So hungry ...
Rubbing his stomach, Jack glanced at the clock hanging on the wall.
Without realizing it, more than seven hours had passed since the game opened.
Jack was a little envious of the players who had gaming pods.
The nutrient solution replenishes the body's consumption and allows for long standby times.
Getting up and out of bed, Jack left the bedroom, heading for the first-floor hall.
Coming down the hall, Jack went back into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and pulled out two bags of white elephant instant noodles.
Being single, instant noodles became his staple food.
But then again, Jack never shortchanges himself.
The instant noodles you buy are the premium kind, the kind with very rich supplements.
After filling his stomach and washing the dishes, it was dark outside.
Down the hall, Jack was curled up leisurely on the couch, tablet in hand.
Eight hours have passed since the opening of the game, and the official forum of Vast Starry Sky can be quite lively.
The number of people online is terrifying, reaching a whopping 300 million.
Evening is the peak time to be online, so many people online in the forums can imagine what happened.
As expected, as soon as Jack entered the forums, he saw a flood of complaints from players.
One of the most popular threads was a certain player named Archangel spamming the game's officials.
The words were very strong, and it was clear from between the lines that the person was very angry.
At a glance, the lengthy article is full of negative words, tens of thousands of words.
The comments below are in the tens of millions.
This game is way too hard; I survived for an hour and hung up.
Come on, you, at least you lived for an hour, not me; I only lived for five minutes.
It would indeed be outrageous if there were only a newbie village, unlike now, when there isn't even an acclimatization period.
Go with Free Folk; I feel safe; it's just too casual, it's hard to level up, and it's hard to improve knowledge and skill proficiency.
Haha ...
Look at the forums full of long-winded cussing posts.
Down the hall, curled up on the couch, Jack couldn't help but smile.
It took a while for Jack to stop laughing.
Phew ...
Taking a deep breath, Jack set his tablet down on the couch beside him and stretched out.
Grinning, he lay down on his side, grinning broadly on the couch.
After all, it's an online game set in the world of world domination, so it must be difficult.
The game mode is also very different from the unusual online games.
Players can't get used to it at first, which I'm afraid is expected of the game's officials.
But Jack believed that no one could resist the charm of the game Vast Star.
That is 100% realism, and that alone is enough to make Vast Star a crossover hit.
Taking a tablet aside, Jack searched for some posts related to the content of the game.
What I can say is that it's a game with tons of cheat material.
Many people are willing to share what they see in the game.
So you need five times as much experience to upgrade yourself as others?
In one post, Jack found something related to careers.
It says that the initial experience value required to upgrade is 100 and that upgrading the level requires a +10% experience value to upgrade.
His initial upgrade required an experience value of 500, and going up to level 2 required 1000 and level 3 1500.
The experience value required to upgrade goes up by 500 for each level, and the increase is 100% of the experience value required for the initial upgrade.
As expected, the more buggy the Talent Skill is, the greater the price to pay.
A titter ran through Jack's mind as he learned this information.
Low levels are fine, but as you level up, the experience value required to upgrade gets higher.
When a character is over a thousand levels, 500,000 experience points are needed to upgrade.
There were also the free attribute points gained from upgrading, and although he had five professions, the free attribute points were likewise only five.
Isn't that a little unfair?
As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Jack was dumbfounded.
He's kinda greedy.
The attribute points gained from the knowledge skill proficiency of the five professions were a really big deal.
That free attribute point on the upgrade is completely worthless.
Time was passing little by little, and the night was getting late.
For the rest of the day afterward, Jack did nothing.
Get refreshed at home, and once the resurrection cooldown is over, you can continue to struggle in the game.
On the afternoon of the second day, at 3:17, the resurrection cooldown finally ended.
Once the cooldown had passed, Jack couldn't wait to get into the game.
In the bedroom, Jack glanced around the room and put on his helmet.
When the closed eyes opened again, Jack realized that he had arrived in personal space.
[Congratulations. For your outstanding performance in the game, you are hereby awarded 150,000 contribution points.]
The contribution points were updated, and he gained 150,000 contribution points.
Without rushing into the game, Jack opened his character panel and looked at it.
Name: Jack
Citizen ID: 513714571147841
Game ID: 12417841
Grade: 21
Free attribute points: 70
Experience value: 750/10500
Occupation: Apprentice Mechanic, Apprentice Budokai, Apprentice Magician, Apprentice Nenkai
Strength: 4235 (35) (related to prana and prowess)
Defense: 2000 (40) (related to physical strength)
Spirit: 11,770 (50) (related to the power of the mind, the power of the psionic energy)
Intelligence: 11005 (45) (related to the degree of brain development; the higher the intelligence, the faster the learning)
Knowledge and Skills Learned: Elementary Engineering Mechanics (Grandmaster), Elementary Puppetry (Grandmaster), Elementary Wetware Biology (Grandmaster), Elementary Might (Grandmaster), Elementary Force Sense (Grandmaster), Elementary Physical Strengthening (Grandmaster), Elementary Psychic Sensing (Grandmaster), Elementary Psychic Lightning (Grandmaster), Elementary Psychic Flames (Grandmaster), Elementary Psychic Frost (Grandmaster), Elementary Telekinesis (Grandmaster), Elementary Psychic Manipulation (Grandmaster), Elementary Mental Strength (Grandmaster)
Seeing that he had sprung to level 21 in a flash, a hint of surprise flashed in Jack's eyes.
But Jack soon realized what was going on.
It looks like that last hit of super-compressed fireball wiped out quite a few gene stealers.
With a burst of dots in the space in front of him, Jack added all of his free attribute points to defense.
2000 defense becomes 2070.
In the next moment, Jack's body turned into a white light and disappeared into personal space.
Far East Starfield.
Oviedo Starfield, Croatia.
In the darkened freight passage, a white light suddenly surged forth, slightly dispelling the surrounding darkness.
The white light appeared suddenly and disappeared quickly.
When the white light dissipated, Jack's figure appeared brightly.
In the darkness, a flame suddenly sprang up, dispelling the surrounding darkness.
Jack held out his right hand, a flame burning above his palm.
The jumping firelight slightly dispersed the darkness.
The familiarity of his surroundings lets Jack know that the place where he was resurrected was the place where he died.
Glancing to his right and left, Jack continued in the direction that Captain Fernande and the others had evacuated.
The flame faded away in the darkened freight tunnel.
As the flames dissipated, the freight tunnel returned to complete darkness.