Luo Nan stood at the entrance of the metal passageway, experiencing the blurry boundary between illusion and reality. Nina's upper body appeared on his retina. "Explorer Luo Nan, you need to make a short jump in order to infiltrate the planet's defensive perimeter. Please enter the jump pod."
This scenario seemed familiar. The last time he was tricked into coming here by Mo Han, it was more or less the same.
Luo Nan walked into the open metal passageway. The light gradually dimmed. At the end of the passageway, the operating console flickered with light. He could see the stars in the depths of space through the circular window.
Behind the operating console was a classic high-back starship chair. Luo Nan walked over and sat down. Through Nina's guidance, he adjusted the equipment on the operating console one by one and revised the parameters. All of this was done to help the player adapt to the virtual environment, to minimize the influence of reality to the greatest extent.
Luo Nan used his picky eyes to inspect the feeling of his fingertips, the changes in lighting, and the shifting of angles, but it was hard to find any obvious flaws. This degree of realism had already exceeded the limits of reality for the public. It should be due to the mental guidance that had been carried out before.
Everything was ready. The window displayed the meaningless coordinates of the adventure area. Nina's voice rang out once more. "Please close your eyes and grasp your balance. Resist the dizziness from the short jump. The adventure begins!"
Luo Nan's body trembled slightly. A peculiar vortex of light appeared in front of the jump pod. The pod started and accelerated. The force of inertia pushed Luo Nan to the back of the chair, and the world spun and flipped. Luo Nan instinctively closed his eyes. The noise of electromagnetism and machinery, as well as the sound of an alarm in the distance, were exceptionally clear.
Another jolt followed right after. The feeling of accelerated rotation suddenly disappeared, and the force of inertia flung him out fiercely.
What welcomed him was an ice-cold stream of water. A muffled boom rang out and water splashed in all directions. Just as the pain arrived, an even deeper chill penetrated his bones.
This was, without a doubt, a rough 'landing'.
In the Frost River Channel, the moment one 'fell' represented the complete transformation from reality to virtual. The vast majority of the participant's perception was produced by the stimulation of the nervous system by electrical signals.
Luo Nan's experience was more realistic than the vast majority of the participants. Compared to the miserable experience from before, this' reality 'was much more realistic.
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Reality was still precious.
He opened his eyes and stood up from the water. His surroundings were still pitch-black, but there was a faint light flickering at the edge of his vision. The water below was up to his knees. The current wasn't slow, and it was bone-chilling cold. There were also broken pieces of ice floating on the surface of the water. When they bumped into him, he felt a slight pain.
At this moment, the communication device on his collar vibrated slightly. Nina's slightly urgent voice rang out, mixed with some chaotic background noise, continuing to make the environment more real.
"Explorer Luo Nan, you've just experienced a failed short-range jump. Your combat uniform is damaged to a certain degree. Please take note of the relevant report. For now, please investigate the surrounding situation and send back the relevant information so that we can guide the next step. "
Before he could finish his sentence, a rustling noise came from the communicator. A strange voice said, "Welcome to the Frost River Bar. Please follow the waterway all the way. We have prepared wine for our guests to warm up."
Nina's voice cut in again, "It seems that there are other people here. You can go on an unplanned adventure. Please take note. From the information sent back, the water of the waterway has been mixed with a strange substance. The water temperature has already reached below freezing point. Please move your body to avoid freezing.
From this moment on, the challenge of the Frost River Waterway began.
According to the rules of Frost River Reality, the winner of the challenge would enter the Frost River Bar, obtain a prize, leave their game ID, and enter the global rankings. Luo Nan just didn't know what the result of this ability user version would be.
Luo Nan followed the route indicated by the tactical helmet. He went against the flow of the water and advanced.
The Frost River Waterway mission was to test the adaptability of the player's body under the stimulation of a low temperature environment. Although Luo Nan had tried it once, he had been defeated early on. He did not truly understand the situation inside.
He only knew that the length of the waterway was very vague. Some said it was one thousand five hundred meters, some said it was three thousand meters. Frost River Reality had never released the actual data but it was clear that the waterway was divided into three sections. In other words, there were three levels of difficulty.
The first phase of entering the waterway was about five hundred meters. The test was whether the player could maintain the activity of the body under the stimulation of the cold.
The middle phase was five hundred to a thousand meters. It involved techniques such as holding one's breath, diving, underwater recognition, and so on.
As for the final phase, the length was not determined.
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It involved extremely high level techniques. It was a test for professional extreme survivalists.
Last time, Luo Nan was only able to persist for a hundred meters. He could not endure it and was kicked into protective mode. His result was quite embarrassing.
The overall trend of the Frost River Waterway was downward. After passing ten meters, the depth of the icy water began to gradually increase. Soon, it reached his waist. The icy water flowed with a gurgling sound. Walking in it was a difficult task, especially with the permeation of the cold. It numbed one's senses, making it very easy for a situation to occur.
Luo Nan took a deep breath. Back when he walked in the Frost River Waterway, he lost all feeling in his lower body the instant the icy water reached his waist. This time, it seemed to be more or less the same.
This had nothing to do with the quality of the body. Instead, it was highly related to the sensitivity of the nervous system.
The only difference was that Luo Nan was a bit muddle-headed last time. He was very sensitive to stimulation, but he did not know where his sensitivity came from. Right now, he could clearly feel that external stimulation acted on the cold receptors of his skin, forming nerve impulses that entered his central nervous system. They were conducted all the way to the temperature regulation center of his hypothalamus.
His clairvoyance of the state of his body had already entered a level that ordinary people would find it hard to reach. It was a bit strenuous to cut into the cellular scale of the human body with a sensitivity of close to 1/10 millimeter, but when combined with his personal perception, he was still able to grasp a general outline.
But this way, the amount of information that needed to be processed increased substantially. A sense of exhaustion quickly assaulted him, and his rapidly decreasing body temperature increased the rate at which his energy was being consumed.
Next, his legs went soft, and he fell into the water. He had the helmet to protect him, so he did not choke. But the torrent of ice wrapped around his helmet smashed over with tinkling sounds. The icy water overflowed into his damaged combat uniform, and the chill penetrated deep.
The excessive stimulation caused his blood to flow back. His body instinctively prioritized protecting his internal organs. His hands and feet quickly became numb, making him lose the ability to move.
There was a boom, and the sharp, enormous ice smashed against his head. The helmet was damaged, and the icy water seeped through. Luo Nan choked to death, and his vision blurred.
His consciousness became a bit fuzzy. Nina seemed to say something next to his ear, but he was no longer able to hear it.
By the time his consciousness recovered, Luo Nan had already returned to the high-back starship chair he was in before the jump.
As expected, he failed the Frost River Waterway challenge.
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