Urban Sims

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"Dip~"

"The character has died and is exiting the game..."

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open one's eyes.

Sitting on the bed, it took a full hour. After the severe pain in my head completely subsided, the picture in front of me became clear and real.

Back to reality.

"Hey, where is this?"

Zhou Ming found that the place where he lay was not in a rental house, but in a hospital ward that was full of disinfectant smell.

Why did I end up in the hospital?

Then I looked at the electronic board hanging on the wall, which showed the time: August 27, 21:07 pm.

After unplugging the infusion tube from his wrist and falling to the ground tremblingly, Zhou Ming found a toilet and took a pee.

His steps were floating and his body was as light as a swallow. After finishing his toilet, Zhou Ming saw his own appearance clearly in the mirror of the bathroom sink.

thin.

Extremely thin.

He has a sharp mouth, monkey cheeks, sparkling ribs, sunken eye sockets, and a tired look. He looks a bit like a heavy drug addict.

Lost at least 20 pounds.

"I have only been in the game for 120 years. Why am I so thin? I am much thinner than the last time I entered the game."

Immediately, Zhou Ming looked clear again.

In the last game, he only achieved some results in the field of cooking. He didn't actually learn much, so the consumption was not that exaggerated.

In this game, first in Area 52, I fought with the Balancer for thirty years; in the upper area, in the gaming circle, I had a peak intellectual showdown with the top wise men... These mental expenditures are definitely not worth a few kilograms of meat. describe.

"In future games, we need to use more indigenous brains. No matter how smart the real brain is, it is not enough. One day has passed in real life, and 20 years have passed since the game. How can the real brain complete such a large amount of tasks?"

Now he was sent to the hospital. It must be that the speed of weight loss was so terrible that Su Yuxiang had to send him to the hospital.

Returning to the ward, sitting beside the bed, Zhou Ming opened the game panel in his mind——

Mission Map: "Money Empire"

Game character: Fang Yuanjie

Money: 0 (you had a lot and ended up with nothing)

Lifespan: 121 (your lifespan exceeds 87% of people, and you are one of the rare longevity people)

Achievements earned: 0

Game evaluation: F (You have crossed four strata from the bottom area to the civilian area, the upper level area, and the top level area, and have more than tens of billions of wealth. In the end, you have failed. It’s not that you didn’t work hard enough, but that you were on a cliff road. , you can’t make a wrong step)

Highest achievement: 2860014 (After completing this copy perfectly, you can open the next level)

"F rating, I haven't received such a low rating in a long time. The rules of "Empire of Money" are really cruel, and it will return to zero at every turn."

He shook his head. In fact, in Zhou Ming's system warehouse, there were 100,000 money accumulated in the previous game and 30 million money accumulated in this game in the 52 civilian area. They were all placed in the warehouse space and were not used. If counted, With this money, he can at least get an A-level rating or above.

There are also a larger amount of medical technical information, about 300,000 remaining slave potions, 70% of the technical information of the God's Brain... etc. The total harvest is at least ten times that of the previous round.

It stands to reason that Zhou Ming should be very satisfied. Although he still failed in this round, he managed to break through from the bottom area to the top area. To achieve this level in just over a hundred years, it is not an exaggeration to describe him as a monster... ...but there was no joy at all on his face.

Even in my heart, I regretted it like never before.

"Cheaters...cheat. If they hadn't cheated, maybe the results would have been better?"

Zhou Ming was reflecting on this. When he was in the bottom area, if he had not caused trouble and placed ordinary miners, and was not targeted at the beginning, he would not be so passive in the future.

He participated in "The Hunger Games" and killed 18 people in the attack team. In order to save time and improve efficiency, he cheated. He wore smart glasses and took out the ice needle gun and anesthesia gun from the system warehouse, which exposed his abilities.

Needless to say, after going to Area 52, he was able to succeed because the master did not intervene. It was purely observation and deliberate leakage, but he actually did not leave the surveillance for a day.

In the top-level area, the surveillance intensity is smaller and the activities are slightly freer, but the game city wrapped by the canopy system still exposes a lot of whereabouts.

It wasn't until he entered the top area and killed five Desireless People that the Master took action against him. This was because his IQ had dropped a few levels and the cat-and-mouse game could no longer continue, so he had to take action.

Zhou Ming thought he was taking the initiative, but in fact, he had been passive. From the beginning, there was no possibility of passing the level.

"In the bottom area, no matter how busy you are, don't dig that tunnel, win the killing competition in a normal way, and kill the 18-man attack team at the Gate of Heaven, then I won't be targeted..."

"If in Area 52, you start in the catering field, earn your first pot of gold, spend more than ten years to complete the primitive accumulation, save about 100,000 gold, and then go to the upper area, maybe even the balancers will not come down. …”

"When you get to the upper level, if you don't go to those subordinates, start playing games as soon as possible, save more money, and strengthen your brain as soon as possible..."

"If I didn't go to the top floor so early, if I were with her..."

forget about it.

forget about it!

Zhou Ming suddenly grabbed the hair on his head and shook his head violently.

One wrong step, one wrong step!

One wrong step, every wrong step!

He is too impatient! I rely too much on system space to cheat, and I want to take the shortcut to the destination the fastest!

The question is, in that world, are there so many shortcuts?

In the absence of a canopy system that monitors blind spots, how can one have any luck?

There are many things that he doesn't need to rely on to cheat, but he has become dependent on the system and always feels that nothing will go wrong. What's the result?

Challenging a dungeon is not just about talking.

Being opportunistic will not necessarily reduce its difficulty. On the contrary, it will increase the difficulty and expose cheats.

"Next time I enter this dungeon, I won't make such naive and low-level mistakes again. The system warehouse has brought me a lot of help, but it absolutely cannot be used as the biggest basis for passing the game."

"You can gain an advantage by cheating, but in the end, you still have to rely on yourself to pass the level! You have to rely on your true skills!"

This is the most profound lesson Zhou Ming has learned from this game.

My heart felt a twinge.

A figure suddenly appeared in his mind.

she……

It is still so clear and real, the voice, facial expression, and smile are as if they are still in front of me. Even if the memory is cleared, it cannot be erased.

Another scan revealed the heart-shaped sapphire in the system warehouse. Unknowingly, two lines of tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.

"Dream Heart..."

Why are you so stupid?

Why do you want to come back?

You clearly know that we belong to two worlds.

You...hey!

Zhou Ming let out a long sigh. He originally thought that after being with her, through spiritual perspective, this woman who could see almost everything about him and understand him would heal some of the scars and emotional scars in his heart.

As a result, the old wounds healed, but the new wounds were deeper and more painful than those old wounds.

She didn't want to be a passer-by, and she really lived in his heart forever.

Forgot?

It is impossible to forget, as long as the sapphire remains there, that name will be engraved in his soul.

"If you do this, how should I face you next time I enter the game? How should I face the specious you? Will I be cured by you again? Or will I be hurt by you again?"

Zhou Ming shook his head. This is the cruelty of "The Sims": you can't be emotionally attached to the characters in the game, and you can't guarantee that you won't be dehumanized by this game.

"After I finish "Empire of Money", I will definitely, definitely not go in and experience it in person often, otherwise I will go crazy sooner or later!"

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Three days later.

There were no major problems in various physical examinations. Zhou Ming, who only lost 25 pounds, was discharged from the hospital.

Sitting in the car, on the way back, Su Yuxiang, who was driving, complained all the way that he only cared about dreaming and did not consider her feelings. Especially on the 25th and 26th, she really doubted whether he would She would lose weight to death, so she had no choice but to send him to the hospital. She was so worried that she didn't sleep a wink for three days and asked him if he could cure this disease in the future, otherwise she would really collapse!

"sorry for bothering you."

Zhou Ming apologized to the woman, lowered his head, looked at the heart-shaped sapphire in his hand, rubbed it, felt the faint temperature on it, and fell into a burst of memories. Unconsciously, his eyelids were covered with a layer of mist.

Only when I left did I realize how important she was in my heart.

Seeing the man's sudden change in appearance, Su Yuxiang was stunned. The complaint on her lips disappeared, and she had a look of astonishment on her face.

sorry?

He actually... said such words to her.

A knife pierced her heart.

Suddenly, she felt that this man was so strange and distant.

What on earth did he experience in the dream?

This story is over and a new one will soon begin