Chapter 1

In the dark night, when you can't see your fingers, there is only the sound of the cold wind blowing the leaves.

This is a forest.

Tang Zheng's eyelashes trembled slightly and slowly opened his eyes. It was dark.

He rubbed his forehead and got up from the wet ground.

The brain seems to be hammered, unable to recall what happened before.

He reached out and touched his pocket. There was nothing but a mobile phone.

Press the power button, the light of the mobile phone burst out, bringing a trace of darkness to the dark environment.

This is a forest that Tang Zheng has never set foot in in his memory.

And hold your breath and listen carefully. You can also hear all kinds of messy and subtle sounds around you.

Some are sharp as glass, some are hoarse as dry as frosted paper.

In the forest, I don't know what frightening things are hidden

Out of instinctive fear, Tang Zheng wanted to call his family.

But when he looked at the mobile phone screen, the whole person was dumbfounded.

The mobile phone screen is incandescent, like broken, with only a line of bold black characters in the middle of the screen.

[welcome to the world of boundless despair!]

[in this world, you only need to remember one thing...]

[live!]

The last three words "live", the font gradually changed from black to rich blood red, and the blood seemed to flow to the ground across the screen, which made people shudder.

Tang Zheng fiddled with his mobile phone and found that the three scarlet characters were still displayed on the screen. In addition, there was no response, and he couldn't even turn it off.

"Shit... I must have not woken up yet..." Tang Zheng swallowed his saliva and pinched his thigh.

He vaguely remembered that he should sleep in bed. Is this a dream?

Soon, the severe pain from his thigh woke him up.

This is not a dream.

"Buzzing!"

Suddenly, the vibration of the mobile phone startled him and almost threw the mobile phone out.

After calming down, Tang Zheng looked at the mobile phone again and found a slight change in the words on the screen.

[hey, brother? You're near me now, aren't you?]

Who sent the message?

Tang Zheng held back her fear and touched the screen with her fingers, but the nine palace grid popped up.

"Seems to be able to type?"

Tang Zheng thought about it and decided to type and ask.

[where is this? Who are you?]

After picking up the words, he looked left and right for fear of being attacked by something indescribable.

Soon, the other end replied.

[you just woke up, didn't you? It seems that you haven't figured out the situation yet.]

[status? What status?]

[I just know, brother... Or big sister? Oh, no matter what. Now is not the time to say this. Look if there is water around you.]

Water?

Tang Zheng was stunned. He immediately took a bright mobile phone screen and took photos around.

He found a military kettle where he had just got up.

He picked it up and shook it. It was full of liquid.

Open the bottle cap and smell it. There is no smell.

But Tang Zheng still didn't let down her vigilance. Instead, she poured a small bottle of liquid and put her finger on her lips.

It's water!

And still pure water!

It sounds like I'm really thirsty.

But Tang Zheng didn't dare to take a breath. He was cautious by nature and didn't know his current environment.

He must think about whether this bottle of water is his only living resource.

After sipping a bottle of water, Tang Zheng moistened his lips, tightened the military kettle, and touched his mobile phone for typing.

[there's water. What's the matter?]

[Oh! Great! Can you give me the water?]

The message had just been sent. It seemed that he was aware of his recklessness before he changed his mind.

[I mean, you can share my part...]

Tang Zheng noticed the details.

[share? How? You're not with me.]

[this is simple. You just need to put the kettle in front of the screen, keep the chat dialog box between us, and then say confirm the transmission, and your mobile phone will automatically transmit the kettle to me. Do you believe it, try it?]

The words from the hair are full of inducement.

But Tang Zheng almost didn't think about it, so he shouted, "confirm the transmission."

Soon, news came from the angry end.

[how did you send a stone!]

[I'll see if it's true.]

[……]

I'm kidding. I think I'm stupid.

As a necessary resource for human survival, water has been passed to you. What should I do?

I don't know how long such a small pot can last.

[please, brother, I haven't drunk water for three days... I'm in a swamp, but there are monsters outside the swamp. I can't get out and have been trapped here.]

The words of the hair begging.

Tang Zheng thought for a moment before he said again.

[equivalent exchange.]

[what do you mean?]

[tell me what you know and I'll give you some water.] Tang Zheng said excitedly just after picking out the words.

[great! Give me the water quickly!]

[share your information first.]

[what if...]

[I won't die if I don't know the information, but I'm afraid you won't last long without water. If you haven't drunk water for three days.] Tang Zheng's caution will be timid in peacetime, but it has become his most favorable weapon at this special time.

There was a moment of silence, as if making a choice.

After half a day, he replied.

[well, you won.]

Immediately, in the intermittent description at the end of the mobile phone, Tang Zheng roughly understood the current situation.

original.

Just three days ago, all mankind was involved in a world that looked like a survival game.

The world is not the earth as people understand it, but a primitive ecological environment almost consistent with the earth, but there are no high-rise buildings, no scientific and technological civilization, and there are some unspeakable monsters.

No one knows who started the game, and no one even knows how to do this incredible thing behind the scenes of the game.

Everyone's birthplace will carry a mobile phone and the same random basic survival props.

Some people are a pot of water, others are a box of matches.

Others are an axe.

According to the information learned by the people at the other end of the mobile phone, the person who has the best luck is a sharp Swiss Army knife.

Mobile phones are the last hope for people to survive.

This strange mobile phone doesn't look like a normal mobile phone with many functions.

At the beginning, it can only accept information. When someone sends you a message, you will unlock the communication function. It can scan other people nearby like radar scanning, choose to communicate with them, and transmit anything other than living creatures across the air.

The radar can only scan people nearby, and the specific location is not displayed.

[what if no one sends you a message?] Tang Zheng asked.

[then you are almost helpless in this world, unless you can meet other people directly. However, believe me, it is not a good thing to really meet other people... At present, when resources are extremely scarce and you don't know what each other thinks... Have you seen the three bodies? Yes, the world is like a dark forest for us. Don't you You know whether the other party is in danger, so you can only kill him first to ensure that you are not in danger... Trust me, you'd better not meet other people.]

As soon as the large text at the end was sent, Tang Zheng saw a short message notice pop up at the top of the mobile phone screen.

[player 'Lin Qiang a526' has been killed by player 'Xu Wu s674'!]

[is this the real person dead?] Tang Zheng frowned slightly.

[yes, obviously a weak loser.]

Smell speech, Tang Zheng canthus jumped.

Accustomed to life in peacetime, he was still unable to accept such acts like barbarians.

[is Lin Qiang a526 his name?]

[Lin Qiang is. A526 is the suffix. After all, there is more than one Lin Qiang.]

Tang Zheng was lost in thought.

According to the currently known information, the world is like a battlefield of life and death on the run. You can only fight alone.

And his opponent, in addition to the nameless monster just mentioned.

And

Seven billion people!

What they have to do is to make use of the existing resources and the resources that can be obtained where they can see, so as to continuously maintain their survival.

The game does not give any time limit, how long it will succeed, all of which are not given.

"It seems that we should be prepared for long-term sustainable development..." Tang Zheng was a little egg painful.

At present, his living resources are only a bottle of water

[man, have you promised me the water? I've told you everything I know. I'm really dying of thirst...] he said again.

Tang Zheng thought for a moment and looked around with her mobile phone.

Found a leaf with a vortex shape, two palm size, which can hold some water.

Poured about 1 / 5 of the water, and then compared with the mobile phone screen, Tang Zheng whispered, "confirm the transmission!"

After the white awn flickered, the water resources were transmitted in the past.

It took half a minute for the other end to respond.

[thank you! Thank you very much! I was ready for you to run away... Alas, people are separated from people. This game really inspired the greatest evil of human nature. I don't know which dog made it. I caught him and really wanted to put a fist on his face!]

Tang Zheng didn't intend to respond.

But after a while, another message pops up at the other end.

[by the way, for your sake, I'll tell you a little more.]

What else?

Tang Zheng raised her eyebrows lightly.

Sure enough, the guy opposite didn't say everything.

Everyone has something in their stomach.

Tang Zheng digs words: [you say]

[there is a very small button on the side of the mobile phone. You need to pick up a needle tip sized branch on the ground and insert it to press it. It is a button that randomly selects special talents. Don't ask me why the mobile phone has this function. This damn crossing is very bullshit, okay!]

Tang Zheng rubbed his fingers carefully according to what he said.

[what's the use?]

[it will give you a talent ability that human beings in the original world do not have, the lowest level is D and the highest level is SSS. However, it is estimated that no one can draw SSS talent, otherwise it will be reported directly by global SMS. I saw a Class-A agility outbreak talent half a day ago, which was reported by SMS and won a lot of rewards.]

[reward?]

[not to mention that, you'll know if you smoke it. It's no use if you can't smoke it. I smoke a B-level talent, extreme sleep. I can stay awake for 36 hours and still be energetic, which is very important for my life.]

Tang Zheng frowned and typed: [shouldn't this kind of thing be displayed in the game as a game rule in advance? Otherwise, I'm afraid many people will die in a crisis because they don't know this function.]

[who knows, the bad taste behind the game.] Tang Zheng seemed to be able to see him shrug: [anyway, natural selection, survival of the fittest, Congratulations, you and I have passed the first round of screening and know the secret. Then, I wish you good luck and see you in the Jianghu.]

Tang Zheng waited for a long time. It seemed that there was no news at that end.

Only then did he ponder over his random talent.

After rummaging on the ground with the light of the mobile phone, I found a thin pointed branch and leaf.

Inserted into the small hole on the side of the mobile phone.

Only a sound of "didi" was heard.

There was a mechanized sound in the mobile phone.

[congratulations! You have successfully extracted SSS talent: synthesis of all things!]