Chapter 1272 (1/2)
Chapter 1272: Congratulations Congratulations_2
His face was covered in sweat, his complexion deathly pale as he mustered a breath and pleaded with a mournful cry,
“I’ll talk! I’ll tell everything! I’m a player! I’m playing a virtual reality game called ‘Starry Sea’! Stop torturing me! I’m just a player! I don’t know what you mean by taking over bodies! I just created a character after entering the game! How would I know what’s going on!”
The pain on his body suddenly vanished.
Mason Gray shivered and abruptly regained consciousness, staring blankly at the two figures in black robes not far away.
He glanced down at his body.
There were no “Torture Chains” on him, nor was anyone slapping his face.
The torment and slaps he had just suffered seemed like hallucinations, mere illusions, as if they had never really happened.
“What… what’s going on here?”
Facing such an exceedingly bizarre scene, Mason Gray could not stop his body from trembling uncontrollably.
[Game Helmet has detected an error.]
[Error code unknown.]
[Sending error report to the game server.]
[…Sending failed!]
[Please contact the game officials to replace your Game Helmet!]
[…]
[Correction.]
[There is no error.]
[There is no error.]
[Game Helmet functioning normally.]
[Deleting error record.]
A few seconds later.
The error messages on the game interface were wiped clean, vanishing without a trace.
One of the figures in black robes standing in front of Mason Gray stepped forward and pried open Mason Gray’s mouth with forceful strength, stuffing a black bug with mosaic patterns into it.
The slimy black bug moved down Mason Gray’s esophagus, then burrowed up into his head.
Mason Gray’s body convulsed as he watched in horror as the same shape of a black bug appeared on the game interface.
The bug was gradually merging with the game interface, eventually becoming an inconspicuous little black dot on the screen.
[Congratulations!]
[You have passed the secret scrutiny of the Dark Divine Cult!]
[You have taken up the hidden profession ‘Junior Dark Priest’!]
[You have triggered the Dark Divine Cult’s storyline, “Eliminate the Visitors from the Black Hole”!]
[You have triggered the first task in this storyline: “Demonstrate your loyalty, prove your worth”.]
[Task details:]
[Under the arrangement of the Dark Divine Cult, you will head near Lisom-13 Planet as a newbie player from a High-level Birthplace and approach the boss-level NPC “????”.]
[You must gain their trust, or the task will fail.]
[Task Reward: A secret potion needed for the cultivation of a Junior Dark Priest.]
[Task Punishment: A high probability of being eradicated.]
Eradicated??!!
Mason Gray was too shocked to speak.
How could there be such a penalty for failure??
But before he could ask, the figure in a black robe in front of him suddenly snapped his fingers.
An overwhelming drowsiness struck, Mason Gray closed his eyes instinctively.
After just three to five seconds, a bright light pierced his eyelids, awakening him.
“Gua gua gua—”
“Huala huala—”
Seagulls flew over the azure sea surface, and wave after wave of foam-topped waves crashed.
The sky was clear, the beach serene, there were no robed figures in sight.
Mason Gray was completely dumbfounded.
He hurriedly opened the game interface, rubbed his eyes, and stared intently at the profession information on the screen.
The title of Junior Dark Priest was strikingly present in the profession slot.
On closer search, that little black dot transformed from the black bug was tucked away in the corner of the game interface.
“Damn! Really, damn! Is this game storyline so realistic?”
Mason Gray was just about to open the game forum to check out information on this hidden profession when a line of text popped up on the game interface.
[You cannot reveal your hidden profession, or else…]
[Eradication.]