Fire Knife couldn't understand it, no matter how hard he tried.
But without hesitation, Fire Knife dialed the number at the end of the email and signed up for this top-secret test.
He didn't even bother to report it to the editor-in-chief beforehand.
It wasn't until he had completed the registration, bought his plane ticket, and hurriedly packed his suitcase that he took the time to call his editor-in-chief, Gu Chen, to explain the situation—
"Brother Chen, I have an urgent mission related to Dream Building and need to go on a business trip to Ningzhou."
"I'm not sure how many days the trip will be, so please handle the travel arrangements for me."
Gu Chen on the other end of the phone was utterly bewildered: "Wait, wait, wait! Hold on a second!"
"Last time you went to Cologne, at least you clearly stated the reason and purpose. Now you can't even be bothered to explain?"
"And you want me to handle it for you?"
"Are you the editor-in-chief or am I the editor-in-chief? ? ?"
"Uh…" Fire Knife was speechless, trying to explain, "It's like this, I'm going to participate in a top-secret game test."
"Game test?" Gu Chen asked.
"Yes."
"Top-secret?"
"Yes." Fire Knife nodded repeatedly.
"Putting aside everything else, I'll just assume everything you said is true." Gu Chen retorted, "Top-secret, does that mean you can't say anything about it after you're done?"
"Of course!" Fire Knife had that much awareness.
"Which means, you're going on this business trip, and you don't know how many days you'll be gone. When you come back, you can't tell me what you did, and you can't write it into an article and publish it."
"Uh… yes." Fire Knife blinked, suddenly realizing that from the company's perspective, his actions seemed a bit outrageous.
But no matter what, he had to go to Ningzhou.
Even if his salary was completely deducted, he would still go!
However, Gu Chen didn't really want to argue with Fire Knife about these rigid work procedures. He just needed a reason to make his own request—
"Can you take someone with you?" he asked Fire Knife, "If you take me, I don't care how long the business trip is! I'll even approve a travel allowance for you, and afterwards, I can give you a long vacation under the pretext of your hard work on the trip!"
"Ah?" Fire Knife was surprised, "This… isn't that okay?"
"What if? Just ask!" Gu Chen urged.
As everyone knows, [Game Observation] is full of veteran players, and the editor-in-chief is no exception.
Fire Knife had no choice but to call Dream Building again.
Then, unsurprisingly, he was rejected.
The reason given by the other party was: "This test is only for friends of Dream Building who have been invited."
Fire Knife was deeply moved.
And he relayed the results to the editor-in-chief.
"Alright, alright, go, go." Gu Chen hung up the phone with great regret.
Fire Knife then went straight to the airport!
Anyway, Dream Building was reimbursing the airfare, so of course, the sooner the better!—
Of course, Fire Knife wasn't the only one who received this email.
Beside Jing Lake, Guanhulan Residential Area, Building 1, Unit B, 1411.
"Ahhhhh! ! ! !"
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!"
"Bang bang bang bang! ! ! !"
Valiant Sniper roared, slamming the computer desk!
The keyboard and mouse on the desk jumped around wildly, and even the monitor wobbled, almost falling over.
"What the fuck are you pressing?! What are you pressing?! Fuck fuck fuck!"
He was completely tilted.
At the same time, because he wasn't live-streaming, he didn't need to control his language and cursed with unrestrained abandon.
But he wasn't cursing others, but himself.
—The New Year holiday had ended, and he had returned to Ningzhou to begin the internal beta test of 《Monster Hunter》.
He started a few days later than the other beta testers, so he wasn't in a hurry to rush through the content—anyway, the content of the beta test was limited to the Huaiwa Rainforest, and subsequent maps and missions hadn't been opened yet.
And the Huaiwa Rainforest itself was enough to play.
Not only did it have abundant herbs, minerals, and hunting challenges, but Dream Building had also hidden a lot of fun content.
[Jumping Puzzles] were one of them.
The entrances to these [Jumping Puzzles] were very hidden.
Under normal game conditions, most players wouldn't even discover these puzzles.
But Valiant Sniper, adhering to the professional ethics of a "strategy up," explored the map extremely carefully, searching every nook and cranny on the way to the hunting grounds.
Thus, he successfully discovered a narrow, hidden hole in the rock wall.
Upon crawling inside, he found a whole new world!
Large patches of blue fluorescent plants at the top swayed gently, as magnificent as the starry sky.
Illuminated by this dim light, thick, huge tree roots crisscrossed, and a quiet underground river flowed silently, reflecting the fluorescent light of the cave ceiling.
There were also large patches of yellow flowers dotted among them, truly a feast for the eyes.
Of course, most importantly—on a large mushroom at the very top of the cave, the light of a torch illuminated a huge, golden treasure chest.
It looked like it contained good stuff!
So, how do you get this good stuff?
The answer was simple—climbing and jumping.
As long as you found the correct path, controlled your stamina and landing point, and landed precisely in the correct position each time, you could jump to the end little by little without using any tools.
—Actually, you couldn't use them even if you wanted to, as the Wirebug was unusable in this area.
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It looked very simple, and Valiant Sniper went up full of confidence.
Then, his tragic day began—
When climbing the rock wall, he miscalculated his stamina and fell into the water with a "plop."
When moving on the tree roots, he was slightly off, slipped, and fell into the water with a "plop."
When jumping between tree roots, he didn't control his power well, went a little too far, and fell into the water with a "plop."
Next time, afraid of jumping too far, he used a little less force, and fell into the water with a "plop."
There were also the mushroom platforms with relatively weak load-bearing capacity, where you had to jump off immediately after stepping on them.
That thirty-eight-jump sequence of mushroom platforms of varying sizes, distances, and heights completely drove Valiant Sniper crazy!
After exhausting his stamina, he switched back to PC to continue trying.
Failure after failure, fall after fall.
Valiant Sniper jumped himself into a frenzy.
Until all that was left in his ears was the sound of "plop," "plop," "plop."
Until he finally tilted completely and frantically attacked the computer desk!
"Why! ! This game! ! Has to have! ! Fucking! ! This kind of thing? ! ! !"
"Is this something for humans to play?! !"
"Ah?"
"Ah? ! !"
Valiant Sniper had worked hard all afternoon and endured all afternoon. After tilting completely, he couldn't calm down for a long time.
It was at this critical moment that he received an email from Dream Building.
Even in such a fit of rage, he subconsciously glanced at the camera first—after accidentally leaking "confidential information" once during a live stream, he was now a bit jumpy.
But after realizing this, he became even more angry and embarrassed!
"Of course I'm going! I have to ask Xu Meng in person, what is the intention behind creating such a torturous thing! !"
Before calling back to register, he first opened the chat software and posted the location of this hidden cave in several beta player groups, such as [Great Sword Bros Global Friendship Association], [Tell Me Loudly: What is the Perfect Weapon!], [Huaiwa Club High-End Back Scrubbing Technician Exchange Group]…
And left a message:
"Brothers, I found a hidden treasure chest!"
"The entrance is at this location [picture]."
"Come on, some big shots, go up and see what treasures are inside!"
The group members were eager for all kinds of new content and immediately became excited upon seeing this message:
"Here?! I've passed by it several times, and I didn't even notice!"
"Good heavens! Dream Building is still hiding things! I'm going now!"
"I found a super treasure chest! Log in, log in!"
Seeing the group members all clamoring to "log in, log in," Valiant Sniper breathed a long sigh of relief.
His suppressed and depressed mood was finally greatly relieved.
He was able to calmly call Dream Building and register for the test.
—There was also Qihua Hua, who was wholeheartedly "raising a baby," Huanyue, who was diligently practicing Dual Blades back-scrubbing skills, Longcheng Fei Jiang, who had been looking forward to it for a long time, Treasure Hunting Master Luoye Qiuqiu…
And so on.
All the honor players, and a few players that Xu Meng had personally selected, received this internal beta invitation.
In the end, except for Brother Kabo, who had to go abroad to go home, and one honor player who was in the critical moment of promotion and couldn't get away, everyone else put down what they were doing and called Dream Building to register for this test.
Everyone acted very quickly.
Four arrived early the next morning, and another six arrived in the afternoon.
On the morning of the third day, everyone arrived.
But the first people they met were not Xu Meng, but the staff of the National Security Bureau.
After shockingly and bewilderingly signing a top-level confidentiality agreement and receiving an hour and a half of confidentiality education, they finally met Xu Meng.
