Logging Off

The sky was getting dark.

By the campfire.

A beautiful young woman sat on a Shitou, gently poking at the flames with a wooden stick in her hand.

While tending to the flames, she also used her other hand to gently lift the hem of her skirt, afraid that the campfire would set it ablaze.

The flickering firelight cast intermittent light and shadow on the beautiful young woman's profile, revealing her striking beauty. She possessed an intellectual, domestic, yet tender and gentle charm.

The way she gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear made Jiu Zhengxuan's gaze falter slightly.

Qin Yiguan observed everything.

He secretly used his personal smart device to send a message to Jiu Zhengxuan.

"Nephew, aren't you hoping right now that your deduction is wrong, that this young woman and her Rebel Army aren't the murderers at all, so you can legitimately pursue something with her?"

Jiu Zhengxuan clearly received the information immediately. After reading it calmly, he sat up straight and coughed lightly.

The beautiful young woman looked up, her eyes as gentle as water, at Jiu Zhengxuan. "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No."

Jiu Zhengxuan waved his hand in the air, "There was a black fly buzzing in my ear just now."

The beautiful young woman smiled, "From now on, just call me Sun and Moon. Whether we're just strangers passing by, or we'll be standing on the same side fighting together in the future, we should start as friends."

Immediately.

The young Sun and Moon waved her hand behind her back, and a Rebel Army immediately handed her two high-tech helmets.

These two helmets were worn out and patched up, but they were clearly a type of Neural Helmet.

Qin and Jiu both knew what this meant, but their actions were slightly hesitant.

But the beautiful young woman said, "Don't worry, there's absolutely no danger. I just want you to see something."

Neither Qin nor Jiu were cowards.

Although I am now alone in the enemy's territory, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Immediately, the two men moved in almost identical fashion, slowly putting the high-tech helmets on their heads, and the Rebel Army in the distance immediately activated them remotely.

But then a blue light flashed from the helmet.

Qin and Jiu then slowly closed their eyes.

The moment they closed their eyes, the two entered another world.

This is a pitch-black space, with no sky or ground. You are silently suspended in the air from a first-person perspective.

suddenly.

A strong sense of weightlessness came over me, as if a plane had crashed, or as if I were sitting on a giant swing in an amusement park, plummeting rapidly.

The brain experienced a sudden lack of blood supply, followed by a severe feeling of dizziness and even nausea.

In this somewhat hazy state of consciousness, Qin Yiguan clearly felt that he was falling.

And it wasn't an ordinary fall.

First, the height of the fall is infinite; second, the speed of the fall. In human terms, a fall is based on Earth's gravity, and is generally considered to be 25 meters per second.

But now, Qin Yiguan felt that he was falling at a speed of at least 250 meters per second, or even higher!

It felt as if the ground beneath my feet wasn't Earth, but a white dwarf with greater mass, density, and gravity.

Fortunately, Qin Yiguan was strong and healthy; otherwise, the sensation of falling alone could have killed many people with weaker constitutions.

The next moment.

Another extreme situation has emerged.

My body felt like it had transformed into a meteorite that had just broken through Earth's atmosphere. The friction of the air around me made my skin hotter and hotter, more painful than being burned alive.

The clothes on his body were burned off first, and then his skin was visibly carbonized. Without any open flame, his skin turned into charred remains that would crumble at the slightest touch!

Then the charred layer crumbled, revealing the flesh inside, which then turned back into charred material.

During this process, it felt as if my whole body was covered with branding irons, comparable to torture, and the pain was unbearable!

Finally, only his bones remained of his body, and the bones turned golden yellow from the intense friction, creating an eerie and unsettling scene.

Then, light began to distort on the skeleton, stretching and shrinking in an instant, as if it were being folded repeatedly in a strange space!

A sharp pain from the depths of my soul overwhelmed everything.

In this pitch-black space, only echoing screams remained!

Swish.

Qin Yiguan removed his helmet, sweat beading on his forehead.

Meanwhile, Jiu Zhengxuan also took off his helmet, drenched in sweat.

Even now, Jiu Zhengxuan's eyes are still wide open, and he says with lingering fear, "I've experienced something like this before. One day, I suddenly became curious about the physical world, and then I 'forced myself offline,' and then... I experienced what just happened."

"I failed to log off; I'm still in the Metaverse when I wake up."

"But my body suffered a severe backlash. I had to rest for seven days before I could walk again, and it took another 15 days before I could move normally!"

Qin Yiguan fell silent for a moment upon hearing this.

When I went to Jiu Zhengxuan's house to borrow food before, I did see Jiu Zhengxuan convulsing in the Nutrient Pod. It turns out that this kid has been restless all along.

As for that scene just now...

This is what happens when ordinary people attempt to force themselves offline.

Before, I thought it was some kind of 'virtual bungee jumping'!

Qin Yiguan then laughed and said, "That's right, I saw these too after I was forcibly logged off earlier."

But then she saw that Sun and Moon was gentle and virtuous, and personally handed the two of them two cups of hot water. After that, she held the hem of her skirt in her hands again, revealing her perfect hip shape, and then slowly sat back down on the blue stone.

She looked at the two of them and smiled, "The Gemini Superbrain suddenly updated without any notification or consultation with any users. Since then, everyone has been stripped of their right to log off."

"If anyone wants to try."

"Then you'll experience that terrifying scene just now."

Even though many residents within the Gemini Metaverse have no intention of going offline, and even though rumors circulate that the physical world is rife with deadly viruses.

"But the Gemini Superbrain shouldn't deprive us of our right to choose freely."

"This is the first sin of the Gemini Superbrain!"