01. The game of life
Anyone who knows Zhang Xuan knows that Zhang Xuan is an out-and-out otaku.
The kind that never goes out.
Hiding at home every day, either playing games on the Internet, or holding your mobile phone to read novels, comics, or watching anime. Even if it's a meal, it's all takeout.
Such a life is simply meaningless in the eyes of others.
But in Zhang Xuan's own opinion, this is life.
In order not to go out, Zhang Xuan also found a job that could be completed at home to support himself.
...... Write novels.
After a month, the manuscript fee of five or six thousand yuan is enough for him to support himself.
Of course, sometimes Zhang Xuan will also think about what it would be like if he changed his way of life?
Go out to work, find a comfortable job, work hard every day, burn yourself, get satisfaction, and then have a group of reliable friends, make a good girlfriend, and become the cash in the eyes of others?
Every time he thought of this, Zhang Xuan would shudder.
That kind of life is too unsuitable for me.
Or is the life that suits you now.
I am a house, no one can change it, maybe I will change in the next life, but it is definitely not in this life.
However, just today, Zhang Xuan discovered a strange thing.
Things have to start when he just got up this morning, at eight o'clock in the morning, after the alarm clock rang, Zhang Xuan opened his eyes, got out of bed, went into the bathroom and washed his face.
The original residual drowsiness was swept away, and after drying his face with a hand towel, Zhang Xuan opened his eyes and was stunned to find that there seemed to be something in the lower right corner of his right eye.
If you look closely, it's an icon. The icon is the smiling face of a cartoon character.
Zhang Xuan was still a little strange at the time, when did the handwashing station have this thing, but Zhang Xuan quickly saw clearly, the smiling face of this cartoon character was not pasted on the sink, but suspended above the sink.
For a while, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but feel creepy. What the hell is this?
Zhang Xuan couldn't help but take a few steps back, and found that the icon also followed a few steps forward, turned his head, and the icon also rotated, at this time, a burst of realization appeared in Zhang Xuan's mind. This cartoon character smiley face icon is in the lower right corner of your field of vision.
When you move by yourself, your vision moves, and it moves.
At this time, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but hesitate, what was this thing, why it was suspended in the lower right corner of his vision, or rather, it left by itself after a while.
Yet an hour passed, two hours passed, and hours passed.
This cartoon character smiley face icon has been quietly suspended in the lower right corner of Zhang Xuan's vision, neither leaving nor producing any changes.
This morning, Zhang Xuan was very uncomfortable.
When he reads a book, he can't help but glance at it once or twice, and when he reads comics, he can't help but glance at it, and he can't help but have all kinds of conjectures in his mind, but in the morning, he didn't read a book, and he didn't finish reading a comic.
No, we can't go on like this.
ordered takeout, and after lunch, Zhang Xuan packed up the garbage and threw it into the trash can, sat on the sofa, looked at the floating icon in the lower right corner, and raised his hand to click it.
Airplanes!
In the next second, the icon turned into a flying stardust, forming a progress bar, and a few small words were written under the progress bar...... The game is loading.
Game?
After a long time, this thing turned out to be a game icon?
Zhang Xuan was a little surprised, what was going on with this supernatural thing, and who made this game.
Gods, or demons?
After a few seconds, the progress bar was read, and once again turned into starry shavings, forming a palm-sized lion man.
That's right, a lion man, a man with a lion's head, with an Apollo-like golden ratio figure, but above the neck is the head of a lion.
The lion man was wearing a butler's uniform and said to Zhang Xuan: "Welcome to the game developed by the thirteenth-level civilization of the universe, Star Core Game Group, I am your novice guide!"
Thirteenth-level civilization, Star Core Game Group, novice guide?
I shouldn't be dreaming, Zhang Xuan had this idea in his mind, and he heard the lion man say: "Of course I'm not dreaming, all this is true." ”
It's true?
Is there really a thirteen-level civilization in the universe, and this civilization has developed a game that has fallen into its own hands? But what kind of civilization is this thirteen-level civilization in the universe, and how advanced is it?
If there is a reference at all......
"By the way, what level of civilization is the earth?" asked Zhang Xuan, using the earth civilization as a reference.
"Level Zero. The lion man said: "Civilizations that have not entered interstellar flight are all called zero-level civilizations. ”
"In this way, the thirteenth-level civilization should be super powerful. ”
However, Zhang Xuan quickly reacted, why, why did the game developed by such a powerful civilization fall into his hands.
"Random, that's all. The lion man responded.
Zhang Xuan sighed and muttered: "I didn't expect my luck to be good." ”
But what attracts Zhang Xuan even more is the game, what is the game developed by a thirteenth-level civilization in the universe, this is a game developed by a cosmic civilization that surpasses the thirteenth level of the earth.
It should be quite interesting.
As an otaku, Zhang Xuan is still very interested in games, and he asked, "What kind of game is this?"
The lion man said: "A very interesting game called Life Baiwei. ”
"The name is quite philosophical. Zhang Xuan couldn't help muttering, and asked again: "Then how to play this game." ”
The lion man said: "It's very simple, I release the task, and you complete the task, so that you can experience the flavors of life in the task." ”
"Sounds simple. ”
"Yes, it's that simple. The lion man affirmed.
Zhang Xuan asked curiously, "What are the tasks?"
"The difficulty of the quest is different, from easy to hard, it is divided into several levels, which are daily quests, normal quests, hard quests, and the highest level of desperate quests,"
"Desperate mission, sounds amazing. Zhang Xuan said.
"There's no doubt about it. The lion man nodded, and added, "More than you can imagine." ”
Zhang Xuan asked again, "What are the daily tasks?"
The lion man explained: "Some things that happen in daily life can enrich your life experience, and they are the easiest tasks, and there will be no danger, so why don't you try it?" ”
Zhang Xuan hesitated, but curiosity still prevailed, "I'll give it a try." ”
The lion man's expression changed, a smile split into the corner of his mouth, and he said in a low voice: "Mission released." ”
[Level: Daily Mission]
[Contents: In the garden of the community where you live, there is a crying child, please let her smile]
What, even going out?
Zhang Xuan was reluctant, he even had to order takeout for dinner, and he had a natural resistance to going out, although he would not die because of this, he still felt very troublesome.
So Zhang Xuan is the kind of person who never goes out unless necessary.
Now that he was suddenly told that he was going out, Zhang Xuan suddenly had the idea that he didn't want to do this task.
It's too troublesome, so I'll read the novel at home.
And it's still a task to coax children, to be honest, Zhang Xuan doesn't want to do it at all.
Bear kids or something, it's too much trouble.
"Once a quest is issued, it cannot be undone, and if you don't complete it, you will be punished," the lion man said. ”
"And punishment?" Zhang Xuan was taken aback.
The lion man said calmly: "Aren't all games like this, there are rewards for completing tasks, and punishments for failing tasks." ”
This sentence makes a lot of sense.
Zhang Xuan couldn't help but smile bitterly, of course he knew this after playing countless games, he just resisted going out just now, so he subconsciously ignored this.
He looked up at the window, it was now September, autumn was crisp, even in the afternoon, the weather was neither hot nor cold, just right to go out, after changing his clothes and shoes, Zhang Xuan left his home.
went downstairs and entered the community garden, Zhang Xuan looked at the familiar environment around him and couldn't help but be in a trance.
It seems like I haven't walked out of the door for a long time.
It's been about two weeks.
At this moment, a burst of crying came, Zhang Xuan turned his head to look, and happened to see a little girl about seven or eight years old, wearing beautiful children's clothes, squatting on the ground at the entrance of the community, crying.
The crying child should be this child.
Zhang Xuan walked over, squatted down, and asked softly: "What's wrong, why are you crying, if a child cries a lot, it won't become beautiful." ”
This comforting technique sucks.
The little girl glanced up at Zhang Xuan and said in a snorkel, "Mom...... Mom...... The little purse I gave me is gone. ”
"It turns out that the purse is missing, don't cry or cry, how about my brother help you find the purse together?" Zhang Xuan touched the little girl's hair and comforted.
The little girl raised her head and looked at Su Yang with tears in her eyes, "Big brother will help me find my purse?"
"That's right, big brother will help you find it, what color is the purse, you tell the big brother if it's okay. ”
"Purple. The little girl said.
Zhang Xuan nodded, looked at the garden, this place is not small, and asked, "Where did you lose your purse?"
The little girl shook her head, big tears slipped down, and said immaturely: "I don't know, when I was looking for it, the purse was gone." ”
Zhang Xuan estimated that the little girl had no memory, and she may have accidentally lost her purse while playing. The range won't be too big, it should be right in this garden.
So he circled the garden, searched every corner, and finally found a purple purse in the middle of a bush.
The purse should be handmade, with a large and a small two embroidered with needle and thread.
The big one should be the mother, and the little one is this crying little girl.