Create Character, Enter Game

To others, it was one of the most precious treasures of all!

No wonder Brother Li was forced to suicide.

Truly, possessing a jade was the crime!

Strange—why couldn't Lin Qing see it back then?

It must be related to the Power of Space-Time. In other words, he himself was the one fated by heaven!

The cheat code had arrived, and the blue sky was clear!

The cheat code had arrived, and fairness was here!

Then he glanced at the Minimap. Those two Red Dots were still watching him.

He chuckled to himself. They definitely wanted to confirm whether he would enter the Skyfall Game in Real Body Mode.

Too bad for them—his game functions were complete. He didn't need to enter in person at all; he could just create a game character and go in.

In the building across the way, in front of a high-power telescope, stood the two security guards from before.

"Old Liu, that kid hasn't disappeared at all. He's not an heir to the game qualifications. It must have been Lin Qing," the young security guard, whose real name was Qi Cheng, said with some disappointment.

"Let me call Team Two first." The old security guard, named Liu Jian, dialed a number.

After finishing the call, his face filled with surprise. "Team Two says they were just interrogating Lin Qing when she suddenly vanished from the interrogation room. They're organizing people to enter the game and capture her..."

"Alright, then let's pull out. Hurry up and get into the game—catch Lin Qing first," Qi Cheng said excitedly.

"You go ahead. I'll keep watch for two more days. This Gao Linzhi—I always feel like he's got some inexplicable confidence backing him up."

"A bottom-tier corporate grunt with no connections—what gives him the right?" Liu Jian frowned.

At that very moment.

Gao Linzhi lay on his bed, burrowed under the big quilt, pulled it over his head, propped it up with a pillow... turned on his phone's video recording, and with a single thought, entered the game.

[Real Body Mode / Game Character Mode?]

[Game Character Mode.]

Then he felt it—his body indeed remained completely unchanged. Only his consciousness, as if lost in a daze, drifted into a void.

In the void stood a White Jade Altar.

On the altar, from left to right, three flames burned: red, green, and blue.

The three flames flickered simultaneously, then vanished from the altar and converged together.

A humanoid figure was being conceived within the flames.

Then he heard the game's prompt sound.

"Respected player, please create your game character name, select gender, customize your face, choose initial attire..."

He began creating the character with practiced ease.

He entered a name and customized the face.

Using the provided template, he made slight adjustments and crafted a cold, noble, handsome face.

A stark contrast to his real-life self—so no one would recognize him and he wouldn't repeat Brother Li's fate.

From Brother Li's final words, he knew for sure that someone had uncovered his real-world identity, forcing him to suicide.

Before long, a game character was fully edited.

Tall, mighty, and handsome.

[Character Name: Can Xue Waves Across the Map]

[ID: ]

Gao Linzhi froze when he saw the ID.

There were already 5,188,888 players?

No wonder those two security guards and Lin Qing all knew about this game's existence.

[Gender: Male.]

[Creation complete. Yes/No to enter the Skyfall World?]

"Yes."

[First-time entry. Pain sensitivity automatically reduced to 1%.]

The next moment, Gao Linzhi's head spun with dizziness, and clusters of mist flashed before his eyes.

Below him was a sapphire-blue sea.

Islands dotted everywhere, a dazzling array, like pearls laid out on a jade platter.

The wind howled past his ears, the oncoming air current feeling utterly real.

Just as the poster had said, it was a one hundred percent real otherworld.

Before long, Gao Linzhi finally landed on one of the islands.

[You have entered Wolf Snake Island. Your current location is the territory of East Wolf Village.]

As a string of game prompts appeared, Gao Linzhi swept his gaze around.

He didn't explore the island. Instead, he called out in his mind:

[Exit game.]

A prompt appeared in the game:

[There are no enemies nearby. You may exit.]

The next moment, his thoughts snapped back. He opened his eyes, found his body completely still, and pulled up the video he'd recorded on his phone. He saw no change in himself.

That meant no one would know he'd entered the game.

As long as he kept a low profile, he'd be fine.

Don't rashly expose anything related to the game. Focus on growing strong.

Of course, he understood this wasn't safe.

Xu Corporation might have no bottom line, even killing people to silence them.

Then he still had a last resort—flee first, and if he couldn't escape, enter the game in person to hide.

Thinking this, his mind stirred. He tested the Game Backpack.

A toothpick from the bedside table was sucked into the Game Backpack.

Then he entered the game world again.

He found himself back in the same place as before.

All around were towering trees, thick weeds, and bright red bushes. Strawberries, berries, mushrooms, and wild vegetables were everywhere.

It clearly looked like a rich and fertile land.

After surveying his surroundings, he looked at his own hands.

He swung them, then pinched himself hard.

It hurt a little, but not much.

It really was a real world.

Gao Linzhi grew excited.

He saw the possibility of walking the path of the supernatural!

What ordinary urban office worker didn't harbor a dream of the supernatural?

Longevity, freedom, I don't eat beef!

He immediately called up the Game Backpack in his mind.

The backpack appeared. The first slot still held the Resurrection Pearl, and the second slot was unmistakably that toothpick!

Gao Linzhi grew even more excited.

This meant he could easily transport supplies into the game world. That way, he'd have a handle on dealing with the company's possible pursuit.

In his excitement, a string of recharge and consumption pop-ups suddenly appeared before Gao Linzhi's eyes.

It reeked of a free-to-play game.

"First recharge only 6 gold! Get 60+6 Skyfall Stones, plus a limited-edition Purple Talent pet surprise gift, free for three days straight!"

"Now accumulate 648 gold in recharges, and take home a Purple Talent!"

"Join the official in-game group, get ahead at the starting line, and claim your free 6-gold first recharge!"

If this were before, seeing these messy ads baiting him into recharging, Gao Linzhi would have only felt annoyed.

He might even have chosen to uninstall and quit. In games like this, free players were just part of the content.

And he was the type who'd hesitate even over a 6-yuan recharge.

But now, Gao Linzhi was incredibly excited!

His eyes gleamed!

Gao Linzhi subconsciously clicked on the last ad. The next moment, a recharge page popped up:

"Accumulate gold in recharges to join the official in-game group."

Damn it.

Gao Linzhi laughed and cursed as he dismissed all the ad windows.

He finally saw a bright path ahead!

He had money. He had countless ideas for making big money!

Most importantly, he could now directly convert money into the power to protect himself!

One man, an army. One man, a king.

No need for a dense web of connections, no need for a complicated and deep background, no need to be a social butterfly!

No need to be a live-in son-in-law, no need to be a disciple taken into the sect, no need for ass-kissing politics!

Just spend, spend, spend—that was all it took!

And at that moment.

In the midst of his excitement, some urgent cries suddenly came from afar.