[Do you want to go higher, step farther, and become stronger?] Do you want to know the meaning of life? 】

[Yes / No]

The girl who was about to go to bed looked at the window that appeared in front of her computer screen in a daze, and her big shining eyes were full of doubt, as if she was thinking about the true meaning of these words, and as if she was experiencing some wonderful inspiration in them.

Then, there's neglect.

"What kind of ad pop-ups...... Forget it, go to bed first. ”

didn't care about what appeared on her computer at all, Shao Shuangyue, who was sleepy, lay down on her back directly, then rolled up the quilt, wrapped herself in a worm shape, and fell asleep accurately within three seconds when her head touched the pillow.

Sweet dreams.

Then, when she got up the next morning, Shao Shuangyue, who was trapped in a black hole-like quilt and couldn't get out, urgently called her mother over, and then was criticized by Aunt Wen again, 'What a person, why do you still sleep like a primary school student!' After that, I hurriedly finished breakfast and went to class with my school bag.

A computer that is not turned off is hibernated, motionless.

In the evening, Shao Shuangyue, who had finished practicing in the Reiki class, hurriedly began to write her homework again, complaining while writing, "Why do you still have to write about your cultivation experience!" ''I've obviously asked Brother Day and Brother, they all say so, why am I criticized for being unrealistic when I write it?'' That's the kind of thing you say.

She still didn't touch the computer.

The days passed, because of the overly heavy studies and the countdown of the holy exam, even the playful Shao Shuangyue became serious, and she even logged in to the mobile game every day, at most using her mobile phone to check the information, let alone touch the computer.

She had completely forgotten about the pop-ups.

So, it's another late night.

When Shao Shuangyue was asleep, the computer that had fallen asleep suddenly started up and lit up with a faint blue light, and above it, the seemingly ordinary pop-up window was flashing with mysterious brilliance.

This light was so dazzling that it even woke Shao Shuangyue up directly.

"Hmm...... What the hell, it's dawn so early? ”

got up and rubbed her eyes, Shao Shuangyue turned her head sleepily and looked at her table: "Huh...... No, that's my computer?! ”

Suddenly awakened, the girl's eyes widened, she yawned a little confused, got up, and walked to the unusually bright computer screen in her slippers: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Then, she carefully read the two lines on the screen.

[Do you want to go higher, step farther, and become stronger?] 】

[Want to know the meaning of life?] 】

In an instant, a visceral sense of realization erupts from the deepest part of the soul and spreads throughout the body and soul.

- Do you want to go higher and farther and become stronger?

Of course, of course!

Why not?

Shao Shuangyue was born in a wealthy family.

Because of the war that occurred in the middle of the 20th century, the oil production in the middle of the world island suffered a great blow, and all countries in the world were forced to carry out new energy development and increase investment in various new energy fields.

And the Shao family is a lucky person who stands at the cusp of the times and has achieved success in the real sense.

Originally, the rich and powerful family background should make Shao Shuangyue feel very secure, and even become a little princess in the literal sense of the word - theoretically speaking, with such a family background and the favor of two older brothers, the girl can even be regarded as a daughter of a daughter with a half Mary Sue background and a real sense.

But in fact, it's quite the opposite.

Since Shao Shuangyue was sensible, she has lived in a kind of panic and helplessness.

The mother with limited mobility, the frail brother, the father who is away all the year round, even if he is rich, but he is extremely low-key, and his lifestyle is not ostentatious, all of which are extremely restrained, which makes the little girl feel extremely uneasy.

Mom can't take care of herself, she can only tell some stories for herself and touch her head.

My brother couldn't help himself, and sometimes he wanted to help him get something from a high place, and when he reached out and pulled his lungs too hard, he would cough with a force that seemed to cough out his lungs.

Father is the only support, but the father is the pillar of the family, he is certainly because of the tide of the times on the cusp of the storm, got a huge wealth, but this wealth comes from the official policy, he must do his best to keep up with the times, otherwise, the company that relies on new energy technology will quickly overturn under the tide of the times - he can not stay, can only occasionally go home, hug his daughter.

Even, for some reason, the Shao family rarely let their children go out to play, as if they were afraid that some outside force would hurt them...... Shao Shuangyue has been able to stay at her home since she was a child, either staring at TV shows that she can't understand at all, or dozing off with books she can't understand at all.

Everything was so dead, unsettling, helpless, and insecure.

In addition to Aunt He, there is also Su Day.

Aunt He is the real mainstay of this family, a real member of the Shao family, a kind-hearted aunt, her presence makes the Shao family not like the Western European castle in the horror story, it has become extremely silent, only occasionally there is a little cough, but full of enthusiasm with a little nagging shout, and the sound of northern cross talk.

And Su Day's existence has brought vitality to this family in the true sense.

"Let's go, Qiming, let's go out and play - I heard the other day that there are drowned ghosts roaming the river, it sounds so pitiful, let's go see if we can help him out."

"Huh? Little sister, do you want to go with you? That's not going to work, you're too young, it's dangerous to go to the river...... Okay, I'll come back and play the game with you, okay? ”

"Don't know what a game is? Hey, Qiming, what's the matter, you just let your little sister stay at home alone every day in a daze on TV? Your family has money, buy some game consoles for your little sister! ”

To be honest, this scene still makes Shao Shuangyue remember it deeply.

After all, she is the GBA game that started to enter the pit and hell - oh my God, that guy is simply a demon, he just recommended Elf Treasure X Dream to a six or seven-year-old girl, and he even recommended Super Machine X Man War, Ranch X and all kinds of other games, completely making a girl who should theoretically be a gothic sick girl, or a girl in classical literature, distorted into a game waste who now wants to play Animal X Sen and scolds GF Factory.

But to be honest, this can't completely cover the uneasiness in Shao Shuangyue's heart.

The game, the existence of Su Sun and Aunt He, is just to hide the helpless essence - after all, if she wasn't really afraid of the outside world, she wouldn't be immersed in the game until now, and she was always unwilling to interact with the outside world.

Because the fear of the unknown, the distance, and the things beyond the fortress of 'family' still existed in Shao Shuangyue's heart.

But now, the light that emerged from the computer screen made Shao Shuangyue face up to the fear in her heart.

In particular, it reveals the essence behind this fear.

- Yes. Staying in the realm of the known is comforting, peaceful, and secure.

This is also why Shao Shuangyue chooses to play games at home, because she is insecure about everything, her father, mother and brother cannot provide support, she has no confidence to explore the unknown and distant places, she can only choose to stay at home and explore the virtual world.

Here, the game can always be cleared, the distance can always be reached, in the face of the wrong way, choose the wrong file and come again, the enemy is also virtual data, can not bring a real threat to people.

Anyway, the Shao family is indeed rich, and it is natural to spend their lives like this, and they are naturally happy and comfortable.

However, the era of revival of aura has come, can I really be sheltered under the wings of my elders and spend a comfortable life like in the past?

The two brothers have stepped onto their dazzling and eye-catching life stage, do they stay on the platform like this, watching them perform?

You are not satisfied with this life. 】

Between memories, Shao Shuangyue seemed to hear such a voice.

[When you play the game, you want to explore a whole new world. You are looking for achievement because you want to achieve your goals. You fight people in arenas and ladders to confirm the fact that you are stronger. You look like you're playing, but you're actually just venting your true desires in the virtual world. 】

This voice did not sound from any outside, but from the depths of Shao Shuangyue's heart—it was the voice of her soul itself.

——The unattainable goal is my goal, the tortuous road is the path I want to take, and every rest always brings new yearning.

On the screen in front of the girl's eyes, that subtitle appeared again.

[Do you want to go higher, step farther, and become stronger?] 】

[Want to know the meaning of life?] 】

"I ......"

stepped forward, raised her hand spontaneously, and touched the mouse, Shao Shuangyue at this time was not brainwashed, nor was she forcibly instilled any other people's ideas - she really rippled from the depths of her heart from the depths of her heart, and got the inspiration from the unknowable distance, where the chef was there, and then made her own choice.

Soon, on the screen, the mouse moved to the option where Yes was.

It seems to be about to be clicked.

But, coincidentally, when Shao Shuangyue stepped forward, she accidentally stepped on a Lego cube on the ground.

"Woo !!!!"

The pain of that moment ran through the desolation of the sky, the end of the original darkness, and even the whole avenue, and in an instant almost made the girl cry out in pain, so that she was forced to weaken and sit on her gaming chair.

And just as her eyes were hazy and she couldn't stop shaking her head, she also saw a bottle of lunar soil placed in front of her desk, several warhammer models, and a Blade of Annihilation mold knife in the display case next to her.

This immediately made Shao Shuangyue blessed to the soul, and completely broke free from the previous 'epiphany state'.

"Grass, what happened to the old lady just now, why did she suddenly have such a pure mood and such a high consciousness?!"

The throbbing from the heart disappeared, and Shao Shuangyue's thinking returned to human nature, rather than pure lofty ideals.

She suddenly looked at the computer screen in front of her with palpitations, raised her hands above her head, and assumed a French pose, her eyes full of joy: "This thing, this thing made me feel like a saint for a moment!" If you don't consider any personal danger or personal desire, you just follow your ideals! It doesn't even matter if it's achievable or not, the most important thing is to get started! ”

"Yes, I admit that my ideals are indeed very high, and I especially want to catch up with the achievements of my two older brothers, and I don't want to be left behind by them...... However, if you think about it, isn't it fragrant to cultivate happily and live a free life like this now? I may want to go on an adventure to surpass myself in the future, but now that I'm a high school student and a minor, isn't it too early to realize my dreams? ”

Talking to herself like this, Shao Shuangyue's gaze at the computer screen in front of her suddenly became extremely vigilant - the things that can affect people's hearts are the most dangerous.

But after looking for a long time, she couldn't find a way to close this pop-up box, so she could only choose to shut down the computer and muttered in a low voice: "In this era, computer viruses are so terrifying, they can be brainwashed, and I don't know how much money will be lost if I click it, or if I am hypnotized into a puppet." ”

“…… No, I'll have to call Brother Day to come over tomorrow to take a look, it's too dangerous! ”

Thinking of the terrible plots in the various books, the girl trembled all over, and then got back into the bed and began to sleep, intending to forget about it.

However, what Shao Shuangyue didn't know was.

In the time when she ignored this pop-up box and studied diligently every day.

Maybe it's a mobile phone, maybe it's a computer, maybe it's the fog that appears on the mirror when you wash your face, maybe it's fishing or it's the waves on the water.

In front of more people, the same words, the same choices, appeared.

Then, it's time to move forward, or to stagnate.

Zhengguo, the ancestral land of the only martial arts, is in the mountain town in the north of Tiandu.

A young man who was practicing diligently in his practice room, tempering his body and martial arts, collapsed in his sweat because he had completely exhausted his last bit of physical strength.

In front of his practice room, a TV screen was looping the power of Su Sun's actions in the Beast God Realm, as well as the terrifying true form he displayed when facing the Tallinns and the Kloes.

It is easy to change the heavens and destroy everything as you like.

Even the state has to be cautious about it, even aliens and otherworldly people have to tremble because of it.

In the face of this power...... Hard work, is it meaningful?

The young man named Ma Jing stared at the scene that was playing on the screen on a loop in the puddle formed by his sweat.

He is the same age as Su Sun, and he may have had a relationship with each other in the past, but no matter what, he and Su Sun are now in two worlds.

In the face of the difference in talent that is like heaven and earth, it seems that the effort is in vain.

"However, if you don't work hard, it's really meaningless."

With this thought, the young man gritted his teeth, and he absorbed the aura of the surrounding atmosphere, fed into his musculoskeletal, and began to carry out a painful and burning internal circulation...... Pain, pain is right, pain is the teacher of the will, the guide of success, not that pain is right, but if you don't experience pain, let alone right, even failure is out of reach.

It wasn't that he wanted to chase the shadow that could no longer see his back, the reason why Ma actually played Su Sun's video on a loop was just to warn himself of one thing.

That is, if one cannot overcome oneself, it is even less likely to catch up with others.

Higher, faster, stronger - not to catch up with others, but to surpass yourself, to explore the original horizon, and then to discover a new horizon.

So, when the horse endured the extreme pain, slowly propped up his hands, and lifted his body from the ground, he saw that in his sweat, there were such ripples floating, so that the words appeared in front of his eyes.

[Do you want to go higher, step farther, and become stronger?] 】

[Want to know the meaning of life?] 】

"Will there be any other options?"

After a short period of confusion, he knew that this choice was wrong, and it was very strange, but Ma actually laughed: "Of course I want to!" ”

That's what he believes.

- I will do whatever it takes to move forward with all my might. Either you die, or you surpass yourself. If one day, I stop, it means that I am dead, and there are only dry bones in the grave.

A drop of sweat fell and dotted on the 'yes'.

As a result, a figure disappeared from the earth.

The southeast sea, the Tianchi boundary, the entrance and exit of the two worlds,

The dark blue long-haired boy lying on his back in the sea water stared at the moonlight above the sea with a somewhat confused face, floating with the current.

The strength of the true dragon boy at this time is only one step away from the command level, located at the entrance and exit of the spiritual energy of the two realms, which is equivalent to being located in the best cave heaven blessed land, originally had the inheritance of the earth immortals, or is quite clever among the earth immortals, and it can almost be said that it is destined to become the inheritance of the Tianchi Dragon King of the heavenly immortals Jiu Ming knows that his future is clear and clear.

But he still felt lost.

Yes, he has strength, inheritance, fame, territory, and Zhengguo is also very good to himself, even if he becomes the new governor of the Tianchi realm in the future, it may not be impossible, although he is not interested in it at all, but money and practice, he can have whatever he wants.

The young man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes felt that his dragon life was complete, not to mention that he was originally just a sea cucumber - Tianzun is above, this kind of luck, who in the whole world can have it? From sea cucumber to real dragon, there is only one between heaven and earth, right?

Ah, no, there is also the one that was shown by the Dragon King of Tianchi...... But that one is his junior, and he will have to accept apprentices on behalf of his teacher in the future, so there is no need to care too much.

In general, he doesn't have to worry about anything, he just grows up naturally, and he can become a hegemon.

"But what's the point?"

Thinking of this, the true dragon boy closed his blue dragon pupils. He whispered to himself, "I'm a dragon—not a sea cucumber that crawls around at the bottom of the sea and is satisfied." ”

"I am a dragon, and what I should pursue is a wider sea, a wider sky, and a more infinite world."

"Such a future that is already predestined for everything, even if it seems so perfect, is as uncomfortable as fate...... I want more possibilities and explore more unknowns......"

Although he said that, Jiu Ming also knew very well that he couldn't do this.

Having been canonized as the Dragon King of the South China Sea, his duty is to guard the South China Sea, manage the sea beasts, and suppress the Tianchi Realm for the Zhengguo Official—and the Zhengguo Official will also be responsible for his cultivation, his future, and his rights.

Maybe in the future, one day, after completing his duties, he can freely explore the seven seas of heaven and earth, the heavens and the stars.

With such an expectation for the future, Jiu Ming opened his eyes.

Then he saw the words appear in front of him.

And much more.

Except for what happens outside of these places, the same thing happens all over the world.

The entire earth, in just a field of books, has had hundreds of extremely bizarre and bizarre disappearances.

And all this, for the time being, has nothing to do with Su Day, who has finished his job in Tiandu and returned to his hometown to rest.

April 10, 2018.

The fifth day that Su Sun led the Qingqiu people back to Earth was also the second day after the intense and exciting debriefing report in the Tiandu and the overlord level test.

These things can be said slowly in the future, for the current youth, the most important thing is to cultivate well - and the Zhengguo official also suggests it, especially when they know that Su Sun actually slashed more than a billion Heavenly Demons by himself, and the ashes of the Heavenly Demons killed overflowed Qingqiu Xing, so they even hoped that the other party would cultivate well and not continue to move.

- Su Day, don't kill it, the official is afraid.

"Aunt Wen, Aunt He, I'm here!"

"Strange, not there? Did you go out in the sun? ”

Because there was no one at home, he just went to the criminal investigation workshop to see Su Day, where his father worked, and did not choose to go home, but turned around and went to the Shao family's mansion as a guest.

Wearing a hat woven from a heavy bird feather, he hummed a tune and walked to the door.

Because of politeness, Su Tian did not deliberately use spiritual power and transcendent indifference to explore the people in the house, and it was not until he knocked on the door that he found that there was only someone in Shao Shuangyue's room in the entire house.

It's not surprising that Uncle Shao isn't there, after all, he saw him having a meeting with officials from the Ministry of Energy yesterday in Tiandu, and it's not surprising that Shao Qiming is not there, after all, he was drinking tea and chatting with each other in Xijing eight hours ago, but Aunt He and Aunt Wen are not there, which can only mean that the two of them are probably going out shopping - since Aunt Wen got better, this extremely energetic woman has basically not stopped.

In that case, there is no other option.

Skillfully took out the key—don't ask Su Yan why he had the key to the Shao family—he opened the dream of the Shao family's mansion: "Then I'm in!" ”

But it's very strange that even if Su Sun spoke so loudly, Shao Shuangyue didn't respond, which made the young man a little confused: "Are you playing games with headphones?" It's almost the saint who tried to play the game.,No, this.。 ”

Thinking of this, he slowed his steps, ready to knock on Shao Shuangyue's door vigorously and startle her—just as he had occasionally done in the past.

"Boom, boom, knock!"

However, when Su Sun came to the second floor and knocked on the door hard, the young man ushered in not his own little sister who was full of anger and scolded and released the fragrance as he expected, but a timid girl who took the initiative to open the door with a panicked face.

"Day, Brother Day, I was trying to call you just now—"

As soon as she opened the door, Shao Shuangyue didn't say half a word of nonsense, she dodged directly, hid behind Su Sun, and then stretched out her hand tremblingly and pointed to her computer: "That thing, that computer virus, can't be wiped out at all!" ”

"It's terrible, I've never seen this kind of supernatural phenomenon, and the exorcism spell can't be exorcized, and it's useless to turn it off, it's a hell!"

This suddenly made the second monk Su Tianzhang scratch his head: "What the hell, what kind of computer virus, and supernatural phenomena have all come out." ”

"Let Brother Day give you Kangkang."

Saying this, Su Sun stepped forward with great confidence - no matter what kind of supernatural phenomena it is, special computer viruses, is it possible that it can still do something to an earth immortal? Not to mention computer viruses, even thinking viruses, the King of Heavenly Demons was raised by him, mixed with volcanic ash and scattered all over the planet.

It's all trivial!

But when he really saw the two lines of big characters on the computer screen, the young man immediately frowned, and his gaze changed from relaxed to extremely serious.

"This, Pioneer?!"

Although he had never fought with the Pioneer's family, after all, he had met with the Pioneer himself, and Su Sun was very clear about the other party's strength and the essence of 'correctness'.

The two paragraphs in front of me are undoubtedly the core of the other party's concept.

"Aha."

At the same time, sensing that something was wrong, Yara also poked a snake head out from under his hat, and he also stared at the screen, nodding his head, and his soul transmitted, "Good fellow, isn't this the usual way for the pioneers to screen their families?" ”

"Dependents?" Su Yan communicated with Yara in his heart: "Just like that, with a question and answer choice, you can screen out the dependents?" ”

"No, to be precise, if you choose yes, then it is equivalent to agreeing with the idea of the pioneer - in general, if you choose yes, you will be pulled into a central space that spans many worlds, and then go on one adventure after another to explore uncharted territory."

Answering in such detail, the snake spirit narrowed his eyes and looked at the computer screen in front of him seriously: "The more fields you explore, the more advanced the family of the pioneers. ”

"Explorers, adventurers, pioneers, pioneers - until the last 'pioneer', the pioneer's family system is so simple and easy to understand, and he has always been generous, and will provide all kinds of convenient ways for his family to become stronger - after all, if he is not strong, even his family will be difficult to persevere in the increasingly difficult exploration of the unknown."

Retracting his gaze, Yara retracted her head into her hat, and said lazily, "This little sister of yours, in a sense, does desire to become stronger and explore distant places—the pioneer never chooses the wrong person, but if he initiates the choice, it means that the other person is indeed a suitable family for him." ”

"But seriously, the pioneer guy has always felt that 'exploring the unknown naturally leads to sacrifice', and he has never shied away from death or failure, anyway, as long as it is exploration, even failure is great, and death is a well-deserved death, and it is above board."

Yara's words can't be fully believed, anyway, if this guy wants to be a bar, even if it is a perfect world created by God, he can pick bones, and Su Sun has never really believed in each other in this regard.

The young man looked at the options in front of him and said thoughtfully: "If you want to say, I'll click this 'yes', what will happen?" ”