There was a slight rain in the sky over Tongyi City, the sun did not hide in the clouds shyly, but emitted its dazzling light to moisten all things on the earth, with the dripping rain, the warm and moist breeze blowing, the willows raised like a girl's hair fluttering in the wind, and the flowers and plants raised their heads as if waiting for the next beautiful scenery.

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"Xiaolin, this is your salary for the past 20 days, take it." In a small office, a man sits in a black swivel chair next to his desk, pushing the envelope in his hand forward.

"Mr. Li, this... This is? At this time, a young man wearing a blue shirt and his hair was scattered across from the man and came to the man's desk with some confusion, and the sign next to the table read: General Manager Li Zhuang

"Ahh

The young man didn't speak, looking at the man's blood-red eyes and the heavy dark circles under his eyes, he thought to himself, he must have not slept for a long time, right? Is it what's going on? In recent days, people have been coming here... Don't...

At this time, the man came back to his senses, his eyes contracted, he looked at the young man in front of him, and said helplessly: "The company... Bankrupt..."

"Ahh The young man was surprised for a moment, and then quickly regained his composure, remembering that in the past few days, the busyness of the man in front of him, and the arrival of all kinds of people, it seems that the company has really closed down.

"Xiaolin, you work hard and are very persistent, I think you will have a better job, you can take this money and go, you don't have to come again tomorrow." The man said weakly, closed his eyes, his heart was full of remorse, thinking that he had struggled for most of his life, had a family, had children, and had a career, and he was a happy person, but because he inadvertently offended others, his career plummeted, and finally went bankrupt.

The young man reached out and took the envelope, did not open it, but put it in his pocket, and then bowed to Mr. Li and said:

"There is no impossibility in the world, God closes a door for you, he will open a window for you, as long as you keep working hard, there will always be a way."

After finishing speaking, the young man turned around and walked away, the man looked at the young man's back, his eyes were slightly dull, and suddenly his eyes flashed, and he seemed to remember something in his heart...

The young man didn't expect that it was because of this sentence that his life trajectory was greatly deflected!

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On the street, the rain was still falling, and a figure was moving slowly in the rain......

"It seems that this time is over again, but this is the longest, half a year," the figure muttered.

Yes, that figure is the young man just now.

The young man stretched out his hand and watched the rain fall on the palm of his hand, the corners of the young man's mouth raised slightly, and he was full of emotion in his heart. I don't know if it's joy or sadness......

Just when the young man's mind was confused, a voice sounded...

"Dingding... Ding Ding Ding..."

"Hey, who?"

"Lin Xiao, where are you? The Sunset Legion is challenging our guild again, and we are about to lose, if there is no urgency, hurry up, we can't beat without you......" A man's impatient voice came from the other end of the phone, it seemed that it was a hasty call, and the sound of rapid keystrokes was faintly heard on the other end of the phone.

The person on the other end of the phone was the owner of the figure-Lin Xiao.

"Zhang Yu, I'm gone again." Lin Xiao said softly.

The keypad tapping on the other end of the phone gradually decreased until it disappeared.

"So, where are you? I'm going to look for you. The calm words on the other end of the phone were hard to think of as a person in the same impatient and rough voice just now.

"I'm here on Shangqing Road, Blue Eagle Shopping Center." After speaking, Lin Xiao quickly hung up the phone without waiting for the other side to reply. Well, save phone bills, talk to someone on the phone last month, but this month is in arrears, so I quickly paid the money, and the balance of the phone bill is still 6.66 yuan, which is really a string of numbers that are speechless.

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"It's painful to wait for someone, not to mention it's still a rainy day... Wait this is raining,, my Baleno! Lin Xiao looked at the rain in the sky and suddenly realized something, and then looked around, well, go to the shed outside the mall to take shelter from the rain.

"It seems that not only is life and work unsatisfactory, but even God does not let me be satisfied. It didn't rain when I first came, so I pity my Beneno for a dozen dollars. Lin Xiao looked at her wet shirt, and gently stroked the rain-soaked area with her hand.

Lin Xiao looked around, found a more conspicuous place to sit down, and waited for Zhang Yu to find him. Speaking of which, Zhang Cheng has come to him for the first time, and he has forgotten it, every time he fails in his work, Zhang Cheng came to find him, thinking of this, he feels that he is still lucky, he has been floating in society for so many years, and there is a brother with him. But what's next? Keep looking for a job or...

When heaven and man were fighting in Lin Xiao's mind, Lin Xiao's eyes were attracted to a big screen, which was the big screen in front of the Blue Eagle Shopping Center.

"The world's first virtual reality online game "Vertical and Horizontal" will be officially launched the day after tomorrow. Do you want to become a master in the world and be proud of the rivers and lakes? Want to turn your hands into clouds and turn your hands into rain? Do you want to have brothers and sisters who will never leave you for the rest of your life? Do you want to fight on the battlefield and win glory for the country? Or do you want money beauties? Yes, don't think about it, join "Tianzong", you can't do it without you, only you can't think of it......"

"Lin Xiao, Lin Xiao." A voice was heard in the distance.

Lin Xiao suddenly retracted his gaze and looked at the source of the voice, a man with a dark body and a height of five... is five feet, with yellow and white short sleeves on the upper body, black autumn equinox pants on the lower body, holding an umbrella in his hand, and standing in front of Lin Xiao in a bunch of dick silk dress, yes, he is Zhang Yu.

"Lin Xiao, how are you? Otherwise, let's go back first, it's still raining outside. Zhang Yu helped Lin Xiao up, and when he was about to pull Lin Xiao away, Lin Xiao stretched out his point to the big screen......

Lin Xiao ...... Oh, that's "Heavenly Column" I know, why are you interested in that? Let's go back and talk again! As he spoke, he put his hand on Lin Xiao's shoulder, in fact, Lin Xiao's height of one meter and seven is not too short, but it is small for this big man who is more than one or eight years tall.

Lin Xiao didn't say anything, answered softly, and followed Zhang Yu away.

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"It's home." Zhang Yu put away the umbrella, Lin Xiao walked directly into the house, looked at the familiar sofa and lay down, his face was comfortable.

"Lin Xiao, what's wrong?" Zhang Yu threw the slippers in front of Lin Xiao, and then went to pour another glass of warm water.

Lin Xiao got up and took off his shoes and replaced them with slippers, took the cup handed by Zhang Yu, took a sip of water, the white on his face faded and gradually became rosy, looking at his only brother and didn't want to hide anything, anyway... It's not the first time either...

"And what are you going to do next?" Zhang asked asked. After listening to Lin Xiao, he admired Lin Xiao very much, unlike himself. In the past five years, after graduating from high school, I wanted to find a stable job, but I didn't succeed, and it was all because of that diploma. In the first year, Lin Xiao and Zhang Cheng worked as supermarket managers in a small supermarket, but they were framed for stealing things, for which Zhang Yu also had a fight with others, so they both left the supermarket; Then I went to a community to work as a security guard, there was an accident in the community, and the neighborhood committee absconded with the money. After more than two years, Zhang Yu seems to have been hit, no longer looking for a job, but looking for a house, renting 500 rooms a month, and doing game brushing full-time, of course, Lin Xiao is brushing in the end, because Zhang Yu is not very good at playing games, Zhang Yu is just responsible for taking orders. But Lin Xiao did not give up but continued to work hard in society, and entered the company half a year ago, thinking that it should be able to stabilize, and come back at night to play games and brush some tips, which can develop slowly. But the result was ......

Lin Xiao didn't respond to him, but closed his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

The rain outside the window was intermittent and seemed to be stopping......

After a while, Lin Xiao opened her eyes and looked at Zhang Yu: "You know, "Tianzhong"? ”

"Well, Sky Vertical is a virtual reality game launched by Dawnbreak International, which connects and transmits data through the game warehouse. Because the virtuality of "Tianzhong" has reached more than 90%, "Tianzhong" can be said to be people's second society. Zhang Yu thought for a while and said.

"In addition, in fact, now all major news channels are broadcasting information about "Tianzhong", because this game is a virtual game for the world, and it actually occupies a large part of the country's economy, it will definitely occupy a large virtual market, and it is estimated that the promotion can spread to all corners of the world." As he spoke, Zhang Yu turned on the TV.

"The world's first virtual game "Tianzhong" will be sold tomorrow at 12 o'clock in the central business districts of major cities in various countries, with a standard price of 4999 yuan."

"Tianzong will be open to all servers at 12 noon the day after tomorrow, Mayor Ning, what do you think about this?"

"I think it's a great innovation in human science and technology, it's a platform for people all over the world to communicate together, and of course it's part of economic power......

"The publicity of "Sky Column" has spread to about 70%-80% of the world, and Dawn is ready for the next step, and will sell 20 million units on all continents for the first time. At the same time, due to the large number of people in Asia, we hereby supply an additional 10 million units. ”

"We guarantee that the game is definitely a virtual online game that you have never seen before, it does not have the situation of traditional online games topping up game currency to break the balance, and the immersive operation is better than any previous flat and 3D operation!"

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Lin Xiao didn't listen again, but stood up and walked to the room.

Zhang Yu looked at Lin Xiao: "What are you going to do?" ”

"Take a bath." Lin Xiao said without replying.

Zhang Yu: "......"

"Oh, by the way, call for lunch, let's go to the supermarket in the afternoon." Lin Xiao's voice came from the room.

"Why?"

"Because we're going to buy "Sky" tomorrow!" There was already the sound of ticking water in the room.

"Huh?!" Zhang Zhen was visibly taken aback.

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Lin Xiao came out after washing, looked at the table of food, and ate quickly with Zhang Yu. After the two of them finished eating, they cleaned up, and then each took a lunch break for a while, and went to the supermarket in the afternoon to buy a large number of... Instant noodle.

"Lin Xiao, is it enough? This seems to be too much..."Zhang Yu looked at the cart full of instant noodles, and knew that it would cost a lot of money, it seemed that Lin Xiao was serious this time. Well, it's good, Lin Xiao is coming back.

In fact, in high school before the society, Lin Xiao was a game genius in high school, and he was proficient in all kinds of games. But because he didn't study hard, he didn't even go to the lowest university, and of course Zhang Yu also followed Lin Xiao out to work hard. Zhang Xiao's family is still okay, it is still a little better than Lin Xiao's family, Lin Xiao's parents are farmers, only Lin Xiao is a son, I thought that Lin Xiao could be admitted to college and support the family, but I didn't expect that Lin Xiao finally embarked on the road of games, resented his parents, and asked him to study hard. But Lin Xiao didn't think that there must be no way out of the game, so he asked him to bring some money out of his family and start his social life. Zhang Yu was also because he was not admitted to a university, and saw that Lin Xiao wanted to come out of society to work hard, so they got together. The two can be said to have been together since childhood, even the village is the same, and their parents are also good friends, but they have gradually become estranged because they have not been in touch for a long time. I have been working hard for about five years, and I rarely contact my parents by phone, just send a message to tell them that I am okay.

"Almost, the two of us have a total of about 20,000 yuan in savings in recent years, and one game warehouse for each of us is 10,000 yuan, and we have almost 1,000 yuan to buy some food, and keep the rest first, if not, this money is our last hope." Lin Xiao looked at the good brother who had been following him all the time, and of course he was extremely moved in his heart.

"Okay, listen to you. Big deal, our brother did it all over again. Zhang Yu did not hesitate and immediately agreed with Lin Xiao's statement. Lin Xiao's idea was basically right, because Lin Xiao was more cautious, so many major matters were decided by Lin Xiao.

"Hmm." Lin Xiao nodded and pushed the cart to settle the bill.

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As night fell, Lin Xiao and Zhang Yu reorganized their home in the evening, stuffed the refrigerator to the brim, and had several boxes of instant noodles in the kitchen.

After sorting out everything, the two of them went out for dinner and came back, it was already ten o'clock.

"Go to bed early, I'll have to line up to buy it tomorrow." Lin Xiao said yes and went back to the room.

Zhang Yu nodded and went back to the room.

Lin Xiao closed the door, came to his desk, looked at an icon in front of the computer screen, and did not move for a long time.

"Empty Trash"

"Are you sure you want to delete Eternity permanently?"

"Sure!"

Lin Xiao turned off the computer, then went to bed and lay down, looked at the ceiling, and said softly:

"Let me start over, "Tianzhong" is my starting point!"

Soon, the sound of even breathing gradually came from the room......