The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 162: Are you guys...betting so big? (asking for monthly tickets)

The brave sniper was completely shocked!

“Wasn’t the demo just released on the 25th? It’s only been 6 days, not even a week!!”

"That means working overtime 24 hours a day, which is like working three days a day. Excluding meal time, it's only half a month."

"You guys just made the demo half as big?"

Not only the Heroic Sniper, but all the players who played the Vapour game and received the update push from Dream Building were shocked when they saw the size of the patch.

Then I hurried to look at the patch announcement.

The brave sniper also downloaded the update and read the announcement at the same time——

【Content Update】

1. [New Soldiers Report] Added the fourth level - [Air Support].

2. [Narrow Road Encounter] gameplay, added a new mode.

3. Updated [Camp], where players can familiarize themselves with weapons, practice shooting, or play casual games.

4. Updated the [Currency], [Souvenirs] and [Loot] systems.

5. Update [Barracks], players can unlock personal residences to store firearms and items.

【Performance Optimization】

Streamlined shader library, saving a lot of memory and improving loading speed.

Optimize combustion effects and greatly reduce hardware pressure.

……

【Map expansion】

【Visual Improvement】

【Sound Effects & Music】

【Bug fixes】

Balance
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After all, it was just a game demo, so the Heroic Sniper only glanced over content like balance and bug fixes, and focused all his attention on the new content ahead.

The more he looked, the more surprised he became.

"I thought the next update for Dream Building would be [Hell on Earth], but they added another section to the tutorial?"

"There are also [Camps] and currency. What are they for?"

No one could answer this question for the time being.

So after the game was updated, he did not continue to wait for the hardware, but first opened the "Lord of War" Demo on his computer to see what was in this new camp.

After the game is started, the [Camp] option appears directly in the main menu.

Heroic Sniper Click to enter.

After a few seconds of reading, the appearance of the new camp appeared before him.

——Inherits the overall art style of "Lord of War", with gray dirt ground, interior spaces constructed of cement, wood, and tents, machine guns and anti-aircraft guns everywhere, fortifications built with sandbags, and criss-crossing trenches and barbed wire on the periphery.

There is no need for any doubt, you can tell at first sight: this is a front-line camp.

The heroic sniper suddenly hesitated again:

"How about...I should wait until all the equipment arrives before taking a look?"

He has played games with a full set of equipment, so he knows very well: there is a huge difference between using a somatosensory suit + VR glasses to enter the game and using a computer to enter the game.

He also made a special comparison video, explaining this huge difference in detail to netizens based on his personal experience:

Whether it is "observation field of view", "movement method", "hit feedback", or "shooting method"...

Both are completely different.

The combination of all these differences results in playing games through physical sensation, which far surpasses computers in terms of immersion!

The few remaining advantages of playing this game on a computer are that it doesn't get tiring and that you have good shooting skills.

——Shooting a gun in VR really requires practicing from scratch, and there is often no time to aim during encounters. It is definitely not as convenient and accurate as aiming directly with a mouse.

Although he is stronger when using a computer, if he has a choice, he will still choose motion sensing.

But the fans can’t wait any longer:
"What the hell! What time is it now? If you wait any longer it will be time for lunch!"

"Hurry up and take a look at what's available. It's not like you can't change the equipment once it arrives."

"Go, go, go!"

……

"Okay." The brave sniper sighed and walked from building to building.

The nearest building appears to be a warehouse.

As we got closer, a quartermaster with deep wrinkles on his face said, "This is the armory. You can get familiar with the guns here."

"Armory?" The brave sniper walked in curiously.

There are shelves all over the place.

Half of the shelves are filled with guns of various countries and models.

From bolt-action rifles to semi-automatic rifles, to light machine guns, heavy machine guns, and even flamethrowers, nothing is left out.

The other half was filled with different types of grenades, land mines, detonators, smoke bombs, C4 and other explosives sorted into different categories.

The brave sniper moved the mouse and clicked on the most familiar Mosin-Nagant rifle.

The character then reaches for the rifle, holding it flat before his eyes.

The game interface has changed——

Other UIs are hidden, leaving only the gun in the center, with numbered arrows around it to indicate the various parts of the gun.

When the heroic sniper moves the mouse, the gun rotates and the arrow prompt moves along with it, always clearly visible.

According to the numbers, he clicked on the handle, trigger, bolt, gun belt, handguard, iron buckle, cleaning rod one by one...

Then the parts of the Mosin Nagant moved before his eyes and were disassembled from the gun.

Until finally it became a pile of parts, neatly arranged in front of him.

The heroic sniper opened his mouth in surprise: "Can this gun be disassembled into such small pieces?"

"No... If I play on a computer, I only need to click the mouse. But if I play in motion sensing mode, won't I have to disassemble it myself?"

"I didn't even remember the order just now!"

"I don't have to pay for it if it's not installed properly, right?"

"Oh yeah, I don't have any money now, that's okay."

He directly forked off this interface.

The gun parts suspended in the air were captured by gravity again and fell to the ground. At this time, the NPC guarding the door with the name of "Quartermaster" on his head came over, picked up the gun parts on the ground, and quickly assembled them with nimble hands and feet.

Then he put away the tools in his hands and handed the gun back to the brave sniper.

Then he picked up another Mosin-Nagant, looked at the heroic sniper and asked, "Would you like to play a little game?"

"Each of us has a gun and a bullet. Let's have a gun-teaming competition?"

"If you win me, all the money and medals I have will be yours."

"???"

The brave sniper looked at the [Accept]/[Reject] pop-up window and was completely stunned.

"Wait wait wait, brothers, this old guy wants to gamble his life with me?"

"One gun, one bullet, whoever is slower will die."

He suddenly remembered that the update announcement said there were casual games in the [Camp].

"This is the casual game you were talking about?!"

The fans were also surprised:

"After finally returning to the camp after a battle, the soldiers happily decided to play a life-threatening game to celebrate their survival?"

"Fuck, this train of thought is too insane!"

"We can be resurrected after death, but what about him?"

"Try it, try it! Practice makes perfect!"

……

Heroic Sniper chooses [Accept].

So the two of them moved a few steps and sat down at two tables 3 meters apart in the middle of the warehouse.

The 3-second countdown ends, start the looting!
At the beginning, the brave sniper discovered with horror:
The previous prompt is gone!!
Lao Deng on the opposite side was not affected at all and started to dismantle it with a crackling sound.

The brave sniper can only try one point at a time based on the remaining memory.

Such efficiency, of course, has a lot of problems——

He had only removed three parts when Lao Deng on the opposite side had already removed everything.

By the time he had dismantled all of them by chance, the quartermaster had already reassembled his rifle, loaded it with bullets, and pointed the muzzle at him!

"Hahaha, let's come and play again in the next life!" Lao Deng bid farewell to the brave sniper happily.

Then--

"boom!"

The picture shook violently, and the perspective rose to become the roof.

Finally, the screen slowly went black.

"boom!"

The brave sniper punched the computer desk!
"What the hell..."

"This idiot Lao Deng must have been caused by Xu Meng!"

What’s even more outrageous is that two system prompts popped up in the lower left corner of the screen:
[Failed the game, you lose 500 war bonds to the [Quartermaster]]
[Your current account balance is 0, deduction failed]
"Okay, okay, so we've specially updated a new currency just to make it easier for players to lose to NPCs, right?"

"6!"

"Let's go shopping for other things, like the gun group. I'll practice in the game when the server is updated."

Amid the wild laughter of the fans, the heroic sniper bypassed the armory and came to the next functional place——

【range】

As the name suggests, this place is used for shooting practice.

Free to use.

"This is good." The heroic sniper was very satisfied. "In the somatosensory mode, you really need to practice your shooting skills."

He talked to the NPC and wanted to give it a try.

But I soon discovered that I could only practice with unlocked guns here.

Currently, he has only unlocked the Mosin-Nagant bolt and the SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle.

He selects the dialogue option: "How do I unlock more guns?"

The NPC replied: "Basic firearms can be purchased with war bonds, or searched in the [Narrow Road Encounter] mode. As long as you find the weapon and bring it back alive, you can unlock the corresponding firearm."

"Special firearms can only be unlocked by searching or completing mission requirements."

The brave sniper looked at the glaring 0 in his account and could only shake his head and leave to go to the next location first.

This is a big circus-like tent.

As the character walked in, the headphones immediately became filled with noise!
The atmosphere here is completely different from the cold and deserted battlefield atmosphere outside.

Because here——

It turned out to be a tavern located in the front-line camp!
A group of soldiers, holding large glasses of beer and whiskey, laughed, boasted, drank, and arm wrestled.

In the middle of the crowd, there were three small round tables.

At each round table, there were four people sitting and playing cards. Behind them, a group of people were cheering for them enthusiastically, their faces flushed and their necks thick with excitement.

"I know everyone is under a lot of pressure on the battlefield..." the heroic sniper complained, "but it's just a game of cards, is it necessary to be so excited?"

"So, the last little game is playing cards?"

He and his fans were somewhat disappointed.

play cards……

At home, in the community, in the park, in chess and card rooms, and even on online chess and card battle platforms, where can't you play chess?
There's no need to download a 75G client to play, right?
But just as the comments were posted, something strange happened on the poker table.

A soldier threw down the cards in his hand, and amid the fanatical cheers of the people around him, he picked up the Nagant M1895 revolver in front of him, pointed it at his temple and pulled the trigger without hesitation!

"boom!"

A gorgeous blood flower exploded in the air!
The soldier died instantly, falling headfirst onto the card table.

The heroic sniper lost his voice instantly.

But the soldiers around the card table cheered even more wildly.

The heroic sniper watched as they ignored their dead comrade and left him lying on the card table. The remaining three players also continued to play cards calmly on the table.

He was completely confused.

It took a while to react:
"You guys...are betting so much?"

　6.4k for monthly ticket please!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)