When Fan Xiaoying dazedly opened her eyes, she found herself with her face pressed down onto her keyboard.
Because her face was pressing onto the keys, the game character on the screen was running wildly around and performing strange gestures. No more than a few seconds later, under the useless shouts from her roommate, the character ran off a cliff and fell to its death.
"Xioying, what are you doing?"
The three roommates witnessed the strange actions that her character made and looked over at her with confusion. Fan Xiaoying was stunned for a few seconds and inexplicably found the usually annoying roommates of her extremely loveable. She almost rushed over in tears to embrace them.
That's right. She was obviously playing games with these rascals and just fell asleep and had a strange dream. What cosmic escape game? What system? What damned psychopath? They all don't exist. It was all just a dream...…!
[Should I play the video of your kiss with Song Nigyu to help you jog your memory?]
However, in the next second system KX18's voice appeared in Fan Xiaoying's mind and it ruthlessly shattered her fantasies. What it said made Fan Xiaoying almost vomit out blood — 'Why would that thing have a video of it?!'
No longer able to sit still anymore,s he rushed out of the bedroom and squatted down in an empty corner. She asked the system: [Why are you still here?!]
[Nonsense. Of course, I'm still here. Did you think that the game is already over? Don't forget, you still have 158 boss's that you still haven't collected yet. Before then, I won't be leaving you.]
The moment it mentioned the Boss collection book, Fan Xiaoying's face went pale. She still had not forgotten the sight of Song Ningyu's photo smiling at her from inside the book. Is that crazy psychopath still alive in the book?
[To be more accurate, he is sealed inside the photo.] The system reassured her. [But you can rest assured, he won't be able to come out and can't do anything. At most, he would just use his eyes to lick over your whole body every time you open the book.]
Fan Xiaoying: "......." That seems to be even more disgusting.
[That's right, you still need to choose the game mode. There are two options; "Reality Mode" and "Death Mode". For now, I have temporarily made it "Reality Mode" but if you need to, you can change it yourself.]
[The difference between these two modes is whether the player returns to the real world. Reality Mode means that after every instance ends you can return to the real world to rest for a while until the next instance starts.]
[Death Mode means that the instances would be connected. Once a player finishes an instance, they would immediately enter the next instance. If you use Death mode, you will be rewarded with 30% more survival points compared to the Reality Mode but once it is selected, it cannot be changed. Until the game is cleared, the player will not be able to return back to their world.]
[Would you like to choose the Death Mode?]
[Of course not!]
Fan Xiaoying quickly shook her head. The Survival Points could be gathered a little more slowly but if you asked her to continuously be chased by a monster, she would definitely go mad before she dies.
She then suddenly thought of a question and asked the system: [After becoming a player, would the real world experience supernatural events? My friends and family won't be affected because of me, right?]
[From what I know, players who are in the real world have a low chance of triggering a "Reality Instance" which is what you refer to as supernatural events. Until now, no one has triggered it yet. Would you like to be the first one to trigger that instance?]
Fan Xiaoying: [Thanks, but no thanks. I'm leaving.]
[As for your other question, it generally shouldn't affect the people around you unless they find out about the "Cosmic Escape" app on your phone and voluntarily become a player. Ah, you should also take a look. I have already helped you download it onto your phone.]
Fan Xiaoying was stunned for a moment. She rummaged around her pocket and noticed that the phone that wasn't there when she was in the game had once again returned she unlocked the screen and, sure enough, an app with a black and white skull icon was there. Under the icon were the words "Cosmic Escape".
She found it strange: [Since you can communicate with me directly, why do I need to download the app to my phone? What can I do with it?]
[This is an app made by players for players. The main function is the game forum that allows players to communicate with each other. We thought it was pretty good, so we allowed the forum to be integrated into the game.]
[In there are things like guidebooks for beginners. You can go take a look so that you won't have to ask me anymore of those stupid questions.]
[Those who possess the app are definitely players of the game. Maybe you will meet them in real life, and you can become friends with each other.]
[But I must remind you: It's best if you don't reveal your app to anyone. If any ordinary person comes into contact with the app, a window will appear asking them if they want to give the game a go. If they select yes, they will also become a player.]
[Also, there is a trading function in the forum. If another player touches your phone, they could log into your account and make malicious transactions and steal your survival points. Survival points are not only a currency in the game, it is also something that determines the players' life and death. The moment their survival points reach zero, the player would immediately die.]
Having said that, the system then made a ridiculing sound and said: [There once was a case where a player had selected the death mode and was left with just one survival point. He didn't dare spend it and she couldn't even use it to buy food, so she ended up starving herself to death. I sincerely hope that you won't die as stupidly as she did.]
With every word the system said, Fan Xiaoying's face paled several shades. In the end, she was trembling to the point that she could no longer speak —- Right now she only has a total of 90 survival points. Doesn't that mean that she would die very easily?!
[So if you want to live, you will need to work hard to earn survival points and improve your ability. The instances will get harder and harder so you will never know when you will die—– Oh that's right, the next instance is about to start soon. You should make the most of your time to log into the forum and take a look at the guidebooks for beginners.]
Hearing this, Fan Xiaoying almost yelled out loud: [How soon is soon??]
[Who knows. Perhaps a day later or perhaps in ten minutes.]