Is it not a galgame?

Matt's voice came through the headset, "The Explorer was hit! Dr. Stone was knocked off the shuttle!"

Debris was floating in the air, and the situation was visibly urgent.

Yamada Masaharu felt like he was going to die.

With this sense of substitution, if pokeni admits to being second, no one will dare to claim to be first. You will be vomited by the rotation.

Matt's voice also rose a lot, "Dr. Stone! You must get out now!"

"Huh?" Dr. Stone asked in confusion, and at the same time she couldn't help gasping loudly, because as a scientist who had been sent into space after only 6 months of training, encountering such a situation was completely beyond her cognition and imagination.

When people are in crisis, they simply don't know what to do.

"If you don't disengage, the robotic arm will drag you away."

Due to inertia and gravity, the robotic arm will eventually be dragged into the Earth's atmosphere and then burn due to intense friction. By that time, Dr. Stone will become a roasted suckling pig before returning to Earth.

After Astronaut Matt finished explaining, a new mission prompt appeared at the top of the screen:

Unfasten the safety belt tied to the robotic arm and detach from the robotic arm before the countdown.

There are 20 seconds left.

……

According to the instructions, you need to select the seat belt button located on the abdomen using the joystick while rotating continuously.

Yamada Masaharu immediately became nervous, because years of experience told him that if the setting of a pokeni clearly stated that it would "die", then there was a high probability that it would really die.

And judging from the current situation, Shoji Yamada couldn't think of what kind of hidden plot would be triggered if he didn't unbuckle the seat belt and get rid of the robotic arm.

As expected, Yamada Shoji failed to unfasten his seat belt within 20 seconds, and he and the robotic arm fell to the earth.

A bright ball of fire appeared in the sky, like a shooting star.

A big [YOU DIED] appeared on the screen.

hateful……

Yamada covered his face in pain.

……

Trying again, Shoji Yamada successfully unbuckled the seat belt. Due to the force, Dr. Stone was thrown out by the mechanical arm, and the whole person rolled in the boundless universe.

This feeling is both magical and uncomfortable.

Under Matt's instruction, Yamada learned how to use the jetpack on his back to help stabilize himself.

After stopping the rotation, Yamada Masaharu finally let out a long sigh of relief.

Slowly controlling the heroine to roam in the boundless space, she looked back and realized that she had been thrown a long distance away.

The space shuttle in the distance had turned into a small paper airplane, and she also stepped from the bright side of the earth into the darkness.

The magical and beautiful experience made Shoji Yamada's heart surge with excitement.

Fortunately, it didn't last long, and astronaut Matt found her.
Matt fastened his seatbelt to Dr. Stone so he could take her back to the station.

……

The two people moved one after the other towards the distant space shuttle, pushed by the jet packs.

Because they were hit by satellite debris while working in space, another astronaut who was outside like them was hit, so they had to retrieve the other person's body and bring it back to the space shuttle.

This will also allow that companion to have a return to Earth tomorrow.

Following the route instructions, Shoji Yamada successfully found his companion in the cold space.

After taking a look at the other person, Yamada Masaharu felt a little scared:

Because this unlucky guy was hit directly on the head, his helmet was shattered. When the fragments passed through the brain, due to the influence of the vacuum, the pressure inside and outside was inconsistent, and everything in the head was sprayed out through the wound.

The companion in front of Dr. Stone only had a face and half of a head facing her, everything else was gone.

What a miserable word.

It’s scary to look at.

Yamada Masaharu couldn't help but admire Pokeni.

Isn't it just a space simulator game? Why make it so realistic? We just want to experience the feeling of space, we didn't ask you to make something scary for us.

……

The next section of the road was relatively easy to walk on. Dr. Stone held the body of his companion and controlled the jet pack, gradually arriving at the previous space shuttle.

But when you look closer, you can see a big hole in the head of the space shuttle, which is obviously the damage caused by a chain of impacts.

Dr. Stone's heart skipped a beat, fearing that the people inside were in great danger.

Matt didn't give up either, and the two decided to go in and explore, hoping they could find companions and useful items.

As a result, just as Yamada Masaharu entered the cave, a corpse floated out and hit his camera.

Wooah!

Shoji Yamada was startled by the pale corpse floating out of the space shuttle.

Pokeni can even make a horror game.

The skin of the corpse was still intact, but it was a little swollen due to the pressure difference between the inside and the outside.

After exploring further inside, we found that there was really no living person in the space shuttle.

Dr. Stone couldn't help but close his eyes sadly.

……

Next, in order to save themselves, the only survivors, Dr. Stone and Astronaut Matt, can only go to the International Space Station closest to them, hoping that everything will be safe there.

With the help of the International Space Station's return capsule, they may still have a chance to return to Earth.

The two people pulled each other again and flew to the International Space Station relying on the little remaining nitrogen.

Slowly the sun moved from one side of the earth to the other side.

At the junction of Asia and Africa, the sun in the distance projects a huge arc-shaped halo on the other side of the earth. It looks beautiful and magnificent, and even makes people feel insignificant.

So beautiful.

It is breathtakingly beautiful and intoxicating.

At the same time, Masaharu Yamada couldn't help but sigh that Pokeni's game was really well made, and this kind of experience is completely impossible to get in other games.

Just looking at the changes in the huge earth serving as the background, he couldn't imagine how this was done.

In fact, Pokeni uses a skybox here, which is a circle of planes outside the real game platform, just like a huge ring formed by connecting the ends of a rectangular paper tape.

On this ring, the finished animation is played facing the camera.

In fact, the underlying logic is calculated by the program, and every step is carefully controlled.

……

As time went on, some indicator lights on the operation panel lit up.

There is not much oxygen and nitrogen left.

Dr. Stone's oxygen level was less than 2 percent.
"It's over, it's over. How am I going to live like this?"

This is the first time that Shoji Yamada has played such a realistic game. He finally solved the crisis of being thrown into space, but now you tell me that there is no oxygen left.

In this vast universe, where can we get oxygen?

Based on the oxygen consumption just now, Shoji Yamada felt that he would suffocate to death before reaching the International Space Station.

It's strange to say, we were sitting safely on the earth, surrounded by fresh air, but when we saw Dr. Stone gasping for breath in the game, Yamada Shoji felt like he couldn't breathe.

"The oxygen in the oxygen tank is gone, but there is still some in your space suit. But you have to take small sips."

Matt commanded, "Think of it as red wine."

After hearing his words, Dr. Stone calmed down and began to breathe slowly.

In space, besides the music playing on Matt's body, all that was left was Dr. Stone's labored breathing.

……

Meanwhile, in order to relieve boredom in space, Matt chatted with Dr. Stone.

Talking about their past, the atmosphere became a lot more relaxed.

Matt even said that he liked Dr. Stone very much, and if he could return to Earth, he would definitely pursue her.

"I hope we can return to Earth." Dr. Stone smiled implicitly.

When we were almost at the International Space Station, the nitrogen in our backpack ran out.

In other words, we can only rely on inertia to rush forward. "We will definitely get hit hard later, but we must remember!

No matter what it is, try to grab whatever you can. If you miss it, you will really become a cold corpse in space!"

Matt offered stern advice.

Yamada Masaharu couldn't help but become nervous.

The International Space Station continues to grow in size.

When he got closer, he realized that this thing was so huge, it was like a space fortress!
……

And from the huge open parachute outside the International Space Station, it can be seen that it has actually been attacked, and it is estimated that everyone inside has fled.

It is very likely that you will be facing an empty city with no one.

As the International Space Station rapidly enlarged before our eyes.

"coming!"

Matt yelled.

The two men slammed into the hull of the International Space Station.

However, the edge was too slippery and the direction of impact was not ideal. Yamada Masaharu struggled desperately in the air for a long time and pressed the interaction button desperately, but he was unable to grab something to climb or a handle.

Bang!
Dr. Stone slammed down on the shell.

Die, die, die!

Yamada Shoji's heart was in his throat.

At this moment, the ribbon connecting the two people was cut by the huge solar sail outside the International Space Station.

So they bounced back and forth heavily and flew towards the boundless universe.

despair!

Attacked Shoji Yamada.

Because without a leverage point in space, you cannot change your direction at all, and the gravity provided by the mass of the International Space Station is not enough to hold Dr. Stone.

……

Just when Yamada Masaharu was extremely desperate, Matt flew over from above and reached out to pull her.

The two people held hands, but still couldn't change the trend of flying away and flew into space.

Just then they passed through a thin parachute strap.

Dr. Stone was very lucky and the strap caught on her foot and dragged her a little.

But Matt wasn't so lucky.

No matter how hard Yamada Masaharu stretched out his hand to catch him, he was always just a little bit short.

After countless SLs, Shoji Yamada discovered in despair that Matt seemed to be really untouchable and unpullable.

……

So in this situation, astronaut Matt missed the chance to meet Dr. Stone. Just a light touch of their fingers led to the disappearance of the boundless and dark universe.

Shoji Yamada's pupils trembled.

what! ?

Isn't Matt dead?!

To be precise, Matt, who had lost his power and anchor, could only continue to float in his current direction, getting farther and farther away from Dr. Stone.

……

The BGM of this section is tragic and touching, and at the same time it exaggerates the bone-chilling sense of despair to the extreme.

Even after a long time, Matt's face as he passed by him and the weak hand that reached out to her still remained in Yamada Shoji's mind.

The pain in my heart cannot be described.

Damn pokeni!

You want to stab the male protagonist just for a space simulator?!
Isn't that really not a human being?

Matt is such a good person, very reliable and gives people a sense of security. Even when they were in despair, he never gave up hope and always encouraged the heroine.

How he wanted to see the two of them spending sweet time together loving each other after returning to Earth.

But now you tell me:
This man is hopeless.

And he didn't die immediately, although he had been sentenced to death. Because there was no power or leverage in space, Matt could only float into the boundless universe.

At the same time, the oxygen is almost consumed. Isn’t this a chronic death?

Having to watch a healthy person die little by little as time goes by is more painful than killing him yourself.

This is probably the cruelest way of separation from life and death brought by pokeni that Shoji Yamada has ever experienced in so many games.

He finally realized it now:
It turns out that the old thief Furuhara Tsubaki was really merciful because his knife was fast enough. Apart from the subsequent painful flashbacks, the deaths of the male and female protagonists were actually quite pleasant.

Even a show like LIFE-LINE, which tells you at the beginning that the hero has a terminal illness, actually gives you an anticipation process.

Since cancer cannot be cured, it is still acceptable.

But the problem is——

Matt is obviously a lively astronaut.

That feeling of powerlessness is really despairing.

……

"Listen to me, you have to get on the space station."

Even though she had been declared dead, Matt remained optimistic and directed Dr. Stone, wanting to leave her with hope of life.

"See the airlock?"

"Above you, next to the Dawn Pod."

As the camera moved, Shoji Yamada also followed Dr. Stone's perspective and saw the round hatch hanging above his head.

"Yes, I saw it."

"Good, you're going there," Matt said with a smile on his face, as if he was describing something easy and relaxing.

But after taking a look at it, Shoji Yamada felt that the difficulty was extremely high.

Stone gasped.

Matt continued, "Are you feeling a little dizzy now?"

"Correct."

"That's because you're breathing in carbon dioxide."

The oxygen in the space suit has been used up, and inhaling too much carbon dioxide will cause brain hypoxia and coma.

So Dr. Stone doesn't have much time left.

On the panel, you can roughly see that your oxygen value has returned to zero and is completely red.

The brain's signal began to decrease, and Yamada Shoji had a hunch:
By the time that [brain value] returns to zero, death is probably not far away.

"So you have to hurry up and get on the space station."

……

As Matt continued to get smaller, he shrank into a tiny white dot in the dark and boundless universe.

This time, Yamada Masaharu was filled with despair.

For the first time, he thoroughly felt the loneliness in the game.

In this vast universe, I am the only one still alive, and there is no one to talk to.

Space is cold and lonely, with no living things in sight.

This feeling is so uncomfortable.

……

At this moment, he felt for the first time how great it was to be alive on earth.

I no longer want to conquer the stars and the sea.

……

...(End of chapter)