Chapter 2: Who are you trying to fool?
Next morning
James stood in front of a sleeping bunker with dark circles under his eyes.
The whole night he has been modifying the virtual Simulator So that he can connect it with the Virtual Game 'Cosmic Wars' this afternoon.
The game will be officially launched in 3 hours, that's the reason why he stayed all night to modify the Virtual Simulator.
Finally, it's done.
Yes, the sleeping bunker in front of him is the Virtual Simulator. He purchased it for the love dating game he wanted to play last month.
Usually, a Virtual Simulator is in the shape of a helmet. The specially designed Virtual Simulator for 'Cosmic War' is a bracelet.
But why is the Virtual Simulator in front of him is a sleeping bunker? Because this Virtual Simulator is specially designed for love games…
That needs some privacy to do some activity, *cough* *cough* Anyway it was a fun game, He was addicted to it...
But he has to leave this game now to make money.
Now all he has to do is wait for the game to start.
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At 1:57 PM James got into the Sleeping bunker And closed the door from inside.
It's not that he is going to do something inside, But it's a habit he developed during the past month.
It's only three minutes to start the game, James was looking forward to experiencing the game.
He wanted to see if he could earn 1,00,000 Federal Coins in this game.
At 2:00 PM the game was officially launched.
Before he could enter the game he saw a Form appearing in front of him, He felt annoyed seeing the form.
He scanned through it quickly and knew it was just a registration form that every player needs to fill before entering the game.
He quickly filled the details in the form and submitted it.
After he submitted the form the game officially started, He felt that his vision was pitch black and he went into a deep sleep.
He knew that his Virtual Simulator was being connected to the 'Cosmic War' main server.
James was not in the dark for too long. It was dark for just a few seconds. Then a ray of light entered his vision
Many times not seeing this ray of light means death.
Of course, this is a rare occurrence, But there is a probability, So James checked the adjustment he made in the virtual Simulator two or three times.
That's the reason his Virtual Simulator established a connection successfully.
He didn't want to throw away his life for just some money.
So he was able to enter the game easily without any obstacles.
"Congratulations you have been assigned to Novice Village no.12."
"Congratulations! You are one of the first thousand people who have entered the game successfully. As a reward, you will get a Novice gift package."
He heard the system's voice and opened his eyes with much difficulty!
It's not the first time inside a virtual world, So he is not surprised to see a world similar to the outside world.
But it's the first time he is playing a game like this so he was excited to take on a task and earn money.
On the official website, he learned the news about, How to earn money in this game.
You can exchange equipment, Quests, Gold earned in the game for real currency.
The currency in this game is divided into 4 categories, Bronze, Silver, Gold and amethyst coins.
1 Amethyst coin can be exchanged for 100 gold coin, One gold coin can be exchanged for 100 silver coins and so on.
One bronze coin is equal to 10 federal coins, If he could calculate according to this then 1 silver coin is worth 1,000 Federal coins.
1 gold coin is worth 100,000 Federal coins, And 1 Amethyst coin is worth 10 Million Federal coins.
James gulped when he thought of this, If he could get just one amethyst coin then he does not need to work for a year.
But it's not realistic, The Amethyst coin will not appear in the game at the beginning stage.
Only bronze and Copper coins will appear.
He opened his game panel to look at his profile.
Name James. (Level 0)
Experience: [0/10]
Race: Human.
Occupation: None.
Health:15/15
Strength: 14
Agility: 17
Defence: 12
Spirit: 13
Talent: None.
Inventory: Novice package*1
Ordinary lineup, Only his agility can be considered outstanding.
James saw on the forum that, every time you upgrade your level your stats will increase automatically.
So the main focus should be Level, If the experience increases then other stats will increase too.
He looked around and saw that he was at the village entrance. People were coming and going out of the entrance.
He saw names floating on the heads of many people. They should be players. He looked up and saw that he also had a name floating on his head.
And the rest of the people should be NPC, According to the game company, All the NPC on the game have similar intelligence to humans.
They can think, analyse and can change their decision anytime.
So it's recommended not to apply the logic of the normal game in this Game, When communicating with NPC you have to treat them as humans.
Otherwise, you will not get any quests from them.
James felt curious about this, All the NPC have similar intelligence as human beings.
Theoretically, it's possible, But it will need huge codes, programmes and data to just make one NPC with a specification of a human being, And just in front of him there are more than 100 NPC, So how is this possible to make so many programmes?
James was filled with curiosity when he thought of this. Is it as incredible as the company said? Or is it fake?
He can know this by interacting with one NPC. He looked around and saw that all of the people at the entrance were full of men filled with sweat.
The virtual simulator can simulate the sense of smell too, So he can smell them, Not that he wanted to smell it, So he wanted to change the location for conversation.
And he felt that these people would not give him a task anyway and competition is big here too.
All the players are trying to help Npc and get a task.
Let's go inside there should be more people to whom I can talk. James thought to himself and walked inside the village.
Soon James found the target. It was a middle-aged Npc, Who was standing near the building with an anxious face.
Many players were standing in the surroundings but no one got near the middle-aged man to get a task.
Although puzzled, James was more than happy to take this chance for himself.
So he walked toward the middle-aged man, When all the players saw him going toward the middle-aged man they started discussing among themselves.
"Another stupid person, Thinking that he can get a task from the Npc that easily."
"Last time that player got the mission and when he tried to complete the mission he was locked inside the prison."
"Yeah, this task is very weird. It's not something one person can complete. We need collective thinking to crack this task."
"Let him try! We will see if he gets locked up too."
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James heard them clearly and became nervous, He joined the game to earn money not to be locked up in jail.
But now the arrow has already been released, He has to do it.
He bit his teeth and moved toward the middle-aged man.
"Uncle, you look worried! Do you need some help?" When he got near the uncle he asked with concern.
"Young man! Please help me! My son has been mistaken as a criminal and is now locked inside the prison. Can you help me save my son?" The uncle named Micheal saw James and his eyes were filled with hope, he clasped his hands tightly and begged.
James felt his heart soften after he heard the man, Even though it's a game this man's words and actions touched him deeply.
Just as he was going to agree to help, His face froze and he made a poker face when he looked in front of him.
Because he saw three options appear in front of him, Along with the dialogue that Micheal said.
1)Yes, Don't worry I will rescue your son
2)No, I refuse.
3)Let's talk to officials first!
Most advanced technology? Npc the same as human beings? Not the same as other games? Need to interact with the Npc to get Tasks? Will it take a long time?
Who are you trying to fool?
James wanted to curse the game company. How is this game different from other games? How is this different from the love game he played last month!