The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 190 - 136: Invasion of Reality!_2

Chapter 190: Chapter 136: Invasion of Reality!_2

"This technology is unbeatable." Qing Mingzijiang couldn’t stop praising, and the number of bullet comments skyrocketed. Currently, his popularity had already reached the top ten on the leaderboard.

Shortly after, several more players arrived at the scene, and everyone decided to team up temporarily.

"I bought a special edition and drew a rare weapon, a grenade launcher. I’ll start aggroing the monster."

Qing Mingzijiang took the lead and switched his weapon to a grenade launcher.

He virtually held the nonexistent weapon and pulled the nonexistent trigger.

Boom!

The high-explosive grenade hit the terrifying Lizardman directly, flames erupted, and the shockwave swept through. Accompanied by an enraged howl, the huge and hideous figure fell off the wall and collapsed there.

"It’s staggered. Attack it!"

The players launched their attacks toward the terrifying Lizardman. One of them rushed forward, carrying an exaggeratedly large broadsword on his back.

"Take this!" The broadswordsman unsheathed his blade and slashed at the Lizardman fiercely.

Clang!

The sound of metal clashing rang out, and the broadsword was uncontrollably knocked away.

"What?" The broadswordsman was shocked, having never experienced a weapon knockback before!

At that moment, the terrifying Lizardman got up from the ground and swung its tail ferociously.

The thick tail came crashing down like a speeding car, the wind whistling, mixed with water splashes. The broadswordsman widened his eyes in disbelief, and the next second, his screen went black as he hit GG.

"Damn!" The broadswordsman cursed out loud, having no choice but to wait for revival on the spot.

"Roar!"

The terrifying Lizardman roared and lunged toward the group of players. A few couldn’t dodge in time and were knocked away by the lizard car, dying on the spot.

"One hit kill? This game is way too hard!" Qing Mingzijiang panted while running away, putting some distance before launching another grenade.

A deafening boom followed, blowing up water splashes everywhere like a foul-smelling rain. The explosion’s power once again overturned the terrifying Lizardman. Its green body was covered in bloody wounds and a large area of charred marks.

"The monster’s resilience and health aren’t that high!" Qing Mingzijiang shouted, "It only has one-third health left!"

Ratatatatatata... The players crazily pulled their triggers, bullets pouring out to create suppressing fire. Within a dozen seconds, they drained the Lizardman’s last bit of HP.

Splash, water splashed up as the massive body fell, the crimson blood diffusing into the water and spreading around.

The Lizardman’s corpse was riddled with bullet holes and horrifying scars caused by the grenade launcher, with a large hole torn open in its chest cavity, flesh and blood clearly visible.

"Damn, it’s so realistic with no censorship at all!" Qing Mingzijiang took a close look and was astonished.

Was this really going to be almost indistinguishable from reality?

Spark Technology’s technology was too powerful to be true!

"If VR glasses alone can achieve this level, I can’t even imagine how amazing the immersive game cabin will be!"

"Sigh, if it weren’t for the Stars Network incident, we would’ve been playing "Child of Stardust" in another month."

"I can’t take it anymore, I’m quitting my job to play games!"

The bullet comments flew by rapidly, clearly showing that the audience was equally shocked.

First, they were astounded by the game’s realism;

Second, they were amazed that despite such realism, the game had no censorship or shielding of bloody and violent scenes, which was simply unbelievable.

Such graphic content was definitely 18+, but in reality, the game "World Hunter" had no age rating, not even kids could play it.

Had the officials gone mad?

Such realistic visuals, let alone kids, even adults would have nightmares after seeing it. The negative impact on teenagers was immeasurable.

"Oh? I actually reached the top of the popularity chart?"

Qing Mingzijiang was stunned. Not only had he reached the number one spot, but the number of viewers in his live stream had also soared to five million!

He swallowed, adjusted his mindset, and quickly shouted:

"You automatically gain materials after killing monsters, let me take a look... Hmm... Excellent Lizard Scales, Perfect Lizard Spine, wow, these are good stuff, folks, I’m on a lucky streak, let’s do a lucky draw.

New viewers, please follow for a free chance to win a Mirage One and "World Hunter" giveaway!

This game is amazing, super fun, everyone, hurry and call your friends to watch the stream."

Qing Mingzijiang watched the rapidly growing number of followers, feeling utterly excited inside. This was a golden opportunity, and he had to seize it well.

He needed to create more eye-catching content.

More monster fights!

"Let’s keep exploring, there must be more monsters around... Uh, should I ride an e-bike?

Right, what would this game transform the e-bike into? A horse? Or something else?

Oh... This viewer is right, you can’t wear a helmet with VR glasses, and riding an e-bike without a helmet could get you fined, so forget it, I’ll just walk... As a positive influencer, I can’t break the law..."

Qing Mingzijiang wandered the streets, chatting with the viewers while also admiring the transformed scenery.

Just as he turned his head, a man in a suit appeared noiselessly in front of him.

The man’s hair was sparse, his eyebrows thick, and his eyes were round and black, staring straight ahead as if he didn’t need to blink, full of unsettling strangeness.

His nose was large, his cheekbones unusually protruding, and his mouth had a puppet-like joint structure. When he slightly smiled, it was an inherently discomforting sight.

He looked like a terrifying version of Thomas the Tank Engine.

"Ah..." Qing Mingzijiang was startled, cold sweat breaking out on his back.

The live stream’s bullet comments went crazy, evidently showing that everyone was scared as well.

"Is this an NPC? The game developers are not being fair, pulling a stunt like this. It’s not a horror game... Seriously, this is not friendly to players with heart conditions." Qing Mingzijiang felt a bit angry because he was really startled, his heart rate spiking.

"Hehehehehe..."

The creepy puppet-like man in a suit suddenly opened his mouth, his smile slightly widening, letting out a strange laugh.

The already horrifying face became even more twisted and terrifying.

"So creepy." Qing Mingzijiang shuddered and directly punched out.

However, what happened next shocked him.

The puppet-suited man raised his hand and firmly caught his punch.

Qing Mingzijiang actually felt the touch of something solid!

Could this be a real person? He was horrified and hurriedly tried to take off his VR glasses to check.

But when he reached for his face, he couldn’t feel the VR glasses at all!

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Control Bureau Headquarters.

At this moment, the piercing sound of an alarm rang out.

"Detected unusual energy fluctuations..."

"Detected large-scale reality distortion..."

"Detected large-scale narrative overlay..."

"The anomaly has occurred worldwide, Level 5 anomaly response protocol activated..."

Listening to the guards’ reports, the head of the Global Anomaly Monitoring Department remained composed.

The sound of running and phone calls echoed through the department.

Twenty seconds later, the intelligence was compiled.

"An unknown anomaly has invaded the newly released game "World Hunter" and its live streams. All witnesses lost consciousness simultaneously upon seeing it. According to conservative estimates, over thirty million people worldwide have been affected by this anomaly..."

"The Intelligence Department reported the incident might be related to an anomaly creature originating from the old era, marking this as an anomalous event invading reality from the network.

This is the provided file."

The head received the file, its title reading:

[Cyber Demon]

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Hotel.

Chen Guangxi’s room.

"Look at this butt, isn’t it big." Chen Guangxi exclaimed excitedly.

The computer screen showed a curvy long-legged girl in tight clothing, highlighting her voluptuous figure. The eroticism level was over the top; this was the game "Sword Star" Chen Guangxi had been playing lately.

"I have to admit, it does look good."

Zhou Yuan nodded vigorously, then added after a pause: "But it doesn’t seem as good as yours."

"That’s a given."

Just as the words left their mouths, both of their phones vibrated simultaneously.

It was an anomaly alert from the Control Bureau.

"A Level 5?"

Zhou Yuan’s eyes widened upon seeing it, stunned.