On Earth there's a game that everyone plays, and when I say everyone, I mean everyone.
Unity World, a revolutionary VRMMORPG that allows users to do anything they want, whether it be living a normal life or being an evil overlord of a country, if you can think of it you can do it.
The immersiveness of Unity World rivals that of the real one, making it difficult to differentiate the two. This led to the game becoming a world wide hit with Billions of concurrent players.
Of course I'm no exception, I play the game just like the rest of the world. Soon there will be an event that will happen on the global server, a majority of the player base will be there, it wouldn't surprise me if the game experiences some lag.
According to the event details, "Unity World will be receiving a graphics and programming overhaul, log in to see your world change before your eyes."
So here I am, surrounded by Billions of people waiting for the event to start. People begin being teleported to another area, one that lets us see the map from way up high.
We all look in excitement as the map slowly pixelizes and changes into a new one, cities and oceans are formed, but they are weirdly familiar. The new map looks exactly like Earth, and before we can speak the players get teleported back to the map.
I open my eyes to find myself in my room, did I get logged out? I have a look around and notice a small icon in the corner of my vision, it's the notification pop up from Unity World, so I must still be in the game.
I open up the notification and see a message from the developers:
"Greetings from Unity World Staff! We hope you like the new look for the game and you continue to play. As you've probably noticed already, our new world emulates that of Earth, this is not a coincidence nor is it for a limited time. This is Unity World, and we want to create the best space for living, the real world is now irrelevant so we've deleted the exit button. You cannot leave Unity World, but to make the game more interesting than the real world all game elements have been kept, this includes; Monsters, Dungeons, Skills, Magic, Levels, and the System. Your original character values have all been reset and have been synchronized with your real life counterparts. Thank you to all 5,983,672,541 players out there! Enjoy the new, Unity World!
P.S, to start you off we've thrown in a little gift to boost your progress."
Did I read this correctly? I can't leave the game? I quickly checked the menu and sure enough, a log out button was nowhere to be seen. I go back to the message and open up the "present" they left for us.
[Random Skill Box Obtained]
A random skill box, my new life in Unity World will be defined by whatever skill I get from this box, all I can hope for is something suitable for combat or everyday life.
[Skill: Body Enhancement, Obtained]
Body Enhancement:
Increase all stats by 10 for a set period of time.
Duration: 5 Minutes
Cooldown: 20 Minutes
Not a bad skill, but it could've been better. With this I can easily become a Martial Artist or Swordsman. I hop onto my computer and search for gyms and trainers nearby. About a mile from my house is a boxing gym, it would be good to learn boxing and work out a little.
I take out a journal and begin jotting down my goals to accomplish and plans to become stronger.
- Begin Boxing
- Increase Strength Stat to Atleast 100
- Find a way to get new skills
- Upgrade Body Enhancement
- ESCAPE