I'm the mayor of a simulated ghost city

"What the hell?!!!"

Lu Yao was confused. What kind of malice did the person who designed this game have? He wanted people to die at every turn? And he even cursed the players? This was too much!

This is intolerable!

However, the system's voice was still surrounding Lu Yao's ears, 360 degrees: [Be careful, you will die, you will die, you will die. ]

"I'm going to kill you!" Lu Yao has a bad temper. Although she has tried her best to restrain herself in order to be a good game anchor, she never restrains herself when fighting monsters!

So, she decisively clicked the exit button.

"Ding!" A ringing sound stimulated Lu Yao's eardrums, and the system issued a sharp whistle: [Warning, player Lu Yao, you are exiting the system abnormally, the current progress has been saved, and the game time is still continuing. If you cannot unlock the water plant within 24 hours, the city satisfaction will drop to zero, and all your residents will die. ]

"Just die! It's none of my business!" Lu Yao suddenly took off his helmet.

However, "Ding!"

The system's harsh voice was still in her mind, causing her head to ache: [Warning, player Lu Yao, you have exited the system abnormally. The game time will continue. If your residents die, you will die too. Goodbye!]

At this moment, Lu Yao was confused. Was she hallucinating?

At this moment, Lu Yao noticed the video recording page projected by the helmet. She found that the page was still showing the city she had just built, and the time at the bottom was still moving, overlapping with her real time.

The time displayed now is six o'clock in the morning.

"Wait, how long have I been playing?"

Lu Yao picked up her phone and looked at the time in disbelief. She felt like she had only been in there for six minutes, but why had six hours already passed?!

It's morning already?

Lu Yao hurriedly drew open the curtains, and a faint light was already coming through the window.

Then I looked at my phone and saw a series of missed calls, which read: [Spare tire scumbag].

The calling time ranged from 12 am to 1 am, and from 5 am to now.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door...

"Boom boom boom!"

Lu Yao's heart beat suddenly. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He stared blankly at the door that was knocked before dawn.

A familiar voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Lu Yao! Lu Yao, are you really so stingy? I've already gone off the air, and you still don't answer my call. Are you okay?"

Hearing the sound of the spare tire, Lu Yao breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to the door. She felt that she had to talk to someone about this.

Unexpectedly, she had clearly moved away from the computer and the helmet, but the cold system voice rang in her ears again: [Warning, player Lu Yao, do not tell anyone you know about the game, otherwise you will die immediately.]

Your uncle!

Lu Yao thought countless times in an instant. She had noticed before that the system called her real name, but she had never entered her real name anywhere in the game. In other words, the system stole her information in an unknown way.

Moreover, she could still hear the voice of the system in her head, which meant that the system had invaded her brain.

Although the system is unlikely to turn into a person and chop her into pieces with a chainsaw, it is very likely to do something unspeakable to her brain. The system's warning is real...

"Lu Yao! Why don't you say something? Did something really happen?" Seeing that she didn't answer, the person outside the door knocked even louder, so much so that the knocking startled the neighbor aunt next door.

As soon as the auntie went out, she started shouting: "What are you doing? What are you doing? You are disturbing the neighbors so early in the morning! Young people have no idea about the time when they are in love. My husband is a worker in the water plant. He didn't come back until three in the morning and he was sleeping!"

Water plant?

For a moment, Lu Yao had an inexplicable feeling, as if the game and reality overlapped...

"Squeak!"

The door of Lu Yao's house was opened a crack, and one of her eyes appeared through the crack.

After confirming that everyone outside the door was normal, she finally opened the door completely.

Then, Lu Yao jumped over the tall, rich and handsome man with chestnut hair standing at the door and looked at the curly-haired auntie who was wearing a loose nightgown and pink flip-flops across the street: "Auntie, which water plant does our brother work at?"

Aunt? Brother? Aren't your generations a bit confusing?

The old lady glared, folded her hands, and swung the iron clothes hanger in front of Lu Yao's eyes. She was very annoyed: "It's at the water plant in the western suburbs next to Heping Village. Why are you asking this?"

At this moment, with a beep, the system's voice sounded again in Lu Yao's head: [Congratulations to the player, you have successfully started the water plant unlocking task. Please arrive at the Huaxi Water Supply Plant in Heping Village at 12 o'clock tonight. Task description: Recently, the water pressure in Heping Village has always been too low. Please investigate the cause and get out alive. ]

“???” I came out alive? Can I come out dead?

Lu Yao widened his eyes and looked carefully at the two people in front of him.

It seemed that neither of them could hear the sound in her ears, which meant that it was not coming from the computer speakers, but the sound of the system in her head.

Seeing the nervous paleness on Lu Yao's face, the old lady stopped shaking the iron clothes hanger and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Are you sick?"

"No, no, thank you, auntie. I'm sorry to bother you just now. You and my brother can continue to sleep." Lu Yao came back to his senses, waved to the old aunt, grabbed the equally inexplicably tall, rich and handsome man, and quickly dragged him into his room and closed the door.

In Lu Yao's room, super thick blackout curtains concealed the brightness in the room. A desk lamp emitting faint warm light illuminated the messy single bed. The tall, rich and handsome young man was pushed onto the bed by her...sitting.

"Lu Yao, what are you doing? What happened? I called you last night but you didn't answer. This morning I knocked on your door for almost half an hour but you finally opened it. You..."

Without waiting for the little brother to finish his question, Lu Yao used the fastest way to make someone shut up and pinched his mouth: "Ah Xiao, listen to me..."

[Warning! Player Lu Yao, don't be stubborn, don't resist in vain, don't let us...]

Before Lu Yao finished her words, a quick warning sound interrupted her in her mind. Then, she decisively interrupted the system: "I know it!"

"Know...know what? Do you finally know that I have a crush on you?" The little brother blinked his eyes, and his eyes were particularly bright under his long eyelashes.

"......" Lu Yao rolled his eyes, pursed his lips, and then slapped him on the head, "You have been in love openly for five years. If you want to have a secret crush, just shut up. I didn't talk to you just now."

"Who are you talking to?" The little brother turned his body slightly, passed through Lu Yao's slender waist, and looked into the room. There was nothing in the empty room, so he asked again, "Are you talking to a ghost?"

It’s really... a system trick!

Sighing, Lu Yao straightened the little brother's body, pressed his fleshless shoulders, and said seriously: "I can't tell you more now. I need to go to the police station. Before I come back, you help me keep an eye on my computer game screen. If you find any changes, tell me."

"Why are you going to the police station? Turn yourself in?"

"I'm your uncle!"

Lu Yao pushed the little brother onto the bed, turned around to take a look at the game screen which was still at the stage of building a new water plant, wrapped himself in a coat and went out.