My Notoriety Spreads Throughout the World

Chapter 768 - 678: Severance

Through brief interaction, the two of them got to know each other.

"So, why did you come here?" Xiaoliu asked.

Fulei realized she was still holding Xiaoliu’s hand and quickly let go, the blush on her face faded a bit.

She crossed her arms, "I should be the one asking you that question first."

"You look so skinny, can your body handle the battlefield?"

Xiaoliu covered his nose with a wet wipe.

"Although I don’t know how bad the world is now, there’s always something I can do at the moment."

"I want to do something for them, so I came."

"Them? Who, which people?" Fulei was puzzled.

"Uh." Xiaoliu was stumped by the question, "A lot of people, I don’t really know."

"You have an excess of idealism!"

For some reason, Fulei felt angry seeing Xiaoliu say these words with such a look.

"Idealism... excess?"

"Yes, look at you, you probably haven’t had enough to eat, and you’re thinking about doing something for others."

"In reality, do others treat you well?"

"There is, there’s a pretty good sister who gave me an invitation to the Nightmare City military district, I learned a lot there. Later, I was even saved by three people..."

"Not those!" Fulei raised her voice.

People around looked over, and Fulei shrank her shoulders like a deflated balloon, quickly pulled Xiaoliu to a less crowded corner.

Xiaoliu didn’t understand why the girl’s emotions were so agitated, allowing her to pull him along.

"Looking at you like this, you must have been bullied a lot, right?"

Fulei grabbed Xiaoliu’s hand as if interrogating him, her momentum overwhelmed the other.

"Don’t play dumb with me, I know you understand!"

She didn’t understand why she was so annoyed with this young man she’d just met.

"I understand what you mean." Xiaoliu finally spoke after a moment of daze, "I just... don’t know how to answer that question yet."

"If I do this, more kids will grow up in a better environment, then it’s worth it."

"Aren’t they here for that too?"

Xiaoliu looked at the people not far away.

"Them?" Fulei raised her eyebrows, tone defiant, "They’re all here for themselves, some for the thrill, more for money. Don’t you know being a cyan gold member alone is enough to keep many people working for half a lifetime?"

"Cyan gold member?" Xiaoliu was stunned.

Seeing the reaction, Fulei was sure this guy skimmed the contract more than she did.

She even thought this guy might not have read the contract at all.

But then she thought, as a soldier, maybe his superiors ordered soldiers to participate in the simulated warzone without talking about benefits, and maybe those benefits ended up in some lieutenant’s pocket.

"What about you?" Xiaoliu asked, "Are you here for money like them?"

"I’m different." Fulei choked up, her baby-faced cheeks turned red. "I’m not like any of you."

She couldn’t possibly say her biggest wish for coming here was to experience her first sexual encounter, could she?

This guy seemed a bit younger than her, and Fulei didn’t want to be ridiculed by him.

Unable to persuade him, Fulei turned around and left, leaving Xiaoliu alone.

She had seen plenty of idealists.

Those Rain Association hypocrites were best at talking big, they had humanitarian ideas one after another. If you really gave them a gun and put them on the battlefield, they’d surely go weak in the knees.

As for this inexperienced kid, once he really faced the battlefield, she’d have to see if he wouldn’t piss his pants.

Deep in her own thoughts, Fulei clearly ignored the young man behind her who had seen the cruelty of war.

Xiaoliu shook his head, seemingly understanding a bit of the girl’s anger.

Witnessing the discord between the two, Xu Xiaoyou walked out slowly from the shadows, her calm eyes reflecting Xiaoliu’s receding figure.

Before handing him the invitation, she had emphasized the dangers of the battlefield, and he responded with a resolute gaze.

She thought this kid had died on the Nightmare City battlefield.

That look, she was familiar with it.

...

"All testers please proceed to the standby area to await further instructions."

The mechanical broadcast echoed above the hall.

"What the heck, making us feel like prisoners."

In the lounge, a few testers complained while changing into military uniforms.

"Ugh, it really doesn’t fit, stinks of sweat, is this also part of the ’real battlefield’?"

"Whatever, keep your mouth shut, soon our memories will be erased, and we’ll do whatever they say."

"Speaking of which, have you guys seen ’Severance’?"

"It’s roughly about a company hiring employees, and employees undergo a persona separation surgery, splitting into a work persona and a life persona."

"Both personas have no memory of each other, can’t interfere with each other, every time you get off the elevator after work, the work persona automatically switches to the life persona."

"Really resembles our current situation, work persona handles work, life persona enjoys life."

"Once our memories are erased, we become another person, eyes closed and open, we’re back to ourselves."

The words left everyone in the lounge stunned, a silent, looming fear of the unknown filled the room.

"If we encounter trouble during this period, if the work persona goes crazy and tries to kill itself, do we never wake up?" Sui deliberately raised his tone.

"Think of the bright side." Ming said, "Eyes shut and open, we can take the reward and live it up."

At this moment, a white-clothed staff walked in, holding several mechanical rings.

"Life feature rings, hold on to them."

"After putting on the feature rings, your memory will be cleared. Once your feature ring is removed or alerts that life features have disappeared, you will wake up in reality."

"If you encounter any accident in the simulated warzone, our medical team will act immediately to ensure everyone’s safety."

"What’s the point of telling us this?" Someone grumbled half-jokingly.

"As if we could remember anything once we go in."

"These words are meant for the ’life persona’ to hear."

"The ’work persona’ has no human rights."

The white-clothed staff ignored a few complaints and handed out the feature rings one by one.

"Next, please follow the instructions on how to wear them."

The white-clothed staff’s tone was as cold as a machine.

In the room, several people followed the instructions.

Sui pouted, gently placing the feature ring around his neck, accompanied by the beeping sound. The light blue air flow overflowed, and the next second the feature ring connected snugly.

"Next, you will experience discomfort, which is a normal phenomenon of memory implantation."

"Ten minutes later, you will wake up in the simulated warzone."

Watching the consciousness being drawn out from each person, the white-clothed staff’s tone became strange. She approached Ming and Sui, sinister red light glimmered in her eyes.

"Good luck."

"The betrayer."