From star abyss

"Qiuyun, send the coffee to Minister Norfolk. You can get off work today."

"OK, all right."

Xia Yubing immediately put on a professional smile, put the coffee on the cart, pushed it to the elevator, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is this an online game? Why do you feel as tired as working?"

Xia Yubing muttered that the professional skirt worn by a government employee was not very comfortable, but since it could provide [avoiding harassment], she tolerated it.

After her investigation during this period, she found that the cause of death of the body she recruited, Qiu Yun, was not simple. In addition to the mental and physical exhaustion caused by overtime work, there are also some female colleagues with malicious intentions.

While taking the elevator, Xia Yubing opened the memo that came with the system and checked the evidence he had collected.

"Exhibit A: [Recording] - Qiu Yun's female colleagues Vivian and Andy are jealous of Qiu Yun's rapid promotion, and have been stumbling on Qiu Yun's work. Including but not limited to: doing a lot of chores, preventing Qiu Yun from doing... Yun communicated with leaders, excluded Qiu Yun from participating in group activities, and splashed paint on her uniform a few minutes before a public event...can be called workplace bullying."

"Exhibit B: [Chat record] - On President David Lin's inauguration day, Qiuyun's newcomer Lilith planned to have Qiuyun anger foreign guests during service and disrupt the inauguration ceremony - this also involved Lilith's suspected overseas An undercover agent planted by a spy.”

Qiu Yun's origin and her death were very pitiful, which made Xia Yubing, a person who had never played games, feel distressed. After investigating the truth, she became even more indignant.

"Don't worry, Qiuyun, I will definitely give you justice! I will definitely help you find your sister."

Fortunately, she was not alone. Her companions in the club were all from Shuangming. After forming the guild, they launched efficient leveling and monster-fighting operations.

As for the whereabouts of her sister, it is still unknown. But Xia Yubing believes that the number of players today is increasing and there will be relevant news soon.

It is worth mentioning that the Shikoku side has noticed the emergence of a group of 'Adventors', but after research, the Shikoku believe that this is a disease and has no major impact.

In a sense, players are much more honest than ordinary citizens.

In fact, most of the players came to the outside world, and the number of real Four Kingdoms players was only a quarter. The recruited characters were basically marginalized people in society.

At first, when players learned about this setting, they were quite concerned about it, but as many players discovered that the characters they recruited were either dead or about to die - after that, no one cared about it. .

In a country of more than 600 million people, nearly 8 million people die every year even from natural causes, and there are probably about 100,000 accidental deaths. Add to this the cold outside, lack of natural light, and cancer—the emergence of players , but reduced the mortality rate by several percentage points.

During the opening phase of the public beta, the number of registered players was only a few million, so the initial appearance of public beta players did not attract much attention.

Players like to go on the offensive, which makes them tend to take over dangerous jobs. Being a desperado is the most common part-time job behavior of players. This has brought a head-on blow to many black forces.

Although the players are still in a state of urban legend, the thugs in the club are now able to help her a lot.

The members of the club fought hard and used many gray methods to obtain various information from gangsters and street talk. She also relied on her status as a [government employee] to obtain new government rewards and information for her companions in a timely manner.

Although Xia Yubing is still working in Shuangmao's government department and can only get a fixed amount of experience every day, everyone needs government informants like her, and Xia Yubing is naturally willing to help.

Opening the friends list, the first thing that caught the eye was the 'special concern' caramel snail, who was sending a new message at this moment.

Caramel Snail: Ah, this mission is so difficult. Everyone is a boss with great marksmanship and body skills. Being with them is so stressful - Read, just now

Xia Yubing glanced at her friend's information and saw that the caramel snail had been upgraded to lv.19, but what she could do now was only the lv.6 [laborer].

'Currently the highest level player on the forum is only lv.20. It seems that Ziniu is really powerful...'

Thinking like this, Xia Yubing wrote down a line of greetings.

Reply: Did you have fun playing Alien? --Have read

Caramel Snail: Yeah, not bad. But the latest exploration mission is really difficult. Our team of six encountered big trouble when searching for the goblin lair (View screenshot: 623.7M) - Read

Clicking on the screenshot, Xia Yubing immediately saw a thrilling scene: they seemed to be in a dark mountain forest, with black clouds covering the moon and darkness everywhere. From the caramel snail's first-person perspective, some dark red eyes can be clearly seen in the forest, flashing like will-o'-the-wisps.

...That's it? Xia Yubing thought to herself that it was not as scary as the horror movies she watched in elementary school.

Reply: (Entering...)

Caramel Snail: Wow, it’s really scary. I’m most afraid of this kind of scene! --Have read.

Seeing this, Xia Yubing hesitated and deleted the edited 'Any questions? ’.

Reply: Well, it is indeed scary. When I encounter this kind of scene in the middle of the night, I feel like I am going to have a nightmare!

‘Would my answer seem too artificial? Ziniu doesn't seem to like this kind of weak tone, right? But if I act too forcefully, will he feel that I don't care about him at all? ’

Xia Yubing thought for a while and started typing slowly again: Ziniu, you are so brave. If it were me, I would never dare to go deep into such a dark place alone. It's so scary...

‘Well, the tone is so soft, it’s really disgusting, but if you say this, he only needs to reply: It’s okay, we will go together from now on - this way, we will have the opportunity to ask out to play together in the future! ’

Before Xia Yubing finished typing, Caramel Snail uploaded another picture.

'Huh? What did he post again? It should still be a screenshot of the game, right? ’

She downloaded it and clicked it to take a look:

In the first person view, the caramel snail seems to have fallen to the ground, with some wounds on his body. At this moment, a female player with green hair stretched out her hand towards the caramel snail. Her bright facial features and chrome-plated circuit cables showed a sharp contrast, making her a completely cyberpunk beauty.

[Blood pressure rises, pay attention to emotional stability. 】

The blood pressure monitor on your wrist instantly started alarming.

Caramel Snail: Oh, to be honest, the Goblin Nest is too difficult to defeat. Fortunately, everyone doesn’t dislike my clumsiness and has been teaching me. Especially cumin powder, which saved me several times. Personality aside, he is simply an angel. Now that we have explored the outer area, we have already destroyed two waves. We will temporarily camp and rest today, and wait until the number of resurrections is reset tomorrow before setting off again. ——Read, just now

Caramel snails: (entering...)

Caramel Snail: (Sends picture) We’ve set up camp and that’s the end of my battle for today. It’s good that it’s in public beta. Originally, when we were inside, when the character was sleeping, we could only browse the forum. Now I can play “Red Arrow Miner” and Auto Chess. I won’t say more, Brother Ye Zhanjian wants to win over me. When a platoon plays chess, the first move is made. --Have read

(The other party has left the chat)

"Powdered cumin? Angel?"

Xia Yubing clicked her tongue, her tone cold.

She zoomed in to take a closer look at the other person's appearance, comparing it countless times in her mind.

Her appearance is actually better, but although Qiuyun's appearance is relatively mediocre, she is still very beautiful as long as she dresses up.

Xia Yubing took a picture of the airport in Pingchuan.

"Ah...it's so sad. This is the result of malnutrition."

Xia Yubing shook his head.

After saying this, she felt even more sorry for Qiu Yun.

Besides, the appearance and figure in the virtual game are all fake, so he might be a tank, but Ziniu has really seen himself and knows his real-life image.

After looking around, it seems that I am only a little bit worse in level. The woman named Cumin Fen entered the closed beta, which is only lv.20. I have only been on the server for a few days, and I am already at lv.6.

Xia Yubing muttered:

"It's just that you entered the game earlier than me."