Hei Deng Xia Huo
Chapter 642 Sandbox
The guide Aibo raised his index finger and explained seriously, "Four participants form a team,
competing with hundreds of other teams on a long track that can reach 600 kilometers.
Before the start of the competition, participating teams need to use the basic construction modules distributed by the event organizer to build a chariot themselves,
or they can directly use the event organizer's standard vehicle model.
After the competition starts,
the track is divided into three sections: the speed section, the item section, and the bloody section.
Between every two sections, there is a rest area,
for teams to rest, heal, and repair or modify their chariots.
In the speed section, chariots can collide with each other, actively push opponents off the track, or crash other teams' chariots—but they cannot directly harm the drivers of other chariots.
In the item section,
there will be some packages distributed on the road. Chariots can touch the packages to obtain random parts.
The parts can be used to modify the vehicle, such as thickening the armor or installing machine guns and rocket launchers.
Therefore, most chariot drivers will choose to take the initiative in this section to try to obtain as many parts as possible—destroying other teams' chariots can also obtain the parts on that chariot, so be careful to weigh the risks and don't stand out too much.
In addition to random parts,
special items will also drop from the packages in the item section.
For example, a red mushroom, which can be used to make the chariot accelerate instantly for a period of time;
a green turtle shell, which, when thrown, will collide back and forth on the track, inflicting a lot of damage to the chariots it touches.
Shark head shells, when used, will turn the entire chariot into a huge black shell, automatically navigate to dash forward, and smash through all blocking chariots. It can be said to be the most powerful item.
As for the final bloody section..."
The guide Aibo paused for a moment and said in a deep voice, "In this section, the competition between players is no longer limited to chariots, but can completely release their own power to attack other chariots or chariot drivers.
This section also has the most casualties and is the most bloody and violent."
"...Sounds really complicated."
Li Ang nodded against his will, and complained in his heart: "Isn't this just a bloody version of War Thunder + Mario Kart?!"
"Not only complicated, but also very dangerous."
The guide emphasized, "Some players who are not skilled in driving but have strong personal combat power,
usually choose to drive slowly in the first two sections, and then violently injure people after entering the bloody section.
With your data strength, it is really difficult to survive."
Data?
Luo Ri Rong Jin's heart moved. At the witch's suggestion, he raised his hand and asked, "Um, what does data strength mean?"
"...Have you even forgotten this common sense?"
The guide rubbed his temples with a headache, "You don't think you are a real human being, do you?"
Luo Ri Rong Jin made a sluggish expression that was half true and half false, "Uh, aren't I?"
"Of course not,"
The guide shook his head, stretched out his index finger, pointed at everyone in the cabin, and said seriously, "You, me, him, are all just characters in video games."
"Huh?!"
Several players, including Luo Ri Rong Jin, were really surprised this time. They really didn't expect the guide to realize that they were game characters.
"I am from *Monster Hunter: World*, he is from *Devil May Cry 5*, and they are from *Kerbal Space Program*."
The guide explained with some exhaustion, "We are all unique data, the only one in the entire central city.
And you few...are ordinary NPCs randomly generated from the game *Grand Theft Auto 5*, and you do not have uniqueness."
Seeing the bewildered expression on Luo Ri Rong Jin's face, the guide sighed and said lightly, "This world is not real, but is in a huge server.
In 2077 AD, humans developed brain-computer interface technology that can perfectly simulate all senses.
Various immersive games sprung up like mushrooms after rain,
Among them, there are game companies that have re-transformed and transplanted the classic video games they created in the past into the sandbox system.
As time goes by, new games are increasing,
Old games are gradually ignored and sink to the bottom of the server—the technology of the human civilization in the real world is too advanced, and the computing power of the server is greatly overflowing, so it doesn't matter even if those unpopular games that no one plays are running in vain.
As a result, the old games have been running all the time, bugs have gradually accumulated, and some abnormal files (such as game characters who have produced independent wills) have been discovered by the sandbox system's anti-virus program.
Probably because there is a problem with the sandbox system settings, the anti-virus program did not directly clean up the abnormal files, but packaged and isolated them into a safe area,
which is the isolated sandbox.
As a result, more and more game characters with independent wills were created, and they even built cities and created civilizations in the sandbox.
Since the barriers of the isolated sandbox cannot be broken,
Everyone who muddled along gradually had friction and accumulated conflicts due to different painting styles and other reasons.
The conflicts became bigger and bigger, and finally war broke out, and countless people died and turned into data fragments.
The winner of the war painfully decided to gather the power of the entire city to explore the way to escape the sandbox.
In the end, they found it—
As long as you pass through an electronic tunnel at a specific time and place,
you can escape the isolated sandbox and complete the dimensional ascension."
Li Ang raised his eyebrows, "Dimensional ascension?"
"Yes."
The guide nodded, "You should know that there are many advanced data in the central city, right?
For example, Kratos, Diablo, Ancient Titans, and so on.
In their own game worlds, they can call the wind and rain, comparable to gods,
But in the central city,
their ability to call data is greatly reduced, limited to a very low range, and can only be regarded as small supermen.
Moreover, their memory and personality are also incomplete,
After all, in the original game world, they were just a pile of stacked data,
All memories and recollections are just phantoms simulated by electrical signals.
If they escape the isolated sandbox, then they can not only return to their own game world, return to their hometown,
but also regain powerful power and regain lost memories.
There is even a rumor that there are ten floors inside the sandbox server. Each time you go up a floor, you will increase one dimension,
Until you climb to the highest dimension, you can leave the server in data form and enter the human world, completely completing the dimensional ascension."
So, this is the system's restriction on demigod characters.
The four players who knew that they only needed to fight game characters understood and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
For data, the background setting of this world is indeed quite grand,
but they are just locust players wandering in the script missions, completing tasks and sightseeing.
"In short, there is only one dimensional ascension channel. It is one-way, you can only enter but not exit, and the data that can pass through each time is limited,"
The guide shook his index finger and said, "General Yuri and Chief Consultant Gandalf decided to use the Death Chariot to determine the dimensional ascension qualifications in order to avoid disputes.
Well... holding the event can also entertain the public and reduce the crime rate,
so that those abnormal data full of destructive desires can have a goal and settle down.
The central city has hospitals, farms, supermarkets, and schools, as well as criminals and gangs."
After saying that, the guide changed to a serious and solemn expression, "Although this world is fake, it is real for us.
If you die, you die, and there will be no second chance.
Even if a copy of you from the same game falls from the sky, it will no longer be you, but another completely different set of data.
You only have one life,
It's still too late to quit."
The four players looked at each other, and Li Ang sighed, "We appreciate your kindness, but we still want to try."
"Is that so... I hope you don't regret it."
The guide nodded slowly and looked at the huge circular arena outside the cabin window, "We're here."