At 5:49 p.m., there was silence in the office of Nuoda.

Chen Xu leaned back in his chair, holding a signature pen under his nose, his eyes staring at the computer screen, as if thinking about some difficult problem.

In fact, he was in a daze, he was about to get off work, and he was thinking about where to go to eat later.

Old Tang, who was sitting behind him, came over and whispered, "Lao Wang said that he would invite a new colleague to dinner, and he will remember it later." ”

Another dinner?

Chen Xu had a little headache, hesitated for a second, and still said, "Got it." ”

Lao Wang is their supervisor, this boss is good at everything, just a little, he likes to have dinner at every turn, at least two or three times a month.

He basically dodges when he can. But this time it's to welcome new colleagues, and it's not good not to go.

Moreover, he made excuses to turn it off at the last two dinners, and if he doesn't go this time, it is estimated that Lao Wang will remember his small notebook.

He felt a little depressed at the thought of wasting two hours after work on a boring dinner.

It's not that he has any problems with his colleagues, it's just that after work, he prefers to be alone.

The most important thing is that after sending money home last week, he didn't have much living expenses left, and their dinner was all AA system......

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was hard enough to go to work, and after work, he couldn't control his own time. That's enough for days.

When will you be able to put aside these trivial things and live the life you want to live?

"Tick-"

"The language calibration is complete, the virtual dream device is activated, and the identity verification begins—"

Chen Xu was startled when he heard the sudden sound in his ears, his hand shook, and the pen fell to the ground.

What was that?

In an instant, a lot of thoughts passed through his head, and when he bent down to pick up the pen, he looked sideways at a few colleagues next to him, and he couldn't see anything unusual.

It's not like a prank colluded by colleagues.

Could it be an illusion?

Then, the voice rang out again.

"Verification failed, switch to guest mode."

"Welcome to experience this product, this product is manufactured by Xingyu Virtual Equipment Manufacturing Group, which allows you to experience 100% virtual and real dreams, with many scenes for you to choose from, so that you can have a wonderful dream life."

Chen Xu instantly felt that his mouth was dry, in addition to the sound, a page appeared in front of his eyes, and there was an icon in the center. It's like a virtual computer desktop.

To verify this, he closed his eyes, and after a few seconds, opened them again.

That page is still there, and the high-definition color icon in the middle is so conspicuous.

His heart was pounding.

………………

After a while, when it was time to get off work, Chen Xu was still immersed in shock, and it was not until Lao Tang patted him that he suddenly came back to his senses.

"What are you doing after work?" Old Tang asked curiously.

"Nothing." He, looking up, the other colleagues were gone/gone, quickly packed up his things, and said, "Let's go." ”

For this dinner, the department chose a nearby restaurant.

There are a total of 11 people in the advertising department, and when they arrive at the restaurant, they just have a table.

The new colleague is a girl, everyone is very enthusiastic, not because the girl looks so beautiful, it is about to be the end of the year, the marketing department will soon become very busy, and everyone is naturally happy to share the work with one more person.

Most of the people present were young people, and the atmosphere quickly became enthusiastic.

The only dissonant place is Chen Xu, who has not spoken much and seems absent-minded.

The others didn't care, Chen Xu didn't talk much during the dinner party before, and everyone was used to it.

After eating, everyone dispersed, and they had to go to work tomorrow, so they couldn't play too late, so as not to affect their work.

After the end, Chen Xu took Old Tang's car back.

After getting into the car, Old Tang suddenly asked, "Chen Xu, are you okay?" Chen Xu, Chen Xu......"

He shouted several times in a row, and Chen Xu, who was in a daze, reacted and wondered, "Huh? ”

Old Tang was even more worried, and asked, "After getting off work, you have been preoccupied, is something wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just thinking about things."

Chen Xu gently tapped his forehead, lowered the window a little, and blew the wind outside to make his head clear.

From the time he got off work until now, he has been studying the "virtual dream device", which is why he seems absent-minded.

Old Tang looked at him and said, "Is there any difficulty at home, I still have 20,000 yuan of private money here, you can use it first." ”

"No, it's not ......," Chen Xu hurriedly explained, "It's not this, I'm thinking about something else." ”

"Hmm." Old Tang nodded and said, "It's really difficult, just say it, don't die to save face." ”

Chen Xu's heart warmed and said, "Thank you." ”

Don didn't say anything more and started the car.

Chen Xu felt that he was very lucky to be able to make a friend like Lao Tang. Old Tang graduated from the same university as him, five years higher than him. After he joined the company, the two met.

It is precisely because of this relationship that Old Tang usually takes good care of him.

For Old Tang, he was grateful, but no matter how difficult it was, he didn't want to open up to Old Tang.

Lao Tang has only been married for a short time, and he has to repay the mortgage and car loan every month, and the pressure is not much less than him.

…………

More than half an hour later, Chen Xu's rented house arrived, which was in a relatively remote location, and it was a ten-minute walk to the nearest bus stop.

He rented a single room, about 20 square meters. There is only a single bed, a computer desk. Small is a little small, but there is a separate/standing bathroom, which is enough for one person.

The key is cheap, the cost of living in the city is quite high, and rent is often the largest expense, and it is not easy to find a place close to the company and cheap rent. He was also lucky to find this place.

He put down his briefcase, lay on the bed, held his mobile phone, looked at the bank balance prompted in the text message, 499.32 yuan, a little headache, and there was still more than half a month to pay his salary, so there was so much money left, it seemed that he could only tighten his belt and live.

Then, he remembered the "virtual dream device" again, and he was a little hesitant to go in.

This inexplicable appearance, suspected of being a product of black technology or systems, he flipped through it for a long time, and he didn't even have a manual.

Normally, this device does not actively appear on his retina, and only after being "woken up" by him, it will appear, and there is only one icon on it, showing "Have you entered the dream "Survival in the Last Days"? ”

As his attention is focused on this line, he will be given a brief hint to choose an item or a companion to enter the dream world. There are a lot of items and character templates on it.

Moreover, he also carefully discovered a hidden option to copy an item from reality instead of selecting the item provided by the dream, or a character entering the dream.