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Lu Chu still had some embarrassment. He didn't look back from the pain of being cut from the middle by his body, and he saw new words appear on the square screen.

"Congratulations on your formal passing.

Now, you have 60 minutes of "free time", so please come back again when the time comes. "

After the words on the screen disappeared, the screen also reverted to the previous appearance, and the hands and feet like paper people disappeared and floated back to where they were.

At the same time a door appeared again in front of Lu Chu.

Now, Lu Chu is inexplicably nervous when he sees the door, and a sense of restraint comes from his wrist. He looks down and sees a wristband like a watch suddenly appearing on his hand. The narrow screen of the bracelet shows "57′03" "".

Thinking of talking about his free time for sixty minutes and not doing any more explanations on the square screen, Lu Chu overcomes the uncomfortable feeling in his heart and walks out of the door.

As soon as he got out of this door, Lu Chu instantly moved from a quiet space to a noisy street. This change left him at a loss and stood still for a long time.

It's the night outside, Lu Chu seems to be in a noisy pedestrian street, with small shops and stalls on the left and right, but few people come and go. Then he saw a scene that surprised him-a middle-aged man walked in through the door he just came out of.

Is he the same place as himself?

"Well, are you a newcomer ?!" Just as Lu Chu was thinking, a male voice appeared suddenly behind him, and he was patted on the shoulder next to Lu Chu.

Lu Chu was startled, and immediately turned around, and saw a young man with a big, cheerful and healthy smile standing behind him.

Lu Chu responded, smiling gently: "Hello, may I ask you?"

"I?" The young man seemed very familiar. He walked forward on the shoulder without saying a few words, and said, "I'm at least your senior!"

Lu Chu asked: "Senior?"

"Haha, yeah," the young man raised his bracelet on his right hand. "Now, everyone has it. We don't have a lot of people. I think you are new, and I know you are new!"

Looking at the bracelet that was almost the same as the youth, Lu Chu was inevitably a little excited. Could this person be in the same situation as himself?

Soon, the young man resolved his question: "I tell you, we have been chosen to come to this ghost place to do this kind of thing, we must have a better mentality, and we may not be able to return to reality when World. Then again, my name is Song Ji, what's your name? "

"Lu Chu."

Song Gui waved his hand with a big hand: "Good name! Seeing that we both have a fate, the name is two words!"

Lu Chu was a little overwhelmed by his familiar attitude. He broke away twice and failed to shake off the arm he placed on his shoulder, and simply gave up.

Knowing that he could solve some of his doubts, Lu Chu politely raised his right hand and asked, "Excuse me, what does the time on this bracelet mean?"

Song Jiwen opened his eyes wide and asked in amazement: "Why, the 'rules' didn't explain to you ?!"

Lu Chu was still gentle, and smiled, shaking his head, "No."

Song Guiwen murmured to himself: "The 'rules' are really becoming increasingly irresponsible, so misleading newcomers, how many people have been killed, but fortunately, I met such a kindhearted and kind-hearted man to be handsome ...

"Senior ... Senior?"

Seeing Song Ji fell into his own world and couldn't help himself, Lu Chu tried to call him twice. Song Ji came back to Shener, and patted Lu Chu's shoulder, "I see you vote, rest assured , I will cover you in the future! "

Lu Chu couldn't help crying and said, "Thank you." After a pause, he asked again, "What is the 'rule'?"

"It's the floating square screens in your room," Song Guizheng explained. "Each of us who got here to go through those 'offices' has their own independent space for a long time. Everyone calls it 'house', and 'rules' are to monitor and supervise everyone and maintain the existence of order here. "

The more Lu Chu heard, the more confused he became.

Seeing him so, Song Ji continued to explain: "The so-called free time is the time to leave the house with nothing and come to these illusions. Did you see the middle-aged person who just entered the door? His free time is only five minutes a day. It ’s not long before you came out, so he went back. "

Song Jilan landed, and Chu walked along the street and said, stopping suddenly and talking in a brisk voice, "Ah, here it is."

What's up

Lu Chu looked forward along Song Gui's gaze. There was only one street that did not know when it was at the end and the neon lights staggered, so he turned to Song Gui for unknown reasons.

Song Ji put away the smile on his hippie face, and said solemnly, "Reach out and feel."

Lu Chu heard the words, stretched out his hand and leaned forward, and immediately encountered a barrier ... this is-fake, fake?

"It's fake," Song Gui affirmed his guess. "This street is nothing more than a fantasy. The actual length is so long, and it's just the background screen."

Lu Chu couldn't hide his surprise: "How ... how?"

This reminded him of the town where he grew up. He also thought that he lived in real life and was just a virtual simulation field that was suspended.

"Well," Song Gui sighed, and returned to his previous healthy look. He patted Lu Chu's head. "The" rules "always give us a little motivation to live, otherwise how can we hope? Continue to play happily? "

Song Zhilan landed and went back to Chu, still walking, and said, "I see that you have more than half an hour left on your bracelet. I'll tell you about the general situation first, lest you be unaware of it. I pitted myself. "

Lu Chu quickly expressed his thanks.

Song ruled him to a barbecue stall. After the two sat down, he shouted boldly: "A hundred skewers of lamb and two bottles of beer!"

Then he said to the landing Chu: "Although things are fake, but the taste is real, it is easy to have delicious food in this fantasy, but don't treat yourself badly."

Lu Chu's focus is not on eating. He hurriedly asked, "This time?"

Song Jixiao: "I just saw that you were clever, and immediately grasped the key to the problem. Let's start with the time on your bracelet. This time is the time you can spend in a fantasy world every day, all affected by the same Those who are governed by the rules can enter the same fantasy at the same time, but there is a length of time. The length of time is 60 minutes at the beginning. If you do not enter the "inning" to do the task, then your The time will be reduced by five minutes every day, until the end of the day can only be left alone in the pale world except 'rules'. On the other hand, after passing the first two rounds of testing, you can choose your own task, each time you live a round, time Ten minutes. "

Speaking of Song Ji, Lu Chu subconsciously glanced at the remaining time on Song Ji's bracelet—more than 150 minutes.

This shows that he passed at least a dozen more games after passing the test.

At this moment, Lu Chu had a bit of awe at this handsome and handsome man.

Seeing him like this, Song Ji was instantly aggrieved. He lay on the table and tried to cross the table near Lu Chu, not forgetting to make a frowning complaint: "Chu Chu! I love you so much, I love you for you at first sight, don't worry about me what!"

Seeing the gentle smile, Lu Chu pushed his head away from himself.

Song Jishun's strength when he landed on Chu rose from the table, wiping away the tears that he didn't even exist.

Lu Chu asked: "If the task is not completed," does it mean that we can choose to accept or not accept the task, instead of killing it without executing it? "

Song Ji had enough fun by himself. He ate the meat skewers and continued to answer Lu Chu ’s question: "It was only the first two games. The purpose is to prove that you have the ability to play these games and to eliminate some people. From the 'rules' point of view, this game of killing and killing people is not fun when there are too many people. But then the "round", forcing you to play, how can there be fun to watch you suffering? "

Lu Chudao: "have to play ..."

"Look here," Song Gui pointed to the street. "It's illusory, but it's so true only if it doesn't touch the edge. There are many people like us here, and everyone sympathizes with each other. Say hello, and it's time to return to their respective rooms to face silence and loneliness. "

"The" rules "no longer force us to enter the" inning "after screening. People who are afraid of life cannot overcome themselves and will not actively choose to continue the game-we temporarily call this kind of death to death for no purpose-a game- Then he can spend less and less time in the fantasy world until it disappears. After the time on the bracelet disappears, that person no longer has the right to play the game, nor will he be obliterated, and the 'rules' will disappear, In the vast pure white space, he is the only one left who is not old or dead. "

Song Ji took a sip of beer: "It's more terrible than death, it's loneliness."

It is true that people live in groups, and even if they enjoy solitude occasionally, it is never forever.

Lu Chu heard the words and asked, "Like the middle-aged man with only five minutes left?"

Song Gui nodded: "Yes, after two innings, he learned that he could choose whether to continue the game. He did not accept any task for eleven days and entered the" inning ". If he does not accept it today, we will not You will see him in a fantasy. "

Lu Chu asked: "Would that be, someone would rather choose to commit suicide ... not to enter the 'bureau', or to face loneliness alone?"

After all, loneliness and unknown are sometimes more frightening than death.

Song Jixiao: "Here, as long as anyone has suicidal thoughts, they will fall into a coma. After waking up, they will stay in the house intact, and so on. We want to die. There is only one way to die in the 'bureau.'

Lu Chujiu could not return to God for a long time-I don't understand, what is the significance of their existence.

"Well, your time is almost up." Song Gui nodded Lu Chu's bracelet, which showed that there were only ten minutes of free time left. "You should go back. But even if you don't go back, it's time. "Rules" will still send you back, but you will have to suffer a bit. "

Speaking of hardships, Song Gui put on an expression of "I will definitely be distressed", but was ignored by Lu Chu selectively.

Although there are still many questions, but the time is not enough, Lu Chu can only come back tomorrow. Fortunately, from the words of Song Ji just now, everyone knows that the start time of everyone is allowed to move freely. In this way, he will Don't be afraid that your time and Song Ji will be staggered.

As soon as Lu Chu turned around, he heard Song Guiyang's voice emotionally behind him: "I have a two-person task here about entering the" inning ". You can think about it. It is more likely that two people will survive together. ! "

Turning around, Lu Chu ignored his Chu Chu and asked, "Why did you choose me? Like you said, I am just a newcomer who doesn't understand anything."

Song Jiwen said with a laugh: "I just want to see you!"

Lu Chu didn't say much, thanked Xie for leaving again.

When Lu Chu entered the door and returned to his room, a twelve-year-old loli appeared behind Song Ji, snatched his beer and skewers, and ate aloud while vaguely saying: "No When I think you also want to work with others, why, what do you think of him? "

Song Gui greeted the shop with another kebab and turned to look cute and innocent Loli: "It's much stronger than premature thinking of pretending to be a pig to eat tigers and being cruel."

Little Loli grinned and grinned, "You have a lot of words for me."

Xiao Luoli finished her speech, and the two looked at each other silently. Suddenly, Song Ji jumped back and saw a machete appeared in the place where he was sitting.

Song Ji spread his hand: "I still like sneak attacks so much."

Little Loli had eaten, walked to the stool, resisted the sword □□ on her shoulder, and compared Song Zhong with a middle finger, turned and walked away.

Song Ji shrugged and run counter to her.