Chapter 56 - (catch insects)
This time, Jiang Xiuxiu was in a bad mood after leaving the game.
She thought she would be ecstatic, just like when she was out of the game for the first time, almost jumping up on the bed.
She escaped from a virus, which can be regarded as a “near escape”!
But in fact, after she came out of the holographic cabin, she didn’t even want to move.
Not only that, but her mood was indescribably low.
She didn’t understand why she did this.
Is it because of poor Xu Bai?
But what is Xu Bai worthy of her pity, no matter how similar he is to a human being, he is just a string of data.
It was still a piece of data that brought her a lot of trouble.
There was no relationship between them.
Jiang Xiuxiu’s emotional intelligence is not high, and her usual thoughts have always been very simple. If you like it, you like it, and if you hate it, you hate it.
Now, this is the first time that she has such complicated emotions that she can’t understand.
She sent Ye Ming two messages, but Ye Ming never got back to her.
She opened WeChat/Xin and saw her former friends. Now they all have their own troubles and problems.
She hesitated for a while, still not feeling well to disturb others.
Forget it, left and right are just things in the game.
Since she can’t figure it out, then she just don’t think about it, and she doesn’t have to figure it out.
Thinking like this, Jiang Xiuxiu forcibly suppressed the strange thoughts in her mind.
Perhaps because of an emergency, Ye Ming never returned to her.
Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t wait for news. It was getting late. She ate something, watched a movie, and packed up and went to bed.
After Jiang Xiuxiu came out of the game that day, she did not call to complain, but prepared to take a break and play again after a while.
After this encounter, she no longer wanted to enter the game anymore.
Moreover, she also saw through these two dungeon experiences that reporting is useless at all!
However, at noon the next day, she received an unsolicited call from the game company.
“I’m sorry, Miss Jiang,” the other party said. “We are very ashamed of what you have encountered in our game. Today we took the initiative to contact you, hoping to give you some compensation.”
compensation?
When Jiang Xiuxiu heard this, she was slightly startled and asked, “What kind of compensation?”
“Money, or other aspects,” the other party replied cautiously, “as long as it is your request, we will do our best to accommodate you.”
Jiang Xiuxiu frowned subconsciously after hearing this.
Something is wrong, she thought, the attitude of the customer service seems to be a little too good.
She didn’t communicate much with the customer service of such a big company, but she also knew that although she was almost locked in the game, she was only almost.
They really should take the initiative to apologize to themselves, and they should also ask for compensation, but this attitude of obedience is too much, right?
As if asking for her…
“What do you want me to do?”
Thinking of this, Jiang Xiuxiu asked directly: “What other purpose do you have to find me other than compensation?”
“It’s like this,” the other party said, “You have successfully cleared the game three times. You are very important to our game.”
Having said this, the customer service paused for a while and continued: “For some reason, after internal discussions, our company personnel agreed to hire you as our game tester.”
Jiang Xiuxiu: “…Huh?”
what happened? What kind of tester did they invite her to be?
“There is something wrong with our game,” the other party said politely. “You should also know something. In order not to harm more people, we need your help.”
It turned out to be Xu Bai’s problem, and they discovered it?
Then what are they going to do…to wipe out Xu Bai completely?
Jiang Xiuxiu was stunned when she heard this.
After a two-second pause, she lowered her eyes and continued to ask, “…Then how are you going to deal with him?”
“We need to understand how serious his problem is,” the other party said. “Because what happened to him still has some research value, so we don’t plan to attack him for the time being.”
That’s it.
Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t know why, but suddenly he was relieved.
On the other end of the phone, the customer service is still trying to persuade her: “You are the easiest person to approach him, so we need you to enter the dungeon during the internal test and start the game. You can mention the conditions as much as you like.”
“But I was almost left in the dungeon by him,” Jiang Xiuxiu said. “You all know about this.”
“We will ensure your safety,” the other party said. “As a tester, we will prepare a special game cabin for you. Once it senses that your life information is wrong, or you stay in the game for more than five days, the system will automatically Scan in-game to find your exact location and help.”
It sounds like it can indeed guarantee her safety.
Jiang Xiuxiu thought for a while, and then asked, “If I refuse, what are you going to do?”
“Testers within our company have tried to reach him in the past, but all have failed,” the other said. “If you are not going to be a tester, for the safety of all players, we can only format him as soon as possible.”
Formatting means clearing the data to zero.
They want to format Xu Bai, which is almost to delete the existing Xu Bai, and then make a new “Xu Bai” that is perfect and fits the game situation.
Jiang Xiuxiu remembered that since the second major update of the game, the “Fear Survival” game no longer limited the number of players.
There are more than 10 million active players on the forum, who can play games. It is conservatively estimated that there are one or two million people.
The game company couldn’t let Xu Bai hurt these people, even if he didn’t seem interested in them at the moment.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Xiuxiu finally said, “Give me a few days and I’ll think about it.”
This kind of thing, she will not give a reply for a while.
“Okay,” the customer service said, “if you have any needs or compensation related matters, you can contact us directly.”
After a few more words, Jiang Xiuxiu hung up the phone after finalizing the negotiation deadline.
She lay on the sofa while recalling the information they had just talked to.
game tester…
In all fairness, this job is quite interesting.
According to the information given by the customer service, Jiang Xiuxiu does not seem to need to punch in to work like a normal social animal, but only needs to play games with him.
As long as she can ensure safety, she does not object to this.
It’s just that she needs a reason to take this job.
After owning a huge sum of more than 100 million, she is no longer short of money.
Although the customer service said that they would guarantee their own safety, the events in the game did indeed frighten Jiang Xiuxiu a little.
In what capacity is she going to re-enter the game?
There are so many escape games in this world, she has absolutely no need to fight on this one.
In fact, she has no motivation to be this tester at all.
However, Jiang Xiuxiu felt a little unbearable when she thought of the words on the other end of the phone that the customer service said to format Xu Bai.
This kind of intolerance is ridiculous, like Xu Bai is a living person.
Jiang Xiuxiu found that his mood was getting worse and worse.
She thought for a while, but did not continue to think, but went to the Internet to download a few escape games that were also very popular, and began to try to play them.
She thought that as long as she played a few more games, she might find out that the “Fear Survival” game is the same thing.
But what she didn’t expect at all was that after playing like this day and night for three or four days, Jiang Xiuxiu felt more and more boring.
It’s boring… no matter what game, it’s boring.
Whether it’s a BOSS or an NPC, it seems like something is missing.
It’s not because the difficulty is not high enough. Many levels in these games have made Jiang Xiuxiu die several times.
But she just felt that these games were not good enough.
Before Jiang Xiuxiu quit the last game, she casually made a joke with the difficult boss to let him stop pestering her, saying that it was impossible for the two of them to have a result.
She clearly remembered that the BOSS just stared at her blankly at the time, and after a while, he replied “I’ll be back” nonchalantly.
It won’t have a conversation with her, and it can’t even understand what Jiang Xiuxiu’s words mean.
Arguably, none of this is the problem with escape games.
As long as the levels are difficult, the plot is good, and there are puzzle solving and escape methods, it can be considered a success.
If an escape game pursues the intelligence of NPCs and BOSS, it is completely putting the cart before the horse.
But Jiang Xiuxiu just thought it was boring.
When she faced the boss, she was really facing the game data, and at most she was stimulated by the **** picture.
She has always been rational and easy to calm down, and she will no longer have the experience of experiencing fear in person.
There wouldn’t be such an existence, which would make her teeth itch with hatred and want to change several sets of clothes for him in one breath.
Facing this result, Jiang Xiuxiu slumped on the bed, not knowing what to do for a while.
And just when she was distressed by this, she found that Ye Ming, who had disappeared for almost a week, sent her a message.
Ming: [Sorry, I have encountered some trouble these days, and I can only reply to the message now. 】
Ming: [How are things on your side? 】
Seeing this, Jiang Xiuxiu hurried back to the past.
Jiang Xiuxiu: [It’s okay, I’m just a little annoyed. 】
Jiang Xiuxiu: [Where are you from? I still don’t know your situation in reality. Are there serious problems on your side? 】
The reality of Ye Ming is also something Jiang Xiuxiu is more curious about.
Although they are still limited to online dating, it is not a bad thing to get acquainted with each other.
In case they live close together in reality, they can usually make an appointment to watch a movie or something.
Facing Jiang Xiuxiu’s news, Ye Ming responded quickly.
Ming: [My business doesn’t matter, your troubles are the most important. 】
Ming: [Why are you unhappy, can you tell me about it? I am always here. 】
Jiang Xiuxiu has not spoken to anyone for several days.
Seeing Ye Ming’s message, she couldn’t hold back, and immediately explained her situation one by one.
Jiang Xiuxiu: [It’s okay, I’m just thinking, should I enter the game or not. 】
Jiang Xiuxiu: [For some reason, I’m a little scared, but for some purpose, I want to go in again. 】
In order not to make Ye Ming unhappy, she blurred her and Xu Bai’s experience a bit, and only said that she had offended the boss so badly in the game that the other party entangled her and was going to keep her in the game.
But Xu Bai was about to be formatted, and she felt unbearable.
She didn’t know how to choose.
She didn’t even know what she was hesitating about.
After reading the large message from Jiang Xiuxiu, Ye Ming didn’t reply to her after a few minutes.
However, to Jiang Xiuxiu’s surprise, he did not analyze for Jiang Xiuxiu, but asked her an inexplicable question.
Ming: [Xiu Xiu, what kind of person do you think Xu Bai is? 】
What kind of person is Xu Bai?
Seeing this, Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t even think about it, and went back directly: [It’s a big change! 】
Bright:【……】
Ming: [Why do you say that? 】
Jiang Xiuxiu remembered her tangled emotions during this time, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and she quickly typed a series of words: [The weather is uncertain, moody, kills people at any time, and insists on getting along with me! Those who seem to be smiling are actually full of bad water, and they always give people a headache! Always give me trouble! 】
Speaking of the end, she did not forget to hold Ye Ming: [Compared with you, it is really a different world! 】
Ming: [Really? 】
Jiang Xiuxiu: [Of course it is! You are so much better than him! 】
Ming: [You like me so much, I’m very happy. 】
Bright:【:)】
When Jiang Xiuxiu saw that smiling face, the corner of his mouth also raised: [Hey (*^▽^*)]
It was just that she was happy for a little while, and then, her brows wrinkled again: [Ye Ming, tell me, what am I going to do? 】
This time, in the face of her question, Ye Ming took a while to reply.
Ming: [Xiu Xiu, you actually want to enter the game in your heart, right? 】
Seeing this, Jiang Xiuxiu was slightly startled: [That’s right, but…]
Ming: [There is no need for it. 】
Ming: [My advice is very simple, that is, follow your own heart. 】
Jiang Xiuxiu: [But…]
Ming: [Xiu Xiu, many things do not have to have a reason. 】
Ming: [If you don’t go now, will you regret it in retrospect? 】
Looking at this question, Jiang Xiuxiu was unable to give an answer for a while.
Will she regret it?
she does not know……
At this moment, Jiang Xiuxiu suddenly heard the ringtone.
She looked at it in the past, and it turned out that the time limit for thinking had come, and the people from “Fear to Survive” contacted her.
“Hello, Miss Jiang,” the other party said, “After maintenance, the situation in the game has stabilized, and the boss Xu Bai has also been released by us.”
“The next dungeon is about to start the internal test, what are your thoughts?”
“I agree.”
After Jiang Xiuxiu sank and examined his heart, he gave the final reply: “I will come over for an internal test.”
She knew that she really wanted to go.
Whatever the reason, she just wanted to go.
She didn’t know whether she would regret today’s decision in the future after she chose to enter the game.
But what she can be sure of is that if she doesn’t go now, when Xu Bai is formatted, she will definitely regret it later.
She worked hard to make money, didn’t she just allow herself to live the life she wanted?
As for the danger, with the protection of the game company anyway, she doesn’t believe that Xu Bai can still have such great ability!
“Just, I have something to say up front.”
Jiang Xiuxiu paused and said her final conditions.
“If this time, if I am still attacked by Xu Bai, then from now on, I will never enter the game again.”