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Chapter 23 Lecture
"Wasteland survival..."

As Yu Jin entered the auditorium, he stared at the bolded title on the large screen and fell into deep thought.

This lecture...

right?

"Old Yu, where's our class?"

Old Cui's shout brought Yu Jin back to his senses.

He temporarily suppressed his thoughts and, together with his three roommates, found their seats in the classroom and sat down.

The auditorium was packed with people and quite noisy.

Many students were stunned when they first entered and saw the title "Wasteland Survival" on the screen.

at the same time.

Yu Jin also heard the discussions of his classmates coming from all directions—

"No? A wasteland survival lecture?"

"This is a lecture, and everyone is forced to attend, and if you don't come, you get your credits deducted?"

"Holy crap, buddy, this is the qualifying round!"

"Wasn't the notification given at noon?"

"I was playing my promotion match at noon!"

"No, let me sort this out..."

"..."

The students were talking a lot.

but……

Basically, no one took this lecture too seriously.

That's how university lectures are; whether you're there or not is one thing.

"Speaking of which, our school has been doing more and more outrageous things lately..."

"The birthday celebration for Fan Zhongyan this morning was abstract enough, and now they've come up with something even more bizarre."

"I don't know what the school leaders are thinking."

Yu Jin heard the girl behind him complaining.

"That's it!"

"This world is just a giant makeshift operation!"

……

"Old Yu, what do you think of this lecture?"

Old Cui suddenly leaned closer, his expression strange.

"I?"

"See with your eyes."

Yu Jin told a lame joke, and Lao Cui laughed along.

I just laughed for a while.

Old Cui leaned closer again and asked in a low voice:
Don't you think something's a little off?

Ember raised an eyebrow: "Explain in detail?"

Old Cui raised his head and looked around.

"I think, just a simple feeling..."

"This lecture might be related to the game Wasteland!"

Old Cui made a surprising remark.

"Oh?"

Ember gestured for him to continue.

Old Cui pondered for a moment, adjusted his words, and then said in a low voice:
"You've been sleeping all day, so you might not be aware..."

"Just today, a rumor circulated online that many people across the country have received the 'Wasteland' game helmet!"

"Receiving the helmet is fine, the problem is—"

"Many of them had no idea about the game Wasteland before, but they still received the helmets!"

"That helmet is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it's priceless!"

Ember nodded in agreement: "So?"

Old Cui took a deep breath and spoke cautiously:
"Old Yu, don't you think this looks a lot like..."

"Marketing?"

Ember was shocked.

He never expected that Lao Cui could come up with such a revolutionary conclusion!

the other side.

Old Cui got more and more excited as he spoke:
"Limited edition helmets, not for sale, but given away for free—a classic case of scarcity marketing!"

"And this lecture—"

"Maybe the game publisher paid Jiang Da a lot of money to make this happen, with the aim of making everyone interested in the Wasteland game, and even spending a fortune to buy game helmets for it!"

Yu Jin interrupted, "You just said that gaming helmets are available but not sold through official channels."

"It'll be available after the marketing campaign is over!"

Old Cui was resolute.

"..."

Yu Jin stared at Old Cui for a long time.

It took him a long while to realize—

The reason Yu Jin had the idea that 'games are invading reality' was because of the system he was bound to. The system made Yu Jin realize that the scenarios written in online novels were not impossible to become reality.

But Old Cui?

He was just an ordinary college student. Despite the extreme realism of Wasteland and the eerie atmosphere of the lecture, he could only guess according to normal human thinking.

Even if someone does connect this to the idea of ​​'games invading reality,' he can only make that connection, not verify it. He might even be ridiculed by his peers if he voices that conclusion.

"I think you're right."

Yu Jin looked at Old Cui and gave his approval.

"hey-hey."

Old Cui chuckled.

But for some reason, there was always a hint of feigned ignorance in that smile.

"Speaking of the Wasteland game, how has your gaming experience been these past few days?"

"Have you had any special experiences?"

Before the lecture officially started, Yu Jin asked Lao Cui and the other two questions.

"lifelike!"

Brother Hong was the first to speak.

"anything else?"

Yu Jin pressed for an answer.

"So realistic!"

Without hesitation, Brother Hong Kong...

Yu Jin was exasperated, knowing he wouldn't get any useful information from this guy, so he simply looked at Yu Fei, who was sitting one seat away.

"Yufei, what do you think?"

Yufei was holding a notebook and writing furiously.

Hearing Ember ask him a question, he looked up.

Yu Jin was surprised to find that Yu Fei's eyes were bloodshot.

"You don't have to work this hard to prepare for the postgraduate entrance exam..."

As his roommate, Yu Jin offered a word of advice.

But the words just fell.

The Hong Kong guy next to him spoke up quietly:
"This time it's not because of the postgraduate entrance exam, but because of Wasteland."

"After logging into Wasteland last night, Yufei didn't sleep a wink. As soon as it was light, he went to the library and spent the whole time writing and drawing in his notebook. I don't know what he was writing, and he didn't let me or Lao Cui see it."

In the end, Gang Ge's tone became more resentful, feeling that Yu Fei didn't treat them like brothers.

"really?"

Yu Jin was somewhat surprised.

"really!"

Old Cui acted as a witness.

The voice just fell.

"Lao Yu!"

Yufei finally stopped writing. He looked at Yujin and called out to him, handing over the draft notebook filled with lines of text.

Yu Jin took it.

With just one glance, Yu Jin's pupils dilated violently.

[Analysis of the Possibility of Wasteland Invading Reality]

Old Cui and Brother Gang were equally shocked when they got closer to see the title of the text.

hiss--!
Yu Jin clearly heard the two of them simultaneously gasp.

……

"The production requirements of the Wasteland game far exceed the current level of human technology."

……

"The Wasteland game has completely realistic pain feedback, but the game only uses the helmet to log in. The human nervous system is not entirely controlled by the brain."

……

"The time flow in the Wasteland game is approaching that of reality; upon initial login, one minute in Wasteland was equivalent to two minutes in reality; upon second login, one minute in Wasteland was equivalent to one minute and fifty-nine seconds in reality; upon third login,..."

……

The notebook was filled with all sorts of writing.

The last line was written with fresh ink, a sentence that Yufei had just penned—

"Today, several universities in Daxia, including Jiangcheng University, held 'Wasteland Survival' lectures simultaneously."

Yu Jin didn't have time to care, because besides Jiangcheng University, other universities were also holding similar lectures at this time.

He suddenly looked up at Yufei.

What did you experience in Wasteland?

In Yu Jin's mind, Yu Fei was not the kind of person who liked reading online novels, nor was he a fantasist.

Quite the opposite.

From the start of his junior year, all his thoughts were focused on preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam, which is enough to prove that he is an extreme realist!
The only reason for all these changes could be something that happened to him after he logged into the Wasteland game last night...

"elder."

Yufei pursed his lips, his eyes filled with an indescribable confusion.

“I met an old man,” he said.

(End of this chapter)