Chapter 1: Life is a tragedy

"Qingyu, it's time to get up. If you don't go out so late, do you still want to buy a mythical helmet? Get up quickly and arrive at the gate of Zhaodu in half an hour. Let's meet at the north gate of Zhaodu.

"Well, then you wait."

He was shocked by the sound of the phone early in the morning, which made Li Qingyu very helpless. Since he was dissatisfied with the deputy manager's nagging because he was doing a project in the company a month ago, Li Qingyu has been staying in his rental house since he was fired.

In fact, it's not a big deal, but the deputy manager's menopause is ahead of schedule. This 28-year-old sister looked down on others. Li Qingyu was also a network engineer who got the CCNP certificate, and it was slow to be a crystal head. So he told her angrily, "Deputy manager, since you are so powerful, come here."

In the end, the deputy manager played for a long time, and a crystal head was not done well. As a result, Li Qingyu was tragic. However, although he lost his job, he was not lost, because in this way, he could relax. In fact, since that incident a year ago, Li Qingyu has not been in the mood to work.

Over the years, with more and more e-sports competitions, it has become more and more popular. Coupled with the positive reports of the mainstream media, there are more and more professional masters. And Li Qingyu is the so-called professional master, referred to as: vocational high school. Li Qingyu is even more proud of it. After winning two consecutive WCG championships in 2012 and 2013, Li Qingyu has become a hot star player, but he has not changed much because of his low profile. On the contrary, he rarely appears in front of the media, so he was once covered with a mysterious veil.

But since the failure of WCG's championship and runner-up last year, he suffered a car accident. In addition to the impact of that incident, Li Qingyu chose to retire and returned to his hometown Handan to live in his rental house.

For online games, Li Qingyu has long been tired of playing online games. Almost all those who study the Internet are game masters. In addition, Li Qingyu, as a top e-sports master, has played almost all online games, so he has no good impression on online games.

But a phone call early this morning made Li Qingyu refreshed. Because Zhao Hua told him that this game is not only competitive, but also uses the newly developed virtual reality technology. The reality is as low as 90%. According to the helmet, the emperor version is as high as 99%, infinitely close to 100%.

This online game called Myth and Legend was created by Huaxia Company at a cost of 2 billion US dollars. The early publicity alone spread all over the country. What TV stations and portals are all about myths and legends. What Zhao Hua said today made Li Qingyu a little moved. Li Qingyu calculated that he had nothing to do recently, and he could choose to play a game to silence himself for a period of time.

And more importantly, Zhao Hua told him that his old opponent Wang Xu publicly announced that he had conducted an internal test a year ago, and after the end of this year's WCG, he would lead the whole team to openly settle in myths and legends and create a king's empire.

"Myths and legends? A year ago, because of the internal test qualification of this game, you left me. Today, I would like to see what the charm of this game is.

After washing quickly, go out and take a taxi to Zhaodu. According to legend, there is a propaganda station in every city. The propaganda station in Handan City is Zhao Du. There was not much traffic jam along the way, so it took less than 20 minutes to get to Zhaodu. But after coming to Zhaodu, I looked up and found that there are usually a lot of people in Zhaodu, and today there are more people. The whole Zhaodu Gate is full of crowds. There is a high platform in the depths of the crowd, on which there is a mythical and legendary publicity campaign.

Li Qingyu quickly came to the north gate, and Zhao Hua was really standing there. Wearing a casual dress, he had a cigarette in his mouth and looked at the pedestrians coming and going on the road.

Today, many people were shocked by the fact that the myths and legends officially began to be sold in limited quantities in Zhaodu. There are only a thousand helmet quotas a day, attracting many people, and the Cosplay beauties sent by the game company on the front stage, which makes Zhao Hua, who has always aimed at making money and picking up girls for fun, is very excited.

"Zhao Hua, what are you doing?" Seeing Zhao Hua looking at the crowd in front of him, he didn't even find that he came to him. Li Qingyu was very confused and didn't know what he was looking at. Looking up and following Zhao Hua's eyes, it turned out that there was a group of girls in very revealing clothes. However, this group of girls is everywhere at the gate of Zhaodu at this time, so Li Qingyu sneered at it.

But when Li Qingyu suddenly looked down and found that Zhao Hua was holding a small box with a pattern printed on it, with four big words of myth and legend on it, Li Qingyu suddenly seemed to realize something. He knew that something was not good, so he quickly asked, "Hey, hello. Zhao Hua, what are you holding in your hand?

"Oh, oh, ah, Qingyu, you're here. It's nothing, it's just a game helmet. Alas, I have no money, so I can only buy an ordinary version of the helmet, and the simulation is only 90%. By the way, Qingyu, which helmet are you going to buy? Hearing Li Qingyu's inquiry, Zhao Hua seemed to find that the other party had come to him. He slowly turned around and looked leisurely.

"What, you bought a helmet without waiting for me. Good boy, I'll settle accounts with you when I come out."

Looking at Zhao Hua leisurely lifting the box in his hand, shaking in front of him and talking so slowly, Li Qingyu couldn't help but feel angry. However, thinking that he didn't have time to fight with him at this time, Li Qingyu rushed to Zhaodu Mall. Because Zhao Hua actually told Li Qingyu, "Nothing, it's just less than ten minutes after it was on sale. You can buy it. Besides, you see, there are so many people carrying helmets outside, which must prove to be a lot.

"Damn it, I'll settle with you later."

Zhao Hua's relaxed words came from behind, and Li Qingyu's mood was even more depressed. There are only a thousand limited sales, and so many people have bought it outside. I'm afraid I'm likely to be a tragedy today.

He rushed into the mall. At the gate, Li Qingyu accidentally bumped a girl in front of him.

I don't blame Li Qingyu for being too anxious. I can only blame the mall for being too damaged. I got a big thick cotton curtain and hung there. No one could see anyone in front of him. So as soon as he broke in, he hit him. Li Qingyu, who was so anxious, quickly apologized to the girl and turned around and continued to run in without stopping.

"Hey, boy, why are you so rude? Just apologize?"

The girl behind him kept roaring, but Li Qingyu was in a hurry to buy a helmet at this time. He didn't have time to apologize to others. After meditating his apology in his heart, he continued to rush to the mythical sales counter.

Li Qingyu came to the counter and took a breath, because there are not many people in front of the counter now. But when asked, Li Qingyu took a breath again, and then he understood that the ordinary and deluxe versions of the helmet were gone, leaving only the emperor's helmet. And there is only one last helmet left today.

Li Qingyu was extremely depressed when he heard it. This emperor's helmet is worth 100,000 RMB. Of course, even the ordinary version is not cheap, and it is worth 5,000 yuan (I learned later that in order to create national entertainment, Huaxia Company also launched a lower-end Internet cafe version of the helmet and a simple version of the simulator with a value of 150-1500, but the simulation degree is greatly reduced, with a minimum of less than 60%).

Although Li Qingyu still has some money on him, he hesitated the two-time WCG champion when he thought that his life would be in the next two months after buying this helmet. In fact, this is also why Li Qingyu is too low-key. If it were someone else, the endorsement fee alone in the past few years is enough for him to squander for decades.

At the end, I gritted my teeth and thought about myself now. Anyway, I'm going to die. I'll have fun. At worst, I'll find a job in the future. With such a horizontal heart, Li Qingyu took out his bank card and swiped it on the credit card machine. Seeing that the 100,000 yuan that had been saved in the card disappeared, Li Qingyu sighed in his heart.

"Oh, oh, wait, this emperor's helmet is mine. I want to buy the emperor's helmet."

Just as soon as Li Qingyu finished swiping the card and binding the helmet to the ID card and iris, a girl's anxious voice came from behind him. Then with a bang, a purple light flashed over. The next moment beside Li Qingyu, a girl in purple held the counter and gasped. The speed surprised Li Qingyu. He thought that the fairy in the novel had teleported over.

Looking up and looking at the girl carefully, Li Qingyu found that the girl was really beautiful, with willow leaf eyebrows, cherry mouth, slender waist and limbs, convex convex concave, which was simply a devil's figure. A purple dress highlights the beauty and attraction of women. He was staring up and down at the beautiful woman with admiring eyes... When. Well, it's staring at... Somewhere, suddenly there was a roar of Hedong Lion.

"You, good boy, I just hit my mother, and now I have robbed my helmet. How do you think you should compensate me? Hey, what are you looking at? Look, I'll dig out your dog's eyes."

As soon as the beautiful woman finished speaking, she suddenly seemed to find Li Qingyu's eyes. As soon as she lowered her head and saw her proud chest, a blush appeared on her face, and turned to look at the young man in front of her with a fierce expression. The fierce eyes suddenly scared Li Qingyu and quickly withdrew his eyes.

"That, that. Sister, I, I don't sell my art. No, I don't sell my body. That's not right, sister. I'm sorry. Can't I apologize to you?

Seeing the girl's hot eyes, he turned around and stared at himself. Oh, no, it was staring at the helmet in his hand. Li Qingyu felt a palpitation. After apologizing again, he picked up the bank card on the counter with a helmet in his arms and rushed out. Running out of the gate of Zhao Du, regardless of the matter with Zhao Hua, he greeted a taxi and left Zhao Du. Just as he got on the bus, Zhao Hua's call and the girl's roar came from behind him.

"La la la, la la la. Hey hey, I finally bought a helmet, went back and paid the rent, and played games at home in the past two months.

After returning to the rental house, Li Qingyu sat happily in ** and took out his wallet from under the pillow. This wallet has been followed by Li Qingyu for many years. Although the skin has been opened, it is still no problem to save money. Li Qingyu has been reluctant to change it, although it doesn't cost much money to change it.

After spending 100,000 yuan to buy a helmet, Li Qingyu has more than 1,000 yuan left on his body, plus 2,000 yuan in his wallet. Now Li Qingyu has returned to the pre-liberation.

"Ah, my money." As soon as he opened his wallet, Li Qingyu's forehead sweated, and he immediately panicked. The 2,000 yuan in the wallet disappeared. With an empty wallet in his hand, Li Qingyu didn't say a word. At this time, he had an idea in his heart: This life is a tragedy. This is a night. Oh, no, he will go back to before liberation.

If there is no money, I can't afford to rent a house here. I can only say goodbye to the two-bedroom and one-living room unit that has been rented for several years, and look for a place to rent. I asked the landlord to return the house, put a hundred yuan deposit in my pocket, and walked on the road with my suitcase. I kept finding some small advertisements and began to call around for a shared rent, but there was nothing satisfactory. It's not because the house has no network cable, or because the price is too high.

No matter how frustrated and failed you are, you should keep a good mood to face the next challenge, which is a psychological quality that professional players must have.

Thinking of what the master taught him at the beginning, a little warm feeling in Li Qingyu's heart suddenly sprouted. He took a deep breath and felt that all the obscurity and unhappiness were swept away.

'Ah!'

Li Qingyu was standing on the roadside with some hesitation, waiting for the red light to cross the road to the opposite side to see if there was any harvest.

Suddenly, there was a scream in my ear, followed by a noise next to it.

He turned his eyes and shouted softly, and suddenly saw a familiar back in the crowd.

It's a woman...

He is as thin as a firewood, old-fashioned dragon clock, wearing a white dress, a black crutch, and a big black leather bag.

The old man was beside Li Qingyu, also waiting for the exchange of traffic lights, but it was like a residual candle in the wind. It seemed that as soon as the wind blew, it would be blown out.

When Li Qingyu turned his head to look, he happened to see the old man's body turning around a few times in place, and an electric car rushed away. It seemed that he had wiped the old man. Fortunately, nothing happened, and the people around him just exclaimed. When they saw the electric car leaving, they turned their heads one by one as if nothing had happened. They followed the arrival of the red street light exchange and began to move forward normally.

Like, really like.

After sighing a little bit about the world, Li Qingyu looked carefully and found that the old man and his grandmother, who saved him because of a car accident a year ago but died without avoiding the car, were really very similar.

Seeing things and remembering people. He couldn't help recalling the touching past, the kind old man.

If there is any delicious food for herself, she always keeps it for herself; every day she will sit in front of the door and wait for her to come back from school; if she comes back late, or even if she is only ten minutes late, she will be in a hurry to find herself... There are many, many, many, and for a moment, every bit of her memories are moved.

It's just that before I have time to have good filial piety, grandma has already left the world.

Thinking of this, Li Qingyu's eyes couldn't help but get wet. The son wants filial piety but is not there. If he is not attached to the champion, if his mother does not die and his father never runs away from home, all this...

In the depths of love, Li Qingyu couldn't help blurted out: "Old man, let me help you cross the road."

One sentence suddenly made the people around look sideways and look at him a few more times.

In this society, the continuous fraud cases have made many people cold-blooded, especially the elderly. It is often reported on the news on TV that the elderly fell to the ground, and a group of people gathered around to point out, but no one dared to go up to rescue. Especially after the old man has just been wiped by an electric car, in case the old man has something to lose...

So, this sentence exploded like a blockbuster in the crowd. Some praise Li Qingyu's young man for his good quality, some sigh that the young man is not good at the world, and some laugh secretly and have bad luck.

It was not only the pedestrians around who talked about it, but also the old man was surprised. He looked sideways at Li Qingyu, looked carefully, and then gave a soft sneer.

"Young man, how dare you help me? These days, not many people are willing to mind their own business. It is said that people become spirits. When the old man saw Li Qingyu's eyes looking at him, he was in a trance and suddenly asked strangely.

"The son wants filial piety but is not here, because you are very similar to my grandmother who has passed away." It seemed that two irrelevant words showed Li Qingyu's heart. The old man saw Li Qingyu's sad expression and didn't say anything more.

He walked all the way to the opposite side of the road. When he was about to leave, the old man suddenly took off a string of purple bracelets that were slightly ancient but of unknown materials from his hand and handed them to Li Qingyu: "Wei Yan left the nest, and the willow dark flowers came back. Since you said I was like your grandmother, and you helped me again today, this is fate. I hope this bracelet can bring you good luck.

After saying that, the old man turned around and left desolately, leaving Li Qingyu with a confused face. After half a day, he didn't think about anything. He took his luggage and left the road and continued to look for a house.