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Am I going to die?

Of course, there was no suspense...

A woodcutter so poor that he could only afford to live in the mountains, by looking around one could tell he depended on selling firewood for a living, a poor man whose family didn’t even have enough clothing to cover themselves. Such ordinary families when targeted by a demon, there’s no suspense.

Soon, that dark claw opened the window, revealing a terrifying face with blue complexion and sharp teeth, looking at the family of five with a fierce smile.

Screams, fear, the man bravely stepped forward to stop, desperately telling the woman to take the children and run.

It was all in vain...

The game I designed adheres to logic, in such situations the probability of escaping was almost none.

True enough, soon after their cheap father was slaughtered, that frail mother simply couldn’t manage to take her children and run away.

Actually, the best way was to leave one or two children behind, run separately, and at least save one in the end.

But this foolish woman didn’t want to give up on anyone, too greedy, wanting all three children to survive, how is that possible?

The result, naturally, was the entire family of five tragically perished.

Everyone held their breath as they saw Pu YunChuan being torn apart, their eyes widened, eager to know what would follow.

The experiment leaders had faces ashen like death, praying in their hearts.

The investors were confused, unable to understand why a data life was set in such a dangerous environment, what was this meant to display?

But soon, as the screen blurred, Pu YunChuan opened his eyes again...

And this time, he was born in a comparatively bright wooden house.

Reborn?

Less than half a moment of waiting, and the results were out.

The originally deceased Pu YunChuan reappeared as a baby, in a relatively better wooden house environment.

This house was bright and grand, clearly a wealthy home.

"This is..." A group of investors stared intently at the screen, full of confusion.

"Everyone!" At this moment, how could the person in charge not react?

He quickly approached, laughing loudly: "This is the final content we are demonstrating today!"

"What do you mean?" An elderly Chinese woman coughed a few times and asked in a low voice.

She was in the late stages of lung cancer, investing heavily in this project merely clinging to a slim hope. She had planned to withdraw her investment since the experiment hadn’t produced results for a long time, but suddenly they told her the project had succeeded.

Now besides excitement and thrill, she was more filled with doubt...

Deceiving laymen, drawing funds from investors with beautiful promises is countless in this world, especially in the investment-friendly America.

"Data life is long and enduring!" The person in charge hastily said: "This is the key point we want to demonstrate. Inside the world of data, as long as it’s within the established world view, life can reincarnate endlessly, time and again starting anew, just like you see here, living different lives in different virtual worlds, even if there are accidents, they can start over. .."

"Oh?" A few investors, although very excited by this claim, still maintained a cautious attitude. Those who become major capital are not simple people, not so easily fooled.

"I’ve heard that the reason those previous teams failed was because the memory data was extremely unstable, easily scattered by slight impacts, losing autonomous consciousness, forming an unmeaningful cluster of data, right?"

"Yes!" The person in charge hastily said: "But our team has already overcome this difficulty, proof is right before your eyes...."

"Proof?" The old lady scoffed coldly: "He hasn’t answered you yet, has he?"

The elderly lady pointed at the device connected to Pu YunChuan in the distance: "This is a device that can connect to data, right? Since the image shows his reincarnation after death, why don’t you contact him?"

The elderly lady’s words stirred confusion among the several white people around.

The person in charge frowned. This Chinese elderly lady, surnamed Zhou, was a computer expert herself. It was not easy to fool someone knowledgeable in the field.

"Or is it that.... you’re actually not sure?"

"How could that be?" The person in charge quickly appeased with a smile, "I was just getting anxious. Doctor Qiu, please contact Mr. Pu YunChuan quickly to check if his consciousness is normal."

"Yes...." A middle-aged woman responsible for the connection equipment quickly nodded and started the device, "Mr. Pu YunChuan, can you hear us? Pu YunChuan..."

"I can hear you..."

A familiar voice came through, instantly making everyone’s heart skip a beat!

Whether it was the sponsors or the experiment staff, everyone was immensely excited.

So far, no experimental subject had maintained consciousness under such intense stimulation. They all thought that under such a deadly stimulus, Pu YunChuan’s consciousness would dissipate, but the result gave them a huge surprise. Pu YunChuan was actually able to retain his memory!

At that moment, even the person in charge was overjoyed, leaving the sponsors behind and rushing to the room with the equipment.

At this point, investments didn’t matter anymore. With this result, where could they not attract investments?

This world is never short of wealthy people who don’t want to die!

"How do you feel, Mr. Pu YunChuan?" the person in charge hastily asked.

"I don’t feel well..." Pu YunChuan curled his lips, "What do you think being torn into pieces by a monster feels like?"

"Uh... Haha, really sorry, Mr. Pu YunChuan, who would have known you’re most suited for this environment?"

"What’s next? What are you planning to do?" Pu YunChuan said solemnly, "Let me continue to grow here and observe another reincarnation?"

"No... We don’t have that time anymore." The person in charge hurriedly said: "The Data Life experiment could be shut down by officials at any moment. We must produce more results faster to possibly save the project, so could Mr. Pu YunChuan please continue cooperating with us?"

"How should I cooperate?" Pu YunChuan’s heart skipped, yet his voice remained calm, intentionally carrying a hint of wariness.

"Don’t be nervous, Mr. Pu YunChuan. You have already passed the most dangerous period. As long as you are careful and cooperate with us, we will make you more and more stable."

"Really?" Pu YunChuan appeared relieved.

"But you must cooperate with us, do you understand, Mr. Pu YunChuan? Otherwise, once the experiment is closed down, you might be shut down as well..."

The person in charge’s voice carried a clear threat, though ostensibly mentioning the official possibility of shutting down the project, his insinuations were evident—he was saying if you disobey, we can shut you down at any time!

"Alright... I understand, tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"We’ll have you connect to a supercomputer. You designed this game, so you should know most of the programs inside, right?"

"Yes..."

"After connecting to the supercomputer, we need you to help us change your current simulated environment, and then we need you to help us build something."

"Build what?"

"A place that can house a large number of data lives, a more peaceful simulation environment. We currently tentatively call this place... Digital City!"

Pu YunChuan: "...."

So that’s it... It really is so...

The mystery that had puzzled him for many years finally got its answer. Turns out... he, no, Pu YunChuan was the creator of Digital City!