This Game is Too Real

  The twilight of the morning sun passed over the eaves of the porthole, illuminating the sleeping side face of the lamb.

  As if aware of the touch of the light, she moved her long eyelashes, stretched her little hands lying on the cryogenic stasis cabin, and yawned unconsciously.

"you're awake?"

   A soft voice came from beside my ear.

   "Yeah." Responded subconsciously, she rubbed her sleepy eyes and stared blankly at the porthole.

  The sky is a bright red, and the rising sun floats above the sea of ​​clouds, spreading soft light through the thin atmosphere. It's already dawn?

   At this moment when she was in a daze, a soft voice came from her ear again.

  「The morning in the sky comes earlier than the morning on the ground, and it will be more spectacular when you stand on the deck. The surroundings are still dark, but the sun has risen in the distance.」

  Little Yang looked aside, and saw that the big sister who always helped her check up was sitting beside her and looking at her with a smile on her face.

  Memories of last night gradually emerged.

  Suddenly there was a loud noise outside, and then the sister took her to the infirmary, locked the door, closed the curtains and lights, and told her to keep quiet no matter what happened outside.

  She obediently did so, stayed beside Yinyin, listened to the sound of thunder outside, then waited and waited, and fell asleep before she knew it.

   Actually nothing happened outside, right?

  She looked at the porthole that was already bright, and blinked lightly. No matter how many times she watched the beautiful sunrise, it was so thrilling that she couldn't move her eyes away.

   This is a view she has never seen in Pine Cone Farm.

  Sometimes she couldn't help thinking that if she stayed in that place all her life, she might never see such a scenery.

  At this time, Xiao Yang suddenly noticed that it was not only himself and sister Chen Yutong in the room, but also a strange sister with two ponytails sitting in front of the cryogenic hibernation cabin next door.

  There was a clear tear stain on that pretty cheek, which was particularly conspicuous in the sunlight passing over the window eaves. It seemed that she had cried for a long time.

  The lamb couldn't help being silent.

  In that cryogenic hibernation chamber, there should be someone who is very important to her lying there.

   Seemingly noticing her gaze, the elder sister raised her head.

  The moment he met his gaze, the shy lamb hurriedly looked away, staring straight out of the window, pretending not to look this way.

   But the elder sister didn't stare at her for a long time, and soon looked at Chen Yutong who was sitting next to her, and said in a hoarse voice.

  「I don't understand.Why are you pretending you're dead.」

  Chen Yutong sighed.

  She planned to hide from Jiang Xuezhou until she left the airship, but she didn't expect that she rushed into the infirmary with a group of people last night.

Faced with this unexpected reunion, Chen Yutong didn't know what to say for a while, so he looked at the shocked friend, pointed to the sleeping lamb, put his index finger to his lips, and then made another please gesture.

   I have to say that this is a lame reason, after all, the corridor is right next to it, and you can go outside to say anything.

  But Jiang Xuezhou probably didn't know how to face this friend who "resurrected from the dead" kept him in the dark, so he nodded.

  The people from the enterprise quietly left the infirmary after putting Ye Shi into the sleep cabin, and the two of them sat here in silence until dawn.

   ". If you don't do this, you won't be able to leave that swamp." Knowing that sooner or later she would have to face her questioning, Chen Yutong sighed, no longer avoiding her questioning gaze, and said looking at the ceiling above her head.

  Jiang Xuezhou looked at her with a complicated expression.

  「.Why do you have to leave there?」

   "I want to say why." Chen Yutong thought for a while, and gave her a helpless smile, "Actually, there is no special reason."

  It’s like the academy is united in one mind, hoping to escape the barren land under the feet and go to the distant "Le

  Garden" will be able to get rid of all difficulties.

   Naturally, there will also be some humble prospector who pins his hope of getting rid of the shackles of fate on escaping from the wandering swamp.

   She also learned later that she was not the first person to escape from the academy, and people have been leaving there one after another in the past century and a half.

  Including the white pigeon who ran to the Djobal Mountains in the southernmost part of the desert to write the book "Oasis under the Djobal Mountains".

  They all used their outstanding knowledge to make a small contribution to this barren wasteland, and she didn't think it was something to be ashamed to say.

but.

  Jiang Xuezhou couldn't accept it.

  The most trusted friend in the past turned out to be a traitor, and what made her even more unacceptable was that she said there was no reason.

  「There is no reason.」

   Really couldn't bear to bully his friend who was sad, Chen Yutong thought for a while, and answered with relatively gentle words.

  「Well, if I had to find a reason, it would be that there is no hope in sight.」

.

hope? "

"Man is an animal that needs to rely on hope to live. If you can't see hope, you will feel pain. You may not experience that feeling. No matter how hard you try for your whole life, you are just an insignificant E-level, dispensable A prospector. Just like the most inconspicuous piece on the chessboard, it can only move forward according to the set rules, and go to a place that I don’t know where it is.”

  Jiang Xuezhou pursed her lips tightly.

  「I also worked hard to become a D-rank.」

   "I didn't deny your efforts. In fact, I admire your persistence, because that's a quality I don't have, but I don't envy me. I just want to live my own life, that's all."

  Looking at Jiang Xuezhou who wanted to argue about something, Chen Yutong smiled, and looked at the gradually dazzling Chaoyang outside the porthole.

"You know? Before I left that swamp, I didn't even know that besides the well-behaved AI, there was another completely different existence in this world. They were more like living beings than designed programs. They have a mind of their own. It was actually common two centuries ago, but now we see it as taboo.”

  Jiang Xuezhou bit her lip and put forward a different opinion.

  「I agree with Dr. Conclusion on this point. Unconstrained AI is very likely to lead to serious disasters. Tools can only be tools and should not have themselves.」

   Chen Yutong looked at her and asked back. "What about people?"

  Jiang Xuezhou was stunned, not knowing why she said that suddenly. ".people?"

   "Well," Chen Yutong nodded, and said in a relaxed tone, "Whether a person born as a tool should have a self, I have thought about it for a long time and have no answer, so I plan to look elsewhere.

"If I stay in the swamp, I'm afraid I'll be a D-rank at most in my life, right? Haha, don't think I'm bragging. It's a different matter if I'm a researcher, but I'm still confident as a prospector. After all, apart from the researcher who needs to be promoted, the prospector As long as the members work hard to survive, there will be a way to advance.”

"But unfortunately, I don't even want to be a D-class, not even a D, I don't want to be labeled at all. Don't you realize? In this game of snakes, no matter how long the tail is , no matter how many servants you can command and how many resources you have, as long as you are still on this pyramid, you will never be able to control your own destiny.

"I'm not interested in manipulating other people's lives, nor do I want to be manipulated by others, and I don't want to go to inexplicable places to die for inexplicable reasons. I just want to be an ordinary person and study what I am interested in. If I must die, I want to die a little bit It makes sense, that's all."

"However, fortunately, I have found my paradise, which is not tens of light years away, but just under my feet. Here, if my research happens to be of interest to others, I will get enough attention. If not, it doesn't matter, I can entertain myself, as long as I don't get in the way of others, and no one pays attention to me."

  「In terms of life, it’s really not as good as

I went to college, but I am quite satisfied with my current life. There are many things here that are not found in the swamp, and there are so many interesting people. These are not miracles that can only be created by abundant resources, but human imagination and If you really can't understand creativity, just treat it as the alliance gives more. "

   He said a lot of words without paying attention, seeing Jiang Xuezhou staring at him dumbfounded, Chen Yutong suddenly burst out laughing, and said a joke.

  「Ah, even though I said that, don’t imitate me. I don’t want to teach the good boy badly.」

  She knows her friend well.

  Different from a lazy "bad woman" like myself, she is more like an obedient good girl, not only has extraordinary talent, but also is serious and hardworking enough, and has a firm enthusiasm and determination to improve the level.

  The college's promotion channel is open to her, and her future can be said to be bright. In the future, she may become a B-level or even an A, and she is the core research department of the college.

  After all, her current supervisor is from the Research Department, and her future promotion is a matter of course.

  Jiang Xuezhou stared at Chen Yutong intently, bowed his head in silence for a long time and said.

   "I'll keep it a secret for you. We haven't seen each other on the airship." Chen Yutong smiled and said sincerely.

"Thanks."

  Her family is still in the settlement under the jurisdiction of the Science and Technology Committee, maybe they have already received the pension from the Science and Technology Committee.

  If the academy knew that she was still alive, the scene might be a bit embarrassing.

  It is unlikely that she will go back in this life, but she still hopes that her family members in the wandering swamp can live a good life and not be affected by herself.

  Jiang Xuezhou turned his head silently, and looked at the sleeping cabin in front of him, his eyes were full of sadness and complexity.

  At this moment, she suddenly felt that her hand was being held. She raised her head with surprise in her eyes.

  I saw the child who woke up from a deep sleep before was holding her hand, looking at her seriously, and said in a waxy voice.

   "The doctor who will definitely get better said that as long as the life signal can be detected when the hatch is closed, the light will be green." It is different from Yinyin

   Yin Yin's lamp is off.

   But the lamb will not be discouraged, she will wait for her to wake up, and then tell her what happened during this time.

  Feeling the warmth from that palm, Jiang Xuezhou felt his mood recovered a little, and a smile appeared on his sad face.

  「.Thank you.」Yes.

   That guy is still alive, not really dead, but he was seriously injured and unable to wake up for the time being.

   It doesn’t matter if you can’t stand up again.

  Jiang Xuezhou made up her mind, she must let this guy wake up, even if he changed his whole body, even if he turned into "Xiao Wang".

  This time-

   Let her save him!

  At the same time as Jiang Xuezhou clenched his fists, Fengfeng and Fang Chang, who were standing at the entrance of the hospital, looked at each other with weird expressions on their faces.

   After waiting for a long time, they didn't wait for the NPC in this room to come out. They both wanted to unplug the ICU for Ye Shi, but they didn't have a chance.

   But then again.

  Is it still necessary to pull it out? The two exchanged eye contact. Kuangfeng: "It doesn't look like a bug.

  Fang Chang: "Well, it's a little different from Luo Yu's case, this guy just didn't die completely, he didn't die and come back to life.

  Guangfeng: "Then do you need to make up the knife?" Fang Chang chuckled.

  「Tsk, although it’s disgusting for this kid to act obediently after taking advantage of it, but for the sake of father-son relationship, I’d better spare his life.

  Gust: "."

  The morning sun rises from the horizon, and the Heart of Steel floating above the clouds is still standing majestically.

   And the artillery was fired at exactly eight o'clock.

  The various corps deployed in Jinhe City after a night's rest

   In order, under the cover of shelling, they launched a fierce offensive towards the Champion Institute of Biology.

  The flames of the explosion continued to blare on the concrete ruins, and the surface bunkers piled up with **** by the Qi tribe were like paper.

  Greedy green heads were hiding in the shadow of the ruins, and panic was written on every face.

  The weak expressions were exactly the same as those of the prey they teased.

   It's just that now it's their turn to be the prey. But the Alliance is civilized and benevolent after all.

  The great administrator does not intend to play with these beasts who are put on the execution ground, the hammer of judgment will give them death without discrimination! "go ahead!"

   Leaning out half of his body from the turret of the Chimera armored vehicle, Mole roared loudly into the headset, and gave the order to attack the other vehicle crew and the accompanying infantry.

  「The teams advance to the research institute!」

   "Show these cowards who only dare to sneak attack! What a real iron fist looks like!"

  The players following the pace of the chariot roared excitedly in response.

  「Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! ”

"kill!"

  「Crush them!」

  37 gun barrels roared continuously, and the bang bang bang bang was like the beating of war drums, and every flicker of tracer light brought a **** storm.

  Under that fierce offensive, the Qi tribe's position on the street was like paper, and it was riddled with holes in a short while.

   Listening to the deafening cannons, gunshots and shouts of killing in the distance, Gomo, wearing a sacrificial robe, stared blankly at the sky and muttered to himself.

  「Why.Why is it still there!?」

  At nightfall yesterday, the head of the clan Gann led more than 10,000 batwings to launch a surprise attack on the Heart of Steel, and that fortress should have been captured by now.

  However, the dense artillery sound was no different from yesterday morning, falling on their heads with incomparable precision.

   In this way, there is only one possibility..

  Despair gradually appeared in Gomo's eyes.

  「No it’s not true, there must be something wrong.」

  He hugged his wrinkled face with trembling hands, and quickly recited the "spell" that Luo Gan gave him with his chapped lips.

   Soon, a pale golden light that only he could see was projected beside him.

  However, it was not Luo Gan standing in that ray of light, but an old man wearing an exoskeleton.

  The man's name was Arzu.

   He was the apostle sent by the church to replace Luo Gan, and he was also the man who gave Gann that set of biomass armor and the command of more than 10,000 batwings.

  Gomo had seen him before, and when he saw him, he asked eagerly.

  「What the **** happened? Why. Why is it different from what was agreed?! Why is the Iron Heart still firing at us!」

  Alzu stared at him silently, waiting for the aged mutant to finish speaking, then looked away.

"We have tried our best, but unfortunately your child is a waste, wasting our countless efforts and years of business. To be honest, this hole card was originally prepared for the sons of the War Construction Committee, but that idiot played the card like this. I There is really nothing to say."

   It's really embarrassing to talk about it.

  Although he knew that the alliance was difficult to deal with, but he lost to this group of guys from Yeluzi, and his face was indeed a little uneasy.

  I can only blame that Luo Gan.

  If it wasn't for that guy who suddenly put down the burden on his shoulders and disappeared, they wouldn't be in such a mess as they are now.

  Or if he had been in command from the beginning, he wouldn't be as confused as he is now.

  Unfortunately, the wreckage of the biomass armor cannot be recovered.

   Otherwise, you can fully understand what happened at that time.

  Gomo didn't know what he was thinking at the moment, but felt that his appearance had nothing to do with him, a bit like

   I'm planning to throw the pot away.

  Looking blankly at Arzu, he asked in a trembling voice. "Then what do we do next?!"

   "Next?" Alzu chuckled, "It's up to you."

  「Anything」

  Looking at Arzu who was about to leave, Gomo vaguely guessed his intention, and stopped him in panic.

   "Wait. What about the Naguo core? Don't you want it?!" Hearing the Naguo core in the laboratory, Arzu's brows became uneasy.

  You twitched, and said with a gloomy face.

  「We really want to keep it, but the question is, have you reached this point, can you keep it—」

   Before he finished speaking, Gomo interrupted him quickly.

  「We haven’t lost yet! We still have people, and we can still fight! As long as we continue to fight, the Alliance will not be our opponent!」

   Even to the last drop of blood!

   As long as there is one person alive, the hope of revitalizing the glory of Singularity City will not be cut off!

  Gomo has this confidence.

  Even if he is the only one left, he still has the confidence to reproduce another tribe!

  Arzu looked at the ferocious old guy, and suddenly there was a trace of pity in his calm eyes.

   What a poor guy

  In fact, he is one of the few sober mutants in this absurd and stupid tribe, but what's the use of being sober?

  At this moment, he is like a gambler who has lost all his chips and is unwilling to recognize the reality. He should realize that this is a big gamble tomorrow.

  Thinking that this old thing is the elder of Singularity City after all, maybe it is still useful, Arzu said casually.

   "If you want to live. Go south, the bishop there will give you a new job."

   Gomo refused him without thinking.

   "No! I don't want to go! I just want you to help us—" "Then you can struggle as long as you can."

  Looking at this confused guy, Arzu impatiently dropped these words, and then disappeared from the empty street under the gaze of his despairing eyes.

  The southernmost point of Jinhe City.

  Three sneaky figures gathered together, like mice hiding in the sewer and whispering to each other.

  The din of cannon can no longer be heard here.

  I heard that the Alliance has broken through the main entrance of the Champion Institute of Biology, and is engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the mutants stationed in the building.

   But these are not important anymore.

  The outcome of the war was decided last night.

  「Kill ​​hey hey kill

  Tang He, whose facial muscles were twitching, was still muttering non-stop, with a piercing smile on his face.

  He has always been like this, the red tapir didn't pay attention to him at all, but just stared at the apostle named Arzu in front of him.

   "Where's Luo Gan? We haven't found that guy yet, why are we leaving like this?"

   Alzu, who was standing in front of the executioner, said calmly.

  「We have used up the last hole card and have lost this

   After a battle, it is only a matter of time before the diocese of Jinhe City falls. Is there any difference between finding Luo Gan or not? "

  The expression on the red tapir's face was indifferent, and he said every word. "I will not spare any traitor."

   "Then you can go to him. Originally, this is also your job, and I only care about the final plan." Alzu turned around expressionlessly, and walked towards a dark shadow not far away.

  He knew that the alliance would not just let it go. Once they had gained a firm foothold in Jinchuan province, they would definitely continue to move south.

   And based on their past behavior, they will definitely try to pull as many people into their chariot as possible, and maybe both enterprises and colleges will be involved.

   This is a battle of faith. It is also a battle of survival.

   This war will not stop until one side is completely destroyed.

  He will fight the old days to the last moment, and if these crippled bugs still refuse to embrace the glorious evolution-then die!

  The red tapir stared at the direction Alzu was leaving, gritted his teeth, turned around, and walked in another direction with his partner who was out of his mind.

  He doesn't care about the plans of those servants of the gods, and he doesn't care about evolution or not. It's not something that can be done in a day or two.

  As the sword of the tribunal, killing the unfaithful traitors for the church is his lifelong belief, and he will carry it out to the last moment of his life.

  As if he felt the murderous aura emanating from him, Tang He's eyes flickered with fanaticism, and he muttered in his mouth.

"kill"

  He doesn't care about anything.

  He just wants to slaughter the entire city!