[In the pitch-black night, you emerged from the brambles and stepped onto a path through the forest.] [Your Night Vision allowed you to see the path far into the distance.] [You discovered that the entire area within sight was packed with dark silhouettes, each representing a player.] [One meter ahead of you stood a player with the ID "Heartbeat7541." Would you like to greet her?]
"No."
[Three meters to your left stood a player with the ID "Happy Bun Shop." Would you like to greet him?]
"No."
[Five meters behind you stood a player with the ID...]
Mu You's first impression after logging in was: so many people!
He had only just logged in, and the game had immediately presented him with this long string of social prompts.
There were people within a meter of him, both ahead and behind. At least ten people were gathered within a five-meter radius around him. The density was frightening, practically shoulder to shoulder.
The game said players would appear at the corresponding location in the Star Spirit World upon logging in, but it apparently wasn't that precise. For instance, only Xiao Ya and Lin Xue were beside him right now, yet he couldn't see either of them. Instead, a dozen or so extra people had appeared within four or five meters of him, including the owner of the bun shop on the next street.
From the looks of it, login locations were probably randomized within a relatively small area.
That made sense. Otherwise, when people living in high-rise residential buildings with hundreds of households logged in, wouldn't they pile up into a human mountain in the same spot?
Back to the matter at hand: the consequence of having so many people around was that social options