Chapter 10

Half an hour later.

[Foodie Group Chat (Online: 21 people)]:

Wosni Die: @everyone, !!! Urgent notification of a major piece of news, this link can download the official version of "Dark Lands," we don't need to fight for purchase qualifications anymore!!!

Is This A Beaver: Uh... what's wrong with Big Sister? Starting to talk nonsense.

Shrimp Heart: I was about to sleep, and you scared me awake. Did Big Sister go crazy because she couldn't grab a qualification?

Wosni Die: @everyone, saying it again, this link can download the cracked version of "Dark Lands," hurry up and download it to enter the game together. I'm going to notify Grandpa first and let him download the game too.

word Ma Ya: Looks like it's real. This is even notifying Iron Grandpa. The strongest war god of this group is finally coming out of retirement. I'm going to download it now.

Seeing the group owner mention notifying "Iron Grandpa," the group members immediately realized this was not a joke.

Iron Grandpa's game name was "Iron Beating," his real name was Li Tie, and he was the biological grandfather of the group owner, Li Siyu.

He was once a genetic warrior of the Human Federation Judgment Army, and in his youth, he had gone many times to suppress alien chaotic forces that had fled to Earth.

After retiring due to disability, Li Tie suffered from severe post-traumatic stress disorder. Wartime memories often flooded his mind, and he couldn't distinguish reality from the battlefield. He was an unstable time bomb that could explode at any time.

Under the guidance of a psychologist, Li Tie chose to enter virtual games to continue being a warrior in the game.

He was the number one enforcer of the Foodie Group, fighting across multiple games with them, and was a well-known top player in every game.

Unlike ordinary players who play games for fun, Li Tie played games purely to vent the hostility in his heart.

So the players in the group realized this was not a joke and clicked the link to download the game one after another.

Fog Lamp City, Post-War Sanatorium.

Gym.

Huff~ Huff~ Huff~

Rapid breathing sounds rang out one after another. The burly white-haired man was performing bench press training. The weight on both sides of the barbell reached an astonishing 800 kilograms, which had already exceeded the limit that ordinary people could bear.

Click!

The iron bar locked into the bench press rack. Li Tie slowly sat up, reached out, and attached his prosthetic limb to his amputated left leg.

Standing up, his height reached two meters. He was wearing a tight training vest, and his muscle lines were highlighted under the sweat. Every muscle was like a meticulously carved work of art, containing terrifying power.

Just then, Li Tie's body trembled uncontrollably.

Battlefield scenes appeared in his mind.

He was wearing black battle armor, and in the distance was a mechanical army that stretched as far as the eye could see. Accompanied by the roar of energy cannons behind him, he led his comrades to charge at the alien mechanical army.

"Kill!"

At this moment, Li Tie could no longer distinguish reality from illusion.

When he calmed down, the training room was a mess, and his fists were stained with blood.

Sitting decadently on the ground, he gasped for air, his chest heaving violently with his breathing.

Just then, the projector embedded in the ceiling started, and the interlaced light condensed into the figure of a youthful and beautiful woman in front of him:

Seeing the scene in the training room, the woman in the image had a worried expression:

"Grandpa, your condition has worsened again."

"I'm fine." Seeing it was his own granddaughter, a rare smile appeared on Li Tie's face, and then he continued:

"Siyu, what is it that you're looking for Grandpa for?"

"I found a new game that is very suitable for you. The download link is in the group, Grandpa, hurry up and download it."

"Okay, I'll go download it now." Li Tie nodded immediately.

Closing the video call, he turned and went into the bathroom, washed up, changed into a set of clothes, returned to the bedroom, and downloaded the file according to his granddaughter's instructions.

Li Tie didn't have high expectations for virtual reality games.

The virtual reality games he had played over the years were quite different from reality, and the sense of immersion was very poor.

In his eyes, stress relief in a virtual environment was secondary; more importantly, he wanted to accompany his granddaughter to conquer the world in the game.

One hour later.

Li Tie, who appeared at the Di Tomb Village resurrection point, had a change in mindset.

Reaching out to feel the touch of the breeze brushing against his fingertips, a trace of surprise appeared in his indifferent eyes.

What shocked him even more was that his lost left leg had real feedback in the game.

Walking twice around the central square of Di Tomb Village, the realism of his left leg made him marvel, and also made him realize that this game was completely different from the virtual games he had experienced before.

Just then, a game notification rang in his mind:

[Player "Wosni Die" has added you as a friend, do you accept?]

After choosing to accept, a video call request popped up in the top right corner. Li Tie clicked confirm again, and a translucent light screen immediately appeared in front of him. A little chick with fiery red wings said to him excitedly:

"Grandpa, we have already left the village and set off toward the Blood-Colored Plains. Do you intend to explore alone or act with us?"

"I'll explore alone."

"Okay, I'll call you when there's an event."

"Iron Grandpa, go for it, take us flying when the time comes."

"Iron Grandpa, long time no see...!"

Besides his granddaughter, the voices of other members of the Foodie Group greeting him also came from the video.

The members of the Foodie Group were not surprised by Li Tie's decision to act alone.

In their eyes, Iron Grandpa was always a lone-wolf type player, only appearing during guild wars, gang battles, and other player-versus-player activities, leading the team to charge into battle with his powerful personal strength.

Leaving Di Tomb Village along the bluestone road, Li Tie walked east alone, communicating with the guidance following him about the game content during the journey.

Five minutes later.

Li Tie encountered the first monster since entering the game.

A foul-smelling Curse Soldier slowly got up from the ground and raised the rusty broken sword in its hand toward him.

Li Tie also switched to the Gargoyle form at this moment.

Unlike other monster forms, the Gargoyle form was the monster form closest to the human form, and it was precisely because of this form that Li Tie chose the Gargoyle.

Facing the broken sword slashed by the Curse Soldier, Li Tie took the initiative to meet it, raised his hand to lock the Curse Soldier's elbow joint so the weapon couldn't slash down, stepped forward with his right leg between the Curse Soldier's legs, and tripped it outward. Immediately, the Curse Soldier lost its balance and fell heavily to the ground.

Afterward, Li Tie's heavy punches smashed toward the Curse Soldier's head like a storm.

Before long, the Curse Soldier's skull was dismantled by the heavy punches, and the flame in its head extinguished.

At this time, a cluster of black energy emerged from the dead Curse Soldier, and after briefly gathering momentum in the air, it flew toward Li Tie and seeped into his body.

Immediately, an unprecedented feeling of comfort burst forth from the inside out, as if drinking a cup of cold beverage on a hot summer day. His dormant body was thoroughly activated under the washing of this energy, and the pores all over his body relaxed.

The wonderful feeling was fleeting.

The first battle ended, but Li Tie couldn't help but frown; he discovered a problem.

The touch, smell, hearing, and all other feedback of this game were no different from reality, except that the pain feedback had a serious problem.

When his fist hit the Curse Soldier's bones, there was only force feedback, but the pain feedback was significantly reduced.

This made Li Tie feel very stifled, always feeling that something was missing during the battle.

He immediately asked the novice guidance following him if there was a way to solve it.

Upon learning that the pain feedback could be adjusted, Li Tie decisively summoned the function panel, selected system settings, and pulled the pain feedback progress bar from the initial 10% to the end.

After doing all this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"This is more interesting."

[Tough enough!]

The novice guidance on the side also gave a thumbs up at this moment, expressing respect for Li Tie's behavior.

(End of chapter)