City A.

In the dark living room.

Lin Anran, who was sleeping on the computer desk, suddenly woke up. His face was pale, and he began to breathe heavily. Sweat that had lost its temperature and turned cold was still dripping from his forehead.

He had a nightmare, an extremely terrifying nightmare, but strangely, when he tried to recall it again, he could not recall any details about the dream.

Only the remaining beating of the heart and the body's overreaction warned of the horror of the nightmare just now.

Lin Anran took a deep breath, then raised her hand to wipe away the sweat from her forehead.

He stared intently at the faintly fluorescent computer screen in front of him, and then shakily pulled out a cigarette from the crumpled cigarette case at hand.

As the lighter sounded, the flickering flames dispersed the coldness and darkness in the living room.

Light a cigarette.

Take a sharp breath.

Smoke rings appeared around the man and then dissipated.

Over and over again, like a cycle.

Lin Anran completed a series of actions skillfully. It was obvious that he was a long-time smoker.

In the dim light of the computer screen, the man's face was looming in the haze, becoming blurred.

Listening to the voice of the game anchor on the computer, coupled with the numbness of cigarettes.

The palpitations have eased a bit.

But the trembling feeling caused by the nightmare never went away, like a gangrene attached to the bone, which made Lin Anran scratch his heart with a hundred claws.

He always thought it was a bad omen, he smiled bitterly.

Taking another deep puff, Lin Anran extinguished the half-grey cigarette butt in the old ashtray.

Suppressing the fear and anxiety in his heart that had refused to leave for a long time, the man started his work.

He picked up the mouse, used the permissions, raised the knife and put the computer in the live broadcast room, banning the trolls who kept making bad comments to the anchor.

At this moment, he seemed like a battlefield commander in charge of killing.

This is the job of Lin Anran, a live broadcast room manager and operator.

The handsome male anchor currently broadcasting the game is his friend who grew up in the orphanage, named Fan Ren.

Based on the rapid development of VR technology and the renewed popularity of the concept of the metaverse.

The gaming and accompanying live streaming industries, which had been gradually declining, have made a comeback and even have greater room for development.

Game anchor has become one of the hottest jobs in this new century.

Fan Ren is one of the best.

Thinking about it, Lin Anran glanced at the VR game warehouse placed in a corner, and began to feel a little emotional about the greatness of this thing called science.

It was the VR game warehouse developed by this parallel group that prompted the advent of the Metaverse gaming era.

This VR game warehouse can read all the user's data, copy the user's body, appearance and other conditions, and completely load it into the game, so that the user can experience the game immersively.

After completely deleting and banning some of the slanderous comments on the barrage that were obviously made by trolls from other anchors, Lin Anran stretched himself.

So cold!

The man shuddered unconsciously.

He tightened his tight shirt, and an unexplained coldness spread from the soles of his feet to his upper body, and goosebumps appeared on his exposed arms.

It's still hot in summer during the day, but it gets so cold at night?

I heard the sound of rustling water outside the window.

Lin Anran turned to look at the floor-to-ceiling windows.

It was already evening, and the sky was as dark as if it had been splashed with ink.

Silky light rain fell on the window, slightly blurring the neon glitz reflected in the transparency outside.

Occasionally, there are bright white snakes swimming among the dark clouds, but their bodies are only seen but their sounds are not heard, as if they are brewing something.

Oh, no wonder it's so cold, it's raining.

Lin Anran raised his eyebrows. Apart from the uneasiness, he also felt some inexplicable disharmony in his heart.

Just when I was about to think about it, there was a knock on the door.

Without thinking much, he moved the gaming chair, walked to the door, and looked out through the peephole.

He is a man wearing gray and white overalls.

He looked like a man, because the peaked cap on his head was held down low. Lin Anran could not see the face of the person outside the door, only his chin.

I don't know if it was because of the cat's eyes or because the lights in the aisle outside the door were too dim. The man's chin looked as gray and colorless as his work clothes.

Probably because of the influence of the nightmare, Lin Anran held her breath subconsciously.

The feeling of disharmony in my heart began to amplify and spread.

So he shouted:

"Hello, what can I do for you?"

The man outside the door still didn't raise his head, he just raised the package in his hand:

"express delivery."

The man seemed a little slurred in speech, and his voice was hoarse. To Lin Anran's senses, it seemed as if it was coming from a very distant and empty place.

Through the peephole on the door, Lin Anran carefully looked at the man's attire. In his memory, this was indeed the uniform of the courier boy, but it was a bit too old and could even be described as outdated.

The door is opened.

Lin Anran took the package from the courier boy and looked down at it.

Only the recipient and sender are written on the package, and all other information is blank.

After weighing the items in his hands, Lin Anran raised his head and prepared to thank the courier boy.

But the empty aisle in front of him made him stunned.

When did the other party leave?

Obviously there was no sound of footsteps at all, but the courier boy left quietly like a ghost.

A sense of disharmony mixed with uneasiness and fear began to spread.

Spreading from the bottom of my heart to every corner of my body.

My body involuntarily shivered again.

If it weren't for the package in his hand, Lin Anran would have thought that everything just happened was an illusion caused by his overwork.

It must have been the influence of the nightmare. After calming down, he once again used this reason to comfort himself.

The door closed with a click.

He quickly opened the package and what came into view was a game disk.

The packaging box is extremely simple, with only the words "Parallel Universe of Gods" written on it.

The negative emotions surging in my heart were suppressed by the sudden excitement.

As a game enthusiast, he has played all the games on the market, and he understands that this must be a game that has not yet been released.

Because the sender was none other than his close friend Fan Ren, who was also a well-known game anchor, it was easy to get the qualifications for the unreleased game to be tested.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Looking at the time on the computer, there were still a few hours before the date with his girlfriend. Lin Anran did not hesitate and quickly inserted the game disc into the VR

into the game chamber's socket, and then lay down in it.

The VR game cabin starts, and then the transparent cabin door slowly closes.

"Reading game data, reading player data, please wait."

A soft female voice sounded in my ears.

While waiting, Lin Anran's thoughts suddenly became clear as he lay down and closed his eyes.

It's like a mirror blurred by water vapor being wiped clean.

He understood where the dissonance came from.

It’s that senseless chill!

The past few days, and even today, have been very hot days. Even if it rains now, the temperature will not be so blistering, and it will be cool at best.

The closed eyes opened slightly,

Then half-opened,

Finally opened his eyes completely,

The pupils in the eye sockets suddenly contracted!
To be continued...