My portable gaming girlfriend

Hey, hey, hey... isn't it, this is different from what you said, so you lose?

What do you mean, I'm just getting started! The beautiful campus life with Angel Pink has just begun!

How can I draw a full stop here! This is so tragic!

Is this the one? The so-called trial version gives you a very good start, attracts your attention, makes you addicted, and then suddenly stops at the most important point, and finally sends a payment notice?

Is it possible to continue the campus life with Angels after spending money? Appreciate the operation! Kudos to the developers! So I hate this kind of stuff...

Of course... No one can answer my questions if I stay here, and there is no point in complaining all the time.

In short, let’s exit the game first——

Exit this virtual reality version of the beautiful girl love game, "Sakura Story".

Naturally - my real name is not Gao Chengyuan, nor is my identity a high school student, it's just the identity of the hero in this game.

In reality, I am just an ordinary, inconspicuous freshman named Shi Yuanxing. For some purposes, I tried this game recommended by netizens.

What can I say here to experience the pink high school life that I have never experienced before? It is a game where you can fall in love with cute girls without thinking.

But now I'm faced with the fact... the game is over on the first night.

This is simply a shame, for me who regards games as my greatest hobby and specialty, it is simply a shame and a great shame!

Besides, the latest-generation VR gaming helmet I’m wearing now is very expensive, okay? I didn’t come here to see Sakura Trail.

Try again...maybe it's just a system freeze, a reboot will do the trick.

Cherry Blossom Trail... [gameover]

Hmm, it could also be a game hardware problem, check and try again.

Cherry Blossom Trail... [gameover]

Is the tone of my conversation wrong?

Cherry Blossom Trail... [gameover]

Come again!

Cherry Blossom Trail... [gameover]

again?

Cherry Blossom Trail... [gameover]

again...

Cherry Blossom Trail... [gameover]

…

I repeated it countless times in a row like this, and I finally failed to survive the first day. This thing is not a semi-finished product at all, right? I didn't see any payment reminder in the middle.

Soon, almost desperate, I could only choose the last solution.

Raise your hand, and call up a conversation with a netizen you just met a few days ago on the holographic screen projected by the metal bracelet—[The Eternal Crescent Moon in the Scarlet Sky].

I don't want to have too much to do with him if I can.

Speaking of this netizen, it should be a game lover like me and a dead house.

The specific performance is that in 24 hours a day, for about 18 hours, I can see his "in-game" status on the game platform.

Of course, don't ask me why I am sure that other people are in the game for 18 hours...

But unlike me, who likes certain types of games, this guy has a wide range of games, and the number of game purchases on the SKYLAND platform is almost 10 times that of mine...

With a beep, my thoughts were interrupted...

"Hello viewers, welcome to the live broadcast room of this platform. Today, we have invited Mr. Shen Kong, who is a research and development personnel of Endia Company, as a special guest on the security issues of VR games that are frequently reported on the Internet. Shen Kong Hello sir."

"Hello host."

So what is the point of this sudden advertisement push? Just because I am not a member of the SKYLAND platform, can I not skip it? Looking at the holographic window that appeared in front of me, I sighed helplessly.

The gentleman wearing glasses in the picture is a member of Endea, a company responsible for the development of various artificial intelligence in popular VR games.

Speaking of which, there have been rumors recently that some players have inexplicably fallen into a coma while playing VR games and cannot log out.

This kind of gossip and urban rumors are always so evil. This is true of anything that becomes popular. The negative press, the hype and the like are totally unbelievable.

Don't watch this kind of boring program, I'd rather stay for a while——

"The interviewer invited Su You, a popular professional gamer."

This sentence caught my attention.

At this moment, the camera turned to the other side, where a fashionable young man with yellow hair was sitting on the sofa.

Su You, also known as a legend in the game industry, not only won consecutive championships in world competitions, but also topped almost all game rankings. That is to say, there is no game that he is not proficient in. In addition, his attitude is very kind, and he has no airs of a great god. It can be said that he is my idol.

"Mr. Shen, what do you think about what many netizens said before, that VR games will cause players to have brain dysfunction, memory loss, turn into a vegetative state, or even brain death?"

Su You's question really hit the nail on the head, what to ask sharply, although I think these are probably prepared questions.

"I think this is impossible. First of all, the so-called VR or virtual reality technology is just a computer simulation system that can create and experience a virtual world. In virtual reality games, the game helmet generates a corresponding simulated environment through brain-computer interaction technology. , which is actually no essential difference from dreaming.”

The researcher Shen Kong made a strong promise, completely scoffing at those claims.

"It is impossible to say that it will cause harm to the user. The power of the output signal is strictly tested. Even those horror games that are dedicated to the pursuit of sensory and psychological stimulation will respond in real time according to the user's physical state. When problems arise Before, the system would force players to log out."

"Thank you, Mr. Shen. In addition, some netizens exposed a serious incident before. A player died suddenly while playing the game. What do you think about this?"

So there really is such a thing? Unconsciously, I became interested.

"I think netizens have misunderstood this matter. According to the results announced by the police and the company, the deceased himself suffered from heart disease, so it was probably just an accident. Please pay attention here, if it is a heart-related disease Players need to avoid irritating games, and this is also stated on the device packaging and game instructions."

The host nodded slightly, wait a minute, I seem to know what's going on.

"In addition, I would like to sincerely remind all users not to be addicted to games. The current virtual reality technology is not completely suitable for everyone, which needs attention. In addition, please do not easily believe some statements and rumors on the Internet, game equipment and content itself It's harmless."

"Thank you very much Mr. Shen for your answer. By the way, as a game player, I need to be in touch with VR equipment for a long time every day. Although I have never seen a player die, after playing for a long time, it is inevitable even for me. It will feel uncomfortable. So I hope everyone can arrange the game time properly and don't play for too long. See you next time!"

I close the window. In fact, this kind of interview with the official is too obvious, it seems to be deliberately dispelling rumors, and a professional game player like Su You is invited to do the interview, and the publicity effect is full.

It has to be said that hardware and software manufacturers have indeed made great efforts to stabilize the psychology of the audience, so that those who deliberately cause trouble on the Internet probably have nothing to do.

After this interview, all kinds of evidence will definitely be listed to refute those remarks as worthless...

But as Su You and Shen Kong said, I don't believe that playing a VR game will have such serious consequences, and I haven't seen any accidents after playing for so long just now.

Or back to the game itself, why did it end suddenly!

Ah yes, send a message to Can Yue.

[Me: This game is really difficult. Why did I jump out of the gameover interface as soon as I lay in bed on the first night? Is it because I didn't recharge? 】

Probably because he was in the game, it took him 5 minutes to reply to the message.

[Canyue: No way? This is one of the simplest galgames, and there is no in-app purchase function, and there is no channel for you to recharge. 】

[Me: So, what kind of game is galgame? 】

[Canyue: Don't you even know what kind of game galgame is? 】

In desperation, Can Yue introduced galgame to me.

Galgame, that is, the beautiful girl love game, has existed in the form of games as early as the desktop era decades ago.

In the game, players need to talk to the beautiful girls and choose the correct option to attack them. Although the early galgames were mainly based on reading text, it was limited by the level of hardware and software.

Nowadays, as the era of great development of virtual reality games, relying on the development of brain-computer interaction technology, the game screen is no longer presented by the monitor, but a real world-like existence that can be placed in it.

The options are no longer displayed in text, but are reflected in the interaction with npc——

[Me: So, that is to say, there is no combat in this game, only interacting with npc? How can I keep playing this game. 】

[Canyue: You complained that you haven't been in a relationship for 18 years and it's boring, so I recommend you to play galgames to learn how to communicate with girls, right? It’s a game that can be cleared by orangutans at one time, but you gameover on the first day, the level of love really impresses me...]

Damn it, I am also a person who has a little bit of qualifications in the game field to be called a "high player", but I am compared with an orangutan!

[Canyue: Anyway, let me tell you about the choices you have made. 】

[Me: What are you talking about, choice? 】

[Canyue: It's a hidden choice, don't you know that the early galgames used options to change the progress of the plot? 】

[Me: I still don't understand it very well, I didn't see any text about options. 】

[Canyue: ...I really can't help it, let me tell you. Although the virtual reality galgame of "Sakura Story" does not have obvious options, its essence has not changed, that is, what you choose when facing disagreements will affect the development of the plot. 】

[Me: I have experienced this plot more than 10 times, and I have never faced disagreements at all...]

[Canyue: You carefully recall what you have experienced. 】

I try to remember every detail of my first day in the game... because it's been repeated so many times, it's so easy for me...

[Me: When I first entered the game, I was standing on the cherry blossom path, where I met Tamagawa Sakura. Then, before class, the homeroom teacher announced that Tamagawa Sakura would transfer to our class, and appointed her to be my deskmate. Nothing happened after that, except Sakata Haruji asked me to go buy a new game after school...]

[Canyue: Wait a minute! 】

[Me: Is there any problem? 】

[Canyue: You said you went to buy games with Sakata Haruji? 】

【Me: That’s right—and I’ve tried 10 times but still haven’t gotten the special code. In fact, there’s no such thing at all, right? 】

[Canyue: ...you have repeated this more than a dozen times? 】

【Me: Is there any problem? 】

[Canyue: Pfft—hahahaha... As expected, she has no experience in dating girls for 18 years, let alone an old virgin who has sex! LOL! 】

……This guy! I laughed out loud there!

That's why I don't want to have too much communication with him. Sometimes Wan Yue's character is really horrible. Being able to get acquainted with him is also a coincidence, as long as you don't ridicule him, he is still a very easy-to-talk person, and he may be similar to me in reality.

So what if you have no experience in dating girls for 18 years? It's just that I didn't pay attention to girls. Seriously, it's not that I can't find a girlfriend.

A guy like this who plays 10 hours a day and still likes galgames is hopeless, right? Needless to say, it must be a dead house, or maybe a fat house!

And the worst thing is that this person speaks viciously after he just met him not long ago. If this is the case in reality, I don't know how bad the relationship will be. Probably not at the level of a transparent person like me, but at the level of the king of silence and the public enemy of the class.

【Me: If we do this again, we won’t be able to be friends anymore. 】

[Canyue: To be honest, this is the first time I have seen someone in galgame choose to go out with friends to buy games. Is it your friends or the game is so attractive to you that you neglect to participate in club activities time and time again? 】

【Me: What are club activities? 】

【Canyue: Don't you know about 'society activities'? ! 】

[Me: How could I know! Again no one told me. 】

【Canyue: ...It's all written in the 'notebook', haven't you read it? 】

【Me: What is 'notebook'...】

Even I am a little embarrassed to continue asking. It seems that I really shouldn't start playing this game without reading the instructions...

[Can Yue: Are you mentally retarded? The 'notebook' is the game description for the players. It records background settings, character introductions and other information. How do you keep playing without looking at the 'notebook'? It should have been in your schoolbag from the start. 】

[Me: I really didn't find it at all...]

I won't do things like flip through the notebook in my schoolbag in the game.

[Can Yue: I'm curious, how do you know your class number without a notebook? 】

[Me: I was also troubled by this for a long time. Later, I asked a few classmates, and one of them happened to be my classmate, so he took me to find it...]

【The Crescent Moon: ...】

[Me: So, what is the relationship between club activities and the plot? 】

[Canyue: Only by participating in club activities can you meet the second heroine and trigger Sakura's next plot. 】

[Me: Since this is the case, I will try again. Thank you. 】

Not wanting to hear his ridicule, I quickly closed the connection.

Now that I understand the reason for the failure, the next step is easy, as long as I go to participate in club activities.

Put on the helmet and return to "The Story of Falling Sakura"——