Chapter 10: This Game Is Absolutely Incredible!

"Brothers, even if I die and am nailed into a coffin, I will still shout with this decaying voice, this game is absolutely freaking epic!!!"

"Enough said, if this game doesn't blow up, I'll eat my own words!"

At the crack of dawn, the group leader "White Horse Passing the Gap" emerged in the Bull and Horse Club, his sudden declaration causing quite a stir and dragging out many of the lurkers.

**Jie Yan:** "What the hell? The group leader's alive?"

**Ye Ao Nai Wo He:** "This world's way too over-the-top!"

**Dao Xia Liu Ren:** "I didn't see any of you management folks around last night, thought you all got arrested for doing something shady. (laughs)"

**4Shui Ba Dong:** "What's going on with this game?"

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After a brief pause, "Coming Days" chimed in.

"It's that virtual reality game that Brother Guang recommended in the group the day before yesterday."

**Jie Yan:** "No way, you guys are already playing?! For real? You're not messing with me, are you?"

**Coming Days:** "Why would I lie to you?"

Unfortunately, the system didn't support in-game screenshots.

Otherwise, he would've posted a picture immediately.

**Jie Yan:** "Then tell me about it! What's this immersive virtual reality game like? Which VR headset do you use?"

**White Horse Passing the Gap:** "VR? Ha, you think that kind of head-mounted screen can compare to the Wasteland OL game helmet? (laughs)"

**Jie Yan:** "Wait, what? You're saying Wasteland OL doesn't require a VR headset to play?"

**Coming Days:** "Clearly, you've never seen it. They use a gaming helmet. Hmm... how should I explain this? Have you ever watched Sword Art Online? It's something like that."

**Jie Yan:** "What?!"

**4Shui Ba Dong:** "A head-mounted microwave oven?! That's insane!"

**Ye Ao Nai Wo He:** "Who are you trying to fool? Sword Art Online? I've never heard of such powerful technology!"

**Dao Xia Liu Ren:** "Exactly!"

Most of the group was skeptical.

It all sounded too unbelievable!

Logically speaking, a groundbreaking new technology should have a gradual evolution process from unfamiliar to mature. The transition might be short, but there had to be one.

Coming Days, however, understood their skepticism all too well. After all, he had once been in the same position—doubting the idea of an immersive virtual reality game, thinking it was just some elaborate joke by a group member.

But—

It was real.

**Coming Days:** "The equipment doesn't support screenshots, so I can't prove it. Believe it or not, it's up to you. But after experiencing it for this long, I've gathered some intel about the game."

**Jie Yan:** "Good man! Spill the beans!"

**Coming Days:** "Let me mute the entire group first, my typing's slow."

**White Horse Passing the Gap:** "Got it!"

As someone who had ranked in the top 200 in the Asia-Pacific region for PUBG and was a top-tier player in League of Legends, **Coming Days**' gaming talent was well-known throughout the group.

He was the one with the most authority when it came to anything game-related.

It seemed like he didn't have a job—he was always gaming.

Not just multiplayer games; his name was found on many speedrun guides for single-player games.

Many of these were groundbreaking titles, and many in the group had used guides he had written.

In short, he was the king of no-lifers.

Thus, whether they believed in this "immersive virtual reality MMORPG" or not, whether they had gotten into the closed beta or not, everyone eagerly awaited his detailed explanation.

**"Let's talk about the game's background first."**

"The background itself isn't anything special—your typical post-apocalyptic setting with a bit of wasteland punk flair. The story takes place in an alternate world where a nuclear war two hundred years ago destroyed everything, and players take on the role of survivors from a shelter returning to the surface."

"As of now—we, the closed beta players, are still acting as the advance team sent to the surface to build outposts. We haven't even entered the main storyline yet. More plotlines and clues might only be unlocked after the open beta or public release, so I won't go into it."

"Next, let's talk about the game's realism!"

"Honestly, this game's realism is the pinnacle of everything I've seen so far, and I can confidently say that no game will surpass this for the next fifty years! Why do I say that? Because this game is basically 'Earth Online' with wasteland DLC. There are no visible attributes panels, at least not in the closed beta."

"However, in actual gameplay, different players start with different base stats. For example, some players have stronger strength, others have higher perception, agility, or even other hidden attributes we haven't discovered yet. I suspect that when the beta progresses, we'll see systems for classes and weapons, allowing players to develop their playstyle based on their stat strengths."

"Then there's the NPCs... well, I don't know."

"Wait, what do you mean you don't know?"

"Because I'm just your assistant. The information I know is essentially what you already know. My database doesn't contain any records for the cultivation pods you use, and it's possible... that the management team didn't design cultivation pods for your use."

Cheng Guang almost asked why, but then fell silent.

The reason behind it wasn't hard to guess.

If this shelter could withstand a strategic-level nuclear strike, then there must be no means of forcefully infiltrating it.

Even if the much-anticipated 'Cheng Guang' were to meet an untimely end, for the shelter, it would just be a matter of going into hibernation for a while until the next manager arrived.

As Cheng Guang fell silent, Xiao Qi gave a small concerned beep.

"Master?"

"Nothing."

Shaking off his thoughts, Cheng Guang returned to studying the medical report on his screen.

Perhaps to make it easier for the players to understand, or perhaps it was just a quirk of the first-generation manager, over 120 complex bodily function parameters were summarized into five succinct categories:

Strength, Agility, Constitution, Perception, and Intelligence.

Strength represented the power of muscles, bones, and other bodily tissues, indicating the player's basic carrying capacity, melee damage, and throw range.

Agility was related to reflexes, affecting the player's reaction speed and physical coordination. Players with higher agility could move more swiftly and dodge attacks more easily.

Constitution referred to a player's vitality and resilience, particularly their health recovery and resistance to abnormal states.

Intelligence didn't equate to IQ or logic skills but rather influenced learning ability, mental recovery speed, and compatibility with neural connection devices. Characters with higher intelligence could operate more neural devices simultaneously.

Perception represented intuition and insight. Characters with higher perception were more sensitive to danger and could spot hidden clues and traps more easily.

The most mysterious stat of all!

All attributes started at a base value of 5, fluctuating within a ±2 range based on genetic sequence and physical condition.

Though he didn't have his personal cultivation pod, Cheng Guang managed to find a spare one in the B1 level of the shelter.

As expected.

He too possessed a unique genetic sequence that the equipment could detect.

Unfortunately, the database didn't have any records on this sequence—it was like an anomaly in the system.

In gaming terms, it was a "path the game developers never planned for."

This meant no one knew where this path would lead or what the outcome would be.

Realizing this, Cheng Guang felt a twinge of unease.

But more than that, he felt excitement.

Perhaps, deep down, the spirit of adventure was etched into his very soul.

Rather than following the paths set by others, he wanted to carve out his own way.

Based on his medical results and the attribute conversion formula left by the first-generation manager, Cheng Guang created his own attribute panel and used it as a template to create a version for the four closed beta players.

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**ID:** Cheng Guang

**Genetic Sequence:** Manager

**Level:** LV.5

---**Base Attributes**---

**Strength:** 8

**Agility:** 6

**Constitution:** 6

**Perception:** 7

**Intelligence:** 6

"These stats are definitely one tier above the players'."

"Level LV.5 means the genetic sequence has a 5% development progress? Seems like the past five months weren't entirely wasted."

The other four closed beta players had a development progress of 0.

Though not entirely 0.

For example, **White Horse Passing the Gap**.

His genetic sequence was strength-based. After frequent use of brute strength—chopping trees—his development progress had increased by 0.3% in just one day, while the other three players only saw an increase of about 0.1%.

If he continued chopping trees for the next two days, White Horse might be the first player to break level 0 and advance to LV.1.

With that thought, Cheng Guang made up his mind.

He'd need to put them to work. It was for their own good!