Chapter Two: God of the Endless Ocean
ID "Workaholic": "Holy crap, this game is so damn realistic!"
ID "Blue and White Sky": "It's just like the real thing! The feel, the level of detail!"
ID "Working Man": "What kind of game engine is this? I've never seen such a detailed game in my life! Compared to this, all those virtual reality games on the market are just garbage!"
ID "Whiteboard": "If you guys weren't all here, I'd think I'd traveled through time! It's so damn real! Are you the 'Play Again and Chop Off Your D'大佬 (big shot)? I'm your fan!"
ID "One Hundred Percent": "It's really 100% accurate! It even recreated the oil stain on my pajamas from when I was eating instant noodles at home."
ID "Cute and Adorable": "Tsk tsk, this detail, this level of realism, I love it! But why are there no female players?"
ID "A Table": "Big brother, are you really a cross-dressing big shot? Oh my god, a real-life cross-dressing big shot! Can I be your friend?"
A group of players, after thoroughly familiarizing themselves with the environment, began chattering excitedly.
This level of virtual reality game was simply unheard of, never before seen!
Some even pulled down their pants on the spot, looked inside with anticipation, and then closed them again with a disappointed expression, muttering things like, "Is this level of realism really necessary?"
Ren Zha, squatting on the totem pole, looked at these players who had obediently come forward, feeling the connection brought about by their signing the contract, and was so moved that tears almost welled up in his eyes.
This trick works!
He finally has followers!
Although these people were all half-believing and half-doubting, and came with the mentality of playing a game, not even counting as true believers, they signed the contract, so they were his people now. It was fortunate that his current divine status and position carried some of the dark attributes of a demon god; otherwise, even if they were summoned, they wouldn't be considered believers.
Next, he needed these human players to help him in the divine war.
Thinking of this, he stood up on the totem pole, hovering in mid-air, his divine body radiating a sacred light, and at the same time releasing his divine power, saying loudly:
"O devout believers of the God of Darkness and Earth! You are blessed! You will be my vanguard, participating in the great divine war, fighting for the glory of the God of Darkness and Earth!"
The God of Darkness and Earth was the original name of the divine status that Ren Zha inherited. It should be the name that the fallen god originally gave himself, and he might have even held a divine position before, but it sounded a bit incongruous now.
"God of Darkness and Earth? Wow, that name is so lame! Is this NPC our god? He doesn't look very strong..."
"I checked the game guide, this is our god's divine domain, but it seems very poor, just him alone, not even a single maid."
"Yeah, he was squatting on the pillar just now, right? He was squatting, right? This is the first time I've heard of a squatting god, it's so funny!"
"Hahaha, look at him, there are only fifty of us, and he wants to start a divine war, as if there were millions of people."
"It's a beginner's village, the AI of the NPCs seems to be poorly done, they're all so dull and stupid."
Listening to the complaints of these human players, Ren Zha rolled his eyes.
He wouldn't bother arguing with these tools.
Now, each of them was precious to him. Let them complain all they want; as long as they could win the group fight later, that's all that mattered.
Thinking of this, he controlled the rules of the divine domain and adjusted the pain level of these summoned believers to three percent. This was one of the advantages he possessed. This kind of influence over his followers and believers could generally only be used within the divine realm and couldn't be brought into divine battles, but Ren Zha could exploit a loophole in the rules to extend it directly into divine battles.
In other words, in divine battles, the pain level of his followers and believers would still be only three percent, or even lower, reaching zero.
These players quickly began to disperse throughout the divine realm, exploring like curious children.
"Holy crap, there's a skull here!"
"So many bones! Are these all human bones? No, how does this skeleton have wings?"
"This desolate place has nothing but weeds and bones..."
"It's too desolate, even a beta server shouldn't be like this, how are we supposed to play?"
As a well-known streamer on the game forum and even the entire gaming community, Chen Yu, whose ID was "Play Again and I'll Chop Off My D**k," encountered many fans. Surrounded by several people, his confidence soared, and he loudly retorted:
"It doesn't matter, with this level of realism and this engine, I'm going to rave about it! What more plot do we need? I'll even stream myself chopping off my d**k!"
Saying that, he directly took a cleaver from another player, then grinning, he chopped off one of his left-hand fingers.
"Holy crap, there's still a little stinging pain. This game is too realistic. How is it connected to the pain nerves?" ID "Play Again and I'll Chop Off My D**k" and several players around him stared blankly at his profusely bleeding severed finger, saying with a look of astonishment. "Ouch, I'm still a little dizzy. How did they achieve this effect? This blood looks so real, and it even has a temperature! Hey, you, cut my neck with a knife!"
The player next to him nodded, swung the cleaver, and brutally slashed "Play Again and Chop D's" neck, severing the carotid artery. Blood spurted more than two meters high, spraying several people nearby in the face.
"It's still just a slight tingling sensation. I guess they used electrodes to affect the surface nerves. It's so realistic!" "Play Again and Chop D" said, twisting his half-severed neck and looking at his wound.
Then he fell to the ground and died.
A blue soul floated out of his corpse, drifting towards the dome above the divine realm, about to completely merge into the divine realm and become a part of it.
"Oh, this visual effect is so beautiful!"
All the players present exclaimed in admiration.
Ren Zha, floating in mid-air, was speechless.
The divine war hadn't even started yet, and he had already killed himself!?
Immediately, divine power surged, gathering on "Play Again and Chop D's" corpse, instantly repairing his body.
At the same time, "Play Again and Chop D's" soul, which was floating towards the sky, was also pulled back into his body by the divine power.
"Play Again and Chop D" immediately opened his eyes and stood up, touching his blood-stained neck, and said with admiration:
"This game is so dedicated! Even the resurrection is so realistic, it's like I really died and came back to life!"
The players next to him immediately chimed in:
"Exactly!"
What is the most touching aspect of a game?
It's the details!
Just this point alone makes it a masterpiece! "Quick, kill me! I want to try resurrecting too!"
"Smash me to death with a wrench!"
"If my arm is cut off, will it automatically regenerate?"
A group of players, witnessing the resurrection process of "Chop D Again," were all filled with curiosity and started asking others to attack them.
In an instant, more than a dozen players were killed by those around them—stabbed, smashed, and strangled—and then resurrected again by Ren Zha's divine power, perfectly intact.
These people were really too rowdy. Is this kind of ridiculous situation inevitable when it's all men...? I should have recruited at least two female players to make them behave more decently...
After resurrecting more than a dozen people in one go, Ren Zha couldn't stand it anymore and directly used his divine power to condense several lines of large golden characters in mid-air:
"The Divine War is about to begin. Self-harming behavior is prohibited. Violators will have their beta test资格 revoked."
Seeing that their beta test资格 would be revoked, the group of players immediately quieted down.
Although the game's environment settings seemed relatively simple, the level of realism was so high, surpassing any game they had ever seen before. It was truly a masterpiece, and no one wanted to lose their lucky beta test资格 at this time.
Moreover, they had been messing around for over half an hour, waiting for the legendary Divine War. They all wanted to see what this legendary Divine War was really like.
Although they had read the game guide before, who wasn't full of anticipation for the real thing?
Then, the NPC "God of Darkness and Earth," which was originally floating in mid-air, suddenly transformed into a golden light, rushing towards the dome of the divine realm and looking into the distance.
A group of players looked at the "God of Darkness and Earth," who had transformed into a giant golden phantom above the dome, and involuntarily felt a sense of pressure. "Wow, the effects are so well done! He really looks like a god!"
"Old Hei is amazing! He looks so divine when he's not squatting on the totem pole."
"Excellent, excellent! Give the art team extra chicken legs!"
A group of players looked up at Ren Zha on the dome, chattering and praising the game's art design.
At this moment, Ren Zha, on the dome of his divine realm, gathered his divine power and looked out into the endless starry sea. He saw a rainbow bridge emanating from a dim star rapidly approaching his divine realm, getting closer and closer, filled with malice, and about to connect with his divine realm!
He immediately unleashed his divine power and shouted to his followers:
"Pious followers of the God of Darkness and Earth! The evil God of the Endless Ocean is about to send his hideous servants to attack! Muster your courage, for your home and your faith, resist these ignorant and fearless insects, and kill them all!"
Just then, the rainbow bridge from that dim star had completely approached Ren Zha's divine realm in the endless starry sea. He could even see a golden divine soul phantom slightly larger than himself above his divine realm—a merman figure with sharp thorns and a crown.
It was the God of the Endless Ocean who had challenged him!
This was a merman god.
The merman god's divine consciousness transmitted:
"Hehe, weak god who is already on the verge of death, you have no followers left, right? Quickly give up resistance and surrender your divine realm. I can let you become a leader among my followers and spare your life."
Clearly, this guy somehow knew about Ren Zha's previous incarnation exhausting all his followers, so he issued the challenge.
He wanted to take advantage of the situation. Ren Zha didn't answer. The divine realm's laws had taken effect, and the two divine domains had officially connected, preparing for a divine war!
Player ID "Playing Games Again": "Oh oh, look, the edge of our divine domain has turned into gray mist! Here they come, the challenge from the God of the Endless Ocean is here!"
Player ID "Most Loves Qianqian": "Why does this God of the Endless Ocean sound more powerful than Old Hei?"
Player ID "Boss XX": "Who cares? We've been in the game for almost an hour, and finally, there's some proper storyline progression! I'm looking forward to it."
Player ID "Mountain Family Property": "We'll just fight hard when the time comes. I want to see what kind of monsters the other side sends out."
A group of players stood together, their faces full of excitement, holding kitchen knives, watermelon knives, clubs, wrenches, bricks, wine bottles, and folding chairs, waiting for the enemy to appear.
Black mist permeated the area, with faint flashes of lightning within it.
The next moment, half-human-sized fish-men, holding bone forks and bone spears, rushed out of the black mist with strange cries.