Chapter 1: Waiting Online, Quite Urgent!
Diablo 3 forum.
Clack clack~
Pu Shenqi finished typing the last character and posted the thread.
""[Pioneering] What should be done after reaching max level + clearing the game? Self-improvement transition guide""
"Hmm, this should reduce the number of people @ing me tomorrow."
As a dutiful and responsible junior forum moderator, Pu Shenqi regularly responds to various questions from forum members.
Especially newbies.
To reduce the repetitive answering of some questions, he wrote this post.
After posting, he casually checked the comments in another post of his and briefly replied to a few serious questions.
""[Pioneering] Newbies please enter, this post will tell you how to truly get started with this game""
After replying, he also cleared his private messages.
Next, it's time to see if there are any new interesting posts in the forum.
Although he has been immersed in Diablo-like games for many years and has rich BD (Build) abilities, there are often posts with wild ideas that make him amazed. Or shocked.
"Huh? Someone posted a troll post?"
A post that was just published: ""Our company has made a fully immersive virtual doomsday-themed game, are there any users willing to participate in the closed beta?""
"100% virtual reality technology! Open world, fully randomized multiple classes, extremely rich skill and equipment combinations. The current development progress has reached 98%, and the company needs to find a few veteran game expert volunteers to go online and test for bugs. Are there any big shots in the forum willing to give face? Free shipping of test helmets."
"Oh right! Because it uses a fully randomized open world, the first guiding plot of the game is currently stuck for unknown reasons. Urgently need 3 elite players to go online to solve the bug and fix the guiding plot, first come first served!"
"Waiting online, quite urgent!"
"@African Thin Dog @Lin Tang @Ye Zi Shen Ye's Fan @Picking Mushroom Girl @Ghost Face Fox"
After reading this post, Pu Shenqi said, "You can tell. It's quite urgent, posting 4 floors in one go."
"Wow, even daring to @ so many big shots in the forum for a troll post. You only @ed 3 junior moderators and moderators, you really aren't afraid of death!"
"However." The corner of Pu Shenqi's mouth curled up slightly, "Knowing to @ me first, sensible~"
For such obviously troll posts, Pu Shenqi usually directly deletes them.
100% virtual reality technology, it's simply impossible!
He is a top veteran player, having dabbled in domestic and foreign games, and is also very well-informed about news in the circle. He has yet to hear of any company being able to develop a 100% VR game.
Unless this company has been quietly conducting research and development, never revealing a bit of information to the outside world!
"But. would a company that can keep things under wraps like this come to the forum to find closed beta testers?"
He glanced at the poster coincidentally, he knows him!
'Sentry'.
A notorious moocher in the forum!
Whenever someone builds a new BD, he's sure to say, "So awesome? Give me one!"
Someone farmed some good materials, "So good? Share a few with me?"
Someone got an epic equipment drop that he temporarily doesn't need, "This is too perfect for my BD, if you don't need it you can give it to me first!"
Never uses his own brain, just likes to copy homework, ask for materials, ask for equipment!
A well-known moocher in the Diablo 3 forum.
But since it's an acquaintance, he definitely has to ask before deleting the post.
Comment: "Sentry were you hacked? Come, exchange a code word, who in the forum leeched over 200 guides without ever posting a single sharing post?"
Sentry instantly replied: "#SweatyBeanEmoji, Thin Dog bro don't tease me, I know my previous image was a little bit unsavory, but! You have to believe me, I did it to gather information for making games! On the surface. I'm a despicable moocher, but my real identity is a VR game designer!
Isn't that why I thought of you bros the moment closed beta started! Thin Dog bro, in terms of overall gaming abilities, you're the strongest in this forum, hurry and come sign up on the official site! I'll immediately arrange for someone to mail you the helmet!"
Pu Shenqi scratched his head.
"Huh? Being able to recognize that I'm the strongest in the forum. should be Sentry himself, at least a mature Diablo 3 forum member, then. it's interesting."
While Pu Shenqi was thinking, several @ed people had already come to reply.
Ghost Face Fox: "Interesting, it's been a long time since someone trolled so seriously. The atmosphere in the forum has been a bit bad recently, not discussing games, quarreling every day, troll posts are more interesting. Sentry give a URL, I'll help boost your numbers (PS: Don't involve scamming money)."
The mature and steady Ghost Face Fox has always been the most good-tempered person in the forum, most annoyed by people arguing.
Picking Mushroom Girl: "100% VR? Open world? Fully random classes? Sentry are you writing online game novels? Click in and get redirected to Qidian Chinese Website, let us bookmark you right?"
Ye Zi Shen Ye's Fan: "Fake news, next."
Lin Tang: "Little Sentry, put the VR game stuff aside for now, come try the new mod I made, added 12 new classes to Diablo 3, definitely fun! I swear, installing it this time absolutely won't crash!"
——African Thin Dog replied: "Brother Lin, please go plague Diablo 2! Your mods have already caused hundreds of forum members' computers to bluescreen and reinstall, sometimes I wonder if your real job is fixing computers?"
Pu Shenqi wiped some sweat, this Lin Tang is also an odd one, making all sorts of strange mods every day, adding classes, skills, equipment, monsters to the game. If you combine the content he made, it's almost like a new game!
To be fair, apart from causing computers to lag, crash, and bluescreen, the content is quite rich after installing his mods.
Pu Shenqi is very puzzled, with his creativity, why not just go make a new game directly!
Make a Diablo-like game of our own Chinese people!
As more and more people discussed, Pu Shenqi decided to privately message Sentry.
"Bro, what's going on? Trolling or for real? You're really a game designer?"
Sentry: "Real! African God! Thin Dog bro! I beg you to quickly go register on the official site, the first batch only has 3 slots, I'm really thinking for you bros, and I'm mailing you the helmets for free, what could I scam!"
African Thin Dog: "That's true. Alright, no matter what, since you said it, I'll go register. Speaking of which, you can chat more with Lin Tang about game design, that kid really has a lot of ideas."
Sentry: "Good good good! I'm privately chatting with him right now, hurry and register, waiting online, super urgent! The guide NPC in my game inexplicably got trapped in the mutant tribe, if we can't find a way to get him back soon, I as the designer am doomed too."
African Thin Dog: "Sounds like there are too many issues, forget it, I'll go register first."
Pu Shenqi clicked on the website link Sentry sent, it's very simple.
Game name: "Doomsday OL"
Below is the interface to register for closed beta application.
After filling in personal information and address, it shows that he has reserved a closed beta slot.
Simple to the point of excessiveness.
"Tsk~ This is much faster than haggling on Pinduoduo."
The moderators and old forum members have a QQ group.
African Thin Dog posted the registration screenshot in the group: "Sentry's site has no issues, anyway no need to pay, everyone help out, treat it as boosting his performance."
Ye Zi Shen Ye's Fan: "Not filling, I'm afraid he deliberately wants my home address to come ream me."
Ghost Face Fox: "Oh? Sentry hooked Thin Dog? Interesting"
Youying Night God: "No way no way? There are really people who believe this? The last wave of metaverse didn't cut your leeks, so this time you insist on delivering yourself to be cut?
With such a setup, I can see through it at a glance. Nothing more than first tricking you to register, then getting personal info, then calling to say the helmet was sent, finally the goods are free but you pay shipping, you think it's fair, they're already sending the helmet for free, very reasonable to pay your own shipping.
But, when it arrives they'll tell you this helmet can't be made domestically, it's shipped directly from overseas, not only do you pay shipping but also customs fees, adding up to a few hundred in the end. You open it to check and it is indeed a helmet, can even plug in power and internet! You think it's real, pay the shipping fees in high spirits, finally go home and plug in power and internet. Your dad's dad is called grandpa, your mom's mom is called grandma~~~"
Everyone: "..."
Picking Mushroom Girl: "F*ck, scam tactics are so deep now? A combination scam method combining online and offline??? Mom how are there d*ckheads like you on the internet? I'm out I'm out, not filling anymore."
Ghost Face Fox: "Oh? Then if I directly refuse delivery. wouldn't that make the scammer lose on shipping? Interesting, I'll go register one."
Lin Tang: "Let's not talk about Little Sentry's thing, up to you guys if you do it or not, now there's a more important matter, brothers! The epic moment that will change the Diablo 3 gaming landscape has arrived!"
[Lin Tang uploaded a new file: Ultimate Mega Fun 12 New Classes Diablo 3 Mod]
"If you're a bro then come help me test the new mod!"
Instantly, the group members who were passionately discussing all turned gray.
The group. froze.
Lin Tang: "???"
But on that simple website, the number of people who have signed up for the closed beta of "Doomsday OL" gradually reached 8.
African Thin Dog, Ghost Face Fox, Lin Tang, Youying Night God were all among them.
The dark dungeon.
The stench of rotting corpses assaulted Cheng Shaofeng's nose.
He opened his eyes, returning to reality from the virtual online world.
"Sigh, I hope they can receive the helmets soon."
Cheng Shaofeng had just transmigrated 1 hour ago.
Dead on arrival.
Only had time to pick up a watch from the ground. The moment he put it on, a group of green glowing barbarians charged over and grabbed him, their strength so great he had no chance to resist.
Tied up like a roast suckling pig on a thick tree trunk and carried back, casually tossed into the filthy and foul-smelling dungeon.
When he looked at his wrist again, he found a pinprick-sized red dot above his artery.
The picked up watch. was gone.
The next second, a voice transmitted in his mind.
"Cataclysm Nanobase stationing complete, welcome back, Master."
(End of chapter)