Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 843 - 604 Strange Rumors Among Players_2

In this situation, other people's experiences and insights are completely useless to me, just empty talk on paper.

But as players gradually grow and deepen their understanding and involvement in this world's background, they're also starting to recognize the global environment we're all a part of.

Especially with the recent Human Alliance incident, frankly, it's an even hotter topic among the player community.

Within this major event tied to the shared world background of all players, the name that stood out didn't just circulate among the natives.

When it comes to various "number ones" in the game, players tend to pay close and fervent attention.

Some dive deep into uncovering the backstory of characters, while others dream about rallying a group someday to take them down.

Or perhaps they learn the backstory first and then think of a way to gather people and take them down.

Bai E, the Lord of Blackwater City, is currently the universally acknowledged number one in this world!

The strength to solo annihilate an insect nest is undeniably the ceiling of this game right now.

Since entering this game for so long, some daring players have challenged those hideous-looking insects in the wilderness.

And even those who consider themselves in the top tier among players struggle against a single mantis-type insect, let alone wiping out an entire nest.

In such circumstances, players have no other option when facing this legendary number one.

They can only choose to learn—and if possible, establish some sort of connection.

Even picking up a few random abilities from this game's ceiling may make them walk tall among the player community.

Not to mention… a rumor has begun circulating among the player group—

The enhancements acquired in the game seem to have a certain degree of influence on real-life bodies.

One player claimed that after playing the game for a while, their previously disabled legs somehow recovered!

Even more incredible, another player, weighing over 200 pounds at a height of only 5'2", said they could now run like the wind.

With this in mind, the idea of having a chance to interact with the man who currently represents the ceiling of the game world's background is the greatest allure for every player in Thorn City.

"I'm signing up!"

"Me too!"

"Don't do it! What if it's another trap from those bastards!"

"A trap? So what? At worst, I'll just die! Anyway, I heard all those people whose real-life bodies got enhanced had at least died once in the game. I haven't died even once yet, so what's the harm?"

"This… I'm coming too! Let's go together!"

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"Open up! Free trade!" Kuang Xin, who was just leading his convoy on a trading run to another city, suddenly found himself at the daily log-off time.

This log-off, and the subsequent log-in, brought no change to the game world for him.

Only his mind would gain the memory of a day's worth of encounters and events.

As he woke up from the gaming pod, he immediately received a familiar incoming call—

Gong Yan.

As the call connected, Gong Yan's voice, sweet yet tinged with a faint maturity, came through the phone: "About the recent rumors on the forums, do you feel anything?"

What other players had said wasn't entirely trustworthy, and among their little team, only Gong Yan and Kuang Xin had died once.

So this bizarre rumor could only be discussed between them.

"Me?" Kuang Xin's face showed confusion. "Maybe? Or maybe not. I haven't tried, but I do feel some inexplicable confidence."

The kind of confidence that made him feel as if his body could effortlessly execute a backflip or vault over a railing half his height.

But for safety, Kuang Xin hadn't tested any action that might result in physical injury.

On the other end, Gong Yan lowered her voice slightly, speaking in a somewhat enticing tone: "If you haven't tried, you should go ahead and try."

Intrigued, Kuang Xin asked, "Yanzi, do you feel it too?"

"I…" Gong Yan bit her lip, uncertain whether her next words might sound too horrifying. "I think… the me in real life might have Spiritual Energy."

While speaking, Gong Yan squinted her eyes at the pen floating in front of her desk, which she was "lifting" through sheer thought. Her face grew solemn. "I don't know if it's just my imagination." ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

"…" Upon hearing this, Kuang Xin immediately grew interested. "Are you serious? Alright, wait there—I'm going out to test my body right now."

To satisfy Yanzi's doubts, why not endure a little pain?

Kuang Xin dashed out of his apartment building, eyeing the steps leading down from the entryway. Without hesitation, he took a running start and flung himself forward.

The wind howling past his ears did nothing to slow Kuang Xin, as his hefty body soared mid-air, executing a flawless 360-degree spin while leaping over the stairs.

"Smack!"

His body landed securely and instinctively, neither dizzy nor disoriented.

A passing auntie's eyes nearly popped out of her sockets as she stared at Kuang Xin in shock, scanning up and down his physique. "What does this young man eat to grow up like that? Such an amazing body!"

Turning back to look at the distance he had just flown over, Kuang Xin replayed the sequence in his mind.

He couldn't help but feel as if the world before him had taken on a surreal quality.

Giving himself a sharp pinch on the thigh, Kuang Xin finally shook his head to snap back to reality. "It's real… I'm not dreaming. This is the real world—I'm not in the game right now."

If I'm not in the game, yet I can still achieve feats like this?

With this thought, Kuang Xin resolved to test more, verifying whether his current physical abilities had indeed undergone the exaggerated enhancements described in the rumors.

Jumping, climbing, front flips, backflips.

Single-arm push-ups, one-handed handstand walking...

One task after another, all completed with ease.

Kuang Xin's eyes widened in astonishment, entirely dumbfounded.

"Holy sh*t!"

Calling Gong Yan back, the first words out of Kuang Xin's mouth were an uncontrollable burst of excitement: "Yanzi, I've freaking transformed too!"

"So it's real." Gong Yan's tone turned grave, her voice drifting. "It's not just my imagination."

"When I log back into the game today, I have to discuss this with Dai and the others!"

"No! Don't tell them yet!" Gong Yan immediately interrupted.

"Huh?" Kuang Xin's face revealed confusion. "Why? This is such great news—shouldn't we be telling them to restart their characters and train right away?"

Based on the rumors, players whose real-life bodies had enhanced were all those who had died at least once in the game.

Dai Lian and the others hadn't died even once—if they didn't die soon, they'd miss the chance!

But Gong Yan's response carried an eerie undertone, something unsettling.

"Great news? Why do you think this is good news?"

"Isn't it?"

Getting superhuman physical abilities effortlessly.

With a body like this, even working as a mover would earn you enough for a house within a day, right?

"I have Spiritual Energy." Gong Yan repeated as she gazed at the floating, spinning pen in front of her. "Do you understand what this means?"

"What?" Kuang Xin was still clueless.

"It means… our world might also have high-dimensional space..."

If it were merely physical enhancements, it wouldn't feel as eerie, but Spiritual Energy was an absolutely supernatural power.

According to the game's lore, the existence of Spiritual Energy was rooted in the presence of high-dimensional space.

Now that Spiritual Energy was appearing in their real world, did it imply that high-dimensional space was somehow linked to their reality?

If that were the case… could the demons intrinsically tied to high-dimensional space in the game lore also—just possibly—be forming some kind of connection to their real world?

"High-dimensional demon invasion of the real world… does that still sound like good news?"