I'm Dreaming of a Journey to the West

It was a stormy night in an ordinary residential building in Longguo's Hope City. A young boy in pajamas sat at his computer desk, playing an online game called Dream Westward Journey IV.

On his computer desk were various game character figurines, most of which were prizes won by a 16-year-old named Li Chen from various mobile and online game competitions. Yes, he was a true gaming prodigy, though his academic performance wasn't particularly impressive, with only a 5 in math, a 7 in English, and a 15 in Chinese. The combined score for these subjects didn't exceed 100.

Today is Friday, which happens to be the day when Dream Westward Journey 4 is updated to the latest main line Buzhou Mountain. After defeating the Four Swords of Zhu Xian in this main mission, the Four Swords of Zhu Xian system will be unlocked, which will further break through the player's strength.

So in order to get the complete Four Swords of Zhu Xian faster than other game anchors, Li Chen decided to upgrade the Four Swords of Zhu Xian to the maximum level tonight.

"Almost there, almost there! Burn it, burn it for me!"

Li Chen shouted excitedly, because now all he needed to reach the maximum level of the last sword was the sword spirit of the last sword on the screen, and the health bar of this sword had already reached the bottom, so victory was in sight! As long as the sword spirit dropped, Li Chen would be the first master to collect the maximum level of the Zhu Xian Four Sword Formation!

As the health bar changed from a trace of red to completely black, the boss's health bar was completely emptied! Then, the word "kill" appeared in large letters on the screen, marking Li Chen's victory!

The final sword spirit he had longed for also successfully entered his backpack! Then, a scene like a comic strip played out. The content was that after a fierce battle, Tang Sanzang and his disciples broke through the Zhu Xian Sword Formation, but a mysterious phantom appeared.

"Yeah! I finally cleared the level! I can reach the maximum level! Hooray! Hahahahahahaha!"

Just as Li Chen was immersed in the joy of finally collecting all four swords of Zhu Xian at the maximum level, a bolt of lightning from the sky suddenly struck Li Chen who was playing games in the room!

The moment the lightning struck Li Chen, he felt a sharp pain in his head and body and passed out. When he opened his eyes again, everything around him had changed.

"What's going on? My head hurts. Where is this place?"

Li Chen stood up and looked at the ancient city before him. It seemed as if it had experienced a brutal battle before, with dilapidated chariots and corpses everywhere! Blood flowed into a long river, and the air was filled with the smell of metal and blood.

Li Chen looked up at the city, which was shrouded in dark clouds. From the deepest part of the city, a giant, looming shadow appeared. Behind it were four huge, sharp axes, and two giant dragons followed. It looked majestic, exuding a special chill.

"It shouldn't be autumn yet, right? Why does that strange shadow make me feel so cold?

Li Chen couldn't help but mutter in his heart. There was a faint voice in his heart, telling him to keep walking into this city, into this city, as if there seemed to be something in this city that was attracting him.

"Stop, mortal! You are not allowed to enter the city at this time!"

Someone behind Li Chen shouted at him, and he quickly turned around to look at that person, only to see an ice-cold fork stabbing towards him, with a frightening cold light flashing on the fork!

Although Li Chen was a video game expert, he was quite good at training his physical fitness. He turned sideways and grabbed the fork that was stabbing at him!

When he saw the appearance of the man who attacked him, he couldn't help but be shocked. He was not a human being. To be precise, he looked like a tiger spirit. He was wearing a set of copper armor and a helmet with two bull horns. The style of the armor below his head was extremely similar to the attire of the soldiers of the ancient Dragon Kingdom!

He looked exactly like the spearman who appeared in the Golden Ancestral Witch series in Dream Journey to the West IV. Even his appearance and the style of armor he wore were the same. There was not a single difference! Li Chen couldn't help but feel shocked!

The tiger demon soldier, seeing his weapon restrained, and Li Chen momentarily lost in thought, quickly raised his fist and struck Li Chen, its claws gleaming. Li Chen reacted hastily, sweeping his leg and knocking the tiger demon soldier to the ground, then stamping on his chest.

"Hurry up and save me, General Yin!"

The tiger demon soldier spoke in human language and asked for help, but Li Chen did not give him a chance to ask for help. Instead, he directly inserted the steel fork he was using into his body and killed the monster!

"It was a close call. If I had been punched by him just now, I would have been finished!" Li Chen thought with lingering fear.

"Hmph, not bad, great skills, but it's a pity that you're about to become our food!"

Li Chen looked in the direction of the sound. It was a tiger demon wearing armor and wearing two sharp claws on his hands. Behind him were twenty tiger demon soldiers holding steel forks, a dozen tiger demon archers holding bows and arrows, and thirty bear demon soldiers holding machetes. Behind them were several catapults operated by tiger demon soldiers. These demons held sharp weapons in their hands and let out bursts of terrifying grins at Li Chen.

Li Chen couldn't help but feel terrified. He had already exhausted all his strength fighting against a single tiger demon soldier, and now there were so many more. How was he supposed to fight them? What kind of place had he come to? Why did the scene before him look so familiar and yet so strange?

"Boy, take this move from me! — The tiger descends from the mountain!"

The tiger demon leader rushed towards Li Chen at an extremely fast speed. He first leaped into the air, then fell at an extremely fast speed, and pounced on Li Chen. He showed his row of sharp teeth, wanting to kill Li Chen with his fangs!

Smelling the pungent fishy smell from the tiger demon's mouth, fear began to spread in Li Chen's heart.

"The tiger comes down the mountain! Isn't this General Yin's skill?" Li Chen thought to himself, could he have traveled to the world of Dream Journey to the West IV? Unexpectedly, he was killed by General Yin after only destroying one tiger demon soldier!

"Detecting that the host is about to be in danger of death, the Dream Creation Unparalleled System! Activate!"