Arc rested on his bed. In his arms, he held a virtual reality headset. The headset had a frame of white and black.
He sighed in the narrow room filled with little furniture—a bed which took half of the room and a small table.
On the table rested few papers, all marked in red.
Hmmm… He peered at the headset.
Should I?….. Shouldn’t I?… He glanced towards the papers marked in red. Then, his gaze fell upon his blanket, over which lay books—many jumbled books—including calculus and aerospace books.
Then his gaze fell upon the calendar hanging above the table—a date marked with a red pen. The deadline for his exams approaching.
Then his gaze again lingered towards the VR.
A recently released Virtual Reality Game—《Archdragon MMORPG》
Currently, the most trending game worldwide.
Arc would often hear whispers of his classmates whispering about the game. Given his current conditions, affording such a game would be way out of his league. Still, some days ago, a promotion event had occurred in his academy—the administrative provided free VR headsets to over 200 students.
Arc got extremely lucky.
He again looked at the books, then the VR, then the book, then the VR.
The alluring temptation of the VR, the repellent repulsion of the books—in the end, he just could not resist.
He lied back on his bed as he wore the VR headset.
His environment faded into blackness,
Whoa….. He felt like he drifted in the space’s openness. His body—naked—looked transparent yet emitted a certain glow.
Flesh neither too skinny nor too fat, eyes brown, shart fuzzy black hair —this was Arc, a typical teen.
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A typical AI-generated female voice greeted him.
Hello…… He said, then thought, yes, yes, say hello to an AI, programmed to say one thing, again and again, very wise Arc, Very wise.
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Name:____________________________________
A screen asking for a name, along with an on-screen keyboard, appeared.
He lifted his hand and typed “Arc.”
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… ok
Again, he typed, “Arc1.”
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Again, he typed, “Arc123”
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Again, he typed, “Arc1234567890”
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Already in use…. come on! Who except me uses an uncool name like Arc1234567890.. have some creativity normal people.
Ok.. He typed, “Virion Arc Magnus”
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—Warrior
—Paladin
—Archer
—Mage
—Priest
—Necromancer
—Battle Master
—Assassin
—Inquisitive
—Berserker
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Holy 700!…. His eyes widened… People spend that much?!.. on a game!
He peered for a while in disbelief…. Yep, I am sticking with the free ones... He decided.
Not like there is much to choose from… warrior… ahh a knight in shining armor, a fierce man with a sword, found attractive by all women, perfectly suited for my personality…….. personality…. hmm… personality… yeah, whom am I kidding? Mage it is.
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[Select Spawn Destination] Most Spawned Destination: Fewer Know Destinations:
—Dragons Nest
—Frost Peak
—Goblins Furnace
—Drifting City
—Burrows of the Haunted Mage
—Quarters of the Unspoken Guardian
—Haunt of the Elemental Orc
—Cells of the Infernal Guardian
—The Southern Tombs
—The Grizzly Vault
—The Volcanic Catacombs
—The Desolated Burrows
—The Eclipse Point
—The Dead Vault
—Cells of the Savage Wizard
—Burrows of the Phantom Raven
—Chambers of the Barbaric Arachnid
—Quarters of the Cruel Dragon
—The Silver Labyrinth
—The Abysmal Maze
—The Black Mountain Labyrinth
—The Jade Pits
—The Hallucination Burrows
—The Volcanic Caverns
—More
Arc scrolled through the less-known destination.
When he had looked into the most spawned destinations, parts of his memory lingered, the voice of his classmates—this happened at Dragon’s nest—OMG! so cool!—I bought the highest class!—I found this on the frost peak!—I won the tournament in Drifting City—I did this, I did that. Their voice lingered in his mind. Arc’s body slightly quivered. He scrolled through the less spawned location, hoping to find a place where he could avoid meeting anyone of them.
As he scrolled, the last voice came on to his mind — tell us, Arc, What did you accomplish?
His body stopped quivering as his finger halted. Arc selected a random location.
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.. yes… he cared not for such things. As long as he could avoid his classmates and just enjoy the game peacefully, he would be satisfied.
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Skip…. With no hesitation, he replied.
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—Omen
—Soulsliver
—Inertia
—Sapience
—Soul Infused Globe
—Vowed Wand
—Lightning Wand
—Nirvana, Torch of Perdition
—Doomward, Globule of the Wind
—Brimstone, Vengeance of Wasted Time
—More
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Come on! Not one free weapon…. this is just ridiculous. How has someone not cleared this game yet? Some rich kid could just buy them all, and average players won’t ever be able to catch up to them… although I heard all the top 10 players never made an in-game purchase.
Skip!
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