2052, Thirty Years Of Sleep

Fortunately, this subtle awkward atmosphere did not last long.

Five minutes later, the door opened again, and a tall man in a suit with oily hair and gold-rimmed glasses came in from the outside. He had a professional and sincere smile on his face, which made people feel excited at first sight. intimacy.

The man put one hand on his chest, bowed slightly, and said in slightly accented Chinese: "Hello, distinguished guests, welcome to the 'Inner World', I am the manager here, you can call me Xiao Wu."

Yan Muyun opened his mouth, and suddenly realized that he didn't even ask the name of the yellow-haired man before: "Who is that... Son of the Wind?"

Xiaowu smiled and nodded: "Are you talking about Yamashita-san? He has completed his task. Next, I will introduce you two to the services provided by 'Inner World'."

"Service? What service?"

Yan Muyun and Wei Min frowned at the same time.

However, before they could react, the man in a suit gracefully snapped his fingers. The light in the room suddenly dimmed, and a colorful three-dimensional projection appeared on the coffee table in the center of the room.

A pen appeared in his hand at some point, and he tapped the two rooms on the far left in the projection.

"This is the basic structure of our 'inner world'. What you two just passed is our display area, and this is our reception area. As for the area from here onwards, it is the service area... In other words, the 'Super Fantasy Life Experience Zone'!"

Xiao Wu's voice suddenly amplified, and with a strong wave of his hands, pictures were connected end to end and passed through the air like a train.

There are schools, hospitals, swimming pools, and even gloomy prisons in these pictures... These scenes all look normal. If it weren't for the young men and women with different images posing variously in front of the camera, it would be... It makes people think that these photos were taken at random places outside.

The originally elegant and easy-going man had a sickly flush on his face. Accompanied by the suddenly exciting music, he said in an almost fanatical tone of reverence:

"Gentlemen, where we are now is Osaka's former No. 5 subway line. This line was abandoned in 2032, and then in 2045 we were called 'the star of elegance' and 'the prodigal god of the flower world' '——President Shoukaku undertook the renovation and transformed it into the 'New World Gensokyo' which is famous throughout Osaka and even Japan. Many guests who have experienced us have given 10-star praise and think that the service we provide even It's not much better compared to the 'Sea Eden'..."

"Stop stop stop stop."

A somewhat discordant voice sounded, and it was Yan Muyun who stood up.

The exciting music stopped abruptly, and the light in the room returned to normal.

"Excuse me, what's the matter?" Xiao Wu leaned forward slightly, and his concerned expression and tone made people suspect that the "enthusiastic singer" just now was just an illusion.

"I think you may have misunderstood something..." Yan Muyun felt a little headache.

"I'll take the liberty of asking."

Xiao Wu coughed dryly: "You want to go to Eden's Ark, right?"

"um, yes."

"The purpose is...'romance for men,' right?"

"..."

"Then you've come to the right place!"

Xiao Wu's eyes suddenly widened, and he leaned back exaggeratedly: "Instead of spending millions to go to the Ark of Eden, it would be better to spend 100,000 yuan to experience the new world for a month. Believe me, sir, that kind of life is not interesting. You will soon get tired of it. Spending two to three hundred thousand a year and spending time with us for two or three months not only maintains the sense of freshness, but also greatly reduces expenses..."

Yan Muyun wanted to say something, but the corners of his mouth twitched twice and he couldn't make a sound.

He turned to look at Wei Min for help, but saw that the other person was also frowning, with an expression that looked like he had eaten a fly.

"Are you doubting the professionalism of the services we provide? I can assure you here that 60% of our service staff were dismissed in the last round of the 'Sea Service Assessment', both in terms of quality and professionalism. , are almost the same as the official 'Sea Waiters' on the Ark of Eden. In addition, the remaining 20% ​​of our service staff are well-made mechanical dolls, which can definitely give you a completely different experience from real people!"

The silence between the two was misunderstood as hesitation. Xiaowu stepped up his efforts and introduced his own special services more passionately.

He walked over to the woman pushing a stroller and the girl dressed as a student by the door, and lifted up their skirts at the same time. However, the two of them were like puppets that did not respond to external stimulation, and they still just smiled and teased the baby and Lower your head and play with your phone.

"We also provide an ultra-advanced gameplay that is not even available in Eden on the Sea, the 'NPC mode'! In this mode, all service staff and dolls except guests will act according to the established scripts, go to school, go to work, bathe and eat. During this period, the guests will be ignored no matter what they do to them. It can be called an advanced version of "Westworld". You two should know "Westworld", this great science fiction film, right? It's the story of androids being... ..."

Yan Muyun and Wei Min finally couldn't stand it anymore, so they stood up and walked out, but Xiao Wu slipped and opened his arms to block the door.

"You'd better get out of the way immediately." Yan Muyun clenched his fists.

"If you have something to say, you have something to say." Xiao Wu repeatedly waved his hands to show weakness, and asked in an extremely humble tone: "Um, you two, I would like to ask you what exactly dissatisfied you about the 'other world'. We will talk about it in the future Trying to improve.”

Wei Min sighed and explained: "It has nothing to do with the 'inside world' or the 'outside world'. We just want to get on the Ark of Eden. Do you have a way?"

"Yes." Xiao Wu raised a finger: "With half a million, I can help you get a 'sea citizen' identity. But this month's quota has been used up, and you have to wait until the 18th of next month. , you two can pay a deposit of 200,000 yuan in advance. However, you have agreed in advance to keep a low profile when you go up there. If the inspection team discovers that your identity is forged and is directly deported, we will not be responsible."

Yan Muyun was immediately laughed out of anger: "Wouldn't you just make more money by selling your identity as a 'sea citizen'? Why bother to put so much effort into recommending us some other world?"

"It's different, sir."

Xiao Wu shook his head with an extremely serious expression: "After all, we and Eden's Ark are in a competitive relationship. Our goal is to defeat it or even replace it! Transporting guests to the enemy is not a bad choice. What's more, as long as you experience it, Customers who have served us will eventually become repeat customers. 100,000 a month, 200,000 in two months... Young customers like you two will still have decades to come, and the water will flow... ..”

"Is there any way to get us up there this month?" Wei Min interrupted him.

"No way." Xiao Wu shook his head like a rattle.

...

It was late at night, and it started to rain without warning.

Yan Muyun and Wei Min were squatting under a neon sign to hide from the rain. There were two cans of freshly opened cold beer on the steps.

"It's so unlucky that I got pimped out of nowhere." Yan Muyun sighed.

"Yeah." Wei Min nodded, picked up the beer next to him, and suddenly burst into laughter from his throat.

"What are you doing? You're smiling so obscenely."

"To be honest, I'm a little excited."

"Real or false." Yan Muyun looked at this guy with disdain.

Wei Min didn't say anything, he just turned to look at him, his eyes widened.

The two looked at each other for a while, and Yan Muyun was defeated: "Okay, it's not a man not to be moved..."

"Hehe." Wei Min let out a victorious laugh.

"Hey, those two uncles, you laugh so obscenely."

A girl's voice suddenly sounded, causing Yan Muyun and Wei Min to turn their heads at the same time.

At the entrance of a convenience store not far away, a long-haired girl wearing a baseball jacket tilted her head and leaned half of her body out of the store, looking at them unblinkingly with her big cat-like eyes.