The Frostin Family....
"Done!"
"All of it?"
"Yeah, Mom, now give it to me!"
"Alright, but only for four hours."
"Eh...!?"
"No 'ehs'!"
"Ugh... fine, four hours."
Lisa grabbed the white-colored helmet from her mom and rushed from the study room to her bedroom.
"Tch... This happens every single day... Next week's my birthday, and I'm going to tell Dad I want my own VR helmet as my gift."
Lisa reached her bedroom, put on the helmet, and lay down on her bed.
"ENTER!"
As soon as she spoke, her consciousness instantly appeared in a white room.
[ Welcome, Ms. Lorris ]
A female AI figure materialized in front of Lisa, its face emotionless, as if it had rehearsed the same sentence thousands of times.
"Ugh! My name is Lisa Frostin. How many times do I have to tell you?"
[But your VR ID is registered as Lorris Frostin.]
Lisa was using her mom's VR helmet, and once a VR ID is set with a name, it's locked in forever. Every time Lisa entered the white room, the AI figure called her by her mom's name, which always made her feel uneasy.
Sigh...
"Whatever... Sily, is there anything new?"
[Yes, Ms. Lorris, here's the list.]
Suddenly, a large screen appeared in front of Lisa, displaying a list.
[1. | BLUE SEA | ~2. | MUD MONSTER | ~ 3.| DEMON | ~ 4.| MY KING | ~. | HOLY LAND |~6.| HUNT | ... And Lastly ~ | ZOMBIE | ]
"Wow, so many new VR shows!"
Lisa couldn't contain her excitement as she scanned the list, eager to experience them all in real-time.
[ Yes, Ms. Lorris, approximately 25 new VR movies have been released.]
"Oh, my one-month vacation is going to fly by... Hmm, let's see, I only have four hours right now..."
Without wasting time, Lisa started scrolling through the list to pick one.
A few minutes later...
"Argh... I can't decide!" she groaned.
"Sily, suggest something. Which one should I watch out of these 25 movies?"
[Of course, Ms. Lorris. Based on VR online data, the top four trending VR movies are |BLUE SEA|, |MUD MONSTER|, |HOLY LAND|, and |MY KING|.]
"Sily, you know my habits, don't you? Suggest something based on those!"
Lisa comes from an elite family, which has led to her developing some peculiar hobbies. One of these is deliberately putting herself in a bad mood and then tearing others down, which gives her a strange sense of joy.
Because of this behavior, her friends have nicknamed her the "Witch Girl." Right now, she was thinking about diving into a trashy VR movie to ruin her mood, then giving it a negative rating and bashing the creator.
[Based on your hobbies as recorded in your VR ID details, I suggested these movies, Ms. Lorris.]
"Ugh... I need my own VR helmet!" Lisa grumbled, irritated by Sily's robotic response and reminded that she was using her mom's ID.
"Alright, but is there a movie with the worst ratings, something so bad no one's even watched it yet?"
[ Based on your request, there's only one movie that fits. It has no ratings yet, and no one has purchased it.]
"Quick, show me that trash movie!"
Lisa's face lit up at Sily's words, barely able to contain her excitement at the thought of giving it a negative rating and bad comments.
Seeing Lisa's eager expression, Sily displayed the movie on the large screen in front of her.
Lisa flinched slightly when she saw the movie's poster. It showed a blood-soaked man with rotting skin on his face, holding a piece of flesh in his mouth.
In the background, countless human bodies lay in horrific conditions, surrounded by pools of blood. Below the poster, the title was written, which Lisa read in confusion:
| ZOMBIE |
"Zombie!? What's that, Sily?" Lisa asked, puzzled. She had never come across this unfamiliar word before.
[According to the VR movie's creator, the word "ZOMBIE" refers to a corpse that moves without a soul. That's the only description provided.]
"A corpse that moves without a soul...!? Is this about robots or something?"
In Nexus, there were many AI robots designed to resemble human bodies, and for a moment, Lisa wondered if the story was about them, since they were soulless.
"Whatever, this VR movie is perfect for ruining my mood," she thought, and gave Sily the order.
"Sily, I want an entry pass to this movie's world."
[Alright, Ms. Lorris, just a moment...]
Sily instantly shifted into a seated position, and right then, a white chair materialized beneath her. In front of her, a white table appeared, along with a large blue screen and a keyboard floating in the air. Seeing this scene, Lisa wasn't surprised at all—she looked at it as if she were completely bored.
Sily typed for a few seconds and clicked the purchase option on the screen.
[DONE]
As soon as Sily spoke, a door appeared on the wall opposite the white room, with the word "ZOMBIE" written on it alongside the poster.
"Thank you, Sily!" Lisa said, heading toward the door as if it were routine.
[Enjoy, Ms. Lorris.]
The white room wasn't large, only about 15 meters across, so it took Lisa just a few seconds to reach the door.
"Hmm...? The entry door for this VR movie world looks a bit different," Lisa noted, hesitating slightly before opening it.
"Feeling scared!? For a trash movie world like this? Hmph!! "
Lisa laughed off her hesitation, assuming the creepy poster had gotten to her. She had already decided the poster was the only scary part and that the VR world itself would be terrible.
Many creators made attractive posters to lure people into buying entry passes, but the actual movie worlds often failed to live up to the hype. Lisa had fallen for such tricks multiple times, so seeing ZOMBIE's terrifying poster, she expected the same disappointment.
"Let's see!"
CLICK! ~
Lisa couldn't wait to trash this movie. She opened the door and stepped inside.
SHHHHISSS!
The moment Lisa set foot inside, a wormhole opened beneath her, and she fell right through it.
"What the...!? What kind of entry is this ?"
She was shocked—this was the first time she'd experienced an entry like this. In all her previous VR movie worlds, she'd simply open a door, step through, and instantly teleport into the world.
But entering this ZOMBIE VR world gave her an eerie sense of dread, and her body felt bound by some strange, unfamiliar force.
BAM!
"Ouch... ouch, arghh... This fucking hurts! Damn creator, this kind of entry deserves a zero rating from the very first second. Just wait, I'm gonna give it so many negative points!" Lisa grumbled as she teleported into an unfamiliar room.