While taking a dump, a transparent screen flashed in Tom's eyes.
"The Era of Cenozoic is officially over, and Earth is selected for the infusion of Kenzoic… 0%... 20%... 50%... 80%... 100%... The world has been merged. The number of people participating this time is 8 billion.”
Tom waved his hands around, looking confused, wondering what is happening to him and whether he is dreaming or not. He quickly finished what he's doing when another screen popped up in his eyes.
"Welcome to the World of Atomos where there are gods, magic, alchemy, technology, and everything you hear about in your fantasy stories. Everyone will become lords and participate in this competition for hegemony…”
"Each lord will randomly get a troop nest, from which you can consume resources to recruit troops and create an army. Resources, troops, territories, heroes, and treasures, these are the five most important resources of the world of Atomos. Life or death, to be a beggar or to wear a crown, to fall into the abyss and become a demon or to be a defender against evil and become eternal, everything is possible..."
Tom, who had just stood up from the toilet, read the messages that kept coming up, and before he had time to react, he only felt dizzy around him as everything became dark.
When he opened his eyes again, an enormous hall appeared in front of him. Twelve stone pillars scattered evenly to support a sunken roof several meters high, surrounded by walls made of gray stones, which look like they have a history of thousands of years. A long wooden table in the middle is surrounded by dozens of chairs, and there is a thick layer of dust on it.
There is a huge window on the left and right sides without a glass barrier, and the sunlight shines in from the outside, making everything in the hall clearly visible. Everything here feels ancient and mysterious.
Only now did Tom regain his senses, and when he thought of the information he had just heard, he was horrified.
"Where the hell am I,” Tom said, continuing to look around. “I really fucking hope I didn’t slip and die in a bathroom stall.”
He was in a hurry to go home from work today because a new virtual reality game, which has been promoted for several years, will be open for public beta testing tonight.
"Now that I think about it, isn't that game called World of Atomos?! "But this is impossible, right?" Another transparent screen appeared in front of Tom again as he scanned through the contents.
"You have been summoned to a desert territory and drawn the initial troop nest - the Mummy Pyramid (ordinary 3 stars). You have become a desert lord, the blood in your body has begun to awaken, and you have acquired a special growth talent - desert king (current level: D grade)."
Along with that message, a property panel appeared in my mind.
Tom
[Level]: Level 1 (0/100)
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[Identity]: Lord of Setra City
[Alignment]: Desert Alignment (Neutral)
[Territory]: City of Setra (rank 1 village)
[Army Nest]: Mummy Pyramid (ordinary 3 stars)
[Lord Talent]: Desert King (special growth talent, current grade D) You are the master of the desert, you can foresee the arrival of the sandstorm, and you have mastered the ability of sandification.
Sandification: D-grade, makes the body sandy, reduces physical damage by 99%, can devour yellow sand to recover the injury, the duration is 10 minutes, and the cooling time is 1 hour.
You can give your power to the troops you recruited. After giving it, your subordinates will get a F-grade skill—Sandification.
Sandification: Grade D, makes the body sandy, reduces physical attack by 90%, and can devour yellow sand to recover wounds. The duration is 5 minutes and the cooling time is 2 hours.
[Treasures]: None
Tom looked at his attribute panel several times with a subtle expression.
"This property seems to be pretty good…”
After taking a few deep breaths, he suppressed the shock in his heart. A bit of complexity appeared in his eyes.
As a young man with a big heart and baptized by all kinds of strange knowledge, he quickly adjusted with an unimaginable mentality.
"I will treat this like how characters from fantasy novels do, just try and survive.” A bit of excitement appeared in his eyes.
Tom always wanted to travel to another world. Now it's a wish come true... but the process is a bit scary. I left the hall full of anticipation.
Outside the hall is a yard, with bluestone paving on the ground, very flat. A gray stone wall more than three meters high outside blocked part of the view. Looking at the sky, you can see the endless blue, clear and transparent. Only the air was slightly dry, which made him feel a little uncomfortable between breathing.
Tom glanced around, and his eyes were quickly attracted by a pyramid building about three meters high in the corner of the front yard.
The appearance of the pyramid is rough, as if it was formed after being beaten by the wind for countless years, filled with scars and simplicity.
When he stepped forward and took a closer look, the attributes of this building appeared directly in his mind.
The Mummy Pyramid
[Level]: Ordinary 3 stars
[Recruitable troops]: Mummy (normal 3 stars)
[Number of recruits]: 14
[Weekly production]: 7
[Recruitment conditions]: 4 gold coins, 4 units of wood, and 4 units of stone.
This is the troop nest?
Tom was very interested. Just when he thought that the properties of the pyramid were like this, suddenly a line of translucent text appeared at the bottom of the properties panel.
[The evolve feature unlocked]
[Startup is successful]
[Mummy Pyramid (Normal 3-star) - Consuming 10 ordinary desert camp troops can upgrade it to Elite 3-star]
Tom was shocked, his eyes widened sharply. Isn't this the cheat every MC has and become stronger than others? Another screen appeared.
[The function of this system is very simple, that is, it can strengthen various things without an upper limit. The troop nest is the most important thing in the game, it is special and cannot be upgraded. But everyone has been given this feature in order to survive in this new world. You can directly consume resources to increase the level of the troop lair]
Tom deflated, thinking about his future. "If everyone can use it, I won't have the advantage…”