Oh no, I have become a character in the card pool?

Chapter 1 The world on the 7.2-inch screen

In a room, the light on the mobile phone screen flickered, showing an exquisite two-dimensional girl model.

The slender figure held a huge sword.

Dressed in strange clothes, they danced like night swallows on the ashes that looked like wasteland.

A magnificent piece of music full of epic feeling echoed from the Bluetooth external speakers, as if chanting that a long journey will come to an end here.

But when the great sword was about to penetrate the red core of the BOSS——

With a clang, the unparalleled sword force shattered.

The character's chest was also pierced by a sharp blade, and his originally bright eyes widened, and his pupils gradually dimmed.

So the entire phone screen is filled with music that is about to reach its climax in the background.

It was like a dream falling in an instant.
Stopped abruptly.

"Divine gold?! How can you lose this?"

Lin Xuan immediately moved to Bengbu.

If he hadn't remembered at the last moment that he had just bought this new phone, he would have almost thrown the phone with the "Battle Failed" screen displayed out of anger.

[Qiling Poem]——This is the mobile game that Lin Xuan, a reviewer of unpopular games, received in his mailbox two months ago.

He originally thought that this was a promotional order from a small manufacturer.

After all, although Lin Xuan doesn’t have many fans.

But as an extremely talented strategic game anchor, his scores have always been among the top in various relevant rankings.

Although he doesn't like marketing, he has a fixed group of fans as a hardcore anchor.

However, when Lin Xuan saw the cover of the mobile game download link with a beautiful 2D girl, he originally planned to refuse.

It is impossible for a paper man to be a paper man.

A true man's interest can only be in iron, gunpowder and passionate battlefields filled with fists and flesh!
——At least your clothes as a beautiful girl shouldn’t be so thin. You should wear a tactical mecha or something, right?

however.

Just as Lin Xuan had finished editing his reply with a polite refusal.

However, I found that the slogan of the link said that this mobile game focused on hardcore war gameplay, and more than 30 anchors had failed in the challenge.

It's like a shark smelling blood and Hakimi seeing his beloved ball of yarn.
Lin Xuan's interest was immediately piqued.

What is a hardcore unpopular anchor?

He finds the history that others dare not to find; he not only wants to play the tricky game that others get defeated after just a few levels, but also wants to break the highest record!
The main theme is a rebellion.

then.

Lin Xuan soon realized that something was wrong. He had been looking for Shi all day long, and this was the first time that Shi came to his door.

"For this final level, I cleaned up a bunch of characters' attributes from scratch, carefully selected their unique talents, and went through a lot of hardships to develop their specialties and special skills one by one."

Lin Xuan picked up the phone screen and listened to the background music that had made his ears calloused.

He was astounded when he heard the music for the first time.

I wonder if this company spent all its money to hire a professional world-class symphony orchestra to compose the music.

But I kept listening to it for three months, and I listened to it again every time I lost.
Now, whenever he heard the first melody, his liver would start to ache.

Lin Xuan gnashed his teeth and said, "I solved all those personal side quests one by one, and I also cleared all those difficult favorability plots by trial and error."

"These problem girls don't look like paper figures. Each one of them looks like my little ancestor!"

"I've already come this far, all I'm missing is a question about how I lost when I hit the dragon on the face."

"In the end, you told me that the strategy was right, the character was right, the attributes were right - but in the end, the hidden conditions were not enough and you couldn't win?"

It’s high. Too high.

Blood pressure is high!
In fact, Lin Xuan didn't need to be so angry. After all, it was just an internal test of the game, and it was normal to have some problems with the numbers in various aspects.

But the problem is.

This [Qi Ling Poem] is indeed just like the description in the original text message.
As a game, it's just too complete.

Apart from the fact that characters need to be drawn, this game also depicts a sense of despair like the end of civilization, from the creation of characters to the background of the plot.

Watching one NPC after another sacrifice themselves to pass on information, watching the human lives drop sharply like numbers, watching the soldiers fall on the front line, the unfinished cigarette butt fell from the corner of his mouth with a faint smile.

Look at those big-budget CGs and immersive character dubbing, presenting a magnificent picture.

Eventually the torch will be passed on.

It was delivered to the protagonist, who was not chosen by destiny, but gained the ability to summon spirits to fight by chance.

Everything is explaining one sentence.

"In times of crisis, we have only responsibility."

It’s obviously just a game...but the entire world view is too real.

On a mobile phone screen of only 7.2 inches.

The dark despair and the breaking of dawn, the characters of the contracted spirits went from being unfamiliar and vigilant at first to becoming familiar with each other bit by bit during the battle.

In the end, he was reluctant but determined to fight to the death to send the player to the finish line.

——That kind of overflowing emotion, even if it is only on the small screen of a mobile phone, almost makes people mistakenly think it exists in reality.

So strictly speaking, Lin Xuan, who has always been a hardcore game anchor, is not defeated by the difficulty of the game.

He saw those girls again and again, even though he tried his best to level up.

He still died in the final boss battle.

He listened to those farewell voices, looked at those girls who smiled with regret, and whispered to him that he must live and that he would definitely save civilization.

Lin Xuan admitted that he was a little too involved in the story.

What’s even more incredible is that he originally thought that the production of this game was so complete.

From BGM to plot text to character portraits, from enemy design logic to battle performances, all are top-notch configurations.

So there must be a way to have a perfect ending, right?

Therefore, even though he had vaguely sensed that something was wrong, he did not reply to the game company, but just kept reminding himself not to be impatient.

When it comes to cooking, just practice more.

If you can't afford to lose, don't play...

Until now, three months later.

——Fuck you, you can’t even finish this game!

"call."

Lin Xuan sorted out his emotions and kept telling himself to be graceful and not let the game affect his real life.

Then, while still smiling, he opened the text message he had received three months ago.

Prepare to find where the official website of the game is.

Let the comments section see what the red tape of the beauty of Chinese is, as well as the hard power of the masters in the field of banned words.

Ding.

But at this moment, the mailbox rang again.

"Hmm? Such a coincidence?"

Lin Xuan raised his eyebrows and found that it was the company whose name he had never heard of three months ago.

The content of the text message is.

[Congratulations, you are currently the only player who has achieved the highest degree of completion of "Spirit Psalm". ]

【Do you agree to the next test? 】

[yes/no]

Seeing this text message, Lin Xuan was subconsciously startled.

Over the past three months, he even skipped his live broadcasts because he was so obsessed with the authenticity of the game.

Isn't it said that the beta version is a data packet that disconnects from the Internet?

What kind of backend was installed in the game? How could this company know the progress of his game?

The doubt in my heart only flashed by.

For a professional historian like Lin Xuan, there is no reason to give up halfway since the game has already been played to this point.

"Oh, I see. No wonder I can't pass the level."

Looking at the text message, Lin Xuan couldn't help but smile confidently.

As a host, he is very familiar with the game company's tactics.

First, release a little bit of the test version all at once to boost players’ interest, and then pop up the full version and require payment to purchase.

After all, manufacturers also need to make a living.

Although Lin Xuan was a little unhappy, because this undoubtedly trampled on his nearly 100-page notes and files, and his efforts to find the perfect ending, but the production of this game was so conscientious, so it would not hurt to be charged a little money.

After all, as the old saying goes - how can you become stronger without spending money?

Think so.

Lin Xuan directly clicked on the [yes] option, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and the look under his dark eyes rekindled his fighting spirit.

"Shut up, take my wallet, and then let these bosses see what a noble money user is!"

When his words fell.

Everything went dark before my eyes and I passed out.

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Since the Broken Age, there has been no sun in the sky.

On the scorched earth that looked like ashes, countless figures like undead were wandering, growling from their fangs dripping with saliva.

They are monsters that hunt with the scent of blood.

The footprints that concealed the breath continued into the building with its door tightly closed.

"There's no way we can get back here. Those guys are still wandering around outside. It seems like we won't be able to get back the same way anytime soon."

Hiding behind the window of the ruins, Xia Shimi glanced at the entity outside the window and held her breath to ensure that she would not be discovered.

A calm voice whispered, "We need to think of other evacuation routes."

Then he lowered the hood of his cloak, hiding his face in the shadow, and his messy snow-white hair fell from the side of his neck.

The slender figure hides in the corner of the building, as if trying to blend into the shadows inside the house.

After confirming the amount of ammunition in the gun, she frowned her slender eyelashes.

"Stock depletion of ammunition and weapons is also severe."

The girl took a deep breath.

Look around.

"In this situation, we can only search this building to see if there is anything we can use."

——In today's [Broken Age], the once prosperous human civilization has come to an end, and a large number of strange parallel time and space have invaded this world.

Some civilizations are filled with forbidden magic and terrifying fantasy monsters, and it is natural for a sword to split a tall building in half.

Some civilizations have high technology that is unimaginable to humans. Even if all the wisdom of human scientists is exhausted, they cannot replicate the structure of even an energy gun.

In addition, in this ghost town where a hundred demons parade at night, there are apostles who spread the holy light of God to the earth.

Those were worlds that once existed only in storybooks and were once known only as fantasies.

however.

All of these indescribable parallel worlds, when invading the human world today, have one thing in common without exception.
——That is, these once glorious civilizations all appear in a “destroyed” state.

It was like a broken wreck with no one in it.

With only extremely strong aggressiveness, those entities wandering on the earth were brought to this pure and weak real world.

"I recognize the materials used in the facilities here. They don't have the strange architectural style of 'Broken Spacetime'."

Xia Shimi wrapped her hooded cloak tightly around her and picked up the broken instruments on the ground with her hands.

Narrow your eyes slightly.

The shattered glass of the pointer was reflected in the ruby-like pupils.

After a moment's silence, she murmured, "However, judging from the dust after the damage, this facility has been abandoned for at least seventy years."

"Is this a research facility left over from the [Battle Era]?"

once.

In the early days of the erosion of the Broken Time and Space, governments of various countries had united to try to confront it head-on.

Civilization was flourishing at that time. Although there were occasional disputes between countries, overall it was still an era with the most abundant resources.

Although the power systems in the broken time and space, such as black technology and demons, or Warcraft dragons, steam armor, etc., are very difficult to analyze.

The strategic weapons that were the pride of that period were almost overwhelmingly swept away and massacred.

But it came at the cost of heavy casualties and defeat in many battles.

Humanity eventually found the weapons to fight back.

——That is [Qi Ling].

Along with the broken time and space come not only the monsters wandering in the destroyed civilization.

And there are the "Heroic Spirits" who once existed in those civilizations.

According to later research.

Each of those heroes is a legend who has engraved a piece of history in their respective worlds.

There are inheritors who hold the holy sword in their own hands, mecha masters who can build anti-gravity armor with broken parts, and priestesses who wield talismans to control demons and fight.

Accompanied by the fall of broken time and space.

These heroic spirits, which did not dissipate because of their high soul quality, are like record points sleeping on the earth.

Just go through the correct ritual and invest enough materials into it.

You can summon it out.

And conclude a contract to help human civilization fight.

It is said that the first person to summon the Qi Ling was just an ordinary person.

He also became the first "Spirit Contractor" of mankind.

During the [War Era], he summoned countless extraordinary spirits.

And with his genius strategic planning ability, his clear perspective as if he were overlooking the overall situation, and his ability to study, analyze and judge those broken civilizations.

It has become almost the only symbol and dawn of hope for the retreating human civilization.

but.

Unfortunately, it seems that in an extremely important battle, the original spirit envoy was unfortunately defeated and eventually went missing, with no one knowing whether he was alive or dead.

Most of the contracted spirits he summoned later scattered all over the world, and most of them are now missing.

After that—

The era of battles filled with corpses has ended.

Having exhausted all resources, humans have been forced to shrink their territory of activities again and again.

Now we have entered the Broken Age where we must follow the rules of the Broken Time and Space and struggle to survive, completely abandoning the proud past civilization.

If there is any good news during this period.

I'm afraid it can only happen after the original spirit envoy disappeared.

Over the past hundred years.

Perhaps because the invasion of time and space caused changes in the rules of the world, many newborns around the world began to have the qualifications to be "Spirit Contract Envoys".

This once brought hope to the remaining humans.

Many people hope that these children can replicate the great deeds of the original spirit envoy.

but.

Unfortunately, due to some special reasons, they could only become weapons for human self-protection in the end, but failed to sound the clarion call for counterattack as expected.

"I didn't expect that such a complete device could be preserved in this ruins more than 70 years ago in an uninhabited area."

Xia Shimi looked at the glass container in front of her that looked like a culture chamber, her expression slightly dazed.

Different from the old and dilapidated buildings around it.

This alloy-made culture chamber is independent and has a safe and stable power supply system.

Perhaps it was once held with high hopes, with the best materials used.

So even if a long time has passed.

This research facility has been abandoned and all the former researchers have left, but its energy source still flickers.

The girl knew this thing.

——This is the summoning chamber used for [Spirit Contract Summoning], which provides the most basic, oldest and most primitive incarnation for the spirit contracts.

She had seen pictures of the instrument in textbooks, so even though she had never seen the real thing, she knew very well how to operate it.

Tell me why.
Because Xia Shimi is also a spirit envoy.

He was a defective product with poor talent, who had never been recognized by any spirit and successfully concluded a contract, and was therefore abandoned by everyone.

As a newbie, I had just arrived at Qidian.com, and in the early stage, I had not yet adapted to the style of some of the paragraphs and writing styles. I adjusted better after about twenty chapters.

The overall tone is warm recovery, mixed with regaining the alien world and relaxation. Thank you for your support.

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