Entering the Game Again

"Heh heh, someone wouldn't happen to be a little lost, would they?" Lu Yang said suddenly.

Shen Mengyao's face flushed instantly. Being directionally challenged since she was little was the biggest annoyance in her life. She didn't expect someone to expose it. Luckily, they had arrived at the girls' dormitory.

Shen Mengyao quickly walked to the entrance, turned her head, and looked at Lu Yang with a pout. The little beauty was clearly not in a good mood.

"Crybaby, thank you for walking me back to the dorm," Shen Mengyao said, standing at the entrance of the girls' dormitory with a pout.

"..." Lu Yang felt awkward.

"I didn't cry, I really just got something in my eye."

"Mhm~ Mhm~, I know~ I know," Shen Mengyao said, but the expression on her face made it clear she didn't believe him.

"Fine, crybaby it is. My name is Lu Yang, Lu as in mainland, Yang as in sunshine."

"My name is Shen Mengyao. I'm very happy to have met you today. I hope we can meet again. My roommates are still waiting for me, so I can't chat with you any longer. I have to go up," Shen Mengyao said apologetically.

"Go on up," Lu Yang said.

Watching Shen Mengyao's back as she walked into the dormitory, Lu Yang thought happily, "Silly girl, we'll meet again soon, because we're classmates, and soon you'll come and find me."

In reality, the journey from the school gate to the girls' dormitory was only a 5-minute walk, but Lu Yang took Shen Mengyao around half the school. He believed this girl would soon realize it.

In his memories, the fate of the two in his previous life began with asking for directions. He didn't expect it to be the same in this life. Lu Yang couldn't help but clench his fist. He absolutely couldn't leave any regrets in this life.

However, suddenly Liu Jie's sneer appeared in Lu Yang's mind. Thinking that Liu Jie would take everything that belonged to him in 5 years, Lu Yang's heart was filled with a sense of urgency. He had to become stronger to protect everything, and what he could do now was to enter Second World as soon as possible.

Looking at his phone, there were only half an hour left before the game servers opened. He turned around and returned to the game helmet store at the school gate.

Game helmets were divided into three levels: A, B, and C, corresponding to the clarity of the picture. The cheapest C-level was only enough to enjoy 70% of the game screen, but it cost 1000 credit points. Lu Yang didn't have much money, so buying a C-level was enough.

Returning home and locking the door, Lu Yang lay on the bed and put the game helmet on his head. In an instant, the bioelectric waves in the game helmet connected to Lu Yang's brain.

"System detection in progress..."
"First login, brainwave scan, binding in progress... Information recording..."
"Binding bank card..."

After a series of familiar and unfamiliar sounds from his previous life ended, Lu Yang entered a hall emitting golden light.

A huge screen appeared in front of him, and a mechanical voice appeared from the screen.

"Dear player, welcome to Second World. The game helmet has bound your basic information. The game will start in three minutes. Do you want to create an account?"

"Yes."

The screen flashed, and three castles with distinct flags appeared in front of Lu Yang.

"Please choose your race."

There were three major races in Second World. The first was the Human main city, St. Gall City, with a blue and white flag. The second was the Orc main city, the Ruling Fortress, with a blood-colored battle flag. The third was the Elf main city, the Golden City, with a golden flag.

"Human."

Seven distinctive characters appeared on the screen.

"Please select your class: Mage, Warrior, Thief, Hunter, Priest, Warlock, Paladin (Human exclusive)," the mechanical voice asked.

"Mage."

In his previous life, Lu Yang used a Mage and was a Fire Mage specialist. Lu Yang put too much into this class, and he knew all the Fire Mage skills, all the class quests, and all the techniques. He had an almost obsessive enthusiasm for Fire Mages.

"Class selection complete, please name..."

"Lu Yang."

"Do you want to adjust your appearance?"

Players could adjust their appearance in the game, but there was only one chance. Lu Yang thought about it and decided to change it to his appearance from his previous life. Where he fell, Lu Yang would get up from there.

"Appearance modification complete."

"System automatically generating, please wait patiently..."

After 3 seconds, a human Mage character wearing apprentice cloth clothes and holding an apprentice staff appeared on the big screen.

Next to it were the Mage's attributes

Name: Lu Yang
Class: Mage
Level: 0
Stamina: 3
Strength: 1
Intelligence: 10
Agility: 3
Constitution: 4
Health: 64
Mana: 120

Physical Damage: 1-1

Magic Damage: 10

Defense: 3

Physical Crit Chance: 0

Magic Crit Chance: 0.1%

Magic Recovery Speed: 1 point/5 seconds

"Character creation complete. Launch countdown."

"5"

"4"

"3"

"2"

"1"

"The game has started. Would you like to enter the game?"

The mechanical voice asked.

Lu Yang said firmly, "Yes."

The screen changed, and Lu Yang merged with his character, teleported to a gigantic city – St. Gall City.

Familiar scenes from his past life appeared before his eyes once more: the towering, cloud-piercing blue Mage Tower, the solemn golden Cathedral, the warrior training grounds filled with passion and excitement, the cold and austere Assassin's base, and the massive, magnificent King's Castle.

"Wow, it's so beautiful."

"This city is huge."

Many players appeared in the square, praising the beauty of St. Gall City's buildings.

Looking around from the square, four straight streets stretched out as far as the eye could see. Everywhere on the streets were NPCs chatting, trading, and doing things just like ordinary people.

"These characters are so realistic." Some players tried to talk to the NPCs and found that their dialogue patterns were almost indistinguishable from real people. They could answer questions about everything they knew about the Holy City. If there weren't other players around, one might easily think this was reality.

Watching the growing number of players and hearing their constant exclamations, a nostalgic smile appeared on Lu Yang's face.

"It really brings back memories. St. Gall City, I'm really back."

Without lingering on sentiment, Lu Yang ran towards the north side of St. Gall City. He knew all the early newbie quests and monster locations, but he didn't plan on doing them.

To be reborn and still do quests and level up like ordinary people would be too pathetic.

What Lu Yang was going to do now was a quest that he had regretted for 10 years in his past life. Only by obtaining the reward from this quest first would Lu Yang have a chance to save himself and his family, and perhaps break the curse of fate upon him.

St. Gall City was located on the vast Flower Whisper Plains. At the junction of the northern city gate and the plains, there was a huge, bottomless canyon.

Lu Yang ran all the way to the edge of the cliff, looked around to make sure no one was there, went to the location he remembered from his past life, and jumped down decisively.

Jumping down a bottomless cliff would normally mean certain death, but Lu Yang was stopped by a tree branch growing out of the cliff face soon after he fell.

Crack. The branch broke.

-7

Although it couldn't stop Lu Yang, it slowed his descent. He continued to fall and soon broke another thick branch.

-5

-5

Each time he hit a branch, Lu Yang took damage. Just as he was about to die, he finally landed on the ground. A heavy -20 damage left Lu Yang with just one hit point.

Lu Yang couldn't help patting his chest, thinking to himself, Luckily, I still remember where I fell from in my past life. Otherwise, I would have had to fall five or seven times to get down here.

System Notification: You have discovered Sunset Canyon

Looking at the environment of the valley, it was just like in his past life. The valley was surrounded by cliffs on all sides, and beneath one of the cliffs was a huge golden tree covered with golden, round fruits. The skin of the fruit was thin and transparent, and the juice inside was clearly visible. Even people who weren't thirsty would have their appetites whetted and want to taste what that fresh juice was like.