Chapter 4 "Sword Talk"
"The environment of your Internet cafe is not bad." Xu Zhiyan looked at the furnishings in the store.
"Fourth-dimensional Internet cafe..." She raised her chin with interest, "Miracles-themed Internet cafes are somewhat rare."
Inside the Internet cafe, the wallpapers are all Miracle posters, and the interior is also made to look like the Miracle UI. The grass in Summoner's Rift is even used as partitions between each area. Even the convenience of the Internet cafe is The store has become "Akali's Mystery Store".
There are many people in the Internet cafe, and the sound of keyboards is endless.
However, as a Miracle-themed Internet cafe, not many people are playing Miracles inside.
For today's young people, it is a game played by the previous generation.
Decades ago, as the first MOBA 5v5 multiplayer competitive game in China, Miracle gained a lot of popularity as soon as it came out. It was a super-phenomenal PC game at that time.
It even directly promoted the development of the domestic e-sports industry. For a time, all kinds of real-time competitive games, large and small, began to become popular.
This fire is an entire era.
"Of course, let me tell you, I am a hardcore Miracle player." Xu Shi mentioned his interests, and Qiu Yi instantly became excited:
"Have you ever heard of Team Black and White?"
Team Black and White...
Xu Zhiyan was slightly stunned.
Then, an imperceptible smile appeared on her lips.
More than that, I’ve heard of it...
Qiu Yi didn't notice the other party's subtle expression, and continued talking to himself: "I still remember the Global League in 2027."
"That, the battle of the gods!"
At that time, Lin Chen, the first captain of Black and White, had retired for two years. The new captain Zuo Liang led Black and White to the finals and lived up to expectations.
"It was the longest professional match in Miracle's history. The ancient creatures' HP had reached the point where they could not be killed. The players' equipment was changed again and again. The heroes on the field could be killed by super soldiers at any time."
When your mental and physical strength are close to the limit, any small mistake will be infinitely magnified.
"In the end, Black and White lived up to expectations and won the world championship 3:2."
"I was just a high school student back then. In order to watch the game, I stole my family's money to buy a plane ticket and walked 20 kilometers to the airport. As a result, the airport security personnel found that my passport was fake and kicked me out."
Qiu Yi couldn't help but feel a little emotional. At that time, he was young and careless, always fascinated and desperate for the exciting competition.
"So, you like this team very much?"
"Of course!" he said in a longer tone, with a bit of pride on his face, "I'm telling you, my miracle is amazing. I even participated in the black and white youth training camp before."
Even though I wasn’t selected in the end.
Author: What’s the big deal? I was also a failed student at Tsinghua University back then.
"Hey -" Xu Zhiyan suddenly waved to him mysteriously and leaned close to his ear: "If I said I could help you get the black and white autograph, would you believe it?"
"..."
Qiu Yi almost had the words "Do you think I'm a fool?" written on her face.
After the 27-year league, Ke Yunming, one of the core members of Black and White, retired. This represented that the last god-level player in the golden era of e-sports also retired from the stage.
The Age of Gods has come to an end.
Today's miracles are no longer as grand as they used to be, and competitions are becoming more and more commercialized.
"Black and White has been disbanded long ago. Captain Lin took over Starfall. Ke Yunming became a game anchor. As for the soul of Black and White, Ke Yue, has been dead for many years..."
Xu Zhiyan was obviously stunned for a moment, and she lowered her eyes without any trace.
Yes, my mother has been gone for many years.
If the early 21st century is the golden age of e-sports development, then Ke Yue is definitely the tear of that era.
She is the pain that no one wants to mention but can't help but remember.
When she left this world, the world began to love her.
Xu Zhiyan decided not to continue this topic. Qiu Yi motioned for the other party to follow and took her to a private room on the second floor of the Internet cafe. "This is where I usually play games by myself."
The rectangular space of about 20 square meters has a built-in water dispenser, air conditioner and lounge chair. Blackout curtains block out the warm summer sun, and the ventilation fan with noise reduction treatment works 24 hours a day.
The most eye-catching thing is the computer desk in the center.
"24k ultra-large curved display, ten-core 12-thread, 6950x CPU, plus the latest light-effect mechanical keyboard and matching headphones."
It also comes with a projector.
"How's it going?" Qiu Yi was a little proud: "I dare say that there is no other computer with comparable configuration to this one in the entire capital."
The ten-core CPU is indeed the highest-configuration processor that ordinary citizens can buy.
"I gave this place to you, isn't it fun?"
Xu Zhiyan nodded approvingly, "Not bad."
She sat down in front of the computer and tried the keyboard.
Qiu Yi finally noticed something unusual, "Why are you wearing long sleeves and gloves in the summer?"
I saw that Xu Zhiyan was completely covered by clothing from shoulders to wrists, and his hands were wrapped in thin white gloves. Only a slender and slender outline could be seen.
"Sun protection."
Qiu Yi: "...?"
"You don't understand." She was logging into wegame and said casually: "My hands are very expensive, so I have to protect them."
Qiu Yi: "...???"
He looked surprised and thought, maybe I have met the legendary hand model?
"Also." Xu Zhiyan added: "Let me remind you, I have mysophobia, so I usually don't have physical contact with others."
Qiu Yi: "..." There are a lot of problems every day.
But he didn't dwell on this issue for too long.
Because the next second, Xu Zhiyan opened the top-ranked PC game on Wegame - Shuojian.
When did miracles begin to decline?
This is probably when VR engines began to be widely used in games.
VR is virtual reality technology. Obviously, compared to real-time competitive games, open-world games with a high degree of freedom and exploration have natural advantages in this regard.
With the advancement of VR technology, people are gradually no longer satisfied with stand-alone games such as VR audio games and VR fighting games with relatively single gameplay.
As a result, the RPG open world game, which had been in the doldrums for more than ten years, suddenly ushered in a period of development and growth.
Although the existing technology is still unable to achieve complete virtual reality, it has made some high-quality RPG mobile games popular.
"Speaking of Swords" is one of the best.
As a test product of Starfall's seventh-generation rendering engine, Shuojian has attracted a large number of players with its ultra-high particle effects and image quality, unique martial arts style, and complete combat mechanism and social rules.
And Starfall officials also issued a statement that "Sword Talk" will soon be made into VR.
This undoubtedly greatly increased the popularity of sword-playing.
Nowadays, most people in Internet cafes are also playing this game.
"To be honest, when you retired from traveling two years ago, I really never thought you would come back." Qiu Yi said, "Where was your previous account number?"
"Sold."
"What about you this time?"
"I plan to practice my account again." Xu Zhiyan had already opened the game and selected the server.
"Aren't you going to the new district?" Qiu Yi was very surprised because Xu Zhiyan still chose district one.
This is also his district server.
(End of chapter)