Chapter 5: Can't Even Beat the Small Monsters?
"What's this?"
When Fang Ze and Fly entered the Tower of Seals, they were completely shocked!
The space inside the Tower of Seals was even bigger than they had imagined, with the corridor leading into the tower being surprisingly spacious!
At first glance, it could hold nearly a hundred thousand people!
The main color scheme inside the tower was black, and whenever a player passed by, the huge torches around would light up one after another!
The deep blue flames suddenly lit up the inside of the black tower, where giant human statues stood like sculptures of gods.
Under each statue, there was a stone base of the same size, with a stone plaque in front to introduce the statues.
But Fang Ze and Fly did not go to check.
They were still immersed in the visual impact they had when entering the tower and hadn't snapped out of it.
"It's true. Some things, if we don't see them with our own eyes, even if others describe them vividly, we won't feel the same!"
Fly felt weak in the legs as he spoke. The aura of solemn killing emanating from the statues made him feel fear.
Fang Ze patted Fly's shoulder. "Enough looking. The map has hints. This is just the zeroth floor of the Tower of Seals. There's a long way to go."
Fly swallowed hard. "I feel like these statues are so lifelike. This game is too realistic, isn't it?"
It is quite realistic.
At least, the actual effect of this game has exceeded Fang Ze's expectations by 100%!
However, the game's issues are clear now, one of them being that the map is too small.
You see, the air wall at the boundary is always the players' biggest enemy.
Another issue is that there are too few NPCs, and the only interactive NPC is the Gravekeeper.
Also, there are too few buildings, with only the Tower of Seals, and no other structures.
But it's understandable since it's just the testing phase of the game.
Furthermore, implementing such advanced technology across eras was already a huge challenge in itself.
It's likely that the content will gradually improve as the technology matures.
Eventually, this game will surely become popular worldwide and be the first futuristic game in the gaming industry!
Fang Ze had a feeling, or you could say, all the players who participated in the closed beta had this feeling!
And by that time, what this game could bring to them was more than just a simple virtual reality experience.
This would be an opportunity.
"Fly, have you ever played those action-packed games before?"
Fang Ze said as he walked.
Fly chuckled at his words, "Throughout history, power and money go hand in hand. Without spending money, how can you boost your power? Anyway, I don't have the money to play those games."
Fang Ze absentmindedly adjusted his non-existent glasses on his nose, "Yeah, I've never thought about competing in games before."
"Teams like T1 and T2 are far beyond reach for us regular players."
"But this time, I want to give it a try."
When Fang Ze saw the spark in Fly' eyes, Fly clapped and said, "How coincidental! I was thinking the same thing, Brother Light. Let's create a guild together once the game's closed beta starts!"
"You can be the president by then, and I will be the vice president. With two closed beta players teaming up, it'll be easy to reach T1, right?!"
Fang Ze nodded, "Yeah, the guild system will probably be updated after the game's official release. Before that, we need to make some preparations."
"After logging off tonight, contact more friends to reserve slots on the official website. They won't just open ten closed beta slots."
Fly replied, "Alright, let's add each other as friends for easier communication in the future."
When Fly mentioned adding as friends, they weren't referring to the in-game feature as the game hadn't updated that yet.
However, they could browse websites and log in to chat accounts in the game.
Fang Ze agreed with Fly's suggestion, and after adding each other as friends, they hurried towards the center of the Tower of Seals.
At the center of the ground floor of the Tower of Seals, there was an altar.
On the altar, there were many golden stripes that looked like some kind of magic pattern.
Besides that, the area around the altar looked very empty, with only big statues surrounding the edges.
Fang Ze and Fly stepped onto the altar, and as soon as they did, the huge altar beneath them started to shine with a golden light.
The golden patterns on it began to glow in a regular pattern as if they were alive.
In front of Fang Ze, a screen popped up, it was a teleportation screen.
Only the first level was clickable on it, all the other levels were locked.
Fang Ze and Fly exchanged a glance and then both reached out to click on the teleportation button.
With a bright flash of light, their figures were instantly swallowed by the light and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
When Fang Ze opened his eyes, they had already arrived at the first level of the Tower of Seals!
[Tower of Seals, Floor One]
Looking at the map information that popped up, Fang Ze opened his eyes and looked around.
It seemed like a world of its own here, with the sun, clouds, blue sky, and endless grasslands in every direction.
Beneath their feet was a teleportation altar identical to the Tower of Seals, Floor Zero.
The environment here was similar to the area outside the Tower of Seals, still plains and grasslands with a few scattered forests.
The difference was the many diverse wild beasts here!
At first glance, these wild beasts didn't seem much different from normal ones, just slightly larger in size and with dark energy emerging from their bodies constantly.
At that moment, two players were battling a hound-like beast on the platform below!
The two players were unarmed, so they could only randomly pick up rocks and sticks from the ground to use as weapons against the hound!
The hunting dog is very fast, much faster than normal dogs in the world!
The player holding a stone was bitten on the thigh by the dog, causing blood to flow and falling to the ground immediately!
"Oh no, this little monster is too strong!"
Before the player could say anything else, the hunting dog directly bit his neck!
*Squeak!*
With a sound of flesh being pierced, the player lost consciousness and soon stopped breathing.
Interestingly, the player's body did not disappear.
Brother Watermelon mentioned this in his post.
When a player dies, their body will stay for one hour before disappearing.
Because of the numbing effect of emotions, Fang Ze and the others were not scared by the death of that player.
This is also a form of protection mechanism.
Since everything here is a replica of reality, excessively realistic deaths will deter the majority of players.
Many players cannot handle such visual impact.
Therefore, Fang Ze and Fly did not react much after seeing the player's dead body.
After all, it's just a game, not real.
As expected, another player below also quickly died under the claws of the hounds.
Seeing this, Fang Ze directly grabbed the restless Fly and asked, "Have you trained in martial arts, or... have you been in a fight in real life?"
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