Star System

Star System

March 1, 2124.

11:55 a.m.

Inside a fairly well-decorated room.

A handsome young man with refined features and a scholarly air gazed at the game pod before him. Excitement gleamed in his eyes as he gently stroked the pod, as though he were caressing his lover.

Since humanity had entered the age of technology, it had welcomed its first true massively multiplayer virtual reality game.

The entire Earth was promoting this virtual reality game, Civilization Rise, which boasted a realism level of 99.99%. Many countries had even declared that, later on, their currencies would be exchangeable with the currency in Civilization Rise at a one-to-one rate.

Thus, he had spent 100,000 to purchase this game pod.

"There are still four minutes and thirty-two seconds. I really can't wait."

Yang Yu watched the loading timer. Unable to wait any longer, he opened the game pod and lay inside, ready for the game to start at any moment.

He was truly itching to enter the game.

However.

The game could not launch until precisely twelve o'clock in their country.

As the time reached exactly twelve o'clock.

Yang Yu suddenly felt his vision go black. What followed was the vast, magnificent starry universe. A rumbling voice reverberated through the entire cosmos.

"Welcome to Star Era..."

But before the sentence was finished, Yang Yu's vision went black again. The entire world began to shatter, and the voice grew more distant, breaking up into fragments. Then his consciousness faded into darkness, and he could no longer hear anything.

"Daily News: Today, the game Civilization Rise encountered a death incident upon its initial launch. A player from Bódao stopped breathing upon entering the game, for reasons unknown. Our station is currently investigating the relevant cause..."

"What the hell is this place?"

"Weren't we promised a spaceship at the start?"

"Where's the spaceship? Where's the battleship?"

"Damn you, Civilization Rise! Give me my money back!"

He roared, throwing his head back and roaring.

Standing atop a huge boulder, Yang Yu wailed at the sky, utterly despairing.

When he woke up, he had been born into a Primitive Tribe and had even become a three- or four-year-old child.

Not a single one of the spaceships or battleships advertised by the game was anywhere to be seen.

After three days of exploring.

He had already confirmed it.

He was not in a game. He had transmigrated.

There was no option to log out of the game at all.

He could not even see anyone's health bar.

If this wasn't transmigration, then what was?

After accepting that he might have transmigrated, Yang Yu gazed despairingly at the tribe.

It was a purely primitive human tribe.

The entire tribe, including the two children, had only six people.

What kind of tribe was this?

They did not even have anything to cover their shame.

As for his private parts, he had personally picked several leaves, pulled up some flexible grass, and woven them together into a covering.

He could not understand a word these primitive humans said.

Really...

"Host, getting a refund is impossible."

"After all, you've already transmigrated."

Just then.

A sky-blue 3D virtual screen appeared before Yang Yu. Jumping characters appeared on it, along with a 3D holographic projection of a little girl who looked like Klee from Genshin Impact.

"Wh-who are you?"

Seeing the little 3D holographic girl appear out of nowhere, Yang Yu watched her warily and demanded an answer.

"I'm the Star System, the intelligent assistant system in the game Civilization Rise. You can call me Xingchen."

Xingchen gazed at the host she had been bound to and really wanted to die. How had she ended up binding herself to such a fool?

She had even transmigrated along with him.

"I don't care what you're called. Hurry up and send me back!"

"This place isn't somewhere humans can live."

"And don't even think about binding me here with some kind of benefit."

Yang Yu spoke almost hysterically upon hearing this.

This place simply was not fit for human survival.

Not only did he have to face attacks from ferocious beasts, but basic survival was also a huge problem.

He absolutely could not stay in this hellhole.

"Host, do you really want to go back?"

"To experience the blessing of working 996 again?"

"To experience that life-threatening lifestyle again?"

"To go back to being pressured by your parents to get married?"

"To go back to being a corporate wage slave?"

The Star System spoke.

"Of course! I'd rather go back to being a wage slave, working 996 every day and being pressured to get married, than stay here for another minute."

"Hurry up and send me back!"

Yang Yu spoke furiously.

There was nothing here. Even if he died in modern society, he would never want to die in this primitive society.

Just look at their entire tribe. Including the children, there were only six people.

How were they supposed to survive in this dangerous world?

"Host, can you really bear to watch this group of clansmen survive in this chaotic era?"

The Star System spoke.

"Bah! Don't try to morally blackmail me. Whether they survive or not has nothing to do with me."

"I only want to return to my own world."

"I don't want to survive in this damn Primitive Tribe."

Yang Yu cursed and grumbled.

"All right!"

"Actually, I can't go back either."

The Star System spoke.

Yang Yu: "..."

He widened his eyes in disbelief as he looked at the Star System before him. "Are you kidding me?"

"I can tell you very clearly, Host: I'm not kidding."

"You truly transmigrated. You can't go back, and neither can I."

The Star System looked at him seriously and spoke with utmost gravity.

"Then what's the point? Let's just self-destruct right here!"

"Weren't I supposed to get a colonization ship and an interstellar battleship just for entering the game?"

"And instead, you sent me straight into transmigration?"

Yang Yu sat dejectedly on a rock. He looked nothing like a lively young child, only utterly dispirited.

He naturally read novels as well and knew what a system was. It was nothing more than his cheat.

But he would rather not have this cheat.

This era simply was not a world where humans could survive.

Natural disasters and disease were not the important things. The important thing was the ferocious beasts.

At any time or place, he could lose his life in this era.

He was truly afraid.

"Host, actually, there is a way for you to go back." Suddenly, Xingchen looked at her dejected host and spoke.

"Tell me."

Upon hearing this.

Yang Yu instantly perked up. His eyes shone as he looked at the Star System.

"That is, build your own civilization. Then, through powerful technology, return to your own world."

Xingchen spoke seriously.

"???"

Yang Yu stared at her speechlessly and could not help rolling his eyes. "Can I even live long enough to build my own civilization and return to my world with advanced technology? Human lifespans are only a hundred years, and in this era, living to a hundred is even more impossible. Even if you gave me cheats, I still couldn't do it. Return to my own world? Even modern technology can't accomplish that, unless I can become immortal."

"What if I told you I could grant you immortality?"