Qianyuan: My crew comes from the world of anime.

Qianyuan: My crew comes from the world of anime.

Author: Floating Life Like a Dream

Summary:

A game that Luo Tianming hadn't finished playing on his computer led him into the game world of Abyss Syndrome.

The bizarre and treacherous Europa is filled with terrifying monsters and the despair of impending doom... In addition to the dangers from the sea, the infighting among humans adds even more variables to this alien adventure.

The Europa alliance, ruled by authoritarianism...

Jupiter separatists engaging in violent resistance...

The Painted Skin Cult, attempting to coexist with extraterrestrial beings...

And then there's the Clown Mother's son, whom we can never understand yet who always appears at the center of the chaos...

Even more terrifying is that when Leviathan from the deep sea also emerges, the game content that Luo Tianming was familiar with has been completely changed.

Now all he can rely on is a rather unreliable 'crew recruitment system'.

"What... a guaranteed 10-pull pull! A miracle from a single pull?!"

"...Explain yourself! What kind of crew did you put together? A crazy woman with dual pistols, a doctor using others as guinea pigs, a cyber hacker, an active-duty high school girl, an arms dealer..."

Chapter 1 Site Crash

After a sudden bout of intense dizziness, Luo Tianming slowly got up from the ground.

His last memory was that he flew out at a speed of 5 meters per second, then the back of his head hit something, and then he lost consciousness.

"..."

"The outpost is collapsing!"

"Oh my god! That damned 'Painted Skin Chimera'?! It's slaughtering Alliance soldiers within the station!"

The incessant shouting gave Luo Tianming a headache. He was about to order the people around him to be quiet when he heard someone run up to him and shout:

"Captain, what should we do? Should we take advantage of the chaos and steal some fuel?! They won't need it anyway..."

Look, look... Is this something a human being could say?

Taking advantage of someone's misfortune, how could you even think of such a thing?

"Never mind him for now... let's run away!" another person said.

"He's already taken a hit to the head, and it's uncertain whether he'll survive. Do you really want him to sink to the bottom of the sea with his dilapidated submarine that hasn't passed inspection in three years?"

"..."

Submarine? Chimera?

What is all this...?

Luo Tianming rubbed the back of his head, which had been bumped, and pondered for a moment, still somewhat confused:

He remembered that he was playing "The Abyss" in his rented room... He had installed the new mod but hadn't started playing it yet. When it was loading, he felt a tightness in his chest and woke up to find himself lying here.

He touched the back of his head, his fingers touching a large, wet patch.

Just as he was wondering if it was his own blood, a scream as agonizing as a burst hemorrhoid rang out!

"Aaaaaah—!"

A person wearing a diving suit had his chest pierced by a chitinous claw, and blood gushed from the wound like a fountain.

This spectacular performance lasted less than five seconds before the guy's blood drained out rapidly, leaving him like a deflated balloon.

At this moment, the two people who hadn't run far suddenly screamed:

"Oh crap! The security officer is dead... Go that way! Don't follow me!!"

The ship of friendship broke apart so easily. Another person tripped the person next to him and then ran away to the other side of the passage without looking back.

Then, the owner of the chitinous carapace appeared: a multi-legged creature nearly two meters tall, which spread out all its chitinous limbs toward him, each covered with barbs and claws, looking like a mantis made of flesh and blood.

"Holy shit!" Luo Tianming cursed out loud, "Painted Skin Chimera!!"

He was so frightened by this thing that he broke out in a cold sweat. It's no wonder he was so surprised, since he did recognize it.

This is a rather dangerous monster in the game "Divest". It is a monster whose body has been taken over and modified and controlled by a parasitic creature called "Painted Skin".

Chimeras are among the best, combining features of multiple organisms and possessing an enormous size.

Luo Tianming suddenly looked down and realized that he was wearing a dark gray military uniform made of a fine material, with a waterproof leather lining.

"No way?! Did I 'travel' into the game?!"

Looking at the strangely familiar clothes he was wearing, he realized that he had actually transmigrated into the world of the game "Abyss Syndrome," and was even a 'captain'.

"..."

The so-called "Diving Abyss Syndrome" is a game that focuses on deep-sea exploration and submarine control. Although the game is criticized for its difficult and tedious controls, Luo Tianming is a loyal fan of it.

The game is set in the distant future, where humanity has embarked on a journey to explore interstellar space. Europa, a moon of Jupiter almost entirely composed of oceans, has become a key target for this exploration.

However, once people arrived, they discovered that the surface of Io was highly radioactive, and that humans could only survive by establishing numerous stations beneath the ice and continuously transporting supplies using submarines.

Suddenly one day, the connection between the humans on Europa and Earth is severed. With no certainty as to whether Earth still exists, the humans here must preserve the flame of civilization.

In short, it's a world where humanity is on the verge of collapse and is maintained by submarines stationed at countless sites.

However—Luo Tianming, by sheer bad luck, transmigrated to this world and is about to face the pursuit of the Painted Skin mutant.

"..."

Realizing just how unlucky he was, Luo Tianming hurriedly began rummaging through his belongings: a pistol was tucked into his side waist, and when he opened it, he saw that the magazine inside contained a single, despairing bullet.

It was probably used to hold the trigger against the roof of one's mouth.

Besides that, all he had was a multi-functional Swiss Army knife, a pen, and a few crumpled banknotes called 'Marks' in his wallet.

It feels like something is choking me.

He loosened his collar and saw a silver chain.

He pulled out the chain, which was connected to a metal plaque engraved with the following:

Europa Alliance Class III Captain Luo Tianming, ship: Nautilus.

He pinched his thigh hard... the pain made him gasp for breath; this was no dream.

Only now did Luo Tianming realize that he had transmigrated.

He ended up transmigrating into the body of an unlucky guy with the same name as him.

This person has the exact same name as him, but what does he look like?

Luo Tianming touched his face...it seemed like nothing had changed.

However, now is not the time to do these things... that painted-skin chimera!!

He looked at the 'flesh-and-blood mantis,' which was tearing a person apart alive, its dozens of tentacles protruding from its completely dislocated jaws, feasting on the flesh and blood inside.

The only weapon I have at the moment is a pistol.

shot?

Are you kidding me... One shot wouldn't take down that monster at all. Maybe giving him a shotgun with a hundred or so bullets would be a better idea.

With that in mind, he looked at the two unfortunate guys who had abandoned him and then realized that this was a golden opportunity!

"..."

Seeing Luo Tianming's 'malicious' smile, the two of them clearly panicked.

Then, to their astonishment, Luo Tianming collapsed to the ground and fell silent.

"..."

"..."

After finishing with the corpse of the 'Security Officer', the Painted Skin Chimera immediately turned its multi-legged lower body towards the two fleeing individuals.

The guy who ran away first yelled, "Why don't you eat the one that can't escape first! Why are you chasing us?!"

"..."

The Painted Skin Chimera doesn't have that kind of intelligence.

The painted-skin chimera completely ignored Luo Tianming, who was lying dead to the side, and instead chased after the two living creatures at high speed. It easily caught up with them using its many legs.

Those who were lagging behind wanted to imitate Luo Tianming, so they turned around and lay down on the ground pretending to be dead.

But it didn't care at all. Its two pairs of long forelimbs easily pierced the person's body, and with the barbed claws at the ends of its forelimbs, it tore open the belly and carried the person to the next person.

"..."

A second scream echoed through the long tunnel, and Luo Tianming, his face flushed red, finally stood up and let out a long sigh of relief.

Ignoring the wails in the corridor for now, those two should be enough to keep the monster occupied for a while. Luo Tianming struggled to his feet and ran in the opposite direction.

He surveyed his surroundings again; all around were metal ballast chambers encased in steel decks. This meant they were currently at an outpost beneath the icy ocean of Europa, an uninhabited island 1000 meters underwater, and leaving was a pipe dream.

The only way out... is that submarine that he himself owns!

"..."

With that in mind, Luo Tianming ran towards the bottom of the outpost, relying on his memories of the game.

That's where the airlock connects the submarine and the outpost.

-

The airlock connection point is actually easy to find at the outpost. Just make sure you are on the lowest level and you see a tungsten alloy-made, high-strength steel sealed hatch; that is the airlock door.

There is a red, round valve handle on the door.

Luo Tianming went to the handle and tried to twist it—this thing was not something that could be turned by human power.

It seems the only way to open this hatch is through the electronic panel next to it.

He tried his fingerprint... and only a nine-square grid of numbers appeared on the green screen.

"Damn it..." Luo Tianming complained, "This thing actually requires a password. It can't possibly have the same password as my bank card, can it?"

He tried it on the panel: [114514]

[Beep~]

The green light in the corridor turned on, and the red valve on the airlock whirred and turned.

"..."

He was surprised to find that he got it right on his first try! It really was the same password he was using.

However, before the joy could take hold, it was instantly shattered by the urging voice behind him.

The rapid and dense stomping of feet echoed on the metal floor, turning into a deathly clattering sound.

Luo Tianming was on the verge of tears. At this moment, he uttered the sentiments of countless horror movie protagonists: "Damn it, couldn't they have just put some oil on this lousy door? Why did they have to make such a loud noise?!"

This door is going to be the death of us.

"...!"

As the Grim Reaper's scythe tightened, Luo Tianming couldn't care less about anything else at this moment. No matter how bad things got, he had to survive first!

Hurry up...! Open this damn door!

Luo Tianming himself went up and helped spin it around a couple of times.

finally--

呲!

The airlock began to release air, and the one-ton tungsten carbide door slowly opened.

At the critical moment, Luo Tianming crawled into the airlock and pressed the button to close the door without thinking.

Fortunately, he pressed the button in time, and the claws of the Painted Skin mutant were inserted into the crack in the door.

This broken door opens very slowly, but closes as fast as a guillotine.

With a snap, the monster's outstretched claw was instantly severed, and sterilizing gas began to be released from inside.

"Huff...huff~"