The world in the old hard drive

  Fang Xian used to think that all foreign company employees were well-dressed, and when they had nothing to do, they would go downstairs to Starbucks for an iced mocha. During work breaks, they could flirt with sexy women in black stockings, and after work, a group of them would go to nightclubs to have fun. Every week, they would sleep with different women.

  This expectation is like a young man's longing for a happy marriage, only to find out it's hell after entering.

  In this undergraduate-dominated era where technology is no better than a dog, a technical man like him would have an ordinary life as a network administrator whether in state-owned enterprises, foreign-funded enterprises, private enterprises or Zhongguancun Financial Street.

  He must have messy hair and eyes thicker than the bottom of a wine bottle, work 8-10 hours a day, with a salary as flat as an electrocardiogram of a dead person, spend his days with a pile of hardware, office next to the toilet, and so on and so forth...

  In SS company, he is in charge of computer hardware and software maintenance, under the name of IT maintenance specialist.

  Fang Xian's office was filled with computer cases, the day before, the company's computers collectively burst into a virus, losing some data, which made him have to repair overnight.

  Generally speaking, there's nothing to complain about. The path is one that I've chosen myself. If I like to indulge in these trivial things on my computer, then I should be able to endure the loneliness.

  He yawned and connected the 53rd hard drive to a dedicated repair workstation.

  Looking at the watch, it was already 5 o'clock in the morning. With two more hard drives to go, Fang Xian leisurely lit a cigarette and waited for the progress bar on the screen to finish.

  After a few minutes, the data reorganization was completed. He moved the data to local as usual and would move it back after system recovery.

  Ordinary people's computers often have some shameful things that are hidden in folders like "sales records" or "learning materials".

  This hard drive is really something, there's a directory named "games" right under the root directory, company rules are that even solitaire and card games can't be touched, yet this person managed to create such a folder with such calmness, this guy is indeed a rare breed.

  "Quite arrogant." Fang Xian casually opened the directory, roughly scanned the game directory inside, and immediately became solemn and respectful, "This old brother has a good taste!"

  The games in here are not the popular "xx Dance", "xx Racing", "xx Hotline" or "xxx and Warriors", but a collection of classic single-player games.

  "Command and Conquer."

  "The Legend of Sword and Fairy!"

  "StarCraft."

  "The Age of Exploration!"

  "Palpitations of memories...... rear guard...... classmates......"

  Muttering to himself the names of these games, it seemed as if he had returned to that era. At that time, internet cafes were still rare, and when people went to internet cafes, they would play single-player or LAN games. More often than not, several boys would gather around a computer, full of expectation, watching their own creations.

  When was it that several boys surrounded each other, covered in stinky sweat, staring intently at the screen, making suggestions to each other, pointing and gesturing, both hungry and extremely fulfilled.

  Red tankers plod across the map; wander in an endless maze; three battalions of madmen; shuttle between Lisbon and Seville hauling cargo...

  Dengekitō, Hiryū Totsugeki, Fujisaki Shiori, Yakyūken...

  One by one, familiar memories floated into Fang Xian's mind.

  He opened the directory of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" as if possessed, and double-clicked "pal.exe" with great familiarity.

  A familiar scene, a wine gourd, a wooden sword, and a bamboo poem slip. Of course, there are also "new stories" and "old memories".

  It was just... Fang Xian could clearly feel that what he was facing wasn't a computer screen, but a real space.

  He stared blankly around him, a vast expanse of darkness.

  "Must be too sleepy, dreaming again." He shook his head, anyway there was still plenty of time, so he chose "New Story".

  Logically speaking, this is where the first scene should appear, that is, Li Xiaoyao being hit on the head by Mrs. Li in the room.

  What appeared before Fang Xian's eyes was a completely different scene, he stood miserably on the small wooden boat, his hands holding an empty fishing net, in front of him was a cold and desolate market, all the people were frozen in place, time was stagnant.

  The scene is very familiar, but it was originally presented in a 2D rough picture at an angle of 45°. This vivid first-person view really scared Fang Xian.

  "What's with that village's market!!"

  This is where the story of The Legend of Sword and Fairy originated... the market in that village...

  What was expected to arrive has finally arrived, the system notification is a bit late.

  This prompt is a bit weird.

  A bald old man wearing sunglasses and beach clothes appeared on a skateboard.

  The discordant scene made Fang Xian complain incessantly.

  "Hey~man, welcome~to......" The old man made a fancy move and jumped off the skateboard, with his heel kicking the board to make it stand upright.

  It's just that the angle wasn't quite right, and the skateboard cross-section happened to land on **.

  The old man fell to the ground clutching his buttocks.

  “oh~~~help－me,man……”

  Fang Xian shook his head and helped him up.

  "Japanese?" The old man stood up, dusting himself off, and muttered a sentence, bowing his head, "Arigatou!"

  ".... speak Chinese, thank you."

  "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you." The old man chuckled and took off his sunglasses, sizing up Fang Xian with his lecherous eyes. "The 54th player, welcome to the game world created by God."

  Fang Xian threw up his hands: "This dream of mine is too damn annoying, what kind of thing is this?"

  All I saw was the old man's spirited and pretentious toss of his head, hooking his sunglasses onto his floral shirt.

  "Young man, this is a space created by God. How's it? Isn't it lifelike?"

  "Haha......" Fang Xian stared at the old man with a dead fish eye, "I must be exhausted."

  "Don't believe me?" The old man was clearly unconvinced. "Then I'll ask you, how do you usually wake up from your dreams?"

  "Just wake up naturally."

  "To be honest."

  "Woken up by monsters."

  "That's a rare case, I'm making you tell the truth!"

  "Alright, anyway this is my own dream..." Fang Xian said frankly, "Sometimes, you know, beautiful women will appear in the dream and I'll get very excited. Once I'm excited, 'pu ta' a bit, then I wake up."

  The old man smiled and snapped his fingers, a ancient-dressed beauty carrying a basket came over with a swaying buttocks.

  "He... " Fang Xian sized her up, a melon-seed face with big eyes, the typical ancient small family's jade-like girl, with a sense of familiarity.

  "You must have played this game before, don't you remember the twin sisters at the entrance of the tavern?" The old man asked with his nose picking.

  Fang Xian slapped his forehead, wasn't this exactly the pair of sisters who were infatuated with the game's main character?

  "Lilac! Or is it lily... I could never tell them apart, and still can't now."

  The old man snapped his fingers again, and a beautiful woman in a blue long dress walked over from another direction.

  "This is really confusing now." Fang Xian felt a bit dizzy.

  "Indeed, I sometimes make a distinction. So I made a small setting." The old man snapped his fingers again, and the clothes on the two women disappeared instantly. Then, the old man whistled and made a gesture of turning around.

  Two old men were chatting with each other when an old man walked over and patted one of the women's left buttocks.

  "Take a good look, this is my sister Xiulan, she has a hemorrhoid on her butt."

  "... Fang Xian felt a wave of heat wash over his entire body."

  "5, 4, 3, 2, 1..." After the old man counted down five times, he swung his arm and the two women put their clothes back on and walked away with a swing of their hips.

  "Are you awake?" The old man waved his hand in front of Fang Xian's eyes.

  "...... As expected." Fang Xian glanced down at his lower body, propped up his cheek and nodded solemnly, "My willpower has indeed strengthened, I can still restrain myself from such an explosive scene."

  "Alright, that's up to you." The old man didn't bother to chat with Fang Xian anymore and started explaining, "This is the space of Ben Shen. Ben Shen created some game worlds based on his own preferences and invited people with fate to participate. After completing tasks, players can receive rewards, but if they fail, they will lose their player qualifications. Do you understand?"

  "Isn't this just like saying nothing at all?"

  "Is that all you can do, just complain?" The old man pulled out a tablet computer and slid his finger across the screen a few times. "Hmmm... Fang Xian, decent brain, sports idiot, typical tech nerd template, no wonder he matched with such an edge character... But your task is simple, just need to say a few words to the main character, rowing a boat is fine."

  "This, this..." Fang Xian looked at the fishing net in his hand, the fishing boat by his side, and touched the coarse linen robe on his body, "Could it be..."

  "That's right, you're Zhang Si. The system prompts will tell you how to play, I'm busy creating the world of 'The Great Voyage' and that map is too complicated, see you later." The old man laughed loudly and slid away on his skateboard.

  [Hint——]

  Character Introduction

  Li Xiaoyao

  A young shop assistant in a small fishing village, raised by his aunt with great difficulty and hardship, aspires to be a heroic knight-errant who upholds justice. With a fate tied to peach blossoms, he embarks on a journey and becomes entangled in a complicated quadrangular love affair with three female protagonists.

  A handsome and elegant young man, seeking medicine on a spiritual island and forming a fairy affinity.

  A thousand miles of rugged terrain, no hardship is refused, with sword in hand, for the sake of a beauty.

  "This is obviously Li Xunyou, let's just go with it." Fang Xian nodded and was about to start the game when he saw a flash of information in front of him.

  Sorry about that, it was a hint from the previous black brother, I forgot to change it.

  “……”

  Character Introduction

  The Real Zhang Siu

  "Zhang Si is just Zhang Si! Why must you add 'true'?"

  "This character is too boring, adding a 'true' word makes it cool?"

  “……”

  A sturdy and honest boatman, making a living by fishing, Li Xiaoyao's good friend and drinking buddy, about 25-26 years old, down-to-earth and hardworking, the best portrayal of a good young man.

  "Your whole family is made up of good young people."

  You're complaining too much, stop nagging, just keep watching.

  “……”

  The waves are surging, I'm not afraid, I'll take up the helm and row forward.

  Cast net into water, hit fish and catch a big one, haha!

  "Hahaha?!!!! Haha?! Ha...... Is this introduction written by you? Are you a web writer, old man?"

  This is the official introduction, and I'm going to complain that you deleted all your lines.

  Mission: Impossible

  Standing on the spot waiting for Li Xun to come and buy fish, telling him that there is no fish due to big waves.

  "Supreme..."

  Shut up

  Divine Task II

  The next day, Li Xun will come to ask you to take him to the Immortal Spirit Island. You should express that it's very dangerous and tiring, but under his strong request, you still agree.

  "Am I cheap?"

  "Alright, you're muted for 5 minutes, behave yourself."

  Splendid Task III

  After sending Li Xun to the island, you waited... probably for a whole day and night, then Li Xun came out after having fun with the girl, and you showed great concern and sent him back.

  “#￥%#￥&……”

  Mission: Impossible IV

  At Dock Station for two days, waiting for Li Xun to lead Zhao Ling'er back and take him to Xianling Island for a round trip. Congratulations, Zhang Si, all tasks are completed!

  Reward

  Task one: A fishing net.

  Task 2: Fishing Techniques.

  Task Three: Rowing Technique (Already Possessed).

  Task 4: The temperament of a good young person.

  The ultimate special reward: a big carp! Can be braised, can be dry-braised, can be sauce-braised, can be x-braised, delicious and fragrant, aftertaste endless, makes one irresistible!

  “#￥……%#￥%&”

  Reminder

  Your attributes are a projection of you in the real world. If your attributes improve to some extent here, they will be reflected back to some degree in reality, okay?

  "#￥%……You're so unconventional……￥#%……"

  Not satisfied?

  I have many more

  Are you scared?

  Boring Victory

  “……”

  [Can save and exit at any time, return to the real world]

  The reward you obtained will be attached to you when you return to the real world.

  The task is limited to one week in real-world time.

  If Zhang Si dies, the mission fails; if time runs out, the mission fails.

  There is a hidden task oh dear

  Don't try to do something beastly, I know what you're thinking, with your physique, Wang Xiaohu can subdue and send you to the yamen.