A hint of crimson sunset hung over West Mountain, and another splendid day went by doing nothing.
Wang Hao sat in front of his computer desk, eagerly searching for the latest MOD for "Gentleman's Eight Desolations".
The gentlemen in the forum were each a talent, spoke pleasantly, and even made their own mods; even a single line of title could lead to a flight of fancy.
[Pretty pink-haired cultivation girl, they say the title must be long~~ reply to view hidden attachments.]
[One promise worth nine thousand gold, starting with nine exceptional partners, they fight and get jealous of each other.]
[Artifact Spirit voiceover by Yun Mengyi is so sweet, Mu Qing is awesome, Li Ningshuang is so regal! A very rare audio mod!]
However, the moment he picked out the mods and opened the game,
Wang Hao suddenly felt a sense of tedium, falling into a Wise Man Mode.
For some reason, he always found choosing mods more fun than actually playing the game.
He was willing to spend an hour selecting mods but was too lazy to play the game…
He glanced at another old game, "Scrolls of Girl", which he hadn't visited for months. His once favorite now seemed lonely and desolate.
As for the latest AAA title "Old Man Ring", he hadn't played it since buying it.
At the moment of purchase, he was overjoyed, thinking it would be an exciting sleepless night.
But after buying it, he suddenly didn't feel like playing, especially after hearing that others could finish it in just two minutes, he felt even less inclined.
"Maybe I'm sick, not Yuyu disease, right?"
Wang Hao yawned again and slouched in his chair, enjoying the sunset streaming in from the window.
He was a person with a special physical constitution—a Jin Li constitution!
In other words… his luck was extraordinarily good!
Since the age of three, he often found gold rings, necklaces, and wallets; at six, on a whim, he bought a lottery ticket with his pocket money and won a second prize of 100,000 yuan.
The only reason he hadn't won the special prize was that news of the lottery center director's corruption broke out the day after the draw…
At the age of ten, while playing with mud in the fields, he accidentally dug up a ceramic jar, opened it, and found over a hundred rare versions of Yuan Shikai silver coins.
At eighteen, during his college entrance exam, the multiple-choice questions were almost all from the same types he had reviewed, and he even guessed the Chinese essay question right…
A smooth sailing life is truly lonely and invincible.
Young, and no need to struggle…
Only in games could he find simple setbacks—the premise being that he could not play games involving chances, or key moments would always result in critical hits, risking ruining the experience for others.
Suddenly, something fell from the cabinet with a "plop".
Wang Hao was startled awake from his daze and turned to see, something strange had fallen to the ground—it looked like a VR helmet, akin to those worn by fighter jet pilots.
There was also a game controller connected at the bottom of the helmet.
"Eh, what's this?"
He quickly bent down to pick it up.
The helmet felt heavy in his hands.
"Did I buy this?" Wang Hao was baffled as he put it on his head.
A pitch-black field of view, nothing to be seen.
However, just as he was about to take off the helmet, a beam of light pierced the darkness, hitting his retina.
A glorious starry sky, and faintly, the rustling of whispers could be heard.
Thick gray fog rose from the ground, eyes appearing and disappearing.
Miles away, a mountainous giant creature was slowly moving towards the moonlight. "Boom-boom"—its every step like thunder, brought an advancing sense of layering.
A neutral electronic voice rang in his ear:[Welcome to the Cross-dimensional Game!]
[This is a journey across dimensions, we seek the unknown and end up facing even more unknowns; we fight fear only to find even greater fear.]
[When humans lose their way in the darkness, I shall be their pioneer, burning my heart and bones to light their path!]
Wang Hao was stupefied, almost believing he had traversed to another world.
As a Jin Li constitution holder, traversing didn't seem like much of a deal…
He took off the helmet and the grand scene he had just witnessed vanished instantly.
Emm…
After putting on the helmet again, the visuals reappeared.
Understood, this is a… gaming device?
VR game!
The graphics, the sound!
My heart, lethargic from idleness, suddenly started pounding with excitement!
Look at these textures, these renderings, these shadows, almost indistinguishable from the real world.
And that "slowly approaching" giant creature obscured by the far-off fog, it gave a prehistoric sense of impact, sending adrenaline levels soaring.
Do such games even exist on the market?
"Please, don't be like Blizzard, put your heart into CG, and then lazily piece together the game; otherwise, no matter how good the graphics are, it's pointless!"
Even though he couldn't remember when he bought the game helmet, under the effect of the "Jin Li constitution", it's common for game manufacturers to deliver "demo units" to the wrong address.
The "Fruit 999" smartphone he was currently using, for example, was inexplicably sent to him, as well as the 99-inch widescreen TV, fully automatic vacuum robot, GTX9999 video card… anyway, as long as it works, it's good.
Wang Hao excitedly put the helmet on again.
The neutral electronic voice rang out once more:[Welcome to the Cross-dimensional Game!]