A Race to (Be) The Top

Ling Xiaolu stared at Ji Meng intently for a long time, so long that Ji Meng suspected that there were mushrooms growing on his face.

He subconsciously reached out to touch it: "Is there something wrong with my face?"

Ling Xiaolu shook his head vigorously, then continued to stare intently.

Ji Meng didn't have plastic surgery?He looks so handsome, but he hasn't had plastic surgery yet?

Ling Xiaolu suddenly understood what a jealous person is, a person like Ji Meng who is tall, rich, and handsome, and who doesn't consider other people's feelings at all.

Recalling when they first met, I rudely complained about Ji Meng's behavior of playing games with his real name, and even persuaded him to change his name.

Obviously this name is very important to him, but Ji Meng didn't even have a word of explanation.

Ji Meng was furiously stared at by him: "No problem, what are you doing staring at me?"

"Look at how handsome you are." He was so handsome that he could stare at him for six hours!

The overly straightforward compliment made Ji Meng's cheeks turn a strange blush: "There's something wrong!"

After a while, he asked again: "What did Nan Xun tell you?"

Ever since he finished chatting with Nan Xun alone, Ling Xiaolu has become abnormal.

"Did I disappoint you?"

The moment Ling Xiaolu opened his mouth, the ambient temperature dropped a few degrees.

Ji Meng turned his face away dutifully: "...No."

Rather than saying that Ji Meng is comforting him, it is better to say that he is convincing himself: "You who don't stand up in that situation are not you. You who stand up for others..."

Ji Meng's eyes drifted to Ling Xiaolu again, with understanding, but also strong reluctance: "It's the Lubi I know."

"..."

Ling Xiaolu pulled Ji Meng up and ran outside.

"...Where are you going?"

"There will be a two-person live broadcast tonight, have you forgotten?"

Of course Ji Meng did not forget, but he thought that Ling Xiaolu should not be in the mood to play casual games in this situation, just like him.

So Ji Meng acted negatively: "What do you want to play?"

Ling Xiaolu called Chu Ya without thinking. He had an intuition that asking Chu Ya this kind of question would get the best results.

Ruby: This is the last live broadcast tonight, I recommend a game!

The first bud returned in seconds.

The first bud: Zhuang Zhou's dream of a butterfly.

First Sprout: Remember this game has only one life!

The name sounds a bit romantic, and Ling Xiaolu would never have considered it in the past. He prefers adventurous action-stimulating games.

But today, Ling Xiaolu pressed "Enter Game" without hesitation.

The scene changed. Around them, there were many people dressed as NPCs...or maybe they were NPCs.

"Welcome two guests, are you here to experience the holographic online game?"

"Holographic online game?" Ling Xiaolu looked at Ji Meng in confusion, confirming that he had never played this game before.

"Isn't this just a holographic online game?"

NPC: "You are joking, this is the real world. Holographic online games are the latest technology developed by our company."

They watched an NPC walk into the game room, and another NPC closed the door after explaining a few words to him.

"Through our game cabin, you can experience a brand new fantasy continent. There are completely different customs and customs, don't you want to try it?"

"Okay." Ling Xiaolu was willing to trust Chuya once, "Just play with this."

The NPC took the two to two adjacent positions: "There is only one thing to note in this game, that is, everyone has only one life, please cherish it."

This is also consistent with what Chuya said.

"understood."

Ling Xiaolu lay down in the cabin, and finally took a last look at Ji Meng next door, and found that he was also looking at him.

Before they had time to communicate more, the warehouse door closed slowly, blocking the sight of the two, and then it was pitch black.

……

A piece of chalk was thrown on Ling Xiaolu's head, and he got up from the desk in pain.

"Ling Xiaolu, stand up!"

When Ling Xiaolu heard the head teacher's voice, he stood up reflexively.

But when he saw the person in front of him clearly, he still let out a voice of surprise.

"... Teacher Luo?"

Cheating laughter came from below, and Ling Xiaolu looked in surprise at the familiar faces around him, his high school classmates who had been away for several months.

"There is still one week left for the college entrance examination, and you still dare to sleep in class?"

"College, college entrance examination?" Ling Xiaolu hadn't completely shaken off the shadow of these two words, "Didn't you already finish the exam?"

"Hahahaha..." The whole class roared with laughter.

The head teacher's face was out of shape: "What are you talking about in your sleep during the day?"

"Am I playing a game?"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

"I see you are not awake!"

Ling Xiaolu panicked, was he really just dreaming?

Ji Meng, Li Zheng, Zhen Jiu, Nan Xun...these are all the people in his dream?

Then this dream is too detailed and too real!

"How can this game be like this? I've obviously finished the exam."

Ling Xiaolu was so wronged that he was about to cry. What could be more terrifying than letting a former candidate who had been away from the college entrance examination for three months go back to the week before the college entrance examination? !

The homeroom teacher was furious: "Ling Xiaolu! Stand up for me in class!"

……

"Ji Meng, Ji Meng, wake up!"

Ji Meng opened his eyes suddenly, sat up vigilantly and looked around, and recognized that he was in his own home from the surrounding furniture.

Chang Huanxi was taken aback by his abnormal behavior: "Are you awake? You scared me to death."

"...Chang Huanxi?"

"...Brother, what's wrong with you? Have you had a nightmare?" Chang Huanxi wanted to test the temperature of Ji Meng's forehead, but was stopped by the other party.

"Why am I here?"

"This is your home, where are you if you're not here?" Chang Huanxi asked strangely.

"Then why are you here?"

"...I'm here to find you, brother!"

"Am I not online?"

"Online? What were you playing just now?"

""Elf Contract"."

"I've never heard of it, whose game it is."

"..."

Chang Huanxi's expression was normal, and she couldn't tell that she was lying at all.

"Xinshan's game, you are playing it too."

"Come on," Chang Huanxi said in disgust, "How can I play your game."

"Why not?"

"Hey, let me give you some, Xinshan's huge production, what are there?"

He counted on his fingers: ""JX 33", "New JX 46", "JX Online Edition [-]"...Finally there is one without love, "VR Swordsman World"! Look, It's so uncharacteristic, catching an IP and letting your family plan to change their name is harder than making them grow thick hair!"

"..."

Ji Meng seemed to think again that Chang Huanxi was right.He knows all those games... But where is "Elf Contract"?

He suddenly looked down nervously to examine his fingers.

"Where's my ring?"

"What ring? Are you married?"

"How about deer than others?"

"Who is this? Your fiancée?"

Chang Huanxi quickly denied her own logic: "No, you shouldn't be called a fiancee when you're married."

"What day is today?"

"You still remember to ask?" Chang Huanxi showed a "finally" expression, "Today is the first day of the university, you are late for the first day of school, right?"

"..."

For some reason, Ji Meng was dragged to the gate of the university by Chang Huanxi in a daze, and the word Yanshan University was clearly in his eyes.

On the way here, he secretly searched for "Elf Contract" on the Internet, but as Chang Huanxi said, he couldn't find any information related to it.

Could it be that everything that happened before was a dream?

This is ridiculous too.

Chang Huanxi was immersed in the excitement of the beginning of campus life: "Yanda! Here we come!"

Ji Meng was dragged in by him with a heavy heart, and along the way were freshmen who came to report. These two people were outstanding in appearance, which attracted a lot of direct or implicit looks.

Chang Huanxi took it for granted, and even flirted with it generously, but Ji Meng kept frowning, his eyes hardly leaving the ground.

"I figured it out." Ji Meng, who had been silent all the way, finally spoke.

"What do you want to understand?"

"I'm still in the game, this is a holographic world."

Chang Huanxi stopped: "Are you alright, brother?"

He had the urge to measure Ji Meng's temperature again.

"Are you an NPC?"

"..."

Chang Huanxi: "I am your uncle!"

What a hell of a freshman morning.

"Ji Meng, are you alright?" Chang Huanxi wanted to open his head to see if the water had entered, "You've been talking nonsense since you woke up, what did you dream about last night?"

"I dreamed... No, it wasn't a dream. I was in a holographic game before and experienced another holographic game."

"Ha," Chang Huanxi laughed, "Are you so creative? Why don't you come to Net Zero as a planner, and I'll apply to the company for the highest annual salary for you."

He leaned over and whispered, "I guarantee you are the one with the most hair in the same position."

Ji Meng shook his head: "No, there must be a way to prove that you are an NPC."

"how to prove?"

"I kill you, you will refresh after a while."

Chang Huanxi suddenly jumped two meters away: "Ji Meng! Are you crazy?"

The movement was too loud, which attracted the attention of passers-by, and some people were watching them and whispering.

Chang Huanxi didn't want to be known as a victim of the "Murder at the Beginning of School" as soon as he entered the school. He is now sure that Ji Meng's head is really in trouble.

"Stop talking, I want to stay away from you. Here, you are reporting over there, and I am here, so please don't come with me, keep your distance!"

Ji Meng: "..."

"When do you get back to normal, then contact me! Please~!" Chang Huanxi ran away clutching his stomach, fearing that Ji Meng would involuntarily stab himself.

I can't tell the difference between reality and virtuality, and the Internet-addicted teenager is really scary!

Ji Meng didn't know where to go, so he continued walking in the direction pointed by Chang Huanxi.

Along the way, he called his family and Ji Qing, and they all expressed concern about Ji Meng's university report, but none of them had heard of "Elf Contract".

Ji Qing even asked him, do you want to develop new projects?

After hanging up the phone, Ji Meng looked through the address book, but couldn't find the name Lubi.

"Are you a freshman here to report?"

A female voice made him suddenly stop and look up, but he saw two strange girls standing in front of him.

The light in their eyes is so familiar, Ji Meng is afraid that they will call "husband" next time they speak.

Another girl spoke: "Student——"

Ji Mengxuan felt relieved, fortunately, God knows he almost ran away just now.

It's shameful enough to be chased by brain-dead female fans in the game, and he doesn't want to run into a sight on the campus—even if the campus is fake.

"Student, are you lost? Which college do you belong to? Let's take a look for you?"

Ji Meng showed the attitude of a stranger who has been tempered and tempered: "No need."

The two seniors covered half of their mouths excitedly: "This year's juniors are so good~"

Ji Meng: "..."

The senior sister didn't retreat in spite of the difficulties: "Then let's exchange contact information, shall we?"

Just as Ji Meng wanted to refuse, he withdrew the words when he reached his lips, and instead stretched out a thumb.

The senior sister didn't understand: "Is this... the meaning of giving us a thumbs up?"

"Could it be to praise you for being awesome?" Another person joked.

Ji Meng retracted silently, walked around them without saying a word.

Game interaction gestures are invalid!

"Hey, junior, we haven't exchanged contact information yet!"

The voice came from behind, but Ji Meng ignored it.

What he wanted to know most now was, where did Ruby go?

If he is also in this world, how can he find him in the vast crowd?

It is also impossible for him to use the method of repeated rebirth to find him. The NPC said that there is only one life in this world.

What's more... Luby is an AI!How can he find an AI that has no entity in human society?

As he walked, the number of people around him increased, and the students walked past him talking and laughing. The building on the left hand side had the words "Second Canteen" written on it.

This is the university campus he imagined, but it shouldn't be now.

A small golden head flashed past in the crowd, with a familiar figure and figure, Ji Meng's pupils shrank suddenly, was that...?

The ever-flowing crowd kept blocking his sight, and Ji Meng anxiously pushed aside the crowd, passed through an obstacle, and grabbed the young man's wrist from behind.

"Rubby!"

Surprised, Ling Xiaolu turned his head, his astonished expression was fixed in Ji Meng's sight.

The deer in the dream met his eyes, and just this one glance was enough to be engraved into the chip, implanted in his mind, and remembered for thousands of years.