On Sunday afternoon, white clouds floated in the sky, and the midsummer sun scorched the earth. The gray-white concrete in the city reflected the dazzling sunlight, making it difficult to open one's eyes.

In a coffee shop on the street, the air conditioner was turned on fully to resist the heat wave outside the door. In a booth by the window, a young man and woman were sitting.

The man glanced out the window and suddenly said: "The sunshine is so strong!"

The woman opposite curled her lips and asked, "Are you the Zhao Ming who works in the Science and Technology Park that Aunt Zhang introduced?"

"Yes, you are Miss Ye, right?"

"Yes. My name is Ye Li. I am in sales and work at Hongguiyuan Real Estate."

Ms. Ye is pretty good-looking, with an oval face, long hair dyed dark brown, wearing a casual suit, a baseball cap on her head, and a pair of exaggeratedly large round ears hanging on her ears.

The earrings, coupled with the tall figure, make the whole person look very energetic, which is highly attractive to an otaku like Zhao Ming.

However, Zhao Ming, on the other hand, has an average-to-above-average appearance and is not very handsome. He is neither funny nor mature. Long-term lack of exercise has made Zhao Ming thin and weak, and he does not have the sense of security that a girl needs.

In one sentence, Zhao Ming is very ordinary, an ordinary office worker with no car or house.

When the woman learned that Zhao Ming's job was ordinary and his income was even more ordinary, she silently decided to block Aunt Zhang when she returned home.

I am so young and beautiful, selling a few houses every month and earning easily over 10,000 yuan. How can I be coveted by a loser like you across from me? I don’t drive a BMW and Mercedes-Benz, and I don’t have many houses at home. How dare I go on a blind date with me?

After dealing with it casually, Ye Li found an excuse and went back.

That night, Zhao Ming, who felt good about himself, ignored the fact that his emotional intelligence was approximately zero and started flirting with girls through WeChat.

On the other side, Ye Li had just taken a shower, with a high-end facial mask on her face, half lying on the sofa, and was watching the drama with gusto.

Woo woo woo...

The cell phone beside her rang. Ye Li picked it up and saw a message from Zhao Ming: "Beauty, have you eaten?"

Ye Li frowned and ignored it. She put down her phone and continued watching TV. Hey, what was shown just now?

Interrupted by Zhao Ming's WeChat message, something seemed to have been missed. Ye Li picked up the remote control, rewinded for more than ten seconds, and continued to watch the Korean drama she had been following with great interest.

Three minutes later.

Woo woo woo...

Ye Li's cell phone rang again.

It was Zhao Ming again, who sent another greeting that was neither salty nor bland.

Ye Li felt very unhappy at being interrupted continuously. This guy wasn't finished yet, was he?

Ye Li pressed the pause button on the TV remote control, picked up her phone, and gritted her teeth and sent a message back to Zhao Ming: "Don't send me any more messages. I don't think we are suitable. Your salary is not enough for me."

You spend a lot of money on cosmetics every month, not to mention you don’t even own a house. People who rent a house are not worthy of relationships. Goodbye!"

After sending the message, Ye Li clicked on Zhao Ming's WeChat profile picture and added the other person to the blacklist without hesitation. Looking at her skillful movements, it was obvious that this was not the first time she had done this. There was a feeling that practice makes perfect.

Zhao Ming looked at the messages on his phone and was stunned for a long time before he realized... that he was being despised.

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What's wrong with my low salary? I don't steal or rob, I make money based on my own ability.

What's wrong with me not having a house? I'll just... in a few years... hum, I'll buy a house sooner or later anyway... right?

Zhao Ming was so angry that he picked up his phone and replied: "Why are you like this? Do you think you can do whatever you want if you are beautiful?"

As soon as he sent the message, Zhao Ming saw a red exclamation mark in front of the message box he sent, and a line of small words below: The message has been sent, but was rejected by the other party.

It turns out that if you are beautiful, you can really do whatever you want...

Although he was very unhappy to be despised, life had to go on. Zhao Ming put down his mobile phone, turned on the newly purchased computer, and silently opened "Civilization 6"...

One night a month later, the night was dark, it was pitch black outside the window, and the street lights on the street were shining dimly.

Most people were sleeping soundly after a busy day, and the lights were still on in Zhao Ming's office.

Ding detected a humanoid creature and began to scan the genetic structure...

Ding The scan is completed and the installation conditions are met. Start the installation...

Ding installation completed.

Zhao Ming was woken up by three sudden dings. He raised his head from his desk, wiped his saliva, and found that he didn't know when he started, but fell asleep on the table, still holding the mouse in his right hand.

After rubbing his numb face, Zhao Ming gradually woke up and remembered that he had stayed up late to change the code.

Damn project manager!

Zhao Ming is a programmer. After graduating from university, he came to SZ City to work because he heard that it is easier to find a job here. In a few years, Zhao Ming has changed from a novice to a veteran, and has changed several jobs, but none of them have changed.

It's a small company, and except for a slight increase in wages, the nature of the work is pretty much the same.

At present, Zhao Ming has been involved in this project for more than half a year, and has basically completed it. Calculated, he can also get a large project bonus, so Zhao Ming spent ahead of time and used his credit card to buy a machine that he had been dreaming about for a long time.

gaming laptop.

It's a pity that I haven't had a good few days yet, because the project manager did not communicate well with the customer, and the project has been delayed in acceptance. In the past few weeks, everyone has been working overtime every day to change the code.

Change the color today, change the layout tomorrow, make endless changes to various functions, work overtime until midnight almost every day, and have to go to work as usual the next day. Zhao Ming feels that he is not far from sudden death.

If working overtime every day can still be borne by a young body, then the credit card bills cannot be borne. Even if you apply for installment payment, you still have to pay a large amount every month.

You must know that Zhao Ming planned to use all the project bonuses he could get to buy this monster-level gaming notebook. His credit card was almost maxed out. Unexpectedly, the project could not be accepted on time, so the project bonus would naturally have to wait.

This is not over yet, in a few days it will be time to pay the rent. If the rent cannot be paid on time, within three days, the landlord will come to collect the house, and Zhao Ming is afraid that he will live on the street.

Wife, in order to get you, I will be in trouble this time. Zhao Ming thought while looking at the new computer in front of him.

Because no input was detected for a long time, the computer had automatically hibernated. Zhao Ming moved the mouse, woke up the screen, quickly entered a string of letters and numbers, and re-entered the system.

Hey, there seems to be an extra icon on the computer desktop?

Zhao Ming found that there was an icon that looked like a small flame in the middle of the computer desktop. Could this be rogue software that was installed automatically?

Now that it’s all installed, you might as well take a look at what it does and then uninstall it after reading it!

After making up his mind, Zhao Ming became very curious, moved the mouse, and double-clicked the little flame icon.

The small flames quickly turned into large flames, quickly covering the entire screen.

The startup features are pretty good, Zhao Ming thought, if it doesn't affect his use of the computer, maybe he doesn't need to uninstall it yet?

Soon, Zhao Ming discovered that something was wrong with the flames. Why did it look like... it had overflowed the screen?

The flames of fire quickly filled Zhao Ming's vision. When he came back to his senses, he found that he was in darkness, and the only sight was the dancing flames in front of him.

Zhao Ming was so frightened that he stumbled over a chair and fell to the ground.

"Don't be afraid, don't be nervous, I have no ill intentions towards you." A gentle female voice came from the flames.

"You...what...are you?" Zhao Ming calmed down and asked stammeringly.

"I am the fire of civilization and the ladder of evolution."

After some exchanges, Zhao Ming finally figured out what was going on.

It turns out that this is a fire system created by a higher civilization, with the purpose of helping lower civilizations develop rapidly and complete the first step out of the planet and into the starry sky.

As for why higher civilizations do this, there is no record in the Tinder system.

Zhao Ming's new laptop has undergone system modifications, and its computing speed has been increased by an unknown number of times. It can also connect to satellite signals to access the Internet.

"Tinder, you are so awesome, can you help me write code?" Zhao Ming remembered that he still had a bunch of work tasks to complete, and couldn't help but come up with the idea of ​​​​the Tinder system, and asked in his mind.

"Okay...it's done."

In less than five seconds, Zhao Ming's work tasks for the next few days have been completed. Looking carefully, even the code he wrote before has been modified by the Tinder system. Not only is the organization clearer, but the execution efficiency is also improved.

Significantly improved.

"Isn't this... so awesome? By the way, how can you use the programming language of our earthlings?"

"While you were sleeping just now, I modified your computer and consulted a lot of information through your Internet, including various computer programming languages."

It is indeed a creation of a higher civilization, and it has integrated into the earth's civilization so quickly. Zhao Ming feels like he has found a treasure.

"Sufficient information has been collected, and the virtual space function is online." The voice of the Tinder system suddenly sounded in Zhao Ming's mind.

"What is virtual space?"

Zhao Ming has only heard of VR glasses. It is said that wearing them is like entering another world. However, Zhao Ming read online review articles and felt that the current technology is not mature enough and has no plans to buy them yet.

"Virtual space is used to train your various abilities. It can only be entered through consciousness. Your body still stays in the real world."

Consciousness enters? So not only vision and hearing, but also the most difficult to simulate smell and touch can be experienced? That is really a big profit. No, if your consciousness enters, will your body in reality be affected?

question?

Zhao Ming quickly asked: "Isn't my body in danger?"

"No, virtual space and the real world have a superimposed relationship. In other words, when you enter the virtual space, you can still control your body, vision, smell and other senses in the real world and will not be blocked."

"That's it. Can I enter the virtual space now?"
Chapter completed!