I've Become the King of Villains in the Game

A streak of green light blossomed from the hands of the dark-haired young man.

From the cuffs of his shirt, countless slender, emerald-green vines extended, twisting and intertwining like little snakes, gradually forming a rectangular object.

The five players dared not blink, intently watching the vine snakes in the hands of the dark-haired young man, finally coming together to form a "book".

An archaic yet peculiar "book".

The vine snakes kept wriggling, giving the illusion that the book was alive.

This was Chen Lun's activation of "Wake of Insects" to weave these illusory branches, meant to mask the appearance of "Philip's Dreamland Adventure" and lead the players to believe that this was his extraordinary power.

Whoosh!

The book suddenly opened, the pages flipping with a sound.

"Silently into my dream..."

Mr. Jack's deep voice slowly emanated.

Then a white light suddenly flashed, instantly dazzling the group of five players.

Boom!

When they came to their senses, they found themselves in the midst of a gloomy forest.

"Hiss..."

Everyone drew a breath.

Such power... it was a bit terrifying!

The group of five players looked around, careful not to make too much noise.

With the trees casting shadows and dim light all around, silence enveloped the area, with only the countless towering trees visible. Apart from the five of them, no other living beings could be seen.

"Have we... already entered the 'instance'?"

The Horseman asked cautiously in a low voice.

"We should have, better to stay cautious," Polaris briefly replied.

After walking a few steps without purpose, the group found it meaningless to continue aimlessly and stopped again. Explore more at empire

"What kind of damned place is this, not even a path in sight."

Doghead Gold said quietly.

"Plus, it's freakishly eerie... which way should we go?"

Forget No Taboo spoke.

Polaris thought for a moment and shook his head.

"No clues, no missions, it's odd... Let's split up and move. If anything special happens, let's contact each other in the chat room," he suggested.

"That works," the Horseman nodded.

But just then, Su Keying exclaimed.

"What happened?"

The others quickly looked at her.

"My Sanity Point inexplicably decreased by 1 point!"

she said.

The others were also taken aback and hurriedly checked their own panels. Just as Su Keying had said, their Sanity Values had decreased by 1 point out of nowhere.

"Something's not right! Staying here too long continuously deducts our Sanity!"

The Horseman said gravely.

"At this rate, we won't last long before we hit zero Sanity and trigger instant death," Polaris coolly analyzed, then added:

"Nobody waste time; let's move now, quickly!"

Following his words, the others no longer lingered and immediately dispersed in different directions.

Polaris ran straight forward, constantly keeping an eye on his panel, noticing that his Sanity Value was decreasing at a rate of about 1 point per minute.

Given their current Attributes, their maximum Sanity Value was only 6 to 7 points, which meant each of them could only stay here for a few minutes!

Such a short time!

"What can one even do in this time? Ah…" Polaris frowned, feeling a bit frustrated.

This was clearly an excellent opportunity, but it had come when he was so weak. If they did not seize it properly, it would be a terrible waste.

Just then, Su Keying's message popped up in the chat room.

"—I died!"

Soon, the others also saw the message, and the Horseman quickly asked:

"—Died? How did you die?! What did you encounter...?!"

"—I don't know, just running and suddenly my neck hurt, then I lost consciousness, and afterward, I resurrected. (Speechless emoji)"

Su Keying replied.

While still running, Polaris sent his message in the chat:

"—Where did you resurrect? Did you record what happened just now?"

"—Don't know, it looks the same around here, nothing but gloomy trees. It definitely was recorded, I turned on the video the moment we entered here."

Su Keying replied.

Just then, Doghead Gold and Forget No Taboo sent messages:

"—I died too, damn it, don't know what happened! All of a sudden!"

"—Same death, like Su Keying, my neck hurt so much and then the screen went black...I see you, Su Keying!"

Polaris glanced at the messages and thought to himself that it seemed they did gather together after resurrection.

The next second, his pupils contracted.

Because he also felt a sharp pain in his neck, followed by his vision going dark.

In the last moment, he noticed a detail but had no time to think further as he received the notification:

[You have died!]

When his vision returned to normal, Polaris shook his head to clear it.

He found his resurrection spot still within the gloomy forest, not far away, the Horseman, Doghead Gold, Forget No Taboo, and Su Keying were all gathered together.

"Did all of you die once?"

Polaris walked over and asked gravely.

"Yeah... just like Su Keying described."

The Horseman's face looked quite grave.

Doghead Gold and Forget No Taboo furrowed their brows, trying to figure out how they had died.

"If we don't figure it out, we might keep dying like this… It's one thing if we encountered a high-level monster, but dying like this without reason is really annoying."

Doghead Gold pulled off his hat, complaining.

Their levels weren't high, and all the Experience Points they had accumulated were lost.

"I think I've discovered something, but I'm not sure yet… Su Keying, show me your video."