"...It's useless for you to tell me so much. I've made it clear what I mean. I won't accept any of the delivery tasks tomorrow...Why, I'm heartbroken. Does that count as a reason... You still don't believe it? Have you ever joked about this kind of thing... You fat ball, let me tell you, if you doubt my character again, don't let me do it for you again in the future. Do a job! Huh? Uh... You asked me if I want the salary I owe, of course I still want it... Hey, hey, wait, hello? Hello!"
The man threw the communication ball on the ground and lay down on the sofa depressedly.
This is a standard room, well decorated and fully furnished. Even the sofa in the living room is made of adaptable artificial materials. But in low-rent housing in the 22nd century, this is already the cheapest room configuration. At this time, the man in casual clothes buried himself in the sofa without moving. After a while, he suddenly jumped up, patted his cheek, and then walked towards a strange device next to him.
Duan Qing is lovelorn.
It is difficult for even a determined person to be calm, indifferent, and indifferent when it comes to things like falling out of love, and then talk and laugh with others. Ordinary people are bound to bear this kind of heartache, and some may even be devastated by it and unable to recover. However, Duan Qing is not an ordinary person. He is used to failure, let alone a woman who comes for money. Duan Qing feels that drinking one more glass of wine for her is a waste of his own money.
However, the loss of mood is inevitable.
There are many reasons for Duan Qing's depression, such as falling out of love, not achieving anything in his career, or the intermittent failures in the past three years - the trajectory of life is often like this, everything goes wrong due to continuous setbacks, and then he becomes depressed. Then intentionally or unintentionally create more failures, and the cycle goes back and forth, leading to a lifetime of depression. Just now, he had probably fired his boss, once again creating the beginning of a vicious cycle.
Duan Qing is not so much in this situation, but rather this is how he should be, because his life these years is not what he wants. OEM, sales, help... I have been struggling for survival in the past few years. Just surviving is already very difficult. How can I have extra money to please female friends with realistic attitudes?
So now Duan Qing has learned from the pain and made up his mind to break this cycle. So he bought a set of gaming equipment from his wife's money that he originally saved, but now has lost its meaning. Then later now, I entered the game cabin and decided to do something I wanted to do.
【.09，8:17PM】
[Identity verification completed. 】
[All physical test values are normal, and mental connection is normal. 】
[Please create a character. 】
What appeared in front of Duan Qing was a crystal land filled with white light. There was nothing around it. There was no end in sight. There was only a vague human figure standing in front of Duan Qing. This person's height, body shape, and even hairstyle were the same as Duan Qing's. Ao himself looks exactly the same, but the figure's face is blurred.
"The design is good..." Duan Qing admired in a low voice, and then began to choose his own facial shape, commonly known as face pinching.
To be fair, although Duan Qing is not very handsome in reality, at least he is not crooked and belongs to the type with "correct facial features and a sound body". He has ordinary eyebrows, ordinary eyes, an ordinary nose and an ordinary mouth. The only thing that can be described is probably the vicissitudes of his eyes that are often averted. If you give him a cigarette and grow a beard, Duan Qing will look like a standard uncle.
But Duan Qing didn't do that. He just changed his "standard" face into another face shape, then looked at it and felt that no one would associate this face with himself in reality, and then he was satisfied. The choice is OK.
[Character generation...The character is created successfully. 】
[Scanning player body status, please wait. 】
The empty world seemed to be frozen, and time seemed to pass by silently for a long time. Duan Qing paid attention to the next prompt of the system, his eyes slowly became dazed, and he looked thoughtful, as if he was not aware that the system was moving. Scan your own process. He didn't wake up from his dazed state until there was a "ding" sound.
[The player's physical condition test is completed, and the character's initial state is as follows:]
[Strength: 4 Agility: 5 Intelligence: 7 Spirit: 6]
Duan Qing's eyes stared at these data, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
[Character setting is complete, please give a name. 】
"This...this..." Duan Qing did not respond to the system's question. He held it in for a long time before he finally breathed out: "What a trap..."
Although he has not been exposed to games for a long time, Duan Qing still checked the background and some settings of this most popular game with a responsible attitude. He remembered that the initial attributes of the characters in the game were based on the real life of the players. Determined by the actual physical condition. This setting is not an official explanation from the game company, but the most likely conclusion that many players have reached based on the correlation of the character data each time after making many attempts to re-create the character.
Duan Qing is very confident in his physical fitness. After all, when he was a boy, he once ran ten kilometers away from home in order to escape. Later, he even participated in a sports meeting at school and won a participation award. As for the miserable life he has been experiencing recently, which has been "hard work for his mind and body," it makes him even more confident in this aspect. So just talking about his character's attribute value, no matter how hard it is, he can account for seven or eight points out of ten. As a result, except for intelligence, other values are not in his eyes.
Duan Qing was angry like most newcomers, and then he was helpless like them - the people who died on the beach were telling him with their bloody history that he would have the same virtue again. So he could only continue to follow the system prompts and came to the part that most people, including him, would have a headache: thinking about a name.
Looking forward and backward, looking at the sky and the earth, scratching his ears and cheeks, beating his chest and feet, after squeezing all the ink in his chest and writing and deleting for a long time, Duan Qing used the input device with trembling hands to write four words: "Green Mountains and Green Waters" , then slapped his face with his left hand, and quickly erased these words with his right hand.
I have always struggled with naming.
"What on earth am I thinking..." Duan Qing shouted in his heart, and then fell silent.
The silent crystal space, the bright white light, staring at his human form, and the time that seemed to be frozen in his memories, Duan Qing closed his eyes, as if he felt the invisible wind blowing through this infinite space, blowing himself The fragments of hair stirred his soul at the same time.
Dazzling lights, cheers like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, as well as silent empty alleys and cold wind. Three years have passed since that incident... What once stayed deepest in my heart, and what I wanted to forget the most later, was not the glory and dazzling achievements, but the things I could talk about. Friends, and myself with focus and determination. Although he "disappeared" later and was completely separated from his former self, those other people, if they rely on their own abilities, they should not be able to do well in the past few years. As for those ambitions, those dreams, blueprints, models, etc. that we mentioned when we talked about the future together, they may have been realized, or they may have been abandoned...
Duan Qing smiled self-deprecatingly and reached into his pocket with his right hand. Then he thought that he was in a state of consciousness, so he put away the idea of smoking.
In three years, I have forgotten a lot and learned a lot. I used to be self-absorbed, self-confident, and energetic... The prosperity is gone, and the past is like smoke. Now that I have let go of everything. , then it is absolutely impossible to do such an unmanly thing as turning back. Originally, I just wanted to take the opportunity to relax, and I would never be the same person again.
"It's better to take it easy." Feeling this, Duan Qing entered the four words "Moshang Qingshan" and then selected OK.
[Character name test in progress...The name is confirmed and the player is being generated. 】
【Birthplace selected...】
【loading......】
【Welcome to the free world. 】
A rhythmic female electronic voice read out the above eight words. Duan Qing watched as the character he created was "put on" a set of ordinary clothes, and was gradually swallowed up by the white light eroding from the distance in the crystal earth. Then his vision was submerged in the white light of the sky.
When he regained his sight, Duan Qing found that he had become the character he had just created, lying on a piece of grass.
The green grass swaying with the breeze, the clear blue sky, and the fresh air. Speaking of which, in this era of real life, it is difficult to enjoy this kind of fresh air. In my ears, I can hear the rustle of grass leaves in the breeze, the sound of water flowing in the stream, and the faint chirping of some birds. The natural atmosphere is very strong. Duan Qing sat up and discovered that the place he was in was not the grassland he had imagined, but a suburb with trees, streams and various other unknown plants.
Yes, this is the suburbs because there is a village not far away as far as he can see.
Ordinary bricks and tiles, gray walls, and faint black smoke coming from some chimneys. There is still some height difference in the grassland where he is, so you can also see some walking figures. Presumably, they can be called NPCs. Villagers.
Or a player? A newcomer like myself? Anyway, let’s go and have a look. Duan Qing stood up and tried to move his body first. After confirming that it was no different from usual, he slowly walked towards the village.
The breeze blew in the direction he was walking, blowing down the grass on the ground, blowing up the corners of his clothes, and then blowing over the seemingly peaceful and peaceful village. The smoke column was carried upwards and flew into the distant sky. Under the sky were the shadowy mountains. From a distance, the vegetation on the mountains did not seem to be lush, but there were some scattered greenery from the top to the foot of the mountain. It should be There are some scattered trees growing on it. There is a thin earth-colored line that is vaguely extending from the sparse green, and gradually becomes clear along the direction of the village. It is probably a road leading in that direction.
As a place for novice players to be born, the beauty of the environment here has exceeded Duan Qing's expectations. Looking at the winding path leading into the distance, as well as the fields and waterways that crisscrossed the path, Duan Qing somewhat understood why this game is the most popular game now - the scenery alone is enough to attract most people. Eyeballs of most people. If the first impression of appearance and clothing is extremely important when strangers meet, this mountain village that gives newcomers the first impression of the game is undoubtedly very successful.
Looking closer along the outline of the mountains, the details of the lush trees gradually become visible to the naked eye, and then extend to the distance on both sides, just like a forest. As Duan Qing walked, he looked at the surrounding environment, so his eyes followed the edges of the woods, and his head turned slightly, gradually looking to one side.
Just then, something happened.
The sound of running footsteps came from far to near, coming from behind Duan Qing. Duan Qing was looking sideways at the bosom of nature, and when he heard it, he turned around.
A scream came from behind. When Duan Qing looked behind, the sound of wild beasts howling sounded at the same time, and then there was a crash like hitting a defeated leather. A figure flew out from the woods behind, on the grass. He rolled a few times, then fell to the ground as Duan Qing expected and never got up again.
Heavy breathing sounded in the woods. Duan Qing stopped and moved his gaze upwards, and then noticed that there was also a forest not far behind him. A huge shadow appeared from the gap in the trees. When it took a few steps closer and the sunlight shone on the shadow along the gap in the trees, Duan Qing realized that it was a wild boar.
The wild boar had bristles on its back, protruding tusks, and dark brown hair. It was no different from the wild boar Duan Qing knew. The only difference was that it seemed to be very large and very tall. From a distance, it seemed , about as tall as a person, and with its huge fangs exposed, it is full of oppressive momentum.
As if because of the anger in his heart, the wild boar breathed heavily, its manes stood up, and its sharp eyes stared directly at the shadow lying on the ground, and slowly walked over.
The figure lying on the ground let out a human scream, struggling in terror, and then the approaching wild boar raised its fangs, arched it slightly, and suddenly became motionless, and then slowly disappeared into the air.
It seems that a player died under the claws of a wild monster... But such a monster looks a bit powerful. Is the strength of such a monster really the strength of a novice village...
Duan Qing frowned at this scene, instinctively thinking about the information in his heart. Then the next moment, his expression became exaggerated.
The wild boar watched condescendingly as the figure turned into white light, and then... turned around happily a few times, with a few small jumps in between. Then it snorted disdainfully and said, "You humans You're really weak." He walked back with his butt shaking.
What...what do you mean, looking down on players...?
Two leaves floated past Duan Qing in the wind. He was dumbfounded after watching all this. After a long while, he said: "What a harmonious world..."
