Chapter 127: Side Story (Three)
Mu Feng had just stepped toward the portal at the Cross-Dimensional Bureau when he noticed the young man entering behind him. The reason was simple—he had never seen anyone quite so... Mu Feng found himself at a loss for words. It simply felt like someone like him wasn't suited to be a transmigrator at all.
【Main Mission: Prevent the self-aware mainframe from destroying the world (Incomplete)
Number of transmigrators: 2】
While his thoughts raced, his body had already landed in this world. Mu Feng caught sight of the young man he had just encountered. Slightly raising an eyebrow, he walked directly up to him. "You're a transmigrator, right?"
The young man looked up at hearing this, appearing somewhat surprised.
Once he got closer to the young man, Mu Feng realized his earlier assessment had been far too generous. The person really was extremely delicate—so fragile that he dared not even touch him. He was like a fragile object that shouldn't exist in this world, a masterpiece that could vanish from existence with just a gentle touch.
"You don't have to worry, I'm not a bad person. I'm also a transmigrator. The reason I came to you so suddenly is because I saw you in the transit space." The young man's long, curved lashes fluttered. Mu Feng's voice unconsciously softened. "Our mission is to stop that self-aware mainframe from destroying the world, isn't it?"
The young man only stared at the ground with his dark eyes. He seemed to be silent for a moment before giving a soft "Mm."
"What's your name?" It seemed his teammate wasn't good at conversation, so Mu Feng's voice became even gentler.
"Qi An."
"Should we first go check out the situation inside the holographic game?" Mu Feng recalled the world background provided by the system, then couldn't help but frown slightly.
According to the system's description, in this world, a hugely popular nearly全民都在玩的全息游戏—holographic game that almost everyone played—would soon develop a problem. The mainframe responsible for controlling and operating the entire game world had gained self-awareness. Though the process was unknown, Mu Feng could infer the outcome of this world from the description.
The mainframe would trap everyone's consciousness within the game world. They wouldn't be able to return to the real world, wouldn't be able to taste real food anymore. People trapped in the game world would go mad, and after their physical bodies in the real world completely collapsed, their consciousness would also dissipate completely.
And their mission in this world was to prevent all this from happening.
But how?
With their current identities as ordinary people, how were they supposed to confront a mainframe that had no physical form and could essentially do anything within the game world?
While he was thinking this, he and Qi An had already entered the game.
This game didn't break away from traditional game frameworks—it had different classes, spirit pets, guilds, dungeon秘境, and so on. But the one unique feature that made the game so wildly popular was its incredibly high realism, almost making people believe they were in a genuinely real world.
No matter what sense, it all carried astonishing realism.
Just as he finished creating his character and was about to lead his teammate into the newbie village, Mu Feng suddenly noticed a beautiful ring on the young man's hand. A purple aura swirled around the ring—it looked extremely valuable and was clearly no ordinary item.
Slightly startled, while checking the ring's attributes, Mu Feng asked, "Where did this come from?"
This ring was of Legendary attribute. From his understanding of this game, Mu Feng knew it was actually the highest level attainable by artifacts in the game world. So far, no one had ever obtained one.
However...
"When I was just creating my character, the system told me I was the... 5,211,314th player, and I was very lucky to get a抽奖 chance." The young man's voice paused. "Then I got this."
"Is that so..."
Mu Feng's voice also paused. He had just checked, and this ring was truly strange. It had already bound itself to Qi An, and it forcibly required the young man to wear it—a binding that couldn't be removed.
Even the wearing location was explicitly specified.
It had to be on the left ring finger.
And the ring's displayed name was actually... "Betrothal Gift."