On NC, a wildly popular online forum, an inconspicuous help request sparked heated discussion among all the users.
Original post: I can't find myself. Can you help me look? (IP: Yueyang.)
User 1 replied: I don't quite get it. What are you looking for? (IP: Yueyang.)
Original poster replied: I'm looking for myself. (IP: Ducheng.)
User 2 replied: Aren't you right here? What else are you looking for? (IP: Ducheng.)
Original poster replied: But I can't find myself. (IP: Loushi.)
User 3 replied: Are you messing with us? You're right here, so what are you looking for? (IP: Loushi.)
Original poster replied: I'm serious. I really can't find myself. (IP: Liaosheng.)
User 4 replied: You've made it to Liaosheng. You found yourself. (IP: Liaosheng.)
Original poster replied: Not yet. I still haven't found myself. (IP: Zhiyuan.)
The original post's constantly changing IP address led users to suspect it was some blogger's prank. But when they saw the timestamps of the replies, they got goosebumps. There was little time between each reply, yet the IP addresses were in places very far apart.
User: They must be using high-tech gear. How else could they jump between places like that?
User: So what exactly is this blogger looking for? Who is "I"?
User: Why did the blogger stop replying? They were answering instantly before.
Amid the many discussions, someone asked the question that baffled everyone most.
User 5 replied: Why is your IP address in different places? (IP: Zhiyuan.)
Unlike the other replies, the blogger answered this one instantly.
Original poster replied: Because... my body was sent to different parts of the country. (IP: Xuyuan.)
The users were shocked and pressed the blogger for details about what had happened, wondering if this was some malicious publicity stunt. But the mountain of replies sank like a stone into the sea, without receiving any response.
Not only that, the users noticed that the five people who had received replies from the original poster earlier had also fallen silent, as if they had vanished from the face of the earth.
In a place unknown to the users, five people stood before a pitch-black door.
As the door opened, the transparent, three-dimensional display case inside held the outline of a person. The only thing within that outline was a pair of male lips.
The lips curved faintly, silently forming the words: Welcome to the world of the uncanny.
At the same time, a live-action game began streaming on NC...
Calm bottom x unknown physical attacker (details to be added)
Blurb written on 2023.3.7.
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