"Squeak...... Poof......"

The bus door opened, and Wu Haitao stepped out of the car with his luggage bag.

After six hours of high-speed train ride and two car transfers, he finally came to this strange city.

This is an ordinary small city that he has never been to and has rarely heard of, located in the mainland of China.

This is Arwen's hometown.

Wu Haitao looked around and began to discern the direction.

He could see that this was an underdeveloped city, with old buildings, tortuous streets, rusty street signs, and not even many private cars on the road, which looked slightly old, and a big city like Pengcheng was not good at all.

"This eldest sister, let me ask, is the happy community going this way?" There are many forks in the road around, and there are no clear signs, so he is not friendly to Wu Haitao, who is a little road blind, so he has to stop and ask people.

Fortunately, the mother-in-law was very helpful and pointed out the detailed directions for him.

After a while, he came to an old-fashioned neighborhood.

The neighborhood has clearly been built for many years, with large expanses of creepers on the walls and weeds growing in the crevices of the concrete floor.

After advancing for a while and asking people again, Wu Haitao stopped in front of a six-story residential building, hesitated for a while, and walked in.

Because it is old-fashioned, there is no elevator in the residential building, and Wu Haitao came to the fourth floor all the way up the somewhat broken steps.

22 buildings 403, it should be here!

wanted to knock in front of the door but didn't dare to knock, hesitated for a while, Wu Haitao finally gritted his teeth and knocked on the door a few times.

"Knock" "Knock" "Knock"

The waiting time is extraordinarily long, extraordinarily anxious, and extraordinarily nerve-wracking.

"It's coming." A female voice sounded inside, and with it, the door was opened.

It was a middle-aged woman with a thin appearance, with a thick tiredness on her face and a slightly hoarse voice: "You are?" ”

"Hello Auntie, is this Zhang Haowen's house?" Wu Haitao tried his best to suppress the tension in his heart, and said in a calm tone: "I am his college classmate. ”

"Oh, oh, yes, yes." The middle-aged woman opened the door and made way of the passage: "Please come in, no...... No need to change your shoes. ”

Then, he said excitedly to the house: "Wenwen, a classmate has come to see you!" ”

But there was no sound in the house.

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Awen's mother's face: "You should know that Wenwen is not very good-tempered now, and he doesn't like to talk to people very much...... I'll pour you a glass of water. ”

"No, no, Auntie." Wu Haitao hurriedly waved his hand, and then asked, "Can I go and see him?" ”

"This ......" Aven's mother hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay then." ”

The door opened, and when he walked into the back room, Wu Haitao once again saw his only friend in his four years of college.

Compared with his original appearance, Ah Wen has lost a lot of weight, his beard is embarrassing, the whole person looks haggard, his expression is a little stunned, and his eyes are very numb.

He was half-lying on the bed with a couple of pillows behind him, and in front of the bed was a big-ass TV with a show playing.

On the bedside table next to it were some cut fruit, peeled sugar, as well as a kettle and a teacup.

Wu Haitao's gaze quickly fell on Ah Wen's arm.

Sure enough, as rumored, his two hands were completely missing from the wrist down, and the front end was bare, and some bandages were still wrapped.

Seeing Wu Haitao appear, Awen's numb eyes showed a hint of surprise, and while unconsciously retracting his arm into the quilt, he asked in a trembling voice: "Haitao, you, why are you here?" ”

Swallowing his saliva, Wu Haitao said: "I'll come to see you, after all, I also have my responsibility for the original matter, if I hadn't asked you to help me write a game strategy, maybe things would have ......."

"No...... No...... No. Arwen shook his head, with bitterness in his voice: "It's my own bad life, I don't blame you, it's all my own fault, I shouldn't be addicted to games, I shouldn't always sneak out to surf the Internet, it has nothing to do with you...... It's okay......"

At some point, Arwen's mother withdrew, leaving the room for the two of them.

Wu Haitao put down the travel bag he was carrying, sat down on a chair next to the bed, looked at Awen with blazing eyes, and said in a serious voice: "Awen, I want to help you ......"

"No, you don't!" Arwen's refusal was very direct: "I don't need help!" I'm at work! I lost a lot of money in the factory, and when I get better, there is still a spare job for me, I have no difficulties, I don't need help! ”

"I didn't mean to give you money!" Wu Haitao denied Ah Wen's speculation and asked rhetorically, "What do I mean...... You know the company I work for, right? ”

"I know, it's a game developer, and the few games I made are very fun." Arwen's eyes were a little dim: "It's a pity...... I won't be able to play anymore. ”

"Our company has a new helmet ......" Wu Haitao asked again: "Red Star brand good dream helmet, have you heard of it?" ”

"Red Star brand good dream helmet?" Ah Wenyu was puzzled, thought about it for a while, and then said suddenly: "Oh, I remember, I saw its commercial on TV, it seems to treat insomnia, right?" This is also from your company? Isn't your company developing games? How did you change careers? ”

"Nope! No career change! Wu Haitao explained: "Our Red Star Dream Helmet is not actually a sleep aid device, although it does make people fall asleep quickly, but it is actually a virtual reality helmet!" ”

"Virtual reality headsets?" Arwen said he didn't understand.

"It's the kind of headset that the protagonist wears in an online game to play virtual reality games!" Wu Haitao explained.

"How is this possible?" Awen didn't believe it: "With our current level of science and technology, where can we make that kind of helmet?" And you didn't say anything about it in the advertisement, just what kind of helmet for insomnia is. ”

"I don't know what the boss above thinks, but I've confirmed that this is indeed a virtual reality headset!" As Wu Haitao spoke, he opened his duffel bag and took out a helmet with a silver-white shell from it.

"That's it?" Arwen was puzzled: "It doesn't look special." ”

"It really doesn't look special." Wu Haitao introduced: "But as long as you press this fingerprint switch twice, make this five-pointed star turn blue, and fall asleep with it, you will enter the virtual reality world!" ”

Although he was still a little unconvinced, Arwen still asked, "Then you mean to take it with me?" ”

"No, no, no!" Wu Haitao hurriedly said: "The helmet is bound by me, and I can only use it myself, I mean, I will take you to your provincial capital to help you buy one!" ”

"I don't think there's any need for that, right?" Ah Wen's eyes were bitter: "You also said just now, I used a fingerprint switch, and I ...... like this now."

"Nope! There is a need for this! Wu Haitao's tone was firm: "There are many ways to unlock the helmet, not only fingerprints, but also voiceprint recognition versions, but this is not the point!" The point is that after entering the virtual reality world, my myopia is fine! I think it will work on your arm too! ”

"Really...... It's true? Arwen's voice trembled a little.

"It must be true!" Wu Haitao said: "Our boss is now holding an event with the Pengcheng Disabled Persons Association, saying that he will donate hundreds of helmets!" If he dares to do this, the helmet will definitely work for you! At least in the virtual reality world, let you return to normal! ”

The news was a little shocking, and Arwen's lips trembled, as if he wanted to speak, but he didn't know how.

At this time, the door opened, and a middle-aged man and a middle-aged woman walked in.

The middle-aged man was tall and strong, wearing dark blue overalls with some greasy stains on them, and his voice was rough and hoarse, but full of excitement: "What you said is true? Can our family really recover and become a normal person? ”

"Really! I promise! Wu Haitao's voice was categorical.

The middle-aged man was very decisive and ordered directly to Awen's mother next to him: "Call his uncle and ask him to drive the van over!" Let's go to the provincial capital now! ”