"Then today's live broadcast ends here. Thank you everyone for watching and supporting. Thank you."
Suburban Y City, Bihai Apartment, 13th floor,
Late at night, in a messy rental house, Ye Ge, who was sitting in front of the computer, took off his headphones slightly tiredly, controlled the mouse to turn off the game live broadcast room, which had not many people in it.
Smoothing the slightly messy and greasy hair in front of his forehead, Ye Ge leaned on the back of the hard chair and exhaled softly. He picked up the cigarette case and took a look at it, then threw the empty cigarette case into the already filled one with disappointment.
In the trash can, the tumbling craving for cigarettes is suppressed.
"It's time to pay the rent again."
Glancing at the calendar, Ye Ge closed his sore eyes and rubbed his eyes with his hands, thinking about how he could make up for the vacancy of more than 3,000 yuan in one week.
As for asking his family for money to pay the rent, this option has never appeared in his mind. Since it is the path of life he has chosen, he has to go on it even if he walks on his knees.
When his eyes felt a little more comfortable, Ye Ge clenched his fists and tried to stand up, but found that his body had no energy at all - just like his live broadcast room with a pool of stagnant water.
"It sucks. I'm already twenty-five years old, but I'm living like a dog."
I obviously got into a good university, but I didn't participate in any job fairs after graduation. After being dissuaded by my family, I stubbornly decided to leave my hometown and come to a big city. I devoted myself wholeheartedly to the industry of game anchoring, but in the end, my life was a mess.
.
Now it seems that whether you come to a big city or choose the path of game anchor, it is stupid enough.
"The ways to make quick money are all written in the criminal law. It's too reluctant to make three thousand a week without breaking the law. It's better to return the house. I'm stupid enough to rent a house like this."
The expensive house has wasted all the previous savings...what a fool!"
Ye Ge, whose stomach was a little sore, turned on his phone. It was already two o'clock in the evening. He opened the takeout app and after taking a look at the extremely affordable prices, he filled his stomach perfectly.
"Get some sleep and go to the market tomorrow to buy steamed buns worth ten yuan. By the way, see if there are any low-cost houses nearby. People, you shouldn't spend money you can't earn. Take it as a lesson."
Ye Ge was about to put down his phone when a stranger's caller ID suddenly appeared on the phone screen. Without hesitation, he pressed the red button to hang up the phone, but a young man's voice came from the phone.
"Don't be so cold, little brother, I have something to tell you and I want to help you."
Looking blankly at the hung up phone call, Ye Ge, who was a little confused, suddenly woke up a lot.
"Damn it, are telecommunication frauds so powerful nowadays? Can I still stay on the phone after I hang up?"
"It's just a little worse than telecommunications fraud... Hey! Don't turn off your phone! Look, isn't this a waste of effort?"
Staring blankly at the black screen of his smartphone, which was constantly hearing scalp-numbing voices, Ye Ge felt a chill running from his heels to his Tianling Gai.
Did you encounter a ghost in the middle of the night? It is said that ghosts are afraid of cruel people, and now is the worst time to be cowardly.
Picking up the glass ashtray, Ye Ge stared at his phone and said coldly.
"Whether you are a human or a ghost, let me tell you, I can barely even eat steamed buns. There is nothing worthy of your plot. It would be better if you leave, but if you don't leave..."
"What can you do if you don't leave?"
The voice on the phone had an unexplainable smile.
"Did you smash your only cell phone? What can you do? Just stop threatening people as a poor college student, okay?"
Ye Ge silently put down the glass ashtray, feeling that this Ah Piao was too thin.
"You are right, poverty is much scarier than ghosts."
"That's true, but what you want most is not money, right? Otherwise, why would you choose to be a game anchor? Don't you just think this world is boring?"
"So what? It's all fake anyway."
"Aren't you a game anchor? Do you want to sign a live broadcast agreement with our company? Maybe it can slightly change your current situation."
Hearing this, Ye Ge hesitated. A large part of the reason why he was so poor was that he did not sign a contract with the platform union.
As if he has the ability to read minds, the voice on the phone is seductive and whispers like a demon.
"It's a little different from an ordinary contract. Having said that, don't you listen to the conditions? The treatment is quite generous~"
"you say."
"To put it simply, after signing a contract with our company, we need you to perform a live broadcast show. Since you like games so much, let's use the game world as the background. We also have many VIPs here who are game geeks.
If you die in the game world, you will not really die, but a fixed number of anchor points will be deducted. Once the anchor points are deducted, our contract will be terminated, and at that time we will take back your life. Probably from the perspective of outsiders,
You will die of myocardial infarction."
"Are you betting on your life? I really dare to say, what can I get after paying such a high price?
Also, I don’t quite understand what a live reality show means.”
"You can understand that within the specified time, you need to enter the game world designated by our company to complete some tasks. Completing these tasks will bring you anchor points.
Both the world you are in and the world I am in will be watched by viewers, and the incentives from the viewers can also increase your anchor points. Under the company's operation, your true identity will not be exposed, and there is no need for psychological burden.
The anchor points are very useful. They can not only extend the duration of the contract, but also allow you to keep some items in the game world or learned skills when you leave, and bring them to the real world where you are.
This is the reward I can give you. You have to explore more things by yourself slowly. I can’t say too much~
How about it? Compared with those boring general equivalents, isn't our company sincere enough? It's much more generous than the Japanese Xiaoli notebooks from Qianquan Sosou next door."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! I fully understood the contents of the other party's transaction. I have to say that Ye Ge is really tempted, but there are many things that need to be thought of in advance.
He is not a lonely orphan, otherwise he wouldn't be afraid of visiting relatives during the New Year, especially in this environment where people who don't have a serious job or find a serious partner are not worthy of being human.
"Then if I want to be free and break the contract, what price do I have to pay?"
"If you have enough anchor points to terminate the contract, you can also keep some of your own things. Think about it, no matter what you learn, it will always be more than enough to feed you in your world, right?"
"Last question, who are you and the company you are talking about? Are they aliens?"
"Tsk, tsk, I really don't have the right to answer this question. Let's just say we are whatever you think we are."
Ye Ge slowly exhaled a breath, no longer hesitating, picked up the phone with a black screen, and said in a deep voice.
"I signed this employment agreement."
"In this way, the contract has come into effect. Welcome to join the company, host Ye Ge."
Ye Ge looked blankly at the unchanging environment around him, always feeling that he was being treated like a monkey.
"What do I do next? Turn on the computer? Stand up and dance or something?"
"No, just turn on your phone. From now on, this phone will be your employee's phone. It's a black technology product that can't be thrown away. The specific live broadcast methods and live content are all in your phone. There's no harm in taking a closer look.
Ye Ge is a new anchor, I’m looking forward to your performance.”
After saying that, the phone went silent and the rental house became quiet again, as if everything he had just experienced was an illusion.
"Hey, are you still there?"
Ye Ge asked another question on the phone, but received no response. At this moment, he was completely sleepless. Ye Ge just wanted to find out what changes had happened to his Huawei phone as soon as possible.
After pressing the power button, the screen lit up instantly at an incomprehensible speed. After a quick check, Ye Ge discovered three changes in the phone.
The first change is that the battery no longer displays numbers, but the [∞] symbol lights up, as if there is endless power.
The second change is that the software has a skull icon on the homepage of the screen, with four simplified Chinese characters for "Anchor Code" written underneath.
The third change is that the Miaoya live broadcast on the mobile phone has turned into a black swirl icon, with the three simplified Chinese characters for "Live Broadcast Room" written below.
After thinking about it, Ye Ge first clicked on the [Anchor Code]. There was not much content. Most of the content was about the personal constraints on the anchor. A small part of the content was about how the anchor should output the [emotional value] in the live show to please the audience.
Generally speaking, there are some very strict confidentiality regulations. Ye Ge cannot reveal his identity or any information about the [Company] in real life or game live broadcasts.
In the live broadcast of the reality show, if he wants to earn points, he must try his best to play his role well and cannot reveal his true identity to the characters in the game world.
Otherwise, the company will deduct some points as a penalty.
In addition, the company does not mind if the anchor uses the things he got to do evil and cause trouble after leaving the game, as long as the anchor can bear the consequences. If someone kills him, the contract will be automatically voided.
"It doesn't look like there are any overlord clauses."
After turning off [Anchor Rules], Ye Ge clicked on the [Live Broadcast Room] software. The most conspicuous thing was [Anchor’s current points: 100] marked in red font.
Looking further down, in addition to the live broadcast screen similar to that of Miaoya Live, there are only three icons on the page, namely [Channel Expansion], [Live Broadcast Agreement] and [Live Broadcast Preparation]. After the live broadcast preparation, there is another one that is less than three days old.
countdown.
The channel extension is a gray icon that cannot be clicked. Ye Ge can only click on the live broadcast agreement. It is like an enlightenment. The next second, his head seems to explode, and countless information is directly instilled into the depths of Ye Ge's consciousness.
After all the information was digested, Ye Ge's face became extremely ugly.
“The first mission failure and death penalties are reduced by 50%. The normal failure penalty is to deduct 50% of the current total points. If the points are less than 30 points, 30 points will be deducted. If the points are insufficient, the contract will be terminated.
I only have 100 points now. In principle, I can only fail three times. The fourth time my points will be lower than 30 points, I will die according to the provisions of the live broadcast agreement.
The most critical issue is that every time I enter the game, there will be [temporary] skill assistance to reduce the difficulty of the game. Otherwise, I will not get any enhancements and can only enter the live broadcast room with my current physical condition.
If you want to get auxiliary skills, you must spend additional points, which means that my fault tolerance rate will further decrease, and the number of deaths may be compressed into one...
This is a bit too difficult.”
Ye Ge, who was slightly anxious, put down his mobile phone and went to the bathroom to rinse his face with cold water. However, the panic in his heart lingered, as if a big stone was pressing down on his heart.
Returning to the bedroom, Ye Ge suppressed his uneasiness and clicked the button to prepare for the live broadcast. He secretly prayed that the difficulty of his first destination would be lower so that he could accumulate some points to increase his error tolerance.
Like a blind box, the ever-changing light pollution finally calmed down and the first game world was determined.
Fixating on the game name and game introduction, Ye Ge broke into a cold sweat and the soles of his feet felt cold.
"Is this the dangerous world of [Escape from Tarkov]?"
The background of the game Escape from Tarkov is set in a war-torn city called [Takov] in the fictional Novinsk Special Economic Zone. Tarkov, which was jointly blockaded by the United Nations and Russia, became a living hell.
In this dangerous area where most civilians have fled, there are countless extremely dangerous militants, including but not limited to local scavengers, bandits, robbers, cold-blooded mercenaries fighting for money, and hidden in the city.
Cultists in dark corners,
Ordinary people who failed to leave Tarkov in time could only continue to fight in this city that had completely lost order, plundering the few resources among the separatist armed gangs to continue their lives and struggle to survive.
Thinking of entering the city of Tarkov in his current state, Ye Ge felt a little breathless.
The physical fitness that was relatively good in college has now degraded to the level of a third-level invalid. If a gamer who has been abandoned for a year enters a war-torn area, you can use your toes to understand how high the survival rate is.
In this case, we still have to complete the live broadcast task...
"Isn't this certain death?"
His eyes stayed on the countdown that kept passing by. He only had seventy-one hours of preparation time left. He knew clearly that he should take action now, but he didn't know what he should do. His hands and feet were stiff and cold, and his thoughts were confused.
"Calm down, I have to calm down."
He took a deep breath and rubbed his cheeks vigorously. When he felt pain, Ye Ge struggled to squeeze a little air into his lungs.
Grabbing his cell phone and stuffing it into his trouser pocket, Ye Ge left the apartment building and went to the convenience store outside the community to buy a pack of cigarettes and three packs of instant noodles.
Breathing the cool night breeze, Ye Ge lit the cigarette in his mouth and took a long puff. Under the stimulation of nicotine, his body finally regained some warmth and sanity.
