Professor Chen, who always calls himself Lao Chentou, is in his 60s this year, with a kind personality and the style of an older generation of intellectuals, and it is said that he spent time in several design institutes when he was young, and had the hope of pursuing a career but did not set foot on it after all, and finally returned to his alma mater as a tutor in the design department.

He didn't hate the job of a teacher.

It's a pity that it's hard to get any big benefits from being honest in a non-well-known major in a well-known university, but maybe it's because of the lack of oil and water that he gets along well with his students, and there are not so many bad things.

The gray man and the brick movers are the last graduate students he brings, and after these two unreliable goods graduate, Lao Chen Tou also plans to go home to enjoy his happiness.

My wife drove to the west a few years ago, and the two sons have already started a family, and occasionally bring their grandchildren back to make Lao Chentou's old life quite fulfilling.

Generally speaking, people who have lived in reality are less likely to like to find solace in the virtual world, and of course, the main reason why Lao Chen Tou plays fewer games is because he has not caught up with the good times.

When he was the size of the Grey Man, even the arcade machine was a rarity.

Therefore, when his two students said that they wanted to pull him to play games together, Lao Chen Tou refused.

On the one hand, because of years of self-discipline, I really don't like this pastime, how good is it to have that time to find a few good guys to play Go or catch a fish?

On the other hand, he really felt that he couldn't keep up with the times.

The best hand-drawn paper is somewhat out of place in the current era of computer office, and although mainstream software is also used, the thinking of a designer is barely outdated, and the development of his students in society is also good, and he occasionally comes back to see him, but the iconic two-finger Zen occasionally makes the young teachers in the department whisper.

He knows it all.

He just pretended not to know.

Confusion is a blessing.

But before he could seriously refuse, that is, after filling out the test application, he had a meal and went downstairs to walk around, and a courier box quietly appeared at the door of Lao Chentou's house.

This startled the old man.

Although he doesn't live in a luxury community, it's the first time he's seen that the courier can be delivered directly to the door, and the delivery speed is a little too fast, right?

My students said that they were estimated to be about 12, but it was only less than 5 hours.

"Is the shipping place close to here?"

Lao Chen picked up the courier box and entered the house, and looked at it very cautiously.

The shipper only has a column that reads, "Alpha's "Real Otherworld" test team invites you to participate in the event", and the contact number used below is the transfer number generated by virtual protection, which is completely untraceable.

He muttered and opened the box, which contained a black motorcycle helmet-like game hardware.

There is no protective box, no support frame, not even the cheapest plastic foam.

That's pretty chilly!

"Listen to them, just bring this thing up?"

Old Chen is also a professor anyway, and the common sense of high-level intellectuals tells him that this thing is not very reliable.

Although he specializes in the academic field he is good at, the academic circle is so large, I really haven't heard of this kind of virtual reality technology in recent years to the extent that it can be used to develop games.

He didn't dare to put something on his head that didn't even have a production mark.

What if these three no-products suddenly explode?

He remembered that his student Xiao Du said that there was still a forum to play, so he went into the study with a helmet, opened the new computer that his eldest son gave him and boarded the forum website, and found the official guide post of the game helmet in it.

I probably took a look at it and found that the function of this thing is quite comprehensive.,Exit the post and casually click into a few of today's hot posts.。

He didn't really care about the content, he just wanted to find some details to prove that it wasn't a prank.

It turned out that the hottest topic on the forum is about the "Gnoll" clean-up operation, and many people are discussing what standings will fall to, which team is more powerful, and even some hungry party who didn't get the helmet specially opened a prediction post and made a handicap.

"It doesn't feel like it's fake, Xiao Du won't hire more than 300 people to make a joke on me, right?"

It took Chen Tou more than ten minutes to gather enough information, and he began to believe that this game really existed, and that he could enter this virtual reality world known as "brainwave sensing" through the helmet in his hand.

"I'm not an expert on this, but that's not quite right, is it? I remember that this is not how the technology related to brain wave sensing works. ”

Professor Chen grunted and sat in his computer chair, staring at the game helmet in his hand for nearly a minute before finally making up his mind.

He picked up his phone and sent a message to his good student asking him to wait for him in the game, and then put the helmet on his head.

Hey, don't tell me, this thing looks like it's custom-made.

The size is just right.

I don't know what material is made inside, and it's quite comfortable to set off the scalp, and the perspective in front of you turns into a unique semi-virtual feeling of VR equipment when the headset power is turned on.

There are only three initial icons in it.

A forum entrance, a built-in browser, and the last one is the icon for the Real Otherworld.

The icon is very exquisitely made, like a miniature print, which depicts a city under the starlight, and Lao Chen Tou saw this minimalist design with a sense of science and technology, and his worries were put down.

His grandson has a VR device, and he has played with it, and the operation is basically the same.

"Looks like there's something."

The old professor adjusted his chair to a comfortable position, then reached out and clicked on the game icon.

In the next moment, a ball of light flickered in front of his eyes, not dazzling and very soft, and the light rendered the entire horizon and then turned into a dark nebula, and then there was a slight sense of weightlessness under the illumination of the starry sky.

It's like the spirit is entering a container somewhere.

Old Chen's last glimpse was a galaxy in the sky.

Then he opened his eyes.

Perhaps it was due to the special habits of the elderly, so he did not get up immediately, but first felt his body and touch, and then looked around.

The horizon swayed with the movement of the eyes and head, and it was so real that it seemed to be in your own bed.

He smelled the clammy smell of the dark place, and it reminded him of the basement he had rented for a while when he was a young man when he first started working, and it was a memory of a long time ago.

Well?

Wrong!

My mind seems to have cleared up a lot all of a sudden, and I no longer have the fatigue caused by being trapped by age in the past, and even my body seems to have returned to the prime of life.

This is not a delusion.

Old Chen turned over and got up from the stone platform where he was lying, and he could feel the power called "youth" contained in his new body.

I seem to have returned to the peak of my twenties all of a sudden!

Then, his gaze looked ahead, and the environment of the midnight chamber came into view.

The glow of the gas lamp overhead cast shadows on the pillars and the ground, but there was no one standing around the platform, and only at the end of his line of sight could he see a figure walking through the shadows.

He could hear footsteps coming from far and near as his shoes collided with the ground.

The man's cloak was still swaying behind him, his shadow drawing an ominous reflection on the ground, as if looking directly at him could feel a sense of incongruity.

"My warrior."

As soon as Murphy's voice filled with magnetism in the darkness began, the old professor suddenly took a step back.

It's so real!

Old Chen heard the voice.

But he suddenly felt a kind of trepidation from the bottom of his heart, did he really come to another world?

It's not like a game at all!

Damn it!

I still have my family over there.

Driven by this sudden emotion, Professor Chen sat up from the computer chair one by one, took the game helmet off his head with both hands, and panted as he looked at the familiar study in front of him, the shining computer screen and the various professional books on the bookshelves behind him.

Four or five of them were written by himself.

There is a pot of pothos on the edge of the desk.

It is said that this thing can reduce the radiation from the computer, well, the professor knows that it is impossible, but the elderly should ask for psychological comfort.

"This thing"

He sat in the computer chair, holding the gaming helmet in his arms, and after taking a deep breath, shook his head and said:

"It's amazing, no wonder those two young people are so addicted, I almost can't grasp it."

He calmed himself down and got up to make himself a cup of tea, then put his helmet on his head again.

This time it wasn't as careful as before.

However, a prompt popped up in front of him, because he was too emotional just now, which directly triggered the forced disconnection, and he needed to wait for fifteen minutes to go online again, and the built-in AI of the helmet suggested that he activate the helmet's physiological monitoring first.

Before Lao Chen could figure out where the switch was, the mobile phone rang, and after connecting it, the panting voice of Tianxuan Da Gray rang from the other end:

"Old Chen, are you okay? Just sent me a message saying that Alpha's tester security team had detected your mood swings very violently and triggered a security alert. He asked me to check your health and send him a message.

I wonder if you didn't have a heart attack before?

Do you want me and Brother Sun to go over now? ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm just scared."

When the old professor heard that the Alpha Company really had a test team to monitor the mental condition of the players in real time, he was immediately more relieved.

He laughed and said:

"It's so real, you know, I feel like I've really gone to another world, and I think the aesthetic of this vampire 'netherworld' is quite unique."

"You can still make such hellish jokes, it looks like you're really fine."

The Grey Man also breathed a sigh of relief, and only hung up the phone after confirming that Professor Chen was really okay.

"It's almost a joke."

Old Chen Tou himself was amused.

He shook his head and clicked on the operation guide of the game helmet again on the forum, opened the built-in physiological monitoring program, and logged back in.

It's still the same process just now, the same spiritual connection, the same reopening of eyes.

But this time, Lao Chen Tou was no longer afraid.

He can leave this game world at any time.

As long as the logout function is still there, as long as you can return to the real world at any time, isn't this an overly realistic game?

——

In the midnight room, Murphy was also taken aback.

He knew that Professor Chen was coming to Transasia, and he planned to come to greet him in person to express his respect for high-level intellectuals and professionals, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Professor Chen's body in front of him turned into a ball of light and dissipated.

Ha?

Is he so terrifying in the eyes of Lao Chen?

Scared him straight out?

Not really.

It stands to reason that a vampire of such a beautiful type should be killed by both men and women.

After waiting for a few minutes, Murphy felt that Old Chen Tou was reconnecting, so he cast the summoning spell again, simulating the process of physical projection with the same spiritual energy as before, and then Old Chen Tou climbed up from the stone platform with vigorous movements.

"Hello, my warrior."

Murphy softened his expression this time, and stretched out his hand to Professor Chen, whose game ID was named "Old Man on the Construction Site", with full affinity, and said:

"Two of my architects have recommended you to me, and they have praised you as a master of architecture in the world, and I and my territory have welcomed you very much, and your wisdom and knowledge will surely impress Transnesia."

"Ah, you're wrong."

Professor Chen felt that the NPC in front of him was really good at talking, and his demeanor was really elegant, and his face was handsome enough, so it was very reassuring for his little grandson to grow like this in the future.

However, when the fingers touched, the unique coldness of the vampire's skin made Lao Chen subconsciously shrink his fingers.

He felt as if he was touching a piece of ice.

Only then did he see the glow of blood in the depths of Murphy's eyes and his skin that was too white to pale.

"You are. Bloodsucker? ”

"Well, it's true that a creature like me is incomprehensible to you for an atheist, but I'm sure you'll soon realize that I'm not like any other vampire."

Murphy replied with a smile, saying:

"Your students are already waiting for you outside the back room."

"Boom"

Just as Murphy was talking, the six-member group of Brother Woo Meow, who had accidentally hung up before, was also resurrected at this time, and as soon as they went online, they got up in a hurry and rushed out of the secret room.

They had to hurry to the administrative office to report to their "Big Bird Turn" regiment and then participate in the elimination of the gnolls.

They are already too far behind.

"Huh! There's a new guy here! ”

The little hand with the sharpest eyes looked back and exclaimed:

"Why are you still an old man? Damn, this test team treats us young adults as laborers, and even the old grandfather doesn't let go? ”

"Huh?"

Brother Wu Meow, who was running in front, suddenly braked sharply when he heard this, and with the super dexterity and smooth turning of his black iron body, he made a big jump, spun around in the air, and landed beside Lao Chen Tou coquettishly and accurately.

The cunning social man stretched out his hand with a smile and said to the old man:

"You're Professor Chen, the mentor of the Grey Man, right? Hey, that kid said on the forum that he was going to ask you to come to Transncia to guide the work! Oh, we young people just don't do things well, and we have to have experienced old-timers like you to help us check the gates, which is really troublesome for you. ”

These words were directly entertained by Old Chen.

He squeezed his eyes and said:

"The lad often does reception, doesn't he? Your official words are really one after another, and my two students have also been taken care of by you. ”

"Hehe, let's support each other, that, you are busy first, we still have business, I have time to visit you another day, I still have a few boxes of good tea."

Don't worry, Lord Murphy!

We're going to wipe out those damn gnolls and defend order in Translasia! ”

Brother Meow quickly retired and ran out with his brothers.

Murphy also told Old Chen a few words in the form of an NPC, suggesting that he become an administrator in the territory, and then turned around and left the Midnight Secret Room.

Old Chen Tou felt the feeling of being young again, and left the midnight secret room with a smile on his face, only to see his two students waiting outside the door.

"Mentor, you're here! Let's take a look at our roadmap. ”

The gray man stepped forward to unfold the drawings to show his mentor, and Lao Chen was not polite, took it and glanced at it, and then said in a strange tone:

"It's okay, but there's a very important problem. Have you ever calculated Feng Shui before painting? ”

"What? We're all in the game, and we're still talking about that? ”

"Nonsense, there are even feudal superstitions like vampires here, and in reality, the importance of just seeking peace of mind is self-evident here, who knows what other gods and ghosts are here?

You two!

Materialism does not mean that you should deny these things, but that you should accept them and make necessary changes according to the actual situation.

Take it back and draw it again, and ask the local master to calculate the fortune and bad luck according to their way before you start writing.

It's a new city!

I read in the post that the city has just been hit by a disaster, and there are some evil cults that haven't been cleaned up, so I can't be sloppy in this regard. ”

(End of chapter)