mtl008 Chapter 1 Returning to Phoenix Forest Nature Reserve
Chapter 1 Returning to Phoenix Forest Nature Reserve
Introduction: Luo Yifei's Diary
2025 January 7
I went to Pacific Computer City today to get a new keyboard and ran into Qiao Lu, the school beauty. Her phone got wet. When I saw Lao Luo's sly smile, I knew he was up to no good. Luckily, I stepped in in time and saved her 270 yuan.
Luo Yonghao is such a swindler. He always tries to trick newbies into replacing their motherboards, and the worst part is that his motherboards are all old ones. It's such a rip-off.
2025 January 7
I attended Shen Lixi's birthday party and went to a karaoke bar. There were quite a lot of people at first, but most of the others just gave a gift, showed up briefly, and then went shopping.
Sun Jian and I sang with Shen Lixi until the very end, until our voices were hoarse. Sun Jian truly loves singing.
To my surprise, Uncle Shen, Uncle Chen, and Aunt Xiaolan were also at this KTV. I didn't believe they were there to entertain clients. I felt that Uncle Shen wanted to celebrate Shen Lixi's birthday and specially brought the clients to this KTV, trying to balance work and life.
I wonder when my dad will celebrate my birthday.
2025 January 8
Shenyun Middle School started school today, a week earlier than other schools.
2025 January 8
On the second day of school, I was punished by the physics teacher to stand in the corner because I copied homework from Shen Lixi. In the office, Mr. Li, who had nothing better to do, kept staring at us, which made me very nervous.
Ren Changxi came to see Teacher Zhang and stayed in the office for ten minutes.
Teacher Zhang returned to the office before the bell rang, and let Shen Lixi and me go back to class.
2025 January 8
Today I played a game called "Ocean's Deception" and met a player named "Anranruosu". She actually completed the game in just three hours, which is unbelievable.
However, she unexpectedly disconnected. It seems the reward for clearing the level went to me, who was closest to her. I'll have to log in again tomorrow to check.
2025 January 8
Damn it, I was caught copying Shen Lixi's homework by the grade head, Teacher Zhu. After the homeroom teacher found out, she asked our parents to come to the school.
My mom came to pick me up in the evening. The teacher told us to go home and reflect for a week. That means we don't have to go to school from Monday to Friday next week.
2025 January 8
The game "Deceive the Heavens" is really interesting. I never expected that "An Ran Ruo Su" is actually Su An, the top student in our school.
2025 January 8
My dad said he wanted to throw a coming-of-age ceremony for me and Shen Lixi, so Uncle Shen came to pick me up early this morning.
We first went to Xiacheng. Uncle Shen took the bullet train from Xiacheng High-speed Railway Station to go on a business trip, and my dad also had to go back to the company.
So we were handed over to Uncle Chen and taken to the Phoenix Forest Nature Reserve.
There's an underground base here, and surprisingly, there are expired drinks here that are just as old as me.
We met Aunt Xiaolan, her boss Zhang Zhaoyi, and saw the Galaxy Laboratory.
The coming-of-age ceremony involved a treasure hunt on an alien planet, which seemed unbelievable. I asked Su An for advice in the game messages.
2025 January 8
The underground base's canteen is quite similar to our school's, but the food is much tastier.
We accepted a mission and arrived on an alien planet. We came to a forest and encountered two aliens who spoke Chinese. I seriously suspect this is a place similar to Hengdian World Studios.
The two men, one named Li Hongbo and the other An Ying, had wounds that looked real.
Li Hongbo told us the "Legend of the Orchid Pavilion," and he told us that the poem "The Libationer" was written on Mount Emei.
We left a tent for the two of them. We finally reached the foot of the mountain in the middle of the night and slept in one of the tents.
2025 January 9
This place is too big; it might not be Hengdian.
We found "The Libationer" inside the cave, and we made a video backup of the book. We took the book and a sword.
2025 January 9
We returned to the forest where we started and were surrounded by a group of men in black. Shadow and Li Hongbo rescued us.
But they guessed that we were from another world and asked us to leave behind the book and the sword.
Shen Lixi gave them the book, and as I hesitated about whether to hand over the sword, the time tunnel opened, and we returned to Earth. Uncle Chen took us back to Qianmo City.
2025 January 9
My father took me and Shen Lixi to the military hospital for a physical examination.
I feel that the visuals in the game "Ocean's Deception" are somewhat similar to the world we traveled to in the past.
2025 January 9
The news reported a forest fire in the Fenghuang Forest Nature Reserve. The high-temperature period has already passed; this fire is unusual. We just went through one; the temperature was even higher a couple of days ago, and there was no forest fire then.
2025 January 9
The game "Ocean's Deception" suddenly shut down, and I was invited to their Dust Games Studio in Summer City.
Unexpectedly, there were only four people in their studio: Dongfang Qi was in charge of publicity and team leader; Jiang Duoyu was the front-end engineer; Qiao Muqing was the back-end programmer; and Bai Qiusi was the tester and operations manager.
They told me the game had been sold to Tencent and might not be back online for some time.
2025 January 9
Su An asked me to meet her at the "Not" café across from the Century Building. She told me that "Ocean's Deception" would be re-released in a month, and that VR devices would be required to play it afterward.
It's unbelievable that Shen Lixi and Ye Xuehan fell from the Century Building and emerged unharmed.
Ye Xuehan met her father, Ye Yu, but he seemed not to remember her.
Her father, Ye Yu, suddenly collapsed, and Uncle Wan Li took us to the military hospital.
2025 January 9
Ye Xuehan's father has passed away.
Shen Lixi, Ye Xuehan, and I were taken by Uncle Shen to the hotel next door to rest. After that, Uncle Shen left.
But that night we were taken to a military airport. There, we met seven other classmates from Shenyun Middle School, including three girls: Qiao Lu, Su An, and Ren Changxi, and four boys: Nan Tian, Sun Jian, Zhao Zhi, and Xi Wei.
We transferred to the C939 large passenger plane there, and a junior high school student named Lin Fan jumped off the plane.
2025 January 9
After two months of military training, we were sent back to Qianmo City.
2025 January 9
Rumors have surfaced online that aliens are planning to attack Earth.
2025 January 9
Shen Lixi arranged to meet the students from Shenyun Middle School who participated in military training. We met at the "Not" café across from the Century Building.
In order to persuade everyone to join the youth team, I had no choice but to demonstrate my speed.
Shen Lixi fainted, and we took him to the hospital.
2025 January 9
We signed up for the youth team. Shen Lixi was still very weak, so Xi Wei and I carried him onto the plane.
The plane was struck by lightning during flight and forced to make an emergency landing on the sea. Shen Lixi fainted again; the young man's body was too weak, he needed to train more.
However, 23 other people also fell into a coma.
2025 January 10
Shen Lixi was unconscious for three days before finally waking up. We trained for the triathlon for three consecutive days.
Over the past three days, news reports have been filled with earthquake warnings. J country has experienced the most frequent earthquakes, and most of their territory has been submerged by seawater.
Coach Lengshan provided each of us with a full set of VR motion-sensing equipment.
I always said that the game world of "Ocean's Deception" is that alien planet.
2025 January 10
No training today.
2025 January 10
Coach Lengshan selected a seven-person advance team to conduct reconnaissance on the alien planet.
Zhang Mei signed up first, and Shen Lixi and I also raised our hands.
The last people to join the advance team were: Shen Lixi, Zhao Zhi, Zhang Mei, Sun Li, Su An, Sun Jian and me.
2025 January 10
We arrived at the designated location in the South China Sea aboard our research vessel.
An accident occurred: Shen Lixi, Zhao Zhi, Zhang Mei, Sun Li, and Su An successfully dived underwater and traversed the time tunnel. However, by the time Sun Jian went down, the time tunnel had already closed.
Coach Leng Shan had someone pull Sun Jian back to the surface, and there was no need for me to go down any further.
2025 January 11
After more than a month of training, we went to Kashima to participate in the demon-slaying plan.
Because some soldiers on the battlefield were possessed by ghosts, which we call "ghosts," a plan to exterminate them was devised.
2025 January 12
On the eve of Christmas Eve, we went to the Middle East battlefield, where the ghosts had gotten out of control.
However, the war here is more terrifying than the ghosts here. We assassinated the soldiers controlled by the ghosts and left.
2026 January 1
Today is New Year's Day, and we have launched operations in Africa.
2026 January 2
Today is Lunar New Year's Eve. We are participating in peacekeeping operations in Eastern Europe. Of course, our purpose is different from that of the peacekeeping forces. We are here to eliminate the Ghost.
2026 January 3
Today, the official authorities refuted the news of an alien attack on Earth.
We busted a drug cartel in Central America. I'm not sure if they were possessed by ghosts; ghost-possessed people aren't as insane as they were.
2026 January 4
Today's operation took place in South Asia, and it went smoothly; the local army cooperated effectively with us. However, I'm unsure whether the rebels we defeated were all possessed by ghosts; some of them seemed like normal people.
2026 January 4
Today is Grain Rain, and we conducted a secret operation in northwestern South America.
2026 January 5
Today, on Labor Day, our operation took place in Southeast Asia, where we rescued domestic tourists who had been tricked into joining a fraud ring.
2026 January 5
Today's operation took place in South Asia. The operation encountered some setbacks. The person possessed by the ghost was successfully killed, but we got caught up in a battle between two local factions. Fortunately, we were able to retreat successfully later.
2026 January 5
Today is Xiaoman (Grain Buds), and our location today is an island nation in South Asia.
The operation was called off; the higher-ups said the ghosts were getting weaker and no longer posed a threat to humanity. Instead, the recent actions have gotten us into unnecessary trouble.
2026 January 6
Today is Children's Day, and the higher-ups announced that the extermination plan has been officially completed.
2026 January 6
Today, the youth team announced its disbandment, and we will enjoy the benefits of retired military personnel.
2026 January 6
The college entrance examination started today, but none of the current year's students from the youth team participated.
2026 January 6
We were told that we could be admitted to our desired university without taking the entrance exam.
2026 January 6
I enrolled in driving school training.
2026 January 7
I received my university admission letter.
2026 January 8
I got my driver's license.
2026 January 9
I went to university to register; our program is three years long.
2026 January 9
Today is the anniversary of Ye Xuehan's father's death. Ye Xuehan and Nan Tian have been missing for almost a year.
2026 January 9
The second phase of construction of the Mars outpost base has begun.
2026 January 9