Chapter 178: The World After Death

Gus staggered home.

He was exhausted, working 10 hours a day, which was simply exploitation.

The key was that this was a federal regulation. Because of the quark robots, the physical fitness of every citizen of the Federation was terrifying. Not to mention 10 hours of work, even 50 hours of continuous work was not a problem.

But the most critical thing was that, in fact, almost 99% of the physical labour in the Federation was now done by robots, and all citizens worked with their brains.

The body was not tired, but the heart was.

Gus had been thinking since very early on about what the meaning of his life was.

Despite the fact that the Federation was so large, and the starry sky was so beautiful, he might spend his whole life trapped in this star city, just like his parents.

In fact, the star city was already big enough, with billions of citizens living there.

He hadn't even left a district of the star city, no, he could even say that he had lived in a street in a district of the star city for the first 30 years of his life.

He often felt lost, would he always go on like this?

He still had decades of life ahead of him, would he always go on like this?

He was very unhappy.

But he couldn't change it, those things were beyond his knowledge, he was afraid, he didn't know what he would get or lose after the change.

He turned on the virtual TV to liven up the quiet room.

It was a news channel, entertainment videos were usually integrated into some video platforms, not this kind of formal TV station.

"In the T12 star city of the Loris Heng star system, a series of murders occurred in the Wuyang District, 29th Street. The serial killer usually disguised himself as a delivery robot to commit the crime. Please be careful if you live nearby."

"In recent years, the increasing mental pressure in the Federation has led many individuals to go to extremes..."

The TV was playing, but Gus didn't listen, he started preparing his dinner.

In fact, there were already many machines on the market that could automatically make delicious food, and you could even buy some human-shaped robots, whose bodies were more flexible and compact, and could do many things.

But Gus didn't like that, in his opinion, those foods were soulless.

Only food made by living beings had a unique taste.

He started making his favourite Rodingbury, a sweet liquid food that was popular in the Federation, but because of the individual differences between the various races, the same food might taste sour, bitter, or salty to some races, so this popularity was actually different for different races.

"dilili~"

The personalised doorbell suddenly rang.

Gus was a little confused: "Who's coming at this time?"

He walked over and asked through the door: "Who is it?"

A mechanical voice came from outside: "Gus, your mother has sent you a parcel, please sign for it."

Gus opened the door without hesitation.

Outside was a Kate, most of the robots in the Federation were human-shaped, and this Kate robot was quite rare.

It sent over a certification document, which was equivalent to a signature, proving that this parcel was signed for by him.

He reached out to take the parcel from the other person's hand, but at that moment, the other person's tentacles penetrated the parcel and directly through his body. As a Lelerala, a cold-blooded creature, he felt his body getting hot for the first time.

A terrifying heat spread through his body, his body swelled, and then, in less than 2 seconds, he exploded.

His body was torn into countless pieces and scattered around, but because of the quark robots, Gus could still think through his un-exploded nervous system.

"Is he dead?"

"Is he really dead?"

The Federation's technology should have been able to keep him alive, but he knew that such a killer would not make such a low-level mistake, just by interfering with the electronic signal of the quark robot, it would be enough to prevent these quark robots from maintaining the activity of his brain cells.

Sure enough, his thinking ability was declining.

He was really dead.

Darkness completely enveloped him, and Gus's ordinary life stopped at the young age of not yet 40.

...

"Hey, wake up."

Feeling his body being kicked, Gus slowly woke up.

He looked around, a little confused.

"Am I not dead?"

"Is there really a hell after death?"

A Lightwing on the side said: "I don't know if there's a hell, but we're definitely not in hell."

"???"

Gus didn't know what he meant.

On the other side, a human woman said: "Indeed, this place is too real, it's not a virtual world, it's in some strange space."

"We can even feel pain, it's incredible."

The Luo Yin who had just kicked Gus said: "I'm more inclined to think it's a virtual world, after all, we can see our attributes, which is no different from a virtual game."

"But it's a bit strange, you should all be dead, like me, so why are we here?"

"If the Federation gives citizens the opportunity to have a new identity in a virtual world after death, then why have we never heard of it before?"

There were a total of 12 individuals here, and from their conversation, Gus pieced together some of the situation.

At this point, he also noticed a small dot in his field of vision, and after clicking on the small dot as if controlling a virtual screen, a panel popped up.

It showed some of his information.

[Name]: Gus Wolwolade

[Race]: Lelerala

[Level]: 1 (Work hard to survive, weak ant)

[Strength]: 1 (After all, it's from a race that's not at all advantageous in size, you should feel inferior for your race)

[Agility]: 3 (You should be lucky, your small body makes you faster than most living things, and your decorative wings can help you run faster when you're in danger)

[Constitution]: 0.5 (There's no doubt that a dog could bite you to death)

[Spirit]: 3 (Thank the times you live in, it's constantly training your walnut-sized nerve cluster)

[Luck]: 7 (This means you get a 7% bonus when you do things, so feel lucky)

[Talent]: Workaholic (When you're serious about something, you get a 50-point luck bonus)

[Skills]: None (What are you expecting? What skills can a corporate slave have?)

[Items]: None (If you want to survive, you have to work hard to get everything you can)

[Basic Points]: 0 (Each upgrade or item can give you basic points, which can increase your basic five dimensions)

[Ability Coins]: 0 (You will receive ability coins every time you complete a task, this will be your currency in the future, you can use it to exchange for anything)

It's exactly like a game.

And it's a pretty bad one.

At this moment, a voice appeared in the minds of all the individuals in the space.

"This is a crimson wasteland, a place of nightmares, no life dares to sleep in the night, they will surely be dragged to death by the nightmares, Angil hasn't slept for a long time, he needs to protect his village, but he can't hold on much longer, he needs partners to help him hold off the nightmares for one night, to protect the villagers' beautiful sleep..."

As the voice spoke, the scenery around them changed, and when they came to their senses, they were standing on a crimson land.

In front of them, a panel appeared with a task written on it.

[Main Task]: Help Angil guard the village, hold on for 12 hours, no villagers are allowed to be killed by nightmares, if the task is completed, you will receive a reward of 100 ability coins, if the task fails: collective annihilation!

[Side Task]: Kill the nightmare, receive a reward of 50 ability coins for each nightmare killed, no limit, no punishment for task failure.

[Side Task]: Explore the source of the nightmare and solve it, you may receive an unexpected reward, no punishment for task failure.

Gus came to his senses.

He was very familiar with this place, it was just like a movie, the movie was called "Nightmare", and the main character's name was Angil.

Could this be the world of the movie?

Incredible.

He looked around, all the other individuals were very confused, after all, the Federation was so big, and there was so much entertainment, not all citizens would watch the same movie.

"This is a movie world, I know some information, you can follow me." Gus said.

Unexpectedly, the others immediately started asking him questions, as if they had found a backbone.

This feeling of being watched was great.

Gus was immersed in it.

Perhaps this was his chance to get out of that boring world.

[Everyone can add a group to exchange knowledge about technology and fantasy]