The confetti in the sky fluttered one after another, spraying Zhou Xian's head and face, and even a lot of it went into his mouth. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Happy Birthday!"

"Haha! Zhou Xian, I didn't expect it! ”

Finally seeing the situation in front of him, Zhou Xian saw a large group of people laughing, holding buckets of paper fireworks in their hands.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Xian remembered that today seemed to be his fourteenth birthday.

Standing at the front of the group of people was Zhou Xian's roommate Xu Tianyun. He was holding a handful of paper fireworks in his hand alone, and they were bundled into a bundle, like a Katyusha rocket launcher, and the way he smiled knew that he had just counted him the most fierce.

Most of the others are from Building 1 in Area D, and some of them are from Building 2 next door.

Although many people are not in the same class or even grade as Zhou Xian, when Zhou Xian was depressed because of his father's death, everyone took great care of him, and even agreed that everyone would celebrate Zhou Xian's birthday every year.

The familiar smiling faces made Zhou Xian feel that his nose was suddenly a little sour.

"This is the birthday cake made by the brothers of the third class upstairs, of course, if you don't find something extravagant like cream, let's just take it."

The boy who came to push out the cake was thin and tall, with slightly messy hair, wearing a white-washed and faded short-sleeved shirt and jeans, and it was Xu Tianyun, a roommate who lived in room 702 with Zhou Xian.

The cake looked very simple, probably due to the unreliability of the rather unprofessional self-assembled baking machine or the problem with the ingredients themselves.

And there is no cream, and the candle is also an electronic candle, which is slightly fluorescent.

But Zhou Xian felt that this was the best birthday gift in the world.

"Thank you!" Zhou Xian said loudly: "I happened to make a little extra money in the game today, let's go to the second canteen to have a good meal later!" ”

"Second Canteen ......"

A group of people drooled undisciplinedly.

As students living in Zone D, their common denominator is poverty. Basically, the problem of eating is solved through the automatic cooking system that comes with the dormitory.

This system processes a variety of ingredients through automated equipment, hence the name of mechanical cooking.

Despite the development of technology, artificial intelligence is still not comparable to that of a normal chef when it comes to conquering people's taste buds.

In particular, the ingredients in the automatic cooking system are all semi-finished products born on the industrial assembly line, and fresh chicken, duck and fish are completely unexpected, so the taste is only swallowable, and it is about a few light years away from the title of gourmet.

The second cafeteria, although it can't be compared with the first cafeteria and those private school restaurants that only wealthy students can afford, but the chef has a normal level of cooking skills, and it is the first choice for students in District D to improve their food.

"Long live Zhou Xian!"

"Long live the second canteen!"

"Die to mechanical cooking!"

A group of teenagers laughed and rushed up and lifted Zhou Xian up.

Zhou Xian staggered, as if he was floating in the waves of people, his feet did not touch the ground, and he was dizzy and dizzy to the second canteen.

Everyone let go of Zhou Xian, and then many pairs of wolf-like eyes focused on him, making Zhou Xian shudder.

"Order the cheapest package!" Zhou Xian waved his hand: "Just earn so much, you can all be merciful!" ”

"Got it!"

A group of people greeted happily, then ran to the window that matched their tastes and began to order their favorite set meals on the virtual display.

It didn't take long for everyone to sit around in the cafeteria and occupy a lot of space. In the center of the table was the humble cake.

Everyone was happily eating the set meal, and Zhou Xian was grinning and competing with the cake alone - the brother who made the cake forgot to put sugar......

Xu Tianyun pinched a burnt yellow chicken leg in his hand, looking up and down, like an appraiser appreciating an antique, he was reluctant to gnaw on it.

"Look at it, this oil, this color, and the texture of this shredded meat......" Xu Tianyun took a bite after appreciating it, and then continued vaguely: "Old Zhou, have you heard of it, we heard that there are some areas in District D that are going to be rebuilt." ”

The atmosphere in the air suddenly froze.

"yes, I heard about it from a friend in Area A." A boy put down the bowl of ramen in his hand, "Although the school park hasn't decided which piece to use here.,And how to renovate.。 However, this campus environment is very good, and as the cheapest student dormitory, it has not been very cost-effective. ”

"Yes, the monthly accommodation fee here is only 20 yuan, so there is room for students like us. If it is renovated and you go to other districts, I am afraid that the pressure of expenses will be very high. ”

Everyone talked about it, some sighed, some worried, and some actively came up with all kinds of ideas that obviously would not work.

Zhou Xian used a glass of strawberry milk to press the cake in his mouth into his stomach and said, "Everyone has been in Area D for so long, although it is very shabby, but there are many good memories. When the time comes, let's find a way to suggest to the school park.,Keep this building that still has the appearance of the school when it was small.,Give poor students like us a little place to stay.。 ”

Although Zhou Xian usually seems lazy and lazy, everyone knows that he is more mature and assertive because he has no family to take care of him. What's the matter, everyone is still used to him as the core.

Putting aside this disturbing news, the atmosphere in the second canteen gradually became warmer again, and everyone happily eliminated the rare food, and finally returned happy.

Of course, the amount on Zhou Xian's account was also happily reduced by almost half.

returned to his room 702, Zhou Xian and Xu Tianyun returned to their rooms separately.

Most of the student dormitories in Zone D are two-bedroom suites with a floor area of about 60 square meters.

Although there are some modern automatic equipment after the renovation, most of the equipment, such as automatic cooking, needs to be used for a fee, so everyone tries to solve the things that are not necessary by themselves.

For example, doing laundry.

Zhou Xian carried a pile of clothes that had been saved for a week into the separate bathroom attached to the bedroom and began the process of struggle.

It's just that it didn't take long for him to hear Xu Tianyun's loud voice shouting outside.

"Old Zhou! There is your package! Come and sign for it! ”

The cheapest old student apartment dormitory in this school park,Although the price is cheap enough,But the sound insulation effect of the walls is really miserable。

"You still want to trick me out again."

Shaking off the foam on his hands, Zhou Xian walked out of his room while wiping the palms and backs of his hands on his clothes.

The door of the hall was open, and Xu Tianyun stood at the door in a daze, and outside the door there was a round robot hanging upside down on the ceiling, holding a tightly packed package in his hand.

This kind of express delivery robot is a kind of daily logistics robot. In order not to steal access resources with others, they basically rely on the guide rails installed on the ceiling to move, so each one looks like this head down.

It was not the first time Zhou Xian had seen this kind of robot, and he skillfully shook the wireless signal port on his wrist to the robot's eyes a few times, and the sound came from the robot's abdominal cavity.

"Identity ID confirmed, Zhou Xian with ID tail number 7181, please sign for your scheduled delivery package."

The chest gate of the delivery robot opened, and a robotic arm grabbed a square package with a little dust and handed it to Zhou Xian.

There was a touch screen on the mechanical arm, and Zhou Xian quickly signed on it with his fingers and grabbed the package.

The package is about four pounds, and it is not heavy to start. Zhou Xian flipped up and down a few times and found the side with the handwriting on it.

There are a few simple lines on it:

Happy fourteenth birthday, son! Because World of Legends is very busy with game development, send out the birthday gift for you in a timed package so that you don't forget it. In the future, if Dad is busy, this thing will tell you a story for me! Hey, Daddy loves you!

The handwriting is a bit sloppy, but it is the handwriting of Zhou Xian's father. The time on the courier note shows that it is a package pre-deposited by my father more than two years ago, which is a few months before my father's death.

Zhou Xian suddenly felt that his nose was sore, and his vision blurred all of a sudden. He couldn't help but think back to the time when his father was still around.

At that time, although my father worked overtime for the development of the game "World of Legends", he often worked overtime. But when he returned home, his father always told Zhou Xian a bedtime story.

Of course, this kind of work is always incompetent for men. After telling several classic fairy tales over and over again, Zhou Xian's father simply took out the stories in the game "World of Legends" and told them.

Because there are so many missions in this game, each of which is a story.

The game world is vast, because many important NPCs have high artificial intelligence, so most of the stories are still NPCs interacting with each other, so that the game world itself is constantly changing.

Zhou Xian himself still clearly remembers the story of one of the little blacksmiths, and the protagonist is also called Zhou Xian.

The NPC called Zhou Xian in this game is the same age as the real Zhou Xian, and his father said that it was made according to Zhou Xian's appearance as a template.

This "Zhou Xian", who is helpless in the game world, has been working for a weapon shop called "Lao Ming Blade" since he was a child to make money, and has experienced a lot of troubles and interesting things in growing up.

Joo Hyun learned a lot from the story of NPC growth that his father often told.

Unfortunately, after his father's death, no one told him such a story again. What is the fate of the "Zhou Xian" in the story, it is no longer known.

"If, if you tell me the story again, I will definitely not dislike the repetitive and verbose ...... of the story you tell."

Holding the package, Zhou Xian lowered his head silently.

Xu Tianyun didn't know what to say, so he gently patted Zhou Xian's shoulder a few times, and then quietly went back to his house.

Two years have passed, and Zhou Xian is much stronger than he was at the beginning. After cleaning up his mood, he returned to his room with the package in his arms.

It took a long time for the trembling hands to calm down. Zhou Xian inhaled deeply, exhaled, and then slowly unwrapped the package.

Inside the package is a special black plastic box, which is light and strong. After opening the box, there was a thing wrapped in a large amount of foam and a small airbag bag.

"Good...... Looks like a helmet? ”

Zhou Xian rubbed his eyes and made his own judgment based on the familiar shape.

Game Helmet! My old helmet isn't very easy to use, and it would be nice to have a new one!

Excitedly took out the wrapped thing, Zhou Xian opened the package in two clicks, and the contents appeared in front of him.

An old-fashioned virtual headset that has been painted off, and a row of interfaces of various formats next to it shows that it belongs to the pre-era era of wireless networks.

A sixteen-end cylindrical joystick, and a more retro keyboard, wrapped in cables, and the connector is attached to the socket on the left side of the helmet.

After watching it for a long time, Zhou Xian had to hold his head and sigh: "...... O God! Wired helmet peripherals? What kind of antique is this? ”