Edge of Pure Land

Chapter 2 Those who broke out of the cocoon

Lu Fuji felt that he had had a long dream. In the dream, he seemed to hear the faint sound of a radio, far away in the sky but very close to his ears.

"On December 24, 2047, Aurora Technology announced the Tree of Life system to the world. The earth's ecological environment has undergone tremendous changes, and the human life structure has been reshaped, ushering in an era of national evolution. The latest batch from the Cocoon of Time The human beings who have awakened within have mastered tremendous power, and are officially named...evolvers!"

"Global notification, the earth's environment has stabilized in recent years. Special dimensions have appeared in cities such as Fengcheng, London, San Francisco, Florence, and Strasbourg. Life restricted areas have been formed. This area is extremely dangerous. The Evolutionary Army has intervened to blockade ordinary people. Citizens please evacuate as soon as possible.”

“The Supreme Federation has been established, a new order has been established, Aurora Technology has officially disintegrated, and has been renamed Akasha Holy Cult…”

　　When he opened his eyes, he saw a blur of pure white in front of him. His brain was in pain as if it had been hit by a blunt instrument. The muscles all over his body were stiff and sore, and his bones seemed to be falling apart.

 It was as if he had been lying in bed for a long time.

 After a long time, the hair turns gray and the world changes.

I can’t remember the broadcast I heard vaguely in my dream.

He found that he was entangled in a pure white silk, like a silkworm chrysalis. Fortunately, it was not particularly difficult to tangle, and it could be torn apart naturally after rolling a few times.

 “Have you entered the game?”

After being in a trance as if from a different world, he remembered that when he played the preliminary test before, the game also started from inside the cocoon. This was the setting made by his father and mother.

This is what they said at the time: "Human evolution begins in the cocoon. Through sleep and rebirth in the cocoon, the physical condition is improved. It is like waking up and discovering that the aura has revived, and the earth has re-entered the mythical world. era."

 The cocoon is still a familiar cocoon.

 But something seems wrong.

 He felt that the virtual helmet was still on his head.

 I stretched out my hand and touched it, and it was true.

"Name Lu Fuji, number 75637, vital signs have been thawed, body functions have been revived, the soul matrix has terminated operation, preliminary evolution has been completed, and the Kabbalah Tree of Life system has been offline. Welcome to the new world, where you are currently You are no longer in the normal dimension, and the nearest city to you is Linhai City. Your first priority is to survive and try to leave the restricted area of ​​life.”

 “Good luck, guardian of what’s left of the old world!”

A cold beep sounded in the virtual helmet, and the flashing red light dimmed completely. This meant that the remaining power had been exhausted, but his heart was hanging.

 The prompt tone is very familiar, just like before.

 But the question is, why is he still wearing a helmet?

It was really a ghost. Lu Fuji was a little confused about the situation. He tried to wake up the system interface but nothing happened. The body felt as real as if a real person had traveled through time.

There is no hint of a game at all.

 He looked around and was convinced of his guess.

This is still his old dormitory. There are books and homework on the desk and cabinets. Gel pens are scattered everywhere, as well as his old notebook.

The pile of empty anti-cancer drug bottles scattered in the corner is the best proof. He has marked each bottle cap. These things once were his life, and there is no way he can admit them wrong.

He was still lying on the bed, wearing the school uniform of Fengcheng No. 2 Middle School, and in his pockets were a mobile phone and a keychain, a Swiss Army knife, an ID card, and two packets of egg yolk pies.

These are his personal belongings. No matter how realistic the game is, it is impossible to perfectly restore all the details of reality.

To test his guess, he bit his finger hard.

 It hurt a little and blood flowed out.

That feeling is so real!

I should have known that my parents had said when they made the settings that in order to prevent players from having adverse reactions due to pain during the game, the pain sensation was directly blocked.

"how so?"

When he turned around and looked out the window, he didn't find anything unusual. Under the dark night, there were bright stars. The starlight dotted the silent playground. Ivys hung upside down like green waterfalls on the sloping teaching building. Outside the long street, there were neatly arranged cars. There are no lights.

There were no pedestrians on the street, and the brightly lit buildings were completely dimmed, standing silently in the cold winter wind, as if they were holding up a giant in the darkness.

 “No man’s land!”

Lu Fuji remembers that the setting of that game is like this. When the legacy of the gods appears, some cities on the earth will undergo huge changes. Ancient creatures will revive and monsters will run rampant.

Those cities will become extremely dangerous.

  No longer suitable for human habitation.

  Probably will become a concept similar to copy.

Players living in those cities will have to face highly difficult dungeons after they are born. They may have to die many times before they can get out of the novice village. However, the advantage is that they can gain a lot of experience and even extremely rare props.

 Pure Land corresponds to reality, which is a major selling point.

 When a normal player is born, he or she emerges from the cocoon in his own home. The environment around him will basically not change at all, so he naturally does not need to face danger.

 The former is **** level difficulty.

  The latter is the easy level difficulty.

“The setting is still a familiar one, and the city I’m in has indeed become a copy, but the problem is that it feels too real, not like a game.” Shika Fuji murmured.

His mobile phone still had 30% battery, but unfortunately there was no network or signal. He tried to make a few calls, but all he heard was a disappointing busy signal.

　　When he wanted to take a glass of water to drink, he found that the cup collapsed like sand.

 Like sand pouring from the fingertips.

He was stunned for a moment and reached for the water dispenser again.

 The water dispenser also suddenly became rusty and rotten.

 Laptops, keyboards and mice, books and stationery.

 Without exception, all are corrupt.

 Metal objects or plastics can also leave behind debris.

 Only the thing wrapped in white silk remained intact, as if time had stopped.

 He did not panic.

 Everything feels familiar.

After a moment of silence, Lu Fuji walked out of the room. This was the first floor of their school. It was no different from before. However, he only dared to step on the ground and did not dare to touch the walls, for fear that the walls would collapse with a slight touch. , smashed him to death.

 But his worries were misplaced. The building was still strong.

 The paint on the wall will fall off quickly after just a touch.

He quickly walked out of the dormitory building, passed through the open door, and found an empty playground. The iron fence at the school gate had been opened, so there was no need to turn it over.

The once bustling city was so quiet. The high-end community next to the school was covered with green vines and ivy. There was not even a person on the long street, but there were countless huge tree roots on the ground.

 “Is there anyone? Is there anyone?”

Lu Fuji looked at these thick tree roots. They seemed to spread from the edge of the world. There was no end in sight at a glance, only endless mist.

 Visibility was very low in the cold night, and fog filled the darkness.

These scenes gave him a familiar feeling.

 But it’s different from back then.

Lu Buer walked for a long time without seeing even a single person.

It’s too cold. The city is empty and the temperature will get even lower. The temperature at the moment is about minus ten degrees. Even a thickened woolen school uniform is a bit unbearable.

 There is a light source hidden at the end of the fog, so warm and bright.

  But I don’t know what it is.

Lu Fuji did not see these things back then.

The cold forced him to move in the direction of the light source, but there was a faint sound on the broken telephone pole above his head. A dark crow fluttered its wings and flew away, its black feathers shaking off.

The ivy across the street made a rustling sound, as if a giant thing was climbing and swimming on the wall of the residential building. The dark green scales opened and closed regularly, shaking off the floating dust.

 That’s a snake!

"Well, the creatures in the dungeon will mutate, and these things are very dangerous." Lu Buer realized the crisis in the city, took out the Swiss Army Knife from his pocket, and quickly sneaked along the corner towards the light source, shuttling through the In a huge empty city.

In the silence, a dog barked suddenly.

Lu Fuji slowed down and leaned against the wall. When he poked his head out, he could see a dog nibbling on carrion at the corner. Occasionally when he raised his head, a rotten face was revealed!

 Its pupils are also shockingly scarlet!

 Damn it!

 He accidentally broke a dry branch. It was precisely such a subtle noise that startled the strange dog that was eating. It accurately locked the target position, barked all the way, and bared its teeth.

 It is not big, but it runs very fast.

Lu Fuji recalled his experience that year and hid in the corner of the wall to ambush him. When the strange dog rushed out, he flew up and kicked it in the abdomen, sending it flying away.

After the successful blow, he turned around and ran. After running for an unknown amount of time, his whole body felt as heavy as lead, his chest was burning with pain, and his breathing was short.

 The weather is too cold and high-intensity exercise consumes too much energy.

“Can this be a game? Shouldn’t I be a superhuman in the game? Where are my attribute points? Where are my initial equipment?” Lu Fuji cursed in his mind.

It’s so special that a tiger falls down and is bullied by a dog.

I think that when he first tested it, he used the special props arranged by his parents. Along the way, he could be said to be killing gods and Buddhas, and he passed the level with zero casualties.

But the only pity is that he failed to trigger the hidden plot after repeatedly clearing the level many times, and thus failed to unlock the ultimate hidden reward in the copy. Dad and Mom once said that they hid a very cherished item in Novice Village, but it was unobtainable during the initial beta. If you really want to get it, you can only wait for the day when the game is released for public beta.

It is said that it is the ultimate secret that can touch the game world, and it is the ultimate weapon that can accompany players as they grow, but at the same time it also involves a huge catastrophe, which is crucial.

Although it sounded very exciting, at that time it was just a castrated version of the preliminary beta game, and it was not an official public beta, so he didn't care.

 But his parents said that the hidden prop was a little easter egg prepared for him. If he really had to wait for the day of the open beta, only he could get it.

Lu Fuji's thoughts changed rapidly, and the strange dog was still chasing after him.

He was panting from exhaustion. If it weren't for the advanced medical technology of this era and the good condition he had maintained through years of exercise, he would have died a long time ago.

 Many people think that cancer patients must be very weak. In fact, this was not the case in an era when medical treatment was not as developed as it is today. To fight cancer, you must maintain a good physical condition.

 Many patients look just like ordinary people, but they may suddenly collapse one day and never be able to get sick again.

The howl sounded like a pack of wolves gathering together, and pairs of scarlet eyes lit up in the darkness.

Heck, the strange barking just now summoned the pack of dogs. These beasts have become as organized and disciplined as wolves. They never act alone, but always fight in groups.

Lu Fuji could only turn around and flee on the road where vehicles were scattered, rolling and jumping onto the fragile roof of the car, while the strange dogs ran wildly behind him and followed him. Once, his ankle was almost bitten, but fortunately he He can counterattack by taking advantage of his height and kick him from a high position.

He held the Swiss Army Knife upside down in his left hand to defend himself. He picked up a usable rusty steel pipe in his right hand and swung it. He hit the heads of the strange dogs hard with the dog-beating stick. Unexpectedly, it was quite effective.

　　The dog-beating stick method is swung in the air, and the head of the strange dog blooms.

Lu Buer was fighting and retreating when a particularly strong strange dog happened to pounce in front of his face. He swung the steel pipe with his backhand and struck it, but unexpectedly he was bitten by it and could not break free.

Fortunately, Lu Fuji had been prepared. He aimed at the strange dog's left eye and pierced it with a knife. The thick blood spurted out. It whimpered and went completely limp, killing him with one blow.

What was unexpected was that the strange dogs took advantage of this opportunity and swarmed up. There were pairs of scarlet eyes in all directions, and their sharp fangs were dripping with saliva.

 For a moment, Lu Fuji thought he was going to be torn apart by the dogs.

 Games are different from reality.

 He has bonuses in the game.

 But in reality, he has nothing to rely on!

There was a loud gunshot, and the head of a strange dog exploded. The dogs were frightened and stunned.

The door of a church outside the street was opened, and a man strode out with a pistol in his hand. He shot the strange dogs in the head continuously and shouted: "Come here quickly!"

Lu Fuji was surprised. He didn't expect there was anyone other than him here.

Two companions rushed out of the darkness, holding fire extinguishers and spraying the strange dogs violently. The large amount of dry powder sprayed made them dizzy, and more deadly gunshots continued to sound.

Lu Fuji took advantage of the situation and used a steel pipe to knock away the strange dog next to him, and rushed towards the dark door.

 Bang, the door behind him closed, and Lu Buer escaped.

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For Lu Fuji, this was an unprecedented experience. He leaned against the door and panted. The roaring and scratching sounds of strange dogs could be heard outside the door, which made him break into a cold sweat.

The light of the flashlight lit up in the darkness, but his hands were controlled by someone, especially the cold touch coming from the back of his head. It was the feeling of the muzzle of a gun!

 “Say, who are you?”

 The man with the gun asked, gasping for air.

Lu Fuji was stunned, and for a moment he didn't even know how to answer. He saw strange faces. Everyone had a gray face and their clothes were in tatters.

Like a group of refugees.

There are security guards and strong fitness instructors in this group, but there are also elderly men and girls shivering in the corner. They are all equipped with weapons, such as electric batons, kitchen knives, steel pipes, etc. It is used for self-protection.

The old man holding the flashlight took a closer look at him, especially when he saw the logo on the chest of his school uniform: "Hey, he is a student, and he is from Fengcheng No. 2 Middle School."

Lu Fuji also saw clearly the appearance of this person through the light.

 Because this is Zhang, the owner of the grocery store in front of their school.

Although his face is haggard and his clothes are ragged, he can still be recognized at a glance.

 I didn’t expect to meet familiar people here.

 “I have my student ID card in my pocket.”

 Lu Fuji calmed down and said, "I have no ill intentions towards you."

 Boss Zhang took out his belongings from his pocket. When the two packages of egg yolk pies were turned out, the people in the corridor were breathing visibly faster and their eyes were shining.

“Well, he is still a student, don’t scare him.”

 Boss Zhang stuffed the things into his pocket again: "Let go."

Lu Fuji felt that the people on both sides left, and the muzzle of the gun behind him was also removed.

 “I’m sorry, I scared you just now.”

The gunman took out his ID from his pocket: "I am the Sheriff of Donghai Road Police Station, and my name is Amber. Everyone has similar experiences, so we must be more vigilant. We are not sure of your identity, no Do you know if you are the mastermind behind this?"

 “The man behind the scenes?”

 The deer wanted to speak but stopped.

If we were talking about the man behind the scenes, it was probably the company where his parents worked before they were alive.

  Or, it’s his parents.

The people here were obviously people who had come out of the cocoon inexplicably, with expressions of fear and confusion. They were all discouraged when they found that the newcomers also had no idea what to ask.

 “We don’t know either.”

Boss Zhang sighed faintly: "Everyone fell into a deep sleep after putting on the virtual helmet. When they woke up, they were wrapped tightly in silk. This place is already an empty city."

"So did you just wake up? We woke up a few days earlier than you. We all got together by chance. Along the way, we encountered attacks from various mutated beasts, and some people... died It fell." Officer An whispered.

Lu Fuji pondered for a moment, but he did not dare to say the settings he knew, because he was really worried about being regarded as an accomplice of the mastermind behind the scenes, which would be very detrimental to him.

 Wait a minute, there’s Hosey!

José also bought a virtual helmet.

 Perhaps you are also experiencing the same crisis as him at this moment.

"If you ask me, you are just making a fuss out of a molehill. What if we really enter the virtual world? What if this is all a game? Be realistic. There are no monsters or monsters in this world that can travel through time as soon as you wake up. How can it be?"

At the end of the corridor, a ragged middle-aged man stood up and took out several bank cards from his pocket: "Young man, you have two egg yolk pies in your hand, right? Each of these bank cards has two million, as long as Give me the food and you can take one of them!"

Lu Fuji was stunned again. It seemed that this middle-aged man was very rich and had been hungry for who knows how long. When the egg yolk pie was found just now, he could no longer sit still.

In this city, except for the buildings that are basically intact, everything else will be corrupted.

 As for his belongings, they were sealed in a cocoon with him.

 Perhaps it is for this reason that it can be preserved.

 Two million, which was a sum of money that he could not even imagine. It was enough for him to continue treatment for a long time.

 In times of crisis, it is so cheap that you can get it in exchange for two egg yolk pies.

At this time, Boss Zhang pulled him back and said: "You are fooling the child, you are the only one who thinks this is a game, you can't see the scratch on your thigh? Can the game be so real? ? We don’t know if we can survive. What’s the point of asking for money at this time? Besides, why don’t you say there are 100 million in this card?”

He turned around and said: "Child, hide those two egg yolk pies, don't let others **** them away. I don't know what will happen in the future, maybe it can save your life."

 When he said this, Boss Zhang’s own stomach growled.



 (End of this chapter)