Die with the boss [Quick Transmigration]

Sheriff Meek: Tell me, Loomis, how could one man do this?

Dr. Loomis: He's not human.

Sheriff Mick: So what is he?What exactly are we going to face?

Dr. Loomis: The devil.

——"Moonlight, Panic" (1978)

Luo Cheng looked up at the road sign, and it was still 10 kilometers away from Songji Town.

The air conditioner didn't work, the inside of the car was not much better than a steamer, and the windows were all open to no avail.Dry heat rose from the road, and the sight was distorted by the heat wave.

There is only one car on the straight road, driving alone in the boundless desert.

Seabuckthorn and cacti grow in strange shapes under the fireworks in the daytime, and brown-red wind-eroded rocks flash past the car window.

The smell of sand is wrapped in the wind, empty and silent.

The driver, Cesar, is a handsome Hispanic guy with black hair, green eyes, dark skin, and a lively and outgoing personality.

He fished out a pair of sunglasses from the messy glove box, whistled, put them on the bridge of his nose, and turned on the car radio.

This was probably the only thing in the car that was still functioning normally. "Zi la zi la" several electric sounds rang out, and the man's cold and distorted voice came out intermittently.

“欢迎内测玩家003、004、005来到松棘镇，现在时间为上午10点10分，游戏运行环境正常。”

"Internal test players 003, 004, and 005 are about to enter the non-protected area. The game will officially start in 1 hour and 50 minutes. I wish you a happy game and a successful survival."

Cesar gave an exaggerated "Wow": "Qin, this thing is super cool!"

Luo Chengdan twitched the corners of his eyes in pain.

This ice-cold electronic sound belongs to Si Chen.

The last world left him with a bad aftereffect.

Hearing Si Chen's voice, he suddenly felt very thirsty.

Luo Cheng exhaled, and reached out to the back seat: "Kana, give me a bottle of water."

The blond female mercenary took out a bottle of water from the supplies bag and threw it to him, asking curiously, "Captain, do we really have the same physical sensations in the game as in reality?"

Luo Cheng unscrewed the cap of the bottle and took a big gulp, and replied: "Theoretically, yes, except for the weakened pain sensation, everything else is the same."

And when the game officially starts, you will find that the pain is the same as in reality, and so is death.

This is a small world formed after a copy of the game devours reality.

The number of reincarnation worlds is huge, and the Department of Reincarnation has recorded 7,530,362,043 worlds, and this is not counting the undiscovered "wild worlds".The Department of Reincarnation has a pioneering department, which is responsible for discovering and recording new worlds - Luo Cheng used to be the head of that department.

And, just like the ever-expanding and developing universe, every day, reincarnation worlds are dying, and new worlds are being created.

And the small world is a new world that is attached to the reincarnation world and has not yet developed. Simply put, it is similar to some kind of parasitic plant.

When the small world grows strong enough, it may in turn swallow the parasitic world.

Of course, people in the parasitic world of reincarnation will not know.

Luo Cheng's identity in this world is Qin Kaiwen, 32 years old, a retired special soldier, director of the security department of KS company, his companions Cesar and Kana are both employees of the security department of KS company, the three formed a team of test players .

Of course, their purpose is not to play, but to protect the personal safety of players 001 and 002.

"Pine Thorn Town" is the latest holographic escape game developed by KS Company. It uses the gimmick of extremely high simulation and highly intelligent NPC. Once launched, the response is very hot. There are 100 places for internal testing. arrive.

The background of the game is a small town called Pinethorn in the desert, where a demon that kills people at night appeared. The player's role is a backpacker who strayed into the town. Not only must he survive in the town for 24 hours, but also Find out the truth about the Miemen case 24 years ago within 17 hours.

The core system of "Pinethorn Town" is the newly developed AI named "S1" by KS Company.

S1 is the fragment of this world, "desire".

It tries to create a world of its own.

Kana pulled out the map and looked at the latitude and longitude, and said, "001 and 002 are in the tavern at the entrance of the town now... Well, they have already arrived at the meeting point?"

The game allows 12 players to enter at a time, and the 12 players must arrive before 12:[-] noon and gather in the tavern at the entrance of the town.

The game officially starts at 12:[-] noon, regardless of whether the personnel are present or not, the game will start.

Cesar grinned: "Tsk, we agreed to see you at the boundary marker. Why did they go in first? The big boss is the big boss, so they didn't come as planned."

Player No. 001 Qin Su is the director of the scientific research department of KS Company and the creator of S1; player No. 002 Qin Siyu is only eight years old this year and is Qin Su's son.

And Qin Kaiwen is not only the director of the security department of KS company, but also Qin Su's nephew and Qin Siyu's cousin.

According to the law, minors are prohibited from playing holographic games, especially R-rated escape games like "Pinethorn Town".Luo Cheng also couldn't figure out why Qin Su took his eight-year-old son to participate in the closed beta.

The first time Luo Cheng saw Qin Siyu in the tavern, he understood.

That expressionless, delicate and beautiful little boy is clearly a shrunken version of Si Chen.

Luo Cheng: "..."

The corners of my eyes are so tired that I can't move.

There were quite a few people in the tavern, except for the NPCs in twos and threes, there were already five players.

Although Luo Cheng, Cesar, and Kana were wearing ordinary backpacker clothes like everyone else, they had a very obvious mercenary temperament, which could be seen at a glance.

In other words, very strong.

All five players look at them.

Luo Cheng went straight to Qin Su and nodded, "Little aunt."

Although the appearance can be fine-tuned in the game, Qin Su did not make any changes to his appearance.She is a temperamental woman in her 40s, with a soft face and not a good-looking appearance, but her outstanding temperament gives her a lot of points.

As for "Qin Siyu", it was obvious that he was not her biological son - this child was so beautiful.

Seeing that these three rookies who looked very good at first glance had already formed a team with others, the other three players retreated in disappointment and wit.

After all, it's an internal test, not an official server launch, and the results are not that important. What matters is whether the game is fun or not.

Qin Su motioned them to sit down at the round table, and asked with a smile, "How do you feel all the way here?"

Cesar, who was jumpy, couldn't wait to speak: "It feels super-realistic! It's exactly the same as in the desert!"

Luo Cheng keenly noticed that a smile flashed across Qin Siyu's eyes.

Sensing that someone was watching him, Qin Siyu instantly recovered his expressionless face, and looked up at Luo Cheng.

The two stared at each other.

[404, is this guy Si Chen? 】

【right? 】

【Bar? 】

[I'm not sure either...] 404's voice was a little low, and it sounded uncomfortable, [Brother Cheng, I feel... weird. 】

This broken system really doesn't matter.

Luo Cheng looked away calmly, upholding Qin Kaiwen's usual quiet and reticent character, ordered a glass of wine and sat down to drink.

At 11:45, all 12 players arrived.

The crowd gathered around the largest table in the tavern and introduced themselves to each other.

The appearance adjustments allowed in "Pinethorn Town" can only be fine-tuned, so everyone's appearance is not very different from the reality.

In addition to Luo Cheng, Cesar, Kana, Qin Su, and Qin Siyu, among the other seven players, there is a well-known game anchor Mian Miantu, who is an otaku with glasses, and a popular traffic niche student Jiang Jingwen, who is the author of "Pine Thorns". The image spokesperson of the game "Town".

Jiang Jingwen was the last to arrive. As soon as he walked into the gate of the tavern, a female college student screamed and passed out.

Soon, the twelve people were divided into three teams: Luo Cheng and others formed a team of five, Mian Miantu formed a team with three boys, and Jiang Jingwen formed a team with two girls.

On the surface, the three groups formed the strength distribution of Luocheng Team>Mianmiantu Team>Jiang Jingwen Team.

After all, in an escape game, force and strategy are the most important, and good looks are of no use.

Jiang Jingwen didn't seem to care at all, still smiling like a spring breeze, and everyone else was also in a good mood, looking forward to the upcoming game.

I just don't know how many people will be able to laugh when the "game" officially starts.

At twelve o'clock in the noon, the clock tower in the town rang "Dang-dang-dang--" twelve times, and a mechanical and cold electronic male voice sounded in everyone's ears at the same time:

"Welcome all beta players to Pinethorn Town. Now, the game officially begins."

"I wish you all a happy game and a successful survival."

Everyone exchanged glances excitedly.

In the tavern, two NPCs at the next table talked about the massacre that happened 17 years ago.

"Hey, it's that day again... Has that incident passed... 17 years?"

"What's the matter?"

"What kind of garlic, what else is there, isn't it the one where the Shi family and the rest were killed by the youngest son?"

"Ah yes! Is it today, 17 years ago tonight?"

"That's not it. Oh, it's really scary to think about it. How can an eight-year-old son kill his parents and sister? A family who grew up eating a pot of food, what kind of enmity is this? "

"I still remember that kid. He usually looks abnormal, and he looks gloomy in other people's eyes."

"After killing someone, the child is still missing, right? It seems that he hasn't been found until now, and he doesn't know where he fled to."

"There is a desert outside Pinethorn Town. Where can a child run? Maybe he has been hiding in the town for so many years, but no one has found out..."

The two NPCs then talked about the details of the Miemen massacre that year. After listening, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

Jiang Jingwen was the first to speak, with a hesitant look on his face: "Do you feel something is wrong? According to the official background information, the youngest son was obviously imprisoned in a mental hospital, escaped after 17 years and continued to kill..."

"Why, he disappeared?"

After the sound of "di--", an electronic voice that was no different from Si Chen's voice sounded:

"All players, please complete the following tasks before 12:[-] noon tomorrow:

17. Find out the truth about the Shi family extermination case 1 years ago (clue 2: ?; clue 3: ?; clue [-]: ?);

11. Avoid the murderer's pursuit and live until the last second (death at 59:59:[-] is also counted as mission failure). "