The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 418: It only takes a blink of an eye to clear the level! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

When Xiao Meng posted the trailer on behalf of Xu Meng, the [Matrix Killing] mode had been open to all players for more than two hours.

The number of players whose defenses were breached increased exponentially.

Players have realized that the real difficulty lies not in the endless traps.

Rather, it is the timed rotation mechanism of the matrix.

Without vision, once the matrix rotates, you will instantly lose your sense of direction, and all the roads you have explored before will be wasted.

This kind of confusion about the progress has a huge impact on one's mentality.

The resentful players began to call out to Xu Meng:
Come here and "die"!
——The development team has to suffer for Xu Meng, but it is not enough to appease everyone’s grievances.

Now we see that Xu Meng has really responded to everyone’s call to broadcast the speedrun matrix live, and even used such an arrogant description as [real speedrun].

Emotions exploded instantly:

"You really dare to come and play?"

"Okay, okay, you must clear the level today! You are not allowed to log off until you clear it!"

"Dude, you're not going to cheat, are you?"

"Boss Xu, I sincerely suggest you go talk to a psychiatrist. You seem to be in a dark psychological state!"

"Let's make a bet! Boss Xu breaks down and goes off the air!"

……

Everyone’s enthusiastic “welcome” started from the moment the live broadcast preview was released until Xu Meng started broadcasting.

Just under this simple live broadcast preview, more than 8 comments were generated!
This shows how intense the resentment is.

When Xu Meng really started broadcasting and appeared above the matrix in the sea of ​​clouds, the players who had been waiting for a long time started at 0 frames, and barrage of comments gushed out instantly!

It was so fast that Xu Meng couldn’t keep up.

So he simply stopped watching it.

"Hello everyone. Hello everyone."

"You missed me so much after not seeing me for a few days? Too enthusiastic, too enthusiastic."

"I saw everyone calling me to play games. It just so happened that I had recently achieved some phased results on a major project, so I could play for a while to relax."

After saying this, he ignored the series of question marks in the live broadcast room and looked down at his feet.

"This matrix is ​​actually not that difficult."

“Everyone thinks it’s difficult, but they just haven’t gotten the hang of it.”

"I'll explain it to you while I play."

"To be fair, I won't choose the entrance myself. Xiao Meng, please help me choose an entrance."

There are 2500 cubic rooms at the top of the matrix, so naturally there are 2500 entrances.

Xiao Meng, who had been following Xu Meng, said without hesitation: "Number 368!"

Xu Meng then walked towards small cube No. 368.

But the viewers in the live broadcast room immediately went crazy:

"It's a trick! It's definitely a trick!"

"No! Absolutely not!!"

"Who doesn't know that Xiao Meng will help you?! Change one! You must change one!!"

"No cheating!"

……

Some viewers were even afraid that Xu Meng couldn't see it, so they directly left a striking message of 3000 yuan, strongly requesting Xu Meng to change the entrance.

Everyone thinks Xiao Meng will help Xu Meng cheat.

Xiao Meng feels aggrieved.

Pouring lips and looking unhappy.

Xu Meng didn't expect that just choosing an entrance would cause such a big reaction from these people.

I simply wrote a temporary voting plug-in to allow the audience to vote through barrage to decide the entry number.

The final numbers selected are:

[1447]
Following the voting results, Xu Meng came to cube No. 1447, opened the door and jumped in.

After that, he didn’t rush to act, but entertained the audience first—

"Everyone should know that all the rooms on this departure floor are safe rooms."

"And the safe room, all six doors can be opened."

"That is to say..."

He pointed in a direction and said, "The number 368 that Xiao Meng chose just now is in this direction."

"If I hurry up, I should be able to make it before the countdown ends."

The audience immediately had a lot of question marks in their heads.

——So after all the effort to vote, you still have to go to No. 368?
You're determined to cheat, right?

Numerous question marks and exclamation marks flashed across the screen.

After Xu Meng successfully amused millions of players, he did not actually do so. Instead, he opened the door under his feet and officially started to challenge the level.

"There are only two keys to passing the matrix."

"First: remember as many details of all the traps as possible."

"Each type of trap has a corresponding device and clues. The more deaths you make, the more experience you will gain."

“Second: figure out where you are right now.”

“This is a test of everyone’s spatial imagination and memory.”

"To make it easier for everyone to understand, I'll let Xiao Meng make a rendering for everyone."

"We use the small cube in the lower left corner of the matrix as the coordinate origin (0.0.0), and then draw three lines from the coordinate origin along the right, back and top to draw a simple coordinate system."

As Xu Meng spoke, Xiao Meng in the small window controlled the glowing lines in real time, drawing a clear coordinate axis.

Based on this coordinate axis, a matrix of 12500 small translucent cubes was drawn to help the audience understand.

"And my current position, in this coordinate axis, can be marked as (47.21.49)."

In the translucent matrix, a small bright yellow cube lights up.

Next, Xu Meng started to move downwards.

…When Xu Meng said he was going to start a live broadcast, the players all thought he would have some “developer’s tricks”, so they kept their eyes open and prevented any cheating.

Everyone has almost conceded that this will be a battle of wits and courage between them and Xu Meng!
But now, seeing Xu Meng analyzing trap types methodically and occasionally taking damage from traps, he was somewhat surprised.

I even began to doubt, can I really pass the level this way?
When the entire matrix began to tremble and shift, this doubt reached its peak.

Xu Meng's speech speed also suddenly increased: "Before the matrix starts moving, you must confirm your coordinates and stand facing the direction of the y-axis arrow."

"My current location is (33.16.38)!"

"The movement begins now, and the direction is to the right along the coordinate axis - you can use the one-legged stance to help determine the direction of movement."

"Listen carefully!"

Clear "click" and "click" sounds were heard in the background.

——That was the sound of the mechanical structure's rotating shafts colliding when the metal room moved.

Every time the sound rang, Xu Meng counted: "1, 2, 3...14!"

"Move horizontally 14 times. Current position is (47.16.38)."

"Next, move down! 1, 2, 3... 22!"

"Location changed to (47.16.16)."

……

Xu Meng speaks very fast.

But every sentence was enunciated clearly, explaining every decision he made and every idea in his mind clearly.

Plus Xiao Meng uses real-time animation demonstration in a small window.

The structural changes of the matrix and the movement of the small bright yellow cube representing Xu Meng's position are clearly visible!

The audience can clearly see that every time Xu Meng reports a number and every time he determines the coordinate position, it is completely correct!
Wait for the matrix to stop moving.

Xu Meng reported the coordinates again: "(22.34.19)."

The audience looked at the small bright yellow cube in the translucent matrix. In the matrix coordinate axis marked by Xiao Meng, its position was exactly (22.34.19)!
Exactly.

Xu Meng continued to attack the matrix.

The comments in the live broadcast room became sparse.

The audience never expected that Xu Meng would pass the level in this way!

"No buddy, you really don't cheat at all?"

"Is there really no author channel? I don't believe it!"

"Don't act so relaxed and easy! Who can remember all this while going through the levels?!"

"I'm really not used to you being so serious, Boss!"

……

Xu Meng did not respond to the comments, but went down step by step accurately and clearly until he reached the bottom.

Another good step to the exit.

Finally, he ceremoniously chose the small room with coordinates (0.0.0) as the exit.

The whole process of breaking through the level was not easy or pleasant.

——He also fell into many traps, and only one quarter of his health was left.

But it gives all the audience a feeling of ease and everything is under control.

By the way, I also broke the record for the fastest completion of [The Matrix].

The city-wide broadcast set up by the operations team is automatically triggered.

All players in the Sprawling City heard the system broadcast at the same time:
"Player [Xu Meng] broke the clearance record for [Matrix Killer]. Current record: 59 minutes and 48 seconds!"

A half-length photo of Xu Meng also appeared on the largest electronic billboard in Nancheng District, congratulating him on breaking the record.

The players looked at the record of [0 hours, 59 minutes, 48 ​​seconds] on the billboard, and they could not hide the shock in their eyes.

Because before this, the fastest record for completing [The Matrix] was more than two and a half hours!
As soon as Xu Meng made a move, he increased the speed by a full hour and a half!

"Brilliant!"

“Is this [real speedrunning]?”

"Okay, now that there's a strategy, I want to see how many people can imitate it!"

"Although I can't learn it, I have nothing to say. If I can't get through it, it's just my fault."

"I will never say there is a problem with the design again..."

……

Players are just so honest.

When the designer Xu Meng actually showed up to try out the game, and successfully completed it without cheating, even if everyone still felt that it was difficult, they would no longer say that the developer was insidious and vicious and was seeking revenge against society.

Not only did he not scold her, he also praised Xu Meng for being really awesome.

But Xu Meng shook her head and said, “No, no, no, this is just a normal clearance, not [a real speedrun].”

His words immediately caused a lot of question marks to appear in the live broadcast room:

“Isn’t this a speed pass?”

"Brother, you've already shaved an hour and a half off the world record, what else do you want?"

"That's right! Please stop playing around and give others a chance to show off!"

……

Amid the players' questions, Xu Meng returned to the matrix again.

“Now, it’s [real speedrunning]!”

After saying that, he opened a door at random and entered the matrix.

The moment he landed, he immediately said:

"Ciri! Help me!"

With a slight "crackling" sound, the white-haired girl appeared inside the matrix in a flash of silver light.

Before he could stand firmly, he grabbed Xu Meng's arm, and then disappeared together in a flash of silver.

The city-wide broadcast sounded again——

"Player [Xu Meng] broke the clearance record of [Matrix Killer]. Current record: 0 hours, 0 minutes, 1 second!"

Players and spectators:
???

(End of this chapter)