Closed Beta I Played Alone

Chapter 29

Episode 29. The 4th car is a reality connector.

Cheongdam-dong house.

“son!”

“mom!”

It’s only been a week, but I did the same to my mother, who greeted me fiercely as if she hadn’t seen me in months.

Unlike last week.

That much, until last week, I had no choice but to feel frustrated at the fact that I was banned from leveling up semi-forcedly, and I had no choice but to feel guilty at night that it was a game to play without entering the house.

Of course, that has been completely resolved now.

“Come a little early and talk to your mother, then it’s fine.”

“Sorry. mom.”

Came just in time for dinner.

Also, in a hurry.

“What about your father, brother, and sister?”

“Of course it is.”

Her mother, led by her hand, asked this and that as she entered the house.

“Are you busy too?”

“uh. Like your father, I can’t even remember the last time I had a long conversation with Kiyoung and Sooyoung.”

A story about little things.

To be honest, there was something else I wanted to ask.

Does your mom really play games?

But she was awkward and shy at times for me to ask first.

And my mother, who has raised me for over 20 years, may have noticed that I was the first to speak up.

“Is your son playing games too?”

“uh? Uh… did you hear from your sister?”

“Huh. Sooyoung told me.”

“But are you really a mom too?”

“then. No matter how hard it was to say that swimming had to be stubborn. These days, they even give them a daily quota.”

“her…”

It seemed like it would have been enough if it was my older sister’s personality.

“son. My mom is a good healer after all. Let me know if it’s dangerous. I will run right away.”

“……”

A mother who speaks as if proud.

She never thought in her whole life that she would have a conversation like this with her mother.

So she couldn’t keep up with her words for a moment.

And while she was talking with her mother, she entered the house.

“Come on.”

“female. Is the youngest here?”

My dad, who is sitting in the living room, looking at me and nodding his head, and the older brother who calmly greets me saying, ‘Welcome.’

And such a father, unlike his older brother, the older sister who greeted me fiercely by waving her hand.

It’s a normal figure, so I got used to it, and I said hello.

“Come on, everyone, wash your hands.”

While I was saying goodbye to my family, my mom, who came into the house with me, said as she entered the kitchen, so Dad, my brother, and my sister also got up and moved.

moon crack. moon crack.

From the beginning, the dining room was quiet.

I can’t remember now, but since my grandfather.

So the silence wasn’t awkward at all.

Then, after having finished eating first, Dad got up and opened his mouth.

also towards me.

“Before Jooyoung goes, stop by below.”

“Are you downstairs in the basement?”

“okay.”

I was a little perplexed.

Because the underground study is a place where only important people, such as company executives who visit often, can enter.

sometimes bro.

“Yes.”

Of course, I answered first.

And when Dad was away, the older brother opened his mouth.

“Jooyoung, are you playing games?”

My brother is exactly 10 years apart.

So there were times when I felt that I was not my older brother, but my father.

“Huh.”

Of course, while answering, I gently shed my sister.

I feel like I said everything very openly.

“great job. To be honest, I was going to call you sooner or later and force you to do it. Hmm… As for Jooyoung, do you have a good sense of humor? Anyway, work hard. And if you have any difficulties along the way or need help, call hyung.”

“Huh.”

A compliment from my brother I haven’t heard in a long time.

It felt different from when I heard my sister say, ‘You did well.’

My older sister is someone who says things like that, even if it’s empty words, but my older brother doesn’t.

tuk. tuk.

“Hey. the youngest. Did you grow up a lot?”

As soon as my brother was away, my sister pushed me slightly and asked.

“A lot… it was big.”

Of course, the level is the same as back then, level 100.

However, qualitative growth has been achieved.

“Oh. But did you still see Kotum Castle?”

“Huh.”

“It’s one of the starting points for beginners, so there aren’t many people and the area that can be moved to the teleport zone is relatively small. how is it? Would you like to come under my sister? Because of this, my sister’s ability is a little bit better.”

The older sister who shrugged her shoulders and spoke with a smile on her lips.

But rather than immediately replying to those words, he made a serious expression on his face and opened his mouth.

“sister. Revival Legend noona, isn’t that something you do personally?”

I don’t consider myself smart.

No, more precisely, I don’t think I’m wise or wise even though I have a lot of knowledge.

But there is something to behold.

So I don’t know about other large groups, but the fact that the Daemyung and Myungjin groups and even my father, older brother, older sister, and even my mother do it doesn’t seem like the purpose of simply enjoying the game.

And what supports that is that I had a very special experience with ‘Revival Legend’ or ‘Forgotten Legend’.

A game that doesn’t make sense at all.

Of course, there is only one reason why I didn’t touch it even though I knew it.

Because I was worried that the things I had gained by digging deep into it would disappear.

I have often seen that curiosity and curiosity sometimes take away a lot of things.

“what. It is not. Of course, that was the way it started, but now I’m enjoying it personally. very much.”

“Why?”

At my question, my sister glanced around.

And when she saw that only Mom was there, she opened her mouth in a low voice.

“It was. How much you have and how much you can keep are all decided by this Revival Legend. Moreover, the identity and status of the individual.”

“……”

It’s normal to have to respond to your sister’s words, saying, “What kind of strange things are you saying to the game?”

Obviously that’s normal.

But I had the experience.

So, I could neither respond nor rebut the words of my sister.

“So Jooyoung, you work hard too. who knows? Will you become a great person just like your grandfather said? Of course, right now, neither agree nor understand. Because I did too. If you have any more questions, I’ll ask my dad in a little bit. Then my sister goes up.”

After saying those words, the older sister trotted out of the kitchen.

“Sorry. son. My mother knows that there is something, but she doesn’t know the details. Let her mother find out.”

“Nope. If that’s the case, I think she knows something.”

It was enough.

To turn her doubts into certainty.

30 minutes later, in the basement.

smart.

He lightly knocked on the door in front of the library.

“Come in.”

I slowly opened the door and entered at the sound of my father’s voice coming from inside.

And when I went inside, I saw my father looking at something like a document.

But there was something more striking than that.

It is the 3rd generation high-end virtual reality connector.

It was in my dad’s basement study.

“Sit down.”

“Yes.”

I sat down on the sofa in the center of the study at the words of my father.

Dad got up from the desk and sat in front of me.

“You’re playing Revival Legend?”

“Yes.”

“Well done.”

Three consecutive praise baptisms for older sister, older brother, and father.

“thank you.”

First of all, he replied shyly.

And my dad answered straight away.

“You will be curious. Why are you praising you for playing the game and urging you to work harder?”

I was curious, even if I wasn’t curious.

Until just now.

However, I realized it again through my sister’s brief conversation.I’ve suppressed and suppressed my curiosity and curiosity as much as possible, but I’m sure this game is not unusual.

And then his father spoke in a low voice.

“Nobody knows.”

“Yes?”

“I don’t know where the game was made or where the servers are located, so I don’t know who the staff running this game are. Hack on the game? No one succeeded. Even the US government.”

“……”

Tooru.

Obviously, the name of the company running the closed beta was Tudru.

It was such a bizarre experience, and I was thinking of buying it from my dad, so I remembered it.

But it was quiet.

Because Daddy hasn’t finished talking yet.

“And as Jooyoung knows, the source technology for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd virtual reality connectors is owned by a company called ‘Bten’ in the US. In the meantime, we have released products that have been upgraded one step at a time every five years. 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd. Of course, there was a difference between the regular type and the high-end type.”

I know a lot about the company called Bten.

It’s the world’s highest-grossing company.

One royalty.

And I realized something strange in my father’s words.

It is clear that it is a five-year cycle, but the 4th virtual reality connector has not been released.

Even though it has been more than 5 years since the 3rd virtual reality connector was released.

And, as if he noticed my expression, my father continued.

“has disappeared. in an instant. Of course, no one knew about it, as it was kept under strict secrecy in the United States. Because ‘Buten’ only possessed the original technology and did not produce its own products. by the way. Later, strange rumors circulated.”

Dad, who was speaking, clasped his hands and spoke in a serious voice.

“The 4th car will be revealed directly in reality, not virtual reality. It’s not like a virtual reality connector. Of course, this rumor has not been spread outside for a while because the United States has kept it secret.”

“?”

For a moment, I did not understand exactly what my father was saying.

But for a while.

I couldn’t help but look at my dad in amazement.

“Fufu. Yeah, that’s ridiculous. being confused But I mean. The U.S. government, which first noticed and kept a secret that a company called ‘Buten’ disappeared as if it had evaporated, and a huge group incomparable to our Myongjin, are betting life and death on the game called ‘Revival Legend’. Until now, they have been hiding it only among themselves.”

“How could this be a secret…”

If true, the story will be overturned even if society is turned over ten times or even a hundred times.

But society has been doing well.

as if nothing happened.

No, whether this story is true or not, the disappearance of the company ‘Bten’ was enough to shock the world.

“It’s greed. Those who have a lot keep their secrets in order to keep what they have, and those who have barely come across the secret of the dust keep their secrets in order to preoccupy even a little more than those who have not yet encountered anything. Like a Mobius strip.”

“……”

I didn’t know what to say for a moment at my father’s words.

“We also got the information and followed it blindly. Regardless of its authenticity or not. Because there were too many people who said ‘yes’ to ‘no’ while everyone was saying ‘yes’.”

Stories I wouldn’t believe if I hadn’t told my dad personally.

But I had to believe it.

It’s all because I’ve experienced it myself.

After that, my father’s story continued.

As if trying to tell me everything.

end

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