This Game is Too Real

Looking at the rough press card in her hand, Dolly walked out of the newspaper office with a blank expression on her face.

She had been on-boarding with Hal's help ten minutes ago, and was told to report here at 7am tomorrow morning.

It all happened so suddenly that she didn't recover at all.

Looking at Fang Chang who was half a step ahead of her, she suddenly raised her head and asked.

"…Wait a minute, why do I want to be a reporter?"

Facing the girl's question, Fang Chang said in a casual tone.

"Because I feel like you're quite good at getting news."

"But... I've never done that." Dolly's expression was a little uneasy.

From her point of view, the fact that she can get this job is completely a favor of this guy.

What if you screw up?

etc…

Dolly's chest suddenly jumped, and all the events that happened today were connected together in her mind.

Is it...

He took the commission of 25 chips, not to get close to the bank president's daughter, but to help me get this job because of the favor of Hal...

When this sudden thought appeared in her mind, she felt that her brain had become a boiling boiler.

A blank in the scalding hot.

"Don't everything start from the first time? The first time I used a bow and arrow, I almost missed even a standing hyena..."

Fang Chang didn't pay attention to the changes in the girl's thoughts beside him, but continued talking with a smile.

"...And, didn't you say that it's the same everywhere in the world? You might as well try it in a different environment. Maybe life will give different answers."

"With a stable job, you are free to pursue some healthy hobbies... For example, raising a pot of succulent? That word should be pronounced like this."

He is not very proficient in human conjunctions. Many times, although he expresses one meaning, it is completely different when he hears it in other people's ears.

But after getting along for a long time, I guess it shouldn't be a big problem.

Fang Chang believed that this little girl should be able to understand the meaning of her words.

The salary offered by the newspaper is in accordance with the standards of the new alliance, the minimum wage is 1 silver per hour, and the 12-hour work day is 12 silver. Converted into chips, there are 180 chips in a month.

That's almost double the income of working at the Boulder factory!

The money is enough to pay off her 50-chip monthly loan, as well as her 52-chip rent.

Once the probationary period is over, the salary will go up. There are additional bonuses if important news is collected.

However, Hal's description of "important news" is very general, saying only that it is "something that people care about."

Obviously, the rookie president himself doesn't know what people care about.

There has never been a newspaper before, designed for the common man in the outer city.

Everyone is exploring.

Whether it's a newspaper or a newspaper employee.

But what Dolly was thinking about at the moment was not about work, nor about the future life that Fang Chang had described for her, or the succulent that had not yet been placed in the pot by the window.

Dolly stared at Fang Chang blankly for a while, and after listening to him speak for a long time in a non-standard language, a narrow smile appeared on her face.

"I see, you don't want me to work in a bar, do you? Worry about me being eaten tofu?"

Without waiting for the stunned Fang Chang to speak, she continued to speak to herself.

"Don't worry, no one is interested in the smell of oil on my body except for a weirdo like you."

Fang Chang stared at her dumbfounded for a while, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Did you hear what I just said?"

If I had to say it, it was really worrying to watch this little girl work in a bar.

After all, the bars on that street are not good places.

But this is obviously not the main reason.

Among all the people he knew, it seemed that Ye Shi's stinky younger brother had the potential to become Luo Licon.

For an adult like him, of course, 100 million points are more in line with his aesthetics.

However, Dolly didn't care about Fang Chang's reaction.

The corners of her thin lips were upturned, and she stretched out her hands as she walked behind, pushing it on the back of the guy in front of her.

"Let's go!"

"Go...where?"

"Of course I'm going to dinner, to celebrate my new job, won't we have a drink together?"

With a big smile on her face, Dolly said cheerfully.

"I'm begging you! Don't hesitate, I happen to know a good restaurant!"

Seeing the girl walking briskly to the front, Fang Chang was stunned for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face.

Looks like he did a good job.

In the same happy mood, he made a joke with the NPC in front of him.

"Then I'm not polite to you."

Dolly laughed wickedly.

"Don't be polite, it's a very cheap place anyway!"

…

At the same time, north of Dawn City.

The Elm area, which was regarded as a treasure land by players, exploded into the sky.

A multipedal beast waving its tentacles was torn apart by the RPG's high-explosive grenade, and crashed to the edge of the forest with a splash of dust.

Standing all the way around, Jiu Jiu clapped her hands with shining eyes and applauded.

"Oh oh oh, brother is amazing!"

Her ID is the same as her screen name, called [Jiujiu loves to eat pineapples], and the volunteer she filled in is the intelligence department, and she was very lucky to get the last intelligence series sequence of the current version, and there was no "summoning accident", she became a mouse or other things.

Pressing down the smoking tube in his hand, Ye Shi raised his eyebrows arrogantly.

"The basics are not six."

The sound of the explosion attracted nearby players.

Many unawakened newcomers saw this guy use RPG to fight monsters, and they all called it a prodigal.

"Damn, smashing wild monsters with high-explosive bombs... and even using two rounds, crazy?"

"The material is gone with the monster."

"It's too much of a loser! This is a ghost if you can earn back the capital!"

"Speaking of which, who is that female player?"

"I haven't seen it, raw face."

"Fuck, wait, could it be Emperor Ou?!"

Standing beside the farmland with a hoe, Makabazi couldn't help but sighed and complained.

"Damn Europeans! The shady story of Chi Guoguo! Is this a distortion of human nature or—"

Going up the mountain to beat the tiger couldn't listen anymore, and rolled his eyes.

"What the **** are you doing, aren't you a beta tester yourself?"

Makabazi was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted with a smirk on his face.

"Yeah, I seem to be too... Hahahaha! That's all right!"

Tiger:"…"

Ignoring the calls of the salted fish, Ye Shi was just about to brag about the situation, but found that his old sister was standing a dozen meters away, hiding far away, just clapping her hands.

"Gan! Don't just watch, you can do it too!"

Jiu Jiu said with a look of grievance.

"However, that monster is too ugly... and the tentacles look scary, can we change the place to spawn monsters?"

Ye Shi said angrily.

"This is already the most suitable monster spawning spot for newcomers. I'm afraid there is a hammer to use. You have to kill it to become stronger!"

Jiu Jiu pouted in disapproval.

"Speaking of which, we are not in the same team. If you farm monsters, I also have experience, right?"

Looking at the chattering siblings, Kuang Feng sighed and explained.

"...There is no such argument. All we can do is to pull you when you are in danger and keep your experience gains today. As for gaining experience, you must participate in the battle."

It’s been almost three days since Jiu Jiu went online, so it stands to reason that LV3 should be over.

However, due to Ye Shi's overprotection of her, she couldn't help but take action, which caused her experience to fail.

The truest place in the game is also here.

If you just stand in the back row of the OB, although you can get the money and contribution points for the task reward, the sequence progress as "experience value" will not be improved.

Unless it's a perception system.

As the only sequence that can take advantage of experience, the perception system can gain a small amount of growth as long as it searches for the enemy with the mind.

These are the experiences they have gathered since the alpha0.1 version. Although they have gone through so many versions, these core settings have not changed.

Of course, Kuang Feng thinks that part of the reason may be that the Beta version is less difficult than the Alpha version.

When they first entered the game, there were no ripper rifles and pu-9 submachine guns, and an iron-barreled rifle with a bolt could be used as a graduation suit.

Players in the T1 echelon are even fighting with axes and spears, and the managers must personally go out to besiege a small group of mercenaries.

Assault rifle?

Bazooka?

What the **** is that?

After experiencing the test of death every day, the upgrade speed is naturally much faster than now.

Jiu Jiu nodded knowingly.

Although I don't understand it very well, it seems to be very powerful.

Especially in the game, she is 5 cm taller than in reality, and her tall figure is like a model.

Just for this, she will blow it up, okay?

This game is simply amazing!

The only regret is that she can't pinch her face and can't show her art skills.

"By the way, do you usually play games together?" Jiu Jiu asked curiously as his eyes moved back and forth between his brother and the player who was said to be a physics professor.

The wind nodded.

"We were in a group a long time ago."

"Quan?" Jiujiu's eyes lit up and she said excitedly, "Can you pull me in?"

"No problem, wait a minute and go offline-"

"No! NO! Don't let her in!" Before Kuang Feng finished speaking, Ye Shi, not far away, let out a scream.

Seeing the elder brother who reacted strongly, Jiu Jiu couldn't help frowning.

"Why can't you let me in?"

Of course, Ye Shi couldn't talk about ID, so he scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, and persuaded with good words.

"Jiujiu... Well, listen to me, we are all adults, and we usually talk more freely—"

"It's more astringent, isn't it?" Jiujiu's eyes lit up before he heard what the elder brother was saying, "It doesn't matter, I'll just take a look and don't talk!"

Boil!

Ye Shi raised his right hand to cover his face.

Seeing Ye Shi with a constipated expression, Kuang Feng coughed dryly.

"It's not so exaggerated... We actually don't even post pics very often."

Ye Shi glared at him fiercely.

"You really think about your ID before saying this!"

Kuang Feng was stunned for a moment, his expressionless face suddenly turned red, and he turned his face away with a dry cough.

"...I'm not playing tricks."

"ID?" Jiu Jiu looked curious, "Isn't it a gust of wind?"

"...Children, it's better not to ask so many questions," Kuangfeng coughed dryly, looked at the corpse with green smoke on the side, and changed the subject, "The efficiency of leveling is too low, this is not the way to go."

Night Ten sighed.

"If only elder brother Fang was here, he has a lot of bad ideas."

"Indeed," Gu Feng nodded in agreement, thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "But... I have a suggestion."

"What advice?"

"In addition to fighting, the intelligence department can also choose a career in life... I heard that your sister's real major is painting?" Kuangfeng looked at Ye Shi, "How about you let Fujiteng take her?"

Whoever owns you owns the whole world

As soon as he heard this, Ye Shi, whose voice was quite loud before, instantly became weaker by several decibels.

"Ah... this, it's not very good, I have already taken over the task of spreading fire, and let others help me with apprentices..."

Gu Wang

"It doesn't matter, we often help each other anyway."

"But…"

Looking at the suddenly embarrassed old brother, Jiu Jiu's eyes suddenly flashed a hint of cunning, and said in a pitiful voice.

"Brother, I'm suddenly very interested in life and career..."

Are you interested in a life career?

Ye Shi, who didn't eat her set at all, couldn't help rolling his eyes.

However, in the end, he still couldn't hold back his sister's request, and sighed with a headache.

"Okay...I'll help you ask."

Jiu Jiu excitedly gestured for victory.

"Yeah! Brother is so nice!"

"You helped me take out the trash in that moment."

"Hey, little thing! Just go when I get off the assembly line!"

Looking at the noisy siblings, don't show a smile on Kuang Feng's face.

It's nice to be young.

…

"Ah!"

Teng Teng Hut, an old shop in Wetland Park.

Teng Teng, who was sitting behind the counter, sneezed, rubbed his little nose, and mumbled with his head down, "Who is Hei Lao Tzu again?"

Looking at the worried little fish in front of the counter, she straightened her petite body and let that gentle and kind smile rise above the counter.

"...The clothes you ordered are ready. I'll get them for you."

A happy smile appeared on Xiaoyu's face.

"Crab!"

"...You're welcome, I should thank you for coming here often to take care of our business."

Going to the backstage to pick up a bag of clothes, Fujiteng handed it to Xiaoyu with a soft smile on his face.

"I also made Boss Xia's clothes for her. Please bring them together for her."

"Um!"

Looking at Xiaoyu who took the clothes, Fujiteng suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen her at the bank for a long time, so he asked curiously.

"Speaking of which, why haven't I seen you at the bank recently?"

"Xiaoyu is going to study abroad!"

"Stay...study?" Fujiteng looked at her in surprise, "...is it Boulder City?"

By the way, is there a university in the wasteland?

Incredible.

"No," Xiaoyu shook his head and said crisply, "It's Camp No. 101 in Xizhou City! Brother Chu said, I can learn a lot of knowledge there, so I can help everyone when I come back. busy."

Looking at the sensible little girl, Teng Teng couldn't help reaching out and rubbing her hair dotingly.

"You've always helped everyone, now or later... Go ahead, be careful outside."

She suddenly felt that she was like an old mother who said this. Although this unsatisfactory stature is almost overtaken by Xiaoyu, it is very inconsistent no matter how you look at it.

That's what makes this game annoying.

It's too embarrassing to not be able to divide the real height by two centimeters!

But Xiaoyu didn't care, she and everyone in the settlement were good friends.

She looked at Fujiteng seriously and said.

"Well! Xiaoyu will pay attention to safety! Fujiteng should also pay attention to safety!"

"Of course I will, see you next time."

Looking at the little girl walking to the door, Fujiteng smiled and waved her goodbye gently.

When we see you next time, Xiaoyu might be taller than himself.

But having said that, NPCs with similar human intelligence will notice that their world is virtual, and are these players actually immortal?

A strange thought suddenly occurred in Teng Teng's mind.

Maybe Xiaoyu actually knew that they were a group of people with immortality.

Even if his head was chopped off and smashed to pieces by shells, he would still climb out of the training chamber like a normal person after three days.

But even so, she still regards them as her best friends, heals everyone with a warm smile, cheers for everyone, and worries about their safety...

Is this something the game settings can do?

Fujito touched his chin and muttered softly.

"...that's weird."

Although it's not a very important thing.

…

"I... go away."

at dusk.

On the platform of the train station, Xia Yan, who was standing next to the door, had a complicated expression on his face.

That Boss Xia, who was always carefree and open-minded and lazy on weekdays, was now sentimental.

Seeing that she didn't look like her own, Chu Guang couldn't help but make a joke.

"It's only more than 100 kilometers, and it's not that I won't come back. What are you doing so sad?"

Xia Yan raised his brows and was about to say something, but the guy suddenly changed his tone and continued.

"Be careful on the road. It's just a matter of fishing at work. Don't fish when you are studying."

"Oh... I see, it's really long-winded." Although she complained, she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart.

This feeling of being in control doesn't seem to be bad.

"Touch the fish?" Xiaoyu, who was standing next to Boss Xia, tilted his head, with confusion written in his bright eyes.

Chu Guang coughed lightly and explained.

"It means being lazy."

"?"

The little fish, who tilted his head, was obviously more confused, and didn't understand why touching himself was lazy.

However, there is no time to explain now, the train has already honked its whistle.

The door is closed.

Pai, who was lying on the side of the car window, waved excitedly towards Chu Guang on the platform.

"Goodbye, Mr. Manager of Vault 404! I'll take care of the little fish!"

Chu Guang smiled and said.

"I believe in you, by the way, don't forget our agreement."

Pai gave him a confident look with a vigorous thumbs up.

"Leave it to me with confidence!"

Looking at Pai who stretched half of his body out of the window, Xiaoyu who was sitting opposite curiously raised his head and asked.

"What did you agree with Big Brother Chu?"

"Hum, secret!"

Came back from the window, Pai lowered his voice seriously, but couldn't hide the smugness on his face.

The administrator of Vault 101 is the "pioneer", and so on, and of course the administrator of Vault 404.

Participating in the affairs of the "pioneers" gave her a sense of helping the "grown people".

Even if it's just errands.

Xiaoyu nodded, seemingly understanding, but did not continue to ask, but Boss Xia, who was sitting on the side with his arms folded, frequently cast vigilant glances here.

The train began to move forward.

On the platform outside the carriage.

Watching the chimney with white mist drift away, Chu Guang smiled and waved his hand, saying goodbye to every reluctant face on the train.

Thirty students went to Camp 101 to study abroad. Half of them were elites from all walks of life in the new alliance, aged between 16 and 30.

The remaining part of the students are between the ages of 14 and 16, and they are high-achieving students selected from full-time schools.

When conditions allow, more people will arrive one after another.

Regarding this matter, Chu Guang had already communicated with the mayor of Camp 101 on the phone.

When he heard that Chu Guang was willing to pay 10,000 silver coins per year for each student, the old man named Horn just pondered for a moment before agreeing to the proposal.

They obviously knew the price of the new alliance, and they also had a clear concept of the purchasing power of 10,000 silver coins.

After seeing the wealth of the new alliance, their attitude has changed from their initial vigilance.

As for this tuition will not give too much?

Apparently it doesn't exist.

Not to mention that Chu Guang just got a loan of 200 million chips from Jushicheng Bank, and a steady stream of materials and consumer goods are flowing from Jushicheng to the northern suburbs of Qingquan City. Even without deep pockets, he would squeeze that money out of the league's budget.

Education is a long-term investment, be it basic or higher education.

A lithium battery-related technology can help him recover a huge sum of 3 million silver coins. If the 300,000 silver coins are scattered, the help to the new alliance is far more than an antique technology.

In addition to talent training, there is also the introduction of talent and technology.

In fact, this is actually already underway.

The drainage system of Dawn City was redesigned by the old man named Butan.

Yuan Feng, an electrical engineer who visited Dawn City with Pai before, also plans to stay this time to help them build and plan the power grid from Dawn City to Dawn City and prepare for the repair of the controllable fusion reactor.

All work is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Whether it is the construction of Dawn City or the layout of the new alliance in Boulder City.

Watching the chimney disappear at the edge of the forest, Chu Guang withdrew his gaze from a distance.

"Aren't you going back with me?"

The android without facial features stood quietly on the platform, his eyes still stuck to the north.

Chu Guang remembered that its name was Tianqin, it came from Vault 101, and served as Pai's escort.

Of course, it might be to protect the chip in the little girl's brain.

After all, one less thing is used, which is much more expensive than a wrist-mounted computer like VM.

Hearing the sound coming from the side, Tianqin turned her face sideways and replied in an electronic voice without undulations.

"Mr. Manager has asked me to stay here, to observe and protect if necessary."

A hint of surprise appeared in Chu Guang's eyes.

"So you can talk."

Tianqin nodded.

"If it interferes with your work, please let me know and I will leave on my own."

Chu Guang: "That's not necessary, you can do whatever you want, but don't scare ordinary people."

Lyra nodded, reached out and pulled the brim of her hood, hiding her face in the shadows.

Chu Guang didn't ask any further questions, he took the guard beside him, turned around and left the station.

Anyway, he doesn't have anything shameful here, just OB if he wants to.

Just when there is a moving statue on his territory, he can occasionally help himself look after his home.

If this guy really planned to plot against himself, he would have done it already.

In any case, the probability of conflict between shelters and shelters is extremely small.

Intuition told Chu Guang that this guy's strength might be very strong, after all, he had never seen it charged.

According to the information investigated and sorted out by Fang Chang, the giant stone military industry is suspected to have a secret army composed of awakened and transformed people, disguised as mercenaries to hide in the city.

Just like he exported players to Boulder City, this troop that was broken up into pieces and hid in the dark, maybe it would also get under his nose.

This kind of thing is not impossible.

However, this is not an issue he needs to consider right now.

This morning, Chu Guang received a message from afar.

Later, the caravan from Ideal City will arrive at the northern suburb of Qingquan City.

Along with them were reinforcements sent by enterprises to the west.

They would stay here for a few days, and then follow the Trailblazer's footsteps into the western desert.

Refuge 404 is the "permanent partner" of the company, and the two sides have established a deep friendship in a short-lived cooperation.

As the saying goes, is it a pleasure to have friends from afar?

As the manager of the shelter, Chu Guang naturally had to make some preparations to welcome these friends who came from afar.

By the way, is there any opportunity to deepen cooperation...