Chapter 353 - Afternoon Break (1/2)
Chapter 353 - Afternoon Break
TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney
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During the afternoon break, everyone else in the room started to introduce themselves. Aside from Liu Gan, all the others were quite eager to speak up. The feeling resembled their days of college life.
Han GuangMing was the most familiar with this environment, and the most willing to gossip with others. After chatting briefly, he found out a bunch of information relating to their personal lives, especially their professions. However, there was one common ground, regardless of their prestige, authority, wealth, or power in their prior lifestyle - it no longer mattered here. It was like truly living a new life.
Basically these people didn’t get any rest. Most were conversing their time away, there were a handful of people that wanted to sleep, but it was just too noisy. From their conversation, these players weren’t the initial first set of people to enter the game. After a month had passed since the game server was released, they were transferred into the game through various means.
Through the eavesdropping, Liu Gan understood a little better about the conditions in the real world. The government couldn’t resist pressure from the civilians. As a result, San Xing Corporation was liquidated. All the executive or high ranking officials were arrested. There were rumors that some might be be given the death penalty.
Trying to pacify the families of the missing players, the government paid compensation. However due to the continued disappearance of people, society was unstable. Many of the major urban cities imposed martial law. On top of that, the government issued discussion bans relating to The Trembling World. The day a discussion was uploaded online, the next day that person will be invited to coffee by government officials.
“I don’t even play these type of games. My work revolves around computers, so I face these computer monitors day after day. That day, I was on the phone with my boss to discuss a work-related issue. I was typing into my email when a sudden popup interrupted me. The popup was about registering to The Trembling World!
“I couldn’t stop myself fast enough. Instinctively I clicked on it with my mouse. The next thing I knew, I was transferred here! The initial moments of arriving were really terrifying. Not too far from me were two zombies; the moment they saw me, they charged toward me. That was when I knew, I was a victim of this game…
“Immediately, I turned around to run, only to encounter another zombie. I fell onto the ground… Just as they closed in on me, several arrows shot the zombies in the head. Next walked over some players. At that moment, I thought they were more holy than angels.
“They were checked my wrist watch and then brought me to this Beginner Village. I can only say that I was really lucky. If it weren’t for them, I would’ve been dead,” a player loudly stated.
“Yes! My situation wasn’t too different from yours. I was sitting in the train when I received a call from my girlfriend. As I was talking on the phone, there was a popup that made a weird noise and I clicked on it by accident… From my mistake, I was transferred here.
“I was transferred into a shopping mall. Everywhere were wandering zombies, I was so scared. I could only lock myself in a small room. I peeked through the window curtains to look outside, it was a good thing that the zombies didn’t discover me.
“Then there were a group of people that entered into the shopping mall, they were incredible. Every zombie they saw, they killed. It didn’t take long for them to kill all the zombies in the mall. As they were searching through the rooms, they found me and told me all about the existence of the Beginner Village. I was glad they brought me here!” explained another player talking about his experience.