After dinner, Lu Mingyuan took the initiative to invite Yu Yuan to stroll along the nearby riverside.

"Have you not been congratulated on your successful completion of your first full copy after taking up the job?" Lu Mingyuan's eyes were crooked when he laughed. He didn't wear glasses today, and the warm light of the street lamp was crushed like starlight in his eyes. Are you adapting well? In fact, the testers often play games for a long time and will have a rebellious mentality. After all, they have to stay in virtual games for a long time during the day."

"Thank you Mr. Lu for your concern, I feel pretty good," Yu Yuan touched the tip of his nose a little embarrassedly, feeling that it may be because he has always been the kind of "internet addict" who loves games, so he has a new sense of holographic games Instead of fading away, I like it more and more. He sincerely praised: "The game you made is really good."

Since he took up his post, he not only learned a lot of news about Mr. Lu and Abyss Technology, but also stories about the early development of "Fantasy Journey". At that time, Lu Mingyuan was much younger than now, and he was the first in this industry to propose "NPC class". "Humanization" and created such a complete fantasy world. When Yu Yuan first searched the interview records published on the Internet and saw Mr. Lu talking to the camera about his vision, it left a deep impression on him. impression.

At this time, he couldn't help but feel a little lucky that he was a strange luck. Because of a series of issues such as game bugs, he became a member of Abyss Technology through a game position that he had never considered before.

"Ha, of course this cannot be attributed to me alone," Lu Mingyuan smiled and reminded again: "By the way, don't forget to go to the monthly review of your thawing center, and the company will reimburse the expenses for this. Scope, remember to find time to apply."

Talking to this point, Yu Yuan suddenly recalled that Mr. Lu himself had mentioned that he had come out of the same thawing center as himself, and he couldn't help but mention it again, and asked curiously, "Mr. Lu used to be Baidu. Human? Or Baicheng?"

"Before" naturally refers to the era before the two entered the hibernation warehouse. Today's Baidu was still called Baicheng at that time, but just like today, it is a top-ranked city in the country.

"Yes, I was born locally and never left." Lu Mingyuan replied.

The two chatted for a while along the topic related to the thawing center, as if it was some kind of "patient exchange meeting". Lu Mingyuan, who had thawed eight or nine years earlier, had more experience in this area, and mentioned that the thaw period needs to be within one year. The things I paid attention to, I also talked about some interesting things that happened when I reintegrated into society after the thawing.

Invisibly, the distance between them has narrowed slightly. By this time, Yu Yuan can be considered to have a deep understanding of Lin Ling's saying that "Mr. Lu is very approachable", just as he is also called Mr. Lu in the company, but it may also be because of his technical background and his youthful appearance. addition? In short, a few words will make people feel that they are really easy to get along with.

As he walked, he was about to go back to the parking lot again, but this time Yu Yuan rejected Mr. Lu's proposal to drive him home, and chose to take public transportation to go back by himself.

After getting into the car alone, Lu Mingyuan leaned on the seat. In the dim light, he turned on the terminal again and stared at the top chat box, thoughtfully. Then, he swiped to the photo interface and clicked on one of the collections.

If Yu Yuan was here, he would be very surprised to see these photos.

For nothing else, it is because the protagonists of these photos...all of him. Or to be more specific, the figures recorded in these photos are all of him seventy years ago.

Lu Mingyuan silently took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, the window was halfway down, and the hazy smoke dissipated with the wind. The faint light of the terminal interface hit his face, as if coated with a layer of cold film. Slowly, he turned to the last picture, or the first picture according to the storage time, as if it was the beginning of everything.

This photo is of two people together.

What age were they in the photo? Probably one just went to college, and the other...has to hold someone and call him brother.

Thinking of this, Lu Mingyuan chuckled lightly. Eventually, he closed the terminal.

After the vehicle in autonomous driving mode is started, it merges into a tidal stream of traffic at night.

The next day was Saturday off. Early in the morning, Yu Yuan received a package from Thawing Center No. 008. The assistant in charge of liaison apologetically told him that the work at the center made a mistake. Originally, this kind of thing was stored together with him when he entered the hibernation warehouse, but because of a time management error in the middle adjustment, it led to people and people. The timing of things doesn't match.

It wasn't this issue that made Yu Yuan concerned, but after the package arrived, it actually contained an old-fashioned storage U disk that belonged to his era, which no longer matched the equipment he was using now. Not an old computer.

After searching the Internet, most of the old computers that can still be used have become antiques. The collection value is far greater than the use value. The lowest price also makes Yu Yuan frown. He does not know much about good purchasing channels. , I can only put this matter aside temporarily, and wait to see if there is a chance to come across it later.

There is nothing to do on weekends. After accessing the holographic cabin, Internet addict Yu Mou tried several well-known independent holographic games one after another, especially the kind of role-playing similar to "The Haze of the Kingdom", but each one is just a taste of it. I haven't played much at all. The most intuitive feeling is the gap between the reactions of the NPCs inside and the real people. If you ask for a higher level in this regard, you will feel that these NPCs seem to be low in intelligence.

He swiped around in the selection interface, glanced at the labels such as "Division 21", "ABO", etc., and almost slipped in without a hand. He went around in a circle, and finally stopped in front of "Fantasy Journey".

...really fragrant.

Why does he continue to play games in the company after get off work?

Although he thought so, he still chose to log in.

Once online, everything is business as usual. Thinking of Lin Ling's statement that he had opened a useless little link for his account, Yu Yuan rummaged around in his own corner, and he could be considered to have found it.

【Become a black cat】

[After selecting this option, the player can become a black cat, and can switch back to human form after selecting it again. 】

At the same time, there was an email from technician A80, that is, Lin Ling.

[TO Yuyuan:

The transformation potion is a silver coin and a bottle. I guess you can’t bear it, so you can save some game coins. You can become a black cat for free today ^-^ Thank you. 】

Yu Yuan: "..."

Evil's plug-ins have increased.

There are also new messages in the friend column.

[Yuegu]: Ou Huang, why haven't I seen you online recently? Are there any new sources of goods? Rare weapons are becoming more and more difficult to receive recently, and the supply is in short supply.

Yu Yuan was about to say that he had nothing to sell, but turned his head and remembered something. Lin Ling told him last time that as long as a player's friendliness in a certain faction is higher, the possibility of encountering danger when the leader leads the group into a dangerous area is lower, and the probability of customs clearance seems to increase accordingly.

It happened that Yuegu was there, so he simply brought this matter to the other party to verify, and then repeated the whole question.

[Moon Valley]: There is such a hidden rule. Although the official has not publicly acknowledged it, firstly, the friendliness system is not for nothing. Second, some players on the forum have verified it. It is said that the higher the friendliness, the higher the probability of shipping. follow up

[Yuegu]: However, it is difficult to improve the friendliness. Generally, it is only after completing all the related tasks of the same faction that it can increase to 30% or 40%. For the rest, it takes time or money, and it depends on luck, etc. , In short, it's very, very troublesome, most people don't do this, and it is said that only 80% of the favorability will work.

[Yuegu]: If you want to make money by starting a group, I suggest to dispel this idea. The cost of time and money is too high. Except for some particularly well-known big local players or big studios, there are really few people who are friendly to play. Those who can have 95% friendliness are well-known accounts in the whole server

Yu Yuan saw that because of two inexplicable series of hidden quests, he had successfully mentioned 100% of the friendliness of the blood race and the werewolf race, and couldn't help but ponder.

Does he have to tell Lin Ling about it, and see why his account is hanging in the beginning, why he **** all the good things on him like a gold stone...

【TO Technician A80:

Please help me to see if my account has been bought and hung up... Something is wrong. 】

However, it didn't take long for the news of Lin Ling and Yuegu to arrive almost at the same time.

[A80]: Holy crap, I just checked your account and everything is normal. You really have 100% friendliness and a few NPCs with high favorability? ? ? Excuse me, did you marry them one by one and get away from madness, but you can really get 100%! ! I once suspected that the value of this setting was simply a gimmick that no one could do!

[Yuegu]: Damn, that's not right, Ou Huang, you suddenly asked me this because you and your friendliness wanted to lead the group, right? !

After confirming with Lin Ling that the account can be used normally, Yu Yuan, who planned to try to earn extra money from the game during the holiday, replied to Yue Gu.

[Yu Yuan]: Yes, it's pretty high anyway, but I'm not very familiar with the dungeon and can only be a nominal leader, so do you want to command?

After half an hour.

A team of exactly 20 people gathered in front of the 20-person dungeon [Three-Headed Wolves on Fire and Purgatory] within the sphere of influence of the wolf clan. They also came here after overcoming the many challenges in the forest.

"It took me more than an hour to get to the entrance with the group last time, and the group died and died along the way. How did the savage group go so well this time?"

"I crossed the Black Swamp Forest and no one was seriously injured. I'm lucky, or will the regiment commander be instructed?"

"It's all the usual route but I didn't get hit in the face by the dungeon guarding the copy. This is a little red hand group."

There are several players in the team who know each other walking together and discussing. The location of this dungeon is deep in the forest. There are many obstacles along the way, which are almost part of this dungeon, and they cannot be directly transmitted to the dungeon door. Running the map is enough to make people die a few more times, and the strength almost encounters a big monster passing by. If the group is destroyed, they have to go to the resurrection point outside the forest to resurrect.

Moreover, the resurrection in the game is not without cost. The number of deaths in a day is less than three times to survive. There are not a few teams that have been exhausted and disbanded on the road. This time it was indeed smooth enough.

But they will soon realize that this group is more than just a little red hand group.

There is only one Paladin T in the team, and other configurations are normal. However, it didn't take long for the monster to be opened in front of the big boss. For some reason, T didn't hold back his hatred. With the roar of the three-headed wolf in purgatory, the ground shattered. , it began to look for new targets.

The commander of the regiment was a deputy regimental leader named [Moon Valley], who immediately shouted to let people take revenge. The swordsman Ping Shanhai on the side responded that he was going to step up and open up soon, but in the end, he was still no faster than the BOSS.

Almost everyone watched helplessly, and the three wolves ran towards the head of the hidden name, a mage player.

At this moment, even Yu Yuan himself had an inexplicable premonition, as if back when he was a black cat, he met a wild dragon boss in the primeval forest, thinking that the boss would stab it to death, but he didn't. .

Should I die this time, or...

really.

The three wolves of purgatory stopped in front of the head of the regiment.

The three heads of the three wolves in Purgatory stuck out their tongues at the same time, and bent down on the ground like dogs.

It licked the head and licked out saliva.

Onlookers: "..."

The world seemed to be silent for a moment.

Yu Yuan: "..."

What's the big deal with his character account?

Apart from the fact that the head of the dungeon was not slapped to death by the three wolves and was suddenly licked by the wolf, under the familiar command of the deputy head, this dungeon went so smoothly that it was astonishingly smooth. The speed is even faster than that of the fixed regiments of some major trade unions. The most important thing is that it actually exploded a rare weapon.

He began to feel that Yu Yuan, who was born with a linked account, could no longer feel the surprise of making money from equipment.

Because of the special mechanism of high-difficulty dungeons, Yuegu said earlier that the team leader with friendship blessing, so the income distribution model is naturally not the whole team score, the team leader and the deputy team leader will give priority to the big head, and the team that has not spoken much throughout the whole process Chang just watched them bid silently, with the demeanor of hiding a big boss.

Before the group disbanded, a player came to Yuegu and asked, "Are you guys in a fixed group? Can you specifically look for you to pack the designated weapons in the future?"

Yuegu asked Yu Yuan for his opinion, and seeing him nodding, he said, "You can add a friend first, and call us later to see if the time is right."

Having a regiment leader to guide and lead the team is the most important thing, and the thugs are second.

"Okay." After adding friends, the player asked again, "Does your group have a name? Let me remember it."

In order to facilitate the recruitment of bosses for advertising, some fixed groups will have fixed names to facilitate memory and spread among the player community.

Yuegu still wanted to ask Yu Yuan's opinion, after all, friendliness is the talisman that keeps you going all the way, and the core is Yu Yuan, but the other party seems to have cut out of the game to see some interface, his eyes are dull, and he doesn't respond when he calls.

Yuegu scratched his head and had no choice but to say, "It's called 'Yu Yuan's regiment'? Simple and straightforward."

"OK."

Not long after that, when Yu Yuan and Yue Gu started a group again and again, but really became famous in the game because of being too popular, and became the "big red hand group" that players talked about with great enthusiasm, Every time he saw the forum mentioning the name "Taro Yuan Tuan", he would be silent for a while.

"How on earth did you spread the name of this group in the first place..."

Before going offline on Saturday night, Yu Yuan happened to talk about having an old-fashioned USB flash drive. He originally wanted to complain about the difficulty of getting an antique computer, but he didn't expect Yuegu to suddenly say, "Do you want an antique computer? I have it. Do you want a channel?"

Only then did Yu Yuan realize that Yuegu, who was an equipment merchant who made money from games, was also in the business of reselling things in reality, and happened to have a channel for reselling antique and old computers.

The two of them were considered half partners in the game. In the end, Yuegu offered a gear that was a little lower than the lowest price Yu Yuan knew, and gave him a piece of equipment that could be used.

During the daytime on Sunday, Yu Yuan completed the application procedures for the amateur exam for the profession of game architect, and determined that the latest exam time would be exactly two months later, so he directly paid all the relevant fees. Today's lectures no longer require students to be physically present, and can be connected through holographic pods, which also facilitates those who want to broaden their skills in their spare time.

It feels good to be so close to this aspect of game design again after waking up in this era after seventy years of hibernation.

Not long after, the old model computer sent by Yuegu also arrived in his hands.

When he opened the package and saw such a heavy notebook placed in front of him, for a moment, he felt the illusion of a dislocation of time and space, but he forgot the thought in a moment.

He plugged in the power and turned on the computer, and a more familiar operation interface than the current equipment came into view. Just after plugging in the U disk and starting to read, a new problem appeared in front of him.

【Please enter your password】

The files in the USB stick are locked.

According to the logic of ordinary people, Yu Yuan first entered his birthday, and tried the six-digit and eight-digit numbers one by one.

wrong.

- The pinyin of the name?

Not right either.

At this time, a prompt pops up on the interface.

【Password hint: Lu's birthday】

Stuck here.

For a while, he couldn't even figure out if this was his own thing, and he turned his head and didn't even know the password? Lying for 70 years and leaving this thing for your future self?

He couldn't help leaning back, the center of gravity of his entire body resting on the sofa, his eyes staring at the screen emitting faint blue light

【Please enter your password】

Just like provocation.

In a trance, he recalled the case records about him that the doctor told him at the first meeting after he woke up from the thawing center.

"You made a frozen application for yourself in the... year, the record of signing the guarantee..."

"Your condition at the time was...a rare and incurable condition at the time, with complications including but not limited to...with memory loss, thinking ability... "

"Rest assured that you are currently fully recovered physically..."

【Please enter your password】

LU's birthday?

If this thing was really left to him when he chose to freeze it 70 years ago, then this "LU's birthday" should have been a very clear answer to him at the time, but now he has forgotten it.

It's like a plot of some kind of suspense movie. The predecessors left clues that have no beginning and no end, and future generations can find something along the way. It's just that it was put on him, and it was himself who caused him to forget the password now. The problem maker and the puzzle solver were the same.

so what should I do now? Should he just ignore the USB stick and try to get a technician to crack it, or maybe...he can try to investigate first?