Hero?
Let's not talk about this chuunibyou first.
In front of Irin's eyes, in this vast and pure white space, the ball of light in front of Irin's eyes appeared very strange.
He had already entered the trial?
But, it didn't seem like it.
Irin didn't even have time to notice when the loading process of entering the trial ended, this ball of light suddenly appeared in front of Irin's eyes.
When he reached out his hand, such a strange sentence came from all around him.
But Irin felt that this sentence actually didn't come from the ball of light.
It was that vast voice, like the sound of Sanskrit, that rippled in this space.
Wait …
Hand?
Irin noticed another thing.
He clearly had the thought of "reaching out his hand".
And he had successfully touched the ball of light.
That was why there was a sound all around him.
But, when Irin focused and observed, he was surprised to find that his "hand" didn't actually exist.
It wasn't just his hand.
His body and limbs didn't exist in this space at all.
Then, what did he use to touch this ball of light?
"Consciousness body? Soul? "
This thought flashed through Irin's "mind".
In fact, in front of the ball of light, his "brain" didn't even exist now.
"I think, therefore I am?"
"Actually, I exist here in the form of 'thoughts'?"
Irin carefully tasted this mysterious feeling.
This feeling of existing purely as a spirit, separated from the physical body, was extremely mysterious. Irin was unknowingly intoxicated by it.
"Welcome to the place of rest, hero from another world."
That voice sounded again.
Place of rest?
Another world?
Yi Lin came back to her senses from this strange state of "Eternal Spirit".
He quickly extracted the information and information from the voice.
Irin didn't have a body at the moment. In other words, he couldn't move at all.
Whether it was reaching out his hand, kicking his leg, raising his head, shaking his shoulder … all of his actions actually originated from "imagination" and "thoughts".
But it was "imagination" and "thoughts" that allowed Irin to have a certain form of interaction with the ball of light.
"This opening is a bit interesting."
Irin "laughed", but he did not respond. He was waiting to see what would happen.
That voice, which was as vast as the heavens and earth, rang out again when it saw that Irin did not respond.
"Brave warrior from another world, the current you may have hesitation, anxiety, and doubt in your heart. However, you have come here because fate has guided you. There is no need to worry."
Hesitation?
Anxiety?
Doubt?
It didn't exist.
Irin was silent for a moment.
"I'm dead?"
"Yes. You finally understand. "
Understand my ass.
Irin pouted.
Of course, none of his current expressions or actions actually existed.
It was all in his own imagination.
I think, therefore I am.
He couldn't have died.
Irin was thinking about what kind of method he would use this time, and what kind of trial world he would enter.
However, since this ball called this place a resting place … it should have something to do with the background of this trial.
It wasn't very auspicious.
"Who are you?"
Irin asked again.
This was the normal process of obtaining information.
In any case, it seemed that there was no danger for the time being.
The main mission had not been released either.
The ball of light once again emitted a vast voice that echoed in the entire space, saying, "I have no name. You can call me the guide, or you can call me a little elf, or … God. "
Guide?
Little elf?
God?
The three names had completely different styles.
However, the last name made Irin pay more attention.
In the Caribbean Sea, that was a collection of curses, Calypso, who also called herself "God."
In Irin's opinion, how could gods be so cheap? They were all over the streets.
He had become arrogant.
Irin shook his head and smiled.
Although he didn't have a head now.
However, he still laughed out loud.
"Why are you laughing?"
The ball of light and Irin seemed to be in a mental state. When Irin imagined the "laughter", the ball of light sensed Irin's thoughts and asked.
"Hehe, nothing. Continue. What other processes are there?"
When the ball of light heard this, it didn't ask any more questions.
Suddenly.
A ball of gentle light floated out from the ball of light. Its shape changed in front of Irin's consciousness and turned into a piece of paper.
Rather than a piece of paper, it was more like an existence similar to a screen.
When Irin saw that the "plot" in front of him had changed again, he quickly browsed through the paper.
It didn't matter if he didn't read it.
When he read it, Irin was slightly stunned. He felt that his existence seemed to have been shaken a little.
"A … A survey questionnaire?"
That's right.
On the piece of paper in front of Irin was a survey questionnaire.
Irin felt that the style of this place was getting stranger and stranger.
"This is the process?"
A question mark flashed through Irin's mind.
However, he still quickly browsed through the contents of the survey questionnaire.
First of all …
[Name, gender, age …]
Ah this?
Irin suddenly had the feeling of filling out a form when he went to the company to apply for a job in the real world.
Although he had never filled it out.
Irin filled it out truthfully.
There shouldn't be anything to think about.
[Hobbies, horoscope, date of birth …]
"…"
[Body shape, appearance, personality …]
Wait a minute.
Irin suddenly felt very suspicious. Was he really in the trial?
Why did it feel so strange?
However, after thinking about it, Irin's current situation where he had lost his body, he couldn't even use any of his abilities. He could only obediently fill out this "plain and simple" survey questionnaire.
He had already tried it earlier. He couldn't use any of the functions of the "Tower".
This state made Irin feel very insecure.
However, there was nothing he could do.
However, what was the point of this seemingly ordinary survey questionnaire?
Even if it was a census in the real world, it wouldn't be so ridiculously detailed!
While Irin was filling out the survey questionnaire.
The voice of the ball of light was completely silent.
There were no other movements.
Irin even wanted to "slap it", "kick it", "touch it", and other "interactions", but he couldn't complete them.
Without any other choice, Irin could only fill in the survey truthfully.
[Body shape, outstanding appearance, kind personality.]
Well, Irin felt that he was very honest.
The survey continued.
[If you have a choice, would you be willing to come and go like the wind, use your body of steel to block damage for your companions, or use the power of the gods to bless your companions …]
[Facing a monster, if you attack, you will choose the front, side, back, crotch, anus …]
[Facing a very powerful monster that might kill you, how would you deal with it? A: Face it head-on. B: Strike first and then face it head-on. C: Sneak attack, drug, assassinate, use simple words to shake the monster's will …]
The questions were getting weirder and weirder.
However, Irin's heart was getting heavier and heavier.
He didn't dare to choose randomly.
Because he had already faintly sensed that there was something fishy behind this survey questionnaire.
Although the survey questionnaire was in the form of a "piece of paper" floating in front of Irin.
However, the survey questions on it would only appear when Irin finished one question.
For example, some of the multiple-choice questions skills, such as looking at the questions behind and then going back to choose … were completely useless in front of this kind of survey questionnaire.
Irin did the questions seriously.
He suddenly remembered that if Little Fatso and Wang Tiandi also started the same way, he hoped that they would be able to detect something fishy in the process as soon as possible. Otherwise …
Irin didn't dare to think about the consequences.
He hoped that they would be fine.
Finally.
The multiple-choice questions were over.
Irin was bombarded by a large number of questions until he was dizzy.
He couldn't imagine how such a large question bank could be accommodated on a piece of paper that didn't look big.
"Sure enough, communication on the spiritual level can't be measured by common sense."
Irin sighed.
The ball of light still didn't respond.
And on the "survey questionnaire," the screen changed from multiple-choice questions to fill-in-the-blank questions.
[Please choose your five favorite skills.]
"Sure enough …"
The moment this question appeared, it was equivalent to confirming Irin's guess about this trial from the side.
"Five skills, the restriction isn't too big."
"Strengthening through comprehension shouldn't be counted in the category of these five skills."
"This questionnaire seems to be just a survey, but in fact, it's very likely that it's a process of 'character creation.'"
"You're really something."
Irin didn't dare to be careless.
Excluding "strengthening," Irin only had six skills.
Other apostles at this stage should be able to draw many small skills that were useful or useless, or some passive skills. At this stage, they should be in a difficult situation to choose.
Irin didn't have such a problem.
Out of six, five, Irin only needed to remove one skill and it would be fine.
"But it's also very difficult!"
[Shadow Kill], [Shadow Stalking], as the perfect set of skills, Irin definitely had to fill it in.
[Summon Mount – Nightingale], to be able to summon a nightingale in the trial, was equivalent to increasing one's combat power for no reason. Irin naturally couldn't not fill it in.
[Calamity Entanglement], as a control type skill that could kill without any blind spots, would definitely come in handy at crucial moments. Moreover, this skill had accompanied Irin for so long, allowing Irin to kill many monsters. It was very convenient to use, so naturally, he couldn't give it up.
As for the remaining skills …
[Grip of Annihilation], [Bloodthirsty Calamity].
After using the elimination method, it seemed like Irin had no other choice.
Hence.
He quickly filled in [Shadow Kill], [Shadow Stalking], [Summon Mount – Nightingale], [Calamity Entanglement], [Grip of Annihilation].
Not to mention that the side effects of [Bloodthirsty Calamity] were too great, basically, in a trial, he only dared to use it in the last few minutes. If he used this skill in the middle of the trial, if he couldn't destroy everything, once the effect of the skill was over, under the terrifying side effects, Irin would be at the mercy of others. It wasn't worth it.
Give up, give up.
[What are your five favorite personal items?]
"Five …"
After careful consideration, Irin made the same choice.
Finally.
The answer was completed.
Irin finished the entire questionnaire, as if he had used up all his energy, his entire body was exhausted and his spirit was dispirited.
It was too difficult to do the questions.
Of course, this was just an illusion.
With Irin's current state, he shouldn't have this kind of fatigue.
[Character creation complete.]
In an instant.
From the vast space.
Streams of light converged in front of "Irin's consciousness" to form a handsome blond man.
The man was naked. His well-proportioned body perfectly matched the golden ratio of the human body. His perfect skin was even shining with light, the brilliance was dizzying and very dazzling.
"Not bad."
Irin was very satisfied.
[Welcome to 'Uranus'.]
[Boycott bad games, reject fake games.]
[Pay attention to self-protection, be careful not to be deceived.]
[Moderate gaming is good for the brain, indulging in games is harmful to the body.]
[Arrange your time reasonably and enjoy a healthy life.]
[I wish you a happy game.]
[Sizzle —]
Suddenly.
In this boundless space.
There was a strange sizzling sound.
Just as Irin's "spirit" was about to be substituted into that perfect "character", there was a burst of noise in the surrounding space.
Immediately after.
In front of Irin's retina.
A notification appeared.
A notification from the tower.
[Welcome to 'Uranus'.]
[In this world, there are gods, the sky, the sea of clouds, the old world, and giant divine beasts.]
[In this world, there are adventurers, space pirates, salvage workers, chambers of commerce, and churches.]
[You will experience an unforgettable adventure journey.]
[Three apostles have been detected using the 'Temporary Team Contract'. In the following trial, the difficulty of the trial will be increased in a certain way. Please be aware.]
[In order to increase the immersive experience, the relevant memories and functions will be temporarily sealed. Apostle 1010, please be mentally prepared.]
[I wish you a happy trial.]
[I wish you a safe return.]
[I wish you a prosperous martial arts career.]
Ah?
Wait.
Mentally prepared your head!
Wait.
Danger!
The originally harmless ball of light instantly turned into a pure white sea of light, drowning Irin.
Before being drowned in the light, Irin inadvertently discovered that the perfect character that he had "created" was actually broken.
In its place was Irin, his own face.
"…"
…
"Irin! Why are you in a daze! Come and help! "
"Coming!"
A young man with a charming appearance, dressed like a page boy, was sweating all over. In the tavern, he nimbly shuttled through the crowd.
"Hey, Meg, your new attendant is very nimble! Come, I'll reward you! "
[Received 5G!]
Irin heard a "ding" sound in his ear.
A bumpy coin fell into his pocket and disappeared.
Irin replied with a smile, "Sir, you're really generous!"
"Hehehe, of course!"
Irin casually handed over the bubbling "martino wine" and turned to leave.
When he left.
Irin muttered in a low voice that no one could hear, "It's only 5G. How dare he pretend to be a big boss with such a small amount of mosquito legs."
"Table 3, Merica pie!"
"Table 4, roasted lamb leg!"
"Table 6, stir-fried Flame Flying Snake Roll!"
"…"
Irin received a lot of tips.
Of course.
They were all mosquito legs.
[Received + 1G!]
[Received + 3G!]
[Received + 2G!]
[Received …]
After a whole day.
Irin's wealth skyrocketed from 126G to 188G, which was worth celebrating.
However, in the weapon shop, the cheapest and most basic "Beginner's Dagger" cost 1000G, which was very expensive.
"This game's currency system is not scientific!"
Irin hid in the kitchen and slacked off. Thinking about the game experience in the past three days, he felt very helpless.
While there was no one around.
Irin's expression froze, and his finger swiped down from top to bottom.
A "panel" that only he could see appeared in front of Irin.
…
[Character] Irin
[Gender] Male
[Age] 18
[Level] 1
[Experience] 02451000 (24.5%)
[Profession] None
[Health] 126126
[Crystal Energy] 255255
[Strength] 4.2
[Agility] 5.0
[Spirit] 8.5
[Willpower] 8.0
[Luck] 2.6
[Charm] 1.4
[Talent Skills] Calamity Entanglement, Shadow Stalking, Shadow Kill, Annihilation Grip, Summon Mount – Nightmare
[God Bestowed Skills] None
…
He had been thinking about this panel for three whole days.
It had been three days since he came to this world called "Uranus."
In these three days, other than working in the tavern in "Rab Town," Irin had been thinking about three very serious philosophical questions.
"Who am I?"
"Where am I?"
"What am I going to do?"
Every time these three questions flashed through Irin's mind, he always felt that he was pretending to be deep in thought.
But in fact, he really wanted to know the answer.
He didn't remember who he was.
He didn't remember why he was here.
He didn't know why he was in this world.
When he woke up, he was lying on the crowded street like an idiot with a confused look on his face.
"Did you lose your memory?"
"Adventurer?"
"Oh, no, you don't have a weapon."
"Ah, I used to be an adventurer in the Cloud Sea until I got an arrow in my knee."
After Irin was lying on the street in a daze for a full ten minutes, he was stopped by a few kind town guards. They said that the city lord had ordered that he couldn't sleep on the street for no reason.
The guards also pointed out a clear path for Irin. They said that 100 meters ahead, turn right, and then turn right again. After 20 meters, the "Love and Peace Tavern" on the right was looking for waiters. They asked him to try and find a way to make a living.
Of course, if it was "just" these encounters, Irin, who had lost his memory, might have thought that he had traveled through time.
Traveling through time seemed to be a very normal thing.
Until …
Above the head of the smiling guard, a golden exclamation mark popped up with a "ding".
It was very golden, very bright, and had its own sound effect. The kind that was blinding.
“！”
At that moment.
Irin suddenly cracked.
"…"
From the memory, Irin's thoughts returned to the present.
For some reason, Irin always had an illusion.
He seemed to be very comfortable working in the tavern. He almost didn't need any training and went straight to work.
He dealt with all kinds of drunkards in a steady and experienced manner.
Lady Boss Meg kept praising his proficiency, which made Irin a little embarrassed.
Moreover, the image of the lady boss gave Irin a strange sense of familiarity.
As if he had seen something similar somewhere.
"Burp ~"
The Lady Boss burped and walked into the room in a drunken stupor, locking the door behind her.
Not long after.
The sound of singing came from the room of the lady boss, who was alone in the room.
When Irin finished closing the door, it was already late at night.
He silently looked at his [Props]. The money column had increased by a little.
Irin hid in his small room. His finger slid down and opened his personal interface again.
The interface's functions were very complete.
It was divided into six major interfaces.
[Attributes], [Equipment], [Tools], [Tasks], [Diary], [System].
"It's exactly a pay-to-win web-based game, but it's a little more realistic."
Irin looked at these interfaces and couldn't help but ridicule from the bottom of his heart.
"Eh? I clearly lost my memory for some reason, but why do I know the style of a 'pay-to-win web-based game'? "
Irin quickly realized that he had inadvertently revealed information in his words and fell into deep thought.
In these few days.
Irin had found out a lot of information.
After all, no matter which world it was, the tavern was always a place where good and bad people mixed together.
This was a strange world.
The technological level of the entire world seemed to revolve around two kinds of technology: "crystal" and "steam power".
From the mouths of some of the drunkards who were decently dressed and relatively extravagant, Yi Lin also vaguely heard "Colossus", "Void Ocean", "relic", "divine sword", and other weird terms whose meaning was unclear for now.
In short, this was not the world that Irin was familiar with.
Although he had lost his memory.
But their words gave Irin an instinctive sense of strangeness.
He didn't belong here.
Of course, the most important thing was … this was a game world.
Irin subconsciously knocked his head with his left hand.
There was a patch of skin on his forehead that felt cold to the touch. He didn't know if it was some kind of skin disease.
But that was not important.
Needless to say, this feeling of not being able to remove the dead skin was really addictive.
Irin habitually scratched the dead skin on his forehead with one hand, while his other hand quickly swiped across the various function panels.
He swiped until the end …
[System].
On the System interface, there were a few lines of [???].
There seemed to be some functions that hadn't been unlocked.
And at the bottom of the menu.
There was a button for [Logout], but it was gray in color, and the color was different from the other buttons.
Irin had long noticed this gray button.
He had tried to press it many times, but there was no response.
Irin was very calm now.
He was so calm that even he himself found it scary.
"This [Logout] button … is broken."
Not being able to logout meant that he couldn't return to the outside world.
This was obviously a very strange situation.
But Irin himself didn't know why, but he seemed to be very used to and even enjoyed this strange situation.
Irin faintly sensed that in the "real world," his mental state might, perhaps, seem … abnormal.
But it was useless to think about this now.
Irin calmly began to scratch the dead skin as he analyzed.
"I should be a 'game player.' Hmm, let's assume that for now.
"It's also possible that I'm some kind of 'experimental subject' or 'artificial intelligence.' Of course, this possibility is very small.
"My memory loss shouldn't be an accident. Otherwise, there is no way to explain my current situation where my 'memory' is completely separated from my 'common sense' and 'cognition.'
"I can't remember everything about the 'real world,' but there are no obstacles when it comes to 'logical reasoning,' 'values,' and 'the use of common sense.'
"Let's assume that I'm a 'high-end game player,' and I'm trapped in a game world for some special reason.
"For the time being, this predicament can be broken."
Otherwise, the following inferences will be meaningless. "
Irin continued to scratch the dead skin as he recalled the pitiful 'memory' in his mind.
"I only remember that … I, Irin, 18 years old, Aries, well-proportioned body, outstanding appearance, and kind personality."
Kind?
Although every time he recalled that in his' cognition, 'he had a kind personality, Irin still had doubts and felt a little strange.
But his' cognition 'shouldn't be wrong … it should be so.
If even this most basic 'cognition' was wrong, then the inference would return to the original point.
Returning to the original point of 'who am I', his entire train of thought would completely fall into an endless loop with no solution.
"Let's assume that I'm trapped in the game world for some 'inevitable' reason. Then what I need to do … is to get through this world?
It should be something like … completing a mission or something. "
Irin thought as he opened the [Mission] panel again.
In the [Mission] panel, there were two sub-menus: [Main Mission] and [Side Mission].
The [Main Mission] panel was empty. Irin didn't receive it.
As for the [Side Mission], he had completed quite a lot in the past three days.
They were all small missions like serving tea and water and reaching a destination. The mission rewards were tasteless and dull.
Irin was too lazy to look at them.
"From the looks of it, if I want to understand why I'm trapped in the 'game world,' the first thing I need to do is to get in touch with this world more deeply. I need to delve deeper into this game world and finally … clear it completely. Maybe, by then, I'll have a way to leave this' game world. '
"If I had a body …" Irin lowered his head as his fingers unconsciously scratched the dead skin on his forehead. He muttered in a low voice, "My body should be in a 'life support cabin' right now? Wait … since there's a concept of a 'life support cabin' in my cognition, then if I were to reverse the inference, I should be a human. "
Irin suddenly found another proof that he was a human, and not some random existence like an artificial intelligence or a body of consciousness.
"There's another important point. Is my identity as a 'trapped player' unique in this world?"
"If there are other 'players' trapped in the game world, then it'll be interesting. Hehe. "
Irin laughed on the spot for no reason.
Even he didn't understand why.
Interesting?
Right.
It was interesting.
But why did he find it interesting?
This should be a situation that would make people so desperate that they would commit suicide.
"Am I … a psychopath in the real world?" Irin lowered his head as he pondered. He calmly analyzed the situation.
"Forget it."
"For now, there's no point in thinking too much. According to what those drunkards said, there are many 'monsters' in the wilderness outside Rab Town. They should be the monsters in the game. "
"When I tried to leave the town, the guards gave me a friendly reminder, 'Please equip yourself with weapons before leaving the town.' This should be a friendly reminder from the NPCs in the game world."
"What I need to understand now is, if I'm trapped in this world as a 'player,' will I revive if I die?"
"Once my HP drops to zero, what will happen …?"
"Will I … die?"
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