Chapter 61: Taking Action Upon Hearing the News
Lin Guantang, an ordinary O-college student, continues his ordinary and busy daily life.
Being busy is real, but being ordinary is something that needs to be investigated.
Especially after the release of the simulated world, it indeed caused heated online discussions, and related topics almost occupied the hot spots of all social software, which can be seen from the O Academy forum that was flooded with messages.
Most people focus on the quality and playability of the simulated world itself, while another part focuses on the experiencer.
The most circulated livestream clips were obviously from those who took unconventional approaches, such as those who stormed the government office on the eve of the apocalypse, performed chest-breaking rock-breaking on idol stages, and attempted to manufacture modern firearms in the world of cultivation...
Many netizens said that the experiencer was really good at it but still a little too restrained. If it were me, I would do this and that... and the degree of freedom in your simulated world is a bit too high. I hope it can be higher!
What is more special is that the slicing videos of Lin Guantang and Jian Yinglai have also become popular.
The reason is simple, because she is really good-looking.
Without the face-pinching function, everyone's real face is shown on camera, and after being magnified by the screen, facial features are more prominent, making the beautiful more beautiful and the ugly uglier. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that "Mr. Kobayashi" became an Internet celebrity with just his face.
Moreover, while other participants were trying their best to test how free the simulation game was, the normal behavior of the two of them revealed a kind of abnormality of peace and tranquility.
What this means is that it doesn't look like a normal player, but more like some kind of template display.
It’s not the netizens’ fault for misunderstanding.
Lin Guantang spent most of his time watering the flowers and weeding in the yard, and Jian Yinglai spent the entire time in the living room talking with NPCs and hardly moved, so much so that the sliced video of them was all about this content.
When netizens who were unaware of the truth saw the sliced content, their first impression was that two good-looking characters were walking and talking in a small courtyard, without doing anything out of the ordinary, and were no different from other NPCs, so they must also be game NPCs.
And thus various associations arise:
"This is a CG demo. It looks pretty impressive, but there are so many CG scams out there, so I'll just have to wait and see."
"Is there a face-shaping feature? If so, I hope the official can release the face-shaping codes for these two NPCs during the public beta. They're really nice to look at."
"Excuse me, is the simulated world a farming game? If it's just about growing flowers, it feels a bit monotonous and wastes such good modeling. It would feel better if it added infrastructure and the like."
"I didn't expect farming games to be so advanced now. Don't you feel ashamed of so-and-so and so-and-so? [Disdain]"
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After some explanation from kind netizens, the misunderstanding netizens suddenly realized that "the video is an official demo video" and "Kobayashi and his companions are not NPCs but real experiencers" and successfully understood it as follows:
"So this is an interactive demonstration by the officials of the Simulation World."
“I hope that in the next official video, we can continue to invite these two to give demonstrations, and it would be even better if the whole process can be live broadcast.”
——This speculation is even more outrageous!
Even in the group chat, Wen Tiange posted relevant screenshots, asking them in a fuss when they signed contracts with Sheng Group to be real-life models, especially Young Master Jian. Could it be that although Jian Group looks glamorous, it is actually dilapidated, and the situation is even so serious that the young master needs to go into the industry.
Then he was scolded by Jian Yinglai in a sarcastic tone.
The two people were mocking each other in the group. After watching for a while, Lin Guantang wisely chose to keep a low profile and turn off the microphone.
In addition, Lin Guantang's friend Yuan Wenjun also excitedly asked Lin Guantang if she was ready to open an account to become an Internet celebrity. If so, then she is ready to become the top sister on the list and will mobilize her entire fan base to support the popularity.
This is of course a joke.
After laughing, he said worriedly that Lin Guantang's daily schedule was already so full, and if he took on part-time live streaming and playing games, his body would definitely not be able to bear it, so it would be better to think it over carefully before making any decision.
Another good friend, Pu Xinglan, analyzed the situation and gave serious advice. In fact, the part-time job conditions and treatment in the restaurant are already quite good. If you are not really short of money, you should not do live broadcasts easily. Even if you really need some urgent money, you can borrow it from your friends first. In short, the anchor industry is very complicated. If Lin Guantang rushes in without detailed understanding and gets cheated, it will be very troublesome to solve the problem.
Lin Guantang was very touched by the greetings from his friends, but although he appreciated their concern, he really had no intention of becoming a host for the time being.
And putting aside all other factors, just considering his financial resources, he probably won't have another chance to experience the simulated world.
So why is there a misunderstanding that he wants to become an anchor?
He doesn't even have an account on a public platform.
Fortunately, people on the Internet are almost always short-lived in their enthusiasm for people or things that become unexpectedly popular, especially an "ordinary person" like him who doesn't even have an account. In addition, Young Master Jian doesn't want to be famous - at least not as a part-time model for Sheng's.
In short, within a few days, the attention of most netizens was replaced by new hot spots.
But there are always people in the world who are eager to get involved.
There is a small group of people who specialize in staking out internet celebrities. Ever since the related news became popular, they have been persistently inquiring about the NPC - no, the true identity of "Kobayashi and his companions". However, even if they really find out the identity, they dare not go to the military academy to look for them - neither the identity of Young Master Jian nor the territory of the Central Military Academy are places that can be easily stepped into.
If you add the camera equipment and the dog approaches stealthily, you will really be arrested and interrogated as an unknown person.
So I had no choice but to come to O Hospital for a live broadcast of the on-site visit.
Although O Courtyard is not open to anyone, it is more relaxed than the other two places, so it will inevitably cause some trouble to Lin Guantang - not only those who come because of "Xiao Lin", but also those who wanted to find him after attending the banquets several times before. How to say it, even if they introduce themselves in a good attitude, it is scary enough if someone suddenly appears out of the blue, not to mention those who appear with a fanatical look, which makes Lin Guantang even more reluctant to show up.
Fortunately, the security system of O Hospital and the staff of "Four O'Clock in the Morning" are not just for show. Most visitors are driven away before they can actually come into contact with Lin Guantang.
But there are exceptions.
When Lin Guantang entered the restaurant after school and was about to change clothes to do his daily homework, he was stopped by Ding Ruize and asked to go into the reception room together.
I thought it was another teacher who brought some new courses, or maybe Huo Shizhen sent something over, but there was a little boy sitting in the room who looked only eleven or twelve years old. He was dressed simply - that is to say, too worn, washed white, but also very neat, not sloppy.
When Lin Guantang walked in, he was sitting obediently and rather stiffly on a stool, his legs tightly together, his hands tightly holding a glass of juice, his expression visibly tense and worried.
Regardless of the aspects, this child was not a customer of the restaurant. Lin Guantang had never seen him before and confirmed that he was not a child from a nearby family. So the reason why he appeared here and came to see him specifically was -
Lin Guantang looked at Ding Ruize, who shrugged with a helpless look.
More than ten minutes ago, the little boy pushed open the door of the restaurant with his schoolbag, ordered a glass of the cheapest juice, and sat down. He looked at the members in the restaurant from the side, as if he was looking for someone carefully.
When Ding Ruize came out, his eyes lit up. He reached out to stop Ding Ruize and asked him if he could do him a favor.
It's nothing more than someone who stumbled in out of curiosity, and after placing an order, they felt the prices were too high and couldn't afford it, so they wanted a refund... Ding Ruize thought so, and even thought of his response. However, when he leaned over to the little boy, he saw him looking around nervously for a while, and then he heard the little boy whisper to him:
"Brother, my brother has been missing for many days. Can you help me find him?"
ah?
Ding Ruize showed a puzzled expression, and even for a moment he suspected that his current workplace was not the restaurant opposite the O Hospital, but some kind of guard room - but he had not worked part-time as a guard, security guard, or bodyguard for a long time.
Although he is still receiving a bodyguard's salary... the only person he needs to protect is Lin Guantang. Just a few minutes ago, Lin Guantang told him that he would be here in a while. From a scientific point of view, Lin Guantang should not be the brother that the kid mentioned who had been missing for many days.
That's strange.
An eleven or twelve-year-old junior high school student - perhaps still an elementary school student, runs to an unfamiliar restaurant that is obviously beyond his spending level, and asks an unfamiliar restaurant waiter to help find a missing person. No matter how you look at it, this is something that cannot be understood by normal people.
So - is this little brother obsessed with watching TV shows where superheroes actually turn out to be restaurant waiters, and can't distinguish between reality and TV shows, or is it worse, he has some mental illness and ran away from home?
Ding Ruize decided to calm him down first and patiently explained:
"If someone is missing, it's better to call the police. If you don't have a terminal, I'll call the police for you. You can wait here for a while."
——Whether someone is really missing or this elementary school student is lost, it is better to leave it to professionals. After all, he is just an ordinary restaurant waiter now, and finding missing persons is not within his scope of responsibility.
But before he could make a move, the other party shook his head and said anxiously:
"No, no, I already called the police, but the uncles said my brother, a grown man, wouldn't just disappear. They said he ran away to save Mom and me, two burdens. I didn't believe it. I had no other choice but to come to you, Brother God! Please, save my brother! He's definitely in danger, and only you can save him."
Ding Ruize: ...
There must be something wrong with the language system of someone between him and this kid, otherwise why couldn't he understand what he was saying.
But looking at the other party's anxious expression and the other customers who were attracted by his attention, Ding Ruize sighed and finally decided to take the person to the meeting room first, ask about the situation in detail, and then discuss the follow-up matters.
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