New Year’s Eve

Author: Darwin Zoo

New Year’s Eve

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, so Lin You's training will of course come to an end for the time being.

The space center needs a rest, and so does he.

It's been a busy day today, and the communication with Sisi's parents has been completed. The process is actually very simple: Lin You explained the situation clearly, and they agreed.

Because they have no second choice.

After that, they hurried back to the hospital, and Lin You, with the help of the little princess, built a low-end version of the hibernation warehouse - or an upgraded version of the game warehouse, which is the same thing.

Lin You also transformed the most sophisticated medical robotic surgical equipment for Xiao Meng.

——The relevant technology actually exists in reality, but it is still in a auxiliary position.

But that's because the AI ​​capabilities it's equipped with are not enough.

Xiaomeng can completely perform a small, minimally invasive surgery like implanting a neuroprosthesis - she can precisely control nerve signals and target specific areas of Lin You's brain to stimulate a state of high concentration. In contrast, she can

, implanting a neural prosthesis is not a very complicated surgery.

Before going to the space center for training, Lin You also optimized the automated production process of the consciousness chip again to facilitate Zhu Cixia's operation.

After he left for training, the little princess still stayed in the laboratory, repeating the boring scientific research work over and over again, but she was extremely patient and completed every step meticulously. It was not until Lin You returned from training that she hurriedly

go home.

After finishing all these things, Lin You was confident enough to solve Sisi's problem. With the little princess's consolation, his mentality completely changed and he was in the mood to take a good vacation for himself.

As for the delayed New Year holiday?

Just make up for it after the New Year.

Anyway, in reality, he is alone and cannot celebrate the New Year, so it doesn't make any difference.

*

The next day, the number of online players in Daxia fell to the bottom.

Most players have returned to their families, and even if they have nothing to do, they will not go to the virtual world to play games.

This phenomenon has actually been known for a long time, but the release of "Chang'an" has covered this up to a certain extent.

If you leave aside "Chang'an", the online rate of players in other games has already begun to decline significantly.

During the special period of the New Year holiday, due to some kind of traditional inertia, people in Daxia pay more or less attention to family than usual, and their gaming time is significantly reduced.

——Of course, "Pocket Monsters" is an exception.

Nowadays, people wearing headbands and small pets on their shoulders are everywhere on the streets of Daxia. It is similar to the way young people used to go around with headphones hanging around their necks. Passers-by are no longer surprised.

In this case, the online rate of players in "Pokemon" really has no reference value.

On the contrary, the difficulty and intensity of [Tavern Battle] have been significantly reduced. It can be seen from the side that the players' main focus is not on the game.

But leaving Daxia, it’s a different world——

The popularity of "Pokemon" overseas is rising steadily. With the development of logistics, the number of overseas players has finally ushered in explosive growth.

Even in terms of player base, even "Chang'an" was suppressed.

Even though "Pokemon" is a free game and is rated for all ages, its audience range is definitely much wider than that of "Chang'an", and its current popularity is still astonishing.

This game not only drove the sales of [Bafang Ring] to increase by leaps and bounds, but also promoted the sales of [Mirage 2.0] console to soar!

Almost all players who like "Pokemon" cannot resist the temptation to hold the little monster in their arms.

Even British gamers who have been on strike and marching have many people who don't even go to protests and demonstrations. They wear headbands and hunt little monsters all over the world every day, having a great time.

There are also a large number of partners who have sent applications, hoping to hold various commercial activities based on "Pokemon"...

But Lin You just glanced at it and glanced over.

He is not in the mood to see this at all now.

Xiao Meng noticed that Lin You was in a bad mood, gently shook his hand and said, "Master, how about Xiao Meng tell you something interesting?"

Lin You rubbed Xiao Meng's head: "Thank you, Xiao Meng, but no need."

But he had nothing to do while staying at home. After thinking about it, he suddenly realized: In the past, he had to play every game released by Yunmeng by himself, but "Pocket Monsters" had not been played much.

Thinking of this, he simply took Xiaomeng and went out to catch little monsters, hoping to change his mood.

The weather was quite good, the sun was shining brightly and the sky was blue.

It's just that the streets are noticeably deserted.

Xia Jing's population reaches an exaggerated 20 million on weekdays, but during the New Year holidays, there is often an astonishing wave of people returning home, which can even reach tens of millions in recent years.

The city is still the same city, and various facilities were designed for a population of 20 million. Now it has shrunk by nearly half in a very short period of time, and the atmosphere on the streets has inevitably become deserted.

Lin You ran to the nearest small park for a walk and found that the number of people running around had greatly reduced.

Only at the [Monster Tavern], there are still groups of players waiting nearby, planning to steal the chicken while stuck.

——Before this, this kind of thing was basically impossible to do. Even if they came in the middle of the night, when the original camp occupation time was about to end, there would be players running over in advance to defend.

Lin You didn't join in the fun. After watching it for a while, he left with Xiao Meng and went on to catch the spiritual beast.

But mainly it was Xiao Meng who was playing. She jumped up and down happily, commanding the little tiger to pounce and bite, and captured one spiritual beast after another.

Everyone who appeared in front of her was not spared and she had a great time.

When Xiao Meng was satisfied with her play and the sun was about to set, Lin You took her home.

…

…

After finishing dinner, Lin You returned to his paralyzed and bored state.

He and Xiao Meng were leaning on the small sofa in the virtual world, clicking the remote control in their hands non-stop.

——But actually he didn’t know what he wanted to see.

There is not even a Spring Festival Gala in this world. Although there is a New Year's Eve party, it is completely different from the Spring Festival Gala in Lin You's memory, so there is no interest in it.

After changing it again and again, not only is there nothing interesting to see, but it becomes even more boring.

After lazing around for a while, Lin You really couldn't lie still, so he stood up from the sofa and logged into "Chang'an". He ran to the top of the meditation tower and overlooked the entire city of Chang'an. He leaned against the railing and started to blow in the wind in a daze.

Listening to the tinkling of the wind chimes on the eaves, his heart finally calmed down.

I also suddenly understood:

I feel languid today and can't find the energy to do anything. It's not because I'm tired or bored.

But it's just... I feel a little homesick.

Of course Xiao Meng was very considerate and cute, but it was difficult for Lin You to tell her about his depressed mood.

On this New Year's Eve, when thousands of families were reunited, he felt a little lonely for the first time.

I also suddenly felt like drinking.

He tapped the railing lightly with his finger, and a glass of beer appeared there out of thin air. Lin You picked it up and took a sip.

As soon as I put down the cup, I saw Xiao Meng holding a large glass of beer next to me. She raised her head and was about to drink it down.

"Wait!" Lin You stopped him quickly.

Xiao Meng stopped in mid-air and turned to look at Lin You with a guilty conscience.

But Lin You's hand also stopped in the air. After a moment's hesitation, he stretched out his index finger and gestured: "Just this cup!"

"Yeah, yeah." Xiao Meng nodded repeatedly, raised her head and took a big sip. When she put the glass down, there was still a white beard-like beer foam on her lips.

Lin You stretched out his thumb, wiped off the foam for her, cleaned his fingers, and rubbed her pink head.

"Hehe." Xiao Meng smiled brightly, raised his head again, and drank a large glass of beer boldly.

Then he said in a daze: "Xiao Meng is drunk."

Then she became unsteady, leaned back, and fell straight down.

Lin You quickly reached out to pick it up, but missed it.

——Xiaomeng fell directly out of Chang'an and fell on the small sofa on the bridge.

"?"

Lin You blinked, a little confused, what did Xiao Meng mean?

But just when he was confused, a familiar figure appeared under the tall meditation tower——

Zhu Cixia.

The little princess appeared here without knowing when, waving to him with a smile and saying hello.
Chapter completed!