Chapter 33

Chapter 33 National Main Team.

[2222.06.03

I have already been in the game for two days. I suddenly discovered that compared to losing memories, something even more terrifying is that some strange mutterings have appeared in my mind.

I cannot hear these mutterings clearly, but they ring in my mind from time to time. At first, the voices of these mutterings were very, very soft, as if coming from a place far away from me, carrying a somewhat ethereal feeling. But slowly, these muttering voices became louder and louder.

I think my mind is starting to become dazed.

I must remember, I am Shen Songxiao, an old player with half a year of game experience. My initial skill is Explosion. I am clearing a game.]

[2222.06.04, 00:22

Who am I? Why am I here? I want to leave! Leave!]

After that came a large blank space.

The first player's record, Shen Songxiao's, ended here.

After that final passage, he never recorded anything again.

Clearly, by the end Shen Songxiao had already gone insane and forgotten who he was.

Soon after came the things recorded by the second player.

[2222.06.04

By chance, I picked up the notebook left behind by the senior.

I share the same surname as the senior, and I am also a player. This should count as a kind of fate as well. (Bitter smile)

I finished reading what the senior recorded and care very much about those so-called mutterings. Where did these mutterings come from? Was the senior's mental collapse caused by these mutterings?

At present, none of this can be known.]

[2222.06.05

The safe period has passed. Like the senior, I also lost a segment of memory. My skill is [Past Replay].

Through this skill, I can see certain fragments of what happened during a past period of time in this game.

There are not many fragments. Only a few scattered scenes flash by.

Regrettably, the senior did not appear in these scenes.

Among the things I saw, one scene greatly concerned me. An NPC appeared behind a player, but that player was completely unaware of it. And this NPC had its back to me, so I could not clearly see the NPC's face. I searched the entire villa, every place that could be searched, but unfortunately I still did not find that NPC.

Or perhaps I should say, I did not find a single NPC.]

[2222.06.06, 00:12

I did not hear mutterings, but my memories were tampered with.

I can no longer clearly remember which parts are truly my own memories.]

Further on, there was likewise a large blank space.

The second player's record also ended here.

Ning Rong did not continue reading further. Instead, she asked Zhou Yujing beside her, "How much do you know about A-rank instances?"

Zhou Yujing thought for a moment and said, "The national team gives corresponding training to its members, but the training newcomers receive is mostly related to C-rank and B-rank instances. At present, I have not yet received training related to A-rank instances."

After saying that, he continued, "But I once saw some information related to A-rank instances on the forum. There are many kinds of A-rank instances, including instances with intersecting timelines and multi-directional spacetime."

"There should be quite a lot of players in this game, but the number of players we've encountered is very small, so I think this game instance should be one of those two situations."

Because they were not in the same spacetime, or were not on the same timeline, that was why they had not encountered the other players.

Ning Rong continued reading downward.

Soon, it was the information recorded by the third player.

[2222.06.05

After reading the seniors' records, to be honest, I'm quite panicked.]

[I should be the third player to obtain this notebook. But I think I should more or less record something in it as well. If I can contribute some useful information for future players, that would also be my honor.

If not, then at least I can leave behind proof that I once existed.

I am Jiang Jiang, a player who just left the three-month beginner protection period. I never expected that the very first instance after leaving beginner protection would match me into an A-rank instance.

My skill cannot compare with the previous two seniors. My skill is similar to a kind of telepathy. From the moment I entered this game, my heart has felt uneasy. But I do not know where this unease comes from. I can only vaguely sense some dangerous information.

But what exactly these dangers are, I am completely confused and have no clue...]

While Ning Rong was still reading the notebook, human voices suddenly came from the stairs.

"Captain, there's a basement here."

"Huh, there are people below?"

"We finally ran into two players. Hello there, how long have you two been in the game?"

Ning Rong looked up and saw three players appear at the basement entrance.

The three players were of different ages. Some looked in their twenties, one looked in his thirties, and the youngest one had probably just become an adult.

The group of three was clearly led by the young man in the middle.

Seeing Ning Rong and Zhou Yujing, the young man spoke in surprise.

"Newcomers?"

Ning Rong saw the number on his chest—

This was an old player who had cleared ninety-seven games.

[Holy crap, isn't this the one from the National Main Team known as the person most likely to reach first place on the overall rankings and replace Endless Domain—01?]

[It's actually 01? It really is him!]

[Didn't expect he also matched into this instance. Exciting, exciting. The little newcomer I support and 01—which one of them will clear first? Or will the two of them join forces?]

[01 husband is so handsome!]

[01's face truly has nothing to criticize, but the little newcomer's boyfriend also looks very good.]

This player whom the others called Captain had neat black short hair, and there was a somewhat long scar at his right eyebrow. That scar made him look several parts more wild and dangerous.

As he adjusted the black half-finger glove on his right hand, he slowly walked down.

"How did a newcomer who has only cleared two games appear here?"

Ning Rong did not answer. If she did not speak, Zhou Yujing naturally would not pay attention to him either. Before Ning Rong appeared, Zhou Yujing looked to others like a stone-faced man whose emotions were always faint.

01 had only asked casually and did not insist on knowing the answer. Seeing that they had no interest in replying, he did not speak again.

The middle-aged man beside 01 sharply noticed the notebook in Ning Rong's hand and politely asked,

"Did you find this here?"

Ning Rong gave a sound of agreement.

"Could you let us take a look?"

Ning Rong had already read almost enough. She casually tossed the notebook to the middle-aged man, who caught it in surprise.

[Wait, didn't the little newcomer finish reading it yet?]

[There's still a little content left at the back. She's not reading it?]

The just-adult girl eagerly leaned her head over and spoke in a lively tone.

"Uncle Zhong, hurry and see what it says."

The middle-aged man whom she called Uncle Zhong rapidly scanned the contents of the notebook. After finishing, he handed it to 01.

The girl chirped noisily at the side.

"Captain, Uncle Zhong, tell me, should we also write something in it?"

Uncle Zhong said, "What do you want to write?"

The girl happily replied, "Record the information we search out. Maybe it can help later players too?"

After reading the notebook's contents, 01 closed the book in his hands. His black eyes looked toward Ning Rong as he asked,

"What do you think?"

The girl let out a somewhat surprised "Eh?" She curiously sized up Ning Rong. Her large eyes were full of pure curiosity, but she did not say anything more.

[01 noticed the little newcomer this quickly?]

[The little newcomer really is quite special. First she decisively threw out the clue she had picked up, then she didn't even finish reading the contents of the notebook. If it were other players, they might treat that notebook like treasure.]

[It's obvious the little newcomer doesn't care much about this clue.]

Ning Rong spoke concisely.

"I won't write."

01 casually tossed the notebook, whose cover was coated in a thick layer of dust.

"We won't write either."

The notebook hit the ground and stirred up a cloud of dust. The dust scattered through the air, giving the basement a more blurred feeling.

Ning Rong and Zhou Yujing walked upward, while 01 and his teammates walked downward.

The staircase was wide enough. The two groups turned sideways as they passed each other. After that brief crossing, both sides headed toward the directions they intended to go, without any pause.

[The first meeting between the little newcomer and 01!]

[I feel like this scene is really meaningful, brothers—I took a screenshot and saved it!]

[Honestly, Endless Domain has sat in first place long enough already, so I'm not too surprised something happened to him now. The game is always updating and replacing itself. No one can stay strong forever. Someone will always replace him.]

[The version updated. If skills can't update too, then there's only one ending.]

[What's the point of always seeing familiar faces? Let's see who gets to sit in first place on the overall rankings next.]

After Ning Rong and Zhou Yujing walked out of the basement and both their figures disappeared, the girl finally asked,

"Captain, why not write?"

She could very much understand Jiang Jiang's actions.

The two seniors had both written information, Jiang Jiang followed and wrote too, and she also wanted to write. If later players saw it, perhaps it could help them. After all, the higher the players' survival rate, the better. If she could do something for later players, she would be very happy.

01 sneered, his tone somewhat careless.

"The players who wrote things down all failed to clear the game. What's there to write? Aren't you bothered by bad luck?"

The girl puffed out her cheeks.

"But we're different. Just because the seniors didn't clear it doesn't mean we can't clear it too."

She looked somewhat regretfully at the notebook lying carelessly on the ground. But since the captain had said not to write, then she definitely would not write either. If the captain did not want to do something, there had to be his reason.

She just had not expected their captain to care about things like that.

The middle-aged man did not care much about the notebook. Instead, he was overly concerned with the two newcomer players from just now.

"Those two just now were both newcomers who haven't left beginner protection yet, right? No idea how they ended up in an A-rank instance."

"The mental quality of both of them was very good, though."

Calm and composed. Most importantly, they seemed very relaxed.

Some players, even veteran players, became extremely tense the moment they entered a game. The pressure on them was visible to the naked eye.

Those two just now did not give him that feeling at all.

01 tilted his head and smiled.

"That newcomer is a little interesting."

[01 means the little newcomer, right? As expected, if you're the sun, it's impossible not to shine.]

[What do you mean? You're calling the little newcomer the sun?]

[Isn't she? Before, even her little sister said she sparkled. I think so too.]

[Keep licking her boots then. Before this it was all B-rank instances, nothing worth mentioning. To test her real strength, it has to be an A-rank instance.]

[Test my ass. She hasn't even been in the game for half a month, okay? How strong do you expect her to be?]

[So what if she's only been in the game half a month? Since you think she's a future powerhouse, then don't compare her to ordinary players. A strong person's life is destined to be different from others, and the road a strong person walks is not one others can walk. Even if she hasn't been in the game long, if she can't clear an A-rank game, then she doesn't count as strong, understand? You're the one who praised her that high!]

[But I do think the little newcomer's growth path is incredible. She entered the game and immediately got a B-rank instance, and now because someone targeted her, she directly entered an A-rank instance. This magnificent game life is truly extraordinary.]

The audience in the livestream room argued fiercely because of Ning Rong. The viewers split into two camps. One believed she should grow gradually, while the other believed she should never walk the road of ordinary players.

The popularity of her livestream room grew higher and higher.

Of course, Ning Rong naturally knew nothing of this at the moment.

After she and Zhou Yujing walked together to the first floor, she looked through the wide floor-to-ceiling windows at the world outside the villa.

Zhou Yujing asked, "Rongrong, the clues in the notebook..."

Ning Rong's gaze rested on a tree outside the villa. She turned her head and said with unclear meaning,

"Who can guarantee that everything written in the notebook is true?"

Audience: !!!