Life Dungeon Game

What's amazing is that after this wisp of energy left the chest cavity, it slowed down its dissipation and gradually merged into He Ao's body.

As this faint power flowed through He Ao's body like a fish swimming, He Ao felt a little bit of power gradually surging out of his own body in response to this swimming power.

Yesterday, it seemed that the power of the Vermilion Fruit had not completely dissipated, but rather a portion of it had merged into his body and seeped into his muscles and bones.

However, this portion of the power should only be a small part; most of the power was used to clear the 'circuit' in his body.

Before using the Vermilion Fruit, these circuits were completely blocked, and energy could not flow. The Vermilion Fruit cleared these blocked circuits, allowing Ho to draw energy and make it flow along the paths drawn in the little book.

The path drawn on the first page of the book is very short. It starts from the chest cavity, passes through the atrium, then goes down the left shoulder, passes through the elbow all the way to the tip of the middle finger, then returns from the middle finger, passes through the arm, passes through the collarbone to the right shoulder, circles around the right hand, and then returns to the chest cavity.

That meager energy was completely exhausted after this round.

After running around like this once, He Ao felt that his physical fitness had improved a little bit, but the improvement was extremely slight.

The areas that need improvement are mainly the hands and the heart.

It appeared that the faint energy had merged into his body.

At this point, He Ao began to understand the meaning of the phrase "drawing qi into the body." It seemed to refer to absorbing external qi or energy into one's own body to strengthen one's physique.

However, it seems that he can only absorb this energy with the first breath at dawn. Now, no matter how hard he tries to breathe, there is no energy left in his chest.

As this run came to an end, He Ao fell into a brief moment of contemplation. He used to breathe as dawn broke, so why hadn't he felt it before?

He began to compare himself now with before. First, naturally, he had never been aware of the existence of 'energy' before. Second, compared to now, he felt that his body was more 'chaotic' before, and the 'circuit' in his body was more congested and complicated.

Compared to its current 'smooth and clean mirror surface', before He Ao ate the Vermilion Fruit, his body was like a chaotic beach full of gravel.

Those energies are like tiny grains of gold. Finding a grain of gold on a beach is difficult, but finding one on a smooth, clean mirror is much easier. Therefore, He Ao can now find those subtle energies more easily.

He Ao felt that most people in the world were probably like himself before he ate the Vermilion Fruit—their bodies were a mess, and they didn't actively sense anything unusual within them.

They lack awareness, so they cannot detect the energy they inhale into their chests at dawn.

Of course, there are also many people who don't even get up at dawn.

And that energy seems to only exist in the chest cavity for a very short time, maybe it's gone in the blink of an eye.

I wonder if the energy that dissipates in the chest cavity is naturally absorbed by the body.

If it were truly absorbed, wouldn't that mean that the physical fitness of humanity as a whole is gradually increasing?

Or, is it not just humans?

However, judging from the current situation, most of the energy in the chest cavity has dissipated, and even if it is absorbed, only a very small portion is absorbed.

But there's no point in thinking about these things now.

After trying for half an hour and confirming that he couldn't absorb any energy, He Ao chose to give up.

He still has things to do today.

Perhaps it was due to his improved physical condition, but after staying up all night, he not only didn't feel tired at all, but was also full of energy.

Today's tasks, besides preparing ingredients for tonight's stall, also include repairing the tiles that the young man damaged yesterday and the security door that he knocked down.

He Ao packed his things, boiled four eggs, took a carton of discounted milk, put it in his pocket, slung a large backpack over his shoulder, and went downstairs.

He needs to go to the building materials market first. The building materials market is quite far from his current residential area. There is an early morning bus that goes directly there. If he misses it, he will have to wait for more than an hour.

He was busy until noon before he finally got home.

Yesterday, a fight broke eight tiles. The floor tiles in He Ao's house are the small 400*400 tiles commonly used in old houses. He searched for a long time in the building materials market but could not find the exact same ones, so he could only find a few tiles that were similar in color to his own.

Eight yuan a piece, or sixty yuan for eight pieces.

Then he went to look at security doors. He originally wanted to take the opportunity to replace the security door in his house, but he found that the cheapest security door cost more than a thousand yuan.

So he spent 98 yuan to buy an octagonal hammer that was over 90 centimeters tall, intending to smash the deformed part of the security door back into place, just to make do with it.

Back home, He Ao had a simple lunch and then got busy. There was still some cement left over from the last time the wall was built. He cleaned up the broken tiles, replaced them with new ones, and then smashed the door flat. That should be about it.

Of course, this is easier said than done. By the time He Ao finished his work, it was already past six o'clock.

He packed everything up and had just sat down at the table to rest when he noticed the scenery in his field of vision begin to change.

[Next game starts in 00:00:01]

[Next game starts in 00:00:00]

[Start the game now?]

【whether】

He Ao got up, took the camera out of the study, placed it in the living room, plugged it in, checked that the memory card was inserted properly, then disconnected the network and turned the camera towards where he was sitting.

Then he selected "Yes".

[Loading the game.]

Welcome to the Life Dungeon Game!

[You are being randomly matched into a life role.]

[Matching successful]

Your role is: Trainee Investigator Ander

Enjoy the game!

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"Miss Selena?"

The nurse's soft call woke the blonde woman from her daze.

She turned around and gave the nurse a gentle smile. "Hello, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Miss Selena, your communication bracelet is lit up," the nurse carefully pointed to Selena's right hand, then looked out the window. "So you like sunflowers."

"Ah."

Selena nodded slightly. She pressed a button beside her, and the huge floor-to-ceiling window displaying the sunflower field flashed, changing the view to a balding, bespectacled middle-aged man sitting in an office. He was wearing a sharp suit and seemed to be reading a newspaper.

The nurse tactfully withdrew.

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"Selena, how does the new cybernetic body feel?"

The middle-aged man seemed to realize the call had been connected. He put down his newspaper, picked up his coffee, and looked at Selena.

"It's not bad, thank you."

Selena stretched her arms and responded with a smile.

This middle-aged man was Selena's superior, FBI Director Smith.

Her previous prosthetic body was destroyed because it was seen by the God of Knowledge and was at risk of contamination. Smith applied for a newer model prosthetic body for her and even used federal funds to reimburse her expenses.

“After all, you’re a hero in Dawn City now,” Smith said, taking a sip of his coffee. “Now you have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?”

"bad news."

Selena answered without hesitation.

"Okay, the good news is you've been promoted. Because you destroyed the evil god's lair, killed a wise evil god priest, and destroyed the evil god's offspring he summoned, you are now an Assistant Inspector at the FBI. Congratulations!"

Smith picked up a letter of appointment from the table beside him, showed it to the camera, and then continued with a smile, "However, your responsibilities have been adjusted. You will no longer need to perform field missions in the wilderness. You will only need to be in charge of federal criminal investigations within Dawn City."

The Investigation Bureau has established a special Criminal Investigation Team 2 specifically for you, with you as the team leader. Of course, you will still be under my jurisdiction.

Selena knew her boss's quirky sense of humor; if she said she wanted bad news, Smith would always tell her good news first.

This job adjustment was actually a transfer of her from the front line to a criminal investigation case that was unrelated to the conglomerate's affairs, in order to prevent her from getting involved with the conglomerate again.

This was to protect her, but she couldn't be happy. She sighed, "Well, that's certainly bad news. So what's the other bad news?"

Smith knew his capable subordinate's personality, so he smiled and didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he continued to explain, "The bad news is that you're the only one in your team right now, but in a couple of days, a newly graduated trainee investigator will be assigned to your team."

"A hot-blooded young man?" Selena leaned against the bed. "That's not so bad. Hopefully, he can behave himself."

"How can you behave?" Smith teased. "A law-abiding child?"

When she heard the words "obey the law," Selena was stunned. For some reason, she thought of that hideous and terrifying head, the tentacles flying everywhere, and the evil priest who bound the evil god's offspring and perished together with it.

She rushed back the moment she regained her senses, only to find wreckage everywhere and pollution distorted in the air.

“Smith,” she asked softly, almost as if possessed, “do you think that priests of evil gods might also retain some humanity?”

“Selena,” Smith’s smile faded, and his expression turned serious, “you should know that for the six months following your discharge from the hospital, you will be under the protection of the FBI and the Dawn Police Department.”

Protective surveillance to ensure you haven't been corrupted by evil spirits—I think they'd be happy to hear you ask that question?

"It just suddenly occurred to me."

Selena shook her head.

The corruption of evil gods is subtle and gradual; it distorts people's thinking and logic little by little. Any sympathy for evil gods and their priests will be suspected of being corrupted, because such perception may not come from people's own will, but rather from the result of distorted thinking.

“I’ve reviewed the video recordings of your prosthetic body,” Smith said, placing his coffee on the desk and calmly looking at Selena through the screen. “We still don’t know anything about that evil priest named Yezora, but if you insist on me giving you an answer to your question…”

His face was cold, his tone icy. "They don't, and can't, possess humanity. Selena, remember, you are human."

"I see."

Selena nodded silently.

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【Games start】

In this game, you will play a game character. Please read the following precautions carefully.

[1. Please note that when role-playing begins, the player is the character; if the role-playing is discovered, the game is lost.]

[2. Please note that all items acquired during the role-playing process cannot be taken away after the game ends.]

3. Please note that you only have one life in the game. Please cherish your life. Improper gameplay will lead to tears from your loved ones.

Your identity is: Trainee Investigator Ander