Jiang Qiao dragged Zhao Mingwei, Lin Xi, and Xia Shan to form a party of four.
There was no healer in the guild. The only healer in the guild was a mercenary on the battlefield.
The forest within a 700-meter radius of the initial stronghold was very chaotic. Jiang Qiao could only describe it as chaos. He could see a bunch of skills and special effects raining down on him.
Jiang Qiao walked along the initial stronghold for a while, but he did not see many monsters. It was as if a locust had passed through a barren land.
"Guru …" Zhao Mingwei suddenly said as he followed behind Jiang Qiao, "Have you ever thought about something?"
"What is it?"
Jiang Qiao released his Wind Spirit and floated into the sky. The Wind Spirit's detection ability would allow Jiang Qiao to discover the Spell Stealer without causing his teammates to suspect that he had activated a cheat code.
"This game might be related to the real world," Zhao Mingwei said.
"…"
Jiang Qiao's spell-casting stopped for a moment, but it did not take long for him to start thinking about how to answer Zhao Mingwei.
Zhao Mingwei was one of the few Holy Ghost players who did not increase the price of healing. He knew that the Annihilation Army's first invasion was in the real world.
"Are you talking about the AR version that the Holy Ghost is going to release soon?"
At this time, Lin Xi found an excuse for Jiang Qiao. He took off the headphones he was wearing. When Lin Xi followed behind the team, he was busy looking for all kinds of BGM to listen to.
"AR version … Hmm, AR version."
Zhao Mingwei did not refute Lin Xi's words. He just continued to lead the conversation.
"No way. It's not like you haven't played the AR version of Strife. The AR version of Strife is just a pile of … what's that?" Lin Xi immediately changed his words when he saw Xia Shan listening curiously in the party.
Currently, the team was in voice chat mode, and Xia Shan's voice was that of a rather heroic girl. Lin Xi didn't rule out the possibility that she was using a voice changer, but there were girls in the team, so he had to restrain himself when he said something obscene.
"I know that. The War AR version stopped being maintained a year after it was released. It's really boring." Xia Shan also tried to join the conversation between the three big bosses at this time.
She was very wary of strangers on the internet, but in Xia Shan's eyes, Jiang Qiao had become a good person. She became more talkative after she got to know Jiang Qiao.
"Sister Chang Qing knows too?
Also, Master Xiao, I advise you not to look forward to the AR version of Holy Ghost. Isn't it a joke to make an AR version of this action-oriented MMORPG? "Lin Xi sent Zhao Mingwei a private message.
AR meant to enhance reality. Unlike VR, where players put on a helmet to enter the game world, AR was a technology that projected the game into the real world in the form of AR glasses.
As a result, many of the skills and combat methods in the game world couldn't be replicated in real life. After all, a powerful swordsman player in the game could be a weakling who didn't even know how to wield a sword in real life.
This was the difference between the game and the real world.
Therefore, when Lin Xi saw the release of Strife AR on the official website, he did not have any expectations.
"What if you can restore your original skills in reality?" Zhao Mingwei asked again.
"I am a Launcher, Master Xiao. For my class, I can just press the shortcut bar and throw skills. Of course I can."
Lin Xi was a little speechless as he summoned a flamethrower and said, "Just like this, pulling the trigger is a skill. But those Blade Master players are in trouble. I wonder if they can use Phantom Sworddance in real life."
Xia Shan suddenly laughed when she heard this. Xia Shan, of course, knew that the swordsman's Phantom Sword Dance was so fast that it could not be seen by the naked eye.
The Holy Ghost game had a battle support system, so any Blade Master would be able to use Phantom Sword Dance as soon as they thought of it.
However, if it was the AR version, wearing the AR glasses would not be able to use the combat support in Strife.
Strife only dealt with the effects of the skills, there was no need for the players to do the corresponding actions.
However, a VR game that focused on action would become boring if there was no action. Mages did not mind, but warriors would collectively protest.
This caused the AR version of Strife to be discontinued in less than a year.
"Yeah, you're right." Zhao Mingwei did not refute Lin Xi's statement.
"Such a perfunctory answer again. Master Xiao, what have you been hinting at recently?
Strife's game is very realistic, but you can't tell the difference between the game and reality, right? "Lin Xi asked.
"… I was just thinking about when the next Abyss Hunt would be." Zhao Mingwei changed the topic.
Zhao Mingwei's words made Jiang Qiao's emotions even more complicated.
"Abyss Hunt?
Master Xiao, do you have any special equipment that you want?
Just go to 4396 and buy it. Your endorsement fee should be enough to buy a few special equipment, right? "Lin Xi said this in a private message, which only Xia Shan could not hear.
"I never buy equipment when I play games. I only get them by killing monsters. So, it's better to max out my level as soon as possible, just in case I can't win the next Abyss Hunt," Zhao Mingwei said.
They were now level 50, and Strife's level limit was now level 55.
"I said, let's compete … We might not have time to farm top-level equipment after work starts, but it's not hard to max out." Lin Xi did not really understand Zhao Mingwei's series of hints.
However, Jiang Qiao's emotions became more and more complicated as he listened.
Zhao Mingwei actually knew that the Annihilation Legion that appeared in the Abyss Hunt was not a monster in the game, but a monster that could really invade the real world.
Zhao Mingwei, who understood this, was always prepared for danger. Or rather, a sense of danger surrounded Zhao Mingwei all the time. He was very afraid of the next Abyss Hunt. The day the Annihilation Legion came, and if the players lost … what would happen?
In Lin Xi's mind, if the players lost, they would just revive and fight again. However, Zhao Mingwei knew that if the players lost, the tragedy of Jiangcheng Food Street would repeat itself.
"And daydreaming. If you can't find a girlfriend in real life, be nice to your Freya. She might really become your girlfriend."
Zhao Mingwei noticed that the atmosphere in the team was a little quiet, so he changed the topic to a more relaxed one.
"Oh my god!
Laugh … Old Zhao, I don't have many female fans in real life, but it's not like I can't find a girlfriend, right?
Only an otaku would really think of Freya as a dating partner, okay? "
Lin Xi really wanted to smash the flamethrower in his hand into Zhao Mingwei's face. There was a real girl in the team!
Zhao Mingwei's words were equivalent to tearing down Lin Xi's face.
"I'm not joking. I'm serious."
As Zhao Mingwei spoke, he gave himself a Qi Dragon-Tiger Roar BUFF and instructed, "That's why you must protect your Freya."
"You don't have to say that. If my Freya dies, the main mission will end!" Lin Xi said as he cast a Battle BUFF on himself.
Lin Xi did not understand Zhao Mingwei's hint. He still treated Freya as an NPC needed for the main mission.
But now was not the time to care about this.
Lin Xi and Zhao Mingwei were both experienced professional players. They did not need Jiang Qiao's reminder to realize that there was a monster lurking around them.
On the other hand, Xia Shan was looking left and right with a dumbfounded expression. After seeing that Jiang Qiao had also given himself a battle buff, Xia Shan hurriedly summoned the prototype mech she used for battle.