Hyperreal board game

After the concert, the nightlife in the bar has just begun, but the members of Purgatory have all lived a middle-aged life of health preservation, and they have to make skewers before going home.

Everyone was excitedly discussing whether to eat live seafood or cold pot skewers, but Sigrid looked at her phone, "I'm not going, I have a date with a man. I still want to spend the rest of the night with a man." .”

The Three Men of Purgatory: ...

But obviously, in Miss Lead Singer's heart, the three teammates are just "teammates" and they don't even have gender.

Sigrid only took off her cloak and put on a camel coat over her dress. When she turned around, her clothes and hair were fluttering, she waved her hands smartly, and left.

She met Zhang Hong and the two children he brought in a barbecue restaurant near the bar.

Zhang Hong spared no effort to praise the two rookies for their excellent performance, how to complete the module in the most efficient way, how they worked hard to help as many players survive as possible, and how they defeated the club's plot to expand the player base without restraint, etc. .

The praise made An Ge feel ashamed, and quickly stopped: "No...the last one is too exaggerated."

Sigrid opened a can of herbal tea with a smile and clinked glasses with everyone: "I heard from Xiao Zhang that if you hadn't discovered Cheng Yang's existence, the situation would have been even worse, so I can't exaggerate it."

Yue Zimo raised his beer and clinked glasses with a smile: "No, it's all thanks to Brother An, and I'm all credited. One of the luckiest things I've ever met is that I met him."

An Ge covered his face: "Take it easy, please forgive me..."

After the stage of flattering each other is over, everyone is much more relaxed, enjoying a pleasant supper while chatting about business.

An Ge was very curious about how Sigrid managed to escape from the module, and Sigrid told her story straightforwardly.

It's over in a few words.

Simply put, a player voluntarily gave up the chance of survival and gave her the phone.

Although she looked calm when she spoke, she could hear the deep emotions that settled in it.Who is it, why did you voluntarily give up, these are all brought up in one sentence.

The person involved is unwilling to elaborate, and it is not easy for others to ask.

An Ge thought for a while, and then asked: "NPCs... how do you know that you can get rid of the module?"

Sigrid put her hands on the back of the chair and laughed loudly: "It's not easy to ask the key point so quickly, and it will be scary after all."

An Ge scratched her nose: "Stop embarrassingly boasting..."

The appearance of Yue Zimo and You Rongyan: "I've taken a fancy to it!"

An Ge pinched his butt under the table.

Sigrid then began to explain: "Generally speaking, NPCs don't realize that they are in the game, and the task they take on is an NPC. We live a life that we think is normal. Rebirth with any memory, and then continue this life. The only person who can change this situation is the player."

"Simply put, the more affection the player pours into the NPC, the easier it will be for the NPC... I think about how to describe it? Awakening? It's almost like this? From my own experience, at the beginning I felt vaguely The things I encountered seemed to be in a dream. Slowly I found that it was not a dream, but a rebirth after death, with the memory of my previous life. Later, I found that I was trapped in a period of time that was repeated, sometimes dead, Sometimes I am alive, but even if I am alive, one day everything will end, and when I wake up again, I am back before Sage disbanded."

Sigrid shook the drink can, lowered her eyelids and continued: "Every time for 12 years, I always encounter the same mission, the same companions and enemies, the same coup, the same escape. But in each cycle, There are always a few people who are different, and things related to them will be completely different. I intuitively feel that these people are the key, so I pay special attention to them. When I realize that these people who will change are players, relevant information will naturally appear in In my mind. The first is the way the NPC leaves the module, and then it also includes: what kind of life can the NPC live in the real world; the departure of the NPC has no effect on the module, because there will be new NPCs who will continue to be tortured instead of me. Finally, this One point, it is completely maliciously set up, because it will only increase my sense of guilt."

Yue Zimo also asked curiously: "Then, when the NPC comes to the real world, does it have any mission?"

Sigrid raised her dark eyebrows: "Of course."

Yue Zimo: "Really?! What is it?"

Sigrid put both hands on the table, lowered her voice with a serious expression, and said word by word in a drawn out tone: "Conquer~conquer~world~world~"

Yue Zimo turned his head and hugged An Ge: "Brother, she is bullying!"

An Ge stroked the boy's back silently.

Sigrid slapped the table and laughed.

Zhang Hong also laughed, and then added: "There are only three NPCs we know, the first one is of course our great singing goddess; the other two, one was bought by the club, it is very dangerous, I will send you the information later The third one is a social animal that does not need to be paid attention to. He goes to work to support his family in a regular manner every day, and his social circle is very narrow. In his spare time, he either does carpentry or spends time with his wife and children."

An Ge: "Wife and child??"

Zhang Hong: "Oh, he worked as a carpenter in the town before he left. He didn't take any key plot roles at first. His ability is very mediocre. He picked up a mobile phone by accident. It is also difficult to live in the real world. The job is still ours. Helped find... oh, he found his wife by himself, divorced and remarried with children."

Sigrid nodded: "From this point of view, the NPC's mission should be to strive to create GDP?"

Zhang Hong was very appreciative and laughed along with her, An Ge could only smile along with her.

After eating and drinking enough, the night was getting dark, Zhang Hong strongly expressed that he would send Sigrid home, An Ge and Yue Zimo said goodbye to them outside the shop.

Zhang Hongqiong and Sigrid were the guests, so Yue Zimo paid the bill in the end, and the reason was very good: the youngest was in charge of the treat!

Although it sounds like bullying.

They called a car, and on the way back, An Ge received a message from Zhang Hong and Sigrid. Zhang Hong's message was about the NPC in the club, and Sigrid was a reminder.

"Actually, there may be more than one NPC in the club. The identity of the NPC is kept secret. They don't know where they got it from. They even tried to win me over, but I fooled them back."

An Ge had just finished watching, when Sigrid sent another text message: "That is a very dangerous person, if you encounter him, you must run away."

Yue Zimo asked, "What's wrong?"

An Ge forwarded the message to him, Yue Zimo glanced at it, and suddenly grabbed An Ge's hand.

This time it was An Ge's turn to ask, "What's wrong?"

They were all sitting in the back seat, Yue Zimo ignored the driver's presence, hugged him into his arms, leaned close to his ear and whispered, "How does the information describe that person?"

The NPC bought by the club was used as a powerful combat force. According to Zhang Hong's information, Cheng Yang's death was probably also related to him.

Before leaving the module, he was the number one killer of the Brotherhood of Thieves, an unstoppable stinger, no one knew his name, only his nickname was "Black Flame".

He is thin and pale, with a blue-black flame tattoo on the back of his right hand.It was the curse mark left by the mage when he assassinated an archmage.That trace cannot be eliminated by any means, and it has become the only symbol of Hei Yan, and it is also the origin of the nickname.

An Ge felt extremely guilty by Yue Zimo's intimacy regardless of the occasion, and subconsciously glanced at the driver in the front seat.

Then his back immediately went stiff.

The driver was a thin man with a pale complexion, as if he hadn't seen the sun all year round.

In addition, his right hand is wearing a black cloth glove. The cloth is thin and full of elasticity, which clearly outlines the shape of the fingers. It seems to be easy to move, and the warmth... is almost zero.

When An Ge was looking at the driver, the driver was also watching them from the rearview mirror, and the eyes of both sides met instantly.

The driver suddenly smiled sinisterly at him, then stepped on the accelerator, and the car accelerated suddenly.

The car raced wildly on the road around the city with few vehicles.

After that, the driver made an incredible move. He unfastened his seat belt, jumped out of the car window, and disappeared out of the window in the blink of an eye.

Yue Zimo: "Is this guy driving without a license? According to his method of operation, how can he just deduct points? His driver's license has already been revoked."

An Ge: "...Is this the point that needs attention?"

He had already tried it while speaking, and the car door was locked.But don't be afraid, he took out the fang of the void, and easily cut a gap in the car door that was big enough for people to pass through.

Then Yue Zimo hugged him, and the red light from the necklace pendant on his chest enveloped the two of them, and they jumped out from between the cracked car door.

The out-of-control high-speed vehicle slammed into the protective wall at the foot of the mountain protruding from the corner, making a heavy and deafening crash.

Despite the defensive props given by Cui Datong, the fall of the two of them was quite heavy, and they rolled and rubbed on the ground for a long distance before stopping.

The elbows of An Ge's thick motorcycle gear were worn out, and the same broken arm was dripping with blood, and it was burning hot.

...Then, the wound healed quickly.The nanorobot seemed to feel that treating this small injury was not enough to reflect its excellent performance, and even dutifully moved back the blood that flowed out, leaving only the separated dirt, bacteria and viruses outside the skin.

Because of Yue Zimo's efforts to protect An Ge in his arms, he was seriously injured. He hit his head and rubbed his back badly, blood dripping down.

He gasped in pain, but when he saw the wound on An Ge's arm healed, he laughed relaxedly: "Wow, I jumped off the car at a high speed. I was afraid that the speed was [-] yards just now, right? My life is worth it."

Angry and funny, An Ge touched a bottle of mild healing medicine bought by Little Red Shoes World and gave him: "Don't relax, he definitely hasn't left."

Sigrid reminded: You must run away when you encounter Black Flame, because it is a very terrifying opponent.

However, they are now standing by the side of the silent and dark road, with the bright lights of the city in the distance on one side, and the heavy mountain walls close to the road on the other, with shelters and shadows suitable for hiding everywhere.

They can't stand in the middle of the road, because they don't know when a car will rush out, and standing in the middle will only add interference to themselves in vain.

There is still a distance from the community where they live, and it takes more than two hours to walk, but there is a terrible killer lurking in the shadows.

This is simply a challenge mod that suddenly came to reality.

An Ge held the dagger instead, and said in a low voice, "He's a killer, he won't face us head-on, stay vigilant and go back."

Yue Zimo finished drinking the healing medicine, stood back to back with him, summoned the armor, held the shield in his right hand, and the mobile phone in his left hand. He whispered, "Brother An, this battle plan is too conservative."

As soon as the words fell, a sense of inexplicable fear suddenly struck, An Ge only saw a black shadow flashing in front of his eyes, and then there was a crisp clang, and something hit Yue Zimo's shield.

That blow was obviously quite heavy, and with Yue Zimo's strengthened professional fighter physique, he was forced to take two steps back to stabilize his figure.

In the darkness, the chuckle sounded far and near, too ethereal to be tracked.

An Ge saw a few meters away, as if a thicker shadow slowly rose from the shadow of the road, even the dagger in his hand, which was bent like a snake's tooth, was pitch black, as if it was formed directly from the condensation of darkness.

The shadow receded from the man, revealing an ordinary middle-aged man with a featureless face, unremarkable gray jacket and trousers.

Such people are everywhere, they can be the boss of the breakfast stall, the driver of the taxi, the chef in the school cafeteria, or the uncle who delivers the courier.

He is so full of ordinary life, no one will feel that there is anything wrong with him, and no one will notice that he has the slightest killing intent.

Even though he had just sneaked in, now standing opposite An Ge and Yue Zimo, he was still as relaxed and lacking in presence as ordinary citizens who went out to throw garbage, as if a wrong eye would disappear from their eyes.

He smiled plainly at the two of them: "It's not easy. I thought that a car accident would somewhat reduce your combat effectiveness. It's really disappointing."

Before they finished speaking, the man disappeared from their field of vision again.

An Ge: "Fuck!"

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