To [make players feel cold] is actually a very high-value technology, and very difficult to implement.
Xu Meng still can't figure out how those experts at the military research institute managed to do it.
— They actually managed to make the wearers of the haptic suits feel [cold] and [hot] just by stimulating specific muscle groups, combined with some visual and auditory cues.
They even used this as a basis to create more advanced abstract concepts and reactions such as [danger], [calm], [impulse], and [passion].
Xu Meng had no ideas.
But he expressed that he was very impressed!
And he immediately applied the [cold] and [hot] sensations, which had been verified for stability and safety, to the game.
— Before, when players were on a great expedition in the wasteland, they could only create a feeling of "heat" visually, but they couldn't let players truly experience it, which Xu Meng found quite regrettable.
Now it's much better!
Qi Huahua looked at the rainforest covered in white frost, and even from a distance, she could feel the chill.
Without any system prompts, she could understand the extreme cold and danger there.
This is much more convenient than having an NPC babble on for a long time or writing a bunch of descriptions in the quest text, and the player experience is much better.
Qi Huahua couldn't help but point in that direction and ask loudly, "What's going on over there? Why is the rainforest frozen?"
The distance was too far, and the adventurer lady couldn't hear her.
The rescuer from the Explorers Association also remained silent.
But the cat person who was tightly hugging her neck suddenly said, "That's White Frost!"
"I saw it in the newspaper. It's an unknown ecological disaster that suddenly appeared a few years ago, and it ate up half of the Huaiwa Rainforest in just a few years."
"The explorers all say that if it's left unchecked, it might freeze the whole world!"
"Many powerful explorers are running here to figure out what's going on and stop this disaster."
A deafening roar sounded behind them, and the strong wind accelerated the glider, pressing the leather armor tightly against her back, even giving Qi Huahua a wonderful sense of pushing back.
She subconsciously turned her head.
She saw that the place where she and the adventurer lady were just now was actually the body of the Serpent King Dragon!
The entire road that they had spent a lot of effort to climb up was actually just a raised sword spine on the Serpent King Dragon's body — even just a not-very-large sword spine!
The airship that could accommodate an entire tavern and the living quarters of everyone in the tavern was about the size of a packaging box in front of this behemoth.
It would break with a slight touch.
Qi Huahua immediately became nervous.
Although it looked like they were already far away from this behemoth, with the size of this guy's body, chasing them would probably be a matter of minutes!
Fortunately, the Serpent King Dragon didn't care about these few little ants.
Its angry roar wasn't because these few little ants ran away.
Under the scales of the Serpent King Dragon, a pale light slowly lit up, and the surrounding air distorted at a speed visible to the naked eye, blurring its shape.
"This is... is it going to enlarge?"
"Hold on tight!" The silent explorer finally spoke.
Qi Huahua was about to ask what was wrong, but found that she could no longer control her character's body.
However, this time the screen didn't go black, but instead started playing a cutscene —
The young adventurer survived the Ancient Dragon attack, and returned with another survivor and a cat person, landing on the edge of the Huaiwa Rainforest.
The subsequent tutorial missions were much more peaceful.
— Learning basic skills such as stealth, gathering, and tracking from the veteran hunter who came to rescue them.
Finding the investigation base and obtaining a temporary foothold.
Qi Huahua and the adventurer lady naturally became friends in adversity, learned that the other party's name was [Ju], and began to familiarize themselves with the base under the other party's leadership.
Who to find to make armor, who to find to make weapons, where to eat, where to buy and sell things, where to take quests, where to hone combat skills... etc., etc., almost visiting the entire base.
After that, they met the investigation captain and learned about the current state of the base and the troubles they were encountering.
— Of course, it wasn't the Serpent King Dragon and the White Frost. That level of problem wouldn't be given to Qi Huahua, a complete newbie.
It was just a thief dragon that suddenly appeared and interfered with the base's logistics route.
After that, Qi Huahua couldn't wait to eat the food made by the cat people [Fengling] and her good friend [Yueying]. After gaining buffs, she immediately started the first investigation mission.
She also received a deep red legendary quest:
[Defeat the King of Eternal Change and retrieve the lost half of the family heirloom rice spoon for Fengling.]
When Qi Huahua saw this legendary quest, her desire to complain soared:
"This quest description makes it sound like the Ancient Dragon went to great lengths to attack the airship just to steal the cat person's half of a rice spoon..."
...
The first hunting mission was still very instructional and not very difficult.
Qi Huahua followed the path without any forks all the way forward, crossed the grassland where large herbivores were active, picked some herbs along the way, knocked a few pieces of ore, and broke through the vines blocking the way, easily finding the quest location.
She didn't use any complicated techniques, and easily defeated this thief dragon.
In the middle, she was only knocked away head-on by the thief dragon 6 times, rolled and crushed 5 times, scratched by its claws 8 times, and swallowed in one gulp 3 times.
She didn't expect this big guy's stomach to be so fragile. When she hit its belly hard, she was splashed with strong acid vomited by the thief dragon, which disgusted her.
Except for these small accidents, the rest of the battle went smoothly.
"What a wonderful battle!"
Qi Huahua's basic leather armor was tattered, and its durability was almost bottomed out.
Standing next to the thief dragon's corpse with her great sword, she summarized this investigation mission.
And came to a valuable experience:
"When going out hunting, the armor must be good! The defense must be high! The health bar must be long!"
After the battle summary was completed, it was the happy loot collection session!
Qi Huahua happily bent down to collect materials from the thief dragon's corpse, planning to return to the base to upgrade her armor.
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But just as her hand touched the thief dragon's corpse, faint starlight emerged from the corpse, gathered in front of Qi Huahua, and turned into a mini thief dragon soul the size of a human head.
Qi Huahua didn't expect this change, and reached out in surprise to touch this little thing.
The little guy didn't show any of the ferocity he had when he was chasing her to bite her just now.
Floating in the air, shaking his head and wagging his tail, rubbing her fingers, his chubby little belly felt soft when poked.
Completely transformed from a ferocious beast into an affectionate pet.
[Soul (Young Thief Dragon)]
"Soul? What is this thing???"
Qi Huahua widened her eyes in surprise.
《Monster Hunter》 has been out for several months since the first trailer, and during that time, Dream Builder has also released a lot of promotional materials.
But from beginning to end, not a single piece of information related to [Soul] has been revealed!
...
...
More than 2,000 internal testers were shocked by Dream Builder's audio-visual experience, which was a step further than 《War of Kings》.
Some were addicted to the hunting details and combat interactions, which were far richer than those of [Chaotic Era].
Some were curious about the plot and kept talking to every NPC in the investigation base to piece together the game's worldview.
Some studied different weapons and were surprised by the completely different combat experiences brought by different weapons.
Some, like Qi Huahua, began to "cloud raise pets" after learning about the [Soul] system.
...
Their areas of interest were different, but almost without exception, they were immersed in the game world, forgetting the passage of time.
It doesn't matter if they're so addicted, but the tens of millions of players who can't get into the game are dying of anxiety!
Everyone knows that the internal test has started, but they can't get into the game.
With their curiosity bursting, they can only wait for these internal testers to reveal some news.
Even vague news can quench their thirst.
But who would have thought that these people would suddenly disappear!
Who can stand this?
Dream Jin, fan groups, social networks, a vast number of players began to urge anxiously:
"Someone say something? How is the game after all?!"
"Is it really a larger version of 《Chaotic Era》?"
"Dream Builder has been working on it for so long, it should be much richer than 《War of Kings》, right?"
"The confidential internal test isn't a prison internal test, someone alive say something!"
"@Qi Huahua, come out and say something, I'll immediately become a captain!"
"@Dragon City Flying General, big brother! Speak!"
...
It wasn't until the afternoon, after Qi Huahua had been playing happily for more than 5 hours and was exhausted, that she finally quit the game and noticed the fan group that was about to explode.
After a little thought, she popped up in the group:
"One word: invincible!!!"
The group members instantly boiled, grabbing her and refusing to let go, insisting that she say more.
Qi Huahua immediately spammed "nononono", completely afraid to say more.
The fans repeatedly begged, but only gave a general message:
"I can only say that Dream Builder is still hiding things!"
"Hiding what? Tell me, tell me!!" The group members were super excited.
"Hiding a lot!!!"
