Chapter 3 Prologue: Destined Death
Zhao Qingyun took off his headphones, punched the keyboard, and stood up from his seat with a gloomy expression.
Walking to the floor-to-ceiling windows, I looked downstairs through the glass. In the game hall on the first floor, employees lamented one after another.
On the big screen, the members participating in the battle were killed and injured in a mess. The carefully assembled dragon-slaying team of hundreds of people had more than half killed or injured at this time.
Someone's character kept dying, and the screen immediately turned into a blood-red color, leaving only a big word "death".
Looking around, more than half of the computer screens in the entire hall showed this scene, and the screens were filled with players as if they were mourning for their heirs.
Zhao Qingyun gritted his teeth for a while. Although there have been casualties in land reclamation BOSS in the past, this was the first time that so many men were lost in a BOSS battle.
It seems that slaying the dragon is still too forced. With this loss, the Blue Dragon Society will have to grow slowly for a while.
But it doesn't matter, as long as the core team is fine, we can just recruit the cannon fodder after it dies.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, these unlucky guys died miserably." Liu Qiang's gloating voice sounded from the side. "Mr. Zhao, you will suffer a big loss now."
"Pay attention to your attitude Liu Qiang. Don't think that just because you are sent from the headquarters, you can be disrespectful to me."
"Ah, that's it, that's it, how dare I, I'm a mean person, you have a lot, but don't take it to heart! Otherwise, I won't be able to sleep well, I apologize to you." Liu Qiang curtsied in an exaggerated manner, his expression begging for more beatings.
But now is not the time to worry about this. Zhao Qingyun turned on the microphone and cleared his throat.
"The old rules are that those who survived must quickly return to the city to rest. After getting off the plane, they must make a post-war summary. Each person must write an experience report of no less than 3,000 words. The leader of each group goes to the conference room for a meeting. All battles Dead players, congratulations, you can retire, go get your severance pay, remember to bring your personal belongings.”
Fifteen minutes later——
Sixty or seventy players were sitting in a room, each of them looking strange.
They were all the unlucky ones who were killed in this BOSS battle. From the moment they entered this base, they were told that in the game they played called "Old Earth", each player only had one life. Once they died, It's time to exit, which means the work is over.
The boss had promised that as long as the game account was canceled due to no personal reasons, he would give generous compensation as severance pay.
I just don’t know if this promise can be fulfilled.
After all, almost all of them were 'brought' in by various means, and they almost lost contact with the outside world during this period of time in the base.
Although the food is good, the food is good, the salary is good, and the job is just playing games, but just looking at the "security guards" with guns and ammunition around, you know that the identity of the boss of this base is definitely not that simple.
"Do you think the boss will really pay me?"
"What the heck, it would be nice if I could save my life."
"I think it's about to end. We have been locked up in this base for more than a year without even a chance to communicate. There must be some conspiracy behind this... We are probably going to be silenced."
"That shouldn't be the case. Aren't we just here to play a game? We haven't done anything illegal... This is not a certain north."
The waiting room door suddenly opened.
Zhao Qingyun walked in with a nonchalant expression, followed by several gunmen with live ammunition and a large number of boxes.
He glanced at everyone with a half-smile, and his expression suddenly turned serious.
"Congratulations, your mission in this base has been completed. According to the original agreement, each of you can receive 300,000 severance pay. As a reward for your service here, I, Zhao Qingyun, always keep my word. Well, come and get the money now.”
Everyone looked surprised after hearing this, but they didn't expect to actually give money.
One by one, they went up and got the boxes. Some opened them in disbelief and saw that there was indeed cash neatly packed inside.
Soon everyone had a suitcase in their hands. Everyone looked at the money in the box with excitement. After working in this base for almost two years, they earned 10,000 yuan a month. Before leaving, they could get another 300,000 yuan. , I earned more than 400,000 yuan in two years, which is more money than working part-time.
Then I felt a little regretful. Unfortunately, this game has weird rules. Each player only has one life. Once he dies, it’s GAMEOVER. He can’t even create a new account. Otherwise, it would be great to be able to continue doing this work.
Liu Qiang followed Zhao Qingyun, watching Zhao Qingyun's performance, but he sneered in his heart, and looked at everyone with a hint of schadenfreude in his eyes.
He knew very well the fate of these people. The so-called promise of a thousand pieces of gold... was really awe-inspiring.
No one noticed it at all. Everyone looked at the cash box in their hands excitedly. It was still cash, it was too open.
Soon the money was distributed. Zhao Qingyun looked at his watch: "A car will pick you up in an hour. Please wait patiently here. Okay, let's say goodbye, everyone. I hope you have a pleasant stay in this base."
After saying that, he led the people away. When the door was closed again, everyone immediately started chatting excitedly.
"Hahaha, let me tell you what. The boss is an open-minded person and will definitely not lie to us."
"If you really give me money, I'll make a fortune now."
"What kind of hair do you want to pay? It's only 300,000 yuan. It's not even enough to buy a house..."
"Be content, why complain when you have money...cough, cough, cough, cough."
A player who was talking suddenly coughed, and the cough became louder and harder, as if he wanted to cough out his lungs.
He was hunched over and lying on the ground, but even though he was so embarrassed, he was still holding on to the box containing the money.
An acquaintance next to him saw him and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong, man?"
"Ahem... I don't know... Ahem, I just feel a little... uncomfortable, ahem - wow!"
The man suddenly vomited as he spoke, as if there was a lot of water in his lungs that made it impossible for him to breathe, but he couldn't spit out anything. He opened his mouth, making horrifying coughing and vomiting sounds, and lay on the ground like Struggling like drowning.
This huge movement immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding players. Everyone stopped talking and looked at the man on the ground in surprise.
"Wocao, Agui, what's going on with you? I - vomit!"
As the other man spoke, his vision suddenly blurred, and he felt dizzy and sick in his stomach. When he looked down, his entire palm turned dark green. The man thought he was dazzled, so he blinked, but found that not only his palm was Turning green, the entire arm and body began to turn green, and at the same time, a disgusting fishy smell was emitted all over the body, causing people around him to retreat.
At the same time, a severe burning sensation also came from all over his body.
"Ah! Ah! It hurts, it hurts!"
He screamed, and blood flowed from all his orifices.
The shrill screams frightened everyone present.
"What's wrong with me?"
"Old Li seems to be poisoned!"
"I-ah!"
The third unlucky guy soon appeared. Before the man could finish a sentence, he felt a sharp pain coming from all over his body. Two pillars of blood suddenly shot out from his chest and back. It was as if someone had opened two holes in his chest. The invisible force was tearing at him, crushing his bones, and inserting the ribs into his chest. He screamed and was squeezed into a blur of flesh and blood. Immediately afterwards, his body was torn open with wounds, and blood spurted out, as if an invisible monster was biting his body and chewing his flesh.
"Save me! Save...me!" He reached out to grab the person next to him, but the people around him were so frightened that they all backed away. With a click, the person's body was broken into two pieces...
This tragic scene frightened everyone.
No one knew what was going on. People kept screaming and dying in various weird ways. Some people rushed to the door to ask for help, but found that the door to the lounge had already been sealed. Someone noticed the person above their head. He yelled at the camera for help, but there was no response.
Various tragic ways of death are constantly being staged, including those who drowned, those who were poisoned, those who were electrocuted by lightning, those who were crushed, torn into pieces, or knocked away by invisible forces, with their heads broken and bleeding.
When the screams finally ended, only twisted corpses and flesh were left in the lounge.
Zhao Qingyun watched all this through the monitor, and felt horrified in his heart. He had witnessed this scene more than once, but he was still frightened every time he saw it. The invisible fate of death was simply unpredictable and impossible to resist. I hope such misfortune will not befall me.
He turned his head and tried to adjust his emotions. It didn't matter. As long as he didn't die in the game, he didn't have to worry about unexpected events in reality. With his level of equipment and the protection of his men, ordinary monsters couldn't even think of threatening him. to him.
After thinking about it, my heart finally relaxed again.
"It seems we have to recruit a new group of players - Liu Qiang."
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, that's what I do. Besides, as long as you have money these days, I'm afraid I won't be able to recruit people." Liu Qiang laughed, seeming to have become accustomed to everything that happened in the monitor.
Zhao Qingyun nodded, "Then I'll wait for your good news."
(End of chapter)