The First Gospel Chapter 22 Childhood
Early Friday morning, Wanhua City commercial district.
Just after 8 o'clock, the area within 500 meters was already bustling with noise. When Gu Yun looked around, he could only see a sea of black people.
Among them were office workers, elderly men and women, high school students, junior high school students, elementary school students, and even a plumber who happened to pass by wearing overalls.
After coming to this world, Gu Yun had never seen such a scene. He felt that the expressions on people's faces were probably comparable to those of the most fanatical believers of the gods.
"What is this? A large-scale believers' exchange meeting?"
Gu Yun asked quietly to An Ling who also had a fanatical look on her face.
He did not like such occasions. In the past, their clan was the mortal enemy of the gods, and naturally became the target of the believers' attacks.
"Roughly the same."
The noisy environment forced An Ling to shout louder so that Gu Yun could hear her voice.
Except for the ticket scalpers, most of those gathered here are Ren Diyu's fanatical fans for many years, and she also thrived in Ren Diyu's company during her childhood.
But this time is different from the past. Nintendo has launched a revolutionary platform that uses VR technology, claiming to open a new era of gaming.
"Today's press conference allows you to experience a variety of new works. This is an opportunity that will definitely not be lost even if you skip work or class!"
An Ling couldn't contain her excitement. As a typical gaming otaku, this launch event in City X was like a pilgrimage. In addition, in order to coincide with the launch of the new platform, many classic games had set up special booths.
Because the publicity efforts are far greater than in the past, the ticket price this time has been raised to more than 5,000 yuan, and it is difficult to get a ticket.
However, in such a desperate situation, An Ling found a way to enter without a ticket.
volunteer!
Not only will you have the opportunity to learn about the inside information of the game, but you will also have the chance to win the latest VR equipment!
"Did you skip work?"
Gu Yun was out of tune with the celebratory atmosphere at Wanhua Plaza. He could not understand why these people were so excited, and he had no idea what An Ling was so excited about.
Instead, he felt that it was noisy and hot here and wanted to go home.
What else can you do with this time?
"How is that possible? I found someone to take over my shift... You've been looking like this since a while ago. Don't you have a childhood?"
An Ling found it a little unbelievable. Even if her family was poor, images like Pikachu and Mario should have been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
"ah?"
Gu Yun responded to An Ling's question with a face full of question marks.
"Look at that, what is that?"
An Ling pointed to the giant advertisement hanging on the third floor of Wanhua Plaza. The Pikachu on the advertisement was releasing its signature 100,000 volts.
"Mickey...Mickey Mouse?"
Mickey Mouse is the only cartoon character that Gu Yun can think of. Before the financial crisis, this character was included in the cartoon disc that his father bought for Gu Tiantian, but that was ten years ago.
At that time, my sister was still a little girl who wanted to go home and watch cartoons as soon as she got out of school.
What was that cartoon called?
Mickey Mouse and Don...
Don Quixote?
It was such a long time ago that Gu Yun couldn't remember clearly.
"Don't say that everywhere."
An Ling looked around vigilantly, luckily no one heard Gu Yun's wild words just now.
In a gathering like this where the fan base is extremely pure, anyone who can't even recognize Pikachu will definitely be treated as a traitor and executed.
"Where's your sister? Why didn't she come with you?"
"She will come after class. The school is analyzing the monthly exam papers today."
"Is this the time to analyze the test? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
He really has no courage at all.
An Ling couldn't help but complain. When she was in school, if there was a press conference held in City X, she would definitely be the first one to skip class and attend.
Even if there was no press conference, she could still reluctantly skip classes to attend a fireworks party, a gathering of like-minded people, or a same-sex dating party.
Anyway, it’s good that it’s not a parent-teacher meeting.
The price of being a courageous girl is that her butt will be spanked by her father after every parent-teacher meeting.
"Or should we talk about the volunteers' job content? Is it to maintain order outside the venue?"
Temporary work and odd jobs are what Gu Yun is best at. In order to earn tuition for Gu Tiantian, he interviewed all the places near his home that needed people, and he had no less than 10 volunteer experiences.
Volunteers usually work for a short period of time, with the longest being no more than a week. They are paid on a daily basis, and many activities also provide lunch. This is the way of working that Gu Yun prefers.
Because for those jobs that were paid monthly, he basically couldn't make it to the day when his salary was paid.
"No, this time we are high-level volunteers! What we have to do is not just ordinary order maintenance, we also have to play the role of NPCs!"
"Play N...N what C?"
In Gu Yun's past dozen or so volunteer careers, he had never played any role at all.
Could this be an advanced career for volunteers?
"NPC, um, is equivalent to the village chief in the game we played last time."
"village head!"
Gu Yun's pupils shrank, and he waved his hands quickly, "Don't joke, I'm still inexperienced and can't take on the responsibility of village chief at all!"
Can the village chief be made fun of casually?
He is more important than the elders. Every decision made by him may affect the survival of their clan!
"I'm just giving an example..."
An Ling didn't understand why Gu Yun was suddenly so excited, but thinking back, she seemed to have never understood Gu Yun before.
Although he is about the same age as her, the way he speaks and behaves seems like someone from another dimension.
Could this guy be an alien?
"Don't be nervous. We are supposed to play minor roles, just ordinary minions."
Every classic game has classic minions, such as the well-known Team Rocket.
At worst, it’s also fun to cosplay as a ghost or Bowser from Mario.
"The specific role you will play will be determined by drawing lots. Here, this is our volunteer ID."
An Ling waved the phone in front of Gu Yun.
The era of collective lottery has long passed. Now, as long as you are successfully hired, a random volunteer ID will be automatically generated. After logging into your account, you can directly draw lots online to decide your booth.
After a successful draw, the notes and basic introduction of the booth will also be sent to the user's mobile phone.
"How is it? Doesn't it feel like a game? Here, you can draw it."
"I come?"
"I have a dark complexion and have never been very good at drawing prizes."
To be honest, Gu Yun didn't understand what An Ling was saying, and he thought An Ling had a fair complexion. However, he still followed An Ling's instructions and clicked the draw button, and the lottery machine on the screen started spinning rapidly.
Pokémon
When she saw the result of the draw, An Ling cheered excitedly and then patted Gu Yun's shoulder vigorously.
“You are actually European!”
Mario and Pokémon were her two favorite booths, and they were also the two games that accompanied her the most during her childhood.
Detailed information about the Pokémon booth soon popped up on the screen.
"By the way, have you heard of this game?"
Before leaving, An Ling asked casually.
"I think I've heard of it." Gu Yun nodded, "Is it the game where you chop monsters with a knife?"
