The Easter Egg Game

The lava is billowing, thick black smoke is everywhere, and there is endless darkness overhead.

Lu Ren sat on the bell tower of Clock Square, propped his chin and looked at the horizon swallowed by magma in the distance.Except for a small piece of ground in the Clock Square, which is still intact, the rest of the place has become a lava hell, and the sky above is also crumbling. Meteors continue to fall from the sky and smash into the magma, causing a terrifying lava tsunami.

After a brief and bizarre meeting with a goldfish not long ago, Lu Ren found himself back in the nearly collapsed lava world. The bad thing is that there are no illusions, monsters, and players. Even the lottery table has been withdrawn. Walk.

Oh, the leaders of the three teams are still here, but they are already like puppets with broken strings, sitting under the clock tower in a daze, falling to the ground as the world collapses, and finally disappearing into countless tiny light spots up.

This feeling, like being trapped in the game after closing the server, is really boring.

How can I get into that interesting little bubble?Lu Ren thought in distress.

At the end of the magma, there was a figure suddenly. Lu Ren, who was sitting lazily, immediately regained his energy. He straightened his back and looked there intently. In the blink of an eye, he has already passed through the magma and came here.

Yes, he passed through the magma and arrived under the bell tower as if walking on the ground.

"Be careful of the top of your head." Lu Yan pointed to the sky - a huge meteor is falling here, once it hits, the only remaining intact land will also fall apart and fall into the magma.

The young gentleman in a three-piece suit calmly took out the pocket watch hanging on his chest.With a light press, the watch cover pops open, revealing the moving hands.

With this crisp sound, the meteor that fell from the sky seemed to be firmly grasped by an invisible hand, ignoring the effect of gravity, and froze there motionless.

This is really interesting, Lu Ren looked at this man who came from nowhere with great interest, he has a handsome face that is amazingly beautiful, and he didn't feel embarrassed when people stared at him rudely, but returned to him. A gentle smile.

The man asked a strange question: "Excuse me, have you ever seen a special goldfish?"

Is this the “supervisor” from the small bubble in the goldfish’s consciousness?As it fled, the miniature bubble finally re-established contact with Little Bubble, so he tracked it down here.

Lu Yan also smiled, he knew that the opportunity had come.

A brand new journey is waiting for him to start.

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The days that followed were like a dream. On the first day, Lin Jue was still moaning about his unfinished studies. On the second day, he was taken to the house that Song Hanzhang rented in the suburbs of X City, holding an English book for the TOEFL exam. He buried himself in his studies, and on the third day, Song Hanzhang had already put a whole set of identity information in front of him. Lin Jue twitched his lips when he saw the date of birth on the ID card jumped back by ten years.

Lin Jue worked hard to study English for a month as if he was preparing for the college entrance examination. During this period, he went home and cried with his parents, and only had to study. For a person who has entered the university Life is worse than death.What's even worse is that Song Hanzhang seems very relaxed. When Lin Jue occasionally went to ask him a question with a book, he found that he was leisurely in his room...playing games.

Yes, play games!Lin Jue was stunned when he saw it for the first time. Although Song Hanzhang explained that he was helping to test the game, Lin Jue found it suspicious no matter what he thought, especially since Song Hanzhang refused to tell him the name of the test game.

Lin Jue had no choice but to continue to bury his head in his studies in depression. Before he could hold back, Song Hanzhang finally led him out for a release.

Lin Jue was overjoyed, and with the bank card he had received from his parents with ten years of pocket money and future tuition fees, he excitedly wanted to take Song Hanzhang to the movies.

The day was sunny, and the two walked side by side under the shade of the trees, discussing the changes in film style and the advancement of special effects technology in the past ten years, while walking to the nearby bus stop.

"Actually, thinking about it now, it's not bad to suddenly come to 2022. At least the special effects of movies have made a qualitative leap, and virtual reality technology has also made a breakthrough... Speaking of which, if we won in the 2012 team, we will now Back to 2012 or 2022?" Lin Jue asked Song Hanzhang.

"It's all possible. If we go back to 2012, it means opening up a parallel world. We end this game. People in 2022 will no longer enter the game; it is also possible that we will still come to 2022, The time was after Zhang Sijia and the others entered the game—although the three teams scooped up water from the same long river of time, this river can only move forward, not backward. Although we jumped out of this river for a short time, in the end It was still thrown downstream, unable to return to its own time." Song Hanzhang said, calmly looking at the distant skyline.

There, there is a huge goldfish swimming slowly in the sky, and the huge data is integrated into the laws of the world. This lonely and wonderful scenery is only enjoyed by him.

In the past, Song Hanzhang would be addicted to this kind of exploration of the unknown, his curiosity would never end, even if this thirst for knowledge would lead him to the abyss of no return, he would not turn back.

An unfettered soul will always be easily seduced and embark on a dangerous path.

but……

Song Hanzhang turned his head slightly, looking at Lin Jue, who was exuberantly explaining the background of this movie to him under the sun, his eyes sparkling with excitement contained something more attractive to him than the unknown, luring him Dig tirelessly and patiently.So he knew his favorite movie, favorite game, and the place he wanted to go the most...every bit of new harvest satisfied Song Hanzhang, and he would never get tired of this kind of fun in his life.

He also enjoyed the childish activities of "Scare Lin Jue Jumping".On the first day of cohabitation, Lin Jue, who was tortured by English, came out of the study with a dispirited face, but when he saw him wearing an apron and cooking, his expression was almost horrified.A few minutes later, Lin Jue clingingly circled around him who was busy in the kitchen, shouting that it smells so good, while looking at Song Hanzhang eagerly, wanting to try it.

Song Hanzhang took a sip himself, frowned and said, "Too much salt, it's bitter."

Lin Jue let out an "ah" and said sincerely, "It's okay, I'm not afraid of suffering."

So Song Hanzhang stuffed a little bit into his mouth with chopsticks. Lin Juemu accepted the not-so-tasty dish, but the delicious taste that bloomed on his taste buds made his eyes widen again, and then he realized that he had been caught again. Song Hanzhang lied.He immediately expressed "angrily" that he wanted to eat all the dishes by himself--this was really done. Lin Jue, who was so full of food, collapsed on the sofa and said that he would eat all the dishes later. to do the dishes.

Lin Jue always has such a kind of vitality in his body, and the days with him are an experience that Song Hanzhang has never had. Once he gets it, he can no longer accept losing it.

There were a few children blowing soap bubbles on the road, big and small bubbles floated past Lin Jue's eyes, he paused while talking, the memory of being about to be thrown into the trash can came back to his mind, but This time, the picture that remained in his mind no longer had that creepy feeling, but instead felt a little childish.

"Senior, the world in the eyes of that goldfish is quite interesting, just like these fluffy bubbles. Looking back now, how could it be scary instead of funny at that time?" Lin Jue watched while blowing bubbles The child who ran past them said to Song Hanzhang who was on the side.

"Really?" Song Hanzhang said indifferently, "What if you replace the bubbles in its concept with universes one after another?"

Lin Jue was stunned, the layer after layer of bubbles... the bubbles that are constantly being reborn, colliding, merging, and destroying... the bubbles that these small particles depend on... so light and floating, under the sun Bubbles that burst easily...

The universe they live in is such a fragile bubble in front of the will of the world beyond human imagination.

Born for unknown reasons, but easily destroyed.

Lin Jue was so absent-minded that he didn't dodge in time when someone was walking towards him. The person he hit staggered and dropped the things in his hand to the ground.

"Ah, my computer!" The man yelled and quickly got up from the ground.

Song Hanzhang bent down, picked up the computer bag and handed it to the man.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, is your computer okay? You try to turn it on quickly, and if it breaks, I will pay you for the repair fee." Lin Jue also apologized quickly.

The man had a good temper, shook his head and said, "Forget it, anyway, I happen to be going to repair."

Feeling apologetic, Lin Jue asked bluntly, "Where did you go to fix it?"

"The computer city next to the People's Hospital, there are more computer shops there." The man replied, looking at the approaching bus, "Ah, my car is here! Goodbye!"

As he said that, the man held his laptop and hurried towards the car that was pulling into the bus stop.

After Lin Jue watched the car drive out of his sight, he asked Song Hanzhang with some doubts: "The person just now looks a bit like the famous actress when we were young?"

"The eyes are not like that," Song Hanzhang said.

"Oh, because his eyes are drooping, but except for the eyes, his nose, mouth and face shape are very similar." Lin Jue smiled and said, "My mother really likes her...well, she also likes you .”

Although they have only met once, Lin Jue's parents are already relieved to hand over their only son to Song Hanzhang to take care of. Obviously, the loving parents are too immersed in the joy of their son's loss and recovery, completely unaware of the new son. The "guardian" has bad intentions.

In the warm sunshine in the late autumn afternoon, Song Hanzhang's facial features were all set off by the soft light, making Lin Jue reluctant to look away.

The words that had been hidden in his heart for a long time, but had already been clearly revealed, suddenly sprouted like this.

He blurted out: "I like you too."

Song Hanzhang smiled.

He didn't answer.

He just gave him a gentle, sunny and warm kiss.

This is the answer to his life.

END

postscript︰

First of all, the easter egg game series is all completed. Although it has been four years since the first two, the author still filled this big hole in self-torture. Applause.

— about the ending.This ending was thought out when the pit was opened, so that Lin Jue and Song Hanzhang saw Qi Leren who was about to enter the game after leaving the game. The two generations of protagonists completed the handover of the protagonist's fate during the short encounter. The sense of fate in the second grade did not hesitate to create a BUG - in the nightmare game, city X implemented daylight saving time more than 20 years ago, but if it is reversed in 2022, daylight saving time has ended more than 20 years ago.The explanation for this is: the time of the nightmare game and the easter egg game are based on modern times, but they are fictional. Please do not make a one-to-one correspondence between the real events and the events in the text.

In terms of time, it is (a piece of content that is not suitable for spoilers) → the big goldfish (fragment of the will of the world) escaped from the goldfish bowl for the first time → came to the Easter Egg Novice Village → the Easter Egg Game Trilogy → Song Hanzhang Lin Jue left the Easter Egg Game, The big goldfish escaped to the real world smoothly → Lu Yan was taken to the nightmare world by Su He who came to fish → the secret transaction between the big goldfish and Song Hanzhang → Qi Leren entered the nightmare game → at the end of the first part of the nightmare game, the messenger of the power demon king told Su And the world will prepare to flee again.The goldfish bowl that Qi Le people saw in Xinshou Village of the hospital (theoretically) has nothing to do with the big goldfish, it is just an image and metaphor.

——About settings.The third part of the Easter Egg is basically based on the setting four years ago, such as team battles in three time and space, who is Judas, the resurrection function of the phylactery, the duel of oneself in different time and space, etc., but also added a lot of new Things, such as changing the monster settings this time, making new 2002 and 2022 character designs, the world will and the struggle between players in the nightmare world behind the scenes, etc.So everyone can see that Lu Ren Juju is going to the nightmare world, are you excited? Hehe, maybe he will appear in the nightmare game in the future——Okay, I will update it, let’s open the copy first, and everyone can bookmark it .

——About perspective.Compared with the first two books that use the perspective of the protagonist to narrate the story, the third one is more inclined towards group portraits. The main reason is that writing this way can highlight some characteristics of this novel. The death of each character is not only a reflection of his (her) life. The end, in a sense, is also a kind of sublimation. Sometimes regret will make the story more beautiful, and incompleteness is a kind of perfection.Because there are many descriptions of other characters, some readers will like it and some will not, but I personally like to try something new. Writing is to challenge myself.

——About the characters.In terms of characters... Forget it, this is too long to talk about, each character can write a short essay on the reasons for the formation of personality, and compiled together, it becomes a complete collection of negative cases of childhood shadows on personality formation.Everyone must have their own understanding of this, so I won't talk about it here.Just talk about the main CP, asking an author with an IQ of 50 to write a character with an IQ of 150 is really a kind of masochistic spirit, but it still has a sense of accomplishment.When I finished writing, I suddenly thought of a sentence: "Smartness is also a kind of sexy, and bravery makes people very cute", and I gave it to these two people.

There are also readers who think that after death and resurrection, is the person after the timeline jump still the same person?That's the problem with the Ship of Theseus.The author thinks yes, people themselves are constantly changing. Today’s us and yesterday’s us have changed, but we are still the same person. Otherwise, if the Qile people next door die dozens of times, it means that the protagonist has changed dozens of times. Yes, after all, his body can read files hahaha.It’s easy to get caught up in philosophy when you’re entangled in this kind of problem, so let’s think about philosophy =w=

——About whether you can read or not understand.When I wrote Easter Egg 3, I did have this concern. I was worried that the ending would involve concepts such as the will of the world, observers, timelines, and bubble universes. Conference, but if you don't say anything at all, everyone will be confused again.So in the end, I made a trade-off and tried to use specific metaphors and images instead of terminology, so that everyone can understand what happened after reading it coherently.As for the deeper things involved, it is noted in the author's words. Readers who are interested will continue to understand, and those who are not interested at least understand what it is roughly.If readers have finished high school and still don't understand after reading it twice, then I must have not written it well, and I am very sorry.

——About the extra episode.I know everyone is going to howl, what about the 2022 gay group rebirth without shame, the intersecting world view of easter eggs and nightmares (for example, everyone is actually a nightmare game, players in the game are temporarily sealed and put into special dungeons for knockout matches or something ), the future life of the senior and Lin Jue (after going abroad, Lin Jue was chased by a girl, the senior was so jealous, a little cute), and the first two routines if you unfortunately enter the world of Easter eggs Survival strategy and so on, my friends also want to see Lin Jue and the protagonist next door, Qi Leren cross-dressing, Lin Jue wakes up and finds that he is wearing an SM leather suit and is a coquettish slut with eyeliner and tattoos (Le Mei went to participate Killing secret meeting party), she also wants to see the giant land blade that grows into the form of a little black panther. The card episode of "Big Rabbit", assuming that the egg game is a krypton gold mobile game... it will be posted on Weibo, and it will also be posted in the column.

In short, after filling the hole, slip away.

Before opening the pit, I edited easter eggs 1 and 2, added some content, packaged and uploaded them together with easter egg 3, I thought I wrote it for a long time, but the result was less than 40 words, which is only the length of a nightmare game... …Everyone can go to Weibo later to find @晚暮冰轮, and search for "easter egg game" on my Weibo.I will probably cultivate for a while, although I really want to write some brain-hole articles to adjust it, but I don’t have time (damn, the more I am busy, the more brain-holes), I will start Nightmare Game 2 next year, and the current goal is to start serialization on Valentine’s Day ...Lemei, wait for your goddess~

There is a plan to do a post about the Easter Egg series, but it will definitely be next year~ If it is confirmed, a print will be made then.

I hope everyone likes this seemingly cruel but heartwarming story, and I hope everyone can find their soul mate.