Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes-Chapter 20: The First Thing to Do When Entering a Holographic Virtual Game

After choosing the race, the panel showed options for detailed adjustments.

Appearance adjustment? Max it out! Optimize by 100%! What? The maximum correction is 20%? Then max that out!

With an incredibly skilled operation, Jiang Heng finally looked satisfied with the Elf youth whose looks seemed as if a beauty filter was applied, but felt a bit regretful afterward.

What's the first thing to do when entering a fully immersive virtual game?

That's right, create a female character!

But after looking through all the options, he still couldn't find where the gender selection was.

Jiang Heng swore that after logging off he would definitely report this serious, stupid, pathetic, unforgivable bug to the officials!

After completing character creation, the panel displayed selectable birthplaces: Gloria Empire, Saint Messia Empire, Yiter Kingdom Federation. Each region had a background introduction below it.

At the bottom of the panel was a character name input box and a dice, along with two lines of notes.

'The character name is how NPCs will address the player in the game and can be changed in-game after registration.'

'※Note, overly special character names may attract NPC attention and dislike, random registration is recommended.'

Attention and dislike? Are NPCs that smart?

Jiang Heng was stunned. Out of a professional player's habit of trying new things, he pulled back the hand intended for random registration and typed in a character name himself:

Lab Dragon Descendant

For the arrival area, he chose the Gloria Empire, and upon confirmation, the crystal panel dispersed into shimmering lights.

Everything in front of him started to blur, and a pleasant notification sound came last.

"Thank you for playing 'Mysterious Era', we wish you a happy life~~~"

When his vision returned to normal, Jiang Heng found himself wearing a hooded gray linen commoner attire, standing beside a flat white stone road.

Elegantly structured brick buildings stretched from both sides of the road into the distance, with quaint lattice windows adorned by lush vines.

Pale green and magenta-tiled roofs glistened, and the Black Iron weathervanes gently turned on the rooftops.

The sky was an unbelievably pure blue, with a few lazy clouds scattered, glaringly white.

Nobles' four-wheeled carriages moved slowly in the middle of the road, armored professionals walked along the sides. Occasionally, vendors wandered through the crowd, selling snacks and small handcrafted items.

Towering city walls stood in the distance, the mottled gray Rock surfaces were covered in moss.

Guards patrolled below the city walls, the morning sunlight was blocked by the walls, casting a huge shadow that enveloped Jiang Heng.

The clamor of the crowd echoed in his ears, and the air carried a distinct medieval city aroma.

Amazed by everything around, Jiang Heng involuntarily walked to the wall of a nearby building, ran his hand over the slightly rough brick wall, and even tried licking it.

The cool and gritty sensation at his fingertips was no different from touching real stone.

Up close, one could even smell the peculiar bitterness from the stone surface being exposed to the sun.

"My god... if I didn't know beforehand, I'd think all of this was real!"

A passing commoner overheard this and couldn't help but give Jiang Heng, the Elf, a look usually reserved for fools.

The Last Dragon Descendant, absorbed in amazement, didn't notice this small episode. He raised his hand to summon the panel, and the crystal-like panel appeared before him, strangely fitting with the surrounding medieval environment.

As a matter of fact, the in-game panel was entirely controlled by thought, but the Last Dragon Descendant, having played many VR online games, habitually operated it manually.

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Time until the end of beta testing: 14 days 23 hours 59 minutes [real-time]

Beta experience reward: 100 times

During the beta, the main storyline is temporarily locked, the newbie pack has been sent to the player's storage.

Player ID: Last Dragon Descendant (Lab Dragon Descendant)

Level: 1

Race: Elf (Nature)

Life: 120/120

Magic Power: 80/80

Endurance: 100/100

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Experience: 0

Upgrade required: 1000

Strength: 9 (-3)

Agility: 11 (+3)

Constitution: 9 (-3)

Intelligence: 11 (+2)

Perception: 8 (+3)

Charm: 10 (+5)

Will: 8 (+1)

Trait: Extraordinary Bloodline—Elves naturally possess a high Magic Affinity, reducing the difficulty of learning and mastering spells while enhancing spell effects.

Skill: Arrow Skill (Lv.1), Agility (Lv.1), Climbing (Lv.1)...

...

Besides various attributes, in the lower right corner of the panel, the mailbox suddenly flashed, and an email automatically popped out.

New message?

The Last Dragon Descendant curiously opened it and found it was official game guidelines and instructions for new players.

'Mysterious Era' Player Guidelines:

Dear player, thank you for purchasing and registering for this game.

... This game is a 98.25% realistic immersive game, the pain can be adjusted between 1% and 10%, with a maximum of 10%.

... Please note, due to high realism, the NPCs in the game possess intelligence and emotions indistinguishable from real people, do not let your guard down around any NPC!

... To ensure authenticity, the game's communication system uses Message Pigeons, every new player receives a complimentary basic Message Pigeon.

The Message Pigeon and the System Panel are indestructible and invisible to NPCs, players can input text using the keyboard or write letters directly.

Depending on the distance between the recipient and the sender, the basic Message Pigeon takes between one hour and three days of game time to deliver a message and cannot enter or leave special maps.

Players can purchase Intermediate and High-Level Message Pigeons in the game store, with Top-Level Message Pigeons occasionally available at auctions.

...

As the Last Dragon Descendant read further, his expression gradually changed.

... Every character initially possesses five Resurrection Crystals, with one consumed upon each death. If the number of crystals is zero upon death, the character will permanently disappear.

Players can use the Rebirth System to create a new character, with a rebirth cost of 648 yuan each time.

Resurrection Crystals cannot be dropped, traded, or discarded and can be purchased in the game store at 888 yuan each, each character is limited to one purchase.

(Purchases and rebirths are unavailable during beta)

... Given the above premises, 'Mysterious Era' reserves the right to interpret, change, and add game rules, effective upon publication. Players are advised to pay continuous attention to these rules.

If you disagree with any of the above terms, please exit the game immediately. If you choose to continue playing, you have read and accepted all the terms above.

[I have read and accepted all the terms above]

[Exit game]

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Isn't this game a bit too much of a rip-off?

At the end, the Last Dragon Descendant's eyebrows furrowed slightly, his expression turning indecisive.

After hesitating for a while, he reluctantly clicked the option above.

No way around it, the world's only fully immersive realistic game, operating a monopoly. The officials indeed have the audacity to say, "Dear player, I'm your daddy."

Of course, the family of the game's planner probably won't survive this wave.

After thinking it over, the Elf didn't rush to close the panel, instead clenched his right fist and punched it into his left forearm.

His arm felt as though it was shoved hard by someone, but the pain was weak, akin to being lightly flicked by a finger.

Simultaneously, the Life Value on the panel decreased by 1, dropping to 119/120.

Is this the dulling of pain? Truly an amazing technology...

"Big brother, are you an escapee? How pitiful."

Just as the Last Dragon Descendant marvelled to himself, suddenly, a soft voice came from his side.