This Game is Too Real

  A Viper transport plane landed on the bare field, and two soldiers in jackets jumped from the side of the cabin.

  The two were soldiers of the Guards Regiment.

   There are quests where the player is active, usually they provide support and hold back.

   These fighters are all elites selected from other corps. All of them have been injected with induced expression serum, and they are all Awakened.

There is a saying on the    forum that they are the eyes of managers.

   However, some players don’t think so. After all, who can be more like the eyes of managers than the hard-working “task masters” themselves?

   Looking at the plane with the arc spraying from the tail, Kong Lingkai's eyes were filled with greed, and he thought that it would be great if he could buy one.

  This thing must be more comfortable to sit on than his broken log.

  The two soldiers ignored the guy. One of them went straight to the corpse of the prosthetic mutant who was thrown on the ground, and the other went to Lao Bai and gave a military salute.

   "We came to recover the body of the mutant 'Ogg' under the orders of the administrator."

   The right fist knocked on the breastplate, Lao Bai said succinctly.

   "I've seen it on the mission briefing, I'll leave the rest to you."

"learn!"

  The soldier nodded and was about to turn around when Lao Bai suddenly thought of something and said.

   "By the way, are you going directly back to Dawn City?"

"Yes."

   Seeing the soldier nodding, Lao Bai hurriedly asked.

   "Is it convenient for a ride? A few of us here are going back."

  The soldier was stunned for a moment, then said after a moment of hesitation.

   "I have to ask the manager for instructions..."

   After he finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the plane. He connected to the communication base station at the outpost at the provincial border through the airborne radio, and got in touch with the shelter.

   After a while, he came back.

   "The manager said yes."

   "That's great." Lao Bai nodded with a smile and looked at Xinghe who was standing beside him, "Friend Pot, your mission"

  Xinghe was stunned.

   "Huh?! Is this... okay?"

"What's wrong with this, anyway, there are so many vacancies, five or six people can still sit down." Looking at Xinghe who was still hesitating, Lao Bai patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "The managers agreed, You're welcome.

   said, he looked at the awake farmer who was slumped beside the Mosquito attack aircraft.

   "By the way, don't you have any opinion on releasing people?"

   He didn't expect that the man in the iron bump would talk to him, Kong Lingkai, who had come back to his senses, was startled, and shook his head quickly, for fear of being neglected for a second.

   "No, no!"

   "He has no opinion," Lao Bai looked at Xinghe and Luoyu, who were stunned, and said with a smile, "Quickly bring people over, don't waste time."

  Xinghe took the farmer back to the side of Hope Farm. That Kong Lingkai didn't dare to neglect at all, and sent the family out like a plague god.

   It can be seen that Kong Lingkai is not very willing to these few cash cows, but he is really afraid of it. He has no doubt that it will take less than half an hour for these people to destroy him...

  …

   "Are you really not thinking about it? I'll give you... 500,000 silver coins, as long as you bring that guy over." Looking at Xinghe who was about to leave, Kong Lingkai's face was full of reluctance.

   Except for the newly weaned child, Zhou Nan's family who heard these words showed fearful expressions on their faces.

   They knew that if the young man nodded, they were dead.

   But their worries were obviously superfluous.

   Looking at the hopeful Master Kong, Xinghe said with a smile.

   "You think too much, don't say 500,000 silver coins, you just give me one million silver coins, and I can't do things for you that can't be done."

  Kong Ling was in a hurry.

   "Is there not enough money? I'm out-"

   "It has nothing to do with money," Xinghe sighed, "In our place, there are things more expensive than silver coins."

   Such as gaming helmets.

   But that npc is obviously

   didn't understand, and said in a daze.

   "Something more expensive than... silver coins?

  Xinghe said casually: "Yes, in the alliance, honor and dignity cannot be traded, we want to build an equal society... The manager said."

   Hearing this sentence, Kong Lingkai knew that it was useless to say anything.

   He was like a deflated ball, sulking in his heart, but he didn't dare to get angry, so he could only whisper to Sang and scold Huai.

   "You keep talking about equality...Is this fair to me? If I hadn't given this white-eyed wolf his freedom and lent him the capital to make a fortune, how could he have achieved what he is today!"

   Looking at the guy who wanted to get angry but didn't dare, Xinghe shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know your business, and I'm not interested in learning about it. Maybe in his opinion, he has served you for so many years is enough to repay the kindness he owes you. The planes, cement, machine guns here... Many things are actually from us. Production isn't it? Maybe that's not enough in your opinion, but that's another question.

"If you want me to say, you should sign an agreement that stipulates ownership and interest sharing, and bind each other with things written in black and white, and we will protect the legitimate rights and interests of all partners. Things, you actually know that there will be disputes in the future, don't you? Otherwise, you won't be taking people and families as hostages."

   "Anyway, at least here, kidnapping is illegal, no matter the reason. You should be glad that this place is not in the alliance for the time being, otherwise it would not be a mercenary who came here."

  Not yet...what does that mean?

   Looking at the group of people who turned and left, Kong Lingkai's eyes flashed with fear, while the private soldiers and servants standing around looked at each other...

   On the bare fields.

   Xinghe, who was sitting in the Viper transport plane, looked at Luo Yu who was watching him, and said with a look of shame.

   "Good brother! I will come back to help you!"

   We made an appointment to help each other before, but he went back first, and he was somewhat embarrassed.

  Luoyu didn't care, looked at the slowly rising transport plane and waved his hand with a smile.

   "Yeah! I remember it, it's a smooth journey!"

   Carrying the body of the prosthetic mutant, as well as Xinghe and Zhou Nan's family, the Viper transport plane dragged two arcs towards Dawn City, which is more than 800 kilometers away.

  …

   looked away from the plane, and Lao Bai looked at Luo Yu.

   "Let's go back to town and discuss."

   "Yeah!" Luo Yu nodded and said with a smile, "It just so happened that I also introduced the NPC who led the team to you. He is a local here and knows more about the situation here than I do."

   Fang Chang suddenly thought of something and said.

   "He's your employer's man, and that farmer's man."

  Luo Yu scratched his head.

   "This... I don't know, but my employer said he could be trusted, and he knew about the commission."

   "I see, that should be fine." Fang Chang nodded, as if he was thinking about something, but he didn't speak again.

   Just as the group was walking towards Hope Town, the mayor of Hope Town and a group of dignitaries in the town had already greeted them.

  The expressions on the faces of everyone are different, some are happy after the catastrophe, some are grateful, or they are alert and anxious.

The man headed by    bowed and said politely.

   "I am Ma Hechang, the mayor of this place. Please allow me to represent the more than 1,000 residents of Hope Town. Thank you for your help! If it weren't for you, I am afraid that few people would survive tonight."

   Looking at the mayor in front of him, Lao Bai said with a smile.

   "You're welcome, please help us prepare a hotel if it's convenient, we'll have to stay here for the night. Ah, of course, we'll pay."

   Seeing that this guy was about to pay, Ma Hechang said quickly.

   "How embarrassing, we will help you arrange the accommodation properly, you can stay as long as you want!"

   Lao Bai said with a smile.

   "We won't be here for too long, we'll leave early tomorrow..."

   Hearing that he was leaving early tomorrow morning, Ma Hechang breathed a sigh of relief.

Although

   I don't know why the mutants suddenly went crazy here, but intuition tells him that it must be related to these people in front of him.

   After all, they have joined the Torch Church family, and strictly speaking, that strange tribe is their ally.

   Apparently it was these outsiders who angered the mutants, otherwise he couldn't think of any other reason why the mutants would take action on their own.

  It used to be an iron tower, and now there is an alliance. These people seem to be stunned...Why do you have to find trouble with mutants?

   They can actually reach agreements like civilized people.

   I really hope they can be polite and don't bring their own grievances into other people's homes.

   Even though he thought so, he pretended to have a look of hospitality and regret on his face.

   "If you need anything please let us know."

   "I will..." Lao Bai nodded, suddenly thought of something, and continued, "By the way, can you take me to visit the priest in the town?"

   Ma Hechang was stunned.

   "You mean..."

   Lao Bai went straight to the point and said.

   "I heard there is a Torch Church church here."

  Ma Hechang's face suddenly floated, and he nodded quickly.

   "Ok, I'll take you there.

  The town is quiet.

After    dealt with the mutants, many caravans dismantled the barricades at the entrance and ran north with them without any reason, for fear that they would stay here for another night and be killed by those mutants.

  …

  The militiamen in the town did not dare to keep them, and could only watch those people go away.

   After this incident, those people may never come here again in the future. But people are more worried about the present than the future.

  Why are those mutants back here?

   They have suffered such a big loss, will they come back again? . . .

   Not to mention those outsiders.

  Some locals who were born and raised here are also hesitating whether to pack up and run away and leave this place of right and wrong completely.

After    entered the town, the players were divided into two teams.

   Fang Chang and Luo Yu went to the hotel to contact the leader of the pine cone farm caravan to see if they could find an opportunity to infiltrate the farm.

   Lao Bai, Ye Shi, Gu Feng and the others followed the mayor to the Torch Church church.

  The church is in the center of the town. It is a spired house with a layer of tiles on the roof. It does not look imposing, but it is not shabby.

  The top of the main entrance is engraved with the badge of the Torch Church, one or two torches made up of inverted triangles.

   Seeing the man in the power armor looking at the sign thoughtfully, Ma Hechang said with a slight cough.

   "Here is the church we built for the Son of God... It was just built some time ago."

   Lao Bai said something casually.

   "It seems that you are quite fond of that Son."

   Ma Hechang said with a smile.

   "Of course, he did bring us the gospel."

   "Which aspect?"

"Which aspect? That's too much..." Ma Hechang was stunned for a moment, and then he said, "For example, that Naguo. There used to be fights every three to five, those who ran cattle, farmed, chopped trees, and hunted. The guys all look like they've taken gunpowder, but since the emerald tree was planted in the town, they don't have those troubles anymore. The honest people who do the manual work are like sheep, and they finally look like they should be. "

  Old Bai suddenly asked curiously.

   "Do you eat that stuff too?"

   "Of course," Ma Hechang continued with a smile, "I had a bad cold before, but I'll be fine after eating Nago."

   Lao Bai was puzzled.

   "Then why aren't you like them?"

   He knew that the holy water could exempt the negative effects of "Spiritual Travel", but he couldn't get injections every day, right?

   And the holy water is only exempt from negative effects, and cannot organize the "wandering" state itself. It is not a good thing to be immersed in the illusion of happiness.

   Pleasant sensations of pain and listening to other people’s voices cannot be sanctified by these effects.

   Water is eliminated.

   Ma Hechang smiled embarrassedly.

   "Of course it is because of the Gospel of the Son of God that we can keep our hearts in His Gospel as long as we donate a little tax. Simply put, it is to avoid going into a state of wandering."

   Seeing the confused look on the man's face, Ma Hechang took out a small medicine bottle.

   "This is it, its name is 'Gospel', and it's enough to take one tablet every morning. It's like a mild holy water, but not so strong, just enough to keep people healthy and awake."

   Staring at the small medicine bottle for a while, Old Bai asked with interest.

  …

   "How did you sell this?"

   Ma Hechang said quickly.

   "This is not for sale, this is a favor to the devout, as long as you follow the will of the Son of God, you will be able to receive the gospel..."

   "What is his will?"

   "Build a church to spread the faith for the Son of God, and then donate a small amount of property to support the clergy on a regular basis."

   The so-called not much here should mean that there are not many for the rich and powerful. Obviously, this "gospel" has a cost, and it is not so cheap that anyone can afford it.

   But where did this thing come from?

   vaguely seemed to think of something, Lao Bai took out ten silver coins from his pocket and put them in the hands of the mayor.

   "Can you give me one?"

  The mayor hesitated, but when he saw the weapons in these people's hands, he nodded, and obediently knocked out a pill and handed it to Lao Bai.

  "...It stands to reason that we can't give it to people other than believers, but Mr. Apostle didn't say what would happen if we gave it.

   "Thanks." Old Bai Dandan smiled and handed the pills to Ye Shi, who stuffed it into his tactical backpack and put it away.

   This thing is valuable research material.

  The white-haired lady from the Institute of Biology should be interested.

   Walking to the door of the church, Mayor Ma didn't knock on the door, but reached out and pushed the wooden door open.

   The priest in gray robes stood behind the wooden pulpit, muttering some prayers.

   Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, he immediately raised his head in fright, and was relieved to see that it was not a mutant who was calling in.

   "That... Mr. Wei, the crisis outside has been lifted! I forgot to tell you just now, sorry."

   Seeing the middle-aged priest looking straight at him, Mayor Ma coughed, gave him a wink, and continued.

   "...These friends from afar are very interested in our beliefs, please answer their confusion."

  Old Bai noticed that although the Mayor Ma was very pious when he talked about the Son of God, he was not very respectful to this servant of God in the church.

   That sentence sounds polite, but it's more of a commander.

   Eighty percent of the time is because he has been converted, and the pastor is a native of the town.

   Looking into the priest's eyes, Lao Bai said with a smile.

   "Excuse me, is it convenient to sit here?"

   The middle-aged priest said nervously.

   "You please."

  Old Bai nodded, sat down on the bench in the front row, and then looked back at Mayor Ma.

   “We have something to talk to him about alone.”

   understood the meaning of these words, the mayor immediately laughed and laughed.

   "Okay! Then I'll do something else first.

   After saying that, he turned around and left the church, and closed the door for everyone kindly.

  The church was quiet.

   Being watched by a pair of eyes, the priest swallowed and said nervously.

   "My name is Wei Ming, and I'm the pastor here. I don't know...what do you want to ask me?"

   Intuition tells him that these people do not like themselves.

   In these pairs of eyes,

   "Are you from this town?"

   The priest named Wei Ming nodded nervously.

  …

"Yes…"

  Old Bai then asked.

   "How did you know that Zhang Zhengyang?"

   The tone of the interrogation made Wei Ming feel a little unpleasant, but in the face of these ruthless people, he didn't dare to hold the slightest bit.

   Resentment.

  The exoskeletons of those guys were still hung with minced meat and blood, and a hideous blood red was printed on them, which was enough to deter them if they didn't say a word.

   swallowed, he replied nervously.

   "...Two years ago, the apostle came here, and that's when I saw him."

   Hearing about this from the Iron Tower Organization, Lao Bai was not surprised, and continued to ask.

   "Nago also brought it at that time?

  Wei Ming nodded.

"Yes... But it was different then and now, the original Nago was immature and could only grow in a hot environment. I also heard that it is a tropical crop and is said to have been introduced from a few small islands in the south. ."

   Although Jinchuan Province is far southerly than River Valley Province, it is far from being tropical, and it can only be considered to be on the edge of subtropical zone.

   In the cold winter, it is still going to snow.

   Lao Bai asked with a frown.

   "They improved crops?"

"Well..." Wei Ming nodded and glanced at the direction of the backyard, "In the beginning, there was no church here, just a warehouse. The apostle rented a piece of land in the town and hired some people to help him try out those special plants. crops."

   Lao Bai stared at him and asked.

   "Why did he ask you for help."

   Wei Ming answered truthfully.

"I'm the doctor in town...and know a little bit about biology. He told me that if his plans go well, he won't need such a thing as a clinic in the future, and he can call the shots if I'm willing to help him. Give me a higher pay."

   "Anyone else besides you?

"Yes."

   Lao Bai asked immediately.

   "Are they still in town?"

  Wei Ming gave a wry smile and shook his head.

"Those people are all serfs bought from nearby farms. To put it mildly, they are both coolies and experimenters. The apostle will let them eat the nectar he planted, and my work is not only preaching, but also The first phase of the trial to record their clinical responses is over, and I haven't seen those people again, but I can probably guess where they went."

  Old Bai: "Where did you go?"

   Wei Ming was silent for a long time this time.

   After a while, he said.

   "I have no proof...but I feel like I was sent to the mutants."

   Lao Bai was stunned.

   "Send to the mutants?"

   Wei Ming had a bitter expression on his face and shook his head.

"There's no way, they can't do it anymore. At that time, Nago couldn't survive the winter at all. He suffered from withdrawal symptoms for a whole winter, and there were not enough antibiotics to help those people survive... The apostle said that they should be disposed of, but I think it should be Not a simple deal. Those people have had business dealings with mutants a long time ago, and I've even heard of—"

   Looking at Wei Ming who suddenly stopped the topic, Lao Bai asked immediately.

  …

   "What did you hear?

  Wei Ming was silent for a while, then spoke slowly.

"I heard they would buy some slaves for dinars or cr from a nearby farm and send them to that mutant tribe in the city... They seem to have made some kind of pact that the mutants help the church and keep the parish safe. , but on the contrary, the church has to provide them with some people on a regular basis.”

   Ye Shi couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.

   "These scumbags."

  Wei Ming couldn't understand what he was saying, but he could feel the anger in his tone, and involuntarily shrank his neck.

   Lao Bai stared into his eyes.

   "Since you are a doctor... you should be able to see that that thing called Nago will destroy you."

   Wei Ming's Adam's apple moved and he gave a wry smile.

  "Sir... Destruction is a matter of time for us living in this wasteland, the difference is only today or tomorrow."

   Lao Bai fell into silence.

   He suddenly felt some sympathy for this guy.

   At this time, Gu Feng suddenly said.

   "It doesn't make sense... Listen to what you mean, the group of mutants in the city let you go because they reached an agreement with the Torch Church, but why do I listen to you?

The version    says is that they seldom harassed nearby villages more than a century ago. "

   Wei Ming said with a sigh.

"This is actually not contradictory. More than a century ago...it can even be said that until 20 years ago, when I was a child, that odd' tribe was still restrained by us, and it was only in the last few years that it suddenly became violent. matter."

  Ye Ten: "Why?"

"I also listened to my grandfather," Wei Ming said slowly, seeing the expressions on the faces of the people sitting here listening intently. The number of settlements in Boulder City may be larger than that of the Boulder City at that time, and there must be hundreds of thousands of people..."

   His eyes seemed to be caught in the previous meeting. After thinking for a while, he continued.

   "The Post-War Reconstruction Committee was in charge of it at the time, and the settlement seems to be called Singularity or something...if I remember correctly."

   "Afterwards, around the 50th year of the Wasteland Era, that is, a century and a half ago, there were some conflicts within the committee that they were going to split up."

   Lao Bai nodded.

   "I've also heard about this. Probably around the 50th year of the Wasteland Era, the Post-War Reconstruction Committee officially announced its dissolution."

   Wei Ming was stunned.

   "Is there such a thing? It doesn't really matter. I heard that the committee died in name a long time ago, but that's not the point... The point is that at that time, a group of green-skinned guys ran over from the east."

"Those people claiming to be researchers from a certain facility, from the east coast, were persecuted by the production department. In order to keep their research results and escape from the production department's pursuit, they had to turn themselves into that person. Not a ghost or a ghost."

   Ye Shi was shocked when he heard this.

   "Good guy... Mutant ancestors?!"

  Wei Ming nodded.

"Almost, that's how the earliest mutants in the rumors came... They are human beings. Those guys are still human in nature, so naturally they can't eat people, they are even more polite than people, and they get along well with the residents of Singularity City. It's nice."

  Yaju managed to squeeze half a sentence out of his throat.

  Why…”

   "Why are you eating people now, right?" Wei Ming's face was full of complicated expressions, "To be honest, I don't know, I just heard what my grandfather said..."

   But if I had to guess. "

   He swallowed and replied in an uncertain voice.

   "Maybe... the first mutants thought they were still human, but their children didn't think so."

   This game is too real