Chapter 389: Introducing the Closed Beta
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“...two, one. Comncing entry!”
Along with this prompt, a white light illuminated the vision of all the players.
During the short loss of consciousness, Li Dong felt a surge of current flowing through his head which made his scalp feel squeaky.
After regaining his senses, he slowly opened his eyes.
Li Dong found himself standing on a green adow. The grassland was endless and scattered with small flowers of yellow, red, and purple. Sporadically, there would be one or two saplings standing alone in the wilderness. There was a breeze in the air. The temperature was about 20 degrees Celsius, imparting players with the warmth of spring. Taking in a mild breath, one could catch a whiff of a faint floral fragrance.
“This...” Li Dong opened his eyes wide. “Is this picturesque place truly in a virtual world?
“This floral fragrance, this breeze, this temperature... I couldn’t even dream of this.”
He spread his arms wide and imrsed himself in the utopia. “This is truly magical. I never expected this sort of magical technology to beco reality.”
It would be worth joining, even if it were to be a bottomless top up ga, just for this kind of gaming experience.
His eyes swept around the vicinity. There were many players like himself standing amidst the adow. With his ears, he heard many exclaiming in amazent:
“Unbelievable! It feels completely different from VR gas.”
“There’s really a sense of touch and sll. I can also feel the ambient temperature and the flow of wind.”
“Ouch, ouch, ouch! I can feel pain when I bite my fingers! A very genuine sense of pain.”
“Haha! This is great, this is so great! This is the virtual ga that I imagined! From now on, this will be my ho! All hail otaku life!”
“Eh, look what he’s doing! Why is he munching grass on the ground?”
Soone actually began eating the grass on the ground and yelled, “The grass is sweet! It’s tender, sweet, and has a really great texture! Try it yourself if you don’t believe .”
“The grass is edible? Let have a bite. Holy—it really does taste sweet.”
“Let try! Hm, not bad indeed.”
“What the f*ck! There is soone eating bark over there.” A player was hugging a tree and chomping on it. He spit it out and exclaid, “Don’t eat bark, my friends! it’s very bitter!”
“The water in the creek is good, refreshing and sweet. Much better than mineral waters in the supermarket.”
At that mont, among the players who entered the ga, so were grazing, so were munching on trees, so were drinking from the brook, and so even eating soil. These dumb occurences would beco funny iconic monts for years to co.
Furthermore, the first incident of harassnt in the history of virtual reality gas transpired.
“Ah—!”
A female player suddenly took two steps backwards, holding her chest while pointing her finger at a male player. “What are you doing? Why did you suddenly touch ?”
“What’s the matter?”
The male player was not at all remorseful. “I touched you, so what? We’re in a ga, rember? Nothing happened to you IRL. If you’re really mad, I can let you touch in return.”
“System! Sexual harassnt!” The female player pointed at him again. “This guy sexually harassed ! System, please punish him imdiately!”
“Judging in progress... allegation is valid. Imposing stern warning!”
A black cloud quickly ford above the head of the male player. A lightning bolt as thick as a thumb suddenly struck on the head of the male player.
Boom.
“AHH!”
The male player who had previously held an indifferent attitude turned into an explosive mushroom head, followed by a miserable scream. His whole body was charred, and most of his clothes were damaged.
The system also broadcasted: “Stern warning enforced. Upon next offense, player will be prohibited from logging in and will lose eligibility to the ga!”
Holy Sh*t! The punishnt was actually that harsh?
Upon feeling a gaze of disdain from all around and seeing female players pointing at him, the player lowered his head, feeling like a street mouse.
After a series of interludes.
A voice ca from the skies as a rectangular figure scrolled open:
“Players, welco to the virtual world. Before your eyes is a computer-generated world with almost 100% authenticity.
“This planet is called ‘Planet Aierfa.’ It is about one-third the size of Earth. 80% of the planet’s surface is covered by such a type of grass. You can also call the planet the Prairie Planet.
“Planet Aierfa is a temporary stop for novice players to adapt to the virtual world environnt.
“Coming up, you will complete three days of basic training in Planet Aierfa. Training will include walking, adapting to cold and heat, eating food, manipulating tools, familiarizing yourself with the ga consoles, exiting the ga, and so on—learning the basic operations.
“After passing a test on the basics, players will officially enter the beta version of Galaxy Era, thus participating in the three-month closed beta test.
“Taking the breadth of ti and space into account, the execution speed of various instructions in the ga such as research and construction is 20 tis that of conventional scenarios. That is, what can be accomplished in a day within the ga will be equivalent to 20 days in reality. Of course, this is not ‘ti acceleration’; it is just an algorithmic blindness. In the later phases, when technology improves and the ga’s complexity increases, the execution speed of instructions in the ga will decrease in order to reduce the burden on our servers.”
This was not difficult to understand. Assuming that two galaxies were four light years apart, and the speed of an ordinary spacecraft was 0.1C, it would take 40 years to travel from the outset. Now that it was 20 tis faster, it would only take two years of travelling... after all, if things were to be 100% in line with reality, players couldn’t possibly wait for forty years.
“In addition, as the beta test is only three months – which is not even enough for interstellar fleets to complete a voyage – we have placed the battlefield on the surface of a planet called ‘Nidru.’ This planet is three tis the size of the Earth. It has a land area of nearly one billion square kiloters and a technological level approximately twenty years ahead of Earth.”
“On planet Nidru, there are three massive nations, 20 big nations, and 60 middle powers... totaling 83 forces. 83 players will beco the leaders of these 83 countries and deal with major events and all aspects of crisis in their respective country.
“The players’ goal is to complete the integration of power and resources on planet Nidru and survive the final crisis until the end of the beta test. At last, the system will conduct a comprehensive evaluation. Outstanding players will receive stipulated rewards. After the ga officially launched, the rewards may be of so help in Galaxy Era.”
“Fight hard, players. Let your brilliance blossom in this near-authentic world.”
After listening to the system’s introduction, the players cheered:
“Is the much-anticipated challenge about to begin?”
“A re beta test allows us to begin as the leaders of a country that will decide the fate of an entire nation... isn’t this the dream of us keyboard warriors?”
“I think I’ve got it. They way to obtain a high score is simple: unify the world and get rid of all military forces!”
“Haha, this ans war! I like war. Please bring it on to asap!”
Looking around at the players, who were agitated and excited, Li Dong unknowingly clenched his fists. He thought, No matter what, even a re otaku can accomplish anything. Go f*ck yourselves, pay-to-win’s.
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