Everything was finally coming to an end?

At this moment, Lin Chen's eyes beheld the entire dilapidated city.

All kinds of buildings were shattered and collapsed.

Countless people, like ants, were being harvested of their lives in swathes by that monster, towering over a hundred meters tall.

His mind was racing, like a slideshow...

He knew he would die soon!

Like everyone else, he would fall under the monster's merciless trampling!

Lin Chen was full of regret...

He knew the name of this monster.

Not just him, many people knew.

The Dark Demon Dragon!

It was an level 80 Boss in the wildly popular, global-scale, virtual reality online game, *New World*!

Half a month ago, *New World* announced the shutdown of its servers.

Many people broke down.

The whole internet wailed!

After all, this was a fully immersive virtual reality online game that had been running for twenty years!

It could be said to be the memories and youth of two generations.

And this game had over a billion players across the entire Blue Star (Earth)!

So people frantically sold off equipment and gold coins.

Everyone had only one thought: get some money back!

More extreme players even rage-quit and deleted their accounts!

Lin Chen was one of them.

Before the game servers shut down, he sold all his equipment, materials, and gold coins at a low price.

After all, he had to live.

But who could have imagined that when *New World* officially shut down, everything changed...

First, the geography of Blue Star changed dramatically and expanded.

A crescent of scarlet blood moon hung high in the sky.

Then, one by one, the Bosses from the *New World* game actually invaded reality.

They disregarded human life and wreaked havoc everywhere.

The entire world was like purgatory!

Not far from Lin Chen, a person wearing in-game attire was constantly coughing up blood.

This was also a *New World* player.

Unlike Lin Chen, this person had not deleted their account, nor had they sold their equipment.

So, they inherited their abilities from the game.

However, this person's level seemed to be not very high.

"I only got a score of 80, so I only inherited 80% of my strength, my level dropped from 80 to 64, I can't hold on at all... I'm out of here, good luck to you all!"

The person complained, then directly summoned their mount and ran away.

The game invaded reality, so...

Players can also inherit abilities!

What if Lin Chen hadn't sold his account?

Lin Chen regretted it very much.

His mind couldn't help but recall his account.

And...

Some of the comrades he knew in the game.

Bang!

Suddenly, a violent explosion came.

Lin Chen was sent flying.

Bleeding profusely.

His lower body was gone...

His entire consciousness seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

It had come to this.

No amount of regret would help.

On the verge of death, Lin Chen used his last clear consciousness to dial a phone number.

Soon, an anxious voice came from the phone.

"Lin Chen, where are you? Hold on, hide! I'll come and save you right away!"

"Farewell... Mengyao!"

Lin Chen slowly closed his eyes.

His world began to fall into silence...

He didn't know how much time had passed.

Lin Chen opened his eyes.

But he heard a voice, "What farewell? Don't talk nonsense! It's just that *New World* is shutting down, we can go play other games! Besides, this game can still be played for half a month!"

Liu Mengyao?

Lin Chen looked incredulous.

How could he still hear voices after dying?

This was indeed... Liu Mengyao's voice!

He couldn't be more familiar with it.

Liu Mengyao and him were teammates in the *New World* game.

Of course, the two had another layer of relationship...

A couple in the game!

But none of that was important, what was important was...

What was going on now?

Why would Liu Mengyao say that *New World* would only shut down in half a month?

Lin Chen subconsciously looked at the date on his phone...

2150.

April 13th!

Boom!

Lin Chen was suddenly shocked.

What was going on?

Could it be that the scenes of the game invading reality in his mind were all just a dream?

But those scenes were so real.

He even remembered this phone call with Liu Mengyao!

He remembered that next, he seemed to be about to tell Liu Mengyao that he was selling his account.

And Liu Mengyao's response was...

Lin Chen decided to try it, he said to the phone, "But, without this game, I'm afraid there's nothing between you and me... I, I'm going to sell my account, what about you?"

"Ah? Not me!"

Liu Mengyao's voice rang out on the phone, "Why sell it? You can't sell it for much money now! Besides, I have many memories in it, I plan to play until the very last second before the servers close."

As expected, Liu Mengyao's answer was still the same...

Lin Chen already had a memory of this conversation between the two of them in his mind.

That would mean...

Lin Chen wasn't dreaming!

He should have... been reborn!

He was back to when the game hadn't shut down yet!

Moreover, his account hadn't been sold.

All his equipment was still there!

Lin Chen was very excited at this moment.

However, Liu Mengyao's voice came from the phone, "Hey... why aren't you talking? Don't tell me... you really want to sell your account?"

It could be heard that the disappointment in Liu Mengyao's voice couldn't be concealed.

She and Lin Chen could be considered acquaintances from the game.

And for Liu Mengyao, this game was more than just a game.

It was also a beautiful memory for her.

And Lin Chen was a part of that memory.

Now, hearing Lin Chen say that he wanted to sell his account and wouldn't accompany her to the end, she was naturally disappointed.

In that memory of Lin Chen's before he was reborn, Liu Mengyao was indeed disappointed because of this, but after the game invaded reality, Liu Mengyao, who had inherited her abilities from the game, immediately said that she wanted to find him...

Thinking of this, Lin Chen smiled and responded, "I was just joking, after all, *New World* is not just your memory, it's also my memory, it's also my youth! Don't worry, I will not only not sell my account, but I will also stand shoulder to shoulder with you to the end, playing until the very last moment! Moreover, this time I will take you through all the instances and game scenes we haven't been to before!"

"Really? Then it's settled! I'm going to sleep first, you go to bed early too, take me tomorrow!"

Liu Mengyao's voice came.

"Okay!"

Lin Chen nodded heavily.

He was reborn.

This feeling was so good!

Lin Chen, who had hung up the phone, didn't go to sleep immediately, but instead logged into the game's forum.

[More than ten years of youth, and they say they're shutting down? *New World* is not treating us like human beings!]

[Selling gold cheap, selling accounts, with pictures, give me a price and I'll sell! By the way, I'll curse the senior management and planners of *New World* as idiots!]

[My mentality has collapsed, I'm starting a thread to broadcast the melting of equipment, what's the point of playing for half a month? If you want to quit, just quit now!]

[...]

The entire forum was almost filled with posts like the ones above.

Lin Chen could understand the current mood of these players.

As a virtual reality online game of the century, *New World* did carry too much.

It was even the youth of a generation!

As a result, they were shutting it down just like that...

Thinking of the past, Lin Chen also posted and cursed *New World* like many others, and then sold his account, Lin Chen couldn't help but smile wryly. Now that he was reborn, he knew why *New World* was shutting down, so his mentality was naturally different.

All Lin Chen had now was relief.

In a good mood, Lin Chen thought about it and decided to persuade others.

Even if he could persuade one or two people to keep their accounts, when the game invaded reality in the future, humanity would have more power to resist, right?

So Lin Chen posted a thread.

[To be honest, I don't believe that a company as big as *New World* that has been running for twenty years would shut down. I suggest everyone not to believe it either. Maybe they encountered some technical problems. Maybe they can overcome the problems in these half a month and reopen the servers!]

Lin Chen meant well.

However, the mentality of the players was too collapsed now.

Not only did his post not get the support of others, but in less than ten minutes, he was pelted with more than 100,000 rotten eggs, and there were even various scoldings below...

"This dog楼主 (lou zhu, OP) is a businessman, trying to protect the market and afraid of bankruptcy?"

"Hehe, there's been more than one merchant account, I suggest everyone not to panic and delete their accounts, now there's another one?"

"What kind of dogshit technical problem, in twenty years, has *New World* ever had a problem?"

"Let me say something, accounts are indeed everyone's hard work, but instead of destroying your own hard work, are you going to leave it to the senior management and dog planners of *New World*?"

"..."

Lin Chen, who was severely sprayed, was very speechless.

Alright!

His good intentions were taken as a donkey's liver and lungs.

Then he didn't bother to care about these people, Lin Chen began to pay attention to the trading posts on the forum.

[Selling cheap, 100 million gold coins = 100,000, hurry up!]

[10 million gold coins, selling for 10,000 yuan, don't miss it!]

[Chasing Wind Divine Deer, rare mount, selling for 300...]

[...]

Good lord, I didn't expect the prices in the game to drop so fast!

You must know that as a virtual reality online game of the century, the gold coins in *New World* have always been linked to reality at a ratio of one to one.

But what about now?

100 million gold coins, only 100,000 yuan!

From one to one, it has fallen to one thousand to one!

It is estimated that it will continue to fall!

In addition, Lin Chen remembered that the Chasing Wind Divine Deer mount seemed to be a rare mount exclusive to priests, it wasn't cheap, it used to cost tens of thousands, but now it's selling for 300 yuan?

Buy!

Must buy!

However, there was no need to rush now.

Lin Chen knew that the prices would continue to fall in the future.

Especially when *New World*'s confirmation of the server shutdown announcement and the last expansion pack were released tomorrow, the news that *New World* was going to shut down would be completely nailed down, and there would be a big drop!

That's when Lin Chen could buy at the bottom.

Besides, Lin Chen didn't have much money in his hands right now.

His parents were gone, and he was still in college. He didn't have a job yet, and what he ate and used were still the pension money left by his parents. The only thing that was most valuable was the house his family left him...

Lin Chen continued to browse the posts, and then his eyes lit up.

[Archmage Hurricane Divine Staff +12, full-level artifact, the only one on the server, selling for 600,000!]

Good lord!

This was a full-level Archmage set of equipment, and someone was selling it?

Moreover, it was all +12!

Lin Chen's class was also a mage.

He seemed to want to buy it.

But...

600,000?

Too expensive!

He couldn't afford it!

"Damn it, what are you thinking?"

Lin Chen gritted his teeth and slammed the table angrily, "I'll sell the house tomorrow, anyway, the game is invading reality, it's going to be the end of the world!"