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Chapter 286: Chapter 265: “Welcome Home!

“Let me take a look.”

Tuberculosis Rabbit didn’t quite understand what Sword Without End’s expression was about and looked puzzled at the brief introduction of this Black Trench City player, silently reading it out loud.

“For sale: an AI modeled after my wife, with thousands of videos for reference, virtually indistinguishable from a real person.”

“Her speech and knowledge are exactly like my wife’s, including her face and body.”

“Nude version supported.”

“You can do anything to her that you want. I hope she can bring you some solace in a world full of danger.”

“Single AI price: 398 Points.”

“…”

After reading this passage,

Tuberculosis Rabbit fell silent.

Sword Without End also fell silent.

“Would this have been illegal before the rise of this game?”

Tuberculosis Rabbit was the first to speak.

“Well… according to the legal terms of that time, it wasn’t illegal, but it might be considered unethical.”

“So—”

Tuberculosis Rabbit paused before continuing with an equally complex expression, “The reason this Black Trench City player posted so many daily posts about his wife was to give potential buyers a sense of realism and immersion?”

“Yes.”

Sword Without End nodded with an even more complicated expression, “I’ve done some research, and after buying the 398 Points AI, there’s an advanced version. This advanced version is modeled after the player himself. If you buy this AI, you can see the player kneeling beside you, staring at you full of rage.”

“Explosive.”

Tuberculosis Rabbit slowly straightened up, lit a cigarette, and after exhaling a long puff of smoke, said abstractedly, “Black Trench City really doesn’t spare anyone.”

Meanwhile, the players were starting to explore the Qixi Valentine’s Day limited event game that was supposedly a soothing mini-game.

…

“Let’s see what kind of mini-game it is.”

Dishevelled and in a daze, Li Yide shifted his gaze from the photo on the wall and opened the mini-game. Ever since Xiaoqian had left and disappeared, he felt as if he had truly been through a breakup.

He didn’t even know when he might see Xiaoqian again.

To be precise.

He didn’t even know if Xiaoqian had a soul of her own.

Maybe this so-called soothing mini-game could make him a bit happier; he should really get back on his feet as soon as possible!

In a daze, Li Yide started up the game.

The game was projected into mid-air, with a half-virtual, tangible controller to manipulate his game character.

The game was exquisite.

It was a city that looked like ruins and was quite realistic, with garbage bags and discarded newspapers on the ground appearing as if they really existed, and the character he controlled was a young man in sportswear.

Hm, entering the tutorial.

Li Yide muttered to himself while controlling the character.

“Forward, backward, left, right, sprint, jump, that’s it?”

“Isn’t this game a bit too simple?”

There were just a few buttons – move forward, back, left, right, and jump; that was it.

There wasn’t even an attack button, and as the system announcement said, this was a healing game, so there were no monster-fighting scenarios.

The gameplay was also very simple.

All you had to do was follow the path to the end.

Getting to know the rules of the game, Li Yide began to control the character absentmindedly.

“Hmm, first I need to climb to the roof of the house in front of me, then follow this pipe up to the first platform.”

“This game seems to have many layers; the stages aren’t forward but extend upwards into the sky.”

“Then just follow the pipe forward, and jump when you come to a gap.”

“This is too easy.”

The next second—

His hand slipped, and the character he was controlling fell from the hard-earned rooftop.

“No problem, just start over.”

Li Yide began to take the game more seriously, and after several falls, spending four hours, he finally climbed step by step to the seventh platform, now more than three hundred meters above the ground.

“Phew!”

At this time, he no longer had his initial casual attitude but gripped the controller with slightly sweaty palms, carefully controlling his character’s every move, afraid of falling accidentally because falling meant starting over!

Finally, when he was about to jump to the eighth platform, his character stepped into empty air and started falling towards the ground.

The floorboard he was supposed to land on was fake!

You would fall through if you jumped on it!

You had to jump to the sides!

“…”

Seeing this,

Li Yide’s body stiffened in place, his lips trembling as he watched his character continuously plummet down in the game.

During the fall, the character kept hitting the sixth, fifth, fourth platforms—each level very familiar to him, as he had climbed up with great effort. Yet now, due to a single slip, he plunged from the seventh platform all the way down!

Half a minute passed.

The character he controlled had fallen to the ground, surrounded once again by that familiar ruinous cityscape, with celebratory music playing in the game as if to welcome him home!

The game screen also displayed four big characters—Welcome Home!

Only then did he notice the name of this little game.

“Welcome Home!”

Back to the starting point again, he had to start all over. This game had no saving feature; a fall meant starting from scratch!

After a long while, Li Yide couldn’t restrain himself any longer and let out a frustrated roar, hurling his controller onto the bed with force!

“I %￥￥%￥&*&￥% your mother!”

“*&%…￥ you #￥% mother’s %#￥￥% bitch!”

It was clear to see.

This little game surely didn’t relieve Li Yide’s stress.

…

Meanwhile, around the world, virtually all players of this little game were simultaneously feeling immense irritation and erupting into enraged roars.@@novelbin@@

What the hell is this shitty game!

Who knows how much effort they had wasted, finally climbing to higher levels, treading carefully at every step and not even daring to run!

And then what?

If it was their own tremble or a mistake in operation, they could accept that!

But all sorts of disgusting traps were enough to make every player want to smash their controllers to smithereens!

A seemingly good road would fail them upon jumping!

Just as they were about to clear the level, suddenly a giant dragon would fly in from the edge of the sky and slap their character off course!

All manner of unexpected incidents would cause countless climbers to fall back to the starting point, making everyone realize that “Welcome Home” might not be a blessing but sometimes a malicious curse or an irritating provocation!

Relieving stress?

Most players weren’t that irritated at first, but after playing this game, the majority were now in a state of extreme annoyance!

No one knew where the hell the Snow Sea Project Team came up with such malevolence.

Not harming, just disgusting.

At this point, many players had already cursed the Snow Sea Project Team to high heaven in their hearts!

No one could accept the sensation of their hours of effort suddenly turning to ashes!

Especially when this sensation was experienced frequently!

It was a constant challenge to people’s psychological endurance!

…

“…”

After a moment of silence, Tuberculosis Rabbit expressionlessly tossed his controller into the sky: “Just 300 points, deduct them if you want, grandpa here isn’t lacking.”

“This damned game, it’s completely annoying.”

At first he really thought it was a casual little game.

Just now, he had climbed to the eleventh level and was walking along a pipe when suddenly a section of the official path vanished, causing him to fall straight from the eleventh to the first level.

Four large characters appeared on the game screen.

Welcome Home.

That was when he knew it was a damn irritating game.

The fall alone took 1 minute.

Who knows how long he had climbed?

Unplayable, completely unplayable; it couldn’t relieve any stress at all. The more he played, the more annoyed he became. Yi was smart; after trying a few times, he threw the controller aside, without any thought of challenging further.

Even if you succeed in the challenge and get the fastest completion gift pack,

The multiple failures along the way are enough to screw with your mentality.

Just ignore that reward like it never existed.

And at that moment—

Jiaye, who was lying on a beach chair nearby, glanced at the somewhat distressed Tuberculosis Rabbit and said with a laugh, “Not really, I find this game quite relaxing. You just don’t go climbing those things.”

“If you just look at the scenery, it’s actually quite well done.”

“I think this game is trying to tell us that if we’re not so driven by gain, the scenery around us can be beautiful too.”

“No.”

Tuberculosis Rabbit shook his head and said flatly, “I think this game is just challenging us, wanting to see us turn red in the face with frustration.”

“Can’t stand it.”

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