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Chapter 1: The Virgin's Chapter

Chapter 3: Graceful and luxurious

Section 3: Barriers, Life is Like a Chess Game (Part I)

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After enjoying the beautiful scenery of the land, it was not early, Zhang Xiaozhou offered to end this extraterrestrial trip and return to the star science base, and he would have to continue military training in the real world tomorrow. Mu Xinyue was a little surprised when she heard this, but she didn't say anything, she just asked him if he wanted to go to the far side of the moon to have a look.

"Excuse me, take it when you see it, save any mistakes in the phantom limb field, trap us here, and we can't go back if we want to."

Ho, I didn't expect someone to be so arrogant on weekdays, and when it comes to the critical time, he still knows how to control the curiosity that kills the cat? In this case, he is also willing to fulfill him: "If you want to return your consciousness to the phantom limb technology laboratory, you can only operate it in the room where you woke up at the beginning, you wait here, I will go to the control of the lunar rover to summon a small carrier starship to come over, and I will not delay your precious time." ”

After that, Xinyue used the jet booster to jump directly from the edge of Malabert Mountain, Xiaozhou felt that her tone and behavior were a little strange, and after reacting, he was about to catch up with her, but when he came to Xinyue's place and looked around, there was no trace of humans in the vast and endless field of vision, and instead there were metal parts scattered around the mountainside, which seemed to be disintegrating power armor......

Xiao Zhou was shocked when he saw this, this is a deadly vacuum, without external protection, excluding the influence of surrounding temperature, the time for human beings to maintain consciousness will not exceed the 14 seconds required for oxygen to reach the brain from the lungs, and due to the sudden drop in pressure, the lungs will soon lose their function, and the vaporization and evaporation of the liquid on the surface of the body will take away a lot of heat, which will then cause the failure of various tissues and organs, except for timely pressurization and restoration of oxygen supply, there is no other effective means of rescue!

Although the feet are only a virtual world created by phantom limb technology, and death is not the real end, as a person who is used to parting from life and death because he has no choice, he still does not want to see such a thing happen in front of his eyes!

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiaozhou slid down the hillside at the fastest speed towards the place where the accident occurred, wanting to bring his companion who was exposed to the vacuum back to the lunar rover as soon as possible, but he searched all the places around, but did not see her body, Xinyue suddenly disappeared without a trace as if the world had evaporated......

"Gui Ying?"

The helmet of the power armor slowly rolled down to the foot of the mountain at this moment, and Xiao Zhou naturally got no response to the voice transmitted by the intercom device: "Where are you?" Don't play with me, okay, Senpai!! ”

No matter how Xiaozhou called, there was still silence in his ears.

It's also strange to Xinyue herself, a girl who has nothing to jump off the cliff if she doesn't walk on a good road, now it's okay, the star boat was not summoned, and our lovely tour guide comrade hung up the food first! Judging from the signs left at the scene, eighty percent of Xinyue's accidental death in the phantom limb field caused her consciousness to suddenly return to the real world, so she disappeared so cleanly and completely, not even a piece of clothing was left.

You said you can hang it, but I'm still in it, and I don't have a wrist operator that can control access from within the field, how can I go back?!

At this time, Xiaozhou, who was already at the foot of the mountain, suddenly had a spirit, turned around and jumped back halfway up the mountain, and found the left arm of the Xinyue Power Armor. Before leaving, he deliberately collected all the parts of the power armor and piled them up in one place, and then placed the helmet belonging to Xinyue in his hand on it, adjusted the angle, and bowed with his palms together, which can be regarded as a speechless remembrance of the inexplicable "sacrifice" of his companions......

Xiaozhou, who re-boarded the outdoor lunar rover, tried the entire operation platform, but never found the star boat summoning option in Xinyue's mouth, so he had no choice but to turn on the automatic driving, and swayed again for nearly two hours before returning to the tubular orbit platform of the "Guanghangong No. 1" base. Due to the slow speed of the sightseeing car, Xiaozhou simply gave up the transfer, took off his extravehicular spacesuit, and ran to the room where the phantom limb realm started with his memory, but there was no equipment and device in it that could take him back to the real world.

Why...... Will it be?

Xiao Zhou had an ominous premonition in his heart, it was said that Xinyue should not deceive herself, could it be that there was something wrong with the program in the phantom limb realm, and some of the functions were missing so that the internal personnel were locked up? That's not right, Xinyue didn't appear at the base after the disappearance of Marabert Mountain, the only explanation is that her consciousness has left the phantom limb realm, since she has returned to the astral base, why don't she get herself out, could it be that the current malfunction cannot be solved in the laboratory for a while?

Alas, I really hate that my crow's mouth is so effective, and if you say that you are the first to eat a crab, you will be the first to eat a crab!

At this time, Xiao Zhou, who was squatting on the ground with his head staggered, was like those who were trapped in the elevator, feeling unspeakable anxiety and helplessness about the situation at the moment, and could only hope for help from the outside world, or open the elevator door by himself and venture to find a way out......

Pick open the elevator door and find a way out? Suddenly, a way to leave the phantom limb realm popped up in Xiaozhou's mind, but when he thought about it carefully, the process and cost were a little unbearable, that is, to take the initiative to end his "life" like Xinyue, so that the consciousness of losing the phantom limb carrier could return to the real world, and experience the real meaning of putting death and then rebirth!

Before entering the phantom limb realm, Xinyue had warned herself: the feeling of death is not so easy to let go of when you remember it. But if you have to go through a "death" to break through the barriers made by high technology in front of you, then it can be regarded as a kind of hope. I didn't expect that in the world of consciousness, death could become the last straw for survival.

Xiao Zhou slowly stood up, but he didn't plan to seek death immediately when he walked out of the room, if he came, he would be safe, anyway, there was a way to get out, why not leave after having enough fun on the moon? Maybe the lab equipment will be repaired before you have enough fun, and there is no need to take the road of "suicide" until you have to do so.

Eventually, Xiao Zhou chose to pick up a heavy robot with no head, open it and burrow into its chest control cabin, relying on his natural ability to control machinery, and instruct the steel behemoth at full power under his feet to rampage through the interior of the base, feeling like playing a first-person video game......

After being addicted to a mecha, Xiaozhou directly used the heavy robot as a means of transportation, took a large freight elevator to detour to the global viewing platform on the highest floor of the base, and quietly admired the unobstructed starry sky that can be seen everywhere on the moon through the surrounding transparent walls and curved domes.

Sitting on the top of the robot, although the scenery above the head is beautiful, but I always feel that there is something missing, I glanced at the control cabin under my body, and found the smoke and fire left by others in the corner! Xiao Zhou quickly slid back to the cabin after seeing it, if he got a treasure point, he could inhale for a long time without the slightest pleasure, like a stupid air humidifier, he would only spit out a mist. It seems that the people who built the phantom limb field did not design the stimulating effect of nicotine and nicotine on the brain, and staying here for a long time can still help quit smoking......

Xiao Zhou extinguished the cigarette butt in frustration, and decided to leave the viewing platform to go to the multi-functional court next to the gym to play basketball for a while, but without the company of his brothers and the cheering of the audience, someone became more and more boring, less than ten minutes, he left the ball and ran to the video and video room to watch a movie, and also borrowed the riot caused by the heavy robot passing by and took a box of popcorn and two bottles of drinks from the food counter The mini-theater where the base provides exclusive services for internal employees does not need to buy tickets, and they do not need to operate the sit-down mecha thugs to forcibly break in.

After half an hour, Xiao Zhou walked out with a hellish face, not because he didn't like to watch the movie inside, but because the audience watching the movie was really unaccustomed to it: the simulators always sat silently in the same position, not moving or speaking, staring at the screen in a daze, not infected by the plot or making a little movement...... It's a bloody zombie movie that's playing live! No matter how big Xiaozhou's heart is, it is impossible to read it under such circumstances!

The designer of the playback room is also sick, not only does not abide by the rules of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, but also makes the theater look like a haunted house, and it is difficult to get along with the living people who come here to experience!

Being troubled by this incident, Xiaozhou, who was originally in a relaxed mood, began to become a little anxious: it has been seven hours since he entered the phantom limb realm, and it is already three o'clock in the morning in the real world, but the equipment in the laboratory has not been repaired, so how long will he be trapped if he continues to be tossed like this?

Alas...... Forget it, it's over, and it's useless to worry about that.

It's tiring to visit for half a day, so it's better to find a place to sleep first, maybe wake up the next morning and solve all the problems. Xiaozhou finished comforting himself, parked the steel car that could both travel and open the way in the open space of the central hall of the living cabin, and jumped a few steps along the fuselage to the ground and went straight to the rest area, without taking two steps, as if remembering something, he turned around and made a move to lock the car door with his empty hand to the heavy object robot, and his mouth also cooperated with the "chirp" twice, feeling that it was a good one.

However, this good feeling did not last long, because there was no permission to open the high-end facilities, and the corridors leading to the luxury suites could not accommodate heavy robots to pass through, Xiaozhou could not destroy the pressure door from the outside, so he could only return to the room where he appeared at the beginning, lying on the bed that was as hard as a cutting board, looking at the deserted space without any leisure and entertainment supplies, and regretting that he did not pre-charge the phantom limb coins when he came to be a RMB player who can do whatever he wants......

Sleeping in an unfamiliar environment, Xiaozhou did not have the habit of turning off the lights, and only put his hands on his forehead, so as to help him fall asleep faster, but this time, no matter how he tossed and turned, he just couldn't feel a trace of sleepiness in life or death - could it be that in the phantom limb realm, consciousness does not need to rest?!

“Shit!”

Xiao Zhou, who lifted the quilt and sat up again, was frightened by his sudden speculation, in the past, in the real world, he only thought that human beings could live twice as long if they didn't sleep, but he didn't consider that he would also lose the most basic means of physical and emotional regulation, and on the infinitely extended timeline, he continued to absorb and bear the information of the outside world, whether good or bad, just like a highway without a rest area, only to keep moving forward, and the spirit could not be relaxed, until it could not withstand the increasing pressure and was broken.

"It can't be that miserable......"

Xiao Zhou got out of bed and rushed all the way back to the court, exercising wildly in every way he could think of, but after two hours, he was sweating all over the ground and did not feel thirsty at all, and his muscle fatigue continued to accumulate and he couldn't fall asleep, so he finally had to scavenge the available things from everywhere and move his home to the global viewing platform, at least he could feel a little relaxed in the deep scenery around him.

For a long time after that, Xiaozhou, who was in a low mood, only relied on the songs and music that came with the laptop at hand to kill his boredom, because he didn't feel hungry, so he lost interest in the most basic human need - eating, and the whole person was like a walking corpse, except for living insotently, there was no meaning to exist at all......

"Guanghan Palace No. 1" is still running in a daily way, and the damage caused to the base by the heavy robot was quickly repaired by the staff, and when Xiaozhou, who had listened to all the songs in a loop N times, finally thought about leaving the viewing platform to walk elsewhere, it was 48 hours later. After this period of calm solitude, Xiao Zhou observed and figured out one thing: he didn't feel hungry and thirsty until now, and he didn't have the urge to go to the toilet, since the excretory reflex and hunger reflex are not blocked by the system, it can only mean that his real body has not spent too long in reality, that is to say, the phantom limb realm operates an independent time system, which is not consistent with the speed of time passing in the real world!

If that's the case, you're in big trouble.

If one minute in the real world equals a month or even a year in the phantom limb realm, then before the laboratory repairs the equipment, I will be driven crazy here!

At this moment, Xiao Zhou can clearly feel what kind of life he will face after all the novelties of the base are discovered: monotonous, boring, boring, no real people can communicate, and some are just a layer of unchanged everything that is patterned. Know what it's like to play the same video game for a long time? I've been to every place 800 times, and you've remembered exactly what you've been to, and the NPCs that can't trigger quests are always just a few words, and you've experienced everything you can feel to the point of vomiting!

What's more, this is not a game program in the traditional sense, but a virtual reality that can be faked, and the participants are in a lonely death star, without a trace of warmth from their home on Earth.

A life that imprisons hope is better than death.

Xiao Zhou once again stepped on the tubular orbital platform where the vehicles were assembled, but this time, he did not choose an extravehicular spacesuit, nor did he wear any alien survival equipment, and directly stepped onto the outdoor lunar rover with automatic navigation turned on.

The same route, the same scenery, but two completely different mentalities.

In Xiao Zhou's heart, the option of self-termination of life has been put on the agenda in advance, and all he has to do now is to find an ideal resting place for his phantom body...... Since the Earth can be seen in the Antarctic Highlands, where Xinyue disappeared in the first place, what better place to be her grave than Mount Malabert?

During the two hours of jolting with the lunar rover, Xiaozhou thought about many things that he would never think about before, such as death, what was it like? In this world, no one can accurately describe it, because no one who has experienced it can no longer tell about it, but today, I have the opportunity to experience it for myself and remember it in its truest form.

Hopefully, it won't be too overwhelming.

In Xiaozhou's opinion, this time he arrived at his destination obviously faster than the last time, probably because he had not fully made up his mind, so he had this illusion. As the gray Malabert Mountain towers ahead, and the rover has no room to continue its journey, as long as you turn the safety valve of the car door like you did last time, the void vacuum that envelops the moon can put an end to this nightmare in an instant......

Wait, aren't you going to die looking at the earth on the plains at the top of Mount Malabert, and what's the matter with committing suicide at the foot of the desolate mountain?

Cut, death is going to die, where is there so much attention?

But this is not really dead, of course, you have to plan and consider every detail!

Is that to dig a pit for yourself to die in, preferably with a tombstone made of moon rock next to it that reads, "Damn it - Hell hasn't started an interstellar flight from the moon to Earth"?

If being an interesting soul can bring joy to the next unlucky ghost who is here to die, why not?

……

There are two nonsense voices in Xiao Zhou's mind at the same time,-for-tat with each other, one encourages himself to open the car door bravely, the long pain is better than the short pain, and the other persuades himself to think twice, in case there is a real BUG in the phantom limb field, death cannot bring consciousness back to the real world, what will be the result, the body and the spirit will be destroyed?

“Damn it!”

After struggling for a long time, Xiaozhou finally decided to return to the "Guanghan Palace No. 1" base, and it would not be too late to die after thinking through all the possibilities...... But less than 30 hours later, the rover made its third trip to the foot of Mount Malabert, and unlike before, this time the boat was equipped with power armor, so it could leave the protection of the carriage without fear and easily climb to the top of the mountain with the "tombstone" prepared in advance.

Xiao Zhou used his hand armor to dig a crack of moderate depth in the ground, inserted the bed board stolen from the living pod into the ground along the gap, took the 2B pencil pinned to his waist, and prepared to write an epitaph for himself. Think that the Americans spent millions of dollars to develop a special pen for space, only because the fountain pen and the ordinary ballpoint pen could not be used in a gravity state, and the result was the same problem, an ordinary pencil in the Soviet Union was solved, although the tip of the pen was broken and floating in a vacuum to people and equipment There is a certain danger to people, but it is still enough to satirize the opponent who started the space race with him in the Cold War.

After writing the epitaph and completing the final preparations, Xiaozhou turned to look at the Earth 384,000 kilometers away, and used it as a backdrop to gaze at the phantom arm protected by his power armor: in a few minutes, he will take off his helmet with this illusory limb and experience the feeling of "absolute suffocation".

Fortunately, with the wrapping and pressurization of the tissue and cavity, the human body will not burst like a balloon when exposed to a vacuum, and it will not die too ugly.

Having said that, the solar power array of the United States is next to it, and he only wore an extravehicular spacesuit before, so he was bullied by the guards on duty with the advantage of equipment, and at this moment there is a comprehensive bonus of power armor, why not take revenge before he dies?

"Hehe......"

Thinking of this, someone couldn't help but laugh out loud, he had long been looking forward to beating up the soldiers of the United American Division, he had no chance in the real world before, and at this moment, he should be able to get his wish in the phantom limb field, which is not legally responsible for doing anything, right?

Xiao Zhou picked up a piece of moon rock, walked majestically to the guard post on duty, and slapped the palm-sized rock on the head of one of them when the other party came out to stop him! The guards on duty reacted quickly when they were attacked, but this time they did not use metal sticks in the face of well-defended opponents, but directly hand-to-hand combat, with fists and feet combined, compared to who had hard power armor!

Due to the first control of the power armor, Xiao Zhou was not familiar with the various functional parameters of the body, and as a result, his two fists were invincible to his four hands, and he was soon beaten to his knees, and the guards on duty behind him pulled his arms back to counteract while also using his knees against his back, while the fist armor of the other guard on duty automatically reorganized, turning into an alloy that seemed to be specially used to break through hard objects!

"I'm CAO! You TM still have this feature?! ”

At this time, Xiao Zhou, who was held down, was too late to regret it, and could only watch the terrifying thread killing weapon in front of him fly around and get closer and closer to his head under the physical control of the guards on duty......

At this moment, Xiao Zhou, who could not breathe, only felt the saliva on the tip of his tongue boiling rapidly, and the noise of gas rushing out of his body was clearly heard in his ears, and finally there was a sharp pain of abnormal swelling from various parts of his body, and the last image left in his eyes was the American power array brand he saw when he collapsed to the ground: Whale Fall [1].

After tossing and turning for a long time, it turned out that this was the place where he was buried.

{It's really a chicken steal...... Rice ......}

{This is comparable to hanging...... Uncomfortable...... Much more. }

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[1] Whale fall: refers to a unique ecosystem formed by whales dying in the ocean and sinking their carcasses to the bottom of the sea. Whale falls can support a circulatory system dominated by decomposers for up to a hundred years, which is the last tenderness left by whales to the sea.