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Chapter 25 Forest of Time Temple
At this time, Mikuya came to the old man and picked up a baked apple from the campfire nearby.

Just as she was putting it into the inventory, the old man sitting in front of the campfire suddenly spoke: "This is the baked apple I made!"

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" The old man smiled honestly: "I'm just kidding. Apples must be roasted just right to taste."

"So... it's really rare that there are people here." The old man seemed to have a surprised expression on his face. He didn't expect that there were other people besides her.

I don't know why, but because of Ren Xiaotang's laziness, this game doesn't have much voice acting. Even when the NPC talks to himself, he doesn't say a word at all.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Mikuya couldn't help but sigh, this setting is indeed strange!
As the old man's conversation ended, two options appeared on the game interface.

【Who are you? 】

【goodbye】

When Mikuya finished choosing the first option, she thought Link would say something.

After all, I've been playing for a while, and apart from the "Ah!" sound when he fell off the cliff just now, I haven't heard Link's voice acting yet.

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What Mikuya never expected was not only the use of NPCs, but also the lack of voice acting for Link, which really surprised her.

Because in her eyes, general characters and NPC dialogues will have dubbing, but this game has no dubbing at all.

"Strange, why is there no dubbing for Link?" Mikuya wondered in her mind, could it be that game manufacturers nowadays are so lazy that they don't even want to dub the protagonist.

At this moment, along with Mikuya's question, a bunch of discussions appeared on the barrage.

"I'm also curious. Logically speaking, even if the supporting characters don't have dubbing, the protagonist should have one, right?"

"What dumb Lin!"

"Zelda is dumb?"

"I really like this setting. Every time I play other games, when the protagonist opens his mouth, it feels like he is experiencing someone else's story."

"Tell me, there is another possibility. Could it be that Lao Ren feels that dubbing is too expensive?"

"No, I think it's another possibility. In other words, link in the game means connection, because the protagonist does not have his own thoughts. The player's own thoughts are the protagonist."

"Maybe I want to connect players with the game, so that players can feel the same way as Link."

"Let players connect with the game and feel the same?" Mikuya murmured to himself, looking at the analysis of friends in the live broadcast room.

He is not made into a flesh-and-blood protagonist with his own vivid character, but simply exists as a "connecting bridge" between the player and the game.

He is a stand-in for the player in the Breath of the Wild game world.

He has no independent thoughts of his own. The player's thoughts and words are Link's.

In other words, in other games, the player plays the protagonist of the game, so the player can hear the protagonist in the game talking non-stop from the beginning of the game.

The protagonist of this game is a player himself, so he doesn't say a word, leaving the players to silently murmur in their hearts while experiencing the game.

The protagonist does not speak in order to enhance his sense of substitution, which means that he is Link.

Let players voice their own voices?

After thinking about everything, Mikuya suddenly felt filled with emotion. Now she finally understands and seems to understand why there is no dubbing in this game.

It turns out that it’s not that it doesn’t need dubbing, but that it doesn’t need dubbing at all, because the player’s thoughts are the protagonist of the game.

Mikuya's heart beats much faster when he thinks of this. This game is really fun. It seems to have details that other manufacturers can't think of.

For example, in the hearts of players, Link is the protagonist.

In the game, the protagonist is also the protagonist in the game.

In the game world, the player is the protagonist of the game.

Although in this game, she has just started, but she feels that she has slowly integrated into this game. "Are you interested in me, a bad old man? Are you really a weirdo?" The old man answered Link's question in a very gentle tone.

But to Mikuya's ears, there was a hint of mystery in the old man's tone.

The old man continued to speak: "As you see, I am just a strange old man who lives here alone."

"Speaking of which, what are you doing in a place like this?" the old man asked.

"This is here?" Looking at the old man's appearance, Mikuya was a little confused. Why did he feel like he knew him?
"Since you have asked questions to answer, young people are really having a headache these days." As he said that, the old man shook his head, seeming helpless.

"But now, it's fate that you and I meet here, so I'll tell you."

The old man said slowly: "This is the initial platform. It is said that it was the birthplace of King Hyrule in the past."

But at this moment, the old man in the picture stood up, turned around and pointed to the distance. As the end of the game moved, there was a huge temple towering into the clouds.

The old man's words seemed to be full of memories, which made Mikuya couldn't help but feel some resonance. She looked up at the appearance of the temple.

The temple looks very dilapidated, the entire temple is decayed, and even the surroundings of the temple are covered with weeds. It seems that time has passed away, giving people a sense of desolation.

But even so, you can still see the simple and solemn temple.

Temple of Time Forest (Time Forest).

What happened to this temple before, and why did it become the dilapidated appearance it is now?

"That was the temple used by the kingdom to hold sacrificial ceremonies a long time ago." The old man continued to tell the information he knew.

"Since the fall of that kingdom 100 years ago, it has been abandoned for a long time."

"As you can see, this place is now a forgotten place and no one will go near it." The old man sighed and continued to sit and warm himself by the fire.

Of course, what attracted Mikuya's attention the most was the iron pot with a fire in front of the old man.

"Yeah? This game can't cook, can it?"

At this time, Mikuya took out apples, mushrooms, fish and other miscellaneous things from his backpack and threw them into the iron pot.

A sea-roasted dish is completed.

At this time, the water friends in the live broadcast room were boiling.

"It's so beautiful! You can really cook!"

"I wonder now, what can't be done in this game?"

"I have a question, is his cuisine fixed? Sister Mi, why don't you try a few more."

Seeing the barrage in the live broadcast room, Mikuya also had some doubts. She tried several more dishes, and it can be said that she used all kinds of tricks.

But every dish can be cooked successfully. Not only that, but depending on the different types of dishes, Link also makes different actions one after another.

When making ordinary dishes, Link will hum a tune and put his hands on his hips. When the preparation is completed, Link will wave his hands downwards, looking happy.

When the cooking is successful, Link will jump with joy.

When the cooking fails, Link will frown and find that things are not that simple,
Every time Link eats different foods, corresponding actions will be made on the interface.

The most interesting thing is the way you eat dark food, look at it awkwardly, then close your eyes and stuff it in.

"Brothers, I don't know how to describe this game!" Mikuya was so shocked that he couldn't describe it in words.

This game really became more and more interesting the more she played it. Whether it was the cooking techniques or the various skills in the game, she had never seen anything like this before.

(End of this chapter)