The fifth personality, the nightmare starts with a dual identity

2038, China, Shicheng.

The same high-rise buildings and featureless rental houses.

In a room of less than 30 square meters, apart from a bed and an immersive gaming helmet, the rest is just garbage.

Drink bottles, beer, takeaway packaging, and paper towels piled up the entire room.

The ringtone of the mobile phone suddenly rang, and the sound gradually became louder.

He patted it with one hand, fumbled for a moment, put the phone in front of his eyes, and opened the answer button with one hand.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Asking me who I am and whether you want to die, I can't even hear my voice."

The owner of the phone was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, not knowing whether he was relaxing or falling asleep again.

The person on the other end of the phone received no response and immediately increased the volume.

"Are you still sleeping? Get up quickly. You can't even eat anymore. You sleep every day. You're too lazy."

The person on the bed sighed and climbed up with difficulty, yawning and stretching.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, he put the phone in front of him, opened it, and entered another resting posture.

"Are you awake or not? Talk."

"Wake up, wake up, tell me what happened."

The man on the bed is named Liu Lang, who is in his twenties and unemployed.

The person on the other end of the phone was a friend I met online with the same online name. Although I had never met him in person, I had introduced many jobs to Liu Lang.

In this era, technology is becoming more and more developed, and it is increasingly difficult for fresh graduates to find jobs, so in order to survive, online businesses have become more developed.

Online customer service, novel writer, editor, and another one, online game hacking.

Young people use their own methods to survive in this world, and there are many who succeed, but there are many who fail and end up like Liu Lang.

After confirming that Liu Lang was awake, he parted and continued, "There is a new game online in the early morning. I heard that the game is pretty good. Let's play together."

New games generally have a lot of demand for moving bricks, providing rich players with some resources, which can be exchanged for good income if they are lucky.

Liu Lang was a little surprised. He didn't seem to have heard of any game being launched recently.

Asked, "What game? I'll check it out."

"Delusion Mountains and Seas, I heard about it from my friends. It is said that it is doing well. The production company is not very famous, but it is a new game after all. It should be enough for you to earn some living expenses."

Liu Lang responded perfunctorily while checking information on his mobile phone.

Swallow freely and evolve infinitely.

Liu Lang raised his eyebrows, that's it?

Isn't this the same as the previous junk card? It used the gimmick of Classic of Mountains and Seas to attract others, but in the end it was a junk online game with heavy krypton fees, and you didn't even need a virtual helmet.

The seamless open universe virtual online game strives to restore an oriental mythical world full of ancient beasts, famous mountains and rivers, and clouds and rain.

Liu Lang clicked his tongue in surprise and became even more dismissive.

Even though virtual online games have been developed for many years, it is still difficult to achieve seamless and open games. Although there are, there are always various defects.

An unknown small company uses this thing as a gimmick and is not afraid of being slapped in the face after it comes out.

Soon Farewell said impatiently, "Collect the information as soon as possible. The game will be launched in just a few hours. We will be together then."

Liu Lang sighed and said, "Yes, yes, yes, boss, everything will be at your discretion."

There was a parting cry, not really angry, but the two of them were too familiar.

Here, Liu Lang found a bucket from the trash, poured himself a glass of water, moistened his dry lips, and continued to check the news on the Internet.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas, isn't it just another money-scamming game?"

"I guess game companies are going crazy right now. They just release a game and it's a huge gimmick. When you look at it, you can't play it at all."

"That's right, look at the breathing martial arts world before. It was fun, but it was too kryptonite. Later, it went even further. It didn't treat the players as human beings."

"There is also the restart of the PC game, and the reviews are not very good."

"The same goes for the recent game that promoted the ability to move bricks. So many people rushed in, and the result was, haha."

Public opinion became more and more biased, and suddenly a person appeared.

"Delusion Mountains and Seas is different from these games. I've played it and tested it, and it's pretty good."

"Hey, there is a great god here, come and watch."

The focus of the conversation immediately changed.

"Master, master, how is this game? Is it fun or not?"

"Yes, he said it can swallow evolution, or some infinite universe, is it true?"

"The most important thing is whether I can move the bricks. I'm running out of pocket money this month."

"You still have pocket money, rich second generation get out of here..."

After a moment, the person who spoke before said again, "How should I put it? It's a very special game. Just go in and see it for yourself. I like it anyway."

"Yeah, saying it is the same as not saying it."

"Yes, how to make money in the early stage? Is the master still there?"

The chat became chaotic again, but that person never appeared again.

Liu Lang didn't look at it for too long. He entered the game's official website and took a look around.

I found that the content is indeed similar to the description, and the actual demonstration was also done well.

But there are a lot of games like this. You can do CG seriously and play games with your feet. Don’t believe it.

He took the virtual helmet and connected the download link. It turned out to be 170G. Liu Lang took a breath of cold air. Fortunately, there was still some time before the game started, so he was not in a hurry.

I reluctantly tidied up the room, carried a bunch of large and small bags of garbage, walked out of the room with difficulty, and took the elevator down to buy some things.

When the game is launched, you need to invest a lot of time to gain an advantage, so it is necessary to store food and water.

Instant noodles, biscuits, and some non-perishable vegetables, you don’t have to go downstairs for at least three to five days.

After finishing everything, Liu Lang sat on the bed and wasted his time in boredom. Suddenly the phone rang. Although there was no note, Liu Lang kept the number in his mind and did not dare to forget it.

His father.

The call was answered, "Hello, Dad."

There was silence for a moment, as if he didn't know what tone to use to communicate, and in the end he could only be calm.

"How have you been lately? When will you come back?"

"It's okay, I'll be back soon."

"Do you have enough money to eat?"

"Enough."

There was another long period of silence, and finally, "Take care of yourself and come back when you feel homesick."

"Yeah." His voice was very low because he had to suppress his emotions.

After hanging up the phone, Liu Lang was silent for a long time, staring at the virtual helmet.

Who doesn't want to go home, but how can you have any dignity if you have mixed up to this level?

Is it really possible to make a comeback by dreaming about mountains and seas?

Thinking about the legends in the gaming world, Liu Lang fell into silence.

At midnight, the indicator light for the game server turned on. Liu Lang put the helmet on his head decisively. His eyes were dim and he instantly lost consciousness.

When the bright light appeared, a planet that was mostly covered by water, a world of mountains and seas, suddenly appeared in front of Liu Lang.