In the second week, they are full of malice towards me

Chapter 343 Fetters
"Xiao Liu, why hasn't the proposal for this stage play been finished yet! Hurry up, do you know that Mr. Wang is in a hurry!"

"Xiao Liu, look at these artists you contacted, they are all crooked, can you find some popular ones over here!"

"Xiao Liu, I have an overtime class today. The choreographer said that there is a problem with the lighting on the stage. You should contact the person in charge."

"Xiao Liu, the garment factory said that the workers are going on strike, and our performance costumes may be affected. You should find a new place for me as soon as possible."

"Xiao Liu, let you urge the screenwriter to change the script, okay?"

"Xiao Liu."

At 02:30 in the morning, in the only room with lights on in the residential building late at night, a thin middle-aged man with two dark circles under his eyes was sitting at the computer desk and typing on the keyboard tiredly.

He is currently staying up all night revising the proposal requested by the leader.

The bad news is that this is already the fifth version he has changed, and he was ruthlessly beaten back several times before.

The good news is that this is his last job today, oh no, it should be the last job left from yesterday.

After typing the last line of the proposal, Liu Yang heaved a sigh of relief, it was finally completed, he glanced at the watch next to him, it was almost three o'clock.
The body has already sent countless tired signals, Liu Yang stood up from the computer desk, it seems that because he got up too fast, or because he had been sitting for several hours before, he felt dizzy for a while.

Liu Yang quickly supported the desk lamp next to him, and he recovered after a while.

After simply brushing his teeth and washing his face, Liu Yang turned off the lights and lay down on the bed.

However, even though he was exhausted physically, he still couldn't fall asleep. Anxiety filled his mind, worries about the future, worries about work, and boredom about facing the leader, all of which made him toss and turn in bed, delaying sleep. can not sleep.

For Liu Yang, this is already a "habit". He often has to stay up until four or five o'clock before he can barely fall asleep, and then he has to get up at seven o'clock to go to the company.

speak up.
Since when did you become like this?

Liu Yang, who couldn't sleep on the bed, couldn't help recalling that 30 or [-] years ago, he was still a fledgling, passionate about society and the future, and with great ambitions in his heart, he plunged headlong into the entertainment industry. In my own hands, I have cultivated excellent actors and become great directors.

However, the reality is that after so many years, although he is considered to be a so-called assistant director, in fact, this position does not have the right to be a director, but he has to undertake all kinds of dirty work. Said it was accumulating experience for him.

I don't know if he has accumulated experience, but he suffered from severe anxiety.

Thinking of Liu Yang here, he sighed again in the dark room.

When can we get over it?
Is it right?
Really not suitable for this line?
I really want to resign.
Just when Liu Yang fell into the same late-night struggle as before, a "ding dong" suddenly sounded from the mobile phone next to him, which was the notification tone of a new message.

As an assistant director, even if he was sleeping at night, Liu Yang did not dare to put his phone on silent, for fear of missing instructions from the director or other producers.

After all, he did. He managed to fall asleep, but was woken up by the sound of the phone at three or four o'clock, and then went to pick up the leader who was already drunk at the KTV.

What kind of job should it be this time?

Liu Yang thought so in his heart. After sighing, he picked up his phone and unlocked the screen. He habitually checked the social software, but there was no new news on it.

so.
"Ok?"

Liu Yang made a strange sound, which quickly turned into surprise, because this news came from a game account that had been forgotten by him for a long time, to be precise, it was put in a corner by him, and it must have been around for 30 or [-] years.

The email in the mailbox now is from the game account he bound to at the beginning.

That is
"come down"

Liu Yang rubbed his eyes, looked carefully several times, and finally confirmed that this is "Falling", not the "Falling 2" mobile game that is very popular now.

Did the game cheat 30 years ago?
After Liu Yang clicked in with curiosity, he found that it was true that the original "Fall" has now released a new DLC (expansion pack).

DLC is very common in stand-alone games, which is equivalent to additional supplementary content, just like a side story or rumor of a novel.

But this is the first time Liu Yang has heard of a game that has been dead for 30 to [-] years and can still launch DLC.

It is this sense of strangeness that makes Liu Yang, who is so busy every day and has stopped playing games as a social animal, take another look at the new expansion pack - "Reunion"

The strange thing is that there is no introduction to the expansion piece, and there is only a video.

Just holding the mentality of watching casually, it can be regarded as a kind of nostalgia, anyway, I can't sleep now, so Liu Yang clicked on the video.

He originally thought that it would be a promotional video with a unified format, but as the screen opened, Liu Yang was stunned.

because
"Lord Yangshen, long time no see."

The first sentence at the beginning made Liu Yang startled, and some memories that were forgotten in the deep corner of his mind together with the game account were gradually awakened together with the game characters appearing on the screen.

"It has been many years since our world was saved by Lord Yangshen. We have lived up to the expectations of Lord Yangshen. We have worked together to rebuild our homeland and ushered in happiness and peace in a world without turmoil. , the only regret is that it would be great if you, Lord Yangshen, could also be here."

"But I know that Master Yangshen also has his own affairs, his own world, and his own dreams. He continues to struggle in places we don't know."

"I sent this message to report the current situation to Lord Yangshen. Although there are indeed some new and difficult crises. But everyone and I should be able to get through it smoothly. Of course, if Lord Yangshen can come back and command us again."

"Time flies so fast, that's about it. That's right! Lord Yangshen, you must pay attention to your body and rest, don't stay up late any longer, and don't get stuck when you encounter problems!"

"What? Ask me how I know, um. After all, in our world, Lord Yangshen also has a difficult choice. He often hesitates for a long time because of a choice. Presumably, it must be like this in your world. people?"

"But I and everyone know that this is because you have a strong sense of responsibility, and you are afraid of causing trouble to others because of your own mistakes, so you are very cautious every time and have high demands on yourself."

"Huh! Before I knew it, I said so much in one breath, and that will be the last word."

"Good night, Lord Yangshen."

The video is not long, only a little over a minute, but Liu Yang became in a daze, as if he was touched by something deep in his heart.

The self 30 years ago was not a social animal. He was a second-year middle school youth who could come up with the ID "Yangshen". He especially liked developing games and the feeling of cultivating characters. It is very attractive to him.

Because unlike other character development, "The Fall" is completely random, that is to say, each player's world is different, and the characters they develop are also "uniquely" their own.

This is why, Liu Yang did not play the current "Falling 2". On the one hand, he is busy with work, and on the other hand, he doesn't like to rely on "drawing cards". Everyone has the same role. .

He chose to work as a director, that is, because he likes the feeling of cultivation.

Unfortunately, the gap between reality and virtual reality is cruel.

Back to reality from memory.

original
Someone still cares about me
After turning from a young man into a social animal, what Liu Yang receives the most every day is the various tasks and demands from the leader. Not to mention others, even he seems to no longer care about himself. got work.

Now I see the characters that I have been infused with emotions and cultivated in the past, appearing in front of me again, sending sincere greetings, even as if these virtual characters really have some kind of connection with me, knowing that he is anxious, I can't sleep after staying up late every day, so I tell myself to pay attention to my body and sleep well.
As a social animal, I rationally told Liu Yang that this is just a game company's marketing, a way to sell feelings, and it is estimated that some high-end intelligent AI video was used. After all, the game is fake, how could the characters in the game really give Message yourself.

but how to say
Liu Yang got up from the bed, turned on the computer, clicked into the game that he hadn't opened for a long time, and pre-downloaded the latest DLC installation package.

He admitted he took the bait.

After all, in reality, no one has ever cared about him. Sometimes, he is also immersed in some virtual fantasies occasionally, isn't it good?
Of course.

Liu Yang asked the computer to download by itself, but he quickly crawled back to bed, and didn't choose to play immediately.

After all, didn't "Lily" tell herself that she should have a good rest and not stay up late.

"Good night."

In the dark room, Liu Yang muttered softly, as if he wanted to convey his voice to some distant place.

And miraculously, this time, his mind was unprecedentedly calm, and the anxiety that had hindered him all disappeared.

this sleep.
He slept soundly.

Liu Yang is not an exception.

Liao Ji sent such a "unique" email to each of the tens of thousands of "Falling" players.

Just as Liao Ji thought, after 30 or [-] years, things have changed.

Former players, now there are social animals like Liu Yang who are busy and working hard, parents who have married and have children, lawyers who have become social elites, and first-class chief doctors in the industry.

Of course, there are also Caven and the writer who is scolded by readers every day, and there are still squatting at home who still achieve nothing.

Have.
People who have passed away due to accidents and accidents.

The reset version of "Falling 1" launched by Sen Meng did not have much fanfare. This niche game with only tens of thousands of players does not really need too much public attention.

Retrieving the players' save files is the first step, which is somewhat difficult in Blue Star, so Liao Ji chose to divide his troops into two groups.

An Nuo continued to stay in Blue Star, and he returned to the world of "Falling" with the help of the "cloak" that had been repaired by the elves and the succubus. Liao Ji and Lena started the journey on the starry world tree together.

Somewhat similar to the original Succubus Diaries.

They went to those parallel worlds on the mother world tree, from the worlds of other players, brought the seeds of the child world tree to their worlds, and cooperated with An Nuo of Blue Star to establish new connections for these worlds.

In this way, there is a way for the former players of Blue Star to return to their world again, that is, the window to "log in" the game.

The rest is how to get the player to come back.

As Liao Ji said before, "Falling" is a training game, players who can pass the game, more or less, Liao Ji believes that everyone must have invested a lot of emotion.

This feeling for the world and for developing characters may have faded a lot, become blurred, or even forgotten after 30 or [-] years.

What Liao Ji needs to do is to give a little more push and a little more touch.

Calling "Mother of Troubled Evil" Polika to join the team, Liao Ji used Polika's ability to rediscover the power of the "Spirit of the Past" in other worlds.

The characters who used to be under the hands of the "savior" players in the past can be reappeared. Although this is not a resurrection, it is just a short call, but it is enough.

Whether it is for Liao Ji, or for these old spirits.

Tell these old spirits the truth about the "player", and use the player information collected by An Nuo to let them see the "true" appearance of the savior on Blue Star.

The purpose of doing this is to make the video that Liu Yang saw earlier, which is also the most "should have" way of reunion that Liao Ji can think of.

Liao Jiben thought it would be a bit difficult, requiring him and Lena to do a lot of psychological work on these "old spirits".

But what surprised him was that most of the old spirits, the characters of these former players, did not express much violent reaction to this truth. On the contrary, many old spirits were more concerned about , concerned about the players in another world.

Even if.
These players have shed that layer of "savior" aura and turned into, it seems, ordinary people.

Do not.
Some players, such as street writers, homeless people, squatting at home, etc., are even inferior to ordinary people, they are complete useless wood.

Why can they tolerate players infinitely, love players infinitely, no matter what the real appearance of the player is in reality, it seems that in the eyes of these characters, the player is always the only one, the savior.

As a "player", Liao Ji may not really understand it.

But what Leina said afterwards made Liao Ji understand.

"If on Blue Star, there is a leader who can forget about eating and sleeping, who can ignore himself, who can not embezzle a penny, not even get paid, and not be corrupted by fame and fortune, who really wholeheartedly fights for the country and his people , won't you do this?"

The player is indeed such a role.

At least the players in "The Fall" are like this, and this is enough for the characters to ignore all the other shortcomings of the players.

Fortunately, the number of players in "Falling 1" is not large. Tens of thousands of players correspond to tens of thousands of worlds. Liao Ji and Leina can barely handle it.

If it is an order of magnitude more, this plan may not be implemented.

But even so, this is still a process of growing up for several months, which means that they will continue to stand firm for several months under the attack of the "source master".

However, no matter if it is Reina, Annuo, or Shutia, Jiuyou, Zero who stayed in their own world, there are many old spirits who have been summoned to jointly resist the invasion of "source" None of them complained at all.

Because what Liao Ji was doing was the meaning of their struggle.

He wants to regain the bond between the player and the world, which is also a process of mutual redemption.

The players who used to be "saviors" saved their world, and now they also hope to help, or social animals with anxiety and insomnia, or squatting at home in decadence and darkness, or street authors who are scolded every day , become the light in the world of "players", even if it is only in the memory, after being remembered occasionally, it is good to gain some kind of motivation and courage to move forward.

at last.

As the 9465th world came to an end, the list of "Falling" players that An Nuo handed over to him finally came to an end, and an invitation letter for the "Falling" dlc was issued.

The reason why there are tens of thousands of players, but the number will be 9465 in the end, is because the deceased players, and those worlds that have been completely destroyed by "source" have been destroyed beyond recovery.

Liao Ji has done his best.

For the rest, is the player willing to return, help himself, and start the final battle with the "source master" for control of the world tree?
It can only be handed over to "fetters".

(End of this chapter)