Chapter 2 (2/2)
”A contract between the master and pet requires both parties to agree on it. Right now, there are very few human-controlled pets in the game, and demand far outstrips supply. The power to decide actually lies in your hand, if you don't agree to it, no one can force you.”
”Right, upon signing, my right to decisions will then be in the hands of others. Just now, it was said that the ratio is 3:1. The rich players would definitely find all sorts of ways to entrap me.” Ling Xiaolu was not a fool.
”Other than that, a human-controlled pet can learn all the skills available for the pets in the game. This is something that no other players can experience.”
”Oh?” Ling Xiaolu finally was a little interested.
”There's the exclusive skill that belongs to the undead, the well known corrosion and plague.” The salesperson added.
”What sort of skill is that! Just hearing the name there's completely no desire to learn it!”
The salesperson was regretful. ”Those are two extremely powerful skills. When used, your skin will fester, your body rot, and all players will run away immediately after seeing you.”
”Why would I want that?!!”
Ke Ming shot the salesperson a warning glance, and the sensible salesperson quietly shut his mouth.
Seeing how Ling Xiaolu was still very repelled by the pet status, the experienced Ke Ming suddenly had a brain wave.
”You're free to decide if you want to play the game using the collar, but if you're willing to try, our technical department will work with you, and fulfill your in-game requests to the best of their abilities.”
”For example?”
”I know your greatest concern is that you don't like the status of being a combat pet. Although we're unable to change this, but our staff will try their best to help you pretend to be an ordinary player, such that even benefactors would not be able to tell.”
Ling Xiaolu's hopes lit up again. ”Does that mean that I won't be captured as a pet?”
Ke Ming did not correct him, and only said, ”We will give our utmost effort in ensuring your freedom in the game.”
”Then can I also have a cool pet like that Wind Pterosaur?”
”I'm very sorry, this is something that our technology isn't able to do. As your ident.i.ty is a combat pet, the rules of the system states that a combat pet is unable to have another combat pet. However, if you like this sort of combat pet in our new promotional video, I can give you a mini version.”
”Mini version?”
”It's what we call a non-combative pet.”
Ling Xiaolu was not very sure of the differences between a combat pet and a non-combative pet. However, Xinshan had been very sincere with the various methods of compensation they had offered, and if he kept harping on it, he would become the unreasonable one.
”Fine, now that the situation is like this, even if I don't agree, I don't seem to have any other choices.”
”Are you agreeing to experience the game? That's really great to hear, and this will be a big help for our research to improve on the device.” Ke Ming was grateful.
”What should I do next?”
”You will need to register. Are you at least 18 years of age?”
”I am, is there a problem?”
”Games like <spirit contract=””> has two ratings in the game rating system, R14 and R18. This means that only players above 14 years of age are allowed to enter the game, but players above the age of 18 can experience the full content of the game.”
”What's the difference?”
”Appearance wise it will be very different. All the skeletons in the game will be covered with muscles, corpses will turn into gravestones, and there would be no b.l.o.o.d.y effects to be seen, as well as all overly revealing clothes will be sealed. Underaged accounts will be incorporated into an anti-addiction system, and income will be reduced by half once the player is online for more than 2 hours. After 5 hours, the income will be reduced to 0, and finally they cannot have any s.e.xual activities with other players.”
Ling Xiaolu immediately grasped the keypoint. ”You can even have s.e.x with other players?”
”Only when both parties or more consent to it.”
”There can even be more than 2 parties?” He was dumbfounded.
”We're a very liberal game.” Ke Ming smiled.
The salesperson held up an iris scanner. ”If you've reached the minimum age requirement, please scan your ident.i.ty so that we can verify it.”
There was no ident.i.ty cards in this era. Everyone's details were stored in the pattern of their irises. The salesperson used the scanner and swiftly scanned Ling Xiaolu's eye, then his information was all listed in details on the screen —
Name: Ling Xiaolu
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Region: Hushuo City
Occupation: Student
…
”Please check if the information listed is correct.”
”They're correct.” Ling Xiaolu confirmed.
”Ident.i.ty has been confirmed, the device is on. The last step now is to embed the game client.”
Bending down, he retrieved the luxury edition of <the hidden=”” dragon=””> from within the counter. As befitting of a luxury edition, even the packaging was very particular. The concept art was exquisite, looking as though it was made out of gla.s.s, and looking careful at the box, there was even a colourful holographic effect. The lines of colour all led to a specific location, converging in a spot, and it happened to be the jewel embedded in the eye of the Wind Pterosaur.
”You can now open the box.”
Ling Xiaolu touched the surface of the jewel lightly. That rectangular box slowly rose up to midair, and started to turn clockwise. It started off very slow, then sped up until the eye could not catch its speed.
Just as Ling Xiaolu's eyes were getting dazzled, a few life-like looking goldfish leapt out from the box, swimming agilely around Ling Xiaolu, and he reached out to grab at them. That goldfish however slipped through the cracks of his fingers, and twisted and tangled up with its companions. Melting into ink, they reshaped into the shape of a dragon, then circled in midair a few times accompanied by a melodious ancient-styled music. After a whistle, it turned into smoke and dispersed, only leaving three floating words in a calligraphic style — East Tianling.
”That was too pretty,” He gave a heartfelt sigh. ”It would be great if there wasn't this thing on my neck.”
The box of the luxury version had already quietly returned to its original position. The originally sealed cover was now open, revealing a pure black interior. In the middle of the box was a gleaming metal chip.
The salesperson carefully took the chip out and inserted it into a slot under the collar. Then, with a touch of his hand, the metal surface was flawless again.
”All preparations have been done. You can now freely immerse yourself in this world that straddles between virtual and reality. I hope you'll have a good time experiencing this game.”
”We will a.s.sign you an exclusive customer service officer to make sure that your progress in the game goes smoothly. If you have any questions, you can ask the officer or contact me directly.” Ke Ming added.
”I have a question right now.”
”Please go ahead.”
Ling Xiaolu pointed at his neck. ”Wearing this, how am I going to go home?”
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