War Paradise

The old man on crutches slowly walked through the streets full of corpses and walked into the undissipated poisonous gas. The thin white clothes on his body seemed to be a curtain of gray smoke, and the whole figure disappeared into the air like ashes that dissipated in the wind.

Two seconds later, Lin Chi, who was running backwards in a nearby street, suddenly fell to the ground without warning, struggling to get up, but his body seemed to be held down by an invisible wall of air, completely unable to move.

"What..."

Lin Chi turned over with difficulty, from lying on the ground to facing upward, facing the sudden and terrifying pressure, this was already the limit he could achieve.

He lifted his head as hard as he could, and saw a scarlet blood mist suddenly filled with blood on the street in front of his body for some reason.

The crutches knocked on the sidewalk bricks, making a rhythmic clicking sound, and a pale figure slowly walked out of the blood fog.

"Who are you?"

Looking at the white-clothed old man walking slowly, Lin Chi had an ominous premonition in his heart.

It seems that this guy should also be Hoffman's subordinates. And this seemingly weak old man is obviously not comparable to those pigheads who have been killed by poisonous gas!

(&!*&%

A red skeleton marking a heroic NPC, and a bunch of garbled characters emerged from the old man. The identity of this person cannot even be analyzed by the game system. It must have been through some "special means" that it became what it is now.

"Old man, you are cheating..." Lin Chi cursed.

No matter how strong one's skills are, it is impossible to win against such blatant "plug-in players". In fact, under incredibly strong pressure, Lin Chi was able to make a sound, which was very incredible.

"Hello, young man?"

The old man who didn't know what skill he had used, lowered his head and brought the gully face to Lin Chi, with a distorted smile on his face: "Are you the new lackey the observer has found?"

"Ha." Lin Chi laughed out loud and said sarcastically: "The **** who was empowered by Hoffman is not qualified to talk about me, right?"

As soon as he said this, the smile on the old man's face disappeared. He stood up and raised the crutches, and pointed the muzzle of the black hole on the top of the crutches at Lin Chi's head.

"Mr. Hoffman and I are just a partnership, die, the war watcher will meet you in'that world' soon!"

boom!

The golden light exploded from his eyes, the smell of gunpowder filled his side, and the high-temperature steam came head-on with thousands of projectiles. At the last moment of his "life", Lin Chi still opened his eyes and witnessed the whole process of the old man firing.

——Is it over?

The scene in front of him turned completely scarlet, and then... fell into the boundless darkness.

...

Drifting in the boundless darkness, Lin Chi couldn't see his body, but his consciousness was still very clear.

"What's the situation?" He muttered in a low voice, his voice seemed to have been swallowed by the surrounding darkness, and disappeared instantly when it sounded.

According to Lin Chi's experience in brain imaging games, when the player's character dies, it should be directly disconnected from the game link, and consciousness should return to the body lying in the real-world game warehouse.

However, this completely dark space obviously cannot be inside the game compartment.

So, what is this place? Could it be...

Recalling the scene of the executioner being dragged into the "temporary data channel" during the duel with the executive in the frozen Savia Valley, Lin Chi couldn't help wondering if he was stuck in the BUG.

When he was wondering if he had entered the temporary data channel, a bright color suddenly lit up in front of him.

The first thing that appeared in the line of sight was a scarlet sphere suspended in mid-air, and it was impossible to see whether it was the sun or the moon.

What followed was the boundless barren land underfoot.

The land here is a bit severely deserted, and the breeze brings up a large amount of dust. Lin Chi finally sees his feet and body. Fortunately, his body still seems to be in the state before the war.

——Is the head still there?

Lin Chi stretched out the hands that had just "appeared", touched his cheeks, and touched the rubber of the gas mask. It seemed that there should be nothing wrong with his head, because the gas mask on his face was completely intact.

"..."

Lin Chi looked around in silence, only to see some dark-colored buildings, which began to appear one after another from his side.

Like the gloomy sky and deserted land here, these buildings did not always exist here, but under Lin Chi's gaze, a dark outline first appeared, and then slowly became clear.

Appearing less than ten meters away directly opposite Lin Chi was a dark red house with a gloomy atmosphere. The walls of this building are all made of red steel, so they are more like armor than walls.

Except for this building, all nearby buildings are in dark colors, and under the light of the scarlet sphere, these buildings appear more gloomy. It's like black paint splashing on a dark canvas, as if it blends with the dark brown sky.

"What the **** is this?" Lin Chi raised his eyebrows in surprise.

In any case, the style of this map is too far from that of Alvara. This situation is a bit like being stuck in a BUG and "traversing" into other game maps.

Could it be said that at the moment of life and death, he suddenly realized the barbarian's method of switching maps? Lin Chi didn't think he would have this kind of luck at all.

When he was wondering, there was a sudden voice around him. Some translucent humanoid objects with extremely low resolution began to appear from all directions, as if not caring about outsiders like Lin Chi, chatting and talking. Passed by in groups.

"...Did you watch it? Very good!"

"Ha, yeah..."

"...Really okay?"

The words of these guys are intermittent, and the key parts are completely unclear. Realizing that he might have encountered the aboriginal people here, Lin Chi asked a person around him loudly:

"Hello, I am new here and want to ask some questions."

The other party didn't answer him, didn't even look at it, just turned and walked to the other side, the translucent body directly "pierced" through Lin Chi's body and disappeared under a dark castle at the far end.

Seeing this scene, Lin Chi took off the gas mask and put it back in his backpack, opened the game menu bar, and confirmed the current situation.

Obviously, he is still in the game. Because the attribute bar of the character is still displayed normally:

Role name: Countercurrent.

Domination points: 300.

Prestige: 300.

Kills: 3

Strength: 16 (10 for ordinary people).

Agility: 16 (10 for ordinary people).

Endurance: 15 (10 for ordinary people).

Lucky: 15 (10 for ordinary people).

Seeing that his attributes were still in the state before the headshot, Lin Chi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, when he saw the small line of characters on the top of the player's own map, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared.

The name of this area is marked on the top of the map. It was originally "Alvara City", but now the name has disappeared. Instead, it is marked in both Chinese and English, which is easy to understand. Anyone knows where it is name:

hell.

HELL.

Seeing the name of this map, Lin couldn't help falling into a long silence. After two minutes, he finally sighed with emotion:

"Fuck... so I am in hell?"

If he remembers correctly, there is only a map called "Hell Capital" in the scenes related to **** in the game, which should not be the same place as this "Hell". Since I came here after getting a headshot, that is to say...

"After the NPC in this game dies, is it going to'go to hell'?" Lin Chi opened his eyes wide in surprise.

In a normal game, after an NPC or monster is killed, it will refresh from its original position after a period of time. If it is an active BOSS that can only be killed once in the full server, it will disappear directly after being killed, and will not appear until the event is reopened. In short, it is temporarily deleted.

This method inherited from old-fashioned games is still the standard configuration of most brain imaging games today. After all, for ordinary games, designing a special area for dead NPCs is a waste of time and is totally meaningless. but……

Does the game "Paradise of War" create a "new world" for dead NPCs and monsters?

Mindful of this, Lin Chi began to observe the ambiguous translucent human figures nearby, trying to see some clues, but the appearance of those guys was like their own mosaic, and no details could be seen at all.

The “residents” who come and go here do not look like those finely crafted and independent NPCs in the War Paradise. The character modeling alone is incredibly rough.

In Lin Chi's view, these guys are a bit like the characters of red and white console games in the 1980s. They are completely incompatible with brain imaging games and completely out of touch with the times.

——Is this to save system resources, that's why such a crude model is used?

Just when Lin Chi thought of this, a figure in black suddenly appeared in his sight. Unlike the walking mosaics nearby, the outline of this guy's appearance is very clear, and he finally looks like a "human".

It was a soldier in a black tight-fitting combat uniform with the same black paint on his face. Seeing this guy's dress and appearance, Lin Chi immediately remembered the "man in black" he had seen under the building once, so he immediately asked:

"Are you from the Cobra Army?"

"Yes it is."

The black soldier nodded, his painted face seemed to have no emotion at all, and his voice sounded extremely cold: "Our leader asked you to meet him. It was he who brought you here just now."

——The war watcher is hiding in this hell?

Realizing this, Lin Chi nodded without hesitation: "Okay, take me over."

Although the current situation is still unclear, he still knows very well that he is likely to be the first player to enter this "hell". More importantly, I might already be close to the truth!

As the number of players grows, not just Lin Chi alone, more and more players find that the AI ​​and maps of this game have mysteries. Everyone also put forward all kinds of speculations about "NPC is a real person" or "use a lot of dialogue options to create a real atmosphere", all kinds of opinions are available, and they are often discussed in forums.

However, even though many people are interested in the secrets inside "War Paradise", it is difficult for them to find any clues, and they can only make speculations without evidence.

But now, the situation is obviously different...

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Lin Chi's face again.

Two normal-looking "people" walked briskly on the barren sand, passing through the mosaic crowds with unusually low resolution. A soldier from the Cobra Corps led Lin Chi to an inconspicuous black metal house and said, "This is it."

With the harsh creak, the heavy black metal door slowly opened backwards, and Lin Chi walked forward without hesitation and stepped into the small living room of the house.

In the small rectangular living room, there is no other furniture except for an ordinary wooden chair. Lin Chi was about to take a look at other rooms when he heard the unpredictable voice of the war watcher, resounding from the room again:

"Please sit down, my friend!"

This person's tone was as exaggerated as ever, and it sounded like he had knocked on medicine. Realizing that he could communicate directly with the other party, Lin Chi also decisively took off his earphones, sat on a wooden chair facing a dark wall, and asked straightforwardly:

"What is this place?"

"As you can see, welcome to hell!" The tone of the war watcher was still exaggerated, and it sounded very contagious.

Although this person's voice was obviously processed, Lin Chi still caught a familiar smell in the voice of the war observer, and suddenly asked:

"Aren't you the **** who said "Welcome to War Paradise" before the game started?"

Lin Chi is quite familiar with the prompt sounds in the game: in addition to the female electronic sound without the slightest emotion, there is also an extremely infectious male voice that occasionally appears.

——And the voice of that man has subtle similarities with the voice of the war observer!

"what……"

There was a little frustration in the voice of the war watcher: "Is it seen through? I have obviously dealt with the sound..."

"So you really said that sentence?" Lin Chi continued to ask.

"Yes, it's just a recorded voice. Of course I don't talk every time, and I'm not a lunatic!"

Speaking of this, the war watcher suddenly became excited, and completely disappeared from the frustration just now. Instead, there was a trace of pride: "I am a real boss, don't you hurry up to hug my thigh?"

If it had been in the past, Lin Chi might still find it difficult to deal with this kind of mentally problematic jerk. But after recruiting Crazy Yiwen, he is already familiar with communicating with "special people".

"No, no, did you say the opposite?"

Lin Chi smiled and retorted mercilessly: "I guess, according to the current situation, you should be holding my thigh, right, friend?"