[The countdown to the world has been completed - welcome players back! 】
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[Detecting body damage status...]
[Repairing for you...]
[Repair completed! (Note: The player’s mental state system cannot be repaired, please adjust it yourself!)]
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When Su Mingan opened his eyes again, he saw a familiar personal space.
The space is closed and small, with only room for a bed to lie down on.
Whenever he turned around, he would knock over the familiar kettle.
Even the dormitory rooms in Baisha Paradise are several times larger than this.
...But when he saw these familiar scenes, he felt a long-lost peace of mind.
Fatigue came over him like a tide, he closed his eyes and collapsed forward.
[The Sixth World: White Sand Paradise has been completed! 】
[Calculating evaluation. 】
[Congratulations on the perfect pass...]
Like a straight wooden stake, he sank into the soft bed and fell into a deep sleep in an instant.
The system voice playing was lagging for a moment.
The voices that were still broadcasting became quiet and became silent again.
In the quiet room, only the crisp sound of the wall clock was left.
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The door curtain moved and the wind chimes jingled.
A young man dressed in dark clothes walked into the store, carrying a black plastic bag in his hand.
"Someone is here, Liangzi, go and have a look."
A middle-aged man's call came from the back room.
"coming!"
The young and beautiful girl with a single ponytail walked out of the back room, and her spirits became obviously tense when she saw the person coming in.
With a "bang" sound, the young man placed the black plastic bag in his hand on the counter, and there was a dull sound inside.
"You...just come back." Liangzi paused.
From the young man, she clearly felt a pressing aura.
As if being stared at by some ferocious beast, she felt the blood in his body that had not yet dissipated.
Thinking of that hellish place in the Sixth World, she could probably guess what kind of underworld things the other party had experienced.
The young man blinked.
"Looking at the descriptions on the forum, I thought you were going to the hospital when you came back. The psychiatric department there is full right now... I didn't expect you to come to my store the first time." Liangzi said.
The young man blinked again.
Liangzi: "..."
Liangzi: "But considering your situation, no hospital should dare to accept you."
The young man said nothing.
"...You should be fine." Seeing this, Liangzi couldn't help but add: "I see that those who have returned are more gloomy than the last... Now everyone says that there is no need to distinguish between adventure players and casual players. You can see it at a glance in the crowd... Each of these adventure players is like a murderer who just walked out of the sea of blood... We all need to avoid them. I didn't believe it at first, how could it be that exaggerated... But now, I think They seem to be right, you look like a murderer who just walked out of a murder scene."
The young man pointed at the plastic bag.
Liangzi sighed, knowing that the other party probably didn't want to talk, so she reached out to open the black plastic bag:
"I said, why don't you do the psychological counseling program recently launched by the United Group? It is specifically open to players at the top of the list, and is a treatment plan that has been carefully researched by scholars from the Psychology Department. I heard that it is very effective... you see , after all, it is also the culmination of human wisdom, and it is free, so if you don’t do it, it will be in vain... With you like this now, I’m really worried that you won’t be able to hold on in the next world..."
As Ryoko spoke, she made movements with her hands, causing the plastic bag to shake.
After taking it apart, her words of persuasion stopped abruptly.
Staring at the squirming thing in her hand, her eyes became obviously angry.
There was a "bang" sound, and the table HP-1.
"——You, you actually put a live puppy in a plastic bag and brought it here——Do you have any common sense?" Ryoko was furious in an instant.
"It's not considered a pet and can't be dragged into a backpack." The young man answered honestly.
"You - Lu Shu!!" Liangzi couldn't help but yelled: "If you can't help it, buy a cage from the Lord God's store! How can anyone put a dog in a plastic bag?"
"Ryoko, be polite to your guests."
A middle-aged man's voice came from behind.
Ryoko curled her lips.
The fan rotated above her head, blowing her black hair.
She pushed her hair back a little irritably and looked away.
This is a pet hospital, opened by her family, which can be regarded as a continuation of the business on Zhai Xing.
In the past, she often said that she didn't want to study or go to school. Anyway, she had a store at home, so she could just go home and look after the store. She would have to go out to find a workstation at the end of her studies, and she would be tired and have little money. It was not as interesting as playing with small animals all day long.
And now, her dream has briefly come true.
As for after the World Game is over...at that time, it is hard to say whether they will still go to school normally.
…It’s even hard to say whether humans will still exist.
Ryoko picked up the spray on the counter and sprayed it on the puppy's expression, absentmindedly.
"By the way, you actually adopted a dog." She drooped her eyelids and said, "I thought you only had mantises and butterflies."
"I don't want to keep this dog," Lu Shu said.
"ah?"
“I heard people say that communicating with animals makes people feel better and helps relieve people’s nervous and depressed emotions.” Lu Shu said, “Then I checked online and they all said that dogs are man’s best friend. "
"..." Liangzi was silent for a while: "Then what?"
"Then I made one and gave it to Su Ming..."
"Bang!"
Liangzi threw the spray, but Lu Shu tilted his head to dodge.
"Let's not talk about whether it can relieve the mood. How did you do it?" Ryoko yelled.
"Picked it up on the road."
"Picked it up?" Liangzi looked confused.
"I originally wanted to buy one from you, but I saw it on the street and picked it up."
Liangzi was silent for a while.
"It's really..." When she spoke again, her voice was a little hoarse: "In what kind of world do people abandon pets? It's so convenient to raise them here, and there is no financial pressure... It's just because When you get tired of it, just throw them on the side of the road..."
Her mood was low for a moment, then quickly calmed down.
"There's nothing wrong with the dog. The breed is like a Samoyed on Zhai Xing." Liangzi said, "It's stained with dust. I'll clean it up later and get vaccinated. There should be no problem."
"Well."
"However, I remind you, Lu Shu." Liangzi raised his head and looked at him seriously: "Raising pets will not relieve people's emotions in essence. People will feel happy when they suck pets, but raising them is very troublesome. thing, I don’t think the person you’re gifting it to will have the patience to raise it.”
Lu Shu stood there like a dark wooden stake, as if thinking.
Ryoko frowned.
She couldn't help but want to step back.
Although she has been browsing the world forums recently and knows that people say that the adventure players after the return are like madmen and murderers, she has no real feeling. But now... when a real guy stood in front of her, she felt a real sense of danger.
Like a rabbit being stared at by a hawk, she could feel the fear rising in her heart even if the other person didn't pounce or even show hostility towards her.
She didn't even dare to look at him directly.
These adventurers...when did they become so scary?
The gap is really getting wider and wider.
"Besides." Liangzi couldn't help but add: "The one you picked up is pretty ugly."
Lu Shu lowered his head.
He saw the big dog lying on the counter, which had been stuffed in a plastic bag for too long and looked listless. His whole body was gray, he was still losing hair, and he didn't look like the "Smiling Angel" Samoyed at all.
He couldn't help but compare the dog with the fat white cat, and then found that even the white cat was prettier than the dog.
"What should we do?" Lu Shu said.
"Don't give this one, don't you know how to raise combat pets?" Regarding Su Ming'an, Liangzi seemed to know the situation better than Lu Shu: "Giving him something should at least be valuable. It's time-consuming and has no fighting ability for a Samoyed. Do you think he will really accept it?"
Lu Shu: "..."
Lu Shu: "No."
"So." Ryoko put Samoyed aside and lowered his head to get the medicine: "Change your mind."
"..."
"And, a very important point." Liangzi said: "No one knows what he will become after returning. Although the Sixth World only lasted five days, I feel that he is far from what he was like at the Human Self-Rescue Conference. It's a lot worse. I advise you, at least during this interval, not to see him——"
"No." Lu Shu said.
"Huh? You are really not afraid of death. Even I can see that he is very dissatisfied with you, and it has been reflected since the fifth world."
"No." Lu Shu said, "I heard people say that communicating with others will make people feel better and help relieve people's nervous and depressed emotions. As a companion, I need to communicate with him."
"...You just said this reason, although the subject was changed from 'animal' to 'human'."
"Then, I checked online." Lu Shu said seriously, "They all said that I was his best friend."
"Bang!"
Table HP-1.
Liangzi's finger touched the tip of Lu Shu's nose.
"You have been deceived." She said in an extremely serious tone as if she was pronouncing a sentence: "Stop surfing the Internet and stop reading nonsense forums."
Lu Shu blinked again.
"Ryoko, go back first."
A middle-aged man's voice came from the back room, and then, a thin, stooped man who looked like a little old man opened the curtain and walked out.
"Dad, I'm dealing with a dog right now." Ryoko took off her gloves.
"Go and deal with it behind the scenes. I have something to say with the Lu family's baby."
Ryoko reluctantly moved her things to the back room, her ponytail swaying behind her.
With a "bang", the door was closed, and a rickety man walked over slowly.
It was obvious that he had the body of a mature man after being repaired by the system, but his posture was still like that of an old man, with his back bent unconsciously, and his neat Chinese tunic suit wrapped around his skull-like protruding joints, making his frame appear thin.
He walked slowly, holding a mahogany crutch in his hand, which made a dull sound as he walked.
The cats and dogs separated by the glass on both sides made noisy calls. Lu Shu frowned and watched the old man walking towards him.
"The Lu family's baby." The old man spoke with a sense of the last century.
"Lu Shu."
"Okay, Lu Shu." The old man quickly changed his words and grinned.
The uneven teeth were exposed with his smile, and the skin on his face was wrinkled, like dry old tree bark.
It's hard to imagine how such a middle-aged man could ruin his image to look like that of an old man who is about to die soon.
"How are you doing?" The old man lowered his head, as if he was looking for something, and his greeting seemed careless.
"not too good."
"Well, I think so." The old man said: "Although I don't understand that forum, old man, Liangzi told me that the sixth world is a world that is good at destroying people's hearts. I think your state is not right, you are too bloody. .”
"..."
"Your current appearance is not suitable for continuing the adventure in the next world." The old man said: "I heard from the old men in Guwu that they want the children they cultivate to take a short rest in the world. You can also give yourself a rest. It’s a lie, this world doesn’t need you as a child to fight.”
"no."
"Huh?" The old man raised his eyebrows in surprise. A crimson pipe emerged from his hand, and he took a puff, causing smoke rings to float between the two of them.
"It's a rare emotion." The old man said, "I sense your anxious mood... The child of the Lu family, no, Lu Shu, you are as weird and cow-hearted as I was when I saved you from the fire. It was exactly the same when I laid you off. What's wrong, what made you become like this?"
"The kid you talk about is struggling." Lu Shu said, "I want to help him."
The old man blew out a smoke ring.
The passing years have left indelible marks on his face, and even his youthful appearance has not changed this mark.
He smoked a cigarette and smiled, with a hint of relief.
"In such a world, you have found your ideal." The old man said, "Okay, that's good. Unlike us old guys who are unwilling to move, you have a young and motivated mentality... Lu Shu, old man I admire you."
"But." He tapped the pipe with his fingers, and the ash fell like snow:
"Act as soon as possible."
Lu Shu was silent for a moment.
The old man said, arranging things at hand: "Large organizations need to be cautious in their actions, and we should not participate - but as individuals, it will be much easier, and we don't have to consider the consequences of affecting everyone..."
"What do you want to say?"
"Lu Shu, I've heard about that shit you did at the end of the fourth world. It was so ridiculous that even I wanted to rush out and hit you on the head."
"..."
"Even that kid named Su Ming'an understands better than you. He knows that he can't confront the puppets of the United Regiment head-on. Why is your brain so rusty?"
"..."
"Old man, I understand how you feel, but for the Lu family's child, you have to understand." The old man stretched out his hand and tapped the lower end of his pipe on Lu Shu's shoulder:
"You are more than just a [person]."
"There are many invisible people in you."
"They're all looking at you."
"..." Lu Shu closed his eyes.
"This intermission is very long. It's only December 2nd today." The old man didn't continue, turned around and smoked: "There are still more than ten days of intermission before the next world. You Think carefully, think about your own path, and think about whether you should put all your bets on someone who is very likely to fail halfway."
"Lu Shu, in the fifth world, you teamed up with that person and did nothing the whole time, and your ranking dropped all the way. This is all true."
"Instead of trying to get involved, it's better to be practical and think more about yourself."
"And you are different from that kid named Noel. Noel... no one knows who is behind him. He can bet because he may have a lot of capital, but you don't have the capital to try and make mistakes."
"Everything is still far away... You have to remember that you are carrying a lot of things, and you will not be able to save the past simply because of who you follow... Hey!"
The old man rambled on for a long time, then suddenly turned back.
He found that there was no one in front of the counter, as if they didn't want to listen to him at all.
"This kid...went to find someone again."
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