Chapter 1: Blue Star 20 version update completed

"Qin Chuan!"

"Qin Chuan, wake up quickly!"

Qin Chuan, slumped over the desk sleeping soundly, felt a big hand tightly grab his shoulder and shake him hard, shattering the dream he was halfway through.

The faint remaining consciousness let him realize he was now in the class teacher's class.

Qin Chuan sat up straight, instinctively straightened his posture, opened a random page of the textbook he had been using as a pillow, and pretended to read.

Following past measures for similar crises, he should first confirm the class teacher's position, then check the current situation with his desk mate Xiao Pang, who had woken him.

But staring at the textbook ahead, Qin Chuan's movements suddenly froze.

How come I don't recognize any of the characters on the book?

Oh, I'm holding the book upside down.

No, that's not the problem!

【Blue Star 2.0 version update completed, added Dream World Entrance, players over one year old can enter the Dream World via sleep, entrance open time daily 0:00 to 8:00.】

Only then did he belatedly realize the class teacher was no longer in the classroom; the room was in chaos, students shocked and panicked, noise incessant.

【When a player dies in the Dream World, they are automatically ejected; the next time they enter the Dream World, they will respawn at a random birth point.】

If one dies in the Dream World, they return to reality; they can still enter next time, but will be reset, appearing at a random birth point…

The sudden appearance of the text and its huge information content had a tremendous impact on inexperienced high‑school seniors.

【Entrance open time ends, Dream World Timeline pauses, resuming normally after the next entrance open time.】

According to the text, as long as one sleeps between zero and eight o'clock, they will enter this world.

At eight o'clock, the Dream World will hit pause, waiting for the next entry time to continue; those who entered the Dream World should, barring accidents, return to reality?

"Don't read so many novels." Qin Chuan glanced sideways at Xiao Pang, then carefully read the floating text again, trying to extract every key piece of information.

"Version update" is a term common in games or apps; appearing here gave Qin Chuan a creeping sense of dread, but the following content is more important.

Qin Chuan didn't have time to answer Xiao Pang's second half of the question; upon hearing the first half, his gaze shot over the textbook piled high on the desk blocking his view, sweeping a glance at the whole class's situation.

Before his eyes, paragraphs of text had appeared at some unknown time, overlapping with the textbook's text in his vision; but as his gaze shifted, the textbook's text moved while these words stayed still.

"Can you see them too?" Qin Chuan couldn't help turning his head to look at Xiao Pang; the text overlapped with Xiao Pang's acne‑covered face.

【Next Blue Star update: in 2 days.】

These words seemed as if projected directly onto the retina, eerie.

"I feel my rise has come!" Xiao Pang trembled all over, yet his expression was unusually excited; "This Dream World must be tied to supernatural power—perhaps it's another form of spiritual qi revival."

"You saw them too, right?" Xiao Pang jerked Qin Chuan's shoulder, interrupting his thoughts, his expression mixed with excitement and fear: "Those words."

The core of all the content is the "Dream World."

"Everyone in class saw them!" Xiao Pang whispered, then paused, "Do you think what it says up there will be true?"

That's actually good news—at least it won't affect reality.

Just as Qin Chuan was thinking, hurried footsteps sounded outside the door, and a figure quickly strode into the classroom.

The class teacher, who had left the classroom at some point, returned.

"Everyone quiet down." He shouted, then quickly opened the classroom's multimedia equipment, connected to the net, logged onto the official website, and opened the livestream.

Soon the screen broadcast a host's voice everyone knew well.

"Now broadcasting an emergency news bulletin."

"Due to unknown causes, abnormal text has appeared in everyone's field of vision worldwide; in different language‑speaking countries the language varies, and in different time zones the timing differs, but all the text means the same thing, absolute time identical, and this condition has not yet been detected in other species."

"The state has set up an emergency affairs committee to investigate this matter fully."

"Besides affecting vision, no other negative effects of the text on people have been found; please residents everywhere stay calm, don't panic, and contact the local police station immediately if any abnormality appears."

The screen cut off there; the class teacher rapped the blackboard, "You've all seen the news too—don't panic, just pretend those characters don't exist."

"Due to the unexpected situation, school is off for today; morning self‑study tomorrow is cancelled."

"Everyone hurry home and stay safe on the road."

Having said that, he hurried out of the classroom.

The temporary one‑day break, with the college entrance exam looming, also eased the students' panic a bit.

The sound of rustling as they packed their bags came from the classroom; soon students hurried out in small groups, each heading home.

At this moment, the lost and helpless students only wanted to reunite quickly with their parents and relatives.

"I can understand today's day off." Xiao Pang scratched his head, his face full of surprise, "What does cancelling tomorrow's morning self‑study mean?"

"Morning self‑study starts at seven thirty." Qin Chuan quickly packed his bag, speaking without looking up, "The Dream World Entrance isn't closed yet."

The next moment, he slung his bag and walked out of the classroom, leaving Xiao Pang with a look of sudden realization.

——

"Can these words… disappear?"

Leaning against the headboard, Qin Chuan idly flicked at the text before him, just as he had done countless times before; his hand passed straight through it, causing not a ripple.

After a day passed, he actually grew somewhat accustomed to the presence of these words.

He had read the content of those words over and over countless times, now knowing it by heart.

He glanced at his cramped, shabby rented room where he lived alone, then silently set down the freshly gathered fantasy novel about spiritual qi revival.

The first time reading it, it was actually quite interesting.

He glanced out the window at the now completely dark sky, muttered, "It's getting late, time to sleep," then switched off the bedside lamp.

The rented room plunged into darkness.

Qin Chuan drifted off to sleep in a daze; in the dark rented room, the old but precise clock on the wall ticked steadily until the hour, minute, and second hands all pointed to "12".

A faint light flashed and vanished in the dark rented room.

It seemed as if nothing had changed, yet also as if everything had changed.

Newbie's new book, please collect and keep reading!

(End of chapter)