The Game Warrior

Dugu Hong used to have a happy family, even if he didn’t think so .

His parents worked at big companies and earned nice salaries . They had a house, a flying car, and a robot, they were doing well .

But everything changed a year ago .

Dugu remembers that day, it was his parents’ 16th anniversary and his 15-year-old birthday .

His parents took the day off and drove to the place they first met . They met from a near-accident in the air .

That day was also when the high-speed air traffic system went into effect .

He waited until midnight and his parents still didn’t come back .

His parents met from an accident that didn’t happen and died together in an accident that did happen . It was irony, thought Dugu when he got the news .

The accident report said both people drank before the accident and were primarily responsible .

No insurance, no compensation, what savings they had didn’t last after paying the fines .

They only drank a glass of wine before leaving and a small glass at that .

What was even more ironic . . . When the high-speed air traffic system was used, it would supposedly prevent all accidents, drinking and driving, and speeding . . .

The three men in front of him used to be Dugu’s school friends, and that was before the accident .

After the accident, things didn’t change at first, it wasn’t until after a while that Dugu could feel they were being distant .

What made everything change was when Dugu got his hands on the Index of the Duan Family while playing the game .

It was the key to learning the Yi Yang Finger .

After that night, when those men took off with the book, Dugu got stuck inside the game “Jiang Hu . ” And in reality, the three of them constantly bullied Dugu too .

Dugu didn’t understand why they acted that way and what made them change . Was it because they looked down on him? Or that they hated him? Or that they had a lot of repressed emotions?

“How have you been?” The leader of the three men, Zhang Yang, asked .

“Did you try going into ‘Jiang Hu’ again? Maybe you aren’t stuck anymore?” Snorted Lei Zhuang, who had the most obnoxious laugh .

“Well, everyone has bad luck sometimes, but you can’t give up . In a game, you can always delete your account and start again, in real life though, are you gonna kill yourself?” Said Lei Yuxuan . He had the kindest-looking face but the most vicious words .

Dugu backed up a step . The three of them were obviously here to start trouble . There was no one else on the school bus except for them and a girl in glasses .

The fact that the school bus even ran anymore actually was relevant, as long as the bus ran, even if no one was on it, the school got a sizable chunk of government funding .

Most families who made a decent living wouldn’t have their kids ride this ancient vehicle .

“When you have time, you should play Jiang Hu again . Come to Dali in Yunnan Province, we’ll take care of you . Did you know our last names are all Duan now?” Said Zhang .

The Duan family of Dali were known for their Yi Yang Finger martial arts . They had a secret mantra which only passed on in the family, and only to the men .

They were in the Duan family now?

They were here to show off .

Dugu understood .

“I don’t know who said this, but we in Dali are the proper sort of clan, we don’t use down-low methods . I think he’s the one with a problem, hah hah . ” Said Lei, followed by loud laughter from all three men .

Dugu’s face changed, he got a bad feeling .

“I don’t know who said this, but we in Dali are the proper sort of clan, we don’t use down-low methods . I think he’s the one with a problem, hah hah . ” Said Lei, followed by loud laughter from all three men .

Dugu’s face changed, he got a bad feeling .

“Hey, we’re gonna make our own little group too, we have the guardians, but we do need a lackey --”

“Enough!” A crisp voice interrupted the three men’s lewd laughter . It came from Lin Ling .

Lin Ling was tall and slim, wore a ponytail and had a healthy-looking tan . She liked to stick up for the little guys, while she was not the prettiest in school, she was definitely popular with everyone .

Dugu thought he was special to her once upon a time .

But she’s with Zhang Yang now .

Everything she said just made him feel worse .

“Stop it . You guys know he’s sick, why are you bothering him? Even if you insulted him, he won’t feel a thing . You’re so immature . ”

Sick?

Yes, Dugu is sick .

Yes, Dugu is sick .

A condition called logical autism .

This was a rare condition that was hard to diagnose .

People with this condition seemed free of the usual signs of autism, they could communicate with others and show emotion without an issue .

But what controlled how they acted and felt was their logical thinking and not their hormones .

In other words, if their brain felt like they needed to cry, they’d cry, and if their brain felt like they needed to laugh, they’d laugh; it was like acting for them and not instinct .

They didn’t care about anything in the outside world, which they saw in a detached way . They liked to stay inside their own world, camouflage themselves with a shell of logic, and stop others from seeing their oddness .

This type of autism came from some kind of trauma after birth, and only after their logic and judgement met their camouflage needs .

“How . . . how did you know?” Dugu’s face turned very pale .