Classic revival of infinite games

Chapter 9 1.8 The Station Baobab Canyon
Electronic fireworks began to crackle on the screen, and an announcer-like voice began to play:
[Congratulations to player Ye Man and player Di Ke for successfully leaving the copy of "Ancient Survival" and rewarding them with 10 points respectively]

What pops up is a list.On the top row of the HE (Happy Ending) series, "Best Friends Forever" pops up.

[Congratulations to the players for achieving the best ending in the HE series - The Happiest Ending: "Best Friends Forever".Reward an extra 10 points]

[The classic keyword "love life" is correct, and 5 points are awarded, and the scientific keyword "Late Triassic Period" is correct, and 5 points are awarded. 】

[The player can get a total of 30 points.Player Ye Man gets a total of 30 points. 】

[Next, please go to the first station for a rest. 】

The pure white void receded and gradually turned into a canyon. The mountains on both sides of the canyon soared into the clouds and the top could not be seen, and the canyon seemed to be endless.

There is still a pure white space behind the two of them, and the canyon is in front of them, presumably there is a post station in the canyon.

Di Ke bowed his head and walked away, suddenly said sullenly: "So there are so many endings..."

In fact, Ye Man also noticed that besides "Best Friends Forever", there are various endings in that list:

The HE ending "King of Survival" should be that when there is no seat to call for help, the two survived together until the expedition team returned to rescue.

The HE ending "Unintersecting Lines" should be due to the fact that the two did not meet by accident.Maybe the healthy side didn't find the clue of the seat and didn't find the cave, or maybe they found the cave but didn't intend to go forward to check it, and didn't meet the injured.Then each succeeds in survival.

Then there is another column BE (Bad Ending, tragic ending) below:

"Loving Life" should refer to the most mainstream ending, Tommy is abandoned by Bill, then Bill dies, and Tommy survives tenaciously.

There are two more, also in the BE column, followed by an italic TE, the meaning of the abbreviation is unknown.

"Bill's Conspiracy" should refer to Bill killing the weak Tommy, and only Bill survived.

In "The Betrayer in Desperation", Tommy should have survived by killing Bill when Bill appeared.

Of course, it is conceivable that there may be some combinations in which neither side survived.If you didn't get out of the dungeon, you couldn't reach any kind of ending.

"Ye Man, if it weren't for you, maybe I would have killed or been killed in the game." Di Ke, who was always lively and outgoing, was a little depressed at the moment, "This game is so cruel..."

"Okay, it's time for a break, cheer up." Ye Man patted Di Ke's hairy and short curly head, pointed to the depths of the canyon and said, "Look ahead, is there a feeling of bright future?"

On one side of the mountain, a crystal waterfall hangs from the clouds and merges into a stream.On both sides of the stream are some strangely shaped trees and bustling figures.

A road sign appeared in front of them, crookedly propped on the side of the road, with six large characters written on it - Baobab Canyon.

The entire canyon is soaked in the slanting sunset. Looking forward from the canyon, you can just see a round of red sun that is about to disappear.

In the rosy sunset, a group of people laughed and sat by the canyon stream and chatted about their daily life.

Most of them are middle-aged and elderly people. Some of them are washing clothes, and some are talking and eating with bread-shaped fruits.

The gentle and comfortable atmosphere contrasts sharply with the difficult and even murderous world in the dungeon.

On both sides of this section of the canyon, there are many special plants-baobab trees.

Every round and fat tree has a small round window in the tree. The trunk is hollowed out, and there are extremely simple daily necessities in it - bedding, small lamps, clothes and so on.And on the baobab tree, there are still some bread fruits, which are the fruits that those who sit by the stream hold in their hands.

Ye Man walked towards the crowd, and suddenly saw a person, hesitantly called out: "Is it... Grandpa Liang?"

A hunched white-haired old man turned around, he was holding a half-sectioned bagel, and there were still some residues hanging from his beard.

Seeing Ye Man coming, he smiled in surprise, "Ah! Isn't this Xiao Man?"

That was when Ye Man was in college, she had already started a part-time job in a bookstore, relying on scholarships and wages to pay for college tuition and living expenses.

On rainy days, this Grandpa Liang would sometimes stand under the eaves outside the convenience store next door to hide from the rain, or when it was sunny, he would stop by and chat with Ye Man, and gradually became familiar with him. .

Grandpa Liang is a homeless old man.It is said that there is a son, but no one in this city has seen his son.

He makes a living by collecting rubbish and selling waste products, and lives alone under the bridge hole.He walks around the city and has a good relationship with many security guards, shop assistants, and cleaners.

He never begs, nor accepts any charity from others.I have never read a book, and I am not very literate, but I envy those who are literate.

After school, some children often come to talk to him, and he will ask them with a smile what they learned in school today, and he will persuade the children to listen to the teacher and parents, and to buy more books in the bookstore after taking pocket money and so on.

If another person persuaded him like this, he probably wouldn't be a child.But most of the children like Grandpa Liang very much, because he will listen to them with a smile, including some of the latest video games and cartoons they like.

Grandpa Liang probably didn't understand, but he had a lot of patience and kindness.

But occasionally some children would appear and say to him: "My parents won't let me talk to you, you are a beggar."

Grandpa Liang's beard will tremble slightly.

He would be silent for a while, patiently explaining the difference between "picking up trash" and "begging". Of course, in most cases, these children didn't have the patience to listen to him and ran away in disgust.

Leaving Grandpa Liang sitting on the ground behind, that lonely figure seemed to have aged a bit.

But just now, Ye Man was still not sure, because she saw Grandpa Liang laughing heartily, it seemed that it was the first time she saw Grandpa Liang like this.

He turned his head in surprise, seeing Ye Man, his eyes were full of joy.

"Grandpa Liang, this is Dike, my college classmate." Ye Man introduced Dike to Grandpa Liang.

"It's great, I went to college like Xiaoman." Grandpa Liang looked at Dike with a smile.

Di Ke smiled a little shyly. She was ostentatious in front of her friends, but she was very well-behaved in front of the elderly.

"Xiaoman, Xiaodi, you are here too! Go and get two breads from my tree!" Grandpa Liang pointed to a baobab tree bearing bread fruit, "Come here and have a seat!"

A group of people gathered together, chatting and laughing, Ye Man and Di Ke were eating breadfruit, while listening to the grandpa and aunt chatting with each other.

Grandpa and aunt would occasionally ask about their situation.

"Xiao Man, how old are you this year? Are you talking about friends?"

"Where's Xiaodi? Have you made friends? Have you found a job?"

"Didn't we talk about it? Oh, he looks so good-looking. Wait for Auntie to go out and introduce it to you!"

This kind of passionate inquiry may be regarded as a burden in daily life.

But in such a game, they felt the warmth of the world.

"Uncles and aunts, which games did you all come from?" Di Ke boldly asked obediently.

But with just this sentence, the smiles on the faces of a group of people suddenly froze.

The laughter in the air stopped abruptly, leaving only a weird silence.

(End of this chapter)