Take it easy, I'm a serious game

Chapter 3 Entering the Research Institute
At this time, Chen Jiu realized that he was wrong.

This game is not like other games, it does not have a standard quest chain.

In other games, you go to a place and do a thing. The choice of dialogue may affect the favorability of the NPC, and even affect the plot of the side story, but it is basically impossible to choose a wrong sentence and directly collapse the main story.
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But obviously, this is the real ecology of the wasteland, or the so-called red land.

Everyone is suspicious of each other. In order to ensure survival, killing people is not a difficult choice.

Seeing that the two glaring men with weapons had come up, Chen Jiu hurriedly shouted:
"I know how to restore the power of the furnace! Give me a little time, and you will have nothing to lose!"

However, no one listened to him.

For these villagers who have been trapped in one place all year round, outsiders are already dangerous enough, not to mention that this outsider claims to know the sacred objects in the village.
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Yes, they do know that something is wrong with the relic, but that doesn't mean they can safely hand over the problem to a stranger.

Therefore, even the most gentle villagers just yelled "Let him talk about how to do it before killing him".

However, the old man in charge will not wait.

He is afraid.

He was afraid that what Chen Jiu said would disintegrate Xiahe Village's long-held beliefs. This had nothing to do with his own so-called "rule", but was really considering the survival of the entire village based on his experience of living on the bare land.

On the red ground, what do people rely on to live?
The most important thing is not food, not fuel, but huddling together for warmth.

He cannot hesitate.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Chen Jiu was thrown to the ground. He tried to resist, but the moment he tried to break free, a sharp knife directly passed through his abdomen and then came out from behind.

Just before losing consciousness, a thought flashed through Chen Jiu's mind:
This thing is really a game, it doesn't hurt at all
After the endless darkness, Chen Jiu opened his eyes again.

This time, he returned to reality.

The black and white webpage is still in front of me, but the difference is that the text on the webpage has changed.

"You failed to retrieve the holy object of Xiahe Village, the mission failed."

"If you want to try again, please enter Chidi again."

"Reward for this task: none"

"Note: You can only get one resurrection chance within 24 hours. If you fail again, you will enter the particle reconstruction system cooldown period."

Particle reconstruction system?

What is this?

It sounds sci-fi, but in a world where radar antennas are worshiped as gods, it is obvious that the functions of these high-tech products have been distorted.

In other words, after the apocalypse, the redeveloped civilization completely distorted the technology tree
Chen Jiu glanced at the time, more than an hour has passed in reality, which is the same as his time in the game.

It's just that it's already two o'clock in the middle of the night here, but it's still daytime over there.

Jet lag?
After thinking for a moment, he clicked the button "Enter Red Land" again.

Anyway, tomorrow is the weekend, so it's a big deal to sleep all day during the day.

The darkness struck again. After opening his eyes, Chen Jiu was still on the snowfield, but this time, he did not choose to go to Xiahe Village again.

This thing is clearly not a time-limited task, and there is nothing you can do now, so why rush to it?
Open the map first!

Obviously, I have to go to the Sanchi Research Institute first to find out what the connection between this research institute and the Xiahe Village antenna is, otherwise the task cannot be pushed forward at all.

So, he rushed towards the research institute non-stop in the direction on the UI. It was extremely difficult to move forward in the snow, and it took him five hours before he finally found the entrance of the research institute.

In other words, it was just an extremely narrow mountain crack.

After passing through the crack, he went through multiple authentications before finally entering the hall of the institute.

And in the very center of the hall, there is a huge door-shaped device, with a light blue arc shining in the door frame.

This is the so-called particle reconstruction device?

Chen Jiu subconsciously wanted to touch the light blue light, but suddenly, a cold female voice sounded beside him.

"Experimenter Chen Jiu, please don't touch the particle reconstruction turbulence, it will hurt your body in this world."

"Fuck, is there someone!?"

Chen Jiu cried out in surprise.

"Yes, I am the AI ​​of this laboratory. My name is Frost River. I brought you to this world."

"Where are you?"

Chen Jiu looked around, and a few seconds later, a holographic projection appeared in front of him.

It was an absolutely neutral human figure that could hardly distinguish gender, and could not judge beauty or ugliness. It stretched out its hand to Chen Jiu, as if to shake hands.

And when Chen Jiu's hand touched the projection, he was surprised to find that he could feel it!
"This is my avatar. In 900 years, you are the first human being to appear in this research institute."

"Is this a game?"

Chen Jiu asked impatiently.

"This is not a game, this is the real world. I just pulled you into this world through the particle reconstruction system. I need your assistance."

It's not a game, etc. It seems that from the beginning to the end, the information I saw didn't imply that this is a game world, right?

It's just that I preconceived that this is a game from the buttons on the web page and the UI I saw when I was just born!

No wonder the task design is so unreasonable.
"So why on earth are you taking that radar dish back, is it important to the Institute?"

"Of course, that's the key hyperspace communications radar, and without getting it back, I can't locate enough candidates for your era."

"There are a total of 12 such radars, and all of them have lost contact at present—the physical cables between them and the research institute have all been cut off. Now all I can rely on is the spare antenna inside the research institute, and the communication channel width is extremely limited."

"As you can see, you are the only candidate for my successful reconstruction. In fact, even the particle anchors for positioning can only accommodate 4 at the same time."

Chen Jiu nodded clearly, and continued to ask:

"Are the candidates you're targeting designated?"

Shuanghe shook his head very humanely, and replied:
"It's random. I'm not sure if all the radars can be designated after they are turned on. After all, this is the first experiment after the system is formed."

"understood."

Chen Jiu thought for a moment, then continued to ask:

"What you said on the webpage, bringing the results of this world back to the real world, is what you plan to pay the candidate?"

"Yes."

Shuanghe nodded calmly, as if all this was taken for granted.

However, Chen Jiu shook his head immediately.

"Wrong, big mistake!"

"You are indeed a robot, you have enough logic, but you don't understand human nature at all!"

(End of this chapter)