Odilia's online name was 【Dark Night Awakening】, a name that 【Egoism】 once quipped was possibly because she was a vampire who only woke up at night. Of course, Odilia had also teased 【Egoism】 many times, like whether he truly could be as domineering as his name suggested in real life…
Odilia originally wanted to explore more about the Nightmare World, but since 【Egoism】 had invited her, she wouldn't refuse. Besides, 【Egoism】 hadn't played games or chatted with her for several days.
Following the webpage link 【Egoism】 sent, Odilia opened a game homepage. It was called 【Wind, Thunder, Lightning】, a wuxia game with a touch of magic elements. The homepage was extremely extravagant, and beneath it were a bunch of reviews like 【Masterpiece】, 【Super-mega-hit of the Year】, 【With this game, all other online games can go eat shit】 – all bombastic comments that looked like they were written by shills.
Downloading the game, installing, opening… Odilia was astonished that the game had already opened more than 40 servers, and every server was full. Odilia clicked on the first red server, which displayed a queue of more than 10,000 people with an estimated waiting time of 18 hours!
【Is there really an online game this exaggerated?】
【I don’t know. Everyone online is promoting this game, saying it’s good, so I’ll try it out.】
Might as well give it a try.
The official server opened a new server. Before it turned red, the two entered the game and began playing.
Then, after two hours.
【This game is a scam!】 Odilia yelled.
【Really that bad?】 【Egoism】 on the other side seemed to be enjoying the game.
【You play too few games, you can't tell. Once you reach a higher level, you’ll know how scammy this game is. Look at this game, although the graphics are indeed beautiful, it's just the graphics. Look at all these countless bugs! I’ve encountered several myself!】
【That’s because Dark Night, you don’t play games according to the rules, you always do things your own way. If you play normally, there shouldn’t be so many problems.】
【Trying out different playstyles is also a kind of fun. It’s not just about bugs, but also the game’s visuals. The skills are few, and there’s no sense of impact. The missions are the same few repetitive ones. And most importantly, this damn game makes you pay for everything! You need to pay to learn skills, you need to pay to level up… You’ll see, once you level up, if you don’t recharge a few hundred or a thousand, you won’t be able to play!】
【Is it really that bad?】
【This game will definitely not last two months if they don’t make changes!】
【Since Dark Night says so, I’m actually interested to see if this game can last two months.】
Odilia checked the time, it was 8 o'clock, still relatively early. It wasn't Odilia's usual bedtime, but, if sleeping could get her into the Nightmare World…
Comparing the Nightmare World she experienced last night with this computer game, Odilia felt they were worlds apart!
Although the Nightmare World was also a game that made Odilia curse out the game developers for making such a crappy game—killing you right at the start, not even a single mission hint—but, but, the immersive feeling brought by the fully virtual reality was something that Odilia couldn't forget.
Even now, Odilia could still remember the boundless feeling of looking at the vast ocean, the tension of the ship tilting as a storm approached, and the shock of seeing a giant ancient dragon whose entirety she couldn’t even fathom!
Especially the NPCs in it, it felt like they had actual intelligence—three times playing the game, she used three different dialogues, and the NPCs’ reactions and words were all different, as if they were real people!
The AI of this game was mind-blowing!
This is the real game!
How could this computer game played through a screen even compare!
Although it might be hard to fall asleep at 8 o'clock, Odilia was eager to sleep and see if she could enter that Nightmare World again.
【Egoism, are you busy lately? You haven't played games for a few days.】 Odilia typed.
【Yeah, I’ve been really busy recently, I have to prepare for all sorts of things… Sigh, Big Sis has a lot of things to do!】
【All sorts of things?】
【Haven’t there been frequent natural disasters in the past few years? And they’re getting worse each time… So they want us to formulate plans to deal with natural disasters and stuff…】
【Egoism… you, are you working for the government?】
【Nope.】
【…Oh…】
【What, curious about Big Sis? Hey, if Dark Night sends me a selfie of herself in a maid outfit, Big Sis can tell you a bit about herself~】
【No way!】
【Too bad…】
Although they were online friends, they both implicitly agreed not to inquire about each other's real-life situations.
【Right, Egoism… do you think it’s possible… to invent a device that lets people play games in their dreams?】 Odilia asked.
【Huh? What’s that? Playing games in dreams? Dark Night, I know you’re a gamer, but you need to play in moderation, okay.】
【I know… um, I’m going to sleep.】
【Huh? So early? Are you sick?】
【You’re the one who’s sick. I’m just tired today, I want to sleep early. 88】
【88】
Shutting down the computer, she took a shower, washed up, and paid her respects to the ghost, Odilia lay back on her bed and closed her eyes.
“Hope I can enter that dream game again tonight!”
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