The world does not collapse with an explosion, but with whispers, and a storm that is unable to predict.
No one knows when it starts. In just a few seconds after the first lightning touched the red sky, the world turned into a nightmare. Humans think it is just a normal thunderstorm, possibly a solar beam or strange weather phenomenon. But they're wrong. Very wrong.
The sky is split like a rot, and from the crack, the white light flooded the earth with the shadows of the invisible creature. Strange zones began to appear around the world, in the middle of the highway, on the skyscraper, inside the school, and at the end of the remote village. This zone is called dimensional zone, and anyone who enters it, rarely comes out with the same reason ... if you can go out alive.
Some came in and returned with a smoky body, some were lost as if swallowing fog. There are also those who reappear with incredible power, glowing eyes and no longer human voice. The world is dark. Physical law is cracking, and reality is now laying like cracked mirrors.
In the middle of the chaos, a new group, "players", those who were selected to access the dimensions through something called Dungeon.exe. The app has never been downloaded. It appears on its own, appearing on their phone after a drop of blood falls on the screen, either from wounds, bleeding nose, or accidental drops. And after that, there was no way home.
The real world and the game world are now united. Every victory gives power. Each defeat is a real wound. No "pause" button. No "exit game". And xp? It's no longer a figure. XP is now the life, memory, and even the spirit of the enemy that is sacrificed in Dungeon.
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"One drop of blood, one rise."
That was the first sentence on Zey's phone screen at night.
Zey X is no longer anyone. He used to be an e-sports legend. Now he's just a shadow of himself. The trauma of the loss of her sister in a dimensional incident has locked her in the room for a year. No live stream. No gaming session. No human. Only he, a computer, and a phone that hasn't been around for a long time.
Until one night, when the blood from the finger wound dripped to the screen of his old phone crack. The screen vibrates. The world is dark. And an unknown voice whispered from the inside:
"Welcome to Dungeon.exe. You have been selected. Every drop of your blood will be paid ... by power."
Zey's eyes were round. The phone screen turns into a small portal, and the whole room is surrounded by a concentrated purple aura. The walls are like liquid. The floor is shaking. And in the middle of the room, the first creature appeared to be a shadow, tall, with shiny eyes and open fangs.
Zey couldn't scream. His body acts faster than the intellect. The long gamer reflex is rising. The right hand reached for the old keyboard. Left hand press the button on the phone. Instant screaming one thing:
"Level 1 or not, I wouldn't die before finding out why my sister left."
And with another drop of blood, he's ready.
The game begins.
The first blood was spilled.
And this is not a regular game.