"Player has been detected to have triggered the setting term 'Mountain of No Return'. Exit Immersive Experience Mode."
A cold, mechanical voice rang in Yin Ming's ears, and a row of floating virtual buttons suddenly appeared above his eyes, quietly emitting a faint blue light.
The buttons, from left to right, are 'Immersive Mode: Off', 'Options', 'Settings', 'Player 603', and 'End Experience'. Upon closer inspection, there is also a gray 'Continue Experience' button on the far right.
"Congratulations, player, you have reached 100% completion of the story exploration. The closed beta of 'Gods and Demons Supreme VR' has now ended. The subsequent story, 'Mount No Return,' will be available in the open beta version. Please look forward to it. The scene will close in three minutes. Players can click the 'End Experience' button to remove their VR device and end this experience."
The mechanical voice in his ear spoke slowly and deliberately, but it shocked Yin Ming to the core.
What the heck?! What VR?! Does that mean he's just experiencing a novel's plot in VR?! Then everything he's been going through lately has been fake?!
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Ling Yao is clearly a living, breathing person. Yin Ming just felt his body temperature. How could he just be a virtual NPC in the VR world?
Yin Ming tried to move his body; he wanted to go back to find Ling Yao!
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move his body at all.
Yin Ming took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. Perhaps he hadn't fully woken up and was having a nightmare?
I often have this feeling in my dreams that I want to move but can't.
Yes, that must be it.
Then wake up quickly!
Overwhelmed by growing fear, Yin Ming disregarded everything else and immediately bit his tongue hard.
You can't feel pain in a dream, but once he tries it...
The taste of blood, accompanied by pain, suddenly spread throughout his mouth. The intense stimulation stunned Yin Ming. How could this be...? How could he feel pain!
Was he really not dreaming?!
What on earth is going on?!
In his panic, Yin Ming didn't even know which button he had pressed, and a semi-transparent virtual screen suddenly popped up in front of him.
"Friendly reminder: This VR is the latest experimental equipment in the laboratory. Turning on the immersive experience mode may cause players to experience excessive realism. Please choose carefully."
There are two buttons at the bottom of the screen: one is 'Continue to open' and the other is 'Cancel operation'.
Immersive experiences can create... an overly realistic feeling?
Yin Ming was startled. His gaze inadvertently shifted downwards, and he realized that the scene before him was completely different from what he usually saw.
The world he saw was no longer as real as before; it was filled with the artificiality of 3D modeling. Even Elder Mo, who had always stood in front of him, had become a 3D figure with a stiff expression.
Yin Ming certainly couldn't believe what was happening in front of him, but as if possessed, he pressed the 'Continue' button...
In the blink of an eye, he returned to the divine realm he had been in before. Elder Mo was still looking at him kindly, and the fragrance of flowers and the chirping of birds filled his senses. Everything was real and orderly.
This is... a VR world after immersive experience mode is activated?! Can it really be so realistic that it's indistinguishable from reality?!
"The three-minute countdown has ended, and the player will be forcibly logged off."
A mechanical voice, devoid of any emotion, slowly rang out, as if sentencing Yin Ming, who was still clinging to a sliver of hope, to death.
As soon as the mechanical voice finished speaking, Yin Ming's vision went completely black, and he could see nothing at all.
His body suddenly regained its mobility, but Yin Ming had no idea what he could do now.
He could only squat down helplessly, hugging his knees.
It's all fake, it must all be fake.
This must be a nightmare. When he wakes up, everything will go back to normal, and Lingyao will stay by his side, smiling gently and saying that the water is ready and asking if he wants to come and wash his face!
He just needs to stay here quietly and wait for the dream to end...
After an unknown amount of time, Yin Ming was suddenly pulled to his feet by a tremendous force.
Something was ripped off his head, and Yin Ming's vision immediately returned to clear.
However, after being in the dark for a long time, being suddenly exposed to strong light from the outside world can be somewhat uncomfortable.
Yin Ming subconsciously closed his eyes and took a long time to adjust before cautiously opening them to check.
To his disappointment, the person in front of him was not Ling Yao, and the scene he was in was not the familiar courtyard.
Instead, it was a laboratory filled with strange equipment, and a boy who looked unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar.
Yin Ming dejectedly raised his hands to examine them closely, but he could no longer distinguish between what was real and what was illusory.
Could it be... could it be that he was really just experiencing a VR storyline?
What about Lingyao? Will he... never see Lingyao again?
"Ah Ming, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me! What's wrong with you?!" The boy in front of him grabbed Yin Ming's shoulder and shook him hard, his face full of anxiety.
Yin Ming's thoughts were interrupted by his rude movements, and he then raised his head to carefully examine his face.
After a long pause, Yin Ming finally found a name that seemed like it came from another world in his mind, "You are... Xiao Yun?"
Isn't this his college classmate, Shi Yun?
"Phew, thank goodness you still remember me. I thought you'd been driven mad by this thing!" Shi Yun rolled her eyes at Yin Ming.
He looked around to make sure no one was nearby before muttering under his breath, "I told you not to come to this bullshit experiment, but you wouldn't listen..."
Yin Ming was drawn in by his words and subconsciously asked, "What...experiment?"
Shi Yun immediately clicked his tongue and looked at Yin Ming with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, saying:
"Are you really stupid? It's that VR beta test program for gods, demons, and emperors. Only you would like to read those melodramatic cultivation novels."
Shi Yun leaned closer to Yin Ming, her face full of curiosity, and asked, "By the way, speaking of this, tell me quickly, what did you see while wearing this device? They constructed a cultivation world inside? You must be able to use magic in it, right? Can you fly on a sword? Is it exciting? Is it fun?"
Yin Ming didn't answer, but stared blankly at his face, then suddenly reached out and pinched his face, which made Shi Yun scream.
"Why the hell did you suddenly pinch me! You even pinched me hard, it really hurts!"
Feeling the soft warmth in his hand, Yin Ming dejectedly withdrew his gaze. He stared absentmindedly at the straps wrapped around his waist and said:
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. My memory is a bit messy right now. Could you tell me about this experience program? I think I've told you about it before."
Shi Yun is a meticulous person. He would definitely ask Yin Ming about the situation first, and only agree to let Yin Ming come to the laboratory if he was sure that Yin Ming was safe and sound.
"Alright, I'll forgive you this time since you really weren't behaving quite right. But if you do it again, you'll have to treat me to hot pot."
Shi Yun made a mock joke before getting serious and said, "As for this plan, you sent me a screenshot before, saying it was an invitation email from the official team."
Shi Yun took out his phone, opened a picture in his album, and handed it to Yin Ming, saying, "Here."
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