Huff~ Huff~ Huff....
In a vast white world, an elderly gray wolf panted heavily, lifting its twisted left foreleg while staggering forward.
Its somewhat blurred eyes revealed a deeply human-like hatred, leaving a long, striking crimson trail in the snow.
Creak, creak....
Its three legs grew increasingly weak, the faint sound of stepping on snow was the only sound aside from the wind, making the Old Wolf appear even more solitary.
Creak, creak....
Another sound of footsteps on the snow suddenly appeared, instantly making the heavily injured Old Wolf stop in its tracks.
In its blurry eyes, hatred slowly broke through the haze of its consciousness, contorting its expression into one of ferocity and aggression.
Creak, creak....
"Woo...."
The sound grew closer, the Old Wolf, standing only on three legs, slightly crouched its body, emitting a low growl of threat, indicating that it still had the strength to fight.
"I found you...."
A somewhat hoarse voice came, the Old Wolf only saw a pair of black leather boots before a charming fragrance filled its nostrils, and then its consciousness plunged into darkness.
A pale-faced teenager in a black trench coat squatted down, reached out a gloved hand, grabbed the nape of the Old Wolf, and dragged it towards the deepest part of the valley.
Gazing at the scenery ahead, Baiyi's eyes held a hint of confusion.
He wasn't sure if what he was doing was right, as he had been trapped in this game called [Dawn Ascension] for two years.
Moreover, the game's time regressed for thirty years, from [Dawn Ascension] 3.0 directly back to before 1.0.
That is to say, currently, this world had yet to experience something called players, which, although providing Baiyi with much more preparation time, also left him a bit lost.
This world surely isn't just a game, at least... those dying beings really died, with no respawn mechanism to speak of.
And without the player panel, if he were to die, would it be a real death?
Baiyi did not have the intention to find out.
Creak, creak....
Huff huff huff....
The faint sound of footsteps on snow continued, the surrounding wind gradually roared, attempting to mask all colors in the world with its goose feather-like snow, bringing absolute coldness to this world.
Baiyi tightened his leather trench coat, as a thumb-sized spherical mechanical device flew out from beneath its hem, emitting special ripples that covered up all the dragging traces.
[Dawn Ascension] was a groundbreaking masterpiece from Blue Star in a previous life. Its emergence was peculiar; just as everyone was tackling consciousness transmission devices, it debuted with a realism level of 97%.
Initially, most people believed it must be alien technology, only the official endorsement allowed this game to meet ordinary people on Blue Star, becoming the most popular game.
The main storyline of [Dawn Ascension] was also quite clear, the Lord of Gods, [Destiny], for unknown reasons, was severely injured, prompting the Gods to rise up and attack, ultimately slaying the Lord of Gods and beginning to vie for the lord's position.
Ultimately, in a Divine War, the Xiya Continent was severely damaged, with the Magic Concentration dropping crazily, expelling the Gods from the world, leaving them lost in Space-Time Turbulence.
And without the suppression of the Gods, the Ancient Gods and Abyss Lords of the previous era, who were forced into slumber, began to stir, their presence plunging the Xiya Continent into a dark and chaotic era, with the remaining three civilizations barely maintaining order.
Elsewhere descended into barbaric slaughter and dangerous mutation.
And these three civilizations were the three major camps of Blue Star, it wasn't until the 3.0 version that players had the capability to traverse vast Mutated Zones to another server's game.
[Dawn Ascension], the name itself, refers to the ascension of these three struggling civilizations.
But this ascension was incredibly difficult. By the time of Baiyi's final version, the situation hadn't improved much, only shifting from tenuous to barely able to establish diplomatic relations, allowing the three civilizations to communicate.
The three civilizations managed to withstand this World Destruction Level event mainly due to powerful Legendaries holding them up, along with the world's instinctual repulsion, preventing Divine Level Ancient Gods and Abyss Lords from directly entering the Xiya Continent.
But this was a matter of time; no matter how powerful a Legendary, it could not contend with transcendent Gods.
According to Blue Star players' speculation, there were only three methods to save these civilizations: first, the descent of New Gods, second, the return of Old Gods.
And the third... was the opening of restriction-free levels, allowing player influence to surpass that of the natives.
Of course, in a world that is 100% real aside from panel data, the officials completely ignored the third point.
If players had power surpassing all NPCs, it would be a disaster for this world.
Baiyi entered the game in the 3.0 version, with each version having a ten million slots globally in front of a billion populations, it was quite few.
After all, no matter how nationwide a game, it was still just a game, reality always needed development and production.
This resulted in a limited number of game pods and helmets and an anti-addiction system that players detested.
With 97% realism, it was enough for players to regard this world as real, wishing they could grind until they dropped dead.
After all, who doesn't want to be a Mage conjuring fireballs and saving the world?
And when Baiyi found himself trapped in the game, he had also inherited his in-game character's body and profession, a... Level 21 (Bronze Middle Tier) Alchemist.