Re: 2025

When William Smith opened his eyes, the moment simply shocked beyond words, everything in front of him is like a dream.

The sound of noise into the ears, the warm afternoon sunlight from the window into the house, in the hospital bed on the white quilt mapped out spots of golden light.

This ward he knew so well!

There was no doubt that he had only stayed in this kind of ward once in the course of his life, some time before the opening of The Throne, when he was accidentally involved in a car accident and had the calf bone of his left leg broken.

The accident didn't delay him for long, but it was just the right time for him to miss the opening of the legendary "most valuable MMORPG game of the 21st century".

By the time he entered the game, the first players who had taken advantage of the game had already established a certain order, making it difficult for later players to surpass them in the system.

Until his rebirth, he was just an ordinary undead knight running for advanced missions.

Then without warning, the apocalypse event broke out, and he died a humiliating death in the middle of the great battle when he was caught in the battle of several legendary players besieging the demigod 'Evgeny, the Extraterrestrial Visitor'.

The fear of the apocalypse event and death made his body stiffen a bit, but he soon realized that no matter how much he feared, the apocalypse event would happen, and the only thing he could do was to enter The Throne as soon as possible and do everything he could to improve his abilities and not become cannon fodder for the Battle of Heaven again.

However, the first thing to solve now is the equipment problem, to enter the Throne requires a special brainwave sensing apparatus, dreamcatcher.

This strange machine, which resembles a bird's nest in appearance, links the player's brainwaves, hypnotizes the player quickly and accesses its unique brainwave network, allowing the player to enter the near-real world of legend in his dreams, experiencing the five senses of sight, taste, smell, hearing and touch, and even experiencing the wonderful sensations unique to him as a supernatural being.

The launch of this magical instrument triggered a tsunami of social controversy, but the 'Interactive Network Technology Co., Ltd.' which launched it was so divine that it set right all the problems, and finally, amidst the fervor of all mankind, "Throne" was about to open.

William took his phone to confirm that the time now was 11:00 am on July 30, 2025, less than 48 hours before the opening, and he hadn't even found a suitable dreamcatcher yet.

It's definitely too late to go directly to buy, the first batch of dreamcatchers distributed free to the public by 'Interactive Network Technology Ltd' is limited in number, and the first delivery of the paid version from the second batch should be around the 10th of August, and they have all been sold out, he is afraid that even if he places an order now, the time to get a dreamcatcher will be until September.

By then, many of the rare props he still remembered how to get, precious equipment and even special career advancement quest chain will be too late.

He opened his phone contacts with some distress and suddenly noticed a name, Irving Bertram, his sister's son, a high school football player.

If he remembered correctly, the lucky Irving had drawn the first batch of dreamcatchers and hadn't activated it because he was training for the football team at the moment and wouldn't have time to use the dreamcatcher until at least September.

He immediately wrote a message to his sister, asking her to lend him the dreamcatcher first, and he would buy a new one and return it before Irving finished training.

It didn't take long for his sister to tell him it was no problem at all, and that she hoped it would make his stay in the hospital less boring. As for Irving, he should go train properly, otherwise he wouldn't have any chance of getting into college with his level of education.

After sending a message of thanks, William was still considering which friend to ask to take the dreamcatcher to him when he got the good news that his sister happened to be driving out to the supermarket this afternoon to do some shopping and would also bring the dreamcatcher and his favorite Mille feuille to visit him.

William recalled anew what he had experienced around 2025 and was sure that the best chance he could take was to enter The Throne. Almost three months later, "Throne" will really prevail, and the real currency prices of various virtual props soar all the way up.

Controlling his emotions, William finished his hospital-issued nutritious lunch in a mood of anticipation, and then finally waited for his sister Mona Smith, or should be called Mrs. Mona Bertram, at 2:30 p.m.

Seeing his sister, whom he had not seen for many years, reappearing in front of him, still looking the same as she did when she was young, William felt his tear ducts burning.

"Oh, my brother, you are already 25 years old, you can no longer cry with your old sister like a little boy."

Despite these words, Mona hurriedly put the box containing the cake and dreamcatcher on the bedside table, drew some tissues and handed them to William who could not control his tears.

"William, it's okay, calm down."

William managed to control his emotions, which were a bit out of control because of the drastic change in circumstances, and apologized to Mona: "Sorry, mona, I'm just so happy to see you."

Mona gave William a big hug and complained, "Then you should pay careful attention to the vehicles on the street next time instead of taking the risk to pass it."

"I remember, sister."

Worried that William's emotions were out of control again, Mona hurriedly changed the subject and took out the gift she brought to William: "This is your favorite Mille feuille, only there is no more blueberry flavor, I took a raspberry flavor, I hope you don't mind it."

"Oh. Thank you so much, my good sister." Although William was not very hungry, he still took out a piece of cake from the box and ate it contentedly.

When William finished eating the cake, Mona took out the dreamcatcher again and showed it to William: "This is the dreamcatcher you asked for, I hope it will make your stay in hospital less boring."

William took the thing that symbolized everything and examined it carefully. It was special, with an unknown material made in one piece, and although it seemed to have many structures, it was one.

"This is it, thank you so much, Mona. I've placed an order for Owen as well."

Mona, a person who doesn't play many online games and therefore has little knowledge of dreamcatchers, asked curiously, "Is this critical, brother?"

William shrugged his shoulders and said a jingle from Interactive Network Technology Ltd: "It's the only key to the door of the future."