[Recommended VRA for this game is 150. Users with a VRA of 100 or less may experience problems with the game.]
When I started Eternal Life (EL), the first thing that came out was a warning phrase. According to the law enacted in 2024, all the contents of DN displayed the recommended VRA, but most VRA 80 was the recommended VRA.
Considering that slightly higher content had a recommended VRA of 100 to 120, EL's recommended VRA was definitely very high. In addition, access to youth under the age of 18 was restricted, so the entry barrier to EL had to be even higher.
But in the end, people with low VRA also took the loss and played EL. It was inevitable because the game itself was so much fun. For this reason, EL has been able to record and maintain a huge number of concurrent users that will remain in the history of DN games even though it is a game for adults rather than for all users.
It meant that it was a great game, but anyway, to enjoy EL properly, the minimum VRA had to be 150.
So, there were quite a few 'watching users' who only watched the live broadcasts of pro gamers without playing EL directly.
'EL was fun to play, but it was also a very fun game to watch.'
Some of the reasons for EL's great success were that the game itself was so addictive and fun, and that watching other people play was a lot of fun.
'But at least EL at this moment... was a ruined game.'
For a moment, Sanghyeok thought of the officials of Raonsoft, who must be crying at this moment. In my heart, I wanted to contact Raonsoft and buy their stocks that had not yet been listed, but Sang-hyeok knew little about such stock trading, and no matter how bad the current situation was, they already had a strong financial line, so there was no reason to sell their stocks. Because I didn't have it, I didn't have to be greedy for it.
After thinking about it for a while, I finally reached the stage of creating an EL account.
You need another name to live forever. Say the name you will use in Eternal Life with correct pronunciation and a loud voice.
"imperishability."
Sanghyuk may not be suitable for EL, but he chose an ID he always wanted to use. He wanted to use a special name this time because in his previous life he used the not-so-special ID of 'Whirlwind'.
So far, 0 users have chosen 'Immortality' as their name. Because this is the first registration without the same user, no internal code is attached.
EL could use the same name for up to 100 people. However, other than the person who registered the name for the first time, an internal code was attached to the rest of the people, so when registering names systematically, the internal code had to be written together.
For example, if someone else registers the name immortality created by Sanghyeok now, that person will have an internal code of 'second' attached to the name immortality, and the name 'second immortality' will be systematically applied. It may be possible to wear the same immortality in a normal game, but it was definitely different from the first user.
When the creation of the name was finished, pure white light wrapped around Sang-hyeok's body, and at the same time, a new world unfolded in front of Sang-hyeok's eyes.
This place, where green meadows that make you feel refreshed just by looking at it, is a place that Sang-hyeok misses in many ways.
'Endless meadow.'
This was a space that only those who had access to EL for the first time could enter. EL was a very unfriendly game to users.
Of course, there was no such thing as a game guide that ordinary games take for granted, and even job introductions and control instructions did not exist.
Whenever users complained about that, Raonsoft, the producer of EL, repeated the same words like a parrot.
'Eternal Life is another world created by users. That's why users have to figure it out for themselves. It doesn't stop users from making their own strategy books, but at least there will be absolutely no strategy guides from the developer level.'
Of course, at first, there was a lot of resistance from users, but after Raonsoft adhered to this stance very firmly, users had no choice but to accept it.
Even the endless grassland where Sanghyeok is now standing could be called a kind of tutorial area, but the first time they didn't tell me that this was a tutorial space, so the users who first accessed EL were very disappointed. I couldn't even know that this was a tutorial space because I couldn't even skip it.
Of course, this disappointment did not last long. Users who quickly reached level 10 in less than a day and got out of that space and arrived in the real world of EL revealed to the community what the real world of Eternal Life was like, so most users knew that this meadow was a tutorial area.
In fact, there was nothing special about the endless meadow. The only thing was that the grasslands were endless and monsters came from all directions once every 30 minutes based on the time the user logged on.
5 minutes before the monsters arrive, the user is given a chance to choose a weapon. 40 types of weapons that seemed to be made of faint shadows rose from the ground, and when the user selected one of them, it immediately materialized and belonged to the user.
Weapons could be changed every time a wave came, but if you chose a different weapon instead, the weapon you were holding disappeared again as a shadow. This meant, in a word, to try various types of weapons to your heart's content and choose the one that suits you best in advance.
After blocking 20 waves like that, in the 21st, 116 skill books containing very basic skills rose from the floor.
Like the weapon, this could be changed and used whenever a wave came.
The skill book was able to choose another one until it blocked up to 40 waves. Normally, if you block 50 waves of monsters, your level will naturally reach level 10.
The monster wave itself had a very low level of difficulty, so even a person with no talent in the game could easily clear it.
To borrow the expressions of users, this endless meadow was the only place in EL where you could experience the unmatched mode.
Users were able to experience the weapons and skills that suited them best in advance in the endless meadow, and it helped them make various choices when they left this place and went to the real world of EL.
Of course, even after a short time, users began to choose what is commonly called honey recommended by others rather than based on their experience in the endless grassland, but anyway, the experience in the endless grassland was definitely necessary.
Tak-tak, Sang-hyeok lightly tapped the top of his right ear twice, and several translucent spears appeared in front of him. Calling up the system window through this action was already familiar to those who experienced virtual reality games because all DN game developers had already applied it the same way five years ago.
Using two fingers, Sanghyuk selected and enlarged the quest window among the system windows that appeared in the air before checking the remaining time until the first wave.
'The remaining time is exactly 27 minutes and 22 seconds.'
Like Sang-hyeok, other users who logged in at the same time as the server opened were making various efforts to adapt to the unfamiliar environment at this moment.
"Endless grasslands... I have two things to gain from this place."
Sanghyuk had already planned and prepared a lot for over a year while waiting for the opening of EL.
Both were not easy to obtain, but Sang-hyeok had no intention of leaving this place until he obtained them anyway.
"To be precise, you must obtain one unique-level title and one hidden rare-level item."
If someone asks Sanghyuk what is the most important thing in EL, Sanghyuk will answer 'title' without hesitating even for a second. This was the part that all users who enjoyed EL had no choice but to answer the same.
In EL, the title can be used as a 'prefix' title by attaching it to the front of the name, or it can be used as a 'suffix' title by attaching it to the end of the name, and there are many cases where the effect is applied at all times even without having to mount it.
Of course, the maximum number of titles that can be activated is limited to 30, but this alone shows that titles are more important than any other game.
In any case, the title was more important than any other game element, and Sang-hyeok had already picked out a few special titles he needed to acquire.
"First of all, the title 'Challenger who never gives up'!"
The only level title, 'The challenger who never gives up.' This was an incredibly rare title that could only be obtained here in the Endless Grassland.
No. 4,444.
He had to die 4,444 times in this endless meadow to earn the title of 'The Challenger Who Never Gives Up'. To be exact, even though I died that much, I had to keep trying without giving up.
In fact, this title was a title that could never be obtained. No matter how low the VRA is, at least in this endless meadow, you can shoot and defeat monsters as much as you like. That's why the number of users dying in the endless meadow was extremely rare, with not even one out of ten thousand.
That's why it didn't make sense to die over 4,000 times at this stage. In fact, the existence of this title was revealed only 10 years after EL was released.
To be precise, it was known that Raonsoft released five special titles that have now been deleted to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the release of EL.
At the time, Raonsoft said that there are 10 titles that users have not acquired for 10 years, although they clearly exist.
What was revealed in the process was five special titles that were deleted.
The title Sanghyuk was aiming for, 'The challenger who never gives up', was also one of the five deleted titles.
The rating is unique (唯一)! The unique rating meant that only one person could hold this title. In other words, if Sang-hyeok won this title, it meant that even if someone died here 4,444 times, he would not win the title.
Of course, having to die 4,444 times in an endless meadow was not common. However, Sang-hyeok already knew the answer, so he threw himself into the monster wave without hesitation.
If I didn't know the answer, I would never have even attempted this.
death again death.
In this way, Sang-hyeok died alone over and over again while everyone else lightly passed through the endless grassland.