doomsday beta

After Fang Zhou washed up, he heard the doorbell and thought it was breakfast, but he didn't expect to receive another letter.

From "Another You".

[To Ark:

When you read this letter, the year-end medical report must have been delivered to the studio, which will bring a bad news: your life expectancy is at most one year...]

Different from previous titles that revolved around games, two-thirds of today's letter is about his illness before mentioning games.

I only hurriedly scanned the first paragraph, and the phone rang.

Fang Zhou crumpled up the slightly absurd letter, threw it into the trash can, and went to answer the call.

It was the takeaway merchant who called to say that one of the items ordered was out of stock and asked to change it.Fang Zhou directly canceled the order and went out with the design draft, planning to go to the old-fashioned snack bar next to the studio to deal with it.

Submitted the design draft first.

The boss is Li Chui, his college roommate.As the name suggests, he is as hard as iron, and his hobby is boxing.Because of his hot temper, he didn't want to be bullied by his superiors and clients, so he set up a studio as soon as he graduated and worked alone.After Fang Zhou got tired of the workplace, he took the initiative to help and let him hang up to take orders.The relationship between the two is very strong, and the cooperation has always been very pleasant.

While Li Chuan was reviewing the manuscript, Fang Zhou planned to go out for breakfast. Li Chuan suddenly raised his head and said, "Zhou, there is something wrong with your medical report. The doctor told you to go to the hospital."

Fang Zhou nodded.

The hospital is not far from the studio. He went to the breakfast shop to order food. Seeing that it was still early, he told him to deliver the food to the studio first, and then went to the hospital.

The doctor said that the blood test showed abnormal blood pictures, and targeted examinations should be carried out.

Fang Zhou couldn't help but think of that letter, "What aspects are targeted?"

The doctor was silent for a while, and then said: "This is not sure yet, you do a digital rectal examination and serum PSA, and look at the report first."

Before Fang Zhou came in, he saw that in the cancer prevention checkup package posted in the corridor, these two items appeared in a certain line, "...prostate cancer?"

"Uh..." the doctor said: "This can only be confirmed after seeing the test results. Don't worry too much. Considering your age, this disease is very rare, unless there is a family genetic history. Excuse me, would you Has anyone had the disease in their relatives?"

Fang Zhou shook his head.

His parents died early, and he was adopted by his grandfather to leave his hometown. How did he know this?

After finishing the inspection, Fang Zhou returned to the studio. Breakfast had already turned into lunch.

After Li hammer reviewed the manuscript, he said that there was no problem, and asked about the medical report. Fang Zhou said that he had to check it again, and it would be clear when the report was released tomorrow, and then he said goodbye and left.

Li Chui saw the cold breakfast, "You don't want any more food?"

Fang Zhou shook his head, he had to be on an empty stomach for the examination, and he went to two other well-known tertiary hospitals in the city for examinations in the afternoon.

When I got home, it was already dark.

After not eating for a whole day, the Temple of the Five Zang-Organs has already been rumbling, but Fang Zhou can't whet his appetite.

He planned to start a disaster movie to suppress the shock, but it seemed that everything was against him. He changed several websites in a row, and accidents occurred without exception.

Close the crashed video page, turn off the computer, and lie down on the bed.

Woke up from a dream at night, stared at the ceiling in a daze for a while, and then got up in the whine of the bladder to go to the toilet, came back after solving the physical problem, passed the hall, accidentally saw the trash can, walked over to find the crumpled letter The letter, unfolded and paved, and continued to read...

[...Let's make a bet.

If the inspection turns out to be a false alarm, I will not send another letter.

But if it turns out to be advanced prostate cancer, trust me!

You know, even if I can "buy off" the game party and "buy off" the hospital, I can't buy off the gene that inherits your disease, I'm not that powerful.You can go to any hospital in the world for examination, but there is only one answer: your life is less than one year.

"Noah's Ark" is your only lifeline. 】

Is this really the case?

Fang Zhou was full of doubts and asked to fall asleep again.

The next day I went to the hospital to get a report.

The attending doctor frowns and flips through the report for a long time before putting down the report, "The abnormal PSA is consistent with the abnormal digital rectal examination."

"What do you mean?"

The doctor did not answer but asked: "The symptoms of prostate cancer are not obvious in the early stage, and abnormal manifestations usually appear in the late stage. Do you feel nothing in your life? Like increased nocturia, weakness, lightening of the prostate, or bone pain? "

Fang Zhou frowned, thinking of the letter, looked at the doctor suspiciously, but fell silent soon.

He has always been indifferent, but he is alienated from others, indifferent to others, and has no intention of seeking a partner, so he doesn't mind.He often wakes up at night, but it is always accompanied by the premise of having nightmares. He thinks it is the sequelae of surviving the car accident that lost his father and mother, so he always wakes up in the middle of the night, and "scaring to pee" is not a big deal .Recently, he suffered from shoulder pain, but he also thought it was muscle fatigue caused by desk work, but maybe it was the shadow of a car accident. He has always disliked hospitals, and usually takes care of minor pains and ailments by himself. .

That being said, there were already signs.

After hearing what he said, the doctor's expression was not optimistic, and he sighed, "Oh, the disease is mild, and it's not good to avoid medical treatment."

Then let Fang Zhou do another prostate biopsy.

The biopsy tissue was sent to the pathology department, and it took about three days for the results to come out.In the afternoon, Fang Zhou stayed in the ward, cooperated with the nurses to monitor blood pressure, heart rate and other postoperative procedures, and finally finished the anti-infection treatment before being discharged from the hospital.

He went to the other two to get the report, and seeing that the results were generally the same, he went home directly.

During the two days of waiting for the report, Fang Zhou’s daily routine consisted of eating, drawing, and sleeping, eating, drawing, and sleeping. He should have been involved in watching disaster movies, which he loves, but unfortunately, for some reason, the movie always broadcasts the title as a disappointment. Suddenly the screen crashes!As a result, Ark's life was full and boring.

So on the second night, Fang Zhou, who didn't want to sleep after eating, suddenly felt a little bored.

He went to the corner of the utility room and opened the wooden box.

The possible threat to life did not make Fang Zhou think about "Noah's Ark".Later, he felt that there was no other reason for taking this step, other than being too busy a year ago.

It took half an hour to assemble the game pod.

It is shaped like a flip-top coffin, one meter wide and two meters long, with an opening on one side for entry and exit.

Insert the cable according to the instructions, turn on the power, set the password lock, and press the start button.

The light circle on the shell flashes for a week, and the game has been loaded, and the speed can be said to be very fast.

A card in the style of a boat ticket is pasted on the last page of the manual, with a string of ghostly characters written on it, which is specially marked as: free invitation code.

The ark lies in the game cabin and does not need to be undressed.There was no nutrient solution in the cabin for soaking the body to maintain functions in fantasy novels. He folded his clothes and lay on the dry bottom, and when he flipped the lid, the cabin closed tightly with a "bang!" and fell into an "impenetrable" darkness. ——This description is not very appropriate, the vent is just above his head, but the narrow and cramped enclosed space makes him feel psychologically uncomfortable on the verge of suffocation.

Fang Zhou endured, followed the voice prompts, and recalled the invitation code.

After scanning the head with the light of the instrument, there will be a sound [binding successful, player account activated]!

The light circle began to flicker around the body from top to bottom, as if reading the player's identity, and then broadcast the information, the content was actually the same as Ark's identity information.

He nodded to confirm, and the voice prompt:

[The identity information matches the pre-stored information of the invitation code, and you can log in to the game directly without additional operations.Do you want to go live now? 】

After the audit was over, the light circle stopped flashing, and the cabin returned to darkness.

In the darkness, a translucent selection box [Yes/No] popped up, hanging in the air.

Ark point is.

In the darkness, several voices came from afar, as if they were near or far away.

[Start positioning the starting point coordinates...]

[Positioning complete! 】

A map of China suddenly flashed in Fang Zhou's mind. The rooster with its head raised was divided into four irregular areas by "X".

There is a red star representing Dongshi flashing in the coastal position of the East District, and the prompt voice says:

[Start matching to Novice Village...]

[Matching complete! 】

【Ready to send...】

[Transmission complete! 】

When the sound fell, Fang Zhou felt his consciousness being pulled, his eyes suddenly blurred, and his consciousness drifted away for a moment.

When he woke up from a sense of weightlessness, he was at the end of a bustling line.

He is still wearing home clothes, and the watch on his right wrist has not disappeared, and the hour and minute hands are still rotating in sync with reality. From the touch of the flesh, the temperature of the skin, to every breath of air inhaled into the lungs, it is so real.

For a moment, I thought I had encountered a living kidnapping.

But observing the calm expressions of the people in front of them, they realized that the players were queuing up to log in to the game.

Listening to the chatter around, each provincial-level administrative region corresponds to a Xinshou village, and Dongshi is a municipality directly under the central government, which has its own village.Because of the prosperous business, developed economy, and extremely popular popularity, Corresponding Xinshou Village ranks among the best in the national server, gathering millions of players.But for a moment, there was a white light behind him, and players kept coming online, twisting the long queue into twists.

Looking around, most of them are young people. They are either flamboyant rich children or successful people with money and leisure. The latter are mainly middle-aged executives and wealthy bosses. I don’t see those who are active in the news. Top tycoons, but think about it, for bigwigs, time is money, and they are so busy that they spend every minute digging for gold, so how can they have the time to play online games?It is estimated that it is just a taste of holographic technology!

But whether it is the second or third generation, or the social elite who are facing a mid-life crisis or need to decompress when starting a business, they are all well-dressed and look like they are ready to go out at any time.

There is no other person in pajamas like Fang Zhou, attracting sideways glances in twos and threes.

A red bus painted with five stars is coming, "Ding Dong" arrives!

There is a route sign stuck on the front window of the car, and the terminal is: China Service Area·Fable Village.

One every 3 minutes.

The Ark moved forward with the flow of people, passed the queuing point sign erected in front, and saw the wild advertisement posted on the column. If you look carefully, it is the recruitment announcement of the V group of Fable Village.

He retracted his gaze, got into the car and took his seat.

Seeing that there are universes in the small bus, there are hundreds of seats in the distance.

The bus does not start until the passengers are almost full.

The car TV played two game announcements, and the scrolling text below them showed that the release times were from 04:30 pm yesterday and [-]:[-] am today.The handsome male anchor lazily read the contents of the first letter:

"On this commemorative day, I would like to wish Japanese players a happy National Day. Special expansion packs have been released to the Japanese service area. Hidden NPCs have been put in place. Please actively participate in the event. The details are as follows:

Players of this server are requested to find the npc and activate the hidden mission within 24 hours to open the expansion pack. "

The content of the second letter was the same except that the nationality was changed to Iran. According to the time difference in winter, it was sent at zero o'clock on February 2 in Japan and Iran.

The car is full of discussions about this:

"How do I remember that Japan's National Day is not on this day?"

"It seems to be at the end of the year, the emperor's birthday."

"In fact, there is no such thing as a National Day in Japan. Whether it is in the Internet Encyclopedia or the protocol information on the official website of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the well-known National Day is the birthday of the constitutional monarch. December 12 is a day off. February 23 originated in AD 2. The day before, the day when Emperor Shenmu unified Japan and founded the country in the first year of Jiyuan, is also called Jigen Festival. This emperor is a legendary figure like our Three Emperors and Five Emperors. He often appears in literary works and lacks historical evidence. People themselves don't know."

Successful people in their thirties start to show off their knowledge.

The young people in their twenties made wild guesses about the content of the event with envious faces, and then sighed:

"...Hey, we still have more than half a year to wait for our National Day in October! The congratulations expansion pack for the Japanese server is really timely, and they even took the initiative to send NPCs out of the quest line. I'm almost suffocated to death..."

"Who says it's not! Ever since I played this broken game, I've been feeling depressed, depressed, and depressed every day. I doubt that one day I will suffer from depression!"

"On the contrary, I have ADHD, and "Noah's Ark" has brought me back to life! Now I can stare at a nest of ants for half an hour without moving, just to find out whether they are carrying secret clues that are unknown."

"I'm different from you... As for me, I'm the kind of winner in life who was reborn at the full level, born at the finish line, pampered by parents, supported by brothers, caught in the middle, eating, drinking and having fun with three thousand beauties--now , Whenever I feel that life is too easy and nourishing, I will come in and stay for a while, which can help me maintain a normal mind and not easily lose myself."