The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 238 Countdown to the launch of the virtual city!
The number of users of DreamZhu has reached tens of millions.

The number of users of the Fantasy Game Suite has also exceeded 700 million.

At this scale, no one person can control the actions of all players.

Even prediction is difficult.

Whether it was when [Age of Madness] was in full swing, or now when [Devil!] is at its peak, there are many players who remain unmoved.

Some people are organizing teams to play [Hell on Earth], improve their level, and aim for the world championships.

Some people are addicted to the more entertaining [War Zone], spending a lot of time every day fighting and killing in it to release the stress accumulated in daily life.

Some people are concentrating on studying props, hoping to break through the glass in the cyber nest and rush into the sprawling city.

Zhu Mo has already been on city roads and even been hit by an NPC taxi.

It was obvious that the city was almost complete.

But Dream Building has refused to say when it will open.

This causes the Sprawling City to become a tempting apple, enticing a large number of players to rush into this area before Dream Building is opened.

With Zhu Mo's example, everyone started to strive for 10000 kills with a single weapon, hoping to get the golden weapon for the achievement.

The first one to be brought out was the Golden Howitzer.

——That is, the weapon produced by Chen Zhi, the laboratory worker.

After all, this thing is powerful enough and doesn't require any technology.

After getting the golden howitzer, these explosion maniacs immediately ran to the cyber hut to set it up and fired it with one shot.

But they miscalculated one thing.

The power of the howitzer explosion indoors far exceeded expectations!
With one shot, flames and impact erupted at the same time!
The windows were blown out and they were gone.

The small house was reduced to ruins in an instant, and even the bed was set on fire.

But these lunatics didn't care at all. After they were resurrected, they set up their howitzers again in the ruins and fired at the sprawling city!
They actually blew up the distant buildings.

——This proves once again that the Sprawling City has been built!
The players rejoiced.

But beyond that, they couldn't do much more.

You can't go down, and you still can't go down.

The unhappy players then began to retaliate against society by firing wildly in the room and bombing the sprawling city.

At the beginning, there were only one or two people, so the problem was not big.

But as the number of people exceeds a hundred, things become troublesome - the operation of the sprawling city will occupy the server's computing power.

When no one is around, everything remains the same and very little computing power is used.

But after the bombing begins, the physical destruction effect will consume part of the computing power.

The NPC's reaction will eat more.

——Don’t forget that Xu Meng has added many intelligent NPCs with the ability to “think independently” in this virtual city.

In addition, Xu Meng also frequently went in and out of the Mansheng City and strolled around the city with Xiao Meng.

Adding content to the city and fixing bugs is one thing.

Accompanying Xiao Meng is another aspect.

Xiao Meng spends most of her time with him in the real world, helping him deal with various difficult problems.

Xu Meng felt that she had an obligation to take some time every day to enter the virtual world and spend time with Xiao Meng.

Take her shopping, eat something, and play some street games.

Xu Meng is very attentive in raising Xiao Meng.

He had never thought about buying a house before.

——He redeemed Zhang Yang’s wedding house as soon as possible, but had no intention of buying a house for himself.

I still live in the house I rented before.

Because he didn't think it was necessary.

But when the holographic display device was made, he not only immediately carried out mixed reality transformation in his office, but also seriously considered buying a house.

He could live without his own house and he didn't care.

But Xiao Mengde has it.

So he asked his assistant Chen Mengling to help him find a suitable property close to the company.

It would be best if the place could be transformed with mixed reality and you could move in right away.

...Now, the behavior of these players bombing the Mansheng City whenever they have nothing to do has seriously disturbed Xu Meng and Xiao Meng's leisure time.

At the same time, Xu Meng also realized that this powerful weapon will also affect the experience of ordinary users in the future.

So, after just three days of fun, these people discovered that the rules had changed.

The moment the shells flew out of the room and entered the sprawling city, they melted into the air like snowflakes.

This sparked dissatisfaction among some players.

But after all, the number was extremely small, and the [Age of Madness] was extremely popular at that time, so it did not cause much disturbance.

Afterwards, the hard-working players successively obtained other golden weapons in the 10000-kill series, broke through the glass curtain walls, and felt the cold wind from the sky above the sprawling city.

Then they encountered the same problem as Zhu Mo——

How to get down?

Using bed sheets as parachutes has long been proven to be ineffective.

Because in a sprawling city, there is no such thing as "air".

The parachute in the game can slow down because it has a deceleration code added to it.

The dream-building engine is not powerful enough that if a player makes a bed sheet into a parachute, the system will automatically recognize it and add a deceleration code to the bed sheet.

——No engine in the world today can achieve this level of intelligence.

That is the next generation engine, and it can only achieve this effect after being specialized in AI.

The players then tried to break through the metal door of the room on the other side, enter the corridor of the residential building, and then take the elevator down.

It is impossible to destroy nature.

This thing can't be blown up by howitzers or grenades.

However, in addition to fingerprint recognition, this door is also equipped with a mechanical password lock.

What if I can figure out the password?
A group of polite people began to try the password whenever they had time.

Another group of fighters went into the game to increase their kill count with a sledgehammer, preparing to try smashing doors and floors.

——10000 kills with cold weapons is much more difficult than with hot weapons, and less than a month is far from enough to complete.

Not to mention, a sledgehammer, which is essentially a "tool", is too difficult to kill people.

But when Xu Meng saw it today, he was shocked to find that a player with the ID [Northwest Hammer King] had actually killed 4188 people with his hammer!

This guy is a super hard worker with excellent skills and awareness. He also has fixed teammates to cooperate with and a medic to heal him throughout the game, which is why he achieved these statistics.

At this rate, if he is given another month at most, he will definitely be able to get the sledgehammer.

Can a sledgehammer break open a door or floor?
This is not really a problem.

Just like whether a combination lock can be opened, or whether a cold weapon can be used to cut through a bed sheet and tie it into a rope to lower down...

None of this is really a problem.

The real question is -

Players can't wait!
They have been waiting for too long and have paid too much for this goal.

At this point, even if this door couldn't be broken open originally, it must be broken open now!
Xu Meng had secretly modified the codes of the door, combination lock, and bed sheets and quilts.

Now, the door that even a grenade cannot break can indeed be smashed open by a hammer.

The combination lock has a real combination.

No matter how thin the sheets are cut into strips, they can still support the player's weight.

The "narrow gate" leading to the sprawling city has indeed been opened.

But at the same time, Xu Meng also posted a message on his own account on the night he left Lingzhou Studio:

[On December 12st, the [Age of Madness] awards ceremony will be held in the Sprawling City!]
Without any surprise, this news instantly caused a huge sensation around the world!

Media and netizens flocked to the scene.

The keyword [virtual city] became extremely popular and reached the top of the trending searches in less than 10 minutes!
The players were collectively in ecstasy!
But those players who have been working hard to play the game and want to be the first to enter the Sprawling City, in addition to being surprised, feel a sense of urgency -

12 month 1 day.

This is the deadline!
If we fail to enter the Sprawling City before this day, all our previous efforts will be in vain.

The night he saw the news, the Northwest Hammer King did not sleep and stayed up all night.

Also staying up all night were thousands of players trying to rack up kills with cold weapons.

As the countdown to the opening of the virtual city began, they also began their final sprint!
(End of this chapter)