Chapter 3

Tranlator: D4sk

The Book of System

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Description: Please name this game first!

This was the second item in Jiang Qiao's inventory. A text input box appeared in front of Jiang Qiao, and after thinking for a moment, he casually typed in the name 'Sacred Zero'.

The text on the surface of the book changed, and the item's name became "The Book of System."

Jiang Qiao opened the Book of System, and the first page displayed the following:

Current Energy: 5000/25000

Map Size: 240 square kilometers

Player Limit: 2/1000

The first page only had these two lines of information. As Jiang Qiao turned to the second page, several small, glowing orbs, about the size of fingernails, floated in front of him.

"You even included the star map in this book?" Hailan lightly covered her mouth, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Star map…" Jiang Qiao recalled some of his memories from when he was in Creator Mode. "So this is the map we'll use to expand the world? Let me see… this is the plane where Bluestar is located."

Jiang Qiao's finger clicked on a deep blue sphere, the largest among all the glowing orbs. As it expanded, a bright blue planet slowly rotated in front of Jiang Qiao.

This was the real world where Jiang Qiao currently resided. Next to it was a small, pale white orb, slowly orbiting the blue planet like a satellite.

That pale white orb represented the game world that Hailan and Jiang Qiao had created. Besides that, there was a dark black orb gradually approaching Bluestar.

"That's the plane that's going to invade Bluestar!" Hailan exclaimed, pointing to the dark orb. "Although it's just a fragment of a world, the creatures inside possess extraordinary powers!"

Jiang Qiao reached out and touched the black orb with his finger.

A bunch of data appeared on the surface of the orb.

Fragment of a Beast Plane

Plane Type: Magic

Civilization Level: Medieval

Plane Size: 20 square kilometers

Creature Levels: 1~35

World Rules: Complete time cycle, complete life cycle, complete physical laws, low-level magical laws...

The data panel for the plane was quite complex, so Jiang Qiao only skimmed a few key details. Next, he opened the data for Bluestar's plane.

Human Plane

Plane Type: Technology

Civilization Level: Information Age

Plane Size: Infinite

Creature Levels: 1~5

World Rules: Complete time cycle, complete life cycle…

"What will happen if this black orb completely overlaps with Bluestar?" Jiang Qiao asked after reviewing the data for Bluestar and noticing that the black orb had moved a little closer to it.

"The monsters from the invading plane will appear on Bluestar! They'll kill the inhabitants of this world! Even worse, if the space-time rift remains open for too long, it'll attract invaders from other planes—like this one!"

Hailan tapped on a distant, dark red orb. Jiang Qiao didn't need to examine the data from that plane in detail; just seeing the creature levels listed as 120~150 was enough to make him think of the words "apocalypse."

"So, it's up to the two of us to nurture heroes who will save the world? How long until the black invading plane overlaps with Bluestar?"

"Approximately ten days!" Hailan replied.

"Ten days, with a player limit of one thousand people on the server. If we gather enough players, could we 'consume' that black plane?"

Jiang Qiao's question made Hailan nod continuously. This was also how their world could expand: to release new expansions, they would have to invade other planes.

"I get it. It's about time to return to the real world and find some candidates to save it."

Jiang Qiao still had many questions about the game world he had created, but he would figure those out later. For now, the priority was to gather suitable players.

Jiang Qiao returned to the real world. Not much had changed, except that now a real-life goddess was by his side, and there was a new app called Holy Zero on his phone.

This app had been created by Jiang Qiao while in Creator Mode, and it had many features, but the most important one was the ability to log into the game world with a single tap.

"This really defies all logic."

Jiang Qiao swiped through the app on his phone. Many features were still locked and would be available in the future.

"Have you decided on the first batch of players?" Hailan didn't want to hear Jiang Qiao's complaints; she was anxious now.

"I haven't decided on the first batch, but I've already picked the first player—or rather, the third player in the game."

Jiang Qiao opened his computer and logged into a site called Raccoon, the most popular live-streaming platform on Bluestar. The most-watched stream at the moment had the title: "Clash Global Championship Semifinal: Jiangcheng Sovereign Team vs. Seoul White Sword Team."

Clash was currently the most popular VR online game on Bluestar, and its professional esports league was, of course, highly popular worldwide.

Jiang Qiao was watching a live stream of the Chinese team Sovereign facing off against the Korean team White Sword.

"No matter the world, esports always has to take on Korea, huh? Well, except in Dota," Jiang Qiao muttered, looking at the current score. The match had already gone through three rounds, and White Sword was leading 2-1 against Sovereign.

White Sword only needed to win one more round to eliminate Sovereign and advance to the finals.

"Welcome back to the Clash Global Championship! I'm your commentator, Wang Duyou."

"And I'm your commentator, Seventeen."

"White Sword has reached match point, and now the pressure is on Sovereign. They need to find a way to hold off White Sword's offensive, and they need an experienced player to steady the team's nerves."

"Wang Duyou, are you hinting at something?"

"I'm hinting that that man will finally take the stage. According to the production team, Sovereign has decided to replace the vanguard player 'Southern Wind' with 'Xixiao' for the fourth game!"

As soon as Wang Duyou mentioned the name Xixiao, Jiang Qiao could hear the crowd's overwhelming cheers even through his headphones.

Clash had been running for eight years, with its professional league established seven years ago. The ID Xixiao had never missed a season in those seven years and had led his team to consecutive world championship victories in the S3 and S4 seasons.

Three years ago, the ID Xixiao was practically a god to Clash players in China and a nightmare for international players.

So much so that Clash players had given this pro player the universally recognized nickname: Grandmaster Xiao.

However, by the time of the S7 season, Xixiao was already past his prime at over 25 years old and had spent most of his time on the bench.

Now, with Sovereign struggling, the coach had no choice but to bring out the veteran Xixiao to stabilize the team's morale.

But the result was harsh. Even with the substitution, Sovereign couldn't withstand White Sword's onslaught. In the end, their journey in the global finals came to an embarrassing close with a 3-1 defeat.