My head aches, and a memory pops up in my mind that shouldn't be there.
Luo Zheyu held his forehead in pain, his half-long soft black hair hanging down, covering his face.
Today is May 4th.
He has returned to his body.
In my memory of April 27th, there is one more person.
After using a mobile phone, Luo Zheyu's memory of time has become more precise and profound.
Originally, in his memory of that day, he would not have seen the malicious self in the mirror, and he would not have had this extra memory.
The extra memories were all because he was transformed into the Malice in the Mirror, the one who knocked on the door of "Luo Zheyu" on April 27th...
When he went back to the past and became the malicious Wen Ruiqing, the moment he saw the "Luo Zheyu" of the past, he felt dizzy and gradually lost consciousness. When he woke up again, he was already in his own body and time had returned to May 4th.
The memory of this meeting was suddenly forced into my mind.
The scene in my memory is from the perspective of "Luo Zheyu", seeing myself outside the door with the appearance of Wen Ruiqing.
During the time when I became the malice in the mirror, it seemed like I really returned to the past in reality.
But, can time go back?
I can't understand it at all...
Suddenly thinking of something, Luo Zheyu looked up, pursed his already pale lips, and opened his laptop.
Search for the name "Wen Ruiqing".
The Wen Ruiqing he knew, the general manager of a well-known company, had an entry that could be found on search engines.
Press Enter.
Looking at the computer screen, there is that familiar face, those peach blossom eyes with a slight smile, and that meticulously dressed tie and shirt.
Everything that you experience when you are in the mirror is actually what happened in reality.
Those inhuman and supernatural forces have always existed in reality.
It was very different from what he had heard and seen over the years and his understanding of the world.
Luo Zheyu's breath stopped and he suddenly felt a little breathless.
Find the pills and take them with water.
Lying on my back on the bed, staring at the ceiling quietly.
Try to calm down and clear your mind.
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Star Ocean Game Company’s promotional advertisements are constantly projected and played in advertising spaces on the streets and alleys.
The ancient world of martial arts.
A knight in the martial arts world who climbs walls and climbs roofs, takes pleasure in revenge, drinks and sings, and holds a three-foot-long green sword.
She embraces the zither, with her long black hair flying, her eyes moving, and her skirt fluttering in the wind, like a fairy.
The ancient and majestic city walls carry the breath of time. The city is bustling with people and vendors are shouting at their stalls.
The tip of the shoe touched the clear, calm lake water, and flew across it, creating a few small splashes of water.
Finally, the picture froze on a smart computer with several small yellow rectangular papers attached to it.
The vermilion strokes drawn on the small yellow paper have smooth lines and clear and bright colors.
[Xingchen Ocean Company, a blockbuster is coming, "Chivalry of the Jianghu" takes you to appreciate the beauty of the ancient Jianghu and taste the flavors of the martial arts world.
We specially invite the ancient Taoist sect's thousand-year-old treasure to consecrate and bless the smart brain, making your gaming experience even more perfect. 】
The camera took several close-ups of the small yellow talisman paper attached to the intelligent computer.
After thousands of years, the talisman paper and the vermilion strokes on it are still preserved as good as new, without any wear and fading.
There seemed to be a faint light flashing on the smooth vermilion lines, which was fleeting, as if it was just the reflection and refraction of the light above.
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"Don't push, line up." Facing the players at the city gate who were waiting to enter the city and were in a state of turmoil, the guard fired the long gun in his hand twice and said mechanically with an expressionless face.
Faced with this dull and sluggish guard, the agitated players quickly quieted down and lined up again.
The holographic online game "Jiang Hu Xia Yi" has only been launched for two months, and players already know that there are three types of NPCs in the game that are the most difficult to deal with.
The first type is intelligent NPC.
Unlike those NPCs that are programmed to just follow a few words, perform a few actions, repeat a plot over and over again, and issue tasks, intelligent NPCs look more like ordinary humans and will change with the development of events and the identity and attitude of the player.
The second type is the martial arts master that each player worships.
No matter whether the opponent is an ordinary NPC or an intelligent NPC, any player who is an apprentice will be punished, either overtly or covertly, if he shows any disrespect.
The players couldn’t beat the opponent, and once they became his apprentice, they couldn’t make a new choice and could only grit their teeth and endure it.
Many players have already suffered greatly from it.
The third type is the unknown soldiers that appear in every city.
They are responsible for guarding the city and maintaining public order. If they catch any players who violate the rules or are disobedient, they will beat them up and throw them into jail.
It is said that in serious cases, players will be beaten until their equipment drops, and then thrown into jail.
In the game "Jiang Hu Xia Yi", once you enter the prison, you must stay there for at least eight hours, not including the time spent offline, and you cannot hang up.
"The entrance fee is one or two taels of silver." A guard armed with a knife said to the player while holding a wooden box, motioning the player to put the coins into the wooden box.
He looked different from the other guards.
It is much more lively and seems to have "come alive".
The voice is clear, like mountain water, and the eyes are sharp and captivating.
He has a straight nose, a sharp face, sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, which slant into his temples.
What's the point of setting up a guard that looks so good?
Even if he is an intelligent NPC, he can't be so foul.
The female players lined up at the back stared at the guard, looking at his red armor, silver helmet, his sharp features, and his imposing manner.
I couldn't help but cover my chest quietly.
"Little brother, I don't have enough silver, what should I do~" The female player wearing a pink dress with a red sheathed rapier hanging around her waist opened her eyes wide, looked up at the guard, and spoke in a coquettish tone.
"Then save up enough money before entering the city." The guard said in a cold tone.
Having just traveled through time and space to become an NPC in a holographic online game, Luo Zheyu was still completely clueless about everything around him. In this situation, he had no intention of trying to find out the consequences of borrowing money from the system on behalf of other players.
"They don't have enough ability. It's very dangerous outside the city at night. Brother, please let them into the city..."
Luo Zheyu was about to refuse when a triggered program suddenly slipped through his empty body made of data.
It feels very strange.
There are strange patterns hidden in the strings of data that slide by.
"Do you have to go into the city today?" He asked the female player according to the program triggered in his body.
"Yes, yes." The female player said pitifully.
"Please stand aside and wait." Luo Zheyu gestured behind him.
The female player stood obediently aside, waiting behind Luo Zheyu, staring eagerly at his tall back in armor.
"Wow, that's too much!"
"I don't believe she can't even afford the entrance fee!"
The female players in the back row were whispering to each other, talking a lot... and they lined up together and came over.
"Brother, we don't have enough money..."
Luo Zheyu lowered his head. Under the guard's silver helmet, his sword-like eyes stared at them, and he opened his thin lips slightly: "Have you thought it through?"
What have you thought about? No one has thought about this question.
Just looking at those eyes made me feel my heart pounding like a drum. I was looking forward to getting closer, but also afraid of being pricked by the sharp eyes. How could I have the mind to think about anything else?
The female players who came forward nodded repeatedly.
The corners of his mouth under the silver helmet couldn't help but curl up, and Luo Zheyu almost laughed.
Immediately, several female players covered their red faces, looking dizzy.
I was almost automatically ejected from the game by the system because of my excessive emotional fluctuations.
If they knew the consequences of not having money to pay the entrance fee but having to enter the city, they might not be so excited.
Signaling the female players to stand behind him and wait, Luo Zheyu continued to perform his duties as a guard.
There are not only players queuing up to enter the city, but most of the others are NPCs.
In addition to maintaining law and order at the city gate and collecting entry fees, the guards are also responsible for checking the NPCs' cattle, horses, donkey carts, and the goods and merchandise they carry with them.
He collected the entrance fee, glanced casually at the ox cart driven by the fruit vendor, and let it pass.
The next one was an old farmer carrying a shoulder pole with a large basket on each end. He was wearing straw sandals covered in mud, a tattered straw hat on his head, and only a vest on his upper body.
The basket had no lid, so the old farmer covered it with two pieces of gray cloth.
He carried the shoulder pole and stopped in front of the guard.
I always felt that he was a little different.
Looking at the old farmer with a slightly puzzled look, Luo Zheyu bent down and lifted up the dusty rag.
Suddenly, a strong smell of blood hit my face.
The basket was filled with round, scarlet-red things with black hair.
Upon closer inspection, I saw that the round object was actually a human head. The scarlet color was only because the face of the head was covered in blood.
The head was broken off at the neck, with scarlet flesh hanging on it and tiny drops of blood dripping slowly. The facial expression was horribly distorted, with bulging veins, and the eyes were wide open, almost falling out of the sockets. The look was vicious and resentful, staring at Luo Zheyu who lifted the rag.
It seems that he suffered extremely painful torture before death.
"What is this!" Luo Zheyu instantly drew out his long knife, stood up, and pointed the tip of the knife at the old farmer.
"Ah!!" A panicked scream came from behind, and the female players who also saw the head in the basket retreated one after another.
"Sir..." The old farmer stared at the tip of the long knife pointing at him nervously and panickedly. He immediately threw away the carrying pole, opened his rough and old hands with five fingers spread out, raised them to his ears, and shouted with a bitter face: "This, this is a watermelon, sir."
"I have some watermelons growing at home, and they are growing well, so I want to bring some to the city to sell for some money."
At this point, the old farmer paused, suddenly thought of something, squatted down, tore off the rag that had covered the basket again because Luo Zheyu let go, took out a big round watermelon from it, handed it to Luo Zheyu and said, "My lord, it's hot, have a watermelon!"
The tip of the long knife was always pointed steadily at the old farmer, without any trembling or panic due to his sudden change of posture.
In the old farmer's hand, he was indeed holding an oval watermelon the size of a human head, with dark and light green patterns on it that looked like seaweed.
Looking down into the basket, there was no human head there; it was clearly filled with big, plump watermelons.
Ignoring the old farmer's hand holding the watermelon and looking at him with a sharp and intimidating gaze, Luo Zheyu walked around to the other side of the old farmer with a long knife in hand and used the long knife to lift the rag covering the basket.
Inside, there are also all watermelons.
Apart from these two baskets, there was no place on the old farmer's body or in the surrounding area where he could hide quickly. It was impossible to hide the head or replace it with a watermelon in just a few seconds.
The human head that I saw at first glance seemed to be just an illusion.
Luo Zheyu squatted down, peeled off the surface of the watermelon and checked them one by one.
The bright armor on their bodies collided with each other, making a faint dull sound.
"Hey, what's going on?"
A group of female players waiting behind couldn't help but start discussing.
"It's so scary. That scene was bloody and violent. What's wrong with the game company? Aren't they afraid of being banned?"
"Could it be that there is a bug in the game? Jianghu Chivalry is not a bloody game."
"Can a bug produce a picture like that?"
"That old man looks like an intelligent NPC. Could there be some hidden mission?" Some people were eager to try.
"Come on, this isn't a bloody game. If they dared to put such a scene, the game company would have been reported long ago. How dare they make it a hidden mission? Most likely they just pulled the scenes."
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"Hehehe, sir, is everything okay?" The old farmer smiled ingratiatingly at Luo Zheyu, with the criss-crossing wrinkles on his face squeezed together, making him look old and humble.
Luo Zheyu stood up, his silver armor reflecting a dazzling light in the sun. He sheathed his sword and frowned slightly.
"You wait here first," he said to the old farmer.
"Sir." The old farmer's face wrinkled up and he said timidly, "I'm selling melons in a hurry. If I go too late, I won't be able to sell them..."
"Wait." Luo Zheyu had a blank expression on his face, and turned to check the goods of the next NPC vendor. "If you can't sell it, I'll pay you according to the market price."
There is a strange aura surrounding this NPC. It is hard to tell what is different about it, but I know it is different from other players and NPCs.
Considering the heads we just saw, we can’t let him go easily.
Even though this is just a virtual game, his identity is just another special NPC.
The author has something to say: The imaginations of these little cuties are so stimulating, bobobobo.
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