Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Wait… I Didn’t Log Out?
"Time to log out."
I climbed the creaky wooden stairs to my rented room. It was small but decent—a simple bed, a wooden table, and a window overlooking the dimly lit village.
"Alright, let's see if sleeping works like normal."
In most full-dive VR games, logging out was instant—you opened a menu, selected "Log Out," and boom, back to reality.
But I was curious.
Would sleeping in this beta version work the same way?
I lay down on the slightly lumpy bed and closed my eyes.
…
…
Then, darkness.
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"…Why am I still here?"
My eyes fluttered open.
I expected to see my bedroom. My PC. My headset.
Instead…
I was still in the inn.
The same wooden ceiling. The same dim lantern flickering on the wall. The same slightly uncomfortable bed.
For a second, I just lay there, confused.
"Wait… didn't I log out?"
I clearly remembered going to sleep, expecting to return to the real world. That was how full-dive games worked—sleeping should force a logout.
But instead of waking up in reality… I was still here.
I sat up.
Strangely, I felt completely rested—no soreness, no fatigue, no grogginess. My stamina bar in the status window was back to full.
> [Stamina: 100/100] (Fatigue: None)
That was normal.
What wasn't normal was that I still felt rested in real life, even though I hadn't logged out.
"…Is this some kind of beta feature?"
I quickly pulled up the system menu.
> [Log Out]
It was still there. Still clickable.
I hesitated.
Something was definitely off. But before I could panic, I decided to test it properly.
I took a deep breath.
Then, I pressed Log Out.
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"Okay… That Worked. But…"
A familiar black screen flashed in my vision. My body felt weightless for a second.
Then, the next moment—
I was back in my real-world bed.
I blinked.
My room looked exactly the same as I left it.
But something was off.
I didn't feel like I had just logged out of a game.
I felt like I had just woken up from a real sleep.
I sat up and checked the time.
Eight hours had passed. Exactly the amount of time I had "slept" in the game.
My body felt refreshed, like I'd actually gotten a full night's rest.
My mind felt completely awake.
I swallowed hard.
"Okay… that's weird."
Full-dive games didn't work like this. When you logged out, it was instant—you didn't feel time pass.
But I had.
It was like… I had actually slept inside the game.
I flexed my fingers. No stiffness. No lingering exhaustion.
It was as if my real body had slept while I was inside the game.
"…Just what kind of beta version is this?"
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"No Info Online?"
My hands flew to my keyboard.
I needed answers.
I started searching:
[TWO Game Beta – Sleep Feature?]
[TWO VR Sleep Mechanics?]
[Full-Dive Sleep Simulation?]
Nothing.
No articles. No player discussions. No patch notes mentioning anything about sleep mechanics.
It was like this feature didn't exist.
"…No way. Someone would've noticed this, right?"
I kept scrolling. Checked gaming forums, developer blogs, even leaks.
Still, nothing.
Either I was the only person experiencing this—or someone was deliberately keeping it hidden.
A chill ran down my spine.
What kind of beta was this?
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"Do I Report This… or Use It?"
I sat back, tapping my fingers on my desk.
This wasn't normal.
If this game could simulate real sleep, then—
…Wait.
If I could rest inside the game and wake up fully refreshed in real life…
Then that meant I could play non-stop without ever getting tired.
That was a huge advantage.
Farming? Grinding? Leveling up? Endless hours of playtime without exhaustion.
That meant I could—
I stopped myself.
Was this dangerous?
Was there some hidden side effect I wasn't aware of?
I exhaled.
"Okay. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. I need to test this more."
I glanced at my headset.
Then back at the Log Out button still lingering in my mind.
There was only one way to find out how deep this went.
I put my headset back on.
Time to dive back in.