Alien Attack: The Guardian of Xia Nation Applying to Fight

Linhai City, an office building.

After an ordinary lunch, Lin Yuan lowered the back of his office chair as usual and took out a blanket and an eye mask.

As an ordinary employee of the company, Lin Yuan cherishes this rare nap time at noon very much. After all, only by getting enough rest can he improve his work efficiency in the afternoon, and he has always done so.

Colleagues around me are discussing where to go for dinner, karaoke, or sightseeing after get off work...

"There's a new barbecue restaurant opened in Xinjiekou, why don't we go try it!"

"Barbecue is too greasy, let's go eat some food, and then we'll go sing karaoke..."

"Are you still calling that kid Lin Yuan over?"

"Forget it, don't invite him. He has rejected us several times."

"···"

Not far away, Lin Yuan, who was sitting on an office chair, was frowning. Although his colleagues kept their voices low, he could still hear a lot of what they were saying.

He has always stayed away from such gatherings, not because he lacked team spirit, but because he was really short of money.

In addition, Lin Yuan's family still owes a lot of loans because his parents' business failed, so he needs to deposit a sum of money home on time every month. Now the balance on his card is less than five digits, so he avoids these entertainment activities as much as possible.

You have to know that these activities organized by the company are all on a AA basis, and on average, several hundred dollars is spent each time.

In addition, Lin Yuan's personality is a bit unsociable, and he instinctively resists meaningless socializing.

At this time, the hour hand and minute hand of the clock on the wall of the company overlapped.

12: 00.

He was already a little tired of this repetitive life day after day, year after year. Putting on earplugs, Lin Yuan closed his eyes and prepared to take a nap. Maybe he could daydream, that would be great.

Suddenly, he felt the cell phone in his trouser pocket vibrate violently and a strange sound came to his ear.

【ding dong——】

[Dream game binding is successful, identity verification begins——]

Lin Yuan was startled and quickly pulled off the blindfold and took off the earplugs.

What was that sound just now?

In an instant, a hint of suspicion flashed across Lin Yuan's eyes. It didn't seem like his colleague was joking or teasing him.

Could it be that everything that just happened was an illusion?

By the way, my phone vibrated for no apparent reason just now. Maybe it has something to do with this?

After turning on the phone screen, I didn't notice anything different. There were no new messages, and it wasn't a call from a colleague.

At this moment, that strange voice exploded in my ears again:

[We are very sorry, the dream game verification failed and is now in guest mode! ]

At the same time, Lin Yuan discovered that there was an extra icon on his mobile phone.

It was just pitch black, with no signs on it, and only four small words at the bottom:

"Dream Game".

Is this the sound made by this software?

But how come that voice suddenly reached his ears, and no one around him reacted at all.

Lin Yuan clicked on the icon out of curiosity. He was not afraid of any malware since he only used this phone for work.

The phone screen suddenly changed. The entire screen turned black, and text that looked like a game introduction appeared on it. What was even stranger was that the voice continued:

【Welcome to experience the dream game. This product is created by Futureman Technology Group. It guarantees that users can experience a 100% immersive real dream. It provides a variety of dream scenes for users to choose from. It is committed to helping users experience perfect dreams, enjoy extraordinary life, and make the impossible possible. 】

The sound in my ears ended.

Lin Yuan's eyes suddenly turned red and his breathing became short. He must have obtained a mysterious game software!

He looked around vigilantly and saw that his colleagues were all lying down to rest in groups of three or four, and no one noticed anything unusual about him.

At this moment, his heart began to beat faster and faster, even though he kept taking deep breaths and silently telling himself to stay calm...

On the phone, he tried to long-press the black icon to delete it, but there was no response.

He also found no trace of this software in the phone settings.

······

Lin Yuan spent the entire afternoon studying the "Dream Game" software, and the wall clock unknowingly formed a straight line.

It was time to get off work, but Lin Yuan was still sitting in his office chair, apparently still in shock, until Old Liu behind him patted him on the shoulder, which suddenly brought him back to his senses.

"Xiao Linzi, you are usually the first one to leave work, why are you still standing here today?"

"Have you thought it through and are coming to the party?"

Old Liu packed up the things on hand and asked in confusion.

Lin Yuan stood up and quickly packed his belongings.

"Ah, I'd better not go to the party. I have something to do, so I'll go back first." Now his mind was filled with the dream game on his phone, and he really had no interest in the party at all.

Old Liu sighed and said, "Hey, kid, sometimes you have to change your personality, otherwise~, forget it!"

"But if you have any difficulties, just tell me. I know you are a little tight on money lately."

Lin Yuan felt warm in his heart and replied with a smile: "Thank you, Brother Liu, I still have some money to hold on. If I really run out of money, I will definitely not hide it from you!"

The Old Liu that Lin Yuan mentioned is his college classmate named Liu Kai, who took good care of him after he joined the company.

However, Liu Kai is several years older than him. He is already 30 years old this year. He has just married and has a child. Now is probably the time when he needs money everywhere.

Of course Lin Yuan would not feel comfortable asking his senior to borrow money. After all, he was not in such a difficult situation yet.

Old Liu shook his head and left. In his opinion, this little Linzi was just a little unsociable, but everything else was good. He was tall and handsome, otherwise he wouldn't be single now.

Here, Lin Yuan jogged all the way to the bus stop and waited for the bus.

It was the rush hour after get off work, and the bus was packed with people. He held the phone tightly in his pocket the entire time, being wary of the people approaching.

I returned to the rental house, locked the door, closed the windows and drew the curtains.

Only after doing all this did Lin Yuan's restless heart regain a bit of peace. After an afternoon of studying the dream game, he discovered the basic rules of the game:

As the name implies, the dream game can only be completed in a dream, and the corresponding time must be late at night. As for the specific time, we are still exploring;

The game has first-person and third-person perspectives. Just like when we play shooting games, we can only see the changes of our own hands in the first-person perspective, while the third-person perspective is the God's perspective, and the surrounding scenery can be seen by rotating the camera;

There is an inventory in the game to store the collected supplies.

There are many character templates and items to choose from in the game store, but what makes Lin Yuan disappointed is that those characters require dream points to purchase.

Apart from this, he didn't make any other discoveries for the time being.

20:00pm.

Lin Yuan, who had been staring at his phone, felt his eyes become dry. Just as he was about to rub his eyes, the black icon on the screen flashed a few times and then turned on automatically!

He was no longer surprised by this scene.

After all, he had searched for this game on the Internet and did not find any similar software, so he could only explain it as a dream game from the future or a mysterious parallel world, and it was installed on his phone for some unknown reason.

At this time, the game interface appears, which is very simple and clear.

“Newbie mission.”

“play.”

“exit.”

Taking a deep breath, Lin Yuan chose to start without hesitation.

The scene changed and a scene of the company's office building appeared.

“Isn’t this where I work on weekdays?”

"Interesting, a game that simulates reality?"

"Even top-level 4K video cannot reach this quality. Every person's movements and expressions are so clear that even the pores are visible."

Looking at the virtual reality scenes in the game, he couldn't help but sigh that this future technology is awesome.

In the screen, Lin Yuan is in the third-person perspective. He originally wanted to choose the first-person perspective to try out the game, but found that the button was gray, and a line of red font popped up below: To be unlocked, please complete the novice task!

Lin Yuan didn't know what the novice mission was specifically about, so he had to temporarily control the character in the game to walk towards the elevator. He was going to take a look at his office floor.

"You're here really early today, Mr. Lin!"

Feng Lingling, the girl at the front desk of the office building, glanced at Lin Yuan and greeted him.

Lin Yuan was stunned on the spot. No way! Even the game sounds were so realistic!

It is exactly the same pronunciation as the front desk girl Feng Lingling!

All of a sudden, the movements of his hands slowed down, and the character in the game stopped moving forward.

Lin Yuan was thinking about talking to her, "Good morning, you too!", but he didn't know how to pronounce it. Should he shout into the phone or type it out?

However, the next second, the character in the game automatically said, "Good morning to you too."

In an instant, Lin Yuan broke out in a cold sweat and got goose bumps under his clothes. Could it be that this game knew what he was thinking?

For a moment, Lin Yuan was deeply shocked. This dream game was definitely not an ordinary game.

He had a premonition that his future life would no longer be boring day after day and year after year.

Before Lin Yuan could recover from the shock, the game prompt sounded again:

[Ding! Newbie Mission 1: Flirt with your front desk girl Feng Lingling]

At the same time, a task to be completed appeared on the taskbar of the mobile phone screen.

Seeing such an unserious task, Lin Yuan felt his head buzzing.

I took another look at the tasks to be completed on the phone screen:

[Newbie Mission 1: Flirt with your front desk girl Feng Lingling]

He just felt that this was very inconsistent with his personality. He was always serious, never smooth-talking, and certainly never teasing little girls.

Lin Yuan never expected that the first task would stump him.

How to complete it next?

The game character in the mobile phone was standing in the lobby of the office building. Lin Yuan, who was lying on the sofa in the rental house playing with his mobile phone, was a little confused.

Immediately, he slapped his head and came to his senses.

"Hey! This is a dream game, everything is just fake!"

"I really thought this was real just now!"

"It's a game, it won't be awkward anyway, you can say anything, even if it's awkward to death!"

After figuring it out, Lin Yuan controlled the game character and walked towards the front desk.

Suddenly, Feng Lingling at the front desk widened her eyes and her heart began to beat faster.

She didn't know why Lin Yuan was a little different today, because usually they just said hello and then passed by each other.

Lin Yuan organized his words in his mind, and the characters in the game spoke synchronously:

"Ms. Feng, you are so beautiful today. You make people fall in love with you just by looking at you!"

"Hahaha, Mr. Lin, you are so funny. This is the first time I hear you praise me!" Feng Lingling replied with her hand covering her mouth.