Starting from Zero

"Wow!" The gold coin who came out behind me was stunned when he saw the building in front of me, because although the building is broken, it does seem to have a different kind of Kind of beauty. Although the buildings covered by green vegetation are dilapidated, the vibrant colors and various flower decorations are just right. If it is not for some big trees or vines that damage the main body of the building, they will even be treated as a result of planting.

"You two, what did you see?" The real red that came out at the end suddenly realized that both gold coin and I, who came out first, were looking at the direction behind the teleportation point in a daze, so they followed and looked back. The result Of course, it was as shocked as we were. "This, this...this is too spectacular, isn't it?"

"How? Are you shocked?" The sudden sound made all three of us startled. To be the top few people on the world battle strength list, gold coin and Zhenhong and I are not the kind of existence that is easily approached by people, so an undiscovered voice suddenly appeared next to us and made us startled. Because we have never been approached so easily before.

Although we were startled by the sudden sound, none of the three of us immediately made any exaggerated movements. We just got back to normal with a shake of our bodies. The owner of the voice just now was obviously not malicious, otherwise it would be fine to attack directly. Making a sound like this will only expose one's own existence, which instead makes the other party lose the greatest advantage. I don't think anyone can beat me, Zhenhong and Gold Coin on the front battlefield.

"Are you the host here?"

"Yes, honorable guest." The voice owner responded politely, and at this time we are also watching this voice The owner of...or the sound-producing creature.

Actually, this guy who just talked to us like a gentleman is not a real gentleman, and even this guy is not even a humanoid creature. The thing in front of me is a mass of liquid floating in midair, at least it looks like a liquid. The water ball-like thing is about seventy-eighty centimeters in diameter. The inside is basically transparent, but with a little blue. The sphere does not touch the ground, nor does it have any flying parts such as wings. It just floats there, the height is just equal to our head, and with its words, the surface of the water polo will also appear in circles of water ripples. Rippling.

After seeing this sphere, Gold Coin and I were a little relieved, because we finally understood why we didn't notice this guy before. It does not have any magical fluctuations on its body, and it has no limbs, and it does not need to instigate the air. It only moves in suspension like this, as long as the speed is not fast, it will not make any sound. Although our perception is very strong, no matter how strong it is, we must have it. Suspended. Whether it’s sound, temperature, airflow, vibration, magical fluctuations, heat radiation, even mental waves, we can feel some, but this guy doesn’t have any of the above characteristics, so unless we see it directly, we simply can’t perceive it. The presence.

After answering our question, the water polo did not stop there, but started to say: "I know you will have a little doubt about my existence. I will answer it for you in a while. So please don’t ask. Of course, you need to introduce yourself before that. I, this existence, has a very great name. Of course, you don’t need to know that name. In fact, even if you say it, you definitely don’t remember Live."

"Why don't you know if we can't remember?" Zhenhong asked suddenly.

Because there are no five senses and bodies, we don’t know what emotions the water polo has towards real red. We just know that it pauses for a while, but the next second it suddenly starts to replied: "Since you have this Confidence, then I can also say my name, but that is not now, but a brief introduction time. Now, whether you are strong, weak, arrogant, humble, mature, or naive, it doesn’t matter. In my case, You are all equal. So, please call me the referee first. This is my job, and I like it."

"Then okay referee...Should I call you Mr. or Ms.? or Say you have sex?" I asked aloud.

"I am not a creature within the scope of what you usually understand. I am a kind of existence, a kind of existence between existence and non-existence. Therefore, gender has no meaning to me, of course because my voice is more It is close to a male pronunciation, so if you feel uncomfortable, you can call me Mr. Referee. Of course, I would prefer you to call me the referee directly."

"Okay referee. Let's call you that for now." He raised the scroll in his hand and said: "We received a task, saying that you have what we want here, so in order to get that thing, we came here. Please tell us what we should do to get that thing."

"It's really rare that I can actually see the lost scroll. I have to say that you are very lucky." While the referee was speaking, a hose suddenly split from his body and stretched out to mine. I rolled the scroll like a hand in front of me, and I handed the scroll to him knowingly. After the thin strip of water was wrapped around the reel, it did not fall. Like a real tentacle, the water bag rolled the reel back, and then shrank into the inside of the sphere. As soon as the scroll entered the water polo, it began to burn violently. The phenomenon was amazing. A scroll was burning in the center of a water ball suspended in the air, and it also emitted a brilliant colored flame, just like a huge Fireball. The flame came and went quickly, and it burned completely within three to five seconds before and after, and the fabric on the reel had already disappeared, even the middle shaft was gone, replaced by a mirror, or a mirror similar to it. 'S display, because something like a nebula is spinning in the middle of that thing.

After burning the scroll, the referee continued: "Well, everyone, now I have accepted the task, and your game can start."

"What should we do? Do?"

"Come with me first, and I will take you to the entrance of the castle." As the referee said, he led us to the gate of the entire castle. This place is not far from the teleportation point we just left, but this entrance is strange, it is actually diagonally downward. In other words, the main body of the castle may be an underground building.

The referee did not take us into the ground, but stopped at the entrance, and then said to us: "From the time I received the task, my power began to select suitable opponents throughout the world to sign up Participate in this competition. If you want to get the final prize, then try to complete the competition and win the championship. Mission rewards will only be given to the champion. If you fail, the prize will not belong to you."

"Isn't it talking about combat missions? Why are you still playing games?" Zhenhong asked in a low voice.

I shook my head and said: "I don't know, it may be something similar to a fighting game."

The referee's efficiency is very high, so we waited five times at the gate. Minutes later, from the teleportation point we appeared just now, a large group of people suddenly crawled out. Because it was very close to the gate, we all saw the embarrassed look of the group of people.

These guys who fell out were complaining all the time, but they soon became quiet, and the reason is of course that we saw the huge plant castle just like us.

"Okay, everyone is finally here." The referee suddenly shouted to the other side in a loud voice: "Hey, the Xinyuns who passed the primary election, come here quickly. Referee's The competition is a good thing that you will never encounter several times in your life. Don’t lose the rewards you might get because of your slow movements."

Those people probably already knew some relevant information when they were selected. , So there was no hesitation in getting up and rushing here, many people still attacked each other to delay the stacking speed, anyway, it was a mess.

Looking at the chaotic crowd running over, gold coin couldn't help frowning. It's not that she feels that the opponent is too strong and afraid that she won't win the championship, but because there are too many opponents. It is conservatively estimated that there are at least two hundred people in this large group, which is definitely not a small number.

"Do you think there are a lot of people?" The referee found out what our facial expressions meant, and asked them actively.

I simply nodded admitted: "There are indeed many. I hope your game rules are not a single challenge."

"Of course not." The referee said affirmatively: "Don't worry. In the first few rounds of my game, I used a 50% elimination system. After two rounds, there will be at most 50 left."

"In this case It's a good system." I nodded recognized this system, and the referee started to gather the group of people to gather around us.

Previously, those people hadn't had much reaction before, but after waiting for the entrance of the castle here, it was an emergency stop, and then they were all stunned. When this group of people came, they just heard a system hint that their reaction speed reached a certain standard. They asked if they participated in the prize competition, and also told them what the reward for winning the championship was, and they said that they had passed each level. There will be corresponding rewards. The generous rewards and the promise of independent rewards for each level immediately let a large group of people join the competition, but these people didn't expect to see me and Zhenhong them both here.

I am number one on the world battle strength list, gold coin is the second on the battle strength list, and the battle strength list before the real red ranks seventh, but after getting the soul suit, the real red battle strength list The ranking has surpassed Masaga Matsumoto from seventh to fourth, while Masaga Matsumoto was squeezed back one place, from 5th Transformation to sixth. Of course, because this ranking has just changed, not many people have seen this change yet. But even if it is ranked seventh on the battle strength list, it is definitely Peak. Moreover, there is not only a seventh, but also the first and the second.

Originally, I was just participating in a game that I didn’t know what to do. Didn’t expect to encounter abnormal level experts like me, Zhenhong, and gold coin. This made the players over there feel very Lost because in their impression, it is simply impossible to defeat us.

The referee did not care about the thought changes of the group of people over there, but immediately began to say after they arrived: "Since the people are all here, then I will start to officially introduce it. Note, this is also Your first level. I will tell you my name now, and then when I finish, please write my name on the magic drawing board in front of you. According to the length you remember, the last half of the staff will be kicked. Go out, the remaining half will directly receive the rewards, and then enter the next level. But...before the start of the game, let's adjust the equipment and attributes first." As the referee finished speaking, we suddenly felt something wrong. , As soon as I lowered my head, I saw that all the equipment on my body was gone, and our personal attributes and all other things were gone. Our current level display is Level 20, which is the level of the newbie village. The equipment on the body is basic shorts and basic tops, and the basic High Level is stripped. And our personal attribute...this doesn't change much, it's based on the ratio when the previous attribute point drops to Level 20.

Although the referee may mean that we are all restored to equal status, I found that it seems that I, Zhenhong, and gold coin still have a big advantage. Although everyone is the same in terms of equipment and level, our attribute is much higher than others, because our attribute points are not directly restored to the level 20 state, but are reduced to the level 20 state in proportion to our previous normal state. We must know that our previous attribute points are not completely added by level. Although most of the player's attributes are added up by upgrading, there is one attribute called an additional attribute. For example, certain tasks or special items can permanently increase an attribute. This attribute is an additional attribute in addition to the upgrade. Although the referee reduced our additional attributes as the level-increased attributes, these attributes should actually be absent when the average player was Level 20, and those ordinary players are indeed the same. However, gold coin and I are still red but have a lot of additional attributes. Although the remaining points are not many after being compressed to the level 20 state, considering that the points of everyone at this level are already very small, this The proportion of extra points is exaggerated.

For example, like the most important and basic power attribute, the current attribute of most players is around one hundred and sixty on average. The basic power set by everyone at Level 1 is generally around eight. According to the setting of "Zero", the character attribute point is equal to the basic attribute multiplied by the level plus additional attributes. The basic attribute at 8 o’clock is raised to Level 20, which means one hundred and six, one with seven power points means one hundred and four, and one at nine o’clock and ten o’clock means one hundred eight or two hundred. However, my current power attribute turned out to be 372, the really red one is 414, and gold coin 308. Among them, gold coin has the lowest power attribute, and the reason is very simple. In terms of basic attributes, the gap between everyone except me is not big, but because of the different professional differentiation in the later stage, Zhenhong and I have received a lot of extra power attributes, but gold coin is a Taoist priest, and the additional attributes are mainly spirit strength. At the same time, taking into account agility, power is not the main attribute of Taoist priests, so the addition is less. This causes the power of gold coin after compression to be a bit worse than ours, but even so, it is much higher than the average player.

After the attribute and equipment changes were completed, many players over there began to cheer, because we were too strong before, so they were worried that the game won’t be rewarded, didn’t expect the game at first everyone It was turned into a newborn state. This is tantamount to pulling everyone to a starting line, and they naturally don't worry about it. Of course, this is their guess, because they can't see the attributes of the three of us at all, and they don't know that there are additional attributes. As for their attributes, the three of us have seen a lot, mainly because those people just asked each other when they checked the attributes. As a result, some people opened the attribute visibility mode in order to show them to others. Let us also see the attributes together.

The referee waited for us to check the attributes before he started saying: "Okay, please keep quiet. The first test is a memory test, so attributes are meaningless. Don’t think that everyone is at the same starting line and you are taking advantage. Even at the battle level, you are only close to the situation facing the opponent, not that you have more advantages than the opponent, so don't be too excited."

The referee’s words made the group of players quiet in an instant. A lot, but there are still many people who are very excited. The referee didn't say anything about it, but started to introduce his name after a reminder. This guy's name is unexpectedly long, probably it was specially written to test his memory, and the whole name actually took five minutes to finish. Although everyone hears the names spoken in their native languages, there is no advantage in language, because this competition is judged according to the chanting time of the name you remember, so the grammar is concise The mother tongue is actually not very helpful here.

After five minutes of chanting the name, the people present basically didn't have any good-looking expressions, even the face of gold coin was quite ugly. After all, names are meaningless characters. If someone reads an article, you can retell it with good memory, but this completely meaningless combination of characters, and it's still so long, is definitely not remembered by normal people. Although gold coin is the second high-end player in the battle strength list, it is the battle strength list and not the memory list. Being ranked second in the battle strength list does not mean that the memory is also second in the world.

Although it is very tangled, but the name has to be written. The referee gave us only ten minutes to answer the questions. In theory, it was just enough to finish writing the name for five minutes, but in reality, most of the writing stopped after only ten seconds. Anyone who has not received formal memory training can remember such a long name? It’s not bad to remember the first few characters.

Although most people stop writing without a long time, there are of course exceptions. Four of the more than 200 players over there were still writing after most of them stopped writing, and one of the three of us did not stop. This surprised everyone on the other side, and finally realized that the expert is not for no reason. appeared.

The rest is still written, there are seven people including me. One of the other guys stopped writing after insisting on writing for more than 30 seconds. Immediately after gold coin, it also stopped. The remaining three people on the other side only persisted for five or six seconds longer than the gold coin, and then stopped one after another. The longest one took only 48 seconds. Now there are only me and Zhen Hong who are still writing their names silently. This result surprised everyone.

I am not a human being. Because of the existence of electronic chips in my mind, my memory is basically the same as a computer, so let alone five minutes, even if the referee recites two months in one breath, as long as my memory If the storage space is not overloaded, then I can silently write all the things he has read in the past two months, and there is no mistake in a single word. Although there is a suspicion of cheating, I wrote it all down anyway.

Even though Zhenhong stopped the pen in the penultimate frame, she is a human after all, and after one minute and thirty seconds, she also stopped writing. Unlike gold coin and the ordinary players on the opposite side, True Red's identity in reality is not ordinary. She is not an ordinary person, but a special person similar to a spy, so she has received special memory training. This time it is an accidental one. It worked.

After Real Red stopped writing, someone on the opposite side told me to stop writing, anyway, it was already the number one. However, the referee told me not to stop and told us that the level rewards in this level are the same length as the name we silently wrote. Originally, I planned to stop after seeing Real Red, but when I heard this, I had to silently write the entire name in one breath.

At the end of the scoring, I saw the full text on the opposite side of the player’s eyelids twitching, and many people clamored that it must be scribbled, but it’s a pity that the referee proved me It's all correct. This answer shocked the guys over there. Many people even talked about whether I was a pervert, and I could say such a long name and just listen to it once and write it all silently.

Although my results were a bit scary, everyone was interrupted by the referee before they were shocked. After the review, the referee didn't say anything, and the scene suddenly shouted and lost half of the people. These people disappeared suddenly, scaring the people around them, but after learning that the bottom half were kicked out, everyone didn't have much reaction.

After the group of people disappeared, the referee began to say again: "Now that the loser has left, it is time for the winner to get rewards. Based on your previous performance, I will give each of you an increase A certain amount of extra attribute, which can be freely controlled, will be sent to you after you leave the game. The extra attribute I prepared for each of you is 10,000 points..."

As soon as I heard this Attribute point, all the remaining players jumped up all at once. It's not that they are not calm, but that this number is too big. Although this is a character attribute and not a basic attribute, 10,000 points are by no means a decimal. Take the power attribute as an example. A player’s basic power usually does not exceed ten points. Then we calculate it based on ten points. This is already a way to add points for power players who emphasize very difficult to deal with. Ten points of basic strength, only 10,000 points when you upgrade to level 1,000. At present, most players are below level 1,200. Those who exceed level 1,200 are elites from various guilds, level 1,400. The above are the pillars of large-scale guilds or the presidents of second-line guilds, and they definitely exist in the scope of the master. Even according to the calculation of one thousand four hundred levels, the character power of this player is only 14,000 points. Including equipment additions, occupation additions, and skill additions, the players who can increase their genre by 80% are ordinary players, those who increase by more than 140% are elite players, and those who increase 200% are the top players in the major guilds. Even if we calculate according to this number, that one thousand and four hundred players, who had added ten power points, now wears equipment to restore all the attributes, the actual power points are only 42,000 points.

Forty-two thousand power attribute. This is already the limit data for pure power Peak elite players. Now suddenly they get 10,000 extra points. What is the concept? The power attribute suddenly increased by 1/4/2021. What a scary reminder? Just a simple memory test to get such an exaggerated reward, who is not excited?

But... that kind of good thing doesn't exist, at least it hasn't happened now.

Just when everyone cheering excitedly didn't know how to vent, the referee suddenly spoke. "What's your ghost name? I haven't finished speaking yet. Ten thousand points are all the attributes prepared for each of you. You just remembered the proportion of my name in the whole name, which is the actual number of points you got. Proportion. Of course, everyone will get at least a little bit of guarantee points."

"Huh?"

The referee's words made the cheering excitedly guys like being poured out in the winter. The basin of cold water turned off instantly.

Just now, the referee’s name has been recited for five full minutes. To reach a percentage of one percent, you must memorize the name for at least three seconds. This is one percent that everyone can remember, and in fact, those who can be left have remembered their names for at least ten seconds, which is more than three percent. However, even if it is 4%, it is only four hundred attributes. Although I can't say less, but to be honest, it's not too much.

Everyone poured with cold water is very cool, but there is also excitement. Gold coin got about one thousand attribute points, for real red it was more than two thousand points, and I even got the full amount. Although because our attributes are too many for normal players, this value is not as exaggerated as ordinary players, but it is not too small after all, so everyone is quite happy.

Get the first test, and then the second test competition. The referee didn't seem to let us delay the time. He called us together and said: "The second game is about to start. The content of this game is very simple." The referee said suddenly, and then we I found that I had two more sets of keys in my hand, one set in one hand, heavy in my hand. "What you have is the key to the basement of the castle in front of you. However, there are many doors in the basement, most of which are fake doors. There are only 59 real doors, which is exactly half of your number. What you have to do is to smoothly Look at the slope in front of you and run to the entrance hall of the basement, and then use the keys in your hand to open the doors and enter it even if you pass. Note that these doors are actually Transmission Gates, and only one person is allowed to pass through each door. Someone enters the back door It will disappear automatically. In addition, the keys in your hands are exactly the same, and those doors, whether they are true or false, the door locks are the same. Whether you open the right or wrong, as long as you open a door, the key will be It disappears automatically. After all the keys in your hand are used up, if you have not found the correct door, you will fail. Oh, yes. There is a time limit for this test. After I said that, the correct door was not found within ten minutes. The person at the gate, even if he still has the key in his hand, is considered a failure. Okay, please be prepared and wait for my signal."

After the referee gave the rules, he flew to the top of the downward ramp. Stopped there, and then suddenly flashed again on his body, and he saw a double-digit number-sixty suddenly appeared in the mirror with shining nebula in his body. After the number appeared, the referee said it was a countdown before the start, and when the number became zero, you could start running.

After the referees finished counting, those players ran to the ramp door and started to grab their positions. Although the ramp entrance is very wide, there are more than a hundred people here, and the entrance can only allow twenty people to go down side by side at most. In this way, the people in the lower row will obviously suffer a bit. If it is possible to fight, the people behind the platoon can also fight to kill the people in front of the road, but the referee said in advance that no aggressive behavior is allowed before entering the hall, including pulling and pushing are fouls and will be eliminated directly. Faced with this kind of regulation, everyone had to quickly grab the spot before the countdown ended. After all, pushing or pushing is not considered a foul.

Although the players over there are almost in a group, I didn't mean to participate. I just grabbed the gold coin and Zhenhong who wanted to grab the position and ran in the opposite direction.

Although Zhenhong and gold coin don’t know what I mean, I am the president. They believe that I will not do this strange thing for no reason, so they didn’t struggle, but turned around quickly. Run with me. Although some players over there noticed our actions, but they didn't understand what we were going to do, so they didn't follow, but continued to grab positions.

I ran away from those people with True Red and gold coin for a certain distance, and then I ran and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Go pick those mushrooms. One person is enough. "

Although I was very confused, neither Zhenhong nor Gold Coin hesitated. They quickly followed me to the edge of the forest and broke a big mushroom alone and started running back with me.

This mushroom is not a normal mushroom, but a super giant mushroom. The top of the mushroom is not flat, but like a strawberry, slightly rounded. Because the connection between the stalk and the cap of the mushroom is not tight, we can get it off with a single fold, and then we start to run back with a mushroom alone.

"Dig a hole." I yelled to Zhenhong and gold coin as I ran back, and now I am not afraid of others hearing it anyway.

True Red and gold coin saw me digging a hole at the junction of the mushroom stalk, and immediately started to dig it up, because the mushroom is very soft, so when I ran back, I dug out a half person The big hole is deep. Sixty seconds had passed when they reached the entrance of the cave. Although the players were confused, or someone had guessed something, they didn't care about them and rushed straight down. However, I did not run in, but let Zhenhong and gold coin continue to dig holes. It took ten seconds to empty out a space for a person from the big mushroom, and then I immediately jumped in, and then rushed into the hole with inertia. Zhenhong and Gold Coin immediately understood my behavior and jumped into the mushroom.

Although the mushrooms are not very round, they can at least roll. This ramp has an inclination of 30 degrees. It can be said that it is very difficult to deal with. Normal people can’t run at full speed on this slope because the ground is wet and slippery. If you run fast, you will fall. Friction can't make them slide down the slope, they can only get up and continue running, so the speed must be affected. However, it is different when we roll down like this. There is no need to slow down at all, and because the slope is getting bigger and bigger, our speed is getting faster and faster, and it takes almost 30 seconds to catch up with the first group of runners. The guy didn't pass the past by lightning.

"Damn, don't bring this!" The group of people behind saw the three big mushrooms rolling down and immediately cried out, but unfortunately there was no time to regret at this time. In fact, their misfortune hasn't completely ended here, because not far in front of them, the ramp suddenly started to increase inclination and turned into a sixty degree inclination. Now not just us, even they are already rolling forward on the ground, after all, it is completely impossible to stand at this angle. You should know that the ground here is a moss-covered stone slab, not a non-slip mat. This thing is not much more than the ice surface. There are people standing there?

Sliding all the way down the ramp, everyone's speed is getting faster and faster, and then a big turn of seventy-eighty degrees suddenly appeared in front. Both Zhenhong and Gold Coin slammed into the inclined wall, and then the mushroom broke, and the whole person rolled over and turned and flew out from the side exit, but there was a burst of screaming skeleton behind. Cracking sound.

Even if the ramp is completely over after this sharp turn, the lobby is more than three meters ahead, but I, Zhenhong, and Gold Coin are now all dizzy, and we can’t walk properly and can only stumble. Climb forward. However, compared to those of us who are similar to drunk cats, the guys in the back are more unlucky.

The taste of hitting a wall at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour is not uncomfortable. We were blocked by a mushroom, so we were only shaken, but they actually touched the wall directly, and many people showed varying degrees of Among the fractures, several of them directly broke the cervical spine and hung out.

Death here is elimination, so those people are directly out of the game. The fractured guys can move, just dragging their injuries, and the speed is not as fast as our three drunk cats.

"Old...Boss, how do you find so many doors?"

After entering the lobby, we were dumbfounded. This hall is like the ancient Roman Colosseum. Our position is at the bottom of the playing field, surrounded by a circle of stands extending upwards. It's just that there are no spectators in the stands now, instead the gates are filled with one after another one after another. Looking at the scale of this place, I am afraid that this venue will not have tens of thousands of gates.

I supported my dizzy head and barely looked at the environment, then looked down at the bottom of my feet, and then said to Zhenhong them: "Follow the footprints. These doors have been used."

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My size made Zhenhong and Gold Coin suddenly react, so they separated and ran out along a wet footprint.

Because I found the right way to open the door, none of the three of us had any accidents. We found the right door the first time, and then after we entered, we found th