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Chapter 207 Cold Shiver
This book is clearly unfinished, but I have the illusion that it's already finished and I'm writing the side stories...

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Inside a room where no detector could find it due to Gu Meng's attention.

"Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly...live?"

yes or no?

"What era are we living in that there are still these retro-style web pages? Is it the same thing as the Chinese mobile game 'Greedy Blue Moon'?"

Poch decisively clicked the X.

It's alright. The location of the cross isn't very obvious, but it's not particularly hard to find either. He's learned how to do it during his time in China.

This stuff is all advertising.

Boqi, 24 years old, is a migrant worker in Shanghai.

Although he was from out of town, he wasn't some lowly, humble person from Japan—well, not quite.

A poor Japanese man cannot be considered a "Taijun" (Japanese officer).

The mother is said to have died from vomiting blood due to heart disease, while the father, who had a lot of debt, was later found dead as well.

With an ordinary background of being orphaned, he had a harrowing experience working during high school, narrowly escaping death.

Perhaps in some other world he will become another Japanese high school student who saves the world, but in the end he will live a peaceful life in this world where Meng does not interfere and life is mostly just ordinary.

Finally, they arrived in China. It is now very difficult to see Yakuza in major Chinese cities. Pochi firmly believes that a civilization without Yakuza is a good civilization.

Speaking of which, his voice is quite unique, it has a voice actor feel to it. Actually, he could totally use a skin to become a Japanese VTuber and watch Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West every day. Maybe he could become popular. He's the chosen one for Chinese VTubers.

But the reality is that his life abroad is pretty average. He has no friends, no money, no career, no goals, no partner, he's withdrawn, and doesn't know where the future lies.

When Gu Meng was selecting test subjects with relatively simple social relationships, he also saw a young man who had failed in life and spent all his money on virtual anchors like Taffy Meow.

Yes, that's him.

Gu Meng was chosen.

Intuition, or at his level, it was already a divine sign.

This person, like the protagonist, is both decadent and spirited, with great potential, making him a suitable candidate for experimentation.

Moreover, it was quite good to use Japanese people for the first experiment. It was his first time doing it, and he had no experience. He even seriously considered using death row inmates to actually eliminate the test subjects afterward.

We'll use our own people once the verification is successful.

Even within Youxuan, there were distinctions of kinship. After he truly achieved great success, the number of his family and pets was limited, and not everyone wanted to follow him.

Gu Meng didn't mind leaving some extraordinary abilities for the other employees who couldn't leave with him through the game while he was still around. After all, they had already been alienated by his long-term contact and should be easier to reform.

……

"Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly...live?"

Even though he closed the pop-up, Boqi still felt inexplicably bothered, as if he had missed something...

He felt a sense of bewilderment, as if the pop-up he had just seen possessed an indescribable allure.

Before he could regret it for long, a real change occurred: a seemingly real flying dump truck rushed into the room.

"Holy crap!" he exclaimed clearly and distinctly.
"Why! Is it a hallucination? Am I dreaming?"

The thought flashed through his mind, and Pochi lost consciousness.

...The ultimate classic—cold, trembling...

The moment he woke up, Pochi jumped up from the ground. He looked around in panic, his mind momentarily confused between the indoor environment and the snowy outdoor landscape before him. But a few seconds later, he snapped out of the confusion.

"Indeed, you are the one who has grown the most drastically among those who came this time."

A cold voice came.

Boch turned his head and saw a bald, muscular man staring at him with a sneer.

This guy is three meters tall, his muscles look like those of a character from some old Japanese muscular manga, he doesn't look like a normal person at all, and his head is even pointed.

The two did not exchange any further words. While sizing up the Chinese man, Boqi noticed that there were five other people lying next to him, all of whom were wearing masks and appeared to be young girls.

In the distance are some statues.

In the snow, the statues... the architecture felt familiar, as if I had seen it before, but I wasn't sure.

It's a snowy day, and the cold comes from the weather. Why is it shivering?
Is there some kind of noise in the distance? Are people fighting? Is the ground shaking because of a fight? Are they using firearms? Is it a police-versus-police battle? Why is there such a commotion?

Forgive his weary imagination for only going this far; he never imagined that the noise would be caused by someone hitting him with a stick.

Why do I feel like I hear monkeys calling?

"Where is this place? Who are you? Why am I here?"

Boqi kept asking these people questions. Since the Chinese man was speaking Chinese and the surrounding environment was traditional Chinese architecture, he had assumed that everyone was Chinese and that he was probably the only one who had wandered in by mistake while working in China.

The girl, surrounded by masks whose expressions were obscured, didn't even seem like a living person; she was more like a doll. Everyone present, except for Boqi, was controlled by Gu Meng, and the girl wasn't a real hen—she remained silent.

Only the muscular guy playing the role of Brother Jie took a deep breath and said, "Newbie, you're really unlucky. You've reached such a high-difficulty scene in your first game... Think about it carefully, you should have some settings in your mind."

Hypnotic indoctrination is a basic skill for Gu Meng; he can do it without even knowing how.

Incidentally, in reality, Boqi didn't see any dump trucks; he simply fell asleep and then entered a special game pod where he was observed by Gu Meng.

Currently, the only game that can be completely indistinguishable from reality under his blessing is Black Myth. At the same time, only the maps that were first released as PVs have collected the highest level of willpower, making it convenient to adapt them into a real game demo, namely Black Wind Mountain and Little Western Paradise.

These two difficulty levels are no different for a normal beginner; it's a sure thing, so Gu Meng didn't intend for Boqi to pass the level.

Considering his apparent potential, Gu Meng assigned him to the more challenging Xiaoxitian.

Think about it carefully?

Poch began to recall everything in his mind; he only remembered seeing the burning Phantom dump truck...

No, it was the previous pop-up window: truly alive?

When this pop-up notification appeared, didn't he click "no"?
So it turns out there's no difference between yes and no?

So cunning!

Is this a reference to The Matrix? I haven't seen Infinite Terror, so I missed a lot of references.

Wait, Pochi suddenly felt something new in his mind: survival and life...

This is a game. Who created this game is no longer important. It could be the gods, the demons, aliens, or even humans from the future. In any case, he is a member of this game, or rather, he has already become a member of this game.

What is the organization's purpose: to protect humanity? To defend against evil gods? To bring glory to the world?

The world that is being created is made up of the most popular games, and the power comes from people's hearts... No matter what path or system one takes, as long as the power of the heart and love becomes stronger, one can often exert strength far beyond the norm.

(End of this chapter)