Chapter 4: E

  Shelley's home was a standalowo-story house.

  The first floor sisted of a small living room, a kit, and a ste room.

  The sed floor had three bedrooms.

  Since Shelley was siwo of the rooms were unoccupied.

  The pce was very messy, indig that Shelley was not the type to regurly.

  Well, given that her way of solving cases often involved shootings, it wasn't surprising that she didn't keep her home tidy.

  Soon, Lucas was lying on the bed in his assigned room. He let out a long breath.

  Refleg on the day's events, it had been a really chaotic day!

  The sound of water running ihroom door didn't distract Lucas. Instead, he focused his attention on his sciousness.

  He observed the phone.

  Battery level: 61%.

  All the apps on the s were gray, except for the "Epoch" t i, which was in color and highlighted, seemingly prompting him to click it.

  'I'm in this game world, I still py the game?' Lucas clicked on the "Epoch" i.

  It really… opened!

  The game interface loaded quickly.

  His character stood on the login s.

  A female elf.

  [

  E: Level 120 (Max Level)

  - Race: Elf

  - Bloodline: Fierce Battle Song (A branch of prairie elves, known for being warlike due to cohabitation with orcs. Increases battle spirit by 10%, maintains crity in a frenzy.)

  - Enhanced Bloodline: Wings of Time and Space (A blessing from the Elf High God, obtained by pleting the enhanced bloodline quest at level 80. Allows limited manipution and interfereh time and space.)

  - Alchemical Modification: Elemental Fusioor (Heart) (Effit energy acquisition and release)

  - Extraordinary Transpnt: Angel's Right Arm (Light element, right arm release holy battle skills. Increases damage to non-light element creatures by 15%, and to evil creatures by 50%)

  - Star Seat: Aquarius (One of the twelve golden steltions, greatly enhances recovery abilities, increases the effectiveness of water and ice battle skills and spells by 15%, and increase humidity to create localized rainfall.)

  - Affinity Element: Ice

  - Exclusive Battle Skill: Ice Dance Garden (Wide-range ice attribute attack, increases movement speed on ice by 50%)

  ]

  This was Lucas's at in "Epoch," which he had pyed diligently for nearly ten years. Among pyers, his character might not be the top, but it was high-level.

  Especially i three years, he had spent quite a bit of money on the at to polish the character's attributes and skill system for making videos.

  Seeing his meticulously developed character again brought a wave of nostalgia.

  Since he had some free time and could py the game on his phohrough his sciousness, he decided to do some daily tasks and run a few dungeons before sleeping.

  Lucas chose to enter "Epoch." A prompt box popped up first.

  [Notice: Logging in with a character will e a lot of photery. Based on 100% battery level (a level 120 character exist for 10 seds, a level 100 character exist for 10 minutes, a level 80 character exist for 100 minutes, and characters below level 60 exist for 1000 minutes), during character login, the phone ot be charged.

  Character login time is based on actual battery life.

  Whetery reaches zero, the character will be forcibly logged out.

  Recharging from 0% to 100% takes 24 hours.]

  What does this mean?

  Max-level characters e so much power!

  A level 100 character only be used for 10 minutes, not even enough to plete a dungeon.

  A level 80 character be used for just uwo hours.

  There's plenty of time with a level 60 character, but what you do with that… get beaten up?After p for a moment, Lucas decided to adjust the character to level 60.

  First, he would enter and see what it was like without a work. If he entered something he couldn't handle, he could just level up again.

  He adjusted the character's level.

  A level 60 character cked the overwhelming aura of a level 120 character, appearing much more ordinary and unremarkable.

  The character gradually began to fade. Then, a map appeared.

  [Since your real location is in Seawall District, Storm City, Argent Empire, the map of this area is now illuminated. Your created character use 36 virtual teleportation anchors in the Seawall District.

  Note: Virtual teleportation anchors only be seen and used by your created character.

  Note: If your created character dies, it will cost 100% battery power to resurrect them.

  Note: While trolling your character, you adjust the character's level as needed, and battery power will be ed based oual character level.

  Note: Ensure you are in a safe pce or capable of guaranteeing your own safety while trolling the character.]

  Lucas found his location on the map and chose a nearby virtual teleportation anchor.

  What will happen? He chose to enter.

  [Character entering...]

  Lucas felt his sciousness suddenly enveloped in darkness, then his perspective shifted to a clock tower.

  'I... I'm out! No, I'm not out; I have two perspectives.'

  Lucas was sure he was still lying in the bedroom of Shelley's house, hearing the water running ihroom door.

  At the same time, his sciousness was ected to another perspective.

  Through that perspective, he could see...

  Lucas trolled the additional perspective in his sciousness, turning it as he would his own body, and saw Shelley's house.

  He quickly pulled his sciousness bad lifted the curtains, seeing someoanding on a clock tower less than 200 meters away.

  A person with a face like a beautiful female elf.

  This person wore an outfit he had bought for decoration, with a long bck ce glove c their right arm to hide the angelic limb, and two short curved swords symmetrically strapped to their lower back.

  In the moonlight, he could see their shreen hair and the distinctive pointed ears of an elf.

  She was E, the character he had nurtured for ten years in "Epoch."

  But why was E here?

  Moreover...

  Lucas returo the perspective in his sciousness.

  Through E's eyes, he saw himself peeking out the window, his wide-eyed expression l his overall attractiveness.

  At that moment, Lucas was looking at himself from two perspectives, a feeling both peculiar and spine-chilling.

  Shelley, apparently hearing something, asked from the room, "Detective, is everything alright?"

  "Nothing," Lucas said, closing the curtains. "Just thinking about the Grand Princess, having trouble sleeping."

  "The detective is truly a devoted man."

  "Heh, of course. Goodnight."

  "Goodnight, sir."

  Hearing no further noise from the room, Lucas closed his eyes to sleep, his sciousness returning to E.

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