Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 281 New Players, New World

"It's not easy!"

"Finally, I finally managed to get a spot."

"I've finally made up for Grandpa's regret! Is this what the game world is like?"

Yue Xin's expression was filled with excitement.

At this moment, recalling the moment he managed to snag a game spot two days ago, and the look of envy and jealousy in his grandfather's eyes that seemed to turn red, Yue Xin couldn't help but feel quite pleased.

Yes.

Yue Xin's grandfather did not pass away.

Even though the Star Empire has been around for 1,600 years, Blue Star has been around for 1,600 years.

And his grandfather was nearly two hundred years old.

However, Yue Xin's grandfather was at least a mid-level superhuman, so he still had a lifespan of nearly three hundred years.

Yue Xin's grandfather spent his entire life vying for the right to play real games.

Every time the game released player access, it's safe to say that Yue Xin's grandfather never missed a single one.

Unfortunately, perhaps Yue Xin's grandfather, as one of the few people born and raised on Blue Star with extraordinary talent, used up all his luck.

Therefore, over the years, even when the population of Earth exceeded 20 billion, he had never been able to secure a single player qualification in a real game.

It's easy to imagine how deep their resentment was.

However, Yue Xin's grandfather is usually able to console himself.

He couldn't even get a chance to play the game when the population of Earth was small. Now that the population of Earth has more than doubled, such opportunities are definitely even fewer.

So, although he was disappointed at not being able to get a chance to play the game, he thought that he was a superhuman after all, and that he was already living a better life than most ordinary people, so he only complained occasionally.

After all, even now, the total number of players available for the entire real game is only eight million.

Two hundred billion humans on Earth, eight million game slots.

You can imagine the probability.

Not to mention, most of these eight million players have long since passed the crisis period, and there are very few unlucky players who have lost their game privileges and freed up a spot.

Therefore, even though the actual game releases new player slots almost every week, the number never exceeds one hundred.

It's easy to imagine how incredibly low the odds are of securing even this small number of spots.

It has been 160 years since a real game suddenly released three million game slots.

Even many Blue Star experts, and even veteran Blue Star players, have said that...

The Star Empire is now developing rapidly, and its existing eight million veteran players are enough to support the operation of the entire vast empire.

The addition of native creatures and the thirteen major clans of the Savage Star further strengthened the upper and middle ranks of the Star Empire.

Therefore, these situations clearly reflect a harsh reality.

That means the probability of the game continuing to release player qualifications on a large scale is extremely low.

After all, in the past 160 years, real games have never released player access on a large scale, not even once.

Therefore, taking all these factors into consideration, Yue Xin's grandfather has given up any hope of ever obtaining player status in his lifetime.

But sometimes reality is just that unpredictable.

The game actually released another million player slots just the day before yesterday.

One million!
One can imagine how excited and eager the older and younger generations of the entire planet must be.

Of course, Yue Xin's grandfather was one of them.

However, reality was far too cruel for Yue Xin's grandfather.

Yes, Yue Xin's grandfather failed to secure a player qualification again.

If that's all there is to it, it's not so bad, considering that 20 billion people are competing for 1 million spots.

But, as if the gods had played a cruel joke on Yue Xin's grandfather.

He didn't get a spot, but his grandson, who didn't have any extraordinary talent, did!

Given this reality, Yue Xin's grandfather should have been somewhat happy.

After all, some of the descendants have obtained the right to play the game.

Unfortunately, Yue Xin's grandson not only lacked extraordinary talent, but was also quite unreliable in every aspect.

He didn't get into university, and he didn't study hard at martial arts school.

Even if Yue Xin's grandfather spent a lot of money to have him undergo gene optimization before he "fell into depravity".

The result was a gene optimization that turned out to be a complete mess!
Genetic optimization is not suitable, which means that Yue Xin himself is actually a complete "incompetent person".

To use the words of the early 21st century on Earth.

Yue Xin is a future version of an ignorant and incompetent "yellow-haired" "ghost fire youth".

Given this situation, you can imagine how angry Grandpa Yue Xin was!
If it weren't for the fact that almost all of Yue Xin's grandfather's generation had children late in life, and that he was his only grandson, and that Yue Xin even knew the real reason for his downfall, he probably would have been beaten to death long ago.

"What era are we living in? Without extraordinary talent, who would go to a regular university? What arithmetic or complex problem can't AI handle?"

"Grandpa, you've worked so hard your whole life. What was it all for? So, I'm enjoying my life in peace. Doesn't that just show that your efforts were worthwhile and great?"

"What if we don't have the strength? What if we encounter danger? Don't worry, our Human Alliance is so powerful now, with Skynet everywhere. Who would dare to mess around?"

"Besides, even if we encounter extraterrestrial civilizations, we ordinary people still have the Human Alliance and the Star Empire standing behind us. Which civilization could pose a threat to us?"

"Life's ideals and ambitions? I'm not as great as you, Grandpa. My ideal is just to live a happy, prosperous, and peaceful life. There are too many people who work hard, I can't compete with them, and I'm too lazy to compete. I just want to live a more relaxed life."

"Short lifespan? What can I do? I don't have extraordinary talent, and I'm not qualified for gene optimization. Anyway, I've come to terms with it. Grandpa, I'm just a useless person, so being a useless person is fine. I've accepted reality."

"But Grandpa, don't worry, I won't let our family line end."

"In short, Grandpa, you've definitely ruined this account of mine. So, I'm just casting a wide net everywhere. Grandpa, you just need to give me a little more pocket money each month, and I promise I'll try my best to let you hold a few great-grandchildren as soon as possible, so you can continue to play new accounts, right?"

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Yue Xin has spouted too many fallacies and heresies.

At the same time, it also caused his grandfather to find fault with him in every way.

But it's just that they don't like each other on the surface; deep down, they feel more helpless.

After all, given the circumstances, it's not entirely Yue Xin's fault that he became "Yellow Hair".

That's just how I was born, what else can I do?

Moreover, since he was the only son in his family, his grandfather could only put up with him and give him more pocket money to help him level up his new character as soon as possible.

However, the result...

Before Yue Xin could even level up his new account, the game, in its third year since he dropped out of school, once again released a large number of player accounts.

And coincidentally, Yue Xin won the player qualification.

But his grandfather, who had always tried so hard to live, did not.

If looks could kill, Yue Xin could definitely sense it.

His grandfather was 'indignant' when he learned of this news.

One is the grandfather who believed that hard work pays off and worked hard all his life to barely become a mid-level superhuman.

One is an ignorant and incompetent grandson who flirts around and occasionally causes trouble.

Grandpa didn't have the player's license, but his grandson did.

Where can you find the logic to explain this?

Even though the grandfather knew that his "yellow-haired" grandson might not really want to be a yellow-haired boy, he still felt an indescribable jealousy and resentment.

But no matter what, despite all his resentment and indignation, the old man could only patiently explain to Yue Xin, with a mixture of sadness and expectation, how difficult it was to obtain "player qualification" and how "huge opportunity" it was. In short, he was afraid that Yue Xin would do something reckless and kill him as soon as he entered the game.

What else can Yue Xin say about this?

Is he inherently inclined to not work hard?

Do not!
The cold stares of others, the disdain of peers around him.

There's too much gossip going on.

Yue Xin had heard countless times, both openly and secretly, comments like, "Why does a powerful and upright retired military officer like Grandpa Yue Xin have such an incompetent and useless grandson like Yue Xin?"

Is this what Yue Xin wanted to become?
At the age of ten, Yue Xin was still a teenager, filled with trepidation and excitement, believing that he could become an extraordinary person like his grandfather or even his deceased father.

But what about the results?

Among his classmates who also had high expectations and admiration for him, he was found to have 'no' qualifications.

It was at that moment that Yue Xin truly experienced what it meant to go from heaven to hell.

The leader of the children instantly lost his 'status'.

I even experienced firsthand the true warmth and coldness of human relationships that only adults know.

Even so, Yue Xin still refused to admit defeat.

After all, his grandfather was still comforting him, even saying that as long as he practiced martial arts well, pursuing genetic martial arts might be a viable path.

Yue Xin thought so too at the time.

If you can't become extraordinary, then you can't be extraordinary. Isn't it cool to become a gene warrior or a 'cyber warrior'?
But reality quickly proved them wrong.

Because in the year he turned eighteen, during a school-wide "paid" gene optimization test, Yue Xin, who was all muscle and muscular, was once again dealt a heavy blow by reality.

Is genetic optimization unsuitable?

This means that Yue Xin, who was injected with the gene optimization fluid, was essentially injected with saline solution into his divine body.

True despair began at this point.

Yue Xin gave up.

They also began to decline.

I have lost all motivation for normal studies, and the same goes for martial arts.

After all, can an ordinary person who practices martial arts defeat a superhuman or a genetically engineered warrior?

Just kidding.

Since both paths are blocked, and they have even been met with ridicule and sarcasm from countless people once again.

Yue Xin has completely changed.

It's not that he's taciturn.

Instead, it's about completely letting go of oneself.

He skipped classes, got drunk, and even sped around in a high-speed car; he did almost everything he never dared to do before.

If not for being born into a family of extraordinary individuals.

If his grandfather and deceased father were not extraordinary individuals, he would naturally not have been expected to achieve so much from a young age.

If Yue Xin were just an ordinary person, born into an ordinary family, it wouldn't matter if he couldn't become a superhuman or a gene warrior.

After all, whether it's superhumans or genetic warriors, their numbers aren't that many, even on Earth.

Therefore, ordinary people are the majority of humans on Earth.

So, is this even a big deal?
Of course not.

It's a pity that there is no if in this world.

Is Yue Xin willing to accept this?
Naturally, he is unwilling to do so.

But what can you do if you're unwilling to accept it?

Therefore, becoming "Yellow Hair" was merely a manifestation of Yue Xin's self-abandonment.

He seemed to have lived a life of complete understanding, seemingly having completely fallen into depravity, even living entirely in a world he had woven for himself.

But deep down, that regret and resentment always accompanied him.

Therefore, without any expectations, when he suddenly learned that he had won the player qualification, one can imagine the turmoil in Yue Xin's heart that day.

What are the qualifications for a player?
This is Earth, the last chance for all ordinary people to defy fate and change their destiny!
Because real games don't care about human abilities in reality!
As long as the game progresses without interruption, anyone has the potential to become an extraordinary being, or even have a brighter future.

Therefore, the next moment when Yue Xin finally started the game under his grandfather's expectant and complicated gaze...

Yue Xin has already appeared as a native on this continent called [Reteanold].

This is a remote and peaceful little village.

The sky was bright and sunny, and the village was filled with the sounds of insects and birds.

In the farmland, the hardworking villagers could be clearly seen already starting their new day's work.

"Medieval world?"

"I just don't know how to open the path to transcendence here."

Modern games have long been 'revamped'.

Real games stopped having tutorial quests a long time ago.

However, the familiar panel is still there, and the tasks have been changed to be triggered randomly.

In addition, and most importantly, modern games have already achieved a level where one day in real life (eight hours online) is equivalent to one hundred days of time in the game.

In other words, in reality, players need to play "eight hours" of the game, while in the game they can engage in a 100-day real-time consciousness projection game.

Therefore, modern games no longer have the so-called daily reward for simulations.

All that's available is the 100-day reward after each game session ends.

During these 100 days, regardless of whether players have completed any tasks or even achieved any progress, as long as they survive, they will receive some rewards.

Just like the eight million veteran players of the current StarCraft Empire.

Many players can no longer easily trigger meaningful quests, so the 100-day reward, which includes low-level magic crystals or even low-level items, is barely a penny to veteran players.

Nowadays, the only way for veteran players to trigger the huge 100-day reward is to advance in rank or even participate in the Civilization War.

But clearly, such opportunities are rare.

Therefore, the current veteran players, which are mostly mid-to-high-level players, are now more focused on earning Star Empire merits.

After all, in peaceful times, the rewards for merit in the empire are far better than the rewards in real games.

Of course, there are still plenty of rewards for new players in the new world.

However, such a situation is rare in the 160-year history of Earth.

Humans like Yue Xin, who snatched the 'million' new player qualification right from the start, are considered incredibly lucky.

Yue Xin looked at the small village in front of him with great excitement, his spirits and energy completely lifted.

However, just as Yue Xin was preparing to thoroughly research this small village and find the trigger for the mission...

Suddenly, in the distance from this small village, terrifying black clouds rolled in from the sky.

The black smoke and clouds obscured the sky and the sun.

Just looking at him left Yue Xin completely stunned.

However, despite this horrific scene, not a single person in the entire village noticed.

The laborers continued to work, without even looking up.

And it was in that moment of stunned silence that Yue Xin's first initial quest in his gaming career was successfully triggered!
(End of this chapter)