Chapter 1: Chidi Ice Tide
"This is Red Earth."
"The world has been destroyed and civilization is in danger."
"You will play an ordinary survivor in Red Earth and work with other survivors to rebuild the world."
"You will face countless dangers."
"The three-year ice wave, the majestic thunderstorms, the earth-shaking hurricanes..."
"There are even superpowers, monks, monsters, ghosts..."
"Are you going to accept the challenge of living a completely different life, exploring a strange world, and bringing the fruits of that world back to your world?"
"Or do you want to choose to be ordinary and sit back and watch the death of this world?"
"Yes, or no?"
After reading this paragraph of text, Chen Jiu in front of the screen sneered and smiled, thinking to himself that the current game promotion is becoming more and more flashy.
Just a few minutes ago, he received the same link push in all his contact information. He couldn't help but be curious. After clicking the link, this page appeared in front of him.
There is nothing on the screen except white text on a black background, just like that inferior text adventure game.
There are no exaggerated boasts in these words, similar to "100% real", "all five senses", etc. However, the copywriting that introduces the game content is indeed a bit unprofessional.
What does a truly engaging opening look like?
"War, war never changes..."
"Time is not your enemy, eternity is..."
"We will be reborn in the cold ocean..."
"All things are false, all things are permitted..."
That’s how you look stylish!
Even the most basic things are written so crudely, so this game is probably not a good one.
However, if the copywriting is poor, it means that the planning is poor, and if you can send yourself so many links, it means that the publicity and distribution team is not bad...
The product of this kind of contradiction, I want to see what your situation is like.
Thinking of this, Chen Jiu clicked the "Yes" button provocatively. However, nothing changed on the page.
"Sure enough, it's just another sensational propaganda plan..."
He thought so in his heart, but the next second, he suddenly fell into darkness...
...
Opening his eyes again, Chen Jiu saw an endless snowfield in front of him. He looked around in fear. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether he had entered the game world or traveled directly through it.
----Only the UI interface in sight and the "revivable" status on it reminded him that this was indeed a game.
So, time travel into the game?
Having been immersed in gaming and online writing circles for many years, although he never expected that this kind of thing would happen to him, he at least maintained a basic composure.
However, if this is just a game...then this perception is a bit too real?!
The chill of the cold wind took away most of the heat from his body almost instantly. He clearly felt that his limbs had begun to stiffen, and his breath instantly turned into mist.
Looking at the frozen river in the distance, Chen Jiu thought to himself that the temperature here was almost below zero.
And he was only wearing a thin down jacket!
What the hell is this game that doesn’t even give out equipment to novices at the beginning?
You have to be in the south. If you were in the north, players with the heater on and a T-shirt wouldn't be allowed to die immediately if they came over?
He couldn't think too much. There wasn't even an exit button on the UI. He could only see what the system planned to ask him to do first.
Using his consciousness to control the screen in front of him, Chen Jiu clicked on his "to-be-done items".
----Yes, this crappy game doesn't even have a mission interface, it just simply writes out the first thing you want to do.
Go to Xiahe Village and retrieve the sacred objects of Xiahe villagers.
Good guy, is this a mission like this?
The planner made it sound nice, "retrieve", but you already said it was a sacred object, would they give it to you easily?
What will you do if you don’t give me anything? Do you want to rob me?
One thing to say, this is in line with the style of some speedrunners. After all, those grandsons just drew their swords and chopped off the harmless young lady in black stockings and cat ears in order to save a few seconds of cutscene time.
.....
Chen Jiu shook his body and saw the direction clearly. There was a village in the river bend not far from him, which should be the so-called "Xiahe Village".
Not bad, at least he didn't have to be born in a shelter in the wilderness like some games. To get to the settlement where the mission is located, you have to travel for more than half an hour.
No matter what, let's go to Xiahe Village first and have a look. Anyway, if you fail the mission, you will commit suicide and start over again. You can't even let the game go back if you break it again, right?
Thinking of this, Chen Jiu stumbled forward hard in the snow. This was the first time he saw such heavy snow, and he really realized the bad side of "snowing".
Chen Jiu walked for more than half an hour for a distance of just a few hundred meters. Fortunately, the closer he got to the village, the less snow on the ground. When he reached the edge of the village, not even a single snowflake could be seen.
----Literally, not a single snowflake can be seen.
Even though the sky is still snowing, the village seems to be wrapped in a barrier. From a close look, it looks like there is a semi-curved glass cover blocking the snowflakes.
What kind of black technology is this?
Cultivation?
However, no matter how wealthy the world of Xianxia is, it won’t use a barrier to prevent it from snowing, right?
This is a bit too luxurious.
Without hesitation, Chen Jiu felt that his body was about to freeze. He couldn't wait to step into the village entrance, but strangely, there was no one on the road in the seemingly densely populated village.
He frowned and continued to move forward. Perhaps because it was located in a severe cold zone, the layout of the village was extremely compact, and most of the buildings were crowded together, as if to block the strong wind.
He walked along the winding path. Not long after, he suddenly heard the voice of someone speaking.
"...On the festival of Ji Shang, the new wind is fierce; the ice tide surges, and the rivers condense."
"I will eat my blood and sacrifice it sincerely; I would like to grant the gentle breeze to protect my human race..."
Chen Jiu poked his head out from the corner. As expected, just as he heard, a sacrifice was being held in the village.
The open space was densely packed with people. These people seemed to be worshiping something, but Chen Jiu's line of sight was blocked by the corner.
In addition to the priest's chanting, he vaguely heard someone whispering in the crowd across the wall:
"...The power of the divine furnace is getting weaker and weaker. Now that we are so close, it still feels cold. Who dared to get within a hundred steps of the divine furnace before..."
"Yeah, I don't know if I can survive this year..."
"As long as we survive the ice wave, it will be fine. The next ice wave will be at least ten years later..."
Judging from the sacrifices and the content of the conversations between the believers, it seems that they worship a god who can bestow "warmth".
Jishang means September. In other words, in this world, as soon as September arrives, the surface temperature has already dropped to below zero?
Then you really need to pay homage to the god of warmth...
In addition, the lack of snow in this village has something to do with this so-called "god"?
If this is the case, then in this world, the gods are very careful in their affairs.
Is there a toilet god who doesn’t know how to use the toilet?
He leaned out and looked intently in the direction of the sacrificial crowd, but at this glance, he froze on the spot.
----Those people, they are indeed worshiping God.
But what they worship is not God at all!
Even if Chen Jiu didn't know much about this world, even if it was just his first meeting, he could still categorically come to this conclusion.
Nothing could be less godlike than what he saw.
Because, it is a huge...
Radar antenna!
Chapter completed!