“Alright, Big Sister will look for a job tomorrow and buy Xiao Bai a big feast.
Just bear with it for today, okay?”
Shiro thought that if she was too willful and got abandoned by this idiot, it would probably be hard to survive in this town with her current strength.
She could only reluctantly nod and eat the coarse white bread with the less-than-fresh milk.
Meanwhile, Firefly ate her bread while opening the system’s player forum.
“apocalypse” was the hottest game on Earth.
Even before its release, it had garnered massive popularity through overwhelming advertisements and high-concept marketing.
As a result, there were tens of thousands of posts on the forum, all excitedly discussing the game.
Firefly lurked for a while and found that she had indeed returned to the past.
At this time, “apocalypse” hadn’t launched yet, and the calendar showed dates from several years ago.
At the same time, she discovered that the forum account she was using was her one from her previous life.
The ID was “Firefly Solo-Stan,” and the avatar was a beautiful image of the honkai: star rail female protagonist “Stelle” hugging Firefly.
“I returned to the past with my game account…?
Does ‘I’ still exist in reality right now?” Firefly had no way to verify this currently, but the fact that she could freely use the account seemed to indirectly suggest something.
Just then, Firefly suddenly noticed that the official game account had posted a video—the launch PV for “apocalypse.”
The official account’s ID was “King of Grandia.” Grandia was the predecessor of the Platinum Empire in the world of “apocalypse,” a highly prosperous ancient human kingdom that had long since perished.
The official account’s avatar was an image similar to the Little Black Man from Detective Conan.
This Little Black Man was sitting on a throne, propping up his head with his hand and looking straight ahead.
It looked quite comical, giving off a distinct sense of being the “mastermind behind the scenes.”
As for the launch PV, Firefly had already seen it many times.
She originally had no intention of watching it again, until she saw the cover of the PV, which actually featured four figures.
Three of them were the protagonist group from the original game, representing the three main classes.
But the last person…
was actually Sam!
“What’s going on?
Why would Sam appear on the cover of the launch PV?
Did I cross into a parallel universe, and the ‘apocalypse’ of this world has a collaboration with MiHoYo?”
Firefly hurriedly clicked on the PV, wanting to find out the truth.
The video started with a very intense conflict.
The protagonist of “apocalypse,” Aaron Charles, was confronting his uncle.
“My uncle!
I am an adult now!
Why have you not yet returned my father’s title to me?
Can it be that you truly cannot bear to part with this title and fief?
Must you disregard our decade-plus of family ties for the sake of this power?!” Aaron shouted angrily.
Dense bullet comments appeared at the top of the video, demonstrating the game’s popularity:
“Good heavens!
I say, good heavens!”
“Uncle: The struggle for succession has always been thus!”
“This character is so righteous!
He’s hit me right in the heart.
He feels handsome yet has that cute ‘younger brother’ vibe…”
Seeing this comment, Firefly thought for a moment and decided to filter out the ‘mother fans.’ She hated these kinds of comments most when watching anime; they gave her a sense of physiological discomfort.
Then the video continued.
The argument between Aaron and his uncle had reached a fever pitch.
Finally, Aaron slammed the table and roared:
“Fine!
Since you insist on this, Uncle, then I will leave this family estate in your care for now.
Starting tomorrow, I will leave this territory and become an adventurer.
I hope that by the time I return, you will have had a change of heart!”
Aaron naturally intended to retreat in order to advance.
His parents had died early, and his uncle had governed the territory for many years.
He didn’t have much leverage to fight for the inheritance.
He could only leave the territory first and develop quietly for a while.
Once he was fully fledged, he would stage a ‘return of the Dragon King’ and reclaim his family property!
Unfortunately, Aaron didn’t expect that the moment he packed his bags and stepped out of the territory the next day, he would be attacked by a group of bandits.
“Uncle!
Do you truly intend to be so heartless?!” Seeing the bandits, Aaron instantly understood their origin.
With a long cry to the heavens, he drew his longsword and engaged them in battle.
During the fight, the combat style of a Martial Artist was interspersed.
The players in the comments were also crying out in surprise:
“Good heavens, is this really actual game footage?
If I didn’t know better, I’d think I was watching a movie!”
“Who are you kidding!
If this is actual game footage, I’ll eat my computer right now!”
“Remember the Dragon’s Back scam!
However good the Dragon’s Back PV looks, the in-game footage will be just as garbage!”
Amidst the heated arguments of the players, Aaron was overwhelmed by numbers and fell from his horse.
A bandit with a hideous expression thrust a longsword toward him.
Then, the scene shifted.