harleyscars Chapter 3 Unique
Chapter 3 Unique
Behind the man was a robot shaped like a wastepaper basket. Although it looked somewhat clumsy, it was surprisingly full of science fiction elements.
He glanced around at the five players in the room and slowly began to speak:
"Welcome to Vault 404. I am the administrator here, codename Dawn."
"First of all, I have good news for you: the war is over."
"It is now the two hundredth year since the apocalypse, and our world has been completely transformed."
"Fortunately, we have successfully weathered the most difficult years."
"The fact that you can stand here already makes you more fortunate than 12 billion people!"
"Now, I need you to quickly recognize the current situation, then fulfill your declarations under the SUPP banner, and rebuild our homeland!"
At this point, Dawn pushed the robot beside her in front of her: "This is my assistant, Xiao Qi. You can ask her any questions you have about the shelter or anything you don't understand."
"Holy crap! This is an NPC? It looks exactly like a real person!" Baijuguoxi exclaimed, his eyes wide.
"Is this really a game world? It looks so real!" Yoru exclaimed.
"Where's the player system interface? And... can't this game customize your character?"
After looking around, Kuangfeng asked, "How do I log out of the game?"
"Go back into the incubation chamber and lie down, then you can log out normally." Dawn selectively answered one question.
After saying that, he took out several booklets and gave one to each of the five players present.
Li Yuan took it and glanced at it. He saw that the cover read "Shelter Resident Handbook".
I flipped through it casually, and it was full of entries that regulated player behavior.
After Dawn recited the contents of the manual, she led the five players onto the elevator and brought them outside the shelter.
"Wow!"
"This light! This wall!"
"Every frame is art, every second is a testament to the immense budget!"
The players were like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, touching and looking around as they went, exclaiming in amazement.
Shuguang led the group to a pile of tools and said:
"We are currently in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City."
"Shelters cannot shelter us forever, nor can our civilization forever hide beneath ruins!"
"As the vanguard in our return to the surface, there are thousands of people waiting for our good news behind us."
"Now, the first thing we need to do is to repair this sanatorium we are standing on."
"We will build an outpost on these ruins, making it our bridgehead for returning to the surface."
"I'm giving you a task: pick up the axe on the ground and go outside to chop some wood."
"We need to stockpile enough fuel before winter comes, and at the same time, we need to repair these broken walls around us."
"action!"
The players had no objections to this obvious "new player tutorial quest," and happily picked up the axes on the ground and ran off in a flash.
To the north of the sanatorium, there was a grove of trees. The group each chose a tree that looked pleasing to the eye and prepared to start their operation.
"This tree is really nice."
Looking at the tree, which was as thick as a thigh, Baiju spat a few times into his palms, then gripped the axe handle, swung his arm in a wide arc, and chopped it down hard.
Duang!
Feeling the force of the impact on his hand, and looking at the bark that had only been cut a few centimeters wide, he exclaimed, "This feels so real! It reminds me of..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by several excited voices.
Wow! That's amazing!
"This actually works?!"
"Wait, buddy, are we even playing the same game?!"
As he followed the sound, Bai Jugu looked up and his eyes widened in shock. The axe in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.
At that moment, the "outsider" was actually smashing a tree with both fists!
Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap...
His punches weren't particularly fast, but each punch landed steadily on the thick tree trunk in front of him.
As he continued to throw punches, the bark cracked, wood chips flew everywhere, and fist marks quickly appeared on the trunk.
Kaka-
In just a few minutes, a tree as thick as a thigh was snapped in two!
"call……"
Li Yuan let out a slight breath and slowly withdrew his fist.
Turning his head, he saw the other four players staring at him with expressions that said, "Is this a human?"
"What's wrong?"
Hearing Li Yuan's question, Bai Juguo swallowed hard, his face full of confusion, and asked, "Brother, how did you do that? Did you open it?"
Just now, seeing the power of Li Yuan's punches, he tried it himself and punched the tree trunk in front of him hard.
As a result, his hand hurt so much it almost broke, but there wasn't even a mark on the tree trunk.
They were both starting the game on the same day, so why is there such a big difference?
"Uh, maybe it's a difference in character attributes?" Li Yuan thought for a moment and came up with a plausible excuse.
"That's quite possible." Fang Chang nodded. "The main issue is that there's no attribute panel yet, but characters should have some kind of preference, such as strength-based, agility-based, and so on."
Bai Juguo glanced at his well-developed biceps, then at Li Yuan's fist that had broken a tree without sustaining any damage, and was speechless for a moment.
"This game is still in closed beta right now, but it will definitely be updated later, and then you'll know."
As Ye Shi spoke, he picked up his axe, preparing to continue chopping down the tree obediently.
But at that moment, a strong sense of crisis suddenly enveloped his entire body.
In an instant, his hands and feet turned ice cold, and cold sweat instantly seeped out from his forehead and back.
He didn't know where this sense of crisis came from, but for some reason his legs went weak and he staggered.
It was this stumble that allowed him to dodge the dark shadow that fell from the sky.
click!
Wood chips flew everywhere, and three scratch marks, each half a foot wide, were instantly imprinted on the tree trunk beside it!
"Hmph!"
The large black bird, having missed its target, immediately cried out and, using the recoil from kicking the tree trunk, flapped its wings to try and regain altitude.
However, at that moment, Li Yuan grabbed the axe on the ground, leaped high into the air, raised his hand above his head, and brought it down with a powerful "Splitting Mount Hua" strike.
puff!
Li Yuan's attack struck the black bird's neck hard.
Although the axe wasn't particularly sharp, it still caused considerable damage when swung by Li Yuan at lightning speed.
The black bird's head was chopped off, and blood gushed from the severed neck.
The kite-sized black wings fluttered twice, but eventually drooped limply, and the whole body crashed to the ground with a thud.