"I'm so bored!"
It is a weekend, Xiao Mu was at home with nothing to do scrolling through webpage after webpage, quickly scanning the latest gossip news.
"Avengers 4 will be screened next week, a crucial four-minute scene tragically got leaked..."
Finally, a piece of news sparked Xiao Mu's interest, lifting his spirits:
"It'll be out next week, that's fast!"
"Yeah! I'll just revisit the third Avengers again, not like I have anything else to do."
Two and a half hours later, after finishing the third installation, Xiao Mu felt even more bored.
"Sigh! This world is just too boring. If only reality could be as exciting as those movies."
Still bored, he re-opened the webpage, when suddenly a pop-up appeared.
"This Digital Housekeeper is completely useless. Apart from bombarding me with ads, and countless plug-ins, forcing me to install the full suite, it can only measure the startup time of the computer. I am going to uninstall it today, and never use it again."
Xiao Mu grumbled irritably, intending to angrily force-close the pop-up, while venting his frustration.
Having decided that the first thing he would do is uninstall the useless Digital Housekeeper which came with a bunch of unnecessary features, blocking things that shouldn't be blocked, not blocking ads that should be blocked, and only succeeding in slowing down the computer's startup speed.
"Huh?"
What happened next infuriated Xiao Mu. The aggressive pop-up was playing tricks. The large, very conspicuous white cross in the top right corner was not actually a way to close the ad, but a link. The actual way to close the ad was hidden above the white X, a small volume with a pale color, you couldn't notice it unless you looked carefully.
Caught off guard, Xiao Mu clicked it and immediately realized he'd been tricked; he'd clicked on a wrong link.
Immediately after, another window popped up.
"*****"
Filled with anger, Xiao Mu blurted out a curse.
He moved his mouse intending to close the new window, only to find out it was an undetectable, and unstoppable launcher.
A game was launching...
"Mutant World"!
What the hell is this?
Xiao Mu was enraged, but he didn't resort to immediately powering off his computer, a rookie move for those who were just starting to use computers.
Wait...
Wait for the game to launch, after closing it, find and delete the forcefully downloaded files, check the registry, delete again, and then think of a way to make a complaint.
Thanks to the fast response time of the I7-9700, the game was launched within a few seconds.
An inky black and deep door appeared on the screen, streaked with faint traces of red, obviously appearing to be dried blood splattered across. An icy cold aura of despair radiated from the door.
For some reason, seeing this door, Xiao Mu couldn't help but shudder.
This game... it's too realistic, it makes me feel uncomfortable, as though even my soul feels the discomfort.
Creak!
Suddenly, it was as if a cold wind was blowing up from underground, the door slowly began to creep open. Through the faintly visible crack that had just opened, there was a glimpse of the boundless darkness behind the door.
"Ah! Why has it gone dark?"
Someone downstairs suddenly yelled, their voice showing a tremendous scare.
Xiao Mu was taken by surprise at that moment, his whole body breaking out in goosebumps, because he too had noticed. The sky had suddenly turned dark, it was supposed to be broad daylight, and without the lights on, he couldn't see anything inside the house.
No... wait, at least his computer was still on, the faint light from the computer allowed him to see things in the room.
That door in the game was completely open now, replacing it was a character interface.
But the character on the interface... Why does it look so much like him?
"Ah..."
At last, Xiao Mu was frightened too, and he screamed in horror, his voice growing long as if he were a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
There was still information on the computer:
Character: Xiao Mu.
Age: 26.
Attributes: Normal Person.
Status: World Changer.
Acquired Skills: Mutation Technique.
Current energy level: 1 (Beginner Energy).
Current World Level: Postnatal Mortal Realm (Evolvable).
Friendly reminder:
The world is becoming more and more dangerous, with the number of transmutants from other worlds continually increasing and becoming stronger. The mutants of our world (including mutated animals) are both your allies and competitors. So go ahead and improve your power, youngster!
A light suddenly shot from the computer screen, penetrating Xiao Mu's body.
"Ah..."
He was in agonizing pain, endless pain! It was as if his soul had been stripped away.
Xiao Mu let out an even more heart-wrenching, long-drawn-out scream, and this time, to his utter disgrace, he passed out.
Xiao Mu woke up after an unknown amount of time had passed.
Fortunately, it was daylight.
Rubbing his eyes, he sat up, "What just happened?"
First thing was to check his computer. Where's the pop-up? Is "Mutant World", that game, still there?
There's no pop-up, no "Mutant World". Everything was as if nothing had happened, no trace left.
Impossible!
Xiao Mu had a thousand reasons to believe that what happened before wasn't a dream. So he went on to check the task record.
There were no records on the computer, no records on the webpage, the Digital Housekeeper... was useless.
"That can't be right, how could there be no record? There was clearly a game just then, and the sky even suddenly darkened."
"Dark sky? Right, the dark sky! Let's look it up online. I refuse to believe nobody noticed."
Upon logging into a famous forum, Xiao Mu felt as though he had been struck by lightning.
Chaos, it seemed like the whole world was in chaos.
The user named 'Wounds of Disappointment': Mom! Help! Can anyone tell me what's going on? A five-hundred-meter-long bridge, why does it feel like I've driven dozens of kilometers and still can't see the end after half an hour?
'The Taste Of Her Sea': It's over, it's over, it's the end of the world. The distance between my house and my neighbor's has been extended by at least one kilometer.
'Misery': Help, can anyone tell me what's going on? How has my rooster turned into a phoenix? Is this a transmutation? Help, can anyone tell me what to do?
Accompanied by photos.
In one photo was a large red rooster. The next was a picture of a towering, fiery red phoenix-like creature.
There was also a video with the phoenix-like creature perched on a giant parasol tree, disdainfully looking down at the camera, its eyes eerily human-like, exuding the contempt of a king, aware that it was being filmed.
Let's Meet for Coffee: Eat it!
Six Yuan Spicy Stir-fry: Eat it, and you'll definitely become an immortal!
Dont Spit Out the Seeds: I'll pay a high price for a serving of the meat, one hundred thousand.
I Have a 38 Centimeter: Two hundred thousand, I want a bowl of meat.
Ghost in the 31st Stairwell: Ten million, I'll buy it outright.
Tengu from the Tower: Wake up, people, isn't this a protected species? Killing it will surely land you in prison, better report it.
The Sun Shining on My Shoe: I suggest reporting it, a two hundred yuan reward! And a Good Citizen Medal, haha!
...
There were countless responses, and everyone argued, with different opinions.
**** (Hidden Post): Haha! Look what this is?
Several photos accompanied the post. All the photos were of the same object, an ancient and worn book — "Diamond Body Technique".
There was one image of the book opened to a page with the illustration of a monk lying on his side in a strange posture with small annotations explaining the training method next to it.
Unfortunately, the annotations had been deliberately obscured by the poster.
"Is it real?"
"Martial arts secret manual, are you kidding me?"
...
The netizens exploded.
Thread Starter Reply: Ha ha ha ha! I also don't know what happened. My grandpa's decades-old book, "Diamond Sutra", suddenly turned into a martial arts secret manual. But I have already started learning from it. So don't even think about getting this book! Haha!