A bizarre and terrifying experience; I messed up the dungeon world.

"According to the latest news, a global era of terror has been underway for over a month and is currently spreading to Kyungyang Province. Experts estimate that it will arrive soon. Meanwhile, after negotiations with the government, the mandatory date has been changed to the 15th..."

Inside Aoyama University, a group of students sat in a classroom, intently watching a multimedia screen. However, instead of textbooks, the screen was displaying news articles.

Zhou Lang, who was lying on the table, looked up when he heard the sound, his expression slightly strange. A murmur of discussion arose in the classroom.

"Is it already spreading to Qingyang Province? I wonder if our Qingyang City will be the first to be affected..."

"Stop thinking about it. Didn't you hear what they said? It's a global event! It just won't happen all at once. You should be grateful we have a month to prepare!"

"What's the use? This terrifying era instance is a mandatory entry every seven days. The country has bought us fifteen days, which gives everyone a better chance to survive..."

"Don't be too disappointed. I heard someone in the neighboring province killed the boss in the dungeon and has now taken its place as a member! At that point, they can do whatever they want, right?"

"You're overthinking it. It's my first time in a dungeon; I'll be lucky to come out alive..."

Everyone was talking about the news.

The news report is referring to a game called Age of Horror that suddenly appeared a month ago!

Everyone over the age of 17 is forcibly sent into the game, and will be re-entered every 7 days thereafter. No one knows the purpose of the game, but if you die in the game, you will also die in real life. After realizing that it cannot be stopped, the whole world began to make preparations in advance.

The homeroom teacher, suppressing the noise in the classroom, began, "Actually, everyone doesn't need to worry. According to the information we have, the survival rate for the first time entering a dungeon is very high..."

The group of students looked at each other, and no one spoke up.

Zhao Qiang nudged Zhou Lang's arm and whispered with a worried look, "We're almost in Qingyang Province. What if we're the first to be hit again... I'm not prepared at all!"

"What's there to be afraid of?"

Zhou Lang yawned and looked at his only deskmate and best friend in the class: "I'll protect you in the game if necessary!"

"Come on, you're protecting me? Even your sister..."

Halfway through his sentence, Zhao Qiang suddenly covered his mouth and looked at Zhou Lang apologetically.

"It's okay, I'm used to it."

Zhou Lang waved his hand, but his expression became somewhat dazed.

When the era of terror descended, his sister happened to be in the neighboring central province, which was at the forefront of the outbreak!

When Zhou Lang first heard the news, he was almost driven crazy. At that time, all transportation to the neighboring province was suspended. During that period, Zhou Lang had no interest in his studies and thought about how to go and find his sister almost every day.

However, the terrifying era was a matter of great importance, and as a student, he was completely helpless. It wasn't until the school also began teaching about the terrifying era that he was able to return to school.

Therefore, Zhou Lang was quite excited to hear this news.

Seemingly because it was about to happen to them, the homeroom teacher once again emphasized the key points for entering the instance, and the get out of class ended a full half hour later than usual.

After finally enduring until the bell rang, Zhou Lang left the classroom and rushed to the toilet to relieve himself.

After the three shudders were finished, just as Zhou Lang was savoring the lingering sensation of that shudder, a mechanical voice suddenly rang in his ears.

"A terrifying era is about to begin. Players, please prepare!"

"What's going on?!"

Zhou Lang was stunned. Before he could react, everything suddenly went black, and a feeling of weightlessness enveloped him. But Zhou Lang didn't have time to experience it; only one thought remained in his mind.

"I haven't even pulled up my pants yet!"

As his vision cleared, Zhou Lang disregarded his surroundings and immediately looked down. He breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that he was properly dressed before turning to look around.

"Is this what the 'era of terror' is like?"

The place Zhou Lang arrived at seemed to be a mountain villa, with a European style interior. There were also bewildered classmates standing beside him, making a total of six people including him.

A blank panel suddenly appeared in front of him, attracting Zhou Lang's attention.

"Please confirm your nickname!"

Looking at the options below, Zhou Lang pondered for a moment, then typed in the word "Dad"...

"Nickname unavailable!"

Zhou Lang pursed his lips, inwardly complaining about the game's inhumanity, but ultimately filled in the four characters "浪里个浪" (a vulgar expression meaning "a wild and unruly person").

Zhou Lang, who has been a carefree and reckless child since childhood, is always described by his older sister as "a carefree and reckless person." If his sister were still alive, seeing his name would be a way of letting her know that he is safe and sound.

"Nickname has been changed!"

Player: Zhou Lang (浪里个浪)

Age: 20

Strength: 13

Speed: 11

"Spirit: 21"

"Stamina: 15"

Skills: Dark Eye (can analyze ghosts and items), Death Intimidation (can frighten ghosts, and grant rewards based on the fright level)

Level: 1 (1/10)

Zhou Lang was stunned for a moment when he looked at his personal information.

"Skills? There are skills in the game? I've never heard of that before..."

Upon seeing the skill description, Zhou Lang's face darkened: "What's going on? Is this backwards? Are you trying to scare me with ghosts?"

After closing his personal information, Zhou Lang looked at the classmates who had also descended into the instance. One of them was his deskmate Zhao Qiang, and the other was someone he was also familiar with; she was the class beauty, and Zhou Lang remembered that her name was Han Yingying.

As for the other three, I didn't recognize them, but judging from their school uniforms, they were from the same school as them.

Zhao Qiang also saw Zhou Lang and immediately ran towards him nervously. Han Yingying hesitated for a moment, then followed behind Zhao Qiang.

"Zhou Lang! How did this game suddenly appear like this?!"

Upon arriving at Zhou Lang's side, Zhao Qiang wore a pained expression and kept complaining.

"Did I expect you to give me advance notice?"

Zhou Lang rolled his eyes and glanced at Han Yingying, who had followed him. Han Yingying greeted him and then stood awkwardly to the side. She and Zhou Lang were just classmates and not very close.

Zhou Lang nodded in response, glanced at their nicknames, and was about to speak when a voice suddenly came from beside him.

"Welcome to the Age of Horror!"

Everyone turned to look, and their faces all turned pale!

A person dressed in a tuxedo was slowly walking towards them. A skeletal hand was leaning on a cane. His broken face was stitched up with lines. As he smiled at the crowd, blood kept seeping out!

"I am the steward of this manor. You can call me 'kill the steward,' or 'kill the murderer.'"

Despite the butler's impeccable gentlemanly manners, no one felt any goodwill towards him.

"Your tasks should have already been issued, so I won't go into details..."

As soon as the butler finished speaking, the panel reappeared in front of everyone.

"Instance: Blizzard Manor"

Mission: Survive within the mountain villa for 10 days!