Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 153 Speculations about GM

My elemental furnace is burning fiercely; it's enraged!

I'm furious too!

However, in the next second, he suddenly felt a sense of relief, and with a flick of his sleeve, the seal was released on its own.

"As you can see, my authority far surpasses that of the players."

The initiator smiled and said, "Zhu Ying, Cai Cai, I don't mean to offend you. I just want to tell you that everyone should play their role well in 'Star Abyss' and abide by their own rules. Even I am no exception. Anyone who tries to break the rules will eventually suffer the consequences."

As he spoke, the initiator looked at One-Hit Kill and said, "I have said before that war should not happen between players. One-Hit Kill, Zuan Liberal Arts Champion, your actions are trampling on the hard-won unity of the player organization. I hope you can remember this lesson and not repeat it."

"Yes, manager..."

Yi Dao Ru Hun respectfully replied, "I've remembered."

Even a troll like the top liberal arts student from Zu'an bowed respectfully and said, "Please rest assured, administrators, we will not repeat this mistake."

"That's good."

The person who initiated the conversation smiled warmly: "Please sit down. Consider this a drink to help us reconcile. It's on me. I hope you will all work together against outsiders in the future, since we have far too many enemies in 'Star Abyss'."

"The One Who Opens the Way is right."

Xu Tian smiled and nodded: "How about we all get drunk and settle all scores today?"

"Row!"

He nodded, "One Strike to the Soul."

I didn't say anything, just picked up a bottle of beer and poured myself a drink.

……

The meal was neither particularly good nor bad; everyone had their own thoughts on their own, and it ended in less than an hour.

The person who initiated the event was very mysterious and left early.

"Boss, let's go."

The top liberal arts student from Zu'an glared at me fiercely and said to Yi Dao Ru Hun.

Cai Cai and I stood in the corridor, our gazes indifferent.

"Humph……"

With a cold gaze, Yi Dao Du Hun brushed past me and whispered, "The dead will not rest in peace. We'll see!"

With that, he and Zuan, the top liberal arts student, strode away.

"Ding Han".

Rabbit Strike, dressed in a long dress, exuded a faint ethereal aura. She walked over, frowned, and said softly, "I'm sorry... I really couldn't do anything about what happened last time. My brother is just stubborn. Although he doesn't admit defeat, he has already accepted the mediation of the Opener. There shouldn't be any more problems. You can rest assured about that."

I can't rest easy about the possibility of a fatal blow.

"It's ok."

I smiled and said, "We'll deal with whatever comes our way. Even if Huang Jinbo really intends to make a comeback, I'll be there for him. But he also needs to be responsible for any decisions he makes. You can pass this message on to him."

"understood."

Rabbit pursed her red lips and said, "Then I'm leaving."

……

I looked up into the distance and saw that Qiang Chu Ru Long and Xu Tian were chatting. So I said to Cai Cai, who was standing next to me, "Cai Cai, you go home first. I'm going to go talk to Qiang Chu Ru Long."

"Row!"

Cai Cai left immediately.

"Alliance Leader Dragon."

I turned back into the hotel and said, "There are some things I'd like to talk to you about. Shall we take a walk together in the old town?"

"Row!"

Gun Chu Rulong smiled and nodded, indicating that Xu Tian, ​​Chaos Demon King, and the others should take a taxi and leave.

Not long after, Qiang Churulong and I walked along the moat of the ancient city, looking at the ancient city buildings and a group of pedestrians in the distance, but we had no interest in sightseeing.

"Do you smoke?"

"Gunshot Like a Dragon" pointed to the stone bench beside the moat and said, "Let's go over for a smoke and chat."

"Row."

The two sat down on the bench. I took out the pack of Jinliqun cigarettes from my interdimensional storage space, handed one to Gun Churulong, and then hesitated for a moment before taking one for myself.

Although I don't smoke, the atmosphere is just right, so I can only have one.

Gunshot Like a Dragon pulls out a lighter, lights mine first, then his own, takes a deep drag, and squints, saying, "It still has to be Liqun..."

I smiled faintly: "I'd like to talk to you about the Awakener."

"Ok, I know."

Gun Chu Rulong glanced around, and after confirming that no one was around, he lowered his voice and chuckled, "Just ask me whatever you want. I'll definitely tell you everything I know, since I've long considered you, Ding Han, one of my own."

"Alliance Leader Long, do you remember how long we've been in Xingyuan?"

"It's been almost three months, time really flies..." he exclaimed.

"so……"

I frowned: "Has no one thought about going back?"

"How could we not have thought about it? Everyone thinks about it, every single day..."

Gunshot, like a dragon, exhaled a smoke ring and said, "Thinking about it is one thing, but we have no clue whatsoever. Some people want to trace the clues, to find out why we were sucked into this world, and whether other players have also entered the game and are in our world, but there's absolutely no clue. Here, there are only the first batch of players sucked into the Star Abyss. As for players without CD keys, we've never seen them." He frowned and said, "Ding Han, I know you want to find clues through the administrators and figure everything out, but I can tell you bluntly, it's hopeless. The administrators are just like us; they know nothing about anything."

"what?"

I was surprised: "Tell me more?"

"Ah."

"I've talked quite a bit with the initiator. According to what he revealed, all of us players entering 'Star Abyss' are essentially serving in the military. To understand the ins and outs of everything, we must climb to the summit of 'Star Abyss.' As for whether that summit is level 100, full achievements, or full combat power, we have no idea."

"And what about the one who initiated it?"

I asked, "And what are his demands?"

"The initiator was rather vague when he said these things."

Gunshot Like a Dragon pondered for a moment: "But I've deduced some details. The initiator may also have a system, which is different from us players as NPCs. In addition, the initiator also has a strategic goal to complete, which is why they keep hiring players to complete tasks and achieve their own goals. At least that's how it seems to me."

He paused, then looked at me: "Ding Han, hasn't your GM contacted you at all?"

"No."

I shook my head: "I was born in the wilderness. After leaving the newbie village, I was captured by the Dark Tide organization for research. After that, I escaped to Xicheng. Until today, no GM has ever contacted me. All my daily quests were triggered by myself."

"That's it..."

Gunshot Like a Dragon fell into deep thought.

"Alliance Leader Dragon."

I frowned and said, "From what you're saying, there's more than one GM?"

"Correct!"

"The 'Dragon' said, 'Once, the 'Initiator' let slip that there were other managers besides him. Each of them was responsible for managing players in a certain area, and they all gave themselves titles. For example, my GM is called the 'Initiator,' and there are a few others called the 'Pioneer,' 'Shepherd,' 'Ferryman,' and so on. I can't remember them very well, but they all had similar titles.'"

I took a deep drag of my cigarette, coughing repeatedly from the smoke: "Perhaps, the one who unlocks the secret is the only shortcut for us to uncover it."

"Shh, you can't say that..."

"Don't try to anger or offend the GM. You might get a very heavy punishment. Once, one of our brothers from the Crimson Sky Alliance was a bit reckless. He actually ambushed the NPC during a mission to see if the NPC also had a health bar. As a result, he was punished by losing 10 levels and having 3 skills randomly erased. He almost regretted it to death!"

"I rely on..."

I frowned, secretly marveling.

"The Initiator has absolute authority over us players he summoned; I feel he even has the power to log us off!"

Gunshot Like a Dragon took a deep drag on his cigarette: "Damn, that's scary... If logging off meant returning directly to reality, that would be fine, but what if logging off meant dying and not being able to log back on in the real world? How terrifying would that be?"

"so……"

I pondered for a moment and asked, "What happened to our fallen comrades? Did they return to the real world, or did they log off in both worlds? Is there any news?"

"No, that's the crux of the problem."

"As I just said, the players in Star Abyss right now are all the first batch of players who got the CD key. There is no second batch of players online. If there were, we would know what the real world is like after we went online. We would know whether our real bodies have disappeared or whether our disappearance caused a huge uproar in the real world. We would know nothing about these things."

"What a mess..."

I sighed, "Could it be that our only chance is to reach level 100 and climb to the so-called summit?"

"That seems to be the case so far."

Gun Chu Rulong patted my shoulder and laughed, "To put it bluntly, we are all groping our way forward in the dark. Nobody knows what lies ahead. The only thing we need to do now is to survive and slowly become stronger. So, the group of people who are called 'One-Slash-to-Soul' are stupid and have extremely poor cognition. They actually treat this place like a game and are still thinking about those stupid things like PK."

I nodded in deep agreement.

However, how many players in "Star Abyss" are not lost, and how many can be as meticulous as him with his "Spear Like a Dragon"? I think most players nowadays are just getting by or taking things as they come.

"It's so cold..."

Gunshot Like a Dragon tucked in his clothes: "Is there anything else you want to know? If not, I'm going back."

"That's all, go ahead."

"Row!"

I hailed a taxi and left the old town, while Gunfire returned to the hotel. He was a successful man in "Star Abyss" and had already bought a car, which was parked at the hotel.

……

It was a little before nine o'clock in the evening, downstairs in the residential area.

"Beep beep~~~"

Suddenly, my phone rang. It was a call, and the IP address was from Tengshan City, Jiangning Province!
In "Star Abyss", my hometown is Tengshan City, but this number does not belong to Lao Ding. Could it be that someone else in the family called?
So, the call was connected.

"Hello, who are you looking for?"

"Ding Han, is that you?"

The voice on the other end of the phone was that of a middle-aged man, who chuckled, "You can't even recognize my voice anymore?"

How could I not tell? His accent and his voice were clearly those of my real-life second uncle.

"Second uncle?"

"Yeah……"

Uncle laughed heartily, and soon Aunt's voice came from the other end: "Ding Han, I heard from Yang Wei's mother that you have a very beautiful girlfriend in Huaining. Is it true? Your uncle and I are going to Huaining City tomorrow to attend my aunt's 80th birthday celebration. We'll stop by to see you. Why don't you bring your girlfriend out for dinner? Your uncle and I both want to meet this future niece-in-law and give your father a heads-up!"

"what?"

My face turned ashen instantly.

(End of this chapter)