It took a month for the world to crumble.
A month is not too long, not too short.
Ge Xiu looked up at the dark blue night sky. In the depths of the sky dotted with countless stars, white cracks were looming, spreading like spider webs. It was suspicious. If you listened carefully, would you hear soft noises? "Crack" sound.
He still hasn't finished the world.
Ge Xiu raised his hand and touched the dark and cold scales of the giant dragon beside him. Under the gaze of the pair of golden red vertical pupils, he said:
"Let's go, go back to Dragon Island."
The dragon's wings set off a violent airflow, and the huge body vacated the sky, and the huge wings covered the light of the stars.
Night is replaced by morning light, and twilight is swallowed by shadow.
They went back to where they started.
On the cliff, the setting sun gradually fell, casting a fine light on the sparkling sea.
The cracks that were only looming before gradually became clear, and even in the daytime, they were still like some kind of weird totem, densely covering the sky.
Ge Xiu stood on the top of the cliff, the salty sea breeze blew the ends of his hair, and the half-length blond hair was like flowing molten gold.
He could see that the sky was shattering into tiny pieces little by little, turning into tiny streamers, falling into the ocean.
Somewhere, Ge Xiu knew that the world was about to reach its end.
And the group of people outside finally found a way to withdraw themselves from this world.
The dragon looked up and stared at the gradually collapsing sky with a solemn expression.
In his tens of thousands of years of memory, such an unreasonable scene has never appeared. The sense of crisis as if something important will be taken away from him vibrated in his heart, making him feel particularly uneasy and peaceful. panic.
He subconsciously spread his wings and protected Ge Xiu's head.
Only by hiding the other party under his own protection like this will the feeling of extreme anxiety subside a little.
Ge Xiu's vision was blocked by the dark wings.
He narrowed his eyes and turned his head to look at the giant dragon standing beside him.
Ge Xiu suddenly raised his voice and shouted:
"Hey!"
The dragon heard his cry, lowered his head slightly, and looked at the human standing under his wings questioningly.
Ge Xiu waved at him:
"Come here."
The dragon obediently moved his head closer.
Ge Xiu raised his hand and touched the dragon's head. The scales under his palm were cold and smooth, like some kind of strange metal.
"My name is Ge Xiu, remember." He hooked his lips:
The giant dragon blinked blankly.
Immediately afterwards, he saw the blond human leaning over, his warm lips touching his scales.
A slightly hoarse voice sounded in the ear:
"I can't forget to forgive you next time."
At that moment, the sky was like an overwhelmed crystal glass, finally unable to bear the pressure of the outside world, it shattered with a click, and the whole world suddenly shattered like an image contained in a glass ball, the sky, the sea, the continent , city-states, islands, all turned into nothingness, like pieces of paper shredded by a tornado, everything mixed together.
The world is falling apart.
Ge Xiu opened his eyes and stared at the silver-white ceiling in front of him for a few seconds.
He lowered his head, and the blue-violet electric shackles that surrounded his wrists slammed into his eyes, and the shocking colors made Ge Xiu wake up instantly.
Ge Xiu slowly got up.
Cold metal walls, cold lighting, cramped spaces.
The familiar and unfamiliar environment made him feel like a world away.
This is... finally back in the real world.
Ge Xiu raised his eyelashes slightly, and his dark eyes stared straight at the surveillance camera not far away.
The director stared at the monitoring screen, the young man in prison uniform with an ugly face.
Three worlds in a row.
When they first got involved in the virtual world created by Pandora, everyone would have imagined that what happened next would be so unexpected.
At the beginning of the new world, the technicians of the research institute found something wrong-they became more and more difficult to intervene in the operation of the virtual world. In the end, they could not even interfere with the double speed of the world, or even force the world to stop. Not to mention that the criminals could not be pulled out of the world of punishment—they thought that Pandora, who had long been unconscious, was trying to escape their grasp, and this resistance caught them off guard.
Three whole worlds, three whole worlds!
In the latter world, they were automatically incorporated into the operating system before they even had time to design a complete design.
And the further down the road, the harder it is for them to control the direction of events.
Even after the end of the world, they could not obtain any information, and could only watch the criminals directly enter the next world, and the pain value transmitted from the other party was getting lower and lower, until the previous world had approaching 0.
They had to start going through the data from the previous world over and over again.
During the day and night research, they really found some clues.
Originally, there were traces of coverage on the data of the characters who could cause the most harm and influence to the criminals. They did it very cleverly. If they hadn't used the most powerful calculators to conduct in-depth and meticulous detection of every millimeter of content, they would not have been able to detect— Obviously, Pandora put part of his consciousness into the virtual world, and tried to influence the progress of the world.
And Pandora also left some data fragments.
And it was through this that they were able to pull criminals out of the virtual world before everything got out of hand.
The director turned his head and asked:
"How's the volatility of Pandora?"
The researcher replied:
"Volatile ups and downs! But it's approaching normal!"
There was a faint excitement in his voice.
For so long, Pandora's mental power fluctuations have been in a downward trend year by year. Until recently, it has been close to the lowest critical value. If this trend continues, the consequences will be irreversible.
And now, Pandora's brain finally has an active trend.
Although it is not stable yet, the vivid, rising and undulating fold lines on the big screen can't help but lift one's spirits.
"Do you still need to connect the criminal's brain to Pandora?"
The researcher asked for instructions.
The director narrowed his eyes slightly and shook his head:
"Do not."
Their purpose has been achieved.
The institute doesn't need Pandora to wake up, they just need him to continue to produce enough mental power, and now, if criminals are connected to Pandora, there are too many variables that can't be controlled, and the director no longer dares. Let the past repeat itself - the next jobs can be replaced by machines, and criminals are no longer a necessity for them.
The director ordered: "Disconnect the communication channel between the criminal and Pandora, he is useless."
"Yes."
A reply came from the other side.
The director turned around in the monitoring room, then sat in the position of the presiding judge, and slowly exhaled.
Although it took so long, he finally completed the task.
However, before he could enjoy the joy of victory, the terrified voice of the researcher came from the opposite side of the communicator:
"So, Director! We can't disconnect!"
"What?" The director was startled and straightened his back suddenly: "How is that possible?"
"And... and..."
The opposite stammered: "And the device is starting on its own!"
"Is it Pandora?" The director shouted hoarsely, "Activate countermeasures!"
"This..." The researcher seemed equally disbelieving:
"This time, this time, China Unicom seems to be two-way!!!"
It's not just that Pandora is trying to pull the other party into the virtual world again—
The criminal himself also responded to the call of the other party.
At that moment, the director seemed to suddenly realize something, he suddenly raised his head and looked into the surveillance camera.
The young man in prison uniform leaned against the wall, his head was slightly lowered, and his dark half-long hair fell down, covering his face.
On the wall, there is light silver metal swimming, winding forward like a snake, the front contact is connected to the skin of the other party, and slowly penetrates into the flesh and blood, and the silver threads are connected into pieces. , a little bit to cover each other's exposed skin.
The director stared in horror at what was happening in front of him.
Immediately afterwards, in the real-time connected monitoring screen, before being completely covered by metal, the young man suddenly raised his head and looked at the camera in front of him.
The long and narrow eyes were half-squinted, the dark pupils like abyss stared at the director behind the camera, and the scorching flames were claws and claws in the depths of the ravine.
The corners of the lightly colored lips were slightly raised, sketching a defiant and contemptuous smile.
The next second, the connection is made.
The director lowered his head sluggishly and looked at the terminal in his hand - it showed that the last one of the scripts they designed was not used.
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Gossi opened his eyes.
He found himself standing under an old residential building.
The building slanted slightly, and the blue-grey walls peeled off, making it look extraordinarily decadent.
Every window is gray, and the guardrail outside the window is in disrepair. Looking outside.
Except for the residential building, everything is a gray-black nothingness.
Ge Xiu frowned slightly, looking at the completely unfamiliar scene in front of him.
… here is
"Newbie?"
A man's voice came from behind Ge Xiu.
He turned his head and looked back.
I saw a man with a stubble face, a simple dress, and a backpack standing behind him.
When the man saw his face, he was stunned for a moment, and seemed to be stunned.
And behind him, stood a few people who looked alike, with almost the same expression on their faces - it was an almost numb indifference, as if they were used to everything, but apart from those people, there were There is also a pair of men and women who are markedly different.
The girl was in tears, wearing a long skirt, while the man was wearing a T-shirt and sandals, and he looked out of place with the other heavily armed people.
Ge Xiu looked down at his outfit.
The large prison uniform hangs on the shoulders, except that there are no shackles, the other is the same as his state in prison.
Ge Xiu had a bottom line.
- It seems that this time into the virtual world, he used his original appearance.
Right here, a calm mechanical female voice came from overhead:
"Welcome everyone to the large-scale real-life escape game."
In the residential building in front of him, the lights slowly turned on, and it looked particularly strange in the dark and chaotic void.
"Now, the game officially begins."