《Reboot Warrior》


 Volume One: The Lost Village Chapter One: Reboot

    Darkness, endless darkness, no thoughts, no hope. I remain motionless in this darkness, with only a faint sense of awareness to remind me that I still exist. In this darkness, time seems to stand still, everything is unchanging, eternal. There should be no emotions, but a sense of sadness and loneliness often shakes my fading consciousness. Finally, in the boundless night, my awareness slowly began to grow. I started to regain a little bit of memory and simple analytical ability. I remembered the battle at the Saint Demon Temple and realized that I had fallen victim to the demon king''s mental magic. Perhaps I triggered some event in the game, and as punishment, the game wouldn''t let me log out or die?


    But my consciousness couldn''t move at all; the darkness seemed to have devoured all my strength.


    Thus, I endured loneliness and waiting. I didn''t know how long it lasted; all I knew was that my hope had long since died. Now, I only yearned for release, hoping that the darkness before me was just a bad dream.


    A faint gray light appeared in the darkness. I looked at the light and felt a sense of power from it. Gradually, I was able to move my consciousness. I slowly moved toward the light.


    Finally, I reached the source of the light, which seemed to be a small hole in a black wall. I moved my thoughts a little, and my entire consciousness flew out through the small hole...


    Long-awaited light! I appeared in a temple, and in the center of the temple stood a white-clad angel, smiling at me. I could no longer express my thoughts. Coming from the darkness into this mythical world, although there was only one person before me, I was so moved that I almost cried. I never thought I would be so afraid of loneliness.


    The angel smiled slightly at me: "Hello, dear player. Welcome to ''Infinite World.'' May I ask if you have purchased the legitimate software...?"


    It took at least an hour before I finally began to calm down. I didn''t know what had happened. Maybe I had entered a dream from an endless sleep? Ah, since becoming a professional player, I''ve seen too many game scenes in my dreams. Never mind, I don''t want to dream anymore. Wake me up.


    But no matter how I tried, I couldn''t wake up. This was very strange. Could it be that I was really in a game? But I didn''t remember playing this game. Did I have the so-called "amnesia"? So I said to the angel, "I want to log out of the game."


    The angel nodded. I returned to the darkness, stunned. Why? I didn''t log back into my home after quitting the game, but remained in this dark space? And I couldn''t move my body.


    I followed the light again back to the temple. Looking at the angel, I couldn''t judge my situation. A deep fear rose in my heart. Could this be a dream that I can''t wake up from? Why?


    Helpless, I nodded at the angel: "I want to enter the game and see." The angel waved a hand, and a giant parchment appeared before me: "Game Agreement." Ah, this is really troublesome; I never read these things. But when signing the agreement, my eyes caught a line: "The game company has no compensation obligation for mental damage caused by the game."


    A thought flashed through my mind: "I must be one of those victims of mental damage, unable to even control my own consciousness. I can''t even wake up."


    After signing the agreement, the angel asked me to choose a name. "Heavenly Fatal Lone Star." "Sorry, this name already exists." "Cold Moon, Dying Star." "Sorry, this name already exists." ... After trying over a dozen names, all were taken. I laughed. In previous dreams, I never had such a problem. "Competing with Heaven!" "Name accepted. Now conducting player physiological analysis..."


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    I didn''t feel the usual physical scanning sensation, so it seemed this was indeed a dream. But it was a very real dream. Finally, after the scan, the angel displayed a table: "Competing with Heaven, based on your physiological condition, here are your initial stats in the game."


    I took a glance and laughed. This really was a dream. My body had been scanned countless times in virtual reality games, and I was always the best. Look at this scan result:Health 10 (minimum) ¡ª Player''s health.MP 1 (minimum) ¡ª Player''s magic power.Strength 1 (minimum) ¡ª Affects player''s physical attack, physical defense, carrying capacity, etc.Constitution 1 (minimum) ¡ª Affects physical defense, magic defense, virus defense, health recovery, etc.Agility 1 (minimum) ¡ª Affects player¡¯s mobility, accuracy, and evasion.Mental Power 1 (minimum) ¡ª Affects magic attack, magic defense, critical chance, accuracy, etc.Sense Sensitivity 1 (minimum) ¡ª Affects player¡¯s perception and reaction ability in the game.Physiological Consumption 1 (minimum) ¡ª Determines the time a player can stay online each day. The lower the consumption, the longer the online time.Explosive Power 1 (minimum) ¡ª Determines the player''s explosive attacks and critical damage.


    Other attributes hidden.


    Magic resistance: 20% resistance to electric type, 30% resistance to dark type, 0% to all others.


    This is too funny. It seems that because I played games too smoothly in the past, my subconscious has a self-destructive tendency, so in this dream, I was set up as this extremely weak character. Any living person would never have such low attributes, right?


    The angel thought for a moment and said, "Due to your total attributes being too low, you are classified as a high-level disabled person or infant. You qualify for the game''s ''Weak Player Assistance Clause.'' Would you like to accept the game assistance points?"


    I laughed: "I want to see how I can play with such garbage attributes. No assistance!"


    The angel was stunned for a moment: "Then, according to the rules, we will set you as a ''Special Growth Type.'' Do you accept?"


    I laughed. I never expected this much weirdness in my dream. Is this really a dream? How strange.


    This time, I chose to accept. The angel then asked me to choose a profession. However, after he waved his hand, no combat or life professions appeared in front of me.


    The angel stared for five minutes, then finally said: "Due to your attributes not exceeding 2 in any category, no profession is suitable. The system has rethought and temporarily added a new profession: ''Apprentice,'' which can learn all professions'' skills up to the intermediate level."


    Ha, an all-rounder! This has always been my dream in games. It¡¯s getting more interesting, and the program even "thinks." Funny, right? This is getting better and better. I hope this dream doesn¡¯t end so soon.


    The angel continued: "Now, based on your DNA, iris, and fingerprint data, I will access your real-world profile..."


    A minute later, a table appeared before me:Name: Yu Tian, born in 2005, 45 years old...Family: Both parents deceased, unmarried, no other direct relatives, so no relatives can be set in the game.Education: Bachelor''s degree. Wisdom set to 8.IQ: 250, creativity set to maximum 10.Friends'' evaluation: Average.Social evaluation: Average. Based on these two, game charm set to 5.Honors: None. Based on this, game reputation set to 0.Medical history: Once had a serious cold at 5, pneumonia at 10... At 25, due to nerve damage, became a vegetative. This sets a high likelihood of illness in the game at a rate of 0.0007.Financial status: Bank account XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, balance 0, currently no income, receiving national welfare, classified as the poorest class, randomly assigned to the poorest village in the game. Initial game currency: 5 copper coins.


    My brain felt like it was struck by lightning. I stared blankly at the table in front of me, feeling empty, unsure of what had happened. In my dazed state, the system''s countdown ended, automatically confirming everything, and the simulation of my appearance was completed. A flash of white light, and I was teleported into the game world.