“Hey, hey—have you heard about that thing?!”
“Huh? What thing?” A group of students were gathered around, eating and chatting in the Saint Dance Academy.
“It’s that thing, the Dreamland game.” One student said mysteriously.
“Huh? Dreamland game? What’s that? Is it some game company's new game?” someone asked, widening their eyes.
“No, no, it’s a rumor that’s spreading on the campus network. It’s said that some students have been entering a fantastic game world in their sleep lately. The name sounds a bit scary, Dreamland, but it’s actually just a game world, and you revive even if you die.” The student continued.
“Another one of those pointless urban legends… Aren’t you just too busy studying lately?”
“Yeah, entering a game world in your sleep… It can’t be a bad plan by some game company, can it?”
“Maybe it’s a full-immersion VR game developed by some game company!”
“Full immersion? Impossible!” someone said firmly.
“Who says it’s impossible? This is Saint Dance Academy, a super academy that gathers the world’s most cutting-edge technologies!”
“That’s true… but entering a game world in your sleep, it’s impossible no matter how you think about it… Hey, Third, we know you’re well-informed, but don’t believe all those rumors!”
“Yeah.” The companions nodded in agreement.
“No, no, I know what you’re thinking. Actually, I just saw this news on the campus network yesterday. At first, I was just like you, but then, but then, you know, I also entered that Dreamland yesterday,” Third said firmly.
“Huh? —”
“I swear on my little brother, what I’m saying is true. I really entered that weird Dreamland, just like it was written on the campus network! I entered a world of unknown fog, a weird voice spoke in a nonsensical way, and then it asked me to create a game character. Then a giant light gate appeared in the fog, and entering it would take you to the first game world!” Third vowed confidently.
“My god, you even swore on your manhood, Third, are you serious?!” The others said in shock.
“Absolutely true!”
“Really?”
“Tell us all about it!”
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Three days passed.
During these three days, Zhang Xing Yu, possessing the body of Odilia, had brought in nearly 80 students to Dreamland.
Naturally, this had some impact on the students of the academy, especially the student players who entered Dreamland.
The most significant change was the appearance of a topic board named “Dreamland” on the campus network, and in these two days, the number of posts and comments on this board had skyrocketed.
If it was the first time entering Dreamland, many players might just think they had a strange dream and wouldn’t think too much about it, but the dream was a bit different than other dreams. Plus, they had very clear memories the next day.
However, when they entered Dreamland again on the second and third days, things were different!
——Why do I keep entering Dreamland every day, what’s going on?
Is some research facility on the island doing some weird experiment again? But I don’t think I’ve signed any guinea pig agreements recently!
In the age of the internet, the fastest way to find information is to search online.
However, on the public internet, these players who entered Dreamland didn’t find any valuable information. On the contrary, they unexpectedly discovered a special board named “Dreamland” on the campus network, seemingly created by someone called “Omnipotent Fatty News”.
They clicked on it and discovered that it wasn’t just them who entered that strange “Dreamland”!
——I found my fellow comrades!
The students who entered Dreamland seemed to have found their organization. They started leaving messages on the forum, sharing everything they saw in Dreamland. Even Odilia posted on the forum, cursing the trash game developers, and received a lot of likes and comments from players.
However, 80 players were only a drop in the ocean compared to the vast Saint Dance Academy. Besides those who entered Dreamland, almost no one paid attention to this newly emerged board, let alone the strange things discussed within it.
——Playing games in a dream at night and entering Dreamland?
——Who’s telling these tall tales?
Many clueless students simply clicked on the board because of the funny title “Dreamland.” However, they unexpectedly found most of the posts were about games.
——This must be some trashy plan by some game company on campus!
This was the first impression of many students, after all, there was a post titled “Trash Game Developers, Come Out Here, I’ll Beat You to Death, Is Version 0.09 Really Playable? You’re Killing People!” Moreover, the number of replies was high, with a bunch of players crying that they were killed in the game just after entering!
Well, they dare to release a version 0.09 game, isn’t it a rip-off game?
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