The time came to the next day, at twelve midnight.
Gu Mo woke up with a contemplative expression on his face, standing by the window and looking at the city night view outside. His eyes appeared very complex.
The street not far from the apartment complex was a night market, and this time was when it was most bustling and prosperous. The steam rising from the food stalls, the shouts of the vendors, and the bustling noise of the people coming and going, all accompanied by the aroma, drifted over here.
Going out at night in China is very dangerous because it's very easy to gain weight.
However, at this moment, Gu Mo didn't have a single thought about that. Instead, he raised his eyebrows slightly and stared intently at the pedestrians on the street opposite. The scene in his eyes was just too magical. After waking up this time, the world in his eyes underwent a dramatic transformation.
——A complete subversion of worldview.
To put it simply, when Gu Mo's gaze swept across that night market street, as his line of sight passed over each pedestrian on the opposite street, strange things would quietly appear above each person's head.
There were some symbols, followed by an image of a red bar, with a percentage value dotted in the middle of the red bar.
"??? (91%)."
"??? (99%)."
"??? (86%)."
"??? (89%)."
......
That's about it.
On such a lively night market street, at a glance, the dense red bars and symbols almost overlapped. Even if the distance was a bit far, those symbols and images always appeared with a magnification effect just right in his field of vision, allowing him to see the specific details clearly, recognizing each symbol and its corresponding value.
So, in other words——
This looked just like a scene that would appear in a game, Gu Mo thought, looking at those people and the "IDs" and "health bars" above their heads... Was it because he didn't know their names, so the "ID" appeared as question marks?
Speaking of which, when he came back yesterday, did the taxi driver have the same thing above his head? Just that the other person was moving too fast, it flashed by, and he didn't see it clearly.
Wait! This is off the charts!
"Hmm, there must be something wrong with my way of opening it."
Muttering to himself, Gu Mo attempted to convince himself while reaching out to rub his eyes. He felt the situation was getting more odd by the minute. After seeing doctors for a week, not only hadn't his problems been resolved effectively, but they were getting more numerous?
Auditory hallucinations were unsolved, and now there were visual hallucinations?
Is this a sign that my account on Earth OL is about to be deleted?
His mind in a mess, he stepped away from the window, subconsciously returning to the bedside and sat down, his eyes glancing over the computer desk nearby.
In Gu Mo's field of vision, prompts similar to in-game information boxes began to emerge one after another, flickering with a faint glow. The effects weren't blinding but suitably enhanced their presence, drawing his attention.
"Press F key to open."—This was the prompt appearing on the computer desk drawer handle.
"Press F key to pick up."—This was the information appearing on the pen placed on the desk.
"Press F key to use."—This was displayed on both the computer and the notebook on the desk.
Just at a glance, in such a small table-sized space, his field of vision was already filled with seven or eight prompts flashing with a faint glow.
Isn't this a bit too far-fetched? And where the heck is the F key!
Gu Mo had a complex expression on his face, he withdrew his gaze and started thinking seriously. He thought that staying up all night the other day a week ago had really harmed his body, leading to these results. It must be a symptom of being too addicted to games... although this guess was truly unreliable, it was currently the only two related matters he could think of.
It's not as if he had no other illusions, but in reality, people who tend to fantasize are often the ones who understand what "reality" is——
This world is neither gentle nor correct, miracles and magic do not exist.
How many people, when faced with a similar problem, first really think they're a child of destiny, instead of worrying that there's something wrong with their body or that their spirit is having issues? Of course, the more important point is, Gu Mo currently only saw problematic things.
As for anything further, like a golden finger or something, he neither saw nor did it appear, not to mention he didn't even have an F key, nor did any "system" pop out... Naturally, he had the presence of mind to think that the possibility of there being something wrong with his brain was increasingly likely.
"Forget it, let's go eat something first..."
The aroma of food from outside drifted in with the night wind. Even with a belly of worries, Gu Mo was ultimately lured by it, feeling a pang of hunger creeping in, with his empty stomach protesting timely.
This couldn't be helped, after all, his diet had been quite irregular lately, as he could only be active for eight hours a day, spending the next sixteen hours in sleep.
For this reason, once he awoke, he often felt especially hungry. Thus, over the past week, the street across from him had gained a gluttonous night-time visitor coming punctually at midnight looking for food, eating from one end of the street to the other... Though understandable, after all, one meal for an entire day.