Chapter 178: What Happened to Zhang Tong
"Actually, my story is much simpler. Zhang Tong stood up and began to tell his story. In fact, before coming here, everyone was informed of the details of the possible meeting. So everyone knows that they need to talk about their experiences in the other world.
If you don't feel like you want to talk about it, or if you think your privacy is being violated, it's best not to come here in the first place. Since it came, it proved that the entire process of the meeting had been approved.
Zhang Tong is no exception, he already knows the process of all meetings, so he doesn't mind talking about his past. Anyway, the way he stood up and spoke now still looked very sincere.
"I crossed in 1999, late 1999 to be exact, the last day of the end of December. There's a lot going on on the eve of the millennium, and I think everyone knows that. Whether it's the end of the world, or the millennium bug. Although a lot has happened, everyone's spirit is still very good. Zhang Tong talked about the time he had traveled.
The year 1999 and 2000 were a crossroads in time. The slogan of welcoming the new century was shouted a few years earlier.
Everyone is looking forward to the arrival of the new century. At that time, many people believed that there would be a new look for the new China in the new century. It is also true that in the decade or so since the new century, China has undergone earth-shaking changes. The changes are so fast that many people think that they probably got up the wrong way one day and came to another world.
"At that time, everyone said that the new century and the new look of China would welcome the new century, and the whole people would be well-off. The day I crossed over coincided with the turn of the century. A few good classmates and I went to KTV to prepare for this extraordinary New Year's Eve. "The time point of Zhang Tong's crossing is very interesting.
"Originally, we were counting down to New Year's Eve. But at the last second, I was inexplicably sucked into the KTV TV. It's very aggrieved, I've only heard of Sadako being able to climb out of the TV, and I haven't heard of anyone being sucked into the TV. ”
Li Jingyun opened his mouth and asked, "What is the world like after you crossed over?"
"A very strange world, very strange. Zhang Tong thought for a while, and then began to answer: "We can call it an arena, an eternal arena. ”
"It was a huge sprawling quadrangular island, and in the middle of the island there was a huge ring. I don't know why, but every day many people come here, get into the ring and start fighting. ”
Chang Feng asked, "Is it like the gladiators?" ”
"It's not like the gladiators, because there wasn't a single spectator in that arena. To say otherwise, perhaps, is inaccurate. To be precise, there was an audience there, and the world called him God. He sits high above the Nine Heavens, selects strong people from all over the world and even other planets (Otherworldly Universe), and then uses various methods to lure them to this four-sided island to fight. ”
"That battle was called the War of the Gods. Because as long as someone can win a hundred games in a row, then he will receive God's reward. Zhang Tong's story slowly began to become interesting.
The two directors also became interested in the story he was telling, and continued to ask, "So did anyone win? What is the reward? What are you doing there? Are you also a soldier?"
"Let me tell this story slowly. Zhang Tong was not hurried: "First of all, tell me my story." I went to this place after the crossing, and I didn't get any golden fingers, which is commonly known as the traverser plug-in. What am I like on Earth? What am I like in that world, nothing has changed. ”
"Isn't that dangerous?" Bai Zhantang, who was sitting next to Zhang Tong, couldn't help but whisper.
"yes, it's dangerous. If I'm going to participate in the war of the gods, I'm afraid my life will be gone. But I'm very self-aware, I will never go into the ring and exchange my life for the so-called divine reward. Although God's reward sounds tempting. Zhang Tong smiled.
"What is that award?" Wei Dayong's curiosity was also aroused.
"It's said to be a thing called Godhead. It's like you can become a god or something. It sounds lofty, but I haven't seen what it is. Because I can't win a hundred games in a row, I can't even win a game. Because the people who can go to the Sifang Island are too strong. Zhang Tong couldn't help but shake his head when he said this.
"It's so hard to win a hundred, almost no one ever succeeds. But in order to keep everyone enthusiastic about the game, the god offered other rewards. Winning 10 games in a row to get a decent fortune is like hard currency like gold and diamonds in our world. Win 15 games in a row and you'll get a really nice weapon, or tech blueprint or something. ”
"The world I was in was weird, a hodgepodge. On Sifang Island, you can see the sword master wielding a two-handed long sword and cutting off the mountain. You can also see mecha warriors piloting robots like Gundam. And something strange like an alien zerg. Magic, technology, metaphysical curses, and all kinds of strange things have all been found by this god. He let these men with their own abilities fight there. ”
"If he had any purpose, I guess he was bored. Because he lived too long, he lost almost all his feelings. Watching people fight is probably the only way he can have fun. Zhang Tong's memories are getting deeper and deeper.
"The people who receive rewards here bring their rewards back to their hometowns or to another planet, which makes the island more and more famous. Mages came through the void, sword immortals came through the clouds, and mecha warriors came in starships. They are all praying for the ultimate reward, which is to become gods. ”
Zhang Tong spread his hands: "The god who looked at the Sifang Island set a rule for the Sifang Island. Fighting is only allowed in the central ring area on the four directions, and fighting is not allowed elsewhere. Because it will affect his viewing experience. However, the number of people in the ring area of Sifang Island is still limited in a day. ”
"Everyone who wants to participate needs to sign up in line. Therefore, many people have to stay in the Sifang Island for a long time. People always have to eat when they live, and people from other worlds are no exception. Even the so-called Sword Immortals, they can't open up the valley on Sifang Island. I've talked to them, probably because they can't breathe in the energy of the Sifang Island for their own use. Therefore, they still have to rely on the most primitive food to ensure that they do not starve to death. ”
"I'm probably the only one on the whole island, and I'm not here to compete in the ring and win prizes. So I started trying to survive on the island of the four directions. Looking for something to eat, I started out just cooking for myself. But then mercenaries from the other world started eating the food I cooked. ”
"I don't know why, when I came to Sifang Island, I was inexplicably marked as Sifang Island. Or rather, the mark of that God. I became God's personal belongings. I will not be harmed by others on the Isle of the Four Directions without God's permission, and no one else will be able to take me away from the Isles without God's consent. ”
"So I started living on the island of Sifang. Slowly I built a house and started trying to grow crops and make wine. Because life always has to go on, and if I don't want to die, I have to find a way to live. ”
In Zhang Tong's narration, a picture of a young man struggling to survive in another world appeared in everyone's minds. It's like Robinson on a drifting island.
"Because my cooking tastes good, so slowly and unconsciously, the place where I live has become the only business eating place on Sifang Island, and the only place where people who come to participate in the ring can relax and entertain. Because I am the only place of business on Sifang Island, money means nothing to me, because even if I do, I have nowhere to spend it. ”
"That's why I want to exchange items for the various players who come and go to the Sifang Island to challenge. Use bartering to offset their food and wine expenses. Mostly all kinds of food, including those from their hometown, weird, all sorts of things, and some are seeds. If there is no exchange, then they need to work for me to pay off the debt. Because I was marked by God, these people could not harm me, or they would be punished by God. It was as if I had become God's private property. ”
"So even if some people are very dissatisfied, they still have to do things according to the rules. Unless they don't eat my stuff, which of course is no problem, they can bring their own dry food. Because of the help of these strong people, my hotel is getting bigger and bigger. I'm on Sifang Island, cooking all kinds of food and making all kinds of wine. Exchange and share these things, including the life stories of the people who come here, as well as the customs of their hometowns. Zhang Tong said that these eyes were a little nostalgic.
"I thought that life would go on like this, until the day I died. ”
At this point in the story, the interest of the two directors grew: "Then how did you come back? If, according to what you said, you were marked by a so-called god on the Sifang Island." ”
Zhang Tong shrugged: "Because someone won the game." He received the Godhead and became the new god. And just as the new god replaced the old one, the world changed. ”
"A black hole has appeared, and it has sucked a lot of people into it. And I was sucked in. By the time I woke up, I was back in this world, back to the home I had been thinking about. Zhang Tong sighed.
"That's my story, it's not particularly exciting. I'm just running a restaurant in the other world. ”