Translator: Larbre Studio
Editor: Larbre Studio
After five days of continuous battle, Chu You felt like he was going insane.
Including the previous day, Chu You had topped out at a total of one billion!
Was this considered extravagant gambling? Chu You shook his head – he was clear that the popularity of this game was something never seen before. Even when the master computer had shut down the channel to top up, there remained ways to exchange in-game currency for real currency.
This meant that in-game currency could be used to exchange for real currency, but real currency could not be used to purchase in-game currency.
Hence, this meant that even if the future changed, the popularity of the game would not be affected. In the past, in-game currency was worth so much that many people offered higher prices to buy in-game currency, at double the official prices.
For example, a virtual gold coin was equivalent to one dollar of real currency. In the future however, as many people purchased these coins privately, the price of one gold coin would become equivalent to three dollars of real currency. This was the case even before the economic crisis.
The official channel to purchase coins almost became a useless decoration, as no one was willing to exchange the coins at a 1:1 ratio.
Hence, no matter how much Chu You topped up, he would not lose money. He saw this point, so he wasn’t worried.
Today was the first day the game went online officially. One hour before the game went online, Chu You prepared everything, rubbed his hands together and lit a cigarette, deep in thought.
Ten minutes before the game went online, Chu You entered the game capsule.
“Welcome back, respectable Silent Night player. The game will begin in seven minutes, please wait patiently. We have detected that you are a Prince-level player. Your body is showing signs of exhaustion, would you like to enter sleep mode?”
“Enter.”
The potion Chu You had used had allowed him to stay awake for six days.
“Alright. In sleep mode, you can play the game while sleeping, without affecting the game experience. Just to check again, do you confirm that you want to enter sleep mode?”
“Enter.”
“Activating sleep mode, deep neuropathic connection initiating…”
Chu You entered a deep sleep unconsciously.
Before him was darkness, as though he had fallen into a bottomless black hole.
Gradually, light appeared in the center of the black hole.
Chu You’s vision became closer and closer to the light, until he was within it.
In a moment, Chu You appeared in a hall. He knew that this was the space to create his character, and felt a wave of excitement. An object that would affect his fate would arrive any time.
That object… there was no way to attain it in the game, as it was impossibly difficult. Chu You vaguely remembered that in the previous life, no more than five people had it in the entire world.
The game officially began!
“Respectable Silent Night player, please create your occupation.”
Heaven comprised four categories of occupations, namely warrior, mage, assassin and priest. When the player reached Level 10, he would upgrade to a more advanced and specific vocation.
For example, a player would be a priest from Level 0 to Level 10. When the player reached Level 10, he would be transferred into one of four occupations. These included Elemental Mage, Arcane Mage, Summoner Mage and Cursed Mage.
“I choose warrior!” Chu You was a warrior in the previous life. Although he wasn’t that skilled, he was familiar with the role. Chu You also had his own opinions about the development of the game in the previous life. In early game, the warrior category had little advantages, was difficult to form teams with, and was often laughed at.
However, in the late game, after the occupation grew in power, it was overwhelmingly strong. It would even make other players believe that the warrior occupation was the “son” of the game.
Of course, no matter how strong an occupation was, the skill and consciousness was the most important, not considering game equipment.
“Occupation confirmed. Silent Night player, your occupation category is warrior.”
“Please make adjustments on your appearance.”
Chu You was twenty this year. Thanks to his parents’ perfect genes, he was born with good looks.
Chu You did not manually alter his appearance, but chose for the game to make micro adjustments.
A few virtual characters that looked almost exactly like him appeared. However, their temperaments were completely different. Some were rough around the edges, some were arrogant, some were cheerful, some were distant, and of course some were ordinary.
Chu You took a look and chose a character that looked difficult to approach, with crazed and icy eyes. The virtual character also looked like Chu You, and would represent Chu You’s form in the game.
“Please make adjustments for your body type, limited to an adjustment range of 20%.”
Chu You was 1.78 meters, which was perfect for the frame of an Asian. However, Chu You went ahead and increased his height by 10%, reaching almost 2 meters.
Finally, a tall and perfectly proportioned man was formed. He was cold as ice, and his body looked as though it had been cut from gold.
“According to your geographical location, you will belong to Dayan Country of the Huaxia District. Please choose your place of birth.”
Chu You had thought about this before. Without thinking, he said, “I will be born in Wangshan City.”
“Just a friendly reminder – Wangshan City is not suitable for new players to develop, please choose carefully.”
“Confirm my place of birth to be Wangshan City!”
“Confirmed place of birth. Last item, please choose your fate.”
Chu You’s heartbeat palpitated when he heard that he could choose his fate.
This was it! This was the most important part! Countless players had fought tooth and nail for this, and here it was. In late game, especially in super-late game, this would absolutely enable players to improve by several levels.
“Choice of fate, shall we begin?”
“Begin!” Chu You anticipated a feeling of being judged.
A round map appeared. The map was complicated and profound. It spun at an increasing speed, and after five seconds, the circular map disintegrated into light. A card appeared from the center.
“Congratulations, you got the Level R form type – The Lineage of Priests.”
The Form of the Lineage of Priests? Was this a form type that increased the level of wizardry? Chu You was greatly disappointed. No matter how good the form type was, it was merely Level R. That was the most ordinary type, which could be attained by all players.
He was still very upset. The form type would help a player improve his attributes – better form types would even have hidden boosts. Just like cultivating oneself to become a God, a good form type at birth would allow a player to resonate with power and improve quickly. This way, he would be stronger in late game.
The form type on the card was similar to the form type required in the process of cultivating to be a God, but perhaps less exaggerated.
All ordinary form types could be levelled up through playing the game, yet it was exceedingly difficult, and strict requirements were imposed on the players. Only five players were able to attain the highest SSS Level in the previous game after ten years of development.
“Ahhh…” Chu You sighed. It seems like he could only learn more about the form type by exploring more in the game. Although he had the advantage of ten years of experience, there was simply not enough information on how the form type could be improved. Chu You didn’t know much in the previous life either.
Just as Chu You was waiting for the system to send him out, a voice rang out.
“Are you sure you can confirm the current form type? If you are not content, you can spend one gold coin to choose again!”
What!
When Chu You heard the system notification, he was shocked. In the previous life, Chu You only got a Level R form type, but he was sent into the game directly.
Now, he could choose to restart?
In an instant, Chu You understood everything.
The master computer of the game was not yet awake, or rather did not have the power to control the game. This game by nature was a money-oriented one. However, after the master computer was replaced, the game became absolutely fair.
A strong wave of elation washed over Chu You, as he could not believe it.
He widened his eyes and hollered, “Choose again!!”