Chapter VII: The Board of Directors of Violent Death
Chu Cheng sat in the classroom, resting his chin in his hands listlessly, yawning an average of five times per minute. It wasn't until the teacher on the line called on his name that he became a little more awake.
"Are you so sleepy?" The buddy sitting next to him glanced at him.
The buddy's name is Wei Futong, who is Chu Cheng's junior high school classmate. Originally, they were not very familiar with each other in junior high school, but unexpectedly, they were destined to enter the same school and the same major in college. The two chatted together from time to time.
The toilet, over time developed into a buddy.
Men's friendship is so simple.
Although they are not in the same class, they have checked each other's class schedules before choosing courses this semester, and they have chosen the same courses. Whoever arrives in the classroom first will always give the other a seat.
"I slept a little late last night." Chu Cheng responded casually and yawned at the same time.
Wei Fu glanced at Chu Cheng's hand meaningfully, as if he thought he understood. So he approached mysteriously and lowered his voice: "Do you have the resources?"
"ha?"
"Don't pretend to be stupid. From the looks of it, the teacher's skills last night must be pretty good, right? Can you share one with your buddies?"
"......No."
Seeing Wei Fu's unbelieving look on his face, Chu Cheng couldn't laugh or cry.
"Not really. I was playing games last night and didn't go to bed until very late." He told the truth.
Wei Futong had a disappointed look on his face, with an expression like "It turns out to be a game", and stepped aside to play with his mobile phone.
Although Wei Futong also plays games, he has no interest in single-player games. He is only interested in competitive games—especially competitive mobile games—because there are many young ladies in such games.
Chu Cheng didn't go to bed until midnight yesterday. He lay on the bed tossing and turning for a long time, with the shocking scene from the game's plot last night echoing in his mind.
To be honest, the first level after the novice tutorial of the game is indeed the opening lightning strike, which is a literal one. Coupled with the sophisticated production and realistic graphics, it is indeed impressive.
Chu Cheng, who has been baptized by various horror games and thriller movies, has not felt like this for a long time. The last time he felt so uneasy in his memory was the classic old movie "The Ring".
At that time, Chu Cheng had not had much exposure to horror movies and was not very resistant to supernatural beings. The Ring left a deep shadow on his young mind. He still remembers seeing Sister Sadako dressed in white with disheveled hair from TV when he was a child.
I was always scared when I climbed out of the plane.
Although he later forgot about it over time, the Midnight Ring, as an enlightenment horror movie, still became a shadow of his childhood. Even when he turned off the lights and was alone at night, he would still be scared in front of the dark TV and computer screen.
This sequelae was completely cured until a close friend gave him a book with a tricky taste.
The general plot is about Sadako's sister appearing on the TV set of the otaku protagonist's house. However, the protagonist is a poor man. The TV set is too small, and Sadako's sister's secondary sexual characteristics are too developed and she can't get out.
Then Sister Sadako, who was half-stuck in the TV, had some unforgettable stories with the protagonist...
Since then, the door to a new world has opened in front of Chu Cheng. He marveled that the human XP system has actually been upgraded to the point where even the Japanese ghost patch can be applied. At the same time, Sadako's PTSD for many years has also been miraculously cured instantly, and her mother is again
Don't worry about my nightmares either.
Therefore, this kind of discomfort has not appeared in Chu Cheng for a long time. He didn't know whether it was simply because the game was well-made and the graphics were too realistic, or there were other reasons. Until now, the process of cutting the first level last night was still on his mind.
It keeps replaying in my mind, and I can't get it out of my mind for a long time.
"Fuck."
Wei Futong, who was scrolling through his cell phone with his head down, suddenly made a quintessential Chinese voice.
Chu Cheng poked his head curiously.
"what happened?"
"...Does the Klein Group know?"
"I don't know." Chu Cheng shook his head.
"There is a company in Xiacheng District, it seems to be a pharmaceutical company." Wei Futong said, "I just received news that someone said that the board of directors of Klein Group died suddenly last night!"
"...Sudden death?" Chu Cheng was stunned.
It has been a month since he traveled to Dijixing. At least during this month, he felt that everything was quite normal. The memories he inherited from his original body also told him that this was a safe and peaceful world.
This kind of thing should be breaking news as soon as it is heard.
"What happened?" Chu Cheng asked.
"See for yourself."
Wei Futong handed the phone to Chu Cheng while continuing to explain in a low voice.
"The poster said that he is an employee of Klein Group and heard about it when he went to the company early this morning. But the specific reason is still unknown. It is suspected that the company was attacked by unknown persons last night..."
Wei Futong kept talking, but Chu Cheng didn't listen to what he said next.
The moment his eyes fell on the picture attached to the post, he was drawn to it like a magnet.
It was a jet black building, and an official cordon had been set up around it.
Chu Cheng stared at the photo for a while. At first, he felt that it looked more and more familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before. After a while, his pupils shrank and he froze as if he had been electrocuted.
Damn it, why does this look so much like the building Batman sneaked into last night in the game!?
Although it was night in the game and day in the photos, and only a limited part of the building was photographed in the picture, Chu Cheng controlled Batman to circle around the building for a long time last night to survey, and he was already quite familiar with the appearance and structure of the building.
Confidence makes it impossible to admit mistakes.
Wait, the board members of Klein Group died suddenly last night...
Chu Cheng immediately thought of the game level last night. The man in the conference room who raised his head to meet, and the crazy NPCs who blew their heads after being beaten by Batman.
So is it possible, maybe...
...maybe they're not NPCs?
Maybe what he experienced on the computer last night was not just a virtual game process?
The moment this thought came to his mind, he felt a chill all over his body. At the same time, the scene from last night's game came to mind again, making his spine shiver even more.
Chu Cheng also read a lot of novels in his free time back then. After the protagonist traveled through time, he saw all kinds of strange cheat cheats. He immediately thought that there was something wrong with the game he brought from the original world.
Maybe I have traveled to the world set in the game?
By the way, he thought that the game loading interface last night initially showed that the map had failed to load. Later, the system automatically repaired the problem and the words "New map system loaded" appeared.
So the new map loaded may be the map of the Earth Star. "Avengers VS Justice League: New Era" automatically analyzes the laws of this world and loads the territory of this world as the map background...
Well, of course it's all Chu Cheng's lies, he doesn't know if it's true or false.
When he swiped down the phone screen to load more information, a big "X" popped up on the screen, as well as the prompt "The post you visited does not exist."
Chu Cheng was startled for a moment.
Good guy, has even the almighty River Crab God followed you to another world?