Chapter 1

In Jianghuai City, on the outskirts of the city, there was a three-story small building.

In the ground floor room, a boy around seventeen or eighteen years old was lounging on an old sofa, watching TV with his feet on the coffee table in front of him, occasionally swaying, looking very relaxed and content.

His name was Wang Tian, a second-year high school student. He had a square face with distinct features, thick eyebrows that looked as if they were carved, and a pair of large, bright eyes like morning stars, making him very handsome. He was considered a school heartthrob. He was also the owner of this building.

Suddenly, a series of urgent and noisy sounds came from outside the door.

"Damn it, kill him!"

"Does a piece of trash dare to act tough in front of me?"

...

Several voices sounded extremely fierce, clearly not those of good people.

A fight? Wang Tian walked to the window and looked out. A group of thugs in bizarre outfits were chasing and slashing a young man around seventeen or eighteen years old. There were six thugs in total, all armed. The one in front had a scorpion tattoo on his right arm and was holding a machete with some blood on the blade. The young man being chased was running in front, bleeding from his chest, and he was heading straight for Wang Tian.

With a "bang," the door was kicked open. The young man rushed in and quickly closed the door behind him.

"Hey, brother, don't get me involved," Wang Tian said, feeling like crying. The thugs outside looked ferocious and could do anything; they might even knock him out.

"Bang, bang, bang"

The sound of kicking the door made Wang Tian's heart race.

"Damn it, open the door for me," someone was hitting the door with the handle of a knife. Fortunately, Wang Tian's wooden door was made of sturdy cypress wood, so they couldn't break in immediately.

"Cheng Ge, what should we do?" A subordinate kicked the door a few more times, but it still wouldn't open, so he asked.

"Forget it, we've already slashed him a few times. It's a lesson for him. Let's see if he dares to meddle in other people's affairs again," the leader, Cheng Ge, said.

"Stupid bastard!" The thugs cursed the young man and spat on the ground. Cheng Ge called out to the door, "I'm letting you off today, but in the future, keep your eyes open."

The thugs cursed and left, not daring to linger, as it was still broad daylight and a law-abiding society under the leadership of the Communist Party.

"Phew," the group finally left, and Wang Tian and the young man both breathed a sigh of relief.

"This damn game! The hero-saving-beauty mission is a scam!" The young man cursed after the thugs left.

??? Game? Hero-saving-beauty mission? Wang Tian wanted to ask why he had provoked those people, but hearing this strange statement left him confused and full of questions.

"You're injured; let me treat your wounds first," Wang Tian said, though he was still puzzled. This person was seriously injured, and it was important to treat him first. Often, emergency treatment can save a life.

But upon closer inspection of his injuries, Wang Tian knew he couldn't handle such a wound. The young man had a two-inch-wide wound on his left chest, with blood still gushing out, staining half of his shirt. It wasn't a machete wound but a stab wound from a dagger. He had seen a thug outside with a dagger, with blood on the blade.

"Classmate, you're seriously injured. Should I call 120?" The young man had a stab wound to the left chest, which could have injured his heart. Wang Tian was about to pick up the phone to call.

"Absolutely not!" The young man quickly stopped him.

"But your injury..." Wang Tian put down the phone.

"It's fine," the young man said nonchalantly, as if he didn't care about his injury, and sat down on the sofa.

"Should I find some medicine to stop the bleeding first?" Wang Tian thought that if he said it was fine, he must not be seriously injured. He had some common household medicines at home that could handle minor injuries, so he would stop the bleeding first.

"No need, stopping the bleeding will make it harder to die," the young man said casually.

What!? Wang Tian almost screamed, suspecting he had heard wrong.

Stopping the bleeding makes it harder to die! He wants to die! Or is this person just crazy? Or obsessed with a game? He had mentioned a game and a hero-saving-beauty mission earlier.

Seeing Wang Tian's stunned expression, the young man ignored it and stared at him, as if thinking about something.

Regardless of whether he was crazy, he couldn't stay in Wang Tian's house. If he died here, it would be a hassle if the police asked questions. Moreover, an unexplained death in the house would be very inauspicious, and he wouldn't be able to live here anymore. Wang Tian was determined to make him leave.

"Classmate, since you don't want me to stop the bleeding or call 120, please leave my house," Wang Tian said loudly.

Seeming to sense Wang Tian's anger, the young man said casually, "I know you're afraid of me dying in your house and bringing bad luck. Sigh! NPCs on Earth are so unreasonable. If you can help me with something, I'll leave immediately."

NPCs on Earth? Wang Tian was confused again.

"What can I help you with?" Wang Tian asked, thinking that he would agree to anything as long as the young man left quickly.

"Help me play a game!"

Play a game? This person was really obsessed with a game, still wanting to play even when he was about to die. No wonder he was talking nonsense.

"What game, what account, and what password?"

"The game is called 'Surviving in Another World,'" the young man said.

"Surviving in Another World? I've never heard of it." He had only heard of World of Warcraft, Dream Westward, DNF, and CrossFire... Surviving in Another World, was it a new game from some game company? Wang Tian thought.

"Of course you haven't heard of it. It's a game developed on our planet. How would you know?"

"You're not from Earth!?" Wang Tian was shocked.

But then he thought about it and realized that this person was probably just obsessed with a game, imagining himself as someone from another world. Such a person's thoughts were not understandable by normal people.

"I am a human from the Eta star system, a planet called Shenying. In our world, technology is more advanced, and we have fully mastered the technology to allow human souls to travel. This year, the major empires on our planet jointly developed a game called 'Surviving in Another World.' As the name suggests, it allows the souls of people who enter the game to travel to another world to survive and adventure. I am one of the players in this game..."

"Hmm." Wang Tian responded casually. It was interesting; this crazy person's thoughts were still relatively clear.

"I traveled to a young man named Zhao Xiaqiang on Earth, to survive and adventure. I accepted a hero-saving-beauty mission, and a few human-shaped monsters, 'thugs,' were bullying a girl. I went to help, but I didn't expect their combat power to be so high. I couldn't defeat them, so they chased me..."

"You were chased because of this? Playing a game and doing a mission?" Wang Tian was stunned.

"What do you think?" Zhao Xiaqiang rolled his eyes at Wang Tian.

"There are many worlds in the universe. Some are dominated by magic, some by martial souls, and some by cultivation... But I had the misfortune to travel to Earth with a one-in-a-billion chance. There's no martial soul, no sword cultivation, no magic, and the spiritual energy for cultivation is very thin. Moreover, leveling up is difficult. I've only been on Earth for a few days and am still at level 0. Otherwise, do you think I would have taken those minor monsters seriously?" Zhao Xiaqiang continued.

Minor monsters? Those ferocious thugs were just minor monsters to him?

"Then why don't you travel back and choose again?" Wang Tian asked, following his logic.

"Do you think I don't want to? It's easy to enter but hard to leave!" Zhao Xiaqiang sighed. "The system stipulates that once you travel to a world, you must cultivate to the point of ascending to leave... To cultivate to the point of ascending on Earth would take a lifetime. Classmate, can you help me play this game? If you help me, you will get great benefits, and my soul can return to Shenying and travel to other worlds."

"This..." Wang Tian hesitated. Assuming what he said was true, would there be any negative consequences if he helped him play the game? Once he played the game, he would become a player, and everyone around him would become monsters or NPCs.

"At most, I'll give you 100 yuan!" Zhao Xiaqiang said when Wang Tian didn't agree.

"This is the system's biological chip. Drop a drop of blood on it, and you will become the only player of this game on Earth." Zhao Xiaqiang opened his palm and showed Wang Tian a chip-like object about an inch in size.

Drop blood? Wang Tian hesitated.

"I beg you, please help me. It will be good for everyone," Zhao Xiaqiang said with a pleading tone. The inability to cultivate or form a martial soul on Earth made him feel very bored.

"Okay! I'll help you!" Wang Tian thought for a moment and agreed. Helping him play the game might be an opportunity for him. He turned, picked up a fruit knife from the table, and cut his thumb, causing blood to gush out.

He dropped a drop of blood on the chip...

The chip disappeared mysteriously. At the moment it disappeared, Wang Tian felt as if his head was suddenly filled with something, making it impossible to think, as if his mind was full of mush.

But in less than a second, he regained his senses and became clear-minded.

"Player DNA detection starting..."

"Player DNA detection complete..."

"Player identity and attribute scanning starting..."

"Player identity and attribute scanning complete..."

"Formulating player mission based on player identity..."

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