Chapter 1: Biochemical Ghost
Why do people play games?
For dreams. Reality has so many disappointments, so many helpless situations, and all of these can be ignored in games. When we were children, we had dreams of traveling the world with a sword, of righting wrongs and helping the weak, but in reality, we bow for a few measures of rice, and we sigh in the face of evil. Yet in games, these are compensated. You can be a hero who fights injustice, you can act recklessly with a carefree sense of revenge, you can even display both great passion and tender sentiment at the same time...
Of course, these words may sound too grandiose, but for someone like me, an ordinary person, playing games is, as the saying goes—I'm not playing the game, I'm playing loneliness.
Loneliness is nothing more than playing when bored. Now let's talk about this different kind of 'loneliness.'
Others can play games skillfully, even find romantic opportunities, but I play with heart-pounding, life-or-death experiences...
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"Ugh, where is this?!"
I turn my head left and right, surprised to find myself under the ruins of a stranger's building, surrounded by darkness, a broken streetlight above casting a dim light on me, and a strange black shadow extending from behind me.
"This… this place seems to be…"
"Hey, kid, stop sleeping. Don't blame me if a monster eats you!" A large hand patted my shoulder. When I turned my head, I saw a blonde-haired, blue-eyed man holding a machine gun, wearing a helmet, and fully equipped.
"Huh? For... foreigner?"
This is strange. How did I end up here? Where did this foreigner come from? And most incredibly... I can actually understand what he's saying! I am 100% sure he's speaking English. Embarrassingly, my English is terrible—I barely understand English textbook contents, it's like reading hieroglyphs. But here I am, understanding this foreign man's words?! This is too strange...
The foreign man frowned when he saw me staring at him: "Brat, what are you looking at? Hurry up and follow me. That guy is coming soon."
"Follow you? That guy? Who?"
Just as I was confused, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from not far away.'Dong dong dong——' Huh? What is running that sounds so loud?
'Damn, it's coming so fast!'
The foreign man in front of me obviously heard the sound too. His eyes were fierce, and he suddenly shouted at me viciously, 'It's all your fault, you little brat! Get out of the way!'
As soon as he finished speaking, two mercenaries suddenly jumped out from behind and reached for me with one hand each.
'Huh? This...' Before I could react, the two mercenaries each grabbed one side of me and lifted me up.
'Hey, big brothers, where is this place? I don't know! I don't know anything! By the way, who is your employer? Can I talk to him?' It was really embarrassing to say, but my life couldn't afford mistakes right now! These guys looked meaner than each other; they might shoot me the moment they got annoyed with me!
Oh my god, I'm still a virgin! I definitely don't want to die in this damn place!
'Huh?' Seeing me trembling, the two mercenaries looked at each other.
'Yang De Ren, what's wrong with you? You usually seem so brave. How come you got so scared before seeing any bio-mutants today?'
Hmm? Yang De Ren? Brave? Wait, he called me—'Yang De Ren!'
He called me... Yang De Ren!!! Isn't that my nickname in the game? Suddenly, I felt a chill all over my body and looked down at myself—my clothes, gloves, boots, weapons—all exactly like the mercenaries! Wait, I even have a weapon? I took out the heavy thing from my back. Oh my god! It's a heavy machine gun!
Could it be? I instinctively looked up, and sure enough! The two mercenaries in front of me were actually my close friends, Glasses and Lao Wan!
Impossible! I panicked and looked around. In front, there were streetlights; beside, a long wall; behind, a worn-out bus parked on the side. Could this be... District 13?!
How is this possible?! I examined it carefully again, hoping to find any difference, but the result... it was exactly the same as the District 13 map in my memory! This place was actually District 13 from the CF game!
'Ah!'Just as I was **, I heard a hoarse, strange, yet chilling scream in my ears. Instinctively, I looked up—oh my god! Wh-...... is this? Standing atop the streetlamp ahead stood a rough, blood-red figure, with several glowing tubes stuck behind its head, both hands ...... No, those weren't hands—those were two huge steel claws! Those blood-red monsters, glowing green like copper bells, stared at us as if they wanted to devour us alive. "This is obviously...... The biochemical monster from the game! ”? I swallowed nervously, feeling my heart pounding wildly. Oh my mom, mimi! Could it be that I have traveled into a world inside a game?! Impossible, what the hell is this?!? "Damn, you really chased fast!"? The foreign man from earlier spat hard, raised his heavy machine gun, aimed it at the monster above his head, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't panic! Fight while retreating, don't spread out!" Bang bang bang ......? The heavy machine gun spat out flames and quickly fired at the monster above its head! But the monster was even faster. Before the bullet could hit him, it had already leapt down from above, swinging its sharp claws to grab at the foreign man. "Captain, watch out...... Lao Wan couldn't finish his sentence before he could continue. The monster lunged at the captain with a paw, and with a 'smack,' it was torn in half alive! Flesh and blood scattered all over the roads on both sides. Oh my god! Seeing this scene, I suddenly felt a wave of nausea and almost vomited! I hadn't realized this monster was so terrifying while playing games! Looking back now, all the monsters in the game are virtual, but this ...... in front of me It's so realistic, or rather, it's just real! I can even see the capillaries outside the monster's skin with perfect clarity!? Oh my god, it's actually real! No, I can't stay any longer, I want to go back, I want to go into the real world!? It seems it's not just me trying to escape. Watching this bloody and terrifying scene unfold, even the battle-hardened mercenaries tremble with fear, crying out as they all find a way out. "Hey, don't run, this is it!" Damn it, I've never seen such a trash mercenary group!"Glasses and Old Wan were furious at the same time, running around in panic only makes you die faster! There was no choice, the two of them exchanged a glance, grabbed me, and started running too.
Listening to the screams coming from all directions, the three of us were secretly shocked. We knew the bio-ghosts were fast, but we never expected them to be this fast! Many mercenaries didn't even take two steps before being brutally torn to pieces, and many clearly saw that creature chasing other mercenaries far away, but the next moment it was right behind them, instantly turning into a pool of blood and flesh.
Damn it! Glasses looked back and said harshly, "You guys go first, I'll hold him off!"
"No! You'll die!"
"It's better for one person to die than two. Stop mothering around here, just get the hell out!"
Looking at the familiar face in front of me, I suddenly felt a wave of emotion. Was this still the careless, clueless, benefit-loving Glasses? Glasses smiled faintly at us, adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, loaded the machine gun, and turned around.
We must survive! Old Wan grabbed my hand with one and held the machine gun with the other as he ran backward.
"There's a building over there, let's go up!" I shouted, pointing to the stairwell.
"No! Didn't you see that those who died were all killed while preparing to go upstairs? That monster will definitely be waiting upstairs!"
"Then what do we do?"
Old Wan looked ahead and said, "There are many large containers over there, we can hide behind those."
Not bad, I saw them too. I slightly let go of Old Wan's hand and ran faster for my life. As we got closer and closer to the containers, my heart began to lift with hope, but suddenly a hoarse roar came from behind, 'Aaargh!'
What? I turned around and, oh my god! That biochemical monster was right behind us, eyeing us like a predator.
"Run!" Old Wan gritted his teeth, kicking me hard in the butt, and raised the machine gun to face the bio-ghost.
"Ah! Are you crazy!" I fell to the ground, staring incredulously at Old Wan's tall shadow.
‘Rat-a-tat-tat...' With the gun vibrating, Old Wan laughed loudly: "Haha, every one of you that can escape, escape! Get the hell away from me! Hahaha, come on, monster! Come into brother's embrace!"Hearing the same familiar voice, I was momentarily stunned, clenched my fist tightly, and suddenly felt an inexplicable surge of heroic spirit. I wiped the sweat from my face, lifted the heavy machine gun, and rushed forward: 'I won't leave if you don't, it's just a little monster. Back when I played games, I never took things like this seriously!'
The two of us stood together attacking, bullets swarming like a tide toward the bio-monsters. The monster winced in pain and no longer dared to withstand us, darting into places we couldn't see.
Huff… huff…
Seeing the monster finally retreat, Lao Wan and I exchanged a glance, and I felt an instant relief, collapsing to the ground in exhaustion. Lao Wan, however, was full of energy, leaping up and laughing heartily at me: 'Great, this is…'
No! Just as Lao Wan was rejoicing, I saw a blood-red figure flash behind him!
Ah! Watching Lao Wan fall, I shouted loudly, filled with fury, raised my heavy machine gun, and recklessly charged! The monster, surprisingly, had gotten smart; the blood-red figure dodged left and right, and for a moment, I couldn't catch up with it…
Suddenly, a fierce gust of wind swept from above. When I looked up, my vision was immediately engulfed in blood-red…
……
Cough, cough! I didn't expect… it to be so fast… (End of this chapter)
