Chapter 1: I can see hints in the game!
[Rebirth completed, current timeline: January 15, 2122, 9:25 am]
[The "God-level prompt system" has been activated, please log in to "Oracle" for initial activation! 】
"What happened? They said I was reborn!"
Facing the bright morning sun, Gu Xiaoheng slowly opened his eyes in a sleeping cabin in a luxurious single apartment on the outskirts of the imperial capital.
Looking around, he looked confused and at a loss as to what to do.
Gu Xiaoheng shook his dizzy head and sat up, his face facing the nanocrystal display screen, and he was completely stunned.
The self reflected in the dark screen is actually wearing holographic glasses used to treat high myopia on the bridge of his nose!
But the problem is that as early as "a year ago", I had completely cured my high myopia by relying on the mental improvement promoted by exercising in the virtual online game "Oracle" and using nano-medical surgery.
I don’t know where the holographic glasses were lying in a corner, so why did I put them on again?
I tried taking off my glasses, and everything around me became blurry again.
Such a familiar and long-lost feeling of myopia...
Wait...could it be that I was really reborn?
Everything that happened now finally made Gu Xiaoheng's thoughts begin to change to "it seems like he has really been reborn."
Just when he had just turned on the human federation citizen bracelet that could connect to the optical brain network and was about to check the time for further confirmation, the holographic projection TV that was turned on at the same time also automatically played the morning news channel.
"The latest virtual online game "Oracle" will officially start public beta testing at 9:30 this morning!"
"According to the evaluation of the chief evaluation officer of the Federation, this will be the first masterpiece in human history with a fidelity close to 99% and a double sense of time flow in the game! The simultaneous launch of the global server will start the evolution of optical and brain fidelity
A new chapter for you!”
"Not long ago, the Federation and the "Oracle" research and development team jointly announced that the game will be automatically monitored and run by optical computers after the public beta begins. No organization can view game data or modify the game process!"
"As of the end of the first three batches of deleted files and closed beta testing, nearly 90% of the Fortune 500 consortiums in the federation have announced that they will invest in the acquisition of game guilds to invest in the exploration of "Oracle". According to predictions by virtual economy experts, this move may set off a revolution
A new wave of virtual online game gold rush!”
Watching the scenes in the news broadcast, Gu Xiaoheng felt that his brain was spinning rapidly, and countless memories suddenly poured into his heart.
When he came back to his senses and looked down at the time, the eye-catching "9:29" on the crystal bracelet on his wrist seemed to remind him of all the upcoming events...
He was actually reborn and returned to two years ago, that is, the day when "Oracle", a cross-generation virtual online game that would allow him to achieve an annual income of more than one billion credit points, was officially released for public beta!
Not only that, he also awakened the standard golden finger of the protagonist in the online novel - the system!
It's a pity that time doesn't allow him to think more.
You know, there is only one minute left before the official public beta starts at 9:30!
"Counting down to five numbers, let's start a new chapter of "Oracle", a cross-generation virtual online game! 5, 4...1, 0, the public beta has officially started!"
Almost as soon as the news broadcast on the TV announced the opening of the public beta, Gu Xiaoheng, who had already been sitting quietly in the sleep cabin that integrated sleep and gaming, suddenly became conscious and successfully logged into the game network.
Due to high-tech protection, the hibernation chamber he is currently in can provide the user with everything he needs to survive with the help of nutrient solution.
Coupled with the special internal circulation system in the cabin, every player in the dormant state can enjoy immersive gaming time for as short as two or three weeks or as long as one or two months without sleep!
Feeling the warm nutrient solution wrap around him, Gu Xiaoheng finally heard the sound of the game system in his ears.
[Identity verification successful, federal citizen gene ID binding completed]
[Welcome to your login, Gu Xiaoheng, a citizen of the Human Federation!]
The moment the system prompt sounded, Gu Xiaoheng felt his body being sucked in by a rainbow-colored force and pulled into a colorful tunnel.
After passing through the tunnel, a golden palace with vague hymns floating around appeared in front of Gu Xiaoheng.
Seeing this familiar player registration interface, Gu Xiaoheng acted quite calmly.
Not long after, a male guide angel, who was about the size of a palm and had a pair of holy angel wings flapping behind his back, came to Gu Xiaoheng and introduced himself.
"Hello adventurer, welcome to "Oracle"! I am the guiding angel Bond registered by novice players, number 007. Next, I will explain to you the six major career categories and 233 professions of Oracle! Please take it seriously
Listen to the explanation, you will need to choose your favorite career later."
The guiding angel shook his hands toward the void, and all the career introduction illustrations appeared in front of Gu Xiaoheng.
Six major career categories: protection, punishment, control, enlightenment, weapons, mystery...
Guardian system: Mostly tank-type melee professions such as guardian knights and shield warriors, mixed with a few physical and magic professions such as druids that specialize in team gains.
Punishment system: has many output professions such as witcher, berserker, shadow priest, paladin, demon hunter, etc.
Weapon system: occupations limited to weapons specialization, such as thieves, swordsmen, monks, rangers, war blacksmiths, etc.
Control system: The principle is the same as the limited specialization of the weapon system. Most of them are professions such as priests, magicians, undead knights, and alchemists that specialize in a single type of power.
Mystery system: including shaman, summoner, demon warlock, beast tamer, alchemy master, exorcist and other famous legal professions
Enlightenment system: "All magic is enlightenment." Most of the legal professions with special professional mechanisms such as fortune tellers, astrologers, arcane mystics, tarot people, fortune tellers, etc. are classified into this category.
Among the many career categories, the mystery department, which includes most of the legal professions, the two major categories of enlightenment have undoubtedly the most bloated number of occupations. Looking at all occupations, these two departments account for the largest number.
As a cross-generation online game, the professional classification of "Oracle" can be said to be its own system. Even the same warrior profession will be divided into different professional categories based on its different professional specialization functions.
The professions of Alchemist, chanter, monk, and priest with the styles of various races in the Federation add a lot of highlights to the game.
However, for Gu Xiaoheng, a reborn person who already knew most of the career information by heart, he made a career decision as soon as he logged into the game.
Just like before his rebirth, in this life, he still has to choose the swordsman of the weapons department!
As for the reason for choosing this profession, it is also very simple. Nothing but familiarity!
He had achieved the title of "White Sword God of the Kingdom of Sintra" in his previous life, and he had invested too much in the profession of swordsman.
The swordsman's movement, specialized skills, path to advancement, exclusive opportunities...
Such vast accumulation is an advantage that can only be brought into play by choosing the swordsman profession.
If you choose other professions, I'm afraid these advantages will have to be discounted by at least half to take effect...
That being the case, how could Gu Xiaoheng choose another career?
The swordsman is on his way, he is determined!
Seeing that he completed his career choice in a few seconds without carefully reading the career introduction, the Guiding Angel immediately introduced him to the next stage - naming!
[Career selection has been completed, please name your game character and model it]
Gu Xiaoheng didn't worry too much about naming.
Just like in his previous life, he still chose "Eternity" as his character ID.
When it came to the choice of race in character modeling, he thought for a moment.
It's nothing more than that he, a reborn person, is so entangled, because there are really too many races that the swordsman profession can adapt to!
Humans, elves, dwarves, green-skinned orcs... and even undead are all within the range of options that are suitable for the swordsman profession.
Although apart from racial talents and characteristics, the basic attributes of the same profession are quite similar, Gu Xiaoheng was still quite cautious in his initial racial selection.
As a reborn person, he knows that different racial choices will greatly affect the later development of each profession.
In the early stages of server launch, when all players have not yet come into contact with the racial changes and bloodline awakening functions, it is best for racial compatibility to fit in with the development characteristics of the profession.
For example, dwarves who are born with high magic resistance growth bonus and are good at armored warriors and forging are simply the most favored by forging players and tank players.
Elfs with strong bodies and high agility will soon become the best racial choices for archers and thieves.
As for the swordsman, a profession that specializes in a single weapon, the sword, it can be matched with any racial characteristics like the essential oil profession, and there will be no conflict...
After much thought, Gu Xiaoheng finally made a different choice from his previous life:
Different from the elves he chose in his previous life, he will use "human race" as his initial race in this life.
As for why he chose the human race, the reason is very simple - the human race allows him to start showing off his operations in the early stage!
[Human race’s exclusive racial talent “Racial Tenacity”]
Talent effect: basic resilience growth +3%, life skill experience acquisition efficiency +1%
[Exclusive racial characteristics of the human race: "Full of vitality"]
Characteristic effects: You can actively select a basic special effect to bless yourself. Currently, you can choose "Basic hands and feet flexibility +5%" or "Physical recovery rate +5%". The basic special effect can only be switched once a day.
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The "full of vitality" of the human race comes with the special effect of +5% basic dexterity of both hands and feet, which perfectly meets the needs of Gu Xiaoheng, the reborn swordsman master, to show off his skills.
He has strong mental power, but compared to the level 1 players in the game, the body is too dull and sluggish, and it is entirely possible that his physical skills cannot keep up with his mental reactions.
The additional flexibility of his hands is enough to help Gu Xiaoheng slightly get rid of the shackles of "human mechanics" from level 1 to perform some swordsmanship operations that are difficult for ordinary people to complete.
After selecting the race, Gu Xiaoheng skillfully adjusted the appearance downwards by 5%.
There is no way, just like the readers in front of the screen, he is already handsome enough in reality.
Even if his appearance is adjusted downward by 5%, it will be difficult to conceal his delicate and handsome appearance.
After adjusting all these, all processes related to player character modeling have been completed.
Next, it’s time to choose your birthplace!
[Character modeling has been completed, please select your birthplace]
Almost as soon as the system prompt sounded, the guiding angel in front of Gu Xiaoheng with the same name as a famous 007 legendary agent swiped his fingertips and summoned a map made of parchment scrolls.
In the center of the map, the words "Kingdom of Sintra" are engraved.
It’s amazing to say that because the servers are launched globally simultaneously, all the lands in the “Oracle” game world are quite majestic and vast.
Just a rough estimate, the total land area in the Oracle Lord World is as vast as the combined surface areas of hundreds of Blue Stars.
If you include the countless demiplanes and small worlds, the surface area of the game world becomes even wider.
And the birthplace of each player is not freely selectable without any restrictions.
Generally speaking, the system will randomly limit a kingdom-level power territory to each player, and all the players can decide is which city's affiliated town to choose as their specific birthplace.
Just like in his previous life, Gu Xiaoheng was randomly assigned by the system to the "Kingdom of Cintra", a human kingdom rich in powerful swordsmen and knights.
When it came to choosing the specific town of birth, Gu Xiaoheng also made the choice at the speed of light.
“I choose ‘Black Rock Town’, a subsidiary town of Winterfell!”
Winterfell is the most magnificent fortress city in the north of the Kingdom of Cintra. This huge fortress built on a natural hot spring is named after the emblem of its ruler, the Stark family, the "Warden of the North".
It gained the reputation of "Wolf Fortress".
As the gateway fortress in the north of the Kingdom of Sintra, Winterfell, close to the wilderness plateau, has monster areas of all levels, making it a perfect place for players to level up.
Not to mention, the endless stretch of the Great Wall at the end of the wilderness plateau where the night watchers are stationed to keep watch, hides many mysterious missions that Gu Xiaoheng, a reborn person, longs for.
[Birth town confirmed successfully! After 3 seconds, you will be teleported to "Black Rock Town", a subsidiary town of Winterfell! 】
[3,2,1,0....You have successfully teleported to the large town "Black Rock Town" in the northern part of the Kingdom of Sintra! 】
When Gu Xiaoheng opened his eyes again, the scene in front of him had changed into a prosperous scene of a magical old century town.
As the largest and most prosperous town among all the affiliated towns of Winterfell, Black Rock Town's streets are lined with busy street shops.
On the pedestrian paths for pedestrians and the gallops for carriages and steam locomotives, NPCs in different costumes come and go, making it very lively.
Further away, you can vaguely see the smoke from the residential areas and the industrial waste gas from the production areas gathering together along their respective chimneys. The "Three Lions Coat of Arms" with a blue background is erected at the entrance of Black Rock Town, representing the Kingdom of Sintra.
" Together with the "Ice Wolf Flag" representing the Stark family in the north, they fluttered in the wind in the thick smoke.
Seeing everything familiar in the game, Gu Xiaoheng walked past several players who were stunned by the high level of realism of "Oracle" and walked quickly along the sidewalk toward the outside of the town.
Time was precious, and he had already developed an efficient leveling strategy and had no time to queue up with ordinary players to compete for the few novice tasks with pitifully small rewards from the mayor NPC.
The most important thing now is to buy a few bottles of leveling consumables that restore blood and magic power at the supply store at the entrance of the town, and then quickly leave the town to level up!
Unexpectedly, Gu Xiaoheng had just taken a step forward. Before he could take a few steps, the crisp sound of the system prompt sounded in his ears.
[The current system loading progress is 100%....Ding dong, congratulations on officially activating the "God-level prompt system"! 】
The next second, Gu Xiaoheng felt that everything in the world in front of him suddenly became different.
On the stone tile floor of the walking path, on the heads of several NPCs he passed by, and even on the plaques of several critical shops with a booming business... rows of small square characters of different colors appeared one after another.
Chapter completed!