Chapter 908: The Past

"Boss, here is a bowl of spicy snails, a bowl of crayfish, and a piece of beer." At this time, Li Qiang said to the owner of the food stall, with a very familiar tone, as if he and the owner were old friends.

"Okay!" The owner of the food stall was a middle-aged man, shirtless and covered in sweat, who was struggling to fry a big pot of snails, so he took the time to answer Li Qiang.

The three of Huang Yi found a place closest to the river and sat down, leaning against the back of the plastic chair, smoking while waiting.

Not long after, the boss brought up a pot of snails himself.

The snails are steaming hot, full of aroma, full of red pepper, chili oil flowing on the snail meat, reflecting attractive luster, full of color, fragrance and taste.

"Come, come! Suck the snail!" Li Qiang swallowed, and immediately reached out to pick up a snail, put it in his mouth and "" got up.

His movements are very sophisticated, with a light sip, the snail meat enters the mouth, leaving only an empty shell, which he casually throws into the river.

Huang Yi and the monkey had been hungry for a long time, and their stomachs were already rumbling, so they each picked up a snail and started sucking.

Huang Yi seldom eats snails, but the snails are so good that they can be sucked out easily. The snail meat is very tasty, just rightly spicy, the meat is tender and chewy, it is simply delicious.

"I have eaten spicy snails in many places. I have also eaten in five-star hotels, but they are not as good as this one! The more upscale the place, the more unpalatable the food is. If you want to eat real delicious food, you have to eat it." Come to such a small place." Li Qiang sucked on the snails again and again, and said with emotion, his lips were already covered with chili oil, and he ate it with great joy.

"It's much more delicious than the food in our school cafeteria!" The monkey also ate something sloppy and mumbled.

Soon, the boss brought up another pot of crayfish and a case of beer. Immediately, the table was rich.

Li Qiang skillfully bit open three bottles of beer, gave Huang Yi and Hou Zi a bottle each, and said, "Come on, cheers!"

The three picked up the wine bottle, touched it, and drank directly at the beer bottle. The cool river wind blows. Coupled with ice-cold beer, the heat of summer was dispelled a lot at once.

"On such a hot night, sitting by the river with three or two friends, sipping spicy snails and eating crayfish. Drinking beer, this is a day like a fairy!" Li Qiang put down the bottle and enjoyed said.

"Brother Qiang, are you staying up all night tonight?" The monkey peeled the crayfish,

side asked.

Li Qiang nodded and said, "All night long! I'm going to join the army tomorrow. I'll get the train ticket at eight o'clock in the morning, and I'll play legends at night. I won't be able to play when I'm in the army."

"Are you leaving tomorrow?" The monkey was slightly startled, a hand grabbing the crayfish stopped in mid-air, staring blankly at Li Qiang.

"Yeah!" Li Qiang's expression was a little sad, "I don't have a diploma, and I've been doing odd jobs for the past few years. It's not an option to continue like this, at least serving as a soldier is a way."

"Then I'll stay up all night and stay with you for the last night." Monkey said, turning his head to look at Huang Yi, and said, "Brother, are you staying up all night tonight?"

Huang Yi sucked a snail, threw the empty shell into the river, nodded and said: "Okay! It doesn't matter whether you play Legend or Warcraft."

Li Qiang took a big gulp of beer and looked at the vast river. He said with emotion: "After playing Legend for five years, my youth is wasted, and I can't play it anymore when I am in the army. After I return from the army, I don't know if there will be a game like Legend. At that time, I will also find a wife to get married and have a baby. Work hard make money."

Monkey chuckled, and said, "Even if there is still a legend, I don't know what to change it to. Domestic games are all about making money. Or World of Warcraft. Everyone is fair for a few cents an hour."

"It's true. Playing legends now is not as fun as it used to be." Li Qiang said, with a flash of reminiscence in his eyes, "Back then, when fighting monsters, we lit candles, held eight wastes in our hands, and wore 1-1 on our heads. Wearing a helmet, wearing 0-1 clothes, drinking a baby bottle, but playing is a passion. Now, as long as you are willing to pay for it, you can afford any top-notch equipment, and it’s no fun.”

"People who play games now are also very utilitarian. When they used to play games, the relationship between people was very good." The monkey sucked out a snail, looked at Li Qiang and asked, "Brother Qiang, what is the most memorable thing about you playing Legend?" What's the matter?"

"The most unforgettable thing!" Li Qiang looked at the river under the night, and said quietly: "The most memorable thing for me was many years ago. I remember that at that time, I was a little mage of level 31. Strange, here comes a little female mage of level 22, her name is Xiaozhuan. She is so small, she will often be hit to death by black maggots, she will keep dying, keep coming, from the magic city to the hall of the overlord. It's been a long time, but every time she hangs up, she will run back and start again. Then I took her to upgrade, and she followed me for two days and two nights, I like her so much, we fell in love in the game, that was my first time Online dating. But one day later, she never went online again. These years, every time I go online, I will first check if she is online, but I have never seen her. Now I miss her so much! It was 2001 It’s been a year, hehe! It was so good at that time, I really miss the one called Xiaobachu.”

The dim yellow light of the food stall shone on Li Qiang's face, and his gaze was fixed on the river, as if immersed in the long past. A gust of night wind blows, and the river water ripples, just like Li Qiang's eyes.

The monkey also seemed to be reminded of the past, and said: "When I first played World of Warcraft, I was only over ten levels. One night, I saw on the Internet that I could farm the Dead Mine, so I ran outside the Dead Mine. , I want to team up with someone to do dungeons. I clicked on it casually, and actually formed a level 60 full-level priest! The priest didn't talk much, and after knowing that it was my first time to do dungeons, he took me with him. When it is a dangerous place, I will briefly talk about the places to pay attention to. In this way, he and I brushed a copy overnight. When I was about to log off the next morning, I told him goodbye tomorrow, and he He said we would never see each other again, and he was leaving the game. He said we were destined, so he gave me all the gold coins on his body. The next day, I didn’t see him online, and I haven’t seen him since. Therefore, every time I see a priest player, I feel very special. I have been playing Warcraft for so long, and I have played other professions, but I have never played a priest. I don’t know why.

Li Qiang looked away. Reopened a bottle of beer and said: "Come on, cheers, I'm leaving tomorrow, have a good drink tonight, and wait until I get back from the army. Monkey, you should also go to college outside, and I don't know if you can do it in the future." Can't see it."

After all, the three had another drink.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, the food stall was already empty, and the table of the three of Huang Yi was already full of empty wine bottles, and there was only a little scrap left in the pot of snails and crayfish. All three of them were full and sat on plastic chairs contentedly.

"Enough to eat and drink, let's go!" Li Qiang said, then turned to look at Huang Yi and Houzi, "You two go back to the Internet cafe first, and I will go back to get my luggage, and I will go to the Internet cafe to find you later. All night until tomorrow In the morning, I just took my luggage and left." After that, he stood up and went to pay the boss.

Huang Yi and Hou Zi walked towards the Internet cafe under the light of the street lamp.

It was very late at night, and the supper shops on both sides of the road had already closed, only the footsteps of the two of them spread far away in the deserted night.

There are very few cars on the road, and occasionally a car passes by. The bright headlights made the shadows of the two of them flicker, like a scene in a dream.

"There are strange merchants in the world who only sell absurd dreams to comfort the frustrated. Those who hear it buy like wind. Don't ask when the dream wakes up. Tule is in a dream, what is life? A dream in a hundred years." The monkey suddenly chanted. A poem, looking at the empty streets, said: "Sometimes, I really wonder if there is really a parallel space in this world. In that parallel world, everything is still the same. It's like The Emerald Dream in World of Warcraft maintains the original appearance of the game world, and our memories are all there."

"Parallel world... Emerald Dream? Is there such a place?" Huang Yi was startled for a moment, and turned to look at the monkey.

"Yes, the Emerald Dream, a legendary place in World of Warcraft." The monkey nodded, "Our World of Warcraft is named Azeroth, and in the Emerald Dream, there is an identical Azeroth continent. But the Azeroth continent in the Emerald Dream has not been interfered by players, and everything remains the same as it was originally. If life is just like the first time I saw it, in the Emerald Dream, it will remain the same as when I first saw World of Warcraft. Today I am in I saw a post on the Internet, saying that there is a task in the Emerald Dream, which is very interesting, and I will do it later."

Huang Yi's heart moved, and he immediately thought of the sharp sword.

He had been thinking about how the sword could have the ability to enter another server to obtain those legendary epic equipment.

Now it seems that if the second world also has a place similar to the Emerald Dream, even more perfect, more complex, and more like a real world than the Emerald Dream, and Li Jian happens to know the entrance to such a place, then he can get the same equipped, no wonder.

Huang Yi touched his chin and said, "I'll see your mission later."

"Okay, I'm going to explore anyway." Monkey nodded.

After a while, the two returned to the Internet cafe. At this time, the Internet cafe was empty, only a few players stayed up all night, and the computers of the three of them were still hanging there.

Huang Yi and the monkey sat back to their respective seats, but this time, Huang Yi didn't play anymore, but watched the monkey do the task of the Emerald Dream.

"This task in the Emerald Dream can only be done by druids. It seems that other professions cannot do this task..." Monkey explained to Huang Yi while manipulating his character.

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There is no charge for the following words:

Some people asked whether these chapters are my game experience over the years, some of them are indeed my experience, but some of them are the experience of others playing games that I saw on the Internet. In fact, I haven't played Legendary and World of Warcraft much, especially Legendary, which I only entered once. My most advanced account in World of Warcraft is only over 60, and it was brought up by someone else.

The descriptions in the article about legends and World of Warcraft, including place names, skills, occupation names, etc., are all written by me while checking the information. I personally think it should be quite true and accurate. I don’t know if there are any common-sense mistakes, maybe Some friends are very familiar with these two games, if you see any mistakes, please forgive me.

The experiences of Monkey and Li Qiang were all I saw on the Internet, and I remembered my memories of playing other games, so I wrote them here. The games are different, but the feeling is the same. Friends who have never played games before may not understand that feeling. The friends who played together are gradually leaving. The scenery is still the same as before, but the people are no longer there. I wrote an article about my playing games before, called "One Man's Game", I posted it in the work related, Sina Weibo (x-on:黄华怡) also posted it, interested friends can check it out. (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.)