Waking up from his flashback, Yu Zhen took out his phone and dialled another number.'Before anything, I should cut ties with this walking time bomb.' Yu Zhen thought to himself as the phone rang beside his ear. After ringing 4 times someone picked up.
"babe?" the serene and drowsy voice rang out from the other side of the phone.
Hearing this voice, Yu Zhen almost failed to stop himself from exploding in anger."Li Mei I think we should break up. I can't sustain our relationship with my current job and with it I have less time for my studies, sorry." Said Yu Zhen in a clear, unfeeling voice before hanging up.
On Xiao Li Mei's side, She was utterly dumbfounded. 'What just happened? Did he just cut me off? Why? Did I do something? But what?'
Yu Zhen had already gotten over his relationship with Xiao Li Mei after all that time, but getting over what he had gone through because of her is a different story.
'Now that that's dealt with, I should think of how to move forward.'
'I don't want anything to do with Chen Li Tian and Xiao Li Mei. I won't go out of my way to look for trouble, but if I have an opportunity to do anything i'll surely take it.' Yu Zhen thought to himself.
After pondering for a bit, Yu Zhen decided on what he was going to do.'That FIVR(Fully Immersive Virtual Reality) game called World of Eridia was really popular. Countless people got wealth and status from becoming top players. What's more is it allowed people to accumulate battle experience without actually risking their lives. You can also incorporate real life skill into the game.'
Yu Zhen started making his plans for the future. 'I don't have enough money to buy the helmet, but if i'm not mistaken then the school should be hosting an archery competition with 2500 credits as the prize money for the winner.' Yu Zhen thought to himself.' My current body isn't as fit or as skilled as before, but even without the muscle memory I should still be able to place first if I concentrate. The contest is in 15 days while the release date of World of Eridia is 20 days away. Even if I can't make my body fit by then, I can at least raise my skill sufficiently.'
Yu Zhen got dressed and then walked out the door. He signed up for temporary membership at an archery dojo where he practised continuously for 15 days.
...
On the day of the competition, Yu Zhen showed up with his bow on his back. There were quite a few people watching. In this day and age many people have taken a liking to physical activities because after researching for years upon years, scientists have come up with nutritional solutions that can strengthen the body and enhance performance. Now the average abilities of humans have doubled and the average life span is now 105 years. However, one must take care of their bodies to achieve such a life span. Hence the reason people are more interested in physical activities in this age.Being handsome still helps relationships nowadays, but girls tend to prefer guys that can make them feel safe rather than a handsome guy who cant do anything for her. There are times where girls choose guys because they are handsome, but it's rare because usually only girls who are talented in martial arts and have good family background tend to choose like that. Even then it's still few among them who choose their partners like that.
The rules of the competition are simple. There will be 6 rounds, and in each round you shoot three arrows. Each archer will go one at a time. Their score in that round is the sum of the score of each arrow. The archer with the highest score at the end of the 6 rounds is the winner. They will be shooting from 90 meters.
Once the competition started, the first archer stepped up to the shooting line and knocked his arrow after he got the signal to fire.
"Kyyaaa, it's Wu Chen."said a girl in the crowd who was watching the competition.
"who's that?"asked a another guy
"which rock have you been living under for you to not know Wu Chen. He's a martial genius who has mastered his family martial arts at the age of 15 and it's famed for being difficult to learn. He's won 3 martial competitions and got 1st place by a large margin. In the country martial tournament he placed 5th."replied the crazed fan girl in a disdainful tone
"Wow, that's insane. Guess that means he's got this in the bag huh?"
"Of course he does. He's Wu Chen after all."replied the fan girl pridefully as if it were herself participating.
"Wu Chen! Wu Chen! Wu Chen!"Cheers erupted from the crowd before being quieted by the referee so as to let the participants focus.
Thwang~
The first arrow left his bow with great speed and hit the second ring from the centre.
Thwang~
The second arrow flew and landed right before the ring in the centre.
Wu Chen knocked his 3rd arrow and calmed his breath. He fully drew his bow and and heightened his focus.
WHOOSH~
the 3rd arrow flew much faster than the previous 2 arrows.
Thump~
the arrow hit the target and landed in the centre ring close to the centre of the target.
"UOHH"Cheers erupted from the crowd for a minute before quieting down once again.
"huff" Wu Chen let out a breath before moving to let the next participant shoot. After that display the other participants were all intimidated, except for Yu Zhen of course. Actually Yu Zhen was both disappointed and angry that he spent his money to get a membership at the dojo for a 90 meters contest and that the guy in front only hit 1 bullseye.
The other participants fared far worse than Wu Chen. There were 2 of them that even missed the target entirely. When It was Yu Zhen's turn everyone in the crowd was bored. Nobody did nearly as great as Wu Chen so they were pretty much just waiting for Wu Chen's turn to come again in the next round.
Yu Zhen aimed his bow, Seemingly bored, and then...
Thwang Thawng Thawng~
He fired off three arrows in succession, and all three hit the bullseye perfectly surrounding the target's centre point.
Everyone in the crowd was dumbfounded.'What the hell was that? He didn't even look like he was trying.' Everyone in the crowd was looking at Yu Zhen as if he were a monster.
'This guy is pretty interesting.' Thought Wu Chen as he watched Yu Zhen walk away from the shooting line.
When the second round began it was Wu Chen's turn again, however he was still unable to hit three bullseye's like Yu Zhen. Round after round went by, and everyone was looking at Yu Zhen as if they'd seen a ghost. Unlike them however, Wu Chen was happy. Yu Zhen had hit a bullseye with every single arrow looking like he didn't put the slightest bit of effort. At the end, Yu Zhen's score was a perfect 180, while Wu Chen had only gotten 166.
After collecting the prize money, Yu Zhen went straight away to buy the gaming helmet. He waited from the night before the release to buy the game.
...
On the day of the release Yu Zhen Put on his helmet and lay down on the bed.He activated the helmet and then it became dark.
[Welcome brave one, To the World of Eridia!]