The soul of the ex-husband

Long before the invention of VR glasses, Nightmare Tapir set up a research department for virtual reality technology, dedicated to combining human senses with virtual world experience.

"To put it simply, it's holographic." A magnetic and pleasant male voice sounded in the cold and empty laboratory, explaining to everyone without haste:

"At first, it was a project invested by the military. They wanted a battlefield simulator that was infinitely close to reality. My father was the person in charge at the time. He knew that once this technology came out, it would not only be used for military exercises, but also for all walks of life. Facing an unprecedented change, he has been paying attention to the progress of the research for more than ten years. Five years ago, we created the prototype of the carrier, and my father named her 'tapir'."

As he spoke, Zhou Heng raised his chin, indicating the machine in the center.

In front of everyone, the machine is low at the front and high at the back, lying on the glass floor like a hunting posture, with the beauty of combining metal texture and raw power.

Xiao Qi bent slightly, and leaned his wrist on the railing: "The tapir is an ancient beast that feeds on nightmares."

Zhou Heng looked at Xiao Qi, and smiled knowingly: "Yes, my father intends to create a purer world in the virtual space, which is more illusory than reality, but more real than a dream."

Peter Pan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he called out "good guy", and asked Zhou Heng eagerly: "Then have you succeeded? The two major businesses of the Nightmare Tapir are streaming media and games. With virtual reality technology, you must Will it be combined? Does this mean that we can also play holographic online games in our lifetime!"

Zhou Heng was silent for a while, and said softly: "It succeeded."

Peter Pan's spirit was shaken, and he was so excited that his tongue tied up: "That, that, when will it be released?"

On the side, Simon silently took out his phone and opened the Flush app.

Tata glanced inadvertently and saw the red, green and green K-line chart on the screen of Simon's mobile phone, and asked strangely: "Why?"

"Hoarding Nightmare stocks." Simon said without looking up, "Since the research and development has been successful, when future news is announced, the Nightmare will definitely hit the daily limit."

Tata: "...you are such a mediocre stock speculator."

However, Zhou Heng said at this time: "The release date has been postponed indefinitely."

"Huh?!" Everyone looked at the man in surprise.

Zhou Heng narrowed his long and narrow eyes a little, looking at the machine with a cold light in front of him.The laboratory became quiet again, and a cold and empty atmosphere wafted from everywhere.

Everyone waited for a long time, but there was no answer from Zhou Heng.

Tata and Peter Pan looked at each other and shrugged, neither understanding what was going on.

Not long after, Zhou Heng's eyebrows and eyes twitched, as if he was distracted from his memories and returned to normal.He turned his face slightly to look at everyone, blinked his eyes lightly: "Top secret."

Xiao Qi was not interested in top secrets, he patted the guardrail casually, and stood up straight: "How do we do it? We enter Xie Zichun's dimension through the tapir?"

"To be more precise..." Zhou Heng tapped his temples with his slender fingers, speaking in a calm and unhurried manner, "It's our consciousness that entered."

Xiao Qi raised his eyebrows, looked sideways at Zhou Heng, and asked directly: "Do you have a plan?"

"Yeah." Zhou Heng squinted his eyes and smiled at him, and said, "Please enter the urn."

***

At the beginning of December, on the central banner of the SILLYSILLY video official website, a role-playing game called "Crazy Words" was officially launched and promoted.Due to the eye-catching advertising position and beautiful painting style, it has attracted the interest of many players once it was released.

Just when everyone was eager to try and want to register, they found that an invitation code was required to register a game account, which undoubtedly added to the mystery of this game.Suddenly, the popularity of "Mad Talk" soared again, attracting many players to speculate and discuss in the forum.

[? ? ?Occupying such a good pit and not opening the account to the public?Which studio developed this?People are stupid and have a lot of money, right? 】

[Kneeling for an invitation code! ! !Which great god can take it!Paid! 】

[Really, what I can’t get is the commotion. I’ve been squatting for two days on the invitation code, and I can’t find a demo video on the whole Internet. From the pictorial, the characters in it are super beautiful, and the style is very close to the rpg of Nightmare up.If it is not an established studio, according to such a mature model, I am afraid it is not a unicorn? 】

[Looking at the introduction, the theme of this game seems to be about campus bullying, but there is no bloody and violent picture, hehe~~~ This is very friendly to timid stars, but when will the invitation code be released TAT, I really want to play da. 】

[Developers are marketing ghosts, right?Are you still giving it to people to play with?It will be a bad review if it is not open. 】

【………】

In this way, many rpg fans in the game circle scratched their hearts and lungs for two days, until one night, a message was refreshed in the forum——

【Report! ! ! The premiere of "Crazy Words" appeared, pointing the way to SILLYSILLY so-and-so! 】

After that, messages flooded the screen one after another.

[Not only so-and-so Jun, many well-known up masters of SI stations have received invitation codes!It really blossomed overnight.Because the popularity of this game is too high, many up masters don't plan to be familiar with the game, and now they go live directly online. 】

【Report!There are also game anchors on Douyin who have received invitation codes!Guiding Luxi-Lucifer. 】

[? ? ?Lucy started broadcasting?Fuck! ! !I don't have time to explain, brothers and sisters, I will go to occupy a seat first. 】

[Take me upstairs! 】

[Why are they all internet celebrity anchors?Is this game still in batches?Has any siblings also received it? 】

【…】

At this moment, in Zhou Heng's apartment.

Tata looked at the phone and wept silently: "Uncle, why can't you send me an invitation code? If I can be the first to broadcast this game tonight, it will definitely be popular—huh?"

Xiao Qi stuffed a pork bun into Tata's mouth to stop her howling.

Xiao Qi didn't raise his head, and said indifferently: "You have more than 20 fans? You don't have that much influence, why send it to you?"

"You can't say that, Uncle Master..." Tata did not forget to take two bites of the steamed stuffed bun in his defense, but felt that the taste was too sweet, so he threw it on a plate aside in disgust.She licked her fingers and said unconvinced: "Master Day built this game for two weeks without sleep. The developer is none other than Master Day! It's Master Day! It's Master Day! I'll say the important things three times. As a family member, can't you enjoy some privileges? Can't you get some game bonuses?"

Xiao Qi frowned impatiently, and said angrily: "Who are you talking about?"

Tata started spitting, hugged Xiao Qi and shook his arm, and said in a rough voice: "No matter! Uncle, give me the invitation code link, I want to play too."

"By the way." Peter Pan swallowed the transparent shrimp dumpling in one gulp, slurring his speech, "The young master hasn't woken up yet, so what should he do for dinner? Shall we save some for him?"

Xiao Qi slapped Pan Peter's hand away again with his chopsticks: "You know you still eat so much? Don't you want to save some for him?"

Peter Pan shyly withdrew his hand and let go of the last shrimp dumpling. Afterwards, he scanned the table.

Today they ordered takeaway from the tea and ice room for dinner. The table was full of lunch boxes, but now there is not much left.

"Master Uncle, do you want to call Master Xiaxia?" Peter Pan bit his chopsticks unwillingly, and suggested, "No matter how tired you are, you should eat, and let him go to sleep after eating."

Xiao Qi paused for a moment, pondered for a moment, then picked up the mobile phone and looked at it.

It's 18:53 now.

Zhou Heng stayed in the office all night again last night, and didn't come home until seven o'clock this morning.

At that time, when Zhou Heng arrived home, Xiao Qi just woke up.

When Zhou Heng met Xiao Qi, his first sentence was: "The second round of testing has passed, and the server will be officially opened at [-] o'clock tonight."

Seeing that that stunning face was no longer as radiant as it used to be, Xiao Qi felt tired for a while.

It turned out that Zhou Heng's plan was to lock Xie Zichun into an independent server.

To achieve their goal, they first need a channel to attract Xie Zichun into the server.If Xie Zichun didn't take the initiative to show up, it would be difficult for them to salvage her in the online world.Zhou Heng thought of using games as bait.

After making a decision, Zhou Heng led the elite team behind him to work overtime to make adjustments and improve the content based on the framework of another game that had already been developed by 90%.Due to the heavy workload and tight schedule, Zhou Heng's total sleep time in the past two weeks may not be more than thirty hours.

Thinking of this, Xiao Qi patted the man's shoulder and said sincerely: "Thanks for your hard work, go to sleep." Then, he couldn't help but sigh, "You have paid too much for this family... I will treat you to dinner after the matter is over. "

"..." Zhou Heng silently glanced at the hand on his shoulder, said nothing, because he was too tired, he went back to his room to catch up on sleep.

One sleep is now.

At the dinner table, Xiao Qi thought about it and said: "Wait a minute, let him sleep for a while..."

But before he finished speaking, the door of the master bedroom opened.

The four people at the table heard the sound and looked subconsciously.

I saw an outstanding man standing at the door, holding a mobile phone in one hand, apparently woken up by the phone call halfway.

The tiredness on Zhou Heng's face was still there, and his voice was still hoarse: "Xie Zichun's invitation code has been activated."

The room fell silent, and no one spoke.

Xie Zichun, the evil spirit, has entered the game.

***

This exorcism operation was carried out online. In view of the unprecedented and high risk factor, it was originally planned that only Xiao Qi and Zhou Heng would go to the headquarters of the Nightmare Tapir, and the two of them would carry out this mission.

Two weeks ago, when Tata and Peter Pan heard the news, they expressed strong opposition and insisted on accompanying them. They begged Xiao Qi to take them with them.

Xiao Qi was resolute from the very beginning and did not agree.

Tata turned her face and went to look for Zhou Heng. She said all the good things, and even sold her beauty—Xiao Qi's beauty—she packaged hundreds of Xiao Qi's photos in her phone and sent them to Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng faced the computer and flipped through the photos, his eyes shone with joy.

These photos almost record Xiao Qi's growth and changes in the past nine years. There are his side faces dozing off during morning class in the dojo, there are scenes of him wearing graduation clothes at the age of 20 and yawning boredly among a group of high school students, and there are scenes of him at the age of 21. The moment when Shi raised his face, he showed a slightly unruly expression. When he was 23 years old, he just took a shower and wiped his hair in front of the steaming mirror with a towel around him... At that time, the boy had grown into a man, with a handsome and clear outline and beautiful body texture...

Zhou Heng's gorgeous voice was casual: "I let you join, definitely not because of these photos."

Tata nodded furiously: "Yes, yes, master, I understand."

Miss Tata is ignorant and ignorant on the surface, but she is slandering in her heart: ...Everyone is an old critic, I understand...

……

Xiao Qi didn't understand these "dirty" "deeds" behind it.

Before going out, Xiao Qi looked at Tata and Pan Peter who were about to rush out with excited faces, and couldn't help but raise his hand to support the door frame: "Really go? You have also heard from Zhou Heng that it may be possible to use that machine. There will be repercussions."

Pan Peter was afraid that Xiao Qi would change his mind, "swipe", and slipped under Xiao Qi's arms like a loach, without turning his head, he said: "My God, this is the only chance to play holographic online games, maybe this is the only time in this life, Only a fool would miss it."

"Hey, we are going to risk our lives..." Xiao Qi hadn't finished speaking, but he watched people run away helplessly.

Xiao Qi retracted his gaze, but saw that Simon was also planning to leave, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Why? You're going too?"

Simon used to have a grim look: "If you don't keep up with that fool, he will die very quickly."

Xiao Qi: "..."

While disgusting, but also to protect, this kind of brotherhood is too real.

***

Two hours later, the Nightmare Tapir China Headquarters Building was located in the high-rise laboratory.

The huge beast-like machine in the center slides through the silver streamer, and emits a low and steady buzz when it starts.Five cabins surround the perimeter.

Everyone put on loose and pure white clothes, sat in their respective cabins, and waited for the "game" to officially start.

"Rule one, the game follows reality, including but not limited to Newton's three laws, and death."

Zhou Heng watched the researcher insert an intravenous syringe into the back of his hand, and said in a calm voice, "So I got off the assembly line alive."

The laboratory is always cold and quiet, and everyone listens carefully to the precautions before the game starts.

When Peter Pan heard the word "death", he trembled slightly. Only now did he realize the danger of this task, which dilutes some expectations for the holographic experience.

Zhou Heng said: "Rule [-], the safe online time is eight hours, and the maximum time is ten hours. Once the time is exceeded, thinking will be confused and fall into the montage space of the Internet."

"Rule three, NPCs are controlled by AI."

"AI can think independently, has the right to extract our consciousness, and will communicate with us throughout the process. AI refuses inactive NPCs, refuses to deviate from scripted behavior, and refuses all bloody violence and pornographic images."

"Then..." Tata asked cautiously, "Do we belong to players or NPCs?"

Day Balance: "NPC."

Tata gasped and said nervously, "If some yellow images flashed in my mind and were detected by AI, will AI delete me entirely?"

Zhou Heng: "..."

Xiao Qi: "...you just don't think about those things?"

Tata wailed: "Master, I can't control it."

"..." Zhou Heng glanced at the intravenous syringe on the back of his hand, turned his wrist, and said, "The monitoring of thoughts should not be so strict, don't worry."

Tata breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Okay, then I can rest assured to engage in pornography."

"........."

Everyone looked at Tata for a while, then silently looked away.

OK, as long as you're happy.

……

It was almost time, and everyone sat on the cabin with their backs to each other.

A female researcher in a white coat stood beside Xiao Qi, and picked up a [-] cm long slender silver needle from the tray.

Xiao Qi glanced at the silver needle that was shining coldly, with a somewhat resisted expression, he said: "Ma'am, where exactly does this needle go?"

The female researcher seemed to see through Xiao Qi's thoughts, she pursed her lips and smiled, and comforted softly: "It's okay, it doesn't hurt, let's stick it in from the temple."

"!!!"

Xiao Qi felt a chill.

But before Xiao Qi objected to such a rough connection method, the female researcher quickly wiped alcohol on his right temple for disinfection, aimed the pointed needle at the acupuncture point, and then calmly and slowly pushed the silver needle into the flesh...

Not only the physical pain, but also some horrible memories came to Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi closed his eyes subconsciously, and clenched the cabin armrest with both hands.

Unexpectedly, the pain was only for a short moment.

That's it?

Xiao Qi was not sure, and opened his eyes again.But in the next second, he was stunned for a moment.

The only thing you can see is the gray and white ceiling.

Obviously, he is no longer in the laboratory.

At this time, the sound of "Zi Zi" electric current came from his ears, Xiao Qi looked to the side, only to find himself lying on a hospital bed, with a white coat standing sideways beside him.The man was tall, wearing a white mask, and was operating an electric shock device.

Xiao Qi saw the environment clearly, and his heart sank.

Maybe there was a problem in the connection process, Xiao Qi realized that he had returned to the Internet ring center.

But now it was too late to think about the reason, he turned over and wanted to escape, but found that his hands and feet were bound.

Not only that, he was biting a towel between his teeth, and he couldn't even make a sound.

Xiao Qi's face turned pale, like falling into an ice cellar.

The scene in front of him was the source of his nightmares—the Internet rehabilitation center, the electric shocks, the smiling face of the therapist, the screams in the psychological counseling room...

When Xiao Qi was seized by fear and couldn't move, the white coat at the side gave Xiao Qi a condescending look, his long and narrow eyes were full of indifference.

Then, in front of Xiao Qi, the man turned the gear knob.

Xiao Qi's pupils dilated, and a look of horror appeared in his eyes...

Then, a soothing warm current spread in the cranial cavity.

Before Xiao Qi understood what was going on, his body honestly relaxed first.

With the continuous low sound of "sizzling", the current entered the brain through the conductor, but this time it failed to cause dull pain, but gave people an unprecedented pleasant experience.

Xiao Qi couldn't help squinting his eyes in comfort, and his mind went blank for a while.

"Don't show such a lascivious expression." Low Ci's voice was very weak, and it sounded above his head.

The man in the white coat also turned off the knob at this time.

"..." Xiao Qi blinked, and moved his gaze upwards, just in time to see the man tilt his head and take off his mask.

Under the light, a face full of facial features appeared.

It is day balance.

Under Xiao Qi's blank eyes, Zhou Heng bent down, helped him untie, took off the towel, and finally held Xiao Qi's chin with his big hand, and straightened his face.

"Is it cool?" Zhou Heng maintained a bent posture, looking directly at Xiao Qi face to face, with a narrow smile in his eyes.

For some reason, Xiao Qi inexplicably felt that the man was very lustful when he said this, so his ears felt a little hot.

Xiao Qi uncomfortably brushes away Zhou Heng's hand, and sits up from the single bed.After looking around, he picked up the conductive body on the side, and secretly relieved like a false alarm.

"What's going on?" Xiao Qi asked, then glanced at Zhou Heng.

In fact, if Zhou Heng doesn't say anything, Xiao Qi also knows what's going on.

Because of his experience in the Internet Rehabilitation Center when he was young, Xiao Qi had a deep shadow in his heart. For nine years, he would still have intermittent nightmares.Zhou Heng used virtual reality to create the scene of that year and help him reshape his memory.

Just like now, the painful feeling of the electric shock in the memory is gradually replaced by a gentle warm current, even if he is holding the electrodes now, Xiao Qi has no sense of fear.

Zhou Heng didn't respond, just looked at Xiao Qi with his usual gentle smile, but his eyes were so straightforward that it was almost passionate.

"Why?" Xiao Qi felt strange, raised his hand to touch his face, and said, "Can you see flowers?"

Zhou Heng smiled softly: "It's okay."

Finally looked away.

Xiao Qi turned on the knob of the instrument at this moment, and saw a blue electric light emerge from the top of the electrode.

He put his finger on it, and sure enough, he felt a warm current lingering around his fingertips.

Xiao Qi slid the electrode against his arm, having a great time playing.

Suddenly, Xiao Qi thought of a question, looked up at Zhou Heng: "I remember you said, the first rule of the game is to follow the reality?" He said, he raised the iron rod that was still in the lightning flower, and said, "This is obviously not Reality."

Zhou Heng was taking off his white coat. Hearing this, he glanced at Xiao Qi, then lowered his phoenix eyes again, and said, "Don't ask, it's an unspoken rule."

Xiao Qi didn't understand, and was about to ask, the door of the consulting room was rushed open by a burst of force.

Xiao Qi and Zhou Heng turned their heads to look at the door, and saw the three people headed by Tata holding the door frame and came to a sudden stop.

"Uncle, we..."

Unexpectedly, Tata stared at Xiao Qi as if he had choked on a date stone in half of his words.

Xiao Qi was inexplicably looked at by Tata, and also looked at her.

In the end, Pan Peter's unbelievable voice broke the silence: "My God, uncle, have you returned?"

Xiao Qi: "Huh?"

The author has something to say: Tata shyly rubs her hands: the young master deliberately squeezed an 18-year-old face for the uncle, what does he want to do?Do you want to engage in some paid content with 18-year-old Xiao Xiao?Do you have more feelings for the young face of the uncle?Young master is so bitter.

Xiao Qi's veins throbbed and he gritted his teeth: Don't think Zhou Heng so dirty...

Zhou Heng quickly clarified for himself: it will only be dirtier than she thought.

Xiao Qi: ...

***

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