[Online Games] The world is your enemy

Tenglong Ferry is a quiet and peaceful small ferry.

Surrounded by beautiful mountains and clear waters, the sun is shining brightly.

Xue Pei looked around, enjoying the beautiful scenery of Tenglongdu.

"Heh, it finally came out..." He couldn't help sighing.

The novice area of ​​the ancient bronze gate in "The World" almost drove him crazy, and now he has finally come to Jiuli.

Jiuli is a relatively calm area in the plot setting, far away from the war in Youdu.Just the breeze blowing past his ears made Xue Pei feel in a good mood.

—But even coming here was not easy for him.

According to the plot, after finishing the novice task, he will be teleported to Jiuli.

However, when Xue Pei went to find the NPC after completing the task, he received such a reply.

[——Illegal entry, warning, abnormal data entry. ]

[——At present, it is forbidden to provide teleportation services to abnormal accounts. If you have any objections, please contact the game administrator. ]

Seeing the news, Xue Pei burst into tears.

This is going to kill people!

It's fine to be banned from learning skills, and all attributes are suppressed to the lowest level... It's fine to have no normal occupation and no school... Now, is it even forbidden to teleport?

Sure enough... I am worthy of being an "abnormal state" rejected by the entire game system...

Even with a tough personality like Xue Pei, seeing this kind of change can't help but feel a little anxious.

what to do?You can't stay in that dangerous ancient bronze door all the time, right?That place is easy to hang up and full of uncertainty, maybe you will meet dangerous people like Yu Jizi and come out for a walk...

Xue Pei narrowed her eyes and looked at the Tenglongdu ferry that refused to carry her, trying to think of a solution.

So... swim over?

Although it seems unreliable at first glance, this is indeed the simplest and most direct method... It's just that I don't know how long it will take to swim to Jiuli, and whether his physical strength can support it...

"Hey, disconnected?"

Suddenly, a secret chat flew into his field of vision.

Xue Pei raised his head and saw a wildfire warrior named "Shui Tian Zhi Lan" standing on the boat and greeting him.

There is nothing unusual about this person, but for Xue Pei, he is a savior who fell from the sky.Xue Pei suppressed the joy in his heart, stepped forward and asked, "Can I go on a boat with you?"

Shui Tianzhilan was stunned for a moment, and said: "Of course, isn't everyone able to ride on this boat?" He paused for a moment, and then asked with some doubts: "You are so strange... I just saw you I've been in a daze here for a long time, is it because something happened in reality that made me offline?"

Xue Pei just smiled cheerfully.

This is the first time he has talked with a player... This Shuitian Zhilan seems to be a warm-hearted person who is familiar with him, and asked him if it was his first time playing while the boat was moving.

Heh, do you need help...

Xue Pei thought about it, and felt that his problem was really beyond the reach of others.But when he heard the other party talking to him, he actually felt a certain kind of gratitude...

——Yes, just because someone talked to me.

Just like his previous self, a flesh-and-blood human sitting in front of the keyboard and monitor... After repeating the nightmare of death, he finally got in touch with other players, which made him feel that he was still human.

He is sincerely grateful.

After getting off the boat, Xue Pei sincerely said "thank you" to that Shui Tian Zhi Lan.

The other party was taken aback by his overly serious attitude: "It's too polite for you to thank you so much...I didn't do anything...Okay, I'm leaving. If you need help, just say, brother, I Definitely try my best." After Shui Tianzhilan finished speaking with pride, he added, "You girls are troublesome when playing games."

"...Wait, girl?"

Now it was Xue Pei's turn to be stunned, "Who is the girl?"

"Isn't it just pretending to be a boy? I still can't see that you are so careful?" Shui Tianzhilan put on a look of a senior who knows it well, and replied with a smile, "I heard that you can pretend to be a woman with a man. Just like the 'shemale' in the past, you girls also like to pretend to be men and pretend to be 'demons'..."

"I'm not..." Xue Pei originally wanted to say "I'm not a woman", but she changed her words when she got to the point of the mouth, "How can you conclude that I am a woman?"

"Fashion, your character model is different from others, isn't it a new fashion bought in the mall?" Shui Tianzhilan curled his lips, "If it's not a girl, who would love to dress up so much. Such a low-level buy fashion , It’s just like my prodigal cousin. And it’s even more obvious when you see your operation! Men don’t grind like this when they play games, who would stand in one place for so long?”

——No wonder this Shuitian Zhilan is so enthusiastic, is it because he treats himself as a girl?

Xue Pei can't laugh or cry, he doesn't have any fashion in the mall... The difference is only because of his data ghost state, the system didn't set him a sect, so naturally he wouldn't give him a sect novice outfit...

As for the operation...

If you have the ability to PK with his big size Taixu!Xue Pei is quite confident in his game level - at least before he has become this half-dead state.

After bidding farewell to that Water and Sky Lan, Xue Pei looked at the bright sunshine in Jiuli, the green water and green mountains... suddenly had an illusion as if he was reborn.

He's in a really good mood.

The enthusiastic Shui Tianzhilan, who thought he was chatting up a girl, sent him a message before leaving, asking him if he would like to form a team and upgrade: "I will take you, and you can be your master." As a result, Xue Pei He declined without hesitation, never considering the offer.

He refused not because it was an embarrassing thing to be treated as a girl, but because...he didn't plan to upgrade.

What is the upgrade for?

Higher-level dungeons, better equipment, or the adoring eyes of others... Don't be kidding.Xue Pei is not a normal player sitting in front of the computer, all he pursues is to survive.

To be honest, online games are a strange world.

If it is in real life, do you prefer to stay at home and watch TV with the air conditioner on, or are you willing to fight to the death to defend the world?Don't rush to answer first, the latter is not the instant blood that often appears in stories, but a long and arduous and desperate battle.

Most people will choose the former.

If you choose the latter... then congratulations, you are a rare creature called a "hero" in real life, and ordinary humans will thank you for your sacrifice.

Today's Xue Pei is not a normal game player...Ordinary players are keen on fighting monsters, leveling up, killing bosses to save the world, but because of the stimulation of such heroic behaviors, there is no price.They don't even care much about killing the boss to save the world, they just want to pursue the equipment left by the boss.

Online games make everyone a "hero" while making combat so cheap.

But for Xue Pei, he is not a masochist - what reason does he have to let himself upgrade?

Fighting monsters will bring the danger of experiencing repeated deaths. He can bear the pain, but he has no interest in taking such unnecessary risks.

"I'm a person who eats and waits to die and doesn't want to be a hero..."

Xue Pei walked along the official road in Jiuli, and laughed at himself, "So let's find a place to live and enjoy a leisurely life... Although it's in a damn game, it's better than doing it from the beginning. It’s better if you’re dead. Maybe you can raise some chickens, plant some flowers and plants... Life in the wilderness can also be very relaxing.”

When he was talking to himself, the corners of his mouth were raised, as if he was happy from the bottom of his heart.

However, there is actually another question that even he dare not ask himself.

--and then?

He can refuse to upgrade and live a leisure life in the game, but then?After all, this is an ordinary online game that fights monsters and upgrades. After a few years, more than ten years, will this game still operate?

This is his real world, but he has no idea where this world is going.