No one is an island of his own, isolated from the rest of the world.

Everyone is part of this vast continent.

If the waves wash away a rock,

The world will shrink.

Like a promontory that has lost its tip,

Like losing a piece of your friend's or your own territory.

Every death is my sorrow,

Because I am a member of the human race.

So don't ask for whom the bell tolls,

It chirps for you!

——John Donne, "For Whom the Bell Tolls"

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As Li Ozi and Du Zexin entered the elevator, the film ended here.

Lu Run sat blankly next to the monitor, but the cold floor made him feel extremely awake.

Is this really a game?

From Nomi to Qiu Ran, to Li Ozi, and even Jane, Anna and the members of the Subway Brotherhood, each of them is lifelike, as flesh and blood as real characters.

When he saw Qiu Ran's emotional breakdown twice, and was finally sent to the subway unconditionally by the 'brutal murderer' Li Ozi, Lu Run felt that he was no longer watching a game plot alone.

Everyone is living truly. For their own beliefs, they crawl forward numbly and with all their strength, running a marathon while vomiting blood. This heavy sense of reality made him feel physiological discomfort for a time.

"Damn, Qiu Ran is so cute, I declare her to be my wife!"

Compared with his mood swings, Luo Le, a straightforward man, immediately said excitedly:

"Have you seen it? That girl is so interesting. She looks soft and honest, but she turns out to be more sensitive and delicate than anyone else. Needless to say, she is the best candidate to be a daughter-in-law! Find a marriage partner in the future.

You have to choose this one.”

"Okay, okay, okay, I know you like red hair with a single ponytail. There's no need to advertise it everywhere."

Xue Nian pushed the other party in disgust:

"You guys, haven't you seen the way Qiu Ran looked at Li Aozi? First of all, I'm not a romantic partner. Although Qiu Ran didn't say a word, her eyes were full of dependence. And her little unconscious movements -

—Hey, secondly, I'm not a romantic partner, but if a girl doesn't really like and trust her, how can she keep tucking her clothes and leaning against her from time to time? Finally, shit, I won't pretend anymore, I just

Lalang and Qiu Ran x Li Aozi, it is natural that they should not be together."

Luo Le glanced at his colleague with disdain:

"What age are you still talking about traditional CP (couple, couple matching)? Don't be stupid. Where does love come from in the capitalist world? This kind of virtual characters, let me put it bluntly, are created by developers to give players pleasure. Maybe it's not good

We still have to be criticized for the 'male gaze' and 'stereotypes', so why not come up with something real."

"What nonsense are you thinking about? Shut up now. We are live broadcasting."

"Aren't you too deep into the drama first? To put it bluntly, the plot is indeed written very realistically. I enjoyed it very much."

"Wait a moment."

Lu Run calmed down and suddenly realized a problem:

"If Brother Luo, Brother Xue, Li Ozi and Du Zexin join forces, it should be easy to deal with that 'professor', right?"

"have no idea."

The two of them answered in unison.

"……ah?"

Lu Run was confused:

"I think Li Ozi is already very powerful, and Du Zexin is also very strong. He is still at Beta level (β, the second Greek letter). According to what was said before, a Beta level NPC should also have a main profession of 40

Are you level? It should be easy to deal with that 'professor', right?"

"Not really. NPCs are different from players. They may be a few levels lower, but their class can go up first. It's strange - but actually if you think about it, many people are like this in the real world - their paper strength is greatly touted.

It’s amazing, it actually reveals the secret when you poke it.”

Xue Nian said matter-of-factly:

"Players are different. We have strict conditions for promotion to the class. There is some moisture in the NPC class, but we may not be aware of it."

"Back to the question just now." Luo Le explained: "There must be some differences in the hierarchy between the two NPCs Li Aozi and Du Zexin, and two strangers may not necessarily cooperate with each other tacitly."

"What's more."

He knocked on the display screen of Mingji Humanity. The dazzling array of experimental projects and the labels of "Implemented" made him feel heavy unconsciously:

"...That professor, although I don't know the specific situation. But look at this - just these projects that clearly transcend the frost-plated intellectual class, coupled with Li Aozi's description, I am afraid it will not be lower than the Beta level. If we fight,

It’s hard to say who wins and who loses.”

"What are you thinking about? Li Ozi is still wanted and is alive and well. He must have beaten the professor to pieces."

Xue Nian rolled his eyes:

"Have you watched it as a TV series? Are you still thinking about guessing the plot of the next episode?"

"Don't say it, it's really... you are the same, aren't you? The one who has the deepest empathy and empathy is you, damn, you have the nerve to talk to me."

Luo Le flipped through the video files and found that none of the video files left behind by Mingji were related to Li Ozi.

"Tsk...the ones here are useless."

He curled his lips and kicked Lu Run, who was sitting paralyzed on the ground:

"Let's go, photographer brother, let's go to the lower floors to take a look. These are the progress of completing the task."

"Um."

Lu Run got up. He stored the video file and backed it up for editing.

The battle between Li Ozi and Du Zexin can easily give people the impression that [Mutant] is better than [Mechanic]. As a promotional material, I am attracted by Li Ozi and plan to enter the [Dominator] system.

Players can probably make a basic judgment.

"With a little editing and two cool lines, you can point out the identity of the instructor of the [Dominator] department - just do this, and the effect of the promotional video will be revealed immediately."

Lu Run thought this in his heart, but he still felt it was irritating.

I really want to see the plot behind Li Ozi!

The game's detailed processing and complex characters are too real. The more you watch the plot, the greater its stamina. Lu Run unconsciously became immersed in it.

Luo Le and Xue Nian were clearing the way. Occasionally they saw burnt corpses, but they didn't feel terrible.

Lu Run walked through a room covered with rotting skeletons, which was once the place where Li Ozi killed with abandon.

Before, they thought Li Ozi's methods were cruel, but now they feel that Li Ozi is too gentle.

For anti-human beings like Mingji, no matter how cruel the means of revenge are, they are all mercy.

"Oh, isn't this the ICU!"

While searching, they found the place where Yin Shi was killed. There were not many intact bodies visible here.

"That head nurse Nodley's body has indeed disappeared."

Xue Nian pointed to the corner of the wall, where there were burnt coke residues, which should be the traces left by Qiu Ran's arcane energy.

"It's strange. It stands to reason that Azure Star has no magic. Is there any use for corpses?"

Luo Le cooed.

They left the ICU and searched all the way, but found nothing. In order to find relevant videos of Li Ozi, they had no choice but to head down to the lower levels.

"Oh, the elevator is broken."

Luo Le tried to hack into the elevator, but unexpectedly found that the entire elevator had fallen to the bottom.

Xue Nian checked the steel cables and found that three of them were broken and there were obvious signs of corrosion at the fractures, but there was still one intact cable with some strange slime residue.

He simply took out the electric lift, hung it on the steel cable, and carefully dived into the dark abyss one by one.

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"Why don't you throw in a glow stick or something?"

Lu Run asked, he was a little afraid of the dark elevator shaft in the middle of winter.

"I didn't buy it. It's only fifty meters anyway. The elevator fell to the second floor - what, are you afraid of heights?"

"A little-"

boom!

Luo Le raised his foot and kicked Lu Run directly on the butt. A strong wind blew across his face. Lu Run screamed. A few seconds later, he fell deep into the elevator shaft, and a steel cable pierced his lungs.
To be continued...