Chapter 1 The Blind
"Ice... Fire... Enta... Grey... Magnus... The Walker of Space... The Revelation of Destruction... Sa... The eyes of Ru are the pupils of sin, the root of all disasters... Forever, never try to obtain light..."
A voice suddenly appeared in the quiet darkness, neither a man nor a woman, as if it was a distance or a near person, as if it was a warning, or as if it was a confidant...
"Why! Why is it me! Do you want me to be willing? How can I be willing! How can I be willing..."
In a dark hut, a young man with sweat suddenly sat up from the bed. His low breathing sounded so clear in the quiet environment that it was obvious that he had a not very pleasant dream.
This young man who was awakened by a nightmare is named Yue Yulou, a slightly feminine name. Although many people think that his name does not match him, he doesn't care much about these...
At this time, he seemed to have broken free from his dream and turned to look at the moonlight outside the window. In the moonlight, a beautiful but firm face was reflected by the moonlight.
Unfortunately, he couldn't see any of this, because Yue Yulou was a blind man, a person who was born to lose his light.
At the same time, he was still an orphan. On the evening of a dark cloud over the city twenty years ago, an old man who opened a tea shop found a baby boy who was still in his infancy by the moat. He was lonely all his life and had no children under his knees immediately took the baby home. After searching for the baby's parents, he adopted the baby. He also named him: Yue Yulou based on the weather when he was discovered at that time.
However, as he grew older, Mr. Yue finally discovered that Yue Yulou could not see this situation. So he took him to seek medical treatment and medicine. He went to various famous hospitals in the East and the Western world, but found nothing... Although he no longer had much hope for curing Yue Yulou's eyes, the old man did not relax his education... In fact, not only did he not relax, but he was much stricter than ordinary children. According to the old man, it is "Heaven is built, and a gentleman strives for self-improvement". Even if a person has physical problems, as long as he is not decadent, he is not considered a useless person...
Therefore, while sending Yue Yulou to a blind school to study, the old man also educated him at home. The old man did not mention his past to Yue Yulou, but he had a deep understanding of the "ancient culture"... So the old man often recited a large number of ancient classics for him at home and explained them one by one, and asked someone to carve a large number of blind books for him to read.
So, in such an environment, Yue Yulou developed a calm and calm personality, and no longer cared about the fact that he could not see this (at least outsiders seemed to be so). But the only point is that he rarely talks (except for the old man), so many people think that he is a mute. The old man has always wanted to change his taciturn character, but he used many methods but failed to work.
Only he knew the reason for silence. The nightmare that had been entangled with him kept him feeling inexplicable pressure, so he gradually became withdrawn and silent. Even so, he still lived a happy life in the past twenty years, at least he thought it was like this...
Until 3 months ago...
He still can't forget that day, the trembling of his grandfather's dry hands, his gradually weak breathing, and his extremely regretful words:
"How great it would be for you to take a look at me before I die..."
Yes, until my grandfather passed away, I couldn't really "look at" him, and the old man who raised me for twenty years.
That day, for the first time he knew that tears were so bitter.
That day, for the first time he had such a strong desire for light.
Thinking of this, Yue Yulou felt a little depressed again.
"I've had that dream again. Oh, how long will it take to get entangled with me?"
After getting out of bed, Yue Yulou shook his head, as if he hoped that this would throw away the nightmare in his mind.
Then he walked straight to the water dispenser, picked up the cup next to him, pressed the button to pick up a full glass of water, and then drank it all over. His movements were pitch black, and the quiet night seemed very natural, but strange.
Yue Yulou gently put down his cup, touched his chin and said in confusion:
"Well, you'll see the bottom so soon? This month... the water is drinking very quickly?"
And ahead of him, the water in the mineral water bucket on the water dispenser was as bottom as he said, so accurate that his eyes could see...
In fact, as early as 12 years old, Yue Yulou discovered something different from other blind people, that is, he could feel the "fluctuations" of objects, or something similar to "fluctuations".
Just like the mineral water in front of him, he could feel the clear feeling in his brain, knowing that it was mineral water and how much it was. He didn't even tell his grandfather a secret. He knew that this was definitely not a normal phenomenon, and he was afraid that he would cause unnecessary trouble to his grandfather.
After drinking the water, Yue Yulou slowly calmed down. He sat back on the bed, and the dream would not appear again. Because the strange dream would only appear once a night, he can now really rest.
Before going to bed, he turned his head again and forgot to look at the starry sky outside the window. Suddenly he slowly opened his eyes. Although he knew that the result was still only dark, he still subconsciously opened his eyes. His eyes were clearly distinguished by black and white, but they only brought pain to his master.
But if someone observes carefully, he will find that there seems to be a red crack in the dark pupils, which appear and disappear from time to time.
"Sure enough, I still haven't learned my lessons, and I still have such unrealistic luxury, hehe..."
The darkness in his eyes was still imagined. Yue Yulou smiled self-deprecatingly, closed his eyes, and slowly lay down...
The next day, Yue Yulou got up at around 6 o'clock in the morning. After washing and dressing, he went straight downstairs to the tea shop left to him by his grandfather. In the 22nd century when humans had established a large base on Mars, all traditions were on the verge of dying like candles in the wind, and this tea shop was also the last in this super city with a population of more than 10 million. The ancient tea leaves were completely defeated by convenient instant packages, and everything was in line with efficiency...
In fact, this store should have closed down long ago according to the "market economy principle", but Yue Yulou's grandfather believed: "It should leave a possibility of leaving a memory for those people."
Yue Yulou stood in this extremely familiar place in a daze, feeling everything that was once extremely familiar, but... without the smile of an old man, everything became different.
He quietly walked to the rattan chair where his grandfather often sat, touched the dry and hard edge, and sat down slowly. Slowly, he smelled the fragrance of tea around him and slowly fell into deep thought...
"What are you going to do in the future? I'm not good at running this tea shop, I'm afraid I can't open this tea shop... Although my grandfather left a lot of savings, it's not a solution to eat and die. Well..." Thinking of this, Yue Yulou couldn't help but have a headache. Although he wouldn't sell the tea shop, it was something left by his grandfather, but he couldn't run it either... Subconsciously, Yue Yulou pressed the switch of the radio next to him, hoping to get some help or inspiration from the outside world.
"The 99% real magic online game "Yashan" developed by "Huanwang" has been publicly beta for ten days. In these ten days, nearly 100 million players from all over the world have poured into this magical and real game world, and the number of people is still increasing. With powerful intelligent brain computing, sensing technology and highly anthropomorphic NPC, "Yashan", known as the second world of human beings, almost completely kills all games on the market. Of course, some people have expressed concerns about this. Let's ask Professor Tao, a well-known "Internet addiction" expert to say a few words."
"Then I will say a few simple words: online games are spiritual opium, devil, and..."
Turning off the radio, Yue Yulou lowered his head and thought about it. He found that there are really a lot of news about "Yasan" recently. Even he, who doesn't care about the world, knows a little, maybe he can try it. But then he thought about it, this game is said to allow people with disabilities to move freely in the game. However, he cannot let the mute speak or let the blind open his eyes. After all, the technical difficulty is different.
Thinking of this, Yue Yulou was a little excited again, so he pressed the radio switch again to see if there was any other news.
"Today we are honored to invite Mr. Chen Tian, deputy manager of Huanwang Company, to our site. Mr. Chen, some people say that "Yasan" can regain freedom for people with physical disabilities, but cannot allow people with sensory disabilities to enjoy the joy of the game. Isn't it too cruel?"
"The company has been improving technology for this problem. Now I can tell you that our company has developed a special game warehouse to make smooth games for people with sensory disabilities."
"Oh! What's the price?"
"There is no formal decision yet, but the conservative estimate is between one million and one million and a half million."
"It's almost more expensive than an eye transplant, won't it be too expensive?"
"But you have to consider that the risk of eye transplant is very high, with only a 30% success rate, and we are 100%.
"Wouldn't the blind player stay in the game all the time?"
"Uh...it depends entirely on the player's personal wishes."
He turned off the radio with a wry smile, not to mention the money. In fact, I am afraid I can't use that special warehouse, because a senior ophthalmologist who is famous in the Western world once said that there is actually nothing wrong with my eyes. As for the reason for invisibility... it seems that my pupils are "disabled", and the doctor can't explain clearly how to "disabled" the doctor is.
However...even so, Yue Yulou still decided to experience it in "Yasan" because at least he could find something for himself, and he was not afraid of loneliness... But the days of doing nothing would make him feel crazy, because since his grandfather's death, the nightmare lasted longer and longer...
So he got up and walked out the door, hung up the sign that was closed outside, then went back to the house and picked up the phone, and ordered an ordinary warehouse from the sales point of "Huanwang" company.
Chapter completed!