Chapter 3 Chapter 003

It’s a pity that this didn’t make Link feel better.

The police are trying their best to maintain order in the town. Naturally, they can’t take care of cases in remote suburbs. Chaos is inevitable.

At this time, Camilla’s shout rang out.

Link picked up the gun and walked to the window: “What’s the matter?”

Camilla hesitated, but still said, “Well, can you accompany us home? Delia and I are very scared.”

Link decisively refused: “Sorry, I can’t.”

Camilla was stunned, and immediately pleaded: “You have a gun, and the marksmanship is also very good. Please help us.”

Link refused again: “I’m sorry, you know that I am in poor health. If I am chased and killed, I may not be able to survive.”

“You wait.” After hesitating, he still spoke to the disappointed girl.

Turned and walked back to the bedroom, took out a double-barreled shotgun and a box of ammunition from the closet.

Go back to open a little window and hand them out through the iron window railings: “Camilla, the only thing I can help you with is this.”

Camilla subconsciously took a look, opened his mouth, finally did not plead, silently lowered his head, and loaded the shotgun with bullets.

As the only child of a middle-class family, she has received basic firearm training. There is no problem with using this most common double-barreled shotgun.

The slight dissatisfaction with Link’s indifferent attitude also turned into helplessness.

She is not the kind of middle two girl with a bad personality and self-centered.

It’s only because of sudden changes that the mentality is out of balance, that can’t control emotions.

At this moment, holding the weapon from Link, it suddenly occurred to them that they had saved her and Delia’s lives, and then sent a self-defense weapon.

In normal times, there are not many people willing to take the risk to lend a helping hand, let alone these few days.

The two changed positions, Camilla felt that she might not have the guts to save him.

Picking up the shotgun loaded with bullets, she took a deep breath and bowed to the window: “Anyway, thank you for everything, Link. I will definitely help you if I have the opportunity in the future.”

After speaking, she helped Delia, who was crying almost, and returned to her house more than a hundred meters away.

Link stood by the door, silently looking at the two distant figures on the monitor, and sighed: “Good luck to you.”

Mother and daughter Delia left, and Link waited for a while before going out and cautiously approaching the corpse of the Ripples that Bob had turned into.

Until five meters away from the corpse, a soft female voice sounded in his mind again: “I found the raw material containing trace divine particles, do you want to recycle it?”

He was stunned, did not decide immediately, but observed around the corpse.

The monster exposed to the outer skin, showing a faint bluish gray, and the blood vessels on the skin became very thick, bulging high and spreading all over the corpse.

The “blood” flowing out of it was sticky blue-black, and it exuded a rotten stench.

Link was not concerned about this, but the bullet hole in the corpse.

The effect of the deer bullet that hit the chest was not as good as expected. I took a small wooden stick and took it out of the wound, and turned out a lot of lead shot fragments, which was obviously stuck in the muscle layer.

The head was in a mess, but a closer look at the small dents and scratches, mainly fragments of lead pellets, did not see any shot that penetrated the skull of the schizophrenia.

The fatal injury was that a lead pill hit the eye socket, and from this weakness entered the brain, killing it.

Link frowned and ordered the Doomsday Game in his mind: “Recycle it.”

The corpse of the Splitmouth disappeared in an instant, and even the large patches of blood that it spilled disappeared with it.

Soft female voice: “The recharge is successful, and the game energy point will increase by 0.5.”

This game really protects (doors). Facing the energy points that came out of the decimal point, Link twitched the corner of his mouth and turned to enter the room to close the door.

He closed his eyes on the sofa to study this doomsday game online for a long time before he opened his eyes and sighed with a complicated expression: “Finally, my Gold Finger finally arrived, but it turned out to be the day when the doomsday came?”

Back in the early morning of July 4th, when most people fell asleep, a huge gray-black vortex suddenly opened up above the earth.

The gray and black mist spurted up from it, and a large translucent shadow screamed excitedly in it, rushed out together, and then spread in all directions.

This gray-black vortex opened for ten seconds, then quickly collapsed a little, disappeared, but the things it brought quickly spread in the world in the darkness.

At present, human eyes and science and technology cannot observe the divine particles, so no one knows that the end has come.

In the deep sleep, Link heard a soft female voice in his mind: “Chaotic divine particles detected.”

“It was detected that this dimension has been anchored by the dark dimension, and the first invasion time was 0:15:33 on July 4, 2019.

“The concentration of divine particles is less than 0.0001%, and there is a 93% chance of the universal triple anchoring implemented by the lord-level dark creatures. It is still in the initial stage of dimensional anchoring.”

“The minimum activation threshold has been reached, and the apocalyptic game online is being activated.”

“The forecast anchor time will be the same period on July 7, 2019 for the second time, and the same period on July 10 for the third time.”

“After the triple anchoring is completed, the concentration of chaotic divine particles will increase to 0.01% within 300-600 days, entering the middle and late stages of dimensional anchoring, and dimensional erosion will accelerate.””It is estimated that within 3000-6000 days, the erosion of the dimension will be completed, and this dimension will automatically be transformed into a new dark dimension territory.”

“The distinguished super-privileged user 00001, welcome to join the doomsday game online, and wish you a happy doomsday journey.”

Following this prompt, the gray-black mist (divine particles) that spread from the gray-black vortex kept pouring into Link’s body, and was then absorbed by the doomsday game.

After the doomsday game online is activated, it must absorb the energy of divine particles to maintain its basic functions.

This amount of absorption is not much for the game, but the “pipe tool man” Link has never been exposed to divine particles.

The “passing” of a large number of divine particles caused him to fall into a protective coma, and he did not wake up until he was basically adapted.

That “a little bit” of dizziness and discomfort all over the body is just a common small problem in the running-in period.

Compared to his neighbor Bob, Link was really lucky-more than a hundred meters away, Bob was invaded by the shadow in the gray and black mist and became a split mouth monster.

But the doomsday game just saves him from being directly invaded by the shadow.

While the divine particles are constantly “passing by”, it is inevitable that a very small amount of particles will be lost in the “water pipe”.

With a sigh, it is his farewell to the hard life of more than ten years, and his expectation for the future in the mist?

A little flame rose quietly in my heart, although it was faint, it could no longer be suppressed.

As a traverser, he enjoyed more than 30 years of peace in his previous life, and in this life he has received more than 10 years of social beatings.

The end is coming, but Gold Finger is standing beside him, all this is not bad for him.

To live is no longer the goal of one’s life, but to live happily. His thoughts gradually became clear, Link put away his distracting thoughts, got up and went to the study, and began to check the current situation online.

According to internet rumors, similar incidents of monster attacks on people seem to have occurred all over the world-to be more precise, it should be monster cannibalism.

These events appeared on July 5.

With these supporting evidence, Link was more certain that the end is coming, and at the same time, he suddenly felt: it is no wonder that the time is always wrong.

He rushed through the night on the 2nd, and did not fall asleep until the afternoon of the 3rd.

When I woke up, I thought it was the 4th day. Who knew that I slept until noon on the 6th.

This busy work arrived at night, and Link quickly checked and copied various information on the Internet, such as various maps, important locations, and material reserves.

A little bit of care in peacetime, these materials can still be found on the Internet, but it is difficult to say after the social chaos.

In this life, the United States’ daily civilian technology is not so developed, probably at the level of the previous life in the early 2000s.

Therefore, in 2019, the mainstream tool for surfing the Internet in United States is still PC.

Mobile phones are still the world of feature phones, and the mobile phone network is only 2G, and text is mainly sent and received.

In this period of panic, people who do not go out to snap up supplies, but stay at home and surf the Internet are basically dead computers.

Although there is a lot of information on the Internet, it is refreshed but not as crazy as the previous life.

At ten o’clock in the evening, Link basically finished watching the mainstream media and downloaded a lot of materials from several niche forums he frequented.

All the paid materials that were reluctant to download in the past, and the useful ones are all copied.

Turning off the monitor, he stood up, rubbing his tired eyes and walked towards the kitchen.

Time is running out. This afternoon, he is busy collecting information. He just ate some snacks and drinks. Now he is very hungry.

Walking into the kitchen, the heat preservation indicator of the rice cooker is on.

Link once again praised his cleverness in his heart.

I poured some light soy sauce into it, stirred the lazy rice that had been kept warm in the rice cooker for a long time, and took out a large sharp dish, picked up the spoon and slammed the rice into my mouth.

The furiously protesting belly was comforted by the hot meal, and quickly calmed down.

Link was thinking about his plan of action tomorrow.

The game system log retains the information at the time of activation, so he knows the news of the doomsday, even in the early morning of the 7th, what is the second anchor.

Although there are many incidents of monsters attacking humans, social order is barely maintained.

In fact, the number of people killed by monsters in this day is less than one-tenth of the death toll in “Happy America”.

When the sun rises tomorrow, what will this world look like? Is it double chaos or a complete collapse?

He didn’t know, he could only work hard to complete his plan.

Fortunately, the knowledge gained in the recruit training ground and the training results are still true and effective in reality.

And after checking the indoor surveillance, Link speculated that he entered the game world not physically, but mentally, and it took a very short time.

This means that he has an absolutely safe training ground.

It allows him to quickly obtain complete professional military knowledge and training without being restricted by time, space, and medicine.

Secondly, there are three major categories of human occupations in the original antique game, namely fighters, archers, and priests, each of which has two branch routes (promotion careers).

The two branches of the fighter are the wild warrior and the shadow warrior, the shooter branch is the gunner and the mechanic, and the priest branch is the priest and the priest.

Just by looking at the name, the starting point of the clergy has the magical skills.

In the early stage, fighters and shooters looked like ordinary people who used cold weapons and firearms, but they would also have powerful and magical skills after they were promoted to branch professions.

These skills in the game are basic exercises, but in reality they are proper superpowers.

An opportunity to become a superpower is here, who can’t be tempted? At least Link was tempted.

Anyway, in this life, he has no relatives or friends, but the little black book in his heart remembers a lot of the names of his enemies.

These enemies are the guys who have entrapped Link in more than ten years. According to the law, the average per capita sentence is ten years, and the highest death sentence.

If he only makes money by writing books, it would be difficult for him to behave like certain people—for example, the group that relies on the orphanage to sell humans and organs, so he can only bear it.

now? Of course, it is to take a step back and think more and more angry, forbearance for a while to proliferate.

Thinking about tomorrow’s itinerary, Link quickly finished the lazy meal and went to the kitchen, storage room, and basement to check the inventory at home.

In his previous life, he was relatively resident, and in this life he suffered from starvation until he was sixteen years old, and currently lives alone in the suburbs.

It is a matter of course to store a large amount of food, daily necessities, medicines and medical supplies.

Half an hour later, Link heaved a sigh of relief at the material list in the portable notebook.

The food is enough for him to eat openly for a month, but the fresh meaty vegetables and fruits last for a week at most.

Most of the daily necessities have a long shelf life, starting from three months when purchasing. Large bottles or promotional kits like toothpaste, laundry detergent, and body wash can be used for one or two years.

There is no shortage of medicines, but not many prescriptions.

It is troublesome to find a doctor to prescribe medicine in a chaotic situation, so collect as much as possible.

What Link lacks now are guns and bullets.

It’s not that he hadn’t thought about it before, but buying a house for decoration and procurement has almost spent the money.

Automatic rifles and bullets are not cheap, it’s okay, it’s hard to buy, so it’s hard to talk about hoarding.

There are shotguns and pistols for self-defense at home, and he wants to buy it again next time the manuscript fee is paid, and he must first solve it now.

He is just a 0-level shooter who has not completed the recruit training.

Close combat is to give away the head, so it’s still a game.

Making up his mind, Link immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed his shooting coach’s number: “Hey, Mo Yue, this is Link. Do you still have weapons and ammunition for sale?”

He speaks Chinese, but with a bit of salt and pepper flavor, commonly known as Sichuan-flavored Mandarin.

“Link? Why are you still alive! I haven’t called you in the past two days. I thought you were dead.” On the receiver side, there was a slightly lowered male voice, which was also in Chinese, but there was Strong broad flavor.

Link rolled his eyes: “Key point, talk about the key point.”

Mo Yue: “The point is that there is chaos on the streets of Chicago today. Boss Robert’s business is not good. He sold 40% of the goods in two days. From now on, he will sell rations every day, and the price will continue to increase by 10% tomorrow. Only cash will be accepted.”

Sure enough. Link sighed silently: selling 40% of the inventory to get a guaranteed profit, and selling the rest once a day to increase the price.

Within a few days, the gun shop profits can fly to the sky.

But what can the dollar do in the future, wipe your ass or use it as firewood?

Link: “What is the price now?”

Mo Yue laughed twice: “Basically everything has gone up by 50%.”

Link: “Faco, a profiteer like Robert, it’s a waste of talent not to sell illegal drugs.”


Mo Yue: “No, it’s much safer than selling illegal drugs. It’s easy to kill your own, but weapons can kill others.”

Link was speechless for a moment, and then asked about the situation in Chicago to get more detailed first-hand information.

Robert’s gun shop is in the small town of Woodstock on the side of Chicago, between Rockford and downtown Chicago, about forty kilometers between the two halves.

To put it simply, Rockford-Link’s-Gun Store-North Chicago is probably a line from west to east.

The customers of the gun shop are mainly residents around Chicago, so it is not difficult to find news in the city.

Mo Yue’s assessment of the current Chicago environment is that it is as bad as a shitty.

Especially in the black slums where the police force is scarce, they are completely unregulated.

Even the middle-class communities on the fringe of the city are purchasing living supplies, weapons and ammunition everywhere, forming community joint defenses spontaneously, controlling traffic, and allowing only residents of their own communities to enter.

After briefly talking about these situations, Mo Yue finally said: “I saved some bullets specially for you. The pistol and shotgun each have 100 rounds. Hurry up and take them when you have time.”

Link: “…thank you.”

Mo Yue: “Okay. In Lao Mei’s words-business is business. You have to pay as much as thank you, but they were bought from Robert at today’s price.”

Link laughed: “Understood, a 50% increase, right? When will you be free tomorrow?”

Mo Yue: “Work can be finished at ten o’clock, you can come anytime.”

Link was surprised: “Your store opens at half past nine, right?”

Mo Yue: “Robert decided not to open the door tomorrow. The supply of that point is all scheduled by regular customers. You can pick up the goods and leave directly at the back door. You have to come.”

Link: “Okay, I must go…” He hesitated when he said this.Mo Yue: “That’s it…”

Link: “Wait.”

Mo Yue: “What else? Do you want more guns? I will give you an M4A1 at most, or today’s price.”

Lin Ke gave a hum, and after pondering the wording, he arrived: “Mo Yue, we should reserve more survival supplies.”

Mo Yue sneered: “For you? You should worry about yourself. For the broken wooden house, I can break through the wall with a sliding shovel.”

Link didn’t follow the joke, but found a ready reason: “Maybe I will exchange materials with you in the future, so be prepared.”

Mo Yueha laughed: “Little brother, I have what you have, but you may not have what I have. What can you change with me?”

Link: “…Walk and see.”

Hanging up, thinking for a moment, he suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of Bob’s house: “Time is too tight, they should be able to help a little? But everything will wait until tonight.”

At 0:15 on July 7, it was the second anchor time predicted by the doomsday game, and the ghost knew what would happen.

It was already half past eleven, and Link closed the partitions of all the doors and windows, put down the metal guard rails inside, and checked again.

After confirming that there was no problem, he returned to the bedroom, took out the shotgun and pistol, filled them with bullets, and put them at hand.

Nothing happened temporarily, and he had to pay attention to the outside world. He simply called the system log of the Doomsday game and checked it every five minutes.

On July 7, 2019, early in the morning, the weather was cloudy.

At five o’clock, the alarm rang, and Link tried to open his tired and dry eyes and got up quickly.

At 0:15 in the morning, the second anchor message appeared in the game’s system log.

The concentration of chaotic divine particles continues to rise and is predicted to reach between 0.0003 and 0.0005% within three days.

This can not only create chaos, but also make the next anchoring easier, speeding up the rate of dimensional erosion a little bit.

He stayed up until two o’clock in the morning, and there was no abnormal situation around him, and no new news on the Internet appeared.

Perhaps the anomaly has occurred, but it did not break out immediately, or the information has not been delivered to the Internet? Link speculated so.

In this case, today’s itinerary must be even more hurry, and strive to make a difference in time.



Take out the sandwich made before going to bed from the refrigerator, put a few mouthfuls into your mouth, and pour a large glass of milk, and the breakfast is done.

Then, he put the holster on his thigh, stuffed Glock in, took the shotgun and went out at 5:13 in the morning.

Driving to the door of Bob’s house, he rang the doorbell.

After a while, Delia’s voice sounded inside the door: “Who?”

Link: “It’s me, Link. I want to talk to you about something.”

After waiting for at least five minutes, the door opened with a click.

Delia stood inside the door: “What’s the matter?”

With disheveled hair, tired face, and heavy dark circles, she obviously didn’t sleep well at night.

Link is a good fellow in his heart, what a really good fellow—she actually wore a silk nightgown, did she really think it was the peacetime of the past?

Emmm~ Well, this United States has never been very peaceful.

But this pajama is really big, ah no, this pajama is really white. Link looked away from the gap in the front of the robe: “You should be familiar with the neighbors around you?”

Delia nodded blankly, and teased the hair hanging down her forehead: “It’s okay, I took the lead in establishing the neighborhood committees in this area. I am still a member of the neighborhood committee, and I basically know the people here.”

Link hummed: “Then, shall we go in and talk?”

Delia hesitated for a moment and let go.

After entering, she sat down in the living room and asked: “Coffee or tea?”

Link: “…No, my time is very tight, let’s start now.”

He is really not in the mood to be polite, especially the politeness of this kind of middle-class visit is not useful now, it is a waste of time.

This child… is not cute at all. Delia couldn’t help muttering in her heart, but sat down obediently.

Seeing her sitting down, he immediately took out his notepad and pen and asked about the surrounding residents.

Delia answered a few words and simply got up and found a thin booklet in a drawer in the living room: “This is the basic information booklet for community residents. You can take it back and read it slowly…”

Link accepted: “No. In order to save time, I need your help to supplement the information of these people.”

Rude little guy! Delia couldn’t help but sneered again, but she nodded her head subconsciously: “Okay.”

After half an hour, it was spent in the question and answer between the two.

(Reminder: This book is the United States of Parallel Time and Space, which can probably be understood as the United States of Gotham style. There are many illegal acts, high prices of firearms and weapons, and low incomes are normal)

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(Mo Yue, starred by book friend Cang Moyue Friendship)

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