Chapter 52: The Lower Level Version of the Comprehensive Network
There is an astronomical tower in the town, which was built with funds donated by an immigrant from Western Europe.
However, the locals were not interested.
After all, they have read too many stories about the star sea on their personal terminals.
In daily life, they pay more attention to communicating with old acquaintances.
Due to the number of surrounding towns, the market town, which once had no outstanding features, has a kind of semi-closed communication circle.
That is to say, in the good season for mountain climbing and sightseeing, there will be some tourists coming.
However, for some unknown reason, some offline role-playing UP hosts have started to frequently appear in this small town recently.
Maybe there is something attracting them.
Just as people are amazed at the concentration of geniuses in one area in certain eras.
Perhaps the course of history will endow an era with some special axis.
Unconsciously, it has completed the transition of certain eras...
Yi Chun lay under the astronomical tower, the evening breeze making his orange hair a little messy.
He used to have a slight fear of heights, but that seems to have disappeared now.
Perhaps, his extraordinary agility allowed him to maintain his balance safely.
Yi Chun glanced at the Yuanxing Energy Vehicle that was slowly passing by below.
That kind of big stuff is rare in this town.
Generally speaking, only people returning from far away places at the end of the year would take this means of transportation.
This custom in East Asia, which originated in the old times, has not been erased even in the federal era.
Yi Chun took a curious look, but due to the thick shell of the long-distance vehicle and the long distance, he didn't see many clear things.
However, from the sporadic and vague words floating in the wind.
Yi Chun learned that the person coming next seemed to be a well-known UP host in the theme of the sacred realm in the virtual game.
As for which one it was, Yi Chun had no idea...
His gaming career had undergone many changes, but each time he missed out on the professions related to the sacred realm.
Yi Chun doesn't like those guys because they are very good at fooling people...
Speaking of which, this small town seems to be becoming lively recently.
But unfortunately, these outsiders did not have the extraordinary existence that Yi Chun was curious about.
Although, some of them do have some differences from ordinary people.
But that relatively extraordinary boundary is obviously still too far away.
Maybe it's just a coincidence.
Or maybe, they really came here to look for something...
Yi Chun licked his paws, he felt a little curious.
However, from the way he felt, it seemed to have nothing to do with him.
But, it really makes cats curious...
Yi Chun narrowed his copper bell-like eyes, then shook his tail and thought...
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My name is Qi Shi, my personal terminal virtual ID is: Coin, and I’m a non-famous UP host in the Holy Domain.
The main business includes online dungeon attack activities and offline personal role-playing group video shooting.
Since I was born, there has always been a number that keeps passing by in front of my eyes.
It does not affect my vision, but it is always clearly there.
Whether I was asleep or awake, it kept dropping at a rate of 1 point per second.
This filled my childhood with some special colors.
Ever since I started school, I have thought that I am different from others.
This brought me great confidence and...pain.
I can still remember the time when I was promoted from primary to secondary education.
I was a little confused because, influenced by my personal opinion, my parents chose a college for me that required relatively higher personal qualities.
Then, that was the beginning of the nightmare...
I began to understand that there is an obvious disparity in intelligence between people.
However, limited time means that this disparity in intelligence will become a permanent gap.
Those were difficult times, and I no longer had any illusions that I could be the one to guide the Federation's path forward.
And the number before our eyes seemed to be just an illusion caused by mental hysteria.
It just exists, just passes by, but it seems that nothing has changed...
Then I came into contact with virtual games, and soon I found my home:
With a sufficiently real and complete engine and rules, I was able to quickly understand and digest the religious knowledge that was mixed with many impurities.
I am able to keenly grasp the path to the essence of God from the scriptures.
That made my career path seem incredibly smooth.
And in real life, because of the special talents I have shown in the spiritual aspect.
I was sent an invitation letter from the Third Federal Spiritual Research Center.
But I refused...
The many religious texts that I began to read helped me gradually understand and accept my own ordinariness.
Or, in the words of religious knowledge, my mortal nature belongs to this era, while my extraordinary nature is destined to burn in another era...
It was fun, and at least it made me feel less desperate.
Soon, the numbers in front of me will reach the end.
I watched it shrink little by little from a huge number to its current size.
I used to be full of worries about this.
Yes, I fear it will be some ominous omen.
It was like a devil's secret code, or a countdown for some dangerous bomb.
The countdown to the unknown is actually quite frightening.
You have no idea why it exists.
Because of these concerns, I have taken my situation to the relevant federal agencies.
After all, if it really is a conspiracy by some evil force.
Obviously, it could bring great disaster.
Although there are many unsatisfactory aspects of the Federation.
But I think no one will deny that it is one of the best regimes in the world's human history so far.
In order to have a more stable life and avoid danger, I must make certain sacrifices...
But after repeated examinations, they were disappointed to find that it might just be caused by some abnormality in the retinal spirit.
Although I didn't think so, and it was soon confirmed...
"It has been detected that the World Tree has been activated. The opening time of the next-level related version has been shortened..."
"The comprehensive network version is being activated. The current version is: Endless Adventure Park (lower level). The official opening time of the version is..."
These are words that I still remember clearly, and I have recited them silently in my mind countless times.
And the time displayed on it is exactly the time on my retina.
I finally knew the secret that had troubled me for more than twenty years.
It turns out that the number in front of me is the launch time of a game...
Shit! (double meaning)
Thinking of this, Qi Shi took out a cigarette from his waist bag with some melancholy.
Then, under the sharp gaze of his girlfriend, he skillfully stuffed it back in...
What a sad life...
Qi Shi felt a little emotional.
Fortunately, I still have a girlfriend...
