Chapter 3 Return to the Village
The bus was shaking rhythmically. Ying Yuanxing, who was sitting in the back seat, felt more and more sleepy and closed his eyes unconsciously.
However, Ying Yuanxing did not dare to fall asleep. He still remembered how dangerous the city he was in was. He just closed his eyes and rested, while paying attention to the movements around him.
Therefore, the audience who stayed behind missed the strange and terrifying appearance of the man when he got on the bus, but they were terrified.
The audience was not too afraid of these weird things. After all, they had been watching the live broadcast for several years and had developed resistance to the weird and terrifying appearances. Moreover, these weird things were not dangerous to them as they were separated by the live broadcast room. What they were worried about was Ying Yuanxing.
Ying Yuanxing left Hongxing Company to save his life, and they accepted this result. However, if they were killed by a passerby, they would want to vomit blood.
[Is the anchor really timid? ]
Watching all kinds of strange people getting on and off the bus, Ying Yuanxing lowered his head and slept. Although he didn't look completely asleep, he was too relaxed. Is someone who behaves like this really a coward? Some viewers raised questions.
Others also noticed something was wrong, especially when comparing Ying Yuanxing's actions and reactions with those of other new players, they could see more and more of Ying Yuanxing's problems.
[Why do I feel like the host doesn't know anything? Is this an illusion? ]
[I feel the same way. Even if he has some hidden cards, he is too relaxed in the face of weirdness! ]
Ying Yuanxing felt that he was being careful enough, but in the eyes of the audience, Ying Yuanxing was simply foolish and bold.
If it were when humans didn't understand the weirdness, there might still be such people, but the more we understand the weirdness, the less likely it is that such people will exist.
…
In the Shuguang Bureau, investigators finally found out the information of the Xia country players who were selected this time.
The other contestants were all fine, as their identity information was all available, but Ying Yuanxing's information was extremely difficult to find. If it weren't for his name and his eye-catching appearance, it would have been difficult to find him.
The team leader read Ying Yuanxing's information at a glance with a frown. Ying Yuanxing's identity information was not much different from that of other players, but four years ago, Ying Yuanxing had a car accident and became a vegetable. He has been staying in a sanatorium since then and has not woken up until he entered the strange game.
It is not known whether Ying Yuanxing is lucky or unfortunate. After all, if Ying Yuanxing does not wake up, given the situation in the sanatorium, Ying Yuanxing may not be able to continue to maintain his life and something might happen at any time. But if he wakes up, he can save himself.
But he woke up only after entering the weird game. It was like getting out of the tiger's den and falling into the wolf's den.
Even if you wake up two days earlier and learn a little about the weird game, it would be better than entering the game with no knowledge now.
But I don’t know the situation in the real world, so even if I die, maybe I won’t be too desperate.
Thinking of the performance of the new players, the team leader felt depressed.
The team leader explained Ying Yuanxing's situation and there was silence in the office. As people who were peeking at the screen in the live broadcast room, they all saw Ying Yuanxing's actions. They were a little confused at first, but now that they knew Ying Yuanxing's situation, everything could be explained.
"So, Ying Yuanxing may not know that he has entered a weird game, or even that there are weird people around him?" Someone said in disbelief.
"Based on Ying Yuanxing's performance, this guess is the most likely."
Some people gasped. They had drawn so many players in the Savior Game, but had never encountered a situation like this before.
Compared with the current situation, they would rather believe that Ying Yuanxing was a coward and escaped from Hongxing Company. Otherwise, even if they sent people to rescue Ying Yuanxing now, there would be countless opportunities for Ying Yuanxing to die during this period.
"Now that he suddenly appears in an unfamiliar place and has an unfamiliar identity, what kind of misunderstanding will it cause?" someone asked.
"Maybe he feels like he's traveled through time, otherwise he wouldn't be able to accept it so quickly." someone replied.
Everyone present was young people. Online novels have been developing for so many years that even those who don't read novels much still have some understanding of concepts like time travel. Comparing Ying Yuanxing's actions with his, they found that what he said made a lot of sense. Ying Yuanxing probably really felt that he had traveled through time.
"First check where Ying Yuanxing is going and see if there are any neighboring players nearby. Issue a task to tell Ying Yuanxing the truth, and the reward will be a strange object for the time being." The team leader was silent for a moment and then spoke.
As for what Ying Yuanxing would do after knowing the truth, they had no way of doing anything and could only let Ying Yuanxing do it himself.
If Ying Yuanxing was still in Hongxing Company, for the huge benefits from him, the Shuguang Bureau would still be able to mobilize some players to protect Ying Yuanxing, but now, Ying Yuanxing no longer has anything that can attract other players.
As for the Dawn Bureau forcibly sending players to help Ying Yuanxing, this is unrealistic.
Players who enter the strange game can return to reality once every three months, and can only stay there for a short day. Some players don't care about people and things in reality at all, let alone the Dawn Bureau, while some players still care about the real society, but because of this, they can't easily send each other to do anything.
As for asking the Dawn Bureau to pay more, they couldn't do it. Not only was there a shortage of monster resources, but they also couldn't do that. How many Xia country players died after entering the weird game, and the Dawn Bureau didn't send anyone to rescue them. Even for this one monster mission, they made an exception for Ying Yuanxing, and it was impossible for them to pay more.
The office fell silent. The team leader took a look at Ying Yuanxing's profile. The photo was the same one Ying Yuanxing had taken four years ago. He had a bright smile, without any gloom of the end of the world.
…
Hearing the sound of arriving at the destination platform, Ying Yuanxing opened his eyes. Although he was just resting with his eyes closed, Ying Yuanxing felt that his body was a little more relaxed than before.
Looking out the window, Ying Yuanxing realized that the bus had been going for quite a long time. He got on the bus at two o'clock, and now it looked about five o'clock, with the sun already setting on the mountainside.
The door opened and Ying Yuanxing got off the bus with his bag on his back. As soon as he got off the bus, he saw a tall figure at the platform.
"Are you Brother Ying?" The man smiled. His wheat-colored skin and amber eyes were like honey, making people feel full of energy at first glance.
"I am Ying Yuanxing, who are you?" Ying Yuanxing immediately responded when he heard the other party's question.
"I'm from a carpenter's family in the back mountain. Knowing that you were coming back, my mother was going to pick you up and take you to the village, but she had to rush to do a job these days, so she had no choice but to let me pick you up." The young man said with a smile.
"By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Yuan Xiu."
Listening to Yuan Xiu's words, Ying Yuanxing's mind began to recall memories of the Yuan family.
The Yuan family was considered a famous carpenter in the surrounding villages, and many people even came to the Yuan family to become their apprentices. However, the one who learned the best was the only daughter of the Yuan family. After Grandpa Yuan passed away, Yuan Xiang inherited her father's mantle, and even moved into the city because of her greater fame. But later, for some reason, she came back from the city and usually made a living by working as a carpenter.
However, this memory made Ying Yuanxing realize that his memory seemed not to be fully received. If he had not met Yuan Xiu, he might not have remembered all of this.
However, Ying Yuanxing didn't care too much. After all, it was not a big deal. The original body had not stayed in his hometown for too long. Even those from the same village didn't know the original body very well. Even if he behaved differently, the other party would not think too much about it.
However, he didn't seem to inform the village that he was coming back.
Ying Yuanxing felt a little confused, but he quickly convinced himself that he had entered a game after all, and this part was also included in the game's plot, so it was nothing.
After exchanging a few words with Yuan Xiu, Ying Yuanxing followed Yuan Xiu towards the village.
Ying Yuanxing originally thought that the road would extend all the way to the village, but who knew that the village actually had no road yet and had to take a small path through the dense forest.
Ying Yuanxing walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow. He thought that he would be tired and out of breath after walking a few steps on the mountain road. However, after walking for a while, Ying Yuanxing found that he was walking very smoothly and not even tired at all.
"Brother Ying, we have to hurry up, otherwise it will be dangerous in the woods when it gets dark." Yuan Xiu's vague voice came from the front.
"Danger?" Ying Yuanxing was puzzled. What kind of danger could there be in the forest?
"Brother Ying, you haven't been back for a long time. You may not know that every night in recent years, there have been man-eating monsters in the woods outside the village. If we don't return to the village before dark, we might encounter the monsters." Yuan Xiu said quietly.
monster?
Ying Yuanxing didn't think Yuan Xiu was lying, because there were monsters in Stardew Valley, so this world might be based on Stardew Valley, so it was normal to have monsters, but...
He has traveled into the game world, where is his personal panel?
If you enter the game world without a personal panel, what’s the difference between that and a normal time travel without cheats?
Ying Yuanxing complained in his heart, and suddenly saw something strange below his field of vision.
What's this?
Ying Yuanxing looked closely and saw a green vertical stripe, which was not very conspicuous under the shade of the forest.
Stamina bar?
Ying Yuanxing was sure that when he was at the company, there was no such thing in his field of vision, not even on the bus. After all, the interior of the bus was mainly white, and the green would be very conspicuous. If it appeared at that time, it would be impossible not to notice it.
It could only have appeared after he got off the car. As for the exact time, Ying Yuanxing was not sure. After all, after he got off the car, Yuan Xiu attracted all his attention, and walking on the mountain road left him with no energy to be distracted.
Even though he felt that he had traveled into the game world before, there was never a moment when Ying Yuanxing was so sure that he had really traveled into the game.
As for why the stamina bar only appeared now, Ying Yuanxing guessed that it was probably because he had arrived in Taoxi Village. Only when the character successfully entered the game would the game function be activated.
Ying Yuanxing also wanted to try to summon a map, but unfortunately, the map could not be summoned. He wondered if he did not find the right method.
…
Compared with before, the atmosphere in the live broadcast room was very dull. Perhaps it was because the previous excitement consumed too much emotion. Even though they knew that Ying Yuanxing's situation was relatively dangerous, there was no danger for several hours, which made them somewhat relaxed.
But as soon as Yuan Xiu's words came out, the audience became nervous reflexively. Although Yuan Xiu looked like a normal person, the audience knew that in the weird game, there was only the weirdness of revealing the true face and not revealing it temporarily, and Yuan Xiu's words made it seem like he was about to be exposed.
Even though the audience was dissatisfied with Ying Yuanxing leaving Hongxing Company, they still couldn't help but worry about him.
[It shouldn’t be a big deal. In the weird game, the village is dangerous, but judging from what the host said before, he is returning home. Generally speaking, the first day is safe.]
[Generally speaking, this is the case, but what this black guy said is too consistent with the crisis in the textbook.]
[Does anyone know Taoxi Village? I'm a little worried about the anchor]
[I feel like this name is a little familiar, as if I have heard it somewhere before]
[I have a bad feeling]
[Why, I don’t understand]
[Shit, I suddenly remembered why this village name looked so familiar, isn’t this the mysterious place where no one survives?]
[Because the place names that are familiar to people in the weird game are either very dangerous or extremely dangerous]
[I checked and found out that it is an S-level strange domain. If a newbie goes in, it would be a death wish.]
[For a moment I didn’t know how to describe the host’s luck. He left an A-level strange domain and ended up in an S-level strange domain.]
[Can the anchor still escape now? ] Someone asked, remembering Ying Yuanxing's escape from Hongxing Company just now.
[Don’t think about it. The host was able to get out of the company before. It is probably related to Taoxi Village. Now he has joined the game. Unless a more advanced strange domain comes, he can’t escape at all. If you like the host, watch more. Now you can watch less.]
As soon as these words were spoken, the live broadcast room fell into complete silence. People gradually chose to leave the room, fearing that continuing to watch would make them too depressed. After all, those who stayed behind had a favorable impression of Ying Yuanxing, and if they saw Ying Yuanxing die in front of them, they would definitely be emotionally hurt.
But now, they dare not take the risk. After all, in today's era, it is easy to be depressed, but it is difficult to be excited in a healthy way.
Seeing the number of people in the live broadcast room continue to decrease, the staff of Shuguang Bureau sighed. They originally wanted to help Ying Yuanxing, but after seeing the name of Ying Yuanxing's hometown, they knew that the reward would most likely not have any effect.
Not only because there are no Xia country players near Taoxi Village, but also because Taoxi Village, as an S-level mysterious area, is more isolated than Hongxing Company.
If Ying Yuanxing was in Hongxing Company, other contestants could wait for Ying Yuanxing to get off work and contact him outside the company, but Ying Yuanxing settled in Taoxi Village, so outsiders who wanted to contact Ying Yuanxing could only enter the village.
The invitation that Ying Yuanxing received was equivalent to the key given by the Strange Domain. Outsiders who wanted to get in without the key could only break in. The S-level Strange Domain was already very dangerous, and breaking in by force was even more dangerous.
The only bounty they can offer is a strange object. Players who are tempted by it don't dare to go in, and those who dare to go in won't take risks for a strange object.
What's more, Ying Yuanxing probably won't be able to wait for anyone.
Thinking of what Yuan Xiu had just said, the staff member took a deep breath, opened the document, and was ready to record Ying Yuanxing's death information at any time. Although similar information had been recorded many times and they should have been numb to it, the staff member always felt depressed when they thought of Ying Yuanxing's condition.
After all, they were professionals, so they quickly calmed down and stared at the screen carefully. After Yuan Xiu finished speaking, seeing that Ying Yuanxing didn't react, they continued to lead the way, and it seemed that there was no danger.
But the staff and the audience noticed something was wrong.
[Fuck, the forest darkened so quickly. There seems to be fog. Is Guiyi planning to take advantage of the darkness to attack?]
[It feels very likely]
[I checked and it seems that this weirdo didn't come to Taoxi Village to pick people up before. I have no idea how the new weirdo will act.]
[The more normal it looks, the crazier it is. I dare not watch it. I will leave now.]
Because the forest was too dark, the audience could only see two blurry and overlapping figures. Suddenly, one of the figures fell down.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
