C1 The Stars in the Sky

The stars in the sky change in different shapes, and I moved my neck a little bit sore from staring at the stars for a long time. My hair danced along with the night wind. On the rooftop of the 12th floor, the mysterious mutiny in the city was very far away.

My name is Chen Xiao, I am an orphan, I am 20 years old this year. I don't know where I came from. I remember that I grew up in an orphanage. When I was seven, I left the orphanage and wandered around the city. I don't know how many people rolled their eyes at me. I have no friends. I live alone. When I was 12 years old, I came into contact with the Internet, and since then, I fell in love with it. I like to find my happiness in that virtual world after a day of tiredness. Not long after, I started playing online games like others, and I quickly immersed myself in it. Because I can only appear here with the same identity as others, only here can I have the care of friends.

By chance, I found a business opportunity in the game. With my little intelligence, I started doing business in the game. Although I can't make as much money as those professional businessmen, I can still make about the same profit as the handyman. Just like that, I work while playing games, and slowly, I have some savings. After thinking for a night, I finally took out the money I didn't have to spend to buy a computer and began my so-called professional gamer path. Perhaps it was because I was born to be an expert gamer, or perhaps the heavens couldn't bear to see me live pitifully all this time. In the game, I started stumbling from the beginning until I became more and more familiar with the operation. I finally have a stable life. I also established a family in the game and made a lot of good friends. More and more smiles appeared on my face. Other people play games more casually, just for fun. But I'm different, games are my life. It's not for entertainment, I have to think of ways to make the greatest profit from it to maintain my life. So I am serious. My family is now very famous in Online Game World. This makes me very happy. I never dreamt that I would be noticed by so many people. I never thought that so many people would follow me and acknowledge me as their boss. I never thought that so many people in the Online Game World would regard me as their idol. Although I don't have money and status in real life, I am looked down upon by many people.

I still don't have many friends in real life. After being deceived and hurt time and time again, I've become numb to it. I don't trust anyone anymore, I just want to live quietly in the corner of the city without being noticed. I want to search for my self-esteem on the internet and realize my dream. I can't bear to spend every cent. That money has been saved up bit by bit by me. As I watch my savings increase bit by bit, my heart starts to become lively. I even thought of finding a girlfriend. Those days, my heart is filled with longing for the future, until one day a year ago...

That was a day that I would never forget, a person whom I always thought was my best friend betrayed me in a siege battle of my family. It caused me to suffer the greatest defeat in history. When my heart was in pain, he logged into my game account. After sweeping away all the equipment and money, he deleted my character. I've always been very careful and never told anyone the game password. He is the only exception, because I believe him. However, it was this friend that I highly trust that gave me a fatal injury...

That day I cried, because what I lost was not just money. Although I'm a professional gamer, the loss this time won't bring about a devastating impact on my life. What makes me sad is the betrayal of friendship. My friends are very limited, because they are few, so I cherish every one of them. I don't know why he would treat me like that. Could it be that our friendship is worth that bit of profit? This matter makes me disheartened, so I disbanded my family. And I withdrew from the Online Game World. Everyday I watch the stars on the roof in loneliness, no longer playing games. He also didn't look for a job. Life had become very irregular, and eating was just a piece of cake. He had always been unable to extricate himself from the betrayal of friendship...

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the wind was blowing on his body, giving him a slight chill. Thus, I got up and went down from the rooftop. When I returned to my cottage, the cottage was left to me by a kind old grandpa. I met him when I was a porter, and because I pitied him, I let him live with me. He had no children and lived alone in this cabin. I lived with him for two years, and for the first time in my life, I felt the warmth of a family. Later, he let go and left me this room and the room full of memories and sadness. Lying on the bed, I forcefully withdrew my messy thoughts. Entering the land of dreams...

The next morning, when I wanted to eat instant noodles as breakfast according to my usual habits, I found that my instant noodles were gone. All the food prepared in the room had been eaten up. Thinking about how he had not gone out for two months, he decided to go and replenish his food.

The sunlight on the street is very piercing. I am not used to not being on the street for a long time. After finally getting used to the strong light, I found that there were many eye-catching advertisement advertisements for online games in many places on the street. The name of the game is' Dream '. It was said that the most advanced computer virtual technology was used to make the players feel like they were in the game. The degree of realism reached 95%, and unlike other games, it was not tested internally first. It directly entered the market. It was now officially operating.

This advertisement immediately attracted me, and I can't deny that I am still very interested in the game. So I forgot about my instant noodles and quickly went home to log into the homepage to understand this game.

When I finished reading the long introduction of the game, I was deeply attracted by it. Plus, this year's time has almost healed the pain in my heart. I am no longer running away from the game like I used to, and if this continues, I think I'll collapse from boredom, and one day I'll starve to death. I have decided to take advantage of the fact that I still have some money to quickly return to my previous life as a professional gamer. As for which game to play, I don't have to think about it. After looking at 'Dreamscape', which is about to be released, I no longer have any interest in looking for other games. The first game developed by Tian Yu company that uses virtual simulation technology is as realistic as reality inside. Just this alone is enough to make one's heart pound. Furthermore, I have always been a loyal supporter of Tian Yu Corporation. As long as it is a game that they released first, I will definitely go in and take a look. The game that I played last time, Demon Soul, was also a work of Tian Yu Company. Even though I finally shed tears because of that game. But it didn't affect my love for this company at all. I also heard that 'Dream' used brainwave testing to log in, preventing one person from using multiple numbers, one to practice, or stealing numbers. There would definitely be a lot of people playing such a fun game. As a veteran professional player, I believe that this is definitely a game with a bright future. Thus, I eagerly waited for its official launch, due to my love for the game. I have a beautiful hope for my future life...

A very uncomfortable feeling interrupted my wandering thoughts. I feel hungry and uncomfortable. I finally thought of my instant noodles. I feel that it is even cuter than the game...