Chapter 1: A Call in the Dark
"Hammer, rest early. ”
"Got it, be careful when driving on the road, see you tomorrow. Shi Jingchen waved goodbye, watched his colleague's car disappear from view, and then turned to go upstairs.
The dinner party in the evening was very enjoyable, he drank a lot of wine, and worked as a wheat bar in KTV for a long time, but now his steps are a little vain and he is in a half-drunk state.
After returning home to wash up, he lay down on the bed, Shi Jingchen habitually picked up his mobile phone and played.
This is the new mobile phone he just bought, and the manufacturer is the leader of the domestic industry, because of the trade conflicts over the years and the fact that a certain president has spared no effort to advertise to the world, which is a major crisis, but has stood tall with hard power and has become a global attention.
The manufacturer struck while the iron was hot and launched this flagship mobile phone equipped with a new operating system at the fastest speed, and sold tens of millions of units as soon as it was released, gaining both fame and fortune.
Shi Jingchen also started for the first time, although there are slight flaws, the use experience is very good, and the performance in all aspects exceeds that of foreign big-name mobile phones.
Fingers swipes across the screen, flipping through a book, reading the news, or clicking on a few sand sculpture videos, smirking a few times in your mouth, and occasionally turning over in bed like a salted fish.
Unconsciously, the feeling of alcohol and drowsiness swept over, and Shi Jingchen fell asleep holding his mobile phone.
In his sleep, Shi Jingchen twitched all over his body, reached out and touched the air, but turned over but had a feeling of falling, and subconsciously thought: "Damn, I'm going to fall under the bed!"
Puff ......
In the next second, Shi Jingchen felt that he had fallen into the water, the water flowed into his nasal cavity, choking uncomfortably, and he just opened his mouth and was poured into his throat with water.
The pain of suffocation made him suddenly get out of his half-asleep state, and he was scrambling his hands, but his head was like someone had hit a brick, and his whole body hurt everywhere, as if he had just rolled down a few stories of stairs.
"What's the situation? I live on the twenty-third floor and fall into the water?"
Boundless fear welled up in his heart, but fortunately, Shi Jingchen had learned to swim, and his swimming skills were quite good.
The desire to survive drove him to barely open his eyes, and it was pitch black under the water, and he couldn't see anything clearly, so he struggled to swing his limbs, his hands and feet together, and swam towards them with difficulty.
With a bang, Shi Jingchen poked his head out of the water and found that he was not too far from the shore.
He swam desperately to the water's edge, crawled ashore with the last of his strength, and the lower half of his body was still in the water, so he lay on his back on the ground and spit out a large mouthful of sewage, breathing the air greedily, and he didn't even have the strength to get up.
"It feels so good to be alive!"
This was the only thought in Shi Jingchen's heart at this time, and it was only now that he had the strength to think about what had happened to him.
There was silence all around, and the night was dark, except for a crescent moon hanging in the night sky.
The moonlight pierced through the clouds, and he could roughly see that he had climbed up from a wide river, and that beneath him was a weedy beach.
In the distance, there was a faint city, flickering with sporadic lights.
"Damn, what is this place?"
Shi Jingchen's mind was in chaos, his eyes were blank, and he thought that he was still in a dream.
A cool river breeze blew, and there was a sharp pain in the back of his head, he raised his hand and touched it, his hand was stained with red blood, and he couldn't help grinning in pain, it turned out that his head was injured, no wonder it hurt so much.
Suddenly, Shi Jingchen looked at his right hand and was stunned.
As an older single dog over 30 years old, Shi Jingchen will never mistake his "wife", the cocoons on his hands, the tortuous palm lines on his palms, and the scars left by previous injuries on his index finger are all gone.
Under the dim moonlight, although the hand in front of him looked slender and well-proportioned, and there was also a callus caused by holding something for a long time, Shi Jingchen made a judgment at a glance.
"It's not my hand!"
He groped around his wet body a few times in a panic, and immediately found that not only his hands were not his own, but even his body was not his own.
"I slept for a while, why did I change my number?"
Before Shi Jingchen could figure out what was going on, a sharp pain suddenly erupted in his brain, as if someone had split it with an axe, and then violently stuffed a large number of foreign objects that did not belong to him.
These foreign objects are very chaotic, as if they are another person's life experience, intertwined with their own memories, and the brain is like a boiling cauldron, trying to forcibly stir and mix two completely different things.
"Ah......h
The terrible pain made him clutch his head and cry out in pain, and soon he couldn't support it and passed out.
In the darkness, Shi Jingchen faintly heard a low and slippery whisper, the voice came from nowhere, as if whispering in his ear, as if the most disgusting and filthy existence in the world, it was disgusting to hear, and like sharp metal swiping back and forth on the glass, making an incomparably manic trembling scream, causing the greatest malice and madness in his heart.
This indescribable whisper is like a call from the abyss.
He tried to cover his ears but couldn't find where they were, and the sound went straight to the depths of his soul, and although he didn't understand the meaning, he was deeply attracted after only a few words.
The mind slumped into the abyss of pain, seeking the source of that call.
Suddenly there was a tremor, and Shi Jingqi's reason and intuition told him that he couldn't listen to it anymore.
"Hahahaha......"
The deep voice suddenly amplified countless times, turning into a burst of crazy laughter, and the whole world shook violently, shaking Shi Jingchen so painfully that he almost wanted to go crazy and almost collapse.
Loud mouths of terror emerged from the darkness, and laughter came from these mouths.
Each of the wicked mouths was covered with jagged fangs, and viscous black fluid flowed from between the teeth, and the black liquid squirmed and expanded rapidly, forming hundreds of greasy tentacles that poured over the world.
This terrible nightmare was about to end in tragedy, and suddenly, a burst of red light shone out of nowhere, and eight pieces of red light like flower petals swam rapidly, forming a spherical space, surrounding Shi Jingqi.
The shelter made of petals seems fragile, but in fact it is indestructible, instantly blocking all the incoming black tentacles, like a reef in a huge black wave, seemingly small but difficult to shake.
This layer of red light not only protected Shi Jingchen, but also isolated the depraved whispers, alleviating the pain and crazy evil thoughts.
Countless tentacles whipped for an unknown amount of time, emitting bursts of crazy sounds, and finally reluctantly retreated into the darkness.
The eight petals shrunk back into a ball of light, and if you look closely, there is a small red flower in full bloom in the light, composed of eight petals of different sizes, and the core of the flower is faintly golden, making the whole look like a glowing sun, which is very abstract.
"How does this graphic look familiar......"
When Shi Jingchen was wondering, the darkness suddenly receded like a tide, and the light bloomed, waking him up from this long and depressing nightmare, and suddenly sat up and let out a loud scream.
"Ahh
The dazzling light pierced his eyes, Shi Jingchen raised his hand to cover his eyes, and when he got used to it, he let go and saw a round of golden sun rising from the horizon in the distance, and the sun shone on the surface of the river, sparkling.
"It's dawn. ”
He muttered, then froze.
Because this sentence was spoken in a language that was both familiar and unfamiliar, he had never learned this language, but he would use it naturally, and he knew that it was "Orion", the official language of the Aurianse Empire, and he had a slight accent of "Duchy of Longsander".
A large number of memories came to my mind, and these memories seemed to be shattered, chaotic and mutilated, but fortunately they were no longer as painful as they were before the coma.
After a few minutes, Shi Jingqi exhaled.
By now, he had understood that he had inexplicably traveled to another world, and this was not the earth!
He didn't know why he would cross, he was just an ordinary office worker, working in the provincial library, although the salary was not high, he had never been in arrears, and he had a harmonious relationship with his colleagues and had no quarrel with the world. I didn't get married in my thirties and became an older single, which is also my choice.
He doesn't want to get married at all, how can his girlfriend have a game to play?
Usually immersed in games and various hobbies after work, the small life is beautiful, how can this be crossed?
Shi Jingchen really didn't want to cross at all, let alone travel to a dangerous world.
From those incomplete memories, the history of civilization in this world is very long and complex, and the level of productivity is not low, and in some respects it is similar to or even surpasses the earth.
But there are more differences between the two.
The biggest difference is that there are a large number of supernatural phenomena and powerful individuals in this world, who determine the development and direction of civilization, and are called transcendental.
As the name suggests, the transcendent have great power beyond ordinary people and are also the ruling class of the entire world.
Only a few people can become transcendental, ordinary people want to break through the class, they can pay money to enter the transcendent academy, and there is a certain chance to be promoted to transcendental, but the probability is very low, and the tuition fee is extremely expensive.
The body's name was "Wren", and it came from a small place called Takanuma Town, and was previously a student of an extraordinary academy.
In the past three years, Wren has not learned anything at the academy and is still an ordinary person.
Because of the high tuition fees, his father Bud was reluctant to support him to continue his education, hoping that his son could return to his hometown town to inherit his father's business and run his own grain and rice mill, but Wren flatly refused. After a big quarrel with his father, Wren returned to the city of "Longshand" alone, rented a cheap apartment outside the college, wanted to find a decent job, and made up his own tuition, but he had an accident after only half a month of living.
In Wren's memory, the most important thing is life in Lonzand.
One of the things that shocked Shi Jingchen the most was that the gods of this world were real!
The gods and goddesses have their own churches on earth, and the churches have played an extremely important role in the development of history, not only affecting the upper echelons of all nations, but also reaching the bottom of people's lives.
Almost everyone has to believe in one or more gods, and the unbelievers are evil beings that everyone shouts about.
As an atheist, Shi Jingchen didn't know how to face it for a while.
He wanted to return to Earth, but he had no clue how he got there.
"Alas......"
Shi Jingqi sighed, and thought of another thing, he crossed over here to occupy someone else's body, so is his own body on the earth dead?
"Tomorrow morning everyone will find out that I didn't go to work and can't be contacted, so I should be at home soon to find my body, so I won't be found until it stinks. ”
When he thought of his parents, he suddenly felt very sad, his eyes were red, and he comforted himself: "Fortunately, I am not an only child, and I will have my eldest sister and younger brother to accompany my parents in the future." ”
After a long time, Shi Jingchen's mood finally stabilized.
The sun is getting stronger and stronger, my throat is very dry, and although my body still hurts, it is much better, only the back of my head is still aching. He gritted his teeth and got up to find a place where the river was shallow, leaned down, took a few sips of water with both hands, and finally quenched his thirst, washed his face by the way, and lifted his spirits.
Wiping the water on his face, the clear river water reflected an unfamiliar face, which suddenly made Shi Jingchen stop moving.
"it!"
Seeing this face clearly, Shi Jingchen couldn't help but blurt out a national scolding.
Judging from the appearance, the owner of this face should be less than twenty years old, with a childish face, short black hair, a little pale face due to blood loss, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose bridge, coordinated facial features, handsome and a little delicate, the only drawback is that the eyes are scattered, and the whole person is sluggish.
"That's too handsome, isn't it?"
Out of envy, jealousy and hatred of fellow men, Shi Jingchen subconsciously muttered, then his eyes lit up, and he straightened his waist: "It turns out that I am so handsome, hehe!"
He used the river as a mirror, made a few gestures, carefully observed this face, which was more handsome than before, and nodded with satisfaction.
Although it is very reluctant to cross over, it is a blessing in misfortune to cross into a handsome guy, which is much better than crossing into a woman, or other strange aliens.
This world is not only human, in Wren's memory, there are at least dozens of non-human races.
"From now on, I'm Wren. ”
"If I go back to Earth now, I'll be able to eat with my face in the future, hehe. ”
"Rich woman happy balls or something, you should be able to easily receive a dozen ...... If you don't want to lose your temperament, it's also very promising to be a women's clothing anchor or shoot a cross-dressing video and post it to the beep station......"
"I look a bit like the actor named 'Li Peisi' abroad, but I'm a little thinner and haven't grown that taller, but that guy seems to be a bisexual-...... Phew, forget it. ”
Wren was thinking wildly, having fun in the midst of suffering, when suddenly a red light flashed in front of him, and he saw his own eyes red in the river, and an abstract figure appeared in the pupils on both sides.
The figure is made up of eight red petals, like a blooming flower, with a golden glow at its core, hidden with subtle characters inside.
Wren was in a trance, "Isn't this the thing from the nightmare before?
The pattern in the pupil only appeared for a few seconds, then vanished.
Immediately afterwards, a translucent interface appeared in Wren's field of vision, which looked very illusory, and scared him a lot, thinking that he was too tired and hallucinating.
He raised his hand and waved it in front of him a few times, turning his head from side to side a few times, and found that this interface seemed to be rooted in his brain or existed on the retina, which could neither be turned off nor shaken off, even if his eyes were closed.
Crucially, he's all too familiar with the interface.
"Isn't this my phone's boot screen?"