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Thinking about this made him feel a bit better, so he just sighed and said, "What would you like for breakfast, kid? Dad will make it for you."

"Ok?"

The eldest son seemed to pause for a moment on the sofa, then turned around and gave his father a strange look.

"how?"

"nothing."

"So what will you eat?"

"Let's eat Gustavo's pizza."

Pizza for breakfast?

"Anything else is fine, it doesn't matter, we're just getting by anyway." The eldest son didn't seem to care about what he ate, he was just focused on playing games.

"Don't you ever get tired of this game?"

The man eventually decided to call Gustavo's pizzeria and have them deliver pizza, then sit on the sofa and watch his son play Cyberpunk 2077.

"Hmm, it's quite interesting. If I could, I'd really like to live in this world."

The man then said with great maturity, "This world is very cruel. The bottom and the top are completely separated. Compared with life now, life now is more like heaven, while that world is more like hell."

The eldest son said impatiently, "At least I do more work here."

"That just means you can do more things in the game."

"That doesn't matter, anyway I think it's better than now."

The man took a deep breath; his rebellious son really did look exactly like Michael from Rogue Five.

Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he said, "Oh right, I just remembered there's a game that was just released, let's play it."

"Grand Theft Auto V? I just played it, it's quite interesting, but I still think Cyberpunk 2077 is more interesting."

The young master wasn't particularly concerned about Grand Theft Auto V.

"Dad, I want to play games! I want to play games!"

The younger son suddenly appeared and excitedly ran to the sofa to play games on the game console, but the older son obviously didn't tolerate his younger brother's behavior. He directly gave his brother the middle finger and continued to hog the game console in a rather domineering manner.

"What a bastard!" The father felt a sense of helplessness as he watched the two arguing.

Now he misses the stories in the game even more.

Then the father ignored their argument and went to his study alone.

There he also had a computer there that he usually used for work and entertainment. With the idea of ​​simply not seeing it, or rather, with a bit of an escapist mentality, he went to the study to find some peace and quiet.

He no longer wanted to pay attention to the noise from his two sons in the living room, because he was already tired.

Is this what a midlife crisis is like? It's exactly like Mike in the game.

The man then immersed himself once again in the world of Grand Theft Auto V.

Driven by a desire to escape, he decided to numb himself with video games, hoping that his inner self wouldn't be crushed by this terrible midlife crisis.

Continuing from the previous game's storyline, the main character, Mike, has discovered that his wife is cheating on him with his tennis coach. Enraged, he calls on Franklin, with whom he has just established a good relationship, and heads straight to the tennis coach's house.

The tennis coach's home is a semi-suspended villa.

Even Mike, who had robbed multiple times, couldn't afford this house, which made this midlife crisis-stricken man even angrier and more frustrated.

Similarly, the father and the middle-aged man playing the game also felt a deep sense of resonance.

If his wife were in the same situation, would he do something just as crazy as Mike?

His answer should be no.

He, who always preferred to escape, dared not do anything too outrageous. Even though his family was not harmonious, he dared not go too far to resolve the family crisis.

Men know that most middle-aged men's families are similar to their own, caught in a midlife crisis, yet unable to find a way to resolve their current predicament.

No, perhaps there is a solution: just get through it. Once the children are adults and have their own lives, and you and your wife are living alone again, the world will return to a novel state, and the midlife crisis will gradually disappear.

By then, the two would no longer easily argue over trivial matters, because they knew they were getting old and that arguing would not only harm their health but also waste their increasingly scarce time resources.

It would be much more enjoyable to have a fun party with your wife or go on a trip together.

In the game, Mike, in a fit of rage, destroyed the tennis coach's house and then drove off in a very nonchalant manner.

But then the real owner of the house came knocking on the door.

That house didn't belong to the tennis coach at all; it was the property of a gang leader, who was keeping one of his mistresses there.

The tycoon clearly didn't care whether there was anything going on between his mistress and the tennis coach; he cared more about his house.

Two and a half million dollars—the protagonist, Mike, has a deadline to raise the money, or the gang leader will show Mike just how cruel the tortures in this world can be.

Mike's identity clearly meant he couldn't afford to offend this big shot, so he had no choice but to accept his fate, which added even more comedic elements to Mike's character.

See? Even a volatile maniac like Mike gets overwhelmed by the frustrations of life, let alone himself.

The middle-aged man and father strongly agreed with Mike's reaction and performance.

This is how a normal man would react.

As for becoming a savior or rescuing one's family, that's just wishful thinking.

However, Mike's life was still somewhat enviable to this middle-aged man and father.

At least he still has some options to make.

This time, in order to raise enough money, Mike had no choice but to resort to his old ways again: robbery.

Then he contacted his old friend whom he hadn't seen for many years and asked him to help find people, and then he took Xiao Fu along, and the group of them went to rob a bank together.

Robbing a bank is something you can't do in real life, but you can try it in a game, which gives this middle-aged man a bit of a sense of novelty.

At the same time, each level in Grand Theft Auto V is ingeniously designed. The whole process is just like preparing for a meticulously planned robbery in real life. He even wondered if he could actually rob a bank if he followed the steps in the game.

However, he quickly dismissed the idea. Games and reality are ultimately different. If you treat a game as reality, it's not just about being addicted to the game; it's about confusing reality with illusion. No normal person would do something like that.

Even her youngest son, who is not yet ten years old, cannot do it.

He was quite pleased with this, as his child still possessed at least a basic understanding of social logic and common sense.

While experiencing the plot of planning a robbery, the middle-aged man and father once again felt a long-lost sense of joy.

This also reminded him of his passion for car assembly when he was young.

However, after he grew up and went to a prestigious university, he was destined not to become an unknown car mechanic, so he completely put his hobby aside.

But deep down, he still reserved a place for the joy of car repair, he just never had the chance to show it.

In the end, all the preparations are completed in the game, and the two male protagonists and the hired men prepare to carry out the robbery.

The whole process took almost a whole day, and he didn't even notice the time passing. The game was just the right amount of fun for him, and everything was just right, making him unable to stop playing.

He could only marvel inwardly at how amazing the person who created this game was, having such a perfect grasp of human nature.

He is now completely captivated by the Grand Theft Auto V game.

Even with meticulous planning, various unexpected events can still occur during a robbery.

These are some of the climactic moments in the game. After successfully obtaining the money from the bank, the protagonist leaves behind a catchphrase and then rides away on his motorcycle, escaping the city along the planned route. He eventually shakes off his pursuers, and the group divides the loot among themselves.

Watching the protagonist in the game complete the mission, the middle-aged man and father also felt a strong sense of accomplishment, realizing that he had made a lot of money!

Although some of the money earned wasn't entirely clean, it was still very exciting!

Although it's just a game, the thrill of doing something wrong and escaping punishment lingers for a long time.

He wasn't a game developer; he didn't know the tricks of the trade, let alone how much effort was put into ensuring players felt sufficiently excited and satisfied while playing the level.

If he knew, he would probably be even more amazed that game developers' minds are like those of aliens, with thought processes that are different from ordinary people.

How could a normal person come up with such ingenious methods?

Chapter 1176 How about doing something crazy?

Many players like to experience different lives through unconventional methods.

The same thing happened when Zhu Youxing first came into contact with video games.

In video games, you can play any role you can imagine.

Grand Theft Auto V should be considered to be playing an illegal role.

People always need ways to vent their emotions, and video games are one of the gentlest ones.

You can have fun while playing and forget a lot of unhappy things.

Therefore, Zhu Youxing poured this idea into Grand Theft Auto V, allowing this world to fulfill the players' mission.

This father experienced a breakthrough he had never felt before; he could experience things he had never dared to do before in the game.

At the same time, he is a mentally sound person, and it is impossible for a mere video game to completely shake his values.

In the game, Mike successfully made a fortune, and life seemed to be going in a good direction. No one in the game discovered that they were the ones who committed the robbery, so it was a happy ending for everyone.

But the plot obviously won't develop in such a bland way, otherwise the game would lack motivation.

At this point, the third character appears, a character who looks dirty and somewhat slovenly.

He was living in a campervan in the middle of nowhere, doing something unspeakable with a similarly disheveled woman.

The man immediately recognized who the character in the game was.

Isn't this the only person who escaped during the Beiyang Cotton robbery?

I never expected him to turn out like this. He clearly had so much money; he should have been living a pretty good life. Take Mike, for example; he had a pretty good life.

He felt he didn't quite like the character, was he? Old Cui? Dirty and unkempt, he didn't really like playing that kind of role.

However, the story also requires him to go through this process.

This process made him feel slightly uncomfortable with the game again.

While Lao Cui was doing something indescribable, he suddenly saw an interview on TV.

That was an interview Mike and his group conducted with the security personnel after the robbery.

Then the security guard said something Mike really liked to say.