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Chapter 749 Old Zhou
Lao Zhou's "occupation" is exactly the same as his code name - "Prisoner".
He was initially curious about why he awakened this "profession". According to Lao Zhou, he should have been more likely to awaken "professions" such as "athlete" and "thug".
After all, he had never been to jail.
Of course... Lao Zhou didn't think it was completely unreasonable.
Before joining the "Death Game", Lao Zhou worked as a security guard in a nightclub - he lived a life of staying out at night and sleeping during the day.
Although Lao Zhou was not sure whether he had committed any crime, he knew that what he did was indeed in a gray area.
The opportunity for me to join this game was nothing special. I was just going home from a night shift one day and was hit to death by falling steel bars when passing by a construction site.
But...it was precisely because of this that Lao Zhou realized that he was the kind of person who didn't want to die.
It was for this reason that after he passed the [Novice Copy], he felt that his current life was a complete waste of his life.
After all, the profession of "prisoner" may reveal his subconscious expectation of his current job - if he continues like this, he will just end up in jail one day.
After all, imprisonment and detention are commonplace in his social circle and workplace.
So, Lao Zhou quit his job, said goodbye to his drinking buddies, and started teaching himself programming.
Although he quit his job, Lao Zhou didn't know what he really wanted to do - he could only do what he was best at.
He found a new decent job and started working at a gaming company.
He works hard at work, and after get off work he does fitness and boxing day after day, waiting for the next [copy] to open.
If you meet someone strong enough in the [copy], you can have a fight with him to release the accumulated stress from work.
until……
Shortly after reaching the Second Level in his eighteenth [copy], he encountered a girl in a black dress who had a great interest in corpses.
After fighting with the opponent, the opponent was amazed at his strength and started chatting with him in the dangerous survival copy.
"You're quite interesting. You're so strong, but you're so muddleheaded and aimless."
"But you're so confused... yet you chose to join this 'death game' and survive for so long. It's really strange."
"But I also happen to be a weirdo, and I joined a group where weirdos gather together for warmth...would you like to join me?"
After a brief thought, Lao Zhou agreed for some unknown reason.
Perhaps the word "freedom" was too attractive to him.
He had to admit... the 'Freedom Alliance' was indeed an interesting organization.
Although his life didn't seem to have changed much when he was with that bunch of weirdos, those little episodes from time to time were enough to make him feel that life seemed very interesting.
Although these guys definitely can't be called "good people", some of them like to go to the funeral home to collect corpses, some like to challenge their limits without caring about the lives of others, and some will beat up people if they see bad cooking skills or waste of food...
They were even expelled and wanted by the semi-official organization "Order" in the "Death Game" player circle.
But Lao Zhou just felt that these people were better than the guys he had met before who were sent to jail for bad things like fighting, drunk driving, gambling, etc.
There's no basis for this, it's purely subjective.
In this way, he continued to live his life and participated in the activities of the "Freedom League".
In this state, Lao Zhou completed the prerequisite tasks for the "third level" and received the task instructions on how to obtain the "exclusive props".
And that [exclusive item] is called... [The Road to Redemption and Freedom].
The moment he saw the name of [Exclusive Props], Lao Zhou had a vague understanding.
“Perhaps, ‘prisoner’ refers to the fact that deep down inside, I have always felt trapped.”
Although he works out every day and works as a thug in nightclubs, he does not consider himself a "sportsman" or a "thug".
Therefore, although he joined a respectable company and got a respectable job, he did not feel that he had "escaped from trouble".
Deep down, his life is a prison.
Even if he makes a change, it doesn't mean he's no longer "wasting his life."
Before he joined the "Death Game", he had actually longed for change.
Death and this game gave him his first chance to think and make up his mind.
After joining the "Freedom Alliance" and watching his fellow comrades acting recklessly, he unknowingly had a second chance to make up his mind.
This time, he did not resign. Instead, he chose to wear a hood, sneak into the company boss's home, beat him up, kidnapped him, and robbed him of all his money - although this company was ostensibly engaged in web games, it was actually helping people launder money behind the scenes.
After taking away the black money, Lao Zhou fled to another city.
While escaping that night, he smashed the lock of a shared bike and rode it away from his city.
That night, the evening breeze was howling as Lao Zhou was riding his bicycle and making a voice call in the group chat of the "Free Alliance". At first, he just said that he had quit his job, but he became more and more excited as he spoke. He couldn't help but share what he had done tonight.
Lao Zhou forgot what everyone said, but he remembered... From that moment on, he knew why he was alive.
Whether you are a gangster in a nightclub, or a respectable worker in a big company... or a civil servant, teacher, or doctor, a rich man or a high-ranking official, or a great scientist or artist - no matter who you "become", it can be said that you have not "wasted your life".
Only by doing what you want to do can you truly not waste your life.
Lao Zhou understood that night that the freedom he had always longed for was this very moment - the moment when he could become stronger and stronger, and then use his accumulated strength to defeat all powerful enemies and ignore all rules!
The Ten Realms are so vast, he wants to learn more skills that can enhance his own strength until he becomes stronger!
Most players feel that the Death Game is a dilemma and a curse. Even though it gives them a chance to live again, few people are grateful for this game.
Only Lao Zhou understood from the bottom of his heart that this game was his [road to redemption and freedom].
He held the rusty key and turned it slightly, as if to unlock the shackles of fate that did not exist.
The next moment, his injuries healed quickly and lightning surged on his body.
From this moment on, Lao Zhou can use all his [props] at will, without being subject to any "side effects" or "restrictions".
This is the function of [Road to Redemption and Freedom] - [Within ten minutes, the cooldown time and restrictions of all other items held by the owner will be canceled]!
The [Xuan Lei Demon-Suppressing Cross Crutches] and the [Thunder Totem Woodcarving] were all pushed to the limit. The power of thunder and lightning continued to accumulate, and was then completely absorbed by the "Tian Gu Battle Method" and transformed into his own power.
He steadied himself in this violent wind, and then...
"Shh!"
He turned into a flash of lightning and rushed out of the storm.
"Old man, you didn't expect that—"
"I am back again!"