Chapter 2 Strategic Planet: Pandora
More than a hundred years ago, games used original keyboard and mouse operations, while today's Hero uses almost real virtual cockpit technology.
The surroundings of the virtual machine cabin are a fully surround 3D screen like the real mecha cabin, which can clearly display the environment around the mecha. Inside the virtual machine cabin, sensing gloves, control pedals, and operation buttons are all available. A 48-way vector inertia simulator is used around the virtual machine cabin, which can perfectly simulate the driving experience of the real mecha.
After entering the game, the player's experience is almost exactly the same as driving a real combat mecha.
This is the hardware basis for the Hero game to develop the gameplay of "Dark Exploration".
After Zhang Yuan chose to enter the game, the soft game guidance kept ringing.
"Raid Mission: Destroy the Small Demon Base!"
"Start loading the task map..."
While the game was loading the scene, Zhang Yuan began to browse his current information.
ID: Demon Swordsman
Current rank: Normal lower rank. (Game rank: Normal, Elite, Furious, Doomsday, Myth.)
Record: 0 wins and 49 losses
Current driving mecha: Wolf Demon Type 1 (werewolf form, 5 meters high, weighing 8 tons, maximum output of 737 horsepower, melee assassin mecha, matched with the "Martial God"-level motion capture system.)
Current Body Reform: None
Current Mecha Renovation: None
Comprehensive evaluation: Ancient giant pit!
After reading the news, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly. This year, he was just a 15-year-old boy. He was spoiled by his father since he was a child. He was willful and extremely self-centered. In addition, he was weak and was still a pure novice. His skills were outrageously poor, so in the first month, he lost all his record!
In fact, in the next three years, he had always won less and lost more. He wasted the three golden years of 15 to 18 years. It was not until his father died in battle that he suddenly realized, but he had wasted his golden years.
Looking back at this time, Zhang Yuan himself felt that this was a little brat who was disgusted with everyone.
"Drop~Start loading teammate information."
Three player boxes appear directly in front of the screen in the mecha cabin, one of which is himself and the other two are his teammates. They are now choosing the most basic game mode "Raider Mission".
During the raid mission, the player will be told the specific location of the demon base. To achieve victory, you only need to finally destroy the demon base in the mission scenario.
For novices, even if this task has clearly marked the detailed address of the demon base, it is still not easy to destroy it. However, for Zhang Yuan now, this kind of low-level scene battle is not at all difficult.
After quickly checking the information of his teammates, Zhang Yuan's eyes lit up: "That's right, there is actually an Earth Guardian, with an average level and a 65% winning rate. If my Assassin-type Wolf Demon Mecha can cooperate with him, this game will definitely be able to win easily."
Earth Guardian (Normal)
Humanoid defense mecha (equipped with the ‘steel barrier’ system)
8 meters high
Weigh 20 tons
Maximum power output: 1300 horsepower
Special skill: High-strength alloy heavy armor.
He was about to communicate with the Earth Guard driver, but the other party spoke first: "Wolf Demon, you should act as a supporter in this game. Try not to contact your opponent, so as not to end early in the morning."
There are only three of them, and the difficulty of one death immediately increased sharply.
"Yes, yes, what's the name of the Demon Swordsman? Look at his record, I'm afraid he's being swayed by the Demon?" This was the voice of a girl. She was driving a fox demon-type aircraft. The girl's voice was filled with a hint of resentment. This is also a common sense. Anyone who meets such a cheating teammate will be unhappy.
Fox Demon One-type machine (normal)
Ranged attack mecha. (Equipped with Arrow God System)
4 meters high
Weigh 4 tons
Maximum output of 439 horsepower
Special ability: quick aiming
"Okay, Yaya, don't say this, everyone has a time to be a novice." The Earth Guard spoke again, it seemed that he knew the fox demon.
Well, this is the legacy of the 15-year-old Zhang Yuan leaving behind the future Zhang Yuan. He can only accept all the ancient pits. Faced with the doubts of his teammates, he can only say: "Don't worry, I will fight well."
The game "Hero" has very important personal abilities, but it also attaches great importance to cooperation with each other. Even if the mecha driving skills are really amazing, even if they can complete tasks alone, the final task evaluation will not be very high.
When the Earth Guard heard his words, he became anxious: "Don't, wolf demon, don't think about performance, assist well, I'll let you win!"
Zhang Yuan stopped talking, his record was too bad, and explanation was useless.
"Drop~The game begins, destroy the opponent's base!"
At the same time when the system sounded down, a map appeared on the three-person mecha, and the location of the target demon base was marked with flashing red dots.
Two seconds later, the map shrank to a corner of the screen, and Zhang Yuan's gaze lit up slightly. The surrounding screen of the mecha virtual cabin showed a real-life environment. He is now at the military station of the Earth, which is the base in the game.
This is the planet ‘Pandora’, located in the ‘Star Sea Corridor’. The surface crust of the planet is rich in natural palladium isotope content. This palladium isotope is the core material for the cyclone force field engine of mechas above the elite level and is a strategic resource.
In order to compete for control of Pandora, the human race and the demon race repeatedly fought on the planet Pandora, and the battle situation was very fierce.
Seeing this map, Zhang Yuan suddenly jumped in his heart: 'Pandora was not completely fallen... Oh, no! It's still July 2174, Pandora is still there!'
After Zhang Yuan joined the army, in addition to practicing mecha operation skills in his spare time, he read the battle reports of the past battles between the Earth and the Demons, analyzing the details, and summarizing the gains and losses. This is also a major reason why he was able to become a major general of the Guards at a young age.
He clearly remembers that Pandora star fell in January 2175, and there is only half a year left. Since then, the Earth has lost its natural production location for palladium isotopes and has to rely on artificial synthesis methods that consume a lot of energy to obtain palladium isotopes, which has greatly affected the production capacity of advanced mechas.
That is, in 2175, the battle situation began to tilt towards the demons, and the speed of the earth occupying the star domain suddenly accelerated. In the end, it had to withdraw from the Star Sea Corridor and retreat to the first Star Link, and Hangu Star Gate was the portal fortress of the first Star Link.
It can be said that Pandora's fall was a key turning point in the war between the two tribes!
"If Pandora did not fall, the disadvantages of the earth would not be so obvious. The Hangu Star Gate protected by his father would not face the demons directly, and he would not die in battle... How can I prevent this strategic planet from falling?"
There seemed to be a key clue in his mind, but he couldn't catch it for a while. He had just traveled back, but his mind was still a little confused. Many memories clearly existed, but they couldn't remember them.
He thought hard, almost crazy, and even ignored the upcoming raid mission.
From the defense field of the military station, you can see a lush blue sea of trees ahead, with many white mist shrouded in the sea of trees, and the leaves are very dense, so the light in the forest is extremely dark.
The simulated weather in the game is calm and windless, so the sea of trees ahead seems particularly quiet.
"Gua~Gua~"
Suddenly, a few strange bird songs came from the sea of trees, and sharp waves rushed over suddenly. The people were filled with a sudden burst of hearts. Zhang Yuan was also shocked and came back to his senses from his previous thoughts.
He was increasingly eager to obtain a real fighter mecha.
"The memory is so blurry. I have to turn on the dark exploration mode as soon as possible, so I can go to Pandora in person."
But a real fighter mech costs at least one million, which is not a small amount. Ordinary high school students will definitely not be able to make this money without relying on their parents, and it is impossible for Zhang Yuan in his previous life.
But now, Zhang Yuan has his own plans in his heart.
In "Hero", players can start live broadcasts. As long as their skills are strong enough, they can gain a large number of viewers. Once there are more audiences, their popularity will increase, huge rewards, live broadcast fees, and even advertising fees will come in. It is not difficult to raise a million.
Chapter completed!