Above the gray fog

In the vast universe, an elegant starship is making a jump at an astonishing speed. The skin of the starship is covered with special materials, which makes it shimmer with subtle luster under the starlight, like a faint light passing through the night sky.

Inside the starship, the soft lighting creates a quiet and futuristic atmosphere. The walls are made of flexible display screens, showing the real-time scene of the external starry sky, like a transparent film that reveals the mysteries of the universe. Lin Shan sits on the sofa in the center. The material of the sofa seems to have life, changing with the contours of the body, providing unparalleled comfort. Beside him, Zhao Xiaoan is sleeping peacefully, her breathing is gentle and rhythmic.

According to Zhao Xiaoan, this kind of sleep can alleviate the negative effects of using extra strength.

"Dakong, how long has it been?" Lin Shan's voice broke the tranquility of the cabin. As Lin Shan's voice sounded, all the lights that set off the atmosphere disappeared.

[This voyage has lasted for three rule years. ］As the mechanical sound rang out, a ball of light composed of particles leaped in front of Lin Shan.

"Has it been three years already..." Lin Shan suddenly felt something was wrong. He was just daydreaming for a while. This situation would happen unintentionally and there was no way to control it.

In reality, Ikaros might have been waiting there for three years.

Lin Shan could imagine that Ikaros should not be in a good mood at the moment. After all, he had just promised him, but he was stood up by him for so long.

Time could not be delayed any longer. Lin Shan quickly took out the access device of the other shore game, turned on the computer and directly opened the other shore game.

[You have been resurrected. ]

Lin Shan looked at the familiar and unfamiliar environment around him through the perspective of the little black man. It was still the small gathering place, and now there was only one little black man sitting by the campfire.

The little black man obviously saw the character controlled by Lin Shan. It stood up, seemed to have some concerns, and then sat down again.

Lin Shan had no time to appreciate this extremely simple world and began to look for Ikaros among his friends.

Ikaros was indeed on the friend list, but he didn't know how to start the friend transmission. Just when he was at a loss, a pixel light suddenly flashed in the void next to him.

The character controlled by Ikaros was a tall, well-equipped black man, holding his weapon tightly in both hands.

[You are finally here.]

A dialog box popped up above the black man's head. Although there were only five words, Lin Shan could see the indescribable anger.

[Three years, Lin Shan, you just left and forgot our agreement. Is this what you call not letting down your promise?]

Lin Shan typed to explain, [I wandered on the starship.] Trying to calm Ikaros's resentment, [I didn't forget, but some things were beyond control.]

Wandering is an irreversible state that every god will experience. If there is danger nearby, the wandering will end immediately, but if it is always in a very comfortable state, then the wandering time will be infinitely extended.

[I don't want to hear your reasons, let's get started quickly. ］The real Ikaros slammed the table. When had she ever been treated like this?

If she hadn't been attracted by Lin Shan's ability to get hints, she would have quit long ago. In the past three years, she had tried to attack the dungeon alone, but she couldn't solve the puzzles there at all.

In this situation, Lin Shan also understood that he was wrong. No matter what Ikaros said, he continued, [Well, let's get started quickly while we still have free time.]

There's nothing to do on the starship. It's okay to play the game of the other shore, but you won't have time to play it when you find a civilization.

[I'll take you to level 10 first, at least so that you won't die for no reason. The upgrade of the game of the other shore is more difficult as you go on. The upgrade in the beginning is still within the range of novices and is not difficult. It will take about a week to reach level 10. Come with me.]

Ikaros manipulated the little black man on the screen to turn lightly, aiming at the map covered with fog. Lin Shan also manipulated the little black man and followed closely.

Under the footsteps of the black man, the originally blurred fog on the map gradually dissipated. They walked like this for about half an hour, and two golden words suddenly appeared above Ikaros' head: [Be careful.]

Then, the fog in front of them seemed to be cut open by a strong wind, revealing a clear area. A well-structured pixel spider monster suddenly appeared in their sight. The black man controlled by Ikaros charged at the spider monster without hesitation.

The black man on the screen jumped up and slashed at the spider with a sharp blade.

But the monster was surprisingly agile and cleverly avoided the fatal blow. In an instant, Ikaros burst out with dazzling golden light. After the beam burst out, it turned as if it had life and rushed straight towards the spider monster. Almost in an instant, all the legs of the spider were cut off, turning into an immobile round monster, struggling on the ground.

A dialog box appeared above the black man, briefly instructing: [You go to finish the job.]

[I don't have a weapon. Lin Shan replied.

After the trap was triggered and he died last time, his only weapon, the hatchet, disappeared.

[I have found your hatchet for you. You got it in that village, right? The villagers there are above level 70 on average. This hatchet is not an ordinary thing. Although I don't know how you got it, you are not yet able to fully utilize its capabilities. I have a weapon suitable for you at this stage. Let's just treat it as a small exchange between us.] The black man controlled by Ikaros took two steps forward, leaving behind a black pixel block with a line of orange small words floating on it: [A1-Broken Waves.]

Ikaros's intention to swallow the hatchet naturally could not be hidden from Lin Shan, not to mention that the hatchet was originally Ikaros's trophy.

It was just a hatchet, Lin Shan didn't care, and he didn't even take the game on the other side too seriously.

The black man bent down and picked up the dagger on the ground, approaching the struggling spider monster. An operation prompt box quickly popped up on the screen. Lin Shan entered [Finishing the knife] in it, and then saw that the black man repeatedly stabbed the spider with the dagger, and black blood splashed everywhere.

A few minutes later, an upgrade prompt appeared on the screen.

[You have upgraded, and your current level is a primary void creature.]

[Level 3...]

[Talent - Great Power for Miracles (F)]

[Talent - Shadow-like (A)]

[Special Title - Servant of Mystery, Title Effect: Double Mana, Double Mysterious Perception.]

[All attributes plus 2, additional mana plus 2.]

It turns out that you can see the panel when you upgrade...

Lin Shan tried to flip the panel to find out if there was any other hidden content, but found that the panel was just a thin layer and could not be turned.

Seeing the little black man controlled by Lin Shan stagnant in place, a series of words appeared above the head of the little black man in front.

[Have you upgraded? The game of the other shore does not set specific game attributes, and will not subdivide strength, speed, perception and other details. At the initial level 1, all attributes are 1, and when it is upgraded to level 2, all attributes are 2, and so on. Special ability talents can give additional attributes, or stimulate the power of multiple attributes. Therefore, the strength of the characters in the game of the other shore depends entirely on the level and ability.]