I finally believe that every road that comes up has a reason why it has to travel that way. Every road that goes down has a direction that it has to choose.

——Xi Murong

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A Harvard University dormitory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

The dormitory was in a mess, which showed how lazy its owner, a Chinese young man who was lying on the bed and staring at the ceiling, was. It was already midnight, but he didn't turn on the light. The only light in the room was the computer screen on the desk.

It has been three days since the "Doomsday Confrontation".

The system forced players to log off and upgrade the game for three days. During these three days, the young man had nothing to do. He often looked at the computer screen to see if the game had been upgraded; he sometimes sat still for two or three days.

When he was young, his eyes were gray; sometimes he would lie on the bed and cover his eyes with a pillow, not knowing what he was awake at or when he fell asleep. Sometimes he would pick up his mobile phone, open the e-book and read the novel he had been following, but he could read

It's been more than ten chapters and I still don't know what it says.

The computer suddenly made a beep: "Qiankun" has finally been upgraded. He immediately jumped up, rushed to the desk, and put the helmet on his head. After going online, he saw the snow-capped ground and the huge iceberg rising from the sea. This was very strange.

It was obviously a new map that was opened after the system was upgraded. But he didn't have any urge to explore the new map. Instead, he directly opened the player search and looked for "June Sunshine".

June Sunshine, Skeleton, Level 0, No. 2864879.

He was confused. The last time he went offline, he saw that June Sunshine had only dropped one level. The search results showed that it was not June Sunshine himself at all. Did he accidentally type an extra letter? Or did he type?

separator?

Searched a second time and the results were the same as above.

Searched for the third time and the results were the same as above.

He tried it many times in a row. Looking at the numbers that he could memorize by heart, he always felt that something was wrong. And the most terrible thing was that the error seemed very real and well-founded.

"There are bugs in the new version. I have to complain to Qiankun."

He laughed, took off his helmet, and opened the official website. He saw many people complaining about bugs, and then... the game company claimed that "the game process is irreversible and can only compensate players for their losses to a certain extent." For those who fell to level 0

players, "Qiankun" will give priority to the latest templates and processes for players whose levels have been reset to experience them.

"Huh? What's the matter? Isn't this a bug? Has anyone really fallen to level 0?" He smiled and simply asked the person involved. He clicked on the chat window with the note "Captain" - this was the first time he had seen it in the past three days.

The first time I chatted with that person, he subconsciously typed this line:

"How's it going? Did you escape?"

The other party replied: "Dead."

Of course you will die if you are surrounded by alien creatures, but what does it mean to be "dead"? Will you drop one level or drop to level 0? He felt a little depressed and continued to talk: "Oh, it is inevitable, after all, it is a 'doomsday confrontation'

'Ah. It only dropped one level, right? Many unlucky people fell to level 0 and are desperately complaining."

The other party asked: "Why did you abandon me then?"

I asked, this question is very pointed. In addition, using a question mark to end the sentence, it seems that the captain is really angry. He considered the words and replied: "Angry? Hey, I'm sorry, the ship will not start as soon as it sails."

Maybe you can go back, and besides, you will only die if you go back. Think about it, it is better to die alone than to die together, right?"

Then, the other party repeated the question: "Why did you abandon me then?" This was not like ordinary anger.

His chest was depressed to the extreme. He recalled the scenes of that night, but after all, he could not answer the captain's question. He thought, it would be great if time stopped at this moment, then he would not have to reply. Unfortunately, time will not stop.

"It's just a game, why are you taking it so seriously?"

"You're right." The other party quickly answered the next sentence: "You're right, it's just a friendship in the game. What do I really do?"

There was no going back. He finished the final performance on the keyboard with an expressionless face: "Hey, you're not so stingy, are you? Do you know how to behave?"

"goodbye."

The cartoon avatar with his mouth open and laughing dimmed. The captain was offline.

And he threw his head back and laughed.

He knew they could never go back.

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Because the level was cleared, the captain vented his resentment and anger on others. Gan Wujiu thought like this, and then shook his head - he would be over level 60, and I would probably find a target to vent his anger on. . He also once thought, if the captain had not dropped to level 0, would "Slurpee" still be the same as before?

"Humph, there are so many 'ifs'."

He directly rejected his idea. At this time, he found that the captain and Wu Bai turned around and seemed to be leaving, so he asked: "Where to go?"

"It's none of your business, goodbye." Qingyi didn't look back, and her voice became cold again.

"I'm so panicked, the enemy must be coming?" Qian Shang muttered.

The boss of Armani tugged on his companion's sleeve: "It's enough to save a life, why bother talking!"

"Moan, you stay!"

Following a loud male voice, a flaming spear was shot from a distance, making rumbling thunder in the air, just like a meteorite falling straight from the sky, shooting at Wuyi Moan! Just locked by this spear, Wu Yi Moan The cloak will not fly in the wind!

The thaumaturge smiled and waved his staff, pulling Qingyi to teleport. The next second he left, the spear hit the place where he was originally standing. Half of the spear body sank into the ground without any resistance, and then went out. Five or six circles of fire waves erupted, burning a ten-meter radius centered on the impact point into a sea of ​​​​fire. The momentum was terrifying!

When Qingyi reacted again, he was already at the side of the carriage. Of course he recognized the flame spear, because there was only this dark gold equipment in the world that could withstand the full force of the Dragon Flame Overlord - the double-headed spear with the soul of the dragon. The sword "Horn of the Fire Arsonist". In other words, "War Mad"'s flaming ambition has arrived! This is really not good news for his system!

"You go first." The Bagua leader's voice suddenly sounded in his ears. Qingyi was startled, and then realized that the master was not talking to him. "The terrain here is quite favorable to me. I will delay for a while."

He laughed innocently and said: "Don't say 'delay~~~ delay', the opponent is not a plate-armor battle, and the assassin's chance of winning is very~~~."

"I'd rather fight against a dozen plate armors. Damn it, stop talking nonsense and run away with June." The leader gave a rough push and groaned, then he lifted up the "Colorless Blade" without touching the ground with his heels. He walked towards the strong man holding the flame spear. He tilted his head, picked out his ear with his free hand, and said with a bad smile: "Fire Ambition, why do you always ignore the occasion?"

"You have to choose the right place for a duel, leader!" The opponent's eyes were burning, and his smile was as hot as red-hot metal.

The carriage left quickly.

Suo'er thought her father would scold her, but he didn't. Qingyi just put the scepter on his knees and thought about certain issues. He asked himself in his heart: Where is my die-hard loyalist?

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Wu Jiu liked to read online novels, and he brought this habit to online games. He kept reading the books every day - reading information books related to the background of the game. At that time, Wu Jiu was even more withdrawn than he was.

One day, Qingyi asked casually: "Why do you read all day long? Aren't you bored?"

"Of course it's not boring. Books are much more interesting than people."

Qingyi nodded. Maybe, instead of chatting with mediocre people about some empty and boring topics, it is better to talk about infinitely exciting novels. He tried to guide the topic in a good direction: "In fact, novels are often about narrating a certain character.

It’s just life, so is life also like a book?”

Wujiu put down the book, thought for a while, and said: "Indeed. Everyone's real life is like a continuously serialized novel. He is the protagonist, and his friends are like readers attracted by the plot of the book.

Some readers like the beginning of the book, but abandon it halfway through; some readers don’t want to read it after the introduction, but they are deeply attracted after flipping through it by chance. No one has to keep chasing updates, they have the freedom to choose

power."

Still very negative! Qingyi laughed and said: "For example, if a certain novel was originally a suspense detective type, but the plot suddenly changed to martial arts, then readers must have lost a lot of money, right?"

"Yes, that makes it even more valuable to be a die-hard loyalist."

"Hardcore loyalist?"

Wujiu explained impatiently: "It refers to people who will continue to reward novels and vote monthly no matter whether the author stops writing or how the plot evolves."

"Does such a person really exist?"

"Maybe? The world is so big, there will always be one or two weird ones."

"Haha. I also want a die-hard fan."

Wujiu looked sideways: "I'll leave you alone, you also write novels?"

"Write your system! You know exactly what I mean!"

"Haha, don't talk about rewards and monthly tickets, I can guarantee that your book review area will be completely green."

"..." Qingyi was furious and put a sword on Wu Jiu's neck: "Although I don't understand what you are saying, I still feel very angry! Stop right here and don't [Teleport]!"

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Astante, a small town, has a bell tower that has been in disrepair.

The bell tower has a long history and can be regarded as an ancient building in the city. However, most of it was destroyed during the "Doomsday Confrontation". According to the architect, it is beyond repair. Rutga, an old man who lives in the west of the city, once saw it.

A woman in white flashed past the window of the bell tower. The news spread widely, so the residents invited a mercenary group to check it out. As a result, the leader of the mercenary group broke his leg just after he got to the second floor, which turned the rumor into a new one.

Even more weird. The city hall simply built a new bell tower. Old residents said that the bells in the new bell tower were much louder than the old one, but there was always something missing. In any case, the old bell tower and the old city were gradually being replaced by

Forgot.

On the top of the tower, the Minister of Intelligence was looking at the note in his hand. He was dressed in black. If he was witnessed by someone, he might add some strange stories to this clock tower.

"June Sunshine has indeed entered Astante. However, 'Dust' is restrained by 'Zhan Kuang', so my manpower can be used. Next, if Jonny is able to restrain 'Flash', June Sunshine can only

It’s up to him.”

A homing pigeon flew up and down to find the Knights of the Iron Hoof.
Chapter completed!