MrBoness

-- WSA 2025 Entry --

“Five… Four… Three… Two… One…”
As the countdown towards the new year went on to the last second, Miles looked up to the sky, just as everybody else did.

In the middle of the crowded street, Miles for once felt like he belonged. Being a teenage gamer, living with his parents, and trying to build a life as a streamer, he did not feel like leaving his room every day.

But there, in the middle of that crowded street, with everyone around him paying attention to the sky, the countdown on the digital billboard, and mostly anything else but him., Miles felt like a ghost.

A welcomed ghost, but a ghost, after all.

With a smile on his unseen face, he looked up as the countdown reached one, and everybody sang in unison.
‘HAPPY NEW YEAR!”

But Miles’ eyes widened as he watched in utter horror, and curiosity, even, hovering above him, a holographic screen with a few lines of text written in it.

All around him, although he did not pay much attention to it, a few other people seemed to experience the same situation.

[Updating home-world 39515’s version]

[Version 20.25 update brings a lot of fun and games with the new and improved survival mode]

[Do you want to convert your previous avatar to home-world 39515’s latest version?]

[Yes] [No]

“Survival… Mode?” Miles’ lips quivered.

Before he could think of anything else, though, the people around him began to scream…

Mad Hatter's Guide to Clearing The Game

Sarissa took a deep breath, trying to suppress the storm of thoughts raging inside her. The weight of the system's quest still lingered at the back of her mind, like an itch that she was not able to scratch. But now, with Miles standing before her, revealing that he had reached Level 50 and unlocked something as mysterious as the [World Quest] as if he was telling her what he had for breakfast, she felt like she was being suffocated.

"This [Inner World]… what is it?" She crossed her arms, fixing Miles with a scrutinizing gaze.

"I don't know. The notification wasn't specific. It just mentioned that the first piece of the [World Quest] could be found there. No instructions, no coordinates, nothing." Miles exhaled, rubbing the back of his head.

Ch44. RE: [World Quest] (2) - How strong you are