After taking the bus all the way back to the rental house, Wang Zhifan took a shower and changed clothes, and the time came to eleven o'clock in the evening.
He felt that he had a very busy day today and felt a little tired, so he did not plan to practice. Instead, he planned to have some fun and have a good sleep to welcome the first day after he got rid of his status as a worker.
At this moment, Wang Zhifan lay on the flat and hard single bed and played with his mobile phone for a while. He soon discovered that on various online platforms, such as news websites and video websites, public information about the Xia Kingdom's official recruitment of players appeared. They were all placed in the popular or top positions, which was completely consistent with the broadcast he heard on the bus.
At this time, all the websites were very busy. Many people were curious about why the official suddenly offered attractive benefits to recruit players. They thought that Xia Kingdom was going to start a big e-sports industry. They found it very difficult to understand. There were also some real players who gave correct explanations, but most people did not believe it and thought that it was just nonsense made by boring people on the Internet.
"This video actually exposed the network link of Player Forum. However, the direct connection to this address cannot be accessed. It is useless if it is exposed. No, why did the video host say that you can access directly now?"
When Wang Zhifan found information about Player Forum, a dark web he often visited, in an online video, his curiosity was immediately aroused. He quickly entered the corresponding URL on his mobile browser and confirmed it. In less than a second, he entered the forum interface that he was very familiar with.
"Is it really possible to enter? The official has directly converted Player Forum to a public website? Has the mobile version been unlocked?"
It was the first time that he directly browsed Player Forum, which was once a secret dark network, on his mobile phone. The current feeling of Wang Zhifan was quite novel. He immediately began to read various posts on the current forum and found that Player Forum was extremely lively at this time. Hundreds of new posts were posted every second, and it could be seen that most of the posters were tourists and newcomers.
"I heard that this is the base camp for players. Newbies who have signed up for auditions come here to visit."
"Can you please tell me why the authorities suddenly did this? Is it possible that we, Xia Kingdom, are going to become a powerful e-sports nation?"
"I heard on many websites that the players here are not ordinary video game players, but very high-tech virtual reality players. Is this true? If it is true, I will sign up immediately."
"Haha, I didn't expect that the Xia Kingdom official would be so depraved. They conduct a nationwide audition to select players. It is simply not doing their job properly and a waste of our taxpayers' money!"
"Don't sign up! Don't sign up! Don't sign up! It's very dangerous to be a player! You may die suddenly every week! There is no way to quit! Please trust the advice of an old Lv10 player!"
"Why are there suddenly so many visitors today? This forum has been hacked?"
"Dear tourists, please ask in this post for everything you want to know, and I will answer them in detail."
"I'm so happy! Is this a large-scale performance art social experiment that the government is conducting here? There are actually many people who say that to become such a player, you need to go to the real other world every week to download copies. It's really funny. With this kind of technology, we Xia Kingdom will not only unify the world long ago, but also use it to make games? You are trying to lie to a three-year-old child!"
He watched the lively Player Forum on his mobile phone for a while. Wang Zhifan had no idea of getting involved because he knew very well that many things would be unbelievable unless he experienced them personally.
He quickly recited the special meditation method Great Dream Saber Scripture and fell asleep. He began to have a high-quality sleep, and in a blink of an eye, it was the morning of a new day.
"Your Industrial Bank account... has received 2100 national currency... transfer the account name... Xia Kingdom Special Administration Bureau Dongjiang Second Bureau..."
When he opened his eyes in the morning, Wang Zhifan first noticed that his mobile phone beside his pillow had received a new text message, which was bank account information.
"Yesterday, my overtime salary was 2,100? This is the most I have ever earned since I started working. It is enough for me to go to the shooting gallery to practice shooting for a day... But this mere two thousand yuan will only be small change to me, because the day when I become a rich brother is not far away."
Wang Zhifan felt a little excited when he discovered that a small sum of money had been added to his poor bank account, but he immediately realized that this reaction was inappropriate, because now he was no longer the pure poor man he was before, and his poverty career was foreseeably coming to an end.
Get up, wash up, go out to the breakfast shop outside and finish three bowls of beef noodles with extra beef in one go. At this moment, Wang Zhifan returns to his cramped rental house again, closes the doors and windows, gets dressed, and is ready to start the activity he is most looking forward to every day.
But before entering the dungeon today, he specifically picked up his phone and sent a message to Chu Wei, asking about something that concerned him.
"Wang Zhifan: Awei, is there any news about Liao Zai today? Has he gone back to work?"
Wang Zhifan was asking about A Liao. Yesterday morning he went to meet Chu Wei and learned from her that A Liao had disappeared, and he realized that A Liao probably died in the dungeon. If this was true, then A Liao would be the first player he knew to die in the dungeon. He was also a very young player, which made him a little sad.
Originally, Wang Zhifan planned to enter the dungeon after sending this message, and then come back to see if there was any reply from Chu Wei after finishing the dungeon. As a result, before he threw the phone in his hand on the bed next to him, he received a reply message from Chu Wei.
"Chu Wei: Brother Fan, unfortunately, A Liao has been confirmed to have been sacrificed in the dungeon. The bureau used special props to confirm this morning. I hope you won't be too sad. This kind of thing is not uncommon in our player group. Just treat A Liao as Paradise in advance."
"It's really gone? There's really no surprise at all. What a tragedy for the player community."
Wang Zhifan read Chu Wei's reply and felt a little heavy in his heart. Even though he knew that his current strength should be very strong among players and the chance of dying in the dungeon was very small, he still felt that it was not a good thing for an ordinary person to become a player with a high probability.
"Wang Zhifan: Well, A Liao must have gone to Paradise... Don't work so hard in the future. Everyone, please take care of yourself."
After replying to Chu Wei, Wang Zhifan then locked the phone and threw it on the bed next to him. Then he stood by the bed and quietly closed his eyes for two seconds to sort out his mood, and then activated his mind to start the copy of the day.
Obviously, the fact that someone he knew in real life died in the dungeon did not scare him. He was very aware of his current strength and the possible dangers in the dungeon, but he still judged that the benefits in the dungeon were worth taking these risks.