The Fourth Quadrant of Online Games

It was a girl from the Kingfisher tribe, with a slender figure, wearing leather armor and shorts, with a short bow on her back, dressed like a vigorous hunter.Like all kingfishers, her bun is decorated with emerald green branches, winding to one side of the cheek, which has a unique beauty.

It’s just that Pu Yiyang knows very well that this emerald branch can grow rapidly and infinitely at any time, turning into a strong and flexible vine, which can be attacked or defended. destructive power.

For example, easily tearing apart the ore master who is more than ten meters high.

Seeing this long-lost decisive blow, Pu Yiyang felt deeply nostalgic.

The kingfisher girl named "Mio" watched him approach and said, "Long time no see."

The voice is different, but the tone is still the same as that of a real person, cold and indifferent, without any emotional ups and downs.

Pu Yiyang really did not expect to see Ding Miaomiao at this time.

Those who passed by stayed for a long time before saying: "What a coincidence, I met you here."

After he finished speaking, he realized that it was not so coincidental.

The last time they met in the game was two years ago.At that time, Ding Miaomiao was just going to study in the UK, and the two of them came back here together for the last time.

Speaking of which, she was the one who discovered this hidden satellite. Once they were hunted down near Planet Puran, and they escaped to find such a planet that few people cared about.It was also a coincidence that day, they bumped into the Ore Lord, Pu Yiyang called the old cat and another friend who was a scavenger, and the four tried their best to kill it.

How many times did they try to come up with such a solution before the entire army was wiped out?

In the end, Lao Mao and Pu Yiyang came up with a formula, using the unique ore stone on this planet as the main material, to re-temper Ding Miaomiao's God-binding vine and the nameless dagger that passed by. , coupled with the remote assistance of the old cat driving the spaceship, and the heavy firepower of another Gangamo player, under the command of Pu Yiyang, they polished such a set of coordination methods. Mio tied his limbs from behind, and the passing Simultaneously smashing the most core neck energy furnace, setting a record for the master of ore ever since.

Fast forward two years, except for the change of the person responsible for the output of firepower, the cooperation just now is like yesterday.

Unless the player intends, the characters in the game will not change in appearance. The Mio in front of him is still exactly the same as two years ago.

The same equipment, the same clothing, the same pretty face.

It's as if she just went offline to take a nap, and then came up to fight side by side with the passers-by the next day.

However, Pu Yiyang remembered very clearly that the name Mi Ao had been grayed out in the list of passing friends for two full years.

On that day two years ago, Mi Ao accompanied the passers-by to fly for three hours in the difficult leveling area to the land of no return, and returned to the satellite as usual. After sorting the harvest for the day, Mi Ao stood up, He didn't take his own share, said "I'm going to bed", and hurriedly logged off.

And since then, she hasn't appeared in the game again.

When they met unexpectedly in the cafe that day, Pu Yiyang mentioned a new map to Ding Miaomiao, but he didn't have any hope that she would be interested.

Playing games is like this for most people. When you are addicted, you can't let go. Once you quit, you probably won't want to come back.It's not that he doesn't have Ding Miaomiao's contact information in reality, but although they are classmates, all their friendship is maintained in the game DELTA, and there is not much intersection offline.Mio is a very important partner to passers-by, Pu Yiyang will not deny this, every time he manipulates a passer-by to complete tasks in the game that were originally completed by the two of them, he will inevitably Will think of Mio.Especially the old cat, he likes Mio very much. After Mio disappeared, he repeatedly inquired about her with passers-by.

As the days passed, Pu Yiyang still hadn't found Ding Miaomiao in reality, let alone persuaded her to come back to play games.

He still often returned to this planet, sometimes alone, sometimes with the old cat. They never met the Ore Master again, nor did they wait for the girl who just went offline to sleep.

After two years, Mio went online again, of course at the same location.

The two sat down cross-legged on the top of the hill together, just like in the past, blowing the wind and chatting.

The environmental effects in DELTA are very delicate and realistic. It is night, and the cold starlight shines on the surrounding hillsides, as if silvering the gravel all over the mountain. Looking at it from a distance, people will be in a trance for a while, not knowing what is really happening. Whether the starry sky is above or below.

Pu Yiyang remembered that this is one of the reasons why Mi Ao likes this place so much.

It’s interesting to say that the same planet is as beautiful as the sea of ​​stars in some people’s eyes, but in the eyes of others, there are ores underground, and they can earn a lot of money when they are dug out. money.

The old cat often said that it was no wonder that his conduct was not disliked by others.

Maybe so.

Seeing him in a daze, Mi Ao said silently: "You are really free to come here to fight monsters at this time."

Pu Yiyang thought she was talking about glass crystals, and said casually: "It's no big deal, I'll find a way to transfer things later, and the rest is the business of the Grand Guild."

Mio sounded very speechless: "I'm not talking about games."

Pu Yiyang let out an "oh" and came to his senses: "You...you also saw the news report in the morning?"

It was because he was too involved, he was busy fighting as soon as he logged in to the game, and after fighting with the Tyrians, he completely forgot about the troubles in reality.

Mio: "I didn't see the news until I got off the plane, and I couldn't find you, so I had to call Teacher Chang. She said you were fine, and I thought, you must be playing games."

Pu Yiyang hurriedly picked up the mobile phone that he had left aside, and sure enough, he saw several missed calls.

All are UK numbers.

"I'm sorry," he quickly apologized, as if remembering again, "you went back to England?"

Mio said sourly: "Of course you don't know."

Pu Yiyang didn't know how to respond for a while, so he could only say dully: "I left again so soon."

"I thought about it carefully, it's good for you and me." Mio glanced at Pu Yiyang, "I've made an agreement with my grandpa, I'm going back to England to work, and I won't be back for a while."

Pu Yiyang didn't quite understand the meaning of "be nice to you and me".

Mio bit his lip: "In this way, you don't have to worry about Xiang Hong. I can tell him clearly that what I said that day was a lie, you have nothing to do with me, and he doesn't have to come to trouble you. "

"No, there's nothing wrong with it. Mr. Xiao Xiang has a lot of things to do every day, so how can he use his time to trouble me?" Pu Yiyang immediately realized that Ding Miaomiao suspected that it would be bad for him to have sex with Xiang Hong, "Don't worry, it's been hard. If you get rid of him, why bring the fire back?"

Don't blame him for telling nonsense, but if Ding Miaomiao went to follow Xiang Hong to the end, and Xiao Xiang always found out that his "rival in love" was completely a Xibei, and all his humiliation and bearing these two days were in vain, then The guy was stimulated and decided that they were lying to him together, and his anger became worse, what should he do?

In terms of emotion and reason, to be honest at this time, for him and Ding Miaomiao, I am afraid that there is nothing good for them.

It's just that Ding Miaomiao is not so easy to fool.

Mio frowned and asked suspiciously: "What you said is true? Didn't he send someone to do the subway?"

Pu Yiyang was surprised in his heart, and forced himself to be calm: "The other person is just a little domineering, and he's not that bad. It was an accident, an accident."

That being said, he still remembered the hand on his back and the gaze staring at him in the subway.He had no choice but to try his best to sound more confident, hoping that Ding Miaomiao would not involve himself again.

Mi Ao really didn't believe it: "You don't understand Xiang Hong. A person like him can do anything. I really regret that day...I...I shouldn't have involved you. "

She spoke more and more quietly, her voice completely lost her usual calmness, and Pu Yiyang was taken aback.

He hesitated, put his hand on Mio's shoulder, and said with a laugh: "It's okay, really, isn't this the same as in the past? Mr. Xiao Xiang is a somewhat difficult boss, er, like the ore master." It doesn't matter who the hatred is on, the important thing is that we fight together, right?"

There was a faint smile on the corner of Mio's mouth, his eyebrows were still tightly furrowed: "Pu Yiyang, you are still the same."

Pu Yiyang joked: "Goddess Ding wants to reward me with a good person card again?"

"It's always like this, casually treats anyone very nicely," Mio put his chin on his knees, whispering as if talking to himself, "I just hate you like this."

Pu Yiyang: "..."

What's wrong with him, he didn't receive the card, and he is hated by others?

Mio said in an erratic voice: "Sometimes I wonder if there is anyone or something that can make you serious. You are too casual about everything, including yourself."

Pu Yiyang laughed dryly: "Is there? I'm afraid of death, and it's not like you don't know."

Mio looked at him in a daze: "You know, when I looked at you in the past, I often felt...you are like an NPC in this game, not really alive, but just performing a set of procedures."

"Why?" Pu Yiyang didn't expect her to say that at all, and tried his best to make a joke, "Is it because I have a system face, ugly?"

Today, Mio seemed determined to ignore his gag.

"Tell me, why do you play this game?" She asked him stubbornly, "You have been playing for ten years, and you have traveled more maps than anyone else. No one knows this game better than you, but why do you play this game?" game?"

Seeing that changing the topic was ineffective, Pu Yiyang had nothing to do. After thinking for a long time, he answered with difficulty: "There are so many people playing Delta, everyone thinks the same."

"I know what other people think. Rich sensory stimulation, endless wealth, vanity from victory after victory...Everyone who is unsatisfactory in reality can find satisfaction in DELTA. Mio held a handful of stones in his hand and let them slide down his palm one by one, "Even if you know this, it's all false."

Pu Yiyang remembered that Ding Miaomiao had told him why she played Delta in the first place.

Because her grandfather was too strict with her, no matter how hard she tried, she still couldn't meet his requirements.Then she discovered that in the virtual game world of DELTA, as long as you pay a little, you will be rewarded immediately.

Let people forget the pain in reality, this is what any game wants to achieve.Only in this way can the virtual happiness be precious, and the players will go on and stay here day and night.

But Ding Miaomiao is actually right, Pu Yiyang is indeed different.

"You insist on refusing brain-computer access. You are obviously more familiar with every rule of DELTA than most players, and you know how to operate it better than them. But look at you. After ten years, the people passing by are still the same as they were at the beginning. All in one and nothing to lose.” Mio looked at him and said, “You rejected everything that you have at your fingertips and that others dream of, because you know better than anyone that it’s fake. But you must have a reason to stay in the game , this reason has supported you to travel to every corner of DELTA for ten years, challenging the most difficult enemies in the game day after day. You love DELTA, I can see it, but why is this?"

Yeah, why?

Pu Yiyang smiled, full of self-mockery.

It's not that he doesn't know the answer, it's just that he doesn't want to think about it.He also didn't want Ding Miaomiao to speak out, for a moment, he even wanted to shut down and log off, like an ostrich not to hear the next words.

Mio's fingers touched the passing cheeks.

Pu Yiyang saw it, but of course he didn't feel anything.

"You rejected the feeling, because the feeling belongs to the present." Mi Ao's expression was full of sadness. Pu Yiyang couldn't imagine that Ding Miaomiao would look at him with such an expression. Maybe it was the game that allowed her to let herself go, "You are here Running tirelessly in search of something, something that might not exist... like, a ghost from the past."

The passerby on the screen sat stiffly, while Pu Yiyang behind the screen opened his eyes wide.

Mio's hand left.

She lowered her head again, and stretched out her hand to brush her long hair, this action was a bit like Ding Miaomiao again.

"You must be wondering why I'm telling you this." She said, "Maybe because I was chasing desperately, chasing something that didn't belong to me. But I woke up two years ago, I think It’s all fake.”

Pu Yiyang is not stupid, so he guessed what Ding Miaomiao was thinking. Now that he has said this, there are traces of the past.

He also understood why he hadn't been able to broadcast that phone number for the past two years.

Mio stood up, and a small leaf fell from the green branch behind her head as the wind blew.

Sitting in the same place passing by, Pu Yiyang watched the leaf brush against his fingertips on the screen and was blown further and further away by the wind.

He was as unresponsive as a log.

For some things, he can pretend to be deaf and dumb, pretend to be stupid, make up a joke or two, and dismiss them; but for other things, he has seen, heard, understood, and understood, but he has to treat his limbs as broken. , what a dumbass.

He is not willing to part with Mi Ao, but he can only let Ding Miaomiao go.

Perhaps, if she held him back in the crowd intentionally or unintentionally, blocking someone's thorny peach blossom for her was the most he could do for her.

Mi Ao looked back at Pu Yiyang again, his golden pupils flickered with nostalgia or determination.She silently put a silver-gray stone into the palm of the human being, and her tone returned to the usual neutral tone.

"I only hope that one day you can chase what you want. At that time, maybe you can relax and be willing to truly feel the weight of this stone."