Chapter 1: Peach Blossom Town.

There are a few things to note that the author did not add in the introduction.

First, you can read the story for entertainment, but if you feel that the story is not suitable, then stop reading it. Don't hurt your own soul.

Second, do not compare this story with any other work. Because that is an insult to both authors being compared.

Third, if you have comments, please be civilized readers, say nice words and ideas.

And most importantly: FICTION! FICTION! IT'S ALL FICTION!

All the logic in the story may seem reasonable but is absolutely not true to real science.

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Nam Hoang is a streamer, a streamer

in the era of delicate flops to the point of misery. The most popular in this era is virtual reality games, the kind with a 95% level of realism, with all kinds from gentle and cozy to bloody violence.

Originally, this streamer profession is also very hot. That's why the competition is extremely fierce. Nam Hoang admits that he is not as good as others, after three years of struggling, he still hasn't made any waves.

He planned to have a good time tonight, make a grand entrance to retreat. Oh well, although science and technology are developing at a dizzying rate, people's need for food, drink and sleep has not changed. If he doesn't make money, before he is abandoned by society, his old father at home will beat him to death.

That said, when he opened the livestream, he saw a few hundred people. Nam Hoang couldn't help but let out a sigh, it seemed like his grand entrance to retreat would not be possible.

Okay.

Simply greeting the audience in the livestream room, Nam Hoang started to choose a game to play. This time he chose very carefully, because he just wanted to play a good game to end his passion. Nam Hoang just wanted a happy ending to his miserable career.

Seeing him hesitating and not making a decision, some of the audience immediately couldn't stand it anymore.

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[What's wrong with the streamer today? I see that he is usually very decisive. ]

[ +1, I also feel that the streamer today is a bit strange. ]

[ Huh, doesn't anyone feel that the streamer is getting bored with these kinds of games? Don't say streamer, I'm also tired of watching it. ]

[ Shut up, where are the anti-fans? Isn't this secretly criticizing the streamer for playing poorly.]

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Nam Hoang silently looked at the comments, it was true that the audience in his livestream room were mostly loyal fans. They could sit here and watch him play the game, which was already very courageous. Actually, his in-game operations weren't bad, but compared to dozens of streamers, not to mention other players out there, it wasn't worth noting.

Ah, no more thinking.

He followed a suggestion from the audience and tried to scroll down to the bottom page, hoping to find a good game. Most of the games on the homepage were games they had either played or watched over and over again countless times. Today, he decided to change things up a bit.

The bottom of the last page were all the games that weren't very good, more than half of which were rated as one star. The other half were new games.

Swiping and swiping, suddenly, Nam Hoang’s eyes met a blood-red eye icon that was wide open, staring at him. The heart in his chest was pounding, the sound of his heartbeat pounding against his eardrums. That eye was so wide open that it almost tore the eyelids, crimson red filled with crazy desire, greed that knew no bounds.

Nam Hoang was startled, his whole body was cold, he kept feeling that something was very wrong but he couldn’t explain what was wrong. He glanced to the side, looked at the game name and fell into a short silence.

[Welcome to the livestream room at 00:00].

As a newly released game, Nam Hoang seemed to have no hesitation, choosing it.

Livestream room? Didn't he also do livestreams, it's considered fate.

Hope he won't be disappointed.

As soon as he touched the game icon, the overwhelming feeling of logging into the virtual reality game as expected did not come, but a series of warning lines continuously appeared.

[1. The game contains many details that are uncomfortable for many people, especially those with cardiovascular disease, neurological disease... The game is 18+, if you are not old enough, please exit the game.

In order to maximize your virtual reality gaming experience, we have designed 100% realism in terms of senses and other conditions.

The game contains many violent and bloody elements, unscientific details that may affect players. Please consider before playing.

The game can only be logged in after 00:00 every night except the fifteenth of each month, and there is no limit on logging in July.

Due to some special reasons of the game, while playing the game, if you force yourself to log out, you will be considered dead in the game, you cannot be revived to continue playing and cannot replay the unfinished level.

Please consider, when choosing to enter the game, the 360° camera in the game will be turned on. You must livestream directly on our platform. ]

Nam Hoang was speechless, the above six things, except for the fourth and fifth, carried a slightly unusual flavor. The rest were not worth mentioning.

Well, he was a streamer anyway, he was already live streaming. Putting his live streaming room on the platform of this game, who knows, it might become popular. If that was the case, he wouldn’t have to say goodbye to his career anymore.

After tapping to confirm his agreement to the terms of service, Nan Hong’s eyes immediately darkened.

That was right, this was exactly the feeling.

After the dizziness, Nan Hong found himself standing in the middle of the street. It wasn’t quite right to say it was a street. For a citizen living in an era where humans had stepped into space like him, this place was really backward, it seemed like this game was set in a very ancient time.

According to his little historical knowledge, this should be a town in the 90s of a few centuries ago. The town grew a lot of peach blossoms, a flower that he could only see in historical documents. The flowers and grasses on the mother planet were either extinct or mutated.

Nan Hong conveniently grabbed a passing NPC and asked: “Hey, buddy...."

The young man he grabbed looked at him with a strange expression: “You must be a tourist, right? You don’t look like a local.”

“That’s right, I’m new here. I’m not familiar with the way here, can you introduce this place to me?” Nan Hong hurriedly said.

“Ah, this place? This town is a bit inferior to other places, but there is no shortage of beautiful scenery, and the food is not bad either. You should try it sometime. Where we are standing is the commercial street, going north is usually the villagers’ houses, to the west is the mountain top, I don’t recommend you go there, to the east is the village’s ancestral road, outsiders are not allowed to enter. And you know, if you want to leave the village, go south, there is a bus stop there.”

Nan Hong: No! I don’t know, I just opened my eyes and I was here!

“Alright, if there’s nothing else, I’ll go first. I still have something to do at home.” The young man finished speaking and hurriedly wanted to leave. No matter how much Nam Hoang tried to pull him away, he couldn’t stop him.

Nam Hoang: “….” Great, this damn game, what should he play now? Gathering up each NPC and asking if they need help?

He knew that virtual reality games had 100% freedom of action, but it didn’t need to be this extreme. It was so free that he didn’t even know what he should do next.

Suddenly, a hand was placed on his shoulder. Nam Hong jumped up in surprise: “Fuck, what kind of idiot is that!”

He turned around in panic, and what came into his eyes was a face with no dead angles. Um, a suit, white shirt, black pants, black vest, a very popular outfit in the past few centuries, a very old-fashioned style of dress, definitely an NPC.

However, this style appearing in an oriental town was not very appropriate. It could be said that he was very out of place here.

“Let’s go.” Before Nam Hong could speak, the other party smiled and spoke first.

“Where are you going?” Nam Hong asked doubtfully.

“Of course I’ll take you to where you should go. Have you forgotten, guest? Peach Blossom Town is just a temporary stop. Your destination is somewhere else.” The man continued, his voice was deep and warm, and one could hear a hint of gentleness.

Gentle? Nan Hong almost choked on his saliva.

Now Nan Hong was certain, this person was the legendary guide NPC. The second parent of the player in the game.

So he obediently followed the other party to the bus stop not far from the town gate.

When they arrived, the man took out a box from somewhere and handed it to Nam Hong: “Take a piece of paper from here, the location written on the paper is your destination.”

Nam Hong looked at the other party suspiciously, the man still had a polite and elegant expression, smiling.

He silently followed suit and took out a yellowed piece of paper. It was written on it.

Destination: Building No. 44

Nam Hong’s hand trembled slightly, and a bad feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

Where he didn’t notice, the smile on the man’s lips grew even gentler: “Please step onto the bus at the very end, there are people like you on it.”

Like him? Are they all players?

Carrying a belly full of doubts, Nam Hoang stepped onto the bus.

The buses departed one after another, as soon as the last bus disappeared. The smile on the man’s lips disappeared, his delicate and somewhat gentle face now only had cold indifference.

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Author: Tired 🤧.

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