294: I am the protagonist!!!

No one expected the Cross-World Group to directly update with a new feature like this.

"Good heavens! The newcomer is amazing! He brought us a new feature!" Yi Xin praised.

Then everyone looked at this Red Packet feature. It was a very simple function, and everyone understood it immediately.

However, one could only send items that belonged to them and were from "their own world."

Ran Quan tried sending a Red Packet.

[Yi Xin snatched your Red Packet]

[Lin Zifeng snatched your Red Packet]

[Chen Mu snatched your Red Packet]

[Miya-pasu snatched your Red Packet]

[Lin Ze snatched your Red Packet]

"Whoa! I got an energy gun... but it's useless to me!" Yi Xin said.

"I got an energy sword," Lin Zifeng said.

"I also got an energy gun," Lin Ze said.

"I snatched a Gene Potion A..." Miya-pasu said, "I drank it... This thing doesn't seem to be of much use to me either..."

[You snatched a Red Packet sent by Ran Quan and received a bottle of Gene Potion A.]

Chen Mu looked at this notification, then saw a small bottle containing an unknown liquid appear in his "space."

Chen Mu looked at the system description for this Gene Potion A.

"Good heavens! Isn't this just a perfect 'protagonist template' beginning?!" Chen Mu looked at the familiar scene, as if it were a plot from some chat group novels he had read before!

Although he wasn't starting as the "group leader," it was still pretty good! After all, this was truly happening in reality!

Chen Mu didn't care if he was the group leader or not! Now that he was hanging out with the big shots, he was definitely going to "soar" in reality!

Chen Mu: "Thank you, big shot! I snatched a Gene Potion A!"

"This guy, his luck is good, and he snatched it pretty fast!" Yi Xin said with a smile, "And the item is quite suitable for him."

Ran Quan: "Indeed! I only sent five packets."

Lin Zifeng: "It seems this Red Packet feature is quite fun... It's great for daily entertainment or livening up the atmosphere..."

Bai Mo: "I was too slow... Darn it! Hey! By the way, can't we use this Red Packet feature to 'exploit a bug'? Like for trading, to avoid transaction fees?"

Yi Xin: "You said it out loud, so I suggest you'd best not do that!"

Lin Zifeng: "Plus one, and the restrictions on this Red Packet feature aren't small... So just give up on that idea!"

Bai Mo: "Cough, cough, I was just saying! God, please don't mind!"

Bai Mo suddenly remembered that this Cross-World Group was "conscious." Although it had never truly appeared, their various "reactions" in the chat group suggested it was conscious.

Coupled with Administrator Clarissa's words, it's possible there really is a God above them.

This God was not the kind of God they encountered in various worlds, but a "God" in the true sense, at least, with the immense power of the Cross-World Group and various system powers...

They also knew that the systems on them were probably products of God.

This Cross-World Group was an organization, a collective... Otherwise, there wouldn't be "subordinate members."

Of course, only Administrator Clarissa knew this and told them; later joined members didn't know.

This was a secret among their "system-wielding" members.

Chen Mu idled in the group for a while, then eagerly took out the Gene Potion A.

Of course, before using it, he also made preparations. Hmm, he was fine, tomorrow was a holiday, so he was fine, his roommates were all out playing, he was alone in the room, so he was fine!

The dorm was a four-person room with an independent bathroom.

He wasn't afraid of having nowhere to wash up if the "marrow cleansing" got messy!

Chen Mu made various preparations, eliminating all sorts of scenarios that might appear in novels.

Then he took the Gene Potion A.

"Smack ~ smack ~" Chen Mu smacked his lips. It seemed to have no taste, just a slightly viscous texture.

After taking it, Chen Mu began to feel a hot current from his throat to his stomach, then his stomach started to burn, and this burning sensation began to spread throughout his body.

"So uncomfortable!" Chen Mu's face changed. The burning sensation grew stronger and stronger, and then his whole body began to ache intensely.

"Endure! I must endure it!" Chen Mu thought about how in novels, no matter how much pain and difficulty, protagonists always endured it and then gained the greatest benefits!

"I absolutely cannot faint!!!" Chen Mu gritted his teeth, desperately holding onto that sliver of clarity in his consciousness!

Unfortunately, he didn't know that fainting was irrelevant when taking this... It would save him suffering... Whatever was supposed to happen would happen...

After all, this was an already mature product from Ran Quan's world, even an upgraded product, reaching perfection, with no possible side effects or errors.

This pain was unavoidable, as it was for perfecting genes... and strengthening the physique...

Pain was probably the only side effect of the Gene Serum.

However, from Gene Potion B onwards, perhaps having gone through it once, the subsequent pains would be lighter and lighter.

By the time it reached Type C, which was the third time taking it, it was basically just a minor ache, the kind anyone could endure with just a frown.

Unlike the first time using it, Chen Mu was now grimacing, enduring it with extreme difficulty.

"I... I must endure! I am the protagonist... I must endure..." Chen Mu gritted his teeth tightly, his face becoming extremely distorted, curling up on the bed, desperately enduring the pain.

He didn't know if he was numb or what, but Chen Mu, whose consciousness was somewhat hazy, slowly relaxed. The pain in his body gradually dissipated, replaced by an incomparable feeling of comfort!

Not only that, his body felt better than ever before! It was just that his spirit was a bit tired from the pain.

"Too strong!" Chen Mu looked at his body, and there was nothing "pitch black" on him.

He clenched his fists; so much strength!

Chen Mu jumped out of bed. His three-hundred-degree myopia seemed to have disappeared.

Things were clearer than when he wore glasses.

Then he glanced at the dumbbells his roommate had left aside for exercise.

He went over and picked them up; they were very light!

"This strength of mine! As expected of the Gene Serum! Too strong!" Chen Mu's eyes gleamed, and his whole person became incredibly confident.

He suddenly felt a pain in his stomach, but his face lit up: "It's here! This is for expelling impurities!"

Chen Mu immediately went to the restroom.

After a long while, with the sound of flushing, he walked out refreshed, then went to take a shower.

"Hahaha! I! Chen Mu! The Chosen One!!!" Chen Mu clenched his fists, incredibly excited.

Moreover, he learned from the Cross-World Group that there would generally only be one "protagonist (Cross-World Group member)" in a world.

In other words, in his world, he was the protagonist!