The year 2288.
June 1st in the Gregorian calendar.
Ye Chen has crossed over to this parallel world, which has a 99% similarity to Blue Star.
Except it's 200 years in the future.
A software named "Monster Chat Group" suddenly appeared on his local-made mobile phone, it's a group chat bot that you can add to chat groups.
Ye Chen was curious, so he started his own group and played with it for a while.
This game lets you receive a pet as a reward for signing in, and every half an hour, a monster will invade the group; you just have to use your pet to attack the monster and kill it to gain experience.
Every day, you level up by killing monsters.
Later, Ye Chen got busy looking for a job and stopped paying attention to it, eventually sharing it with some chat groups.
Sharing joy with others is better than enjoying it alone.
During this time, the Monster Chat Group swept through like the strongest virus in the world, entering all chat groups.
A quantitative change led to a qualitative change.
The year 2288.
June 10th in the Gregorian calendar.
11 a.m.
Suddenly, the skies around the globe were filled with lightning and thunder, and the winds and clouds gathered.
At this moment, the sun and moon hung together in the sky, with countless stars twinkling, as if it were doomsday.
A voice that seemed to exist for eternity sounded in everyone's mind:
"Warning! Warning! Warning!"
"The Monster Chat Group is officially activated. This group exists in the void, and you can open it with your mind."
"In five minutes, all men and women aged 18 to 40 will enter the Monster Chat Group."
"The Monster Chat Group comes with a monster system, refreshing a monster descending into the real world every hour."
"Members of the chat group can summon their pets and then summon them into the real world to attack the monsters invading the globe."
"Note: Each member only has ten chances to summon a pet, and once bound, it cannot be changed."
"Note: If the pet dies, the owner dies; if the pet upgrades, the owner upgrades."
"Note: Divine Artifact Mall, Pill Medicine Mall, Artifact Mall, and many other malls are open."
"Note: Instance Secret Realm hasn't reached the conditions yet and is temporarily unopened."
"Note: Pet Rankings have not been activated."
"Note: Existing global weapons are ineffective against monsters; only the gear dropped by killing monsters is effective."
...
"For details, please read the file information in the Monster Chat Group."
"Good luck to you all."
"Five minutes later, you will enter the Monster Chat Group."
"One hour later, monsters will invade the globe."
...
The voice abruptly stopped.
The 20 billion global population stood frozen, some at a loss for what to do.
Monster Chat Group?
What is this thing?
It wasn't long before.
All men and women aged 18 to 40 realized what was happening and grew anxious.
"Monsters descending worldwide, invading our world, hahaha... I am a hero, destined to rise and stand at the pinnacle of the world."
"I wish the monsters would arrive soon! Destroy this world, I want to become the monsters' spokesperson and help them attack humanity."
"I am already hopeless about this world; from now on, I will sacrifice my soul to the monsters just to become stronger."
"Aren't the countries gonna do anything about us? Is there supposed to be some special organization formed? What if ordinary people are attacked by monsters?"
...
The time left for the globe is not much, only one hour.
Everyone got ready for battle, buying food and vegetables, going home to lock their doors and windows tightly.
The unknown is often the most terrifying.
Existing weapons, including daggers, swords, guns, cannons, etc., are ineffective against monsters.
This left everyone around the globe in a state of anxiety, too scared to go outside.
Many opportunists immediately banded together and started causing chaos.
Burning, killing, and looting.
The world fell into chaos.
...
Zheng City.
Inside a rented room in a lower-income area.
After Ye Chen came across, he simply couldn't adapt to the way of life here, so he couldn't find a job and had to deliver food.
Fortunately, in this world, food delivery hasn't disappeared yet.
After working half a day, he was dog-tired, and a few customers even complained about him, making him so angry he wanted to go crazy. Just as he lay down to take a rest, he was told monsters were invading the globe.
Goddamn.
Could it get any worse?
People who cross over usually have some kind of cheat, but I have nothing.
Possibly the unluckiest time traveler in history.
"Why does it feel like a game I played before?"
Only now did Ye Chen remember, quickly opening his phone to find the Monster Chat Group software from a game folder.
Just as he clicked on it.
The software disappeared automatically.
Before Ye Chen could react, a tiny elf appeared in mid-air, about thirty centimeters tall, looking very much like the emergency food Paimon.
"Divine Pet Nurturing System activated, binding to host... Binding successful, awarding a novice gift pack."
"System?"
Ye Chen jumped up, instantly rejuvenated, "What functions do you have? Quickly introduce yourself."
"This system complements the monster system. Each day, the monster system will refresh millions of monsters descending upon the world; this system serves only the host and can help you evolve pets."
"For instance, others can only have one pet in their lifetime, whereas the host can have countless, provided you survive till the end."
"This system also comes with its own mall. After you kill monsters, you can earn mall points to exchange for merchandise."
"Members of the Monster Chat Group cannot grow themselves and can only rely on the pet's abilities. The host is different, even without a pet, you can become incredibly strong, even solo hunting monsters is not a problem."
"For more system functions, please gradually experience them."
"Countdown to entering the Monster Chat Group begins, this elf is leaving now!"
The system elf darted into Ye Chen's mind and disappeared.
In the future, you only need to think silently to communicate with it in your mind.
"Hurry up and come!"
Ye Chen began to anticipate faintly.
Not long after.
The voice echoed across the global sky once again:
"Initiating group entry for the Monster Chat Group..."
"3."
"2."
"1."