Game of the World Tree

March is the season when all things recover and spring flowers bloom.

After the short Spring Festival holiday, the imperial capital of the Celestial Dynasty also ushered in a turbulent wave of rework, and once again fell into extreme prosperity and noise.

Cao Lingxuan is one of them.

As a Bei drifter who has graduated from college for three years, after a short vacation in her hometown, she embarked on a journey of chasing her dream again.

There is no way, her major is art major. As a girl who loves painting, loves comics, and hopes to become a cartoonist one day, there is no way for her to use her power in a small place in her hometown where even the virtual network is not fully covered.

Only in a metropolis like the imperial capital can she find a job that suits her.

Walking on the endless road, thinking about the future development, Cao Lingxuan sighed slightly.

For the virtual network that has developed rapidly in recent years, she is really emotionally complex.

On the one hand, with the development of virtual networks, many freelancers in the entertainment industry have more space to work freely, and the cartoonist industry has also greatly improved work efficiency due to the further optimization of various drawing software. At the beginning of the first century, it took a whole day to sit for a painting.

On the other hand, the rapidly expanding virtual entertainment is also compressing the living space of traditional entertainment, such as comics, etc. If you are not a real master, it is difficult to get enough income from comics alone.

And if you want to attract readers from the dazzling variety of entertainment activities, even for those top cartoonists in the industry, they have to rack their brains to create better works.

It frees up the hands, but makes the brain work more.

In many cases, the time to conceive far exceeds the time of creation.

It is no wonder that teachers in the industry are complaining. In this era, although it is more and more convenient, the pressure is increasing.

Source, conceive, create...

Time seems to be abundant, but in fact... it feels more and more insufficient.

Shaking her head, Cao Lingxuan walked into a somewhat old-fashioned apartment.

Straight to the third floor of the apartment 307, the girl knocked on the door politely, but there was no movement inside.

Cao Lingxuan frowned, lying on the door and listening, she heard loud music coming from the room.

Hmm... It's said to be noisy, but in fact it's just louder, and to be honest, it sounds pretty good.

It's not the electronic music that is popular on the Internet, but a kind of pure music with a unique style. It has a little classical taste, and it seems to have an indescribable exotic style, which is easy for people to fall into.

And similar music, Cao Lingxuan has not heard of it, it is a kind of niche music that has gradually spread in a small area since last year, and has become more and more popular with the passage of time. It is called "elf" wind".

Cao Lingxuan didn't know which genius created the "Spirit Wind" music, but under the influence of someone, she also saved one or two songs in her mobile phone. Whenever it was quiet at night, she would put on headphones and fall asleep with the music.

Not to mention, the effect of falling asleep is quite good.

Just don't look at the comments section.

Because this music seems to have a different kind of empathy ability, it will always attract a group of "depressed" patients to sell miserably below...

Therefore, girls have always blocked the comment area.

After sorting out the image, Cao Lingxuan skillfully took out a key from under the flower bed on the side and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, a strong smell of alcohol and sourness rushed towards her face, which made her frown.

It was very dark inside, the curtains were not opened, and there were bags of garbage piled up at the door.

You could say...it's a mess.

Cao Lingxuan had a black line on her face.

"Hey, it's always like this..."

She sighed helplessly, entered the room, opened the curtains and turned off the music, and then kicked a humanoid object that was sleeping soundly with the sneak capsule, and shouted:

"Teacher Black Cat! Don't sleep! Get up!"

Startled by the girl's shout, the humanoid object on the ground almost jumped up, and the slightly vicissitudes of the male voice sounded at the same time:

"It's about to be handed in? Hurry up! Hurry up! It's almost over! Give me one more day, just one day!"

This is an uncle who looks to be in his thirties. Although he looks good, he is unshaven, unshaven, and has a pair of deep dark circles under his eyes...

His eyes were still a little blurry.

Until... and Cao Lingxuan's eyes met.

Uncle: ...

Cao Lingxuan:  …

"Cough, it's Xiao Cao... I thought it was the editor."

The man coughed twice, embarrassed.

Cao Lingxuan:  …

Black cat, male, real name Mao Mo, 33 years old, single.

He is a well-known cartoonist in the current comics industry in China. He made his debut by creating comics with fantasy themes of other worlds. Although the subject matter is old-fashioned, he always has wild ideas and can often create exciting stories full of tension, so he also has a group of Quite an avid diehard fan.

And Cao Lingxuan was his assistant. As an assistant, she helped him while learning some comic skills from him.

However, speaking of an assistant, the girl feels more like a nanny.

Looking around the horrific room, she sighed:

"Mr. Black Cat, it's time for you to find a girlfriend."

"Cough cough cough... How can a virtual game be fun with a girlfriend or something, and it's good to be alone, how comfortable it is."

Mao Mogan laughed twice.

Cao Lingxuan:  …

"Hurry up and wash up! I just listened to your tone, I'm afraid that the manuscript is not finished yet? You promised the editor to submit the manuscript before three months a year ago. The three months are almost half past, and the deadline for the website is coming soon. right?"

"Cough cough...Isn't this the game that I liked in the past two days suddenly released again! Hey, the source material is also very important! Besides, I'm a little too busy to draw when you're not here."

"It's all excuses, how old are you still so playful."

The girl rolled her eyes, and then began to help the other with the cleaning.

A virtual world is a virtual world after all. In Cao Lingxuan's view, those who are addicted to the virtual world are just losers who are satisfied with their self-control and escape from reality.

However, as a big man in the comics industry, he always has "privileges", so Cao Lingxuan doesn't say much.

After listening to the girl's words, Mao Mo also scratched his head and walked to the bathroom with his big slippers.

After half an hour...

Mao Mo, who had already washed up again, sat at the dining table and ate takeaway with relish, and the whole room was swept away after the girl's cleaning and returned to tidy.

However, Cao Lingxuan raised her eyebrows when she saw the brand new sneak pod in the room.

"Mr. Black Cat, didn't you just buy a sneak pod the year before last? Why did you buy another one?"

Hearing the girl's question, Mao Mo's spirit was shocked. He wiped the oil on his mouth with a tissue, and then said enthusiastically:

"Hey, Xiao Cao! I haven't told you yet! This sneak pod is prepared for you. In the future, our office will be completely moved to You... ahem, no, it's on the virtual network, and you can still play along the way... Um... no, you can still use materials!"

Cao Lingxuan:  …

"You just wanted to talk about playing games!? You must be talking about playing games, right?! If you spend your time playing games on creating, your works won't always be so difficult to produce!"

"But the material is also true. You know, it's not good to stand still in this business."

Mao Mo scratched his head and smiled shyly.

Cao Lingxuan:  …

Listening to the other party's sophistry, she had a black line on her face.

However, in a sense there is some understanding.

This kind of thing is still very important for creators.

Inspiration often comes from life, but also from the collision of thinking with other works, the other party can be games, can be, can be movies, etc...

It's just... This well-known cartoonist teacher seems to have been playing games for a little longer.

Cao Lingxuan still remembered that when she met her two years ago, she spent almost two-thirds of the day in virtual games.

Since last year, it has restrained a lot. It seems that Teacher Black Cat lost interest in most virtual online games overnight, and most of the time he changed to watching game videos.

I have been talking about what a masterpiece, other online games are garbage, when will I be able to get a spot...

As a result... is this itchy again?

"So...what happened?"

Cao Lingxuan asked while pouring water for the other party.

Hearing the assistant's question, Mao Mo was refreshed.

He said excitedly:

"Hey, Xiao Cao, tell you! I got a place in "Elf Kingdom"!"

""The Kingdom of the Elf"..."

Hearing this familiar name among the strangers, Cao Lingxuan's eyes were slightly blank.

But soon, the valve of memory suddenly opened.

"The game that made the headlines last year? Sign up for an online game that only recruits tens of thousands of people?"

she asked.

She wasn't very interested in virtual online games, and the only thing she knew was the news last year.

Well……

correct.

The video game video that Teacher Black Cat is addicted to seems to be the same.

Even in the plot created a while ago, there is an elf girl named Evreya who believes in the goddess of life, with silver hair and purple eyes...

I don't know if it was affected by it.

Cao Lingxuan still vaguely remembered that at first she thought that the other party was watching a movie on the video network, but when she found out that it was a game screen, she was surprised.

"Haha, you sure do remember!"

Mao Mo patted his thigh.

"It's this game! This time, 200,000 quotas have been opened, and I finally got the qualification! When I finish eating, let's play together... um, let's go to collect materials together!"

Cao Lingxuan:  …

"Then congratulations, if I remember correctly, the number of applicants for this game seems to be exaggerated... However, I didn't sign up, and... the deadline is coming, don't you really want to hurry up with the manuscript?!"

After listening to the girl's words, Mao Mo smiled, and then said mysteriously:

"Manuscript? No hurry... It will be online today, and you will know when you enter the game in a while! Besides, you don't have to worry about the quota, I have already helped you buy it!"

"purchase?"

Cao Lingxuan was stunned.

"Yeah, of the 200,000 quotas opened this time, 10,000 are pre-determined and can be purchased directly. I was lucky and bought both of our quotas."

"You don't know, it's just too popular! I squeezed for several nights, refreshed again and again, and finally managed to refresh it. Many people tried to buy but failed to refresh! I don't know why the game is so good, the official website. Why is the system so bad..."

Mao Mo snorted.

He looked very proud and proud, not like an uncle in his thirties, but like a child who got a beloved toy.

Cao Lingxuan:  …

She felt that she vaguely knew why the other party seemed so sluggish.

Dare to love this is to brush the website overnight for several days! ?

Hopeless.

However, she didn't dare to ask the price of this quota...

A popular singer's concert tickets will be fired at sky-high prices. Even if Cao Lingxuan has never paid attention to this virtual game, she has heard of the other party's name. Tens of millions of applicants will only take tens of thousands of people. Is the price of the seats more exaggerated?

This time... she felt a little uncomfortable to refuse.

Forget it, just accompany the other party to get materials, who makes them both teachers and bosses?

Cao Lingxuan sighed in her heart.

"Okay, Teacher Black Cat, I can play with you, but you have to make sure that you are only taking materials and not addicted to it! And... the most important thing is to remember to catch up with the manuscript! After playing for a while, I will catch up with the manuscript! Otherwise, I can give The editor called someone!"

said the girl.

Mao Mo's expression changed slightly:

"Don't...don't call the editor! After a while, we will use the material, and the specifics...Let's talk about it after entering the game!"

After listening to the other party's assurance, Cao Lingxuan nodded in satisfaction.

After Mao Mo finished eating, under the urging of the other party, the girl was not used to lying down in the sneak cabin.

The game has already been ordered by the other party. According to Mao Mo's instructions, Cao Lingxuan called softly:

"Start the game - "Elf Kingdom"."

As soon as the voice fell, a pleasant female voice rang in my ears:

【Ding--】

[The game is connected successfully...]

【Loading the game...】

【Successful loading. 】

With the soft sound of the system, the familiar music slowly sounded.

But when she heard the beautiful melody, Cao Lingxuan was slightly taken aback.

"The Emerald Forest?!"

Jade Forest, the song that tops the music download chart of a certain cloud-suppressing fairy wind, is also a song in the favorites of the girl's mobile phone, and a frequent visitor when she falls asleep.

Its melodious and brisk melody makes people feel like running in a beautiful forest, or wandering in a dreamy fairyland...

Cao Lingxuan never expected that the moment she logged into the game, she heard this familiar tune!

And think of the name of this game...

For a moment, a light flashed in the girl's mind.

""Elf Kingdom", elves, elf-style music..."

"This... can't you? I've been listening to it, is it game music? The source of Elf-style music is "Elf Country"? A game has created a new genre of music?! Is this a game company or a Music company?"

At this moment, Cao Lingxuan felt very surprised.

No, it's not just an accident. As an all-rounder who has also studied music, she really knows how difficult it is to create a brand new and popular music genre!

Until now, she couldn't think of what instrument the Elf-style music was played with, and could only guess that it was electronic synthesis...

And to put it bluntly, she has always felt that Elf-style music can completely make a name for itself in the history of music!

The next second, her vision lit up and she entered the character creation interface.

"Huh? Face pinching system?"