CH 10: This game is too awesome!

"Brothers, even if I die and get nailed into a coffin, I'll use my rotting voice to shout out that this game is insanely awesome!"

"Enough talk, if this game doesn't become popular, I'll do a handstand while having diarrhea!"

Early in the morning, the group admin, "The White Horse Galloping," popped into the Bull and Horse Club with this sudden proclamation, stirring up a bunch of lurkers.

Quit Smoking: "What the heck? The admin's alive?"

This Lord Is too arrogant, What can you do: "This world has such weird schedules!"

Hold The Sword of Execution: "I haven't seen you guys all night. I thought you got caught doing something...inappropriate (Funny)"

④ No one Knows What Love is: "What game were you talking about?"

"Confused.JPG"

After a while, one of the group moderators, "Ample Time," also joined the chat.

"It's that virtual reality game Brother Light mentioned in the group the day before yesterday."

Quit Smoking: "Damn, you guys have already started playing? Is this for real?! Don't lie to me!"

Ample Time: "Why would I lie to you?"

Unfortunately, the equipment doesn’t support in-game screenshots.

Otherwise, he would have posted some pictures directly.

Quit Smoking: "Then tell us, what exactly is this fully immersive virtual reality game like? Which VR headset can you use to play it?"

The White Horse Galloping: "VR? Haha, do you think a head-mounted screen can compare to the game helmet of Wasteland OL? (Laughs)"

Quit Smoking: "What do you mean? Can you play Wasteland OL without VR glasses?"

Ample Time: "You really don't know anything. It's a game helmet…uhhh.. Like that one in Sword Art Online."

Quit Smoking: "What the fuck?!"

④ No one Knows What Love is: "A head-mounted microwave?! This is amazing!"

This Lord Is too arrogant, What can you do: "Who are you trying to fool? A helmet like in Sword Art Online... Why haven't I heard of such advanced technology?"

Hold The Sword of Execution: "Exactly!"

Most people didn't believe it.

It sounded too unbelievable!

Logically, for any unprecedented technology to appear, there must be a gradual process from unfamiliar to familiar. This process can be very short, but it must exist.

Ample Time actually understood their feelings deeply.

After all, he had also gone through the same stage—they thought the so-called fully immersive virtual reality game was just a joke made by some prankster in the group.

However—

It was actually real.

Ample Time: "Since the equipment doesn't support taking photos, I really can't prove it. Just believe it or not. But after experiencing it for so long, I've gathered some information about this game."

Quit Smoking: "My Good brother! Tell us quickly!"

Ample Time: "Group Owner, please enable full group mute. I'm slow at typing."

The White Horse Galloping: "Alright!"

As a former top 200 player in the Asia server of PUBG and a former strongest player in the League, [Ample Time]’s gaming talent was recognized by all group members.

In the realm of gaming, he had the most say.

This man seemed like he didn't need to work and played games all day.

Not only multiplayer online games, but many single-player game speedruns also had his name on the list.

This included many phenomenal big titles, and even many old members in the group had used his guides.

One could say, he was the king of the wasteland.

So, regardless of whether they believed in the concept of a "fully immersive virtual online game" or not, and whether they got a beta qualification or not, almost everyone was curious and waited for him to type.

"First, let's talk about the game's background."

"The background isn't particularly special, it's a standard post-apocalyptic setting with a wasteland punk style. The story is set in an alternate world where a nuclear war destroyed everything 200 years ago, and players play as residents of a shelter returning to the surface."

"Currently, we—the beta players—are acting as a vanguard to build outposts on the surface. The main storyline hasn't started yet, and more clues may be unlocked in the closed or open beta stages, so I won't go into details here."

"Next, let's talk about the game's realism!"

"I'm not exaggerating, but the game's realism is the highest I've seen in any game, and I foresee that even fifty years from now, this standard will hardly be surpassed! Why do I say this? Because this game is essentially the Earth wasteland DLC!"

"From the lighting effects, sensory interactions, to the grainy texture of objects' surfaces... everything is designed to make you believe this is a real world. The level of immersion has undoubtedly reached a hundred percent. Yes, you heard it right, one hundred percent! At least I haven't found any obvious bugs or flaws."

"Then, let's talk about the degree of freedom."

"As a sandbox game, you can interact with almost every object in the game. This interaction isn't just simple volume collision, but you can change their position with your will, or even alter their shape or state within physical rules."

"I know what you're thinking of, Minecraft or The Forest, right? But it's completely different. This is a true sandbox in every sense, not a building made of pixel blocks and textures! On this point alone, sandbox players will find this game absolutely worth it!"

"Now, the most crucial content!"

"Firstly, neither players nor monsters have HP or MP bars, nor any visible attribute panels, at least not in the beta stage."

"However, in actual gameplay, different players have different initial attributes. Some players might have greater strength, others higher perception, agility, or other hidden attributes yet to be discovered. I predict that by the internal testing phase, there will be a class system and weapon system, allowing players to develop their own play styles based on their attributes."

"Next is the NPCs. Currently, in the beta phase, there are only two NPCs in the game. One is the administrator codenamed 'Dawn.' The other is his assistant named Little Seven, a robot!"

"It’s confirmed that both NPCs have a high degree of intelligence and can interact and communicate normally with players. I suspect there's a hidden affinity system, but this is just my guess and hasn't been confirmed."

"Moreover, I'm quite concerned about the pain perception. Although the game is one hundred percent real, some parts being too realistic isn't good, especially since I'm quite afraid of pain. But the game's design is very user-friendly. Pain is present alongside touch, but there is a protective threshold."

"For example, I tried cutting my arm with a stone, and there was no pain, but pinching myself a bit did hurt. I guess the game has some kind of protective mechanism, preventing 'extreme' pain from being captured by the brain's nervous system... Of course, it might also be the body's self-protection mechanism. It's like in a dream, you can feel pain, but it doesn't exceed your tolerance limit."

"I think the game officials could be more user-friendly by allowing players to adjust the pain perception settings themselves. Personally, I'm quite satisfied with the current level of sensory immersion and pain shielding, but maybe some players like that feeling. (Laughs)"

"As for the game's resurrection mechanism, I haven't tried it yet, but I've heard that each death deducts a certain number of contribution points, and the resurrection cooldown is as long as three days! Contribution points are easy to earn through tasks, but the penalty time is too long. Anyway, I don't want to try it. Any brave soul interested can try it themselves and maybe unlock a different gameplay."

"Finally, I want to complain, why are all the characters male?! Who the fuck wants to see naked men!!!??? I Strongly request the game devs to allow players to set their own gender in game!"

Ample Time wrote a lengthy post of one or two thousand words, attracting more and more onlookers in the group.

Among them was the mastermind—"Light."

Just now, Chu Guang was looking at the medical report from the incubation pod scan and hadn't paid attention to the group messages. When he logged into the computer in the residents' hall, wow, so much had been written?

However, to be fair, this "Ample Time" brother's summary was quite thorough. He basically covered everything Chu Guang wanted to say, even considering things he hadn’t thought of.

The group unmute was lifted.

Messages flooded the screen instantly.

"6666!"

"Amazing, this game is so awesome, I'm buying ten copies!"

"I don't believe it."

"Don't believe it +1! Unless I get a beta qualification!"

Although many group members still didn't believe there could be such an awesome game, at least a dozen people switched sides.

How did Chu Guang know? Because he could see the backend of the official website.

During the time "Ample Time" was talking, the reservation count jumped from 11 to 25.

Light: "I was working just now and didn't notice the group messages. What Brother Ample Time said is basically correct. I'll add a few points."

Quit Smoking: "Damn! Brother Light!!!"

(Group-wide mute enabled.)

("Light" has been appointed as a group Administrator.)

Huh?

I Became an Admin?

Chu Guang was slightly surprised but didn't mind, continuing to type.

"First, regarding player characters and attributes, it is indeed as Brother Ample Time said. The game has character attributes and level settings, and each player’s initial talents are different. This can be seen at the beginning when the player wakes up in the Culture chamber or on the official website."

"The death penalty is not just 3 days of respawning CDs and deduction of contribution points, but also part of the progress before saving will also be lost. The saving method is to lie in the culture chamber to receive scans and somatic cell sampling, which takes about 1 to 2 hours. This process will happen automatically after the player goes offline."

"We expect to install a faster attribute query mechanism before the second closed beta stage, so that players can check the status of the character in real time and enrich the gaming experience."

"As for customizing the appearance and gender of the character... I'm sorry, but this can't be done."

"Just like how reincarnation can't be determined, the body in-game is determined by pre-loaded DNA. If you are not satisfied with the appearance of the character, you can consider cosmetic surgery or even prosthetic transformation. This feature will be added in the later game. "

"In addition, starting from the Alpha test, players can set their own preferences for the five attributes of strength, agility, physique, perception, and intelligence on the application page through questionnaire surveys."

"If you choose strength, you have a higher probability of obtaining the strength system talent, the initial character having a higher physical strength. If you have no preference, you can also choose a balanced type."

"As for gender, the gender of the character and the player's gender are the same, and players cannot set it freely. This is mainly due to safety considerations. Differences in physiological structures can lead to coordination problems. At the same time, the resulting risk of gender cognition disorder and public opinion is also something we don't want to deal with."

In fact, this was not set by Chu Guang.

It was the original setting of the system.

There seemed to be a very complicated technical problem. Chu Guang didn't understand the principle, only knew that this was the case.

With the amount of enthusiasm and curiosity building in the group, Chu Guang could sense that Wasteland OL was on the verge of becoming a major hit.

There will be Ample Time: "Damn it! Please don't. I am already an adult, I can sign a risk awareness contract!!! Q.Q"

(The group administrator "There will be Ample time" has been muted by the group owner for 10 minutes.)

White_horse_passing_a_crevice: "Don't interrupt him!"

Level_8_Gale: "Yes, yes, Dont."

Get up Ten times a Night: "Please shut up first."

Chu Guang was amused in his heart, but didn't stop, and continued to type.

"The above are the results I got from the discussion during a meeting just now. In addition, in the next phase of testing, we will add a 'Favorability' system."

Get up Ten times a Night: "Favorability?! What does that mean?! Can I have sex with NPCs?!"

(The group administrator "Get up Ten times a Night" has been muted by the group owner for 10 minutes.)

My goodness.

This White Horse was really selfless, muting without saying anything.

It saved him a lot of time.

Chu Guang continued to type the following words seriously.

"Don't think about sex all day. Favorability means the NPC's evaluation of the player."

"The main premise is that the player's behavior will affect the NPC's view of the player. Especially for some key NPCs, when their favorability is high enough, not only can you get extra rewards, but it may even trigger hidden tasks and unlock hidden class routes!"

Hidden task!

Hidden class!

Seeing these simple words, the eyes of the four closed beta players in front of the screen widened in shock.

There was even a fire emerging in their hearts.

Damn, this was to encourage them to be bootlickers!

But… They liked it!

So what if they were bootlickers?

As long as they were not bootlickers in reality!

Not to mention that they were just licking the boots of NPCs and artificial intelligence. Moreover, they would get a reward after licking it.

Not too shabby!

Chu Guang thought for a while, but there was nothing else to add.

Shelter was too poor at the moment. Apart from a bunch of free labor, he had nothing else. So he could only give players empty promises.

"Do you have any questions you'd like to ask? Or some ideas for the game?" Chu Guang wanted to know if the players themselves had any better ideas.

He was a very open-minded person.

If conditions permitted it, he would consider adopting it. If conditions did not permit it, he could still give them empty promises and tell them that he would implement it in the future.

Level 8 Gale: "Yes! What exactly are contribution points? Is it some sort of currency? Or is it similar to in-game exp?"

Sure enough, they asked about this.

Chu Guang thought for a while and typed in reply.

"The game's economic system is still being designed. Our goal is to create a completely real economic system from production to circulation, so that both professional players and combat players can fully experience the fun of the game."

"As for contribution points, you can take it as a special currency in the testing phase, which is mainly used to test the current mission system."

"In addition to buying respawn coins, our planning team is also considering introducing some special rewards that can only be redeemed by contribution points, as a gift to closed beta players."

Anyway, it was just an empty promise.

As for the reward itself, Chu Guang hasn't decided yet, as it depended on what good things he would get from the system.

However, in the eyes of players, this sentence had a completely different meaning.

Could only be redeemed with contribution points?!

That was to say--Closed beta limited rewards!

The four players who had obtained the qualification for the closed beta were smiling from ear to ear.

Those players who had already made an appointment on the official website but had not yet obtained the qualification for the beta test became eager to try it.

As for the people who did not believe in "completely immersive virtual reality games" from the beginning, they naturally would not change their minds just because of his words.

But, It did not matter.

As long as some people believed it.

"It's getting late. I had a night shift, so I have to go to sleep. By the way, that 'Ample Time', your guide is well written, why not post it on the official website? Now that the official website has opened the forum, you can register an account and post on it. Mods of the forum will pin the post when they see it."

This mod was naturally Chu Guang himself.

At present, he was the only employee in the entire company. He was both an NPC and a game dev, and now he was also a part-time mod of the official website forum.

"OK! I'm going now!" Ample Time, who had already been unmuted, left with this sentence, and went to copy his chat history.

The group owner unmuted the group.

The messages in the group chat burst like a mountain torrent flooding a bank.

Chu Guang saw that many people sent him a friend request, some of whom wanted to buy the close beta qualification, some wanted to ask him about game information, and some even asked him how to make games.

He couldn't answer all of them, so he simply went offline without answering a single one.

Looking at the four physical examination reports on the computer, Chu Guang suddenly thought and asked.

"Little Seven."

"What's wrong, manager?"

"You said... Since players can use the culture chamber, can I also move through the clones in the culture chamber?"

"Uhhhh... I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know???"

"Because I am just your assistant, you basically know all the information I know. There is no record of you using the culture chamber, maybe... the last administrator didn't design the culture chamber to be used by you?"

Chu Guang originally wanted to ask why, but suddenly fell silent again.

In fact, the reason for this was not hard to guess.

Assuming that this shelter could withstand a strategic-nuclear strike, then there would be no other means to forcibly invade this shelter on this wasteland.

Even if he encountered an accident, for it, it was nothing more than staying dormant for a while, and waiting for the arrival of the next administrator.

Seeing Chu Guang fall silent, Little Seven asked in concern.

"Manager, what happened?"

"Nothing."

After returning to his senses, Chu Guang continued to look at the medical examination report on the computer screen.

Perhaps it was for the convenience of players to understand, or maybe it was the mischief of the first administrator, but more than 120 complex physical function data were re-aggregated and summarized into five concise numbers.

That was, strength, agility, physique, perception, and intelligence.

Strength represented the strength of body tissues such as muscles and bones, and represented the player's basic weight, melee damage, and weapon throw distance.

Agility corresponded to the reflex nerve, which correlated the player's reaction speed, movement coordination ability and many other physical data. The quick summary was that players with higher agility were more agile in battle and easier to actively dodge attacks.

The physique corresponded to the player's vitality and resilience, which was mainly reflected in the recovery of loss of health, and the resistance to some abnormal states and immunity, etc.

Intelligence was not the same as IQ or logical thinking ability. It mainly affected the character's learning ability and the speed of mental recovery, and at the same time affected the player's compatibility with neural access devices. Specifically, a character with high intelligence could operate more neural access devices at the same time.

Perception meant intuition and insight. Characters with higher perception were more sensitive to crisis intuition and were more likely to find hidden clues and traps.

It was also the most mysterious one!

The benchmark value of all attributes was 5, which floated within a range of ±2 depending on the genetic sequence and physical condition.

Although he did not have his own culture chamber, Chu Guang found spare medical equipment on the B1 floor of the shelter.

As he guessed.

He also held a special genetic sequence that could be detected and scanned by the medical examination equipment.

It was just a pity that there was no relevant information about this genetic sequence in the database, as it seemed to exist outside of the plan.

To explain in terms of games, this was a path that "game devs" had never envisaged.

And this also meant that no one knew what would happen and where it would lead if he continued to go down this road.

Realizing this, Chu Guang felt a little uneasy in his heart.

But what he felt more was excitement.

Maybe he had the word adventure inscribed in his bones.

He wanted to go his own way more than to go step by step along the path others imagined.

Based on the results of the physical examination and the attribute conversion formula left by the first administrator, Chu Guang made his own attribute panel, and based on this as a blueprint, he also made a copy for four closed beta players.

[ID: Chu Guang

Genetic Sequence: Administrator

Level: LV.5

——Basic attributes——

Strength: 8

Agility: 6

Physique: 6

Perception: 7

Intelligence: 6]

"The five sets of data are basically one level stronger than the players."

Level 5 means that the development progress of genetic sequence is 5%? It seems that the effort he spent in the past five months did not go wasted.

The development progress of the other four closed beta players was 0.

But it was not exactly 0.

For example, "White Horse That Gallops".

His genetic sequence was the "strength type". Through frequent use of brute force, that was, cutting trees, his development progress had increased by 0.3% in one day, while the other three closed beta players had only increased by about 0.1%.

If he continues to cut trees in the next two days, White Horse may become the first player to break through level 0 and advance to LV1.

Thinking of this, Chu Guang made up his mind in his heart.

‘Sure enough, I have to ask the players to do more work.'

‘This is also for their own good!'

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T/L: if even one person comments here that they want one more chapters then I'll start updating this novel again.

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