First Player

Chapter 8 · "Lamp Gate."

The world stood still.

Su Mingan was floating in the air. Whether it was the people on the ground, the flowing stream, or the white lotus weeping in the fire... they all stood still at this moment.

Options floated in front of him: [Start the next chapter/End the dream patrol and return to reality? 】

Su Mingan looked at this line and suddenly understood - it turned out that he had been in a game-like environment. Just now, he completed the game's [Chapter 1: White Lotus Destroys the City]. If he chooses "Start the next chapter", he will enter the next game plot and see what happens to Louyue Congress after Bailian destroys the city. And "ending the dream patrol and returning to reality" means that he will break away from this game and return to reality.

But is everything so real just a game?

Su Mingan chose [End Dream Tour and Return to Reality].

For a moment, the angle of view slowly increased, and the surrounding scene gradually dimmed until it turned into nothingness.

Soon, his five senses gradually recovered.

[This dream tour has been completed. 】

[The tenth world’s personal information is as follows:

Name: Su Mingan

Age: 19 years old

Expected life span: 20 years

Cause of death: Not yet scheduled

Dream Patrol Points: 150 points

Completed chapters: Chapter 1·White Lotus destroys the city

Level: Level 5 Elementary

Number of talismans mastered: 3/39453

Personality: F]

…

When I opened my eyes, I saw an unfamiliar ceiling.

What you see is a long LED light. It seems that "reality" is a modern background.

Su Mingan was leaning on the bed. Directly opposite was a computer. There was a small mushroom-shaped table lamp, a black and white stereo and a radio beside the bed. The style was simple. This was a personal bedroom.

He took a break from the game. So, what would be his modern identity?

At this time, he suddenly noticed an orange strip and a black strip slowly appearing in the upper left corner.

[Current san value: 80 points]

[Different erosion degree: 0%]

…

The orange one is the san value bar, and the black one is the different erosion degree. Both values ​​are currently safe.

He sat up from the bed and found that he was wearing something like a helmet on his head. He took off his helmet and saw a line of small words marked on it: [Dream Patrol Instrument].

...Did the original owner use this helmet to enter the game?

He put the helmet on his head again, and options appeared in front of him:

【Are you entering Dream Patrol? Currently dreaming about the world: Louyue Kingdom. Current Dream Patrol character: The eldest prince Su Shaoqing. (Since you have completed Chapter 1: White Lotus Destroys the City. This dream tour will start from Chapter 2: Penglai Immortal Selection)]

"No." Su Mingan said. He now needs to figure out what the dream patrol does.

Su Mingan took off the helmet, turned it over and over, and found that there was an interface on the back of the helmet, and a CD was placed inside.

The CD looked a bit like the cartoon CD he watched as a child. There is a cartoon-style scenery of Louyue Kingdom painted on it - a young man with long white hair stands quietly under the peach blossom tree, his white robe lingering on the ground, with a blue crescent moon behind him, the atmosphere is mysterious and deep.

There is a line of small words engraved on the lower right corner of the disc: [Game Name: Lou Yue Kingdom].

"Game disc?" Su Ming'an muttered, inserting the disc back.

He stood up and looked around. This room is not big and the decoration is a bit old. The radio was an old-fashioned one, with a cassette of foreign language tapes inside. There are some math problems and psychology books spread out on the table, as well as some period-looking exercise books and green 2B pencils. There are a lot of bumps and discoloration on the edges and corners of the orange table. It seems that he comes from a poor family and does not know what his modern identity is.

Su Ming'an looked at himself in the mirror, and it was still his face, black hair, and black pupils.

He started the computer on his desk, and there were only four software programs on it.

[My Computer] [Recycle Bin] [Music] [Chat Software].

The first three software have little information. Su Mingan clicked on [Chat Software], which was a chat software similar to QQ. There were only five friends in it.

[Xia Jiawen (note: university counselor)]

[Lin Yunting (Note: Head of the Psychological Counseling Center)]

[Moon (Note: Godfather)]

[Please call me Lord Demon King (Note: Dream Patrolman Su Luoluo)]

【? (Note: I don’t know when I added the friend, I forgot who it is)]

…

There is no information except the notes given to them by the original body.

"Ding dong!"

[It has been detected that you have returned to reality, and the world channel chat is open. 】

In an instant, in the lower left corner of Su Mingan's field of vision, the chats of players burst out.

…

[Nelson (Raiders Association): Everyone! I figured it out! The modern world we live in now is called "the old world"! Through a kind of helmet, we can carry out dream patrol, that is, enter the game world to earn dream patrol points. This dream patrol point can bring you back to reality, strengthen yourself, and learn talismans! 】

[Buck (unaffiliated): Is the modern power system also a talisman? 】

[Vito (United Group): Yes. The power system is the same. The talismans and seals you learned in Mengxun can still be used in modern times. Modern people also learn talismans and seal scripts. 】

[Tang En (Wisdom Tree Guild): Let me ask you a question. I was studying Talisman and Seal well in Louyue Kingdom, but suddenly the royal city was on fire. I was just about to go to the royal city to have a look, but the next second I was transported to modern times. The helmet prompted me that "this dream tour has ended." I'm sitting in the room holding my helmet, confused. What happened? 】

[Gibran (New World Guild): Didn’t the system prompt say that “Chapter One: White Lotus Destroys the City” has ended? It seems that one of us has cleared this "Chapter 1: White Lotus Destroys the City", so the game plot is temporarily over, and we are all kicked out of the game. 】

[Tang En (Wisdom Tree Guild): Thanks for the answer, what should I do if I want to play Chapter 2? 】

[Gibran (New World Guild): I think if we want to enter the second chapter, we have to wait for the person who has cleared the first chapter and wait for him to confirm the opening of the second chapter, just like the host of the server opens a room. But that person probably chose to return to reality just like us, so the second chapter hasn’t started yet. 】

[Liu Qingqing (Yangtze River System): Damn it, how did that person get through "Chapter 1: White Lotus Destroys the City"? I'm still confused on the streets of Beijing and don't know what to do, and now someone has cleared the level? 】

[Angus (Stowe Alliance): Should there be boss players? 】

[Qiong (Peace Dove Mutual Aid Association): I saw on the rankings that there was a title called "Sacrificing ten years of life so that I could meet Su Ming'an". Could it be that Su Ming'an is in our parallel copy? 】

[Webbs (unaffiliated): Don’t even think about it. Before, someone called it "sacrifice a hundred years of life and meet Su Ming'an". I also swore that I would never be able to talk to a girl in my life, so let me meet Su Mingan. 】

[Forneng (Peace Dove Mutual Aid Association): We have Eli and Agnes on our ranking list. Eli is the killer of the Black Card Guild and one of the top 1,000 boss players on the list. With him here, we should not be destroyed. 】

[Su Shi (United Group): ...I feel inferior to Su Ming'an. 】

[York (Lighthouse Guild): Light Gate. 】

[Burris (Future Cult): Light Gate. 】

[Qiuqiu (Remote Control Legion): Tree Gate. 】

[Ram (Moore Manor): Sure enough, any chat channel will turn into praising Su Ming'an in the end. 】

[Chen Jiangping (unaffiliated): Clearing the level with the first player is part of the plan. 】

…

Su Mingan pondered for a moment.

His main mission is to help a person named "Su Luoluo" fulfill his wish. The task of those in power is to "kill fate." The most important thing now - first, find Su Luoluo. Second, understand the world situation.

He watched the players chatting for a while and obtained a lot of important information.

The modern world is called the "old world" or the "present world", and people rely on talismans to resist "abnormalities" and "alien species". At the same time, you also need to prevent yourself from violating the [Instant Death Rule] and die. This is the same situation as Lou Yue Kingdom.

However, "abnormalities" and "different species" are not the most dangerous. The most dangerous thing is that during the natural disaster hundreds of years ago, black fog struck, and 80% of human land was shrouded in black fog, known as the "Dark Land". The concentration of air pollution inside is extremely high, making it impossible to survive.

Due to the loss of 80% of the land, mankind has entered a state of war. They formed an alliance between countries, established joint organizations and armies, and their main purpose was to recover these lands shrouded in black mist.

The way to regain these lands is the Dream Patrol.

Dream Patrol is all about letting people play games. Whenever people advance the main storyline in the game, part of the black fog in reality will dissipate, and humans will be able to recover part of their lost ground.

As for why Dream Patrol can dispel the fog - because this is what the "spirit" said. There are "gods" in this world. He has been blessing people since long time ago.

However, dream patrols are extremely dangerous. When people suffer mental breakdowns during dream patrols, they will collapse and die when they return to reality. Therefore, human beings are divided into two parts - "Dream Patrollers" who are willing to participate in dream patrols. And people who are unwilling to participate in the dream tour and are afraid of death.

Dream Patrollers risk their lives in Dream Patrol to advance the game plot, so that the fog of reality can be lifted simultaneously, allowing the army to repair lost ground.

People who are unwilling to participate in the dream patrol live their own small lives, watching this cruel tug-of-war between humans and the fog, and watching the dream patrollers die due to mental breakdown.

——After seeing this information, Su Mingan felt an extremely strong sense of déjà vu.

How, how does this look like...

He clenched his fists.

——Adventure players and casual players?

Adventure players desperately advance the plot in the game and earn points at the risk of death. Casual players, on the other hand, live their lives, waiting for the human points progress bar to fill up.

This sense of déjà vu made him feel suspicious.

He glanced at his helmet on the bed.

It seems that his modern identity is that of a "Dream Patroller". His act of completing [Chapter 1: White Lotus Destroying the City] should partially dispel the fog of the modern dark land.

——Is the information contained in the tenth world the essence of the world game?

His pace seemed to be going deeper and deeper, becoming more and more dangerous.

…

This world, joint meeting.

There was silence in the huge conference hall.

There were more than three hundred people sitting in the audience. They are politicians, entrepreneurs, experts and scholars, senior managers, church clergy, elite dreamers, and military officers and generals from various countries and independent cities.

"Click" the lights turned on, and a middle-aged woman in blue walked onto the high platform, her high heels making a crisp sound. Her expression was solemn and majestic:

"Everyone. This week, I want to talk about history."

This lady's name is Evet, one of the leaders of mankind and the speaker of the joint conference. His identity and position are similar to that of Aland, the core district speaker of the ruined world.

"A hundred years ago, the biggest problem of mankind was the excessive consumption of electricity, oil, nuclear energy, etc. For this wealthy land, the total population of 13 billion will not make us feel crowded."

"At that time, our biggest problem was environmental pollution and ecological damage - crude oil leaking from oil tankers and oil wells, pesticides and fertilizers on farmland, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide and other harmful substances released by power plants, all affecting us every day. Some people are suffering from respiratory diseases as a result.”

"But at the time, we thought that one day, as long as technology develops fast enough, we would be able to solve these problems."

"However, the arrival of the black fog caused us to suddenly lose 80% of the land. That year, people who did not have time to evacuate lost their lives in the black fog. People were forced to disperse to unsuitable places such as archipelagos, polar regions, and tropical rainforests. The survival zone, this is the only 20% of our remaining living space.”

"The pressure for our survival is too heavy."

When she said this, she paused slightly.

"but."

"Fortunately, we have 'gods'."