Reaching into his jacket pocket, Roddy pulled out the lightweight, black-rimmed glasses. When you put it on, the current map and the time and date will pop up in front of you.

On March 5, 2025, at this time, "Ripper" has just been launched for a year and a half, and there are still daily tasks that Roddy is going to do in "Ripper" today on the AR auxiliary display, and he has not yet become a Ranger, and the in-game level at this time is only a basic level of 16.

Luo Di is very familiar with this, he gradually calmed down from the confusion of thinking at the beginning, and walked towards a street not far away, his home is in the community next to Zhongguancun, no matter what happened today, it is better to go home first.

When passing by 711, Luo Di casually picked out a sandwich and coffee, and when he scanned the QR code with his watch to pay the bill, the part-time worker next to him suddenly said: "It's early today?" ”

"Huh?"

Luo Di looked at the salesman in front of him who seemed to know him, and a memory suddenly popped up in his mind, usually he was too lazy to cook, and basically came here to buy food every day after he went offline from "Ripper", and after a long time, he naturally became familiar with these clerks, so this is the conversation in front of him.

"Well, there's nothing to do today, come out for a walk."

"It's a big smog, don't bring a mask?"

"I'm too lazy to take a few steps."

After a few small talks, Roddy left. It was four o'clock in the afternoon, and although the air quality in the imperial capital had gradually improved over the years, the "haze" was still a frequent visitor. There is not much rain in March, and the cold air is not as frequent as in winter, so the air index tends to move towards 300 again in these days.

Roddy walked along the street, and the memories in his mind seemed to be gradually replenishing that he was a full-time gamer, and now he could earn about 20,000 yuan a month by selling supplies in "Ripper". After his parents died in a travel accident four years ago, Roddy lives alone in the house his parents left behind.

After graduating from university, the classmates flew separately, and those who stayed in Beijing rarely kept in touch. Roddy is obsessed with the game world all day long to make a living, and gradually alienates himself from his real friends, but he is also used to this lonely life... For Roddy, surviving in this huge city and having less interpersonal interaction saves a lot of things.

So what are you going to do today? Glancing at the screen of the glasses, it seems that a few mines have been refreshed, running the mines, and going to the auction house to pour a pen. There is also a small elite boss in the wild who can use the terrain to brush alone, and it is estimated that it can be done before 12 o'clock in the evening.

The memory seemed to be almost complete at this point, except that he didn't understand why he suddenly fainted on the road, and Roddy felt like he had returned to normal. He walked into the community, walked into Room 301 of Building 2 according to his instinctive memory, entered the eight-digit code on the combination lock, and passed the scanning authentication on his glasses, Roddy pushed the door and returned to his home.

Family...

The "hum" of the air purifier has been automatically ignored by Roddy, and after the death of his parents, the original TV in the living room has been cleared. Because there were no relatives and friends in the past, Luo Di preferred an empty environment, so there was only one coffee table and two reclining chairs in the living room of about 30 square meters... In the corner are the helmets and "nerve cockpits" that connect to Rippland.

The large dining table in the dining area was also replaced by a small double table, and Roddy changed into the only pair of slippers, walked over to put dinner on the table, and went into the bedroom to change into more comfortable lounge clothes, ready to warm up the meal before eating.

Although I live alone, the cleanliness of the house is still above the passing line. No one takes care of himself, he has to learn to take care of everything by himself, he threw the changed clothes into the washing machine, turned them on and went to wash his hands and eat, but after lowering his head to wash off the foam on his hands, Roddy, who raised his head, was suddenly stunned.

The person in the mirror is not him.

In other words, the face in the mirror is not the person who lives at home all day in Luo Di's impression as an authentic Chinese, black hair, black eyes and yellow skin are the most prominent features, but the face in front of him belongs to the "Luo Di" of another world.

Lord of Elson City.

This word suddenly popped up in his heart, and Roddy took a terrifying breath, he knew that "Elson" was a high elf city, but what did it have to do with him? Who is this person in the mirror in front of you?

Roddy's face in sight seems to have "European" blood, with a discordant "round head", which is caused by the regrowth of his hair after being burned before, but at this time it can already be seen that the hair is a brownish color, and it is definitely not Asian.

He reached out and rubbed his cheeks, then pulled a few hairs and looked at them for a long time to confirm that he was really not hallucinating...

"It's... What's going on? ”

Roddy's heartbeat, which he thought was normal, was rapidly accelerating, and various memories in his mind seemed to surface, but they were blocked by something. He watched in the mirror with large beads of sweat on his forehead, and his face turned pale and thought about countless thoughts

The owner of the Maserati who almost hit him before behaved normally, if he was the current "foreigner" appearance, the other party would definitely not scold, you must know that it is not a trivial matter for a "foreigner" to have an accident in China.

Later, at 711, the clerk greeted him, explaining that the other party also saw himself as a "native of the imperial capital".

Along the way, no one else has doubts about their identity, which shows that in the eyes of others, their image should be the appearance of the former otaku Luo Di in the mirror in front of him, but he is the "City Lord of Elson City" Luo Di.

What went wrong? Is there anything else you don't remember?

He knew he must have forgotten something, but he never got the point. Reaching out and wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, Luo Di came to the dining table, picked up the remote control and pressed it, and a wall next to it showed the "desktop" of the home intelligent system through the micro projector below.

Information intelligence has been popularized in cities, and "television" has basically become a thing of the past. This gesture-operated projection is Roddy's main way of searching for information on a daily basis. At this time, his desktop was full of familiar documents, and the shortcut keys of the "Ripper" forum were next to him, and he reached out and clicked on it, and the news of various sections was as hot as ever. Roddy thought about it for a while, and searched for "Elson City" as a keyword, and most of the messages he got were that the player had detected "the city within the Great Enchantment" a year ago. Roddy clicked on it and found that the location of "Elson City" was in enemy-occupied territory, and it was normal that no one explored it later.

But what does this have to do with the "city lord"? Luo Di involuntarily looked down at his hand, and opened Weibo in desperation, intending to see if there was any unusual news recently.

Because Luo Di has been a casual player in the PVE field, his Weibo account is not well-known. There are not many fans, but the characters he pays attention to are mostly related to the content of "Rip Soil", and he has fans of some game streamers, peripheral companies or well-known people in the COS circle. And after opening Weibo today, the popular homepage he saw turned out to be a video of "live streaming".

The ID of the anchor is called "Never ** PY month", look at the name and the red VIP on the avatar to know that it is the big guy in the cos circle, Luo Di remembers that he used to upload his own women's clothing photos to gain popularity, but the title of this guy's live broadcast today is very eye-catching:

"Hit the strongest "Ripp" cos in the universe! The dragon clan appeared on Zhongguancun Street! ”

Roddy felt a bright light flash in his mind, as if some of the memories were showing signs of loosening. He immediately clicked on the live broadcast link and found that the picture was constantly jolting, and the anchor was running desperately at this time, and said breathlessly: "I received the news that she just went to another street!" I just glanced at it from afar, and I really don't understand such a powerful coser... Why did you suddenly run into the street! To be honest, there is no suspense about calling her to participate in the COS contest of "Ripper"! ”

After a long breath, the picture finally stabilized, as the anchor finally turned the street and caught up with the figure in the Arcanist's robe in front of him.

"Beauty! Wait a minute, beauty! ”

The anchor immediately opened his mouth and shouted, at this time, the barrage suddenly brushed a sigh such as "the way of accosting is weak", but the figure in front of him who was walking briskly did stop, and when the other party turned around and faced the camera with a peerless face, everyone could feel that the anchor stumbled a little, and the whole camera was crooked...