Gao Liang can endure almost everything, except being repeatedly mocked. As a result, his growing resentment toward the teacher has intensified. This has led to the following situation: while you, Liu Heigou, are being criticized in class, I'm busy doing my own thing in the back. Am I truly as hopeless as Class President Zhang Yuping described? The Moon Bay internet cafe is bustling with people, fully booked. Gao Liang paid ten yuan for a ticket—though his colleague, Ye Qian, the internet manager, had suggested he skip the fee—Gao Liang insisted on paying. After a long search, he finally found an empty seat at the very back. He quickly opened his browser and launched the game "The Legend of the East: The Moonlight Lotus Box." After a series of intense battles, Gao Liang achieved remarkable victories. Yet strangely, his game account showed no increase in balance. Gao Liang sensed something unusual about his gaming experience today. He lit a Huanghelou cigarette, poured a bottle of Yanjing canned beer, and found himself fully immersed in his dual cravings for internet, cigarettes, and beer—far more comfortable than sitting in a classroom.
"Old Zai isn't made for university! Old Zai just wants to earn enough to cover tuition and help his parents pay off their debts early!" After drinking a bottle of beer and taking a deep drag on his cigarette, Gao Liang sighed quietly.
Highlight lost N times, yet still made errors! "Please enter the final one again! If you still make an error, you will never be able to proceed! Please carefully enter the correct final password!" The system's message left Highlight sweating profusely. Good heavens! Who knows the password? Fine, I'll just quit! I haven't earned a cent today, and now I've got a bad mood too! I'll just power off and walk away! Just as Highlight was about to give up, he noticed a netizen beside him watching the movie "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: The Moonlight Lotus Box." A particularly moving scene had just unfolded—Zhou Xingchi's character, the Prince of the West, delivered a classic line. Highlight felt an inexplicable urge. He hesitated briefly, intending to type "Banyan Bodhi," but since the password was supposed to be alphabetic, he sighed, gave up hope, and typed the initial letters of those characters—"BRBLMD." Then, he tossed out a phrase: "Break the password! Send me off to the devil!"
Just as High Gang was about to shut down and leave, a new web page popped up on the 17-inch flat CRT monitor, catching his attention. He quickly clicked it to full screen and exclaimed, "Whoa! A beauty! Absolutely stunning! She's even giving me those lively, sparkling glances!" Though High Gang had seen countless beautiful women online, this fresh, refreshing beauty—this ethereal angel—was entirely new to him. Her eyes danced with grace—like butterflies flapping their wings, like a dragonfly gently touching the water, fluttering at a steady twenty times per second—each blink a delicate, effortless motion. Accompanied by a radiant, summer-sun smile, she seemed to glow with warmth. "Come on, try it out!" Her face was clean and bright, her eyebrows and eyes clear and luminous. When she smiled, her lips curved like a serene crescent moon, and her voice sounded as sweet as a thrush tapping its feet. The pure, radiant smile of the beauty deeply moved High Gang. Under her irresistible charm, High Gang's heart stirred. "The Moonlight Crystal Box! The Moonlight Crystal Box! Haha! It's here!"
"Excited and thrilled, after playing this game for so many days, finally seeing the mysterious Moonlight Crystal Box appear right before his eyes!" "Not the Moonlight Crystal Box! It's the Yueguang Crystal Box!" The beautiful angel actually corrected Highlight right there. At that moment, the webpage prompted: "Please complete a physical fitness test! Enable camera function!" "Yueqian! Come over! I need you to set up the camera!" Highlight called out to Yueqian, who still looked fairly presentable. "Coming!" In her light, casual outfit, Yueqian waddled in with her heels, set up the camera, and then left. The camera automatically began filming Highlight. After five minutes of data collection, the system displayed: "Conducting body analysis on Highlight."
"Analysis complete. Results as follows: physical condition—poor; neural reaction speed—poor; cellular vitality—poor; muscle tissue strength—poor; immune strength—poor; resistance to impact—poor; endurance—poor; intellectual capacity—poor; mental strength—poor...” Out of over a hundred detailed items, not a single one passed. High-light was completely overwhelmed, teetering on the edge of collapse. "Old guy, I'm truly blown away!" he sighed, opened another canned beer, and finished it off. As he prepared to shut down and leave, the warm, lively, and sweet voice of the female angel on the screen gently asked, "Would you like to become a top-tier man? Would you like to command the world, live freely and effortlessly?" "Yes! I want to!" High-light responded, emotionally charged, and crushed the canned bottle in his hands. The thin aluminum lid sliced his fingers, drawing blood.
High-light accidentally dripped blood onto the display screen, and miracles happened—the blood seemed to be absorbed just like it had been taken in by a sponge, seamlessly merging into the screen. High-light reached out to touch it, and indeed, the drop of blood was completely "consumed" by the computer.
"Congratulations, High-light! Your DNA has been successfully linked. You now have the right to enter the Yue Guang Treasure Box space!" The beautiful angel clapped her hands joyfully.
High-light felt a tingling sensation throughout his body. Suddenly, he sensed a powerful magnetic pull drawing him—more precisely, the 17-inch CRT flat panel monitor in front of him was calling to him.
"Ah! No! No!" High-light felt himself transforming into a beam of light, shooting into the screen.
Where was he now?
High-light sat down heavily on the lush green grass. He looked up—what a surprise! It was a vivid, lifelike scene, even more realistic than the real world. He plucked a stem of grass and broke it, and a thin white sap still oozed out.