"This damn game isn't going to drag our families in too, is it?" After hearing the Administrator's opening announcement, a Player's voice rang out through the fog, tinged with confusion and fear.
Everyone was trapped in thick white fog. Even Su Bai couldn't see his own outstretched hands. Although he could see through the fog created by the Fog City Lord, the fog engulfing him now had still robbed him of his sight.
Even so, the other Players in the fog began talking, following the sound of one another's voices.
"Our families aren't Players!" an anxious female voice called out from the fog. But then she abruptly changed tack, her unease taking a sharp turn. "Actually, why not just drag my ex-boyfriend into the Nightmare World?"
"...Good idea." A flippant male voice came from the fog. "Still, it's better to part on good terms. You can stay friends after breaking up, and you really shouldn't inflict something like this on a friend."
"Everyone, do you think we're supposed to form families ourselves?" another young man's voice asked from the fog. He sounded about twenty, but his tone and the way his words trailed off seemed even younger. "Maybe we're just supposed to team up with the older folks in our group and clear the game together?"
"So you want to be my son?" the woman who had spoken first asked with a scoff, her tone full of undisguised mockery and contempt.
"..."
Su Bai stood quietly in the fog, listening to the other Players. He knew there were others like him, hiding silently in the fog and watching what was happening around them.
The coming Nightmare Game was unknown to every Player and was bound to conceal all kinds of unknown dangers. Some would silently gather clues, while others would