Chapter 110 - The Game Starts (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

“There are still 60 seconds left until ‘The Rise of the Human Race’ begins. The countdown begins now. 59, 58…”

The dark clouds disappeared and the sky turned white. The sea suddenly became calm. For a moment, the sea was as silent as if the world had gone quiet.

Only the voice of the countdown was heard.

At that moment, a Black Dragon flew past the surface of the sea. Its gigantic wings produced a gust of wind. The strong wind howled as it surrounded the quiet world, causing waves to form on the originally-calm sea surface.

A young man with black hair and black eyes sat on the Black Dragon’s back. The two words ‘Wei Huo’ were written in white on his head. That was his name and game ID. The initials ‘LV1’ were behind the ID. That was his game rank.

“Other games use EXP to level up. You only get EXP after levelling up, right?”

Wei Huo opened the Quest Menu and realized that he had received a compulsory quest.

‘Collect 10 Wood Units and 5 Stone Units. Level +1 once you succeed.’

Wei Huo then looked at his own level. He did not have any EXP, but he could obtain 500 EXP after upgrading to level two. That EXP could be used to upgrade his skills.

The 500 EXP could also upgrade five level-zero skills to level-one skills.

In that case, a player’s skill upgrade would be faster…

Wei Huo looked at the sky. “What a boring countdown…”

After saying that, he took out a pitch-black helmet and put it on. It would be better to say that it was more like a black jar rather than a helmet. That was because the helmet had no other opening apart from the lower-mouth opening. Once one wore it, their whole head was sealed.

It was Wei Huo’s first time wearing this thing on his body. He could not help but say, “As a helmet, you leave two holes for the user to observe the situation outside!”

Wearing the helmet meant going blind. Fortunately, Wei Huo, who was in the imposing aura, could switch to the first-person and third-person perspective. It did not matter if the helmet had two holes.

The creator of the helmet had even kindly drawn two holes and a pair of realistic eyes on the front part of the helmet. The pair of eyes was very vivid, and no matter from which direction one looked at the helmet, one would feel that those eyes were staring at them.

Ye Yunxiao was mischievous…

He was the creator of the helmet. He was an NPC who had discovered that this world was a game. He had made the helmet, and he could shield himself from detection by wearing it.

Not long after Wei Huo put on his helmet, sounds were heard from the sky again. Players could also see a red virtual loudspeaker appear in the sky. It was a world loudspeaker worth 500 Magical Stones. One could shout at the whole world by using it.

“The selection of one percent of all humans has been completed. First, a compulsory quest will be issued to all players. If the number of humans in the world is less than 200 million, all players will be unable to be resurrected and will be punished with the ultimate punishment. Check the current number of humans through the Quest Menu.”

Wei Huo was shocked. He had already received a quest.

“Lifelong Quest: The number of humans is currently 74.2 billion. If the number is less than 200 million, the players will no longer be resurrected and will be punished to the extreme!”

Wei Huo narrowed his eyes. Time halted and players descended. Wei Huo had been waiting for this moment for 500 years.