Yang Feng had now been reborn.
In this life, he would not repeat the mistakes of his past.
He would seize the initiative in the game and then, when the version update introduced the real-world superpower exchange function, he would become an extraordinary being in reality as well.
One who could move mountains and fill seas, a three-star or four-star extraordinary being capable of fighting an entire nation alone!
Possessing the strength of level thirty or forty in reality!
"The future era will be an era led by 'The God-Emperor's Conquest'!"
Yang Feng's eyes held boundless ambition.
His mind began to recall the game's development history from his previous life.
In 2028 AD, "The God-Emperor's Conquest" began its closed beta.
In 2029 AD, "The God-Emperor's Conquest" launched its open beta.
In 2030 AD, "The God-Emperor's Conquest" became the hottest game globally, with sales far exceeding the combined sales of the second, third, fourth... all the way to the hundredth game.
It was hailed as a second life.
In 2038 AD, on the game's tenth anniversary, the official server of "The God-Emperor's Conquest" announced the launch of the real-world superpower exchange function. Initially, everyone in the world thought it was a rogue employee causing trouble, and that the game officials would soon announce that this function was merely a prank by a disgruntled temporary worker seeking revenge on the company.
There was no such thing as a real-world superpower exchange function.
They were sure the temporary worker had been dealt with.
However, after waiting for a day, they did not receive any announcement of a prank, nor did they receive any announcement from the game officials admitting their mistake. Instead, they saw high-level players on various software platforms who had acquired superpower abilities, casting spells, summoning lightning, or conjuring fireballs.
It was then that people were shocked to discover the true nature of the game, and social order began to destabilize, with a large number of extraordinary beings emerging who were impervious to bullets and gunfire.
As the progression continued, when four-star abilities were exchanged by players, extraordinary beings capable of fighting nations alone were born, the old order was completely torn apart, and the golden age of extraordinary beings finally descended.
The period from 2038 to 2058 was the golden age, the era when superpowers became reality.
The current period, from 2028 to the future 2038, was the era when the game became immensely popular, hailed as a second life, but without the real-world superpower exchange function being developed.
It was also the era when, in the public's mind, it was just a full-immersion virtual reality game.
Yang Feng recalled and organized the game's development history in his mind, then formulated his plan.
His plan was to become a high-level, top-tier, peak player in "The God-Emperor's Conquest" during the next ten years, while it was still just a game.
Only by reaching the pinnacle in the game would he be able to obtain the strongest supernatural abilities when the superpower exchange function was updated and implemented in reality.
Yang Feng knew that the real-world superpower exchange section ten years later would provide supernatural abilities based on in-game strength. To exchange for four-star, level forty supernatural power in the real world, one would need to reach at least nine-star, or level ninety or above, in the game.
Therefore, for the next ten years, the higher his character's level in the game, the better his future real-world supernatural abilities would be.
He had to find a way to purchase a virtual helmet that allowed entry into the game, enter the game immediately, go through the first closed beta, the second closed beta, and the open beta, to become a veteran player and have the best chance.
Thinking of this, Yang Feng's mouth twitched involuntarily.
"The God-Emperor's Conquest" was a non-wiping closed beta. It was precisely because of this non-wiping beta that closed beta players had a significant first-mover advantage over open beta players.
Undoubtedly, joining the game during the closed beta was better than joining the game during the open beta, as in his previous life.
However, during the closed beta period, the number of helmets sold by the game officials was not large. According to later statistics, only a mere thirty thousand people participated in the first closed beta.
Thirty thousand might seem like a lot, but distributed across a single country, it wasn't much, and distributed globally across two hundred countries, it seemed even more minuscule and scattered.
Yang Feng didn't have much confidence in being able to snatch the entry ticket qualification for this game, the full-immersion virtual helmet, from the official website in time.
"Only thirty thousand slots, distributed globally, how can I possibly snatch them..."
"Wait, not necessarily. Ten years from now, the only perception people will have of 'The God-Emperor's Conquest' will be that it's a game created by gods, demons, aliens, or beings from another dimension, but not by humans."
"One or two years later, it will represent the second life, the hottest game globally. If the game officials release the full-immersion helmets at that time, they will be snatched up instantly because people will know their value."
"But now, there is no information about this game on the entire internet. The official website won't even appear for another fifteen days. Since the entire game website doesn't exist yet, how could anyone know the value of this full-immersion helmet?"
"And how could they snatch up thirty thousand virtual full-immersion helmets the moment the game's official website goes live?"
"This is simply unrealistic!"
Yang Feng's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
He realized that he had been misled by his future knowledge.
Subconsciously, Yang Feng was evaluating the mere thirty thousand slots for the virtual full-immersion helmet as too few, destined to be snatched up quickly, based on his future perspective.
But that was the perception of people in the future, not the perception of people in the current era.
The perceptions of people now were vastly different from those in the future.
According to the current understanding, it would be easy to determine that in an era where the game's official website had not yet appeared, where the first closed beta had not yet occurred, and people were unaware of the game's value, these thirty thousand helmets were unlikely to be snatched up within a few hours.
It was even less likely to be snatched up within seconds of the game's official website going live.
This was unscientific and illogical.
This meant that Yang Feng only needed to firmly remember the official creation time of the game's website and then immediately place his order.
"Phew... I've finally solved the first problem, how to get into the game, by recalling the past."
"Next, I should find a notebook to record the events of the next decade or so, to organize my thoughts and avoid forgetting important things that could lead to missing great opportunities..."
Thirty years later, Yang Feng would be a six-star, level sixty-nine character in the game, and a two-star being in reality.