The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 635 Where's my logout button? A serious bug! (Seeking monthly votes at the end of the month!)

Tie Yu didn't speak, but continued forward with a frown.

Black Flute, the leader, directed his team members to disperse and check the surrounding environment, while he himself led the team doctor forward to check why the person was unconscious.

The valiant sniper and the four-person team of Seven Flowers also dispersed to search for clues.

The clues came quickly—

After walking no more than 20 meters, they saw two other players leaning against a stone pillar, fast asleep.

Walk another 12 meters, and you'll see a person lying face down on the road. Turn them over and you'll find they're asleep.

Further ahead, the situation became even more exaggerated:

A dozen or so people were huddled up crookedly in the pit, fast asleep.

Several people were still snoring loudly.

Leaving the pit and continuing forward, you'll see players lying unconscious by the roadside all along the way.

Finally, the group arrived at the center of several giant cup-shaped stone pillars and witnessed an even more astonishing scene—

This fairly spacious area was almost completely filled with sleeping people and animals!

Some of the ferocious beasts encountered on the road had now folded their claws and huddled together with the human cave explorers and harmless small animals, their chests rising and falling with their breaths, clearly fast asleep.

"what is happening?"

The valiant sniper was utterly bewildered, "How come monsters sleep with players? Is there some kind of hypnotic substance?"

"It doesn't matter anymore! Let's run!" Orange Juice said anxiously. "If we don't run now, we might all be wiped out here!"

“That makes sense, let’s go quickly.” Huan Yue turned and left.

But after walking a few steps, he suddenly shook his head and said, "I'm suddenly sleepy too. What about you guys?"

The group exchanged glances, about to say something, when they heard a "plop".

Turning my head, I saw an NPC cave explorer suddenly collapse.

The person next to him tried to help him up, but as soon as he reached out, he fell down as well.

The remaining people were yawning and swaying precariously.

They didn't have time to say anything more, and they all started running as fast as they could, trying to get out of the area as soon as possible.

But after running only a few steps, Orange Juice started shaking its head vigorously, and then suddenly lost control of its body, collapsing to the ground and falling into a deep sleep.

Qi Huahua started rubbing her eyes, "Oh no! I'm suddenly so sleepy!"

In the critical moment, she subconsciously turned around to look at Tie Yu, who had repeatedly saved the day.

But they discovered that, without them noticing, the man had also fallen asleep on top of a furry monster.

The next second, she was overcome by intense drowsiness and collapsed unconscious.
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"Beep—beep!!"

Amidst the piercing horn blare, Nanaka suddenly opened her eyes.

She found herself standing on the edge of the road, a speeding car almost grazing her shoulder.

She was startled and quickly took a few steps back, but was still splashed with snow water onto her thick winter school uniform.

She looked down and saw that she was wearing her junior high school uniform.

Turning around, I saw the gate of Jilin No. 5 Middle School right behind me.

She immediately understood: school was over.

In high spirits, I tightened the straps of my heavy backpack and caught up with my girlfriends to go home together, chatting and gossiping as we walked.

I'm so happy!
When I turned the corner and reached the intersection, I accidentally bumped into an adult holding a child's hand.

The man turned around, and the younger version of Seven Flower Flower immediately exclaimed in surprise:
"Xu Meng!!!"

Xu Meng lowered her head, looked at the middle school student's face, and asked in confusion, "Who are you?"

“Ning Jin,” Qi Huahua replied.

"Ning Jin?" Xu Meng was even more confused. "Who is Ning Jin? Do we know each other?"

Qi Huahua was a little confused by Xu Meng's answer: "Of course we know each other! I'm an honorary player!"

Honorary player?

Xu Meng blinked and finally found the target person within the narrowed range.

And they successfully connected the face in front of them, which still had baby fat, was wearing a thick winter school uniform, and had a completely natural face without any makeup, with the exquisitely made-up face of Qihua.

"Seven Flowers?"

Qi Huahua is 1.83 meters tall, works out regularly, has a great figure, and is also very good at dressing.

The difference between him and the short, unripe little potato in front of him is quite significant.

"How did you turn into a middle school student?"

After being reminded by Xu Meng's words, Qi Huahua quickly grew taller and bigger, transforming from a junior high school student back into an adult in just a few moments.

But she herself seemed completely unaware, and kept asking, "Mr. Xu, what a coincidence! Are you visiting Jilin?"

Xu Meng shook her head. "Haven't you realized yet? You're dreaming right now."

"dream?"

"Yeah, do you want to think about how you got here?" Xu Meng tried to wake her up quickly.

"How did I end up here? I..."

Qi Huahua suddenly stopped mid-sentence, realizing with a start:
There was no process at all!
She just suddenly appeared at the school gate.

even……

She turned back sharply.

But then they discovered that there was no school behind them, and even the girls who had been walking with them just moments before had vanished without a trace.

After a moment of stunned silence, her memory finally returned: "I was playing a game, on the fourth level of the Abyss [The Cup of Giants]!"

"I was hypnotized too!"

"Congratulations," Xu Meng casually offered her congratulations.

But Qi Huahua wasn't surprised: "We're doomed!"

"Did I just say my real name?!"

She glanced at the reactions of her viewers in the live stream with alarm, but couldn't see a single comment out of the corner of her eye.

"?"

She quickly slid her fingers down.

The game panel did not appear.

"???"

Qi Huahua was completely dumbfounded.

"Mr. Xu... what's going on here?"

Where is my game panel?

"It's gone." Xu Meng said casually, "You're no longer in the game, so of course there's no game panel."

"But..." Nanaka exclaimed in horror, "There's no logout button, how do I get back to reality?!"

Xu Meng was still somewhat absent-minded: "Don't worry, don't worry, you'll wake up the same way you wake up in your dreams in reality, there's not much difference."

"If I had to put it into words, it would be the existence of dream machines and sleepwalking drugs—oh no, I mean sleep-inducing patches—that make dreams more stable and less likely to wake you up."

"But ultimately, the dosage of the sleep-inducing patch is very small, and you will wake up quickly after your dream becomes unstable."

"I see..." Nanaka finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With this moment of relaxation, she finally realized something else: "So... Pilot really is you!?"

"And you too! Xiaomeng!"

She pounced on Xiaomeng, hugged her, and started rubbing her face, saying fiercely, "You lied to me so badly!!!"

Xiao Meng looked at Xu Meng with a pitiful expression.

Xu Meng patted her head to comfort her: "I asked her to lie to you. We just wanted to explore the Abyss Caves. Who would have thought you would suddenly join us?"

Qi Huahua said unwillingly, "Boss Xu, you acted so well, it was like you'd never seen me before, otherwise I would have dug you out long ago!"

"What kind of acting is this..." Xu Meng muttered.

He then continued walking, explaining, "I really haven't seen it before."

"You haven't seen it? But didn't Richard say that the Abyss Caves were mainly your idea?"

"My idea was good, but I didn't have time to work on the specific details. It was mainly Richard's team that did the production. Of course, the AI ​​generation of the Genesis Engine also made a significant contribution."

"In order to create the mysterious and unknown atmosphere of the abyss, we also specially adjusted the AI ​​parameters to make the generated environment, plants, animals and monsters contradict common sense."

"So there are a lot of terrain and creatures here that I've never seen before." "Otherwise, I wouldn't be in this situation now... Holy crap!"

As Xu Meng was explaining, she suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

Qi Huahua followed his gaze and saw an extremely shocking scene—

Orange juice is running naked on the main road!

Not the kind of streaking in underwear in a bustling metropolis, but the kind of streaking where you're completely naked.

"?!" Nanaka stared in shock, her eyes wide.

She knew that she should cover her eyes and turn her head away at that moment.

But she couldn't control her eyes and even couldn't resist recording a segment.

It's a pity that there's no game panel, and naturally, no in-game recording function either.

"Boss Xu...he...he's naked!!!"

"I saw it!!" Xu Meng was speechless, but also somewhat powerless.

He controls everything, so how can he possibly control what other people dream about?
Strictly speaking, when players dream in the game, they have entered their own mental world, and the content of their dreams is highly random.

Whether you dream of a blissful, romantic life together, or search the world for a toilet only to find one that you can't pee at all, is up to you.

He can't control it.

The problem now is that the dream machine and a special plant in the abyss have created a chemical reaction that has linked the dreams together.

What was originally a completely private dream suddenly became a public place.

Who can bear this?

Xu Meng had to cover Xiao Meng's eyes and shout, "Orange juice!! Wake up!!"

"There are women here too!"

Orange Juice, who was enjoying the fun of running like a caveman, was not surprised when it heard Xu Meng's shout and turned around with a swagger.

Wow! I actually dreamed about Boss Xu!

"so fun!"

"Mr. Xu, come on over!"

"You bastard..." Xu Meng sighed, rubbing her forehead. "I'm not the person in your dream!"

"I'm Pilot! See Nanaka? This is the real Nanaka! All of your teammates' dreams are now connected!"

"?"

The orange juice was stunned.

In the awkward silence, the excitement and audacity on his face vanished quickly, replaced by a deep despair.

He suddenly clutched his groin and crouched down, letting out a horrified scream:
"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

The sound was so loud, and the emotion so poignant, that it was truly unbearable to hear.

Xu Meng shook her head, pulled a gun from her back waist, and was about to give him a quick death.

—As the creator of the dream machine, he is the world's most powerful dream master, and making a gun is as easy as he can do.

But after hesitating for a second, he gave up.

If it's a normal dream and only a sleep-inducing patch was used, then one shot would wake Orange Juice up.

But the situation is more complicated now.

He entered the dream again in the dream game, this time in the second layer of the dream.

In this situation, instead of waiting for him to wake up naturally, he is brought to his senses through death...

Xu Meng wasn't sure whether she would wake up in reality or in the [Champion's Cup] after death.

This also involves AI-generated hypnotic plants. He knows almost nothing about these plants and has no idea what methods or codes they use to hypnotize players.

The unknown means the uncertain.

If a single shot resulted in a person in a vegetative state who couldn't wake up, that would be a huge problem!
In comparison, a mere social death is utterly insignificant.

He eventually put away his gun, walked over, and tossed his coat to Orange Juice.

Embarrassed, Orange Juice wrapped her coat around her waist and hurriedly ran to a roadside shop to grab a set of clothes, put them on, and ran away.

As the group continued forward, they bumped into Huan Yue, who was shopping with more than a dozen wives, and Yan Bo, a primary school student who was eating and drinking at a roadside stall—also known as the valiant sniper.

The work of awakening and explaining has been taken over by Qi Huahua.

Xu Meng then led them and Xiao Meng forward, toward the unusual situation he had noticed as soon as he entered the dream—

A shimmering wave of light descended from a height of over twenty meters, like a clear waterfall.

But its location is right next to the glass facade of a building, how could it be a waterfall?

He led a few people to the shimmering light and walked straight into it.

A new world thus appeared before his eyes—

A giant dragon soars through the sky.

The dragon rider sat on the dragon's neck, controlling the dragon to swoop down and spew out scorching dragon breath.

On the ground, a player dressed as a magician raised his wooden staff, and trees sprang up from the ground, almost creating a forest out of thin air.

The concrete pavement quickly crumbled into a pile of construction debris.

The real waterfall cascades down from a height of 100 meters, with a deafening roar.

However, a dozen or so people dressed in summer shirts were surfing on skateboards over the waterfall and across the huge rainbow arch.

On the rainbow arch bridge, six sports cars roared to life, racing each other.

One of the cars was hit by the opponent and flew off the highest point of the rainbow, crashing headfirst into a six-story, light green jelly-like building.

The jelly-like building swayed and spit out the sports car.

The driver, however, stayed inside, chasing and playing with the other players in swimsuits and mermaids in the jelly.

Next to the Jelly Building is a castle made of ice.

Above the castle, flames and frost from the Eastern dragon spewed fire and water vapor, like a lively fireworks display and fountain.

The upbeat music continuously spread a joyful atmosphere.

Groups of orcas swim in the air.

A vast number of jellyfish and bubbles mingled together and drifted everywhere...

……

Xu Meng was stunned.

Xiao Meng, Qi Hua Hua, Ying Yong Jiu Ji Shou, Huan Yue, and Ju Zi Zhi Guo were all stunned when they came over.

There are too many things in front of me, and they are too cluttered.

This is a completely dynamic world, like a never-ending grand summer party!

Everyone was celebrating.

Everyone was laughing.

everyone...

They are all creating and experiencing.

Xu Meng witnessed it with her own eyes:

When a player places their hand on a building damaged by a dragon knight and a wizard, the concrete immediately softens and turns into a striped appearance of red and white.

In just over ten seconds, this dilapidated building was transformed into a candy building!
After he finished making it, he even broke off a piece and tasted it!
"Wow~" Xiao Meng exclaimed with delight, "Master, didn't you say before that you wanted to find some talented dream weavers?"

"There seem to be a lot here!"

Xu Meng, however, only felt a lingering fear.

He did consider selecting some players with a talent for creating dreams as an alternative way to fill the virtual world, distinct from AI.

But that requires scientific assessment and selection under completely controllable and fully logistical conditions.

Instead of accidentally falling into a trap and turning around to find a group of dream weavers celebrating together!
And judging from their practiced manner, they clearly hadn't just entered this public dream.

They've probably been hanging around here for days!

This isn't some safe place that's been tested multiple times; it's an unexpected space created by a damn code bug!

We should be thankful that no one was injured!

He had no time to think about the selection of dream weavers; his mind was preoccupied with only one thing:

I need to wake up quickly and fix this unexpected and serious bug!

(End of this chapter)