forget the river mirror

Chapter 25 "Xianfan"

ninth District.

Lin Chuan, in a neat suit, was sitting in the floating car, staring at the bright neon lights outside the window. A little milk cat was lying on his shoulder, rubbing his head against his chin from time to time.

……

In the apartment just now, after Dahua took the child into Lin Chuan's hands, she lay weakly on the side. Lin Chuan asked her many times if she wanted to go with him, but she didn't get a response.

In the end, Da Hua, who was annoyed by the question, scratched Lin Chuan angrily, and Lin Chuan completely gave up the idea of ​​taking her with him, changed into the suit that A Li left him, and went out with Xiao Hua in his arms.

After hesitating for a long time at the empty rail station in Guanglin Tower, Lin Chuan still resolutely got on the floating train waiting for passengers. It wasn't that he became inflated after he had money, but he was reluctant to wear this clothes to squeeze the empty rail.

As soon as Lin Chuan got in the car, he could smell the faint woody fragrance, and the front and rear compartments were completely blocked by the holographic projection.

Although the decorations in the ideal floating car are all uniform, for Lin Chuan, the luxurious interior still makes him a little cramped.

After Lin Chuan sat firmly, a free glass of champagne rose from the armrest. The magnetic base can ensure that the champagne glass stands firmly there. At the same time, a pure white robot is also reflected in the holographic projection.

[Welcome to take the ideal floating car, No. 06781 Dezi, it is an honor to serve you, please choose the destination of your trip. 】

"Araki Tower, 69 floors, Ember Department Store."

[This time is expected to be 25 minutes, please fasten your seat belts, do you want to play some music for you?Or let Dezi tell you a cross talk? 】

"Just play some news."

Lin Chuan didn't want to listen to the artificial intelligence talking about cross talk, but just wanted to rest quietly for a while.

The sound of the news broadcast was like the best lullaby. Within 5 minutes, Lin Chuan slowly fell asleep...

Detecting Lin Chuan's steady heart rate, Tokuko thoughtfully flattened the seat, and turned down the volume of the news by the way.

……

["Xian Fan" officially opened currency exchange today, and at the same time opened a portable brain-computer port...]

After the floating vehicle stopped at the entrance of Ember Department Store, Lin Chuan woke up to the sudden loud news.

When Lin Chuan paid the 100 yuan fare in cash, Tokuko obviously froze for a moment. As the artificial intelligence of the floating car, he seldom received cash. Love the convenience of paying with your face.

Ember Department Store, located on the 69th floor of the Araki Tower, is the most advanced shopping mall in Lin Chuan's impression, but this is the first time he has entered as a customer.

There are a lot of customers in the mall, and most of them wear all kinds of strange hairstyles, expensive lip studs and nose rings.

Lin Chuan even saw a few girls with metal skin inlaid, causing Xiao Hua to stick her head out of Lin Chuan's coat pocket and cast a curious look.

Most of these people living in the upper class no longer have too much pursuit of material things, and their excess energy is used to pursue those exaggerated freedoms.

It just so happens that their colorful hair complements the colorful shopping mall.

The commercialization of holographic projection has not replaced the development of the real economy, because shopping itself is a way of relaxation.

Especially after the clothes can be projected directly on the body, the time of trying on clothes is completely saved, which greatly improves the purchase rate of girls.

When he walked to the big bird Zhuanzhuan clothing store, Lin Chuan paused. After hesitating for a while, he gave up the idea of ​​saying hello to the warehouse manager Lao Zhang, and turned his head and went directly to the ideal mobile phone store next to him.

For Lin Chuan, the Ninth District has nothing to cherish.

School was just a simple place to learn, and he never had any friendships with his classmates.

Although Teacher Wang introduced him to a job as a tutor, Zhao Peng had already inadvertently mentioned the price of each class, so Lin Chuan had known about Teacher Wang's commission for a long time, and they did not owe each other.

On the contrary, Lao Zhang, the warehouse manager of the big bird Zhuanzhuan clothing store, would always joke with Lin Chuan when he was delivering the goods, but it was just a few more words.

Everyone is working hard to live, there is no need to disturb their lives.

……

The shadow of Ideal Group can be seen in all walks of life throughout the Federation, but Ideal Technology has always been one of the pillar industries of Ideal Group, especially after the release of the first transparent mobile phone Ideal V-1 three years ago. Almost monopolized the high-end mobile phone market.

Jing Xuan mentioned before that the agent who introduced him to black boxing changed to a new transparent mobile phone from Lixiang, and his own mobile phone was lost when he ran away. Lin Chuan originally wanted to take this opportunity to give him A pleasant surprise.

However, after seeing the five-figure price, Lin Chuan only had the words "two bald men are not worthy" left in his mind, and he resolutely chose an entry-level model with a price of 1888.

Even with the 1 yuan left by Wu Tian, ​​Lin Chuan only had a deposit of [-] yuan, a tenth of which was lost all of a sudden, and Lin Chuan's heart was bleeding...

Just when Lin Chuan put away his mobile phone and was about to go back to surprise Jing Xuan, he was caught by the long queue that suddenly formed beside him.

The salesperson explained enthusiastically:

"Sir, that's a free trial event launched by our ideal technology's new portable brain computer in conjunction with "Xianfan". If you can upgrade the character rating of Xianfan's game character to D level within one month, you can unlock the brain computer. Other functions, and play forever, even if you fail to complete the event task, you can return it for free.”

Lin Chuan nodded, walked over to study the rules of the event carefully, and after confirming that there was nothing tricky, he turned around and called the landline of the orphanage, called Jing Xuan over, and took pictures of himself at the back of the team .

It will take at least one day and one night to take the intercity air train to the seventh district. Playing games on the way seems to be a good choice, and they have to go to the eighth district to find Jiang Yang and Gouzi first. They have to find something to do along the way.

Lin Chuan quickly found a bunch of reasons for himself, anyway, it must not be because of free...

……

……

When Lin Chuan called, he told Jing Xuan to come over quickly. He was digging sweet potatoes in the field at that time. He thought something happened to Lin Chuan, so he put down his shovel and rushed over. Fortunately, there was still some change in the orphanage. Otherwise, he wouldn't even have the money to ride the empty train.

"Damn! I haven't seen you all morning, why are you being taken care of by someone? Why are you so anxious to find your father? Did you let someone fuck you?"

Seeing Lin Chuan who looked like a dog, Jing Xuan almost died of anger.

"Ah."

Lin Chuan sneered, didn't say anything, just raised the newly bought mobile phone and shook it in front of his eyes.

Jing Xuan immediately put on a smiling face:

"Brother... I just dug a lot of sweet potatoes, and I'll bake them for you when I get back. If I'm not mistaken, you bought them for me, right?"

"No. I bought it for Er Bald."

"Crack!" Jing Xuan slapped his forehead, and immediately grabbed the phone:

"Isn't that a coincidence? I'm the second bald man."

Jing Xuan took this shot very sincerely, Xiao Hua woke up to the crisp sound, poked her head out of her pocket, and looked at him curiously.

Lin Chuan nodded Xiaohua's eyebrows, and said with a smile:

"Don't play tricks, this suit is left by Ah Li, after the queue is finished, let's go to have a good meal, anyway, we don't need to save tuition fees."

Jing Xuan fiddled with the new mobile phone without raising his head, until he heard Lin Chuan say that there is still a portable brain function for free.

Although he and Lin Chuan are both precocious, they are not yet 18 years old. It is the age when they are very curious about everything. felt it.

"Tsk, it still has to be you. If you make that character a D-level, wouldn't we just prostitute two of the latest brain computers for nothing?"

Jing Xuan has never been able to control his voice, and when his voice fell, it attracted laughter from the front of the team.

……

"Another dreamer."

"I haven't played Xianfan at first glance. It has been a week since the server was launched. The highest character rating is E-level. Ideal Group is not stupid. How could it be possible for people to prostitute for nothing."

"The main reason is that this game is too tiring to play, and every time I finish playing, it seems that I have really walked so many steps..."

……

Lin Chuan quickly covered Jing Xuan's mouth with his eyes and hands. This is the 69th floor. If there is a conflict with someone, the IPC will be there in less than a minute, and there is no need to know these strangers as well.

Jing Xuan also understood what Lin Chuan meant, and lowered his head thinking that he must get the most senior character evaluation.

Just a few players in front of them soon started complaining about Xianfan, and Lin Chuan also found Xianfan's official website forum on his mobile phone, and looked at the game information.

The design of Xianfan's official website is very exquisite, but it's a pity that his mobile phone does not support holographic projection, but just judging from the flat video, the scenes in the game are also fairy-like.

However, the official website does not have much explanation for the content of the game, only one sentence:
[When the fairy world comes to the world, everyone has their own hero]

The forum is very lively.

[Tucao: After playing for an hour, I was so tired that I vomited, and my legs were sore. 】

[Seeking group: Athletic students want to form a caravan, which can carry 50 catties. ps: You can’t go for more than 10 kilometers. 】

[Strategy: The world BOSS was discovered in Liangzhou in the Western Regions. After 32 death tests, I finally determined the alert range of the BOSS. You can get 10 copper coins. 】

Lin Chuan was curious about physical exertion. He didn't know why his legs were sore after playing a game, so he was the first to click on the post that complained.

After reading it, I realized that after the brain opportunity player enters the fairy game, the brain is stimulated with a weak bioelectric current, and the actual movement instructions are simulated to stimulate the corresponding muscle parts of the body to contract and stretch.

So walking a thousand steps in the game, the accumulated fatigue level is basically not much different from walking a thousand steps in reality.

Thinking of this, Lin Chuan became more interested in the game, and began to carefully sort out the fragmented information he got from the forum.

When people are doing something seriously, time always passes quickly.

It didn't take long for Lin Chuan and the others to line up in the line. After passing the facial recognition and signing the electronic agreement, the two received the latest portable brain computer released by Ideal, the Ideal M-3.

It is said to be a brain computer, but it is actually a pure black spectacle frame, or the kind with only the upper border.

Jing Xuan couldn't wait to experience it, but was stopped by Lin Chuan.

"Go, let's go buy you some clothes first, and then go to have a good meal."

"All right."

During this period of time, Jingxuan basically saved the money he earned to help him pay for his tuition. Now that Lin Chuan can't use it anymore, both of them are ready to relax.

I have to say that the feeling of spending money is really cool. Lin Chuan also spent 50 yuan for a haircut. These days, artificial intelligence haircuts are much cheaper than Mr. Tony. Some hairstyles.

Lin Chuan chose a short hair at random, and the mechanical arm flew up and down, and the cut was finished in less than 5 minutes, and he also gave him a hairstyle by the way.

After the hair was shortened, Lin Chuan felt a lot more energetic.

Jing Xuan, who came back from shopping for clothes, pursed his lips and said with disdain:

"You have no soul at all with this haircut."

Lin Chuan looked puzzled, he really couldn't figure out what the haircut had to do with Jing Xuan.

But Jing Xuan went on to say with a happy face:

"Last time I was pulled by a sister to have my hair cut in the suburbs. The experience is good, but it's a bit expensive. I was charged 400 yuan for a full set of washing, cutting and blowing."

"I'm afraid you didn't go to a black shop, did you?"

The question marks on Lin Chuan's head became more and more.

"20 for washing, no money for haircut, 380 for blowing."

"Oh, sooner or later your waist will be karma."

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The two laughed and went all the way to the cafeteria "If you eat too much, you throw up" and had a delicious meal.

When the two went out, the boss's face was almost green, and the two of them were like reincarnated starving ghosts. The empty plates piled up on the table almost buried them.

But both of them still pick up meat to eat, even if it is synthetic meat, the boss will have to pay half of the meal fee of 188 yuan per person.

When returning to the orphanage, Lin Chuan changed into the newly bought hoodie and sweatpants early, and sat on the empty track with Jingxuan. The price of this set of sportswear is less than 200 yuan after negotiation, which is cheap no matter how you look at it. up.

All the way without talking, when he walked into the gate of the orphanage, Lin Chuan subconsciously looked at Ao Wu's kennel, but he couldn't wait for the familiar dog.

Jing Xuan patted Lin Chuan on the shoulder, and comforted him: "It's okay, we will definitely find Jiang Yang and the others, if it's really not possible, I'll call every street after street when we get to the eighth district."

Lin Chuan quickly sorted out his mood, and joked:
"Are you calling Jiang Yang or Ao Wu?"

"It must be called Jiang Yang. Is the screaming all over the street ridiculous?"

Seeing that Lin Chuan was still in the mood to joke, Jing Xuan didn't say any more, and went straight into his room, preparing to get Xian Fan's D-level rating as soon as possible.

After Lin Chuan made some ham sausage for Xiaohua, he also went back to the house and put on the computer.

A flash of white light flashed, and the space around Lin Chuan suddenly began to split, like flipped pixel grids. In a blink of an eye, Lin Chuan found himself in a huge palace.

At the same time, it seemed that the murmurs of the ancient ancestors also came from all around:
"In the realm of the mysterious mirror, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and martial arts, enlightenment is the beginning, and the road has no end..."

(End of this chapter)