Time flew by, and it was already December.
Christmas was approaching.
It had been snowing continuously for a week around Hogwarts, and everything was a pristine white.
The Black Lake was frozen solid, cold and hard, and many mischievous Little Wizards secretly played on it.
Filch, the caretaker, wearing a thick wool and cashmere coat and a dusty scarf around his neck, was chasing away the Little Wizards ice skating on the Black Lake, stopping their dangerous behavior.
Other Little Wizards were having a snowball fight; they had agreed not to use magic during snowball fights, but Fred and George secretly cast spells on their snowballs.
The snowballs they threw always accurately hit their “enemies.”
After being discovered, it directly caused “public outrage,” and the snowballs thrown at the Weasley Brothers were enlarged with an Engorgement Charm.
This resulted in the Weasley Brothers being hit by giant snowballs and directly buried in the snowdrifts.
Hogwarts had a holiday during Christmas, like a small winter break, and everyone was eager for the holiday, including Chen Yu.
Last week, when Professor McGonagall came to register the list of students staying at school for the holiday, Harry and Ron both signed up.
Chen Yu and Hermione did not sign, stating they would return “home” for the holiday.
When he returned from Hagrid's cabin, Chen Yu reminded Harry who Nicolas Flamel was.
After knowing who Nicolas Flamel was, Hermione quickly found books about Nicolas Flamel in the Library.
After Harry learned that Nicolas Flamel was the creator of the Philosopher's Stone, he realized that what Fluffy, the three-headed dog, was guarding was the Philosopher's Stone.
The reason Chen Yu pretended to go back to the orphanage for the holiday was, firstly, to go to Diagon Alley to buy a Nimbus 2000.
The Acromantula venom he had on hand, plus the money he earned doing business at Hogwarts, was more than enough to buy a Nimbus 2000, and he could also buy many potion seeds to plant in his Serenitea Pot.
Actually, Chen Yu wanted to buy a Firebolt; it was said that its speed could accelerate to 150 miles per hour within ten seconds.
But Chen Yu only found out after checking the information in the real world that the Firebolt was a flying broom designed by a wizard named Randolph Barden, which was not released until 1993.
For now, he could only buy a Nimbus 2000; he would have to wait until August 1992 for the nimbus 2001 to be available.
Secondly, when Chen Yu logged into the game, he found that another branch had appeared on the Starlight Bridge, and a new game world had been generated.
The new game world was also a world Chen Yu was familiar with, called “Iron Man Game World.”
If nothing unexpected happened, this world should be the Marvel Universe where Tony Stark resided.
Regarding the Marvel Universe, Chen Yu was actually a bit intimidated.
After all, whether it was movies or comics, its upper limit was too high.
Especially in comics, it was common for someone to slaughter the entire universe.
Marvel power levels, from smallest to largest, can be divided into Earth-level, Skyfather-level, Single-Universe-level, Multiverse-level, Megaverse-level, and Omniverse-level.
Chen Yu felt that his current strength, placed in the Marvel Universe's hierarchy, would at most be Earth-level.
If he encountered a Skyfather-level powerhouse and a conflict occurred, he would definitely be dead.
Chen Yu looked at the skills and items recently opened from cards and fell into a state of speechlessness.
【Substitute Scarecrow】, 【Resurrection Cross】, 【Holy Potion】, 【Life Amulet】, 【Revival Pill】
No wonder the items and abilities the system had been giving him recently were all for self-preservation; it turned out they were to prevent him from dying foolishly while exploring the Marvel Universe.
However, with these tools, Chen Yu also had the courage to venture into the Marvel Universe.
Unless he encountered powerhouses with time-stopping abilities or super-fast speed right at the start, he would always have time to exit the game.
According to the game system, the time flow rates of the game worlds were consistent, meaning that if Chen Yu didn't want to miss the upcoming events in “Harry Potter,” he could only explore “Iron Man Game World” for 14 days before returning.
This didn't matter; he could travel between the two worlds at any time.
Chen Yu knew about the Western custom of exchanging gifts at Christmas, so he left some snacks and butterbeer for Harry and Hermione as Christmas gifts.
As for Hermione, the gift was also snacks and butterbeer, but with an extra parchment compared to Harry and Ron.
It contained recipes for hot pot soup base and various dipping sauces, which he had put off for so long and only gave to Hermione today.
Taking the Hogwarts Express to King's Cross, after saying goodbye to Hermione and her family who came to pick her up, Chen Yu took a car to Charing Cross Road, found the Leaky Cauldron, and entered Diagon Alley.
After entering Diagon Alley, Chen Yu used a Confundo to blur his figure, making him appear like an old wizard hunched over and hidden in a wizard's robe.
Acromantula venom was a hot commodity in Diagon Alley; he quickly sold it at a random potion shop and bought some potion seeds in those shops to put in his Serenitea Pot, then went directly to Quality Quidditch Supplies to buy a Nimbus 2000.
The Nimbus 2000 had a speed of 300 kilometers per hour; although it was certainly not as fast as the nimbus 2001 and the Firebolt, it was much faster than Chen Yu flying with Bukū-jutsu.
It was a decent means of transportation.
After leaving Diagon Alley, he found a deserted place in an alley in London and defaulted to exiting the game.
Walking on another branch of the Starlight Bridge, standing in front of the new Starlight Gate, he saw the prompt bar that popped up in front of the Starlight Gate.
【Welcome to “Iron Man Game World”!】
【Push open this door, and you will enter Iron Man's world】
【To become a righteous hero or an evil villain is your choice in a single thought】
【yes / no】
Pushing open the Starlight Gate, a familiar sucking sensation came.
Immediately after, the system's prompt sound came to his ears.
【Welcome to “Iron Man Game World.”】
【Game loading...】
【Player's existing game character detected】
【Game character loading...】
【Scene loading...】
After being sucked into the Starlight Gate again, he arrived at a pure white, flawless place, and the endless falling sensation still tightly enveloped Chen Yu.
Once unfamiliar, now accustomed, the falling sensation from his body no longer caused Chen Yu to panic.
Anyway, it was just the feeling from entering a new world, not that he was actually falling from the sky.
Soon, Chen Yu was no longer calm.
The surrounding scene was gradually generating.
The sky was very blue, and the ground was very yellow.
Countless grains of sand and stone formed a desolate landscape.
This was not the reason for Chen Yu's panic.
The real reason for his panic was that he actually appeared directly in mid-air, hundreds of meters above the ground!
Below seemed to be an irregular military camp; Chen Yu saw many armed people lazily patrolling.
Chen Yu quickly tried to use Bukū-jutsu to make himself fly.
But the magic in his body seemed to be solidified; no matter how he tried to mobilize it, there was no response.
He wanted to take out the Nimbus 2000 from his backpack, but the backpack also had no reaction at all.
【Warning: Character not fully loaded, unable to use abilities at this time】
【Warning: Scene not fully loaded, unable to use backpack at this time】
“Damn it!”
Falling from a height of several hundred meters would only take about ten seconds to have intimate contact with Mother Earth.
The intense pain made Chen Yu suspect whether he had been smashed into a meat patty.
The sound of the fall attracted the armed patrol personnel.
Before losing consciousness, Chen Yu saw a small team of armed personnel slowly approaching.
【Game character loaded】
【Scene loaded】
【Warning: This game is a fully open, free-style game; players should carefully consider every choice you make】
【Warning: Players should always pay attention to the character's physical condition; the character is the same as the player's real body, and also has fatigue, hunger, illness, and even death】
【Warning: Player character death means game over (except for resurrection items)】
【Wish the player a happy game!】
“Damn it! Happy game, you idiot!”
The raised middle finger was Chen Yu's last act of defiance before losing consciousness.