Chapter 808: Chapter 767: Come Home With Me!!
In fact, there were consoles with legs, strolling down the streets of Xiajing City.
But not just one console, but eight large consoles—or rather, small servers, being pulled by box trucks from outside the Fifth Ring, all the way to the city center.
Within a 150-meter range on both sides of the road, all players wearing [Eight Sides] Headbands and accompanied by spirit beasts experienced a massive boost in computing power, and their spirit beasts gained a real body, temperature, and touch. The level of realism instantly went up by several steps.
However, the duration of this “realness” was inversely proportional to the traffic conditions—
The better the traffic, the faster the box trucks with servers left, and the faster the spirit beasts lost their “realness”.
Conversely, the worse the traffic and the more severe the congestion, the longer the box trucks would stay, and the longer the spirit beasts could maintain their “realness”.
—In truth, using vehicles to pull servers wasn’t exactly in line with Lincoln’s aesthetic.
When he first came up with this idea, the first thought that popped into his head was:
[Finally, my super-giant airship has a chance to shine again!!!]
Regarding the airships, he originally planned to fly them again during the New Year’s activities.
But he got busy and forgot about it.
This time, they could finally be put to good use!
However, after some excited research, he found out that this idea only looked good on paper, but wasn’t practical at all.
The most critical issue was— the airship flew too high.
A box truck pulling a server could only serve within 150 meters on both sides of the road—in reality, this was just a circle with a radius of 150 meters.
But even at low altitude, the airship would be 300 meters high, rendering it pointless.
Last time it worked because there were no sensory data involved, and there was no pressure on the portable neural modulator-demodulator; it was all about transmitting pure visual signals from the Battlefield promotional material, which seemed incredibly simple.
But now, sensory signals and equipment pressure needed to be shared.
In the end, Lincoln could only regretfully keep the [Cloud Dream] grounded, and use 16 box trucks to execute this plan—each server-loaded box truck was followed by a mobile base station vehicle.
But using trucks had its benefits too.
When the trucks finally entered the Third Ring, Cloud Dream’s official live broadcast room suddenly lit up without warning.
— Three days after the “Pokémon” news was released, Cloud Dream Official finally made a move.
Players rushed to tell each other, quickly flooding into the live broadcast room, eager for the official reveal of new information.
But they were soon disappointed to find that there was no host in the live broadcast room, just box trucks driving on the road.
“????”
“Did we enter the wrong channel?”
“What’s going on? Where’s the host? Come on out!”
…
The audience was confused.
However, some sharp-eyed viewers noticed that occasionally among the passing pedestrians, there were one or two individuals accompanied by familiar magical creatures.
Only then did they confirm that the live broadcast was not in error, and that it was indeed a live broadcast about “Pokémon”.
As the traffic forced the camera to stop, more and more players approached the trucks, guided by their pets.
— Wherever the server passed, not only would the spirit beasts gain a physical form, but they would also actively look in the direction of the truck.
If their location was not dangerous, they would even move towards the truck.
Lincoln deliberately kept the trucks away from main roads and chose streets where they could drive slowly.
Under such conditions, many players noticed the trucks carrying the servers, and those without pressing matters and with exploding curiosity followed, wanting to see where the trucks were heading.
As a result, more and more magical creatures appeared in the Cloud Dream’s frame.
White little tigers, four-horned white deers, winged whistling snakes, golden toads with copper coins in their mouths, blue-feathered white-beaked bifangs, and heavily whiskered Danghus…
Most people had seen portraits of these spirit beasts before, but those were static 2D images.
Now, the little critters in the camera were all lively and three-dimensional, and they even interacted with their masters, giving a completely different visual impact!
The scene was like a convention of magical creatures, bustling with excitement.
Not just the audience, but the gathered players were equally excited: they had never seen so many magical creatures at once!
However, they all shared the same question: where were these trucks going?
When the trucks entered the Second Ring, their question was finally answered—
In the direction of North Sea Park, a giant rush of water suddenly gushed into the sky, reaching a height of 100 meters and persisting for a full eight or nine seconds before losing momentum and falling back to the ground.
“What’s that? A fountain?”
“Did the water company’s main pipe blow up?”
“A fire truck?”
…
Everyone was guessing.
However, they soon discovered that the passers-by who were not wearing the headbands were not affected at all and went on with their affairs, obviously not noticing the huge water column.
They then understood: this was another move by Cloud Dream, and it was very likely that it was the final destination of these box trucks.
“Looks like North Sea Park, what could be there?”
“Do we need to guess? Of course, it’s magical creatures!”
“Let’s go, go, go!”
…
With a clear destination in mind, the crowd decisively left the leisurely moving trucks and headed straight to North Sea Park.
Players close to the park also stopped chasing the trucks and quickly gathered at North Sea Park.
*
Fishing is prohibited in North Sea Park.
But there are always people fishing in North Sea Park.
Today was no exception.
Even in January, when the cold wind swept through the park and the water surface was frozen, ice fishermen still found ways to sneak in.
The North Sea Park here, stained by the long history of warfare, was completely incomparable to what Lincoln had seen in his previous life.
Not only was the expansion during the Qing dynasty missing, but the royal architecture of the previous dynasty was also severely damaged due to war and lack of maintenance funds.
It wasn’t until recent years when Daxia became more affluent that North Sea Park began further development, with the situation gradually improving year by year.
However, supervision was not strict.
After all, with an area of nearly 400,000 square meters, it was not difficult for someone determined and daring to find a quiet spot for ice fishing.
Now was no exception: two uncles guarding their ice holes originally chatted casually while waiting for the fish.
They talked not only about fishing and their family affairs but also about the few box trucks that had been parked by the shore for a long time, puzzled as to why they hadn’t been driven away by the park authorities — the answer, of course, was that they had applied in advance and paid enough money.
As time went on, they slowly started to feel that something was not right:
“Why are there so many people on the shore?”
“Yeah, it wasn’t that crowded just a moment ago. Why is there such a big crowd now?”
These people didn’t go on the ice but scattered along the shore, forming a long line of onlookers, pointing at them while excitedly chatting with those around them.
“Are they… watching us?” said one elderly man with uncertainty.
“Seems like it, what’s going on?” replied the other elderly man.
“Forget about it, it’s too distracting with them watching us. Let’s stop and go.”
“Sigh, bad luck, let’s go, let’s go.”
As the two of them talked, they began to pack up their fishing gear.
What they didn’t know was that in the players’ line of sight on the shore, a huge shadow was silently swimming beneath the ice where they were standing!
The shadow was so massive that players standing on the shore couldn’t even estimate its size!
A moment later, the two elderly men packed their things and prepared to leave the ice, but the shadow beneath the ice did not seem to intend to let them go —
The shadow suddenly rose, causing a huge area of ice measuring more than 200 meters wide and 300 meters long to shatter all at once!
“Bang! Bang!” “Crack! Crack!” “Crack!”
Like shattering glass or thunder, the dense and intense cracking sounds of ice suddenly emerged.
With the breaking of the ice, the water burst forth like a waterfall from a broken bottle! A mountain of water surged!
A tremendous mountain-like figure leaped out of the water surface, casting a huge shadow.
“Woooo——”
Louder and more grand than a whale’s call, the creature’s roar echoed through the heavens and the earth!
At that moment, the world seemed to pause for a moment, leaving only the echoes of that giant creature’s roar rippling through the water.
The next moment, time resumed, and the massive beast plunged back into the water, setting off huge columns of water and waves that reached the sky, as if detonating a giant bomb beneath the surface. The tremendous roar shook people’s hearts!
Water droplets splashed in all directions, and the onlooking players felt the cold water hit their faces.
It was so real and shocking!
The two old men on the ice had long disappeared.
However, none of the onlookers was worried, but instead shouted excitedly while pointing at the water surface:
“It’s Kun! Kunpeng! Definitely!”
Yet some players objected: “Not necessarily, right? Isn’t Kun supposed to be thousands of miles long? It’s definitely not big enough!”
“That’s because it’s still growing! It’s just a baby now! A cute little Kun!”
Many people couldn’t help but pull out their bells while yelling, shaking them vigorously at the water surface!
While shaking and shouting: “Little Kun, I love you! Come home with me!”