Player 1

Chapter 17 Level 1(15)
According to the definition of the language document, this kind of double-line rhyming poem is called a quatrain, so I simply named it as a puzzle.After exiting Oasis each night, I would jot down any possible explanations in my Holy Grail Journal.

安诺拉说的“船长[75]”是谁？袋鼠船长[76]？美国队长[77]？还是25世纪的巴克·罗杰斯队长[78]？

What is the "place of oblivion"?
These clues are very abstract. Halliday’s home in Middleton can’t be regarded as “forgotten”. Could it be other houses in his hometown?This is too close to the first door, it should not be so simple.

Will "The Forgotten Place" come from "The Rookie's Counterattack"?The film's protagonists are a group of nerds who live in a renovated shabby house (that movie is also one of the classic uses of 80s montage).There is a reprint of "The Rookie's Counterattack" on the planet Skony, but I went there to search for a whole day and still found nothing.

The last two lines of the poem are also very confusing.It seems to say: Once in the "Forgotten Place", collect all the "trophies" and blow some kind of whistle.Could the whistle itself be a metaphor?

Accompanied by such wild thoughts, I continued to study every word until my mind became a mess.

The day Daisou passed the first gate, after school, I climbed a steep mountain a few miles away.A solitary tree stands on the top of the mountain, which adds a sense of beauty to this place where you can overlook the four directions.I like to come here to do my homework, or to just look at the scenery, but there is no such scenery in reality.

I'm sitting under a tree, scrolling through millions of unread emails, which I haven't touched at all this week.Letters came from all over the world, some congratulating, some asking for help, some interviewing, and of course some threatening.In addition to the long-winded nonsense sent by a few psychopaths, I have also received invitations from quite a few large guilds, including Raptor Hunter, Tribe of Destiny, Lord of the Copper Spoon, and Kamikaze.For them, I sent this reply in a group: "Thank you for your kindness, but this is not possible."

Tired of the so-called "fan letters," I clicked on the "Business Contacts" tab and found myself getting several emails from publishers and studios wanting to buy the rights to film my day-to-day life.These letters were all thrown into the recycling bin.I don't want to expose myself in reality, at least not until I find the easter eggs.

Advertising agencies also wanted to work with me, they wanted to use Parsifal to create hype for the product.An electronics seller wanted me to advertise their haptics, gloves, and face shields.Courier companies, shoe factories, and oasis skin sellers also wrote me a lot of letters, and even toy dealers coveted this opportunity to make Parsifal's figure.All these vendors promised to transfer directly to my account using Oasis Points.

It's unbelievable.

I wrote a reply to these letters, telling them that if they want to do business, they must meet the following conditions: [-]. Do not disclose any information about me; [-]. Only conduct transactions through "Oasis".

I received a reply less than an hour later, and the merchants not only agreed to my request, but also sent various contracts directly.I didn't have the money to hire a lawyer to check the terms, but fortunately, the deadlines were only one year, so I signed them one by one, and sent back Parsifal's [-]D model as an attachment.Since there were still people who wanted my voice, I modified my timbre so that Parsifal sounded like a voice actor, with a standard baritone.

After they are authorized, they will transfer the first payment to my account within 48 hours.The money doesn't make me a rich man, but for an orphan in a slum, it's astronomical.

I roughly estimated that if I can live economically, the money is enough for me to move out of the multi-storey building and live in affordable housing for a year.This idea has excited me for a long time, I have always wanted to get out of this place, and now my dream can come true.

After finishing my business emails, I move on to other correspondence.When sorting by sender, I found that IOI sent me a total of [-] emails.To be exact, they copied [-] copies of the exact same message and sent it to my inbox every minute from the moment I got the key, and it hasn't stopped until now.

Bombarded with spam. The way the Sixth Man makes sure he gets noticed is really simple and straightforward.

They were all marked as urgent, with the same subject line as “Major Business Proposal—Read Now!”

Feedback was sent back to IOI the instant I opened the letter, thank goodness the spam finally stopped.

Dear Parsifal,
Congratulations on such an amazing achievement. IOI also attaches great importance to this.

On behalf of IOI, I would like to make a major business proposal to you, and the specific details can be discussed through private chat.You can contact me whenever you want.

Given IOI's poor reputation among hunters, it's understandable if you feel hesitant to communicate with us.But please think carefully before making your final choice: we can invite any of your competitors to participate in this business negotiation.I want you to be the first to work with us, what have you got to lose?

Thanks for reading, I look forward to seeing you.

Sincerely,
nolan sorrento

IOI business manager
Although the tone of the letter seemed to be respectful, it still couldn't hide the threat in it. The "Sixth Man" wants to recruit me, or else they want to get the brass key and the first door strategy.If I sternly say no, they'll go after Artemis, Edge, Dayto and Soto and others who will be on the scoreboard.These brazens won't stop until they find some jerk who's willing to give up his faith for money.

My first reaction was to delete all IOI emails, but I changed my mind later.I wondered what the hell the IOI was going to do, and it was a rare opportunity to talk face-to-face with Nolan Sorrento, the notorious head of the "Sixth Man".As long as you're careful, there's nothing dangerous about communicating online.

If it is sent to Insibio, it is not bad to change a skin and customize clothes before talking, but I have already figured it out: there is no need to deliberately dress myself up.As a celebrity, even in my rags, I can walk over with disdain and tell them to lick my ass.If necessary, I can also upload related videos to YouTube for people to enjoy.

In preparation for the meeting, I did some research on Nolan Sorrento.He has a Ph.D. in computer science and is now the business director of IOI.As a game designer, he was well paid, managing the development team of several third-person role-playing games in Oasis.I've played all of these games, and they're pretty good.It's a pity that such a talented programmer eventually sold his soul to IOI and became the boss of the "Sixth Man". IOI thinks that game designers are more likely to solve Halliday's super puzzle, but Sorrento and his "Sixth Man" team have achieved nothing in five years.With more and more hunters appearing on the scoreboard, IOI is probably already in a state of rage.As a team leader, Sorrento must be under great pressure. This invitation is probably Sorrento's idea.

After getting a general idea of ​​the person, I clicked the chat invitation icon at the bottom of the email.

I want to see what this demon is capable of.

0014
After the connection was successful, I appeared in the huge observation room, with different oasis planets and planes outside the portholes.I seem to be on a space station or ship - I'm not sure.

This is a meeting room that can only be rented at a high price, and the level of the chat room is very different.When opening the link to the meeting room, the player does not actually enter here, but a mirror image of their respective characters is projected in it.But even these slightly transparent mirrors can have some limited interactions with the environment, such as walking, sitting, and opening doors.Conference rooms are generally only used for business purposes, and it is naturally the first time for me to enter such a place.

I turned around and found myself standing in front of a huge semicircular conference table.Twenty feet high, three capital letters "IOI" in solid chrome are floating in the center of the table.A charming waiter greets me. "Mr. Parsifal," she bowed slightly, "Welcome to IOI! Please wait a moment, Mr. Sorrento will be here soon."

Interesting, I didn't announce that I was coming.I tried the recording function, tsk, it was banned by IOI, obviously they don't want any evidence to leak out here.It seems that the wish to put the video on YouTube is going to fail, which is a pity.

In less than a minute, someone came out from the opposite automatic door. He walked straight to me, and his leather shoes made a crisp sound on the floor.It must be Sorrento, because instead of using the uniform look of the "Sixth Man" character (power is always a little bit good), he adopts the typical white skin: blond brown eyes and hook nose.He wears the standard "Sixth Man" uniform - navy blue uniform, gold epaulets, and the silver IOI logo with the serial number 1 on the right breast.

"Finally," he walked to the table with a smile that somehow reminded me of a hyena, "the famous Parsifal is here!" He held out his right hand to me, "Nolan Sauron Tom, Head of Operations. It was an honor to meet you."

"Well," I replied flatly, unmoved, "to each other." Even in a virtual scene, shaking his hand was disgusting.I stared at Sorrento coldly, as if he was holding a dead mouse.A few seconds later, he put down his hand, and the smile on his face not only didn't disappear, but became more intense.

"Follow me, please." He turned to the automatic door.Outside the gate is a huge airport, but only a small planetary shuttle with the IOI logo is docked, which looks empty.Sorrento boarded the ship.I didn't keep up.

"Why is it so troublesome?" I pointed to the airport, "Why didn't you talk to me in the chat room?"

"Let me explain. The conference room is just part of the conversation. We want to impress you more than you actually visit our headquarters."

Yes, I thought, if I went to your headquarters in person, I would be surrounded by thousands of "sixth men", and there would be no way to get out of this matter.

I also boarded the spaceship, the inclined ladder was put away, and the spaceship left the port.Through the porthole, I see myself leaving the Sixth Man's orbiting space station, and shining in front of us is IOI-1, a huge chromium planet.It reminds me of the silver ball in the movie Ghost Chaser.[79] IOI-1 is called "The Sixth Man's Home" by the hunters, and it was built shortly after the easter egg contest started as the IOI's business base.

The seemingly unmanned spacecraft quickly entered the planet's gravity circle and began a circular orbit while slowly descending, the reflective surface passing quickly below us.As far as I know, no hunter has ever reached this place.

The entire IOI-1 is full of armory, oil storage and other storage facilities, and you can also see countless cranes and cranes passing through it.Garages and helipads are also scattered all over the planet, and rows of fighter planes, shuttles and hexapod tanks are on standby across the land.Sorrento didn't say a word as we passed the Sixth Man fleet, just letting me take it all in peace.

It's not that I haven't seen the screenshots of IOI-1's surface before, but they are all overhead shots at the orbital height, and the clarity is not high.Many large guilds publicly declared that they would launch a nuclear strike on the IOI business center, but they have yet to penetrate the IOI orbital defense system.

After an orbital flight, the IOI Business Center came into view: it consists of three tall towers with glass-covered surfaces—two slender skyscrapers stand on both sides of the circular building, just forming the shape of IOI.

The spaceship hovered over the rotunda and landed on the small helipad on the roof. "Isn't it spectacular?" Sorrento finally asked.

"It's okay." I was proud of the indifference and indifference in my tone-to be honest, all this really shocked me, "A replica of the IOI Columbus headquarters in reality?"

Sorrento nodded, "That's right, Columbus Tower is the company's headquarters, and most of my people work in the central tower. The distance between us and GSS headquarters is very close, there is no network delay, and Columbus will not be like other The power goes out like a city."

This is true, GSS is located in Columbus, and the main server of "Oasis" is also there.Although there are "Oasis" nodes all over the world, the data calculations all rely on the main server of Columbus.This also led to the release of "Oasis". In the past few years, Columbus has replaced Silicon Valley as the new high-tech mecca.Oasis users in Columbus naturally enjoy the fastest and most reliable internet links, and almost every hunter hopes to make a home there someday, including me.

I followed Sorrento out of the ship and into the elevator next to the landing pad. "You have become popular all over the world these days," he said as the elevator began to descend, "you must be very excited, but maybe you are a little scared? Because the information you are holding now will make millions of people think of killing. "

I knew this topic would come up sooner or later, so I had an answer ready. "Would you mind skipping the little tricks like strategic intimidation? Just tell me what the deal is. I have work to do."

He smiled, as if I was just a hairy kid who didn't know much about the world. "Well, I know you're busy, but don't jump to conclusions. Trust me, you'll change your mind." His tone suddenly became confident. "Honestly, I'm very, very sure of it."

In order not to let the other party notice my mood swings, I looked away, "Whatever you say."

The elevator clanged as it reached the [-]th floor, the doors opened, and I followed Sorrento down another bright corridor.It's laid out like utopia, a flawless high-tech world.I met a few "sixth men" on the road. When they saw Sorrento, they would stand at attention and salute, just like a soldier meeting an officer.And Sorrento seems to have been used to this for a long time, without any reaction.

He ended up leading me into a huge room that seemed to take up most of the [-]th floor, filled with countless cubicles and high walls, each containing a People wearing high-end somatosensory equipment.

"Welcome to the IOI Egg Research Department." Sorrento spoke proudly.

"Oh, this is the kneeling and licking center, huh?" I looked around.

"Why don't you be kind," he said, "they can be your men."

"Can I have my own cubicle?"

"No, you'll have your own office," he laughed, "and it will have a beautiful view, much better than the virtual one you're seeing now."

I point to a new Haber Hill motion suit. "It's really good stuff." I said.To be honest, these things are works of art.

"Yes, it's great, isn't it? Our somatosensory equipment has been carefully modified, and they are connected together. Our system allows multiple people to control any character at the same time, so we can choose the most suitable person according to the actual situation. Manipulate the characters in the mission."

"Well, cheating."

"You can't say that," he looked away, "Halliday didn't impose any restrictions on the rules of the game. The idea of ​​cheating is just an excuse for the weak." Before I could answer, Sorrento continued to move forward, with I went through those compartments. "All of us have Wi-Fi connections to the support team," he said. "The support team includes Halliday academics, game experts, pop culture historians and cryptographers. Together, they can help us solve problems and problems we encounter. Puzzle." He turned to me and smiled, "As you can see, Parsifal, we are fully prepared and we will surely win."

(End of this chapter)