At the end of the CET-6 exam, Zhang Heng unexpectedly received an email.
The sender was the Game Committee, reminding players that the annual player auction was about to begin. Interested participants could register at the game checkpoint, and the deadline was before the 25th of this month.
Zhang Heng didn't want to drag it out until so late. He was quite interested in this auction. Buying and selling game items was secondary. The main reason was that he had been playing solo until now, and he didn't know many of the rules. Since he didn't know how veteran players treated new players, Zhang Heng didn't approach the rest of the players in the lounge during the first two rounds. Now that everyone was together, he didn't want to miss it.
So the first thing Zhang Heng did when he received the email was to register with the bartender, fill in his personal information, and pay the entrance fee of one point.
Although there were still two weeks until the end of the month, Zhang Heng didn't plan to make another trip. After he was done, he chose an empty booth and sat down. He skillfully set the alarm under the seat to 23: 55, deciding to complete his third round of the game ahead of time.
Now that he had gradually gotten used to this way of playing, he would sleep earlier today. At the same time, he would warm up before coming to the bar to keep his body and mind in peak condition. Coupled with the skills and game items he had acquired in the previous two rounds, Zhang Heng was confident that he could face all the upcoming challenges.
However, he still underestimated the difficulties he was about to face.
The familiar dizziness swallowed him again, but because he was mentally prepared, this time it wasn't as uncomfortable as the previous two times.
[Player identity verification …]
[Verification passed. Randomly selecting the third round dungeon for player 07958 …]
[Random selection completed — the current dungeon is the Mannerheim Line. Welcome.]
[Please explore the background of this round on your own.]
[Mission Objective: Survive in Finland for 20 days]
[Mode: Single player]
[Time flow rate: 120] (One hour in the real world is equivalent to five days in this game. After 20 days, the player will be forced to return to the real world.)
[Friendly reminder: The game will officially start in five seconds. Please get ready.]
…
When the countdown ended, the first thing Zhang Heng felt was cold. When he opened his eyes, he found himself standing in a snow-covered forest. His breath quickly froze into ice crystals. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation. Before the game started, there was no background introduction, and he was told to explore on his own.
From the mission objective, he could confirm that he was now in Finland, and the Nordic red pine trees around him could also confirm it. As far as he knew, Finland was a very developed country with a forest coverage rate of 75%, and one-third of its territory was within the Arctic Circle.
But this country … I haven't heard of any danger, and the main mission is just survival like the first round?
Although he still faced a language problem (the main languages in Finland were Finnish and Swedish), even if he could not work, he could easily survive for 20 days with his Level 2 Wilderness Survival Skill.
However, Zhang Heng did not let his guard down. This time, the duration of the game was a little unusual. The exchange ratio between the real world and the game world was very low, and the overall duration of the game was at least three rounds.
However, the more it was like this, the more dangerous this round was. Other than that, the Mannerheim Line of Defense sounded a little familiar, but Zhang Heng could not remember where he had heard it before.
As usual, he first checked his current status.
Name: Zhang Heng
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Player ID: 07958
Rounds Completed: 2
Current Game Points: 77
Items in Possession: Lucky Rabbit's Foot (E), Shadow Moment (D)
Skills: Piano Level 1, Language Proficiency Level 1 (Three languages at the level of daily communication), Modification and Maintenance Level 1, Archery Level 2, Wilderness Survival Level 2, Driving Level 2
Evaluation: The player has slightly higher luck than the average person. He is sheltered by shadows, and possesses certain wilderness survival and archery skills. If he is lucky, he can survive six rounds of the game.
After two rounds of the game, Zhang Heng had accumulated a total of 77 game points. Other than appraising game items, he didn't know what else he could use the points for. The bartender lady hadn't sent him the detailed service details she promised, but he didn't really care about it. Anyway, he could ask other players about it during the auction.
Skills were not much different from what he expected. The only surprise was that Language Proficiency did not level up after he mastered Japanese. Considering that there were more than 5,000 languages in the world, it was normal. Other than that, because he possessed the Shadow Moment, there was an additional sentence about being sheltered by shadows. The estimated number of rounds he would need to complete the game had increased to six.
After looking at the character panel, Zhang Heng checked his belongings again. Perhaps it was because there was no background introduction, but this time, he was wearing his own clothes, including a pair of Asics autumn and winter sneakers, a black down jacket, and jeans.
Although he was wearing thermal underwear, Finland's winter could reach -20 degrees Celsius. So, the first thing he felt was cold.
His top priority now was to find a shop and get a set of clothes that could protect him from the cold.
Zhang Heng rubbed his hands. He had his wallet and phone with him, but the latter had no signal. The electronic compass could still be used, but he did not know where he was without a GPS. East, West, South, and North all looked the same, so he had no choice but to choose a direction.
After walking for about half an hour, something in the grass attracted Zhang Heng's attention. He picked it up and found that it was a strange steel helmet. It had a large brim and an outward-facing earmuffs, and there was a bulging iron ridge on the top. Obviously, this thing did not save its original owner's life. The bullet holes and bloodstains on the inside were very obvious.
Looking at the thing in his hand, a bad feeling rose in Zhang Heng's heart. However, before he had time to think about it, he heard several gunshots the next moment.
His survival instinct made him subconsciously drop to the ground. It did not take long for Zhang Heng to realize that the gunshots were not aimed at him. The place where the gunshots were fired was quite a distance away from him. Two groups of people were fighting, and one group was chasing the other.
The direction they were moving in was not the same as where Zhang Heng was hiding. So, Zhang Heng waited patiently for the gunshots to get further away before he stood up from behind the tree.
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