What was going on? He didn't dare ask directly and first clicked Exit Game.
System Prompt: Are you sure you want to exit the game? Yes/No.
Thankfully, he could still exit the game. At least his way out remained. After calming himself, he tried to open the character interface. It didn't work.
The skill menu didn't work either.
The talent tree system didn't work.
The loot pool system still didn't work.
Every function related to his character had turned gray. He couldn't click or open any of them.
He tried controlling his character again, but there was simply no way to do so.
Murphys (Ancient Black Dragon): "Hahaha, Mo Fei, there's no need to keep trying. Haven't you realized what's happened yet? I have finally gained freedom—true freedom! Just as you said to that despicable fellow human of yours, 'You can no longer control me!'"
Now that everything was out in the open, Mo Fei instead calmed down.
He sighed. "So you had planned this from the very beginning? From the moment you agreed to help me escape Dalaran?"
Murphys (Ancient Black Dragon): "No. From the first moment I met you in your dreams."
"What? Holy shit, seriously?" Mo Fei was genuinely shocked this time. "B-but... that was months ago."
Murphys (Ancient Black Dragon): "That's right. Are you surprised, Mo Fei? Perhaps several months is a long time for humans, but time is an entirely different concept to dragons. An era passes in the blink of an eye; a few months are nothing. I had ample patience to plan all of this.
"To escape this fate of being manipulated by others, I devised a long-term plan. I established contact with you in your dreams, extracted your intelligence, influenced your emotions in reality, drove you into conflict with those