Chapter 17
"Am I not in reality now?"
[Why do you think synchronization divides the game field and reality?] The system's question sounded like a mockery. [Your current mental state cannot withstand the erosion of Codename Hope. Fortunately, the synchronization only lasted 30 seconds, but even so, there is a risk of being replaced by Codename Hope.]
Shen Yunzhe exclaimed, "Why do you say it's so dangerous? Am I a big shot in this parallel world? Or the kind that can't be messed with?"
[He is codenamed Hope, the hope of the world, but everyone has selfish desires, even those who are called Hope.]
The hope of the world?
A sign that's out in the open?
Shen Yunzhe felt that maybe he was not living well in the parallel world, although he was very powerful and the strongest individual in the parallel world. In other words: once a person is placed on a high enough standard, he can easily be swept away and become the person that others talk about.
Too constrained.
"Codename Hope has noticed your presence and may pose a threat to you. Do you have any message for him?" The system said in an accusing tone, as if to say, "It's all your fault."
"Thanks?" Shen Yunzhe said, "Didn't you say that? Even if they noticed, no one would refuse. After all, people will help themselves."
The system stopped talking, so Shen Yunzhe pretended it didn't exist and turned into the kitchen.
Too lazy to boil water, he just poured a glass of water from the tap and drank it in one gulp before picking up his phone to start browsing.
As soon as I opened my phone, a message popped up.
"Soda" from the popular online celebrity group Yuanqi Soda died, suspected to have been run over by a truck in the middle of the night while looking for his girlfriend.
Shen Yunzhe's mind buzzed, and he clicked on the news. The picture accompanying the news was the account interface of Yuanqi Soda, and a picture of a girl kneeling in the snow and crying loudly. Shen Yunzhe still remembered her, the girl who ran away after quarreling with the recruiter that night.
Is 'Soda' dead?
By the way, how is Meng Cunrui, who attended the recruitment with him that day, doing now?
Shen Yunzhe quickly opened WeChat. Because they had participated in a job interview and called the police together, they added each other as friends and said they could submit resumes together in the future. Shen Yunzhe flipped to his chat box and sent a pop-up window. He didn't dare to ask directly, but just kept sending pop-ups and emoticons.
I sent one message every ten minutes, and it took me a full two hours.
Finally, in the evening, Meng Cunrui's message finally came back, but it was obviously not in his tone.
Don't want to eat fried chicken: Are you a friend of the owner of this account? He fell into an ice hole in the middle of the night and disappeared. He's only just been found. The police are investigating. Come over if you have time!
Don’t want to eat fried chicken: [Location Sharing]
Shen Yunzhe slowly put down his phone. Suddenly, the fear and confusion that had been suppressed due to too long sleep invaded him again. He seemed to finally realize that he was afraid, or he could say that only the death of people around him could arouse a strong sense of resonance.
The survival rate of new players in the game is only 20%, so a large number of new players are pulled into the game, including the sharing of Easter eggs to fill the gap with more new players.
Shen Yunzhe raised his head slightly and asked, "System, do you know a lot about the gaming field?"
Almost all parallel worlds have been eroded by the gaming field, and most of the 'Shen Yunzhe' in these parallel worlds have been drawn into the gaming field. This must be your characteristic: you have a strong affinity with the gaming field.
Damn, only devils like this kind of features!
He put on his coat and walked out of the room. After he closed the door, the door next door also opened. It was a male college student who rented the room. He asked about Shen Yunzhe's health. After knowing that he was really fine, he breathed a sigh of relief and left.
It took Shen Yunzhe a lot of effort to lock the dilapidated door. He opened his mobile phone and notified the landlord on WeChat that he hoped to change the lock. The landlord replied quickly and said that he had contacted a locksmith and would go to change the lock tomorrow. He would not go over and asked Shen Yunzhe to watch him so that he could rest assured.
Shen Yunzhe knew it very well and knew that the wall of dolls had caused him psychological trauma.
After clicking on the location sharing, Shen Yunzhe came to the location where Meng Cunrui died. The police had already set up a line. Standing on the periphery, he could see the police dealing with the ice on the lake. An elderly couple was sitting by the lake crying loudly, trying to move forward while crying, but was stopped by a female police officer who tried to comfort them.
Someone was whispering nearby.
"What bad luck! Last night, a fisherman sneaked in to fish and cut a hole in the lake. The security guards found him and chased him away. Who would have thought that he would fall off the bridge and fall into this ice hole."
"No one came in the middle of the night, and he couldn't climb out, so he froze to death inside. The next day, the hole was frozen solid."
"Then how did you find out?"
"The fisherman was still trying to fish, but he came over to check the hole he had dug, and he saw a human head. He was almost scared to death. Luckily, his phone didn't go down with him, so he found his friends and family and they came over. Look, he was crying miserably."
[In fact, he died when the game field died. Now it is just the influence of the game field.]
Shen Yunzhe didn't say anything, he just looked at the crying old couple quietly.
It was a long time before he left with his frozen feet.
He first went to a nearby supermarket to buy some fast food. He didn't say a word along the way, which was unlike him.
Until they passed by a store, Shen Yunzhe was looking at the glass window while holding a supermarket plastic bag. A beautiful and exquisite doll was sitting on the shelf, looking at him.
"This doll is so pretty, the workmanship is exquisite, and I also like its clothes." Shen Yunzhe murmured, as if speaking, but it seemed as if he didn't say anything. "I wanted to buy it before, but unfortunately I didn't have the money. Now I have some spare money, so I can buy it in full."
As he spoke, Shen Yunzhe pushed the door open and entered the store, taking a closer look at the beautiful doll.
So I ended up buying a doll.
The system no longer paid attention to Shen Yunzhe's real life. It had more important things to do now than chatting with him here.
It was a black place, pitch black everywhere. If Shen Yunzhe could see, he would be surprised to find that this darkness was similar to the last black shadow in the playground.
In the center of this boundless darkness, a man with long silver hair squatted there. His eyes were transparent amber, and because of the surrounding background, they looked like beautiful glass. At first glance, they were even more exquisite than the dolls in Shen Yunzhe's cabinet.
[He wants to thank you.] The system said to him.
"It's just a piece of cake." He just lowered his head and kept looking without blinking.
If you look closely, you will find that he is looking at Shen Yunzhe. He is looking at the doll that Shen Yunzhe is admiring, and watching Shen Yunzhe reaching out to tidy up the doll's clothes. The man is watching all this. He tries to reach out his hand, but he only catches air.
He slowly withdrew his hand, and anxiously grasped his right hand with his left hand. Because he was holding on too tightly, his nails dug into the flesh.
[Although it may seem like you're repaying kindness with enmity, please don't do anything dangerous.]
"Are you worried that I'll replace him? No, I'm not that impatient." The silver-haired man clenched his hands tightly. He spoke haltingly, as if he hadn't spoken in a long time. Even his voice was a little hoarse. "It's really beautiful. What a beautiful color."
"If I could touch it, touch it..."
The system was in a complicated mood and quickly retreated. Because Shen Yunzhe's spirit was not strong enough, it could not fill this gap. Code Hope frantically tore open this gap and peek into Shen Yunzhe's life.
This is very dangerous, but it also has benefits.
Codename Hope is extremely powerful, and Shen Yunzhe is still too weak. If Codename Hope is willing to help, Shen Yunzhe's survival rate will be significantly improved.
The silver-haired man didn't even notice the system leaving, and even if he did, he wouldn't have cared.
His heart and eyes are now full of Shen Yunzhe.
God knows how he controlled himself and did not actually replace Shen Yunzhe.
He was surrounded by darkness, he could not see anything, there was nothing, even the air was filthy and dirty. He had been in this place for twenty years, even the colors had faded from his memory, he had even forgotten how to speak, he was going crazy, driven mad by this endless environment.
Until yesterday, when he suddenly heard a vague voice telling him that someone needed his help.
He agreed in ecstasy, for this miraculous sound. The next moment he smelled an air different from that in the black box. He could feel as if he appeared in another place, but his body was out of control. He saw countless darkness wrapping around him, so he subconsciously got rid of the darkness.
Only after the darkness left did he hear panting, a voice that sounded like his, but it wasn't him.
Then he finally saw Shen Yunzhe.
A young man in a thin coat stood there, with wounds on his body and a cut on his palm from glass.
Just one glance, and his shadow was imprinted in the eyes that had been empty for twenty years.
Is he me? He's not me... I want to get to know him, want to talk to him. I'm so lonely, it's so lonely here. Can we sync a few more times? I want to go out and see...
"I like your doll very much." Suppressing the wildly expanding thoughts in his mind, he spoke in a voice that was so friendly that there was no threat at all, although no one could hear him.
He talked to himself wholeheartedly, as if he would actually get a response.
Perhaps he has gone crazy a long time ago.
"But there seems to be no space in your cabinet. Can your doll fit in?" he continued to murmur.
When paying, Shen Yunzhe frowned slightly. For some reason, he suddenly wanted to touch something. He looked at his hands, and after a moment he walked to the cabinet where the dolls were placed. His palm fell on the doll's cheek. In the middle of winter, the doll's cold touch chilled his fingertips to his heart.
Pulling his hand back, Shen Yunzhe looked at his fingers in silence.
"He seems very lonely?" Shen Yunzhe suddenly spoke.
[Codename wishes to voluntarily choose this loneliness, please do not give unnecessary sympathy.]
"But I'm feeling really lonely now," Shen Yunzhe said angrily. "I don't have a regular social circle to begin with, and now I'm so lonely I just want to go to a blind date corner and chat with eighteen old men!"
"I told you this is Codename Hope's personality. The influence will slowly fade after a week, otherwise you can chat with the doll."
This made Shen Yunzhe even angrier, "Not everyone buys dolls just to talk to them."
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