At 5:49 p.m., there was silence in Nuo Da's office.
Chen Xu leaned back against the back of the chair, with a signature pen under his nose, staring at the computer screen, as if he was thinking about some difficult problem.
In fact, he was in a daze, he was about to get off work, and he was thinking about where to eat later.
Old Tang, who was sitting behind him, came over and said in a low voice, "Old Wang said that he wants to invite new colleagues to dinner, I will remember it later."
Dinner again
Chen Xu had a headache, hesitated for a second, and said, "Understood."
Lao Wang is their supervisor. This boss is good at everything except for one thing. He likes to have dinner together at least two or three times a month.
He basically hides and hides when he can. But this time it is to welcome new colleagues, it is not good not to go.
Moreover, he made excuses to turn down the last two dinner parties, and if he doesn't go this time, it is estimated that Lao Wang will have to keep his little notebook.
He felt a little depressed when he thought that the two hours after get off work would be wasted in boring dinner parties.
It's not that he has any complaints against his colleagues, it's just that he prefers to be alone after get off work.
The most important thing is that after sending the money home last week, he doesn't have much left for living expenses, and their dinners are all AA...
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Going to work is already hard enough. After work, he still can't control his time. Such days are really enough.
When will I be able to put aside these trivial matters and live the life I want to live.
"Di-"
"Language calibration is complete, the virtual dream device is activated, and identity verification begins—"
Chen Xu was startled when he heard the sudden sound in his ears, his hand trembled, and the pen fell to the ground.
what sound
In an instant, many thoughts passed through his head. When he bent down to pick up the pen, he looked sideways at the few colleagues next to him, and he couldn't see anything unusual.
It doesn't look like a prank colluded by colleagues.
Could it be an illusion
Then, the voice sounded again.
"Authentication failed, switch to tourist mode."
"Welcome to try this product. This product is manufactured by Xingyu Virtual Equipment Manufacturing Group. It allows you to experience a 100% virtual reality dream. There are many scenes for you to choose from, so that you can have a wonderful dream life."
Chen Xu felt his mouth dry in an instant. In addition to the voice, a page appeared in front of him with an icon in the middle. It's like a virtual computer desktop.
To verify it, he closed his eyes, and opened them again after a few seconds.
That page is still there, and the high-definition color icon in the middle is so conspicuous.
His heart was beating wildly.
... ... ...
After a while, when it was time to get off work, Chen Xu was still immersed in shock, and it was not until Old Tang patted him that he suddenly came back to his senses.
"After get off work, what are you still doing?" Old Tang asked strangely.
"It's nothing." He looked up, and the other colleagues were gone, so he quickly packed his things and said, "Let's go."
The department chose a nearby restaurant for this dinner.
There are a total of eleven people in the advertising department, and when they arrived at the restaurant, they just made up a table.
The new colleague is a girl, everyone is very enthusiastic, not because of how beautiful the girl is, the end of the year is coming soon, and the marketing department will become very busy soon, so everyone is naturally happy when there is one more person to share the work.
Most of the people present were young people, and the atmosphere quickly became lively.
The only incongruity was with Chen Xu, who hadn't said much and seemed absent-minded.
The others didn't care. Chen Xu didn't talk much during the dinners before, and everyone was used to it.
After dinner, everyone dispersed, and I have to go to work tomorrow, so I can't play too late, so as not to affect the work.
After the show ended, Chen Xu went back in Old Tang's car.
After getting into the car, Old Tang suddenly asked, "Chen Xu, are you okay? Chen Xu, Chen Xu..."
He yelled several times in a row before Chen Xu, who was in a daze, came to his senses and asked doubtfully, "Huh?"
Old Tang became even more worried, and asked, "After get off work, you've been preoccupied. Is something wrong?"
"Nothing, just thinking about something."
Chen Xu tapped his forehead lightly, lowered the window a little, and let the wind outside blow his mind a little more.
From get off work to now, he has been studying that "virtual dream device", which made him appear absent-minded.
Old Tang looked at him and said, "Is there any difficulty at home? I still have 20,000 yuan of private money here. You can use it first."
"No, it's not..." Chen Xu hurriedly explained, "It's not this, I'm thinking about something else."
"Yeah." Old Tang nodded and said, "If you're really in trouble, just say it, don't lose face and suffer."
Chen Xu's heart warmed, and he said, "Thank you."
Old Tang didn't say anything more, and started the car.
Chen Xu felt that he was very lucky to have a friend like Old Tang. Old Tang graduated from the same university as him, five classes higher than him. After he joined the company, the two met.
It is precisely because of this relationship that Old Tang usually takes good care of him.
He was grateful to Old Tang, but no matter how difficult it was, he didn't want to speak to Old Tang.
Old Tang just got married, and he had to repay the mortgage and car loan every month, so the pressure was not much less than him.
...
More than half an hour later, Chen Xu's rented house arrived. The location is relatively remote, and it takes ten minutes to walk to the nearest bus stop.
He rented a single room, about twenty square meters. There is only one single bed and one computer desk. Small is a bit small, but there is a separate bathroom, which is enough for one person.
The key is cheap. The cost of living in this city is quite high, and rent is often the biggest expense. It is not easy to find a place that is close to the company and has cheap rent. He was also lucky to find this place.
He put down his briefcase, lay down on the bed, took his mobile phone, and looked at the bank balance prompted in the text message, which was 499.32 yuan. He felt a little headache. There was still more than half a month before he was paid, and there was only so little money left. It seemed that he could only hold back. Live in a tight belt.
Then, he thought of the "virtual dream device" and hesitated, should he go in
This inexplicably appeared, suspected to be a product of black technology or a system, he searched for a long time, and didn't even have an instruction manual.
Usually, this device will not actively appear on his retina, it will only appear after being "woke up" by him. There is only an icon on it, which shows "Do you want to enter the dream world "survival at the end of the world"?"
When his attention is focused on this line, he can get a short prompt, and he can choose an item or a companion to enter the dream. There are many items and character templates provided above.
Moreover, he carefully discovered a hidden option. Instead of choosing the items provided by the dream, he could copy an item in reality, or a character enter the dream.