[The greatest luck in a person's life is to discover his mission in the middle of his life, that is when he is young and strong. ]
[If you still can't win, wait until the next round to go back. If you still can't see the light of day, pass the torch to the next generation. ]
[Everyone knows the meanness and desires of human beings. ]
[But the remaining nobility and faith have made this group of "explorers" burn in the darkness until now. ]
[In the "game" where everything is at stake,]
[——They raised the fire of war against the gods in the sky. ]
[The man is standing on the top of the world, watching the future of all mankind, and gambling with the planet invaders with life and death. ]
[He looked at his homeland in the distance,]
[Carrying the desire for civilization. ]
[——Excerpt from the top 3 popular posts on the Human Forum after the game started on December 31, 2024 (Future) "First Player Su Ming'an"]
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…
[You are dead. ]
Bright red words appeared before Su Ming'an's eyes, as red as blood, as if strangling his heart.
He panted, and beads of sweat slid down his forehead. He never thought that today, an ordinary day, would turn out like this...
…
[Three hours ago]
"Ding Dong! The world game is loading..."
Su Ming'an raised his head and rubbed his eyes, thinking that he was hallucinating because he stayed up late to edit videos.
He is 18 years old this year, a freshman, majoring in psychology, and his hobbies are reading philosophy and detective novels. He usually works part-time as a horror game live broadcaster and is considered to be a little famous.
Today was just an ordinary day. He had just finished his advanced math class when he was called to the coffee shop by someone who claimed to be a staff member of Bilibili...
"Mr. Su, Mr. Su...?"
A female voice came from the front. A red-haired woman sat opposite the coffee table. Her long hair was like curled rose petals. Her eyes were gentle and her voice was soft:
"——We want to invite you to participate in a real-life game."
"Real-life game? I don't have this plan for the time being." Su Ming'an refused. He is the kind of game anchor who doesn't show his face and has no interest in showing his face.
"Scrape" the sound of paper scraping against the table sounded, and the woman put her hand on a dark card and handed it over.
"This game is a little different." The woman said, "Why don't you take a look."
Su Ming'an lowered his eyes.
The blood-red text on the card seemed to be outlined by blood.
[The world is the arena, and real creatures are life bars——]
[Multiplayer online, unlimited copies! Simulation world, fighting power! ]
[Players around the world, enthusiastic competition! High-level games, waiting for you to play! ]
Su Ming'an looked at such an informal invitation, chuckled, and shook his head.
"Not interested." He threw the black card to her and turned away.
"When you leave, do you know what kind of road you are going to take?" The woman said: "But if this is your choice..."
Su Ming'an did not stop.
The woman watched him leave quietly, without trying to keep him but just smiled subtly.
"You will come back..."
...
"Swish!"
The vehicle next to him sped past, splashing water on the ground, and Su Ming'an jumped to avoid it.
"——Gan Lin! You're going so fast, are you in a hurry to reincarnate?" The pedestrians nearby cursed at the truck.
Su Ming'an covered his ears were shaken by the pedestrians and rubbed his eyebrows.
[World game loading...]
He vaguely heard such a voice. It has been there since last night as if reminding him that something is going to happen.
Scientific world, don't believe in magic - he can't say such a thing.
He took a taxi, he was going to attend the birthday party of his high school classmate in the evening. In the taxi, the voice of the car broadcast:
"...According to the information released by the cardiovascular surgery transplantation team of Xiaoshu Academy of Sciences, the 'double heart surgery' has entered the critical period of the experiment. In the future, combining two hearts can help people prolong their life. This theory is still in the experimental stage, please don't imitate..."
Su Ming'an was a little surprised.
Such news that may endanger social security can be broadcast.
One heart corresponds to one human life, which is the evolutionary rule of nature. In biology, there is no "right" as humans say, only various organs, abilities, and characteristics. If you want to forcibly violate this and take someone else's heart, you will inevitably deprive them of their lives.
… Buying and selling, transactions, power struggles, moral kidnapping, public opinion, emotional concessions, trolley problems, and unrecognized substitution sacrifices. These are all possible problems.
"Here, 12 dollars." The driver stopped the car.
Su Ming'an paid the fare, arrived at the gathering place, walked to the door, and knocked.
A female classmate named Shen Xue took him into the room. Today was her birthday party.
She had light makeup on her face, but she was dressed up. The swaying lights illuminated her eyebrows and eyes, and her pupils were bright and colorful, like foggy clouds, and the waves would roll when the wind blew over them as if any emotions would be blown away from her eyes by the wind.
She took Su Ming'an's hand and walked him to the living room step by step.
Su Ming'an found that he was the first to arrive. In the kitchen, Shen Xue's distant relative Liu Anna was preparing dinner. There was no one else, and only the smell of incense in the room could be smelled.
"Where are the other students? Are they late as a group?" Su Ming'an asked.
"... maybe later." Shen Xue said softly.
The sky gradually darkened.
Su Ming'an heard that Shen Xue had a crush on him, but these were all gossip and not worth believing. After all, he seemed to be just an ordinary college student on the surface. In addition to being proficient in script killing, liking philosophy, studying psychology, being good at public speaking, and having top gaming skills... he had no strengths.
Shen Xue sat down next to him, not saying anything, just propping up her chin and looking at him.
"What's wrong?" Su Ming'an asked.
"Su Ming'an." Shen Xue said, "What do you want to do after graduating from college?"
"Well... maybe a freelancer." Su Ming'an said.
"Then why did you choose psychology as your major in college?"
"I want to... seek inner peace." Su Ming'an said, "I searched the Internet before, and all I saw were 'Don't study economics, run away', 'Don't study civil engineering, run away', 'Don't study teaching, run away'... So I applied for a major that didn't say 'run away' much. As a result, it's very good, I like psychology."
Shen Xue smiled after hearing this.
Her eyes were curved, like a pair of beautiful crescent moons.
Su Ming'an thought that the other party cared about him so much, so he had to politely reply: "--What about you, Shen Xue, what do you want to do?"
Shen Xue's eyes were slightly condensed.
At this moment, the edges of her figure were also softened by the light, as if ancient oil paint was flowing on her body.
"I want to see the sea." After a moment, she said.
"See the sea, is it that simple?" Su Ming'an said.
"Yeah." Shen Xue said: "I haven't seen the sea, because I can't leave home too far."
"..."
She suddenly said: "Seeing the sea... is just a wish of mine. I want to open a tailor shop, sew buttons, and cut clothes for people. I want to be a reporter, understand the miners who died, care about the bloody truth, and express my indignation at the world. I want... I want to work hard to live this life."
Su Ming'an was a little unable to respond. He didn't know how the topic suddenly progressed to this.
She didn't want to be trapped in the ivory tower and the routine work. She hoped to have a fulfilling and rich spirit, and a journey full of desire and passion... but how difficult it was.
"Try some snacks." Shen Xue suddenly handed him a sweet-scented osmanthus cake.
Su Ming'an reached out and took the sweet-scented osmanthus cake——
At this moment——
Shen Xue suddenly rushed over.
If it were an ordinary boy, seeing her rushing over like this, he would be so excited that he forgot everything.
But Su Ming'an was very alert. He knew that something was wrong. His hand instantly reached for the self-defense dagger on his waist——
Shen Xue's hand suddenly reached out, and with a "click", the dagger was knocked to the ground by her.
——Su Ming'an realized that his strength had been lost for some time, without anyone noticing.
Is it the fragrance in the room... the incense?
"What are you going to do?" Su Ming'an's eyes turned cold.
"You carry this kind of thing with you." Shen Xue did not answer. She looked at the lonely dagger reflecting on the ground: "I know you don't feel safe, but do you have to be on guard against me too?"
Carrying a dagger with you is Su Ming'an's habit. He didn't expect that it would be used on this day.
What did Shen Xue want to do by knocking him out?
"I..." he said.
"Puff——"
In the girl's hand, a bottle of spray was facing him.
Since he inhaled the mist, all the strength in his body has disappeared.
The girl's gentle voice came to his ears, and her breath was hot, like a feather tickling:
"I just... like you..."
...
"Stay by my side forever...."
...
Su Ming'an closed his eyes.
Accompanied by a pain in his chest, he felt a knife-like pain, and his last heartbeat stopped.
… The other party.
They wanted to kill him.
Why.
She was clearly,
just chatting about the sky and the sea.
…
[The world game has officially begun]
[A personal novice level failure was detected, rating: D, and the opening ceremony of the billion human world game is about to begin…]
[An unknown error has occurred, and the return is paused! ]
[…]
[…]
Suddenly, he heard an abrupt prompt. Unlike the cold system prompt before, this was a gentle male voice.
[The world line is being determined… The world ending is being planned…]
[Planning is complete, and the game begins. ]
[The watcher chasing the dawn, player BE3030, welcome back. ]
[The power to ignore death has been handed over to you, and the world is waiting for you. ]
[The only person standing at the edge of the long river of time, please do your best... to end this game that humans are betting everything on. ]
["--From now on, you will continue to despair and hope."]
["--You will lose everything and gain everything."]
["--You will redeem everyone and kill everyone."]
["--You will write down every name."]
["--You will erase every name."]
["--You will become the kindest you."]
["--You will become the evilest you."]
["--You can understand anyone's interests and hobbies, cater to their preferences, and become a close friend with anyone for life and death."]
["-- You can also understand anyone's weaknesses, hurt them or even kill them, and become a bitter enemy with anyone. "]
["——Experience all destinies, bury the failed world line with your own hands, and make everyone forget it. "]
["——Experience all destinies, create a successful world line with your own hands, and make everyone remember it. "]
["——You will experience a long time with flowers and hundreds of millions of graves. Painful and beautiful, wonderful and monotonous. "]
["——But, you will choose this irreversible road of salvation...right?"]
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What do you mean?
Su Ming'an found it difficult to understand these words.
…
[You will have a bright and glorious future.]
The voice disappeared.
…
[——You are dead, do you choose to load the game?]
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(End of this chapter)