Chapter 1 The Advent of a Strange Era

"There is one last day left in the countdown."

"Dear Linjiang residents, please believe that we will have a beautiful tomorrow!"

"This is just a game..."

"When the countdown ends, what we welcome is not the end, but a new beginning."

"Everyone must be full of hope and work hard to live!"

In Linjiang City, at seven o'clock every morning, everyone opened their eyes to the familiar sound of the broadcast.

At this time.

As long as someone looks out the window, they can see a round of blood-colored text hanging above the sky-

[23:59:59! ]

The blood-colored text is like a dark cloud that is about to collapse, pressing on the sky above the entire Linjiang City, like a sword of judgment, about to fall, and sentence everyone to death!

"Ah, right, right!"

"Tomorrow in the future, you will see this deadly thing when you open your eyes!"

"A new beginning, is everyone going to heaven?"

In a small rental house of only about 30 square meters, Chen Ye crossed his legs, facing the computer in front of him, shaking his head and smiling.

On the screen, a simple text document is displayed, similar to a timetable, recording recent important events——

[On October 31, 24, a virtual game called "Weird Era" officially launched its public beta. With the theme of weirdness, perfect CG picture performance, and subversive professional gameplay, it has become popular all over the world! ]

[On December 1, 24, the Black Sun incident occurred. An island in the East China Sea was within the range of the Black Sun, and the world disappeared! This is the first scene of the CG screen of the game "Weird Era". ]

[On December 3, 24, the CG screens of "Weird Era" continued to descend into reality, officially entering the Weird Era, about one-third of the people disappeared, and the world panicked. ]

[On December 15, 24, a bloody countdown appeared over Linjiang City, and the entire city was isolated from the outside world. Internet, telephone and other media were limited to the urban area.

Linjiang City fell into chaos, and after a month of turmoil, it barely restored order.

In addition, contact with the outside world was completely cut off, and the rest of the world's situation was unknown. ]

[On April 1, 25, the countdown ushered in the last day! 】

The incident book has ended here.

The last line of words,

is what Chen Ye just typed today.

He stared at the bloody words in the sky and muttered to himself:

"Is it finally starting!"

Today is the last day of the bloody countdown.

Many experts have made various speculations about this, but when the countdown is completely over, no one knows what it will be like.

The growth of life always starts with separation, and we have to face countless "last moments".

When the bloody countdown appeared, the people of the whole city thought that the last moment of their lives had come. Their hearts were broken and desperate. The world was destroyed, there was no hope, the whole city was in chaos, and everyone was crazy.

But after such a long time, this series of countdowns has unknowingly accompanied the people here for nearly four months.

Many people have become accustomed to it.

The order of Linjiang City has gradually returned to normal.

People found that in addition to being unable to contact humans outside the city, the city has a huge barrier similar to a border, covering the entire sky and earth, and even airplanes and rockets cannot leave here...

But by mobilizing the power of the entire city, order can still be stabilized, and daily life is guaranteed.

Life is just passable.

At least, I won't die for the time being and I can still live!

From the doomsday turmoil at the beginning of the countdown, to witnessing the chaos of the entire city, and then to calmness...

In just a few months, Chen Ye has seen almost all kinds of human life.

Now, he quietly watched the countdown come to the last day, and his heart was calm.

It was like facing the desperate countdown for countless days and nights, knowing that there was no hope in life.

This state seemed to be very devastating at the beginning, but later slowly got used to it, and there was no longer any ripples in my heart.

The only pity is...

Chen Ye is not a local of Linjiang City, but a college student who just graduated.

He is addicted to virtual games, has few contacts with classmates, and rarely has friends in the real world. For four years in college, he was almost alone, wandering outside, and only occasionally went back to reunite with his family during the Chinese New Year.

However, Chen Ye, who had just graduated, was planning to go home to visit his parents whom he had not seen for a long time, and the countdown appeared!

He was silent for a moment, then took out his phone and tried to send a text message for the last time:

"Dear Mom and Dad, I am your most precious son Chen Ye. The Weird Era has come to the world, and the information about Linjiang City cannot be sent out. I have never been able to contact you, and I don't know if you are still alive."

"Now, Linjiang City is caught in a countdown event, and many people are desperate."

"But so far, my health is fine, and because I used to be an internal test user of "Weird Era" and played this game, I am not afraid of the game coming to reality."

"I am even confident that I can beat this broken game!"

"If you are okay, please don't worry about me."

After typing this paragraph, Chen Ye carefully checked it several times, and then clicked the "Send" button.

After a short countdown, the message was transmitted...

A bright red exclamation mark appeared.

Failed to send!

To this.

Chen Ye's eyes were calm. Since the countdown incident occurred, all communication methods in Linjiang City have been unable to transmit to the outside world.

In the last attempt, what I wanted to say still failed to be conveyed.

But Chen Ye feels that he is lucky.

He has seen too much separation in the past few months.

At least……

After being cut off from the outside world, in my heart my parents are still there, and there is still hope for the future.

Chen Ye put away unnecessary negative emotions, and his calm eyes showed more determination.

He is not afraid of the end of the countdown. Many experts have previously analyzed through various information and intelligence that when a region falls into the "Strange Era", the people there are actually not dead yet.

Because, once an area falls into "Strange Era", it will be suspended in the sky and turned into a huge screen projection.

Just like the bloody text, people can look up and see the images on the huge screen.

Some people who had previously disappeared showed signs of activity on the screen.

Therefore, many people speculate that when the countdown ends, it is likely that everyone will not die, but will enter the game of "Strange Era".

But this game is no longer virtual reality, but real reality!

There is no exit button for players.

In Chen Ye's heart, he was actually more excited and expecting.

He spent four years in college eliminating all useless social time, spending almost all of his time in virtual online games, and became a well-known online game boss.

"Weird Era" was given an internal beta test spot to Chen one year before its open beta.

There are only a few hundred places available!

He is one of the few game developers in the world besides the staff who developed the game "Strange Era".

Has more sources of intelligence than others.

Chen Ye knew that this game was mainly a strategy game based on selection, collection, and raiding dungeons.

Players need to collect the characteristics in "Weird Era" to become more and more powerful Weird, thereby strengthening themselves and gaining a higher living space.

Of course, in order to increase randomness, the identities, items and talents each player initially obtains will be very different.

According to the acquired identity, items and talents, formulating the next strategy and developing steadily is the secret to continuous survival and upgrading!

"As long as I can clear this game, maybe I can leave here and gain the ability to protect my family!"

Chen Ye said silently in his heart.

at this time.

He closed his eyes and recalled all the details of "Strange Era" in his mind.

The huge settings, complex feature applications, and strategy routes...

One after another, they turned into glimpses of light, flickering before our eyes like a kaleidoscope.

When I opened my eyes again.

The sky has completely darkened.

There were only the last few minutes left for that string of bloody words.

【Countdown:】

【3 minutes! 】

【2 minutes! 】

【1 minute! 】

【0……】

At this moment, the bloody words in the sky suddenly spurted out and turned into a bloody curtain, immediately covering the entire city.

The vision suddenly became dark.

It seems to have become a "lightless place".

Nothing can be seen!

in the dark.

Chen Ye suddenly felt a violent falling sensation coming from his body, and with countless wailing and shouting sounds coming from his ears, his consciousness gradually disappeared, and finally seemed to disappear into nothingness...

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Finally, a bright light broke through the darkness, and consciousness regained consciousness.

In the hazy moment, Chen Ye saw a bloody text slowly reflected in the center of the light curtain -

【Welcome to the strange era! 】