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Tao Xianran is a serious gamer.

Ever since he got the first game console from his father when he was very young, he has been inseparable from games.

When he was in his thirties and had a successful career, he built himself a set of the most popular gaming spaces on the market and moved the most advanced gaming equipment - a brain-computer terminal - into it.

Since then, he has hardly left the house.

From then on, gaming became everything in his life.

Of course, the reason why he can do this is not because he is a rich second generation or not doing his job properly, but because he is a professional player himself.

In the world he lived in, professional gamers were a respected profession.

Because in this world, almost any industry will be closely connected with the Internet, including some of the most advanced technologies and equipment tests, which require mentally strong professional players to try, and only professional players can withstand that kind of extreme consumption. A new device for spiritual power.

For example, a brain-computer terminal.

This kind of brain-computer terminal doesn't sound like much. It uses instruments to directly connect a person's brain wave signals to a computer. In this way, the words and pictures imagined in the person's mind can be presented in real time without any movement. In front of everyone.

This kind of technology existed more than ten years ago in the world where Tao Xianran lived.

This is why he was reluctant when the manufacturer invited him for testing at first.

It's not an advanced technology, but is it worth trying as a professional player? Wouldn't it be the same with some amateur testers?

But in the end he went.

As for the reason, it is also very simple.

To explain it in one sentence, "They gave us too much."

So on a drizzly morning, I can’t remember the specific day. In Tao Xianran’s words, as a professional player, apart from occasionally caring about the weather, the date and other things can be ignored. After all, they spend most of their time physically and mentally. None of them are in reality.

What he didn't expect was that his words, which were obviously just casual remarks, actually became a reality.

The moment he entered the "game", when he saw the picture that was no different from reality, and the smell and sound that he actually smelled.

He was shocked.

He never dreamed that even the five senses could be simulated so realistically.

This time, he truly understood what the staff member had said so confidently before the test.

"Our games are not comparable to those low-quality games on the market. They truly create a world. You will know after you experience it for yourself."

Needless to say, just after entering it, the vast and majestic scenes, the urban structure and characters that seemed to be reproduced in real life have already made Tao Xianran, who originally only came here for money, deeply addicted to it.

From that day on, in the garbage dump downstairs of Tao Xianran's house, there were a lot of brand-new equipment. The game space that was originally full of stuff and built by himself only contained a huge terminal device. It's the game terminal called Vast Starry Sky.

A few years later, Tao Xianran has become a well-known figure in the "game" and can be regarded as the overlord of one party.

Although after that, a robot rebellion caused him to lose his position as city lord, he did not panic at all.

Because as a player, he has the habit of secretly storing supplies. During the time when he became the king, he created several private storage spaces, which contained everything he had collected in the "game" over the years. supplies.

With these things, he could even build a city out of thin air in a wasteland.

Perhaps his subordinates didn't know that their city lord didn't take them seriously from the beginning.

In the eyes of players, only supplies are the most important, and everything else can be given up. Well, it is not impossible to give up after using them.

It's all virtual anyway, so what does it matter?

This is probably a common thought among any player, and as a professional player who makes a living from this, he has taken this thought to the extreme.

So Tao Ran, the player Tao Xianran, came to the water prison again and met his "men".

After some encouragement, this group of "NPCs" who were just dejected were soon stimulated by Tao Ran and looked excited.

Yes, he wants to use these NPCs to create chaos for himself again, so as to get the detailed map of Tianwang City without paying any price.

Of course, his real purpose was not that drawing.

As a professional player, how could he make such a stupid mistake?

As early as when he first came to this city as a madman, he was already one step ahead and had the map of this city in his hands.

At that time, he didn't know what would happen next, but he just had an idea to nip it in the bud.

Several years of "playing the game" have taught Tao Xianran that even a seemingly ordinary city may have something terrible hidden in it.

Therefore, it is necessary to do some "strategies" before this, and when it comes to doing strategies, the map is definitely an indispensable option.

What he didn't expect was that when he opened this mediocre map for the first time, it was nothing else. He just marked a few points, thinking that he could use it as his secret base.

But when he saw the structural diagram of the City Lord's Mansion, he was stunned.

Because this is against common sense!

What kind of building is it that needs to be dug fifty meters underground, and then further widens the fifty meters deep?

Is this building a doomsday bunker?

From that day on, Tao Xianran ended up living in Tianwang City, either intentionally or unintentionally.

Maybe it's out of curiosity, or maybe it's for some other reason.

In short, more than a year later, when he assassinated the previous city lord, but did not face any pursuit or wanted, the first player city lord was born.

As for the player Tao Xianran, also known as Tao Ran in the game, when he moved into the city lord's mansion as he wished, the first thing he did was not take care of the people's livelihood and government affairs, nor did he establish good relations with the people below.

The first thing he did was to look for the "Doomsday Bunker" fifty meters below the city lord's mansion.

Unfortunately, he didn't find it.

Although the world in the game has a variety of incredible abilities (players only), it does not give any player the ability to dig underground.

At least Tao Ran didn't.

In other words, even if there is, it goes against his original intention.

He just wanted to find the mysterious underground space, not dig it out himself.

Time passed by and it was time for the robot rebellion to launch.

During this period, Tao Ran tried countless times to find the entrance to the mysterious space beneath the City Lord's Mansion, but ultimately failed.

He didn't try to dig it out by himself. After a long time of trying, he had a different idea.

Perhaps, the space marked on this map does not really exist in this game world.

But in another dimension?

After all, this world even has superpowers, so it makes sense to have extra-dimensional channels, right?

So with this idea in mind, Tao Ran used his identity as city lord to start looking for people with abilities who knew about different dimensions.

But just when he was about to have a clue, the arrival of the robot army caught him off guard.

The entire top management of Tianwang City, including himself, were either not killed on the spot or captured alive.

Fortunately, this group of rebellious "Terminators" did not seem to intend to kill everyone, but threw them into the water prison and ignored them.

This time, Tao Ran was both pleasantly surprised and also had some questions.

The reason why he occupied Tianwang City in the first place actually had his own theory.

This city is located right at the junction of the border area and the core area. In theory, it is under the jurisdiction of the core area, but in fact it is a no-no zone.

The core area disdains convention, while the border area has no control.

In his opinion, such an unregulated city is the most suitable for players to develop and grow. This was the main reason why he decided to stay in the first place.

Until the advent of war broke his idea of ​​"living and working in peace and contentment".

The robot army could obviously move towards another traffic artery, but instead they made a large circle and forcibly attacked this city which had no defense capabilities. ,

what's the situation?

Even Tao Ran, who thought he was experienced, was confused this time.