Chapter 228 Chapter 228 Socially anxious father 5
Zhong Qing's pupils shrank, he moved over and picked up Zhuozhuo.
The woman's attack was in vain, and she let out a shrill howl: [Child—my child—]
Zhong Qing paused in his skill, retreating with Zhuozhuo to the dungeon entrance. The distance was too great, and the woman, pulled away, returned to her original position, slowly crouching beneath the stalactite and weeping. Zhong Qing hugged Zhuozhuo tightly, glancing at the woman thoughtfully. Her lines just now were different from before.
Zhuozhuo leaned against Zhong Qing's chest, still terrified, and whispered, "This auntie is so scary."
"The monsters in this dungeon are so scary. You've seen it all, let's go out?" Although the woman's abnormality indicated that they might trigger hiding, Zhong Qing still gave up. Everything in the dungeon was too much for Zhuozhuo. The dog game didn't even let her open the youth mode!
Zhuozhuo shook his head, "I'm not going out."
Zhong Qing tried to push Zhuozhuo out, but failed. He couldn't click Exit on Zhuozhuo's control panel either. He realized that once he entered the dungeon, he had no say. He sighed and said, "Do you understand your skills? Use any of those that help you survive, heal, defend, or restore mana."
Zhuozhuo said innocently: "What Zhuozhuo skills?"
“…”
Zhong Qing smiled, "It's okay, just follow my instructions, and I'll keep you alive."
9972 understood Zhong Qing's distress and felt sympathy for him. "Baby, you have skills. I'll show you your game board."
Zhuozhuo wasn't trapped in the game; she simply entered the game as a spirit, much like players who would later use holographic pods and helmets. Therefore, Zhuozhuo was now considered a player, with a user account and the same treatment as ordinary players. However, to prevent Zhong Qing from discovering her and reporting her account to customer service, 9972 had temporarily hidden this information.
But before 9972 could even tell Zhuozhu about the game account, she was already so enchanted by the game's vibrant atmosphere that she wanted to join in the fun by fighting others. How could 9972 dare to say anything? If Zhuozhu knew she couldn't feel pain and could be resurrected, he'd definitely be a total jerk!
Now that the little guy who knows nothing about himself has come into the dungeon, there is no point in hiding 9972, and I have to tell him.
A virtual screen appeared before Zhuozhuo's eyes. She stared at the words, symbols, and patterns on it, her eyes blank and her face blank. "Dad, there's something like this..."
Zhuozhuo gestured with her hands and feet, and Zhong Qing immediately understood that it was the player panel. She then asked Zhuozhu what the numbers or words in certain places were, and asked her to draw them. It was unexpected that Zhuozhuo had a talent for drawing. Her drawings were so lifelike that one could recognize them at a glance.
After some difficult communication, Zhong Qing discovered that Zhuozhuo was a player, a level 1, blank character at that. His unique ability was his ability to roam the map and his affinity was maxed out. He speculated that the woman's ghost had spoken a new line because Zhuozhuo's affinity was maxed out.
The initial attributes of characters in Datong are not fixed. After a heated discussion on the forum, everyone assumed that they are related to the player. However, in the six months since the game launched, I have never heard of anyone starting with a maximum attribute.
Zhong Qing was filled with awe. How popular was Zhuozhuo in real life? Could someone give him 300 billion just by looking at him?
Zhuozhuo also understood that she was a player. Her eyes sparkled as she said, "So Zhuozhuo isn't afraid of death?"
"Not necessarily." Zhong Qing clenched his burning little hands. "Other players just create an account, but you're fighting in person. If the mouse clicks on you, you'll cry out in pain. If you're hit by a skill or a monster, won't you faint from the pain?"
9972 said silently, no, Zhuozhuo only uses his five senses when interacting with Zhong Qing. Other players, whether they are on the technology side or NPC monsters and bosses on the magic side, cannot have real interactions with Zhuozhuo for the time being.
But Zhuozhuo didn't know. She was frightened and shrank her neck. She hurriedly climbed onto the "lovesick" and hugged his neck tightly, saying childishly, "Dad, you have to protect your precious daughter."
The "loving one" also hugged her and said solemnly, "I will protect you with my life. So hot! Do you feel my deep fatherly love for you now?"
Zhuozhuo nodded like a little chicken pecking at rice and said without hesitation, "I feel it, I feel it!"
"Can you come out of the game now?"
Zhuozhuo shook his head, blinked, and asked in confusion, "How do I get out?"
Zhong Qing: “…”
He used his mobile phone to search for "How credible are the words of a three-year-old child?", and hundreds of pages of similar questions popped up on the search page. The highly-rated answers all had the same content: children cannot lie, but they can talk nonsense.
The examples given in the answers are all hilarious: a baby saying he ate a bowl of poop in kindergarten today, a teacher carrying his bed to the playground to prevent him from sleeping, and a man saying Zhao Huiyao's lips were red from eating 800 children every day...
Zhong Qing quickly read it and realized one thing: Zhuozhuo's words, "She can only come out if he likes her," were most likely just a fleeting thought, a flash of inspiration, a random remark, and he foolishly believed it. Perhaps anyone's affection could make Zhuozhuo escape the game, or perhaps the conditions for escaping had nothing to do with other people or affection at all. Or perhaps Zhuozhuo couldn't leave the game at all...
With his mind in a mess, Zhong Qing glanced at a trending search that popped up on his phone. He clicked on it and saw that an expert was listing the dangers of holographic cabins and holographic helmets. It was very likely to damage the brain and even trap the consciousness in the game. It was so terrifying!
Zhong Qing was shocked. Isn't this very similar to Zhuo Zhuo's situation?
At this point, Zhong Qing's analysis revealed Zhuozhuo's true identity. She was a beta tester of Future Technology's holographic capsule or helmet. A malfunction had trapped her consciousness within the game. As to whether Zhuozhuo was an isolated case or a common problem among all testers, and whether Future Technology was already carrying out a rescue operation or concealing the truth, Zhong Qing had no idea.
But there is one thing Zhong Qing has decided: he will not buy the holographic helmet at the sales conference tomorrow, the 29th.
9972 noticed the task progress suddenly jumped. It immediately used the newly updated function to check the details and saw the progress bar trigger point. Suddenly: [……]
It can prevent Zhong Qing from buying the gaming helmet right away, which indirectly reduces his sensitivity and exploration of the game. By chance, the butterfly he accidentally hits becomes a small fuse for him to be bullied in the future. How can it not be worth it to jump up the progress bar!
In the original storyline, Zhong Qing was a relatively small spender in Datong, and a relatively well-known high-level player in the early stages. After the game entered holographic mode, Zhong Qing, relying on his previous exploration and accumulation of the game, successfully obtained the inheritance of the mermaid tribe and learned the skill "Illusionary Sea Floating Life". Unexpectedly, this skill completely defeated the vice president of the second largest guild in Datong.
The second mate felt a strong sense of crisis and immediately threatened Zhong Qing to wash away his skills. Zhong Qing disagreed, so he organized people to hunt down Zhong Qing and issued a bounty order to kill him and force him to quit the game.
It is not known whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but in order to avoid being hunted down, Zhong Qing stayed at home, in libraries, museums, cultural squares and other safe places where skills were prohibited. He studied the background of the game more diligently, and eagerly absorbed the splendid knowledge of the other world. He soon discovered the inheritance of the elves and obtained it, and learned the skill "Meteor Arrow", which completely defeated the president of the third largest guild.
History repeated itself, and the pursuit team grew larger.
Later, Zhong Qing gathered the heritage of the orcs, dwarves, dragons, and undead, completely defeating the pillars of the six largest guilds and becoming a thorn in the eyes of the major guilds. To justify their actions, the major guilds spread rumors that Zhong Qing had deceived the female players in the guild, defrauded them of their money, equipment, and hidden clues, and that he was a fat, ugly otaku. His exposés dominated the gaming forums, with so many victims accusing him that even if he had eight hundred penises, he wouldn't have enough.
In the game, "romanticists" were condemned by everyone, insulted with all sorts of genitalia and references to their previous and next generations, and had their death photos and videos Photoshopped with faces altered. The situation escalated, snowballing, with nothing stopping it. Someone dug up information about Zhong Qing in real life, went to his school and residence, posted big-character posters, spread rumors that he was ill, threw paint at his house, and even knocked on his door in the middle of the night to threaten him.
Zhong Qing hid in his home and was forced to have a social anxiety attack. He forced himself to collect evidence and report to the police. Although the bad guys got the punishment they deserved, Zhong Qing had quietly turned evil. He felt that there were too many people in the world and that only he could live a stable life.
After discovering the true nature of the game, Zhong Qingyin repeatedly sabotaged the plans of the planetary consciousnesses behind the scenes. Ultimately, after both planetary consciousnesses and the void monsters were severely damaged, a wave of explosions blew up both planets. Anyway, he himself was strong enough to survive in space.
During the evolution process, no matter how the process changes, Zhong Qing will eventually be blackened by cyber violence and then blow up the planet to destroy the world.
9972 does not comment on Zhong Qing’s experience and extremism, but only hopes that he will not implicate Zhuo Zhuo when he is subjected to cyberbullying.
At present, Zhong Qing, who has not yet turned evil, still has a strong sense of justice. He sent an anonymous report email to the police, hoping to attract their attention. For example, when someone reports a missing person, he can quickly connect the case with the victim of the holographic device.
There is another advantage to doing this. He doesn't have to face other people looking at him as a fool. Of course, police officers have professional ethics and will not treat the people like this.
After sending the email, Zhong Qing thought about it. There was nothing else he could do. Zhuozhuo was reluctant to leave the dungeon, so he simply said, "Let's grind the dungeon and see what hidden plots we can find."
"Okay."
Zhuozhuo stretched out his hand and pointed at the crying woman, "Go, Zhong Qing, Dad!"
Zhong Qing controlled "Love Seed" to move deeper into the dungeon. Once it reached the attack range, the woman immediately rushed over with a ferocious look on her face, but then stopped in front of Zhuo Zhuo, crying out in pain and confusion, "Child... My child..."
The two sides were in a stalemate, and neither took the next step.
Zhong Qing's heart moved, thinking that the woman was going to hit Zhuo Zhuo, but the "lovesick" took half a step back and hugged Zhuo Zhuo's arms tightly.
Zhuozhuo also noticed it. She blinked and stretched out her hand towards the woman curiously and carefully.
Zhong Qing wanted to stop her, but controlling his character through a keyboard and an internet connection meant he couldn't react as quickly as Zhuozhuo. He watched helplessly as the woman's rotting hand grabbed Zhuozhuo's arm and pulled her out of his arms. With this movement, the woman and Zhuozhuo's figures quickly faded and vanished. The "lovesick"'s hand only grabbed a puff of air.
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