Chapter 1: My Cousin's Diary
Han Zheng sat on the sofa, looked at the messy living room, reached out and touched the floating ash on the coffee table, and couldn't help but sigh:
"Alas—it's another trip for nothing......"
Looking around the two-bedroom room, it was clear that no one had been there except for a little more dust than it had been when he had been here a month earlier.
This 77-square-meter house in Z City was originally the wedding room of his cousin Han Lei.
The cousin's parents, that is, Han Zheng's second uncle and aunt, the old couple almost emptied their savings and paid a down payment for their son.
Originally, it was a happy thing for my cousin to get married as soon as possible, but who would have thought that not long after the house was renovated, my cousin suddenly forcibly broke up with his fiancée, and his attitude was very resolute, which caught people off guard.
This incident happened less than two years ago, when Han Zheng had just graduated, and his cousin's move shocked the whole family, and the elderly in the family also ran from their hometown in the northeast to Z City to block it.
But I don't know what's going on, my cousin, who has been very docile and obedient since he was a child, was extremely stubborn this time, didn't listen to anyone's advice, and couldn't give a reason, just insisted on it, and the marriage was blown like this.
Because of this, Han Zheng's second uncle was seriously ill after returning to the Northeast and was hospitalized for a while.
Since then, cousin Han Lei's whole person has begun to become more and more weird, he has quit his job, his whereabouts are erratic, he often can't contact people, he occasionally appears, and when asked about the situation, he can't give a reason.
This went on for a long time, until three months ago, when my cousin disappeared completely, and no one saw him again, and no one could contact him again.
The second uncle's family has only one son, and when this happens, the old man's physical condition is declining more and more, so he has to report the case while mobilizing relatives and friends to help find it.
Han Zheng resigned from the original company half a year ago, and he has not been able to find a suitable job during this time, so he was asked by his family to come to Z City to inquire about his cousin's whereabouts.
Han Zheng also knew a lot of his cousin's colleagues and friends in Z City, but in the past two months, he searched almost everyone, went to every possible place for his cousin, and failed to ask for the slightest whereabouts, and it seems that his cousin has cut off contact with these old acquaintances since very early on.
Now, there really isn't much he can do.
"It's a good person, how can you say that it's gone?"
While he pondered what to do next, he paced into the secondary bedroom and collapsed on the bed, he was too tired for a while.
"Huh?"
After a few lazy rolls on the bed, he stumbled upon something unusual, and under the mattress under him, something seemed to be hard enough to stumble on him.
When I lifted the mattress, I saw that it was actually a hard-cover diary - red, thick, and with a small combination lock on it.
My cousin has the habit of keeping a diary, which Han Zheng has been very clear about since he was a child, but he didn't expect that this diary was actually hidden under the mattress in the auxiliary bedroom, and he didn't notice it before.
The small combination lock couldn't bother him, and with his understanding of his cousin, he guessed a few times casually and opened the diary.
Maybe we can find the reason for my cousin Han Lei's disappearance.
As the diary turned page by page, the contents of it surprised Han Zheng:
- I broke up with Xiaohui today, and I could see the shock and anger in her eyes, but I couldn't explain it to her. At night, my parents called me and asked me, and I couldn't give a reason, but I couldn't help it, I didn't know when I would die in the copy, I couldn't drag her down, I was scared, I didn't know who to talk to......
- I almost couldn't come back alive today, this is only my second round of dungeons, I don't know how long I can last, but if you want to survive, you have to improve your combat power, I'm still just an earthling, when will I be able to open the Saiyan bloodline......
- Looking back now, my cultivation was not very efficient at the beginning, maybe it would have been better......
- It's great to be on the same team with someone like Brother Zhao, if it weren't for him, I'm afraid I'd die on this round of dungeons, Brother Zhao actually opened the Namek Star bloodline, I really envy him......
- Hehe, Xiao Huang and they don't know yet, all newcomers have a chance to get the hidden newcomer package in the first round of dungeons, and as long as they can successfully open the bloodline on the first day of the dungeon time limit, they will get a novice reward. Alas—I'm a veteran nowadays......
- Brother Zhao set up the Blue Team and invited me to join, of course I agreed, without him I wouldn't be able to open the Saiyan bloodline, get so much equipment, and I wouldn't be able to survive to this day......
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What is this?
The more Han Zheng looked at it, the more his head grew, and he couldn't understand most of the contents of this diary, it seemed that his cousin was able to enter some kind of mysterious world, or to be precise, he was bound by this mysterious world, and even his life could not be guaranteed.
And there are a lot of noun settings in it, which are actually from a Japanese manga "Dragon Ball" that both brothers like very much, but they don't understand what it means.
"Could it be that you have crossed over?"
Han Zheng subconsciously came to a conclusion and startled himself.
He simply stopped reading page by page, and went directly to the last article with content, the date on which happened to be the time when his cousin disappeared completely, and the content was:
- Tomorrow, Brother Zhao and I, as well as the other 6 members of the team, will enter the gladiatorial dungeon, if we can win and successfully obtain the full blood of Frieza as planned, the strength of our team will be greatly improved......
Han Zheng closed the diary with a puzzled face, the contents really needed him to digest well, and at this moment he suddenly found that he was only looking through the contents of the diary, but he didn't notice that there was a black card hidden in the inner compartment of the bottom skin of the notebook.
The card is pitch black and looks extremely thin, but the craftsmanship seems to be extraordinary, with delicate and intricate patterns engraved.
Driven by curiosity, Han Zheng pulled out the black card and wanted to take a closer look.
But as soon as you get your hands on this card, it suddenly changes!
The temperature of the black card suddenly rises sharply and quickly becomes piping hot.
Han Zheng hurriedly wanted to throw it away, but the card seemed to be stuck to his fingers, and he couldn't shake it off.
"Ahh
The card became hotter and hotter, and the pain-like pain spread from his fingers all over his body, and Han Zheng fell to his knees all at once.
A red dot gushes out of the center of the black card, and then the red dot quickly spreads to all the cards, and the entire card becomes red.
Then, from the top of the card, it gradually began to crumble and scatter like burning paper ashes.
At the same time, as the ashes drifted away, Han Zheng's mind became more and more blurred.
When the last corner of the card also turned to ashes, Han Zheng completely lost consciousness and fell to the ground. Then, in an instant, he disappeared into the room......
I don't know how long it took......
[Number N2199 Scanned and Restored to Optimal Condition]
In a cold and harsh electronic sound, Han Zheng woke up, he found himself in a strange space, surrounded by pitch black, but he could look down at his hands and feet.
[No. N2199 Combatants, Prepare for Dragon Ball Battlegrounds - Single-Player Dogfight-type Dungeon Coming Soon]
As the electronic sound fluctuates, light blue subtitles also appear in the black curtain.
"Dragon Ball Battlegrounds? Combatant? Copy? What the heck? ”
Han Zheng stood up with a look of surprise, but suddenly remembered the contents of the diary, and a bad premonition surged in his heart.
"That card...... The contents of the diary are all true, and I am the same as Han Lei...... Crossed ......? ”
No one answered him, and the electronic voice and light blue subtitles were still working indifferently and synchronously-
[No. N2199 Combatant Status:]
[Combat Strength: 5 (Rookie Status)]
[Combatant Bloodline: None (Rookie status)]
[Max Combat Power: 5 (Rookie Status)]
[Cultivation Speed: None (Rookie Status)]
[Equipment Items: None]
[Move Skill: None]
[Special Ability: None]
[Quest Rounds Performed: 0]
[The nature of this dungeon: single-player melee type, the timeline starts on May 6, 750 - that is, the day before the 21st World First Martial Arts Meeting, the mission time is 10 days, the location is the Western Capital, and the range of activities is limited]
[The number of combatants participating in this dungeon is 157, and the average combat effectiveness is 9.8]
[Dungeon Survival Mission: Find and kill at least one combatant; Failed tasks will be erased]
[Single-player melee dungeon is about to start, countdown to 30 seconds...... 29…… 28…… 27……]
30 minutes of time is fleeting, when the [1] on the timing subtitles becomes the last [0], the surrounding black curtain disappears at once, as if it was originally just a piece of black cloth changed on a transparent box, and now the black cloth has been removed, and the color and light are pouring in instantly.
"This ...... It's ......"
The sudden light made Han Zheng have to squint his eyes, and he found himself in a bustling and noisy city street, surrounded by strange buildings, completely different from reality.
What really surprised him was the pedestrians and vehicles passing by.
In addition to most of the pedestrians on the street who have the appearance of normal people, there are actually some people with animal heads and human bodies!
These well-dressed and upright "rabbit people", "leopard people", "lizard people", etc., all walked through the crowd in a grand manner, and the normal human beings who came and went were also indifferent and disapproving, as if this was the normal state of society.
And the vehicles are also strange, the most important thing is that there are a large number of "hovering cars" that have no wheels, but can levitate dozens of centimeters on the road quickly, and occasionally there are "flying cars" driving by in the air, which is completely a black technology product that does not exist in reality.
There are even people who take out a small particle on the side of the road and throw it casually, and it turns into a motorcycle.
Han Zheng swallowed his saliva, as a comic book fan, he looked at this scene, like a comic he had liked since he was a child, and it was also a comic that influenced a generation-
"Animal Man...... Cart...... Building...... And the universal capsule, it's really the world of Dragon Ball......"
Just as Han Zheng sighed, a man's shout came from not far behind him.
"What's going on? Where the hell is this? Reality TV? ”
He followed the sound, and saw a man standing on the corner of the street behind him, shouting in terror:
"Who the hell brought me here? Do you understand this kidnapping? Can you answer me somebody? ”
The pedestrians around looked sideways, but Han Zheng's heartbeat accelerated violently, and countless thoughts surged rapidly.
"This person is like me? It's from the real world...... Or, like me, the so-called 'combatants'? ”
His mind was spinning rapidly, the contents of the diary were infinitely intertwined with the previous light blue subtitles, and the cold electronic voice seemed to be constantly echoing in his ears:
[Dungeon Survival Mission: Find and kill at least one combatant; Failed tasks will be erased]
……
[Dungeon Survival Mission: Find and kill at least one combatant; Failed tasks will be erased]
……
Almost subconsciously, Han Zheng took a small step in the direction of the man on the corner of the street, his mind was wild, and a thought in his mind that came to him in an instant roared wildly:
"Go over there, kill him, and you'll be able to complete the mission of survival!"