StarTie Simulation: Aren’t you NPCs?

Chapter 111 Tester Himeko

"Okay, everyone has worked hard today. There is still some time before the next jump. During this time, everyone should have a good rest and prepare for the next "exploration"~" Ji Zi said with a smile to the three people in front of her.

"Great!"

Dan Heng nodded, then turned and left, returning to his room. This trip to the space station allowed him to collect a lot of data related to the "Antimatter Legion", and he had to re-edit them and store them in the database.

As for the stars...at this moment, she was sitting in the observation car, looking at the flowing Milky Way outside the window, and she still seemed a little...at a loss.

She was still thinking about what Kafka said before she left.

"So from now on, you don't have to think about the past, and you don't have to doubt yourself anymore."

"Listen to me: You're going to encounter a lot of danger and be in terrible trouble, but you're also going to encounter a lot of wonderful things. You're going to have companions who are like family, and you're going to have adventures you never dreamed of..."

"And at the end of the journey, all the puzzles that have troubled you will be solved..."

Suddenly, she felt someone patted her shoulder, and a gentle female voice sounded in her ears.

"What are you thinking about? Troubled by your own...memories?"

Xing subconsciously turned around and saw the red-haired intellectual lady sitting next to her, smiling at her quietly.

Xing, on the other hand, shook his head in silence, and asked softly, "Where will we...or the train, go next?"

Jizi blinked slightly and whispered: "Following Akivali's footsteps, back to...His starting point."

"I am eager to explore the new world, and the other passengers have their own ideas and pursuits. As for the train...it wants to return to its past route, back to...the beginning."

Xing nodded as if she understood, but didn't seem to know what to say.

At this moment, Ji Zi turned her eyes away from Xing, looked at the vast and deep universe behind her, and said softly: "In the past... we have stopped at several worlds, and in the future, we will continue to do so - there are countless "next stops" in the galaxy."

Having said that, Ji Zi turned her gaze to Xing again, and then said softly:

"If you are still confused about the journey... then wait for the "next stop" to see if you can find the answers you need there. If not... then wait for the next "next stop". One day you will find the answers you need in this kind of journey."

Xing nodded gently and whispered, "Thank you... Himeko."

Ji Zi smiled as always and said: "Don't be so polite, go and have a good rest and prepare for the next "exploration"~"

After saying this, Ji Zi yawned rarely, then walked up to Walter who was drawing something in the small notebook, whispered something to him, and then walked to the rear carriage.

After walking through the not-so-long corridor, Ji Zi returned to her room.

Her room was quite plain, almost...undecorated, with only a few terribly thick books, a few blueprints and various tools neatly arranged.

She slowly lay down on the bed, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

But she seemed to find that she couldn't fall asleep so quickly, as if... she had insomnia.

She slowly opened her eyes and found herself in a pure white room, and in front of her... was a fiery red chair and a black screen.

However, Ji Zi did not seem to feel any panic about this. Instead, she was... a little excited.

She looked the place up and down, and after noticing the white walls all around her, she slowly approached the fiery red sofa chair not far away. At this moment, a cold mechanical sound came from nowhere and reached her ears.

[Congratulations to player Ji Zi for becoming a tester of the Beta 0.2 version of the "Virtual Life Game". This game is dedicated to transforming dreams to achieve the most comfortable and realistic dream experience]

[First of all, there is no need to worry about whether the testing of this game will cause any harm to your body. The production team assures Amber King that there will be absolutely no situation that will harm the testers’ health.]

[Secondly, the test time of this game is flexible. It can start after the player falls asleep. The flow of time in the game is different from that outside the game. Eight hours of sleep can experience a complete game content.]

[Finally, I hope you can have some fun in testing the Beta 0.2 version of "The Virtual Life Game". Praise the Amber King.]

After the sound completely died down, Ji Zi nodded thoughtfully, and then whispered: "Amber King... Is this a new thing in the company? Just like the dream of "Pinocone"? "

"But... since it won't affect my work and development in reality... then there shouldn't be any problem."

“To explore in a dream...isn’t that another way to practice ‘exploration’?”

Thinking of this, Ji Zi seemed to have completely convinced herself. She looked at the chair in front of her and then at the screen in the distance, and then gently sat down on the fiery red sofa chair.

An indescribable feeling of comfort and softness made Ji Zi relax in an instant, and the black screen quickly moved towards her, stopping at the most comfortable position in just a moment.

The next second, the screen lit up and the few lines of text on it caught Ji Zi's attention.

[Loading game content, game location: unknown]

[Game content loading completed, this game direction: past]

[Entering the game, please relax, dizziness is normal, no need to worry]

But before Ji Zi could derive any other thoughts about the words "unknown" and "past", her consciousness gradually became dim, and she fell into darkness in an instant.

After an unknown amount of time, a cold touch woke her up.

Ji Zi opened her eyes in a daze and found that she was lying in the mud.

She climbed out of the mud with some difficulty and shook her head vigorously. Some familiar yet unfamiliar memories entered her mind.

"Professor! These textbooks are more than ten years old. Interstellar travel is developing so fast, why are we still learning things that are decades old?"

"Himeko-san, because only this way can you graduate!"

"Can...!"

"Alright! You don't have to say any more, it's time to end get out of class now!"

Ji Zi felt helpless, sighed slightly, smiled bitterly and said: "It's really... exactly the same..."

But after a moment she raised her head again, a smile from the heart on her youthful face.

"But what's next... is the turning point of my destiny, right?" Ji Zi murmured.

As soon as she finished speaking, a light curtain appeared in front of her.

[Main Quest (1/7) Fateful Encounter]

[Task Description: Let’s go... Follow your own way... Whether you follow the Milky Way or the pace of the solar wind, you will eventually meet it...]

[Task reward: none]

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