Chapter 5

translator: henyee translations editor: henyee translations

in the following week, with galaxy international’s overwhelming advertising, the era of the gods finally opened.

the game was officially launched at twelve o’clock, but at ten o’clock, players could start creating game characters. after lao yao and the girls from silver maple leaf studio had breakfast in advance, they used their helmets to connect to the internet.

due to the fact that the western-style fantasy online game was the most popular theme in the history of the game for more than a hundred years, the game had reached a perfect level in terms of race, skills, background, and class balance. moreover, it was gradually accepted by the entire world. therefore, this time, the online game developed by galaxy international also chose this western-style theme.

“when the creation god went into hibernation, the gods he created took over the authority of management. they herded countless living beings on the dawn continent and chose their beloved races to bestow them with strength and protection in exchange for people’s faith… and you, newborn warrior, choose the god you believe in, choose your race, and fight freely on this land!”

accompanied by a deep narration and a magnificent cg opening, lao yao realized that the environment in front of him had suddenly changed. he had arrived in front of a building that looked like a temple.

a fairy with transparent wings flew over from afar and landed in front of lao yao. she introduced herself, “honorable player, i’m your guide. may i ask if you want to create a character now?”

lao yao nodded. “yes.”

“alright!” the fairy nodded. “next, we’ll enter the test segment to determine the character attributes of your character. do you want to start now?”

“alright!” lao yao continued to nod. to be honest, back then, he only knew that there was such a setting. however, no one had disclosed the specific test process. therefore, lao yao was a little curious now.

“the first step is a power test!” the fairy waved her hand, and a pair of dumbbells appeared in front of lao yao. he was speechless.

“you mean, you want me to use this pair of dumbbells for testing?” lao yao asked gloomily. in such a magical environment, such modern equipment had suddenly appeared. how could lao yao not be depressed?

“the equipment is just a formality!” the fairy explained expressionlessly. “this is a pressure simulation test system. it stimulates muscle tissue through brain waves and electric signals to determine the upper limit of your strength.”

perhaps they had already expected players to have such doubts. galaxy international’s developers naturally had to give corresponding explanations in the design of the game program.

lao yao shrugged and had no choice but to do as he was told. in any case, there was no way to create a character without going through this step.

waving the dumbbells, lao yao realized that the weight he felt was actually slowly increasing. although lao yao was not a super muscular man, it was not a problem for him to lift 170 to 180 catties with one hand. unexpectedly, the weight of the dumbbells became heavier and heavier, making lao yao feel a little strained.

“one-handed strength of 110 kilograms. evaluation result, excellent!” the little fairy gave lao yao’s evaluation value. “strength attribute: maximum value 20!”

“eh? it’s actually the maximum value?” lao yao was a little surprised. although he felt that his strength was not bad, he also knew that in terms of strength, there were many people who were stronger than him. naturally, he was a little surprised to obtain such a result.

“i want to ask, what will happen if the attributes are too low?” lao yao asked, “for example, if the strength attributes of those who want to play the warrior are not high, what will happen?”

“don’t worry!” the guide fairy replied. “testing attributes only allows the player to have a reference when choosing a class. after making your class choice, the character’s attributes will be adjusted.”

“oh, i see.” lao yao nodded. “then let’s continue. this test is quite interesting.”

“the test is divided into three parts. next is the agility test!” the fairy waved her hand, and the pair of dumbbells disappeared. the surroundings changed into a dense forest.

“dodge the tree stump traps!” the fairy introduced. “in the forest, there will be tree stumps attacking you at any time. what you have to do is to dodge as many as you can. the longer you last, the higher your agility rating will be!”

“ha!” when lao yao heard this test, although he smiled, his expression became a little cold. this was not the first time he had encountered such a test.

when he first became a mercenary, lao yao had stayed in the siberian training camp for a period of time. there was such a thing in the inhuman training. the difference was that the training at that time was absolutely bloody. if one could not dodge the huge tree stumps that were flying over with a rope in time, they would either break their bones, vomit blood, or die from injuries. lao yao had seen it more than once. some people died from being hit in the head by the tree stump because they could not dodge it in time…

“damn it, which programmer designed this?” lao yao’s face was terrifyingly gloomy.

however, he did not have a choice. after the fairy started, the tree stump was already flying towards him.

due to the terrifying memories, lao yao subconsciously forgot that this was a game. he was unprecedentedly focused and tried his best to dodge those tree stumps.

in fact, he did not know that if it was really as he had imagined, and the impact would cause immense pain, galaxy international would probably be scolded by the players all over the world before going bankrupt. in the program, not only would the speed of the tree stumps be slowed down, but once a tree stump came into contact with the human body, the entire test would immediately stop. the players would not feel any pain. after all, this was only a game, not the real siberian training camp…

lao yao, who did not understand all of this, used all his strength. back when he was a mercenary, he was already a scout. his agility was naturally most important. with his full strength, these tree stumps could not touch a single strand of his hair.

after the entire test stopped, the little fairy flew to the panting lao yao’s side. her voice was also filled with surprise. “persistence: 15 minutes! completely passed the test. agility evaluation: perfect! agility attribute bonus: 30!”

he actually obtained 10 additional agility attribute points!?

lao yao was a little surprised. however, due to some bad memories, he did not express any opinions. instead, he said, “let’s continue with the next test.”

the fairy nodded. “next is the intelligence test!” with a wave of her hand, the forest disappeared. in its place were various kinds of chessboards floating in the air.

“please choose a chess game!”

for some reason, lao yao suddenly lost his initial interest in the test. he directly asked the little fairy, “which is the easiest?”

“i recommend gomoku!” the fairy said. “the rules are the simplest!”

lao yao’s question was questionable to begin with. there was no simple explanation for a game that could be passed down. even the simplest thing could be complicated in the eyes of experts. with lao yao’s question, the little demon’s program also gave the search results for the keyword “simple.”

as soon as the gomoku board appeared in front of lao yao, lao yao immediately said, “i admit defeat!”

he did not want to continue this inexplicable test…

“admit defeat. are you sure?” little fairy asked.

“i’m sure!” lao yao nodded.

“test project: master-level gomoku, duration: 0 rounds!” the little sprite gave an evaluation. “intelligence rating: smart! obtained intelligence attribute: maximum 20!”

at this moment, lao yao was finally stunned. “how can i still get such an evaluation when i’ve already given up!”

the fairy didn’t give an explanation for this. instead, the screen jumped to the choice of class and race.

what lao yao didn’t know was that in the settings of the program, the level of the computer for the test was at the master level. it could be said that if one wasn’t a professional player, it would be very difficult to beat the computer, let alone ordinary players. the difference was that if one played seriously with the computer, the evaluation would be calculated based on how many moves one had with the computer.

the intelligence test was naturally about whether you were smart or not. you clearly knew that you could not win, but you still foolishly played the game. was such a person considered smart? therefore, this test had a back door for the programmers. as long as a player wisely gave up, they could obtain such a full attribute evaluation.

it was not impossible to exchange a few moves with the computer, but the attribute points obtained in the end would fluctuate between 10 to 19. it was impossible to obtain a full value.

of course, there was another situation where one’s chess skills were heaven-defying. if one killed a computer opponent and utterly defeated it, one would receive an additional bonus in intelligence points. however, such situations were definitely extremely rare.

this situation was later confirmed on the official forums, causing many players to curse. fortunately, the attribute of intelligence was not very important to players who were not mages. as for players who chose the mage class, due to the modification of their class attributes, the difference was not too big. therefore, after the players cursed, they passed.

lao yao, who had no idea about this, could only wear a constipated expression and start choosing his class and race…