A man pushed goods on a flatbed truck and ran anxiously.
The vending machine on the roadside detects pedestrians and automatically pops up a light screen advertisement.
The female anchor with a beautiful face said: "It's 7:45 in the evening. Is your immersion cabin ready? The world-famous virtual reality online game Shattered Star will be launched in 15 minutes. The number of people who have pre-logged in the national server has reached 80 million.
!”
The passions and dreams of countless people are slowly throbbing, because today is the server opening day of "Broken Star".
Virtual reality offers opportunities for everyone.
At least, that's what Li Ran, who was pushing the immersion chamber, thought.
"It's too late!"
Li Ran turned into the alley, dragged the immersion chamber into the rental house, immediately locked the door and started tinkering.
"Plug in the power...inject the nutrient solution...self-check the immersion chamber..."
Li Ran wiped the sweat from his eyes, took off his clothes, turned over and climbed into the immersion chamber.
His mind became dizzy.
Half asleep and half awake, a dazzling light flashed through.
"Welcome to Broken Star, hello, Li Ran."
Accompanied by a gentle female voice in the background, Li Ran appeared in the login space.
"Since the Starshatter invasion..."
"jump over!"
"You can choose..."
"Human!"
Li Ran quickly made settings and soon came to the last step.
"All things are different, please face your own destiny."
A slot machine appeared from mid-air.
Bang!
The slot machine hit the ground heavily, its parts clanking.
Li Ran exclaimed: "This is the legendary destiny slot machine..."
Its decoration is gorgeous and complicated, with a holy pure white angel statue on one side and a dark red devil relief on the other side.
The fuselage has a mechanical feel due to too many exposed mechanisms and parts.
"Here comes the point!"
Li Ran was greatly shocked. This was a crucial step in creating a character, extracting the birth talent!
All players in Broken Star will be forced to draw birth talents and talent levels when their characters are generated. The number is uncertain.
He held down the joystick.
At this moment, the new virtual world gives everyone a second chance——
Opportunity to extract birth conditions.
Do you think reality is unfair? Then come to Broken Star, it will give you a new lease of life!
Li Ran pulled down the joystick fiercely.
"His grandma! Come directly!"
Ding—ring, ring, ring, ring!
The slot machine of fate begins to spin.
The gray negative talent, the purple epic talent...the lights of various colors are mixed together.
A completely different fate flashed before my eyes.
Whether he is a mediocre person or a chosen one depends on this moment.
"Yes!"
A black beam of light was projected onto the screen, and the first talent appeared.
Li Ran clenched his fists excitedly and looked at the result expectantly.
"Fuck!"
On the talent projection, a rickety figure trapped in shackles is struggling in pain, and the talent effect is displayed below:
【Useless person】
[Legendary Fate Curse]
[Effect: Your strength, agility and magic ratings are permanently reduced by 1 level.]
[Description: There are always people in this world who want to be trash, why can’t it be me? 】
Li Ran's eyes widened!
"The server has just opened, I don't want to be a waste!"
Li Ran looked at the slot machine in awe and murmured:
"Do I still have a chance?"
The number of talents was uncertain, and after a while, a blue projection appeared.
【The Miner's Son】
[Normal level talent]
[Effect: The mining skill level is initially intermediate, and the dark vision ability is gained. 】
[Description: Mining with your brain is a good idea.]
As a producer, life occupations are often just a footnote to the glory of combat players.
"But I don't seem to have a choice."
Li Ran was very upset.
Click-click!
The slot machine suddenly made a mechanical jamming sound.
Immediately afterwards, rich golden light burst out!
"Fuck!"
"Legendary talent!"
Li Ran's eyes widened and he stared at the talent image in the halo.
It was a muscular figure, with infinite light emitting from behind.
【Infinite energy】
[Legendary talent]
[Effect: Energy recovery speed increased by 200%]
[Description: There are always some people who are never satisfied.]
Li Ran was stunned and sat down on the ground.
Infinite energy is recognized as the most rubbish legendary talent, and the benefits are not even as good as the ordinary bull's power.
In Broken Star, all the player's actions will consume energy points. Exhaustion of energy points will only lead to loss of strength and coma. Only when the health points are exhausted, the character will die.
But the key point is that in normal game content, the player's energy value is completely sufficient.
The overflowing energy value does not improve the output in any way.
The slot machine gradually stopped spinning.
【Li Ran】
[Level 1 Free Folk/Adventurer]
[Status: HP 100% (healthy)/Energy 100% (energetic)/Hunger 100% (well-nourished)]
[Attribute rating: strength e agility e magic e physical strength d]
【talent】
Useless Man: Legendary Curse of Fate, strength, agility and magic ratings are permanently reduced by 1 level.
Miner's Son: Normal-level talent. The mining level is initially intermediate and gains dark vision ability.
Infinite Energy: Legendary talent, energy recovery speed increases by 200%.
Li Ran laughed dumbly.
What's the use of a strong energy recovery speed?
"System, delete role."
System prompts: A new character cannot be created until 30 days after the character is deleted or dies. Do you want to confirm?
Li Ran fell silent.
As we all know, missing the prime time for server opening means missing everything.
After 30 days, the daylilies will be cold, and they will always be one step behind in the future.
Should I wait another month to draw talents again and give up the precious opportunity during the service launch period, or should I give it a try despite the curse of fate?
Time is not controlled by anyone, Li Ran’s eyes became firm:
"Enter the game!"
...
Two weeks later.
Greystone Town, Yaoyin Mine.
Three players sit in a minecart and drive underground along the track.
A player turned on the online news, and the female anchor's charming voice immediately reached his ears.
"The craze for the opening of Broken Star's servers continues, and there is constant good news for servers in various regions!"
"Recently, a player in the European server Erathia continent accidentally obtained a god's castle and sold it to the Angel Alliance guild for a high price of 70 million!"
"In the Silver City-state region of the national server, the two largest mages' guilds announced their merger to form the Fantasy Sea Guild."
"Inside sources revealed that they are jointly conquering an epic hidden mission ring. After the news came out, Hongye Capital immediately invested an additional 300 million yuan..."
A dim yellow oil lamp was hung in front of the car. The light flickered on and off with the bumps, and the faces of the men were vaguely visible.
"Thankfully, I quit my job to try my hand at Shattered Stars. Now I can only lie in the immersion chamber and mine."
One player complained.
"Otherwise, you won't even be able to use the nutrient solution you consume. This thing is too expensive, but you can't enter the game without it."
Another player said: "I'm lucky. I was unemployed, but now I can at least make a living."
Only the man sitting in the corner said nothing.
"What's wrong, Brother Ran? Are you thinking about your legendary energy talent again?"
Speaking of this, the two miners' eyes lit up, as if they had found the best topic.
"What kind of legendary talent are you mining with us? Your talent is the most useless!"
Li Ran blushed and couldn't help but argue:
"Can the legendary talent... be useless? It just hasn't found its space yet..."
The mine tunnel was filled with happy air for a while, and only Li Ran was depressed.
The mine cart trembled all the way and arrived at its destination.
The three people jumped out of the car and walked towards a deep and dark mine tunnel.
Li Ran checked the stability and durability of the roof guard and confirmed that there was no problem before taking off the mining pick from his waist.
Keng!
Keng!
Pieces of high-grade iron ore are mined one after another and put into ore bags.
Li Ran has dark vision ability and can see clearly even in the dark environment in front of him.
Suddenly, among the dark mineral powder, a piece of strange-colored ore caught his attention.
They didn't see it.
Li Ran secretly picked it up and walked aside to wipe off the mineral powder.
The ore glows with a faint silver light.
【Magic Iron Crystal】
[Rare/Magic Material]
[Description: Naturally condensed magic iron crystals are very precious.]
Li Ran knows that high-end materials like magic iron crystals are in short supply at this level!
Thanks to the talent of the Miner's Son, if it weren't for the dark vision ability, this gem would not have been found in the mineral powder!
Before the other two people were aware of it, Li Ran calmed down, packed it up calmly, put the ore bag behind his back and walked out.
"Hey, why is Brother Ran gone? We won't stay up all night today?"
"What do you know? Brother Ran is practicing his legendary talent."
Without saying a word, Li Ran returned to Graystone Town with the gem in his arms.
If you want to sell such valuable items, private transactions are seriously lacking in guarantees. Only the main city "Iron Crown" has an auction house.
Li Ran set off immediately, and after getting on the freight carriage, he soon fell asleep among a pile of ore.
Since the server was launched, Li Ran has been working almost non-stop, working hard to improve his mining skills.
Hard work paid off. In just two weeks, Li Ran's mining skills reached an advanced level, and he has a promising future.
But life is always full of surprises.
Not even halfway through the journey, the caravan heading to Crown City was attacked.
The attackers were from the Monster Hunter Guild, mainly composed of orc players, who specialized in road robbery.
This is a lucrative business.
You must know that in Broken Star, players will die if they are killed. They cannot be resurrected by conventional means, and all the equipment and materials of the victim will be dropped!
As long as you are not discovered by the guards, there will be no punishment.
In the wilderness without city protection, there is only the naked law of the jungle between players!
After the carriage was paralyzed by the trap, the players in Greystone Town launched defenses on the spot to prepare for the attack.
A big-eared monster came out of the shadows of the woods.
He waved his long sword, and an orc rushed out from behind, howling and rushing towards the convoy.
The thick-skinned big-eared monster is the first to fight, and the mace-dancing tiger is in full swing!
The human spearmen used the carriage as cover and launched a counterattack with difficulty.
The jackal jumped into the crowd and threw the throwing knife when he saw the opportunity.
After the screams started, Li Ran woke up from his sleep and stuck his head out of the carriage compartment.
"Damn it, why were you robbed by orcs all of a sudden?"
At this time, only two pikemen were left in the convoy and were surrounded.
Li Ran touched the mining pickaxe on his waist. Although this iron pickaxe was a production tool, it still had a certain power when wielded.
"Now that I am the only one outside the encirclement, it is obvious what I need to do!"
Li Ranhao suddenly became angry.
He turned over handsomely, jumped off the carriage, and immediately ran away in the direction of Crown City.
From behind came the sound of pikemen screaming.
"Why did you run away so naturally!!!"
Perhaps they couldn't stand this guy's shamelessness, so two jackals chased him from behind.
"Work harder Li Ran!"
"If you fall down from here, all your efforts since the server was launched will be in vain!"
Li Ran ran as fast as he could, flying knives grazing his scalp one after another, making him break out in a cold sweat.
The jackal didn't want to give up and gave chase.
But that guy’s energy seems to be inexhaustible!
How can a human's energy recovery ability be stronger than that of a jackal who is famous for being good at long-distance running!?
Finally, the gnoll had to give up before he ran out of energy.
And Li Ran's energy is still endless!
"Nais! You are indeed a legendary talent!"
"No matter how you ridicule, labor and management are determined to be marathon champions!"
Li Ran felt infinite joy in his heart!
His infinite energy and powerful recovery ability made him the only survivor of the entire convoy!
"Wuhu!"
...
Half a day later, Li Ran ran to the Iron Crown Fortress on two legs.
Beside the gate, the dwarf ridge guards wearing golden heavy armor were majestic.
He followed the crowd through the gate, stepped into the main passage, and arrived at the trade area.
The auction house is at the end of the long street.