My Three Kingdoms Game Became Reality

In 2025, Chen Mo, a game systems designer, was debugging code for “Demonized Lu Bu” on a stormy night when a power outage at the studio accidentally triggered the “Spirit Realm Projection Protocol” in an early-generation game pod. He transmigrated into the world of Dynasty Warriors: A Fantastical Journey, a game he had helped design. He soon discovered that this was no ordinary game world: it was closely connected to reality. The runes on Liu Bei’s jade pendant and Guan Yu’s real scars concealed mysteries, and even memories of his younger sister’s untimely death had left traces here.

Chen Mo awakened the ability to “visualize data,” but witnessed Liu Bei clearing data and collecting motes of light through a “slaughter all who surrender” policy. He also discovered mysterious connections between characters like Lu Bu and Diao Chan and the real world. As his abilities advanced, from “data materialization” to “interface control,” he gradually uncovered the truth: this fantastical world had been created by a causality engine and woven together from the fragments of consciousness left behind by transmigrators across the ages. His sister’s consciousness data was trapped inside, and Liu Bei was the first transmigrator to be assimilated by the data, bent on devouring energy to become eternal.

With help from Diao Chan, Zuo Ci, and others, Chen Mo endured trials in the corridors of consciousness and a climactic data battle at Red Cliffs. In the end, he realized that the key to returning was accepting reality. He chose to become an “anchor mediator” linking reality and the fantastical world, helping the two worlds seek balance through the resonance of data and humanity, and embarking on a journey of redemption across the boundary between the real and the virtual.