Cold and silent.

Xu Jing stood on the ice on the river, and in front of him was the Atari 2600 game console that was turned on.

He shut down the Oasis network, blocked email incoming, and didn't even glance at Artemis' successive friend messages.

In the end, in order to think quietly, he simply blacklisted Artemis.

All his thoughts were on solving the third puzzle.

Xu Jing listed the thousands of games he designed for the Atari 2600 console and looked at them one by one.

"The Tempest", "Ostrich Rider", "Flawed".

"These are possible."

"Centipede", "Sword Hunt", "Nightcrawler", "Laser Blaster", "Super Spinning King".

"None of these are these."

He muttered to himself, his brain at breakneck speed.

Every time he sees the name of a game, he extracts and analyzes all kinds of relevant information, and then makes a judgment.

Time passed little by little, and Xu Jing excluded more and more, and it was possible that it was temporarily put aside.

"Magical Adventure".

After seeing this game, the corresponding information flashed through his mind: released in 1979, designed by Warren Robinnet, the first easter egg in the history of the game.

"Huh?"

Xu Jing stopped suddenly, and his eyes lit up little by little.

The designer of the Magical Adventure has hidden his name in the game, there is an invisible block in the dark room, and if you find it, you can find the first easter egg in the history of the game by dragging the block to the home screen, and this easter egg is the name of the game designer.

"Could it be this?"

Xu Jing remembered what Halliday said in the video - the key is invisible, and it is hidden in the dark room of the labyrinth.

Resisting the urge to try it out immediately, he drew a key symbol for Magical Adventure, set it aside, and then continued to sift through the rest of the game.

He only has one chance, and if he doesn't look at the back, then everything he has worked hard before will be useless.

It took two days for Xu Jing to finally sift through all the thousands of games.

Ninety-nine percent of them were ruled out, but there were still dozens of possibilities on his list of options.

The rest of the games are either held by Halliday or are connected to something they once said.

But what lingered in Xu Jing's mind was the easter egg in the magical adventure.

After thinking about it, he took out a crystal ball from his inventory, which was filled with a thick layer of mist, flowing non-stop and looking hazy.

This is a level 80 artifact Destiny Crystal Ball.

It can be used once a month, and although the level is a little lower, if you have a definite goal, you only ask yes and no, and you have half the chance of getting an accurate answer.

"Is the Crystal Key in a magical adventure?"

Xu Jing put his hands on the crystal ball, closed his eyes, concentrated his thoughts, and said the question he wanted to ask.

In the next moment, the fog inside the crystal ball gradually dissipated, and a vague figure appeared.

Although he couldn't see it clearly, the tall body and the classic wizard robe were enough for Xu Jing to make a decision.

Without hesitation, he took out the Magic Adventure, plugged it into the Atari 2600 console, and started the game.

"In terms of difficulty, there are more games that are more difficult to clear than Fantasy Adventure, so the Crystal Key is never obtained by winning the game, it can only be to find the easter eggs in it."

Xu Jing made a judgment in his heart, and immediately began to manipulate the joystick, turning around the maze, and began to look for the hidden block.

It wasn't too difficult for him to operate, and it didn't take long for him to find his target and drag it to the home screen.

Bite!

The moment the block enters the home screen, the console screen suddenly goes black.

Click!

The ice under Xu Jing's feet trembled, and a crack spread towards him from the game console.

He was startled, thinking that he had made a mistake, and subconsciously took out Zemeckis Rubik's Cube, ready to turn back time by a minute.

But in the next second, with a pop, the console fell into the river, and the sound of music followed.

It's passed!

Xu Jing put his mind at ease, took the Rubik's Cube, and looked around calmly.

The huge ice cube above his head rumbled and fell, smashing on the surface of the river, shattering to pieces, and then a gust of wind swelled, rolling the shattered ice chips together, and Annock's figure gradually condensed.

His palms were spread out, and the crystal key was silently hovering in the palm of his hand.

Xu Jing didn't say anything and took the crystal key.

"Go ahead." Anoke turned to look at the crystal gate not far away.

Xu Jing nodded, turned on his flying boots, flew to the door, inserted the three keys into the keyhole on the door in turn, and twisted it to open.

Click!

The crystal gate suddenly fell apart, and it seemed to connect to a castle hidden in dimensional space.

At this moment, the gate of the castle was open, and the hall, which was larger than the church, was filled with gold and jewels, and at the top of the giant pillar coiled by two oriental dragons in the center, a giant egg with dazzling golden light was placed.

The other Anoke stood under the pillar, holding a pen in one hand and a document in the other, and said, "Come on, as long as you sign these documents, the oasis will belong to you, and you will be its sole owner, how about it, it's not bad here, right?" ”

As he spoke, he handed the pen to Xu Jing, who was approaching, with a smile on his face.

Xu Jing looked around, his gaze lingering on the easter egg above for a moment, and then frowned at Arnoke in front of him.

The Arnoke in front of him was different from everything he had seen before, and he seemed to be extraordinarily spiritual.

At the same time that this thought was born in his heart, he carefully released a trace of divine soul power and sensed it towards the other party.

As a result, he was suddenly surprised in his heart, there was a real soul in Arnoke in front of him!

Xu Jing's soul was put away, and he was not noticed by Arnoke, the other party's soul was not strong, like ordinary people, although he had the power of a god in the oasis, but he was not a real god after all.

"This is Halliday!"

His face was unmoved, but he had a judgment in his heart, thinking that Halliday might have injected his soul into the oasis and became the Anoke in front of him.

So what is the purpose of the other party setting up this easter egg?

Xu Jing thought about it carefully, and the other party was probably looking for someone who really understood himself, loved the oasis, and could run the oasis forever.

Only in this way can the oasis be guaranteed to exist, and Halliday will never die.

"What are you waiting for?" Halliday urged, "Sign it, after you sign it, everything here is yours." ”

Sign your sister!

Xu Jing dared to sign at will, his thoughts turned around, and he reacted in time, this may be a trap.

Although Halliday is not sociable, it does not mean that he is stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart.

First of all, if you want to get three keys, only people who really understand him can do it.

But for now, Halliday is still not at ease, and he has set the last test.

Xu Jing is not worried that his identity will be seen through, after all, the power of the system is far from being confronted by a god like Khaliday who can only be like GM in the oasis.

He quickly recalled his own experience, although he used his soul to cheat, but it was impossible for the other party to notice it, and after finding that there was not much of a loophole, he breathed a sigh of relief, but this should not be taken lightly, because the current test has not passed.

It is impossible to sign, but the reasons for refusal need to be carefully considered.

Xu Jing pretended to be excited to take the document and pen, sat down at the table, and made it look like he was about to sign.

Still, he quickly recalled Halliday's life experience in his mind, and soon, he had the answer.

"I can't sign this document." Xu Jing threw down the pen, shook his head and said: "When Moro transferred all the shares of the oasis to Halliday, he signed such a document, and Halliday has since lost his best friend, which is the biggest mistake in his life, if this is a test, I will not make the same mistake as him." ”

Halliday stared at Xu Jing in a daze, his lips squirmed, the expression on his face was both surprise and surprise, and finally he smiled, full of relief: "I just want to be sure." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Arnoke he had incarnated was shattered, and everything around him was shattered and reorganized, and the magnificent temple was gone, as were the gold jewels, including the dazzling Easter eggs.

In its place, there was a large, ordinary room.

The walls of the room are full of small bookshelves, which are piled up with various books, tapes, game cartridges, etc., and the walls are plastered with anime posters, which looks very closed and cluttered.

In the innermost corner of the room, a little boy about ten years old was playing "Little Bees" intently.

Xu Jing looked around, he had looked at the images in the archives for a long time, and he was naturally familiar with this room, which was where Halliday grew up.

Halliday, who he was, pointed to the little boy and said, "It was when I was very young, and I liked him to be there for me." ”

Xu Jing's spirit swept over and found that the other party was just a program, and understood that this was an NPC made by Halliday based on his own childhood.

"Come, come and see." Halliday turned around and walked to the wall next to the door, pointing to the square metal gasket on the wall, in the center of the spacer was a huge red button, "This button, if pressed down, the entire Oasis will be shut down, and the worms will empty all the alternate servers, you now have the ability to permanently close the Oasis, understand?" ”

Xu Jing stared at the red button and nodded, but he was extremely suspicious in his heart, but he didn't ask much.

"Accept this easter egg and the game is over." Halliday walked over to the computer desk and lowered his head, "Easter eggs, easter eggs?" ”

He took out the miscellaneous items under the table one by one and rummaged through them.

Xu Jing was still silent, the system had not yet prompted him to complete the third task, he was afraid that he would reveal his flaws as soon as he opened his mouth, so he waited patiently.

Halliday babbled and talked, and finally, after emptying the table from under the table, he finally pulled out a huge golden egg that glowed golden and contained a mysterious semi-liquid substance.

This golden egg is bigger than a standard rugby ball.

He stared at the golden egg for a few seconds, then got up, walked towards Xu Jing, and said, "It's yours." ”

Xu Jing stretched out his hands, hesitated for a moment, and then held it.

The substance inside the golden egg flowed non-stop, and a strange energy suddenly appeared, shuttling into his body.

His level is growing like crazy, all of his stats are bursting beyond the player's upper limit, and at the same time, behind the skill items on his personal panel, a dense variety of magic and skills appear.

At the same time, what made Xu Jing extremely excited was that the convertible origin point when he returned was also growing wildly, and it broke through five figures in the blink of an eye.

"I gave you the Oasis, Andrew." Halliday beckoned, the little boy who had been playing the game put down the handle and went to his side, the two walked to the door, turned around, he looked at Xu Jing and said, "Promise me, use your power well." ”

"Okay." Xu Jing happily responded.

"Then this castle will belong to you in the future, and only you have the right to enter this room."

Halliday finally confessed, opened the door, and led the little boy out, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Xu Jing breathed a sigh of relief, and almost at the moment when Halliday disappeared, a prompt sound finally sounded in his mind that the task was completed.

But before he could be happy, a powerful devouring force emanated from his soul, and the energy flowing out of the golden eggs suddenly poured into his soul like a river, and then disappeared.

And the golden egg he was holding in his hand was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in a blink of an eye, it was only the size of a melon.

mmp！

Xu Jing saw that the attribute panel was falling wildly, and the previously transformable return to the origin point had also been reduced to only a fraction of what was left, and the whole person was not good.

Fortunately, the system did not absorb all of it, and finally stopped at this point.

Xu Jing sighed helplessly, he should have thought that there was not so much bargain to pick up, he opened the inventory and looked at the various artifacts or legendary items that he had obtained.

After completing task 3, he can take one back with him, and he has long thought about which one he wants to bring.

Among these artifacts, he is most inclined to bring back Hayada Jin's transformation device or Mechagodzilla, the main thing is that these two artifacts are both powerful and do not restrict the use of people, that is, he can give this artifact to Xu Maozong at that time as the Xu family's hole card.

He keeps crossing in order to pursue the power to protect his family, and if he can let his family have the strength to protect themselves, it is the best choice.

After Xu Jing looked back and forth between the two artifacts, he finally made a decision and clicked on one of them.

After the choice, he didn't return immediately, no matter what Halliday thought, but if he just walked away and let the oasis go like this, it would be over sooner or later.

After thinking about it, he turned on the live broadcast of the Oasis, and used the permission to send it to each user panel: "Hello everyone, I'm Andrew, the first ranked Andrew in the standings as you know, I've got the easter egg, but I want to say that I'm not interested in the Oasis, so I decided to give Halliday's legacy to the person who ranks second in the standings, and that's it." ”

The second place in the standings is Wade, since he is the protagonist of the original world, he must be a person who meets Halliday's expectations, and the oasis is handed over to the other party The most reassuring Xu Jing.

After finishing speaking, Xu Jing didn't care about the sensation in the outside world, his heart moved, and a portal was opened, and then Wade's character Parsifal was brought to him by an irresistible force.

"The oasis is up to you."

Xu Jing's idea came out, and the method of closing the oasis and controlling the authority was transmitted to the other party's mind, and then stuffed the easter egg into the other party's hand, and then after extracting 100,000 origin points, he immediately chose to return.

Wade opened his mouth wide, watching Xu Jing in front of him turn into white light and disappear, his face was full of sluggishness, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

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