Hyperreal board game

When An Ge was in middle school, I once met a gangster in an ancient online game, chased him and mocked his ID, said his name was bad, insisted on a foreign name, worshiped foreigners and lacked national confidence, and so on.

An Ge retorted: Do you know the meaning of Clay?According to ancient legends, Nuwa made humans out of clay, that is, clay—this is the root of the Chinese people. If you don’t even know this, how dare you call yourself a descendant of Yan and Huang?

Gang Jing met with strong words, and it was a completely unconstructive deadlock. In the end, Gang Jing yelled at him, but An Ge lost his patience and ended up blackmailing him.

But at that time, Gang Jing once said: You still have clay, do you think you are Nuwa?Have the ability to pinch two NPCs in the game?

I don't know why, but a sentence that I had forgotten completely before, now clearly emerged in my mind.

Maybe it's because I'm facing the same predicament now.

The last requirement for creating an S-level module is to provide four high-level NPCs—that is, the NPCs that can generate as many ordinary missions as you want than the Sanshengshu, or just the background board NPCs with more functions, Higher IQ characters.

An Ge took a deep breath, and first entered three names into the virtual panel in front of him: Sigrid Montgomery; Black Flame; Liu Jian.

The last ordinary name, Liu Jian, is the one that Zhang Hong once mentioned. He is an ordinary human being who is married in the real world and lives from nine to six.

It is also the number of all NPCs he knows.

After entering the name, the Three Holy Books floated up from An Ge's arms, dispersed into three fulcrums, and connected with each other with pure white light beams, forming an isosceles triangle emitting soft white light.

The light is introverted and stable. In the illuminated area, three NPCs emerged from the air. Stepping on the void is like stepping on flat ground, with a stunned look on their faces after suddenly receiving a lot of information.

An Ge also left Yizai's arms, tried it out carefully, and found that he could stand safely within the range of the white light, and then walked towards the three people.

The three NPCs looked at each other, nodded slightly, and Sigrid spoke first: "We all understand the situation, you don't need to say more, I agree."

Wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, Liu Jian looked refined and elegant. He was dressed in a well-tailored dark blue suit, which was custom-made by Zegna.

But he didn't hesitate to say, "I agree."

Hei Yan also shrugged against the face of an ordinary middle-aged man: "It's such a stupid mess outside, it's better to go back to the module and live peacefully, I agree."

As the voices of the three NPCs fell, a golden parchment appeared in front of each of them. This is a contract between the Three Holy Books and high-level foreign NPCs—once signed, these NPCs will be bound by the module , Controlled, lost the memory in the real world, and, can no longer leave.

Even though this article was clearly written, the NPCs still signed their names without any hesitation.

An Ge really didn't expect them to be so forthright. He thought it would take a lot of talking, to tell them how important this mod is to saving the world with emotion and reason.

After the contract took effect, the white light in the center of the isosceles triangle gradually faded, revealing a darkness with twinkling stars.

Sigrid was the first to step in, and before she left, she took off the red gemstone around her neck and put it in the Ann singer: "Xiao An, do me a favor and pass this on to Xiao Ming, asking him to keep it as a souvenir for the rest of his life. He said in one sentence: There can be no better lead singer than me, in order not to disappoint the fans, I will simply make pure music in the future.”

An Ge: "Okay..."

Seeing that Sigrid was about to leave, he couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so straightforward..."

Sigrid laughed: "It's not good at all? What are you dissatisfied with?"

However, seeing that the young man was bewildered like a deer, she still gently patted An Ge's head.

Yue Zimo moved his hand, but held back, only grabbed An Ge's hand, and stared at Sigrid with warning eyes.

Sigrid accepted it as soon as she saw it, and said casually: "I don't know about them, I owe a favor. This is the hometown of the person who gave me the mobile phone, how could I leave it alone."

She waved her hand and stepped into the starry sky behind the triangle star gate without looking back.

Hei Yan also leaned over, touched the bag for a long time, and finally stopped in disappointment: "I also want to leave a souvenir for you... It's a pity that the club snatched it too clean, alas."

He finally tore off the second button of the shirt, and handed it over: "I heard that this button is very meaningful, and I don't have anything else, so don't dislike it."

The corner of An Ge's mouth twitched: "Which girl manga did you learn it from?"

The second button of a middle school student’s shirt is given by a boy to the girl he likes the most in shoujo manga. If a boy gives a button, rounding it up is equivalent to a confession.

In juvenile comics, the style of painting is generally "a group of girls fighting desperately, all wanting to get the button of the male protagonist's clothes".

Looking at it this way, it is indeed very meaningful.

When An Ge was struggling, Yue Zimo took the button and nodded cautiously: "I will keep it."

Hei Yan obviously felt that everyone received the same, so he waved his hands with a smile: "Then I'm leaving, I'm having a good time, thank you all."

His figure also disappeared into the sea of ​​stars.

Liu Jian stayed at the end, and after seeing those two people left, he walked over slowly and handed an SD card to An Ge: "Please pass this on to my wife for me."

An Ge suddenly realized that what he was doing was breaking up other people's couples, and he inevitably felt more guilty for a while.

He accepted the card silently, and heard Liu Jian laugh again, "I'm just a commoner. Even if I stay here, I can't help you. At most, I can only flee with my wife and children. Now as long as I become an NPC, I can How can I give up such a good opportunity to correct the mistakes of this world from the root and restore them to a safe and peaceful life?"

An Ge felt her throat choked up, and nodded slightly.

Liu Jian added: "It's just... she's a bit stupid. I'm worried that after I leave, she will have a bad life and be bullied... An Ge, please take care of me."

An Ge nodded: "Not only the special committee, I will also ask the seniors I know to help take care of it."

Liu Jian adjusted his glasses, smiled more elegantly, and said in a low voice, "Thank you, take care."

Then the man also turned around and walked into the star gate.

An Ge took another two deep breaths, "There's still one more thing left, I'm sure I can do something, let's go back first..."

But Yue Zimo said, "Not one is bad, brother Clay."

The boy lightly pressed An Ge's shoulder, making him face himself, put the button of the coat left by Hei Yan into his coat pocket, and said softly: "The fourth NPC, isn't it me?"

An Ge shook his head again and again: "Nonsense, there is no such thing, you are wrong."

Yue Zimo said: "I still remember how you dealt with that motorcycle back then."

An Ge was stunned: "Motor?"

Yue Zimo reminded him: "The observer effect."

Oh Mephisto.

That demon possessed both NPC and player identities, and used both identities to seek victory in an ambiguous manner, but An Ge confirmed his identity with a few simple words. After being fixed as an NPC, he was purged for violating the rules.

Yue Zimo was very embarrassed: "You see how smart I am, I can draw inferences from one instance."

An Ge frowned and reprimanded: "Shut up, don't talk nonsense."

He blushed with anger, and grabbed Yue Zimo's lapel, "What the hell are you talking nonsense all day, whimsical? Don't mess around at this time, let's go back first, there are so many players, there is always a way."

Yue Zimo hugged him tightly, and suddenly burst out laughing, his voice rang softly above An Ge's ear, as if it did not pass through the air, but penetrated directly into the nerves and bone marrow through physical contact and vibration It was hot and stinging, and finally turned into countless sharp knives.

"Brother, I'm sorry, I made it clear that I won't leave you again."

Strictly speaking, it is true that Yue Zimo is in a state of chaos. He is the player Yizai, and also an important NPC in the sea of ​​​​all things ends. , because from the setting point of view, it is impossible for players to go to the bottom of the endless abyss to push this boss...

What's more, he was resurrected by taking someone else's mobile phone, which is exactly the same as the NPC's operation of taking the mobile phone and leaving the module. In simple terms, as long as he admits that he is an NPC, he can have the identity of an NPC.

It's not that An Ge didn't think about it, but he avoided these speculations intentionally or unintentionally. Even when he watched the other three NPCs walk into the star gate without hesitation, he still kept silent selfishly.

People are always selfish, and there is nothing wrong with that.

It's just that he thought that as long as he didn't think about it, he would be fine, but he never expected that Yue Zimo actually guessed it himself.

The boy's embrace was as warm as ever, and it was the sustenance of his physical and mental stability, but now his heartbeat was a little anxious.

An Ge finally couldn't help it, tears welled up, he raised his hand and passed under Yue Zimo's arm, tightly grasping the clothes on the boy's back, because of too much force, the thick khakis were torn out of shape, pointing The tips are white because of this.

His throat choked so badly that it even hurt, "No... don't leave me!"

Yue Zimo said: "Okay, I don't want to leave either. However, if the remaining slot cannot be filled, and the module creation is unsuccessful, this world will continue like this, right?"

Not only that, the cracks will gradually expand, just as the so-called embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed by ant nests, this crack will expand to more and more powerful creatures swarming to occupy and swallow this world, the old humans/ordinary people are doomed to be defeated, and the new humans / Players follow the law of the jungle, and in the end they just survive for a while longer than the old humans.

This is the future that Gao Jun dreams of, and the future that Yue Zimo loves to see.

An Ge then tried to correct his thoughts and accept such a future.

But just thinking about it, more tears came out, "But, but your family, my family..."

There are so many players' families.

Yue Zimo said in a matter-of-fact statement tone: "What's so important about those people?"

An Ge was at a loss for words, and said, "Yueziming..."

Yue Zimo was silent for a few seconds this time before he smiled wryly: "Oh, I just thought about it. If he died, I would feel a little uncomfortable. Although my cousin is very annoying, but the twin girls in his family It’s different from dad, it’s super cute like the old Wang next door, they’re going back to China during the Chinese New Year, I thought I’d take you to visit my little niece..."

An Ge also said: "I don't know my dad well, but my cousin's daughter is full moon in March, and I want to take you to drink full moon wine. He married his wife early and had children early, and he is still the eldest child. My uncle I was so worried, my mother was also worried, and told me that I should help my cousin more when I work in the future."

Yue Zimo nodded: "Sure, your cousin is my cousin."

An Ge didn't want to say that his cousin was three years older than Yue Zimo.

The two chattered about some family matters, and the boy kept patting him on the back, An Ge finally stopped crying.However, Yue Zimo seemed to have calculated it right, and turned his head to the Three Sages who maintained the isosceles triangle and said: "Well, I don't need him to log in, I directly agree to enter the module and sign a contract, okay?"

An Ge's complexion changed drastically, and the golden parchment of the same style had appeared in front of Yue Zimo.

He reached out to grab the parchment, but it was in vain. He couldn't touch it.

Yue Zimo signed quickly, and then the parchment disappeared into the air.

[The conditions are complete, do you want to open the module? 】

no!

An Ge entered the query on the panel: How to cancel the contract signed by the NPC and the Sanshengshu?

[If the contract has been signed, it cannot be canceled directly, and the contract can be invalidated by canceling the module. 】

[After canceling the mod, all items cannot be returned, and the NPC status cannot be rolled back. 】

An Ge took a closer look. The NPC state cannot be rolled back, which means that the NPC will only retain the module settings, and the original state is stored as data, which will be permanently destroyed due to revocation.

It's just plain mean.

An Ge still wanted to find a loophole, but lightly covered his face with his hands, the boy smiled and sighed, "Brother An, look at me more."

An Ge raised his head, and his eyes fell on Yue Zimo's handsome face, which looked like an oil painting.He is really good-looking, with a unique appearance, as if God knew that he owed him his life, so he tried his best to make up for his appearance.

An Ge felt that the inside of his chest was being dug out with a knife, and it was painful and cold until it was empty and nothing was left.

The boy just looked at him intently and kissed him on the eyes, "Brother An, although it's very irresponsible to say that, but come to me again, okay? Find me and take me home. Your words , it will definitely be done.”

As soon as An Ge opened his mouth, the tears that had finally stopped came out again, "You...you..."

He couldn't speak a word.

Yue Zimo said he wanted to keep a souvenir too, so he touched his pockets, and finally found out a sealed bag of pine nut ham biscuits from his coat pocket: "Oh, this is the only one worth keeping."

Although An Ge was crying with tears in his eyes, he couldn't help laughing when he saw the ham cake, and then continued to cry after laughing, almost like losing his mind, "Why are you so stupid?"

But Yue Zimo insisted, he still caught the thing, "I will find a way."

Yue Zimo also nodded vigorously, "I will also let you find me, just like when everything ends in the sea, Brother An, we will definitely see you again!"

An Ge hugged him tightly, and the boy said, "We'll eat more pine nut ham then!"

He probably did it to enliven the atmosphere, although the method was clumsy.

After the boy walked into the starry sky, the Three Holy Books spun and moved closer, and the three big books were neatly stacked and landed in the Ann singer.

The mod is activated.

But this is not the end, but only the beginning.

An Ge also needs to summon players to enter the module and clear the level at least once before he can confirm the existence of this S-level module.

But at least, the cracks are no longer expanding. Not only will those giant creatures no longer increase, but because of the loss of the energy supply of the original dimension, some have begun to show signs of weakness and dying.

However, the dying giant beast brought more serious damage instead.

Because of worry and anxiety, after An Ge landed on the top of the special committee building, he hurriedly found Mina and Cui Datong. The first sentence was: "I want to arrest a few people."