IJRELD: Hide and Seek 1

MAY 17, 2023 ~ KIWII

kiwii AKA xinji: warning in advance that I’m not a native of China hence I’ve zero knowledge of Chinese so the tlations might feel dud.
My apologies!
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The sky was cloudy and it was raining heavily, and it was blown by the wind and crackled on the windows.

A flash of lightning pierced through the dark clouds and instantly formed a dense glowing spider web.
A sound of thunder followed by lightning exploded in people’s ears.

In the bright office, a man was awakened by the explosion of thunder, and he sat up from the large black leather sofa, panting heavily.
Like being frightened by thunder or having a nightmare, his face was bloodless, as pale as a dead person.
He raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead, but found that he was still wearing a gaming helmet on his head.

The man took off the helmet for a moment, and a strange smile appeared on his face.
He stared at the game helmet in his hand, with a trace of greed in his eyes, as if it was not a game helmet, but the business empire he was about to acquire……

It has been raining outside the window for a few days.
Since the beginning of summer, it has been raining heavily.
After heavy rain, there is a tendency of light rain lingering until autumn.

Song Qingshu frowned slightly listening to the sound of rain hitting the window.
He hadn’t seen the sun for a long time, if this continues, there will be a tendency to mold.

Even if his heart was irritable, the hand did not stop for a moment.
The cold, white, slender and bony hands were flying rapidly over the keyboard, and the lines of codes on the computer screen in front of him moved up quickly.

Several mobile phones in the office vibrate twice at the same time.
You don’t need to look to know that it must be the boss of their company in the WeChat group again.

Song Qingshu glanced at the phone, ignored him, and continued to code.

Sang Yu glanced at the news on his mobile phone, got up from his work station, walked to Song Qingshu, patted his arm excitedly, and said: “Qingshu, don’t code.
The boss said that the money for the big order has arrived, and the employees will be rewarded.
We will have a collective holiday for a day next Saturday for team building.”

When Song Qingshu heard about the holiday, he picked up his phone, and the message displayed on the screen was sent by the boss three minutes ago, and the content was similar to what Sang Yu said.

Their boss rented hundreds of holographic game helmets from his friends, and the team building on Saturday is carried out in the form of playing games.

The event also set up prizes.
The first prize is 10,000 yuan, the second prize is 5,000 yuan, the third prize is 3,000 yuan, and the participation prize is 1,000 yuan.

Song Qingshu looked at the final award setting and said with a smile: “Did the boss drink fake wine? Or did he drink without eating peanuts? The last order earned so much? Why is it so generous?”

Sang Yu leaned closer to Song Qingshu slightly, and whispered, “Who knows what he thinks, I think he might have been abused in the game, let’s go in and find a place for him.” The fact that their boss likes to play games is known throughout the company, although this kind of team building activity is exaggerated, it is also in line with the personality of their boss.

“It’s noon, let’s go downstairs for a meal.” Sang Yu called several other colleagues and went to the cafeteria downstairs for lunch.

【Enter the game on time at 9 o’clock on Saturday morning, perform well, and see who can win the grand prize of 10,000 yuan.】

Near 9 o’clock, Song Qingshu found a comfortable angle on his sofa, adjusted the parameters of the game helmet according to the instructions, and put on the helmet.

When Song Qingshu opened his eyes, a game panel appeared in front of him.
On the panel were three rectangular boxes, which were nickname, real name and ID number.
There were two lines of small characters below: Nickname cannot be changed after being taken, and minors are not allowed to enter.

Song Qingshu thought about it and filled in the nickname: 米阳光 (mi sunshine).

kiwii: 米(mǐ): rice; meter (classifier) OR
Mǐ: surname Mi
阳光(yáng guāng): sunshine; transparent (open to public scrutiny)

The panel directly popped up with a big red X: the nickname is already taken.

Song Qingshu: ……

He filled in again: give me the sun.

A big red X popped up on the panel again: the nickname is already taken.

Song Qingshu: ……Is it so difficult for me to see the sun?

Looking at the (2/3) behind the nickname, Song Qingshu pondered for a while, and pressed the dice next to the nickname, thinking that the game should not choose used nicknames.

The dice spun a few times, then stopped, and five words were displayed in the nickname box: 小兔子乖乖 (Little Rabbit, be good).

A big √ popped up on the panel this time—passed.

Song Qingshu looked at his nickname and the check mark passed by the system, and ten thousand muddy horses galloped past in his heart.

After filling in the real name and ID number and verifying that the player has reached the age of eighteen, a game pass card with Song Qingshu’s profile picture was directly generated.

Clearance Certificate

Nickname: Little Rabbit, be good

Game ID: 2333333

Level Points: 0

Cumulative Points: 0

Instructions were written on the back of the card:

Notes: 1.
Each person only has one customs clearance certificate.
Only after finding the customs clearance certificate in the game level can the next level be carried out.
Please keep it safe.
Any loss will be at your own risk.

2.
This game adopts the point system, and the accumulated points can be exchanged for the Dream come true card prepared by the game company for play