Synopsis
[Blurb One]
Jian Zhi never imagined she'd start playing games again one day, let alone a full-dive game.
After losing an arm in a car accident, she swore she'd stay away from games for the rest of her life, away from the thing that had taken someone dear to her.
When she entered the game again, she had a healthy body and a talent that was practically a game-breaking bug.
[The gods have sensed your powerful will and bestowed upon you the power to control all things. Use your talent wisely, Transcendent.]
[Undead Imprint: Level ???. As the ruler of the undead, you have the right to command the death of any living being. From this moment on, none can defy your will beneath the Reaper's scythe...]
Wait, what's a Transcendent? Jian Zhi, who had stayed up all night poring over game guides to play well, was instantly left with her mind completely blank.
Besides Awakened and Mechanic, the two classes in the game, where had anyone ever heard of a Transcendent?!
Could the setting of this full-dive game just be changed at will?
Whatever. She decided to take it as proof she was the chosen one and accepted the game's special treatment without a second thought.
Then she discovered that her seemingly overpowered, ridiculously cool, Level ??? talent was practically useless.
In the perilous wasteland, others fought enemies while she dodged them; others raked in money while she cleaned up. Apart from the heaps of corpses before her, she had no use for her talent at all.
Boohoo, life was already hard enough. Why did it have to torment her like this? Since no one wanted to keep her company, she'd become a demon from hell and walk alongside the ghosts.
[Open your eyes, my undead army!]
[Blurb Two]
In Star Era 2023, the Alliance Institute of Biopharmaceutical Research and the Yike Technology Group joined forces to create the Brain, a neural full-dive device. It replaced conventional virtual and augmented reality technology, achieving true mixed-dimensional reality and allowing people to become fully immersed in virtual worlds.
The open-world, multiplayer interactive RPG full-dive game Dream Dimension, developed for the Brain, became an instant hit across the Alliance upon its release.
Jian Zhi, a genius gamer who hated games, was surprised to find the name of her brother, Jian Xing, who had been missing for years, among the people behind Dream Dimension.
To find out what had happened to her brother, Jian Zhi resolutely entered the game.
From then on, the world was turned upside down.
Everyone was trapped in the game and unable to log out. The only way back to reality was to beat it.
People began to realize that those who died in the game never returned.
Chaos engulfed the game world, while a gigantic blood-red eye hung over it, impossible to dispel.
People were overcome by endless panic.
Disaster spread and took root in silence.
From then on, the boundary between reality and virtuality gradually blurred.
The world seemed on the verge of collapse at any moment...
As the gears of cause and effect turned, what did the intertwined worlds foretell?
[If there's something I have to face, I'll take the initiative instead of waiting meekly to die.]
[No matter who it is.]
The girl lifted her resolute face slightly, her gaze clear and unwavering.
[I'll put an end to all of this, even if the whole world stands in my way.]
Surrender to the dreamlike illusion, or stay clear-headed and break through every obstacle.
It all comes down to a single thought.
[Reader Advisory]
1. This story has a happy ending and a male lead, who will probably be little more than a background character.
2. The real-world setting is the near future, when full-dive games have just become widespread and completely integrated into daily life, like mobile phones. The game takes place in a wasteland plagued by an energy crisis and invading species. Most of the content is original, with lots of original worldbuilding. Any similarities are purely coincidental.
3. The full outline is still being worked on. The author only has so many brain cells, so the details will take time. If you're interested, please add it to your collection.
4. Blah blah blah, more will be added later.
Hope you enjoy reading!
Theme: Reality or illusion, what would you choose?
