In a lifeti, people go through many situations that can make them a little depressed or cause an existential crisis, like when you start to think about what to do in the future, what career to pursue, or how to eat that delicious looking desert you saw on tv with no money to buy it.
Ye Yan just graduated from a famous university in City B, China, and doesn't know what to do with his life. He was undecided on what job to choose and ended up without looking for one. Now, he is unemployed with no perspective of what to do in his life. In the past, his parents wanted him to beco a company administrator like his mother, so he attended business classes when he didn't like it, but he just went with the flow because he didn't have anything he wanted to do.
His mother was a valiant and hotheaded person that spanked Ye Yan every ti he made mischief, which resulted in him being afraid of her and believing that won are very dangerous creatures that you can't ss with or the consequences couldn't be imagined. Most importantly, won with Prenstrual syndro (PMS) must be avoided at all costs. Ye Yan's father was the opposite of his mother and the only person that could calm her down. He always had a zen attitude, never get angry, and could be an excellent shield for Ye Yan when his mother was in one of her monts.
His parents had always been the people closest to him and those he admires the most too. When they died two years ago, it was difficult for him to accept and made him feel lost and without a goal. He finished his studies because once he starts sothing, he will see it to the end, liking it or not, but he didn't know what to do later.
[What do I do with my life? I don't have a job, a house, or a girlfriend, only so money left by my parents, a college certificate, and my freaking virginity! I'm almost a loser! The only thing I like to do is gaming and fighting. I need so kind of sign to enlighten about what to do with my life.] Ye Yan thought to himself while laying down on the couch, covering his face with his arms. While Ye Yan was having an internal debate about his options, he heard Tang Yunfan's voice and at the sa ti, a pillow hit him in his stomach.
"Get up! Or do you intend to stay on the couch all day long?"
"Why do you are being so noisy?" Ye Yan said while sitting with a not-so-good temper.
"I had an idea that can solve our money problems. We can beco professional players in Second Life! Great idea, right?" Tang Yunfan said with an "I'm the best" kind of face. "My brother told that the ga will have many opportunities to make money because of the number of companies that will be joining the ga. What do you think? Why don't you stop moping around in the house and co play with ?" His friend is always trying to find ways to earn money from gas. Coming from a poor background, he is very concerned about his finances and started to plays gas with the intent of earn money to help pay his bills. There was a ti when he played as a priest and started to sell heals and warp portals for the ga currency that he later exchanged for money.
Ye Yan shares an apartnt with three friends that he knows since high school, Qian Zong, Tang Yunfan, and Hu Ling. After graduating from high school, they started sharing an apartnt because they study or work nearby. Everyone, but Tang Yunfan, started their university studies in the sa college while he works as a freelancer, accepting any kind of job that he could get. Tang Yunfun is the older among the four, with tall stature, oval-shaped face, military hairstyle, and muscles all over his body, which he acquired through hard labor.
When Ye Yan heard what his friend said, it was like the sky opened, and he heard the angels singing.
"The signal". Ye Yan took it as a sign that he should try it, because playing gas is sothing that he likes to do, and if he could use it to make a living, even better. It is the sign he was waiting for, not an excuse to play gas, but a real sign. Ye Yan's serious face blood with smiles as he thought that he finally found his path.
"Are you crazy? You forgot your pills?" Tang Yunfan said while rolling his eyes. His friend's reaction makes him contemplate the idea of taking him to a detoxification clinic for help because his current behavior is too abnormal.
"Never mind that. Just tell more." Ye Yan readily changes the subject because there's no way he would explain his thoughts to his friend.
"Second Life will be like a completely new world, where people can extend their lives. You see, they advertise that one real-life hour equals two hours in the ga, so it can extend the lifeti in a way. Many people are already thinking about the ga as a second chance for them to remake their lives!"Tang Yunfan becos very excited while speaking.
"You said sothing about companies joining the ga, but what do you an exactly by this? I know that Second Life will be the first VRMMORPG[1] that ever existed and can bring many monetary opportunities to people, but to have so many companies joining the ga are a little too much, right?"
"My brother told that, and I don't know the specifics, but I think they are trying to enslave people even more with more work hours in-ga. They are even financing the ga helts to their employers."
"Humm. If we can make a living only by fighting in a ga, we really lucked out. Fighting and making money while gaming, it would be heaven." He always can speak freely with his best friends, unlike what happened when he needs to speak with others. Ye Yan is a handso young man with a diamond-shaped face, short hair, and a side fringe hairstyle. He is a typical nerd, studious, shy, and lacks so social skills but he is good at fighting and always portrays a serious and confident look.
"With you all brawn and no brain personality, it will suit you really well." Ye Yan teased his friend.
"Fuck! I will kick your ass pretty good in the ga that you will regret even have been born."
"Haha. You say this because you can't hit in real life, even being strong as an ox as you are." Ye Yan started to laugh, happier than he had been in a long ti.
"Fuck!"
"You know if you continue to curse like that, maybe in the ga will start to appear the phrase 'I will wash your mouth out with soup'." In one of the gas they played before, the system always notified the players that were swearing with this kind of ssage, making them starting to type them with abbreviations.
"Yeah, I rember that."
"I think we will beco companions, my friend. I'm joining Second Life as a professional player with you". When Ye Yan said it, he would never imagine that this decision would change his life forever.
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[1] Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Ga
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