Chapter 905 Back to 2006
Of course, this ranking is purely based on the number of players.
"World of Warcraft" is a paid game, and players have a threshold for entry, while the later "League of Legends" is a free game with no entry threshold. The number of active players of the two naturally varies.
However, the times have been developing, and nothing can last forever, and the same is true for online games. Generations of new products are always appearing continuously, impacting the status of old games.
A few years later, the number of players of "League of Legends" was finally surpassed by other online games. Later, several classic games appeared all over the world, with active players counting in the hundreds of millions.
Later, Time Inc. appeared, and virtual technology officially became popular all over the world. However, online games are gradually being eliminated, because the more powerful virtual world has replaced all online games.
As for the number of users, there is no statistical significance, because everyone in the world is a user of the virtual world. If we really want to count, then there are as many people in the world as there are users in the virtual world.
The progress of the times is often accompanied by nodes, and these nodes will remain in the historical records. Huang Yi, who is more than a hundred years later, knows games such as "World of Warcraft" and "League of Legends" because they used to be nodes in history.
Seeing the four characters "World of Warcraft" on the poster, Huang Yi finally understood the time and place he was in now - this was Chenzhou City more than a hundred years ago, but it was virtualized by the Time Corporation system.
Huang Yi couldn't help but wondered even more, what was Mr. Huang Sha sending him to such a special virtual world for? What he was going to do was the third-rank trial of the second world, but all this had nothing to do with the second world.
This is indeed an SSS-level trial!
Huang Yi had at least some basic clues in the previous trials, but he didn't know what was going on in this trial, and he didn't even know how to start.
"Our boss said that Sabac will be captured tonight!"
"It's 2006 now. You're still playing legends! Let's play World of Warcraft with me. It's fun. It's like a real second world. Try it too!"
"I can't understand World of Warcraft, and the 3D game makes me dizzy. I still have to think that legends are fun!"
At this time, Huang Yi heard two young men talking next to him. The two young men were wearing vests. With tattoos and two cigarettes in his mouth, he walked towards the Internet cafe in the city E station in front of him while talking.
Huang Yi's heart moved, and he couldn't help but also walked towards the Internet cafe at Station E in the city.
In such an era, if there is anything that has anything to do with the second world, it is the Internet cafe. The second world is the virtual world of the future. And online games are equivalent to the second world of this era.
Huang Yi followed a group of running students, slowly walked into the stairs and climbed up to the second floor. After going upstairs, there is an open glass door, with four yellowed and discolored characters pasted on each side, which read - "Fiber optic Internet access, air conditioner is on."
It is hot summer. It was noon again, and it was very hot. Huang Yi had just stayed on the street below for a while, and was already profusely sweating. The cool wind gushing out of the glass door felt very comfortable on the body.
He took a deep breath and walked into the Internet cafe.
The Internet cafe was full of smoke and bustle, and it was already full. Many of them are students who have just finished school. They sat in front of each computer, concentrating on operating the mouse and keyboard, and there were all kinds of online games on the monitor screen. There are still many people who didn't occupy their seats, so they could only stand behind other people's chairs and watch others play enviously.
"It turns out that Internet cafes look like this." Huang Yi, the "time traveler", shuttled back and forth in the Internet cafe, looking at everything in front of him curiously. More than a hundred years later. Internet cafes have long since disappeared, and things like computers have long been replaced by more advanced optical brains. Computers can only be seen in museums and antique markets.
Huang Yi walked around the Internet cafe a few times. Got more useful news. The hottest online games in this era are "Running Kart", "World of Warcraft", "QQ Fantasy", "Audition", "Fantasy Westward Journey" and so on. Internet access fees vary, the cheapest lobby area is 2 yuan an hour, the booth is 3 yuan an hour, and the private room is 5 yuan an hour.
However, whether it is the lobby, booths or boxes, they are already overcrowded. As long as a computer is turned off, it will be snatched away by those waiting in an instant.
Huang Yi touched his pocket, and suddenly took out a red banknote, which was exactly one hundred yuan in this era!
There is no time limit on the surface of this trial, but it is actually limited in another way. Life needs money. If he still fails to pass this strange test after using up the hundred dollars, he will probably be judged to have failed the test!
Huang Yi saw that the Internet cafe was overcrowded, and couldn't find a machine for a while, so he simply logged off the line, went back to Rose Prison to eat something, and exercised his body.
Two hours later, he was back online. At this time, he still appeared in the Internet cafe, everyone was surfing the Internet, and no one noticed his arrival.
The Internet cafe was much empty, and the students were gone. They should have gone back to school, and the computers were vacant.
Huang Yi imitated others, went to the cashier first, and spent 20 yuan to apply for a membership card. This was 2006, and no ID card was needed to surf the Internet.
Then, in the cheapest lobby area, he randomly found a corner against the wall and turned on a computer.
It was mid-afternoon at this time, and the Internet cafe was quiet, except for the sound of keyboard tapping from time to time, and the public speaker of the Internet cafe was playing music.
"Play Chopin's Nocturne for you, commemorating my dead love, and I will hide my name for you, playing the piano under the moonlight..." At this time, a young man next to him suddenly hummed along with the singing from the Internet cafe, but he was tone deaf, obviously not there in tune.
This young man with a cropped cut, wearing a white vest and big pants, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, looks about twenty years old. At this moment, he was holding the mouse tightly, pressing the keyboard with his fingers, and staring intently at the computer screen, playing an online game.
The game screen was very rough. The young man controlled a mage-like figure, who played lightning over and over again, and dealt with a samurai holding a knife. There is a large circle in the lower left corner of the screen, one side is blue and the other side is red, which is very conspicuous.
Suddenly, the red color in the semicircle was empty, and the mage villain controlled by the young man lay on the ground, as if he had been killed by the warrior.
"Fuck, it's dead again!" The young man took a puff of his cigarette and cursed. Then, he clicked the mouse, and a panel popped up on the screen. There was a person on the panel, which was the samurai with the sword just now. Next to the image of the warrior, there are small frames with pieces of equipment on them. The young man moved the mouse to each grid and checked them one by one.
"Damn, this warrior is so good, Dragon Slaying Knife, Numbing Ring, I don't know how much money I paid to get this equipment! Playing a private server and charging money, there is something wrong with my brain." The young man was checking and cursing.
Hearing the words "Dragon Slaying Knife" and "Paralyzing Ring", Huang Yi can probably guess that this should refer to very powerful equipment, just like his epic equipment in the second world. It will be very powerful and can kill others at will. As for the word 'private server', Huang Yi was at a loss as to what it was.
At this time, Huang Yi's machine had already started up, and a blue interface appeared on the screen, with the words "Vientiane Network Management" written in four characters. Below it were two boxes, which required the account password to be entered.
Huang Yi pulled out the keyboard, and after a long time, he finally entered his membership card number and password, and successfully logged in.
The computer desktop flashed a few times, and then several icons appeared, namely "movie music", "game menu", "chat tool" and so on.
Huang Yi moved the mouse, shook it back and forth a few times, familiarized himself with the feel, and finally clicked the "game menu".
The computer screen flickered for a moment, and a new interface popped up, which contained a dazzling array of small icons, densely packed, at least hundreds of games.
Huang Yi browsed through these icons one by one. Popular games such as "World of Warcraft", "QQ Fantasy", and "Fantasy Westward Journey" are all placed at the front, and they are marked in red, which is very conspicuous. The rest of the games are relatively deserted, with icons submerged in the game menu.
Huang Yi had never played any of these games, and he didn't know how to complete this trial, so he just browsed aimlessly, looking like he was doing nothing.
"Boss, come and pack soft white sand!" At this moment, the young man next to him who was playing Legend suddenly waved his hand towards the cashier and shouted.
The owner of the Internet cafe quickly came over with a pack of white cigarettes, and the young man gave the boss four yuan in a familiar manner.
The young man couldn't wait to tear open the cigarette case, took out one and put it in his mouth, took out the lighter and lit it, took a deep breath, and enjoyed it.
At this time, the young man turned his head and glanced at Huang Yi's computer screen. Seeing Huang Yi's eyes aimlessly browsing through the game charts, he couldn't help but smile, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, and threw it on Huang Yi's computer screen. On the table, said: "Brother, you are looking for a game to play! You can try the legend, I will take you to upgrade!"
Huang Yi was startled, and soon realized that the young man was talking to himself, he reached out to pick up the cigarette on the table, put it in his mouth, and said vaguely: "I have never played Legend, so I don't know how to play it! "(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian () to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)