Strategy game? Then I'll have to control you properly.

"I overslept."

It was evening.

Although I left work early, I was still exhausted.

From the moment Lin Miao drove to work in a frantic rush because she overslept, her entire demeanor became completely chaotic.

My work life was a blur. By the time I came to my senses, I was already home, having taken off my sweltering coat.

"Speaking of which..."

Just then, Lin Miao caught sight of the computer, and the events of last night resurfaced in her mind.

Despite having experienced such a shocking event, he was able to get through the whole day as if nothing had happened, which even he found unbelievable.

Lin Miao was so nervous that she forgot to eat dinner and immediately turned on the monitor and sat back down in her chair.

The screen lights up quickly and the desktop appears.

On that verdant grassland, the mysterious inhabitants that Lin Miao had met yesterday still existed.

They gathered on the grassland as the sun set, and upon closer inspection, it appeared they were discussing something serious.

Those solemn and gloomy expressions and atmosphere made Lin Miao unconsciously become cautious.

Until their first meeting yesterday, Lin Miao remained an uninformed observer, but today was different.

Since he still couldn't figure out the situation, he decided to proceed with caution.

[Achievement Completed: Achievement Points Awarded]

[First Area Exploration: 100P]

[First Food Gathering: 100P]

……

As if they had been waiting for Lin Miao to sit down, a whole bunch of notifications popped up in a flash.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a reward for the achievements made by the residents through their own actions during this period.

Even minor tasks like scouting and gathering food were counted as achievements and awarded points, totaling 1000P.

It seems there's only a reward for the first time you achieve it; it'll probably be impossible to rack up points this quickly again.

"So what should we do with these points now?"

Although these points were earned by the residents, Lin Miao controlled them.

Just like when we used 360 Security Guard to treat Lillie's injuries, achievement points are quite useful.

The problem is what I can do now; there are quite a few programs that can be unlocked with 1000 points.

Document editing programs are fine, as are image editing software.

"game?"

However, what caught Lin Miao's eye the most was the huge pile of STAME games, which was his only hobby since his student days.

The Tribal Chief's Dilemma: A Suitable Place to Live

"What is this? A new mission?"

Just as Lin Miao was checking the points required to unlock various games.

The villagers seemed to have finished their meeting, but at that moment, an exclamation mark suddenly appeared above the head of Attila, the tribal chief who was sighing with a gloomy face.

Lin Miao right-clicked on his body, and in addition to the original zoom-in view, a new option appeared.

Attila is deeply troubled by resource shortages and will decide to move away if he finds the place uninhabitable.

[WARNING: The disappearance of villagers will not stop the emergence of the corrosive entities!]

"Resource shortage?"

This feature reveals Attila's current predicament.

Specifically, due to insufficient resources such as food and materials, they are considering whether to migrate again.

What's most concerning is that warning, which seems to say that if all the villagers run away, you're doomed.

"What exactly is an invading entity?"

Lin Miao muttered to himself, inexplicably irritated, and began to think about how to meet Attila's demand for resources.

After all, it should be an application that meets our needs, like 360 ​​Security Guard.

[Recommended Sandbox Games]

As if it could read Lin Miao's troubles, the system made a recommendation this time, and a blue-bordered icon appeared in the corner of the desktop—it was a game called "Minecraft".

This game, which Lin Miao played frequently during high school and still occasionally plays now, is a sandbox game without a fixed goal or storyline.

In a vast map composed of various blocks, players can freely engage in activities such as hunting, gathering, and crafting.

Thinking about this, if we could really "take the items out of the game", wouldn't that solve all the needs of the current desktop residents?

Lin Miao, whose hair stood on end instantly, inexplicably paid the points to activate the game and system linkage.

[New program integration in progress]

[Current capacity: 0/4]

Double-clicking the icon to start the game does not bring up the usual interface, but a completely new window affected by the system.

Please select up to four residents.

"..."

The game seemed to have slipped out of Lin Miao's control and completely changed, leaving Lin Miao with no choice but to follow the prompts.

After the prompt to select four residents appeared, Lin Miao dragged Chief Attila, the chief's daughter Lillie, and two seemingly strong men, and lifted them up.

"It's time for you to shine for the collective."

Seeing the four little figures frantically thrashing about in mid-air, Lin Miao clicked "OK".

[Selection complete]

[Entering a new world...]

When Lin Miao made her selection, the system suddenly shut down, and a black window popped up. The game company's logo and name then appeared, indicating that the game was starting.

Lin Miao hurriedly minimized the game window and looked around, but only the restless residents remained on the desktop; the four people she had just selected had vanished without a trace.

At that very moment, the game was fully launched.

In the lit-up game screen, the character thrown into the game world is gazing at the vast plains from a first-person perspective under the bright daylight.

Unlike desktop backgrounds that use real photos and lifelike inhabitants, this world is made up of rough blocks.

Perhaps because she hadn't played the game in a long time, even the hand model that wobbled when clicked felt a little strange to Lin Miao.

"This is so realistic!"

But when Lin Miao accidentally moved the mouse to rotate the view, the scene behind him was so frightening that he almost bit his tongue.

The real inhabitants, so out of place in this angular, blocky world, stared at Lin Miao with wide, horrified eyes from within the game.

Among the group of people who were suddenly kidnapped because of Lin Miao, only Lillie, who always carried a sword, was armed.

She shielded her father Attila and the other residents behind her, drawing her sword and pointing it directly at Lin Miao.

Perhaps it's because, apart from them, the entire world is made up of heterogeneous cubes.

Unlike the desktop perspective, Lillie appears taller and more vibrant in the first-person view.

But just as Lin Miao subconsciously moved closer by pressing the keyboard, she swung her sword at Lin Miao in a panic.

Lin Miao had no time to react.

She seemed to use some special footwork, closing the distance in the blink of an eye and unleashing a slash.

"¿"

Lin Miao's character bounced slightly after being injured, but was then knocked back.

That attack directly reduced his health by half, and Lin Miao instinctively turned around and pressed the jump button repeatedly to escape the battlefield.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that Lillie seemed to want to give chase, but the tireless game character, who had no speed penalty, was faster.

Lin Miao sighed, understanding their feelings of being dragged into an unfamiliar world, and decided to find a way to show that she was not an enemy and could offer help.

Fortunately, finding a solution doesn't seem to be too difficult.

Although it might be the system's doing, with creative mode and cheat functions almost completely blocked, at least the game can still be played normally.

Just then, several animals from the game appeared in front of us.

Seeing the residents' hunger, Lin Miao decided to give them the food that the animals had dropped as a gift.

Receiving a gift at least lets you know that you have no hostility towards them.

"Wait, could it be that even monsters will appear exactly the same way?"

Just as Lin Miao was cutting down nearby trees to make hunting tools, a sudden variable flashed through her mind.

There are also all sorts of monsters in this game.

Even with Lillie around, the residents abandoned in this open field would be in danger if they came in droves.

"The house must be built before nightfall."

Although it was just a lighthearted game, Lin Miao still stayed focused and dedicated to her work.

At this moment, Lin Miao was simply sitting in front of the computer controlling a character to play a game, but the situation was slightly different for the residents.

To be honest, it's still unclear whether they are real humans or something else, but Lin Miao doesn't dare to gamble that they won't be resurrected after death.

Lin Miao sighed and used a wooden tool to knock down all the nearby animals. After the animals died, they dropped chunks of unprocessed, bright red meat.

These things in front of us are just data piled up with pixels, making one wonder if this kind of thing can really be handed over to those villagers.

But he forcibly dismissed this question, saying that if we're talking about common sense and reality, the current situation is absurd enough.

Since the system recommends it this way, there must be a reason for it—with this certainty, Lin Miao cautiously walked towards the place where the villagers were gathered.

The villagers remained huddled in place, looking around, too afraid to even move.

Lin Miao took advantage of this time to make a notice board and stuck it in the ground.

However, the villagers seemed unable to understand the writing on it. Instead, Lin Miao reappeared, which made the villagers tremble with fear. Lillie, who was standing to the side, even raised her sword again.

"Alas, the language of another world is incomprehensible."

Lin Miao had no choice but to slowly approach, holding the piece of meat in her hand.

Whether it was Lin Miao's actions that confused them, or simply because the slow approach lowered their guard, Lillie did not rashly draw her sword this time.

In front of them, Lin Miao pressed the discard button, dropping the piece of meat in her hand onto the ground with a thud.

Although their movements were extremely perfunctory, the way they stared wide-eyed at the chunks of meat clearly showed they didn't care about that at all.