Forced to play Shura Field in a Western Fantasy game

There is a problem with the game system of "Fantasy".

At first, there was a problem with the login of individual players, and then it was a large-scale one. Now, Abyss Technology has to temporarily announce that players in some areas cannot go online temporarily, and it will take at least two or three days until the problem is solved and the rectification is completed. The blow of "Phantom Path" can almost be said to be fatal.

As an employee in the non-technical department, Yu Yuan only heard a little bit of rumors at first, but he didn't expect the situation to intensify to such an extent. Lin Ling also mentioned to him with a bad face during a chat at noon one day that the company's internal systems might be blocked. In the dark, there are hidden insiders who are bought by other companies-and the biggest enemy of Abyss Technology has always been obvious, Blazing Game Company.

"Damn it, this group of people will play dirty games if they can't do it themselves," Lin Ling was very indignant when he said this, "There was not enough plagiarism in the past, and now they dare to play tricks!"

The problems in the game "Phantom Road" will be resolved sooner or later, but it is fatal. The sudden incident has caused public opinion to continue to ferment. The company has been very nervous these days. Hours of high-intensity standby, just to be able to solve it as soon as possible.On the other hand, the insider in the company is still being investigated one by one. It can be said that everyone is in a state of desperation.

On the first day of the incident, Lin Ling was so busy that she didn't even have time to make a phone call to her family. Lin Yi couldn't get in touch. In the end, she found Yu Yuan. Yu Yuan helped her there at night. The company only discovered that Lin Ling, who was working overtime, had even fallen asleep at his workstation, and the same was true of other technicians.

At this time, on the contrary, testers like Yu Yuan don't have to do anything for the time being, and not adding new troubles to the company is the best help.

The time has come to the third day when some areas are banned from logging in, and the collective efforts have finally paid off. At least for now, players can be guaranteed to log in normally, and many other problems are still being investigated, but everyone can finally take a breather.

At eleven o'clock that night, when Yu Yuan finished reviewing the materials for the intermediate architect exam and was about to go to bed, he suddenly received a call from Ying Tao.

"Yu Yuan, do you know where Mr. Lu is?"

When the other party called, there was just such a sentence, which made Yu Yuan confused. How could he know where Mr. Lu was?

"Sister Ying Tao, what's wrong?"

"I can't get in touch with Mr. Lu. There is something in the company that requires him to give instructions." Ying Tao's originally anxious voice calmed down a little, "You live close to Mr. Lu, can you help me to see Mr. Is sir at home?"

"Okay, don't worry, I'll go now."

"Thank you, please, if you can find Mr. Lu, please let me know as soon as possible."

There was a busy voice after hanging up. Yu Yuan got up from the bed without changing his pajamas, put on a coat, and hurried out to the elevator. He knew which household Mr. Lu lived in—even the password of the other’s door .

At the beginning, Mr. Lu took the initiative to tell him, but he didn't expect to use it now.

On the top floor, there was only one household there, Yu Yuan silently walked to the door and knocked lightly, "Mr. Lu?"

Waited a while, no response.

Yu Yuan looked at the place where the password was entered, hesitated for a moment, and entered the password according to memory.

One number after another, only then did Yu Yuan realize that this string of passwords looked like a birthday, even a little familiar.

Is it Mr. Lu's own birthday? It doesn't look like...

With a soft sound, the door opened.

"Mr. Lu, am I coming in?"

Yu Yuan pushed open the door, the living room was also in darkness, he fumbled to find the switch on the wall, bright light instantly filled the room.

Mr. Lu didn't respond, and he didn't seem to be here.

He turned around on this floor, searched from the living room to several rooms, but did not see any sign of anyone, but there was a staircase leading downstairs. He remembered that Mr. Lu had mentioned that the house on the top floor It was the other party who bought two floors to connect, forming a jump.

Yu Yuan walked down the stairs slowly, and tentatively called out while walking: "Mr. Lu?"

The bottom floor is also completely in darkness, without a ray of light, walking here is almost invisible.Yu Yuan fumbled to find the switch on this floor but couldn't find it, so he could only walk in the dark first.

After his eyes got used to the darkness, everything became a little smoother. He walked in one room after another, as if he was looking for some hidden treasure. Every time he opened a door, he was prepared to see Mr. Lu inside. Prepare.

Perhaps it was the dark environment that gave him some time to think. For some reason, he thought of Carlisle who looked like Mr. Lu when he first saw him, and Louis also learned to be Carlisle. Looking at every face will remind him of Mr. Lu.

Mr. Lu's inexplicable affection for him, such a proactive attitude, many things may seem blunt to others, but when Mr. Lu faces him, he always seems so natural.

Why is it? Is there any secret hidden in Mr. Lu...

Yu Yuan finally reached the last room at the end of the corridor.

Looking at it in the dark, this door seems to be a little more special than the others. The carved door is very delicate, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it looks like some kind of artwork.Yu Yuan put his hand on the cold doorknob, inexplicably having a premonition that Mr. Lu might be inside right now.

He went in.

The space inside is much larger than he imagined, and there are many technological instruments. The light lines on the outside emit a faint blue light in the dark, but the most important thing is...Mr. Lu is indeed inside .

I saw a very special instrument in the center of the room, which Yu Yuan could not even see its function. It seemed to be a completely transparent holographic cabin, and Mr. Lu was lying in it. The tube seems to be constantly transmitting information.

Mr. Lu didn't hear from Ying Tao because he was in the holographic cabin?But it shouldn't be. Why did Mr. Lu disconnect from the outside world when he logged into the holographic cabin?

Yu Yuan walked up slowly and stood in front of the transparent cabin, which is the most obvious and main light source in the dark room.He put his hands on it, as if looking at Mr. Lu through a glass fish tank.

He had never had such an experience before. Looking at Mr. Lu from such an angle, it was as if he was looking at someone he met for the first time.

Apart from disarming the holographic chamber by the player from the inside, it can also be forced to stop from the outside. Yu Yuan researched around the glass cover, but couldn't find a place where it could be disarmed for a while.

At this time, a voice came from inside the holographic cabin.

"Will you go..."

Yu Yuan was sure that he heard it, and heard it clearly.

Lu Mingyuan was talking inside, that is to say, his current consciousness is still connected to the device and doing something, and Yu Yuan himself must be like this in the process of playing the holographic game.

I don't know what kind of mentality it is, maybe there is something inexplicable about these words, Yu Yuan didn't immediately continue to look for the close button, but squatted there to hear what Mr. Lu would say next.

In the quiet space, not long after, Yu Yuan heard it again.

"I said, I will come back to you when you promise not to leave..."

Won't I be back when I leave?

Yu Yuan was inexplicably familiar, he had definitely heard this word recently, but he hadn't talked to Mr. Lu much in a while.

Where did you hear that?

Yu Yuan hesitated, after all this belongs to Mr. Lu's privacy, he should wake up Mr. Lu now and tell Ying Tao that he has been looking for her.

He bent down and continued to look for the emergency stop button, but at this moment, Mr. Lu, whose consciousness was not in reality, said another word, which made him completely unable to make the next move.

"You asked me what your name was, dear, let me tell you everything you forgot..."

A name that is so disgusting that it makes him feel chills and get goosebumps every time, but it happens to be a long-standing habit of an octopus in the game.

Recalling the content of the previous conversation, Yu Yuan suddenly realized that Louis seemed to have said similar words before.

Leaves, names, forgotten things—

All kinds of information overlapped together, as well as Mr. Lu's overly intimate attitude and similar face from the very beginning of meeting.

He immediately had a bad premonition. If many parts of the first generation of the game "Phantom Road" were programmed by Mr. Lu himself, then is there a result of Mr. Lu's design in the NPC? Even thinking about it further... ....

Mr. Lu's words brought him back to reality in an instant.

"The name you gave me back then, little liar, the name you told me back then was—Taro."

"This is the name you gave me the first time you appeared in front of me, Yu Yuan."

Taro.

Yu Yuan.

The other party froze in place, filled with extremely unbelievable emotions.

Some small things are like a chain made of pearls, and now they are finally pieced together. Those words that he ignored before, and all the places that violated, have gradually formed a closed loop.

Those NPCs in the game who have a very high affection for him for no reason, Mr. Lu who confides his emotions to him at first sight in reality, and - the game "Phantom Road".

He thought of piles and piles of files related to game design in the old-fashioned USB flash drive, those drafts of a large number of Western Fantasy worldviews, and the evidence brought out by Blazing Game Company when it exposed the "plagiarism" of "Phantom Road", saying that it was as early as 70 years There was a semi-finished Western Fantasy game made by a game producer named Taro before, but 70 years later, in this era, Mr. Lu stood at the press conference and stood in front of countless reporters surrounded him and said firmly:

"I made this game to pay tribute to Taro, and I want to give him the best."

His own memory degeneration disease, family relationship with nothing, woke up alone in this era, but it happened to be trapped in the game by such a coincidence.

Even Morrison, who was hiding his face under the bandages, and the ambiguous words before Morrison left, kept implying that he had forgotten something, and he would remember it—and the emotions Yu Yuan felt at that time were no longer Just because of the game, it was something that hit the bottom of his heart.

If you think about it further, Louis even told him "I saw you earlier, at the beginning of this world", and a white wolf told him that there was a monster in his world. The black cat that is exactly the same as it, and even further back, even farther back, the earliest NPC Lambert also said something similar - I have seen you before.

Yu Yuan could feel his body covered in cold sweat.

Has he really forgotten a lot? If he really had a past with Mr. Lu 70 years ago, what kind of relationship should the two of them have?Did Mr. Lu choose to hibernate because of his illness, but why did he so coincidentally wake up eight years ago in advance, and why did he upgrade a computer game that was too old to be a holographic game?Just to pay homage?

Also, are those NPCs AI programs written by Mr. Lu, or are they manipulated by him at all? Yu Yuan remembered that Lin Ling told him that some old companies such as Blazing Games are still using one person when they make holographic games. The old technology of manipulating multiple characters through consciousness, since Mr. Lu was born in holographic games, will it be related to these?But if it's just to get close to him, why does Mr. Lu have to use games?

When a mystery is solved, new problems spring up like mushrooms after a spring rain.

At this time, his heart was beating like a drum, and seeing Mr. Lu lying there peacefully was another completely different feeling. He couldn't tell whether he was sad or angry, and even wanted to laugh. Many mixed emotions were just like As complicated as an overturned cruet.

If they really had a close connection 70 years ago, how would Mr. Lu feel when he entered the hibernation cabin, woke up and forgot everything?And what have you silently carried on your back?

The button to open the holographic cabin was right at his hand. Yu Yuan looked at Mr. Lu lying in it, his eyes were a little dazed, and he wiped his face before forcing himself to calm down.

No matter what has happened, no matter whether it is possible to recall all the memories, at least as long as we have communicated and don't leave any regrets in the future, it is already the best result.

Yu Yuan pressed the forced escape button.

The light emitted by the transparent holographic cabin was also suddenly extinguished, and the huge room seemed to fall into the deep sea where the fingers could not be reached, and they were all in the same darkness.

Yu Yuan stood where he was, watching the people in the holographic cabin move, saw him open the cover from inside, and was about to stand up slowly, so he also stretched out his hand.

"Mr. Lu, I am Yu Yuan—or, maybe you would be willing to tell me if there is another name related to me."

Lu Mingyuan, who had just regained consciousness, was a little slow at first, but he reacted in the blink of an eye, and the eyes he looked at Yu Yuan were no longer surprised, but with an ocean-like gentleness.

Yu Yuan's eyes suddenly became more complicated, "Maybe you can tell me, what is the relationship between Taro and me?"

"You know it all," Lu Mingyuan didn't mean to hide anything, maybe he had waited for this moment for a long time, "Taro is the name you used before, and you didn't change it when you started making the first game. .”

"Then..." Yu Yuan gritted his teeth, obviously he was standing, but felt that the initiative was not in his hands.

There was eager expectation in Lu Mingyuan's eyes, as if encouraging him to speak out all his doubts.

"I've thought about how to tell you for a long time, but if you find something yourself, maybe it's a suitable choice."

"Mr. Lu, you and me—what is the relationship between you and me? We really had a relationship 70 years ago..."

"Yu Yuan," Lu Mingyuan gently took his hand, obviously it was just this little touch, but it made Yu Yuan want to take a step back like a frightened rabbit, and Mr. Lu's eyes seemed to be filled with a gentle smile, "To be honest, I really want to tell you directly that we are lovers."

What, really ever had this relationship? !

Yu Yuan felt that his brain, which was about to crash, would be scrapped just like an overloaded computer.

"But I can't lie to you, let alone take advantage of your amnesia," Lu Mingyuan chuckled, "So there are some things I should honestly ask you to admit, remember the story of the Anderson family - Morrison and you. "

Yu Yuan was even more frightened, "You or I have such an outrageous family relationship?!"

The sister died, the mother killed the father, and the whole family was buried in the sea of ​​fire together in the end, the family is too terrifying!

"How is it possible? I want to say that this is how you and I met." Lu Mingyuan gently stroked the back of Yu Yuan's hand, as if to comfort a frightened cat. When I was only a few years old, I actually still wanted to call you brother, but unfortunately you forgot all about it, if you want to hear me call you like that now—”

Thinking of the possibility of Mr. Lu calling him that, Yu Yuan immediately covered the other's mouth, "Okay, that's enough for here!"

But Lu Mingyuan obviously didn't feel enough, the next second, Yu Yuan felt a burst of wetness in his palm.

"Are you a dog?"

Lu Mingyuan sat on the seat, looked straight up at Yu Yuan, held his hand in his own, and his eyes were extremely focused.

"Brother, long time no see."

"Stop barking—" Yu Yuan's face was burning hot, "I mean you at least give me some time to digest so much information!"

"That's right," Lu Mingyuan smiled, "I woke up eight years earlier than you. In fact, according to my actual age, I'm already older than you."

Yu Yuan, who had been led astray by Lin Ling for a long time, wondered wildly whether this was the difference between upper and lower years, but after realizing what he was thinking, he couldn't help but slap himself soberly.

But some people's thinking is obviously more problematic, only to hear Lu Mingyuan said with a smile: "Then should you call me brother now?"

Hearing this, Yu Yuan became furious on the spot, "Stop talking nonsense!"

"How can this be considered nonsense, I'm just stating objective facts," Lu Mingyuan stood up, "After all, I've called you brother so many times before, if you want me to recall it for you, maybe call you a few more times. I can remember."

"Brother, brother..." Lu Mingyuan silently put a hand on the waist of the person in front of him.

It was the first time in his life that someone treated him with this kind of tone and title, and Yu Yuan blushed for some reason, "I said stop calling."

"Okay, I won't say anything, I'll shut up."

In the next second, Lu Mingyuan suddenly pulled him closer and kissed him, but Yu Yuan, who was defenseless, had no time to react, and it became Lu Mingyuan's unilateral attack.

In a dark environment, they were kissing, so long and lingering, as if the kiss had been delayed for so long, spanning a full 70 years.