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    Safe Zone
    Safe Zone
    Safe Zone
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    Safe Zone

    By R. T. Martin

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    No_Idea has actually no idea how he wound up in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. It's not until he meets another player, named N3V3RDIE, that he learns he's been selected to test a virtual reality video game. And if they don't win the game, they'll be stuck inside the virtual world forever. Will No_Idea figure out the gameplay and make it to the game's safe zone in time, or will he end up trapped in a world filled with virtual zombies?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2017
    ISBN9781512467673
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    R. T. Martin

    R. T. Martin lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. When he is not drinking coffee or writing, he is busy thinking about drinking coffee and writing.

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      Book preview

      Safe Zone - R. T. Martin

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      It is the year 2089. Virtual reality games are part of everyday life, and one company—L33T C0RP—is behind the most popular games. Though most people are familiar with L33T C0RP, few know much about what happens behind the scenes of the megacorporation.

      L33T C0RP has developed a new virtual reality game: Level Up. It contains more than one thousand unique virtual realities for gamers to play. But the company needs testers to smooth out glitches. Teenagers from around the country are chosen for this task and, suddenly, they find themselves in the middle of a video game. The company gives them a warning—win the game, or be trapped within it. Forever.

      Chapter 1

      Wake up!

      He opened his eyes, looking straight up at the sky. Pitch black clouds that looked more like smoke covered most of his field of vision, and the areas of sky that peeked through the black were blood red. It wasn’t the sky he was used to.

      Get up—now! It was a female voice giving the commands. He was lying on his back and hoisted himself up with incredible ease. It strangely took no effort at all.

      He looked around and saw that he was up high—way off the ground. He was standing on concrete and gravel at the top of a building, debris scattered all over. Looking down at the other buildings, he realized this wasn’t the world he was used to. Everything here was wrong. It all seemed broken. There were no lights in any of the windows—almost all of which were broken. Many of the neighboring buildings had huge holes in them or chunks missing and looked as though they might collapse at any minute.

      He started to panic, his mind racing. Where am I? he thought. What’s going on? How did I get here? He breathed quickly and spun in circles, not sure which way to go or what to do. I have to get out of here.

      Someone grabbed him by the shoulders, forcing him to stand still.

      Get it together! It was the female voice that had woken him up. Calm down!

      What’s going on? Where am I? What happened? Who are—

      Stop babbling, and calm down, the girl cut him off. It’s just a game, and it’s about to start, so shut up!

      She let go of him and sat down on a nearby chunk of concrete. Just relax.

      A game?

      Yeah, she said. A video game. This is just a virtual reality, so you can go ahead and stop freaking out. She gestured out toward the ruined city. The game takes place during a zombie apocalypse. It’s not real. The girl wore jeans and a black t-shirt and sneakers. He looked down and found he was wearing the exact same thing.

      He was about to ask another question when he heard a new voice: Welcome, gamers.

      A man stood nearby, wearing sunglasses with a white suit and tie. He smiled at them. "Both of you have been selected by the L33T Corporation to test Safe Zone, one of the many virtual worlds of our upcoming new game, he said, gesturing to the broken city around them. We here at L33T C0RP are very excited about it. You will be the first two players Safe Zone has ever had. I am the Game Runner. I’ll give you your objective in just a moment, but first thing’s first: you’ll each need to select a gamertag. Go ahead and enter that now."

      At that, a glowing blue keyboard appeared in front of each player. The girl started typing right away, finishing before he had even started. She looked at him impatiently, so he typed the first thing that came to mind: No_Idea.

      Thank you. As the Game Runner said this, the name No_Idea appeared in the top left of his field of vision. The name N3V3RDIE appeared in the top right, which he figured must have been the name the girl selected.

      Your goal in this game is simple, the Game Runner explained. Get to the safe zone. A glowing green beam shot up out of the ruined city. It was hard to tell, but the beam looked like it was a mile or two away. "There are four levels to this game: The Skyscraper, The Streets, The Stadium, and The Swarm. You two are the only living people you will

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