Doomsday is Online - Chapter 2
February 28, 2023Ai Hrist
Someone in the group downstairs didn’t know what they saw, and suddenly pointed his finger somewhere and gestured excitedly. Lu Jiu really couldn’t hear it, but she had to figure out what was going on, so she turned around and ran downstairs.
It was not easy to run down the sixteenth floor. She has often stayed at home and played games in the past two years. She only occasionally travels, so her physical strength was not strong.
When she finally reached the first floor, she bent down and put her hands on her knees to rest for a while. Her clothes were wet with sweat.
After a two-minute break, Lu Jiu got up. A group of people was still talking there, Lu Jiu ran over and waved her hand: “Hello, do you know that the community is completely out of power?”
A few people turned their heads, and a middle-aged man replied: “The power went out when we got up, and we don’t know what happened.”
Others also nodded their heads: “And we found something very strange, that is, we suddenly saw a mark in front of us, and when we clicked it, we found that it was an interface that others couldn’t see, just like a backpack in a game.”
“Yes, see if you have any.”
Lu Jiu was dumbfounded when she heard it, but she still calmed down and noticed if there were any suspicious marks in front of her. After concentrating, she found that she can see it: “But how to open it?”
“It will open when you think about it.”
Lu Jiu did as he said and the interface opened. She stared at it with wide eyes open.
The others thought that she was probably scared just like them when they saw it just now.
Before she could inquire further, a voice suddenly sounded.
[Ding–]
“The earth is about to merge with the plane of the Gutas Planet. At that time, the earth will enter a comprehensive transformation. Please maintain your strength and do your best to survive.”
This was so nonsensical, the people who heard it didn’t understand what was going on.
“What is this, is this a spoof by the TV station?” Among them, the young man was a little annoyed. It was already hot, but they still thought to do such a thing.
“But it’s still very strange, what about that backpack? How can they make it invisible to others? It’s just like the holographic game in the novel. Are we being experimented on?”
This statement was quite an eye-opener, it seems to explain this situation.
However, Lu Jiu was very afraid of the creatures on the Gutas Planet that the voice said. She found it creepy.
“Look! What is that!” Several people were still thinking about it when suddenly, someone pointed at something and shouted.
They looked in the direction the person pointed, and found that many mountains suddenly appeared around them as if they suddenly rose from the ground, which was frightening.
However, they soon discovered that this happened in more than one place. There were also changes in other directions. Some mountains were uprooted and some forests suddenly appeared. The appearance of the trees was strange.
Strange trees also appeared in their community. They rushed out of the concrete ground, extending to the sky, and soon became much higher than their floor building, but there was still no sign of stopping.
“Run!” Someone shouted.
Lu Jiu unconsciously moved her limbs and started to run wildly. She wanted to escape from the community. Whether it was a holographic game or an alien attack, she can’t die. She had an intuition that if she died, she would be completely dead.
Other people might feel the same way. They also ran desperately, and it happens that the gate of the community was not far from where they were staying. However, the ground under their feet began to be uneven, like there was a major earthquake.
“Ah!!” A man running on the far right was suddenly pushed up by a tree rushing out of the ground. After screaming, his voice quickly moved away, as if he had gone to a faraway place in an instant.
The others were scared and ran away. They don’t know whether the man was directly lifted by the tree up to the sky, whether he cling to the trunk to survive, or if he lost his grip and fell hundreds of meters away.
Now that the road was completely shattered, Lu Jiu runs carefully with a tense spirit. She doesn’t want to be like that man, suddenly being pushed up by a tree.
Without any tools in hand, she doesn’t know how she will climb down from the tree that was more than 100 meters high.
There were also many people running in panic like them on the road, and many people who had the same situation as that man earlier. However, some were lucky enough to be lifted by the tree crown, while others were unlucky that they were directly pierced by the tree trunk, piercing through their body.
The high building collapsed one after another. As if they were as fragile as paper in front of those giant trees.
Lu Jiu only looked at the road in front of her. Nothing that happened nearby could distract her. If she didn’t pay attention, she would die!
Because of the power outage, many people could not stay at home, especially in places with high floors. There was no air conditioner to cool down. The whole house was scorched like an oven.
If Lu Jiu looked carefully, she would find that many people fell from the collapsed building. They were either seriously injured and unable to move, or they were lucky enough to jump to a soft place to save their lives.
When the ground calmed down, Lu Jiu’s face flushed, and panting. Her lungs sucked in fresh air frantically. It took a long time before she felt the tingling pain. She collapsed on the ground and had no strength to stand up.
She couldn’t remember how long she ran. There was no one else around. The people who fled with her earlier had dispersed.
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[Ding–]
“The earth and the Gutas planet are 100% integrated, please welcome the new power and strive to survive. I wish all humans on the earth good luck.”
Lu Jiu hugged her face, she was convinced that all this was not a dream. Their world suddenly changed, there was no communication, no electricity, and she didn’t know what would happen in the future.
“New Power”
She thought about the word that the voice said, maybe that will be the weapon she would use to survive in the future.
And with that backpack, she saw something interesting.
Speaking of it, Lu Jiu clicked on the backpack again. The equipment in it was familiar, she did recognize it. It was the items in the game she had played in the past two years called the most romantic dating game.
The equipment inside was still there. Some props were not marked with the usage before, but now she understood their purpose. She hasn’t carefully looked at the others.
This game has always been very weird. Some items that were released before could not be actively used, and there was no introduction.
In the items column, there was something with an exclamation mark and the number 1. Lu Jiu clicked it and found some three-dimensional images of food. The next second after she concentrated, one of the foods appeared in her hand, which was still warm.
【Simple rice ball】
Physical strength: +10
Random taste
She looked at the item column again, and there was indeed one missing item, which was the Simple Rice Ball. She couldn’t think about it that much. She was very hungry now.
Lu Jiu ate the palm-sized rice ball in two bites. The inside was stuffed with beef sauce. After consuming so much, the rice ball became extraordinarily delicious.
After eating, she remembered the line of physical strength +10 she saw. Since it was to replenish physical strength, there should be an interface to display personal information.
As soon as Lu Jiu wanted to see her personal information, the interface popped up.
Name: Lu Jiu (name can be changed)
Gender: Female
Vitality: 40
Attack: 1-3
Physical strength: 14(13)
Defense: 0
Dexterity: 1
Professional Title: None
Physical strength was easy to understand. She needs physical strength to run, 14 represents the total physical strength, and 13 represents the current physical strength value.
The number that represents the attack was still not clear yet. The defense 0 means that she was like the wooden door at home. She has no resistance in front of the creatures on the Gutas Planet. Her dexterity was not clear. It may be the degree of sensitivity, and the professional title was even more unclear.
She was so confused with her current situation. She doesn’t know what she will face next.