after falling asleep

Chapter 1 01. The man is back
Milky Way - Sun Ring·14 Ring Area
At night, the gloomy sky roars with thunder.No rain fell, the air was full of dullness and depression.

Lightning flashed, and a manor on the outskirts was particularly conspicuous.

The surroundings returned to silence, and the faint sound of thunder spread.

Zha Liang illuminated here.Not a manor, but a mental hospital.

Dark again.This building is dormant like a giant beast in the dark.

In contrast, a city a hundred kilometers away.The tall buildings towered into the dark clouds, and countless flying shuttles that turned into small dots passed through the buildings.

Under the dark clouds on the dome, a huge airship slowly circled the city.The neon lights on the hull flashed, displaying advertisements.

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After the thunder and lightning, the air became even more dull.

Until sharp alarms cut through the night sky and echoed over the hospital.

[It is detected that the patient has left the ward. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, please stay in the room and do not lie in the corridor anywhere—]

2 minute later.

There was chaos in the hospital.In the front yard, two figures stood by the front door, one mile away and the other outside.

"Damn, what do you want." A hurried and depressed voice sounded.The middle-aged man in the security uniform lowered his voice and turned his head nervously to look at the figure at the door of the building from time to time.

He is a little clever.After the system alarm sounded, he realized that the patient would want to escape, so he came to the front door immediately.I found that a strange colleague came earlier than me, and pointed at the bushes outside the door and shouted not to run.Even picking cobblestones from the trail and smashing them over.

He had no reason not to trust his colleagues.

So he opened the front door and was about to explore the bushes.Colleagues beside him—suddenly took off his security uniform, revealing the dazzling blue and white patient uniform below, and ran out of the gate with a happy expression.

He knew it was over.

Once it is known that he opened the door by himself and let the patient escape, this occupation obtained from the robot will naturally go back to where it came from.

Robots that don't get tired are easier to squeeze and cheaper than humans.

The solution now is: let him go, without knowing it, and the job is saved.No one will find out that they let themselves go.

"If you don't want to be taken back by me, get out." He controlled the door to close, and made a vicious expression, hoping to scare him away.

But he forgot that the young man in front of him was a patient in this mental hospital.But most of the people here have some problems with their brains.

"Leave?" the young man yelled, grabbing the fence to squeeze his face up, squeezing his face out of shape, as if he wanted to get back.Hanging eyes stared at him sideways: "Don't even think about it—"

Hence the previous dialogue.

"Damn, what do you want." The security guard gritted his teeth with hatred.

The young man's expression suddenly turned positive, like a normal person: "You know, I have no money, so I just went out like this..."

The security guard glanced behind him again, and there was a figure approaching at the door.

[User Dington transfers 1000 credits to you. 】

"Only 1000?" The young man complained dissatisfied with a series of messages displayed on the retina, and then said to himself: "Forget it, what kind of bicycle do you want. Add a friend, and have a meal together when you have time."

[User: Musu applied to add you as a friend. 】

"No! Now you can get out...you can leave." The security guard changed the difficulty of getting out of the exit to leaving.

"Accept it, accept it—" the young man shouted excitedly, shaking the fence.

Seeing his madness, the security guard had no choice but to accept it again.

"Is it alright this time?" He had heard the voice behind him, and couldn't help but look back nervously.Two figures were walking through the front yard park, coming this way.

He looked back anxiously: "You in the end..."

The sound stopped abruptly.He could no longer see the figure of the young man.

He put his face against the fence suspiciously, and moved his eyes from side to side. With a flash of lightning, he could only see the empty street.

"Dington? What's the matter."

A colleague's greeting came from behind.

"It's all right... I'm afraid the patient will run away from the door, so come and have a look. There's nothing." Dington said casually, and walked back behind the two.

Coincidentally, lightning pierced through the dull night sky, pulling the shadow of the fence narrowly.One of the strange dark shadows is very conspicuous.

Dington was shocked.He turned his head nervously.

boom -

Amidst the rolling thunder, all he saw was the empty front door.

Is what just happened just a hallucination of me being too nervous...

His thoughts didn't last long.

Ten minutes later, the horizon popped up a message.

[Your friend Musu invites you to pay for him: 14 District Kate Star Group consumption costs, a total of 194 credit points. 】

[Your friend sent you a message: Musu: I love you (than heart)]

Dington trembled and chose to pay.

And a few minutes later—

[Your friend Musu invites you to pay for him: Convenience store consumption fee: 33 credits]

"Uh ah ah ah ah ah!"

Valentine Street Park

On the bench by the park path, a young man with black hair and black eyes and a blue and white hospital uniform sat down on it, and let out a long moan comfortably.

There were several couples walking and snuggling around, whispering faintly, exuding the sour smell of love.

Suddenly there was an exclamation: "Look! It's a shooting star. I thought I would never see a shooting star in this life..."

"Liu Xing? Why didn't he take pictures and have children here?"

On the bench, Mu Su looked up.Can't see anything but clouds.

In fact, even if there are no dark clouds, in orbit around the sun can only see the zenith iron dome.

Across the path is a long street.From time to time, shuttles landed on the ground from high altitudes, and men and women stepped out of the cars.Pedestrians on the street.Ground transportation is rare.The only thing that counts, is only a group of teenagers and girls playing power skateboards in groups of three or five.

The billboards on the wall of the building flickered, projecting various advertisements on the park, blatantly declaring noise pollution.

【Do you want your exclusive butler?Want to have a unique robot companion?Film Machinery Workshop, free to customize your wishes.Address: No. 14, Trans Avenue, 39th Ring District.Whatever you want, we have it. 】

[The best private game in history!Putting on the helmet, you will experience the era of technological explosion 400 years ago.Nearly unlimited degrees of freedom.You can be whoever you want to be.Scientists, plutocrats, dictators, arms dealers.You can get up close and personal with any character from that great era.What are you waiting for, call to order, free delivery to your door! 】

[The 14th Ring District has achieved a crime detection rate of 90.00% at 1, and the average time for solving cases is 15 hour and 25 minutes.For 10 consecutive years, it has been ranked among the top 14 in the ring of the sun.The environment is beautiful and pleasant, and the mayor's team wholeheartedly serves the residents. District [-] is your best city to settle in. 】

Listening to the advertisements around, Mu Su took out a can of Coke from the bag.

belch--

Opening his head and gulping it down, Mu Su hiccupped and turned to look at the other end of the bench, where a middle-aged man who was looking at his clothes held up a soda can to say hello.

"The clothes are nice, right?"

The middle-aged man smiled reluctantly, turned his face back, and moved to the side calmly.

[… Weird, lunatics are welcome here. 】

Hearing the madman, Mu Su subconsciously raised his head and looked in the direction of the voice.

Building on the right, screen billboard.

It was a black man standing in front of a pure white background.Properly trimmed hair and beard look grey.The suit is neat and straight.

Those blue eyes revealed infinite wisdom, as if they could penetrate the heart.

He stretched out his arms, as if holding something.The voice is deep and magnetic: "You call it a game, but I prefer to call it-another world."

"And this." A string of 0 and 1 code appeared in his palm, transforming into an old-fashioned metal key. "To open the door to another world, you will need it—"

His tone of voice changed suddenly, and he relaxed a lot: "The key is [-] credits, and the price is the same. After you are asleep...you are all welcome."

[After falling asleep, he has now landed on the valve game platform, details...]

[*music* Her'name'is'Lola, She'was'a'showgirl.With'yellow'feathers'in'her'hairs...Crimson Mars Exotic.Wandering in Bi... 】

The screen was replaced with another ad.

"Sounds familiar." Mu Su was very interested and patted the residents next to the seats. "Hey, do you want to see magic?"

"What?" The middle-aged man on the other end of the chair looked blankly.

"Magic." Mu Su turned sideways, "You can give me whatever you want, and I can turn it into money."

"...?"

Mu Su embraced the middle-aged man's shoulders, snapped his fingers and said excitedly, "Quick, anything will do."

"A street magic show?" The middle-aged man shrank his neck, touched his pocket, and said, "I don't have anything..."

As he said that, he pulled out a palm-sized control panel from his pocket, thinking that he accidentally put it in his pocket when he came out.

The young "street magician" grabbed the control panel in his hand, crossed the path, rested his hands on the park fence, and jumped over with agile movements.

Snapped--

His feet hit the fence, and the "street magician" slapped his face on the black road.It was so clear he could hear it.

The street magician got up in a hurry, wiped his nosebleed with his sleeve, and ran all the way to the alley across the street, weeping.

what's going on there.

Under the charming lights, a man and a woman were arguing in the alley.Men are bloated and fat.The woman was slender with long sleeves, wearing a thin nightdress, and long legs hung with stockings that had been put on in a hurry.

The metal circuit on the outside of her forearm is exposed, and she is a synthetic human.It seems that there was a dispute over whoring money.

The bench was facing the alley, so he could see clearly.

Then he saw that the young "street magician" lifted the control panel he had given him and stunned the fat man.Then, as the mechanical woman covered her mouth and exclaimed and retreated, she squatted beside her and rummaged through her pockets.

After a while, the harvested "street robbery magician" stood up, his blood-stained face looked over here, his legs crossed, his arms spread out and bowed slightly, giving a gentleman's salute.

He seemed to hear a voice in his head.

"Thump thump thump~"

……

after an hour.

A family hotel in the suburbs.

Compared with the feasting and feasting of the urban agglomeration in the distance, this single-family hotel on the plain looks quite peaceful.

Room 301
The latest Valve gaming helmet sits next to the bed.Compared with the heavy and huge adjective of a helmet, it is more appropriate to use a mask to describe it.

It's thin and light so that it doesn't feel uncomfortable even in bed.It's just not as convenient as the game compartment.

Because it is a newly purchased game helmet, it only contains the game "After Sleeping" that I just purchased.

The game's advertising words obviously attracted Musu.He "earned" some money hard and hid here to play games.And use the ten minutes of distributing game helmets to visit the official website to learn about the game.

The game features a random copy.It was just released in beta earlier today.The supercomputer Sophon, which is a sub-computing program, has collected all the information on the modern history of mankind for hundreds of years.Whether it is historical documents, entertainment video.Or even if it is a network work, made by hand.have been recorded and incorporated into them,

to describe.It's like an AI that reads hundreds of years of all literature and then asks it to write a novel.

The impatient Mu Su couldn't wait to jump on the bed and put on the helmet.

There was darkness in the line of sight, as if being blindfolded or in darkness.

At first, the body can still be felt.A few seconds later, a strange female voice rang in her ears, and she lost her awareness of her body at the same time.

[Welcome to After Sleeping. 】

[Log in to the public network. 】

[The DNA sequence has been recorded. 】

[Location: Huanyang District 14. 】

[Nerve connection in progress...]

[The physical examination has been completed, and all mandatory systems are turned off by default.To enable it, please call out the settings in the game. 】

[The current player image is the default synchronized reality.To make changes please call up Operation Settings. 】

[The loading mode is sleep mode.In the current mode, you can only be matched with players of the same mode and enjoy a 1:7 ratio of game time.Can be maintained up to: 72 (×7) hours of continuous online time in reality.With the game compartment you will be able to play games in deep sleep. 】

[Neural heart rate recording is ready.When the player's state is abnormal, they will be forced to eject the game and provide contact medical services for a fee. 】

[The default clothing...completed]

【Ready】

【Please enter a nickname.Special characters other than Chinese and English will not be allowed to be used as nicknames. 】

Mu Su, who had been dozing all the time, saw that it was finally his turn to appear, and he didn't want to blurt out.

"Crazy."

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*Article 5189 of the Synthetic Human Law: At any time, the robot must retain obvious external characteristics to distinguish the synthetic human from the human.

(End of this chapter)