The giant eagerly activated the super dream, and just then, a strong light appeared before his eyes. Instinctively, he tried to raise his hand to shield himself, but when he came to his senses, he found himself on a bustling street, surrounded by neon lights and the noise of a crowd. Beside him stood three people, each carrying a long bag.
The sky was somewhat dim, and the time didn’t match the night outside the office.
Brother Ni was astonished as he looked at the surroundings, "This... this can’t be that Night City mentioned on the official website, right? This is freaking awesome... it’s even cooler than our small wild town."
Potato: "It’s possible it’s the test content, made into a copy for us to find bugs or something, but it’s indeed cool."
Brother Ni: "Not just cool, the scene artistry could win an award, in my opinion."
Wildman looked at his hands; he could clearly feel the presence of the newly installed green right arm, and in the long bag was the newly purchased shotgun and bullets.
Then he reached out to try to stop a passerby, but his hand passed right through the person’s body, and the NPC only swore at him and walked away on their own. It wasn’t just this NPC; they stopped many people continuously, including cars on the road, which also had no interaction, wouldn’t brake, or steer.
Lin Miao did this to reduce potential evil-style tactics, like using NPCs as bullet shields, or herding low-intelligence NPCs into the Phoenix Club as cannon fodder, drawing monsters onto the road to get run over, etc...
The giant said, "Let’s not waste time on these trivial things; we only have one hour."
Brother Ni: "Watch me do well this wave, one life to clear the level."
As he spoke, he already had the [Power Brick Fly] he bought in his hand, this gun had a magazine longer than a rifle. The giant even specially bought a red dot sight to mount on the rail for show.
[Mission Objective: Retrieve the data chip box and evacuate along the specified route, using any means necessary]
The four of them looked at the huge ’Phoenix Club’ sign in front and marched up vigorously.
As for some details, like someone watching them on the second floor of the building next to them, or the Tiger Claw gang at the alley entrance staring at them unkindly, they completely ignored.
So far, players haven’t tried interacting with hostile NPCs. Lin Miao had already put the six-language translation pack in the store, each language for 5 euros, hoping to earn some money.
Seeing the four approach the alley, with long bags in hand, the observing Tiger Claw gang members immediately stepped forward with hostility to stop them.
"You guys, coming here, what for?"
The simultaneous interpreting with a distinct Japanese accent was absolutely authentic.
The giant heard this accent and was shocked, "Oh crap, they’re all little Japanese."
But unbeknownst to him, his words were also translated to the Tiger Claw gang members. Although semi-intelligent, they were much more advanced than past online game NPCs that could only say one or two lines, immediately reacting.
When the thug pulled out a handgun from his back waistband, planning to give a lesson to those before him, Brother Ni, who spotted this first, shot an arrow through his throat.
Brother Ni, however, stirred up a hornet’s nest with this act. Even Lin Miao wouldn’t rush in head-on, yet these reckless players dared to immediately take action.
The rest of the Tiger Claw gang immediately drew guns to retaliate, and plenty of bouncers charged out of the club. In less than 3 minutes, the four were successively killed and booted out of the game.
They took off the super dream headgear, looking at each other in disbelief at what had just happened.
Potato: "Oh, crap, how do we even fight this? I feel level is scarier than the Night Wanderer we fought yesterday; it’s basically hellish difficulty. If the level design is done by a human, I’ll eat my shoe."
The giant: "These little Japanese are harder to fight than yesterday’s Night Wanderer, there are more of them, and they react so quickly."
Wildman: "You still talk! If you didn’t curse them as little Japanese, they probably wouldn’t have acted."
The giant: "Damn, we’re here to clear the level, this was part of killing those little Japanese."
Brother Ni: "Stop talking, let’s quickly start another round and try again."
However, until the whole hour was used up, the group of four couldn’t break through the alley to reach the club entrance. The best they managed to do was barely get halfway through the alley before being surrounded and killed by the swarming Tiger Claw gang members.
Even Brother Ni, who reached level four in stealth, was dragged out and beaten to death by the Tiger Claw gang, not knowing how he was found so easily while hiding so well.
It was a miserable sight of death.
In contrast to the frequented awakenings and repeated restarts of the leveling-up team, the training team beside them remained much quieter and only woke up after the limited time ended.
Brother Ni couldn’t wait to ask Brother Dao "How was your experience over there? Exciting?"
"It was alright, the instructor was quite professional, although that Japanese-style officer translation was a bit strange to listen to," said Brother Dao with a frown, having chosen the shooting training, where the content was standard.
The instructor would first let you choose firearms, then conduct a brief mock battle to test your level, followed by instruction. Brother Dao’s shooting had reached LV2, but his knowledge about firearms was clearly insufficient.
The instructor even provided targeted theoretical instruction and demonstrated actions, such as correcting the aiming line, adjusting the sight, and shooting in kneeling, prone, and standing positions, making it feel like a professional military training class.