The Fourth Quadrant of Online Games

It's too easy to be a gangster. Everyone in Jiangcheng has heard of a street called Hardware Street, which is not far behind Jiangcheng University.This street has long since lost a hardware store, and there are only all the people in this city who don't want to live a normal life, most of them are under 25 years old, live a life of nocturnal, never in the sun, They have a unified name among the common people, "Yezi".

Being a night boy means drinking, fighting, and group meetings every day.The so-called group meeting refers to a group of Yezai gathering people to do something, as for what to do, the boss of Yezai has the final say.

With a determination to make a clean break with the past, Pu Yiyang really ran to Hardware Street.It is too easy for people to fall, there is no threshold at all, once you take that step, the rest is just as natural as rolling downhill.Those days were vague to him, he only remembered that he was drinking, and when he was unconscious, he just found a place to lie down on the street and slept through the whole day, and someone would wake him up at night, Take him to drink, a bunch of people wandering around with non-label beer bottles, making fun of each other.

There is a basement at one end of Hardware Street, which is an amusement park for night kids. There are casinos, billiard courts, fighting rings, and several black Internet cafes in it.Pu Yiyang has been to every place, and the place where he stayed the longest was the Internet cafe.He chose every game with a combat system to enter, randomly pulling people to fight, under the influence of alcohol, hacking and killing without any rules, sometimes killing others, and more often being hacked to death.That was his first taste of what it was like to play games while drunk.People's perception is erratic, as if out of the physical body, the blood splashed on the screen has no real feeling, only a slight stimulation, and this stimulation is enough attractive to him who is numb, and makes him continue to pursue more. Much, much more.

Yezai's life is much simpler than that of people outside.Everyone believes that the strong are respected, those who fight hard are strong, and those who play games are also strong.Pu Yiyang quickly made a name for himself in the Yezai circle in this area.Every now and then, someone would come to challenge him by name, and he was unambiguous, no matter who came to the door, he would knock them down in the game in twos and threes.This group of gangsters all pay attention to loyalty. Seeing that he is so powerful, they are convinced if they really lose. Instead, they call him brothers and sisters, and sometimes they will come to the door with wine and vegetables, and invite Brother Yang to have a drink.

In this way, Pu Yiyang met a brother.

The brother's surname is Jin, and everyone in the circle calls him Xiao Jin.Xiaojin is actually two or three years older than Pu Yiyang, seventeen or eighteen years old, tall, with long hands and feet, and is a good fighter in fights.In the first few days, Xiaojin lost the most to Pu Yiyang, and then from time to time, he would come to look for Pu Yiyang, and he enthusiastically played this game very well. Brother Yang is the best Internet cafe on the street Find a permanent seat here.That seat is in the corner of the hall, and it needs more chairs than the other seats. If two chairs are joined together, they can be used as a bed.Pu Yiyang no longer needs to sleep on the street, so he is somewhat grateful to this little Jin brother, and takes him to kill all directions in the game whenever he has time.

One night, the two won another round of duel, squatting in front of the computer to suck hot and sour noodles.Xiao Jin ate and took out a wad of crumpled money from his pocket, and began to count there.He counted over and over several times, but he still couldn't count correctly.Pu Yiyang couldn't bear to watch it, and said a number after taking a look. From then on, Xiaojin admired him a little, saying that Brother Yang was not only good at games, but also very good at mathematics.For the first time in his life, Pu Yiyang knew that there were people in this world who couldn't even count their money. Out of brotherly loyalty, he helped Xiao Jin settle accounts every day after that.

Later, he gradually realized that Xiao Jin was really short of money.He is different from many Ye Zai on this street, he is not a homeless person.He lives in an Internet cafe just because the place in his home is too small to be crowded when there are too many people.He also has an illiterate mother and a younger sister who is in elementary school.Xiaojin hangs out at Hardware Street at night, and looks for opportunities to do part-time jobs during the day.Those banknotes full of sweat stains and smell of oily smoke are the money he earned from doing odd jobs during the day.He kept one-third of the money and spent it on hot and sour noodles for two yuan and the night fee for the Internet cafe at night, and the rest would be taken home when he had time.

They ate hot and sour noodles together many times.Pu Yiyang helped Xiao Jin settle the accounts, and Xiao Jin carefully collected the money, squatting barefoot on the chair, smoking a cigarette butt he picked up somewhere.He said that the money was still too little, that an uneducated person like him couldn't get a better job, and his family members fell ill again.Pu Yiyang reached into his trouser pocket and squeezed his gold coin, but he still didn't take it out.Xiao Jin glanced at him and said, Brother Yang, you look like a child of a good family.He didn't know why Pu Yiyang ended up on Hardware Street, but he knew that this little brother would leave sooner or later.

"If a person is born here and grows up here in his whole life, he will probably die here." The 17-year-old Xiao Jin's eyes have a 70-year-old maturity. He spit out the last white smoke ring from his mouth, and his entire face Looking at the vicissitudes surrounded by smoke and mist, "People go to high places, and water flows to low places. Brother Yang, a person like me has no other ideas. I just don't want to live in the sewer for the rest of my life, and I want to be a good person."

It's a pity that he couldn't get out of this street in the end.

Xiao Jin's accident happened a few days later.Pu Yiyang drank a few more bottles of wine that day, and was taking advantage of the strength of the wine to compete with others, when he turned his head and saw Xiao Jin walking towards him quickly.The boy's hand touched his shoulder, trembling non-stop.Pu Yiyang could tell that Xiao Jin hadn't been drinking.There is only one possibility for trembling.

He was terribly frightened.

"Brother Yang, I made a mistake," Xiao Jin said to him, speaking so fast that his voice was a little slurred, turning his head while talking, "Now I have no chance. I have no chance."

He shed tears as he spoke.

A large group of people rushed into the Internet cafe.They rushed straight towards this corner, smashing as they walked, turning the entire Internet cafe into ruins.The crowd runs away screaming, save for Young-jin, who collapses under a chair.

Pu Yiyang didn't leave either.

He watched helplessly as the group of people brought up Xiao Jin, and treated that young man like a piece of dead meat, punching and kicking him, all with the intention of killing him.He saw different blood splattered on the screen, he touched the bright red pool with his fingers in a daze, and found that it was sticky and fishy, ​​and the character he killed on the screen was still falling slowly, Just like the boy outside the screen.

Ye Zai does not belong to the real underworld, but just like their exclusive name, they do not belong to the light.This group of idle youths seemed to be walking on the edge of day and night, like the reserve army of major gangs.On Hardware Street, disputes on the road are staged all the time, and different Yezai will stand in their own teams, like meat shields recruited by different forces, fighting on the front line with their young blood.

Serious injuries and even death are commonplace on this street. Pu Yiyang hadn't seen this scene until now. He drank too much alcohol in the past period of time, his brain was chaotic, and he paralyzed himself.He regarded this street as his escape, but forgot that there was another name here.

lawless place.

The forces of all parties are intertwined in this narrow and deep street. He only saw a little shadow in front of him, but he has not yet understood the real darkness behind it.

He vaguely understood from the shouting and cursing of the thugs that Xiao Jin had offended a man named Kanye.Kanye is no longer as simple as Yezai. Behind him is a larger organization, running some black and gray businesses. Recently, he wants to get some new drugs, and there is a shortage of "drug boys" who specialize in testing medicines.Xiaojin was really short of money, so he finally decided to take the risk and go to Kanye to cooperate. As a result, when things came to an end, he didn’t know if he was thinking about the old mother and little girl at home or something, but he regretted it and escaped from Kanye come out.

Kanye's meaning is very clear.No one can fool him like this. If there are more drugs who do not talk about "credibility" like this, his business will not be able to be done.

So they had to recover Xiao Jin and kill the chickens to make an example to the monkeys.

Pu Yiyang couldn't remember what he had done.Maybe he couldn't see his good brother who got along day and night being beaten to death like this, maybe he just wanted to save a last respect for his brother who had no energy.He only remembered that Xiao Jin was dead, and the person who was beaten became himself.

Those people beat and cursed, saying that he was one of Kanye's dogs, and threw him into the alley outside.

He was lying on the cold ground like a dead dog, and someone stepped on his shoulders, forcing him to spread out his limbs as if inspecting goods.

He heard the man say: "This kid is okay, he looks new enough, he probably hasn't contracted any disease. If you get the medicine for testing, you can probably sell it for a lot of money."

The so-called "drug testing" is a slang word in Taoism, which refers to testing new drugs.Xiao Jin just refused to do this, so he died.

Hearing these two words, Pu Yiyang finally struggled, and was kicked hard on the stomach again, his stomach seemed to have moved into his chest cavity, and his heart trembled due to the squeeze.

"Be honest!" The man kicked him in the face, "Otherwise there are other good places waiting for you!"

Pu Yiyang struggled subconsciously, he was kicked and rolled on the ground, his glasses had long since disappeared, and he vaguely saw a little gold on the ground, so bright gold, he knew what it was, and desperately wanted to reach it .

Others naturally saw it too: "Gold? You still have this kind of treasure? Did you steal it from somewhere? Hurry up and honor it to the grandpas!"

He stepped on Pu Yiyang's hand.

With his fingers connected to his heart, Pu Yiyang let out a roar in pain.

His almost unconscious hand squirmed, trying to squeeze through the soles of the man's shoes. At this moment, he suddenly realized that it was the only thing he didn't want to lose.

The minion raised his foot again, as if he wanted to step on it harder, but he didn't complete the action.

He was pushed aside, and this time it was over quickly.Pu Yiyang vaguely felt that the person standing beside him had changed.

A boy's voice said loudly: "Boss, they ran away hahaha, coward!"

Another boy said, "Isn't this inappropriate? We just came here, and my uncle said, it's best not to act rashly..."

"Hmph, what are you afraid of? I don't need Uncle Wu's people." The third person's voice sounded cold and clear, like a knife soaked in moonlight, "It's dirty everywhere, a pile of Garbage, it's really an eyesore. Clean up here, and what Kanye, tell them, this street will be my territory from now on."

Pu Yiyang raised his head vigorously.

He saw the person standing in front of him.It was a younger boy than he imagined, no more than twelve or thirteen years old, with a slender figure wrapped in a fur coat that did not match his age, black hair hanging softly below his ears, If it weren't for those too bright and fierce eyes, that person would look like an overly delicate girl.

The boy saw him too.

"Hello." The young man frowned, bent down in front of him, and held the gold coin that belonged to him in the palm of the leather glove, "Is this yours?"

Pu Yiyang nodded with difficulty.

The young man looked at the gold coin by the moonlight, frowned even more, and said very unhappily: "The grades are so good, what are you doing here? Are you out of your mind?"

He rudely threw the gold coin at Pu Yiyang's face.

Pu Yiyang was stunned, not understanding why this handsome young man was suddenly angry, and surprised that the other party knew that he had won the gold coin with a prize.He stretched out his hand with the last bit of strength, and eagerly held the gold coin in his hand.

"Boss, what about this man? Do you want to take him back?"

"It's dirty and smelly, who wants him. Throw it away, let him sleep for a while, and get out when he's full."

Pu Yiyang heard the young man talking angrily, and then, a piece of warm clothes fell from the sky, covering his face, which was blue and purple in the cold wind, and was still bleeding.

He did sleep soundly, and the next day he left Hardware Street and never came back.

The dress was actually very small and thin, but it was almost the only reason why he didn't die that night.

To this day, he still seems to be able to feel the smell on the clothes...

Pu Yiyang opened his eyes.

Before he knew it, it was dawn, and he was really covered with a piece of clothing, which was covered with mud, and the original bright yellow jacket was almost invisible, while the other side of the bird's nest was already empty.