Chapter 21: Online Game Transcends Reality, Encountering a Beauty

  "Hey, have you heard? 'Second World' is going to start public testing in three days, and they're sending out game headsets today. I heard it's a network game developed by Longteng Group with a virtual reality level of up to 99.99%," said Passerby A.

  "Yes, you've heard it too," "Second World" is completely controlled by the intelligent brain, even management personnel cannot modify player data. There are no GMs in the game, and NPCs have intelligence too. After internal testing and improvement by Longteng Group, it was directly put into public testing. Moreover, the game uses a helmet mode."

  "Ah, never mind, I have to hurry up and get the helmet now, otherwise it'll be gone soon. Each city only issues 50,000 of them, and after that you have to pay for it." With that, passerby A hastily ran towards the city center.

  At this time, Ao Tian's heart was wandering on the streets, and everywhere people were discussing the Second World. His heart couldn't help but pay more attention, "Since the God of War has me training in the mortal world, I might as well play a game, this can also be considered a kind of training, hehe!" After making up his mind, Ao Tian followed behind Road Person A.

  "Second World" is a virtual network game developed by Longteng Group, with an Eastern fantasy and Western magic background. The game time ratio to real-time is 4:1, and the game does not require manual operation, allowing players to enter and operate directly through their senses, making it almost indistinguishable from reality except for the air.

  "Second World" has main professions and sub-professions. Eastern main professions include elementalists, swordsmen, knife wielders, archers, and pharmacists who excel at healing abilities. Western main professions include magicians, knights, warriors, archers, and priests.

  Each country also has its unique professions, such as the Eastern cultivators, R-country ninjas, yin-yang masters, etc. Sub-professions are all-encompassing, with only what you can't imagine not existing in the game. They basically include blacksmithing, tailoring, cooking, pharmacy, and more.

  The same role can also be specialized. In the second world, after reaching level 10 in the main profession, that is, the highest level of the novice village, you will be transferred to a big city directly affiliated with the novice village for career change. The first transfer requires level 30 and takes place at the mentor's location where you were hired. The second transfer requires level 60 and also takes place at the mentor's location where you were hired, but you need to complete a transfer task (normal). The third transfer requires level 100 and takes place at your own mentor's location, and you still need to complete a transfer task, but the task is random. It all depends on your luck. Of course, the ability after career change is also different from before, especially for the second and third transfers, which are absolutely qualitative leaps. Each profession will also receive different titles after career change.

  Eastern Occupation: Elemental Master - Five Elements Master (1st conversion) - Taoist (2nd conversion) - Tao Immortal (3rd conversion) - Tao Honorable (4th conversion)

  Swordsman —— Swords Guest (1st advancement) —— Swords Chivalrous (2nd advancement) —— Swords Immortal (3rd advancement) —— Swords Deity (4th advancement)

  Blade Guest - Mad Blade Guest (1st advancement) - Blade Knight (2nd advancement) - Blade Devil (3rd advancement) - Blade Saint (4th advancement)

  Archer - Hunter (1st job) - Ranger (2nd job) - Pathfinder (3rd job) - Shadow Dancer (4th job)

  Pharmacist - Apothecary (1st advancement) - Pharmaceutical King (2nd advancement) - Pharmaceutical Immortal (3rd advancement) - Divine Doctor (4th advancement)

  Western occupation:

  Magician - Apprentice Mage (1st job) - Master Mage (2nd job) - Wizard (3rd job) - Archmage (4th job)

  Knight —— Bronze Knight (1st evolution) —— Golden Knight (2nd evolution) —— Earth Knight (3rd evolution) —— Holy Knight (4th evolution)

  Warrior - Apprentice Warrior (1st advancement) - Berserker (2nd advancement) - Holy Warrior (3rd advancement) - War God (4th advancement)

  Archer - Apprentice Archer (1st job) - Archer (2nd job) - Saint Archer (3rd job) - Godly Archer (4th job)

  Acolyte - Deacon (1st Transmutation) - High Priest (2nd Transmutation) - Luminary Envoy (3rd Transmutation) - Archbishop (4th Transmutation)

  There are also many hidden occupations with great power that need players to explore in the game. Sub-professions can only be held by one person, except for special professions.

  Task system: In the "Second World", tasks are divided into several levels, including C-level, B-level, A-level, S-level, and higher SS-level and SSS-level tasks. There are also many hidden tasks that need to be discovered by players themselves in the game.

  Equipment system: In the "Second World", equipment is divided into 7 levels, including White Equipment, Bronze Equipment (emitting cyan light), Silver Equipment (emitting crystal light), Gold Equipment (emitting golden light), Dark Gold Equipment (emitting red light), Sacred Artifact (emitting colorful light), and Divine Artifact (emitting seven-colored light). Players can also choose to disable equipment special effects according to their settings.

  PK System: Players above level 10 can PK, and will enter PK mode upon receiving an attack. In PK mode, players cannot use return scrolls to teleport back to town. The killer will also be punished, with a decrease of 10 good/evil points for each kill. A player with -100 good/evil points will become a wanted criminal, and at -200 good/evil points, the system will send out a pursuit team. It's best to prepare before killing someone, as the system won't give red-name players any mercy or sell them antidotes.

  Currency system: In the "Second World" game, currency is divided into copper coins, silver coins, gold coins and crystal coins. 100 copper coins can be exchanged for 1 silver coin, 100 silver coins can be exchanged for 1 gold coin, and 1000 gold coins can be exchanged for 1 crystal coin. Players can obtain currency through killing monsters and completing tasks.

  After March, the exchange function of real money and game currency will be opened. 1 world coin = 1 gold coin. The guild system and marriage system are special systems that need to be discovered by players.

  At this time, Ao Tian stood in front of a huge propaganda board looking at the introduction of the "Second World", "It seems not bad, quite interesting, let's play." After making up his mind, he lined up in the crowded crowd. Originally, he could rely on his own cultivation to steal one back, but that would be unglamorous, so he also waited in line like a normal person.

  In the long wait, Ao Tian finally got his wish and received the game helmet. Until now, Ao Tian didn't have a place to settle down, so he could only put the game helmet in the ring that Xue Wang gave him and wandered aimlessly on the streets. Suddenly, he saw the girl he saved last time again, and at this moment, she was also holding a game helmet, seemingly lost in thought as she walked on the street. At this moment, Ao Tian's heart was extremely conflicted. He had left the mortal world for hundreds of years and knew nothing about its affairs, nor did he know how to make money. He wanted to ask the girl for help, but was afraid of being a burden, so he didn't know what to do. Completely unaware that someone had already bumped into her chest.

  "Ah... it hurts, how do you walk like that, don't you have eyes? Ah... it's you... last time you walked so fast, I didn't even know where to find you." The sound of the heavens shocked Ao Tian out of his conflicting thoughts. It seems that sometimes fate can't be escaped.

  "Whatever, I'll just have to swallow my pride. It seems like I have no choice but to ask for her help now. After all, I did save her before, so she shouldn't refuse me." With that thought in mind, Ao Tian spoke up with a smile and said to the girl.

  "Haha, miss is good!" Faint, how did Ao Tian become like this? It's really humiliating to have to lower one's head even to a god when in need.

  "Hmph, what's good? Last time you ran off so quickly, I didn't even know where to find you." The girl said with a pouty tone, her voice sounding like that of a couple who had just gotten into a fight.

  "This... this... last time I had something to do, so I left." Ao Tian listened to the girl's coquettish tone, and his heart couldn't help but flutter, even speaking became stuttering.

  "Whatever, whatever, I won't bother with you anymore. Just look at that silly expression of yours, it's really laughable!" With a snort, the girl burst out laughing, while Ao Tian's face turned bright red, how pitiful! A cultivator in the Material Boundary stage, the reincarnation of the Carefree God, actually blushing too.

  "Do you know how much I've thought about you since you saved me and left without a word?" The suddenly flushed Ao Tian heard the girl say in a soft voice. It turned out that after Ao Tian saved her, she had unknowingly fallen in love with him. After returning home, Ao Tian's handsome image kept appearing in her mind - his silver hair, elegant demeanor, deep eyes, and the constant collision of her heart. So the girl asked her father to help investigate "Long Ao Tian", but even after searching through all the household registration records in H City, they couldn't find anyone with the surname "Long". As a result, every time she thought about it, when she heard that the game "Second World" was released today, she secretly ran out to get the headset and unexpectedly met him on the street. So the girl spoke out her true feelings without hesitation. Ah, fate is indeed mysterious.

  "Ah, miss, you...you really think so?" Actually, Ao Tian had discovered that after she left on that day, the girl had left a strange shadow in her heart, which couldn't be erased no matter how hard she tried. No matter how much Ao Tian didn't want to think about her, the girl's face would always appear in Ao Tian's mind. At this moment, when Ao Tian heard the girl say that she actually thought of herself, her emotions couldn't help but be a little stirred up.

  "Uh..." The girl nodded lightly, confirming that Ao Tian was not dreaming. The two of them just stared at each other, neither speaking, until after a while, Ao Tian suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Miss, can you help me out and lend me some money?" This foolish Ao Tian actually said something like this at a time like this.

  "You, I hate you... Here, take it, this is a purple crystal card, I don't even know how much money is inside, you deal with it yourself." As she spoke, the girl took out a purple card from her bag and handed it to Ao Tian.

  "This is a bit too expensive, right!" The Purple Crystal Card, the highest level storage card of the World Union Bank. It's not something that someone with a net worth of less than tens of billions would have, yet at this moment, the young girl effortlessly pulled out one, leaving even Ao Tian stunned and frozen in place, unsure whether to take it or not.

  "Take it, we have plenty of them at home." Upon hearing the girl's words, Ao Tian finally understood that this young lady must be the daughter of a wealthy and influential family.

  "I won't pretend anymore, thank you!" Ao Tian gave her a grateful glance like a young girl.

  "No need to thank me, by the way, do you know about the game 'Second World'?" The girl asked again.

  "I knew it, what's wrong? I just lined up and got a helmet today."

  "That's good... I also lined up to get a helmet today." He said, swinging the helmet in his hand with a showy gesture.

  "Haha, let's talk about it in the game, I should go now, and I don't even know where to live. Let's go find a house first." Ao Tian said, looking at the helmet in the girl's hand.

  "Right, I'm also called Long Ao Tian in the game. Wait until you reach level 10 and come find me. I'll help you level up."

  "En... I'm a good baby in the game." Girls are girls, even their names are so cute.

  "I don't even know what your real name is yet?" Ao Tian said again.

  "Hehe, I won't tell you. I should head home now, or my dad will scold me!" After saying that, the girl turned around and skipped away happily. Ao Tian shook his head without speaking, also preparing to leave. Suddenly, the girl turned back around and said to Ao Tian, "My name is Zi Xue." Then she turned around again and left.

  "Heh heh, nice name, Zixue!" With a chuckle, Ao Tian also turned around and headed towards the city.

  "Alas... I'd better find a place to stay first, or else I'll have to sleep on the streets tonight!" With that thought, Ao Tian quickened his pace and headed towards the city district.