Survivorship Bias

Chapter 13: real world

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The weather was not bad, and the light golden sun shone down, making An Wujiu's delicate outline more and more clear. The fine fluff that could not be seen in the bunker, and the narrow and slender double eyelid folds were all revealed on Shen Ti's face. in front of you.

The wind blew An Wujiu's hair, he raised his hand and pulled the hair around his cheeks behind his ears.

"I don't want to now." An Wujiu said.

Shen Ti asked him why.

"Because you don't want to say it yet." An Wujiu pursed her lips, looking at Shen Ti with extremely clear eyes, like the only lake in this wilderness.

"When you want to say it, you will naturally say it."

Because of An Wugui's serious attitude, the atmosphere between them turned from joking to serious.

Shen Ti stopped joking and walked forward side by side with him.

It was a wonderful experience for both of them.

Having participated in so many rounds of games, Shen Ti has never had a companion. The reason is simple, he doesn't need and is not interested. It was his first time to return to reality together like this.

But An Wujiu who has amnesia is even more unfamiliar.

"You said let me take you in..." He tilted his head, "Where's your home?"

Shen Ti smiled, "I have no home. I have nowhere to go."

"Then where did you end up when you returned to reality from the altar last time?" An Wujiu frowned slightly, which looked pitifully beautiful, but he spoke directly, like a police officer interrogating .

Shen Ti acted like he was thinking, paused, and then showed an expression of finally remembering, "Underground club. I bought a synthetic cocktail called Piano Man."

Hearing him talking about underground clubs and wine, An Wujiu felt a little curious.

"tasty?"

"Generally, it smells like synthetic chemicals. But it's so strong that I fell asleep after drinking it."

An Wujiu kept tilting his head and looking at him, "Where do you sleep?"

"The deck of the Club, I slept there, and my whole body hurts when I wake up in the morning."

In An Wujiu's impression, underground clubs are very chaotic places, and usually not legal, but the current government's control is limited, and it is difficult to extend its hands elsewhere. Behind those clubs are often large capitalist consortia, which seem to be places for people to entertain, but in fact there are many criminal strongholds behind them.

Drugs, human trafficking, sex industry, illegal circulation of virtual currency, countless crimes.

"How dare you lie in that kind of place all night." An Wujiu said slowly, "I heard that many people were stunned in underground clubs. Those with better aptitude were forced to become sexual partners, almost as organ donors."

This word sounds very high-sounding, but in fact, it means that organs are harvested by anyone and provided to those who buy them at a high price and are suitable for use. Today's environmental pollution is so serious that six out of every ten people will develop diseases that require organ transplantation.

But An Wujiu didn't expect that Shen Ti's first reaction would be so biased after hearing his words.

"Then do you think I belong to the category with good aptitude, or the one with poor aptitude?"

Originally walking forward without stopping, An Wujiu stopped when he heard this question.

He turned around and looked at Shen Ti's face carefully, especially those eyes.

Even the eyelashes of this man are brown, which become translucent in the sun.

Generally speaking, being scrutinized by a person will produce more or less discomfort, and always feel that one's appearance is being stared at. But it was strange that Shen Ti found it very interesting to be stared at by An Wujiu.

As if scanned by a sincere artificial intelligence.

The scan came back, "The good kind."

An Wujiu withdrew his gaze, and added a sentence in his heart.

Still the best kind.

Shen Ti laughed lightly.

"How on earth did you become like this?" An Wujiu walked forward, so Shen Ti followed, "When you are kind, you will never lie, and you are extremely sincere. When you are bad, you simply use all means and no bottom line. "

Of course An Wujiu didn't know the reason.

So he walked forward in silence, without answering.

Suddenly, a gust of wind rolled up, accompanied by the loud noise of the engine and the rotation of the wing wheels. An Wujiu turned his head, his long hair was blown up by the wind.

This is a modified old-fashioned aircraft, which is similar in size to the helicopters of the past and has an elliptical spherical shape. The aircraft gradually descended, and the cracked glass window also lowered. A person poked half of his head out of it, and pushed up the flying glasses.

It's Wu You.

Thinking of Zhong Yirou's motorcycle just now, this is already the second thing that surprised An Wujiu after returning to reality.

Wu You controlled the button and opened the door of the aircraft. Although it was old inside, there were enough seats for two people.

He proposed to take An Wujiu for a ride, but before An Wujiu said anything, Shen Ti sneaked in first.

“The seats are quite comfortable.”

Wu You put on the glasses again, "I found it in the flea market. The previous owner was a fat man who died of STDs and new tuberculosis."

After finishing speaking, he added, "That's what it says in the product introduction."

Shen Ti's complexion turned bad in an instant, he raised his butt, seeing that An Wujiu had already sat in, he had to sit down obediently again.

"It's been disinfected seven or eight times." Wu You glanced at Shen Ti from the rearview mirror, and muttered in a low voice, "I'm afraid of death ghosts."

An Wujiu also discovered that many parts in the aircraft were of different colors, new and old.

It's like a patchwork product.

"You little devil, you really are pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger." Shen Ti fell down on the seat, but the seat made a snapping sound, as if it was very unstable.

Sure enough, there is nothing good in the flea market.

"Who said that?" Wu You pressed the safety button and observed An Wujiu's reaction from the rearview mirror.

An Wujiu also looked at him from the mirror.

"I found out from the next morning." An Wujiu said, "You are not simple at all. The panic, impulsiveness and timidity you showed after entering the game are all disguised. Because you hope that I can sympathize with you, Or use you."

Wu You was noncommittal, "Then how did you find out?"

"After waking up in the morning, I observed Yang Ming and Lao Yu's clothes. This is what I'm most worried about. If you drag them, it is easy to leave marks. But you didn't. I guess you put Yang Ming's clothes on before you moved them. You took off your coat, and you have to deal with Old Yu's shirt afterwards."

Wu You shrugged, "It's so smart, it's a pleasure working with you."

After speaking, he asked An Wugui about his destination. After thinking for a moment, An Wujiu gave the address of a hospital. Wu You nodded, and called out a name, "Vivian."

[Good morning Xiaoyu. ]

Wu You repeated the hospital that An Wujiu said, "St. Georgia Hospital."

[Okay, I'll guide you right away. ]

The intelligent navigation system of the aircraft emits an electronic female voice with a natural and soft tone. Generally, men's timbre preference for synthetic voices is often sweet, or Yujie with full of aura, but this one is obviously different. It is not so much gentleness, but kindness.

Soon, blue lines appeared in front of the windshield of the aircraft, showing intricate maps and navigation routes within 0.3 seconds.

[According to the current air traffic conditions, the following two routes are recommended for you. ]

One of the blue lines on the glass turned orange and the other pink.

Wu You clicked on the pink route.

[Received, the navigation is on, the estimated time is 19 minutes and 23 seconds. ]

[Start flying, please be safe. ]

At an extremely fast speed, the aircraft gallops along the air route invisible to the naked eye. Soon, An Wujiu, whose back was tightly pressed against the seat, saw them leave the wilderness and enter the city through the glass window.

The city did not deviate too much from his recollection.

The turbid air coats all landscapes with a layer of gray color. Looking down, the crowded slums underground are like a monster living in a concrete forest. The black and greasy walls are cast into shells. The small windows are close to each other, like countless eyes gathered together.

It's frightening to watch.

The male model in the adult advertising holographic projection is as tall as the Philadelphia government building behind it, and his image is constantly flashing due to the air medium, like an old TV with poor signal. He held a small jar of pink medicine in his hand, shook it, took another one by himself, and then showed a ecstatic expression.

In the advertisement, his feet are on the sewage-flowing floor of the administrative square, and his head is higher than the slogan on the building—freedom, health, and prosperity.

On the ground, all kinds of people passed between the legs of the male model. Everyone was wearing different VR equipment, with their eyes fixed and their expressions numb. No one cared about the huge projected genitals hanging above their heads.

Among the numb people, there are some stooped and skinny people, young men and women, old people, and even children who don't look taller than 1.4 meters.

"This is the most chaotic neighborhood in Philadelphia." Shen Ti held his face in his hands, with a sarcastic smile on his face, "I'm afraid the children here are born with poison."

Wu You continued: "There are a lot of them, and most of them were thrown on the waste street. After all, contraceptive products are expensive enough for them to buy ten small bags of abortion pills, and abortion here will be arrested, so they have no choice."

Orphanages are packed to the brim like sardines.

An Wujiu asked: "Did these people not go to the altar?"

"No, there are many people like them." Wu You said, "It's just that they couldn't survive the first round."

I don't know if it's because of the air, An Wujiu felt suffocated, he raised his head and looked up. The tall buildings of the city plunge into the clouds like the towers of Babel in ancient Babylon.

The aircraft's route was adjusted upwards, and An Wujiu saw a relatively low-rise building. The roof of the building was a beautiful hanging garden. The sunlight pierced through the clouds, shining the rare roses like rubies.

There was the melodious sound of violins in the garden, and men and women dancing with glasses of red wine in their hands could be vaguely seen.

Free, healthy and rich.

An Wujiu sighed lightly and shortly, and looked away. His head hurts, like the electrode tube irritating the skin.

[The destination has been reached. ]

So fast.

[The cost of air parking in this area is $50/1 hour, whether to park... ]

Wu You interrupted: "Let us down, and then you drive to a place where you can park for free and wait."

[Okay Xiaoyu. ]

Shen Ti deliberately imitated Vivienne's tone, "Okay Xiaoyou." As a result, Wu You was almost trapped in the aircraft by manipulating the seat belt.

When he came down, Wu You whispered to An Wujiu, "Why do you want to be with this kind of person?"

Such people

After An Wujiu listened, he looked back, Shen Ti stretched out his arms like a cat, "Rich area, yes."

"He is the one who wants to follow me." An Wujiu turned his head and said directly.

St. Georgia Hospital is the best hospital in Philadelphia.

According to An Wujiu's childhood memories, their family originally settled in Shanghai, but due to work reasons, it seemed that it was a Sino-US cooperation project. His father came to Philadelphia alone, and later, the whole family moved here temporarily.

But why didn't they go back afterwards

The memories of childhood and youth are very vague, An Wujiu can only give up. He came to the gate of the hospital with the other two. In order to screen patients, four uniformed security personnel stood outside the hospital gate.

An Wujiu raised his eyes, there are eight tiny cameras on the upper edge of the gate.

Soon he wondered why he was so sensitive to surveillance.

"Please show your net income in the past three years and your online bank statement." A security guard wearing white gloves reached out to stop them from going forward.

"I need to see these things when I see a doctor..."

Wu You turned around silently, rolled her eyes, and then lowered her hat even lower.

An Wujiu said, "I'm not here for a doctor, I just want to consult..."

Like a low-level robot in the interactive mode, the security guard interrupted and repeated his previous words.

"Please show your net income and online banking flow within three years."

There was no other way, An Wujiu thought of the altar, he opened the panel and showed them the balance on it.

"You still have more than 53,000 points? It's almost 600,000 US dollars in conversion." Wu You was a little shocked, "You can't win all the time, right?"

An Wujiu pursed his lips as an answer.

Finally, the security guard in front of him was no longer as unkind as a robot. He waved his hand towards the hospital, "The consultation interface is on the left hand when you enter the door."

An Wujiu nodded, and walked into this hospital. It is clean, advanced, and orderly, and it is completely different from the neighborhood just now. Wu You didn't follow, he said he had to keep an eye on his flying machine, so he walked alone to the street opposite the hospital.

They found the consultation interface, which was a huge floating electronic screen, which displayed other hospitals under the same system, with rainbow logos and helical DNA logos.

In the middle is a prompt: [For inquiries, please touch the relevant page].

An Wujiu stretched out his hand, trying to click [Patient Query] on the right side of the center.

But suddenly, his index finger stopped in mid-air.

"What's wrong?" Shen Ti asked.

An Wujiu turned his head, stared down at Shen Ti's hand, and made a strange request, "Can I borrow your gloves?"

Shen Ti frowned, but relaxed again.

Is this his anti-reconnaissance habit

Seeing his hesitation, An Wujiu thought he would be rejected.

"Take it off yourself." Shen Ti stretched out his hand towards him.

Feeling a little strange, but An Wujiu couldn't tell what was so strange. But it would be best if Shen Ti was willing to borrow. He nodded, his fingers grabbed a little leather fingertip between the fingertips, and pulled it out, but he found it difficult to pull it off, so both hands together, starting from the wrist, peeled off the black leather glove bit by bit. down.

He was cautious, as if he were tearing off the skin of some viper that was about to be shed.

After taking it off, An Wujiu was stunned.

Shen Ti's hands are covered with strange and distorted purple-black patterns, like tattoos, but not exactly like tattoos. These patterns are intertwined and extend into his invisible cuffs.

"What are you looking at?" Shen Ti took the glove from his hand, lowered his head to hold An Wujiu's hand, and put the glove on for him.

When touching it, An Wujiu discovered that those vine-like lines were slightly raised, invisible to the naked eye, but distinct to the touch. In an instant, other images jumped out of his eyes, like clips in the video.

It is a picture of him being tightly entwined by many snake-tail-like things.

An Wujiu felt a strong sense of suffocation for no reason.

"Scared by my hand?"

Shen Ti lowered his hands, and rarely said without gags, "That's why I never show it to others."

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The author has something to say:

I accidentally copied and pasted the wrong chapter yesterday. I updated and replaced it in Chapter 22 at 11:30 last night. It is new content (if you can’t see it, clear the cache or go to Chapter 22 from the previous chapter, you can see it. ), sorry again, sorry everyone

The next chapter will be updated in advance, and it will be released at 0:00 on the 3rd, everyone can watch it early! On the 4th and after the 4th, it will still be at ten o'clock every night!

①Clamping: An editing method, which is to insert an irrelevant frame into a continuous frame when editing. For example, when you watch a romance movie, a female ghost suddenly jumps out, and then it disappears in an instant. Continue Put on a romance movie.

There are several frame clips in the movie "Fight Club".