Chapter 34: The Paradise Building
"It's better to be locked up here than a prisoner, you can't even see the scenery outside the window." Old John sighed.
"You don't have a window here......
As soon as Li Nas approached the window, an option popped up with "in-app payment of 1.99 yuan to see the window view", and if you don't pay, you can only see a gray color through the window.
Li Nasi paid 1.99 yuan curiously, and the window suddenly turned into a blue sky and white clouds, and the clouds could still flutter.
Although it is an ordinary view, it also makes this room no longer look like a cold prison cell.
"Hemp, this game operator is really crazy about money, hey, there is a book here, the operator still pays attention to the appearance, and leaves a book for you to pass the time."
Linus picks up a book on the bedside table, a fantasy novel of swords and sorcery.
Li Nasi curiously flipped through a few pages and found that only the first five pages were free, and the sixth page was charged from the beginning of the sixth page, with a price tag of 0.19 yuan per page.
Linus didn't believe in evil, and flipped back, wanting to turn to the free chapter.
"Don't turn the page, except for the first five pages, all the back will be charged." Old John said.
"Someone actually plays this game?" Linus wondered.
In his opinion, this broken game costs money for everything, and there are even players, isn't it cheap?
"You think it's just a game?" Old John said.
"Isn't this a game?" Li Nas said.
"Didn't you read the beginner's tutorial? It's called heaven, and all the people who come here are dead, or to put it another way, after a person dies, his consciousness is transmitted to heaven and continues to live. Old John said.
"What are you kidding? Can't see that you're still making science fiction movies? Linus laughed.
"I didn't believe it at first, but I contacted an old friend in the nursing home, Kerry, who died half a year ago and is now in room 33 on the 996th floor." Old John looked at Xia Ji: "Zhou, do you remember the old speaker called help?" ”
"The one who called us for help through the speakers was Kerry?" Xia Ji said.
"That's right, we need to go to the 996th floor and get him out." Old John said.
"Okay, did the sheriff and Raj reply?" Xia Ji asked Linus.
"I almost forgot!" Linus called up the mailbox, "Hank and Raj have come out, they are both down there, let them come to the 996th floor to meet." ”
Linus sent a reply.
The three of them left the floor and entered the stairs, and there were nearly thirty floors from the 1024th floor to the 996th floor, and if it was reality, they would definitely be tired enough.
However, in the virtual space, there was no feeling of fatigue, and the three of them just took a little more time and walked to the 996th floor.
Except for the numbers, there is no difference between the 996th floor and the 1024th floor, and each floor of these thousands of floors is exactly the same.
Accusing the programmer of being too lazy, Linus presumably designed one floor, and all the other floors were copied and pasted.
Hank and Raj were already waiting at the top of the stairs, both of them looking bad, scolding the game designer as soon as they met, and it seemed that they had suffered a lot from the prison cell.
When everyone came to Room 33 on the 996th floor, Old John called the door: "Kerry, it's me John, open the door." ”
"I can't open the door, I want money." Voices came from inside.
He asked Linus to transfer 10 yuan to Kerry for the opening fee, and finally opened the door.
After entering the door, it is still a familiar layout, with an indoor bicycle in the center, and advertisements on all four walls are played in wheels.
Kerry was a bald, red-faced old man with a beaming expression that almost cried when he saw everyone.
"Old John, I've finally found you." Kerry took Old John's arm.
"Aren't you dead?" Old John said.
"It's a long story, but before I died, Albert came to me and asked me if I would like to upload my consciousness to 'heaven' and achieve eternal life." Kerry said with a bitter face, "I thought Albert was joking, and I didn't know much about my brain when I was dying, so I agreed to him." ”
“…… I've been here since I died, and I've been here for more than half a year, and I've been locked up in this hut every day pedaling my bicycle to watch advertisements, and I've never even been to the corridor outside the door. Kerry said with tears in his eyes.
Old John still had a trace of doubt, but after listening to Kerry's words, he believed that all this was true, and the consciousness of people after death was really uploaded to this virtual space.
Albert ...... Did he really succeed? Old John muttered to himself.
"Isn't it possible to go out by paying ten yuan? You can't even save ten dollars? Li Nas said.
"You are rich, you don't understand the suffering of the poor, I didn't have a penny when I died, I took out a loan to come in, and the money is rolling in every day, just because I pedal my bicycle every day to watch advertisements to earn that little hard-earned money, I will never be able to pay it back." Kerry sighed.
Everyone was very emotional, it was miserable enough, no matter how poor they were in the real world outside, at least they were free, and being locked up in this virtual world was really worse than a slave.
"You asked us for help at that time, why didn't you just say a word?" Xia Ji asked.
He was also very curious, when the old speaker suddenly issued a sentence "Help me", and then no matter how Xia Ji and Old John asked, the old speaker did not respond.
"I found a bug that can connect to the intranet of the nursing home, but I didn't expect that as soon as I asked you for help, the keyword blocking system was triggered, and the network was cut off." Kerry smiled bitterly, "Actually, it's useless to ask for advice, Albert is a legally operated company, I signed an agreement, it's useless to call the police, only ask friends for help." ”
"Don't talk nonsense, let's get out of here first." Old John said.
Everyone left the room and came to the elevator at the entrance of the stairs.
Li Nas wanted to pay to open the elevator door, but unexpectedly found that the elevator had an additional fault sign.
I only have to take the stairs, although there is no fatigue in this world, but the thought of going down a thousand flights of stairs still makes my legs feel a little weak.
"We can't get out of this game, where can we go down to the first floor?" Hank Road.
"This game is objectified, every program is a visual object, we just need to find the object of the administrator's incarnation, get the administrator's permission, and theoretically be able to exit." Li Nas said.
"Theoretically?" Xia Ji asked.
"If the game wasn't designed to have an exit mechanic from the beginning, then even the administrators wouldn't be useful." Li Nas said.
"Is there no other way?" Raj said.
"Of course, when the rescuers arrive, they take out our subcutaneous chip, and we can force it out." Li Nas said.
"We can't put our hopes entirely on rescue, and we can't give up our efforts." Old John said.
Everyone chatted and went downstairs.
At this moment, dozens of red dots suddenly appeared on the wall at the bend of the floor below.
The red dot shone on the wall, swaying and swaying, like the light from a laser pointer.
"What the hell?" Hank was surprised.
Everyone was puzzled, what were these dangling red dots?
Xia Ji's eyes narrowed slightly, and he intuitively felt that this red dot was revealing an evil aura.