The group left the school first, and stood at the school gate to discuss what to do.
The short-haired woman took the lead in taking control of the situation: "Let's split up and see how big the city is."
The woman with glasses is not strong, so she can only rely on the short-haired woman, nodded, and said weakly: "I agree too..."
Wu Jia touched his chin and said, "It makes sense."
Zhou Wenyan made no other comments: "Let's go to the left."
Short-haired woman: "Then let's go to the right."
The efficiency of the group is very high, and they started to act separately without saying any other nonsense.
The road in front of the school is a snack street, running across the north and south, where hawkers set up stalls and do business lively.
The students who had finished class were walking around the street with all kinds of snacks in their hands.
In the crowd, Zhou Wenyan clenched Shen Dongqing's hand.
The two merged into the raucous crowd side by side.
The sound of hawkers hawking, the chatter of students, the aroma of food after it is cooked.
It's all so normal that one almost forgets it's in a copy.
Shen Dongqing bought two skewers of grilled squid and gave one to Zhou Wenyan, and the two walked out of this lively snack street slowly while eating.
Zhou Wenyan raised his hand and stopped a taxi.
The driver of the taxi, an uncle with a beard, smiled at them honestly: "Where are you going?"
Zhou Wenyan opened the car door and let Shen Dongqing get in first, and then sat up: "Go straight ahead."
Fortunately, the driver's uncle has seen the world, and he has encountered all kinds of customers. When he heard this request, he was not ambiguous. He stepped on the accelerator and drove out.
Halfway through the drive, the driver's uncle couldn't help but started chatting.
"Business is not booming recently, and it's not good to do anything..."
"There are not many people taking taxis, and I don't know what happened."
"Are you two students? Come out on a date, haha... I've seen it a lot, it doesn't matter."
The uncle driver was very talkative and didn't seem to want to stop. He claims that there is no place in this city that he has not been to, and he knows where he wants to go.
Shen Dongqing thought for a while and asked, "Uncle, do you know about Life Science Research Corporation?"
From the rearview mirror, the driver's uncle's face did not look strange, and he still said with a smile: "What research company? We have quite a few companies here, and I'm not too sure."
But after this question, the uncle of the driver was obviously silent a lot.
The taxi was speeding on the road, and there were cars on both sides at first, but when it got to the back, it was already desolate.
The driver's uncle stepped on the brakes slightly, slowed down, and asked the passengers behind him, "Do you want to continue? The front is about to leave the city."
Zhou Wenyan: "Continue."
The uncle driver had to continue to drive forward.
The road ahead is not very good, with potholes, the car can only slow down.
Shen Dongqing was shaken into a drowsy state and leaned against the person beside him with a tilt of his head.
Zhou Wenyan patted Shen Dongqing on the shoulder and put his arms around him to a more comfortable position. Shen Dongqing rubbed, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
After about 20 minutes of driving, there was no one around, only wild weeds and a few abandoned wooden houses were left.
The driver's uncle stepped on the accelerator: "The road ahead is being repaired, so I can't drive."
Zhou Wenyan looked out the window, and there was a sign "under maintenance" in front of the car, which directly blocked the road, and the car could not drive at all.
The driver's uncle scratched the beard on his chin: "Where are you two going? How about I take a detour."
Zhou Wenyan nodded: "Trouble master."
As soon as the driver pulled the gear, the car reversed and lost its head, and continued to drive on the other road, but halfway through the drive, he encountered a "under maintenance" sign.
The uncle of the driver muttered: "It's weird, why are you building roads?"
Zhou Wenyan asked, "Has the master been here before?"
The driver's uncle flashed a daze in his eyes, then shook his head, and said straightforwardly: "No one comes to this wilderness in a hurry like you."
Zhou Wenyan: "Please wait for us, master, let's go over and have a look."
Uncle driver: "Okay, hurry up and come back."
Zhou Wenyan lowered his head and called Shen Dongqing softly.
Shen Dongqing stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes before he woke up, and was led out of the taxi. He hung on Zhou Wenyan like a sloth and yawned.
I don't know why, but he couldn't lift himself up a bit.
The two walked over from the edge of the maintenance card. The strange thing was that the road ahead was not under maintenance, and there were no facilities or personnel there, just an open space.
Zhou Wenyan took a few steps forward. It seemed that there was still a road ahead, but he encountered an invisible obstacle. He tentatively stretched out his hand, and after groping for a while, he came across a transparent barrier.
Shen Dongqing was still in a daze, didn't notice that Zhou Wenyan had stopped, and walked over on his own, only to bump into it unexpectedly, knocking on his forehead.
He exclaimed and covered his forehead.
Zhou Wenyan reluctantly pulled the person over and blew at his reddened forehead.
Shen Dongqing puffed her cheeks: "What is this?"
He was very angry and wanted to break the barrier in front of him, but no matter how hard he tried, it was as if his strength had penetrated into cotton, and it was useless.
Ding-
Shen Dongqing punched down, and ripples appeared on the transparent barrier, spreading in all directions.
But this was only for a moment, and it immediately returned to its original state.
This barrier is like an upside down bowl, covering the entire city inside.
It's like... captivity.
Shen Dongqing poked the barrier: "Can't we get out?"
Zhou Wenyan: "It looks like this now."
Shen Dongqing leaned over, her cheeks pressed against the barrier.
Zhou Wenyan laughed: "What are you doing?"
Shen Dongqing said vaguely: "Look what's outside."
Zhou Wenyan: "Did you see it?"
Shen Dongqing straightened up and said disappointedly, "I didn't see it."
What I saw through the barrier was the same scenery, but I couldn't get past it at all.
Zhou Wenyan: "Okay, let's go back first."
The two walked back along the way they came. The uncle of the driver was still waiting there. He stood outside the car smoking a cigarette and looked a little lonely, but when he saw them coming back, he instantly changed his smile and waved his hand. Hello.
After the two got into the car, the driver's uncle started the car and slowly drove back to the city center.
Zhou Wenyan said, "Has the master left this city?"
The uncle driver hummed a little song: "What do I do when I leave? Don't I have a good time? Earn money to eat and eat, only you young people think about going outside. We are here, feel at ease."
Shen Dongqing asked, "What about the others? You always have relatives and friends, right? Have they ever left here?"
The driver's uncle's movements stopped for a while, and then returned to normal in an instant: "No, everyone is local, and honest, just go to work peacefully."
All the way back, the driver's uncle was more silent than when he came.
He parked the car on the side of the road and said, "It's here."
Zhou Wenyan paid the money, got out of the car with Shen Dongqing, and walked towards the school.
Halfway through, the taxi appeared next to him again. The driver's uncle rolled down the window, and there was some kind of indistinct emotion in his eyes. He said, "If you can leave... it's better to leave here."
Shen Dongqing watched the taxi go away, tilted her head and asked, "Is he an NPC?"
It doesn't look like it, he's too alive, as if he's a real person, not a game-generated NPC.
Zhou Wenyan: "Maybe not."
The two walked back to the school and waited at the gate for a while, and the other players also returned.
As soon as Wu Jia arrived, he said, "This is too real, I almost thought I had returned to the real world."
The short-haired woman interrupted him and talked about their gains: "This city is not big, the periphery is surrounded by transparent barriers, and we can't get out at all."
Wu Jia added: "Our scope of action is fixed in this city. Is it because of the game? I think no one can trap us except the game."
Zhou Wenyan said lightly, "Change your thinking."
Wu Jia stretched out his hand and made a "please" action.
Zhou Wenyan: "Life science research companies, they study life, we..." He paused, "Is it also within the scope of research."
Having said that, Wu Jia felt a chill all over: "So, this is actually a laboratory? Are we being treated as guinea pigs by others?"
Shen Dongqing nodded: "I always feel like someone is watching me."
Wu Jia touched his arm: "So perverted? What do they observe us doing?"
The short-haired girl said impatiently, "We are players."
Based on this alone, it is eligible to become a "trial product".
Zhou Wenyan took out a sign from his pocket: "Not only us, but also ghosts are their test objects."
A1, A2 and A3.
These are the three ghosts they encountered, and it seems that they were dropped in in an orderly manner.
Wu Jia glanced at the thing in Zhou Wenyan's hand, and suddenly said, "I've seen this!"
The short-haired woman quickly asked, "Where?"
"Let me think about it..." Wu Jia frowned, "By the way, Mr. Chen, before I regained my memory, Mr. Chen said that there is a document for you, and the document in his arms has this pattern on it!"
Zhou Wenyan said decisively, "Go to Teacher Chen."
The surname "Chen" is not uncommon.
But the contact person on the copy of the token business card is "Mr. Chen", and there is another "Mr. Chen" here, which makes people think more.
The group hurried to the teaching building.
After such a tossing, the sky was completely dark, and the street lamps on both sides were lit up, not warm orange, but cold white with no temperature.
Under the light, the visible range is not large, and the rest of the place is shrouded in darkness.
Wu Jia: "I always have a bad feeling."
Even at night, the school can't be so quiet.
Short-haired woman: "Don't crow mouth."
Fortunately, after approaching the teaching building, there were students who came out of the evening self-study one after another.
Someone who knew Zhou Wenyan came up and said hello.
One of the students, who seemed to have a good relationship with Wu Jia, stopped and asked, "Why are you here so late? Classes are over."
Wu Jia made an excuse: "Something fell inside."
The student didn't mind, just reminded: "Today there will be a power outage at nine o'clock, come out quickly."
Wu Jia looked at the phone, it was already 8:30.
"It's half past eight!" Shen Dongqing exclaimed.
Wu Jia's heart tightened: "What's wrong?"
As he asked, his mind quickly turned. It must be something that could make Shen Dongqing so excited. Shouldn't it be better to run away quickly
Then he heard Shen Dongqing say, "No wonder I'm so hungry, it's already half past eight."
Wu Jia: …
Well, he thinks too much.