Chapter 1 "Crap!"

Luo Ri Rong Jin blurted out a curse subconsciously. He stared wide-eyed at the two figures in the newspaper, his fingers gripping the paper so tightly that they turned white.

"No way, how could these two be here?!"

Luo Ri Rong Jin said with difficulty, "This isn't normal! We're only Lv15 to Lv17. Yuri and Gandalf...

The former is a mental ability user and top scientist who can mind-control millions, even billions, of people.

The latter is a demigod who has lived for thousands of years and a close-combat mage, a terrifying being who can beat a Balrog to death with a stick.

Their strength is clearly beyond our ability to deal with.

Even if we all team up, we probably couldn't beat either of them."

"No, why do you have to say it's not?"

Li Ang curled his lips and said calmly, "The system won't issue impossible missions. No matter how strong Yuri and Gandalf are, they're probably just background characters.

They probably won't make us rush up and commit suicide.

Besides, we haven't even reached Lv20 yet, and there are already demigod-level characters appearing. That's clearly not normal.

The two of them are likely not the original versions.

They might even just be actors who look similar."

"Because of the mission name and the dimensional ascension ceremony in the newspaper?"

The Witch nodded and frowned. "Let's see what the newspaper says."

The headline read: Grand Centennial, New Era of Dimensional Ascension. The 100th Annual Pan-World Dimensional Ascension Ceremony will be held this afternoon at the South Suburb Arena in Central City. General Yuri, Commander-in-Chief of the Pan-World Army, and Gandalf, Chief Advisor, attended the unveiling ceremony of the Death Chariot, and delivered a live speech to the contestants, participating guests, and all viewers watching the program...

The four players roughly scanned the various reports in the newspaper and found that they were all related to the so-called "dimensional ascension ceremony" and "Death Chariot."

The concept of the former was still unclear.

As for the latter,

"《Former Runner-Up Team Participates! The Return of the Former King》, 《Hot Team Inventory and Introduction》, 《Twenty Major TV Stations Simultaneously Broadcast Death Chariot Event》..."

Luo Ri Rong Jin read the article titles in the newspaper, his tone gradually becoming serious. "Hmm... judging from the information in the newspaper, Death Chariot seems to be a popular event that the whole world is paying attention to.

It's called a chariot,

But it combines action, adventure, role-playing, shooting, racing, building, survival, and other elements.

It's very complex and brutal. Every year, there are contestants, live broadcast teams, and even off-site viewers who die."

"There are quite a few familiar names in the 《Hot Team Inventory and Introduction》."

The Witch said indifferently, "Ezio Auditore, 47, Corvo Attano, and Venom Snake, forming the Assassin Alliance.

Kratos, Atreus, Senua, and Hephaestus, the God of War's Blade.

Fury, Death, War, and Strife, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Geralt, Van Helsing, Wolf, and William, the Witcher..."

"They're all characters from video games."

Li Ang clicked his tongue. "Putting aside ordinary mortals like Van Helsing and bald-headed 47,

Kratos and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are definitely god-level figures.

Even in scripts above Lv30, they're boss-level characters outside the norm."

"In other words, they're probably all fake and may not have the performance of the game at all."

The Witch nodded. "Considering the 'dimensional ascension ceremony' mentioned in the mission, we should be in a 'low-dimensional world' now? Do the residents of this world need to obtain the qualification to complete dimensional ascension through the Death Chariot competition?

But where will ascension lead to?

It can't be the real world, right?"

The more they knew, the more confused they became.

Just as the four players were puzzled, the car's broadcast sounded, "Passengers, the train will arrive at Central City Station. Passengers who are getting off at Central City Station, please prepare in advance..."

"We're here already?"

Luo Ri Rong Jin glanced at the clock and said in a deep voice, "Let's get off the train first. It's 8:50. There are only 10 minutes left until the deadline to reach the Pacific Bank."

The few passengers in the car stood up from their seats and walked towards the car door.

Taking advantage of the time waiting to get off the train, Li Ang, dressed as an ordinary office worker, even used some pickpocketing skills to rummage through the pockets of the clothes and pants of the passengers in front of him.

He didn't find a cell phone.

Li Ang spread his hands to his companions, indicating that he hadn't found anything of value.

This was strange. Judging from the style of the train and the city scenery outside the window, this should be a modern urban setting, but none of the passengers were carrying cell phones.

He didn't know if it was a coincidence or some special setting of this world.

Ding-dong—

After the sound, the car door opened, and the four players filed out, rushing out of the station as soon as possible.

There was a city map on the station wall. According to the scale conversion, the city was as large as 1,800 square kilometers.

The Pacific Bank mentioned in the mission target was in the northeast direction of the station, within a five-minute drive.

At first, the players planned to take a vehicle to the target location.

They had already stepped into the realm of transcendence, and their speed was no less than that of ordinary vehicles driving at low speeds. However, without understanding the background of the world, it was best not to expose their abnormalities.

However, when the players rushed out of the station, they realized that they were simply overthinking it.

The city streets were quite lively.

A large number of passersby were wearing shirts with different chariot patterns, holding balloons, and waving flags with狂热 faces.

They were moving forward with parade floats in the style of supercars, tanks, and armored vehicles, as if they were holding some kind of large celebration.

The strangest thing was the appearance of these city residents.

Some of them looked more like ordinary people.

Some had disproportionately large eyes and colorful hair, and cherry blossom petals floated around them as they walked.

Some had large heads and slender bodies, with frames of smiling or laughing floating next to their heads.

Some were simply bipedal animals.

In short, these people's styles were not unified, but they could stand together in an extraordinarily harmonious way.

Creating a strange sense of déjà vu.

"This is..."

Luo Ri Rong Jin pursed his lips tightly, looked at the "Warmly Celebrate the 100th Dimensional Ascension Ceremony" banner held by the parade celebration team, and muttered to himself, "Sims characters, GTAV extras, colorful-haired young men and women from galgames, and even villagers from Minecraft..."

"I don't see any familiar characters,"

The Witch said softly, "These people should be ordinary residents of the city, right?

Are they all from other games?

Or are there players controlling these passersby behind the scenes?"

This question could not be explained for the time being. With the deadline fast approaching, the four players took a deep look at the passersby with different styles, passed through the crowd, and ran towards the bank.