Fire and impact exploded simultaneously.
The loud noise vibrated in their eardrums!
Zhu Mo, who had just thrown the grenade, was astonished the moment before, wondering why the grenade had stopped in mid-air. The next moment, she was blasted away by the explosion and fell onto the bed.
Xu Meng was also dazed.
He was only wearing VR glasses and haptic gloves, but these two channels of interaction with the virtual world were simultaneously struck with precision!
It felt like a fireball exploded in his hand, his palm stinging.
At the same time, he took the grenade to the face, and his eyes were flashed fiercely.
Disheveled, he squeezed his eyes shut and wildly shook his right hand!
As the smoke cleared, Zhu Mo, who was lying on the bed, looked at Xu Meng's face covered in black smoke and his hair sticking up, and Xiao Meng, who was squatting beside him with her hands covering her head, with a look of astonishment.
"Who are you??"
"NPC?"
She made a reasonable guess.
Xiao Meng raised her head pitifully, while Xu Meng kept blinking his eyes, not answering immediately.
Because he was also a little confused.
Originally, he and Xiao Meng came to see what the situation was with the first "window-breaking" player and whether there were any bugs.
The "window-breaking" behavior itself, seemingly just breaking a window, actually opened up the barrier between the "login space" and "Sprawling Metropolis."
In theory, she could already enter the Sprawling Metropolis.
— Of course, only for a little while.
Because the player's home in this future metropolis is located on the 42nd floor of a skyscraper over a hundred stories high.
The exterior of the skyscraper is also pure tempered glass. Without tools, it is impossible to successfully land on the ground.
— This kind of glass wall climbing would make even Tom Cruise cry out in pain; only Spider-Man could easily go down.
But who would have thought that he would be blasted out by this girl's grenade?!
Inside and outside the 42nd floor, the two people were face to face, dumbfounded.
Xu Meng's awkward silence made Zhu Mo very confused.
So—
She took out another grenade and pulled the pin without hesitation.
"If you don't talk, I'm going to throw it?"
— [Collectibles] and [Door Keys] will not be damaged; players can infinitely restore them in the login space.
Girl, aren't you a little sick?
Who greets people with a grenade?
Xu Meng complained frantically in his heart, but said politely: "Wait, wait a minute!"
He operated a few times and washed his face—actually resetting the character's state.
Unlike the players, the character he used had his own high-precision facial model.
So once the charred blackness and exploding hair effect on his face were removed, Zhu Mo recognized his identity—
"Xu Meng?!"
"Hello," Xu Meng greeted.
Xiao Meng also waved enthusiastically to say hello, "Hello, hello!"
"You… spying on me? And bringing a child to spy together!"
"???" Xu Meng couldn't hold back a little, "Who wants to spy on you! You smashed my glass!"
"???" Now it was Zhu Mo's turn to not hold back, "I clearly blew up the glass in my own house!"
Xu Meng thought about the wording, explaining as simply as possible: "It's like this, this glass is actually a boundary, one side is your home, the other side is the Sprawling Metropolis—which is my place."
"Of course, this place is strictly speaking a public area, but currently only I am building and using it, so it is said to be my place."
"Therefore, this piece of glass is both your glass and my glass."
"So…" Zhu Mo's gaze passed over Xu Meng, looking at the buildings and city behind him, "I can enter the virtual metropolis?"
"The Sprawling Metropolis is really done!?"
Xu Meng blinked, "Well, that's temporarily confidential."
"What's there to keep secret? I'm about to go in," Zhu Mo didn't understand.
Xu Meng pulled Xiao Meng aside a bit, raising his hand to signal:
"Please proceed."
Zhu Mo walked to the window, once again tiptoeing to look down—
Only a smooth glass wall over a hundred meters high.
Looking back at the room, there were no ropes or anything like that—things like quilts and sheets wouldn't be long enough even if twisted into ropes.
So… she couldn't get down.
The girl looked at Xu Meng's expression of watching the fun, gritted her teeth, stomped her foot, and leaped out!
"?!"
Xu Meng watched the girl scream "Ah, ah, ah" as she fell, his eyes widening on the spot.
"So brave?"
"Unprotected bungee jumping??"
The rapidly falling Zhu Mo tumbled in the air.
For a moment, her back faced the ground, looking up at the sky, seeing the sky divided by the skyscrapers of this future metropolis.
In the increasingly narrow, fragmented sky, a line of neon-like large characters, accompanied by psychedelic electronic music, jumped out—
[Welcome to the Sprawling Metropolis!]
Thwack!
Before Zhu Mo had time to appreciate that electronic music, she crashed onto the concrete pavement of the Sprawling Metropolis, instantly dying.
In the instant of becoming a soul, she also saw a bright yellow taxi hitting her corpse without slowing down at all, and then calmly continuing to drive away, disappearing into the traffic as if nothing had happened.
Soon, she was resurrected at home.
She walked to the window, leaned out to take a look, and there was still a small, faint patch of blood on the ground.
Zhu Mo had no choice but to temporarily give up entering the city, turning to look at Xu Meng and Xiao Meng.
Xu Meng looked astonished, while Xiao Meng… was a little admiring!
"Okay, for now, it seems I really can't get down," Zhu Mo said unwillingly.
"What's temporary about this…" Xu Meng complained.
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"So this city isn't finished yet, right? If it was finished, you'd definitely want to announce it to the whole world and have everyone praise you."
"Am I such a vain person?" Xu Meng shook his head in denial.
"You are!" This player didn't humor him at all, "Mr. Xu, haven't you noticed that you have a bit of a performative personality?"
"???" Xu Meng hadn't thought of this, "Your suspected aggressiveness is a little too strong!"
"Okay…" Zhu Mo shook her head, "Then let's talk about something else? Is this little girl your daughter? So cute! Let sister touch you!"
She boldly stood on the edge of the broken window, ignoring the hundred-meter drop below, and waved to Xiao Meng.
Xiao Meng looked a little wanting to go, but also a little scared.
Xu Meng shook his head and said, "Please do not tease Zhumeng's official employees."
"Ah?" Zhu Mo looked at Xu Meng in surprise, "Official employee? Her?"
"What's wrong? At least one-third of the city you see was built by Xiao Meng."
"Child labor??" The girl was even more surprised.
Xu Meng shook his head, "Anyway, there were no bugs, and nothing went wrong, so we'll leave first, have fun!"
"Wait, wait, wait!" Zhu Mo quickly reached out to keep him, "Mr. Xu, let's chat for a few more yuan's worth!"
Xu Meng, who was about to leave, hesitated for a moment and stayed.
Players who purchased the [Illusionary Scenery Game Kit] mostly invested ten thousand yuan or more, and this girl also worked crazily in the game, playing for 8 hours every day…
This level of loyal player, unless there was really something urgent, it was proper to chat with her for a few words.
"Is there anything else you want to ask?"
"There's a lot!" This grenade fairy was not polite, but then changed the subject and said, "But I won't ask today."
"So understanding?" Xu Meng was surprised.
"Of course! But, seeing how understanding I am, can Mr. Xu open a back door and let me participate in tonight's entertainment match?" Zhu Mo was eager to try.
Tonight's entertainment match was divided into two parts.
First was [Hell on Earth], where 50 streamers and internet celebrities randomly fought against passerby players.
After that was [War Zone], where Zhumeng's 《War of Kings》 development team fought a bloody battle against random passerby players.
All participating players were randomly selected.
This not only had program effects but also allowed players to feel more involved.
Under normal circumstances, Xu Meng would definitely not be willing to do any back door deals.
But Zhu Mo's situation was different.
— This was the first 《War of Kings》 10,000 kill golden weapon winner!
She was too qualified to participate in the entertainment match!
"No problem, [War Zone] can give you a spot, but you have to explain your 10,000 kill achievement to the players first, is that okay?"
"Completely no problem!" Zhu Mo was overjoyed.
"Thank you, Mr. Xu, when we get to the battlefield, I will definitely thank you!"
"?" Xu Meng was stunned, feeling like something wasn't right.
However, Xiao Meng ran over to add the person as a friend, and Xu Meng was distracted by this, so he didn't think too much about it.
Watching Xiao Meng play with the female player for a while, and satisfying her request for a group photo, he waved goodbye to her.
Before leaving, the female player cheered him on:
"Mr. Xu, you must win against that Diversified Agent or whatever!"
— Xinli Game Station's "epoch-making masterpiece," DEI's flagship work, SBI's deep involvement, and 《War of Kings》's rival 《Concord Agent》, has now been ridiculed by Xia Guo players as 《Diversified Agent》, to satirize the game's outrageous degree of diversification.
Moreover, this game is only one week away from being released.
Although they are not launched on the same day, such a short interval is almost a head-on collision.
This drama has been anticipated by global players for a long time.
However, the 《War of Kings》 project team was still facing a formidable enemy—if the other side was very strong, it might really affect the sales of 《War of Kings》.
Chen Junyi, leading the distribution team, set the sales stage goal of 《War of Kings》 at 10 million copies, partly because they were worried about the impact of this game.
In this regard, Xu Meng still firmly believed in the simple truth that "DEI and SBI only make shit," and was not afraid of it.
He gave a thumbs up to this loyal player of Zhumeng and assured her:
"Don't worry, guaranteed win!"
… …
Xu Meng left with Xiao Meng.
But Zhu Mo didn't give up.
She recorded a video and posted it on Mengjin, seeking collective wisdom—
[Help! I just entered the Sprawling Metropolis! Unfortunately, the landing was not very successful, does anyone have any good ideas?]
