Chapter 1: The Outdated Anchor

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In a small room full of clutter, a thin-faced young man in an old black down jacket sits in front of a computer screen, his hands expertly tapping on a keyboard.

Above the computer, there is an old camera that is covered in dust and seems to have not been touched for a long time.

The camera is facing the young man, and the photos of him, the door behind him, and the big guy on the wall are all taken and transmitted to the computer screen.

That's right! His name is Han Jiaxu and he is a game streamer.

Ten years ago, he just graduated from a game called DNF also called "Dungeons and Warriors" and couldn't extricate himself, and invested a lot of time and money in it, but at that time he was just a bank security guard, with a salary of only a few thousand yuan per month, although his family was relatively wealthy, but it was not a way to continue like this, therefore, Han Jiaxu gritted his teeth, resolutely resigned from his job as a security guard, and changed careers to start a game live broadcast.

To say that the game of Dungeon and Warrior was still very popular back then, and even when logging in to the game, the crowded district clothes couldn't be squeezed in, and in the dark Internet café on the street, dungeon players can be seen everywhere.

With such a large player base, Han Jiaxu quickly gained a large number of fans and became popular in the live broadcast industry by relying on his humorous live broadcast style and his unique appearance.

In the past ten years, Han Jiaxu has invested too much in the game DNF, with time, money, and emotion, and of course, he has gained more, DNF has become more than a game for him, but has become a part of life.

However, nothing in this world lasts forever, and the better things tend to be shorter.

With the passage of time, the number of players in DNF has become smaller and smaller, and although the game version is constantly updated, as an old game, DNF has struggled to keep up with the times.

Especially in the past two years, the emergence of two large-scale games with beautiful graphics has completely cooled DNF, and even some regional servers have become ghost servers, and there is no online player.

As the saying goes, you rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and you rely on the water to eat the water, so as a game anchor, if you want to make money, you naturally have to rely on the game, DNF is cold, Han Jiaxu's live broadcast has naturally been affected, the original popular live broadcast room, now the audience is only in single digits, and some of them are robots.

Many DNF anchors like him have begun to broadcast other games, but Han Jiaxu doesn't, as long as there is a person watching it directly, he will continue to brush the picture and strengthen the equipment, as for PK, there is no match in the dueling arena now.

"Is there no one?"

Han Jiaxu stopped with both hands tapping on the keyboard, and glanced at the number of people in the live broadcast room on the screen, which read: 0

"Alas~" sighed, Han Jiaxu took out a lighter and lit a cigarette, and as the smoke came out of his mouth, he turned off the computer and got off the live broadcast.

At this time, it was one o'clock in the morning, and Han Jiaxu sat in front of the computer like this, smoking cigarette after puff, and the once brilliant and joyful scenes appeared in his mind.

After a few more minutes, the burned cigarette burned his fingers, and Han Jiaxu woke up, snuffed out the cigarette butt, got up and walked out of the utility room.

Since the time of his live broadcast is at night, in order not to disturb the rest of his wife and children, he chose to broadcast live in the utility room farthest from the bedroom.

Gently pushed open the bedroom door, his wife and children fell asleep by themselves, Han Jiaxu lay on the bed lightly, and then took out his mobile phone and played, without saying anything all night.

The next day, Han Jiaxu opened his eyes, the sunlight projected from the window had already reached his buttocks, he stretched his waist, picked up his mobile phone and looked at the time, it was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon.

After getting dressed and walking out of the bedroom, the living room was empty, there was a courier box and a note on the coffee table, Han Jiaxu walked over in two steps, took the note in his hand and looked at it, it was his wife's handwriting:

"The child has to go to class on a cloudy day, I take him to buy some things, and then send them to our dad, there is rice in the pot in the kitchen, you can eat it when it is hot, the package on the coffee table is the special effect moisture-proof pill I bought from the Internet, the house is too trendy, you remember to put some in the corner, I will come back in the evening~♡"

Han Jiaxu smiled dumbly, put away the note, put the moisture-proof pill according to what his wife said, and then went to the kitchen to pick up a few mouthfuls of food, and after doing this, he came to the utility room again and turned on the computer.

Skillfully enter the account and password, click to log in to the game, but then, the situation that surprised Han Jiaxu appeared, the game interface first popped up on the computer screen, and then a prompt box appeared: "An unknown error occurred, the server connection failed, do you want to reconnect?" ”

Han Jiaxu was stunned for a moment, didn't think much about it, and clicked it casually to reconnect.

"An unknown error occurred, the server connection failed, do you want to reconnect?" The same prompt pops up on the screen again.

"Could it be server maintenance?" Han Jiaxu muttered, took out his mobile phone and began to browse the game's official website, but he didn't find a post about server maintenance.

"Hell he's a monkey." Han Jiaxu clicked a few more times to reconnect, but after the fifth connection failed, another prompt box suddenly popped up on the screen: "The connection failed, the server has crashed, an unknown access point has been detected, and the connection is being attempted... 5… 4… 3… 2… 1……”

"Connection successful! Transmission is underway..."

Immediately after, at the bottom of the game interface, a progress bar appears, and the current progress is displayed as 0.01%.

Han Jiaxu looked at the screen with a confused expression, playing this game for more than ten years, it was the first time he encountered this situation, but then he reacted and hurriedly unplugged the computer.

"If he is a monkey, he must have been infected with the virus"

After staying for a while, Han Jiaxu reopened the computer to log in to the game, but the game interface was still a progress bar being transmitted.

"Could it be that the computer is damp?"

Han Jiaxu tried a few more times, but the result was the same, even when he unplugged the network cable, he was still able to board the game, and when he saw the progress bar, he didn't know what was being transmitted, and he didn't even move the progress for half a day.

Can't log in to the game, and can't figure out what the situation is, Han Jiaxu is a little anxious, he has invested a lot in this game, although the game is already cold, and his account is not worth much, but for him, the account is his memories and carries his youth, these are priceless.

lit a cigarette, Han Jiaxu picked up his mobile phone, and began to look for related posts in the game post bar, but after looking for an afternoon, he couldn't find a similar situation to him, after all, the games are already cold, and few people post on the post bar.

In desperation, Han Jiaxu dialed the game's customer service again, but the other party said that the server was out of order and was currently being repaired, and he didn't know when it would be repaired, so he asked him to wait patiently.

Taking a deep breath and calming down his anxious emotions, Han Jiaxu was just about to continue browsing the post bar, but suddenly noticed that the time on his phone was already more than seven o'clock in the afternoon.

"Is it so late?"

"My wife said that I would come back in the evening, but it was dark this day, why haven't I arrived home yet?".

Thinking of the content of the note, Han Jiaxu was a little worried, so he called his wife, but a few seconds later, the voice from the mobile phone made him frown.

"Hello, the user you are dialing is not in the service area, please dial again later!"

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