Minutes and seconds passed.

Tao Jinghe's excitement gradually dissipated.

There are only 30 minutes left before the game starts maintenance, but why hasn't the hidden career story started yet?

Tao Jinghe looked left and right and noticed that there was a one-way glass on the wall.

Someone seemed to be hiding behind one-way glass and staring at him.

In order to prevent the accidental death of a new character during the game maintenance period, Tao Jinghe clicked on the game interface and selected the offline button.

However, he couldn't go offline!

The offline button is gray!

The game prompts that he is in a hidden career plot and that the offline feature has been disabled.

As a mature large-scale realistic online game, "Star Sea" also provides players with physical means to go offline.

That is to remove the helmet directly in reality.

This method will trigger a forced offline penalty for the character to be frozen for 1 day.

But the game is about to be maintained for 24 hours, and the punishment of 1 day of character freezing can be said to have no negative effect.

With this in mind, Tao Jinghe decided to give it a try.

He toggles the "operation mode" on the game interface, switching the sensory feedback of his hands from game mode to reality mode.

The sense of touch in the hands changes.

He touched his real-life tabletop and raised his hands, fingertips touching the helmet shell.

Just when Tao Jinghe was about to forcibly take off the game helmet, there was a bang, and the pneumatic door next to him opened.

Tao Jinghe watched two black-robed figures walk in, slowly lowered his hands in reality, and switched back to the "game mode".

"The hidden career plot is about to begin. Let's take a look at the situation first. ”

Tao Jinghe was faintly looking forward to it.

The black-robed man lifted his hood.

The two revealed faces covered by metal masks.

One of them was holding a stack of documents in his hand.

He took a few steps forward, came to Tao Jinghe, looked at the text on the document, and said in an electronic synthesized tone:

"Drinking bitter gourd juice often, 32 years old, born on the planet Newt-117, graduated from a federal university 1 year ago, has a secondary education in the adult grade, and has no service record in the Space Navy. Am I right? ”

Tao Jinghe nodded silently.

The black-robed man threw the document in his hand towards the table, pinched Tao Jinghe's chin, glared at him and shouted:

"Nope! I'm not right! You're not at all a citizen of the Union as I would call it! What a disgusting name of yours! Not a single federal citizen would name himself bitter gourd juice! ”

"Smack!"

A heavy slap slapped Tao Jinghe in the face.

Tao Jinghe was momentarily stunned, his cheeks twitched, and he never dreamed that he would be hit in the face by NPCs.

"Bang Bang!"

Three more loud and heavy slaps.

The black-robed man grabbed Tao Jinghe's collar and roared:

"Who are you?! You damned, despicable soul! Why do you want to take over the body of a federal citizen?! Who helped you do this?! Where did you goists who can take over other people's bodies come from? Say it! ”

What is it?

Is there something wrong with your NPC's brain?

What are you screaming here?

Tao Jinghe was slapped with anger by four slaps.

He wanted to open his mouth to scold, but suddenly found that he had lost the ability to speak, and his body was completely frozen and he couldn't move.

At some point, the second black-robed man had an extra black chain in his hand.

One end of the chain was held in the black-robed man's hand, while the other end penetrated Tao Jinghe's ankle and entered his body.

On the surface of Tao Jinghe's body, there were inexplicably many more black chains that slowly shook in the air.

You have been attacked by the Monk of Affliction. 】

You are controlled by the "Torture Chains". 】

[You have officially opened the Hidden Class Quest.] 】

For the next 26 minutes, you will be tortured. 】

[Please explore the conditions for completing hidden class quests on your own.] 】

Tortured for 26 minutes?!

Fear flashed in Tao Jinghe's eyes.

In other words, until 26 minutes later, when the game starts to be maintained, he will be tortured here!

What the hell is this TM mission?

How can there be such a task requirement?

How exactly does the game review the plot?

Can this kind of plot be online?!

"Ahh ~~~~”

The stinging pain in the heart came from all over his body, Tao Jinghe's green muscles were rising, his eyes were round, the pain was incomparable, and the saliva at the corners of his mouth flowed.

"How can it hurt so much?! Didn't I adjust the pain factor to 10%? Turn it off, turn off the pain factor! ”

Tao Jinghe's body twitched, trying to operate the game interface.

Something strange happened.

The game's interface has a mosaic glow.

No matter how Tao Jinghe manipulated it with his mind, the game interface did not respond.

Not only that, but whenever the pain in the body is exacerbated by the torture, the game interface becomes blurry a little, and there is a feeling that it is about to fade out of view.

"Why is the game interface not responding? What kind of broken game is this?! I want to complain! ”

As the player's biggest dependence, the game interface is paralyzed at this moment.

The fear in Tao Jinghe's heart was infinitely magnified!

His pupils contracted violently, only the size of a pinprick, and his ears were full of the words of the black-robed man:

"Say it! Say it! Who are you? Where are you from? Who helped you occupy someone else's body? ”

"Speak quickly!"

"Bang Bang Bang

"Ahhh

"Speak quickly!"

"Quick—say—"

"I said. I.. Say.."

Tao Jinghe thrashed his chest like a drowning man re-inhaling air.

His face was covered with sweat, his face was pale, and he tried to lift his breath, crying and crying:

"I say! I say it all! I'm a gamer! I'm playing a realistic online game called Star Ocean! Don't torture me! I'm just a gamer! I don't know what you mean by occupying the body! I just built a character after I got into the game! I don't know what's going on! ”

The pain in his body disappeared suddenly.

Tao Jinghe shuddered, suddenly regained consciousness, and looked at the two black-robed people standing not far away with a dull expression.

He glanced down at his body.

There were no "torture chains" on him, and no one was slapping him.

The torture and slap he had just suffered seemed to be all hallucinations, all illusions, as if nothing had really happened.

"This, this, this... What's going on? ”

Tao Jinghe faced such a strange scene, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

[The game helmet detected an error.] 】

[Error code unknown.] 】

Sending an error report to the game server. 】

【… Failed to send! 】

[Please take the initiative to contact the game official to replace the game helmet!] 】

【…】

[Correction.] 】

[There is no error.] 】

[There is no error.] 】

[Everything is fine with the game helmet.] 】

[Error records are deleted.] 】

A few seconds later.

The error message on the game interface is gone.

A black-robed man standing in front of Tao Jinghe stepped forward, broke Tao Jinghe's mouth with strong force, and stuffed a black worm with a mosaic color patch into it.

The slippery black worm moved down Tao Jinghe's esophagus, and then went up into Tao Jinghe's head.

Tao Jinghe's body twitched, and he was horrified to see a black worm of the same shape appear on the game interface.

Little by little, the bug is merging with the game's interface, eventually turning into an inconspicuous little black dot on the interface.

[Congratulations! 】

[You have passed the secret review of the Dark God Sect! 】

[You have taken up the hidden profession "Junior Dark Priest"!] 】

[You triggered the plot line of the Dark God Descent Cult "Destroy the Black Hole Visitor"! 】

[You triggered the first mission of the storyline: "Show Your Loyalty, Prove Your Worth."] 】

【Mission Details:】

[Under the arrangement of the Dark God Sect, as a novice player from the High Birthplace, you will go to the vicinity of Planet Lisom-13 and approach the boss-level NPC???? ”。 】

[You must gain the trust of the other party, otherwise the mission will fail.] 】

[Reward: The secret medicine needed for the cultivation of the junior dark cleric.] 】

[Quest Punishment: Very likely to be obliterated.] 】

Wipe Wipe ??!!

Tao Jinghe was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

How can there be such a penalty for failure??

But before he could ask, the black-robed man in front of him suddenly snapped his fingers.

Boundless sleepiness struck, and Tao Jinghe subconsciously closed his eyes.

After only three or five seconds, a bright light passed through his eyelids and woke him up.

"Quack—"

"Whoa, la, la—"

Seagulls fly over the turquoise sea, foaming waves one after another.

The sky is clear, the beach is quiet, and there are no black-robed people.

Tao Jinghe was completely dumbfounded.

He hurriedly clicked on the game interface, rubbed his eyes, and stared at the career information on the interface.

The words "Junior Dark Priest" appear prominently in the class box.

After a closer search, the black dot with the transformation of the black worm is in the corner of the game interface.

"Hell yes! What the hell! Is the plot of this game so real? ”

Tao Jinghe just wanted to click on the game forum to check the information of this hidden profession, and a line of text prompts popped up on the game interface.

[You can't reveal your hidden profession, otherwise...]

[Erasure.] 】

When the word erasure was refreshed, a chill hit for no reason, and Tao Jinghe only felt his throat tight, almost out of breath.

It's as if there are a pair of hands around his neck in reality!

Tao Jinghe's face was swollen red, and he hurriedly switched the touch to "reality mode" and ripped off the game helmet.

"Whew-"

Tao Jinghe's eyes were bloodshot, and his snort was heavy.

He grabbed his phone, turned on the front camera, and looked at his neck.

A hideous black strangulation mark was slowly disappearing.

Tao Jinghe was stunned for a while.

Half a minute passed before he shuddered to unlock his phone, wanting to call the game official and apply for a replacement of the game helmet, and complain fiercely by the way.

The black strangulation marks reappeared, like a rope hanging him, lifting him up from the stool and towards the ceiling.

"Shhh

Tao Jinghe was out of breath and could only kick his legs in mid-air.

Just as the last wisp of air was about to leave him, the words of the game appeared before his eyes.

[Last warning.] There will be a next time, obliteration. 】

"Bang!" The black tear stains disappeared again, and Tao Jinghe fell heavily on the chair.

"Tick tick..."

The yellow-green liquid slipped from the stool, and Tao Jinghe's psychological defense line was completely broken by this terrifying scene.

…

…

The other side.

A small moon near the planet Lisom-14.

Li Nuo's figure appeared silently on this desolate gray moon under the protection of the "Veil of Separation from the World".

The natural satellites of each planet have helped the planet block a lot of meteorites.

The satellite at your feet is no exception.

After Li Nuo landed, he flew into the air and saw the cratered surface of the satellite, where countless meteorites left their traces.

Looking up, look overhead, and there was a pitch-black Lisom-14.

To be precise, the satellite is now located above the back of Lisom-14.

Li Nuo only needs to fly continuously towards the dark area to officially set foot in the lair of the demon snake.

But the road is not destined to be peaceful.

It didn't take any detection spell for Li Nuo to spot the snake roaming between the satellite and Lisom-14.

These cosmic monsters that can roam in space travel in groups as if they were playing in a pond.

Thanks to the vacuum, there is no sound to transmit, otherwise the vicinity of Lisom-14 must be filled with the howl of ghosts and wolves.

"If the Dark God Sect is really the mastermind behind this demonic snake's lair, then how can I lure him out?"

Li Nuo couldn't help but fall into thought.

From the intuitive point of view, he found no trace of the Dark Descent Cult.

Perhaps, you have to go deep into the dark demon snake's lair to gain something.

As he pondered, Li Nuo aimed at the demon snake not far away, and threw out a few spell markers that were protected by the "Veil of Otherworlds".

He planned to find out the movement of these demon snakes first, and then make inferences.

After about half an hour, a team of demon snakes with a somewhat special behavior pattern received Li Nuo's attention.

The team of Demon Serpents has already made two round-trips between Lisom-14 and the satellite, and this is the third time they have come to the satellite from Lisom-14.

The other demon snakes are not so frequent and persistent, and there must be something hidden in them.

Li Nuo's heart moved slightly, and he quietly followed.

The Serpent team moves fast.

When they arrive at the satellite, they make a small half-circle around it and then plunge headlong into the soil below.

Li Nuo raised his eyebrows, and he had a guess in his heart.

Two minutes later, the team of demonic snakes emerged from the soil.

They did not fly in a straight line towards Lisom-14, but followed the path they had come from and flew around the satellite in a small half circle before taking off at the previous landing site, taking off and heading to Lisom-14.

It is clear that this team of demon snakes has been artificially delineated in their course of action.

They have a special mission, not the kind of aimless, playful ordinary demon snakes.

Li Nuo squinted at the ground for a moment.

A solution that would keep you safe while figuring out what lies beneath the soil came to mind.

Looking at the starry sky, there are some relatively small meteorites approaching the satellite.

Li Nuo immediately accelerated his movement and rushed in the direction of the meteorite.

Halfway through, he used the "Veil of Otherworldhood" to include rock and soil energy, releasing an earthy brown pillar of light, aiming at one of the meteorites about the size of a van truck.

After continuously injecting a large amount of rock and soil energy, Li Nuo successfully obtained some control of the meteorite.

Under the guidance of his mind, the meteorite slightly adjusted its direction and smashed towards the soil that the demon snake had burrowed into earlier. (End of chapter)