"Today is the day…huh"
My name is Hyun Kim. I'm twenty one, an average office worker for a major company, and today is the day the last update for my favorite game, "surviving the apocalypse" is going to release.
It is one of the first games I ever played for a long period of time, when I first started playing the game I was captivated by the story and how I could level up characters in numerous ways , but the only problem that the game had was it's lack of the multiplayer experience.
That one thing caused the game to decline in popularity causing it to lose plenty of players leaving it with only a hundred active players and I was one of them and not just one of them I was the top ranked player of the game.
I tried playing other games but I always ended up playing (STA) again due to not finding entertainment from all the new and popular games people recommended to me, I even at one point started to recommend people in real life and the internet to play (STA) but it would end up the same either they would call me one of the game developers that's trying to help his dying game or they would say that it's boring and I'm just trying to be "different".
It was Monday and i had entered a bus heading home from work , I picked up my phone and started to scroll through the site of the game developers looking for what the last update consisted of , as I continued to scrolling through the website a strange email popped up on my phone.
"Huh what's This ?"
"A email from the developers !!, why did the developers email me ?"
As I clicked onto the email I was directed to a long paragraph.
dear player: light333377,
we at danger labs would like to extend our deepest appreciation for your dedication to the surviving the apocalypse beta. your consistent commitment—and your achievement as the #1 ranked player—has not gone unnoticed.
as thanks for your exceptional performance, we have prepared an exclusive reward. this gift will be delivered to your account at 5:30 pm, and you will be the only beta tester to receive it. the item has been specially designed to carry over into the full release of the game, which also launches at 5:30 pm, giving you a unique advantage when the world resets.
thank you again for your support, passion, and unwavering devotion to our game.
— danger labs development team
"Huh what's going on here beta test , full version of the game and gift ? "
"Isn't this the last update before the severs shut down, so why are they talking about a full version of the game isn't what I was playing the full version? "
As I sat in the middle row of the bus wondering what was going on rereading the email and searching up if no one got the same email as me another email popped up.
dear player: light333377,
this is a brief follow-up regarding the reward scheduled for delivery at 5:30 pm. please do not search for or inquire about other players receiving a similar message. no other beta tester has been granted this reward, and no duplicate notifications were issued.
the contents of your gift are strictly confidential until the full release goes live. for security reasons, we ask that you refrain from discussing or comparing this information with the community.
thank you for your cooperation, and once again, for your exceptional performance.
— danger labs development team
"Huh how did they know that I was searching up that ?"
'Is this some kind of prank email or something is someone trying to scare me ?'
As I looked around the bus and waited for the time to reach 5:30pm I went into the mobile version of the game on my phone on the same account as the one they said I was going to get the gift on .
As I opened up the game and waited 5:30pm arrived in that same moment the bus I was in entered a tunnel the place went dark and I could feel the air around me shift from relaxing to extreme danger.
In the same moment the main menu of the game glitched and a massage popped up glitching.
[MESSAGE] X
Dear player this is the gift that was mentioned in the email it will help you from now on.
Please click accept to claim the gift.
[ACCEPT]
As I looked at the pop up message for a minute i clicked on in and as the message went away a tremendous vibration fallowed with a loud.
"BOOM!!!"
"Huh what the hells going on ? "
As I looked around everyone was in shock even the old man that was beside me sleep woke up holding his head.
"Hey sonny boy do you know what just happened?" The old man said looking at me.
"Huh I don't I'm just as clueless as you "
" it sounded like a bomb " a man from the seat behind me said.
"Bomb!! Could it be a war ?" Said the old man.
"Don't worry sir , it's not a bomb or a war maybe just a car crash or something "
But something in me had a feeling that it was not none of those , and had something to do with the message pop up that happened in the game .
But as time went on something else started to puzzle me and the people in the bus.
"I've been wondering for a time now but way those it feel like the bus isn't moving "
"Huh I thought I was the only one who felt this way " a lady in front of me said shining her phone light onto the roof of the bus due to the darkness.
In that moment a strange loud glitching nose started to come from the walk way of the bus and then a bright yellow light right after.
As I look up a small creature with black fluffy fur with one blue horn and one big yellow eye with an old tattered white shirt popped up.
"########" the creature opened it up said but I could not understand it.
But as I looked at the creature again a thought popped into my mind The Informant , no but that can't be an informant those things are just from a game maybe I'm just going insane or I'm dreaming.
"Maybe if I pinch myself I'll wake up"
I reached down a pinched myself but I felt pain.
"Ahhh!!, this means it's not a dream but ho-"
"#######"
"####fuc###"
"Ok the speech function is finally updated to this World Channel."
"Hello everyone, my name is lion an informant and today we will be starting the full version."
And in that moment, the course of my life changed.