Chapter 1 Rebirth Easter Egg
The scorching sun was scorching the yellow sand everywhere, and a disgusting rancid smell could still be vaguely smelled in the hot air.
"I...where am I?"
Luo Jie stood up from the ground, covering his forehead. What he saw was a vast desert Gobi, and the road under his feet was so hot. , the outline of a city is clearly visible in the twisted scenery at the end.
There was a dull pain in his head, and scattered memory fragments were like poorly connected light bulbs, constantly flickering on and off in his mind.
Around him, nearly a hundred men, women, and children began to wake up one after another. The spectacular scene of collective confusion had a sense of variety show-like joy.
Luo Jie suddenly found that this scene looked surprisingly familiar.
As if he had found a key piece of the puzzle, a large number of fragmented memories began to automatically reorganize in his brain.
A moment later, when he opened his eyes again, his face was filled with incredible shock.
“I was reborn...”
Luo Jie recalled everything.
It was his seventh year as a fantasy player. After becoming a mercenary, he and several companions accepted a task issued by a large guild and went to the "Asian" fantasy to protect the illegitimate son of its president. Career advancement.
I don’t know if someone leaked the news, or if the kid was just unlucky and unexpectedly encountered the main force of the hostile guild in the illusion.
What everyone didn’t expect was that although the illegitimate child was not very strong, he was actually carrying an EX-class one-time item from the “Butterfly Effect” illusion [Fragmented Pages of Ivan’s Diary] ], directly detonating space-time turbulence and razing the entire city to the ground.
It’s just that Luo Jie couldn’t figure out how he survived that terrible time and space storm. After all, the best equipment he had was just a B-level individual power armor. It was impossible. Can withstand the terrifying power of tearing apart time and space.
Bah!
A harsh sound of electricity interrupted Luo Jie's thoughts, and also attracted the attention of everyone present.
"Hey, sir, please give me back my loudspeaker..."
A young tour guide who looked like a trainee blushed and begged a strong man in sunglasses. A mini loudspeaker, but the little girl-like figure is too short, and the way it jumps with its feet up is quite cute.
“Okay, I got it, I’ll pay you back when I’m done with it, be good.”
The strong man in sunglasses stretched out his big hand like a cattail leaf fan, pressed the little tour guide's head and rubbed it as if coaxing a child, making the little girl dumbfounded.
Listening to the familiar conversation between the two, Luo Jie couldn't help but feel as if he was in a trance from another world.
After seven years, many irrelevant memories have long been blurred.
He only remembered that this strong man in sunglasses was the only senior player present who had experienced the illusion. If the other party had not proactively disclosed the information about the illusion, few people present would have survived.
Of course, the other party did not have a heart attack, but was just forced to abide by certain rules.
"Hey, hey -! Everyone, please focus on me. Thank you for your cooperation!"
The strong man in sunglasses tried the microphone and nodded with satisfaction. The effect of the loudspeaker was good, and it could basically talk to the nearly 100 people present. His voice can be heard.
When everyone who was confused about the situation saw someone taking the initiative to speak, they immediately followed the sound and gathered around subconsciously.
"You can call me Sunglasses. Of course, this is just a code name." The strong man in sunglasses tapped the black and gray toad glasses on the bridge of his nose with his finger to help everyone deepen their memory. "It doesn't matter who I am. It's important. If you are lucky enough to leave here, you will naturally understand. Now let me talk about the situation you are facing."
"Recall whether you have ever encountered a strange purple fog. ? That is not a haze, but a special area similar to a time and space channel, connected to a different time and space world called a 'phantom'."
"The cause of illusions is still a mystery. Its main body often comes from all existing literary and artistic creations of mankind, including history, mythology, drama, film and television, literature, animation, games, etc."
"Every illusion, Everyone has a unique set of world laws, and the most basic universal law is dataization. In the world of fantasy, everything can be measured and expressed by data, even if you can't understand it, you can. Think of the fantasy world as a large-scale VR game, except that everything in this game is real...including death, of course."
The explanation of the strong man in sunglasses did not eliminate everyone's doubts. Many people. I have started looking around for hidden cameras, probably thinking that this is the studio of some prank reality show.
You can't blame these people for being so slow to react. No matter who wakes up and finds themselves in a strange place, they can't think that they have left the earth.
"Have you had enough trouble! Tell me where the exit is! I have a very important contract to sign this afternoon, and it's worth several million!"
A man in a suit with a briefcase under his arm looked furious. He had already looked at his watch several times while talking.
With the man in the suit taking the lead, the others began to make noise. Most of them had their own things to do and were not interested in participating in any "reality show".
The strong man in sunglasses was not angry. He made a gesture of invitation with a smile, and said with a joking expression: "If you think this is a studio, you can leave now. If you can walk out, I lose."< br>
“Let’s just go! Are you scared of me?”
The man in the suit walked out for more than ten meters angrily. Seeing that no one was following him, he hesitated for a moment and turned around again. He walked back dejectedly.
After all, the man in the suit is not stupid. From the sand and vegetation on the surface, he can tell that this is definitely not a photography studio. Even if he doesn’t believe in the theory of alien space, he doesn’t think he can do it alone without any equipment or supplies. One person walked out of this desolate Gobi desert that stretched as far as the eye could see.
The corners of the mouth of the strong man in sunglasses raised, but there was no hint of ridicule. His performance when he was first involved in the illusion was no better than the man in the suit in front of him.
But having said that, being able to be involved in the illusion that was opened for the first time twice in a row, the strong man in sunglasses felt that he was extremely lucky.
"Thank you very much for your trust in me. Next, I will teach you the most important step to survive in the illusion - please silently say 'open the main panel' or something similar in your mind."
Finally we have reached this point.
Luo Jie silently said "open the main panel" in his familiar mind, and there was a faint light flashing in his black pupils.
A huge screen like a game menu was projected directly on his retina, and its light blue translucent tone was full of a sense of futuristic science fiction.
Name: Luo Jie
Rank: Level 0 Physique: 75 (related to strength, physical strength, physical resistance, speed, etc., the standard human maximum value is 100)
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Spirit: 180 (related to mental power, mental resistance, reaction, perception, etc., the standard human maximum value is 100)
Suddenly, Luo Jie, like other people who saw the attribute panel for the first time, stared in disbelief. Eyes widened.
On his attribute panel, which should have been completely cleaned up, there was actually one more item than before his rebirth.
【Asian】
Type: bloodline.
Quality: EX.
Level: LV1.
Skill 1: New Human (Passive) - Basic mental attributes +100%. (Not upgradeable)
Skill 2: Death Recast (Passive) - Resurrection in a complete state within a certain period of time after death (10 seconds + body damage percentage .
Skill 3: Black Ghost (Active) - Summons a black ghost, entity, physical attack, invisible to the naked eye, strength is 100% of basic mental attributes. (Affected by unknown reasons, the black ghost's mind was damaged and unable to act independently.)
Introduction: Death is eternity.
Luo Jie didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Where does the bloodline come from?
He dared to guarantee with his head that there was absolutely no such thing in the attribute panel before rebirth.
Could it be...
Luo Jie's heart suddenly couldn't help but beat wildly. He thought of a strange rumor that had been circulating among the fantasy player community before his rebirth.
It is said that there is a hidden easter egg in the "Asian" illusion. As long as you die in any way in the illusion, there is a very small chance of obtaining an EX-level rare bloodline - [Asian].
Of course, no one is stupid enough to take the initiative to die for an unconfirmed rumor, and players who accidentally died in this illusion have not seen any magical resurrection with full health on the spot.
So even before his rebirth, this rumor was always a joke among all players.
But now it seems that he has obviously won the big prize, and it is the kind that empties the prize pool at once.
"EX-level bloodline..."
Luo Jie murmured to himself in an almost inaudible voice, with an extremely complicated expression on his face.
For him who didn’t even have A-level equipment before his rebirth, the psychological impact brought to him by the EX-level [Demi-human] was really a bit big.
Strictly speaking, EX level does not mean a level, but means "special and difficult to evaluate".
The basic attributes of EX-level equipment fluctuate greatly, ranging from the highest SSS level to the lowest F-level, and many are even slightly lower than similar equipment.
But at the same time, EX-level equipment often has one or several extremely special equipment skills, allowing them to produce some kind of super-level effect under specific conditions.
In layman's terms, it is the best among the same ranks.
However, the [Demi-human] bloodline in front of him was obviously not something that could be covered by the phrase "superior".
Let’s put aside for the time being Skill 1 and the damaged Skill 3, whose effects are not yet obvious. The [Death Recast] effect of Skill 2 alone is enough to shock people’s eyes.
Maybe it’s not intuitive to look at it this way, so let’s find a reference.
Luo Jie remembered that before his rebirth, the S-level item [Phoenix Tail] with the same resurrection effect cost about 1 million points, and most of the time it was still out of stock.
The [Death Recast] is equivalent to the [Phoenix Tail] that can be used infinitely.
Luo Jie calmly closed the property panel, closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, forcing himself to stay as normal as possible.
To be honest, even among EX level, such unreasonable characteristics are very rare, and it has obviously touched the edge of some kind of law.
But before his rebirth, he had seen too many counterattacks by the weak and the fall of the strong, and he had long understood the truth - don't believe in any ability or equipment, even if it seems powerful. unusual.
Immortality does not mean invincibility.
Resurrection can only be a layer of insurance and cannot become a habitual dependence.
Of course, being vigilant is a good thing after all.
If rebirth gave Luo Jie an unprepared surprise, then the EX-level [Demi-human] bloodline undoubtedly added the icing on the cake to the surprise.
With seven years of experience and information accumulated in his previous life, coupled with a strong starting card like an EX-level bloodline, Luo Jie is full of confidence in the future.
In his previous life, he could only look up at the mountain peaks. In this life, he finally had the opportunity to stand on the top and look at the distant scenery.
Even impacting the legendary and mysterious sequence.
——Ready Player One.
Haha, you can’t believe it, I’m back in this way again! ——Xiao Ren.
(End of this chapter)