Chapter 632: Male Player, Female Avatar?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The public was naturally in an uproar regarding the actions of Blacklight Biotechnology, but the continents of the Earth Federation were in a dazed stupor.
This was because they knew about the existence of the Consciousness Stealer. Although they did not know what happened that year, they were a little confused about Blacklight Biotechnology’s approach.
Why should the Consciousness Stealer be included in the ga and what was Blackwatch’s intention?
Did they run out of inspiration? They could have picked anything as a story, but they chose this of all things?
This ga was rated PG18, right? The promo looked a bit too bloody. If the ga was to be approved, it would have to go through so censors...
This was what the governnts of various countries were thinking.
The next day, before everyone’s eyes, Blacklight Biotechnology finally opened the registration entry for the closed beta ga. Hundreds of millions of people ca to sign up at once, almost shutting down the website’s server.
The information needed to be filled in for registration was very simple, mainly personal information and contact information. Still, it was strange that in addition to asking the player’s average daily login ti, the applicant was also asked if they had military experience, whether they had trained in mixed martial arts and received military training, and so on.
Soon, in just three days, Blacklight Biotechnology officially announced the list of 100,000 closed beta personnel. It was just surprising that well-known professional gars did not occupy a lot of these 100,000 slots. After all, during a ga’s closed beta, priority was typically given to those world-renowned professional players because these players were the cornerstone of the ga’s closed beta.
The quotas issued by Blacklight Biotechnology were more for veterans with military experience or instructors who had retired from special forces. On the contrary, there were not many quotas for professional gars.
In addition, Blacklight Biotechnology also ordered the DNA samples of these people, so that the closed beta testers on the list would send their DNA samples to the local Blacklight Biotechnology branch. To justify this, it was announced that the DNA would be used to bind the player’s identity.
Although the need for DNA sampling had caused dissatisfaction among a small number of people, most people still had no objection. Before many envious, resentful eyes, the products were shipped out after the DNA samples were obtained. Since Backlight Biotechnology had inford the world of this in advance, the efficiency of the clearance process was extrely high and within seven days, all the ga chambers had been sent to the closed beta players around the world.
Moreover, the issue of scalpers had long been considered by Blacklight Biotechnology. When the closed beta test na list was verified, everyone was reminded that the ga chamber had a special DNA authentication system that only allowed the beta test player to use it. Even if it was resold or sold in other ways, others could not use it.
This would enable the ga chamber to be accurately distributed to the hands of each designated target without being resold or used for other purposes.
...
Shi Yangyu was a fifty-year-old young man.
Hmm, well, based on his physical fitness, he could still be considered a young man.
Born in 1994, he served the country and worked as a volunteer soldier in China. After retiring from the army, he settled down in his hotown and beca an ard police instructor with a monthly salary of 5,000 RMB.
However, when he was young, with the increasing housing prices and frequent occurrences of strange incidents in the capital and entertainnt circles such as “Daily salary of 2.04 million!” and “Selling OEM products isn’t worth it”... Internet users generally began to awaken. After realizing that they were just sitting ducks waiting to lose their money, the new trend of “no marriage, no kids” gradually began to sweep across China.
Shi Yangyu was one of the people who followed this trend, so even though he was now fifty years old, he was still single and glad about it.
With the powerful rise of Blacklight Biotechnology in recent years, the technology for extending life and delaying aging continued to be innovated and made cheaper. Nowadays, except for the citizens of so remote and poor small countries that could not afford these costs, the entire Earth Federation had popularized Blacklight Biotechnology’s products. There were no real elderly people in the world. At most, they were middle-aged people whose physical ability was akin to a 50-year-old.
Shi Yangyu received the age-reversal treatnt five years ago. Although he was now fifty years old, his appearance and physical functions were still maintained at about thirty years old and this state could be maintained for about fifteen years. This ant that when he was sixty-five years old, he could get this treatnt again and continue to extend his life.
Therefore, he still worked in the ard police detachnt. Although he had no wives or children, he enjoyed it because, in the 2D world, he had plenty of waifus.
Shi Yangyu’s usual hobby was to read comics, binge on dramas, and occasionally watch so hentai. At the sa ti, he was also a noble stand-alone ga player, having played gas such as GTA 8, The Elder Scrolls 8, Red Dead Redemption 4, and Cyberpunk 2099.
Although he was not a professional player, his skills were not inferior to those professionals because he was proficient in fighting and firearms. In today’s mainstream gas that relied on brainwave control, his profession gave him a great advantage.
Therefore, when he learned about the closed beta of the new ga, Ancient Civilization, of Blacklight Biotechnology a week ago, he signed up for the closed beta with the idea of ??trying it since he had nothing to lose.
What he did not expect was that he won the bid!
When he heard the news, he was overjoyed. Every day he would count on his fingers to estimate the arrival date of the ga chamber. Today, he finally received a call from the courier when he was at work.
He asked his android to receive the courier, then he simply asked his leader for a half-day off and returned ho delightedly.
When he got ho, the courier boy who was a part-ti installer had already installed the ga chamber in his bedroom. This was a streamlined ga chamber. The shape looked like a carrot with a round head and a pointed tail. Its upper part was covered with a black translucent plexiglass cover through which he could faintly see the inside.
Next to the ga chamber was sothing much more extravagant. It was as tall as him and looked like a server case. It was completely sealed as well, with fine print on its surface spelling out what to take note of.
“Master.”
A charming-looking android with a big chest and a perky butt ca over. She smiled and said, “Earlier, the courier said that disassembly of either the ga chamber or the supporting console isn’t allowed. Once disassembled, any warranty will be invalidated imdiately. Blacklight Biotechnology will not repair it and will cut off your right to log in to the ga through the ga chamber.”
“Oh.”
Shi Yangyu just kept observing the ga chamber in front of him and nodded absently at the words of the android. He circled the ga chamber several tis, then seed to think of sothing and quickly commanded, “Hurry up, Tsunade, make so noodles now. After I’ve eaten, I’ll enter the ga!”
“Yes, Master.”
The android bowed slightly, turned, and walked out of the room.
Shi Yangyu could not help but rub his hands in excitent. He walked to the cover of the ga compartnt and pressed a red button on it. Suddenly, the cover opened directly on both sides, revealing the black padding made of waterproof material inside the ga compartnt.
“It’s not bad inside, it looks pretty luxurious.”
Shi Yangyu nodded in satisfaction. He simply took off his slippers and lay down directly. Then he pressed the button to close the door inside and suddenly the lid of the ga compartnt closed again, shutting him inside.
“Beep...”
“User entry detected, identity verification in progress...”
“Identity verified, matching user’s brain waves...”
“The temperature is a little high. Do you want to turn on the thermostat?”
A sweet female voice slowly resounded within the ga compartnt.
“Not for now.”
Shi Yangyu did not enter the ga right away because he was still waiting to have a al first and then use the bathroom so that he could enter the ga in a prepared state. After all, he had waited for so many days, so it did not matter if he waited a little longer.
Thinking of this, he asked again, “Ga chamber, what’s your na? In addition to being able to enter the ga Ancient Civilization, what other functions do you have?”
“Mr. User, I’m a smart ga chamber, Model X1118, produced by Blacklight Biotechnology. My property number is xxxxxxxx. I don’t have a na at present. You can na .
“At the sa ti, my function is limited to entering the ga Ancient Civilization. Apart from this function, I have no other functions for the ti being.”
The voice said suddenly.
“What?”
Shi Yangyu was a little taken aback. “You an you’re an exclusive ga console? This is too extravagant. Don’t you even have the function of playing other gas?”
“I’m sorry, it’s true.”
The voice continued to explain, “The reason for this is that Blacklight Biotechnology uses the most advanced consciousness imrsion technology at present, abandoning the traditional VR technology of retinal imaging, but directly transmits vision, hearing, sll, touch, and such into the player’s brain. Besides Ancient Civilization, no other gas support this technology.”
“So, that’s it...”
Shi Yangyu was a little disappointed at once. He had wanted to use this ga chamber to visit the high-heeled shoe store in GTA 8...
“In that case, I’ll just call you... Lili.”
“Yes, Lili is pleased to et you, Master...”
After a conversation between Shi Yangyu and the ga chamber’s intelligence, he gradually learned more about the characteristics of the ga. In particular, besides vision and sound, this ga chamber could make people feel the sense of touch and sll, which shocked him to no end.
After all, for so many years, the so-called in-ga tactile sensation was just a gimmick. Most ga companies wrapped the user’s entire body with the electrode technology of the “tactile suit” and used electricity to stimulate people’s nerves to produce corresponding feelings. This feeling was stereotyped and repetitive. It could not be compared with the original senses of human beings.
Now, this technology could finally be realized through brain waves...
Blacklight Biotechnology had been holding back an ace...
Shi Yangyu could not help sighing.
Soon, the android Tsunade made a bowl of egg noodles. Shi Yangyu quickly left the ga room and devoured the noodles, then went to the bathroom to wash up again, before he returned to the ga room and lay down comfortably inside.
“Lili, start the ga, my broadsword is already thirsty!”
“Got it. Entering the ga — loading... Connecting consciousness... Three, two, one!”
“Rah!”
Following Lili’s words, Shi Yangyu only felt that his vision suddenly turned black. His consciousness seed to have passed through a narrow and dark tunnel. When he regained consciousness again, he found that he was standing in an illusory space surrounded by white light.
“Huh? What’s going on?”
Shi Yangyu spoke and then he realized that he could not feel his own body as if he had beco a ghost, only wandering in an empty world.
“Master, don’t worry, you’re now at the ga entry interface.”
What reassured him was that Lili’s voice ca at the sa ti and then an illusory figure appeared in front of him. It was the appearance of a person without facial features.
“What’s this?”
“This is the character you created. Now it’s the customization stage. After you enter the ga, you’ll use this character to move around in the ga.”
Lili reminded. After she spoke, Shi Yangyu only saw a customization panel appear in front of him out of thin air, on which there were facial features, body shape, hairstyle, skin color, and other options.
Seeing this familiar stage, Shi Yangyu’s initial flustered mood due to his not being able to sense his body was now completely relaxed. He smirked and a bold idea gradually erged in his mind...
Three hours later...
A beautiful blonde girl with silky smooth hair and a high nose appeared in front of Shi Yangyu. The girl was about 1.7 ters tall and looked like a Persian cat. Although her face was expressionless, her body exuded amazing charm, especially those eyes, which were even more alluring.
“Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! The heroine of Fate/Stay Night is so beautiful!”
Shi Yangyu exclaid in praise. He looked at the naked blonde girl in front of him, his gaze was intoxicated. “Of course, I have to use a female character to play the ga. The na of this character should be called Saber.”
“Sorry, this na is already in use.”
Lili imdiately notified, “Please change to another one, Master.”
“???”
Shi Yangyu widened his eyes and he said with a bit of sorrow, “It’s over, I forgot about that... If that’s the case, I’ll na her Artoria Pendragon...”
“Sorry, this na is already in use.”
“Then, na her King Arthur!”
“Sorry, this na...”
“Saber King Arthur!”
“Sorry...”
“...”
After so trials, Shi Yangyu finally gave up. He gave himself a conventional na of “Juyang Jushi”1, and then he created the character successfully.
Then, a character attribute card appeared in front of Shi Yangyu.
“Na: Juyang Jushi.”
“Gender: Female.”
“Age: 18.”
“Race: Human.”
“Attributes: Strength 8, Constitution 10, Size 9, Agility 11, Charisma 14, Intelligence ?, Perception ?”
“Occupation: None.”
“Professional skills: None”
“Special skills: None.”
Looking at these stats, Shi Yangyu suddenly wondered aloud, “How are these attributes determined, did you roll a dice?”
“No, this is automatically judged based on the character you created.”
Lili replied, “After the attributes of each character created are digitized, it would be about 10 points. This is an average value. The character you created is a female character with a thin body, so her strength is slightly weaker than the average. But this cos with an advantage too. Your agility is slightly higher than the average. Plus, according to the system’s judgnt, your appearance is extrely attractive, so it’s judged to be 14 points after digitizing.
“As for the intelligence and perception attributes, because it depends on the player, it’s temporarily impossible to determine.”
“In other words, if I design my character as a three-ter tall man, can my strength be further enhanced?”
Shi Yangyu suddenly seed to understand sothing.
“Of course, but the maximum height of the character created by the system is limited to 230 cm, so your strength can reach up to 15 points, but your agility will also be reduced accordingly.”
“Then, how do I improve my attributes? Through upgrades?”
“All the physical rules of this ga are based on reality, so there’s no upgrade system.”
Lili replied, “But all attributes can be enhanced through training, that’s for sure.”
Hearing Lili’s words, Shi Yangyu could not help being a little disappointed. Although this ga was fun, according to the explanation of the intelligent AI, it was a little too hard-core...
Thinking of this, Shi Yangyu no longer deliberated over this. He imdiately chose to enter the ga.
Imdiately, the progress bar that lasted for half an hour began to load...
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