“What….”
Jason didn’t even have time to think when he felt the pull. It differed from what he felt when he logged into the game. However, it wasn’t a dream.
‘Simulation? I heard this before. But… When?’
The next second, he found himself standing. He still had his sword and the other gear he had when he was in Amelia’s house.
“Where am I?”
He was standing on a desolate land. It was a vast area with nothing. However, the ground under him was solid, and there were puddles of water everywhere. It looked as if it rained here earlier.
This wasn’t the major problem. The weirdest thing was the sky.
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