Chapter 81 Game Conference
In the days that followed, Ji Xiu devoted himself wholeheartedly to the production and design of horror games.
Time flies, half a year later.
A large number of game warehouses are produced from assembly line processing plants in major cities, starting from households in the main urban areas and spreading outward for installation.
A total of 3.23 million game warehouses will be delivered to households in the first phase, and the first batch of residents to receive game warehouses will also become the first round of test users.
Before the horror game was officially launched, Ji Xiu followed Zuo Yi's suggestion and decided to appear in front of the public and hold a test conference for the horror game.
This press conference was held in the propaganda hall of Yu Jing Church in Starlight City. In the center of the venue was a large podium, and on the wall behind it was a blue flag representing the country of Yu Jing. It clearly expressed to the outside world that behind the promotion of this horror game, standing It is the Yujing Church.
As time went by, reporters arrived one after another. They were holding voice recorders or carrying cameras on their shoulders. Some were busy debugging equipment, standing or sitting, talking to each other and discussing the upcoming press conference.
Before this, apart from literal understanding, they had no idea what the so-called horror game was and why the Yu Jing Church took it so seriously.
The time came to ten o'clock in the morning, and the lights in the venue became brighter.
Ji Xiu, dressed in a formal uniform, came to the podium. Facing the lights and cameras that were turning in unison, his expression was calm and calm, with a confident smile on his face.
This was the first time he appeared in public as a member of the Yujing Church, and in Zuo Yi's eyes, it was also his first appearance before becoming the high priest.
Before the press conference, the horror game had already attracted the attention of people across the country.
Everyone is curious about what the horror game that the Yujing Church mobilized a large number of manpower and resources to create is.
Amid public suspicion, everyone is looking forward to the press conference where the answer will be revealed.
The first part of the meeting is the question and answer session.
The first person to ask the question was the female reporter with the "Starlight Daily" ID badge on her chest. She looked at Ji Xiu and asked the question that everyone wanted to know the answer to:
"I would like to ask Ji Ji, what exactly is a horror game and why does it require all people to participate in it?"
Facing the inquiry, Ji Xiu cleared his throat, bent the microphone on the podium and moved it in front of him, and explained:
"This question must be something everyone wants to know the answer to, and it has troubled everyone for a long time. Today I am here to explain this question... The so-called horror game actually means literally, it can make the experiencer feel panic, fear, etc. An emotional game, but different from what we usually understand as fishing boat racing and other gambling games Different, this is a simulator game based on virtual reality technology. The player's experience of the game is not a physical experience, but it has a sense of immersion that is just like the real thing... Therefore, a horror game can be understood as a game that uses virtual reality technology to allow players to experience the game. An immersive scare game for players. ”
"Manager Ji, your answer makes me even more curious. Why do you want people to experience the feeling of being frightened? Is there any point in doing this? Is it possible that huge resources and manpower are invested just to provide the general public with a novel way of entertainment? ?”
The female reporter's questions were very sharp, but Ji Xiu was not worried.
He and Zuo Yi had already figured out the answer to this question half a year ago.
Because if this problem is not handled well, the sequelae will be very serious.
If there is no reasonable excuse to promote horror games, it will inevitably arouse strong public opposition and further affect the influence of the Yujing Church. This will also indirectly affect the advancement of the development plan four years later.
Therefore, the explanation to the outside world must not only be reasonable, but also gain heartfelt recognition from the people.
Ji Xiu raised his head at this moment, looked at the female reporter and explained:
"The Yujing Church has invested a lot of manpower, resources, and energy, naturally not to provide people with a form of entertainment that stimulates the senses. The purpose of doing so is to solve a huge problem we are facing, which is the source of pollution."
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"I believe everyone should understand that the source of pollution is a problem that has no solution so far. We have tried to develop an antidote, but we have invested a lot of resources and manpower to no avail. We can only curb the rapid spread of pollution through preventive drills and other methods, but this method cannot cure the symptoms. Cure the root cause of the pollution source problem, but the church has never given up on solving the pollution source problem... and horror games are the antidote and answer found by the church.”
Having said this, Ji Xiu waved back, and the Yu Jing Church flag on the big screen behind him suddenly turned into a diagram of the human body.
"I know that everyone must be curious now about the connection between horror games and solving the problem of pollution sources. Before answering this question, I need to explain to you the infection principle of pollution sources and why infected people turn into mutants." < br>
"Here we need to mention an area that few people know about: the soul. In fact, the pollution effect of the pollution source is exactly on the soul, so it cannot be defended through physical isolation, even if you are separated by an airtight wall. It will also be contaminated instantly.”
Along with Ji Xiu's explanation, a golden light spot appeared in the center of the human body structure diagram in the picture behind.
"Although we cannot observe the soul, we understand from the information left by prehistoric relics that the soul is a deeper self than the body. You can understand that the body is the carrier of the soul, but the soul and the body do not seem to be in the same place. One dimension, even if you cut your body into pieces It is impossible to find the soul, but the soul is inextricably linked to the physical body and can directly control the actions of the physical body through consciousness. The power of the pollution source is that the pollution energy it releases can directly affect another dimension, affecting the soul. Cause harm.”
"Here I want to mention something that everyone has heard of, but has always been regarded as taboo, 'extraordinary ability'. In fact, extraordinary ability comes from the soul. It is the power that the soul feeds back to the body. The higher the strength of the soul, the more powerful it is." The power of the body becomes stronger. The source of pollution is also a force that strengthens the soul. It will distort the soul and cause the soul to mutate in the pollution. The polluted soul will also cause the body to distort and mutate, becoming everyone's The mutant monster in the eyes.”
When Ji Xiu mentioned mutant monsters, a picture of a ferocious-looking mutant monster appeared on the big screen behind him.
Then he continued to explain in a leisurely manner:
"Everyone is well aware of the horror of pollution sources. Low-intensity pollution incidents can be quickly resolved through effective organization and execution. However, once a high-intensity pollution incident occurs, it will inevitably cause extremely terrible consequences, especially when the scope of pollution reaches The consequences of pollution sources over 100 meters in dense areas are unimaginable.”
Along with Ji Xiu's words, several newspapers flashed on the big screen behind them, printing the headlines of pollution incidents that had a major impact in history.
These historical scenes quickly aroused the emotions of everyone at the venue and even those watching the live broadcast.
Having studied history, they naturally know the painful memories behind these major events.
Ji Xiu continued in due course:
"The source of the pollution seems unsolvable, but if you look at history, you can find survivors. The first is the members of our saint group. They have powerful souls with extraordinary power and can resist the invasion of soul pollution within a certain period of time. They are the clean-up members." The main force of contamination, followed by the occasional survivors of contamination events.”
"What I want to talk about here are the individual survivors. The church has always been curious about how these individual survivors, who are obviously ordinary people, escaped the pollution from the center of the pollution incident, so they launched a detailed investigation and study on these survivors." It was found that these individual survivors all have one characteristic in common, they have tenacious willpower. It is this willpower that allows them to prevent their souls from being easily shaken when facing the distorted energy released by pollution sources. Willpower The stronger it is, the longer it can survive a pollution incident.”
"Having explained this, everyone must have understood that the original intention of developing horror games was to deal with the increasing pollution incidents."
But just when the venue and the live broadcast audience thought that the horror game was just to exercise willpower, Ji Xiu changed the subject:
"Exercising people's willpower is an important part of fighting pollution sources, but there is another important reason for the emergence of horror games, which is about the activation and use of extraordinary abilities."
"This is a topic that is considered taboo on the Internet. I have seen people online more than once wondering why the Yujing Church supervises those with naturally activated extraordinary abilities. Here I will give you a clear answer."
As he spoke, the representative symbols of the Black Hole Organization, Thousand Faces Organization, and other forces appeared on the big screen behind Ji Xiu.
"Although there are many people with extraordinary abilities who are naturally activated among the people, there are also many people with extraordinary abilities who come from the forces of chaos. Their abilities are by no means naturally activated, but are obtained by serving the forces of chaos. They are destroying social order. The unstable factors are forces that must be regulated or even eliminated..."
This time, Ji Xiu spoke without reservation about the nature of extraordinary abilities and the reasons why the Yujing Church monitors non-organization members.
Prior to this, the Yujing Church's explanation of extraordinary abilities was always a gift from God Yujing. It also called saint warriors God-givers and unofficial extraordinary abilities as cursers.
These words were undoubtedly a slap in the face to the Yu Jing Church.
Sure enough, the whole place was in an uproar.
Everyone looked at Ji Xiu with incredulous eyes, unable to believe that these words that weakened the influence of the church were actually spoken by a representative figure promoted by the church.
"I know everyone is curious about why I said this, and what the relationship between the extraordinary abilities I mentioned has to horror games. Next, I will give you a clear explanation from another angle."
"First of all, let me bring up a topic that no one dares to talk about openly. Is our Yujing country experiencing turmoil and crisis? Is the influence of the Yujing Church among the people being weakened... Now, let me give this issue a qualitative answer. Yujing The influence of the church is weakening, the country of Yujing is experiencing turmoil, and our offshore resource areas are also being threatened by foreign forces. The summary is that our country of Yujing is facing two problems: internal and external troubles.”
"How to solve the problems of internal and external troubles is actually very simple, that is, we must have strong strength, use strong strength to solve the social unrest caused by internal troublesome forces, and use strong external strength to solve the problem of resource circulation, so as long as we have absolute strength, Many problems will no longer be my problem.”
"So how to improve the country's strength and fight against internal chaos and external alien races has become the most important problem that the church needs to solve, and the answer to this problem is to increase the number of people with extraordinary abilities, that is, the number of saints."
"Research on people with innate extraordinary abilities has allowed us to find a trick to naturally activate people with extraordinary abilities. The answer is emotional stimulation... The significance of horror games is that in addition to improving people's willpower, they can also enhance innate extraordinary abilities through emotional stimulation. The number of people has subtly improved the comprehensive strength of our country, becoming the core force for stabilizing the internal environment and external competition..."
Under Ji Xiu's narration, on-site reporters and live broadcast viewers gradually understood the significance of the existence of horror games.
There are two core points in summary.
The first point is to exercise the people's willpower, solve a series of problems caused by pollution sources from the root, and strengthen the people's resistance when encountering pollution sources.
The second point is to use the emotional stimulation brought by horror games to activate as many people with innate extraordinary abilities as possible, and these people with natural extraordinary abilities will also become the main force for Yu Jingguo to solve internal and external troubles, and gradually improve Yu Jingguo's ability to solve internal and external problems. Stunning external competitiveness.
These two answers very well answered the doubts in the hearts of the people.
The first is the issue of social stability. Pollution sources are the biggest threat to social stability and are closely related to everyone, because no one knows whether a pollution source incident will break out around them, and they will panic every time they think about it.
If there are voices who want to oppose, the first thing they have to face is the voices of the people who are seriously threatened by pollution.
Secondly, from the perspective of national justice and the future of the human race, increasing the number of people with extraordinary abilities is to enhance the country's overall strength.
Personal safety and national justice are combined, and even if there are objections, they can be easily suppressed.
Because the starting point of horror games has already occupied two moral high ground, the opposing voices can't find a suitable breakthrough at all.
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Ji Xiu then answered a few more questions.
In what ways are emotional stimulation achieved in horror games? Where does the inspiration for horror games come from? Why did the Yujing Church entrust me with such an important task, and a series of other questions.
After the question and answer session ended, Ji Xiu introduced the content of the horror game through the big screen behind him.
The initial screen is the cover of the first horror game "Pollution Crisis" that appeared in this test. The scene depicted is the fishing boat "Ceratopsian" under heavy rain, as well as the outline of the mutant monster vaguely visible in the fishing boat. The lower right corner of the screen is fog. A red warning map showing Haicheng being polluted over a large area.
During the introduction session, Ji Xiu focused on the high-fidelity sense of immersion in horror games and the reward and punishment mechanisms that will appear during the experience.
In terms of punishment, there will be a clear exploration percentage setting in the game. If the player's monthly game exploration is lower than the specified value, he will be questioned by the game supervision team. If the player is questioned more than 5 times a year, the player will be Turn over to the Department of Law Enforcement.
Ji Xiu did not explicitly explain how the Law Enforcement Department handled the matter, but reporters on site and live broadcast viewers knew the consequences of handing it over to the Law Enforcement Department.
After the slap, which brought psychological haze to everyone, Ji Xiu timely offered the opportunity to experience the horror game.
The reward ladder mechanism of horror games is an opportunity for ordinary people to gain social class promotion by playing horror games.
(End of chapter)