Chapter Thirty-Two Game

  On this day, the weather was not very cold, Wang Yi came out of his apartment and was about to go see his mother when he received a call from his father, ordering him to receive an important business partner.

  He was forced to listen to a flattering speech at the dinner table that made him feel uncomfortable. Something about being an excellent student who returned from studying abroad, having high moral character and correct views on life, he felt like vomiting - didn't this old man know that the university he attended was a fake one that anyone with money could attend? Moreover, he hadn't even graduated yet. And besides, what's popular now is being cool and handsome, his kind of praise was called stupid flattery.

  Then wait until the fifty-year-old Liu Shu said his intention, his eyes suddenly widened, this guy actually wanted to transform his lazy son who was not willing to do anything except eating and drinking into someone like him, as long as he succeeded, no matter how much money he would give!

  "I don't ask him to be outstanding, as long as he doesn't lazy himself to death, doesn't let others take advantage of him, and takes good care of the family business, I'll be satisfied."

  The old man was a mixture of snot and tears, Wang Yi's heart was filled with mixed emotions. Listening to the old man's words, he could sense that he was saying that Wang Yi had stumbled upon good fortune, but in reality, he would rather not have encountered this unlucky 'good thing'.

  Despite this, Wang Yi still handed an old man a business card. The card was very simple, but it was made of metal and had only one website on it.

  "Let your son go on this network, you don't need to worry about anything else. If he meets the requirements, there won't be any problem... Oh right, he needs to carry this business card with him at all times and can't lose it."

  Otherwise, Wang Yi didn't say another word. The old man with the surname Liu asked for half a day, but couldn't get to the bottom of it, and didn't even ask how much money was needed, so he could only leave with his business card, half-believing and half-doubting.

  As it happens, Liu Lao's son Liu Sheng has a thousand or ten thousand shortcomings, but he is still filial.

  Since his father was anxious to the point of having steam coming out of his head, just wanting him to go online for a bit, he didn't care at all. After all, his daily life consisted of eating, sleeping, going online, playing games and watching TV, which wasn't much different from young people these days. So he never understood what his father was worried about!

  As soon as the website was opened, Liu Sheng's attention also became a bit more focused, at least this music sounded energetic.

  He used to be unable to appreciate such elegant symphonies, but now he also has a sense of appreciation.

  He clicked on the artistic font button, and a table came out. Liu Sheng took a look, seemingly nothing special, and casually filled it in - "The greatest wish is to enjoy life before the end of the world". As soon as he finished writing, a program popped up on his computer after about a second, asking him to download it.

  The program publisher did not know that the anti-virus software also did not intercept it as a Trojan horse. Liu Sheng hesitated for a moment, thinking that if he was poisoned, he would just change his computer, and there were no important things on this one anyway.

  It took only thirty or forty seconds for the program to be downloaded completely.

  He grabbed a bottle of drink with one hand and took two sips, while using the other hand to click the mouse - the computer screen exploded, countless stars spinning.

  Suddenly, Liu Sheng felt that stardust flew into his eyes, and for an instant, he even thought that his soul was sucked in. Then on the screen appeared four big words - Game of Life.

  Wow, if playing a game can make Dad happy, he doesn't mind playing every day, and it seems that this game shouldn't be so bad that it's unbearable to watch!

  The result was that he got so engrossed in the game that before he knew it, the alarm clock rang out, startling Liu Sheng to the point where he almost jumped up, and his stomach growled with hunger. When he looked at his watch, it was already 12:30

  He casually posted a post on his usual gaming forum - "Seeking Game Strategy".

  ……

  On Wednesday morning, they went to the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Class 1, and their first class was General Chemistry, which is one of the courses that should not be skipped.

  Yang Yunqiu had just tidied up the scattered things on his desk when the gaming fanatic in the upper bunk suddenly slammed the bed board and shouted, "Damn it! Who the hell stole my monster!"

  Another roommate just picked up a book and was about to go out, but when he heard his voice, he laughed: "Zhou Huan, you're really a game addict, by the way, I heard my girlfriend say that there's a new game recently called 'What Game Life', it's quite famous, but it's only circulating in a very small range, she looked for a whole week and couldn't find it, do you know as a gaming expert?"

  Zhou Hao heard this and rarely took off his headphones, furrowed his brow: "There are people in the circle who say that, but I haven't played it myself. Since it's called 'Game Life', it should be similar to The Sims, but those who have played it are all mysterious, saying it's different from all current games. They're always looking for walkthroughs on the forum, seems like the difficulty isn't small."

  Recently, a domestic game forum, which is not particularly large, has suddenly become exceptionally lively.

  Now, domestic games are still not very good, and most of the reviews on this forum are old international games.

  Half a month ago, a netizen with the ID "most loving big wave sister" posted a help-seeking post. This person is somewhat famous in the forum and is known for being a wealthy and generous person, so many people pay attention to him. As soon as the post was published, it received many replies.

  At first, it didn't seem to be a big deal, but later on, a bunch of gamers said they couldn't find it anywhere, not even online, and the website mentioned by the original poster didn't exist either. Even when the original poster sent them the game program, it turned out to be corrupted as well.

  Anyway, there was a stir for a while, and some people even suspected that the owner's ID had been stolen. As a result, game videos and game screenshots can actually be uploaded.

  The owner uploaded a video of himself playing in a war hospital emergency rescue scene with artillery fire.

  The hour-long video is stunningly realistic, with grand scenes and special effects that are completely convincing, even more impressive than a big-budget movie. Everyone who sees it can't help but be amazed and mesmerized, with some netizens even thinking it's the latest film from a famous director.

  The problem is that the protagonist is too poor, with very beautiful and high-end foreign technology, but at the beginning, he keeps killing people for various reasons, which makes people feel suffocated.

  Later, the owner uploaded some video screenshots, with vast starry skies and snow-capped mountains and plains as far as the eye can see. It's hard to say what kind of game this is or how playable it is, but just looking at the beautiful scenery is quite enticing.

  The video was widely circulated and many major portal websites put it on their homepage, even those who don't like playing games watched it as a movie, with the number of clicks skyrocketing.

  That's all, but the number of online friends asking for the game is increasing, not only in the forum, but also many heavyweight media are shocked. Unexpectedly, the game didn't get what it wanted, and the owner left a message - I'm going to change my life, and then disappeared without a trace.

  Later on, more and more people passed on videos or screenshots, but the real game remained shrouded in mist, its true appearance unseen.

  This has been secretly spreading among a small number of netizens who have played the game, and many are even newcomers who had never mixed in the forum before and didn't know what the conditions for playing were.

  The more netizens on the forum watch the video, the more they drool with envy, and in their anxiety, they scratch their ears and cheeks. It's said that there's a "high-rich-handsome" reward game, which has skyrocketed from 300 to 50,000, and is still rising. I reckon if it can't be found, it might rise to 100,000 or even millions.

  Listening to roommates discussing and gossiping, WaWa is complacent, lying on Yang Yunqiu's textbook.

  Yang Yunqiu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry - he had let the doll use it in his notebook to create an illusory world, when playing games, it was to explore human nature, now it's good, the doll is having a lot of fun, seeing those people in the illusory world being anxious and struggling desperately, as if they were crazy, it just delighted, completely crazy.

  It's a topsy-turvy world, where a doll, as an intelligent being, only dares to show itself in front of itself. Now, in this virtual realm, it can finally interact with others, bringing life to a world that was once dull and lifeless. Even if it's just for its own joy, the energy consumed is worth it.

  Gather your things and leave the dormitory, with the doll's nagging still in your ear: "Wang Yi's efficiency is okay, now there are more than 20 people logged on to the website, but none of them are so sinful that they can't be saved, and you can directly kill them to earn a lot of merit. They all have no great evil, just a bunch of minor flaws, and the Heavenly Way still allows them to live, it's best if you can educate them."

  It's normal that there are few people with great virtues or vices in the world, but rather many ordinary people. The first batch of experimental subjects they selected were all young people between the ages of 18 and 35 who had problems with their temperament. However, it was not very difficult to deal with them, and even someone as troublesome as Wang Yi was rarely seen. Severe measures were fundamentally unnecessary and could not be used casually.

  Yang Yunqiu sometimes thought that if he could suddenly catch a dozen or so of the most heinous criminals, even if they couldn't be reformed, he would go on a killing spree and kill three to five of them, which would bring more merit than his current painstaking efforts over ten years.

  It's unlikely that such a person will appear even after hundreds or thousands of years. His current approach is already opportunistic and deceitful, so it's really not worth having high hopes anymore.

  The three roommates who were still in the dormitory chatted for a few more sentences, then rushed out of the door to hurry to class. As soon as they went downstairs, they saw colorful flags erected downstairs - Warmly welcome Dr. Wang Gang!

  Zhao Ze let out a sigh, his voice tinged with envy: "Wang Gang is our senior in the class of '99. He's only just over thirty and has already achieved great success in the field of aviation materials. He's got a green card in the US, married a beautiful American wife who's even a minor celebrity, and his annual salary must be at least tens of millions of dollars. He's the real winner in life... no, wait, if our Autumn Brother works hard, maybe he'll have some hope too."

  This is purely a joke, although Yang Yunqiu came to university with the prestige of being a high school entrance examination champion and was born with a good appearance, causing a stir when he first entered the school, but there are high school entrance examination champions every year, and those who are not very capable are not uncommon. He is low-key and has been in school for less than two months, and no one pays attention to him anymore. But someone like Wang Gang, a genius, saying that it's hard to meet someone like him in ten years, is not an exaggeration at all.

  "I was born a Chinese, I'll die a Chinese ghost, and even if my soul is shattered, it will shatter on China's soil."

  In short, it made Zhao Ze hold his belly in laughter: "It turns out you're still a rebellious youth. Alas, I don't have your awareness. If I had the chance to go abroad, I would definitely go abroad to make some money."

  Zhou Hao fiddled with his phone, not even lifting his head: "Others have brains, background, and aren't afraid of hard work or bitterness. We don't have their drive, aren't diligent enough, and are just ordinary people. Our hardware and software aren't up to par, how can we compare?"

  Although that's what he said, a hint of envy could be detected in his tone.

  Who doesn't envy those born winners? Alas, human nature is inherently lazy and dislikes hard work. Moreover, life is unfair, and even with effort, one may not necessarily be able to secure a future. Now, most people just go with the flow.

  Their school is a key university, the situation is good, at least the students do not have several who are mixed and waiting to die, they all have some pursuit. If it were another relatively poor university, there would be no shortage of students with no plans for their future.

  In fact, generally speaking, among students, the proportion of those who are passionate and idealistic is not bad. If it were to be changed to young people who have graduated for a few years and mixed in society, nine out of ten would become numb.

  He Yang Yunqiu, if not for the unexpected encounter, probably this life would only be spent in a poor mountain village, busy with farm work from dawn till dusk, occasionally coming out to work and earn money, finally marrying and having children, living an ordinary life.

  Such a life is actually not bad, but as a man, how can one not want to make a name for himself someday, have ideals, have goals, become an indispensable person, and ultimately achieve his own life value?

  Even if he will face a mountain of knives and a sea of fire ahead, even if there are crises one after another, even if what is about to arrive is a deep-seated hatred, heart-wrenching and liver-piercing, he still does not regret becoming a monk and becoming different from the crowd.

  If one is not a master, if one has no power, how can a great enmity be avenged?

  Yang Yunqiu thought that he was actually being forced to take a risk, in an extremely bad environment where even his personal safety could not be guaranteed, and all he could do was to cut through the thorns and move forward.

  As I walked out of the dormitory building, Wang Yi suddenly sent a text message saying that three people had been selected and were applying to use the advanced version of the game login device, which meant they would be entering a virtual reality world.

  According to the next step of transformation plan, it is to let these people be reborn from the ashes, see a completely different and real life, experience the complete birth, aging, illness and death. They may change their lives, or they may never be able to change themselves.

  Among ten people, as long as one person sheds his mortal body and becomes a dragon or phoenix, he will have boundless merit.

  Yang Yunqiu took the key out of the pendant, opened the switch, and in the next second, the time-space door appeared in his hand. The unstarted door was about the same size as an iPad tablet, light and airy without much weight.

  The needle chart drawn above is all dark patterns, he has tried countless times but can't decipher it at all. The doll said that the most important treasure in the entire base is this thing, the base can be completely destroyed, but if it's gone, that would be truly heartbreaking.

  The space-time gate is no longer like it used to be. Currently, the only one that can maintain a stable connection without consuming extra energy is the world where Yan Guo is located.

  His father, Yang Jingting, recorded hundreds of coordinates for the lower planes and half-planes. Now all the channels are in a dormant state, and even he himself can hardly achieve physical crossing, but can only descend through special channels with a wisp of divine consciousness to occupy an empty shell without a soul, similar to what happened three years ago when Yang Yunqiu crossed into Yan Guo.

  It's just that based on the intensity of divine consciousness, the endurance of the soul, and the degree of bodily harmony, perhaps a person can only stay for twenty or thirty years at most, and at least only one or two years. I'm afraid it must be according to human nature, carefully selecting the place and object of incarnation, otherwise they will only play in vain and fail to achieve their true purpose.