Chapter 103: Chapter 102: Can the Game Settings Be Called Cheating?
Shen Sui never relies on others for hope.
It’s something he understood since childhood.
If he placed the hope of life on those two who gambled away the tuition his grandfather gave him, Shen Sui would have starved to death on Earth long ago.
Although Zhang Fang and Wu Ziqin repeatedly assured that the Exploration Bureau and the troops were fully prepared and definitely would capture the entity infiltrating reality, Shen Sui felt it necessary to prepare for their failure.
Others can be ignored, but Bu Pei, this irresponsible guy, should be cared for; after all, he’s in crisis because he sent Shen Sui.
Thinking of this, Shen Sui couldn’t help but be thankful that the creators of "Dawn Link" in his past life were so considerate. To accommodate some clumsy players, they thoughtfully added an auto-battle option in the combat system.
In the game, the skill bar corresponds to twenty-six letter keys, and the item bar corresponds to ten number keys. But in practice, players can choose to operate only the QWERDF six skill keys and three number keys of 123, leaving the rest to the auto-battle system to decide according to the battle situation.
This combat system outdid any cheat, so ridiculous that players usually place targeted skills and flashy ones on those six keys, while others requiring target selection are set on keys controlled by the auto-system.
Players are responsible for the flashiness, and even standing still, the auto-battle completes the battle.
Of course, if you wish to experience it, you can turn off auto-battle. It’s a single-player game; experiment as you please.
And now, this auto-battle system perfectly inherited by Shen Sui allows him not to worry about insufficient combat experience leading to a tragedy of being ambushed despite being high-level, even though he felt having someone break through his panel attributes and a ton of buffs to cause actual trouble would be difficult.
Shen Sui sat in the corner, closing his eyes to relax.
With his urging, a spatial ripple radiated from him, finally enveloping the entire Duel Training Hall.
This was Shen Sui’s domain. If he wished, he could envelop the entire world in an instant and modify the world at will. Actually, in the game, this domain didn’t have much use; it was simply the creators’ way to perfect the setting.
Why didn’t battles between players and Gods cause widespread harm to the Dawn Continent? Because players pulled enemies into this domain to fight, things outside the domain wouldn’t be affected by battle shockwaves.
Later, when players opened multiple cycles, the setting was that the domain enveloped the world, rebooting it. — At that time, players were already complaining that this multi-cycle design had become common knowledge among them, yet you still deliberately explained the theoretical basis, which was just reinventing the wheel behind closed doors.
Like in online novels, the settings of rebirth and transmigration; you don’t need to explain the principles of rebirth and transmigration, as readers naturally accept these setups, writing long passages explaining the principles is quite unnecessary.
However, here in reality, certain settings of the domain facilitated Shen Sui.
As he activated the domain, Shen Sui felt a certain gaze from the world itself, fleeting and soon disappearing, as if it hadn’t noticed Shen Sui.
After the domain was opened, a circular radar map resembling a game map appeared before Shen Sui, showing individuals active within the domain as red and green dots; he opened a game map in reality.
"Let me see where you are."
Passive waiting was never Shen Sui’s style.
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Wu Ziqin watched gravely as vehicles transporting wounded personnel left.
Ever since the discovery of "Feng Lindu" entering this area, the special forces of Modu had begun operations.
However, the high-tech weapons they prided themselves on, converted from Soul Card World, seemed like paper in front of that person, easily breached. In later stages, he even disappeared from surveillance footage.
Combat squads, armed to the teeth, were easily cleared by him.
The only comforting aspect was that the opponent seemed to intentionally hold back, causing no further casualties.
Currently, they could only rely on positioning from the Dueling Device to determine "Feng Lindu’s" location.
"Director Zhang has already gone there?" A middle-aged man in a blue-white checkered shirt appeared behind Wu Ziqin, "Facing such an enemy alone is too dangerous."
"Yes." Wu Ziqin sighed, "But I couldn’t dissuade him. Hope your forced duel module works."
Bu Mingrui said nothing, merely staring deeply at the distant Duel Training Hall.
Perhaps, a not-so-thrilling battle was taking place there.
"Never thought, in my lifetime, I’d witness an invasion from an Otherworld." Wu Ziqin smiled bitterly, "Wonder if the country will ban the Dueling Device; given this risk already exists."
Bu Mingrui wiped his glasses, knowing some things that only a few people in the world were aware of.
There’s something Wu Ziqin misunderstood about cause and effect.
It’s not that the Dueling Device led to Otherworld invasions.
Rather, because of the risk of Otherworld invasion, countries decided to promote the Dueling Device.
Even before the Dueling Device was born, incidents of Otherworld invasion already existed.
Eighty years ago, a scientist proved through experiments that many human individuals in reality possess the ability to link to other worlds. They could enter completely different worlds through dreams, and subsequent evidence showed all those worlds were real.
These individuals capable of linking other worlds might become mediums for Otherworld invasions of reality; but such invasions are extremely difficult. The scientist spent ten years and managed to reproduce an invasion once—then he died.
This also marked the United States’ first public proof of alien existence, used to divert public attention.
After that, instruments to steadily monitor individuals with this so-called beacon ability were developed, later named Dueling Devices.
It proved that Otherworld invasions are indeed very difficult, even with Huaxia’s thousands of years of history, only few individual records seem like transmigrators or extraordinaries.
This detector, alongside the subsequent Life Card Duel, gradually became known as a Dueling Device. Following that was the era of technological explosion brought by Soul Card World exploration, the prosperity of Life Card Duel obscuring its original function.
With a Dueling Device, at least you know who’s invaded, from where they invaded. Without the Dueling Device, you’re blind as a bat.
Moreover, Life Card Duel has become the livelihood of thousands of factory workers.
Suddenly, a technician monitoring the Dueling Device’s positioning turned pale: "Not good! He’s headed for the safe house! Too fast! Director can’t keep up!"
"What?" Wu Ziqin was shocked, rushing to the screen.
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"Hello?" Shen Sui answered the phone.
"Shen Sui! Quickly check the Dueling Device! He’s moving in your direction! Once the warning sounds, don’t hesitate! Immediately activate the forced duel!" Zhang Fang’s anxious voice came from the phone.
"Oh, got it." Shen Sui nodded and hung up the phone.
"Actually, it’s not that complicated." Shen Sui looked up at the opposite side.
"Feng Lindu" was in a strange battle stance, watching Shen Sui with a wary expression.
This guy, as if appearing out of nowhere, suddenly stood before him.
Lin Zhen’s doomsday walking experience told him he couldn’t defeat the opponent.