Alien Paradise.

Chapter 414 Global Trial

June 2024, 6, Jiangcheng GamingJoy venue.

Every year on the opening day, this place is extremely lively, with major game companies taking turns to set up stages to promote their latest masterpieces, and the number of onlookers can roughly determine which game is most anticipated by players. However, the situation this year is indeed a bit special. Many of the major companies' stages are deserted, and a large number of people have gathered at the venue of an unknown company, blocking the aisles.

"Please make way, please!" Lu Ming pushed through the dense crowd and finally squeezed to the side of the stage. He raised his trial qualification ticket to the official staff and said, "I'm here to try it out!"

This sentence immediately attracted countless envious glances.

"Fuck, he's actually qualified to participate!"

“Why can’t I draw?”

"It's not a lottery, the lottery is a scam! This kind of thing has already been divided up by the big ups."

Feeling the envious and jealous gazes of the onlookers, Lu Ming felt indescribably proud. Although he had many fans online, few people knew him in real life. Being envied by so many people with a trial coupon like this was much better than the bragging of fans across the Internet.

"Have you brought your ID card? Please verify your identity for us." The receptionist said with a smile.

"I brought it." Lu Ming handed her his ID card. "It's really not easy to play your game. I've participated in so many trial sessions, and none of them were like yours."

Most game demos will open their booths to GJ players. In other words, as long as you are willing to come and queue up, you can basically play the game you want to experience first. The official will not care who you are, let alone check your ID.

"Sorry, this is also the requirement from above." After confirming his identity, the other party pointed to the stage and said, "Teacher Lu, please come on stage."

Lu Ming walked up the three steps to the booth, and for a moment he seemed to be the center of the world. There were also four to five thousand people gathered in the audience, although this was less than one percent of his fans, but in reality it was a huge crowd, making people's hearts pound.

There were nineteen other people standing on the stage, and apparently they had also qualified for the trial.

What was very different from other booths was that it was clean, with neither game consoles nor computers, only ten chairs.

"Looking at the situation... they are serious." Lu Ming muttered softly.

That's right, he was going to experience a brand new VR game called "Misty Spectre", developed by Paradise, a small company he had never heard of before. But despite that, the previews they released were more terrifying than the last, with extreme graphics, realistic physics engine, and incredible combat feedback, which were simply movie-level special effects.

Moreover, the game's development progress is frighteningly fast. In the past, the essence of such works was often crammed into a 30-second PV, and either disappeared after seven or eight years of production, or was released after arousing people's appetite and then found to be a cyber fraud. But Shadow of Mordor is obviously different. It was first noticed by players four months ago, and the first PV immediately caused a sensation. Just when everyone was discussing how good it was, it released several movie-level real machine pictures in succession, and opened an invitation-based internal test a month ago.

The players who were lucky enough to participate in this internal test reacted extremely enthusiastically, almost to the point of being crazy.

This further raised everyone's expectations for the game.

Then there is the global trial that will be open in June.

According to the park's official announcement, they will hold trial games in 16 cities in four countries around the world, with a total of 320 spots available. Players can get the chance to experience the game first by forwarding the lottery. Obviously, this kind of publicity has a great effect, but Lu Ming also knows that the comments of the onlookers are not groundless, because he is an invited guest, and he guessed that the 19 people on the stage are most likely his peers.

The only thing that bothers him is that no matter how exciting the VR game is, he can't record a video to share with his fans.

It seems that I can only rely on my own eyes to record it well, and then make a review with the official promotional video. "Dear guest teachers, please sit down on the chairs, the game is about to begin." The host reminded.

Lu Ming found an empty seat and half-lay down, and then someone handed him a pair of VR glasses.

The biggest question about this game is how to get a fully immersive gaming experience with a pair of glasses. Ever since the internal test players hyped it up as being comparable to reality, the debate online has basically revolved around this point - after all, brain science has not yet developed to the point where it can directly change brain waves, and it is very mysterious to want to depict reality with just the eyes.

However, this is the most anticipated game in the world after all, and whether it is red or black, it can get huge traffic. All he has to do is to send out the first-hand information as soon as possible, and the quality of the game itself is not his focus.

Even when Lu Ming put on the VR, he had already thought about how to refute the beta tester's crazy remarks - VR is VR, how can it be completely like reality? This is just official exaggeration.

"Start the game."

Following a soft hum in his ear, Lu Ming saw a white light appear in front of him.

Well... white light plus startup, he has already thought about how to edit the opening.

But then came a strong dizziness, a feeling of weightlessness and spinning, which almost made him vomit!
What the hell is this? A mental attack!

Lu Ming raised his hand to take off the VR headset, but found that there was nothing on his face. When he opened his eyes, he was shocked to find that the venue had disappeared, replaced by a dark land. Heavy rain poured down all around, pulling him from reality into the game world.

"Shit, shit, shit!" This was the only word that instantly came to his mind.

What the fuck is this technical level! ?

Lu Ming could not only see his own hands and feet, but he could also smell the smell of earth in the air - that was the unique smell emitted by the heavy rain hitting the earth, which perfectly matched the surrounding rainy scene.

At this time, someone around him also woke up, with the same stunned expression.

Only then did Lu Ming notice that he was lying diagonally in a metal groove. There were hundreds of grooves like this one. They were lined up in a row, and each groove contained a living person.

"Everyone, get up! What are you still dawdling for?" A furious roar sounded in front of him. "Get your guns when you wake up, or I'll kill you first!"

Judging from the attitude of the person shouting, it is most likely his "boss".

Although I had never heard of that language, I was surprisingly able to understand its meaning.

Lu Ming immediately entered the state - Oh my god, this is the novice guidance level! He immediately jumped out of the groove, came to the gun rack on the edge of the awning, and picked up a gun. The moment the gun was in his hand, the heavy grip made him shiver! Not only was the touch amazing, but even the weight of the weapon was simulated faithfully. Is this really something a pair of VR glasses can do?
Then, a row of text appeared in front of Lu Ming's eyes: Weapons 1/1, find and equip the following equipment: Magazines 0/5, Grenade: 0/2, Fog Lights: 0/1, Game Countdown: 1 hour.

This line of prompting brought him back to the real world.

Shit, what does this planner know? With such realistic art design and modeling, you give me this kind of distracting web game prompt? Can't you just give a complete guide and some more vivid performance?
Although Lu Ming was complaining in his heart, he was not idle, because he saw more and more people gathering around the gun rack. In order to prevent the shortage of weapons, he quickly followed the text prompts and found the corresponding equipment in the weapon box next to him. Lu Ming even secretly took two more grenades to see if it would trigger a bug, but the system number only changed to 4/2, and there was no other reaction.

It turns out that the guidance mission was just a bait!
The planning is good, and the degree of freedom increases immediately!

(End of this chapter)