Raising a Girlfriend Starting from a Dream Game - Chapter 8

At half past ten in the evening, Ling Xiao lay down early on his bed.

  Today was the final day of the Dream Simulation cooldown period.

  He could now activate the second dream scenario.

  This time’s Dream Simulation scenario was “Apocalypse Crisis.”

  Prior to this, Ling Xiao had read some novels and watched movies about apocalyptic scenarios.

  How to survive, how to find resources, and so on.

  As the saying goes, never fight a battle unprepared.

  To complete the mission, he had to prepare in advance.

  Slowly, Ling Xiao drifted into sleep.

  Before long, he heard a voice.

  [About to begin Dream Simulation Life. This session’s theme scenario is “Apocalypse Crisis.” The simulation duration is 100 days. Wishing you a wonderful experience in the dreamscape.]

  [Mission: Successfully survive 100 days in the dreamscape to extend your lifespan by the corresponding time.]

  Even in his sleep, Ling Xiao felt somewhat surprised.

  Duration: 100 days.

  That meant during the time he slept, he would experience over three months in the dreamscape!

  Could he really endure such a long apocalyptic scenario?

  Thinking this, Ling Xiao abruptly opened his eyes.

  Was it already daylight?!

  He sat up, looking around.

  The familiar ceiling, the same room arrangement.

  “Did… did entering the simulation fail?”

  “No!”

  Ling Xiao knew this should be the apocalyptic scenario simulation.

  So he put on his clothes, brushed his teeth, washed his face, and then walked out of the room.

  Exiting the door, he arrived at the apartment building’s ground floor.

  The usually lively apartment common area was completely empty, without a single person in sight.

  With the experience from his first Dream Simulation, Ling Xiao had calmed down considerably.

  He walked out of the apartment building and onto the road.

  After walking for about five minutes without seeing a single person, he confirmed that he had truly entered the dream game.

  This dream theme was “Apocalypse Crisis.”

  What should you do when you’re the only person left in the world?

  Ling Xiao was quite interested in this type of dream simulation.

  After all, right now he was the only one here.

  No.

  There was another person.

  Last night, he had already added Yang Linlin to complete the “Apocalypse Crisis” scenario simulation together.

  Thinking of this, Ling Xiao guessed that Yang Linlin might be in her university dormitory.

  So he immediately rode his electric scooter toward his university.

  Along the way, the roads were piled with cars, the silence feeling terrifyingly eerie.

  Finally arriving at the university town, Ling Xiao went to the girls’ dormitory building according to the geographical location and began shouting: “Is anyone there?!”

  “Hey!!”

  “If there’s anyone, come out!”

  Ling Xiao kept shouting along the way, partly to let Yang Linlin hear him, and partly to confirm whether there were only the two of them.

  In the previous “War Game” dream, although they couldn’t see other people, they still felt enemies were everywhere.

  So if there were one or two extra NPCs in this dream scenario, that would be different.

  But after shouting for a full half hour, his throat became hoarse from shouting near the girls’ dormitory.

  There was still no movement whatsoever.

  The campus seemed to have been put on pause.

  There were no sounds, except for the rustling of leaves in the gentle breeze.

  Thinking of this, Ling Xiao made a decision.

  He walked straight into the girls’ dormitory compound.

  Looking at the completely empty girls’ dormitory compound, Ling Xiao felt somewhat emotional.

  He didn’t know which girls’ dormitory building Yang Linlin might be in. So he shouted on every floor as he went up: “Is anyone there? Hey!!”

  After searching four girls’ dormitories and checking almost every floor, Ling Xiao still couldn’t find Yang Linlin.

  Grumble grumble

  Ling Xiao’s stomach was starting to feel hungry.

  Keep in mind, from this morning until now, he hadn’t even eaten breakfast and had been searching continuously.

  “Better go find something to eat first.”

  Ling Xiao descended the dormitory building and came to the convenience store across from the dorms.

  Due to the power outage, the ice cream in the freezer had already melted.

  He unwrapped a Snickers bar and began eating.

  It was currently summer, and high-energy foods like chocolate that melt easily couldn’t be preserved for long.

  So Ling Xiao needed to finish these quickly.

  After eating and drinking his fill, he continued searching for traces of Yang Linlin.

  Ling Xiao found a car key, got on an electric scooter, and kept circling around the campus.

  But even after searching for half a day, he still hadn’t seen anyone.

  “Could she not be on campus? Does she live off-campus?”

  Ling Xiao even wondered if she might have rented an apartment outside the school.

  Thinking this, he rode the electric scooter out of the school.

  Outside the school, the same result.

  Vehicles were motionless on the road.

  The people inside had long disappeared.

  The roadside stalls still had sushi prepared for this morning’s sale.

  Ling Xiao rode around the university district.

  Although he was initially curious about everything around him, when he saw the empty roads, the quiet shops on both sides, and the vast city with only one person, he couldn’t help but feel creeped out.

  Humans are social animals.

  Not talking or communicating for a day or two might be tolerable.

  But if it continued like this, one would eventually go crazy.

  This strengthened Ling Xiao’s determination to quickly find Yang Linlin.

  What if Yang Linlin thought she was the only person left in the world and committed suicide? Then wouldn’t he have to experience this 100-day dream journey alone?

  Thinking this, Ling Xiao unconsciously sped up.

  But by the end of the day, he had no success.

  After circling the entire university district, he still hadn’t found any trace of Yang Linlin.

  At this point, Ling Xiao couldn’t worry too much about it.

  After all, he still had to experience this dream world for three whole months.

  He couldn’t abandon his own plans just to search for a companion.

  His plan was simple.

  First step: stockpile food!

  Eating and drinking were always the primary survival issues.

  Tap water definitely couldn’t be boiled and drunk now – who knows if it’s even properly filtered.

  But the bottled water in this city should be enough to last him half a year.

  After all, bottled water has a shelf life of one to two years.

  Next was food.

  Meat products needed to be frozen.

  Otherwise, they would all spoil within a day or two.

  So he first selected a suitable large supermarket.

  The supermarket had almost all necessary daily supplies.

  He moved all the bottled water he could carry from nearby stores into the supermarket, placing them in the same area.

  Then, he found the supermarket’s freezer room, which contained various meats.

  He also found a diesel generator in the tool room.

  As a science major, Ling Xiao naturally knew how to use a diesel generator.

  After tinkering for half an hour, the freezer room was operational.

  Then, he moved all the meat from nearby supermarkets into the freezer room. The food supply for the next three months was basically secured.

  After completing these tasks, Ling Xiao settled into the residential unit on the third floor of the supermarket.

  Once everything was done, he poured water from the water dispenser into the bathtub and took a comfortable bath.

  However, while bathing, Ling Xiao couldn’t stop thinking about another gaming companion.

  He recalled her helpless expression during that War Game dreamscape.

  Perhaps driven by lingering guilt from last time, Ling Xiao wanted to protect Yang Linlin as much as possible in this Dream Simulation.

  “I still need to wake up early tomorrow and find her as soon as possible.”