded in his ears, the volume was not loud, but it was full of power, like a burst of air, spreading out with a buzzing sound.

Right at the source of the sound, the powerful sound wave spreads rapidly in a concrete form, like a huge wave rushing in all directions, wherever the edge goes, the vegetation is dumped, and the sound wave passes through the Lingxiao Road and disappears into the forest. Everywhere you can’t even see.

"Wow," even the experienced Linglong was taken aback. "Such a powerful air current wave must be a master. If I'm not mistaken, this is a fixed body spell in the seal skill. All of the Eudemons are fixed, but I have never seen anyone who can spread the range so much, it's really amazing."

He turned his head and was surprised to find that something was wrong with Ling Xiaolu: "What's wrong with you?"

Ling Xiaolu remained motionless as he did before, spitting words between his teeth with difficulty: "I... can't move... anymore..."