"That's it …."
Chu Yao still hadn't had her fill. She couldn't bear to part with the thrilling scenes in the VR game, nor could she bear to part with the feeling of being a nameless hero in the game. She moved the mouse and clicked on the 'goodbye' option, closing the game interface and returning to the original desktop.
"Are you done playing?" Liu Haoming asked her curiously.
…
"Are you done playing?"
A voice filled with vicissitudes of life came from behind her, as if it had traveled through endless time and space.
Chu Yao's delicate body trembled and she hurriedly turned her head. The face of the Internet Cafe's boss that was covered by the primal chaos mist immediately entered her eyes. Two balls of fire that were hotter than magma were burning in his eyes.
"Yes, I, I'm done playing."
Chu Yao respectfully replied. Her reserved attitude was like a little white rabbit that had come to the almighty ruler's house as a guest.
At this moment, she was one hundred percent certain that the owner of the Internet Cafe was a supreme existence that exceeded her imagination. In front of his pair of magical eyes, even her soul was seen through. Her body was completely naked, and there were no secrets to speak of.
"What do you think of the game?" Liu Haoming continued to ask.
He still felt that the final ending of the game was too sloppy. It was suspicious that the game had a bad ending. That was such a big boss, yet you destroyed it with a single strike. What? Did you hit the boss's main artery with that strike?
The game's graphics were quite good, but the story was too lame. Even he, as a spectator, felt that the game wasn't enjoyable at all.
What do you think of the game?
The high school girl immediately became nervous. She knew that the Internet Cafe boss had arranged this VR game for her based on her real life experience. Now that the game was over, it was natural for him to ask her about her thoughts on the game.
After a moment of hesitation, Chu Yao honestly replied, "This game is very good. I really like it. Thank you boss for your hospitality tonight!"
Liu Haoming slightly frowned. It can't be, right? That kind of bad ending is actually worthy of your praise?
"What do you think is good?"
Liu Haoming asked. He really wanted to hear a few words of criticism from the girl's mouth. A bad game, he wasn't the only one who thought it was bad.
"It's real!" Chu Yao blurted out. After saying this, she felt a bit embarrassed.
"The entire game process is very realistic … It's like I've experienced it in real life."
What Chu Yao said was the truth. If it weren't for the fact that she could level up by killing monsters and the system prompt from time to time, she would have thought that she had transmigrated to the real world of Shanghai.
"Is it realistic?"
Liu Haoming was deep in thought. The graphics of the game were indeed quite realistic, not much different from Hollywood blockbusters.
"Are you satisfied with the ending of the last Boss?"
"Satisfied!" Chu Yao affirmed without hesitation.
At the end of the game, when she gripped the Demon Subduing Pestle tightly and leaped towards the Trickster General without a care for her own safety, she really felt like she was fighting the Trickster General with her life. It was so thrilling that even now, when she thought about it, her heart was still thumping hard.
Liu Haoming was completely helpless. He didn't expect that such a terrible ending could satisfy the other party. It seemed like he couldn't get her to agree with him.
There were a thousand Halley's Comets in a thousand people. Perhaps everyone had a different understanding of the game.
Thinking of this, Liu Haoming no longer insisted on hearing the girl's derogatory comments about the game. Instead, he began to care about her real life.
When he first came to the Internet Cafe, the girl said that she would die if she went home. Liu Haoming was very concerned about this sentence and took it to heart.
"Since you're so satisfied with this game, then tonight has been meaningful."
Liu Haoming said in a low voice. He seriously thought about how to phrase his words. He wanted to say something deep and moving.
"Yes, yes!"
Chu Yao nodded her head like a chick pecking at rice, expressing her agreement. She felt that tonight was more meaningful than any other night in the past seventeen years of her life.
…
"Actually, the game world isn't that different from real life …"
The Internet Cafe boss suddenly changed the topic. He used an incomparably majestic and holy voice to explain the world's truth to her. It was like the "dang dang" sound of a bell that pierced through the chaos at the beginning of the world.
The Internet Cafe boss continued: "Maybe sometimes, you'll receive a heavy blow in real life. It'll make you feel like it's a hurdle in your life that you can't get over. It'll make you disheartened and lose the courage to face life."
"Actually, there's no need to be like this." Liu Haoming carefully said as he observed Chu Yao's expression.
"Life is like a play. A play is like life. You can completely treat real life as a game. As long as you maintain the positive attitude you have when you play the game, no matter how bad the reality is, you'll still be able to play it … Do you think what I said makes sense?"
Chu Yao stared blankly for a moment. She carefully thought over the Internet Cafe boss' words.
She could completely treat real life as a game …
She seemed to understand something and felt like she had been enlightened.
"The Internet Cafe boss wants to tell me that the strangeness in real life is no different from the strangeness in the game. There's no need to be afraid. As long as I maintain my fearless belief in the game, I won't be afraid of the strangeness in real life?"
Chu Yao secretly thought to herself. The confusion in her eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by a clear and bright one.
She saw her future path clearly.
Yesterday, she had been surrounded and killed by the strangeness for an entire day. Despair had filled her heart. She had even written a suicide note in her mailbox, worried that it would implicate others. She hadn't even told her parents and friends, silently shouldering everything by herself.
Originally, Chu Yao had already been prepared to be killed by the strangeness. Shrouded in the shadow of the strangeness, she had held on to the idea that every second she lived was a second she earned.
However, now, Liu Haoming's words had directly enlightened her.
"The Internet Cafe boss is right. If you treat real life as a game, there's no hurdle that you can't get over. So what if it's a strange creature? What's there to be afraid of? I've killed plenty of strange creatures in the game!"
Chu Yao suddenly thought of the mid-level strange creature in the game. Even though she had used her invisibility skill and put in a lot of effort, until the last moment of the mid-level strange creature's life, she still hadn't been able to scare it. From the beginning to the end, it had maintained a brave and fearless posture. It didn't hesitate to self-destruct to summon the Strange General. It was an enemy worthy of respect.
Chu Yao decided to learn from that mid-level strange creature.
…
"Boss is right! Thank you for your guidance, Boss. I understand and have thought it through. "
Chu Yao's eyes were clear as she spoke. Her delicate little face was full of respect.
"I'll use the mentality in the game to face the predicament in real life. I won't be afraid of those things anymore!"
After receiving the girl's approval, Liu Haoming heaved a sigh of relief. As long as his words could provide some ideological help to the other party, it would be fine. After all, the other party was so young. No matter how difficult the predicament she encountered was, how difficult could it be?
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