In the beginning, Qin Han Chu thought he had survived the catastrophe that destroyed the world, but he soon discovered that things were not as he imagined.
Although he was still alive, it seemed he had possessed someone else's body.
Now, he lay in a bio-pod with a "high-tech" helmet on his head.
Logically, all worlds should have been destroyed in the cataclysm. So, where was the world he was currently in?
Emerging from the bio-pod, Qin Han Chu walked to the mirror.
In the mirror was a young man with resolute features. He was quite handsome.
Although Qin Han Chu had taken over this person's body, he did not have the person's memories.
Leaving the mirror, Qin Han Chu began searching the room for useful information.
First, he found an identity card. It turned out the young man's name was Ye Chang Qing.
Besides the identity card, he also found a manual.
"Virtual online gaming equipment?"
After reading the manual, Qin Han Chu finally understood the purpose of the bio-pod and the helmet.
Through this set of equipment, one could enter the online game "God's War."
This online game was the first fully immersive virtual online game released by one hundred and eighty developed countries.
Previous games were played through devices like computers and consoles, but this online game used cross-era holographic technology.
As long as one entered the bio-pod and put on the helmet, they could experience the game with one hundred percent realism.
It was even possible to adjust the perception of pain through game settings.
As soon as this online game was launched, it swept across the globe.
Qin Han Chu had no interest in this game; he just wanted to know why he was here.
He also wondered if the consciousness that had taken over was that of Pangu's clone or his main body's consciousness from the Great Sun Temple.
If it was his main body's consciousness, would Axiang, Baili Caixia, and the others also possess others to be reborn?
Qin Han Chu glanced at the computer beside him. This device could help him understand this world.
Upon opening the screen, the computer displayed the login page for "God's War."
Just as Qin Han Chu was about to close it, he was suddenly drawn to the information on the login screen.
"August 23rd, the Spirit Realm instance is about to open!"
Spirit Realm?
Was this a game setting?
Qin Han Chu clicked on the website and began to look up information about "God's War."
"The text in this world is the same as in the Divine Realm. Even the cultivation realms and resource names in the game are the same as in the Divine Realm."
"What's going on? Am I obsessed with playing games? It can't be that my previous experiences were all just a game, right?"
"That's impossible..."
"Could it be that this game was created based on information from the Divine Realm?"
"Let's go in and take a look!"
After reviewing the information about "God's War," Qin Han Chu felt that the game had a deep connection to the Divine Realm.
He lay back down in the bio-pod and put on the helmet.
Following the instructions in the manual, Qin Han Chu lay down and pressed the game startup switch.
In an instant, Qin Han Chu's consciousness entered the virtual world.
"Welcome back to the world of God's War. You have been offline for five hours and have gained 16900 offline cultivation!"
Qin Han Chu ignored the voices around him, as he was already stunned by the scene before him.
At this moment, he was in Modu on Blue Star, and before him stood Modu's iconic architecture.
"Soul Burying Cliff instance, looking for five people, anyone participating?"
"Dragon Lord instance, missing one body cultivator, hurry up and join the group."
"Three-thousand-year-old wild ginseng, anyone want it?"
Listening to the shouts around him, Qin Han Chu's mind became even more confused.
How did everything he remembered become background information in the game?
What in the world was going on?
Just as Qin Han Chu was puzzling over this, a phone icon appeared before him.
Not only did the icon appear before him, but he also heard the familiar ring of a phone.
Qin Han Chu answered the call, and a video call window appeared before his eyes.
"Chang Qing, why did you go offline so suddenly?"
"You almost got me killed."
"No matter what, you have to treat me tonight to compensate for my losses."
In the video was a young man in his mid-twenties, speaking with a depressed tone.
"Who are you?" Qin Han Chu asked.
"What the heck, you're not being a good friend," the young man said, annoyed. "You made me drop a low-level mystical artifact, and you won't even treat me to a meal?"
Qin Han Chu was silent for a moment: "Come to my place and find me."
"That's more like it," the young man said with a smile. "I'll head over later tonight. I have to go complete a quest for Sister Jin Hailu right now."
"Jin Hailu? Where?" Qin Han Chu asked in surprise upon hearing the name Jin Hailu.
"Why are you playing dumb with me? Of course, Jin Hailu is in the Jin family in Island City," the young man said irritably. "I heard she has a hidden quest here. I wonder if I'll be lucky enough to trigger it."
Qin Han Chu then realized that the Jin Hailu the young man was referring to was a game NPC.
If Jin Hailu had become a game NPC, what about Lin Ying and the others?
What about himself? Had he also become a game NPC?
Why did the background of this game seem like his own experiences?
Qin Han Chu did not reply further and disconnected from the game again.
Stepping out of the bio-pod, Qin Han Chu opened his computer and entered the "God's War" discussion forum.
In the forum, he found many familiar names, even some villain names were the same as the villains Qin Han Chu had killed before.
If his mind was sound, then this game must have been built based on his memories.
Suppressing his inner doubts, Qin Han Chu began to research the history of this world.
Evolution, ancient times, modern times, contemporary times, technology!
This development was identical to the history of Blue Star.
Bang, bang...
Just as Qin Han Chu was racking his brain, there was a knock on the door.
He went to the door and opened it to find a very beautiful girl standing at the entrance with a cold expression.
"Who are you?" Qin Han Chu frowned.
"Ye Chang Qing, what do you mean? Are you pretending to have amnesia?"
"I'm here to get my things. Just pretend you didn't see me."
Qin Han Chu's words infuriated the girl. She stormed into Qin Han Chu's house, opened the closet, and packed some women's clothes into a suitcase.
It appeared this girl was "Ye Chang Qing's" girlfriend.
Just as the girl was packing, a haughty young man walked to the door.
"How about it? Want to fight again?" the young man asked with a disdainful and provocative smile at Qin Han Chu.
Qin Han Chu frowned: "Who are you?"
"Damn it, are you playing dumb? You forgot how I beat you up a few hours ago?"
"Did you hit your head?"
The young man shouted angrily.
Beat up, hit his head?
Qin Han Chu raised his hand to touch the back of his head. He then noticed dried bloodstains on his hair at the back of his head.
"Could it be that he was beaten to death, which is why I successfully possessed him?"
"But how did I possess him? There's nothing here to store my consciousness."
"The game... Could the carrier of this game be my Divine Seal!"
Qin Han Chu stood still, lost in thought. As he pondered, everything became clear.
It wasn't his mental state that was the problem, but the game itself.
The game "God's War" was likely developed based on his Divine Seal. Only this could explain everything.