Chapter 1: Overcome

"Warrior, huh?

Magic, huh?

Pet, huh?

Where the hell am I?

No, I'm crafting a gaming helmet...

The Hoang Thien continent, damn it!

I've transmigrated, damn it.

Vietnam, June 25th, 2035.

In a small hostel, he was a university student, 24 years old this spring! Standing at 1.8 meters tall, he had a slender figure. Despite his handsome appearance, his current eyes were as dark as those of a panda, which would surely make anyone burst into laughter at his current appearance:

"Wow, a human-shaped panda."

His name was Hoàng Minh, a true gamer. He loved games, loved creativity, and indeed, he had a brilliant mind...

"Just a bit more, ha ha, almost complete."

Hoang Minh was confident, his lips curled up looking quite mischievous, laughing while carefully attending to the remaining small details!

If there were any scientists here, they would surely nod in approval when they saw the object he was working on!

In his hand was a gaming helmet, which looked quite ordinary like other gaming helmets, but no one knew what crazy idea he had come up with for this seemingly ordinary gaming helmet!

A virtual reality gaming helmet, that activates brain waves to transport people into another world, a virtual world, was first introduced as early as 2027. After many years, it had become the second world for humans all over the globe! Prominent games like "Phong Than", "Thien Phat", or "Ranh Gioi".

"Just a bit more, and I'll be the first, the only one to invent this game, ha ha. I'll be rich."

Hoang Minh laughed loudly, envisioning his family living in a beautiful house, and his younger sister attending a prestigious high school! For this idea, he had been striving for success for the past 4 years!

He had the idea four years ago, to turn his favorite series into a game. A crazy idea, but he had tried to learn, to be creative, and the results were about to be revealed. His world, his rules...

"Completed!"

Hoang Minh looked at his gaming helmet, tears streaming down his face. This was his achievement, the work he had been nurturing for years, a crazy creation of the whole world...

Unable to wait any longer, he quickly adjusted his posture, lay down on the bed, and put on the helmet, unaware that his life was about to take a different turn.

"Link Start!"

The helmet emitted a bright light, and Hoang Minh closed his eyes, waiting for his consciousness to be activated by the electrical currents!

However, contrary to expectations, the helmet started emitting crackling noises. The room lit up, and Hoang Minh noticed something was wrong. He was about to get up and take off the helmet, but suddenly, an electric current enveloped him. Hoang Minh was jolted violently, his body jerking uncontrollably, his hair standing on end! The small hostel room exploded and collapsed, sending everyone around fleeing in panic! Hoang Minh could only smirk, realizing he had completely lost consciousness!

Am I dead? Hoang Minh felt his soul drifting into a mysterious dark space, suffering. All his efforts, all his struggles, seemed to vanish into thin air. He had failed, he was dead, what would happen to his younger sister?

Suddenly, his whole body felt shaky, and his consciousness gradually cleared. Someone's cries echoed in his ears:

"Hoang Nhi, don't leave your mother, can you wake up? Don't lie there, your mother doesn't know how to live without you! Hu hu"

Damn it, who's crying so loudly, perhaps my soul has passed through someone else's place! He groggily tried to open his eyes, exerting all his strength, slowly opening them, only to be met with the sight of a very gentle woman, tender and simple in appearance, with clothes patched and mended! Her hands were tightly holding his.

Who is she, he wondered.

Seeing her son open his eyes, the woman's eyes brightened, tears flowing like rain, she hurriedly held on tighter.

"Hoang Nhi, you're awake, your mother was so scared, I was afraid of losing you, huhu"

Hoang Minh was startled, his mind bewildered, who is this woman talking to me? What's going on? Who is she?

He dumbfoundedly looked around, finding himself in a small room, quite shabby, with only a small wooden table, a small cabinet, a few cooking utensils, and the bed he was lying on.

"Where am I?"

He whispered, confused!

Seeing her son confused, the woman's face looked even more distressed, her speech became even more incoherent, and her crying grew louder, her face more distressed.

"Hoang Nhi, are you really okay? Let me go call the doctor, let me call someone to check on you!!!"

After saying that, the woman hurriedly ran outside. Hoàng Minh looked after the woman leaving without knowing what to say. He silently looked down at himself...

"What's going on, why are my hands and feet so small like this, clearly my body isn't strong but it shouldn't be as small as this little kid!!"

Hoang Minh panicked, his hands and feet belonged to a child of about 10 years old. A small, pale child! How did this happen, he shook his head in confusion! Where am I, why did I become like this, or did I shrink like Shinichi Kudo in the story? He thought to himself, finding it hard to understand.

Suddenly, his head throbbed with pain, a stream of information rushed in, and he screamed as if he had reached the end of the line, feeling as if there were thousands of ants crawling in his head. He lost consciousness!

When he woke up, he found himself lying down, his head being dabbed with a wet cloth, the dim light of a candle illuminating the room with a bit of warmth.

He was dumbfounded, damn it, I've transmigrated."