The lid of the old Game Pod slowly lowered.
The tubes retracted into the pod's inner walls automatically connected to various parts of Ning Shu's body, and nutrient solution gradually rose over his head.
The green light connecting the gene repair solution tank to the Game Pod lit up.
When Ning Shu's view switched to the virtual desktop, a new icon of a burning Crimson Flame appeared, with the words beneath it reading: Monster World.
Intent on racing against time to earn sacrificial power, Ning Shu clicked to enter without hesitation.
After a brief stretch of darkness, the in-game scenery appeared.
The first scene to appear was the Di Family Mountains.
The camera pierced the clouds, diving toward the earth like a hawk,
Peaks sculpted by countless ages of wind and frost rose and fell, their exposed rocky ridges resembling the twisted spines of giant beasts. As the view hurtled forward, the mountains surged toward him like a flowing undertow, carrying an oppressive atmosphere.
Finally, the camera plunged at light speed toward a bottomless abyss in the earth.
A pitch-black High Tower rose from the dark abyss, piercing the clouds. Black fog churned around it, and countless hideous Evil Abominations howled and roared within the fog.
The view finally settled on the platform atop the High Tower.
An imposing figure hovering in midair abruptly opened his eyes and looked back, bloody light bursting from his dark red eyes.
Immediately, four blurred figures slowly emerged from the darkness, standing on either side of the imposing figure.
At that moment, a blood-red crescent moon rose behind the five figures, and the words "Di Family Mountains" emerged from nothingness.
The image abruptly tore apart.
The scene switched from the sinister, terrifying Di Family Mountains to the Colorful Mist Coast.
The shimmering azure sea