Classical Revival Infinity Game

Electronic fireworks began to crackle on the screen, and an announcer-like voice began to play:

[Congratulations to player Ye Man and player Di Ke for successfully leaving the copy of "Ancient Survival", each will be awarded 10 points]

What pops up is a list. In the top line of the HE (Happy Ending) series, "Best Friends Forever" suddenly lights up.

[Congratulations to the players for reaching the best ending in the HE series - The Happiest Ending: "Forever Best Friends". Bonus extra 10 points]

[If you answer the classic keyword "love life" correctly, you will be rewarded with 5 points. If you answer the scientific keyword "Late Triassic" correctly, you will be rewarded with 5 points. 】

[Players can earn a total of 30 points. Player Ye Man received a total of 30 points. 】

[Next, players are asked to go to the first station to rest. 】

The pure white void space receded and gradually turned into a canyon. The mountains on both sides of the canyon were so high that the top could not be seen, and the canyon seemed to be so long that there was no end in sight.

There was still pure white space behind the two of them, and in front of them was a canyon. The canyon must be the inn.

Di Ke lowered his head and walked away, and suddenly said muffledly: "It turns out there are so many endings..."

In fact, Ye Man also noticed that in addition to "Good Friends Forever", there were various endings in that column:

The HE ending "King of Survival" should be that without a seat to call for help, the two of them cooperate to survive until the expedition team returns for rescue.

The ending of HE, "Unintersected Lines", should be that the two people did not meet due to a strange combination of circumstances. Maybe the healthy party didn't find the clues about the seat and didn't find the cave, or maybe they found the cave but didn't plan to check it out and didn't encounter the injured. Then each survives successfully.

Then there is another column BE (Bad Ending, tragic ending) below:

"Love Life" should refer to the most mainstream ending, where Tommy is abandoned by Bill, then Bill dies, and Tommy survives tenaciously.

There are two more, also classified in the BE column, followed by an italicized TE, and the meaning of the abbreviation is unclear.

"Bill's Conspiracy" should refer to Bill killing the weak Tommy, and only Bill survived.

In "The Betrayer in Desperate Situation", Tommy should have survived by killing Bill when Bill appeared.

Of course, it is conceivable that there may be some combinations in which neither party survives. If you can't get out of the dungeon, you can't achieve any kind of ending.

"Ye Man, if it weren't for you, I might have killed someone or been killed in the game." Dike, who had always been lively and outgoing, was a little sluggish at the moment, "This game is so cruel..."

"Okay, rest time, cheer up." Ye Man patted Dike's short, curly hair, pointed to the depths of the canyon and said, "Look at the front, do you feel like there is a bright future?"

On one side of the mountain, a crystal waterfall hangs from the clouds, forming a stream. On both sides of the stream are some strange-shaped trees and bustling figures.

A road sign appeared in front of them, leaning crookedly on the side of the road, with six characters written on it - Baobab Canyon.

The entire canyon is soaked in the slanting sunset. Looking ahead from the canyon, you can just see a red sun that is about to disappear.

In the rosy sunset, a group of people were laughing and sitting by the canyon stream, chatting about homely matters.

Most of them are middle-aged and elderly people. Some are washing clothes, and some are holding bread-shaped fruits while talking and eating them with relish.

The gentle and comfortable atmosphere contrasts sharply with the difficult and even murderous world in the dungeon.

On both sides of this section of the canyon, there are many special plants - baobab trees.

Every round and fat tree has a small round window in the tree. The trunk is hollowed out, and extremely simple daily necessities can be seen inside - bedding, small lamps, clothing, etc. The baobab tree also bears some breadfruit, which are the fruits that those sitting by the stream are holding.

Ye Man walked towards the crowd and suddenly saw a person and hesitantly called out: "Is it...Grandpa Liang?"

A stooped, white-haired old man turned around. He was holding half a piece of breadfruit, with some residue still hanging on his beard.

When he saw Ye Man coming, he smiled in surprise: "Ah! Isn't this Xiao Man?"

That was when Ye Man was still in college, and she was already working odd jobs in a bookstore, relying on scholarships and wages to pay for college tuition and living expenses.

On rainy days, Grandpa Liang would sometimes stand under the eaves outside the convenience store next door to take shelter from the rain. Or on sunny days, he would sometimes stop by and chat with Ye Man, and they gradually became familiar with each other. .

Grandpa Liang is a homeless old man. It is said that he has a son, but no one in this city has seen his son.

He makes a living by picking up garbage and selling scraps, and lives alone under a bridge. He walks around the city and has good relationships with many security guards, store clerks, and cleaners.

He never begged or accepted any charity from others. I have never read a book and am not very literate, but I envy literate people.

After school, some children would often come over to talk to him. He would ask them with a smile what they had learned in class today, and would advise the children to listen to their teachers and parents, and to go to the bookstore to buy more books with their pocket money. So much.

If another person had advised me this way, it would probably not be the case with children. But most of the children like Grandpa Liang because he will listen to them with a smile, including some of their favorite latest video games and cartoons.

Grandpa Liang may not understand, but he has a lot of patience and a lot of kindness.

But occasionally some children would show up and say to him: "My parents won't let me talk to you. You are a beggar."

Grandpa Liang’s beard will tremble slightly.

He would be silent for a long time, patiently explaining the difference between "picking up garbage" and "begging." Of course, in most cases, these children did not have the patience to listen to what he said and ran away in disgust.

Grandpa Liang was left sitting on the ground, his lonely figure seemed to have aged a bit.

But just now, Ye Man was not sure because she saw Grandpa Liang laughing heartily, and it seemed like it was the first time she had seen Grandpa Liang like this.

He turned around in surprise and saw Ye Man, his eyes filled with excitement.

"Grandpa Liang, this is Di Ke, my college classmate." Ye Man introduced Di Ke to Grandpa Liang.

"It's great, I went to college like Xiao Man." Grandpa Liang looked at Di Ke with a smile.

Di Ke smiled shyly. She was quiet in front of her friends, but she seemed very well-behaved in front of the elderly.

"Xiao Man, Xiao Di, you're here too! Go and get two loaves of bread from my tree!" Grandpa Liang pointed to a baobab tree with bread fruits, "Have it ready and come over and sit down!"

A group of people gathered together, talking and laughing. Ye Man and Di Ke were eating breadfruit while listening to the uncles and aunts talking to each other about their family affairs.

Grandpa and aunt occasionally ask about their situation.

"Xiao Man, how old are you this year? Are you friends?"

"Where's Xiaodi? Have you become friends? Have you found a job?"

"Didn't we talk about it? Oh, he looks so good-looking. I'll introduce you to him when Auntie goes out!"

This kind of passionate inquiry may be regarded as a burden in daily life.

But in such a game, they can feel the warmth of the world.

"Uncles and aunties, what games did you come from?" Di Ke boldly asked obediently.

But with just this sentence, the smiles on the faces of the group of people suddenly froze.

The laughter that filled the air suddenly stopped, leaving only a strange silence.