November 8, 2019. This day was the winter solstice, and Baiyan City, located in the northern part of Country C, had already entered winter completely, and the breath exhaled when going out every morning condensed into a faint hoarfrost in the air. There are two worlds inside and outside the house protected by heating. Even wearing a shirt and covering with a summer quilt does not feel cold at all.
Baiyan City People's Hospital, a VIP ward on the fourth floor, on the bed, a thin young man frowned slightly, his eyelids moved, and then opened his blurred eyes. The long time of dormancy filled his eye sockets with tiny bloodshot eyes, which seemed to be because he hadn't seen the light for a long time, and the young man felt a little uncomfortable for a while, and then the world in front of him gradually became clearer.
I am... in the hospital? I'm back in the real world? Shen Mu immediately reacted, but before he had time to sit up, the sudden flood of information in his mind caused Shen Mu's head to explode, his eyes went dark, and he almost fell back into the hospital bed.
'Congratulations to player Shen Mu for successfully passing the preliminaries and obtaining the qualification to officially enter the Suspense game'
There are ten rounds in the Suspense game. The rules of each round are different and random. The winner of each game can advance to the next game, and the loser will become a vegetative state in the real world until the next time he joins the Suspense game. The losers in the first round will sleep in reality for a year, and their body functions need to maintain themselves in the real world. After a year or so, they will rejoin the first round of the new round; the losers in the second round will Sleep in reality for two years, re-enter the second round of the new round after two years or so, and so on. The losers of the preliminaries sleep for half a year, and rejoin the preliminaries after half a year. '
'The former loser, such as the loser of the 5th game, passed the 5th game after dormant for 5 years and re-entered. If he failed in the 7th game, he will be dormant for 7 years, and the dormancy time will not be superimposed'
'The winner who finally passed 10 rounds can realize a wish within the scope of the system's capabilities, and return to the real world completely, and will not be recruited into the game again'
'Anyone who violates the rules of the game will be completely obliterated, and the body in the real world will die directly! '
'No one is allowed to inform any non-Hanging Life game players of the existence of the Hanging Life game in the real world, and those who violate the rules will be erased directly! '
'No player may collude with other players to cheat in the real world, including but not limited to cheating and exchanging identities in the game by means of code matching'
'Player Shen Mu's first round of games will start at zero o'clock on November 10, 2019 in the real world, the second round of games will start about a week after the end of the first round, and the third round of games will end about two weeks after the end of the second round Then start, and so on. The time flow rate in the game world and the time flow rate in the real world are 100:1'
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Shen Mu lay on the bed quietly digesting the information in his mind, and finally understood the true meaning of the so-called "suspended life game".
The failure of the game will not cause the player to die directly in the real world, but will enter a "sleep" state and become a vegetative state, but "bodily functions need to be maintained in the real world", that is to say, the player becomes a vegetative state due to the failure of the hanging game The state is the same as the real vegetative person, which needs medical equipment and careful care. Moreover, the minimum period is a year, and the vast majority of players cannot have smooth sailing. Even if they rejoin the game after a year, it may be another year or several years of deep sleep, and the cycle repeats...
If it is a family where conditions permit, it can guarantee the player's survival needs, but if it is a poor or disharmonious family, who has the energy or money to take care of a person who may never wake up
And... worst of all... hopeless.
The rules of the game explicitly prohibit telling any non-players about the game. That is to say, in the eyes of ordinary people, their relatives or lovers suddenly become a vegetable. In their eyes, their relatives may never wake up. Full of hope, day after day, year after year, the heart full of hope is gradually extinguished... This is the real despair.
The word "hanging life" refers to walking on thin ice in each game, and it also means that after the game fails, the "sleeping" state may never be awakened in the real world, as if the life is stored elsewhere. And now it can be confirmed... Shen Mu knocked on the bed sheet unconsciously with his knuckles. The body in the Hanging Life game is not the body in the real world, but the feeling is the same as the body in reality. Death in the game is not the same in reality. die, but will "sleep",
At this moment, the door of the ward opened with a 'creak' sound, and a nurse pushing a medicine trolley appeared at the door. Seeing Shen Mu leaning halfway on the bed, her eyes suddenly widened, and she immediately called the doctor: "The patient in bed number wakes up." It's gone!" Then he walked in quickly: "How is it, do you feel uncomfortable?"
Shen Mu shook his head, nodded again, and couldn't help laughing: "Is this bed No. 8?"
The nurse was a little strange, and nodded: "Yes, it's bed No. 8." Seeing that Shen Mu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, he felt even more strange: "What are you laughing at?"
With a smile hidden between her brows and eyes, Shen Mu shook her head and said, "It's nothing."
Nurse: Are you lying to a ghost
Complaints are internal complaints. Seeing that the patient woke up, Nurse Lin was very happy: "Seeing that you are in good condition, there should be no major problems, right?"
Just as he was talking, Dr. Zhao, Shen Mu's attending doctor, rushed over, and when he entered the room, he saw Shen Mu talking to Nurse Lin. It seemed that there was no problem, so he asked with a gentle smile, "How is it, what's wrong? Your father has been notified, and he will come after the meeting."
Shen Mu also smiled gently: "It's nothing uncomfortable..." Doctor Zhao and Nurse Lin both smiled, before Shen Mu finished the second half of the sentence, "Just a little problem... I don't remember... who I am anymore."
The expressions of Dr. Zhao and Nurse Lin froze instantly. Shen Mu followed with a wry smile, although she knew a lot of things from her sister, but there were still too many things she didn't know, I'm afraid it would be difficult to fool her, so let it take its course.
Dr. Zhao discussed with Nurse Lin, then turned to Shen Mu and asked a few common sense questions. Seeing that Shen Mu answered fluently, he probably had a judgment in his mind, and arranged for Shen Mu to do some examinations.
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After several inspections, nearly two hours passed. During the examination, Shen Mu intentionally asked Nurse Lin about his own affairs. Seeing that he was in a good mood, Nurse Lin was also willing to tell what she knew. Shen Mu got some "basic information" that he already knew as he wished.
Nurse Lin seemed to have thought of something, afraid that Shen Mu would think too much, she took the initiative to say to Shen Mu: "Do you want to think more, when you were in emergency a few days ago, your father, Aunt He and younger sister were on guard every day, the day before yesterday you The situation suddenly improved, and your father just went back to deal with class matters, and your sister went to school only the day before yesterday. Aunt He went home to do housework every day at this point, and she will be back in a while. "
"Thank you, Sister Lin." Sensing the kindness of others and thinking of his lovely sister, Shen Mu couldn't help feeling better, and thanked Nurse Lin with a smile. If I can wake up and stand here, my sister must have won. Thinking of victory, Shen Mu wondered if he would still be as innocent and innocent as in the game after returning to reality, Shen Mu was a little lost in thought, do you still remember me...
After the examination, Dr. Zhao nodded, and said to Shen Mu: "There is nothing wrong with your body. You are recovering well. It seems that your mental quality is good. I will not hide the truth from you. When you were just sent here, the situation was very dangerous. I was tossed and turned in the emergency room and the intensive care unit for a few days, and I almost failed to be rescued. The night before yesterday, my breathing stopped, and I was issued a critical illness notice." Dr. Zhao shook his head emotionally when he said this, "After a while, the heart returned again. With the reaction, the person has also recovered, and now the recovery is so good, it can almost be said to be a miracle." Dr. Zhao was surprised by his knowledge, but the examination proved that Shen Mu had indeed recovered, looking at Shen Mu's current body The state is also the same as that of a normal person, and Dr. Zhao has to be convinced.
Shen Mu nodded gratefully: "Thank you, Doctor Zhao." However, more thoughts arose in his heart: he was almost electrocuted, even if he was rescued, he shouldn't be alive so quickly, could it be... related to the game of suspenseful life? ? I happened to be selected by the game of Suspense before I died, but because of the intervention of surreal forces, my life was saved
Seeing Shen Mu's thoughtful look, Dr. Zhao thought he was thinking about amnesia, and took the initiative to explain: "Your amnesia should be caused by stimulation of the brain. This kind of amnesia should be temporary, and the possibility of permanent amnesia cannot be ruled out. , but don’t be too stressed, take it easy, return to familiar environments more often, and get in touch with familiar people, which will help restore memory.”
At this time, Nurse Lin opened the door and came in: "The family members of bed No. 8 are here."
Dr. Zhao nodded to Shen Mu, and Shen Mu stood up and said goodbye: "Thank you, Dr. Zhao, I will pay attention to it myself." After leaving Dr. Zhao's door, Shen Mu found that his palms were already wet, thinking that he was not nervous... Taking a deep breath, Shen Mu slowly walked towards his ward, not knowing who came... was it his father? Or is Aunt He back? still…
Shen Mu closed his eyes to gather his composure, and pushed open the door of his ward.
"Excuse me... Kexin?!" Shen Mu exclaimed in surprise, sitting on the hospital bed, wearing a school uniform, twin ponytails, and a slightly flushed face was the younger sister who had just parted in the Suspending Life game not long ago. Shen Xin.
"Huh..." Shen Xin obviously ran in a hurry, and she was still panting.
Shen Mu hurried to a glass of warm water and handed it to her: "I didn't expect it to be you, I thought you were at school, so you wouldn't come here so soon."
Shen Xin said proudly: "I pretended to have a stomachache and took a taxi here!"
"Then your teacher is really easy to talk to." Shen Mu couldn't help laughing.
"I," Shen Xin took a sip of water, "pretended to be in pain, the teacher wanted to send me home, and I said there was medicine at home and I would be fine! I escaped smoothly!"
"You are awesome!" Shen Mu applauded.
"Brother, let me tell you, guess what happened after you left?" After recovering, Shen Xin stopped talking and directly entered the main game, telling Shen Mu the follow-up votes and speeches one by one.
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"Then, it was the night of the fifth day, the most critical moment! Happiness can be chosen!" At this point, Shen Xin looked at Shen Mu with bright eyes, and stopped talking.
Shen Mu understood: "I guess... If it was Kexin, he should have chosen Li Xuesong and kept Jiang Shuyi, right?"
Shen Xin blinked, but did not answer directly: "Then what if it was you? If it was you, how would you choose?"
Shen Mu smiled: "I will also choose to keep Jiang Shuyi. Li Xuesong believes that Sun Jieqing is secretly jumping into the police, to protect Lin Huiru's status as a good person, he will not change his mind. But Lin Huiru is easy to say, even if Jiang Shuyi puts on 'she will Kill Lin Huiru first'As an argument to prove her innocence, just use counter-logic to fight back—'She specifically didn't kill Lin Huiru in order to prove her innocence, and wanted to use this as a breakthrough'."