Taking advantage of the contradiction between the two, Hou Wan finally overcame Wang Lei's last psychological defense, and Wang Lei finally admitted that everything originated from the closed beta of the "Real World" game.

Seven years ago, during the first closed beta, the official announced closed beta quota was 100 people, and it stands to reason that the number of closed beta players for such a large game should not be so small, but the official insisted on screening and determining after players submitted applications.

Wei was puzzled: "Why do you want to do this? Is it because of the problem with the computer configuration? ”

"Although there are 100 people in the closed beta, only 10 people actually have the most absolute game experience, because only 10 people get the equipment provided by the producer for free. ”

After Hatsu finished speaking, the screen switched, and a large computer case, a 27-inch monitor, and a white helmet similar to that worn by motorcyclists appeared.

Chu Xia pointed to the helmet and said: "This is the core of the game, to experience the game perfectly, you must wear this helmet to have the so-called immersive experience, equivalent to the same VR glasses...... Now let's talk about Wang Lei's confession first. ”

Wei Chiran and Fang Xunyi's eyes were still fixed on the helmet of the picture.

According to Wang Lei's confession, when he and Qi Yuan got the internal test qualification together, they were overjoyed, but there were also contradictions because of this. Although Qi Yuan's computer configuration is also good, it is impossible to have a computer of 20,000 US dollars, although Wang Lei is an elite office worker, it is impossible to use the money to buy a car to configure a computer, so while the two are happy, they feel that it is almost impossible to participate in the internal test.

But a few days later, Qi Yuan received a computer from the producer, and Qi Yuan informed Wang Lei as soon as possible.

Wang Lei was stunned, he hurriedly inquired about his home and company, but found that nothing had been sent. Although Qi Yuan comforted him, the meaning of his words was that we were in the same city, and we should receive it almost on the same day, why didn't you receive it so strangely?

This sentence made Wang Lei think it was Qi Yuan's ridicule, and he was unhappy, but he didn't say anything.

Qi Yuan even took the initiative to say that he would lend it to Wang Lei after playing for two days, but then he said to himself that he didn't know if this would violate the confidentiality agreement of the game's closed beta.

These words stimulated Wang Lei, and Wang Lei even wanted to simply come up with 20,000 US dollars, he was unwilling to lose to Qi Yuan in reality.

However, unexpectedly, a day later, Wang Lei also received the equipment, and he was overjoyed, but he did not inform Qi Yuan, but calmly posted photos on social networking sites, deliberately letting Qi Yuan see it.

As Wang Lei thought, Qi Yuan did not leave a message, nor did he take the initiative to call him to ask him.

On the day of the closed beta, Wang Lei logged into the game, because the reason for playing himself in the game is almost the same, but he can choose a different life, so Wang Lei decided to play a serial killer.

Hatsu chose a video file on the computer and said, "I'll show you the video of the interrogation at that time." ”

After the video began to play, Wei Chiran and Fang Xunyi saw Hou Wan and Wang Lei sitting in the interrogation room.

Wang Lei looked very haggard, holding a paper cup, while Hou Wan sat opposite him and looked at him.

Hou Wan asked: "Why do you want to play a serial killer?" ”

Wang Lei looked at the cup and said: "Because, I think that's cool, since it's a game, you can be unscrupulous, you can do whatever you want, and the game is so real." ”

Hou Wandao: "And then? What role did you play in the game? ”

Wang Lei said: "I played a serial killer who specializes in killing restaurant waitresses. ”

Hou Wandao: "The modus operandi is exactly the same as in reality? ”

Wang Lei nodded, and then began to talk about the detailed process, to Hou Wan's surprise, there were also those women who were killed in the real world in the game, the difference was that in the game, Wang Lei killed 30 women in a row, instead of 3.

Wang Lei trembled a little at this time: "I killed 30 in a row, but I was not captured by PW in the game." ”

"Wait!" Hou Wan suddenly realized something, "You mean there are PWs in the game?" ”

Wang Lei just nodded and said, "Yes, everything in it is exactly the same as the real Chinese town." ”

Hou Wan subconsciously glanced at the position of the camera, and from his eyes, he could see suspicion and shock.

Wei Chiran and Fang Xunyi, who were sitting in front of the screen, also trembled, there is also PW in the game, and it is the same as in reality? How did this game maker do it? PW keeps a lot of stuff secret, how did he find out? Or is it that all the PW operations and personnel in the game are imaginary of the game makers?

Immediately afterward, Wang Lei told everything he knew about PW, including the department, and even the names of some of the personnel.

Hou Wan's face became more and more ugly, and Chu Xia also paused the picture at this time to explain: "The composition of the department and the names of some of the personnel that Wang Lei just mentioned are exactly the same as PW in reality. ”

Oh my God, who the hell is this game maker? How do you know this?

Hou Wan waited for Wang Lei to finish speaking, but asked other questions, he knew that Wang Lei could not be made to realize that those were true, and Wang Lei had to shut up, and at the same time immediately made an adjustment to the internal structure of PW, otherwise, once the secret was leaked, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Hou Wan asked Wang Lei: "What happened in the game?" What about Qi Yuan? What role does he play in the game? ”

Wang Lei said: "It's strange, I didn't find Qi Yuan at the time, and he didn't contact me, I think it's strange, but I'm a killer in the game, but soon, I got tired of it, so I deleted that character and decided to start over, this time, I became a policeman, no, it's PW." ”

Hou Wan's fists clenched, and after calming down, he asked, "Go on." ”

Wang Lei said: "I made a joke at the time, I named myself Qi Yuan in the game and became PW, who knows, the first case I accepted was to investigate a serial murder case, and those cases were all done by me before." ”

Hou Wan was stunned: "Didn't your previous game characters be deleted?" ”

It stands to reason that if the character is deleted, then what the character did before should not exist in the game, but in the real world, this is not the case.

Wang Lei said: "Because it was me who committed the crime, I knew very well how to arrest myself, so I went directly to my house in the game and found that there was another me there." ”

When Wang Lei stood in front of Wang Lei, both of them were stunned, no, Wang Lei, who has now become "Qi Yuan", looked at himself in the game and was surprised, and "Wang Lei" in the game looked at "Qi Yuan" in surprise.

Suddenly, "Killer Wang Lei" said to "Police Officer Qi Yuan": "You are Wang Lei, right?" ”

At that moment, Wang Lei understood that it was none other than Qi Yuan in the real world who was playing himself in the game at this moment.

Wang Lei asked Qi Yuan why he was like this? Qi Yuan's answer was that he didn't enter the game immediately, because he had a job at the time, and he had to go to work, so he was two days late, and he logged in to the game two days later, but he wanted to be Wang Lei mischievously, but he didn't expect that after he established the character, he directly became a serial killer.

Wei Chiran hurriedly interrupted Chu Xia: "Wait, pause, I don't understand very well here, after Qi Yuan enters the game, is it to continue the previous game process of Wang Lei, or?" ”

Chu Xia said: "Yes, then the process when Wang Lei deleted the character, but the memories left by the previous game characters still exist, that is to say, Qi Yuan was very clear about the detailed process of Wang Lei's crime before, but he didn't continue to commit the crime, he just felt that he seemed to have dug into Qi Yuan's dark side." ”

Wei Chiran seemed to have guessed what would happen next, but he didn't say that he needed to confirm it from early summer.

After the closed beta, the two were still interested in the game, but the problem arose, the game maker did not recycle the device, and the two could still log in to the game directly through the device.

In other words, for the next few years, the two of them remained immersed in the game of "The Real World", and eventually began to wonder what reality was and what was a game.

Fang Xunyi was puzzled: "Isn't it clear what the difference is between online and offline?" ”

Chu Xia asked rhetorically: "When the two of you entered the projection world, didn't you distinguish clearly?" ”

Wei Chi said: "But, are we under the premise of not knowing? ”

Chu Xia said: "Although they are aware of it, the effect of the helmet is not much different from the effect of your previous entry into the projection world, except that there is an additional process of putting on the helmet and taking off the helmet, which is also the problem." ”

Wang Lei later said that at some point in the game, they also found themselves wearing helmets after entering the game, that is, unless they stopped playing themselves, otherwise, they could easily find out whether they were in the game or not.

Imagine that you enter the game with a helmet on, and after entering the game, you need to move freely and need to take off the helmet process, because the game is no different from the real world, so how do you determine if you are in the game or in reality?

Wei Chiran said: "This is the ghost made by the game maker, deliberately confusing people. ”

Chu Xia continued: "After that, the focus of the case is the point, that is, in 2017, Wang Lei has become dependent on games, and even deliberately does not distinguish between games and reality, he thinks it is fun, and at this time, he and Qi Yuan also had conflicts. ”

Wei Chiran asked, "What contradiction?" ”

Chu Xia said: "As I said before, Qi Yuan is a failure in reality, in the real world, Qi Yuan can do whatever he wants, he can muster up the courage to do things that he didn't dare to do before, so, he began to commit crimes, began to accumulate money in the game, and even surpassed Wang Lei in the quality of life in the game for a time." This made Wang Lei, who already had a sense of superiority, very uncomfortable, and coupled with Qi Yuan's ridicule, the two became hostile, and in the end, the two agreed to have a duel. ”

Fang Xun recalled: "Duel? ”

Chu Xia said: "The duel method is, the two re-set the new characters, based on themselves, choose different professions to compete, Qi Yuan chose the police, and Wang Lei chose to be a criminal, the agreed time is one month in the game, if Qi Yuan catches Wang Lei within a month, he wins, otherwise, Wang Lei wins, and the loser must leave the game completely." ”