This Game Is Too Realistic

Dawn City, Union Square.

Heavy snow like feathers was floating in the sky, and a towering stone monument stood in the center of the square.

This monument has been located there since the early days of the Union.

It is shaped like a sword, pointing straight to the sky, and the completed square tip is still extending upward.

Every once in a while, it would extend upward.

Sometimes it's one or two meters, sometimes it's as high as several people stacked on top of each other.

There are many names engraved on that monument.

And every name engraved there is a memory of blood and glory.

In addition to commemorating sacrifices, this is also a place where Alliance soldiers triumph and receive medals...

…

Just like when Vault 404 opened its doors for the 777th time, it was another cold winter this year, and the first snow fell before the end of autumn.

And now, it’s just winter and heavy snow like goose feathers is falling.

Seeing snow for the first time, especially such heavy snow, Dora was as excited as a child. She turned her back and chased the snow, but she didn't see the road ahead and tripped over a stone ridge on the roadside. Carefully knock the passing vines into the flower bed.

The spherical green plants were covered with snow, but the two of them were not injured by the collision.

However, after suffering such an unforeseen disaster, Teng Teng's spirit seemed to have been greatly impacted. His soul seemed to float out of his body, and his bright eyes gradually lost their light.

The look of losing her dream shocked Dora. She wiped the snow off her body helplessly and kept saying sorry.

The players who were joining in the fun saw the situation here and did not go to help. They just looked around and started making noises.

"Referee! Someone hit someone with the ball here!"

"Pass it on! Teng Teng was knocked unconscious by the ball!"

"? Aren't you dizzy?"

"Don't worry about how you fainted! Quick! Dora, give artificial respiration!"

"???"

The scene was chaotic. Dora could understand what they were saying, but she didn't know what to do.

This group of weirdos just gave random instructions, but no one was willing to give a demonstration on the spot.

Until the warm-hearted mosquitoes arrived on the scene.

"I'll-!"

Hearing the broken voice of the drake, Teng Teng, whose face was squeezed out of shape, suddenly woke up from Dora's arms and reflexively kicked the mosquito into the flower bed.

"Woo ka——"

Looking at the mosquitoes flapping in the snow, she roared with shame and anger.

"Go to hell!"

Seeing Miss Teng Teng going crazy, all the players immediately dispersed and ran away.

Not far from the flower bed, after hearing that Teng Teng was knocked unconscious by a snowball, Tie Teng suddenly had an idea and pulled Rourou into a snowball fight with a group of newbies who were experienced in the world.

Facts have proved that there is no supersonic snowball in "Wasteland OL", or that it disintegrates the moment it breaks the sound barrier.

Watching the snow foam flying in the air, Bai Ge, who was standing on the edge of the square with Xiao Hong, had an interested smile on his face.

"It's really lively."

Xiaohong didn't speak, just looked quietly in the direction of the center of Qingquan City, with a faint smile on her face, just like an old mother watching her children.

As if sensing its presence, a crisp cry came from far away, just like the sound made by a dolphin.

"Uh-huh!"

"Uh-huh -" Xiaohong responded to the vast snow curtain, looking in the direction of Qingquan City.

‘Luo Yu… is amazing! ’

‘Really? Your relationship is very complicated. ’

'Um! ’

"..."

In just a short moment, they had finished recounting stories that ordinary people would not be able to finish recounting in a few days, starting from the French Fries Port in the south to the Whirlpool Sea in the westernmost part of the Central Continent.

And those places were all places that Xiaohong, who stayed in Lost Valley, had never seen before...

At this time, a strange voice suddenly came from the side.

"Are you... Baige?"

Hearing the sound coming from the side, Bai Geqi turned his head and saw a walking iron can.

The man was wearing round armor, and the iron plates covered every inch of skin on his body, with only two eyes exposed through the gaps.

Smelling the smell of mutant slime mold spores from his body, Bai Ge's face showed surprise for a moment, but it soon turned into a warm smile.

It's the same kind.

Like him, this guy has established a certain degree of symbiotic relationship with the mutant slime mold.

The only difference is that he seems not as lucky as he is, and he meets a guy who lacks a sense of boundaries.

"It's me, what's wrong?"

"Nice to meet you! I have long admired you!" There was a clanging sound from the tin can, and he said with an uninterested smile, "I'm Bachi...hehe, I wanted to go to Fallen Leaf Valley to find you, didn't I? I thought of you coming to Shuguang City."

"Then you are here at a good time," Bai Ge smiled faintly and looked up at the sky. "In a few days, I may go to other places."

"……other places?"

Butch was stunned for a moment and didn't react. Bai Ge didn't explain, just looked at him and asked.

"What do you want from me?"

"It's a bit affectionate... That's it. I heard that you are an expert in the study of mutant slime mold, so I wanted to ask you to help me find out. Can I still be saved like this?"

As he spoke, Bucky reached out and touched the back of his head, took off his helmet, and revealed a face that could make a child cry.

Bai Ge looked at his face, but didn't show any expression of disgust or fear. He just touched his chin with interest, and then stretched out the index finger of his right hand.

"Let me see."

While speaking, his index finger touched Bach's forehead, and a thread-like flesh-red spore emerged from his fingertip.

The spore was like a needle, piercing the skin of Bach's forehead and drilling towards the skull.

But at this moment, something happened suddenly.

The skin of all kinds of rotten flesh suddenly twisted into ripples as if it came to life, like a wild dog guarding its food, biting off his thread-like spores.

Bai Ge had such an expression on his face and took away the index finger that was resting on his forehead.

Bucky, who looked confused, still didn't know what happened, so he just looked at the former and blinked.

"What on earth... happened?"

"It's grown into your brain."

Hearing this answer, Bach's eyes widened for a moment, with a look of fear on his face.

"How could it be?! But...I, I've obviously been using inhibitors..."

Bai Ge nodded.

"Indeed, I can feel it. Moreover, perhaps it is because of the inhibitor that you did not realize that you are not actually Butch...but a slime mold that inherited Butch's memory, and you are still a bitch. The name Qi lives on.”

Hearing this shocking expression, Bucky couldn't bear it and covered his face, repeating in his mouth.

"I... am a slime mold? I'm not Butch?"

"Yes, and no," Bai Ge looked at him who couldn't accept the reality, and said in a very soft voice, "You are a slime mold, and you are also Butch...at least you are the Butch that people here know."

Looking at the confused man who raised his head, he thought for a while and continued.

"Whether a ship with all the planks replaced is still the same ship as before, I think it is. Although all the elements that make up it have changed, the form of its existence has not changed at all. Our cells are still the same. In the continuous metabolism, one cycle will be replaced every ten years at most... But in your case and mine, we added something else to this metabolic process. "

"You can think that it swallowed your body, or you can think that your consciousness replaced its previous existence. It doesn't matter. But one thing is unquestionable, whether to become a human or a slime mold or Anything else is up to you.”

"It depends on me..." Bach looked blankly at the senior in front of him, staying speechless, as if he understood, but also as if he didn't.

Bai Ge smiled and turned his attention to the monument in the distance and the administrator standing under the monument, with a look of interest in his eyes.

"Is a slime mold with human consciousness considered a human being... It seems that the alliance has already considered this issue, haha. In fact, you are not so sad. The people here have long accepted you, but you can't accept it yourself. That’s all.”

"'Butch' became the new 'Butch' a long time ago, probably before he used the inhibitor... Although it's a pity, there's nothing we can do about it. After all, even if we kill this guy, Even if you come here, you will never come again. The doctors in the alliance prescribed inhibitors for you out of good intentions, allowing you to live like a sleepwalker all day long. In fact, you know in your heart that you are lying to yourself. "

"Your rejection is a result of resisting the change and feeling disgusted with your body."

"Why not try to accept it? For example, treat it as a new beginning, and then stop the inhibitor."

"You will slowly merge and harness this power... and have fun before you start to tire of the long hours."

"After all, this is an 'immortal body'."

After saying these words, Bai Ge waved his hand, leaving Butch, who was staring at his hands thoughtfully, on the ground, and left with Xiao Hong.

The people coming and going didn't take a second look at Butch...even with that face that could make a child cry.

This is the alliance.

And it is the place where the alliance sets out to fight.

What weird things haven’t the wastelanders living here seen?

People didn't look at him strangely because of the slime mold growing on his body. What was trapped in that heavy suit of armor was only the past self in his heart...

Not long after the white pigeon left, the snow battle provoked by the tail became larger and larger, and its scope became wider and wider. It looked like a world war!

In the end, not only the newcomers, but also the veterans who came from the center of the desert to Dawn City to participate in the medal ceremony also joined the battlefield.

In this melee between the Awakened and the Awakened, the war criminal A Wei was finally unable to defeat seven or eight balls with his fists, and was drowned in the snowdrift with a tragic giao.

"Let me go—"

"I have made contributions to the alliance! I want to see Brother Guang!"

"Wait a minute, the tail wants to stand in the C position when taking pictures - giao! Someone move your butt! The head of the tail is blocked!"

Everyone took turns to take photos, and finally rescued Awei from the snowman before her nose fell.

While everyone was having a great time, they waited at the edge of the square for a long time and finally arrived at Jiang Xuezhou, who was half an hour late.

She was wearing a white cashmere coat, and around her neck was a scarf that he had given her before. She was wrapped tightly and looked like a snowman.

But even so, Ye Shi still recognized her from the crowd at a glance, and he immediately recognized that she was different from before.

Staring straight at that exquisite face that looked like a 3D model, Ye Shi held it in for a long time before he couldn't help but speak.

"By the way, why did you become like this?"

"Don't you look at it..." Jiang Xuezhou panicked for a moment and raised his fingers like a child who failed in an exam.

Ye Shi shook his head and looked away with a blushing face.

"That's not true..."

How to say it.

It looks good, but I feel like I’ve seen it in the 3D area.

After staring into Ye Shi's eyes for a long time and confirming that this guy was shy, Jiang Xuezhou's originally sweet mouth suddenly turned up to the sky in triumph.

"snort."

She folded her arms in front of her chest, brushed her hair that fell on her shoulders, and raised the bridge of her straight nose in a coquettish way.

"I'm sorry, this lady looks like this... I just restored it using scientific methods."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Ye Shi made a helpless expression and said to her heart, just be happy.

He didn't dislike her before, so she won't be able to keep talking now that she has become more beautiful.

It may be a bit disgusting to say this, but it is indeed the kind and beautiful soul that he fell in love with.

No matter how she changes, this remains the same.

Perhaps it was because his eyes were a little numb, and his fair and pretty face suddenly became coy.

The index fingers were hooked together and rubbed against each other. She hesitated for a long time and finally whispered.

"By the way, um...there's something I have to say sorry to you for."

Ye Shi looked at her doubtfully.

"What happened?"

"Some things are just theories after all. Although I knew it, at that time I was just trying to save you. There was a key part... I didn't think of that. Anyway, you know what I'm talking about..."

Her index finger circled the temples and the end of her hair. Her face was as red as a lantern, and she glanced at him from time to time while staring at the side.

"...Do you want to install it?"

Although it was just a light touch with his eyes, Ye Shi felt as if his heart had been hit by a bullet.

Maybe this is a virgin.

According to Elder Brother Fang's ridicule, this is the most typical form of embarrassment for a virgin - but let's be embarrassed, he doesn't bother to argue with the old man about this kind of thing.

For a moment, he even had the urge to tell the other party his QQ password.

No--

He even thought about what to name the child.

"You wait for me for three days!"

Jiang Xuezhou was stunned for a moment.

"Three days? Why three days..."

"Don't worry about it, just wait for me for three days-"

"If you have something to say, please say it. Don't suddenly point the gun at yourself!"

For a moment, Jiang Xuezhou was really frightened by this guy.

Fortunately, the well-informed guard arrived in time and "reported a bug" while catching someone who had fainted...

…

The eight o'clock bell rang on time, and before you knew it, the square was filled with people, and the eyes of those pairs of people focused on the monument in the center of the square almost melted the thick snow.

It is different from the cold winter in previous years.

Although there was a lot of snow in the cold winter of this year, it was far from being difficult.

Supermarket shelves are filled with a wide variety of goods that are affordable to ordinary people working in even the most unskilled jobs.

Survivors who have just arrived here will hardly believe that just five years ago, people living here had to stuff the paper money from the pre-war era into sacks to use as cotton-padded clothes.

This is undoubtedly a miracle.

People living here no longer need to fear the silver-colored hell, and young children are even more happy to build snowmen in front of their homes.

Before Wasteland Era 211, this kind of thing had never happened. After all, most people at that time didn't even have homes.

That manager really didn’t break his promise——

He built a miracle on this piece of land that was no less than an ideal city.

Even -

This miracle that illuminates the entire wasteland is even more dazzling than the light emitted by Ideal City!

Of course, as he said, this was not his work alone.

This labor belongs to everyone.

No matter who is alive.

Still a person who died in the past.

Looking back at the pairs of admiring eyes and the faces full of longing and even fanaticism, Chu Guang's thoughts could not help but drift back to the past while standing under the monument.

That was the 777th time Vault 404 opened its doors.

It was probably near Linghu Wetland Park at that time. When I first arrived, I was confused about everything around me. I was even chased for several miles by a wild dog with two heads, and I almost died in the dog's mouth.

Facts have proven that people don’t know how good they are unless they push themselves.

Although the price was a bit too painful, so that he died again and again in various weird ways, but fortunately, everyone was happy in the end.

However, that is all in the past.

Even until the end of the day, those echoes of death would still occasionally appear in his dreams in the form of nightmares with the help of spontaneously formed morphological fields.

"It's not easy to get here, Master."

Xiaoqi's voice came from next to her ear.

Chu Guang could tell that the joyful voice came from the bottom of his heart and he was happy for himself.

With a faint smile on his lips, Chu Guangmin said in a voice that only two people could hear.

"Indeed, it's not easy to get here. And it's not just me, you are too..."

"I have worked hard for you all this time."

He was not the only one who had been reborn 777 times.

He will remember that promise all his life and treat this little guy well.

"Owner……"

The electronic sound in Piao's ears trembled slightly, as if she was so moved that she was about to cry.

Chu Guang believed that this guy had feelings, and he did have emotions.

But when it comes to crying, there is no doubt that it is just an act.

At this time, the eight o'clock bell came from a distance, breaking the hustle and bustle in the square.

The hustle and bustle suddenly became quiet in an incredible moment, and the only sounds left in the square were the sound of snow falling and the wind blowing.

Unexpectedly, the same people reacted subconsciously, and even the people who stopped talking felt a little surprised.

The time has come.

The triumphal ceremony is about to begin.

Not only that, the triumphal ceremony has another layer of extraordinary significance that is completely different from the previous one!

In addition to awarding medals to the soldiers who participated in the final decisive battle, their respected managers will also draw a final end to this war that lasted for more than two centuries at this solemn and solemn moment of victory——

They defeated not only the Church of the Torch and the Legion of Corruption, nor just the Enlightenment Society or the Celestial beings.

This is the wasteland era!

From now on, a new global order will be formed on earth, and no one or any force will tolerate the growth of evil and barbarism.

The various survivor forces have united together like never before and formed a de facto union!

Looking at those scorching pupils, Chu Guang's Adam's apple moved slightly, and he spoke in a eloquent tone.

"Wasteland Era 211, I remember it was also a cold winter that year... I was not fully prepared when I just walked out of the shelter, and I even moved a little hastily."

"Especially when I saw the first snow, I even had a fleeting thought in my mind: 'Is it too early to open the door now?'"

"I think it's not just me who has thought this way, many people have thought this way."

He did not prepare a speech in advance, nor did he try to awaken the fire in people's hearts, because there was no need for that.

They are no longer just waiting there, and they are already fighting for the light that lights up the ground.

Besides, this is just the opening speech of the triumphal ceremony, not some war mobilization or political performance.

He just wanted to have a heart-to-heart chat with the people who supported him as an ordinary person.

"It's not a great reason or a grand goal that drives me to make these decisions."

"Just because I woke up from the wasteland and saw a skinny girl with eyes full of desire for an inconspicuous candy. A simple, kind, hard-working and willing family cannot even guarantee the most basic survival needs. , but the people who were supposed to lead them to rebuild their homes were sitting on top of them and tyrannizing, bowing to the barbarians, and striking hard at civilization... Even the residents of the shelter who were supposed to set an example were not much better. , We should have stood up and done something. Not only did we choose to remain silent, but we also used knowledge to prepare pills for those beasts and settle the accounts. "

"I saw people eating people, and what was even scarier was that no one thought it was wrong - either the person eating the person or the person being eaten. Soon I thought about myself, if my child was One day in the future I will have to make a choice in order to survive, so is it still worth living at all costs?"

The square was quiet.

Chu Guang could feel the resonance.

Because he knew very well that that was a choice that every wastelander had made.

In order to survive, they more or less did things they didn't want to do.

Whether it is correct or wrong.

"...It's not shameful to live, but I know we can't go on like this anymore, we have to do something. Because if we do nothing and just wait for fate to make choices for us, we will no longer have this future. Plant something.”

"While alive, we will die in silence, and the traces of our existence will be meaningless. It can't even be called a shame, because we will be the last generation, and no one will even cover this mouth for us. Stinky coffin!"

"So from that moment on, I decided to try to do something, start from a place where I can do it, no longer take ugliness and filth for granted, no longer just live for the sake of living... I just go by myself." Be the light, light the fire in your hands, and before lighting the people around you, let them see the light first.”

Chu Guang gently took a deep breath, letting the turbid air in his chest melt into the mist.

A smile appeared on his face, he lowered his voice a few decibels, and continued speaking slowly.

"...I am honored that you are all me, allowing me to see countless times when I faced chaos and barbarity, and made the same choice without hesitation."

"This is a miracle we have created together. We will continue to move forward with the memories of more than two hundred years of decline. A new civilization will also rise from the ruins of the old prosperity at this moment."

"Our descendants will live in a brighter future and don't have to fear the coming of winter and night like us! Because their generation ended the Wasteland Era, their courage, unity and determination created impossible miracles !”

"We won not just a war, but our past!"

"History will turn another page, and every day from now on will be an era!"

"This great victory belongs to us——"

"Every one of us fights to end the wasteland era!"