Virtual Game

"If there are any results, we will notify you by text message or phone within the next two days. Go back and wait for our notification."

"Okay, thank you." Liu Feng nodded politely, then turned and left the company, a bitter smile on his face. Sure enough, jobs are getting harder and harder to find these days. As a college graduate, he had almost no special skills and was a dime a dozen. It was difficult to stand out from the competition.

As Liu Feng sat on the subway back to his dormitory, watching the endless stream of people engrossed in their phones, Liu Feng sighed. Suddenly, he noticed the subway's built-in TVs starting to play advertisements, displaying a mask-shaped device. The accompanying description explained that it was an access mask for a 100% virtual game, created through a multinational official collaboration.

"A 100% virtual game? Isn't that something from novels? It's actually out here." Liu Feng himself was a struggling writer, and it was precisely because of his failures that he started looking for work. Although he didn't write game-related novels, he was quite familiar with the virtual game genre that was popular a few years ago.

"Five major countries joining forces with multiple countries to create this? This is too unbelievable!" Liu Feng thought in disbelief. It was already incredible that several countries would join forces, but it was even more incredible that they would join forces to create a virtual game.

However, when the advertisement then mentioned that one could receive a game mask for a processing fee of 1,000 yuan with just their ID card, Liu Feng was dumbfounded. This was definitely an alien invasion, and there must be a huge conspiracy involved.

However, seeing the solution offered there—that virtual games could solve the employment problem— Liu Feng felt inexplicably tempted, and a month later, almost against his will, he bought the newly released game mask.

"This is the so-called gaming mask!" When I got home and opened the package, I saw the so-called gaming mask. It felt very high-quality to the touch, and two fasteners popped out from the side of the mask after I put it on.

When Liu Feng first tried it out, he was really startled. He thought he was about to have his head pierced and turn into a vampire. After checking the instructions, he realized that it was just a normal fixation plug.

The whole country is buzzing about it now, with heated discussions about the game everywhere online. Based on the expansion packs released by the official game companies in several countries, this virtual game's background is being discussed.

In the Land of Falsehood, there are three illusory star worlds, each with its own unique power. These three star worlds represent three fundamental powers: Implantation, Mutation, and inner demons.

Each player can obtain five skill slots, but they are unlocked as the mission progresses. The skill mode is also unprecedentedly novel. Skills are composed of skill modules, and what the skill will become depends entirely on the modules that make up the skill and the way they are composed.

"While it's certainly novel and unprecedented, I have a feeling it's plagiarizing something," Liu Feng thought, slapping his forehead. He then chuckled self-deprecatingly. This world is the first to see this kind of model; it couldn't possibly be plagiarizing something from outside this world, could it?

At 8 PM, the official game launch time was announced. Liu Feng put on the mask that always felt like it would turn him into a vampire, and he even felt like shouting something like, "I'm not human anymore!"

He felt his consciousness rising continuously, and when he finally felt a jolt, he found himself in a quaint little town. A light rain was falling from the sky, and a classic aristocratic carriage was speeding towards a distant manor. A robust young man with blue hair, a thug wearing a hat, and an ugly Japanese dwarf got off the carriage, parked it, and hurriedly went into the manor.

A short while later, one person ran out and returned with a police officer and four armed officers. Then, a while later, a handsome blond young man with an extremely ugly aura and three moles on his left ear also walked towards the manor.

"Has the game not started yet?" Liu Feng realized that he could only move within a circle of light around him, and everything that had happened before was presented in fast-forward. Suddenly, a phantom panel flashed in front of him:

[First act]

[Story: The Birth of a Terrifying Demon]

[Quest: Witness the Destruction of the Castle]

[Reward: Receive a New Player Gift Pack]

Then the halo disappeared, and some cold rain hit his body, making Liu Feng shiver. The smell of soil and grass filled his nose, making him realize how real this world was.

"This game is too realistic!" Liu Feng stretched his body and found that it was almost exactly the same as reality. Otherwise, he would have thought he had traveled to another world if he hadn't seen the game panel in front of him.

"So my mission is to witness the Destruction of this manor?" Liu Feng looked at the prompt on the panel and walked towards the manor in the rain. Soon he heard various sounds coming from inside.

Finally, a gunshot rang out. The blond, muscular young man they had seen earlier, wearing a somewhat terrifying stone mask, fell out of the window. Swallowing hard, Liu Feng quickly hid in the nearby flowerbed.

"I need to witness the Destruction of the castle, and the key is witnessing. The newbie quest time probably won't be too long, so what happened in the castle shouldn't be over yet. I'll just stay on the sidelines and watch for now." Liu Feng would never admit that he meant what he said.

Then Liu Feng witnessed a shocking scene: the blond youth, who had been shot multiple times, got up again, fell against the window, and with a wave of his hand, tore off the head of the man who looked like a police officer. Then, screams and shouts erupted from inside.

"Gulp." Liu Feng licked his lips and saw the stone mask by the window. Something that could bring the dead back to life was a treasure, after all. Trading it might yield a good result.

Just as Liu Feng was about to make a move, he suddenly realized that this was a beginner dungeon. Although beginner dungeons were simple, it was precisely because they were simple that there wouldn't be much to gain. Either the mask wasn't as valuable as he had imagined, or there was a setting that it couldn't be taken out of the dungeon, or there was some unknown danger involved.

So once again, Liu Feng chose to follow his heart and continued to hide behind the flowers. Then flames began to burn inside the castle, and even explosions were heard. After careful observation, Liu Feng also discovered where the so-called danger was.

The short Japanese man was hiding on the other side, staring Greed at the stone mask. If nothing unexpected happened, you would most likely have been ambushed by this short man if you had tried to pick up the mask earlier.

The flames inside the castle grew larger and larger. A strong, blue-haired youth rushed out from the roof, half of an iron spear still stuck in his shoulder. Then, the blond demon, also covered in burns, jumped out from the castle roof.

The two of them rolled back into the castle, then an explosion rang out, and everything seemed to come to an end. The stone mask was now hidden by the collapsed buildings, and the thug-like figure carried the blue-haired youth and ran out of the manor.

The dwarf stared at the stone mask with Greed anticipation, waiting for the fire to ignite, which would signify the completion of Liu Feng's mission.

This book has already reached 1 million words, which is truly remarkable. Thank you all for your continued support; I am Xu Ming grateful!