Viajante do Abismo Estelar

“What’s happening to me...”

It felt as though I had been dreaming for ages, my mind foggy and heavy, my head nearly splitting apart. In that haze, I finally managed to open my eyes.

Above me was an old, battered ceiling. One corner bore clear traces of moss, likely due to a leak in the roof. As my sense of smell returned, a strange, unpleasant odor invaded my nostrils.

The scent was a blend of decay and a faint, fishy staleness.

“Something’s wrong...”

I furrowed my brow, fragments of memory surfacing.

Before this dream, I had just started the official release of "Star Abyss," created my account. Everything was normal, until I entered a CDKEY for a newbie suit—a code given to me by a stranger in our penguin chat group. That’s when the bizarre happened!

A black dot appeared at the center of my screen, growing larger and larger, swallowing the entire world like a black hole. My body seemed to plummet endlessly, and when I awoke, I was here.

So... is this the game, or reality?

My mind grew sharper, memories coalescing. I recalled who I was.

My name is Ding Han, a graduate from Suzhou. I had just finished my postgraduate studies, and together with my childhood friend, Fatty, we started playing a so-called AAA-level 2D game called "Star Abyss."

In the beta, my gaming instincts earned me a final ranking of 99th across all servers. So after the official launch, I invited Fatty to join me, planning to make a name for ourselves in this unexpectedly brilliant 2D game.

Even if we couldn’t ris