Netherworld Investigator

At dawn, the sleeping person on the bed slowly woke up, and the folds on the quilt were like static ripples.Suddenly a gust of wind blew by, setting off waves, accompanied by a long and depressing sound, the waves became more and more violent, and it took a long time before they calmed down again.

Wen Baifan was lifted up alone, revealing his sweat-soaked face, like a drowning person who finally emerged from the bottom of the water after holding back for a long time, taking a breath of fresh air.

I only heard a low and hoarse muffled laugh in my ears: "Is Dad good?"

Wen Baifan, who has entered the sage's time, rolled his eyes fiercely. He really didn't understand why that person would never get tired of such shameful dirtytalk, but he still pretended to cooperate and perfunctoryly replied, "That's great, my old man Father."

"You think I'm old?"

In Qiao Kejun's pitiful tone of pretending to be injured, Wen Baifan smelled a hint of danger, his intuition has always been as sensitive as a dog's, so he quickly and calmly changed the subject: "Oh, I had a nightmare last night. "

"What did you dream about?" Qiao Kejun leaned sideways and put his arms around him, closed his eyes, and asked casually.

The corners of Wen Baifan's slightly raised mouth leaked a sly smile, but his tone was a little pretended to be hurt, "I dreamed of you, but in the dream you didn't remember who I was at all, like a stranger."

"That should be a beautiful dream." Qiao Kejun retorted unhurriedly, "In the dream, you and I were strangers, but when we woke up, we found that we were very close. Who in this world is as lucky as you? Can have this kind of lost and found joy for nothing.”

When the word "intimate" was said, the ambiguous voice sounded again from under the layers of quilts.

"Wait!" Before sinking, Wen Baifan struggled to grab the last straw of reason, and shouted, "Today is Monday, and I will be late if I come back."

"Congratulations on having the joy of regaining what you lost again. This is a Monday when you don't have to go to work. What about public holidays, are you happy?" Qiao Kejun patiently explained, his serious tone was quite different from the dirty tricks he was carrying out...

Half an hour later, the two finally got up from the bed one after another and washed properly.

"Aren't you really going with us? Opportunities are rare." Wen Baifan chattered into the phone for a while, "We also got the admission tickets thanks to the blessing of your goddess. Besides, don't you like these high school students the most?" Is it something technological?"

"No, no." Luo Fei on the phone was unmoved, "Today I have an appointment with netizen Mian Ji."

The reception held by EG Game Company will be held at noon today. Wen Baifan originally wanted Luo Fei to join him, but he didn't expect this kid to be ungrateful. "Mianji? With whom? The kind of little loli who caressingly?" Wen Baifan sighed, "Nephew, don't blame Uncle for not reminding you, that kind of guy is usually pretending to be a picky guy."

"What do you think of me? My netizen is a man, a genius programmer. I have been friends with him for a long time, and now I finally have the opportunity to meet." Luo Fei said happily, "I won't chat with you, I I have to pick clothes first, and I must leave a good impression when we meet for the first time, 886."

"Here's a piece of paper." Wen Baifan hung up the phone mutteringly, and when he looked back, he saw Qiao Kejun on the sofa leaning on Pang Dajun and fell asleep again.

Wen Baifan tiptoed around behind him, lowered his head, kissed him, and then woke him up, "Hey uncle, can you do it, why do you keep dozing off lately?"

"Working overtime before the festival is too frequent." Qiao Kejun opened his eyes in response.His eyes were clear, and his tone didn't sound like he just woke up from a dream. If it wasn't for the fact that he didn't respond to the kiss just now, Wen Baifan would have suspected that this person was pretending to be asleep.

"You work overtime, Brother Xiaoxin doesn't work overtime, right? He goes to bed on time before ten o'clock every day, and looks listless all day long." Wen Baifan glanced at the closed door of the child behind him, and turned on the TV , "Their head teacher said in the family handbook that Qiao Xin has been dozing off in class recently."

Wen Baifan glanced at the weather forecast on TV, and said again: "Maybe it's spring sleepiness, today is the vernal equinox."

Immediately after the weather forecast in the morning news, in the program, the host broadcast a piece of astronomical news: "It has been 300 years since the last recorded comet appeared, and this time, the scientists adopted Advanced detection methods have captured the suspected trail of the comet and named the coming comet Talon."

In ancient times when science and technology were underdeveloped, people, through their rich primitive imagination, regarded this strange celestial body with a big head and long tail in the night sky as a monster covered in fire and burned the earth.It symbolizes the mysterious power that descends from the sky, bringing plagues, wars, floods and other disasters in the world.

There is also another romantic view that the first form of human life was brought to the earth from the vastness of the universe by a beam of flaming comets.

Therefore, whenever a comet appears, it will always be accompanied by the emergence of countless metaphysics-loving prophets, just like the croaking of frogs before the rainy season.

"This 300-year astronomical phenomenon has caused magnetic field disturbances, and many public facilities have failed at the same time, and the number of people infected with epidemics and seeking medical treatment has increased more than usual..."

There was a piercing sound of glass breaking.

"Hmm." Wen Baifan frowned, staring at the glass fragments scattered around his feet inexplicably.

He just rubbed the cup with a little force just now, but he crushed it.

"You've eaten too much spinach lately." Qiao Kejun, who was standing in front of the full-length mirror, slowly took off the jumper and home clothes, revealing his naked upper body, "Look."

Wen Baifan stopped cleaning the floor, his eyes wandered from bottom to top, his tight buttocks, thin and smooth muscles covered his tall and straight back, and the spinal groove was clearly visible... His throat burst Tightened, swallowed involuntarily.

"Where are you looking?" Qiao Kejun clicked his tongue and pointed to a dark brown tooth mark on his shoulder, "Let you see this, do you know what it is?"

Wen Baifan was stunned, the marks had scabbed over, wouldn't it bleed after biting it just now?

What's going on, I didn't exert myself very hard last night, probably because I really fell in love...

"Of course I know." Wen Bofan rushed forward and gave a "pooh" at the round tooth marks, "This is obviously the certificate of slaughtering that your honorable breeder gave you."

Qiao Kejun glanced at him in the mirror, snorted softly, and put on a white shirt.

The organizer of the EG game internal test experience meeting obviously understands a truth, that is, compared with the red carpet and the spotlight, the tacit sense of mystery is the best tool to show the uniqueness of the identity, which is why they chose Tianguangtang As the venue for the reception.

Tianguang Hall, this auditorium located near the highest point of the Guangming Tower is known to everyone in Chaocheng, but many ordinary people have no chance to know its true face on Mount Lu.If the appearance of the Bright Tower is compared to a huge spring bamboo shoot, then the Tianguang Hall is located at the tip of the bamboo shoot, only one step away from the real top floor, but most people don't know what exists above the skylight.

The parking lot connected to the Tianguangtang direct elevator is not open to the public, and unregistered vehicles are also prohibited from entering. In addition, the guests invited to this event are all prominent social celebrities, so looking around, there is a huge underground garage. The parks are full of jaw-dropping cars.

In this pile of top luxury cars full of pits, Qiao Kejun's seemingly flamboyant trot was not enough for him, but fortunately, the appearance and figure of the two were there, and their temperament was calm and outstanding, which made the People don't dare to underestimate it, so it's easy to be in this kind of situation.

When entering the elevator, several girls on the same elevator were quietly looking at these two handsome and polite men with strange faces.That is to say, the two of them usually don't pay much attention to entertainment news, otherwise they would know that this group of girls has a lot of backgrounds, including the popular young actresses of the new generation, as well as the descendants of celebrities and the daughters of wealthy businessmen who are well-known in the media.

Known as the "Rainbow Ladder", this direct elevator is a sightseeing elevator column with a length of hundreds of meters.

The rainbow ladder rises slowly, which is very similar to the feeling of an airplane taking off into the sky. Courageous passengers can look down through the glass wall, and landmark buildings such as theaters, karaoke halls, and museums that symbolize the level of civilization of a city are all under their feet. The well-developed highways The net, the vertical river and the endless tall buildings all have a panoramic view, giving people a spectacular visual experience.

The entrance of the event is near the exit of the direct elevator, designed as a snow-white artificial bridge, connected to an arched security gate decorated with ivy leaves.There is one channel for men and women, with odd numbers on one side and even numbers on the other side.

The two came early, and the badge numbers they got were very high. Wen Baifan got the number seven, and Qiao Kejun got the number nine.

"It's a good thing you're not a girl, otherwise we would have been arranged six or nine, how embarrassing." Wen Baifan muttered in a low voice that only the two of them could hear clearly.

Qiao Kejun's ears moved, and he gave him a meaningful look.Wen Baifan's attention was attracted by the well-designed venue in front of him.

Viewed from the ground, Tianguangtang looks like twinkling stars, but it's no bigger than a mustard seed.However, it is only when you are in it that you know that the area is nearly a football field. The giant dome is composed of countless stained glass. The main color of the painting is bluish. It emits a myriad of colorful lights, showing the beauty of a vast order.

The secrecy of this event was indeed strict. Not only were equipment jammers installed to prevent drones from taking pictures, but even the communication signals of mobile phones were completely blocked the moment they entered the venue.

The design of the entire venue is closed without losing its style. The interior of the venue is arranged as a square chessboard dedicated to chess. In order to echo this design, the organizer canceled the fixed central stage, and a huge transparent black and white half-story-high Chess pieces are displayed on both sides of the chessboard respectively.

Strangely enough, from the angle where Wen Baifan and the others were standing, looking around, they could see countless figures twisting and shaking in the crystal tower, as if they had also become part of the chess pieces.

The name of the game that will be tested on-site this time is "Return to the Garden of Eden". This is a cross-age production that claims to have cost countless dollars. The animation effects are completed in cooperation with the most advanced film special effects company in country A, and will be launched in January next year. The movie of the same name as the game is directed by the famous director Xiao Shao himself.

This project involves such a wide range of areas that naturally it cannot be covered by a mere game company in EG. It is reported that many well-known domestic companies including Mo's Entertainment and Fushi Group have participated in capital injections, so many familiar players appeared on the scene. faces.

Wen Baifan had just greeted Xiao and Lin when he turned around and saw Qiao Kejun and Zhou Wentao standing side by side not far away, talking in low voices.After that suicide case, the two had private contact from time to time, and Wen Baifan knew about it, but Qiao Ke didn't take the initiative to go into details, so he never asked.

Wen Baifan was hesitating whether to go over or not, when a strange foreign man suddenly appeared in his sight.

"Hey, sweetie!" The man greeted Wen Baifan flirtatiously.I saw his half-length black hair tied behind his head, tied into a ball head that is standard for trendy men, and a few strands of bangs that have been highlighted and dyed purple blue hang down in front of his forehead. His left eye is the same color as the bangs, but his right eye is Dark brown, with a tuxedo and a pair of gorgeous black pointed boots.

The man glanced at the number plate on Wen Baifan's chest, showed a self-confidently charming smile, and enthusiastically struck up a conversation with the oriental youth in front of him.

Qiao Kejun hastily ended the conversation with Zhou Wentao when Wen Baifan turned around, and was about to go forward, but a foreign man appeared out of nowhere, waiting to hear the frivolous strike-up from this guy's mouth Resignation, he couldn't help frowning.

The man was still speaking in a cadence, he looked like a coloratura singer covering his chest and singing high notes on the stage, but Wen Baifan looked like he was out of the situation.

"What did you say?" He waved his hands and said with a confused face, "I don't understand."

The back-nasal finals of the word "listen" are particularly well-tuned.

The smile on the head of the ball suddenly froze on the face, like a grinning amber.

"Do you not understand? I say I don't understand." Wen Baifan blinked anxiously, and made gestures, "Swoosh, hey, huh, Si Tan."

Ineffective expression can be regarded as an ancient sadness. Even the most eloquent love words will be as funny as a recitation program at a campus art festival if they cannot communicate semantics.

The ball head was silent for a moment, and then managed to squeeze out a few words, "I said, you, cute."

"Thank you." Wen Baifan suddenly realized, and sincerely boasted, "You are cute too."

The ball head twitched the corners of its mouth stiffly, and walked away with a wry smile.

Qiao Kejun stood sideways and couldn't help but put his fist to his lips and let out a muffled laugh.

This guy pretended to be innocent with an innocent look on his face.

The last time Wen Baifan played against foreign players online, and even connected the audio, he could listen to the whole process from the side. Wen Baifan can speak foreign languages ​​very well, and he can use all kinds of wild words at his fingertips. Drop the mouse.Qiao Kejun also understood how this person used his mouth to make trouble in online games back then.

"Ladies and gentlemen—" Accompanied by Qingyue's opening accompaniment, a beam of spotlights landed in the center of the chessboard-shaped venue, and a projected grid burst open, and the master of ceremonies was slowly teleported to the ground from bottom to top.

This is a well-known presenter nowadays, with top-notch ability to control the field, and he can liven up the atmosphere of the scene in less than a few words.

"I'm wronged." Amidst the laughter, Wen Baifan quietly defended to the person next to him: "I don't even know the name of that person."

In the middle, the master of ceremonies announced with a loud voice: "The following is our game design director, Mr. Ethan, to select 100 experiencers from among the 32 guests at the scene to enter the 'Phantom Reality Cabin' to participate in this round of internal testing, but those who were not selected audience……"

Wen Baifan took a deep breath: "Okay, I know now."

I saw the ball head named Ethan walking slowly under the lamp, gracefully opened an envelope, and read out the number of the selected lucky guests, "49, 82, 2, 13, 55..."

"Do you think I will be among the remaining places?" Wen Baifan clenched his fists nervously.

Thinking of Ethan's gaze on Wen Baifan's badge just now, Qiao Kejun nodded, "Yes."

"7, 24, 9..." Ethan slowly reported the last three numbers.

The appearance of the "Phantom Cabin" resembles the space capsule of a spaceship. The seat is adjusted to a comfortable obtuse angle for people to lie on their backs. A pulse clip was put on the quilt, and finally the hands and feet were fixed to the side of the body.

It's just that when the game director Ethan personally completes this assistance work, it inevitably reveals a bit of ambiguous sexuality.

"Don't worry, when the game is over, these shackles, handcuffs, will pop open on their own." Ethan leaned down and whispered in Wen Baifan's ear, "Of course, if you can't bear it Sometimes, you can also call out safeword, you know, in some special games, we need safeword..."

Wen Baifan was assigned to the black king's chess seat. He couldn't move his limbs, and his eyes were pitch-black, but he could still vaguely feel a scorching gaze following him, projecting towards him from the cabin where guest No. 7 was located opposite.

At this time, the host's voice sounded again, and he announced that in this test, Ethan will compete with one of the guests in a pair.

"Enjoy your journey, baby." Etahn smiled.Unexpectedly, he took a step back, closed the door, and turned around to come to the cabin of guest No. [-].

Ethan went straight to an empty recliner next to Qiao Kejun, and did not forget to ask a symbolic May Isithere?

Qiao Kejun raised his eyebrows and did not speak.

Ethan shrugged indifferently, put on the equipment meticulously by himself, and lay down slowly.

"I've admired you for a long time." Ethan looked at Qiao Kejun for a moment with a look of deep affection, still using an exaggerated tone, "I'm not interested in their plans. Joe, I appear in this place because In order to see you."

Qiao Kejun clicked his tongue and looked out through the translucent wall, only to see that the man had arrived at the scene.

Qiao Hengjing was standing by a pillar not far away, watching his son with a trace of worry in his eyes.

After a brief eye contact, Qiao Kejun looked away and put on the VR headset silently.

Just in the blink of an eye, they had already completed a confrontation of ideas.

This man named Ethan is a top mind controller, and even Qiao Hengjing was defeated in the confrontation with him.As a bet of failure, Qiao Kejun had no choice but to accept this inexplicable contest with him alone.

"Let's start the game." Ethan's mouth curled up, and he pressed a red button with his fingertips.

Weak electric waves pierced through his mind, his consciousness was like a set of billiard balls broken by a single pole, the chaotic lights and shadows swayed in the pupils, and the orderly but meaningless runes rose into the air, Qiao Kejun felt that his body was constantly falling .

"Return to the Garden of Eden" sounds like a game with strong religious imagery, but it is not the case. The starting point of the game's plot has nothing to do with the allusion that Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden.

In ancient times more than 2000 years ago, a mysterious ritual of killing chieftains was popular among tribes.As a symbol of the spirit and belief of a group, kings cannot experience natural death, because natural death will be accompanied by disease and aging. It is believed that the weakening of the leader's will will lead to the decline of the soul of the race, which will cause unpredictable risks to the group .Therefore, in primitive customs, the king who has reached a certain age will be killed by the wizard himself, and then a powerful newcomer will be the leader.

"Return to Eden" tells the legendary story of an ancient leader called "Sauros" who seeks to resurrect and live forever.

Since the age of Sauros was earlier than the appearance of written records, later generations do not know his specific appearance.The wizard took a part from each of the nine creatures and merged them into one. This compound animal endowed with many supernatural powers in legends has been passed down as the totem image of Sauros.After the wizard beheaded Sauros with a copper axe, he carefully smeared the body with embalming spices and buried it, and revered the copper axe that killed the lord as an important weapon for the country.

After the real and long feeling of weightlessness, a door suddenly appeared in front of Qiao Kejun.

A quarter hour hangs on the wall, and the weighty second hand slowly dials back to zero.

In the center of the dark room, on the spacious metal platform, Wen Yue's eyelids moved slowly, his body surrounded by countless unknown threads.

The moment he touched the doorknob, a floating translucent dialog box popped up in front of Qiao Kejun.

System: Please create a role ID.

Qiao Kejun thought for a while, and typed with his fingertips on the virtual keyboard: J, O...

System: The character has been successfully activated and is about to enter the novice guide.

In the next second, the dialog box turned into fine stardust, and an NPC dressed as a troubadour floated in the air from shallow to deep, only to hear him speak in a melodious tone: "Hello, dear Joker, congratulations on entering "Return to Eden" , this is a cross-age virtual reality sandbox game. The world is interconnected. The plot is designed according to each player's mental state and personal experience, and at the same time, the player is given a high degree of freedom. You will become someone else's world other players may also become NPCs in your world, that is to say, the people you meet may be players or NPCs, but from the current point of view, I am an undoubted real NPCs..."

While the troubadour who was reincarnated from Tang Seng was rambling about their games while giving guidance to newbies, Qiao Kejun looked around the place where he was.

This is an airtight laboratory like an iron room. Except for the closed door and a small ventilation hole, there is not even a single window in the room.The only source of light in the room came from a single candle burning in a chandelier hanging from the ceiling, flickering as if it were about to go out.

The operating table in the center of the room is the birth point of the character Joker.

Regardless of other things, the degree of illusion of this game production is really amazing. Not only the silhouette projected on the wall is exactly the same as the player's appearance, but the frequency of the shadow flickering is exactly the same as the rhythm of the candlelight, and even the metal The reflective visual effects on the material are all portrayed in detail.

"Dear Joker, welcome back to your birth point." The troubadour looked down at Qiao Kejun lying on the metal platform, and said with a smile, "Please allow me to introduce, this mysterious laboratory is located in a On an extremely steep cliff, and you just accidentally fell to the bottom of the cliff and died in the process of fleeing. Although this is a bit rude, I have to admit that it’s really not good for a player like you who doesn’t understand the game routine at all. See you more."

"Understood." Qiao Kejun sighed, "Excuse me, have you ever been complained about being annoying?"

"Actually not." The troubadour shook his index finger, "The personality of the novice guide is tailored according to the subconscious preferences of the player, that is to say, I am the product of your will, and I only serve you Woolen cloth."

The troubadour said seriously again: "As you can see, when you fell off the cliff and died just now, a black mourning bird flew from the sky, and after it completely devoured the body, you can return to the birth point and start over again." Conceive the body. You have a total of nine chances of this kind of rebirth, and now you have used up one, and when you use up the remaining eight chances, the game will end in failure."

Qiao Kejun rubbed his temples, "Will each death cause any loss?"

"Time." The troubadour glanced at him. "Considering that you are now in a two-player competitive mode, you need to clear the game and wake up faster than your opponent. Time is the biggest cost."

The troubadour rose into the air, took down the only candle in the chandelier, and handed it to Qiao Kejun, "Your next mission is about to start: go east and find the lost blade of justice."