Old days in the box

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Jinghai City.

On March [-]th, there was the Waking of Insects and constant drizzle.

Zhou Xiao held an umbrella in his left hand and carried a briefcase and a courier box in his right hand. He walked awkwardly through the crowd and returned home.

It's getting late, and of course today is also a day of overtime work.

He had just finished a high-intensity work, and it was raining as soon as he left the company. Naturally, he felt irritable.

When he got home, Zhou Xiao changed out of his wet clothes. Only then did he have time to pick up the express box and check it out.

The courier was collected by the guard downstairs on his behalf today, but there was nothing written in the sender's information column.

He opened it and saw that the box contained a small computer case with a data cable on one end and a miniature printer on the other.

A miniature set of home computer equipment?

The size of the chassis and printer is only a quarter of the normal size, but the workmanship is just like the real thing, and it is small and exquisite.

Wait, isn't this the company's project team that's doing the work?
Zhou Xiao works at a top gaming company in the industry, and this is not the first time he has seen such a realistic small model USB flash drive.

Out of curiosity, Zhou Xiao tried to connect the data cable of this mini model to his computer host.

In an instant, his computer screen flashed rapidly, and a brand new window popped up automatically.

What appears in the window is an ancient coastal area, where a storm is raging on the sea and attacking the villages along the coast, just like the opening of some Western fantasy movie.

"Sure enough, there is a program in it. It seems that it is not just a model." Zhou Xiao was somewhat smug.

Looking at this posture, could it be a CG short film for a game?

Zhou Xiao became interested and began to observe the window carefully. Only then did he notice that there was a wooden fishing boat floating in the wind and waves on the coast in the window.

The wooden fishing boat was being chased by a group of sea monsters, and the people on the fishing boat were trying to escape.

There are sea monsters, and the people on the boat are also dressed in a similar ancient Nordic style. Is it really a Western fantasy background? Zhou Xiao tried to analyze it while watching.

At this time, there was a violent storm on the sea, and the wooden fishing boat was swaying helplessly like a toy.

The sea breeze is blowing towards the shore, which gives the fishing boats a glimmer of hope, but the sea monsters are faster, and no one knows which side the sea will favor.

The people on the fishing boat were shouting with all their strength and looking anxious, but only the sound of wind and waves could be heard from Zhou Xiao's stereo, and nothing could be heard.

What's the matter with this viewing angle? People can't see or hear clearly?

The high-altitude perspective in the window remained motionless. The wooden fishing boats were as big as a palm, and the people were as big as grains of rice. This made Zhou Xiao feel very unhappy.

Out of habit, he naturally rolled the mouse wheel to enlarge the picture.

In most third-person top-down games, scrolling the mouse can control the zoom of the perspective. This is a subconscious reaction of a single-player player.

However, it doesn't matter if he slides, the angle of view in the window actually zooms!
The picture seen through the window immediately zoomed in from the overlooking sea to the wooden fishing boat, and everyone on the boat also zoomed directly in front of him, becoming detailed and visible!
At the same time, immersive human voices also came from the speakers, while the sound of wind and waves shrank to background sound.

Zhou Xiao looked shocked and suddenly stood in awe: "This is not a short film, this is an interactive movie game? How awesome!"

At this time, due to the magnification of the screen, Zhou Xiao was able to see clearly everyone on the fishing boat.

Two strong men were struggling to pull the simple sail and drive the fishing boat to the shore. The person in charge of the boat was an old man with white hair who was looking anxiously at the sea.

There was a popping sound on the sea, and a girl with beautiful features emerged from the water, holding a wooden hammer in her mouth and swimming hard towards the hull.

It turned out that the side of the fishing boat was cracked by a sea monster, and sea water was constantly seeping in. The girl tied a hemp rope around her body and jumped into the sea without hesitation to repair the hull.

"Freya, come up quickly!" the old man shouted anxiously on the boat.

"Don't be afraid, father, we will definitely survive." The girl tied herself tightly to the hull of the boat with hemp ropes, let the wind and waves wash away, and began to patch it up with wooden boards. "Holy shit, you're a hero among women." Seeing this, Zhou Xiao couldn't help but speak.

After realizing that this was a game and not a video, Zhou Xiao also began to consciously use the mouse to explore other functions of this window.

After some experimentation, he discovered that the mouse can drag and zoom the perspective.

This is the same as the perspective operation of third-person games such as "Civilization" and "Warcraft".

But other than that, there is no interface or button in the entire window, and the camera-like perspective is always maintained.

There is no response from the keyboard, and he cannot pause the image in the window. Only the mouse can interact with it.

It was as if he was just peering into another world through this window.

Is this a semi-finished product?Zhou Xiao was a little puzzled and clicked on the girl with the mouse.

Unexpectedly, there was a reaction this time. By clicking on it, an information window suddenly appeared from the girl's head.

"Freya, a 20-year-old female, fisherman from Haiding Village."

"My mother died when I was young, so I lived with my old father since I was a child. I learned the skills of fishing at sea. I became an experienced fisherman at a young age and gradually became an indispensable catcher in the village."

"Click to see more information."

There are also biographies of characters. Zhou Xiao clicked on more information while reading.

It would have been better not to click on it, but after clicking on it, a three-dimensional view of Freya popped up directly... a version without any clothes at all.

It’s not surprising that the character model is shown, but it’s too real!

"Oh! Eighteen banned games!" Zhou Xiao was a little surprised, but he quickly turned it off.

At this time, the world in the window continued to scream. The fishing boat had been sent back to the shore by the fierce sea wind, and was about to return to the shore.

"The sea monster is catching up!" the man pulling the sail shouted loudly.

Through the perspective of the window, Zhou Xiao saw that the sea monsters behind the fishing boat were catching up. Each of them had their mouths split open and looked like sharks mutated by radiation.

Their target is obviously Freya who jumped into the sea.

"Freya, climb up!" The white-haired old man stamped his feet anxiously on the boat, urging his daughter.

Freya was tied with a hemp rope connected to the fishing boat, so there was no possibility of escape.

But she glanced at the fishing boat and reached out to untie the hemp rope on her body.

"Father, I'll divert them away!" Freya realized that if the sea monster attacked the hull, the fishing boat would likely collapse further. On the contrary, if she stayed away from the fishing boat, she might be able to divert the attack away.

Seeing this scene, even Zhou Xiao in front of the window couldn't bear it.

The picture in this window was extremely lifelike, almost like a live broadcast, which made him empathize without even realizing it.

"God, please protect my father..." The girl in the picture let go of the rope, jumped into the sea and swam in the opposite direction.

Zhou Xiao quickly clicked the mouse, but nothing happened except zooming and dragging the screen.

"What kind of broken game is it? It doesn't work, even if it's paused?" Zhou Xiao was a little anxious.

In desperation, he casually dragged the "New Text Document" on the desktop into the window, trying to get stuck in the program.

However, the window did not freeze. A progress bar flashed on the "New Text File" and then disappeared.

In the window, on the stormy coast, a huge document fell from the sky, weighing heavily on the group of sea monsters!
(End of this chapter)