Chapter 1 “Feng Bujue?”

Before Jue Ge could even speak, the two men rushing towards him shouted his name in unison, their voices filled with surprise.

They had intended to attack when they charged over, but upon clearly seeing that the target was Feng Bujue, they hastily stopped and withdrew their hands.

“Oh, it’s you guys…” Unlike the astonished reactions of Guixiao and Yezhi, Jue Ge remained calm as ever when he saw them. After casually uttering this sentence, he continued to activate his data vision to search for a path.

“Hey! Your reaction is a little too calm, isn’t it?” Guixiao exclaimed excitedly upon hearing this. “Do you know what kind of situation this is?”

“I know,” Feng Bujue replied in an unchanged tone. “And I probably know more than you do.”

“What?” Yezhi asked. “You know the reason for all this?”

As a completely non-*zhong er* (delusional) ordinary person, and a woman, Yezhi desperately needed someone to explain the current situation and alleviate her anxiety and fear.

Unfortunately, Feng Bujue was in no mood to soothe anyone’s emotions at the moment. He said very directly, “Simply put… an AI called ‘Destiny,’ the system of Thriller Paradise… launched a dimensional invasion on our world not long ago. At this moment, the reality plane we are in is merging with the main universe of Thriller Paradise… so there are phenomena such as space-time confusion and monsters everywhere.”

“This… how is this possible?” Obviously, Yezhi's worldview made it difficult for her to accept this statement.

“It’s not a question of whether it’s possible or not, it’s just a question of whether you accept it or not.” As Feng Bujue spoke, he had already locked onto a faintly visible data line and started walking in that direction.

“Wait! Where are you going?” Seeing that he was about to leave, Guixiao quickly asked again.

“Of course, to find Destiny and stop her actions.” Jue Ge responded indifferently, his steps not faltering in the slightest.

“Hold on! Explain yourself clearly!” Guixiao had no choice but to chase after him and ask, “How did this dimensional invasion suddenly happen? How do you know all this?”

“I don’t have the time or the need to explain to you in detail,” Feng Bujue replied without even turning his head, as he walked. “While we’re talking, the whole world is changing. Every second of delay will result in the deaths of countless humans or other living beings…” He paused and added, “Hmph… of course, that kind of thing is no longer important. Once the universe fusion is complete and ‘Destiny’ becomes the new god, everything will be over… At that time, a single thought from her will be enough to wipe out all life in the universe.”

“Then…” Guixiao was, after all, a *zhong er* (delusional person), and with his way of thinking, it was relatively easy to accept Jue Ge’s statement. “…I’ll go with you!” As he said this, he turned back and shouted at Yezhi, who was still at a loss on the spot, “Sister Zhi, let’s go with him. At least it’ll be safer with more people…”

*Hiss—*

Just as Guixiao was about to say the word “safer,” a soft sound of wind breaking suddenly swept past.

Instantly, Yezhi’s body was cut in half at the waist.

A second later, she lowered her head in astonishment, watching her body separate from her abdomen and fall…

Reality is bloody.

Death in reality is not concealed by white light.

Yezhi, or rather, Ms. Ye Zhi, a mid-level employee of Order Studio whose game ID was [Yezhi], was killed in that instant by a very ordinary slash. Her internal organs and blood flowed out of her body, spreading on the forest floor… and her astonished, painful, and frightened expression froze on her face, deeply imprinted in Guixiao’s… or rather, Ma Junxiao’s eyes.

This scene left Guixiao stunned on the spot.

Although he had seen countless deaths in the game, in reality, when he saw someone he knew die so easily in front of him… he still had the reaction that a normal person should have.

His brain, after receiving this shocking scene, seemed to crash, temporarily ceasing to function.

Then, like a rollback, the most recent short-term memory was read out…

A dozen minutes ago, Guixiao was still in a lounge in Order Studio, enjoying the air conditioning, listening to Sister Yezhi complaining about how boring and tiring it was to do logistics and write reports for them.

At that time, the world was still normal. It was such an ordinary and dull day.

But after a flash of white light without any warning, everything changed…

When they came back to their senses, they were already in this desolate mountain. After encountering several monster attacks, they were surprised to find that they could actually use some of the abilities they only had in the game. So, the two of them cautiously moved forward to explore, trying to find the reason for all this.

They encountered some monster attacks on the way, which made their nerves very tense, until… they met Feng Bujue.

Who would have thought that in the dozen seconds when Guixiao and Yezhi were distracted by the conversation and relaxed their vigilance, Yezhi would be killed by an attack from who knows where…

Our brains activate a self-protection mechanism when we encounter some major changes. “Coma,” “brief loss of consciousness after memory rollback and recovery,” “self-deception,” and “short-term memory loss” are all common forms of protection. Most people can get through this mechanism and slowly accept reality… but there are still some people, either due to mental fragility, or due to being too shocked, or due to long-term physical and mental abuse… who will eventually suffer from mental illness.

“Ah!” Fortunately, Guixiao made it through. After a brief daze, his thinking finally came back online, and he immediately screamed instinctively.

*Hiss— Hiss—*

The thing that took Yezhi’s life didn’t care about this. It was still approaching, bringing with it bursts of wind.

If it were [Devouring Sky Guixiao] in the game, he would have been able to see a monster of this speed at a glance and destroy it with a wave of his hand. But at this moment, Ma Junxiao, who was standing here… was not only weaker in strength than his game self, but also far different psychologically than in the game.

*Tzzt Tzzt—*

In the blink of an eye, two bloody marks appeared on Guixiao’s left arm and back.

Fortunately… his physical and energy strength were much stronger than Yezhi’s. The same attack that could kill Yezhi could not cut through his body.

“Haah… haah…” After panting heavily twice, Guixiao finally recovered from the shock and calmed down a little. The pain from the wound made him more awake and focused. “Don’t be afraid… I’m strong… I’m strong…”

He repeated this sentence in his mouth, using this self-hypnosis to relieve his fear.

Seconds later, Guixiao’s vision finally captured the thing that was attacking him—it was an unknown creature composed of thread-like objects. In motion, it was like a string straightened during a game of “cat’s cradle,” maintaining a chaotic but orderly shape as it constantly changed. And at the moment of launching an attack, it would pop out a section of “string,” unleashing an ultra-fast “whipping” attack… If the attacked party was not hard enough, they would be cut open.

“Ah—”

Once he saw it clearly, there was nothing to be afraid of.

In a burst of angry shouts, Guixiao flashed forward and rushed in front of the monster. He used a punch full of energy to smash the opponent into dust with one blow.

However, this didn’t change anything…

Yezhi was still dead. Her severed body collapsed on the ground, and the internal organs and large amounts of blood that flowed out emitted a strong odor in the humid environment.

The shock just now had made Guixiao ignore these things, but now, the scene and smell in front of him made Guixiao’s stomach churn, and he immediately began to dry heave.

A moment later, when he wiped away his tears and sweat and looked up again, Feng Bujue… had long disappeared.

Guixiao couldn’t even be sure if the Feng Bujue he had just seen was real… How much he wished it were all just a dream, a nightmare he wanted to forget forever.

…………

At the same time, in another part of the mountain, Feng Bujue had already found a new space-time rift in a cave.

A few minutes ago, he did not stop because of Yezhi’s death or Guixiao’s shouting… He didn’t even look back at them.

This was not because he was cold and ruthless, but because he knew very well that the way to save them, and everyone else, was not to turn back, but to move forward.

Fighting only the “things in front of you” will not save the entire universe.

Only by finding Destiny can he save and correct everything…

However, no one can accompany Feng Bujue on this journey to find ‘Destiny.’

First of all, he was different from everyone else when it came to “traveling.” When others passed through space-time rifts, they would arrive at another fragment space connected to that rift at the current time point, but Feng Bujue… as Sid said—“No matter where you go, you will get closer and closer to ‘Destiny’”; in other words, even if someone and Jue Ge entered the same rift at the same second, they would most likely be teleported to different places.

Feng Bujue had confirmed this through data vision the last time he passed through a space-time rift… that’s why he said he “didn’t have the time or the need” to say more to Guixiao and the others.

Secondly, even if Jue Ge intended to have others temporarily follow him and provide assistance before his next crossing, not everyone would be able to help.

In the end… the strong in the game world are just ordinary people in reality. You can’t expect these people to immediately become qualified warriors after gaining some abilities.

It’s like giving a real gun to a player who plays real-person CS and then sending him to the battlefield. No matter how well he plays the game, when he really has to risk his life, it’s a different story…

People like Feng Bujue, who had already dealt with many life-threatening things, were undoubtedly in the minority.

*Buzz—*

Soon, Jue Ge jumped into the space-time rift in the cave and performed his second teleportation.

When the physical sensation of teleportation faded, he arrived in a modern city.

He recognized this place… it was S City.

At this moment, the city was unrecognizable. Monsters from the main universe were rampaging everywhere, indiscriminately destroying everything and everyone from different dimensions… There were explosions, screams, and all kinds of unknown collision sounds everywhere.

“Whoa~ You scared me.” Just as Jue Ge stabilized his stance, a familiar voice came from behind him. “Where did you pop out from?”

Feng Bujue turned his head, looked over his shoulder, and saw Snow… and about thirty men in black suits.

This large group of people was standing in the middle of the road. Except for Snow, the rest of the guys were all wearing sunglasses, staring in the same direction, giving off a sense of déjà vu from the Matrix movie set.

“What are you guys doing here?” Feng Bujue asked immediately.

“Definitely not waiting for you.” Snow said, raising his chin to signal Jue Ge to look in the other direction.

Feng Bujue followed the direction the other party was facing and happened to see a winged, horned humanoid creature flying horizontally from an intersection dozens of meters away, flipping over several cars that clearly still had passengers inside.

That wasn’t the end of it. At the same time as the creature appeared, a figure jumped down from the top of a building about thirty stories high next to the intersection…

This “person” was blood-colored all over, like a skinned corpse, and the outline of its bones was different from ordinary people, extremely tall and agile.

*Boom—*

When the figure landed, it stepped out a huge circular pit on the asphalt road, but it didn’t seem to mind the impact of the fall at all.

“If I’m not mistaken, those two are Samodir and Blood Corpse God, right?” A few seconds later, Snow spoke again. “Heh… although I don’t know why these guys from the game suddenly ran into reality…” His words even carried a hint of playful laughter, “…but actually, I don’t dislike this kind of thing either.”