Chapter 1 A New Beginning

The weather was clear, and in a place resembling a military camp in Star Dragon, many players came and went, like a small market.

Star Dragon's attitude towards the players was relatively mild. After holding many internal meetings, they tried to command the players and found that they could communicate normally like ordinary people. It was just that some "Others" (players) seemed to be a little mentally ill, but it didn't matter much. In the end, it was decided to form the players into a separate numbered unit, serving in the army as a special force.

This military camp was an area specially opened up for players. Star Dragon officers issued missions here, and many players set up stalls and sought out teams, gradually creating a flourishing trend.

Influenced by Han Xiao, many players chose to join Star Dragon, and Feng Yue was the same.

Fighting and killing wasn't Feng Yue's thing. She liked the Mechanic class, collecting various materials, manufacturing machinery, and selling it to other players. Many players liked to come to her for supplies and repairs, so when doing missions, Feng Yue could easily find a team and was very popular.

Feng Yue was just a casual player, online for less time each day than other players, preferring to enjoy the game and not do missions like a machine. She liked to pester mission NPCs with questions, wasting a lot of time.

But even so, with the help of the prize pool missions Han Xiao gave her, she still surpassed most players and became one of the top-ranked players.

In a tent, Feng Yue looked at the experience bar, her excitement overflowing.

"Almost level twenty, soon I can find Black Phantom."

...

The biting cold wind whipped across the wasteland, covered with mottled patches of thin snow, interspersed with the bare gray-white ground.

In a flat wilderness in the Northern Continent, a player wrapped in a fur coat trudged slowly in the cold wind. Behind him, at the end of the horizon, was a novice village town. He was leaving the novice village.

His fists were covered in blood scabs, and a hundred meters behind him lay the corpses of seven Frost Wolves.

Frost Wolves were common predators in the Northern Continent, around level ten. Faced with an attack by seven Frost Wolves, ordinary players at this stage had less than a twenty percent chance of winning. Yet, this player only had a few shallow claw marks on his body.

The ID above his head was "Hao Tian," clearly an old ID.

Hao Tian, a famous professional god, the mainstay of the Changkong Club, a veteran who had fought in the professional circle for many years. He had used this ID for many years as well.

There were many esports clubs in Huaxia, but only four super-first-tier ones were called giants: Temple, Changkong, Dynasty, Fish-flavored Eggplant... It seemed like something strange had been mixed in, but that club was indeed called Fish-flavored Eggplant, and their archenemy was the Korean Kimchi Club.

Hao Tian suddenly received a remote communication request from Li Ge and paused in his steps.

"Hmm?" This interrogative word perfectly reflected Hao Tian's dislike of nonsense.

Li Ge said, "Have you heard? The Esports Federation has confirmed the establishment of a professional league for Galaxy."

"Oh."

"What class did you transfer to?"

"Martial Artist."

"I'm an Esper." Li Ge said, "Level up quickly. The situation for Huaxia professional players isn't good. I need help to deal with those foreign powerhouses."

"Mind your own business." Hao Tian said impolitely and hung up the communication.

Although both were experts, Li Ge's style was completely different from his.

Hao Tian had fought professionally for many years, steadily improving his level step by step to reach his current level. He didn't like to talk, didn't like to manage his public image, and shone entirely on the professional stage.

Li Ge was very enthusiastic about managing his own image, often appearing on programs. He had dozens of times more fans than Hao Tian, and he was also very handsome, with many female fans. Moreover, Li Ge was the kind of genius who could surpass others' hard work without much effort, amazingly talented.

Every professional player had talent, but Li Ge was talented from head to toe.

Some people were just geniuses, and there was no arguing with that.

Many people admired Li Ge, and many people were jealous of Li Ge. Hao Tian didn't belong to either group. He had known Li Ge for a long time and had no other emotions. In his eyes, Li Ge was just a powerful colleague. He didn't care about other factors.

Li Ge was also his old opponent. Hao Tian had lost many times. This time, in order to achieve greater success in Galaxy, he spent almost all his time in the game leveling up, unwilling to miss any opportunity.

Habitually opening the forum, Hao Tian saw a post uploaded by a player about Han Xiao's main storyline mission.

He suddenly stopped and turned back, heading towards the novice village.

With Hao Tian's strength, the novice village was useless to him, but for the Black Phantom's mission, he was willing to wait.

...

Star Dragon, deep underground in the Dragon Horn Building, the headquarters of the Thirteenth Bureau.

In the deep metal corridor leading to the mainframe, red dots flashed in the gaps of the steel walls. Infrared detectors covered the entire corridor, and the floor was equipped with devices to recognize weight and footprints.

Gu Hui entered the password outside the door, detected his pupils, fingerprints, and voice, and stepped into the corridor. In a fraction of a second, the mainframe identified Gu Hui's identity through the floor and infrared detection.

"Permission identification passed, welcome Director." A synthesized mechanical voice sounded, indifferent and emotionless.

All defense devices went into hibernation, and the green light was on all the way. Gu Hui walked into the empty mainframe operating room, his face serious. This time, he was here with instructions from the highest leadership to consult the advanced civilization Godora, far in the depths of the universe, about the phenomenon of the "Others" (players).

This matter was of great importance, and all the monitors in the mainframe room were aimed at him. Those leaders were watching at this moment.

Gu Hui knew that not only Star Dragon, but other countries would definitely do the same. The phenomenon of the Others was too bizarre, and they had no way to solve it at all. They could only turn to interstellar civilizations for help. Godora was the only advanced civilization they had contact with, with a neutral and friendly attitude, and had not interfered with Aquamarine Star.

Gu Hui turned on the mainframe, entered a long string of dynamic passwords, unlocked various encryptions, and then opened the bottom layer of the program and entered a confidential code. This code activated a secret program.

The display suddenly turned snow-white, and then a new interface popped up, simple and unadorned, with countless option links listed densely, but all were gray and could not be selected, and the names were all strange symbols - these were the characters of the Godora civilization.

Only one option could be activated and translated into the language of Aquamarine Star.

[Godora Civilization Ninth Star Region Communication Window to Aquamarine Star]

This was a star region communication terminal of a model called "Light Feather-8". The six regimes of Aquamarine Star had all been given interstellar communicators issued by the Godora civilization, which could connect with interstellar civilizations. Aquamarine Star's technology had not yet figured out the principle of interstellar communication terminals sending and receiving signals, which seemed to be a very mature quantum entanglement communication technology.

The Godora civilization locked many of the terminal's functions, closing hundreds of communication network links facing the outside universe, limiting Aquamarine Star to only contact the Godora base in the Ninth Star Region one-way. Aquamarine Star could only exert one millionth or one ten-millionth of the interstellar communication terminal's capabilities, and could only understand the structure of the universe through Godora, seeing a leopard through a tube.

But Aquamarine Star had no choice.

Gu Hui calmed himself down and clicked on the option. The ten seconds of waiting felt as long as several hours. Finally, the screen flashed and a dialogue box appeared.

"Humans of Aquamarine Star, why are you applying for communication?" The other side typed out cold Godora characters, which suddenly flickered and turned into Aquamarine Star characters. This was the terminal's built-in translation function.

Gu Hui went over the draft he had prepared in his mind and typed out word by word, "Friends of Godora, I am the head of the intelligence agency of the Star Dragon Nation of Aquamarine Star. This communication is to inquire about a strange phenomenon occurring on our planet, which we call the 'Other' phenomenon. The specifics are as follows..." Gu Hui briefly described their research on the Others and sent detailed research files and records. Finally, he wrote: "Our technology cannot find the cause, and we hope to get an explanation. If you can lend a hand, we will express our sincere gratitude. Godora and Star Dragon will always be good friends in close cooperation."

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