Chapter 2
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Chapter 2: Closed Beta for the Game!
Fang Ze is a gamer who writes about games on the internet.
The most popular live streams are usually of horror games.
Fans often say that maybe Fang Ze has never experienced fear since he was a child, so he has become somewhat famous.
But only Fang Ze knows that he plays horror games just because he is bored.
His life has become too dull and repetitive, doing the same things every day.
It’s like he’s a machine.
Fang Ze is tired of this life, and even horror games no longer bring him excitement or new experiences.
Lately, he has been thinking about switching to making videos about other types of things.
While Fang Ze was bored watching videos from other bloggers, he suddenly noticed a private message.
Message: "Want to try a different game?"
Fang Ze’s first thought upon seeing this was that a client wanted him to film a food video, but since the ID was blank, it was the first time he had seen it.
Fang Ze: "What game?"
Message: "100% real holographic game."
Upon seeing the reply, the first thought that crossed Fang Ze’s mind was a scam.
Fang Ze: "If it’s real, I wouldn’t mind trying it out. Why don’t you tell me how much it would cost?"
Naturally, Fang Ze was teasing the other person, as scammers usually focus on two things.
The first point is to target your interests, and the second is to lure you in at a price you find acceptable.
If you think it’s very cheap, or if you think the price is acceptable, and then you pay the first payment.
The chain scam began.
But Fang Ze was very curious, could people really be fooled by this kind of trickery?
Who would be silly enough to believe this kind of thing is 100% real?
To Fang Ze’s surprise, the other party did not pay attention to his questions.
Blank: "Can I understand that you agree, right?"
Fang Ze: "So what?"
Blank: "The item has been delivered, I think it won’t disappoint you."
With that, the mysterious person with the blank ID disappeared directly.
Fang Ze saw this and was surprised. He pushed his glasses up his nose, then searched carefully for a long time but couldn’t find anyone.
The mysterious person seemed to appear out of nowhere!
Even their previous chat records are gone?
Before Fang Ze could think more, there was a sudden knocking at the door.
Fang Ze heard it and walked straight out, only to see a large box placed in front of his door.
"What is this?"
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Ten minutes later.
Fang Ze looked at the box in front of him, his mind racing. In these short ten minutes, he thought of dozens of possibilities.
The first possibility is that he is currently being live-streamed and someone is playing a trick on him.
This is very likely, but upon closer thought, it seems unlikely.
If we rule out this possibility, could it be that he encountered something supernatural?
Right after the other person finished speaking, something was delivered to him right away. Isn’t it reasonable to assume it was prepared in advance?
"Or perhaps, like in a novel, he stumbled upon an extraordinary adventure?"
"That’s just too far-fetched."
Fang Ze pondered as he opened the cardboard box and found two large white foam blocks and a pair of stylish black glasses with a high-tech look.
The glasses resembled VR glasses but were much smaller, lighter, and very stylish.
Fang Ze took off his own glasses, put on the black glasses, and carefully explored them.
It was confirmed that there were no problems at the beginning.
"There was only one charging port and one button. Let’s turn it on and see."
Fang Ze connected power to his glasses and lightly pressed the button on his right ear.
In the next moment, his mind lost connection with his body!
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a blurry sea of stars!
The sea of stars seemed endless, and Fang Ze’s body felt like a half-real, half-illusory existence!
Fang Ze came to his senses and looked at his hands in shock, "I can’t feel my body. Could it be… my mind has entered the game?"
Just as Fang Ze was shocked, several messages appeared.
[Body scan complete.]
[Identity confirmed successfully.]
[Please enter your ID.]
Fang Ze thought for a moment, "If I can’t control my body, how can I exit?"
With that thought, the next second, Fang Ze exited the previous interface.
Feeling his body again, Fang Ze took off his VR glasses and exclaimed, "Oh no… this is, this is…"
"Is my mind in the game?"
"Could what he said be true?!"
Fang Ze calmed down his excited feelings a bit and logged back into the game with his equipment!
At first, there was only one screen, a character creation screen.
All settings inside can be adjusted except for the gender, you can even directly apply your own real-life character template!
Fang Ze doesn’t like shaping faces much, so he directly used his own real-life template, with a few modifications …
The final product is a decent-looking, tall and thin man.
Fang Ze looked at the man in front of him slowly turning around, secretly surprised, the texture of the skin, the hair, it can be said that there is no difference at all from a real person!
After finishing shaping the person, Fang Ze moved on to the next step.
[Please enter ID]
[ID "Daddy" has been used by someone else]
"Who’s so quick?"
While Fang Ze said this out loud, he didn’t think like that, "The ID has been registered by someone else, which means … someone else has got hold of the device?"
"Well then…"
[ID "Grandpa" has already been taken]
"Darn."
"No need to try, probably all taken by now."
"I’ll just stick with my old name."
[ID "Holy Light" is successfully registered]
["Character profile successfully created."]
["Wish you a pleasant game!"]
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As the words "registration successful" flashed by, the next moment, Fang Ze’s eyes fell into darkness again.
Slowly, he felt his limbs, then his eyes, mouth, ears, and nose!
Phew!
With a bright light flashing by, colors gradually appeared before Fang Ze’s eyes!
At this moment, he was standing on a plain, feeling the gentle wind on his face, soft and delicate.
The grass on the ground swayed with the wind, casting shifting shadows around!
Every detail seemed exceptionally real!
Fang Ze snapped out of his daze, touched his face, and then gave himself a slap across the cheek!
Smack!
"It hurts!"
Fang Ze hit hard, the pain made him grimace, but it couldn’t hide his excitement and joy!
"Seeing, smelling, touching, tasting, hearing, all five senses!"
Awesome!
"Wow, I never thought I would get to play this kind of game in my lifetime!"
"I thought it was just a prank!"
"It’s actually real!"
Just then, Fang Ze heard several voices filled with excitement and trembling.
Fang Ze turned around and saw nine young men imitating his previous actions.
One man was pinching his cheek, twisting it and smiling in a very strange way.
"I can feel pain, I can feel pain!"
"Hahaha, amazing, so amazing!"
Watching the other four still immersed in endless happiness, Fang Ze didn’t disturb them but started to think to himself.
"Can this game involve taking off pants?"
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