Ai's energetic and cute words, however, left the players completely unmoved.
Seeing this, Ai put on a slightly sorrowful look and tapped her red lips with her finger.
"It won't do to be so unenthusiastic. It seems I need to tell everyone some good news."
"So! Listen up, players! This game you are currently in, from the moment I appeared, is no longer an ordinary virtual reality game!"
"Think back carefully to the sword skills you've learned! See if you still need to strike a pose and have them release automatically, or if they just appear directly in your minds like muscle memory."
"There are also many beta testers who seem to have already leveled up to level three in a short time. Then try out your bodies and brains that have been enhanced by attribute points. Have they become more coordinated and powerful, rather than just a simple accumulation of stats?"
"You... have arrived in a real game world! Everything here is real! Including those NPCs! They have complete lives and complete memories!"
"Go play! Go clear the game! Then you will discover the truth of this world! And when you clear up to the 100th floor! You will receive a huge surprise!"
"That's all! Ciao~ (∠・ω＜)⌒★"
After acting cute one more time, Ai disappeared into the air, leaving behind the players who stood dumbfounded in place, shocked by her words.
...
After a long while, some players snapped back to reality. They silently felt their own bodies and discovered that they did indeed seem to have grown much stronger. Even their thinking had become more agile than before.
This feeling was exactly as if they possessed a real body, rather than a digitized one.
Subsequently, many players began to run various tests.
A beta tester who had already leveled up simply jumped and actually leaped directly onto a stone pillar over two meters high.
Some players took out their weapons, intending to strike a pose to release a skill, but subconsciously executed a whole set of moves directly.
Some players went straight to NPCs who were previously incredibly dull, only to suddenly find that the NPCs were now looking at them with dissatisfaction.
The various changes made the players briefly forget their current predicament.
Until an exclamation drew the attention of many.
"Hey! Is this for real?! Look at the new synchronization rate info on the status panel! This has to be a joke, right?!"
Hearing this, the players opened their panels one after another, and then saw an attribute that was definitely not there before—Synchronization Rate.
Everyone's synchronization rate was at 0%, but when they looked at the question mark next to it, a shocking description appeared.
Synchronization Rate: The synchronization rate between the player's in-game character body and their real-world body. The higher the synchronization rate, the higher the percentage of the game character's attributes that will be synchronized to the real-world body after clearing the game.
"How could... such a thing be possible..."
"It's absolutely fake, right?!"
"..."
At this time, Shinomiya Kaguya and Asuna were already somewhat bewildered. Only Eriri, who was beside them, was frantically @ing Chen Changsheng in the chat group.
[Kashiwagi Eri: @Innate Wife-Taking Physique, Brother Changsheng, is this the surprise you were talking about?]
[Innate Wife-Taking Physique: How is it? This surprise isn't bad, right? As long as you, Eriri, can raise your synchronization rate to 100% before the game is completely cleared, you will be able to bring all your in-game power back to reality. Not only that, players with a 100% synchronization rate also get a hidden perk, which is that you can bring all your equipment and items into reality as well.]
[Kashiwagi Eri: That's awesome!]
[Kashiwagi Eri: But will we really not die?]
[Innate Wife-Taking Physique: Yes, later I'll have Ai set up a hidden class quest for you guys. Work hard, Eriri. If you can raise your level to the maximum level of 100, plus the bonuses from a hidden class, your realm will be no less than the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage in the cultivation world.]
[Innate Wife-Taking Physique: @Tyrant's Eye User, and Rikka, you need to work hard too. Don't let Eriri outdo you.]
[Tyrant's Eye User: Hmph! A mere Eriri will absolutely not be a match for I, the Tyrant's Eye User, and my familiar!]
[Stumbled Into High-Tier Lobby: ...]
[Stumbled Into High-Tier Lobby: Dammit! I'm so jealous! Getting stronger just by playing games is way too awesome, isn't it?!]
[Great Sage Kiana: I'm jealous too! If I could play this game, I'd definitely become super strong really fast, right?]
[Stumbled Into High-Tier Lobby: Kiana, don't be jealous. Your level in the chat group is already Tier 3. As long as you can master the power of the Herrscher of the Void, wouldn't you be dozens of times stronger than peak Foundation Establishment?]
[Great Sage Kiana: But no matter what I say, the Herrscher of the Void ignores me!]
[Stumbled Into High-Tier Lobby: Ignores you? Why don't you try seeing if you can sell her to the chat group?]
[Great Sage Kiana: ???]
[Innate Wife-Taking Physique: ???]
[Yunlan Sect Master: ???]
[God of Angels: ???]
[Emperor of the Ages: ???]
[...]
As question marks flooded the chat group, over in the Honkai Impact 3rd world, Kiana actually found the chat group's store option.
Then she saw all the various things she possessed.
Among them was a name—Authority: Imaginary Space.
It's actually there?
Kiana stared at the Imaginary Authority with a dumbfounded expression. Then she thought about the difference between herself and the Herrscher of the Void in the game. She was Sirin's clone, and at the same time, the personality belonging to this body born under Sirin's subconscious. Meanwhile, the Herrscher of the Void was the personality born from Sirin's power.
So, what if she sold this Imaginary Authority that represented power?
Thinking of this, Kiana was ecstatic and subconsciously clicked the sell option.
However, right after selling the Authority, she cried out in her heart that this was bad.
[Great Sage Kiana sold Authority: Imaginary Space, obtaining 2,000,000 chat group points.]
[Stumbled Into High-Tier Lobby: Wait? Kiana, what did you just sell?]
But at this moment, Kiana no longer had the time to answer her.
Inside her room, Kiana tightly hugged her head as a massive roar echoed in her mind.
"What the hell did you do, you idiot?! Where is the power?! Where is my power?!"
Sirin (referred to as Sirin from now on) roared madly in Kiana's mind. The emptiness in her body made her feel as if she had returned to her childhood, unable to change anything, unable to do anything.
Facing Sirin's fury, Kiana merely wore a sullen, miserable expression.
The Herrscher Authority was sold, but Sirin was still inside her body. What was she supposed to do now?
Then came something even worse. Having lost her power, Sirin no longer thought about lying dormant; instead, she started fighting Kiana for control of the body.
"Ahhh! What are you doing?! This is my body!"
"You fake! This is clearly my body! Hand the body over to me! You idiot who even lost the Authority!"
"I won't!"
Kiana fought back frantically, and Sirin, now stripped of her Authority, found herself genuinely outmatched for the time being. But she refused to give up. Even if she couldn't seize control of the body, she absolutely wouldn't let that idiot Kiana have an easy time! If she was going down, she was taking her down with her!
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
