It was July, and the sun was scorching.
Even though the curtains were thick, they could not completely block out the heat of the sun.
The sunlight that came in through the gaps in the curtains formed a line of light in all directions, bringing the only light to the entire room.
Ring ring ring!
The phone rang again.
After three rings, it automatically turned into a recording.
"Is this Kieran? I'm Dr. Wang. You'll be eighteen in a year. If you don't start the gene therapy, you'll completely lose the opportunity! "
The polite words and the formula were as usual.
Kieran ignored it indifferently. He lowered his head and focused on looking at the game memory card in his hand.
It was bright red, and the size of a thumbnail.
After confirming that it was correct, Kieran put the game memory card that he had spent all his savings on into the virtual helmet's card slot.
Beep!
With a crisp sound, the indicator light on the virtual helmet turned from red to green.
Beep! Beep! Beep! No game manufacturer detected. Safety unknown. Please play with caution!
The virtual helmet's speaker sounded a warning.
However, Kieran did not care.
An underground game, of course, would not have the so-called game manufacturer and safety.
A year ago, this game, which was said to be 100% realistic, appeared on the market.
It was reasonable to say that such a game, which was 100% realistic, was far more popular than the virtual games that were only 30% or 40% realistic. It should have been greatly sought after.
However, the result was just the opposite. It was banned before it was officially released.
Because the game was too realistic!
It was so realistic that if you died in the game, you would also die in reality!
Less than one-tenth of the 3,000 closed beta players survived the closed beta and quit the game.
The death of thousands of people naturally announced the fact that the game would never be released. After that, Kieran heard that some rich people, in pursuit of excitement, joined the game and made it run again. It became a real "underground game" — only a few people had access to it.
Apart from the secretive purchasing channels and the exorbitant cost, dying in the game was equivalent to dying in real life. This made many people flinch at the thought of it.
However, Kieran did not care.
This was because if he couldn't raise three million in a year, he would definitely die because he was suffering from a genetic virus.
Three million was nothing to the rich, but it was an astronomical figure to Kieran.
Ever since he was diagnosed with a genetic virus three years ago, Kieran had been working hard to save money.
But … it was a drop in the bucket!
Three years ago, Kieran was fourteen years old. He was an ordinary middle school student in the Federation without any education or specialties. Even if it was physical labor, he was completely unqualified due to his age.
He could only do odd jobs.
But no matter what kind of part-time job he had, it was impossible for him to afford the treatment fee of three million yuan.
Even if he only slept five hours a day and worked three part-time jobs, Kieran had only saved 30,000 yuan over the past three years.
It was exactly one percent of the medical expenses.
This made Kieran feel despair!
When it came to life, Kieran had too many expectations and fantasies, so … he didn't want to die.
But reality forced him to die!
It was at this time that he heard a rumor from the gold farming workshop that he used to work at – a rumor about an 'underground game'.
A random piece of top-tier equipment could be sold for up to a million yuan!
After confirming the authenticity of this rumor, Kieran staked it all on this one throw.
He used the savings he had accumulated for three years since he was fourteen to buy the memory card of this underground game, ready to take a gamble.
"It's either I succeed or I die!"
Kieran thought quietly.
After putting on the helmet, Kieran laid down on the bed.
His vision darkened and a paragraph of text appeared along with a voice.
[Verifying ID …]
[ID confirmed: Kieran, seventeen years old, orphan, currently living in the Federation welfare housing …]
[Verifying attributes …]
[Underground game welcomes you, the game is about to begin …]
[Entering Single Player Dungeon!]
[Background: War suddenly engulfed this city. The people were not prepared, and most of them died in the artillery fire. The remaining civilians, including you, are struggling in the ruins of the city. The occasional gunshots will make you panic. The rebel army and the thugs have no intention of stopping. Their eyes are bloodshot, and their killing intent is so strong that they want to destroy everything!]
[Main Mission: Survive for seven days, 0/7]
[Side Mission (Optional): Save more civilians until the end of the war. Every civilian saved will increase your dungeon rating.]
(Hint: The beginner's dungeon is a rare opportunity for every player!)
When all the text appeared, there was a pause of about three minutes, leaving enough time for Kieran to read. Kieran's eyes suddenly lit up. It was extremely dazzling. Even if he closed his eyes, it was extremely uncomfortable. Kieran could not help but raise his palm in front of his eyes. Then, he felt his whole body was in a state of accelerated downward weightlessness.
The whole process lasted about one to two seconds.
When Kieran felt that everything had returned to normal, he put down his palm and opened his eyes.
Instantly, Kieran's eyes widened.
In front of him, less than a meter away, a dead body with its stomach cut open was leaning against the wall. The head was slightly raised, and the murky eyes were looking at Kieran as if they were looking at each other.
Kieran's breathing immediately quickened.
Ever since he was young, Kieran had never seen a dead human body.
At most, he had seen blood in a fight.
At that moment, a dead body appeared in front of him, and it was looking at him directly. Immediately, Kieran fell into a state of panic and fear.
In the midst of such fear, Kieran almost instinctively stepped back, only stopping when he hit the wall behind him.
Bang!
When his back hit the wall, the pain caused by the collision made Kieran clench his teeth.
However, the pain slightly eased Kieran's fear and allowed him to regain a bit of rationality.
"This is a game! This is a game! Even if it's 100% real, it's still a game! "
The last bit of rationality made Kieran think about the situation he was in.
He didn't really see a dead body, he just entered a dungeon in the game.
However, the reality before his eyes, the smell of blood, and the stench forced Kieran to search for more direct evidence to convince himself.
"Character!"
Kieran said.
Since Kieran used to do odd jobs in a gold farming workshop, he was no stranger to the controls of some virtual games.
Fortunately, some game rules were universal, and the underground game was no exception.
Following Kieran's words, the attribute window that only he could see appeared before his eyes.
The attribute window was divided into three pages.
[Name: Kieran]
[Age: 17 (Male)]
[Bloodline: Human]
[Title: None]
[HP: 100%]
[Stamina: 100]
Kieran glanced over it. The first page was the basic character status, and the second page was the character attributes.
[Strength: F]
[Agility: F]
[Constitution: F]
[Spirit: F +]
[Intuition: F +]
The third page was the skill, equipment, and backpack, but all of them were empty.
[Skills: None]
[Equipment: None]
[Backpack: Empty]
[Remarks: A newbie through and through, worse than cannon fodder!]
Even though the last remark was heavy with ridicule, Kieran was still smiling.
The appearance of the system window proved that everything before his eyes was indeed a game!
Even if it was 100% real!
Huu!
Huu!
Kieran took a few deep breaths, trying to get rid of the remaining fear in his heart and calm himself down.
When Kieran regained his composure, he unconsciously looked at the disemboweled body.
Dead bodies, in real life, would cause fear and panic, but in the game, dead bodies represented another meaning: in-game gold and equipment!
Kieran, of course, did not forget his goal of entering the underground game, which was to get enough money to cure his genetic virus.
The prerequisite for this was to have sufficient strength in the game.
Only with great strength could one obtain more in-game gold and good enough equipment. Only by relying on these in-game gold and good enough equipment could one exchange them for money in the real world.
Kieran's attributes were low, his skills, equipment, and backpack were empty, and his rating was worse than cannon fodder. Naturally, he did not have the strength to do so.
So, he needed time to grow stronger.
And he did not have much time left!
He only had a year in real life!
What about in the game?
Kieran could not tell at the moment, but according to the time in the virtual game, it would not be much longer than in real life.
Therefore, he needed to seize any opportunity to grow stronger.
And in front of Kieran, there was such an opportunity.
Suppressing the discomfort in his heart, Kieran slowly approached the dead body before him.
Even though he knew that everything before him was just a game, the 100% real life made Kieran feel like he was flipping a real body.
Especially the stench of the solidified blood, it made Kieran want to vomit.
Moreover, Kieran unconsciously avoided eye contact with the dead body's murky eyes. He did not even look at the disemboweled wound, only using his hands to search the body.
After a while, Kieran slightly turned his head, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Then, he looked at the strap that his left hand had found, and with a slight tug, a backpack was pulled off the dead body by Kieran.
The backpack was well hidden, and with the way the dead body was sitting, if it was not for Kieran's careful search, it would have been difficult to find it with just his eyes.
Since it was hidden so well, there should be some good stuff in it.
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