Chapter 3

"What is this? A prank?"

"Who is Lin Bo?"

"I remember now, Lin Bo seems to be the genius scientist who won the Nobel Prize this year!"

In the classroom, the strange voice caused a flurry of discussion.

"Quiet, quiet!" The middle-aged teacher slapped the podium forcefully, angrily saying, "Do you have nothing better to do now? Paying attention to such pranks! Calm down and continue the class! And you, Zhao Nan, get out!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Nan's expression remained blank as he slowly walked out of the classroom. At first, he took almost three seconds for each step, and the pace became even slower, taking almost a full minute to reach the door.

This made the middle-aged teacher even angrier, "Zhao Nan, get out now, immediately!"

This voice seemed to suddenly wake Zhao Nan up. He shuddered and then pulled open the classroom door with a bang, running quickly down the corridor.

The teacher rushed out of the classroom but could no longer see Zhao Nan.

Zhao Nan quickly hid in the corner of the teaching building's staircase. It was still class time, so there was no one around. He took a deep breath and punched the wall corner forcefully, the intense pain making him frown.

Zhao Nan took several deep breaths, holding his chest... his heart was beating fiercely!

But it wasn't fear, it was elation! The reason for his elation was that he hadn't died but had somehow returned to the past!

After experiencing three years of the monster game, Zhao Nan deeply appreciated the value of life. Perhaps in such an environment, death might be a form of release. But how many people would willingly give up their lives?

Zhao Nan's gaze looked out the window, and some strange black dots had already appeared in the sky... This was a global change. Initially, the black dots wouldn't be too large, giving the impression of airplanes flying at high altitudes. But as time passed, these dots would rapidly expand until they covered the entire sky.

This was the time when the game officially began!

There were only ten minutes left... no, now there were only a little over five minutes. Before the game truly started, Zhao Nan had to find a safe place to quietly log in to the game.

After the global monster game officially began, the first thing that happened was the appearance of monsters. One minute after the monsters appeared, a prompt would appear for humans to log in to the game.

Before his rebirth, Zhao Nan, like everyone else, hadn't paid much attention to the sudden prompt. After the game officially started, he suffered severe injuries, which made his initial attribute points very low due to his poor physical condition.

This was a common situation in the early stages of the game! After the game started, people around him would randomly become monsters or players. The monsters would lose their minds and attack indiscriminately, and many people would die even before the game's login prompt appeared.

Zhao Nan tried to control his emotions. He didn't know if he would be so lucky this time to become a player again. If he became a monster, he would likely end up being killed by other players.

But as long as there was a chance, he didn't want to give up.

"First, I need to find a completely safe place where no one is around..."

Zhao Nan quickly looked around. This was the teaching building, and it was clearly impossible to stay away from crowded places. So he had to hide!

The storage room in the stairwell.

Zhao Nan endured the stench and quickly entered, locking the door behind him. Only a sliver of light came through the door crack. He curled up, silently counting the time in his mind.

One minute...

Two minutes...

Three minutes...

At three minutes and twenty seconds, a scream echoed. Zhao Nan's heart pounded; the game had officially started! Someone had become a monster and was attacking others. Zhao Nan immediately felt relieved, as he could still feel no changes in himself, meaning he would become a player.

While secretly rejoicing, Zhao Nan could only silently pray for those who had died at the hands of the monsters. In this situation, he could barely protect himself, let alone evacuate the crowd. Even if he tried, he would likely be seen as a madman.

The screams grew louder, and the entire city began to tremble.

"Global Monster OL, officially starting, welcome to the real game world!"

Zhao Nan suddenly felt his body become light, as if he was being pulled into a strange space. In front of him was a large glowing sphere, from which the voice was coming. This voice would accompany humans throughout the game, as it was the main system of the game.

It was also Lin Bo's voice. This madman was later found to have implanted his consciousness into the system, becoming the emotionless core of the game system.

As for why he created this game, it remained a mystery.

"Now, starting to sketch the body... species confirmed..."

Zhao Nan silently waited for the system's process. After about a minute, his initial attributes appeared before his eyes.

Name: Zhao Nan

Constitution: 8 (10)

Strength: 7 (10)

Spirit: 16 (10)

Agility: 6 (10)

Health: 100

Mana: 0

Health Status: Good

Zhao Nan couldn't help but smile. These attributes were much higher than before his rebirth. It seemed that choosing to preserve himself was the right decision. After the game started, having such attributes already put him above most players. Especially his Spirit, which exceeded the system's initial standard for players, reaching 16 points.

Zhao Nan estimated that this was related to his rebirth. After three years of the game, his mental resilience was naturally much stronger than that of ordinary people.

"Respected player, your initial attributes have been scanned. Your total initial attribute points are 37. You have one reset opportunity. Do you want to reset?"

"NO!"

The so-called reset would randomly distribute the points to Strength, Spirit, Agility, and Constitution. Who knew if such a random distribution could result in 16 points of Spirit?

"Next, please choose your race!"

Next, various creatures appeared before Zhao Nan. There were humans, angels with white wings on their backs, demons, orcs, elves, dragon people...

Each race had different directions for enhancement in the game. This could only be gradually experienced after playing. Choosing supernatural races like angels or demons at the beginning didn't necessarily mean a smooth path.

This was because, except for the human race, which could freely allocate attribute points upon leveling up, other races had fixed growth ratios. Unless one had high-level attribute reset items or changed classes, the development of these supernatural races was already set on a predetermined path.

As a veteran player, Zhao Nan naturally understood the importance of attribute point distribution. So this time, he chose the human race again.

"Next, please choose your class!"

Zhao Nan took a deep breath, finally reaching this step. Back then, due to ignorance, he chose the human race and was attracted by the handsome appearance of the swordsman, completely ignoring his attribute issues. This led to an unbalanced development, and even with some lucky encounters, his strength remained around the 2,000th rank globally.

"Mage!"

With an initial Spirit of 16, not choosing the Mage class would be a reason to bang his head against the wall and die.

At the same time, a light circle fell from Zhao Nan's head, rotating down to his feet. His appearance didn't change, but he now held a staff similar to a branch, which was the weapon the system had given him as a Mage.

"White Novice Mage Staff: Attack 1-2"

On his left wrist, a simple bracelet appeared. This bracelet had many uses, allowing him to summon the character panel, was indestructible, and could only disappear upon character death. It also served as a character inventory.

At this moment, Zhao Nan's attributes also changed.

Name: Zhao Nan

Class: Human Mage

Level: LV0

Constitution: 8 (10)

Strength: 7 (10)

Spirit: 16 (10)

Agility: 6 (10)

Health: 100

Mana: 160 (1 point of Spirit = 10 points of Mana)

Health Status: Good

Equipment: White Novice Mage Staff

Skills: Small Fireball (LV0)

Items: Small Health Potion *5, Small Mana Potion *5

Money: 0

Experience: 0/100

"Congratulations on officially becoming a player in 'Global Monster OL.' Here, you will get everything you have ever dreamed of! Go and create miracles!"

The system's voice was slightly excited, as if it had a motivating tone. Zhao Nan took a light breath, and the glowing sphere in front of him disappeared, replaced by a huge door.

Pushing open the door, the real world of the game was waiting for his arrival...