First Player

Chapter 287 Chapter 285·[Hot Land in the World] (Additional update from the helmsman of "Snow is Falling")

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"——Hey, Liu Qianqian, when can we contact Su Mingan?"

The fourth-class player seats were crowded.

Under various lights, the seats as dense as grains of rice were crowded with people looking around. Among them, a fat man with a round face was chewing popcorn in his mouth and talking to the girl with a ponytail next to him.

"Hey... I can't contact you at all. I don't reply to private messages. I don't read emails. I don't know the person's number or address... I originally thought about downloading a copy to take a chance, but the probability is too small..." The short-haired boy next to him sighed.

"I'm still thinking about it. I guess people have forgotten us a long time ago." A short-haired tomboy girl with bangs said, "We are still classmates in high school. We have only graduated three months ago. As soon as the summer vacation is over, we have been forgotten. We were preparing for the college entrance examination together... How could this person have changed so much? We were still struggling on the verge of life and death, and people were running to the top organizations to show off their power. Look at that glass house. I envy..."

The young man who is talking in this row is a former student of Long Kingdom and has just entered his freshman year.

It turned out that they were just a group of very ordinary students. People of the same age as them were everywhere in this game.

But what was different was that they were Su Ming'an's high school classmates and had prepared for the exam with him for three years.

...[Su Ming'an's], high school classmate.

As long as you are related to this prefix, it is no different from standing in the wind. As long as the evidence is released, a pig can go to heaven.

When they were first selected into the World Game, they still felt confused and overwhelmed.

But at this moment, they reluctantly used the Q group system to gather together and wanted to get together to find warmth. Suddenly they heard a news...

They also have a classmate named Su Ming'an who was also selected into the World Game.

And just when they were thinking about getting this classmate back and bringing him into the 'Classmate Mutual Aid Team', they suddenly discovered...

This classmate's status... was somewhat beyond their expectations.

On the day they discovered Su Mingan's identity, more than a dozen of them held a small celebration party to celebrate their wonderful life in the future.

It is said that when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. This guy has jumped over the dragon's door, why don't he take care of these classmates who have been with him for three years?

Li Jianyi thinks so.

He was the former monitor of Class 3 and Class 4, someone who could barely speak to Su Ming'an when announcing news to the class. When he learned about this person's sudden rise, his first reaction was to step forward and strive to become a teammate beside Su Ming'an.

He has read fantasy novels and knows that when a strong person grows up, the easiest person to trust is his close classmates and friends from childhood to adulthood. If he gets together and becomes some kind of teammate, wouldn't it be like reaching the sky in one step?

However, the cruel facts soon hit this group of extremely excited young people.

……could not be reached.

They couldn't contact Su Mingan.

They clearly sent emails to show their identity, but the emails they sent out seemed to be like nothing. Even their Crazy Aite posts on the Chaohua forum received no response.

However, this attracted a large number of crazy reporters and fans to come together to interview them and dig out Su Mingan's past deeds. They enjoyed the feeling of being noticed.

…but that’s not enough.

Li Jianyi remembers Su Mingan's performance in high school.

He remembered that Su Ming'an at that time... although he spoke less, he was also a student who could communicate with others, had a friendly personality, and was talented at the piano. Shen Xue, the beauty of his class at that time, was particularly fond of him and asked them to please him. He also served as a wingman.

Logically speaking, these classmates should be able to gain some friendship...

As long as we can contact the other party in this situation...

Thinking this way, he immediately picked up the loudspeaker and started shouting for the 197th time in this auction:

"——Su Mingan! I am Li Jianyi, your high school classmate, do you still remember me? I sent you an email——"

His voice spread out and mixed with all kinds of noisy human voices.

The auction is now over, but it has not yet ended. Everyone is excitedly talking about various things, and the scene is very noisy.

His shouting had no effect - in fact, there were countless people in the audience who were shouting like this. Some were shouting for Su Mingan's junior high school classmates, some were shouting for neighbors, and some were shouting for others. When he was young, some people even called him his mother...

It's strange that this kind of shouting can be heard from such a long distance.

Li Jian put down the speaker, feeling a little frustrated.

But when he shouted, he attracted a group of reporters. They came up with long guns and short cannons, and the microphones came straight towards him.

"Hello player, I just heard you say that you are the classmate of the first player. Is this true?"

"Ah, it's true." Li Yuanyuan, the tomboy next to him, immediately interrupted: "You can also check it online. We also have graduation photos. We are from the same class. We have been classmates together for three years!"

The reporter immediately became excited after hearing this.

"This is the Northeast Times. Do you have any particularly impressive memories about the first player..."

"Yes, we were classmates at the time, and our classmate liked him very much. One time, he sent roses and asked us to help keep an eye on his movements..."

As soon as they saw this scene where they could show their faces, several other students immediately became excited and rushed to answer the questions.

"I remember it too! I remember that when he held parent-teacher conferences, his parents never came, and he was the only empty seat in the class..."

"Su Ming'an's academic performance is average, but his composition seems to have been published in some municipal newspapers and magazines..."

"I really can't believe that such an ordinary person can reach this point. As a classmate, I feel that we are just two people... But it may be that we were not familiar with each other before, and I don't know what has changed. he……"

"I don't think he has changed much. I couldn't understand what he said sometimes in the past."

"I once saw him arguing with the teacher in the office..."

Listening to the topics being discussed one by one, the smiles on the reporters' faces became more real. They seemed to have discovered a treasure and refused to leave.

Among them, there was a single-tailed reporter who asked a pointed question:

"As for the special preferential treatment given to the first player by the organizer, what do you think? After living with him for three years, do you think he will be the kind of person who betrays his compatriots for profit...?"

Li Jian was stuck for a moment while he was talking.

He faced countless sharp gazes and felt a little unable to answer.

...He has also thought about this issue.

After all, that person received so much preferential treatment that even he had to doubt it.

Know people, know faces, but don’t know hearts.

The world is a big dye vat, and school is an ivory tower. If a person is suddenly thrown out of the ivory tower, it is possible to be dyed in any way by such a new world.

He thought for a while, weighed his words, and was still prepared to answer in the affirmative:

"Is this...I don't know, after all, the contrast between him and his past is too great. Maybe something has changed him. It's hard for me to imagine what would make a student like me become like this... …”

As he was talking, he suddenly noticed that the reporters' eyes started to look wrong.

...No, it’s not just the eyes of reporters.

The people next to him who had been watching them also moved their eyes away at the same moment and looked behind him. Their expressions began to change, fear and consternation showing in their eyes.

...It was as if he had seen something extremely unexpected and terrifying.

Li Jianyi felt his scalp numb.

He suddenly heard an exclamation coming from far behind.

The voice was not close, but seemed to be rushing towards him through a distant crowd, like many people shouting together, so loud that it was loud.

"Oh my god..."

"how come……"

Li Jian turned his head sharply.

The moment he saw the audience area outside the barrier.

He seemed to see the complete image disintegrating, and the turbulent wave formed by the gathering of people was scattering.

A bright red filled his vision.

In the audience seats outside the barrier, wavy waves passed over people's figures, and clusters of bright red flowers bloomed in the wave of people.

He heard extremely cruel screams.

"Terrorist attack - it's a terrorist attack! Someone brought explosives -" the reporter next to him screamed in fright: "Run -!"

"Don't worry, we are inside the auction house and have protection measures! The explosion will not affect us!"

"Fortunately, players with press credentials can enter the venue and save their lives..."

"Yes, everyone, calm down! We are fine internally-"

Li Jian gradually calmed down as he listened to people's chants.

...Yes, even if someone planned a terrorist attack that would cause explosives to explode at the same time, the adventure players inside their venue would be completely fine.

It's no harm to him, so why is he panicking?

He stared at the flow of people outside like ants on a hot pot, watching them flee in panic.

Separated by an extremely safe barrier, he seemed to be watching a farce that separated an entire world.

Although this thought was very dark, in his heart, he actually looked down on those casual players.

Why can these people sit back and enjoy the benefits, ignore the efforts of adventure players, and only know how to talk on the forum?

God knows how jealous he was when he saw these idlers speculating on ticket prices - why do adventure players need to struggle on the line of life and death to earn those points? And this group of losers who only know how to lie around and wait for their points to be filled up, can they be so generous?

One ticket, 700 points.

He struggled painfully in several worlds, but in the end the total amount was less than 700!

Don't worry about scarcity but inequality.

He looked at this scene, and although he felt cruel, he felt an inexplicable guilty pleasure.

There seemed to be a voice in his heart telling him that this is how it should be.

This group of viewers, this group of guys who only know leisure, should also face some "risks".

For example, there is a real risk of death if you stay in the comfortable world of the Lord God.

This risk was exposed by the first player as early as the end of the second world, but as time went by, it was gradually forgotten by people who were greedy for comfort. Now, this explosion can wake up these blindfolded guys.

Li Jianyi even wondered whether this well-planned bombing was planned by a large organization in order to wake up this group of sleeping guys.

This kind of accident has obviously been foreseen and has been reminded by major organizations on forums. However, most people at this time seem to be unprepared.

…They are too comfortable.

Just like the previous world football match on Zhai Star, it would not be held because of the possibility of a terrorist attack. People who are aroused by their enthusiasm will not stay behind closed doors because of this panic.

The rarity of explosives... Those who ignite the ignition are very likely to die together... The excessively high ticket price... The area and time planning of the ignition...

This explosion cannot be a plan that a few criminals can finalize.

...and like a massive murder.

Although the method is cruel and extreme, it should be very effective and can alert people to the crisis.

...just like what Player One once did.

Although it is said that the first player's approach at that time was to sacrifice himself and commit suicide in public to warn people. The current practice is to kill innocent people to warn people that they should no longer stay comfortably in the world of the Lord God.

But he felt there was no difference. There has to be sacrifice for this kind of thing.

Only blood and real death can calm people down.

After all, external points must be collected by adventure players after all. What these casual players earn are just internal transaction points between players, all obtained from adventure players.

Only the efforts of adventure players will make sense for the growth of the total progress bar.

Although Li Jianyi feels that his thoughts are a bit dark, some organizations should not engage in such behavior. It was more like a sudden terrorist attack.

But there are still possibilities for organizations to implement such plans.

He watched this scene, watching the people outside the barrier panic, like watching a bunch of animals jumping on a fire.

The rules of the Lord God's world are that they cannot attack each other directly. In the face of range attacks, players can activate their own defensive skills.

But now it seems that quite a few of these guys in the explosion don't even have half of the skills.

At this time, it was like a fireworks show outside the venue.

It's not frequent, it just explodes every once in a while, but it's enough to make the remaining people who couldn't evacuate in time despair.

"Help...save me..."

The casual players in the core area of ​​the row closest to the barrier were helplessly blocked at the back.

They couldn't get over the surging crowd at all. Some people could only beat the barrier wall desperately, trying to get the adventure players inside to save them.

Like a drowning man pulling toward a life-saving straw.

"Li, Li Jianyi, we, what should we do? We are adventurers with defensive skills. Since they can't get in, let's rush out and save them!" Chen Tianle, a female classmate next to him, immediately pulled him.

She also looked scared and her whole body was shaking at this point.

But she still wanted to save people.

Li Jian glanced outside the barrier.

He saw some people taking advantage of their physical strength to squeeze through the crowd, pushing and trampling on other people, trying to rush out regardless of the screams of others.

He saw some people using various skills, covering their bodies with a layer of light film, moving quickly through the blood, completely ignoring other people's calls for help.

But he also saw a middle-aged woman who looked very much like his mother, huddled in the corner of the crowd, using her body to protect the child in her arms, even if her back was covered in blood from the storm.

He even saw someone raising his hands to send the baby wrapped in swaddling clothes out, but he himself fell into the deepest part of the explosion.

In such a disastrous situation,

He saw all kinds of things in the world.

"No!" Li Jian immediately held her hand: "You can't go out! Only the inside of the venue is the safest now. Once you rush out and enter such a crowded crowd, you won't be able to come back. Once your mana is exhausted, it will be over!"

"Yes, but we can obviously save them with our hands..."

"This is an event accident. The organizer will explain it. It's not our turn to take care of it." Li Jianyi stopped her: "Besides, didn't you see that the players at the top of the list didn't move? They didn't save us little people. , what should I do if I get stuck? Are you willing to be blown up to death with a bunch of people you don’t know?"

He's right.

At this time, in the most eye-catching area, among the dozens of top players sitting there, no one rushed out.

At most, a few stood up and observed the situation here.

"..." Chen Tianle stopped talking.

She watched the woman's back being stepped on by countless feet, and watched the woman weep and protect the child in her arms.

She watched this scene, watching the chaotic crowd outside the barrier, surging past her like waves.

She looked at the bright red blood in front of her eyes.

She gritted her teeth and felt a rush of heat rush into her mind. She had never felt her heart beating so fast, her blood seemed to be boiling, and she felt her face flush.

This feeling had never appeared before in her eighteen years of regular life. It sounded like a sudden bell in her heart.

Her eyes suddenly became clear.

There seemed to be some strange feeling that was unblocking in her heart.

She turned around, smiled at Li Jianyi, and then rushed out.

The moment she rushed out, she felt unprecedentedly relaxed, as if she had left the cool breeze behind her ears.

A white light shield rose in front of her, and she jumped over the shocked crowd, like a fish swimming through water, and plunged into the most dangerous sea of ​​blood.

"Hey - Chen Tianle!"

Li Jianyi had no idea how this usually introverted and cowardly girl could suddenly act so impulsively.

...Obviously they are just a group of strangers.

He saw her turning back from the crowd, blood staining her hair like the waves of the setting sun on the sea.

"Li Jianyi, I seem to suddenly understand the meaning of someone like me being selected into this game." She said.

She no longer looked back and flew into the sea of ​​blood like a free bird.

And he didn't move an inch.

"..." He retracted his outstretched hand.

"Li Jianyi, can't we move?" Li Yuanyuan next to him asked him in a low voice: "Chen Tianle..."

"We can't go!" He immediately said: "Our lives are much more important than these casual players. For the sake of the progress bar, we can't die there!"

Li Yuanyuan lowered her head, seeming a little guilty.

Li Jianyi took advantage of the situation and stopped other students from making mistakes.

...There is no need for them to take risks for a bunch of useless guys.

After he finished persuading his classmates, he suddenly heard many other voices.

Like bursts of footsteps, some slow, some hesitant, some fast.

He saw countless figures like girls.

Young people, girls, middle-aged men, and even children, they all have different shapes, looks, and skin colors.

But very uniformly, these people were all like white shooting stars, passing by in front of his eyes.

A series of defensive light shields were propped up on the people and rushed towards the place where the screams were loudest.

"Auntie, come here quickly! Get under my mask!"

"I can still accommodate three people here, accept the invitation to form a team immediately!"

"Don't go over there - there will still be repercussions over there -"

Although the vast majority of adventure players still stopped and watched, a group of adventure players who could have been in comfort actually took the initiative to go out... to save a group of completely useless people.

He was confused.

...Are humans that united?

In other words, when did humans become so united?

He looked at this scene and couldn't understand.

Obviously on the forum, these guys are more tough-tongued than anyone else. When they quarrel, no one will let the other go, as if they have to bite off a piece of each other's skin before they can stop. Wherever he looked, public opinion was in chaos, and everywhere there was a mood of pessimism and loneliness. Posts are filled with extreme remarks, and no one takes a step back when interests are at stake.

Facing the desperate situation of the Sixth World, some people even threatened to commit suicide together with others.

but now……

Why could he see such a group of guys who were stupid for the sake of others?

He couldn't understand. He just felt that his heart was beating faster and faster, his blood was rising, and his face was gradually turning red.

Seeing this scene of unprecedented unity, for some reason, he actually had the urge to rush forward. It's like watching an extremely passionate movie, or seeing a sympathetic picture.

...Is this human empathy?

No.

Li Jianyi did not want to admit it. He preferred to explain this phenomenon with "herdality".

He stood there, stopping, watching white lights flash in front of him.

At the same time, he saw another package with blue light appearing where the screams were loudest.

Within three seconds, the mechanical explosive will explode, and the land will turn into a bloody mess.

"ah--"

Some people started screaming. They stretched out their hands to escape from this area, but they didn't even have a chance to take a step.

Like a group of geese with their necks stretched out, their eyes were full of despair and they were trapped in the whirlpool of the tide.

Li Jianyi closed his eyes.

"boom--!"

A violent explosion sounded in front of him.

Across a barrier, he couldn't feel the scorching storm, but he knew that as soon as he opened his eyes, he would see another bloody human tragedy.

He took a breath and suddenly noticed something quiet around him.

The originally frantic discussions, screams, and voices discussing whether to save people... slowed down at this moment.

He felt strange and opened his eyes.

The crowd that was supposed to be surrounded by the explosion was still safe at this time.

They stared with disbelief on their faces, as if they had not yet recovered from the aftermath of the disaster.

...The explosion did not come.

Li Jian raised his head.

He saw the explosives being thrown high, exploding in the very high sky, surrounded by stars, and the fire was bright, like gorgeous fireworks that suddenly burst into glory.

…But it didn’t affect anyone.

Above the people, the woman covered in armor fell down and withdrew her bloody hand that was raised high.

On her armor was engraved a bright red scale, as dazzling as blood.