Chapter 62
Chapter 62
Shen Yunzhe found a packet of hot pot base from the kitchen, so they had a homemade hot pot at home, using the ingredients that Codename hoped to bring back.
Just as Shen Yunzhe was about to take a photo with his phone and unlock the screen, he was bombarded with messages from someone.
[Who is this person who looks exactly like you? Is he really the player in the game?]
"30 yuan isn't enough. You have to give me the remaining 270 yuan. I'm really good at fortune-telling."
[No way! What's wrong with him? Why would he test the temperature of the spicy hot pot base with his hands?!]
[Hey, give me back my hot pot!]
Shen Yunzhe immediately understood where Codename Hope had packed the things back from. He was confused for a long time when he first saw it. After all, Codename Hope had no ID card and no money. Although he could open his own phone, the phone was in his own hands.
It turned out to be Li Yuluan’s.
here you go.
So Shen Yunzhe took some photos in a good mood, saved them and posted them on his Moments, with the caption: Eating hot pot is the most comfortable thing in winter.
[Wow, Shen Yunzhe, you didn't even take a few extra seconds to block me when posting on WeChat Moments!]
Shen Yunzhe typed slowly, "Just so you can see."
The person on the other end flashed several times while typing, and didn't even utter the last word, as if he was holding back some swear words. After all, he was a respectable man, and a fortune teller couldn't swear casually.
Three minutes later, Li Yiluan sent a new message.
[He went back to your house? Aren't you afraid of getting caught?]
[He's being closely watched right now, and it's obvious he's related to you.]
Shen Yunzhe didn't care much, [It's okay.]
After all, Codename Hope will only stay here for three days, and Shen Yunzhe can only accompany him for another day. When the time is up, he will return to the dark little box. Even if he is afraid of the darkness and loneliness, he has to go back because this is the only decision he made that seems like a brain-damaged one.
In fact, there is no need for Shen Yunzhe to come back. The official authorities will handle the affairs of the community and the house, and he can move away at will.
Currently, the amount of rewards from the game field has been kept in his bank card. The money is not much, not even enough for the down payment of a house in this place where every inch of land is valuable, but it is enough to rent a very nice house. However, he knows that the code name will come back here in the evening.
He was extremely afraid of the dark. No matter how far he went, he would return to this place before dark, turn on the lights and wait for Shen Yunzhe to come back.
After eating a few bites of food listlessly, Code Name Hope went back to bed and fell asleep.
Shen Yunzhe was also affected by his sleepiness. He started yawning after eating a little, but he still remembered to clean up everything, put the vegetables in the refrigerator and throw the pots into the kitchen sink. Finally, he said good night to Li Yuluen, then turned off his phone and went to bed as usual.
Li Yuluan on the opposite side stared at the words "good night" with a dead look in his eyes, and felt more and more that Shen Yunzhe was really a unique eccentric.
After closing WeChat and thinking about it, Li Yiluan deleted all WeChat messages and all local messages. He only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that he could not find the messages.
If the authorities are really keeping an eye on Shen Yunzhe, he might be caught, and these chat records are the evidence.
When he woke up again, it was daybreak. Codename Hope seemed to have little interest in going out. Shen Yunzhe still remembered the blood on his coat when he came back, but Codename Hope just said he had hit a fly. Fortunately, after a good sleep, his emotions finally stabilized and he returned to his original state of being innocent and good.
Li Yiluan no longer asked him about his code name Hope, but instead persisted in asking him for the remaining 270 yuan.
Such a small amount of money is not a big deal, but just as Shen Yunzhe was about to transfer the money, the code name hoped to pull the phone away from behind.
"Don't give it to him."
Shen Yunzhe blinked, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
"If you keep owing him, he'll keep chasing you. He can even be of some help, so he doesn't just block you and run away after receiving the money." Codename hoped to use an innocent tone, but the smell of calculation was almost overflowing from the window. "He's quite useful. If he grows up a little more, he'll be able to predict the future."
Shen Yunzhe pulled the phone back and asked, "Do you also know such a person?"
"We are one person, we just made different choices and have different experiences. It's normal for us to know the same people," said Codename Hope. "When I met him, he had already been recruited by the government, obtained a Taoist certificate, and was openly setting up a fortune-telling stall on the street."
"By then, the news had already leaked, society was in turmoil, and ordinary people were uneasy. He was making a lot of money from setting up a stall, and he smiled every day like a profiteer."
Shen Yunzhe thought about how Li Yuluan, the cool guy, smiled like a profiteer...hiss, he couldn't think of anything at all.
His acquaintance with Li Yuluan could be considered as mutual help in the game field, and then they happened to be in the same city in reality. This was also the only player Shen Yunzhe had come into contact with in reality.
"He can predict the future?" Shen Yunzhe suddenly thought of something. "Did he foresee that your world would eventually become so miserable?"
"At that point, is money still useful?"
"It's useless. He just likes to save money." Codename Hope recalled. He had recovered a lot of his memories, but many were still blurry. "I remember he seemed to have read my fortune and asked me for 30,000 yuan. I never gave him the money, so every time I entered the game room, he would wait nearby, worried that I would die and lose the money."
It was at this moment that Shen Yunzhe realized that he and codenamed Hope were indeed the same person.
Codename Hope has experienced everything he is experiencing now. The only difference between them may be that Codename Hope has the ability to directly harm strange objects, while he has a strange parallel world system, and then has a connection with this parallel world self that should have nothing to do with him.
"Where are Qiao Dong and Yue Ding?" Shen Yunzhe asked curiously.
"They were mid-level figures in the Special Department, but that place was no different from a game room. Entering the game field was like going through a tribulation, so it was normal for people inside to die or survive. A new group of people would be replaced every once in a while." Codename Xiwang said, "Qiao Dong died in the game field six months later, and Yue Ding died a month after him."
Shen Yunzhe was stunned for a moment when he suddenly received the news of the death of someone he knew.
In fact, everyone knows that life and death are determined by fate, and you can't tell when someone will leave. But even though they know it, it is still hard to accept when someone they know dies. Although Shen Yunzhe was born in an orphanage, he lived a relatively smooth life and could not get used to the passing of life.
Excluding playgrounds.
"But that's just my world. Maybe yours is different." Codename Hope looked out the window. "During this time, my world has already been utterly destroyed, but your world has only just been invaded by the playground, and normal people are still living and working peacefully. That's the difference."
"The relationship between us is not that of the future and the past, but of different worlds. You can change them as you like."
Shen Yunzhe looked at him for a moment before speaking, "Did Li Yiluan see it at the time? Did you try to change?"
"I forgot, or maybe I tried." Codename Hope murmured, "The time is coming, Shen Yunzhe, I'm very happy."
Shen Yunzhe nodded, looking quite relaxed, "I'm happy too."
He has always wanted to find a stable social partner, but Shen Yunzhe has very high requirements for social partners. Getting along comfortably is a requirement that seems simple but is actually difficult. Shen Yunzhe has tried to make friends, but he always feels that he is wasting his time after only three days.
No one can consistently meet his demands or know what he wants or wants to hear.
Except himself.
Well, it turns out it can only be him.
Codename Hope smiled. He sat in front of Shen Yunzhe, but his body turned into a ray of light and dissipated into the air. At the same time, a familiar mechanical sound rang in his ears.
[You did a good job handling the strange erosion incident within three days.]
[World G00001, code name hopes to be released simultaneously.]
【Take a good rest before entering the next game area. 】
"System." Shen Yunzhe said, "Is it really impossible to get the code name Hope out?"
[I've said this more than once: this is the codename Hope's choice.]
"What's the use of you?" Shen Yunzhe complained again, "Why do you have to care about his thoughts? As a beautiful doll, you should let your master make the decision."
[…Do you dare to say this to him in person? ]
"Do you really think I dare not say it?" Shen Yunzhe laughed, "Can he come out and beat me? If he can really come out, don't even think about going back."
The system fell silent, as if it was thinking about what happened while I was away.
How come Shen Yunzhe has become abnormal after not seeing him for three days?
Things became much more normal and peaceful after that. He moved and found a house that he could move into directly. The moving company helped him move the dolls that filled the wall. Unexpectedly, several movers from the same community came to help. Shen Yunzhe didn't know these people at all, but they were very polite.
I totally don't understand, but why aren't freeloaders considered porters?
He rearranged the doll wall, updated the online shopping information address, and was occasionally invited by the official to supplement information. Shen Yunzhe's life was fulfilling but boring.
Shen Xinlu called him several times and chatted with him about family matters. Then she told him that someone went to the orphanage to inquire about Shen Yunzhe's past, apparently to help him find his family. There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Shen Yunzhe has never found his parents in his life, so why is someone suddenly helping him find his family now?
"Very good." Shen Yunzhe answered sincerely: "I also want to know what my parents are like."
"Maybe there's a brother out there who looks exactly like me."
Shen Xinlu was helpless and asked him not to joke.
After hanging up the phone, Shen Yunzhe lay on the balcony of his new home and looked out. The cold wind blew into the house, and it was quite cold.
He forgot to ask if codenamed Xiwang was also an orphan, whether she had lived in an orphanage since childhood like him, whether her life was smooth, whether there were many things she regretted not getting, and whether she eventually became an uncontrollable collector like him.
Shen Yunzhe turned his head to look at the dolls on his wall, their delicate faces reflected in his eyes.
If he really had a younger brother who looked exactly like him, maybe he would actually look forward to having a family that he never expected.
…
The Phoenix Community has been completely abandoned and everyone inside has moved out. The death toll in this incident exceeded 100, making it a rather large event. The authorities are racking their brains trying to cover it up. How can they reasonably make everyone accept it without exposing the existence of the playground?
Shen Yunzhe was also curious why it was not announced directly?
Qiao Dong told him that they hid the playground not only to prevent social chaos, but also to prevent the number of players in the playground from increasing.
Once the game field is announced, there will definitely be a group of people who will watch the live broadcast out of curiosity and novelty. Whether they care about face or not, these people will be drawn into the game field as long as they watch the live broadcast. Moreover, there are countless people in modern society who are under great psychological pressure, and not many people will really consider whether this thing will have an impact on everyone.
Shen Yunzhe thought about it carefully and felt that Qiao Dong was right.
If he had never been to an arcade, and someone suddenly said that watching a live broadcast would allow him to be thrown into a strange place to play a life and death game, then he would have to try it out to see if it was true.
Well, it's dangerous.
"Are you about to enter the fourth game?" Qiao Dong asked him.
Shen Yunzhe sat on the carpet holding the doll. Hearing this, he looked up at the calendar and said, "It's tomorrow."
"Tomorrow, come to think of it, I have an employee who's also going to log in to the game tomorrow." Qiao Dong said, "Maybe you can run into each other."
"You're overthinking it. With so many players around the country, and so many people logging into the game at the same time, how could I have just happened to run into someone I know?"
That’s not right. He is not a familiar person, Qiao Dong said so. Shen Yunzhe has never seen this so-called employee.
Shen Yunzhe obviously doesn't like to have anything to do with the official. At most, he was friendly when talking to Qiao Dong.
"Actually, there's no need to be so hostile to the authorities. Everything we do is to protect the safety of more players." Qiao Dong said, "Shen Yunzhe, we have always sincerely hoped to establish a cooperative relationship with you."
But Shen Yunzhe is just hard to like.
Whenever he thought of the official, he would think of the code name Hope, and whenever he thought of the code name Hope, he would think of himself in that pitch-black box with no visible edges.
Codenamed Hope, he joined the official team and finally he entered that place.
If the authorities had stopped him, would he have been able to get in? Impossible, and how did he get in? Shen Yunzhe couldn't get rid of the authorities no matter how hard he tried.
Shen Yunzhe said a few perfunctory words, and Qiao Dong did not continue to pester him.
Until the eve of entering the game field, Qiao Dong still called Shen Yunzhe. He seriously fulfilled his promise to call each player to express his condolences before entering the game. He told Shen Yunzhe a lot of news, which were the conclusions they had drawn after summarizing the fourth game of many players.
For example, in the fourth game, there is a 50% chance that a conversational NPC will appear, a 30% chance that the player will turn into a ghost after death, and a 20% chance that the player will be mentally disturbed.
He told Shen Yunzhe all the details in detail, and sent him the entire file, asking Shen Yunzhe to copy it and put it in his memo so that he could look at it at any time.
So Shen Yunzhe didn't want to contact the official, but he had to admit that Qiao Dong was a good person.
Familiar incoming call, familiar mechanical tone.
Shen Yunzhe yawned and thought vaguely: What if the players don’t have mobile phones?
For example, if someone is just forced to watch the live broadcast, but does not have a mobile phone to answer the call, does that mean they cannot enter the game field?
Well, we can ask Qiao Dong to verify it later.
[The game "Le Yang Game Field" is loading. 】
[The game is loading...]
All kinds of people appeared around him. Shen Yunzhe looked up and saw the towering Ferris wheel and roller coaster flashing neon lights. However, because it had been too long, the neon lights were half on and half off, and they were still flickering. Shen Yunzhe was dazzled by the light bulbs and couldn't help but lower his head and rub his eyes.
Then he yawned again.
After yawning, Shen Yunzhe realized that his yawn seemed a little loud. He turned around and looked around, and found that the players around him were looking at him.
...Forget it, they won’t meet again after they get out anyway.
Ding Dong, the game venue announcement was released. Shen Yunzhe opened his phone with a dazed look to read the announcement.
[The game "Le Yang Amusement Park" has been loaded.]
[Game Content: Welcome to our amusement park! Not only does it have the largest Ferris wheel and longest roller coaster in Qingcheng City, but it also features a 5D cinema and a real haunted house. We guarantee you a thrilling and enjoyable day!]
[Main Quest: Experience all the rides once. Props: One amusement park ticket.]
Such an easy task, I'm afraid it's because there is a certain amusement project that doesn't allow entry and some conditions must be met.
Shen Yunzhe complained silently in his heart.
The announcement turned into a countdown, and all the players present walked into the amusement park. Shen Yunzhe looked around and was surprised to find that no one seemed to be obviously panicked this time.
Wow, no newcomers?!
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