The time spent working with Takato was not pleasant. He seems to think that Jacob is the kind of bear child who is fed by others, and he is still quite far from maturity and even dialogue with him on an equal footing. Gao Yuan does not have Chacha's feelings of taking care of young people, largely because he himself grew up in competition and elimination, and can only be friends with people he approves, while Jacob is not qualified enough.

Systematic language schools are rife with such eerie values, and Jacob is commonplace. These students are programmed to divide people into classes according to their energy, but they don't care about off-the-field factors such as cheating and nepotism, they only care about the results. People like Gao Yuan look down on people like Jacob from above, and at the same time, they almost worship people like Cha Cha in a fanatical way. It is under this mechanism that everyone is placed in the right compartment that the class concept grows quietly, and the sense of superiority is the source of all the meaning of their lives.

The life of a decoder is hectic and irregular. The recent situation in Rasheng World is worrying, with Jacob and Takato often having to be on standby in an entire time zone. And in the position of the decoder, he will also see many interesting things: once, he heard someone in the city tavern claim that there was a huge amount of asset withdrawal code hidden under a secret dock by the sea, and he was scorned: "Real-world currency is useless to me, you better find someone who is interested in it!" Curious, Jacob took a look under the pier, only to find that the wood had been carved with numbers—countless numbers layered on top of each other, like a treasure map to riches, with swear words and naïve curses mixed with them. This is a prank on the part of the player, the real password is in these numbers, but the entire Rasheng world has joined forces to prevent this wealth from being obtained by anyone. However, the money caught the attention of programming consultant Rayun Faan, who tasked Jacob and Takato to find the whereabouts of the money, only to find that a huge stream of data from all corners of Rasheng's world had overwhelmed their privileges as administrators, making it impossible for them to distinguish the raw data. Jacob learns a lesson: don't work under pretty women, your aesthetic will crumble.

During the day, Takato and Jacob are fishing in front of the screen facing the dock. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the flight trajectory twists and turns like a golden rainbow, and men and women fly around in their flying boots, staring at them longingly. Gao Yuan yelled at them through the glass, and the scene made chickens and dogs jump, and his emotions were out of control. Gao Yuan's emotions often seem to get out of control, and Jacob is surprised, this academic man often seems to deliberately put himself in a state of euphoria. If there is such a thing as frequency in people's personalities, Gao Yuan must be a very high-frequency person. Takato is unable to enter Rasheng's world - he can't smoothly enter the state of sensory deprivation through hookah, so he has to gamble for thrills. Through this, Gao Yuan's economic situation has become miserable without accident, but he is happy to do it.

In the second time zone, work and bickering occupy most of his time, but when it is time to sleep, Grandpa Lan's affairs will flood into his mind like a lingering nightmare. Unsettling dreams often filled with light nighttime sleep, Jacob is surprised to find that he has become dependent on the Rasheng world, and he cannot sleep outside of the Rasheng world, otherwise he will have nightmares. He had to go out for a walk as he did now, and look around the bustling city.

It was the end of summer. Jacob floats on the "bubble car" rented in the company's living quarters over the block carved out beneath the surface, and the floating lights used to decorate it are seen from a distance, and how lonely they are when they are in it. It's a residential area, with Roman columns, rainbow bridges, and gorgeous water fountains that make for a magnificent temple, but it's all a sight to behold. Jacob knew that the people inside must be wearing holographic equipment bought with a loan to wander around the Rasheng world at this time.

A wave of fear gripped him. Jacob suddenly felt that the neighborhood was a land of the dead. When they are immersed in the world of Rasho, their real bodies will temporarily die. If they stay in two time zones in Rashengli, they will return to reality and stay in one time zone, and they should rest. Over time, the real world will become a small station for these souls, and each three-month rebirth CD will be as painful as death.

Jacob couldn't help but look at the metallic glow of the Moorbay Industrial Building in the dark night. At the top of that depth, the money monsters that loom over the city - the Moorbay Company, the Time Company, the Sun Moon Twin Towers, and the City Hall. Together, they are known as the "Big Four". Among them, the Time company of the Heavenly Wheel provides almost all the machinery and equipment for the planet, and at the same time, the private security team assists the group in maintaining law and order, fighting crime and even raiding everywhere; Molbair provides the science and technology needed for the entire planet; Sun Moon Ming Company is the largest, with almost seventy percent of the total number of employees in the Avengers, and they provide the livelihood services needed by the entire planet; The town hall is condescending, the heart and engine of the titular Four, providing the government and the law that this vast group of people born out of an ancient political system had to rely on. Today, however, the Big Four have all developed into chaebols in fact, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior status. The Moorbai's Big Four, backed by the Avengers, have a near monopoly on power and power, leaving ordinary people with only two choices under this system: work for the Big Four, or seek a difficult life in their cracks.

In this day and age, power is divine power. Do these gods know that the people they rule over have been lost between two worlds? If they are allowed to go on like this, will the foundation of their enterprise not be tens of thousands of corpses?

Jacob looked at the city's atmospheric protective net, and Saturn's glow reflected on this transparent substance witnessed the conspiracy under the starry sky. The glittering electric light flows softly through the crystalline atmosphere, like brilliant fireworks. What it protects is the unparalleled prosperity of the universe. The bustle of steel and machinery, the bustle of the virtual and streamer, the spark in the dark. In any case, every soul here is happy.

Two blocks away, an artisan burger joint opens. Jacob suddenly remembered that he wanted to eat fries, so he walked through the narrow gravel alley, and the hand that was about to press the order bell stretched out and retracted. He didn't know if it was polite to trouble the store at this time. Since coming to the company two months ago, he has become more and more concerned about etiquette.

He turned on the tap and took a faint papaya soda. This soda is everywhere in the pipes of the underground district of Morbai, and it is not only a refreshing drink, but also a powerful detergent, and it is the universal water that sustains the basic life of the large number of "Rasheng" people. His boss, Simuin, asked them to drink only this water during working hours, on the grounds that other beverages often contained some kind of neurostimulant, and even the untreated Red River water contained high amounts of cocaine, which is a natural stimulant. Even so, room O-112 has a much higher flow of coffee than papaya soda and tap water, and the food eaten is dominated by stress-relieving fried foods and sweets. Jacob even misses the superintendent a little, under the superintendent's nose, he seems to be at ease with whatever he eats, anyway, if he takes too much, someone will remind him, and then he will refrain from it, but now he can only restrain himself. Jacob doesn't manage his body very well, and since the start of his internship, the fried food provided by the Moorbay Catering Pipeline has made him quite a bit fatter. He decided to restrain his gluttonous desires at least for the day and went back to the office hungry.

Jacob habitually smokes a hookah and puts on a mask that leads to Rasho's world. However, when he finished identifying it, he remembered that he had entered the Rebirth CD. Distraught, he took off his mask and gave up on dieting, thinking of ordering a spicy steak and pickled cucumber to eat.

However, at this time, the mask indicator light suddenly turned on. This is a sign of success.

Am I not dead? Jacob puts on the mask again in disbelief.

After a brief period of vertigo, the first thing that catches the eye is a deep darkness, and there is light at the end of the darkness. He stared at the thin light for a moment, and then realized that he was in the middle of a canyon, and that band of light was the sun reflected on the distant cliffs.

Mr. Ji prepared the sun.

Jacob looked around and wondered what had saved his life.

There was a dead silence. In the shadow of the cliffs, fear and danger are everywhere. How did he survive?

Confused, Jacob walked to the side that appeared to be wider. The map of Rasheng's world was covered with mist, and only two words could be seen faintly floating on it: Deep Dome Valley.

An unfathomable canyon as deep as the sky? Jacob guessed that the reason why he didn't die was probably because his wings were hanging somewhere on the cliff, and there was a buffer. But how did he get there?

As he was at his wit's end, Jacob heard an ominous hissing sound in a dark corner not far away—a large shadow writhing with its back to him, as if eating.

For a moment, he forgot that he was in the game world, and he was frightened.

The rustling sound lasted for a while, sounding like thunder to Jacob. After what seemed like a long time, the "thing" turned around, passed by Jacob casually, and walked away.

In reality in the reflection of the world, the real Jacob Lan broke out in a cold sweat. No one ever told me that Luo Sheng had such exciting shots. He thought so, but his curiosity drove him towards the place where the monster had eaten.

There was a naked girl lying there. She curled up in the dirty grass as if she were asleep.

Jacob stared at the girl in astonishment, speechless, for he realized that the owner of the short shiny black hair and slightly shrugged shoulders was none other than Vier.

"Vier?" He tried to shout. Instead, I remembered that Vier's own game character was very different from her real-life image.

The girl opened her eyes slightly, and looked at him with clear pupils, but there was something else in her eyes.

Jacob was puzzled. "You're not Vier." He stopped and exclaimed, "Who are you?" ”

Wei'er is not a girl with delicate facial features, but the smile of the person in front of her is charming. This made Jacob even more wary. Jacob doesn't understand that she and Vale look exactly the same, but they are two completely unrelated people, and there are such strange things in the world.

"My name is Hai Xin." Said the girl with Vier's looks.

"It's an interesting name." Jacob scratched his head, thinking that she might have suffered a lot. "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were here."

"Why apologize?"

"I—I thought you had been eaten by it—" Jacob said with a slurrel.

"I was eaten by it." "The beasts in the canyon are always hungry, and whenever they want to eat you, I let them eat me, and when they're full, they're gone." ”

"No kidding."

"Really, I was thrown everywhere by them to save you."

Jacob thought the girl was strange and didn't look like she had a brain problem. "If you've fed them all, how can you talk to me here? Aren't you going to die? ”

"Why do you die if you feed them?"

Jacob felt like he was going to explode. "If you are eaten, you will not be there! You! Bitten piece by piece, you are no longer a whole! Your mouth is torn in two, one here and one there! How can you speak? ”

Hai Hin giggled. "You're so cute!"

Jacob was upset. He felt that the woman who called herself Haixin was playing tricks on herself, so she decided to quit the game and wait until next time to figure out a way.

"If you quit now, you'll really be eaten." Hai Hin pointed at him and said.

"I don't believe it, I haven't been eaten for so long." Jacob had enough of the conversation that tested the lower limit of his intelligence, and his hands began to fumble for the switch near his head. However, in the next second, he saw several shadows approaching him from the darkness.

"Believe it, huh?" Seeing his frightened appearance, Hai Xin said proudly.

"What should I do?" Jacob's heart was like ashes.

Hai Hin stood up, her slender body in front of her. Even in fear, Jacob felt a reaction somewhere in his lower body.

"What are you going to do?"

Before Hai Xin could speak, one of the strongest and fiercest beasts, which looked a bit like a black bear, pounced on her and slapped the girl down.

"Hey!" Jacob got the courage to pick up a stone from the ground and throw it at the beasts, but they ignored him, and the rest of the beasts staggered forward and began to eat Haixin's body.

Jacob strode away, trying to vomit - he couldn't tell if it was reality or what it was like in the game. For the first time in his life, he witnessed such a terrifying and terrifying moment, and Hai Xin's death—though not a real person—reminded him of Grandpa Lan, of that starry morning, and of the pale tombstone at the funeral. These days, relying on the somewhat close to normal life provided by Cha Cha, the paralyzed nerves are beating again.

All the misfortunes and sorrows that linger will follow him to the ends of the earth.

"Hey, what are you crying about?"

Jacob realized that he was curled up on the ground, and before he knew it, he had run deeper into the darkness.

In front of him was Hai Xin, who had incarnated as Wei'er, staring at him domineeringly.

Jacob's legs went limp. "Who are you sacred?"

"I'm from far, far away." "It seems that the world is friendly to outsiders. ”

"Are you an earthling?" Jacob asked.

"Sort of. I live in the Earth-Moon Corridor. ”

An earthling who uses some form of plug-in? This seems to be the only explanation for Hai Hin's identity. But how did she know about Vier?

Jacob suddenly realized that he was staring at her chest. "Y- you've got to get some stuff to put on." He said angrily.

"There's nothing here but my own skin." Hai Hin pointed to the gnawed corpse in the distance.

Jacob really didn't want to look at it. "You wear my clothes." He took off the short-necked shirt he was wearing in his cloak and handed it to Hai Xin, "Since you are so powerful, why don't you go out?" ”

"Is there any difference between the outside and here? Is there any difference between people and these monsters? ”

Jacob suddenly remembered the crowd that had flocked to Cha Cha.

The turtleneck just covered the curvy hips, but Jacob couldn't tell how this amazing allure was expressed through Vier's thin body, he could only understand that it was part of the plug-in.

"What else can you do with your cheat?" Jacob was a little envious, after all, Rason's game had never been cracked due to the maintenance of a large number of top decoders around the clock.

"Plug-ins? Did you say you were eaten by a monster? ”

"yes, what else can you do but be eaten?"

"I don't know." "But you can ask me for something, and I'll give it a try." ”

Jacob was happy, "Can you pluck the stars?" ”

So Hai Xin stood on tiptoe and seriously grasped something in mid-air. Jacob looked at it for a moment before he realized that she was grasping a star that could only be seen from her own perspective. I can't help but laugh in my heart, this earth girl is not a ten-year-old child in reality, right?

However, the next second, Jacob's smile froze.

Hai Hin was holding a sparkling object in her hand. It lay in the palm of her hand, like a small, three-dimensional golden snowflake, with a delicate internal structure.

There should be no such thing in the world.

She literally plucked the stars.

Jacob held out his hand in awe, and at the same time felt stupid: how could she possibly put the stars into her own hands? However, in the next second, she really handed him the star.

"For you." Hai Xin laughed, and the facial features that belonged to Weier contributed to an extremely beautiful arrangement, and Jacob swallowed.

"It's—thank you." He was afraid that he would take it back as soon as he pushed her away.

"I've heard that these stars can grant people's wishes." Hai Xin said.

"I've heard this before." Sounds like the little girl believes. "But I can't think of anything that could be called a wish, you know? The kind that has to be realized. I used to think about bringing my dead grandfather back, but ......"

Hai Xin sensed Jacob's hesitation, "Presumably, in your eyes, 'coming back' is a happy thing anyway, right?" ”

"I don't know. I don't know if he wants to come back......" He looked at the star in his hand and took a deep breath, "I really miss him." ”

I don't know if it's a hallucination, the inside of the star faintly flashed Grandpa Lan's eyes, and Jacob's eyes were hot. "He was born as a soldier, so he wasn't a wise man, but I always felt at ease with him. I mean, I didn't think it when he was there, and I feel that way now when I think about it. ”

"You can still think of him, maybe that's enough for him?"

"Not enough. Not enough for me. ”

"It's enough for you to let him go on the next journey with joy and contentment."

"How do you know?"

"I just know."

"Is there really a next ride?" Jacob longed to believe in her. The possibility that Grandpa Lan might exist in some ethereal distance gave Jacob great comfort, as if he saw a ray of light shine through the nothingness of death.

"Yes." Hai Xin told him firmly, "It's fantastic and mysterious, and you can't imagine the way he exists in your life, but he is still him, and he can only be him." ”

"Where? Where is that place? ”

"On the back of this world. Heaven is hidden in the cracks of dimensions. Hai Xin blinked her innocent eyes.

"This is what the earthlings said?"

"That's what the earthlings say."

"Then do earthlings have a way to go to the back of the world?"

Jacob thought that Hai Hin would categorically deny it, but she replied dryly: "Yes." ”

"How?"

"Then you're going to have to ask the earthlings yourself." Hai Hin said, "Is this your wish?" Let that person come back from far-flung land? First of all, this wish may not be fulfilled in the form you expect. ”

"I don't know." Jacob could hear the strangeness of Hehin's words, "I just want to know the secrets about me that followed him into the grave." ”

Hai Xin nodded, and the stars shone brighter and brighter.

For a moment, the bright light engulfed everything. By the time Jacob reacted, the light of the stars had receded, and Haihin was gone.

As the sun faded and night fell, Jacob didn't want to face the frightening night and the lurking crisis alone. When he quit the game, he whispered "goodbye".

"What's the difference? You and I haven't met yet. Hai Xin's voice sounded in the distance.