In that world woven with digits and code, time seemed to lose its usual significance. May Lee and Jamie Smith sat in the virtual living room, discussing the mysterious Task Space that was about to unveil its veil. May Lee's brow was slightly furrowed, her voice tinged with anticipation and unease: "The Task Space has been delayed until now, and I wonder why. Jamie, what do you think the Task Space will have?"
Jamie Smith, always with a hint of a mischievous smile, his eyes gleamed with a thirst for the unknown: "Judging by the name, it should be assigning us tasks, right?" His words conveyed an excitement for the challenges that lay ahead.
"It can't be that simple," May Lee mused, her gaze as sharp as a blade, trying to pierce through the fog of the virtual world. She glanced at the time and immediately got up, walking towards the bedroom with a resolute stride, "Come on, let's not chat here, hurry up and log in."
Jamie Smith also got up, the two of them like warriors about to march into battle, entering the bedroom together, both lying on the bed, donning their virtual helmets. May Lee turned to look at Jamie Smith lying beside her, her voice playful and expectant: "I have a feeling, this Task Space is going to have a big surprise."
"We'll find out soon," Jamie Smith chuckled, his finger lightly touching the virtual helmet's activation spot, the metal patches inside the helmet pressed against his scalp, a slight tingling sensation, and his consciousness quickly submerged.
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In the personal space of the virtual world, atop a snowy mountain peak, Jamie Smith sat leisurely in the living room, opening his personal panel. The Task Space option was still grayed out, unclickable, but a countdown to its opening had appeared. He stared intently at the numbers, as if they were a countdown to another world.
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3... 2... 1!" Jamie Smith watched the countdown, and as it reached zero, the Task Space, like the Battle Space, became clickable. He gently tapped it, and was immediately transported to the Task Space.
At that moment, countless people around the globe were in the virtual world, clicking to enter the Task Space. Whoosh.
Jamie Smith appeared high in the sky of a world, overlooking the vast earth. He gazed down upon the land, which was shrouded in a thick fog, with only a small central area visible, where a towering tower stood.
Jamie Smith fell like a meteor, landing in front of the tower. He looked up in awe at the tower that soared into the clouds, more majestic than any skyscraper in the real world.
Alone, he walked to the main entrance of the tower, where words began to emerge on the wall beside the door.
"Personal Task First Item: Conquer the Starry Tower."
"The Starry Tower has seven floors."
"The first hundred to pass the third floor globally will be listed on the Starry List, displaying names and nationalities. First place wins 500 million Blue Star coins, second to tenth place wins 100 million Blue Star coins each. Eleventh to hundredth place wins 10 million Blue Star coins each."
"The rewards for the fourth floor are equivalent to the third floor."
"The rewards for the sixth and seventh floors are unknown (not disclosed)."
"Everyone can attempt to conquer the Starry Tower unlimited times."
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Jamie Smith read these words, thinking: "Conquering the Starry Tower is the first personal task, which means there might be a second, third personal task in the future, and there might even be group tasks."
"But the rewards are really high, even more than the World Martial Arts Championship." Jamie Smith was quite tempted. The World Martial Arts Championship offered a cash prize for the champion, but only 100 million for the runner-up, with the prize money decreasing for the following places, and the group stage was just a consolation prize. Yet, just for reaching the third floor of the Starry Tower, the prize money from second to tenth place was all 100 million, and even up to the hundredth place, there was a 10 million prize.
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"A global public ranking? Who's number one in the world, who's number two, wouldn't that be clear as day?" A man in a dark red robe with long hair in the Cherry Blossom Country, looking at the Japanese text on the tower wall, had a gleam in his eyes.
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"Different periods, different types of fighters from all over the world gathered together, the world's number one to number one hundred, all listed out, no need for verbal sparring anymore." A bald man, looking at the Russian text on the tower wall, "I can also prove to the whole world that I am the strongest human on the planet!"
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"Even nationalities are displayed, the masters from all countries will compete crazily. And there's so much money."
A hundred million? Even the least, ten million, if given to me, I'd be set for life. Deposited in the bank, the interest alone would be hundreds of thousands a year."
"So much money, if I get it, I can pay off my loans!"
"Hurry up and try, maybe a miracle will happen?"
"Blue Star Alliance is awesome, giving out so many rewards!"
"The early bird gets the worm, rush!"
"Be the first one!"
Countless people around the world, looking at the text on the tower wall, were agitated, all rushing into the Starry Tower. Jamie Smith, Ray Willow, Ray Cloud, Chase Goff, Quincy Shawn, and others all entered the Starry Tower one by one.
******
The first floor of the Starry Tower was a vast grassland. A figure descended, it was Jamie Smith, enveloped in a hazy light.
"Jamie Smith, please select your weapon and equipment." A voice sounded. Jamie Smith, very familiarly, lightly tapped the panel, and a dark red armor appeared on his body, a spear in his hand. If it was a team battle, to cooperate with teammates, a pair of shields sometimes played a bigger role. But if it was completely on his own to kill enemies, just a spear was better. Not carrying a pair of shields also made him lighter.
"Whoosh." After selecting the equipment, a pack of gray wolves appeared in the distance, more than a hundred gray wolves loomed in the grass, staring at Jamie Smith while approaching.
"A pack of wolves?"
Jamie Smith held his spear, observing, "These gray wolves are all over two meters long, with a shoulder height of about one meter two, and it seems their agility far exceeds that of real wolves. Of course, to deal with evolved humans, ordinary wolf packs pose too little threat."
The wolf pack was approaching and naturally spread out to form an encirclement. "Howl~~" With the howl of the alpha wolf, the gray wolves finally sprinted, their figures flickering in the lush grass, extremely fast.
Their eyes were cold, filled with murderous intent.
"Practicing my spear technique for me?" Jamie Smith laughed, taking the initiative to move forward, and in just a few steps, his speed soared, his figure blurring as he ran.
"Roar." At the moment of contact, six gray wolves pounced at once.
Puff puff puff!!! Jamie Smith's spear moved, and the spear shadow danced, almost in an instant, the spear seemed to divide into six! The six wolves that rushed up first seemed to be pierced through at the same time, falling powerlessly to the side.
"Much weaker than the virtual bandits, probably only about two hundred basic combat power?" Jamie Smith thought, while holding the spear and charging through the wolf pack, wherever he passed, the spear shadow kept flashing, and the gray wolves fell dead.
These gray wolves were so big, at most only eight or nine could attack at the same time, and with Jamie Smith's speed of spearing, he could kill them all. If they attacked separately, it was even easier.
In just over ten breaths, this huge wolf pack was left with only two lucky gray wolves, which had already been scared into whining lowly and fleeing to the distance.
"First floor passed, preparing to enter the second floor of the Starry Tower." A voice sounded. At this moment, Jamie Smith's body was also restored, and even the blood on the spear disappeared.
"The first floor was really easy." Jamie Smith thought to himself, suddenly thinking of his girlfriend, "It might not be very friendly to newcomers like May." For May Lee, even one of these large gray wolves would be quite intimidating.
A hundred head attack?
It's a bit cruel for newcomers!
"Huff."
Jamie Smith's scene changed, and he had already arrived at the second floor of the Starry Tower. Here, he would face even more severe challenges, and his story had just begun...