Near the teleportation vortex in Area 12, people in uniform stood with guns pointed at the ground.

Along the red carpet Yingbin Avenue, there are welcome cars with flowers parked one after another.

People's eyes are all looking in one direction - there is a very tall building with a regular plane, like a cuboid, with lights on it that penetrate through a grid of small grids.

On the suspended screen, the future self-rescue meeting of mankind has entered the closing session. Some people choose to stay and participate in the meeting, while others choose to leave directly. And those who leave directly will take the welcome car and return to the teleportation vortex.

At this time, on the screen, the young man in the white suit bathed in the light is smiling and saying goodbye to the others.

"Isn't the first player staying for the banquet?" There were regretful voices on the screen.

"No, the meeting was very exciting, that's enough, I still need to go back and improve my ideas." The first player said with a smile: "After all, this time the collision of everyone's ideas did give me some other insights."

"You are really good." The blonde Marjorie said with a smile. "If your mother saw it, she would be happy for you too."

The first player smiled and said, "Really? I also hope she can see..."

On the screen, people come and go.

Outside the screen, a girl with black hair, pure temperament, and a white dress was standing quietly beside the whirlpool, looking up at this scene.

Beside her, the uniformed staff reminded in a low voice:

"Miss Su Shi...Miss Su Shi?"

The girl turned her head to the side, and the flat lake-like emotion in her eyes seemed to be alive at this time.

"According to the regulations, you are not invited to come here..." The uniformed staff said embarrassedly.

"Isn't the meeting over?" Su-style's tone was calm: "I'm standing here waiting for him and looking at him, okay?"

The uniformed man coughed and turned his head, as if asking for someone's opinion. The communication tool in his hand made a "di-di" sound, and then it seemed that someone was talking to him.

After a while, he nodded:

"I see, Miss Su Shi. However, you can only stand here, please don't run around."

"I won't run." Su Shi said, "I just want to see him."

She raised her head again.

On the screen, a woman wearing a cherry blossom kimono and holding a bunch of blood roses caught up with the first player who was about to leave.

Her voice was very low, as if she was excited to say something to him.

The first player's expression did not change, his attitude was the same as before, and he communicated with her softly as if comforting a child.

At the end, he stepped out of the conference room and boarded the long-awaited shuttle bus.

Su Shi stood quietly, shifted his gaze, and looked at the avenue.

...she was waiting for him to come.

In her hand, she holds a small model, a lighthouse model, with the name of the first player engraved on it. According to Qin Ze, this is the best selling peripheral. She must send her gift to him. hand.

She wants to let him know... how much she has paid and how much she wants to be the light chaser in his mouth.

...but the concept seems to have changed.

Confusion flashed in Su Shi's eyes - she used to think that "grading" and "letting unsuitable people not end up embarrassing" was his idea, but now it doesn't seem to be the case.

He changed, became acceptable to everyone, and became a morning star. He said that everyone has their own value and is their own luminous body, and the self who "punishes" those people for his ideas seems to have been doing wrong all the time...

She thought about it like this, and suddenly heard a systematic voice resounding in her ears. The voice was impassioned, not as dull as before:

[Congratulations - player Su Ming'an, became the first and was promoted to the (third-order) level player! 】

[Honor is added, the glory is crowned, and hundreds of millions of creatures cheer for it! 】

...

Su Shi suddenly raised his head.

She was not the only one who heard this system notification, the world chat exploded in an instant, all kinds of remarks slid like crazy, and there were also the whispers of uniformed personnel.

"...Sure enough, it's still Su Mingan."

"It is said that the times create heroes. I think he is the hero. In such an era, he is the only one."

"It is said that Aiden has broken through to the second-order ninth, and at this time, he will be cut off..."

"It doesn't matter, the game has only been started for more than two months, and there is still so long... If you die once and start all over again, who knows who can stand until the end? If those top players fail in the last dungeon, then Calling a miserable... Maybe people will be targeted after the game is over."

"I'm very concerned about why he broke through Tier 3 at this time? He didn't do anything else..."

"It's the clone who participated in the meeting."

"Yes, from the beginning, I thought this first player was strange."

"It shouldn't be only us who see that he is not himself, and the United Group doesn't care?"

"What do you care about? It's not important to me, the important thing is that the person we see now represents the name of the first player, that's enough..."

Su Shi blinked.

She listened to the discussion of the people next to her, and looked at the center of her field of vision, the dark and shiny welcome car was slowly approaching.

Rows of vehicles stopped, and in addition to some other participants, she quickly found the figure of the first player from it.

He is still the same, although everyone says he has changed, but in her eyes, he has always been that way.

Even if he is a clone now, he has a gentle temperament, a smooth attitude, and behaves like a real master, in her eyes, it is the same.

What she likes is art, the first player, and the existence that is different in everyone's eyes. As for whether the first player is Su Mingan, whether it is Su Mingan's body or a clone, it doesn't matter - as long as it is him that appears in her eyes.

She stood there and waited for a while, then saw the first player walking towards this side.

Her mood suddenly fluctuated violently, like seeing the sea for the first time, like walking into the woods for the first time, with a sense of excitement and long-awaited anticipation.

She held the gift in her hands, her eyes sparkling, like a believer offering her own tribute.

And the next moment, she heard a loud sound:

"—Boom!"

The sound was dull, like something hit the wall, and the source of the sound was not far from here, like an inconspicuous building next to it.

And the next moment, a figure instantly appeared in everyone's eyes. He seemed to have escaped suddenly, still wearing a baggy white hospital gown, with newly torn bandages wrapped around his arms. As he ran desperately towards this side, he let out a wolf-like howl:

"—help, help!"

The people here were alert for a moment, and many people clenched their weapons.

"Help me! I can't escape, I can't escape - this **** game, it'll be with me forever! We don't have a tomorrow, humans don't have a tomorrow--"

As he spoke, his facial features were twisted with the violent shouting, and he rushed towards this side, as if he wanted to ask for help. His voice was so loud that all the people who were still discussing stopped for a moment.

The players who had just got off the bus also stood in the same place with puzzled faces, and asked the staff of the United Group what was going on with their eyes.

...human trials?

It's not that much, the main **** space does not allow mutual attacks, not even the slightest act of seeing blood, let alone slashing knives on others.

At this moment, the people behind him also arrived in time, and instantly subdued the crazy man. Behind them, there was a woman who was crying lowly, which seemed to be the mother of the crazy man.

"This is a patient of the Mental Health Committee of the United League." Beside Ming, Liu Jiahe, the head of the General Political Department, was explaining to him: "There are often players who are on the verge of mental breakdown asking us for help. For their health and safety, our Doctors will give them prompt treatment."

The man was quickly dragged back, his limbs trembling like chaff, and at first glance he was not a normal person.

Beside him, his mother, who was sobbing lowly, also walked back with the people and entered the inconspicuous construction area. Soon, everything was as if nothing had happened.

"This is often the case." Liu Jiahe said solemnly: "People who have experienced a real fantasy world and pain will be more and more mentally stressed... In such an abnormal world, maintaining normal, everything will change. It became a difficult thing.”

He looked at Ming's expression and said: "...Even players who think they have no problem will suddenly collapse without warning at some critical moments. The spiritual realm is a field that is difficult for us to explore, and psychologically What is the problem, there is no quick and effective solution except for timely adjustment."

"Is that the one just now?" Ming smiled: "It does look terrifying."

"Yes, even the former top player Iris has had a similar experience." Liu Jiahe increased his tone, as if he wanted to highlight the point of his words:

"—The stronger the player, the greater the probability of inducing this kind of problem."

...

Su Mingan sat on the bed in the personal space and started to use the points.

He was going to see if the looted props and equipment could be sold. Sure enough, the answer was negative.

But soon, a system prompt popped up:

[(Equipment is obtained from looting in the world copy or given by others. It is not obtained from normal exploration and cannot be used for point trading. It can be used as material for equipment evolution.)]

...【Equipment Evolution】?

He clicked on this line of nouns, and soon a line of comments appeared:

[The new section opened after players reach the third level, they can sacrifice low-level equipment, advance the progress bar of equipment evolution, and achieve the effect of equipment refining. 】

Su Mingan understood.

Classic settings for online games. Improve the level of advanced equipment by dissolving low-level equipment. Stack quality with quantity.

He poured the hundreds of pieces of equipment he had looted into the sacrifice bar and designated the Sword of Arman.

The hard-earned things were dissolved little by little under the light effect of the system, and in exchange, the data of the Sword of Arman seemed to be soaring rapidly.

After a while, he opened the information board and saw that the attack power of the Sword of Yarman soared to 55~70, the real damage reached 50~250, and the magic infusion property could stay for 90 seconds.

Its true attack value is definitely not only this number, but also the comprehensive judgment of strength and agility.

At the same time, a new active skill also appeared on the panel:

[Block: Before taking damage, you can block a move to reduce some damage and control effects. The blocking effect is closely related to the comparison of the four-dimensional attributes of the two sides. 】

This is a skill similar to combat skills, but it can reduce part of the control effect, which makes up for the low resistance in the bright state.

Su Ming'an took back the sword of Yarman, and got back the points sold by Nata's Legacy Ring.

Red-level accessories, I don't know if it's because the career direction is too clear, the price is not very high, after deducting 20% ​​of the heavy tax on the transaction, he got 120 points.

At this moment, he raised his head and felt the movement on Ming's side.

[The mental patient who escaped suddenly].

This matter made the people over there quiet.

"Ontology, what do you think?"

Consciousness came over there.

"Intentionally." Su Mingan said.

"Yeah, I also think it was intentional." Ming said, "During such a tightly controlled meeting, it is impossible for someone to escape, and it happened so close to the road, like a special performance for Everyone sees it as normal... I can see that the United Group really cares about my mental state very much, even to prove the seriousness of such a scene..."

"Don't worry about it." Su Ming'an said, "Come back early."

He looked at the system interface, where two [Achievement] prompts had just been updated.

[Achievements (a conference on self-help in the future of human beings that pleases the organizer): As a participant, participate in the world-renowned self-rescue conference, and overcome obstacles for the "future" of mankind. 】

[Get 20 achievement points. 】

...

[Achievement (Watcher): As the most high-profile person at the Self-Saving Conference, giving a speech that can shake the world - although it is not intended. 】

[Get 20 achievement points. 】

...

It seems that this kind of event that can cause the whole world to change is in line with the reward standard of the so-called "achievement points".

"I also don't want to pay attention, I want to leave immediately, but."

Ming's voice over there paused slightly:

"It seems that there is a little friend of yours who has been waiting for you for a long time."

...

"Give you."

The black-haired girl holding the white lighthouse in her hands, her face is as beautiful as a clear water lily, with the fresh breath of her school days.

She raised her head, her face blushing like clouds, like a girl in the crush period who had carefully prepared a gift for a long time.

When Ming approached the vortex of space and was about to leave, she instantly broke through the defense of the uniformed personnel and rushed in front of him, holding up the lighthouse in her hand like a token.

"...I care what you think about my behavior. I've always believed that we need to get rid of the bad bugs that cause corruption, and then keep the healthiest and most upward parts..."

Looking at this star-like figure that had existed in her paintings for a long time, Su Shi instantly poured out the words she had repeated countless times.

She raised her head, her eyes flashed with brilliance, and the brilliance reflected the appearance of the person in front of her.

... What kind of answer will he give me?

She thought, watching him walk slowly, slowly passing by her side, and then slowly walking into the dark blue space vortex.

The whirlpool moved, the water waves rolled, and the figure disappeared.

Her hand froze in place, the lighthouse model glittering on it.

She had expected at least the slightest response.

Like a believer who has been praying to the gods for a long time, if she is sincere and devout enough, maybe the gods can really glance at her and give her a firm future.

……but no.

Nothing.

Her god, from beginning to end, did not look at her for a moment. Like she doesn't exist here.

She clenched her hand slowly, rolled the lighthouse model into her palm, and then lowered her head.

Behind her, people snickered and whispered, and they seemed to be laughing at her.

...

"Should I do this?" Ming said, returning to his personal space.

"Yes." Su Mingan looked at the system panel without raising his head: "Ignoring it is the best way."

"She's a self-proclaimed believer~lightnovelpub.net~ who sees you as a god."

"She is not a believer, and I am not a god." Su Ming'an said: "She is just a ignorant child who tries to set fire everywhere, acts rebellious, and wants to attract the attention of others.

In the face of such an existence, the best way is to ignore it and stay away.

It has to be known that this method...will not attract the slightest attention to me, nor imitate it. "

"..." Ming seems to be thinking: "Although they say that I am more suitable for the image of the number one player than you, I have to say that, in a sense, your overall view is very strong."

"Then do it well." Su Mingan began to point attribute points: "Do as I say - to create a human beacon they like."

"I have to say, you have grown up..."

Su Mingan looked at the panel and was silent for a moment.

"always like this."