Chapter 18: Village in the Rain (18)

Zhao Shuo, Zhou Hu, Su Chen, Shi Mingjin...all of them were crowded in the corridor on the third floor of the inn, looking at the mountains through the windows in fear.

From late at night until dawn, no one spoke for a long time, and they could feel each other's tension.

I had no idea what was going on in the mountains, I only heard loud bangs one after another.

"It's raining!" The little girl Su Chen suddenly shouted.

The dark night outside was like an overly smudged ink painting, and the black color above was slowly fading into a lighter color.

The raindrops fell from the clouds, and the night seemed to be cleared by the rain, and the sky gradually brightened.

A black bird appeared from the clouds.

Everyone recognized the black bird; it was the bird that had delivered the hidden mission before. It flapped its wings and flew towards them, and time seemed to have stopped.

Everyone looked up at the black bird, which hovered among the clouds. It announced in the same tone it had used when announcing the hidden quest: "The game 'Paper Dolls of the Mountain Village' is over. The world will close in 30 minutes and players will be sent away."

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The black bird flapped its wings and flew away again. After a long moment, Zhao Shuo finally let out a long sigh and asked, "Is this... the end of the game?"

"This game is over." Zhou Hu said, and he subconsciously asked Cang Zhi, "Is the boss okay?"

When he asked, he felt a little stupid. Cang Zhi was with them, so how could he know whether Su Yue was okay or not? But Cang Zhi nodded: "He's fine, don't worry."

"Look over there!" The briefcase pointed to the square outside the window.

You can't see the square from here, and I don't know why you can see it.

In the rain, they saw a little girl walking out of the Drum Tower. A woman ran over, squatted in front of the little girl, and the two of them hugged each other tightly.

It makes people feel an inexplicable and sad happiness.

"I'm going to see my...friend." Ran Xinyao said.

She is the girl in that young couple.

Everyone had almost forgotten the existence of the boy who almost died. Only after she reminded them did they remember and rushed over.

When I opened the door, I was surprised to see that Wang Shunqi had woken up. He didn't look like he had suffered so many injuries, but he was still very weak.

He covered his head, grimacing and muttering, "Damn, what's going on? I had such an outrageous dream."

Then he saw Ran Xinyao, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly seemed to be about to cry. He hesitated for a while before saying, "Yaoyao, I will turn over a new leaf, find a class to attend, and start a new life. I'm sorry, Yaoyao, I'm a bad person, I'm not worthy of you."

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The rain was so heavy that the whole village was submerged in rain and fog.

It seemed as if something was melting in the heavy rain, and as if someone was crying.

"Brother Cang, where are you going?" Zhou Hu looked at Cang Zhi in surprise as he suddenly stood up.

"Go find Su Yue." Cang Zhi said this hastily and quickly went downstairs, "I want to accompany him."

Zhou Hu, Briefcase and the others looked at each other in astonishment. They didn't expect to be fed such dog food just when the game was about to end.

But I also feel that, well, this is normal.

"After we go out, will we go straight back to where we were before?" Zhao Shuo asked Zhou Hu.

He thought of his bus. It would be pretty cool if he could still be on his No. 27 bus when he went back.

It's like time has stopped.

"No, you'll appear in a place called 'Rest Area' and officially register as a player," Zhou Hu replied. "After leaving the rest area, you'll appear somewhere close to your usual address where no one else can see you. As for how it's so clever, I have no idea."

"But I was sitting on the bus?" Zhao Shuo said in astonishment. "I teleported directly from the bus, and no one would notice?"

Zhou Hu was silent for a while and said, "You'll know after you get out."

Zhao Shuo was just about to ask Zhou Hu to exchange contact information when an electronic barrier suddenly unfolded in front of him, interrupting his train of thought.

The light purple interface has a flickering border, just like the settlement interface after playing a video game.

-[Player Name: Zhao Shuo]

-[Clear game: Village Paper Figure]

-[Game Base Score (100-10000): 100]

-[Mission Additional Points (500-50000): 500]

-[Reply deduction points: 0]

-[Total player points: 600]

Congratulations on winning more survival opportunities in this survival game! You can redeem your points in the game lounge for items that will benefit your next game, some of which can be taken into real life. The game will notify you before adding you to the queue next time, and you can also choose to join the game on your own initiative. I wish you a happy day!

Zhao Shuo stared at the screen in front of him in amazement. Only then did he finally feel the reality of his identity as a "player".

I always thought he was just Su Yue’s little follower, no different from those NPCs.

There is a lot of information in this passage.

"A notice will be issued in advance before the next time you join the queue" means that there may be a next time, and these selected players cannot decide whether to join the game or not.

In other words, you can decide to join, but you cannot decide not to join.

As for "some items can be brought into real life", maybe that's why some people still stay in the game world. Zhao Shuo made a blind guess and the rewards here are very generous.

He asked Zhou Hu curiously, "Brother Zhou, what can I buy with points?"

"Props, such as various potions and weapons. Things purchased with points can be brought into the game world." Zhou Hu replied.

"Then you didn't bring anything in?" Zhao Shuo asked curiously. He remembered that Zhou Hu even dismantled weapons from the bus at the beginning.

"I'm broke." Zhou Hu sighed, "I bought some energy-boosting potion and drank it before the show started. It turned out to be a puzzle game, so all my points were wasted."

Zhou Hu sighed again and said, "I have very few points. I've only entered 100th-level dungeons before, and I've never taken on any hidden quests. It was just hard labor. Boss Su Yue should have a lot of points. I think with his strength, he should be able to easily pass 10,000-level dungeons."

"If I have to re-enter the game, I really hope I can see the boss again. I'll definitely ask him how many points he has." Zhao Shuo sighed with some melancholy, "I've completely become a little fanboy."

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-[Player Name: Suyue]

-[Clear game: Village Paper Figure]

-[Basic Game Score (100-10000): N/A (No points will be awarded for incorrect numbering)]

-[Task Additional Points (500-50000): N/A (No points will be awarded for incorrect numbering)]

-[Reply deduction points: 0]

-[Total player points: N/A (No points will be awarded for incorrect numbers)]

"No points will be awarded for wrong numbering. If I could really get points normally, I would probably be the richest man in the rest area." Su Yue looked at the points panel in front of him and clicked his tongue.

Cangzhi stood beside Suyue and massaged his shoulders quietly.

His panel is the same as Su Yue's, and all the scores are N/A, which means that he is not a normal player and will not be awarded any points.

"If you want to go shopping, you can borrow points from Zhao Shuo and the others," Cang Zhi suggested. "They seem to like you very much."

"That's not necessary. They can keep those points to buy props to survive." Su Yue smiled and instructed Cang Zhi to use a little more force.

Cang Zhi's massage technique was very good. He stretched his neck comfortably and sighed, "But I still hope they won't be selected again."

In the distance, the edges of the mountains began to melt, a sign that the world was closing in, and the game was over.

Normally, Su Yue would spend the last half hour wandering around and looking for bugs, but this time he was too tired. The "Judgment" sword strike had exhausted all his strength, so he could only wait here for the game to end.

Soon, a familiar feeling of tiredness came over Su Yue. He didn't resist at all, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

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-[Check player name: Suyue, player ID: error (cannot be queried)]

-[You have logged into the rest area, welcome to the city that never sleeps!]

Su Yue woke up from his sleep with the gentle mechanical female voice.

When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a very tidy room with simple decoration, like a very clean motel. Cang Zhi was not around.

When logging out of the game, all players would separate, sometimes quite far apart. Even now, Su Yue wasn't with the puppet Cang Zhi.

He had no intention of looking for the doll.

Su Yue and the puppet Cang Zhi would never meet outside of the game world. To him, the puppet Cang Zhi was a dream limited to the game. It would be better if they didn't meet outside the game world.

Because it is definitely impossible for the puppets to appear in the realm of gods in their original form. If other gods see the two main gods, they will probably have nightmares when they sleep.

It would be too weird to change the doll into a different form and hide it, and then restore it to Cang Zhi after entering the game.

In his heart, Su Yue still regards the doll as a companion rather than a toy, and this kind of scene would make him feel very distracted.

Therefore, after logging out of the game, Su Yue will separate from the puppet. The puppet will go to the warehouse by himself and enter a dormant state. When Su Yue is ready to enter the next game, he will be awakened and the two sides will meet directly in the game.

Now Su Yue is going back to the realm of gods.

To put it in a more down-to-earth way: report on work.

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Su Yue had a fixed room in the rest area, a privilege he held. He would usually go out and stroll around the rest area, and although he couldn't afford to buy anything in the shop, it was still fun to browse.

But he has to report a bug today, so he has no time to delay.

Looking for bugs in the game world is actually a very vague term. Strictly speaking, Su Yue is looking for "things that shouldn't appear in the game" or "things that destroy the game framework."

To use a real video game as an analogy, killing the boss by setting up an air wall or using skill special effects is not within Su Yue's jurisdiction. There are also many experts among players who can do these things.

He was looking for something that could kill all players instantly with one move, a monster that was placed on the wrong map, or something that would completely freeze the game framework upon loading.

For example, in this mountain village game world, there is a ferocious beast in the deep mountains outside.

From the very beginning, Su Yue felt that the beast did not seem to have much to do with the main storyline of the entire world. When he fought with it in the final battle, he felt even more clearly that the monster and the paper Buddha statue were of two completely different levels of combat power.

Monsters with this kind of combat power shouldn't even appear in this rather simple mountain village game.

Su Yue opened the wardrobe in the room and took out a white robe and a small white device similar to a mobile phone. He held the robe and pressed the button of the device. With a "whoosh", the whole person disappeared from the room.

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Su Yue stepped on a smooth stone floor. This was the so-called "God's Realm", which looked like an empty hall.

There is a large, spherical electronic screen in front of me, on which I can see many such halls. There are many gods in other halls, but there are few people in Su Yue's hall.

The department in charge of the infinite world is dangerous, tiring, and has average pay, so no one comes and it's very desolate.

Su Yue walked through the aisle. On other electronic screens, the gods were all wearing the spotless white robe in Su Yue's hand. If he walked among them, Su Yue, with his mortal look of baseball jacket and jeans, would definitely be looked at with slightly dissatisfied eyes, but Su Yue didn't care.

He has always been considered a rebellious god in the world of gods.

Another person who joined him in breaking the dress code was his ex-boyfriend.

…Forget it, I don’t think about my ex-boyfriend.

Su Yue felt very comfortable in the game world, but not so comfortable when he returned to the divine realm.

How to put it, it's the difference between being at work and being at home, so he doesn't want to think about these things in the Divine Realm.

Su Yue walked through the aisle and went to the Supervisory Office. According to the procedure, he had to report his work to Supervisor Z.

After learning that Supervisor Z had "failed to shut down" the alarm system at the last moment, Su Yue's favorability towards this god soared.

Although the work was a bit old-fashioned and communication was a bit difficult, it did help him in the end.

Su Yue had walked through this corridor many times. It used to be all white, and if he lost his concentration for a moment he would suspect he was trapped in a maze. But this time, Su Yue found a few more cartoon paintings on the wall, such as little rabbits, astronauts, puppies, roses, etc. They had no meaning, but looked quite comforting.

Su Yue's favorable impression of Supervisor Z increased a little bit. This god's aesthetic taste was quite similar to his.

Just as he was thinking this, the door to the Supervisory Office at the end opened, and a small god in a white robe walked out. Seeing Su Yue, he politely greeted him, "Good morning, Lord God."

Su Yue smiled and said, "I told you not to call me that."

The white-robed little god also smiled shyly: "Master Suyue, are you going to report to the Supervisor?"

"Yes." Su Yue asked casually, "How is the new supervisor? I felt he was okay in the game world."

"Pretty...pretty good." The white-robed god stuttered for some reason, "It's just that everyone is a little afraid of him."

"Afraid of him?" Su Yue thought for a moment, "Yeah, his speaking style is quite intimidating, but actually, it's kind of cute."

When the white-robed little god heard what Su Yue said, he forced a smile with an expression that said, "You seem to be joking." "Indeed, only a god like you, Lord Su Yue, can describe the Lord God as cute."

"Oh, I..." Su Yue didn't listen carefully and walked to the door casually.

Just as he was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, his movements suddenly clicked and he froze completely.

“Describe who??”