Chapter 2: The second reality has become the most successful game...
"How can there be no place where we can help you? Host, think about it, since we call it the Electronic Salvation Platform, the target of the mission must be someone who is unwilling to die and therefore does not want to leave this world!" The system lazily lay on the sofa.
"Oh, that's right." He Yuezhe raised the corners of his mouth to show his agreement.
She fell into a deep sleep while listening to the background music of the fairy tale game that she had recorded from the Traffic Light Company today.
^
"Host--!"
"Oh my! What are you doing again?!"
"Host--!"
"Host! You're awake!"
The system's voice, like the previous ones, came into her mind somewhat anxiously.
He Yuezhe woke up from his dream again.
"Host! It's time for the internal testing of "Nuts"! Hurry up and pack up!" The system pulled her up from the sofa and handed her the coat hanging on the side.
"You've been working way too hard these past few days! Running around investigating every day, I'm practically exhausted!"
"But at least we've found our target. You should get some rest for the next few days, right?"
He Yuezhe yawned and nodded, obviously she didn't listen.
In order to study the dream of the mission target, she had to pretend to be a researcher these days and finally knocked on the door of the mission target's home.
Sitting on the chilly sofa, He Yuezhe asked everyone from the oldest to the youngest, from what the old man had eaten today to what the young man wanted to do after he stopped playing games and whether he wanted to shoot a commercial.
Well, actually, she had always thought that the old man was the target of this mission.
After all, shouldn’t those who can be saved generally be the dying people in the plot?
"According to the investigation, this guy named Yuan Yang is a young man who loves games, and he seems to have won a beta test ticket for Nuts."
Although Yuan Yang seemed to recognize at a glance that she was not a serious researcher, he still cooperated and answered all her questions.
He Yuezhe spoke slowly, "Ah, so his dream is to complete this game?"
"Yeah! You've guessed most of it correctly! The mission information has been updated, please check it out!"
The system lifted the panel in front of her, and He Yuezhe saw that except for one line that had changed, everything else was exactly the same as before.
[Mission Objective: Help Yuan Yang clear "Nuts" (?) (Changed from fulfilling Yuan Yang's dream) (Updated!)]
"What does this question mark mean?" He Yuezhe washed up, took the coupon and prepared to go out.
"Ah! You will know later! Don't worry!" The system obediently lay on her shoulder.
As He Yuezhe walked into the corridor, she felt a pain in her eyes due to the sunlight, which was several degrees brighter than indoors despite the newspapers posted on the corridor.
Just as she was about to cover it with her hands, a shadow appeared in front of her eyes.
She rubbed her eyes, and when she opened them again, a young man in an obviously ill-fitting robe was holding a rainbow-colored plastic umbrella, blocking the light that was hurtling towards her.
"Tang..." The boy raised his umbrella while speaking.
"What's wrong?" He Yuezhe spoke before the person in front of him finished the last syllable.
Considering how much the original owner hated her own name, He Yuezhe could not guarantee that the original owner would not have any extreme reaction when she heard the boy's words.
She tilted her head curiously: "Hey, you are Yuan Yang, right? Do you know..."
Unlike the somewhat sloppy boy seen in his house these days, he was clean now and smelled as sweet as rainbow candy.
When Yuan Yang heard his own name, he was startled and ran downstairs without answering.
"..." After all this time, this person is also very sensitive about his own name? He Yuezhe curled his lips.
"Host! Hurry up and catch up!"
Under the urging of the system, she had no choice but to pull out a black umbrella from the umbrella stand at the door and walked slowly downstairs.
^
The entrance of the Traffic Light Company was crowded with people. In addition to the players queuing to enter, there were company employees maintaining order, as well as a group of reporters who were interviewing players and employees.
Cameras of all sizes act like eyes, recording the entire entrance without any blind spots.
All players who have not yet entered are holding an umbrella.
They were all issued by the company at the time, allegedly to protect their privacy and personal safety, as well as to verify their identities.
This also makes the reporters' work very difficult. After all, the camera is much more expensive than the umbrella, and no one dares to rush up and open the umbrella to interview others.
The shutter click sounds were heard in varying degrees.
He Yuezhe spotted the rainbow-colored umbrella at a glance, which stood out among the black and white umbrellas.
However, considering that the young man seemed to be somewhat sensitive about his own name, He Yuezhe did not call him in public.
The two of them were standing in line, more than ten meters apart, and could hardly see each other.
"Hello, please put your umbrella in this bucket and then put your ticket on this device." It was still the same receptionist as last time I came.
He Yuezhe did as he was told.
"Please look here, we will register an account for you right away." The receptionist pointed a camera at her and kept typing something on the keyboard.
Soon, a black object that looked like an employee badge was handed to her.
"Please keep this card. You can use it to experience our closed beta test of Nuts. Use it for one purpose only. Please do not lend it to anyone."
As soon as the receptionist finished speaking, a staff member with a white badge took her away.
He Yuezhe listened to the staff's explanation of "Nuts" and the precautions for internal testing while turning the sign over and over again.
The content on the sign was very concise. Apart from a close-up photo that was obviously photoshopped, there was only a string of codes with unclear meanings.
The scene that was originally crowded with people became a photo of only one person in the photo.
He Yuezhe looked at his face, neck and shoulders which looked like a plastic doll (but a muscular version) and then looked at his reflection in the mirrors on both sides of the corridor.
Is this really a person?
"0101123." The staff member held a notebook in his hand and kept writing something with a pen.
"Here." He Yuezhe put down the sign and straightened his clothes out of habit.
0101123 is the code on He Yuezhe’s brand.
Judging from the way the staff addressed me, I guess we will use code names to communicate from now on?
"These numbers represent your gender, gaming potential, trust in the game, and attention index. The last three digits are both the room number and the ranking of strength, wisdom, and darkness from low to high."
“These values will affect your choice of faction in the game.”
...Huh? There are factions? Maybe we can fight?!
"We've got your room."
"Meet at the restaurant at six o'clock tonight. We will distribute the preliminary strategy manual for 'Nuts'."
"Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, the closed beta server will officially open. Players can decide their own entry and exit times, but the weekly usage time must exceed ten hours."
The staff member used his work badge to open the door and motioned He Yuezhe to go in.
"The room door can only be opened by the player's own room card and the staff's work badge."
"The internal test data must be kept completely confidential. To protect the privacy of players, there will be no surveillance equipment in the building. During the entire internal test, we will prevent any players from visiting each other's bedrooms or communicating privately."
"Did you hear that clearly, 0101123?"
"I heard it clearly." He Yuezhe answered cooperatively.
The staff did not stop and hurriedly trotted in the direction they were going.
…
He Yuezhe walked into the room and looked around. There was only a simple bed and a desk inside.
There was also a map of what should be the building posted next to the door.
The circular structure has a number of rooms. If every room is fully occupied, there can be about 120 people on each floor.
The bed was very soft, but also very supportive. He Yuezhe just lay down casually and felt the urge to fall asleep immediately.
“Dongdong——”
A crisp knock on the door suddenly sounded and then disappeared suddenly.
There are no peepholes in the doors of the entire building, or in other words, the facilities outside can be seen without opening the door.
So He Yuezhe didn't dare to get close at first, until he heard footsteps running to the right, then he got out of bed carefully.
There was a small piece of paper stuck in the crack of the door.
...This guy is really bold.
He Yuezhe stood up. It seemed that there was indeed no surveillance equipment in the room.
She pulled out the note, on which was written a line of numbers in a simple but messy manner. Judging from the number of numbers, it looked like someone's code name.
——“1111111”.
There was also a small flashlight-like object attached to the note.
Turn on the button and shine the light on the note. A small mandarin duck pattern quietly emerges in the lower right corner.
"Master! The mission information has been updated, please check it in time!" The system's excited voice sounded intermittently.
[Quest Items: "Nuts" Internal Test Ticket (Used) (Updated!), "Yuanyang" Note (Picked Up) (Updated!)...More items await your exploration!]
[Quest Progress: 20% (Updated!)]
[You have unlocked plot nodes: 0.1 Get the beta ticket, 0.2 First encounter, 1.1 beta (updated!), more plots are waiting for you to explore!]
[Current relationship between the task target and you: Playing the same game (Updated!) (This column will automatically disappear after reaching 'Friends')]
"Why is your voice so choppy?" He Yuezhe lay back on the bed and looked at the note.
"The signal is bad! Host! So you have to take care of yourself!" The system circled around her a few times before finally disintegrating into a pile of fragments with a clattering sound. "I'll go check it out! You better stay in the plot!"
Huh? Wait, he just left? He just left me, a soul-controlling master on my first mission, like that?
He Yuezhe sighed helplessly.
This system is too unreliable.
But does this mean that she can...?
^
“It’s time to eat!”
The staff began to call people one by one.
He Yuezhe originally thought that the image on his brand was strange enough, but he didn't expect that all the players participating in the internal test looked so... weird.
When she followed the crowd into the restaurant, it was almost full, so she had to choose a seat that was neither too close nor too far away.
But what she didn't expect was that she smelled the faint scent of rainbow candy as soon as she sat down.
So, the person sitting on her right with a long face like a piece of wood is probably Yuan Yang?
However, Yuan Yang probably didn't recognize her and was still sitting there eating his meal intently.
He Yuezhe accidentally saw the number "1111111" written on his sign.
At this time, the speech on the stage also began.
"Welcome everyone - come here to participate in the closed beta test of "Nuts"!"
The host wore a mask, and his voice, which was half-smile, was very contagious. He didn't need a microphone, his voice could be heard throughout the restaurant, and everyone could hear it clearly no matter where they sat.
As soon as he finished speaking, the players in the audience burst into loud applause and cheers.
"Next, I will introduce to you a series of detailed precautions for this internal test of Nuts!"
"Everyone should have received the manuals at their seats?"
In a flash, He Yuezhe saw a leather manual that looked very medieval suddenly pop up in front of him.
The moment my finger touched the manual, it slowly opened like a book, and a line of words appeared at the bottom that looked very much like the prompts in the game.
——"Congratulations on picking up the " Beginner's Guide"!"
There were bursts of exclamations around me.
This kind of game texture that invades reality is absolutely unprecedented!
Previous holographic technology could make the game invade reality, allowing people to experience the game in another world as if they were there.
...But this reality is the feeling of the game, which is completely different from ordinary holograms.
This is a new technology!!
"I believe everyone must be shocked by our new technology?" A line of blood flowed from the corner of the host's mouth, and he wiped it away quickly.
"Yes! Soon, a new technological era belonging to Nuts will arrive!"
"The game 'Nuts' can be played in any situation, from real to virtual."
"That's right! 'Nuts' has officially connected virtuality and reality!"
"Nuts, this groundbreaking product, is about to tell everyone——"
“Reality has become the most successful playground!”
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