Chapter 3: Nexus World and Darkness
— Nexus World Online.
A well-known Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Ga, or VRMMORPG, that could accommodate tens of thousands of players simultaneously.
It wasn't just a ga in this world.
Rather, it was a ga seen as a window into another reality.
A ga that offered such a high degree of realism that it was difficult to tell it apart from reality.
It gave players a trendous amount of freedom, and featured in-ga characters that were unique and had their own backgrounds, plots, and unique appearances.
Every single NPC had a unique backstory, and the path you took through the ga depended on your circumstances and where you stood in relation to your character in the world.
A virtual reality ga that had never fallen from the top since its release.
〖 Monsters and strange creatures appear all over the world... Netizens are helping the governnt by providing the information... "The is certain." A lot of controversy 〗
In this reality, the monsters of Nexus World appeared.
〖 A new race appears. Defeat the monster with your bare hands... 〗
Being able to hunt monsters like that in reality, people who awakened the abilities of Nexus World's characters also appeared.
〖 Player: tal Raze versus the nad monster, General Magma: The monster is defeated! 〗
'Years have passed since the cataclysm.'
Nexus World beca a reality.
〖 Approximately $5 million in compensation was provided by the U.S. governnt for clearing the Dungeon Cracks in San Francisco.〗
〖 Close interview: The player who prevented the catastrophe, 'Satish Joshi', from India 〗
But that was it.
I didn't even need Adrian's mories to understand this world, as I created it myself for my novel.
Incorporating many novel ideas—many of which had never been seen or heard of before—I built this world from scratch.
However, if I had known it would be like this, I would not have created such a terrible character, and I would have created so exploitable holes.
But like I had always said,
"No use crying over spilled milk."
There was nothing to regret about the past that couldn't be changed.
In this world, every awakened human was called a player.
The data of players' in-ga characters was what people were awakening to.
Which sotis changed their appearance and behavior according to elents of a character's back story.
Even those who had not played the ga were being awakened with background information about random characters from the Nexus world.
There was even an interview in Adrian's mory about such things that he watched not long ago.
〖The biggest change after awakening is that... it feels like you are assimilating with the character?〗
〖Really, it feels like the real and the character in the ga have rged into one. Should I call it a binge?… But there's nothing to worry about because, even in possession, it was who was in charge of every action. The possession rely changed my personality and perspective a little.〗
〖Still, thanks to it, I was not scared even when I saw real monsters. And the awakening process was miraculous. I could feel myself getting stronger.〗
After awakening, it takes about a week for the ga character's data to fully rge with the body of a person. This is a slow and gradual process.
Fortunately, Adrian had already awoken a week prior, and yesterday, just before I took possession of this body, Adrian's in-ga character, who went by the na of [Axel Von Goldline Vaiself] in Nexus World, also successfully assimilated with this body.
Which was helping maintain my composure even in this ssed up situation.
It was because [Axel Von Goldline Vaiself] was the sole heir of the great Vaiself family in the Nexus world and was used to handling hardships.
'Who would have known that there was a real, hidden, great family of the sa na as Vaiself in Nexus World?'
At that ti, I ca up with this scenario to showcase how Adrian, because of his foolish behavior, was given this character.
Unfortunately, though, Axel's lack of talent made him bored, so he gave up on the ga.
Even so, Axel of the Nexus World was taught to fight and stay calm in any situation, even though he was not a very talented person.
Which was going to be incredibly helpful to in a lot of ways because otherwise I'd have to start from scratch with everything.
And thankfully, Adrian's family in this world has already registered Adrian's appearance, which was the first change after his awakening, so I didn't have to go through another verification.
However, they were still unaware of this body's true capabilities because, at that ti, he hadn't fully assimilated into the character.
So now I could trick them into thinking that I had awakened into a strong character.
Otherwise, my life would definitely be filled with hardship, and even the family's support would be cut off.
Which was the last thing I wanted, because being a billionaire's son was a free pass to most things I had to do.
"At least these simple things seed to be working in my favor."
* * * * * *
In this world, every player had a unique system.
Which was similar to a character's gaming screen that only they could view and access.
The System screen showed the user's information, including their current level, skills, experience points needed for the next level up or skill rank up, as well as information about their personal stats and the free stats they received after leveling up, etc.
That was why, after looking at these notifications that suddenly popped up, I wasn't scared at all.
Even the surprise elent was countered because of the composure of Axel's character and because I already knew about System's existence.
However, what I was witnessing was undoubtedly unusual.
[Swallowing the basic built-in system…]
[Swallowing completed]
[Villain Simulator Activated]
Phew~!
As I exhaled the last puff of thick, white smoke from the cigarette, which was about to burn the filter, I kept looking at the notifications that kept popping up in front of my eyes.
Strangely, they weren't affecting my vision.
They appeared to be there, yet I could simultaneously see what was in front of and them.
Nevertheless, my focus was on the notifications that were popping up in my vision and not what was in front of .
"What's a Villain Simulator?"
No such thing as a Villain Simulator existed in the book I wrote, and I had no intention of ever creating anything with that na.
In fact, based on the present situation, this simulator has swallowed the basic system that my body had after awakening.
There were multiple questions roaming around in my head.
Thankfully, it appeared as though the simulator had heard my worries because this ti, a new ssage appeared on the translucent blue screen while a chanical female voice rang in my head, as if reading the sa ssage.
[Welco! author of this world.]
The sudden voice in my head startled , but I kept a straight face and looked around.
After not seeing anyone nearby except the sleeping beauty with a frown on her face, I concentrated on the ssage that appeared in front of and spoke as if making a declaration.
"Who are you? Are you the one responsible for my current state."
[Correct!]
[Back to host: The system is called Villain Simulator.]
The chanical voice in my head spoke again.
'Is this a ga of so kind? You abducted and put in this ssed up situation. And now you're playing introductions like a lady, you b*stard.'
Despite the fact that my mind was raging at that female chanical voice, which was most likely sothing preprogramd, I managed to maintain my composure, and as soon as my mouth opened, I spoke in a sophisticated, knowledgeable, and self-assured manner.
"You're created by『Darkness』"
[Congratulations! The host is indeed correct.]
[The system is created by Darkness.]
'I knew it, but who are you? Why did you do this to ? What do you want? I want to go back. Send back, you b*stard!'
While these were the questions I had in mind, the words that actually ca out of my mouth were sothing totally different.
"What's going on here? I want to know in detail."
[As per the orders of the Creator, all the information is being sent directly to the host's brain.]
[Does the host allow the direct transmission of information?]
"...Allow." After thinking for a second, I decided to agree.
Anyway, I wasn't in a position to argue with this thing, and since soone can directly send into this world, I can just hope that it won't do anything to during a mory transfer.
[Information transferred successfully.]
Surprisingly, there was no pain or dizziness like those novels made it sound like there would be, and a massive amount of information was suddenly transferred into my brain as if it had been there since the beginning.
Nevertheless, it took about a minute to organize everything in my mind.
"WHAT!!!"
But as soon as my mind processed the information, my eyes beca bloodshot, and my legs lost strength as I knelt down on the floor.
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