In 2155, more than a hundred years after the war, the earth was devastated. People were rebuilding their homes on the ruins. The loss of heavy industry, radiation pollution of arable land, etc. made the human living environment even worse. Big cities in the past were destroyed one after another.
It disappeared and was replaced by cities within cities that were rebuilt from the ruins. The resources that humans depended on for survival also became very scarce. Fuel, energy, water, food, clothing and other materials have become beyond the reach of ordinary humans.
The entire world was replanned and divided into four major regions: the Chinese Region, the Sumerian Region, the Nile River Region, and the Aryan Region. When the living environment became increasingly harsh, humans jointly signed an armistice treaty and established a United Earth Government.
With the application of a large amount of artificial intelligence, the only light industry, farming and other jobs have been replaced by artificial intelligence, and people have been laid off and unemployed. In order to solve social conflicts caused by population expansion, material shortages, etc., the global coalition government
Approved, the metaverse-level game "Tianxia" launched by "Chinese Meta" under the Chinese Online Group in Huaxia District is about to be launched. People all over the world will be able to participate in this game to allocate materials and replace resources.
This game reconstructs the second world to change the increasingly fierce survival rules of mankind.
…
August 21, 2155, one month before "Tianxia" was officially launched.
Huaxia District, the southeast coastal area, Sioux City, and the civilian area of S District.
The shady wall of a staircase is covered with moss. There is an attic above the four-story building that has long been in disrepair. It looks out of place with the surrounding buildings. At this time, the early morning sunlight pours in from the attic window.
On the face of a young man, he felt this warmth in his dream, rubbed his eyes, and slowly woke up.
The young man's name is Lin Zhao. His parents have both died. He is a young man who has lived in a slum since he was a child.
"call……"
Lin Zhao didn't have the habit of sleeping in. He jumped up suddenly and got up from the hard bed with a carp move. He glanced at the display of the log robot beside him. He couldn't help but frown. Today was another day to test the performance of the motorcycle. It was inevitable that he would be covered in bruises.
He came back, but there was no other way. This was his job. As a maglev motorcycle performance tester, it was pretty good to get a meager salary to support himself.
…
In the early morning, Lin Zhao rode a maglev motorcycle onto the street. When he looked back, he saw a little girl holding a worn-out bear doll in her arms. She looked like five or six years old at most, and was pink and tender.
, as cute as a rag doll, she sat on the stairs and looked at Lin Zhao from a distance.
"Hi, Little Orange~~~" Lin Zhao waved the helmet in his hand.
The girl stood up, smiled and waved: "Brother Lin Zhao!"
"Why are you waiting outside the door?" Lin Zhao asked.
"that……"
There was a look of fear on Xiao Juzi's face, and he pointed to the security door on the side and said, "Uncle is here, so... Mom won't let me at home..."
"Oh, like this……"
Lin Zhao frowned, and then heard a man's heavy breathing and the sound of hitting wooden furniture from Xiaojuzi's home. Within a few seconds, a man with a scar on his face walked out and went out.
While pulling on the zipper of his pants, he was cursing, and behind him was a numb-looking woman, about 30 years old, quite pretty, but her face was full of numbness, which was only revealed when she looked at Little Orange.
Show some warmth.
"Pooh!"
The man looked back and spat, then threw a piece of bread as big as his fist with his hands. Then he cursed and took out a ten-yuan currency from his jeans pocket and threw it at the woman. He said angrily: "Take the money and take a shower on the street across the street.
Well, you fucking stink, damn, I’m going to be unlucky today!”
"Thank you...brother..."
The woman clutched the ten-yuan currency tightly, with no expression on her face.
The man passed by Lin Zhao, looked at Lin Zhao's shabby jacket, and sneered: "Get out of here, a good dog doesn't get in the way!"
Lin Zhao looked cold, suppressing the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Who are you calling a dog?"
"Lin Zhao!"
Not far away, the woman shook her head and signaled him not to cause trouble.
After seeing Lin Zhao's cold eyes, the man's arrogance suddenly dropped. He turned around and left without saying anything. When he reached the entrance of the alley, he started cursing again.
…
Lin Zhao glanced at the woman again. A piece of bread and ten yuan of currency were enough for her to put down her dignity and serve such a dirty man. This is the current living situation of a helpless woman in the slums, without a job.
The subsidies provided by the government are far from enough to maintain the lives of mother and daughter.
"gone."
Lin Zhao got on his motorcycle and drove away at lightning speed. He couldn't control it and couldn't control it. The world was like this, not to mention that he even lived in poverty.
On the street, advertisements for "Tianxia", a so-called "metaverse-level" game, have been playing on the huge public screens. This game is known as the "second world" of mankind. Once the game is online, all parties under the unified government will
Large groups and chaebols will all inject capital into the fusion, and the gold coin system of the game will be deeply tied to major banks around the world. In other words, gold coins in the game can be directly exchanged for real money. The advertisement for "Tianxia" puts it very straightforwardly
, in this game, as long as you are strong enough, you can get everything, money, materials, weapons, status, everything you want!
Lin Zhao looked up for a while, feeling a little expectant in his heart.
…
Suddenly, someone was making a noise at the water intake area next to the water tower.
In a place like Sioux City, the water consumption of ordinary people is limited. The government issues a water card to every household. The daily cost of each water card is actually only one bucket of water. This small bucket of water includes drinking water.
Water, washing water, cleaning water, etc., to put it bluntly, is scarce. If you want to be more comfortable, you can only spend extra money to buy water from the water supply group.
Lin Zhao stepped on the accelerator and saw Little Orange standing in front of the water station crying. A bucket was kicked over and water flowed all over the floor. On the side, her mother stood there with a blank expression, looking at
She was stunned as she saw the water all over the floor.
"Pooh!"
A young man wearing a nose ring was sitting on a motorcycle and sneered: "You bitch that everyone oppresses, do I allow you to fetch water?"
Xiao Juzi's mother had a dull look on her face, and tears fell down her face: "I...I got stuck in the water..."
“What about the water card?”
After the young man got out of the car, he kicked the bucket again, causing it to deform and roll out. He said with a smile: "Can't you understand people? I ask you, do I allow you to take the water?"
Little Orange held her mother's hand, wanting to comfort her but not knowing how.
…
Lin Zhao knew this person. He was a local unemployed young man who later dyed his hair yellow. He followed a group of gangsters in the S District and transformed into a monster in people's eyes. He was a member of the Speeder Gang, known as Huang Mao. Behind him there were several people riding motorcycles.
There are many young people, some of whom even come from wealthy areas. As for the purpose of coming here, they are just bullying others for fun.
"This little girl is pretty good."
Huang Mao glanced at Little Orange, and the corner of his mouth was full of sarcasm: "When she grows up, she will probably be a beauty. Tsk, tsk, why, you start training her from a young age, and when she grows up, she will sell it with you?"
"Shut up..."
Little Orange's mother was already crying. As if defending her last dignity, she pushed the yellow hair while sobbing: "You can't... you can't do it in front of her... you can't..."
"Get away!"
Huang Mao kicked her away, turned around, picked up a wooden stick from the ground, raised it slightly, and sneered: "Since you know you are a cockroach, why do you come out to disgust people during the day?"
…
Lin Zhao felt chills in his heart. He had been bullied a lot since he was a child. If he intervened now, he would surely suffer a loss if there were more people on the other side. But if he didn't intervene, Lin Zhao would feel uncomfortable. He might look down on himself for the rest of his life.
So, just when the yellow-haired wooden stick was about to be struck, his wrist was grabbed by a strong hand.
Lin Zhao held the wooden stick tightly and said coldly: "You are the cockroach, right?"
"Who the hell are you?!"
Huang Mao suddenly twisted his arm, trying to hit Lin Zhao with the stick.
Lin Zhao was the first to attack and kicked Huang Mao away, hitting the wall hard and causing chaos all over the floor in pain.
"grass!"
A gangster wearing a nose ring hit Lin Zhao hard with an iron rod on his back, hitting him so hard that he staggered forward a few steps. As soon as he turned around, he was hit with another stick on his head. Suddenly, the world was spinning and he fainted.
, nosebleeds.
A group of gangsters panicked, turned around and scattered, leaving chaos on the street.
…
Late at night, in a wealthy area of Sioux City, in a top treatment base.
Lin Zhao was lying quietly on the hospital bed, still in a coma, with multiple wounds all over his body, and standing next to him was a woman in her mid-twenties who was wearing the uniform of a senior military general with two gold stars on her collar.
She had a very beautiful appearance, a pair of slender legs wearing leather boots, and an indescribable temperament. At this time, her beautiful eyes were staring at Lin Zhao on the hospital bed. This was none other than Lin Zhao's cousin.
, Murong Feiyue, who has been "missing" for many years.
She gritted her silver teeth and asked, "What's the specific situation?"
"Still in a severe coma."
On the side, a doctor in a white coat held up a report and said: "Skin injuries, fractures, etc. are all fine. It's just that when the accident happened, his brain suffered a very violent impact. The trauma was too deep and extremely severe."
It is possible to become a vegetative state."
"how so……"
Murong Feiyue clenched her pink fists and gritted her teeth: "I have only been away for a few years, so why did such a big thing happen to my Xiao Zhao... Doctor, is there a way to wake him up? I am willing to use all means, if there is any
If necessary, all the top medical information in the eastern theater can cooperate. The only thing I want is that my Xiao Zhao can survive."
"this……"
The doctor said: "We need to wait until experts from each district read the reports and hold meetings to discuss before we can come up with a result."
"I understand, the meeting will begin immediately."
"yes!"
…
An hour later, three well-known doctors reported together in the ward. One of them, an old doctor, said: "The brain trauma is too deep. If you want to recover, you must be stimulated, but stimulation by conventional means is very likely to cause a second attack."
The brain trauma caused him complete amnesia, so after our meeting, we thought there was a way to try."
Murong Feiyue turned around, with surprise on her beautiful face: "What can I do?"
""The World"."
The doctor said solemnly: "As you know, Lord Feiyue, the game Tianxia allows players to enter the game by stimulating brain waves and simulating real scenes. Therefore, if Lin Zhao can be allowed to enter the game, perhaps the plot in the game will
It will promote his brain's self-healing, and there is even a high possibility that he will wake up after a certain period of time."
"I know, thank you, leave the rest to me."
"yes!"
…
After a group of doctors retreated, Murong Feiyue came to the window sill alone, looked at the bright moon outside the window, and remained silent. The door of the ward opened again, and a young woman in military uniform walked in with a capable temperament.
Feiyue gave a Chinese military salute behind her and said: "It has been found out that the ones who injured Lin Zhao were a few local gangsters, and they have been caught."
"knew."
Murong Feiyue breathed a sigh of relief: "You know how to deal with it."
"yes!"
Ning Yu nodded and frowned: "General...are you really not going to hold that meeting? If you go...with your current strength and military exploits, it is very likely that you will be promoted to the youngest general in the war zone...
"
"No."
Murong Feiyue looked at Lin Zhao, her eyes became extremely soft, and said: "Xiao Zhao is still in danger now, I want to accompany him... By the way, after finishing that captain, help me contact the "Tianxia" military side
The person in charge, the game is not open yet, I want to get a closed beta qualification for Xiao Zhao."
"yes!"
Ning Yu looked at her again and said, "Is all this... really worth it?"
"worth it."
Murong Feiyue turned to look at the starry sky outside the window and said: "Back then... Fei'er found me and asked me to join as a shepherd and gain eternal life. The moment I felt that everything was worth it, Xiao Zhao fell into a deep sleep for a hundred years.
Over the years, he has grown into a big boy now, haha... I can't let him have any more accidents."
"Yes, General!"
…
After a few days, everything was done.
Lin Zhao, who had been reduced to a "vegetative state", was already in a special game cabin. His body was covered with nutrient solution, which could maintain his vitality. On his forehead, the exquisite game helmet flashed.
When the green light was given to work, Lin Zhao's body couldn't help but twitch, as if he was facing a lot.
"Shua——"
After a ray of white light, Lin Zhao's body fell sharply. His consciousness was still very blurry, but when he fell to the extreme, he suddenly woke up. Although his head still hurt, it seemed that... he could think about things, and just
When he opened his eyes, he found that he was lying on a simple wooden bed, with a roof leaking light and ventilation in front of him, and his whole body was shivering. Then, a bunch of memories rushed into his mind.
He sat up suddenly and looked at his arms and legs. They were very thin but strong. He quickly rushed to the basin and saw a younger version of himself, only fourteen or fifteen years old at most, who looked a bit like himself.
He looks like a young boy!
"Am I... traveling through time?"
His head felt severe pain again, and all the previous memories disappeared. He only remembered that he seemed to be called Lin Zhao and lived in an inexplicable world. But at this time, he became a young man, and this young man was also named Lin Zhao.
, and he’s a young man who doesn’t have enough to eat every day and is so poor that he’s almost living in poverty!
Lin Zhao sat down on the dirt floor next to the door. He needed to sort out his thoughts and memories. He was a little unhappy. Why did others travel through time and become emperors and princes, while I was so poor after traveling through time?
He stood up and said to himself: "No, I have to stand up!"
