Chapter 5

Earth.

A certain inconspicuous bedroom, the 14-inch OLED screen is emitting a faint light identical to the magic array, illuminating the square rimless glasses.

A teenager wearing thick myopia glasses is sitting in front of the computer, browsing the mysterious webpage opened through unknown channels meticulously.

His name is Zhao Jinyan, an ordinary high school student.

To say the only difference from others, maybe he is a bit short, the lens is a bit thick, and his personality is a bit introverted and autistic.

But no one is born like this; he was also awesome once.

Still remember when I was in elementary school ten years ago, everyone had to respectfully call him Brother Zhao, but I didn't expect that this nickname became Brother Experience not long after I entered junior high school, and then it's not worth mentioning.

In short, he had almost had enough of this trash game "Reality OL."

Just when he was killing time on the Internet with such thoughts, a suspicious advertisement suddenly appeared in front of him.

【... The most realistic fully immersive virtual reality online game in history, the first round of closed beta testing is about to start! Do you want to start your second life in another world? Join us quickly!】

【"Disaster" OL, coming soon!】

【Official website link: NNN. XXX... X. ysj】

A domain name I've never seen before.

Even without the beginning of 3W... is it a private server?

No matter how you look at it, this webpage is full of suspicious elements, but that hand holding the mouse still couldn't help but click it.

To say why...

Maybe it's out of confidence in his computer system reinstallation technology and the speed of pulling the power plug?

Another thing, what if it's true?

He wants to see how realistic the so-called fully immersive virtual reality online game is.

At this moment, Zhao Jinyan didn't realize that what really moved him was actually another sentence in the slogan—

Do you want to start your second life in another world?

To be honest.

He really wants to.

【Past events like smoke】

Typing this ID on the registration page, Zhao Jinyan went straight to the theme and wanted to download it to take a look.

However, he flipped through the entire website and didn't find the download client, but didn't find a DEMO file or even a promotional PV.

Good guy, the pie hasn't even started to be drawn yet, right?!

The urge to complain had nowhere to vent, so he clicked on the forum in the upper right corner of the official website and found that he wasn't the only fish on the hook.

There are already quite a few people complaining here!

Tourist 666: "What game is this? Wait, where is the game?"

Carefree: "Why is there nothing except a broken website?"

Don't argue with fools: "Hey hey? Is the developer there? Come out and say something!"

Developer: "Hello everyone, I am the developer. Because my team ran away, the game development work has stalled. Now I urgently need a sum of money. Transfer 5000 yuan to the XXX account. After I wake up the 100,000 terracotta warriors and restore the country successfully, I will immediately accept you as a godson and establish you as the crown prince."

【Announcement: Account "Developer" has been banned for 6666 days. The forum administrator reminds all players again, do not believe in fraudulent information, and do not have private money transactions...】

"Holy shit?"

"So there is a moderator."

"Wait, that guy is just playing a meme, right?! Was it a wrong kill?"

"I think it's a problem with the account name; I suggest this brother re-register one. (Funny)"

"..."

I didn't expect this broken official website without even a DEMO to have quite a few people, with new posts popping up every minute, and they don't look like robots.

Maybe everyone is relatively free.

However, Zhao Jinyan estimated that maybe it was because this development team had just started bragging, and those who were watching the fun gathered together.

After a few days, when everyone didn't see the real thing, they would probably disperse.

Because the complaints he wanted to make had all been made by others, he didn't post, but flipped through the setting collection on the data page of the official website.

【In the distant First Epoch, mortals on the Aosi Continent cast godhood with the power of faith and sealed the chaotic supernatural power, thus opening the chapter of the Mythological Era.】

【It is said that in that distant era, whether it was holy light or dark energy, whether it was life or death, or elemental power, they equally belonged to every living creature in the mortal world. The gods performed their duties, and mortals sang the stories of them, just as recorded in the epic.】

【However, all magnificent epics are bound to end in secular desires, and all believers on the ground long for the god they serve to be the greatest, and behind them stand ambitious nobles and kings.】

【The first to break the balance was the Aosi Empire.】

【The God-chosen Emperor led his iron cavalry, sweeping across the entire continent under the protection of Saint Xisi, invincible. The first to fall was the Underworld God; since then, the death and reincarnation of all things are no longer equal, and noble souls are born different and superior.】

【Then, the main elemental gods who mastered elemental power fell one after another... The gods whose godhood was shattered turned into spirits wandering in the natural world, ghosts without consciousness.】

【Saint Xisi, who presided over the light, and his allies joined forces to divide the glory that originally belonged to the gods and cast a new godhood. And the power that was originally used by people to bind supernatural power eventually became a shackle on the necks of all living and dead people.】

【Since then, the Mythological Era has fallen, replaced by the Second Epoch crowned with the name of faith...】

Zhao Jinyan read the setting collection from beginning to end, because there were too many points to complain about, and for a while, he didn't know where to start complaining.

How to say it?

Very standard setting.

There are clear villains, and the contradictions and conflicts are obvious. If the editor responsible for the script has decent ability, the development of the main plot should still be worth looking forward to.

However, the shortcomings are also obvious.

Today's game market is no longer the era of Diablo X God, Brave X Demon, and Happy X Landlord.

Whether it is single-player or online games, the themes of various games can be described as lush, as rich as the Golden Tree of Elden Ring.

At least in his personal opinion, the setting of this game is still a bit thin compared to the various RPG masterpieces that are currently popular.

Unless—

The developer of this game can really get the so-called fully immersive virtual reality online game out.

But is such a thing possible?

Eight out of ten, it's just a gimmick played by the developer.

This world is very cruel, and you will be fed shit if you are not careful.

Game developers only need to consider how to sell the game, while players need to consider a lot of things.

Throwing a potato chip into his mouth, Zhao Jinyan's index finger tapped on the table for a long time, and finally gave a pertinent evaluation.

"Feels not as good as Narukami..."

I hope the actual game content can bring him surprises.

"Luo Yan... Luo Yan... wake up, the graduation ceremony is about to start."

Hmm... hmm?

The familiar voice echoed in his ears, Luo Yan's pupils gradually returned to clarity, but the expression on his face was still full of confusion.

More than an hour has passed since the ritual was successful.

At this moment, he has finished washing and gargling, and has changed into the formal dress pressed in the corner of the wardrobe, standing in the square in front of the Demon King Academy auditorium.

However, although he is already standing here, he feels that his soul is still staying in the shock he received an hour ago.

What the hell is the "Disaster" system?

And that Machine God...

He has lived in this world for eighteen years, and he has never heard of this title!

Not only that—

And that "Disaster OL" game, the official website forum projected on the giant stone tablet deep in his sea of consciousness, and the information about the First Epoch and Second Epoch on the official website forum, etc...

Those things don't look like they were made up, but they are completely different from the versions he heard in the past eighteen years.

Huge information swept towards him like a tide, so much so that he didn't know where to start digesting for a while.

Luo Yan took a deep breath and sorted out the chaotic thoughts in his mind one by one.

First of all, it's about Lin Te Aisaike.

This guy's strength is probably more than the Demigod guessed by Professor Aiwen, but he has completely stepped on the realm of gods—

Cast godhood with a mortal body!

Although there is no historical material to prove this, Luo Yan believed the guy's statement after studying the so-called "Disaster" system.

There is no other reason!

Because this system can actually connect to his hometown Earth!!!

Through the stone tablet deep in the sea of consciousness, Luo Yan successfully logged into the official website of "Disaster OL," and even saw a group of enthusiastic netizens speaking actively on the forum.

Although the websites that can be visited are only this one, and can only be watched but not posted, it is enough to make him ecstatic to see the words of his hometown again after eighteen years!

In addition to the function of visiting the official website, Luo Yan can confirm his attribute panel and switch to the player management page by touching the symbols on the stone tablet.

However, because the current "number of players" is 0, he temporarily cannot test the "GM permission" granted to him by the system, and as for what the players are actually for, it remains to be further observed.

In addition, the system also has an important parameter, named "Faith Value."

According to the system, consuming Faith Value can increase the soul level without side effects!

According to the theory of the soul school in Hell academia, the soul level directly determines the upper limit of the supernatural power a person can possess!

Although this world also has similar methods such as ascending to demonhood, undead transformation, etc., that can forcibly increase a person's soul level, these sword-walking side-path rituals all have very strong side effects without exception.

One of the most typical is that after fusing too many souls that don't belong to oneself, one gradually goes crazy or completely becomes another person.

Increasing soul level without side effects...

That is something only gods can do!

Although Lin Te Aisaike's mental state is a bit worrying to him, for now, this system doesn't seem to be a bad thing for himself?

Especially from this system, he saw the hope of breaking through the bottleneck!

Looking at Luo Yan who had just woken up for a few seconds and fell into a daze again, Yi Ge's face also showed worry, and he reached out and shook in front of him.

"Hey hey? Are you okay?"

Noticing the hand shaking in front of his eyes, Luo Yan was stunned for a moment, immediately returned to his senses with a start, and said with a smile, playing dumb.

"Me? Ahahaha... I'm fine, just distracted."

Exploring too deep in the realm of the spiritual world, he almost forgot that he is still in the Demon Capital now!

There are many high-tier demons here, and they can take advantage of the emptiness to enter... fortunately, the one standing beside him is Yi Ge.

No—

This guy also needs to be careful!

Not caring about the suddenly increased vigilance, seeing Luo Yan cheer up again, Yi Ge's face showed a relieved smile.

"That's great, you're fine... I thought Mai Jinli or Mi Ya did something to you, senior."

"Don't worry, I'm not that easy to take the bait."

Making a hearty smile on his face, Luo Yan quickly ended the topic, and then cast his gaze at the towering and gloomy castle in front of him.

That is the Demon King Academy auditorium, and also the place where the graduation ceremony is about to be held.

It is said that this castle was transformed from a proper war fortress, so you can still see the trauma left by the war hundreds of years ago on the battlements.

The entrance to the castle is a huge black iron gate, covered with ferocious reliefs and chilling incantations.

Fierce gargoyles and headless knights with iron armor stand on both sides of the brick road, overlooking everyone entering the castle. That ready-to-go appearance seems to be able to come alive at any time and swallow the guys who don't follow the rules.

Strict, terrifying...

Two words are enough to summarize this castle.

Luo Yan doesn't like to get close to this place usually.

It's not because of the lifelike gloomy statues; it's mainly because the landscape pool like a moat is filled with magma.

Which smart guy thought of using magma as a landscape pool! He couldn't help but want to complain from the first day of enrollment!

Although until now, it seems that he is the only one complaining.

The square is crowded with people, a black mass.

In addition to the fourth-year students attending the graduation ceremony and the third-year students who were forced to go to the ducks, the second-year and first-year students also came to join the fun, seeing off the seniors and seniors to the front line.

With the bell ringing on the hour, the castle gate opened slowly, and the originally stationary crowd surged forward.

"Senior... we should go." Looking at Luo Yan who was standing in place without moving, Yi Ge reminded in a low voice.

"I know... you don't have to worry about me, I'm really fine." Luo Yan muttered back, and then silently took out a crystal ball from his bosom and handed it towards the castle in front of him.

That is a recording crystal.

After injecting magic power, it can record the optical image reflected on the crystal sphere, which is a more convenient thing than a camera.

Yi Ge looked at Luo Yan suspiciously, but didn't say much.

After all, it is a once-in-a-lifetime graduation, and wanting to take pictures as a souvenir is perfectly normal, and there are many demons doing the same thing around.

However, Yi Ge didn't know that Luo Yan did this not for any souvenir, but purely because the system calling itself "Disaster" issued him a new novice task—

【Task: Shoot a game promotional PV and upload it.】

【Reward: Depending on the quality of the PV shooting, you can get 1~100 closed beta qualifications.】

Although he doesn't know the judge's tone and review standards, but with this scene of "demons dancing," the style should be enough!