This Game is Too Real

At the junction of   Wandering Swamp and Luoxia Province, thin sunlight shrouded the gray-yellow wasteland through the dense fog.

   The crow biting the corpse raised its head, and a silver-grey cross that was out of tune with the surroundings was printed into its amber pupils.

  "...here is Torch-1, "Seagull" has reached the coordinates above...I'll look for it, are you sure it's this coordinate?"

  The cabin of the killer whale transport plane, the pilot sitting in the co-pilot seat chewed gum and poked the tablet with his index finger.

  His name is Xiao Hua, and he belongs to the pilot of the corporate aviation department. However, "enterprise" is not an "enterprise". His actual employment unit is the "Just Look Salvage Company" controlled by Kang Mao Group.

   Although the name sounds very casual, their business is known for being robust and reliable, and it is for this reason that the insurance company that provided insurance services for the crashed plane gave them this big deal.

   They were also quite cautious when taking over this business, and they never let down their vigilance since they entered the Luoxia Province.

  Although this place is far away from the firefighting area, just a week ago, the aviation department dropped a plane nearby, so he did not dare to take it lightly.

   Those eccentric, dark-hearted swamp guys can't think with common sense, and the devil knows why they would fire missiles at their "old friends" on the east coast.

   But since the council doesn’t want to make a mess, they can only try to avoid conflict.

   So they carefully hovered the killer whale transport plane at an altitude of 100 kilometers away, and sent a drone over to see the situation, determine the specific location, and then decide what to do with it.

  If the academy repeats its old tricks.

   High enough for them to glide to the desert to the south.

  The sound of rustling electric current came from the communication channel, maybe the sandstorm has finally passed, and the unstable signal has finally recovered a little.

   "The coordinates are wrong?! How is that possible!?"

   "Can I still joke with you?" The pilot swiped his index finger on the tablet, and took advantage of the good signal to compress the aerial image and send it.

There was a brief silence across the    communication channel.

   After seeing the aerial photos, the pilot named Sun Ze also seemed to be lost in self-doubt.

   "Impossible... The remaining craters are still on the ground."

"Are you sure it's a crater?" the pilot in the driver's seat leaned over and asked cautiously, "We didn't find any bodies on the ground...nor the 'beehive' you mentioned, or even the Didn't even see the drone. "

   "That's right... 80% of the time, the people from the academy cleaned it up for us. Maybe after they got hit, they found out that they had messed with the people they shouldn't, and they cleaned it up for us."

   "That makes sense haha."

   There was no response on the communication channel for the teasing of the two pilots.

   There is only a rustling electric sound.

   That pilot named Sun Ze may be doubting life.

   But they didn't want to wait any longer, and the remaining power didn't allow them to continue to delay here.

   "Anyway, we didn't see anything...it's almost out of power, let's go here." The pilot sitting in the driver's seat looked at Xiao Hua, who was operating the drone next to him.

   Xiao Hua looked up at the captain.

   "How to write the report?"

   The captain said indifferently.

   "Whatever, just take a few pictures near the coordinates and put them in."

"receive."

   Xiao Hua nodded, and he stretched his index finger, who was also too lazy to make trouble for himself, and selected the return button.

   After receiving the order to evacuate, the silver-gray drone quickly ended its circling and flew towards the killer whale transport plane hovering over the mountains to the south.

  The two crew members in the cabin recovered the plane, and Xiao Hua's index finger continued to slide the screen, picking out the photos that were stuffed into the report for a while.

   But at this moment, he suddenly let out a light whimper from the corner of his mouth, and sat up straight from the seat.

   "What's the matter?" The captain sitting next to him glanced at the tablet in his hand and saw that the screen was filled with mountains and nothing special.

  Xiao Hua didn't speak. He selected the tool box with his index finger and clicked twice, switching to the heat source identification mode.

   At the same time that the picture turned black and white, silver-white bright spots suddenly appeared in the dark mountains.

   The captain looked slightly surprised.

"what is that?"

   "I don't know...but there seem to be a lot of people," Xiao Hua muttered with a puzzled expression, "It was taken when the drone was returning to the Col, about 30 kilometers away from us."

  The captain didn't say anything.

   "Then leave it alone."

   Xiao Hua shrugged his shoulders and stroked his index finger on the screen.

"You decide."

   At the same time, in a mountain col, 30 kilometers away, a team of scavengers in ragged clothes were pushing carts and carts, traveling through the mountains.

   The corporate pilots who were returning home did not know that the killer whale transport plane they had been looking for for a long time was right under their noses.

   It was even almost captured by aerial footage!

   But it must be these wastelanders swaggering past them, they won't recognize it, those parts are removed from their transport planes.

   Lured by a huge reward of one million silver coins, these scavengers are like moving ants.

From the plasma engine hanging outside to the glass cover on the dashboard, in less than half a day, they disassembled the huge transporter and packed it all in the carts with bottles and cans superior.

   I was stunned that there was not even a single screw left!

not only that.

   Even the "Hive" drone hive launched by the beacon team and the countless small attack drones destroyed by the EMP were all picked up by these scavengers.

   As the old man named Gust boasted.

   Just pick up the trash, they are professional!

   "A salvage company? What is that?"

   "There are companies in Ideal City that specialize in recycling business. We originally planned to contact them for work, but they only provide free shipping within the province of Yunjian."

   "Free shipping?"

   heard a strange phrase that he had never heard before. Gust, sitting on the back of a two-headed cow and smoking a bong, cast a curious glance at the Union soldier who called himself "The Sixth in the Corner".

   The old sixth in the corner coughed and explained in a non-standard language. "It means door-to-door delivery... It means delivery to the door."

   "Oh," the old man nodded, and then hehe said with a smile, "Then we also "free shipping", it's nothing."

   The sixth man in the corner looked at him in surprise.

  Most wastelanders look forward to the enterprise and the ideal city, just as they talk about the Legion.

   It was the first time he heard completely different comments about the ideal city from the wastelanders.

   "It's not too bad, isn't it amazing to work for a company?"

   "Cut, what's this," Gust said, glancing at the corner of his mouth and knocking his bong. "Our ancestors also worked for the post-war reconstruction committee. It's hard to say who picked up more garbage."

   Old Six in the corner was even more surprised, and nodded subconsciously.

   "Then I guess you should pick up more... If you count the ones you picked up before."

  Although the old man's face was full of envy when he talked about the good things in the ideal city, but when it comes to his old skills, his wrinkled face showed unquestionable authority and pride.

   Lost Mengxin, who was walking beside him, had a confused expression on his face the whole time.

   During the demolition yesterday, he took pictures of the process of the scavengers dismantling the plane.

   However, no matter how many times he watched it, he could not imagine how these people did it.

   "...Good guy, it really came back." Lost Mengxin muttered to himself.

   turned back and glanced at the mighty team, and the small pieces of junk that were carried in the team, Bai Jidai scratched his head and said.

   "But how do you put it back?"

   Hearing the conversation of his teammates, the old sixth in the corner came over with a smile and said.

   "Damn it! What do you do with so much? Whether you can put it back is a matter for professional players and NPCs in life, let's transport it back first!"

  …

   The mighty team climbed over a mountain not long afterward.

Just as the little players were performing the "Disappearance in Place" technique under the eyes of their allies, Lao Bai, who returned to the line overnight, finally found two good brothers in embarrassment, and confessed last night one by one. Things that happened······

   "...In short, this is what happened. I was temporarily suspended by the manager and had to go back to the back for three days."

   looked at Gu Feng embarrassedly, and Lao Bai continued embarrassedly.

   "While I'm away... I'll trouble you."

   He originally thought that even if the two good brothers did not sympathize with their own experiences, they would somehow express regret or understanding.

   But what he didn't expect was that before he finished the second half of his sentence, Ye Shi, who was standing beside him, burst into laughter.

   "Hahahaha! That's it!"

  Although the reaction was not as exaggerated as Ye Shi's, after listening to Lao Bai's words, Gu Feng's face still had a subtle expression.

   After a moment to organize his thoughts, he tried to make a summary.

   "So...you were temporarily suspended by the manager because you begged for that Ms. Chen?"

   "No, didn't I say it? It's the manager who thinks I'm suspecting that he'll be suspicious... ouch, why is it so troublesome to explain."

   Looking at Old Bai who was about to be driven crazy, Kuang Feng didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly scratching his cheeks with the expression "Do you think I would believe it?"

   But, believe it or not.

   The pop-up window of the announcement in the Corps system interface will never be fake.

   Gu Feng sighed, rested his forehead in thought for a while, and suddenly thought of something.

   "By the way, is that Ms. Chen also going back with you?"

  Old Bai was stunned for a moment, then nodded subconsciously.

   "Of course, this is a war zone, there is no point in her being a non-combatant here..."

   Ye Shi, who was still clutching his stomach a second ago, suddenly stopped laughing.

   The melon in his mouth turned into dog food within two seconds, and his happy expression instantly put on a mask of pain.

   "I blanch! It's not fair!!"

   Lao Bai looked at him with a bewildered expression.

   "What nerves are you getting..."

   The wind coughed.

   "This time I'm standing at night ten... We're going to the front line, it's really not very authentic for you to go back and enjoy yourself alone.

   Ye Shi couldn't help shouting.

   "That's right! I also made a contribution to the alliance, I also shed blood for the alliance, why not reward me!"

  Old Bai: "???"

  My lord has been suspended.

   What kind of reward is this!

  …

   felt his conscience and said that there must be rewards.

   avoided direct conflict with the academy, and maximized the interests of the alliance while completing the rescue mission. All players who participated in the action received a generous reward.

  Because of one or two mysterious auctions held from time to time on the official website, the silver coins on the forum have never been worried about buyers, and this generous reward is still very fragrant.

   However, when he saw the pale numbers on the settlement interface, Ye Shi's eyes were filled with resentment.

   Embarrassed to face his gaze, Lao Bai coughed dryly, threw down the phrase "see you in three days" and turned to the transport plane not far away.

  Luo Yu and Xiao Yu were also in the cabin.

   Including the android Xuanfeng who was fixed in the iron coffin and the wreckage of the fruiting body packaged in the box, as well as the two corporate pilots who were rescued before.

  The plan has changed. Since the remaining fuel is not enough to return to the ideal city, they need to return to the aviation base in the north of Xizhou City to transfer.

   Waiting for the plane to take off, the two pilots whispered and exchanged the "ghost story" they just heard.

   "What the hell."

"What's wrong?"

   "The plane is gone."

   "It's gone?!" The partner sitting next to him looked at Sun Ze in surprise, his eyes widening, "How is it possible that such a big plane can fly by itself?"

   "I don't know either... The salvage company contacted by the aviation department went to the coordinates I reported, and they said nonsense that I had misremembered the location."

  Sun Ze wondered why he couldn't.

   He calculated the approximate coordinates based on the flight data in the black box, and he did the calculation twice, how could there be a problem?

   And the aerial photo was clearly the place where the Burning Corps and the Beacon Squad exchanged fire before, so he could be sure that he was not mistaken.

   Such a big plane, and there are still wastelands with no roads nearby...

How did    disappear? !

"Hey."

   Seeing his teammates pulling his sleeves, Sun Ze, who was wondering, raised his head.

   "Do what?"

  The teammates didn't speak, and pointed to the entrance of the cabin, only to see a young woman wearing a beige coat coming up.

   The long brown hair was tied into a ponytail, and her figure was thin and tall, but she was still very interesting in what she should expect.

   What surprised him was not that he saw a beautiful girl here, but this woman he had seen before.

   Out of curiosity, Sun Ze whistled and said.

   "Hey, beauty, didn't you go back?"

  Chen Yutong looked at him.

   "I'm staying."

  Sun Ze was even more surprised when he heard this.

"stay?"

   The partner sitting next to Sun Ze was not surprised and said with a smile.

   "I said long ago that the academy is not the life of a normal person, how could anyone want to go back to that kind of place...go to the ideal city?"

   "Maybe later."

  Chen Yutong casually said a word, found an open place to sit down, and fastened his seat belt.

  Although she has left the academy, she still doesn't like people who can't start a business... She has a frivolous attitude, she's always not serious, and she likes to show off something that she doesn't think is worth showing off at all.

   She knew it might be prejudice.

   But the prejudice that has been formed for 20 years is not something that can be changed in a day or two.

   "Be careful with this tying method, the wound will open."

   Hearing the non-standard words, Chen Yutong raised his head and saw Old Bai walking in from outside the cabin.

   raised her eyebrows slightly, she asked curiously.

   "How should it be tied?"

   "The point of force should avoid the abdomen, and it would be better to focus on the legs and shoulders... just like me." The index finger couldn't make a gesture, so Lao Bai simply sat down and demonstrated it again.

  According to his demonstration, Chen Yutong untied the nylon buckle on his abdomen and re-fastened his seat belt. It really felt a lot easier.

   "Thank you...you're not going to the front?"

   "Like the two of them, the plan has changed," Lao Bai pointed at the corporate pilot sitting not far away with his chin, and said helplessly, "Anyway... I have to go back and stay for a few days."

  Chen Yutong stared at his expression and observed for a while, the intuition developed by her previous work made her see something.

"because I?"

  Old Bai hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

"nothing dealing with you."

  Although he was ridiculed a lot by his good brothers, he still stubbornly believed that this was a punishment for him as the manager said.

   Actually there is nothing wrong with it.

   Even if he never doubted the correctness of the alliance, and never hesitated about his beliefs, he could not deny that those words were indeed selfish.

"Feel sorry."

   Lao Bai said with a free and easy smile.

   "What apology, I said it has nothing to do with you."

   At this time, the cabin door was closed, and the humming of the plasma plume came from the cabin behind the two of them not long after.

   With a slight tremor, the transport plane lifted off slowly.

   Luo Yu and Xiao Yu, who were sitting at the other end of the cabin, were still whispering and communicating.

   "...eat, eat, eat, and buy you a box of lollipops when you go back! Let you eat enough at one time!"

   "Hey!"

   "Ice cream? Are you sure? You can't stand something too icy?"

   "Hey!"

   "Okay... I'll just buy it."

  The scene of harmony and friendship made Lao Bai's face smile like an aunt, but he still couldn't understand how the two communicated.

  Does it rely on radio waves?

   How exactly.

   "It's incredible..."

   said what was in his heart for him, Chen Yutong also showed interest in his eyes, and said softly.

   "The mother of the mutant slime mold can actually communicate with people... This simply subverts our understanding of it for two hundred years."

   Lao Bai nodded.

"Well, we were also surprised when we found it, especially in a place like Qingquan City, the slime mold has almost been equated with death and plague. If it wasn't for the manager's order, I'm afraid no one would allow it to live. "

   Players don't really care.

   As long as they can communicate, even the death claw can be used as a mount, not to mention the mutant slime mold. The weirder it looks, the more awesome it is.

  If the minds of mutants are not too cruel and bloodthirsty, and the mind interference device cannot interfere with their brains, goblin technology has designated two as free labor.

   However, compared to players who don't play cards according to the routine, the wastelanders who live in this world are still a little concerned.

   It was only because of the personal charm and prestige of the managers that they accepted the existence of this alien. Chen Yutong looked at Lao Bai.

   "But even so, you still accepted it?" Old Bai scratched his head.

"Well, at least it's harmless for now, maybe we can find a way to make those broods harmless... Anyway, I don't think it's possible to wipe them out completely. Without air, water and oxygen, one can live for more than two hundred years without dying."

  Chen Yutong thought for a while.

   "I once heard a rumor."

   Lao Bai asked casually.

   "What rumor." Chen Yutong pointed to the top of his head.

   "That's where they came from."

"There?"

   Lao Bai was stunned.

   He raised his head subconsciously, but only saw the silver-grey ceiling.

   "She might be talking about Nanmen Er."

   Sun Ze, who was sitting not far away, couldn't help but interject, and under Xiaoyu's eager gaze, he smiled and threw a chewing gum into his mouth.

   "The former colony of the People's Union, a planet shrouded in aurora, I have heard rumors, but so what... By the way, you can't see it here."

  Old Bai cast a suspicious look at her.

   This is a setting that has not been explained in detail on the official website.

   didn't care about the company employee's complaints, Chen Yutong nodded lightly, with a hint of regret in his voice.

   "Many people have forgotten that it once belonged to us."

   At the same time, in the desert thousands of kilometers away, hundreds of trucks broke down beside the dilapidated road, and the scrapped steel was burning on the dunes.

   Standing in the middle of the tank turret, the mole holding a telescope, was looking out at the chaotic battlefield in the distance.

   Another hearty victory.

  Thanks to the intelligence of Comrade "Pangolin", this retreating 10,000-strong team was defeated by the steel torrent of the alliance.

   This is the third team of 10,000 people they have wiped out this week.

   Counting the results of the friendly army, there are probably not many chess pieces left in the hands of the legion.

  The only thing Mole wants to do now is to seize the kingdom of Falcon Kingdom in front of Brother Fountain, and intercept the supplies sent by the Legion from the east.

   He brought the communicator to his lips.

   "Panzergrenadiers advance!"

"receive!"

   patted the front of the truck, Irena, who was standing beside the machine gun on the roof, signaled the driver to start, and at the same time straightened the 20mm heavy machine gun welded on the roof.

   The dark muzzle pointed directly at the chaotic battlefield in the distance, and the heated metal barrel was rising with a twisting heat wave.

   Armored forces have annihilated most of the resistance. Next comes the infantry sweeping the battlefield.

   In fact, all they had to do was gather the soldiers who surrendered, confiscate their weapons, and hand them over to the Lion Kingdom Army who followed behind.

   At this moment, the Skeleton Corps is only 50 kilometers away from the Falcon Kingdom, and they will soon be able to see the royal palace that General McClen "will never forget".

   glanced at the Willantes who were holding their heads in their hands, Irena said with a smile. "I hope the Warlords aren't in it."

   Hearing the ridicule with its own funny emoji, the construction site boy and Brick drew a hammer on their chests.

   "Pray for him."

   (The sequelae of the outbreak, today is a little kaven, and tomorrow I will write about the daily life of professional players in the rear life.)