Chapter 1 No Way to Live?
Play games, fight bosses, liver until the middle of the night, hungry, go out for a supper, what happens to accidents?
Car accident? Robbery? Or...... Affair?
Neither.
Lawson opened the door of the apartment, stepped out, and crossed directly.
The moment he crossed the door, he felt a little trance in his brain, and the light around him trembled strangely like water waves, and he didn't stand firm for a moment, and stumbled under his feet, and he was about to fall.
Lawson hurriedly reached out and instinctively grabbed the doorknob behind him, steadying himself before falling.
"What the hell? Could it be an earthquake...... Wait, something is wrong, the doorknob doesn't feel right! β
The doorknob of the apartment he rented was made of polished stainless steel, which felt smooth and cool to the touch, but the doorknob he was holding now was wooden and tactile to the touch
Some are rough, and there are many strange patterns carved on them.
Looking back, he found that the door he was leaning on was not the dark blue security door of the apartment, but a wood-colored wooden door with many quaint carvings on the faΓ§ade.
The surrounding light has also changed, the light of the voice-activated lights in the apartment corridor is energy-saving lamps, the light is white, stable and bright, but now it is dim yellow, the brightness is very low, and it is constantly shaking.
Rosen followed the light and saw an antique desk in the center of the room behind him, on which lay a silver candlestick, on which were 12 candles, six of which were lit, and next to the candlestick was a thick, yellowed book.
The wooden building, the wooden door, and the ancient style furniture in the room are inexplicably weird, and some inexplicably familiar.
"Oh my God, what the hell is going on? I just want to go to KFC and nibble on a fried chicken thigh! Rosen was dumbfounded.
Just at a loss, something even stranger happened.
Rosen was shocked to find that his hands were shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, no, not only his hands, but also his feet and body!
'What the hell is this?' I can't explain it! Rosen's eyes were dropping.
It's true that he likes to play games, but he hasn't missed his studies. As a top student in the Department of Physics of a famous university in China, majoring in materials physics, he has always claimed to be the descendant of Newton Niu, never believed in those gods and Shinto, and sneered at the so-called supernatural phenomena, but now, all this is happening in front of his eyes, and Rosen feels that his worldview is collapsing rapidly.
Immediately after, he noticed that the clothes on his body had changed at some point.
Because it was early winter, he was wearing a dark gray down jacket when he first went out, but now it has changed into an indigo cotton robe with a strange style, and there is an extra fur on the shoulders, which is a high-quality bear skin, dense and thick, but the style is retro, and it is also a little familiar.
'It's familiar, it's really familiar, I seem to have seen this shoulder somewhere. β
It's not over yet, something even more bizarre happens.
Rosen found that he had an inexplicable memory in his head.
In his memory, he is not a top student of a prestigious university in China, his name has not changed, but he has an extra surname, his full name is Rosen. Laplace, only 14 years old, the only son of Sir Laplace, lives in the province of Erante, Duchy of Deren. The Jazz family has thousands of acres of fertile land, and there are more than 60 tenants attached to it, and he has lived a rich life since he was a child, and his parents are pampered, and he can have whatever he wants, and he is a standard rich young master.
The memories are very real, as if Rosen had experienced it himself.
'Principality of Delen, Province of Ellant, isn't that the name of a place in the game I just played?' How could I be in the game world? Is someone manipulating me? Or am I dreaming? β
He twisted his cheeks and arms hard, grinning in pain, and his arms were about to be twisted, but there was still no change in the surrounding environment.
"Not a dream? Could it be that when I just went out, I happened to pass through a natural space-time wormhole? Although there are no observations about wormholes, it still works in theory. As for the physical changes and memories, it is possible that they are also additional effects of wormholes...... If it's a wormhole, it's likely to go both ways. β
With that in mind, Rosen opened the door again and stepped back, trying to return to the apartment where he was staying.
As a result, nothing has changed, the room behind the door is still dim, and outside the door is still a dimly lit corridor, and there is a pair of horn oil lamps hanging on the corner of the corridor, and the bean-sized flames are jumping and jumping, like a pair of eyes looking at him, and the wooden staircase, the horn lamp, and the deer head decoration hanging on the wall are all reminding him that he is still in a 'dream'.
"No, there must be something wrong!"
The game he plays is called "Stalker", the latest generation of online games, which is extremely popular, and has only been on service for three months, and has more than 80 million stable online players.
Just now, Lawson tried 49 times in a row and successfully killed a vampire boss, and the boss combat power ranking can rank in the top 10 among known monsters. After defeating the boss, his global player ranking increased by 100,000, and he was inducted into the Player Hall of Fame and became a star player. Countless platforms have thrown olive branches to him, and it is not a dream to earn one million a year.
It feels like drinking a glass of ice water on dog days, it's refreshing!
However, although the game is refreshing, if Rosen really lives in the world of "Pursuit", he is 10,000 unwilling.
The world of the Stalker is described in eight words, that is, 'monsters, wars, plagues, famine', and in four words, it is 'hell on earth'.
For an ordinary person, even if he is a nobleman, it is a great luxury to live peacefully to old age.
"I'm going back! I don't want to stay in this hellish place! God, don't play me like that, okay? I'm still a baby, and I can't stand such a toss from your old man! β
In order to return to the earth, Rosen decisively abandoned Lord Niu and turned to the traditional gods of China for help.
While praying, Lawson was not idle, he walked back and forth through the door and tried to return to Earth through the wormhole, but nothing changed around him. After his imaginary 'space-time wormhole' threw him into the other world, he patted his ass and left.
Finally, Rosen gave up, and he sat limply on the ground with his back against the door.
I don't know how long he sat there, but the situation around him didn't change anyway, and all signs showed that he had really crossed into the world of "Stalker".
Rosen has a problem, and it is okay to say that it is an advantage, that is, the nerves are particularly thick.
After the initial blow, he quickly relented.
"Rosen. Laplace, the father of this body is still a knight, and the family property of thousands of acres of fertile land, this family is in a good situation...... Wait, why do I think Laplace's surname is so familiar? Is it because of the great scientist Marquis Laplace?"
The Marquis de Laplace, full name Pierre. Simon. Laplace, the founder of celestial mechanics, the founder of astroevolution, the founder of analytic probability theory, and the famous determinism (falsified). In terms of contribution to science, in his old man's time, he was second only to Newton. As a top student in the Department of Physics, Rosen is like thunder to the Marquis of Laplace.
"No, no, not because of the Marquis de Laplace. I just looked like I've seen this surname somewhere! β
This was not the first time he had felt familiar, and when he first crossed over, he found that his surroundings were very familiar, as if he had just experienced them before.
"Something is wrong, something is really wrong."
Lawson stood up and retreated into the room, looking closely at the wooden table in the center of the room.
The candle flame on the table danced softly, and the parchment on the table reflected the milky white light, and the page was closed, and on the cover was written "A Preliminary Study of AlchemyβAlbert".
More memories came to mind, which belonged to the original owner of the body: "I was still an alchemy apprentice, half a year ago, I was discovered by a passing magician to have a talent for alchemy, so my father spent a lot of money to build a basic alchemy room for me, but unfortunately the qualifications are dull, and there is almost no progress after half a year of study...... Wait, there's still something in my head! β
Rosen found that in the depths of his mind, there seemed to be a fog, and something seemed to be hidden in the fog that was about to rush out.
"What is this? And what? Rosen scratched his head subconsciously.
'Ding! β
His head shook suddenly, and Rosen found that the air in front of him lit up slightly, and a talent tree actually appeared in the air in front of him, and the talent tree was called 'Alchemy Path'.
'Alchemy Talent Tree! Isn't that just for the game? This thing has followed me through with me? Rosen almost shouted.
His role in "Pursuit" is a famous alchemy stalker, and his biggest reliance is alchemy.
The reason why Lawson chose this path is because the physical rules of the hunting world are almost exactly the same as those of the real world, and the alchemy in the game is the chemistry of the earth, and the chemical nature of the earth belongs to the category of physics, and there is a very close connection between his professional material physics.
As a top student majoring in materials physics, he was like a fish in water in the field of alchemy, and after three months of serving, he became a world-famous master hunter.
The alchemy talent tree in front of me only activated the first layer of talent, called 'Elemental Friend', and only lit up 1 point.
Rosen focused on the Elemental Friend, and a note about the talent immediately became apparent.
'Elemental Friend, for every 1 point activated, gain +100 points for Elemental Perception and +100 points for Elemental Control. β
Rosen was delighted: 'The effect is exactly the same as in the game. The 1 point of this activation should be the innate alchemy talent of this body. However, from the perspective of the game experience, if there is only 1 point of elemental friends, the effect is quite weak, I don't know how it is in the real world? β
In the game, players can gain experience and activate talent points by hunting monsters, and I don't know if this world can be like this...... Wait, hunt monsters...... I know why this place looks so familiar! β
Rosen finally understood why he had always had a strange familiarity with his surroundings: 'Laplace Manor! This is Laplace Estate! I'm dizzy~ Didn't I just fight the vampire boss in the hall on the second floor of this manor's wooden building? β
The viewing angle in the LCD screen is completely different from the real world, and after watching it for so long, Rosen finally came back to his senses.
This memory is like a rattan that pulls out a large piece of new memory at once.
By the way, I've been to this room too, and here it is, at the table, and when I arrived, there was the body of a teenager lying here. The vampire also killed Sir Laplace and Lady Sir, and the entire manor was covered with corpses, and he slaughtered the entire inhabitants of the manor! β
All clues indicate that Rosen's identity after crossing over is the boy who should have been killed by the boss in Laplace's manor, that is, Sir Laplace's only son.
"It can't be such a coincidence, can it?" Rosen's legs and stomach trembled a little.
"I'm still alive, so the monster hasn't come yet?" He was a little lucky in his heart.
'ε»~ε»~'
Rosen took a few breaths and frowned: "What does this smell like?" What's weird? β
A strange smell filled the air, a little sweet, a little rusty...... It seems to be...... The smell of blood!
Rosen recognized the smell, there was a slaughterhouse on the edge of the town when he was a child, and every time he passed by, he could smell a similar fishy smell, but nowhere near as strong as it is now.
He became alert: 'How can there be such a strong smell of blood in the middle of the night?' β
'Uhh β
There seemed to be a very subtle sound coming from the top of the stairway, and Rosen listened closely, and the sound became clearer, similar to moaning, and similar to the struggle of suffocation. Rosen hadn't heard such a voice, but he could faintly feel the desperation contained in it.
Flickering candlelight, ancient European-style wooden buildings, thick bloody atmosphere, and strange sounds....... Lawson's hair stood on top of his body.
"Could it be that the boss is already here? I'm still alive just because it's not my turn yet? β
That's the horror existence of the top 10 combat effectiveness among the known monsters, since this BOSS has arrived at Laplace Manor, then Lawson still has a way to live?