The blue sky was as pure as water. The sun was shining in the west, lighting up the dead, massive Rookie Village.
The village was huge. It was 400 square kilometers wide and could contain many players.
Hundreds of players were refreshed at the village. They dressed in normal rookie attire, holding normal, basic weapons.
“Level 1”
“Level 1”
“Level 1”
Numerous Level 1 rookies appeared.
Naturally, there were some with accounts that were Level 8 and 9, while some had over Level 10 accounts.
However, those with higher-level accounts were the minority. Most of the researchers were on Level 1. They had yet to level up at all, as it was a first-hand account.
Player ‘Everything is Powerful’ held his head down and looked at the mage robe he was wearing. It was the robe that he was wearing earlier, while he was holding a two-handed sword in his hand for his weapon. He aspired to be like the Close Combat Mage. He was a man of few words, rash, and killed whoever he saw.
However, he knew something was wrong, noticing his equipment.
“System!”
The glaring Level 2 appeared before his eyes after calling out to the system menu.
He did not train– that was why he had a low level.
“F*ck, why am I on Level 2?”
“Engineer, engineer! Get out of here! Let me beat you up! What the hell is happening!?”
“Where are the maximum level accounts and supreme equipment you promised? Get out now!”
A group of researchers was raging. They were furious and could not accept the truth no matter what.
The engineer was called to be questioned. He said while shuddering, “We’ve modified the data. Everyone’s account in the company’s system backend is a maximum level account, while the equipment are God Slayer Armors. I’ve done everything that I should do. You guys shouldn’t blame me, but the game.”
“Calm down, guys. Something is wrong with the game. It’s futile for us to condemn the company.” Team leader ‘Easy Breezy’ stood out and signaled everyone to stop their madness.
“We’ve explored another possibility before entering the game, whereby the game is no longer the original game. Modifying the data at the backend does nothing at all. Therefore, we’re starting the game as the native characters as we logged in. It has nothing much to do with the game company’s backend data.”
The team leader said in a deep tone, “It would mean we’ll have to start from the very beginning to investigate the source of the nightmare condition. We’ll level up until the suitable level and collect suitable equipment before sneaking into the Dog-headed People Mountain Village to find out the dog-headed people’s secret.”
“What…” Player ‘Usami-chan’ was speechless.
All of the team members came from the Orange Planet Research Institute. The researchers’ main focus direction was rather a mix. Nevertheless, the team leader was a VR game researching expert. He had a great experience in studying games, so everyone obeyed his command.
“This isn’t a normal game, so please don’t treat it like one. We need to look at it with an elevated view, just like treating the nightmare condition.”
The team leader was typing on the group chat. He did not stop talking and distributing investigation missions.
Subsequently, the team leader went offline to bring the bad news to the intimate. The director felt like he had aged ten years hearing that.
The director shook his head and said, “I don’t understand, I just don’t. Why is this game so strange?”
“Director, our current priority would be a thorough investigation on the cause of the game’s unusualness. We need more people to level up, spying on intel, watching, and monitoring the Dog-headed People Mountain Village. We need to recruit high-level Assassin experts publicly to work with us,” team leader ‘Easy Breezy’ suggested.
The old director nodded slowly and fell weak onto the chair. He released a long sigh and said slowly, “Let’s do as you said.”
…
Naturally, Ke Meng heard the announcement of the game being reopened. However, that would not affect His life. He could do whatever He wanted.
Ke Meng calculated the time as he watched the players. It was almost time to wake up.
At that moment, a faint summoning voice came to his ears. It was near and far, up and down.
He was almost waking up. Ke Meng thought about it seriously, as he might not have the time to respond to the sacrificial ceremony by then.
“Oh, the almighty Cthulhu… The Sleeper of R’lyeh… The Great Old One!”
However, it would be dumb for him to reject a sacrificial ceremony. He accepted the sacrificial ceremony’s presence in all seriousness. He saw a little mountain village by the sea.
It was a torn, little mountain village with a bunch of Fishfrogs residing.
It was originally a dry well before. At the moment, the bottom of the well was filled with the seawater the frogs transported.
There was a glowing fluorescent magical formation outside the well. The magical glow was bright and dimmed sometimes. There was also a shaky green burning glow on the candles like beasts that were breathing. It made the frogs uncomfortable.
They wore black, old robes to cover their body forms.
Most of the Fishfrogs had no holes for their eyes on the masks. They wore hats on their heads. They covered themselves entirely.
They did that to make sure that they would not look at the evil god directly, increasing their sense of security.
The consequences would be terrible if they accidentally saw the evil god.
“Oh, the almighty Cthulhu, we’re the Fishfrogs from the Fishfrog Village. Our ancestors were once from the Deep Ocean Tribe. We have the blood of the Deep Ocean Fiendish Frog Tribe. We hope that You, the almighty god, would activate the bloodline that we inherited, even just for a little bit.
“This is the magical energy water. It came from a melted, mysterious man. This is the most precious treasure in our village!”
A Fishfrog with a big head squatted by the well and tossed a jade bottle in his hand into the well.
The ceremony had yet to end after Boss Ke accepted the sacrifice. He was still sleeping.
Therefore, Ke Meng looked through his skill slot.
‘Activating their ancestral bloodline?’
There would be requests of all sorts coming to him, but Ke Meng seemed to not have such a skill.
That put him in quite a pickle. He was an evil god, not the believers’ nanny.
‘I’ll give them the Random Gain Magic then. That would be the easiest,’ Ke Meng thought.
The believers who presented at the ceremony sensed an unknown force rushing into their bodies. An unknown change was going on inside of them.
“Ahhhh!”
“I feel it. It’s God’s will!”
“I’m becoming more powerful. Hahaha!”
“Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no!”
The frogs were speaking in frog language. The frogs that had become powerful were speaking incoherently from the excitement. They thought their ancestral bloodline had been awakened.
However, some frogs were experiencing pain in their bodies. They were groaning in devastation.
In the jungle at the suburbs of the Fishfrog Village, a batch of players were approaching. They were going to level up, but they sensed a grim that came out of nowhere.
However, the grim came quickly and left quickly. It vanished within a blink of an eye.
‘Everything is Powerful’ who held a two-handed sword said, “What’s happening over there?”
The game engineer checked the map and said, “According to the map, it should be a Level 5 little monster zone. The Fishfrog Village.”