At four o’clock in the morning, the horizon already began to glow with the first light of dawn. The sporadic bird calls in the forest rose and fell, adding a touch of natural vitality to the castle amidst the swamp.
Li Aozi sat on the bed, struggling out of the nightmare of mories. His entire body trembled uncontrollably, the sweat-soaked sheets beneath him. The scenes before his eyes constantly shifted, the dream and reality overlapping, making it hard to distinguish between the two.
Was that dream... real?
No, to be precise, was that really his own mory?
["Am I... Morphederia’s cannon fodder? Was I a god in my previous life?"]
["You must be joking!"]
After a brief mont, Li Aozi cald down and raised his hand.
Splaying his five fingers.
Grasping.
Clenching his fist.
Releasing.
Turning it over.
"...Gone."
Li Aozi lowered his head, his gaze sweeping repeatedly over the fair, delicate skin.
Not porcelain skin but sothing that could barely be called human skin.
"What did I just see, after all?"
Chaos breeding ground, the red-black sun, Radiant Dragon Emperor, Morphederia’s cosmos, Haines...
[And—10752!]
What did that number an? Why did it happen to be the sa as his Qiqiao serial number?
Why did he see Morphederia, see fragnts of the mory of the Deity Warrior #10752?
Could it be that, in his previous life, he really had so connection with the cosmos of Starry Abyss?
[I can’t take it anymore, I don’t want to think about it, it’s too chaotic.]
Li Aozi opened the system panel, and the records of the past seven hours had all turned into gibberish. It wasn’t until he woke from his mories that they ca back online.
"Welco back to Starry Abyss... Truly."
Li Aozi muttered the last ssage prompt. Though surrounded by comfort indoors, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
Truly.
This was his, the na of his ga account in his previous life.
"Ever since I transmigrated, my system has turned into an NPC template. It wasn’t bound by version restrictions and lost so player conveniences, but now, I’ve reclaid player information authentication..."
The more Li Aozi murmured, the stranger it seed.
What was this?
Had the Qiqiao Network reconnected his account? Was it all just a dream, he hadn’t actually transmigrated, only experienced a network fluctuation, a montary lapse before the descent succeeded?
Or had he returned to the 14.0 version of the ga world? Naturally, that couldn’t be the case. He was still in the single dorm room of the Magic Application Academy of Baizhu Interstellar University, with unfinished coursework on the tablet beside him.
This wasn’t a dream; this was reality.
Li Aozi imdiately began inspecting his system interface, but unfortunately, he found no changes. It was still the 14.0 version of the system, still the Level 80 Delta Rank [Star Realm Echoer], with the sa system functions.
Seemingly, nothing had changed?
"No, that’s not right!"
Li Aozi’s gaze sharpened. He opened his personal attributes and his eyes moved to the top row.
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[Na]: Li Aozi (Switch to ’Truly’)
[Title]: Descender, Catastrophe, Pioneering the Future
[Species]: Elyei Spirit Clan, Stage I
[Gender]: Biological Male
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"It changed." Li Aozi held his breath, suddenly realizing sothing: "Switch to ’Truly’, what does that an?"
Could it be...
[Wait, at this mont in ti, could it be because—]
To verify his hypothesis, Li Aozi did not imdiately switch but instead turned to open the ga forum, heading straight for the current date and ti.
"2142/11/19, 8:26 AM."
Sure enough.
Li Aozi squinted his eyes.
He rembered this ti very clearly as when he, in his past life as ’Li Zi’, registered and entered the ga.
In his previous life, Li Zi hadn’t participated in the beta test, nor had he acquired the ga imdiately upon release. At that ti, he was contemplating whether to go to university or make money by taking on an assigned job. Indecisive, he was recomnded to play [Starry Abyss] by his friends Wen Long and Xia Yubing.
Until Li Zi coincidentally, and unknowingly, beca a [Mutant], he was just an obscure figure. He truly rose to fa due to the viral flow from the 2.5 version’s planetary explosions and subsequent steady improvents across versions, eventually becoming a well-known strear.
"If I’m not mistaken, the switch to ’Truly’ ans..."
Li Aozi opened his personal center. By default, he logged in as ’Li Aozi’, showing a banned account. However, there was a switch account option in the top right corner, just like any regular player.
Li Aozi took a deep breath to calm his increasingly excited heartbeat and clicked on the switch account.
[You’ve switched to ’Truly’ #10752.]
[Welco to the Starry Abyss official site, esteed Descender #10752. As a first-ti login, you can claim 500 point tickets as a starter benefit.]
Li Aozi’s heart skipped a beat and his mind went blank almost instantly.
He quickly reviewed his account information. There were no badges, no forum level, no post history—just a newly created Qiqiao player account.
"No guides I posted, no short video account, no live-streaming plug-in information, absolutely the original account I first created when entering Starry Abyss!"
Li Aozi specifically tested it, finding his account perfectly functional, able to post, repost, comnt, live stream, record, and download videos. He even wrote a joke and received seven likes and two follower subscriptions.
"This is truly my account, established anew today."
And this was only the forum account.
[The forum account is completely tied to the ga account...]
At this realization, Li Aozi looked at his personal attributes column.
(Switch to ’Truly’)
[...It can’t be.]
Due to the unique authentication chanism of the Qiqiao Network, players needed to first register on the official forum, undergo real-na authentication and genetic binding, and then register a ga account.
The purpose of this was to prevent ’keyboard warriors’ in the comnt sections. Every player’s ga level, title, and recent achievents were directly displayed in the forum, fostering a more harmonious environnt.
The capability to be a keyboard warrior was actually protected by virtual networks, but when your information was semi-public, every comnt had to be more considerate.
But Li Aozi was not concerned with that; he realized a more serious issue.
[I rember it all very clearly. Li Zi entered Starry Abyss and created the ’Truly’ character account at 8:20 in the morning.]
However, to this point, Li Aozi found he had not yet created a ga character.
So what does that imply?
[...Does it an the ’’ in reality no longer exists?]
So here cos the question.
If the ’Li Zi’ in reality died, why was Li Zi’s official account newly created at this mont?
Qiqiao Network’s ga balance and raffle events might be abysmal, but its personal data security was highly reliable, a necessity for sothing targeting electronic immigrants and highly regarded by various countries.
Moreover, Starry Abyss appeared to be a real-world setting with its science and magic theories perfectly applicable to reality.
Qiqiao Network had neither the authority nor permission to alter user data, at most only able to ban a player’s forum account.
The only one who could create the account would be a person.
[Only I could create this account.]
Li Aozi took out a Truth Drug, already guessing who was responsible.
[That entity constantly suggesting in my mind.]
He typically took his dication at seven in the morning, but today it was delayed by over an hour due to reminiscing.
If that other consciousness within his mind had created ’Truly’, then this more than an hour was absolutely enough ti.
[Hmm... this entity doesn’t seem to have malice, always wanting to help ?]
Li Aozi took the Truth Drug to ensure his main self remained normal.
He had pretty much figured out the situation. No matter what, reclaiming his account was a positive turn.
[Due to gravity and magic, Baizhu Star’s ti flowed differently than Azure Star’s. He could leverage this ti difference to create a dummy account on Azure Star.]
In this way, including [Star Realm Echoer], [White Obelisk], and the influence of Mingji Heavy Industries, Li Aozi would achieve peak control over Azure Star.
"Moreover, I have a good idea."
Initially, Li Aozi aid to find [Star Realm Echoer] to breakthrough occupational bottlenecks, learning extraordinary knowledge to avoid failing his course.
It should be said he indeed achieved that goal.
Through Total Recall, Li Aozi clearly recovered that guide’s information:
[In Baizhu Interstellar University, Magical Industrial University, and Trevela University, each hosted a piece of forbidden knowledge. Combining these three would yield fragnts of the Eye of Discernnt.]
If he obtained that item, studying would beco unnecessary. About three-fourths of Baizhu Star’s knowledge could co from that source.
If indeed Li Aozi obtained that item—Li Aozi expected he wouldn’t have to attend school.
Directly be endorsed to Interstellar Prison under the na of ’Dood Fallers’, essentially becoming a state-sponsored model citizen.
"Although I had no choice before... this appearance of ’Truly’ changes things sowhat."
Li Aozi stroked his non-existent chin.
"Li Aozi couldn’t learn extraordinary knowledge—’Truly’ could."
Using ’Truly’ to learn, then switching back to the main body.
Li Aozi’s [Intelligence] attribute wasn’t low, it quickly dawned on him.
Players had cognition filters, but Li Aozi appeared as an NPC.
NPCs had no cognition filters.
With knowledge ingrained in his mind, switching back would an mastering it directly.
"Ha, looks like I found a system bug."
But, he still ought to test it first.
Li Aozi claid he was sick to take a half-month leave. Solving his learning problem before returning to class was far better than continuing to lose points.
It was better to take sick leave to study independently at the very least, it wouldn’t deduct points.
"Alright, now begins the true ’Rebirth: I’m a Master of the Abyss!’"
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