Chapter 1
The appearance is rustic, worn-out, and packed in a dusty paper box. I couldn't see what was so special about this external auxiliary chip. I almost threw it away as waste when I was cleaning the company's warehouse. If it wasn't for the fact that the chip still works, and my wallet was too empty and I was not satisfied with the gaming effect of my virtual helmet, then this chip would definitely be reincarnated in a garbage recycling center. Now, this chip is a priceless treasure to me. Since I accidentally discovered the special function of this chip that day, I feel that my world has changed because of this chip.
My name is Yanzhang. I was a failed college student who was kicked out of the university by Mr. Sun Shan in Black July. Later, I used my connections to find a "leisurely job" as a warehouse manager in a trading company. The easy "guard dog" job with a monthly salary of one thousand yuan made me feel bored and gradually addicted to online games. The unreal and ethereal world on the Internet deeply attracted me, who had just suffered the first blow in reality, and made me have the strange feeling of living again.
It was a week after the old chip was installed. I was fighting hard in the world of "Magic Flag" and didn't want the "warehouse boss" in charge of the company's warehouse to come for inspection. Fortunately, I tampered with the holographic surveillance system and the system reminded me in time that someone was approaching. In a hurry, I didn't even bother to exit the game. I directly turned off the running helmet and stuffed it into the toolbox at hand.
After two hours of careful handling, I finally let the picky warehouse manager leave with satisfaction. When my eyes swept across the toolbox, I remembered that I seemed to have not exited the game at the beginning. I estimated that the three seconds of waiting for the system to automatically exit were enough for my fifteenth-level thief to die N times. I was so sad that I greeted the relatives of the warehouse manager, while turning on the virtual helmet, ready to collect the body of my unlucky thief.
"Just die, but don't expose all your stuff. At least leave me some money." I put on my helmet while praying. My level is too low, and my seniority value is only slightly blue. It is still a long way from the deep blue where I won't lose anything when I die. Now every time I die, I lose a lot of money.
But this time when the helmet was connected, I was surprised to find that I did not turn into a soul, but was still working hard to level up. I saw that the experience level had increased by one level, which meant that my account had been running automatically in the past two hours.
"Oh my god, what's going on? My helmet is playing the game by itself!" I turned the helmet on and off several times in surprise. I made sure it wasn't a coincidence, and then tried to exit the game. This time it was a normal exit. "Strange, the system would automatically disconnect after turning off the helmet before?"
I entered the game again and checked the running status of the game carefully. I found that the data of my character in the game was normal, and there was no problem with the control system and the sensory system. "There is nothing wrong with the helmet? How could this happen? Turn it off and restart it?" I finally saw the problem. In the "automatic" running game, the game character seemed to be imitating the operations I had done. Just now, I bought a bottle of medicine in the pharmacy, turned off the helmet after leaving the store, and then restarted it and found that the game character was constantly entering the store, buying medicine, coming out, entering the store again, buying medicine, and coming out again. In a cycle, I tried other operations and sure enough, the game character can "himself" fight monsters, practice skills, buy medicine, sell things, etc., and has a certain logical judgment ability, but you have to "demonstrate" it first. The more "demonstrations" you give, the stronger the logic.
"Ha, doesn't this mean that two people are practicing on one account? And one of them doesn't even need to rest." This is simply impossible in online games that strictly detect identities, because the currency in the game and the currency in reality can be exchanged with each other at a certain ratio, so it is stipulated that one person can only have one account. Before logging in, not only the fingerprint, iris, and password are checked, but also random verification and comparison are performed during operation. If the virtual helmet is taken off and turned off in the game, the system will automatically disconnect within three seconds, so as to ensure the uniqueness and security of the user. My current situation should not happen, and I also know that some unexpected changes must have happened to my helmet, otherwise there would be no such good thing as pie in the sky.
I sat there thinking about it, my precious helmet hadn't been bumped or hit recently, so the problem could only be that old chip of unknown origin. Sure enough, after removing the external auxiliary chip, my virtual helmet returned to "normal", and there was no difference from before.
"Hahahaha, so I can be on the Demon Flag 24 hours a day, right? It's really a treasure dropped from the sky." After confirming the function of the chip, I couldn't help but be ecstatic. I could feel that the good days were finally here.
"Magic Flag" is a magical online virtual game. Its perfect and realistic light and shadow effects and sensory simulation system give people an immersive pleasure. It highly simulates all aspects of human society and social relations. The simulation of marriage, family and love between men and women has even reached the level of restriction. For this reason, "Magic Flag" took a lot of trouble to launch it. Finally, in order not to violate the law, "Magic Flag" designed a separate 18-year-old isolation system to limit these functions. Minors under 18 years old cannot use many functions. It is precisely because of the rich game content of "Magic Flag" that it seems real and virtual that it attracted countless people to invest in it as soon as it was launched. In just one year, the number of online users of "Magic Flag" exceeded 100 million. Half a year ago, "Magic Flag" opened international connections, and many foreign players also joined in. Therefore, some players jokingly called it the second world.
The first five levels of characters in the game "Magic Flag" are called civilians. Characters below level 5 cannot be PKed and have no professions. This is designed to help new players get familiar with the environment. Only at level 5 can they choose from six professions: knight, warrior, mage, Taoist priest, archer, and thief. Among them, the Taoist priest of the human race and the archer of the elf race are the characteristic professions of their respective races and cannot be selected from each other.
I was initially pulled into Magic Flag by my cousin Yan Yu. Yan Yu is one year older than me and is currently studying at university. She has a fiery temper beneath her dignified and beautiful appearance. Yan Yu was once invited to participate in the internal testing of Magic Flag, and was selected as one of the six game professional image spokespersons in the Magic Flag advertisement. Even though she was deliberately made a little ugly in the plus or minus ten appearance correction of Magic Flag, she still managed to confuse the male players in Magic Flag. But after all, the "ferocious beauty A Zi" is also well-known, and it is common for her to draw her sword against someone over a disagreement. She is a gentleman who never takes revenge too late, and her catchphrase is "A Zi's revenge starts from morning to night."
I chose the profession of thief out of alternative considerations. This is a skill-based profession. It is very slow to level up, and most of the skills are auxiliary. The initial attack and defense are very low, so there are very few people who practice this profession. I think the game designer would not design a useless profession. For the sake of balance, there will definitely be changes in the later stage. It is better to take a detour than to follow the crowd. So I chose to become a thief. For fun, I gave my thief the same name as me as a prank. Because the real name , except for my older sister named A Zi, no one thought that A Zi was my real name.
You don't know the pain of being a thief until you become one. Before I got that magical chip, I felt like my days were passing by like years. Many people envy thieves for coming and going without a trace, and for occasionally robbing someone of their fortune in an instant. It's so "cool", but being Chu Liuxiang is not that easy. The success rate of a thief's stealing skills is pitifully low, basically one in ten. Even a master-level thief is often beaten like a cockroach by his victim, and then thrown into the prison by the guards for a while. The success rate of stealing levels from monsters is slightly higher, but the price is worse. Ninety percent of them will be sent back to the resurrection point. Since the attributes of a thief are mainly skills and agility, they are relatively without attack or defense, and it is common for them to die while leveling up. Although Yan Yu often guides me, the leveling speed of a little thief like me is still as slow as a turtle.
After I discovered the peculiarity of this chip, I spent half a month experimenting and exploring it, and found that although this thing has strong logical analysis capabilities, it will inevitably do "stupid things" like going in circles in the same place over time. I have to "correct" it every day. It is a bit troublesome, but the chip's response and computing speed are absolutely incomparable to humans. The operation is simple and direct, sometimes even nearly twice as fast as my own operation. As time accumulates, the chip seems to be able to autonomously calculate the best leveling plan from the accumulated data. Usually I just walk to the place where I want to level up, chop a monster, and then turn the virtual helmet on and off once, and the chip will do the rest.
Thanks to this chip, my level has improved by leaps and bounds in half a year, rising to level 67 like a rocket, which is much higher than other players in the same period. Most people are considered top masters after level 40, but it is incredible for someone like me.
The GM has probably been tracking me for a while, and repeated checks have not found any abnormal data. I have not violated the "rules" of the game. They just found that my online time is outrageous, nearly twenty-two hours a day on average. The GM has never seen such a "crazy" player, but the long online time also indirectly proves the high level. I use a monthly card, they can't restrict me from going online, right?
After such a long time, almost all the staff of "Magic Flag" knew that there was such an abnormal guy like me, but no one could do anything. They could only pray that this guy would not suddenly die in the game, which would be a huge scandal. In the end, the GM had no choice but to keep advising me to take care of my health and play games in moderation. At the same time, the GM also hinted that my current level was already very high, so I didn't need to practice so hard, and the game company could give me appropriate "rewards".
Actually, I am feeling quite guilty now, because I am too excited about the chip and now the GM is paying close attention to me. I can't guarantee that the secret will be exposed at any time. After all, it is relatively unfair to other players that I use this chip. So, I took advantage of the situation and, after ensuring that the daily game time is within twelve hours, I asked the GM for a top-level weapon that a thief can use, the Dragonfang Blade, which increases the physical attack and attack speed by three.
Of course, due to the secret of the chip, I didn't dare tell anyone my current level. The GM didn't want to set a "crazy" example like me, so he didn't publicize it. So, although some people know that I am a high-level thief, no one thought it was so ridiculous. The thief's identification technique is invalid for people who are ten levels higher than himself. In addition, due to the characteristics of the profession, thieves are not only low in level but also scarce in number. My level is well hidden. Even my cousin Yan Yu, a level 45 Taoist priest, didn't realize that there was such a "top master" around him.
