Before I became the legendary boss

He Rong encountered a very strange thing.

Just now he was teleported from the dungeon to the dark space, but in a blink of an eye he was in a desert again.A golden full moon overhead.All around was barren.

It looks like daytime around, but why is there a moon in the sky?

He stood silently on the spot for a while, and after confirming that he couldn't leave for a while, he used the moon as a reference to move forward in one direction.

The fine white sand was constantly slipping on the soles of his feet, and the slightly hot wind messed up the hair on his forehead.But the climate here is not hot, on the contrary, the temperature is moderate and very comfortable.Apart from the monotonous scenery, He Rong felt as if he was walking in an ordinary park.

In this dry set, a spot of light suddenly appeared.

He Rong walked over.It was found that it was a piece of glass with thin sand flowing slowly on it.He gently patted the sand away, but the more he patted, the more he felt something was wrong.The size of the glass was too great, extending from his feet to the distance.It seems that within a radius of ten meters here is covered by glass.

He Rong got up and took a step back, suddenly he stepped on the ground and fell into the cave hidden by the sand.

Just when he felt bad, something grabbed his neckline, hoisted him up, and then hung him in mid-air.

【warn!An unknown life form broke into the research area!warn!Apply to investigate this unknown life form! 】

He Rong lowered his head, looking at his savior - a robot commonly seen in science fiction movies.

[Beginning of detection—preliminary judgment, the unknown life form is organic life, and its appearance is very close to that of ancient humans. 】

[Testing—the unknown lifeform does not carry any lethal weapons, and does not have physical dangers such as combustion, explosion, and radiation. 】

[The unknown life form is now sent back to the headquarters, waiting for the review of the headquarters.The notification is complete. 】

Seeing the robot open a passage in the void, it was about to throw him in.He Rong hurriedly stopped it.

"Wait! Can you tell me where this is?"

【warn!Do not disclose mission-related information without authorization during mission execution! 】

Seeing that the other party was unwilling to communicate, He Rong had no choice but to rescue himself from midair first.He quickly took off his coat, and the moment his feet hit the ground, he heard a crisp cracking sound—the glass at the bottom of his feet shattered, and he and the robot fell into the underground cave together.

The robot has a strong adaptability, it immediately switched forms and turned on the flight function.At the same time, he grabbed He Rong's arm, causing him to only fall about 10 meters.Accompanied by the loud noise of sand rushing into the cave and the strong earthquake, He Rong gradually saw the space under his feet clearly.

It was a huge and deep underground building, at least hundreds of meters down, and the moonlight could only illuminate the upper floors.But these layers made He Rong inexplicably familiar.

【warn!A small-scale land subsidence occurred in the research area, and there is a danger of cultural relics being damaged! 】

【hint!Please stop everything else!Set the priority of cultural relics protection to level one! 】

The robot took He Rong down for a while, and then placed him on a relatively flat floor.Afterwards, it devoted itself wholeheartedly to its own work—taking out high-tech products that He Rong couldn't understand from all parts of its body, and explored this underground building.

He Rong looked around by the moonlight. If he was not mistaken, this place was probably a movie theater once—the rows of seats were buried in sand, but the basic pattern could still be discerned.And he seems to be standing in the projection hall where the pillars have collapsed and the rubble is everywhere.

The robot's communication sound came from the lower floors, probably because of the echo, it was very clear to He Rong's ears.

【Report!A large number of electronic products of ancient humans have been found, and they are in a good state of preservation. Now they are deoxygenated, isolated and compressed for transmission! 】

【Report!After on-site exploration and environmental comparison and analysis, this area belongs to the integrated trade and exchange place of ancient humans. The scientific name is "Department Store", and it belongs to the second-level cultural protection area! 】

He Rong looked at the unreal things in front of him. This is obviously the dungeon he just participated in. Why was it buried in the sand like this?

The robot is very mobile, and quickly cleaned the downstairs floors one by one.Finally came to the area where He Rong was.

It didn't give He Rong its attention, but continued its own investigation work.

【Report!Discover the low-dimensional information dissemination tools and media of ancient humans! 】

[Speculation!This area belongs to the information storage and exchange center of ancient humans! 】

He Rong observed the flexible movements of the robot, and couldn't help interjecting.

"This is a movie theater."

["Movie Theater" - the beginning of information retrieval - a low-dimensional information dissemination place for ancient humans, used to preach the producer's personal thoughts, culture, beliefs, etc., has the characteristics of closed and one-to-many, but the transmission speed is slow, Less effective. 】

He Rong thought, this description is not wrong, but it is a bit like a pyramid scheme.

The robot did not know when it came to him.

[The unknown lifeform has provided an effective piece of information! 】

[Speculation!The unknown life form is a special organic life form in this area, which has certain information storage and communication functions! 】

[Speculation!An early humanoid AI machine created by unknown lifeforms for ancient humans! 】

【refute!Early humanoid AI machines were completely destroyed by ancient humans thousands of years ago!There is no possibility of surviving to this day! 】

【refute!This early humanoid AI machine may be kept in the underground space, avoiding the large-scale "human AI cleanup operation"! 】

【warn!Ancient humans had different degrees of "uncanny valley effect" on early humanoid AI opportunities!Determine that the unknown life form is harmful to humans at the first level! 】

【warn!Please restrain and transmit unknown life forms immediately! 】

He Rong looked at the mechanical arm that the robot stretched out to him again, and couldn't help shouting. "Slow down!" But the opponent's movements did not stop at all.He Rong retreated a few steps in a panic, and once again felt the familiar weightlessness.

He Rong opened his eyes in the darkness.

The phone was shining white in his hand, and at the same time, his heartbeat became very fast.

After going through three dungeons, He Rong obviously felt that his inner self had changed - he was no longer as plain as before, but had a lot more emotional ups and downs.

He couldn't tell if it was good or bad.

The phone prompts that three players have submitted friend requests to him.They are [Li Shuang], [Nan Yi] and [Qiu Shu].He Rong accepted the application.But he was still a little restless, not knowing what he was anxious about.

The phone slowly returned to a black screen in his hand.

After a while, He Rong remembered that he hadn't confirmed the dungeon reward yet.

This time, he dealt with 3 elite monsters, found all black group players, and kept the number of NPC sacrifices below 7. The system gave him the highest rating.

He Rong secretly breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the account balance return to 5 figures.

While relaxing, he remembered the dream just now.Intuition told him that this was not a simple dream.He also dreamed of the same scene in the last dungeon.

This is likely to be a sign that his memory is about to recover.

But why is the land barren and covered with desert?

Why are there no traces of human activities on the ground, and the buildings are all underground?

Why did the robot say he looked like [ancient humans]?For it, what is [human being]?

He Rong thought of many possibilities.

For example, the world has long been destroyed, and the [external world] in his cognition is all virtual, including the various players he met, Li Shuang, Li Ying, Uncle Qiu... They are all just simulated by the [virtual world] 【Player sample】.

Then what is [he]?

Is [he] dreaming of clearing the game in this [virtual world], or [his dream] constitutes this [virtual world]?

In the end, why did [he] resurrect as [He Rong]? What is [his] subconsciously trying to accomplish? Why is [his] memory incomplete? Why did [he] pursue [reality] in a [virtual game]?

What exactly is [truth]?

The questions in my mind were layered on top of each other, gnawing at my brain like fish fighting for food, my headache became more and more severe, and the anxiety in my chest continued to rise.

[Jingle Bell--]

The phone vibrated.

[Jingle Bell--]

The sticky eyelids were stretched open with difficulty.

[Jingle Bell--]

A string of unknown numbers appeared on the phone screen.

The call is connected.

[Hello? ]

……

[Hello? ]

……

[Why don't you speak? ]

……

A melodious chuckle seemed to blow into the ears with the warm April wind.

[He Rong. ]

Someone called [his] name on the phone.

[I got through to your mobile phone for the first time, aren't you willing to say a word to me? ]

[He] looked at the vast darkness in front of him.

[He Rong. ]

Accompanied by the calls, the hands and feet seemed to warm up slowly, allowing [he] to finally find his own voice.

[……I am here. ]

[What’s wrong with you? ]

The other party was keenly aware that his state was not right.

He Rong rubbed his sore eyes.

[I'm fine. ]

[Generally, it’s okay to say that. ]

He Rong paused.

[It's much better now. ]

[yes? ]

The other party still sounded a little reluctant.

[Then let me ask you, one day Xiao Ming was walking on the road, crying while walking, a passer-by came over and asked him, Xiao Ming, why are you crying?What do you think he said? ]

[……What did you say? ]

[Xiao Ming said, because the most important thing in life is to be happy.But from today onwards, I will not be a human being anymore! ]

He Rong: …………………

He Rong thought, please be a human being.

Yun Qi's brisk laughter filled his ears again.The other party always seemed to like to keep him speechless.

Just like it is now.

[I want to see you. ]

"..."

[Have you thought about what dungeon you will participate in next time? ]

[It doesn't matter what it is. ]

Yun Qi said it word by word.

[I want to play another game with you. ]

His tone is serious.

It seems that even if the world collapses and human beings are destroyed, for him, it is not as good as having another game with He Rong.

He Rong thought, even if the whole world was imagined by him, it is absolutely impossible for this person alone.They have only met once, which is too bizarre.

But have they really only met once?

On the other end of the phone, Yun Qi seemed to see through his thoughts at the moment.

[It's interesting to have a new multiplayer team copy, if you have no other plans, would you like to try it? ]

Before He Rong had time to react, the other party assumed that he agreed and pulled him into the dungeon team.

He fell rapidly in the dark space.

so.

Every time when He Rong thinks that this person is enough to cheat, he can prove with his strength that he can cheat a little more.

The author says:

The following content is from Baidu Encyclopedia:

Uncanny Valley Effect: The uncanny valley theory is a hypothesis about how humans feel about robots and non-human objects. It was proposed in 1969. It shows that when robots resemble humans more than a certain degree, humans respond to them. It will suddenly become extremely disgusting, that is, even a little difference between robots and humans will appear very conspicuous, so that the whole robot has a very stiff and terrifying feeling, just like facing the walking dead.The higher the simulation degree of a humanoid toy or robot, the more people like it, but when it exceeds a critical point, this kind of favorability will suddenly decrease.