Invitation Code

The next day, Lin Yi arrived early at Vast Gold Farming Studio to help the Police from the city bureau sort through Liu Hong's belongings.

He placed all of Liu Hong's belongings into a storage box and handed them over.

One of the Police officers asked, "Is that all? There's nothing else?"

Lin Yi nodded. "That's right. The studio is cluttered, and Old Liu rarely kept personal belongings here. Aside from a few changes of clothes, there were only some small items."

"Alright, thanks for your help. We'll take these things with us for now."

After that, the two Police officers who had come along quickly left with Liu Hong's belongings.

After seeing them off, Lin Yi stood alone in the empty office and sighed. Standing here, he could still recall Old Liu's face from yesterday.

Yesterday, the studio had landed two big orders, and Liu Hong had specially come over to treat everyone to a meal.

But he had never expected life to vanish so quickly, so abruptly.

The big brother he had once known now did not even have a body left.

What exactly was happening to this world?

After sighing over it, Lin Yi returned to his desk, turned on his computer, and skillfully opened several of the hottest games on the market along with their botting scripts before getting back to work.

Although none of the other studio members had come in today, as one of the studio's owners, he needed to quickly turn yesterday's gaming gains into profit.

After all, gold coins and valuable equipment in games changed price by the day. There was no time to delay.

After working for quite a while, a few thousand yuan had been added to his bank card. Lin Yi was about to pour himself a glass of water.

But at that moment, Lin Yi suddenly noticed a golden envelope that had somehow appeared in his drawer. The envelope was made of excellent material, with the two conspicuous words "Heavenly Revelation" written on it.

"Heavenly Revelation? What is this?"

A puzzled look appeared on Lin Yi's face. He then opened the envelope and saw several lines of text inside.

"Dear Trial Taker, congratulations on obtaining Trial Qualification for Apocalypse Game. Please log in to 3w.tianqi... and enter the Activation Code ersfhajksfhl..."

Apocalypse Game?

Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat. For some reason, he suddenly felt that this game was anything but ordinary. Perhaps it was connected to Liu Hong's mysterious death in the real world.

With a try-it-and-see attitude, Lin Yi entered the website into his computer browser.

The screen flickered, and a deep, mysterious game display appeared, followed immediately by a game trailer.

At the start of the trailer, the game title "Heavenly Revelation" appeared against a black background.

The scene shifted to a desolate Mountain Village. Its buildings were arranged in neat layers, exuding an ancient air.

A figure dressed in a cloak and armor approached from afar, holding a gleaming sword.

Holding his weapon, the figure slowly walked out of the Mountain Village.

Beyond the Mountain Village seemed to lie endless darkness. Emerald-green eyes lurked within the shadows of the trees, while mournful howls echoed through the forest.

It was as if the figure would never return once he left.

The scenes then switched rapidly, displaying all kinds of locations from the game.

There were ancient Ruins, bloodstained villages, mysterious Altars, perilous mountain ranges, and vast white Icebergs...

Lin Yi's eyes lit up slightly.

This visual quality was ridiculously good...

It had to be said that even though Lin Yi had played games of every size on the market, he still had to marvel at the exquisite graphics of this game called Apocalypse Game.

Especially the dark, terrifying forest and the sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling—it gave him the feeling of truly being there.

After the trailer ended in the browser, a button to enter the Activation Code appeared.

Lin Yi frowned in thought, but he did not hesitate for long before entering the Activation Code from the envelope.

Then the screen flickered, and a line of large text appeared: "Ding! Congratulations, player, you have activated the game. Next, begin creating your game character!"

The black text flashed three times before suddenly transforming into a rotating Black Hole that sucked Lin Yi's entire body inside.

"Holy shit!"

With a startled cry, Lin Yi vanished from the studio.

After a long while, the studio door lock turned, and several gold-farming members slowly walked in.

"The scene of Brother Hong dying last night was way too horrifying. I barely slept all night and had several nightmares. Do you think Brother Hong was poisoned to death...?"

"The dead deserve respect. Brother Hong treated us well when he was alive. Now that he's dead, stop talking about him."

"Yeah, get to work. I still owe a mountain of debt. Even though Brother Yi gave us time off, we can't put off making money."

One person walked over to Lin Yi's desk and said in surprise, "Huh? Why is Brother Yi's computer on? The game is still running too. Did he forget to turn it off last night?"

"No, didn't you see that the water heater is on? Brother Yi probably came in early and might have gone out now. Stop yapping and let's get to work. The game market is good right now, so let's earn some extra hardship pay..."

Meanwhile, after a dizzy spell that lasted three seconds, Lin Yi found himself inside an Ancient Wooden Hall.

Beneath his feet were ordinary wooden floorboards, while two thick beams stretched overhead.

Wisps of green smoke drifted through the Ancient Hall. Lin Yi took a sniff, and the fragrance was light and elegant, making even his soul feel clearer.

This felt so real!

Lin Yi looked around and found that the green smoke blocked his view. He could not even make out the details of the Ancient Hall three meters away.

Had he entered the game?

What kind of game was this?

Although Lin Yi had already harbored suspicions about this game, he was still utterly shocked.

He had actually passed through his computer and arrived in another space. Could this place before him be the world of Apocalypse Game?

And was Old Liu's death connected to this place?

Just as Lin Yi was wondering, a deep, heavy voice sounded beside his ear.

"Ding! The player has activated the game through a Special Invitation Code and has obtained the qualification to draw a talent. Please complete Character Registration within three minutes. Once the time limit is exceeded, you will be expelled from Apocalypse World."

Draw a talent?

Before Lin Yi could think further, another voice sounded beside his ear.

"Player talent has been matched. You have obtained the 'Omnipotent Talent.' This talent possesses a Talent Material Library of ten thousand talents, including 4,734 White Talents, 3,200 Green Talents, 1,019 Blue Talents, 856 Purple Talents, 102 Golden Talents, and 88 Red Talents!"

Omnipotent Talent: Red Talent grade. Every 24 hours, the holder may randomly draw a talent from the talent library. Drawn talents may be Solidified or discarded.

Note: After using the Solidify ability, the player cannot Solidify talents again for three days.

Talent Level: LV1 (can Solidify one talent slot)

Omnipotent Talent? And it was a Red Grade talent!

Lin Yi was shocked. As an old player with more than a decade of gaming experience, he knew very well how important top-tier talents were in games.

This Omnipotent Talent seemed to be a top-tier Red Talent. Its function was to randomly grant any talent each day. If the randomly obtained talent had good attributes, it could be Solidified into his own permanent talent.

Of course, after Solidifying a talent, he would be unable to use the Solidify ability again for three days. This meant that if a good talent appeared during those three days, it would be wasted for nothing.

Most importantly, this Omnipotent Talent seemed to be only Level 1. It currently had just one Solidify slot. If it leveled up, perhaps multiple Solidify slots would appear.

Once its level was high enough, if he could Solidify several Red Talents, then he should be unstoppable in the game.

Although he had obtained a top-tier talent, Lin Yi still felt uneasy.

He still did not know what type of game Heavenly Revelation was, but judging from Liu Hong's mysterious death in reality, this game definitely contained enormous danger.

Even with an outstanding talent, he could not afford to let his guard down.

Next, Lin Yi quickly created a game name and chose his Initial Outfit.

There was nothing much to say about the game name. He could not use his real name, and he did not use one of his usual gaming aliases either. Instead, he casually picked the common name "Green Mountains Never Age."

As for game clothing, there were only ordinary equipment options like the Leather Male Outfit and coarse hemp clothes. They did not add any attributes, and there was little choice anyway.

Lin Yi chose the coarse hemp clothes.

Strangely enough, this game had no face customization or class selection process.