This NPC really has a problem

[You have successfully logged out of the game. 】

The number "1" in the game progress "7/1" jumped and changed to the number "2".

The background of the login interface is an open hand-painted book. The corners of the top picture are yellowed, and the old castle hidden in the deep forest is outlined with a pencil.When entering the dungeon, the gate of the castle in the painting is open, and people can be seen in the open window. After clearing the customs, the gate is closed, and the whole painting presents a lifeless and dead atmosphere.

There was a hissing sound in the background, the painting was torn from the album, and a new painting appeared in front of my eyes. In the endless wilderness, there was a four-story building leaning against a few skinny trees alone. .

[Do you choose to open the game room? 】

【whether】

White point by point is under.

The nutrient solution in the game compartment guaranteed the stability of his body functions, Bai Zhu easily opened his eyes, and sat up straight from the game compartment.His eyes weren't quite used to the light yet, there was only a faint fluorescent light in the room, and the brightness was slowly turned up as his eyes got used to it.

Bai Zhu lowered his head, looking at his empty palm.Soon in another world, holding a key tightly in his hand, he ran towards the boundary of the dungeon scene.Obviously, he could clear the level by running a few more steps, but he wanted to throw away the key and turn around and run back.

Second time.

For the first time, he watched Mr. Lu's figure disappear into the darkness of the stairwell, the door of the hut closed behind him, and what finally caught his eyes was the distant fire that seemed to burn the sky red.

The second time he slammed the door of the prayer room with trembling hands, Steward Lu's face disappeared behind the door, and at the last moment he was still telling him not to be afraid.

Bai Zhu wanted to say that he was not afraid, and it didn't matter to him whether he passed the level or not.There are so many games in the world, but this game is the most special one for him. He is willing to fail again and again, and only hopes that Lu Ren in the dungeon can have a happy ending.

Bai Zhu got up and left the game room.

He turned on the light brain, and originally wanted to contact Xu Yan and the others, but found that there were surprisingly many emails in the mailbox.Bai Zhu hesitated for a moment, and opened the mailbox first.

The vast majority of emails come from a special address, see the number at the end. This is a private account.

Just as Bai Zhu was about to open the top email, a new email popped up, also from that address.

Bai Zhu opened it smoothly, and was stunned the moment he saw the content.

[Hi, you are leaving the game now, right?Is it convenient for you to reply me now? 】

Bai Zhu frowned.

He replied: [Who are you? 】

A new email was sent over there soon: [I am Lu Ren's friend, he is in some trouble now, and I need your help.I'm not a liar, it's not convenient to chat by email, you can add my communication account cg543367. 】

Bai Zhu was stunned.

Lu Ren's friend?

He only knew one Lu Ren, and that was the NPC in the game.

The reply on the other side was too much like a scam, but Bai Zhu still hoped that the other side could really give news related to Lu Ren, so he added that person's communication account.

"Hello, can you hear me?" A processed voice sounded, "I'm in the sixth galaxy now, I don't know if the communication is normal or not."

The inter-galaxy communication is sometimes interfered by force majeure, Bai Zhu replied: "I can hear you clearly, there is no delay."

The other side breathed a sigh of relief, and said somewhat restrained: "I'm sorry to disturb you, my name is Zeng Ge, and I am the team leader of the spiritual access of Phylion Network Research, and I have participated in the development of the game "Key", you can I searched for my personal information on the official website of Stellar Network. I saw your email a few days ago. After seeing that you had some questions about the background of "Key", I checked the number of the game you used , found a problem."

Bai Zhu asked him: "Is there a problem with the data?"

"The game you used is an experimental product." Zeng Ge said, "Normally speaking, that product would not be put into the market, but due to the negligence of the manual link, the experimental product was not removed from the product library, and was rejected by your friend. purchased."

Bai Zhu had a guess in his heart, because that guess was so unbelievable that he kept it in his heart.

He suddenly felt that the most unlikely guess might be the truth.

Bai Zhu asked: "You said you are Lu Ren's friend, what do you mean by that?"

Zeng Ge smiled wryly: "When you are playing the game, you must have found that there is something wrong with the NPC named Lu Ren in the game. This is not because there is a bug in the game, but because the Lu Ren in the game exists in reality."

Bai Zhu took a deep breath.

"I still have a lot of questions." Bai Zhudao, "I don't know if it's convenient for you to explain them one by one."

"I probably know what questions you want to know, let me start from the beginning." Zeng Ge said.

"As for why Lu Ren became an NPC in the game, it was an accident that happened during the experiment." Zeng Ge sighed, "Phelion Network is a company under the Bai family, I wonder if you have heard of it?" Virtual Reality'? This is not a concept put forward by Phylax, but Phylax has been committed to making it a reality."

"The time spent online is taking up an increasing proportion of people's lives, and its importance is also increasing. A long time ago, some people believed that the online virtual world has become the second real world, but limited by technology, The virtual world still cannot give people the same experience as in the real world. "Key" is actually a product of Phylion testing water, and a lot of manpower and material resources have been invested in holographic technology. I believe you can feel it when playing the game. "Key" The world in the game is very similar to the real world, and the 'sense of incongruity' you feel is largely caused by defects in spiritual access."

"It's not entirely a problem caused by system adjustments. Currently, the spiritual access technology applied in various game warehouses and virtual warehouses is not enough to allow users to have the same perception as in reality. The subtle differences in perception have caused a sense of violation. , A very critical step to realize 'virtual reality' is to eliminate this sense of incongruity. "The Key" has made great breakthroughs in the construction of virtual scenes, but the spiritual access is still under research."

"Lu Ren is not a researcher of Phylion Network. He is a classmate of mine during my PhD. He is now teaching in a university, and his current research topic is also related to spiritual access. I knew that the research just encountered a bottleneck when I knew this. Invite him to come to the sixth galaxy to study together."

Zeng Ge paused when he said this.

Bai Zhu knew that there must be something wrong with Lu Ren and his research in the sixth galaxy.

"Lu Ren and I remodeled a game warehouse together. This part was mainly completed by Lu Ren. After the remodeling, he planned to go online and test it out. At that time, the first version of "Key" was ready, so we chose a copy as the Experiment." Zeng Ge said, "You may be a little confused about the NPC with the same name in the game...Didn't I say that I participated in the research of "Key"? Apart from some technical work, I actually participated in The character design of the "Key" NPC."

Zeng Ge said with some embarrassment: "During the discussion in the group, it was proposed to design an NPC with a passer-by face as a feature. Every dungeon has such a character who looks exactly the same. After all, there must be a feature in the game to increase sales. This was part of it at the time. Some people agree with the objection, and those who oppose hope that this character is not a passer-by but a good-looking character. Although this design is obsolete, it caters to the public's preferences. The two groups of people quarreled for a while, and after I heard their respective opinions I thought of Lu Ren, he just happens to be handsome and charming, and his name is so special... I tried to submit a proposal based on Lu Ren, and it was approved unexpectedly."

Bai Zhu froze for a moment when he heard this.

He thought that the real Lu Ren had nothing to do with the content of the game "Key", but he didn't expect that the one in the game was also based on the real one.

"Back to the experiment. When Lu Ren entered the game, he didn't design it as a player. I told him about this NPC based on him. He thought it was very interesting, so he tried to substitute this NPC... Does it sound a little bit Familiar? In recent years, the film and television industry has been doing these researches. At present, the audience can substitute the "white paper characters" provided in the play to participate in the plot. They are now trying to let the audience replace the important role. Lu Ren also has a sense of For inspiration, after consulting with friends in the film and television industry, I rewrote part of the program of the game and logged in from the perspective of the NPC.”

"But... there is something wrong with the spiritual access."

Zeng Ge said: "By reading brainwaves and game data, we learned that after entering the game, Lu Ren completely forgot his identity in the real world. He integrated part of the NPC settings in the game, thinking that he was an NPC, thinking that The world in the game is the real world, and in this case, he can't actively log out of the game at all."

"Because it is a modified game room used for experiments, we cannot force Lu Ren to log out from the outside world, or even open the game room. The nutrient solution in the game room is only enough for half a year. After half a year, Lu Ren's nutrient solution is exhausted. There is nothing in the warehouse to keep him alive, and if we forcibly open it, it is uncertain how Lu Ren's spirit will be damaged."

Zeng Ge, who was talking, and Bai Zhu, who was listening, both understood that if they got to that point, they could only force Lu Ren to log out.

"How do you want me to help?" Bai Zhu asked, he still remembered what Zeng Ge said in the email, "I need your help".

"I hope you and your companions can restore Lu Ren's memory in the game." Zeng Ge said, "Actually, after Lu Ren's accident, we tried many ways to recall his memory, but we never thought of it. Entering the game. Because of a mistake, the experimental product entered the product library. Unexpectedly, someone can log in to the game as a player and contact Lu Ren in the game. After we found someone entering the game, we have someone monitoring the game— — We didn’t snoop on the specific content of what you are doing in the game. The protection measures of the game itself prevent us from monitoring, and you can rest assured about your privacy.” After patching, Zeng Ge said: “Before you entered the game, Lu Ren has been In the first copy, and the brain activity is not strong. After you entered the game, we monitored that his mood fluctuated greatly at some times, and after you cleared the copy, Lu Ren unexpectedly entered the Next copy."

"We have calculated when you will meet based on the time you entered the dungeon. At the predicted time, Lu Ren's mood has changed significantly. Here I want to ask, does he have any impression of you?"

"Yes, he called out my name." Bai Zhu replied, "But he doesn't remember the content of the first copy."

Zeng Ge thought for a while, and said: "After entering the new dungeon, his memory may be overwritten by the NPC settings in the new dungeon, but it's not covered as thoroughly as the real memory, so he still knows you."

Zeng Ge continued: "Our original plan was to allow us researchers to enter the game and contact Lu Ren through your account, but Lu Ren's familiarity with you made us temporarily give up this plan, and hope that you can continue to contact. Bai Zhu Sir, in your capacity, I am afraid that you have no interest in the reward we can offer, but I still beg you to do us this favor, and we will try our best to fulfill your request."

After Zeng Ge said these words, he felt extremely uneasy.

Phylion Network is owned by Bai Zhu himself, and Zeng Ge really doesn't know what he can do to convince Bai Zhu if he disagrees.Zeng Ge pinned his hopes on his friend who still believes that he is an NPC from the bottom of his heart. He knows his friend's personality very well, and hopes that he and Bai Zhu and others have formed a deep friendship in the game.

"I'll help, Lu Ren..." Bai Zhu hesitated for a moment, but didn't continue.

Lu Ren is a very nice person.

Even if Zeng Ge didn't ask, he would help him.

This sounded too intimate, but Bai Zhu didn't say it in the end.

He turned to ask: "How long can Lu Ren stay in the game cabin?"

Zeng Ge said: "26 days and [-] hours."

Bai Zhu had already prepared for the worst in his heart, and he was a little relieved after hearing Zeng Ge's reply, and it took longer than he imagined.

But no one guarantees that Lu Ren can remember everything during these 26 days.

Bai Zhu asked, "How can I remind him?"

"Our idea is to let Lu Ren discover that the world he is in now is not real, and his memory is problematic. Quantitative changes can lead to qualitative changes. When the doubts in his heart accumulate to a certain extent, it is the moment for him to restore his memory." Zeng Ge said, "But this is just our guess... There is no precedent for Lu Ren's situation. We have no reference, and everything is just a hypothesis."

"I understand, I will make a plan according to the specific situation." Bai Zhudao, his tone suddenly became serious, "One more thing, I plan to go to the sixth galaxy, I wonder if Lu Renfang is not convenient to visit?"

Zeng Ge hesitated.

Bai Zhu's tone really didn't sound like he was discussing.Moreover, Lu Ren is still at the headquarters of Xingheng Network, and no one dares to stop Bai Zhu from joining his company.

"I will log in to the game on the way to the sixth galaxy, so there will be no delay." Bai Zhu said, "I will arrive in about five days."

It was just a notification, Zeng Ge smiled wryly.

"Okay... When you arrive, send me a message. I will wait for you at the north gate of Xingheng Network."

Bai Zhu is still on the main star of the third galaxy. If he wants to reach the sixth galaxy in five days, he needs to start now.

"Tal," the door in front of him opened automatically, and Bai Yi notified his AI assistant as he left, "wake up the starship in the warehouse, and plan the fastest route for me to reach the sixth galaxy."

"receive."

The warehouse where the private starship is docked is on the top floor. While waiting for the elevator to arrive, Bai Yi briefly talked about Lu Ren's situation, and sent a group message to his companions.

The students on summer vacation stared at the optical brain all the time, and Zhong Changya was the fastest to return: "The time is running out, should I lie back to the game room now?"

"Go in together after the others are confirmed." Bai Zhu sent a time to Zhong Changya, and also to the other two by the way.

After a while, Xu Yan also replied: "What if Mr. Lu doesn't remember in 26 days?"

These words really destroy his prestige.

Bai Zhu said expressionlessly: "Believe in modern medicine."

Although the current mental trauma is still difficult to heal, Bai Zhu believes that he can spend money on a healthy Lu Ren.

Xu Yan said with emotion: "Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, Mr. Lu is not an NPC. I advanced to the game room, so don't be late."

The fact that Lu Ren is not an NPC is actually not that difficult to guess. His behavior is too different from an NPC in a horror game. What they saw him in Bai Zhuo was completely different from what he learned from other beta players. no the same.

It's just that, as Zeng Ge said, there is no precedent for Lu Ren's situation, and it is difficult for players to connect the NPC with a different style of painting in the game with real people.

The warehouse door opened in front of my eyes, and the private starship had been covered with ashes for a long time.Bai Zhu is not very keen on interstellar travel, assuming that he spends far more time online than offline. To some extent, "virtual reality" has already been realized for people like Bai Zhu.

The young man strode onto the starship, and at this moment, Chen Jin's reply also arrived.

"Hey, my takeaway just arrived!" Chen Jin howled, "I'm in the warehouse."

Tal automatically connected to the starship's network system and took over the control of the starship.Traveling across galaxies always takes a lot of time, and the private starship has a loading game compartment so that passengers can have something to do during the journey.

The lid of the game compartment opened automatically, and Bai Zhu lay down inside.The young man is tall and tall in reality, and has nothing to do with the petite body in the game.

Scan the pupil, and the game account will automatically log in.After clicking on "Key" one by one, Bai hesitated on the login interface, and then clicked on the character interface in the lower right corner.

……

Very sleepy.

Boss Lu's eyes were half-closed, and he dozed off while sitting.

For him, running a hotel does not consume energy. After all, his hotel is opened in the wilderness, and sometimes he does not see a single guest for ten days and a half months. Even if the business is so hot that the rooms are full like today, only There are a dozen guests to entertain.

It was already evening, and the guests who had been resting in their rooms during the day came to the first floor for dinner one after another.Boss Lu didn't care about the dinner, he guarded the front desk, and the three meals were included in the rent, so there was no need to ask him to pay extra. Cooking was the job of Chef Li, while serving the food was the job of the waiter Xiaozhen.

He was aboveboard, and he took up laziness with peace of mind.

But there are also times when Boss Lu can't be lazy, for example, if someone wants to stay, and the small hotel has limited staff, he has to be the receptionist.

The door of the hotel was pushed open with a creak. The door was old, and I don’t know what was wrong with it. When the door was pushed, it would always make a harsh sound. It's tolerable.The sky outside was slightly dark, and the setting sun was about to completely sink to the horizon. Someone stepped into the hotel in the dark golden sunset light.

It was a somewhat laid-back man, full of travel and dust, and he had walked for a long time at first glance, but he was in good spirits, with bright eyes and a smile on his mouth.After he entered the door, he looked around first, and saw the scene on the first floor. The slightly curly hair that fell on his shoulders swayed slightly with his movements.The man's eyes are not annoying, just like his smile, which can always be associated with words like easy-going.

The man saw Boss Lu who was dozing off behind the counter, walked over a few steps, looked at the table with his fingers, and said with a smile, "Boss, I'm staying here."

Boss Lu couldn't keep his eyes open. He glanced at the man and lowered his eyes to make his eyes feel better.Boss Lu took the notebook aside and asked, "How long will you stay?"

The man replied: "One night, leave early tomorrow morning."

"Seventy, take care of today's breakfast and tomorrow's dinner." Boss Lu pushed the notebook and pen in front of the man, "Register your name on it."

The man opened the notebook but didn't start writing. He just looked at Boss Lu.

Boss Lu looked a little strange to him, his dark eyes were blank.It took him a while to react, and he said angrily, "Don't worry about today's dinner and tomorrow's breakfast."

He was really sleepy.

The man couldn't help laughing, unscrewed the cap of the pen, wrote his name, and left money for one night's stay.

Boss Lu glanced at the name registered in the book, Danyou.He collected the money, found the key and handed it to the guest, closed the book and put it back in its original place, saying: "If you need dinner, just talk to the waiter, and she will rest at the cupboard when she has nothing to do."

The guest responded and went upstairs with the key. He should go back to the room to put his luggage first.He carried a dark green backpack on his back. He didn't know what it contained, but it looked heavy.

As soon as the guests left, Boss Lu closed his eyes again.

The first floor was always noisy during dinner, but Boss Lu was not affected at all, and began to doze off after closing his eyes. No one told him that he could sleep like this until eight o'clock in the evening.In the past, few people disturbed him, but today was obviously an accident.

Boss Lu opened his eyes after hearing the sound of knocking on the table, and found that it was still the same customer.

Danyou smiled and said, "Boss, I want to ask you something."

Boss Lu felt a little strange in his heart, and he asked, "What's the matter?"

"I want to ask," Danyou said, "do you know the City of Reflections?"

Boss Lu was startled.

"Did you ask?" he asked.

"You're joking." Danyou said, "I just came here."

Boss Lu didn't know why he had such a strange thought, it was obvious that this guest had just come to stay at the store.

Before he could think of a reasonable reason, the door of the hotel was pushed open again.

This time there were four people who entered the door, the leader was a young man in white clothes, he must be young due to his height, and his appearance was also youthful.After seeing Boss Lu behind the counter, his eyes lit up.

The boy came to the counter almost at a trot, and said in a clear voice, "Boss..."

Boss Lu automatically added the word "stay" in his heart.

The teenager asked: "Boss, do you know what spiritual access is?"

The author has something to say: Bai Zhu: Unexpected, so direct.

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There is a discrepancy between the development of the plot and the copywriting, I am very sorry TVT

Because of the logic of the story, I can only arrange it this way, and the text cannot be changed.

Everyone’s comments have been read, and I also saw readers’ expectations for this plot. After realizing that the main text and the copy were separated, I thought about many options, and finally decided to continue writing this plot, but it was presented in the form of a side story. The final effect may be It's not the same as the cuties imagined.

I apologize again, although it is different from what I expected, but I will try my best to write this article well, and I will also write the content that everyone expects.