Chapter 2:Tutorial (1/2)

A voice sounded in Alex's head. He slowly opened his eyes to look at the white nothingness in front of him.

'Where am I? Is this the game?' he thought.

A customization menu appeared in front of him. He looked at the different options possible and got easily overwhelmed. He saw a Randomize button at the top and clicked it without hesitation.

It created a new character with long, silky black hair, a lean body, and blue eyes. ”This doesn't look bad,” he said to himself.

He clicked OK.

He didn't want to set Alex as his username, but also couldn't think of one. So he simply chose the Randomize option once more.

'Doesn't sound bad,' he thought as he pressed OK.

Suddenly, everything turned white.

Alex found himself surrounded by trees on all sides. Everything so vivid and real and colorful.

”Is this really a game?” he thought.

He looked down on himself and saw that he was wearing a simple robe and pants similar to what his character looked like.

”So, this is what a VR game looks like, huh.” He was amazed at the surrounding. His senses all told him that it was real. That he was in a real place.

”What do I do now?” he wondered and started looking around. There wasn't a map or a health bar that told him it was even a game.

Not long after, he found a small pouch tied to his sash. He tried to pick and see what it was when suddenly, a holographic panel appeared in front of him.

The panel had a bunch of boxes in it, with only 2 boxes being filled up. ”What is this?” he wondered as he touched the first box.

[Tutorial]

[This game mostly works through voice commands. Say 'Settings' or 'Status' to open up settings or your info. Your first job is to make time and HP bar visible for your HUD from the settings. Say 'Settings' ]

”Settings”

A new screen appeared once more that had a bunch of little settings in it. He didn't know what most of them did as they were turned Off, but he quickly found 2 settings related to HP Bar and TIME. He turned both of them ON.

Suddenly on the top left of his vision, a green bar appeared representing his current HP amount. On the top right, a bunch of numbers appeared representing the current time.

It seemed the time in the game matched the real-life time.

[Tutorial]

[Congratulations on using the settings. You can later change the different settings as you see fit. Now, to check your info say 'Status']

”Status”

Another blue screen appeared in front of him. This time it had a bunch of information about him.

[Player Name: Yu Ming

Cultivation: Mortal (1 Qi : 100%)

Body: Sun God's Divine Yang Body

Talent: God

Spiritual Roots: 5 Elements Yin-Yang roots

Cultivation Method: None

Qi: 0

]

”Oh, is this my info?” Alex looked at the status with curiosity in his eyes. He didn't understand what most of it meant though.

The tutorial screen popped up again.

[Tutorial]

[Congratulations on opening your status. Here is an explanation of what each of these means.

Cultivation is your current cultivation realm and level. It shows you how much Qi you have to invest to increase cultivation, and what your chances of breaking through are.

Body: is your potential in cultivation. It determines how far you can cultivate. Special bodies also give other benefits.

Talent is your talent in cultivations. It determines how fast you can cultivate.

Spiritual Roots: Spiritual Roots represent your spiritual affinity towards the element. You can learn and use elements you have an affinity to more freely than the rest.

Cultivation Method: is the technique you use to cultivate. It teaches you how to gather Qi and use the Qi to increase your cultivation.

Qi: is your source of energy. The more Qi you have, the stronger you can become. The speed at which you gather Qi can depend on your location, your cultivation method, and your talent.]