Chapter 1372 "Project Skylark" Roller Coaster Experience (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

Half an hour later, the investors rushed over.

Each one was like a rooster with its tail feathers puffed out, trying to take credit in front of Pei Qian.

They were practically carbon copies of Li Shi.

Pei Qian, wearing a fake smile, personally escorted them and Li Shi onto the roller coaster one by one, very kindly helping them fasten their seatbelts.

Although the investors were a little overwhelmed by President Pei personally buckling their seatbelts, looking at President Pei's expression, they felt like he was sending them off to their deaths.

Maybe it was just because it was too dark here, so the shadows on President Pei's face looked a bit scary...

The starting point of the indoor roller coaster was pitch black, and nothing could be seen inside, making people a little nervous.

The roller coaster was arranged with four seats in a row, with a large gap between the four people in the same row. Their feet were suspended in the air, and they were aware of each other's existence, but they would not interfere with each other.

In addition, this roller coaster project also had some subtle differences from other roller coaster projects.

For example, there were many "bits and pieces" on the suspended seats. There was a high-tech display screen on the front side of the head, with various UI information, displaying words such as "Project Skylark" and "Prepare to Act." There was also a three-dimensional terrain map showing the specific location of the current seat inside the zerg nest.

The structure of the entire zerg nest looked intricate, with various routes crisscrossing each other.

This map was not intended to spoil the entire structure of the zerg mother nest for tourists, so it was deliberately made messy with a lot of information, just to allow tourists to roughly understand their location, while giving them a feeling of "the structure of this zerg nest is so complex and awesome."

There was a special magnetic railgun model on the side of the seat, obviously for combat scenarios.

Li Shi weighed the magnetic railgun a little. It wasn't light, so it seemed to have added weights, and the texture felt very good, not like some shoddy toys.

After equipping this whole set of gear, Li Shi felt like a soldier fully armed and heading to the battlefield.

Groups of four departed in sequence.

There was a certain interval between each group. After all, each group might take different routes in the actual ride, and they would not be able to see each other, so they would not interfere with each other.

Of course, everyone's approximate completion time was similar, and all routes were carefully planned so that there would be no problems such as latecomers arriving first or route conflicts.

Until the last group of people was ready to leave, Chen Kangtuo asked in surprise, "President Pei, aren't you going to try it out?"

Pei Qian shook his head: "I don't need to."

A thirty-meter roller coaster was still a roller coaster, and this roller coaster seemed to be zerg-themed. If swarms of zergs rushed over, it would still be a bit scary.

He'd let President Li and the others suffer this hardship. Pei Qian felt that he could just watch silently from the side.

Anyway, he could get real happiness by seeing President Li's pale face and flustered expression later.

Chen Kangtuo felt very puzzled.

This project wasn't scary, so why didn't President Pei try it?

Could it be that he wanted to determine how well the roller coaster was made by looking at the expressions of President Li and the others?

This gameplay was a bit fancy!

Could this be the highest level of "cloud gaming"? (watching someone else play)

Just by watching others play, he could deeply explore the essence of the project and make a final judgment on it?

This ability was a bit awesome, and I had to study it carefully and cultivate this ability...

Chen Kangtuo's thoughts couldn't help but diverge, and he had some inexplicable ideas.

...

Li Shi, holding the magnetic railgun with his feet suspended in the air, entered the depths from the entrance of the cave.

The surrounding scenery began to change rapidly.

Starting from the narrow entrance, they descended, and as it gradually became wider, the tension became stronger and stronger.

At the beginning, the roller coaster moved relatively slowly, and the surroundings were extremely quiet. The display screen on the front side did not emit any prompts, as if they were really performing an infiltration mission.

Everyone couldn't help but focus their attention on the surroundings. They saw some unhatched zerg eggs in their field of vision, zergs in a dormant state, and in the distance, they could vaguely see many zergs busy moving in and out of various caves and routes, not knowing what they were carrying.

There was even a section where they could look down and see zerg behemoths like tanks, either dormant or crawling slowly, making people feel chills all over their bodies and a chill down their spines.

The setting here basically used a combination of virtual and real methods. The closer ones were basically physical settings, such as the material of the cave walls nearby, the zerg crystals on them emitting a faint light, and the zerg eggs not far away. The distant scenes were shown on huge projection screens. Because of the lighting and distance, coupled with the psychological suggestion of the tourists, it was enough to achieve a realistic effect.

Soon, the four of them arrived at a relatively open scene.

The roller coaster slowly rose to a high point, and for the four of them, it felt like they were slowly flying upwards in Skylark combat suits, hovering at a high point in an open zerg nest, involuntarily looking around.

This was an extremely open scene, and they could see dense swarms of zergs below, working clearly and methodically, making people's skin crawl.

A figure wearing a Skylark combat suit appeared from a cave next to them. At the same time, a voice communication came to everyone's ears: "Be careful, we are about to go deep into the interior of the zerg nest. We may be discovered at any time. Everyone, turn on the optical camouflage of your combat suits and prepare for battle!"

This figure was obviously Captain Qin Yi.

There were two ways to do this kind of NPC interaction mode. One was to have real people play the roles and participate in the entire process through wire suspensions. The other was to put virtual images on huge projection screens.

The former looked more realistic, but it was more dangerous and troublesome, and had more limitations. It was impossible to move on a large scale.

Therefore, "Project Skylark" still used the latter, but this also brought a problem: Captain Qin Yi could only appear in core scenes with projection screens. He couldn't appear during transitions or routine scenes.

But this was not a big problem. It could be explained with the plot.

Under the leadership of Captain Qin Yi, the roller coaster began to slowly sneak along the right side of the rock wall, giving people the feeling that the entire team was carrying out an infiltration mission, quietly bypassing the dense swarms of zergs in the cave below and going deep into the zerg nest.

Suddenly, Captain Qin Yi raised his hand, and the roller coaster slowly stopped. A swarm of zergs suddenly rushed out of the cave in front of them, densely crawling along the rock wall towards the distance.

On the giant projection, the details of these zergs were shown. The rustling sound of the zergs crawling on the wall made everyone's skin crawl, and they didn't dare to breathe.

Just as this team of zergs was about to leave completely, the last drone seemed to suddenly realize something, turned its head sharply, and crawled towards where Captain Qin Yi was.

Captain Qin Yi turned on the optical camouflage on his combat suit, and at this time, he seemed to be integrated with the rock wall. The zergs crawled around him, almost touching him, making everyone sweat.

After turning around, the zerg did not find anything unusual, so it drilled back into the previous cave and left.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the extremely tense mood before finally relaxed a little.

However, at this moment, a huge zerg suddenly drilled out of the rock wall cave next to everyone. It was obviously the zerg that had returned and drilled out of another cave!

When it was crawling around Captain Qin Yi before, it was an image on a giant projection, but this time it appeared next to everyone as a real model.

Although the zergs on the giant projection were also very realistic and almost indistinguishable, the real model had a stronger three-dimensional effect and looked more real. Li Shi and the other three were instantly startled!

Just as the four of them were stunned, a loud bang suddenly came, and the zerg let out a violent roar, then shrank back into the cave.

It turned out that Captain Qin Yi had no choice but to shoot when he saw that his team members were exposed.

"Enter combat mode!"

Captain Qin Yi shouted passionately while leading everyone forward, and the roller coaster also moved quickly at this time!

Before this, the magnetic railguns in everyone's hands were locked and the triggers could not be pulled, but now they could fire freely.

The dense swarms of zergs below were instantly stirred up, rushing towards them from all directions!

The cave was very open. Some zergs crawled up the rock walls, and some zergs had wings somewhat similar to cicada wings, allowing them to fly a short distance and circle in the air towards the crowd.

When facing the projection screen, everyone could even clearly see the sharp mouthparts of the zergs and the green and yellow mucus that exploded when they were hit by bullets!

The seats of the roller coaster also seemed to be letting go, no longer flying smoothly as before. Sometimes they rose upwards, sometimes they dived downwards, sometimes they slid sideways on the walls, and they even rotated horizontally, cooperating with the pictures on the projection to move at multiple angles.

The scene in front of them was spinning, giving people a feeling of rapid acceleration and extreme thrill, causing adrenaline to soar. But in reality, the roller coaster was not moving fast. This was a visual effect created by the combination of the roller coaster's movement and the large screen.

Li Shi and the others began to subconsciously fire frantically. The gun body vibrated strongly and recoiled. The sound of gunfire, the roars of the zergs, the sounds of various sound effects, Captain Qin Yi's commands, the electronic prompts on the display screen... All intertwined, instantly putting people into a state of selflessness and immersing them in the intense battlefield!

Afterwards, the roller coaster would take different routes according to the combat situation in each scene.

For example, if everyone concentrated their attacks in a certain direction, weakening the zerg forces in that direction, then Captain Qin Yi would lead everyone to break through in that direction.

The emotions throughout the process were not always so high, but fluctuated up and down like a wavy line.

The intense battles were often dizzying, and during transitions, the speed of the roller coaster would slow down a bit to allow everyone to calm down a bit.

Just when everyone thought they had temporarily escaped the danger, a greater crisis suddenly came, catching them off guard!

In addition, the randomness of route selection and a series of unexpected events within the system made it impossible for everyone to guess what would happen next, keeping them highly focused throughout the entire process.