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At that time, the name of the nineteenth floor was just two words, "game".

There is no fixed name, and there is no official announcement. When the dungeon is downloaded, there is only a simple notification. When the players come back from the dungeon, they all gather in the "Underground Hanging City". Over time, everyone calls it a "game".

The initial goal of the largest player organization in the future, "Cry Boy Brotherhood", is a group of casual players who don't want to leave the game.

The games are collectively known as "Nineteen Floors" and begin with an event.

When people from the Dengtian Organization entered [SSS-level dungeon skyscraper], they entered a floor by mistake.

There is nothing on that floor, behind the stairs that have been erased like an eraser, there is a void, an indescribable flow of consciousness, in the illusion of nothingness, people can walk and explore.

It should be a bug. Players have been here for a long time, and they have encountered bugs more or less. The people who climbed to the sky didn't take it to heart at the time. They just wanted to leave quickly and don't lose their lives.

But they couldn't find their way off the floor.

As if isolated from the world, or accidentally entered a high-latitude space, with incomprehensible scenes and existences beyond common sense, they frantically searched for a way to escape on that floor from initial bewilderment, to fear, to despair.

They wandered for three days, and in the endless space, they met a bald man.

The bald man was in combat uniform and was very surprised to see them.

According to Baldy, he made a wish in a welfare book to "get my brother out of the nineteenth floor", and the scope of the wish in that copy was greater than the authority of the game, but the price was no longer gold coins, but the life of the person who made the wish.

"In order to ensure success, my brother and I made a wish for the other party to leave, but I don't know why, but I'm the only one here." The bald man was in great pain, "I've been wandering for a long time...a month, two months? Damn it, because I have Godhead, my body has stopped physiological activity, and I can't even tell the time based on my hunger or hair growth!"

The leader of the Dengtian team is the second in command of the organization, and the boss of Dengtian is his own brother.They went in for too long, the boss realized something was wrong, and used "positioning props" to forcibly transfer the second in command from this copy to the copy where the boss ascended the sky.

Others stayed inside forever.

The living second-in-command released a video in the main city in grief, warning all players not to enter that floor by mistake.

"Yuan", a mysterious academic organization composed of top researchers in various fields, has identified useful information from a few words of video.

The leader of "Yuan", code-named "Heju", is said to be a famous brain science expert during his lifetime. The team led by him released several messages a week later based on the video released by Dengtian's surviving second-in-command.

1. The time and space on the floor are chaotic, just as the bald man said, "I made a wish with my younger brother at the same time, and only myself appears here".

2. The information displayed on the floor is similar to the high-latitude space, which may be beyond the existence of the game.

3. The appearance of the floor is definitely not a dungeon design, but a BUG, ​​and the escape props can be used inside, which means that even if its dimension is higher than the game, it is still within the control of the game rules.

The news was spread from ten to ten, and all the people who were on the verge of collapse or had already collapsed seemed to see hope, and talked about it every day.

The brotherhood's stronghold is in the North Sea of ​​the Underground Hanging City, and a whole piece of seaside villas are collectively called "Crying Boy Resort".

On the beach, the aroma of barbecue dissipates with the sea breeze, and the flickering carbon fire has not yet been extinguished.The remains of fireworks boxes and wine bottles were scattered all over the place, and the air was filled with the melancholy and sweet aftermath of the bustling departure.

Amidst the background sound of He Ye and Chi Ying's drunken drunkenness, the tall man who came out of the teleportation array got straight to the point.

"I didn't release all the information." He gestured indifferently, "It's not that the floor belongs to the game, but the game belongs to the floor."

Facing the uninvited guest, Qi Xuelu narrowed his eyes inexplicably.

"Is the head of Yuan a mute? It's not good for you if this news gets out."

"You won't let it out."

"Please, handsome guy," Qi Xuelu grinned, but his eyes were cold, "We meet for the first time today. Are you too confident in your own charm, or are you too trusting in my character?"

The man shook his head: "I have shown my sincerity, you should believe that I am here to seek cooperation."

"Talk about your purpose first."

In the distance, the agent shouted anxiously: "Boss...ah no, Xiao Lu! Who is it? What's the matter?"

"We're going to watch a movie together at 0 o'clock, don't forget!"

"It's okay, my acquaintance," Qi Xuelu replied loudly, "You pack up first, and I'll be there right away. Watch out for those two little sisters, don't fall into the sea!"

"okay--!"

The young man who was so beautiful that he could be called gorgeous, after restraining his smile, his expression was as indifferent as a snake watching from the abyss.

He has such courage: when he looks cold, or looks at people with his true face, you will not question what he can do to defend what he guards.

"Listen, I don't care about the same tongue twister as 'the floor belongs to the game or the game belongs to the floor'," he casually lowered his voice, "the cooperation you are talking about has nothing to do with me, and it has nothing to do with the crying boys. Maybe in the past During the days, we behaved indifferent to the world..."

"I'm warning you, don't continue to pay attention to our fraternity... We live for freedom, and I live for my new family."

The man stood where he was, motionless even when threatened.

"Are you sure that your 'new family members' are not curious about my proposal?"

Qi Xuelu stared at the man uncertainly for a while, and then gave the order to evict: "Get out!"

Seeing the man disappear into the teleportation array again with a blank face, Qi Xuelu felt confused for the first time.

The agent had already cleaned up the garbage, saw him standing in a daze in front of the dark sea, and came over curiously: "What's wrong?"

Qi Xuelu paused: "It's okay."

"Hey, people are like this. If you say it's okay, there must be something. Tell me, what's going on?" The agent blinked mysteriously, "Boyfriend? Ex-boyfriend? Dog licking? A stalker came to your door?"

"What are you thinking?" Qi Xuelu smiled, "I'm still single, okay. Da Danan Yuan looks serious, so gossip."

"Then admit that you are the suitor?" The agent looked very excited after guessing the truth, "It's not easy, the old tree has blossomed. You should be gentle with them, don't talk around at every turn. Emotional You can't force things, and don't hurt people's hearts..."

Qi Xuelu didn't want to reveal the identity of the visitor, so he blurted it out: "Don't talk nonsense, haven't I always had a good temper?"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

Standing beside him, the agent took out another canned cocktail from nowhere and took a swig.

On the dark sea, there are white waves rolling forward silently, quiet and peaceful.The sea breeze is very comfortable, blowing away the strong smell of barbecue, fresh and cool.

"It's not bad here, isn't it?" he said suddenly, "Have I told you? My hometown is a fishing village, and the sea is just one street away. When I was young, the quality of the sea water was the same as here. During the day, it looked blue and blue, like Glass. In the evening, the children go to the beach to touch the goods after low tide. Sometimes there are fights over who stole from whom."

"That sounds awesome," Qi Xuelu smiled, "No wonder you handle seafood so well."

"That's not true. But later, more and more boats went out to sea, and there were more tourists and factories that dumped sewage. The beach was full of plastic bags, cigarette butts, and broken wine bottles. It was dirty and smelly."

"You are homesick."

The agent lowered his head with a smile and took another sip of his wine.

"I don't want to, I don't want to. My parents passed away long ago, and I have no brothers or sisters. My ex-boyfriend cheated on me, and the dog I raised died...Is there anything I can miss?"

"...It's so good here. It's like living in a movie every day. It's exciting. You don't have to pay a mortgage and you don't have to think about promotion. home."

Qi Xuelu turned to look at him, the agent's eyes were already red.

He said the phrase "I don't miss home" twice, people always repeat lies.

But Qi Xuelu didn't know how to comfort him.Qi Xuelu was very open about death, since he was a child.It's also like the grief came too suddenly, and the stressors shut it down.

For him, the matter of going home is numb, like a black and white TV with a layer of frosted glass, and he doesn't know what to choose.go back?Lieutenant General Lu must have missed him very much. He is so young and outstanding, with a bright future. He is the work that Lieutenant General Lu is most proud of talking about every day.

However, besides him, Lieutenant General Lu has many, many children, sponsored, adopted, and biological.

Even if he won't go, it's just that he lacks a pair of chopsticks during the Chinese New Year.

but……

He was a little shaken.

All of my friends said, "I want to spend my whole life in games while eating and drinking", is it true?

People like to repeat lies to deceive themselves, just like the agent whose eyes are shining when he talks about the ebb and flow of seafood as a child.

The scenery in the game is dead, there are no fish in the beautiful sea water, and the seagulls can't be heard in the middle of the night at the seaside villa.

The only people alive in the game are the walking dead, and maybe NPCs.

After a long time, Qi Xuelu whispered: "If... had a choice, you could go home, would you choose?"

The agent smiled: "What are you talking about? Everyone knows that the game's promise of 'going home with a wish' is a lie. Besides, what is there to go back to?"

"I mean, the choice of 'really going home'," Qi Xuelu said softly, "back to reality, back to the fishing village of your dreams. Would you choose?"

go back, go home.

What a beautiful vocabulary.

The agent didn't say a word, Qi Xuelu already knew his answer.

With a wry smile, he took out a cigarette and lit it. The flickering sparks were like starlight reflected on the dark sea, faint and beautiful.

"Let's go back first, I'll smoke a cigarette." He took a deep breath, "Yuan Jian, I...I really treat you like a brother."

He jumped out of his mind too quickly, and even called his real name that no one had called for a long time, the agent was stunned for a second.

Immediately, the tall young man hugged Qi Xuelu tightly.He is half a head taller than Qi Xuelu, and he is often beaten and scolded as "a big fool", but he is cheerful and never fights back.

With his back to the sea, he blocked all the sea wind for Qi Xuelu, and Qi Xuelu hugged him tightly.

"Suddenly said these touching things," the agent sniffled with a smile, "what are you doing, you don't want me to sleep well tonight, do you?"

Qi Xuelu also smiled: "Yes, I did it on purpose."

"Stinky boy..."

A week later.

Primitive mountains.

Qi Xuelu met with Chief Yuan.

"This is a plan with a 10% success rate," Heji said, "but we will make history."

Heju is a lunatic, from any point of view.

Qi Xuelu is the second person who has positioning props. After the opening of the SSS-level dungeon next month, Heju will use the directional selection dungeon props to enter the skyscraper. bring back.

"If you can't bring me out of the dungeon, I have succeeded," Heji said, "I will try my best to leave clues for you."

Qi Xuelu didn't hide it: "It may be dead, who can tell?"

"Yes, it may be dead. If I die...I beg you to go in and look for the entry point on that floor."

"I thought that because of our acquaintance, the cooperation is limited to you to explore the road, and I will lend you props." Qi Xuelu raised his eyelashes, "Do you think I will die for your ridiculous plan?"

On Heju's face, there was no fear of facing death at all, only when he talked about the plan, his eyes made waves.

Like a robot, Qi Xuelu thought, a robot with a perfect body in the movie.

"You will," Heji smiled shallowly, "not for me, but for your friends."

A week after the SSS-level dungeon was opened, Crane didn't come out.

Qi Xuelu casually entered a low-level dungeon and used positioning props in the safe area.

But... failed to use.

【No positioning object detected】.

When he got this answer, Qi Xuelu was either excited or shocked.

He just kept a blank face, continued to use the prop once, got the same prompt, and then cleared the level and returned to the brotherhood's villa.

Did Heju succeed in making history?He thought, can he really leave?That empty floor, that higher-dimensional space...