What the heck is with the first draw giving six elements and a legendary weapon?

"Manager Lin has a good personality! She's quite approachable!" Wang Qianduo mused, looking in the direction Lin Qimeng had left.

"Stop staring, or your eyes will fall out!

Approachable? You have no idea! When this she-devil first joined our department, she tore everyone from top to bottom!

She had us department heads so demoralized, we couldn't even lift our heads.

Now that she's got her eye on you, I advise you to be careful!"

Wang Jun finished with a sympathetic glance at Wang Qianduo, which immediately made the already uneasy man a bit more anxious.

However, this was just a minor interlude. After chatting for a while, the two returned to their workstations.

As for having any thoughts about that woman, it was best to just think about it. A woman of her caliber was not something a "little noob" like Old Wang could even consider.

After giving his game nickname to the department clerk, Wang Qianduo went back to his work.

The workday ended, and Wang Qianduo returned to his debt-ridden home.

After nearly three years of effort, he had finally escaped the "996" blessing and become an "ordinary person" with a 9-to-6 schedule.

After hastily preparing something to eat, Wang Qianduo put on his helmet and logged into the game.

The game was one of the few hobbies he had as a shut-in. He had given up this hobby for the sake of survival.

Now that life had forced him to pick it up again, it was truly a twist of fate. He had to cherish this opportunity.

Although he knew the chances of catching up to the pioneers were slim, he still had to give it his all and struggle.

Putting on his gaming helmet, Wang Qianduo entered his room in the virtual city and selected the game Mecha Era, then directly entered the game.

"Identity verification in progress..."

"Iris scan in progress..."

After a loading bar, a flash of light appeared before him.

The next moment, Wang Qianduo found himself in a high-tech laboratory. His pajamas had disappeared, replaced by a combat suit emitting a faint glow.

Before he could carefully observe his surroundings, a tall, stern man approached him and said:

"Rookie, congratulations on passing your physical, but don't celebrate too early. You still have much to learn before you can become a true pilot of a magic-powered mecha.

Come with me now, I'll take you for the next stage of your training."

The man turned and walked away. Wang Qianduo quickly followed, knowing his newbie storyline had begun.

He had seen this scene on the forums. If he didn't follow immediately, this NPC named Yue Ming wouldn't wait for him.

Otherwise, he would be like a headless fly, stumbling around the base, and the next part of the story would only begin when he eventually found Yue Ming.

"This is so realistic!"

As he followed Yue Ming to the next story point, Wang Qianduo observed everything around him.

He had to admit, a game that could bring items into reality was truly realistic. Wang Qianduo had played virtual games before, but other games felt completely different from this one.

While the graphics in those games were also exceptionally realistic, they gave a sense of detachment, making it obvious at a glance that it was a virtual world.

But this game was different. It felt exactly like the real world, almost like humanity's second world, "Virtual City."

Newbie storylines were solo instances, so he was the only one here.

Wang Qianduo soon arrived at the first quest location with his instructor. According to the forum guides, He would activate his virtual control interface and a six-slot inventory backpack here.

"This is your virtual interface controller. It can integrate with your body. Choose a part to bind it to.

Don't pick too unusual a spot, as this is where your magic-powered mecha will be housed. It might need to be exposed frequently."

Just like in the forum guides, Instructor Yue Ming handed Wang Qianduo something that looked like a watch dial.

This item was the game's virtual control interface. Almost all operations in the game had to be done through it, essentially serving as the game window for a PC game.

Wang Qianduo took the "watch dial" and placed it on his wrist. A flash of light appeared, and the "watch dial" vanished.

In its place was a six-pointed star-like pattern on his wrist.

He wasn't interested in placing it anywhere else.

Because there was only one chance. Those "brave souls" who had tried challenging private areas had already deleted their accounts and started over.

After integrating the "watch dial," Wang Qianduo opened the virtual control interface as prompted by the system.

But as soon as he opened it, he noticed that his virtual control interface was slightly different from others.

"Hmm, normal attribute button, Normal inventory button, Normal shop, VIP, and first-top-up buttons..."

"Wait!"

"What the hell is normal!

"What's with this 'first top-up of six yuan gets a legendary weapon'? Are you a pay-to-win mobile game? Did I enter the wrong game?

I haven't heard of this game allowing real money purchases!"

After carefully examining his virtual interface, Wang Qianduo finally discovered the anomaly.

"Could it be a game bug?"

Wang Qianduo repeatedly logged out and back in to confirm, and even checked other people's virtual control interfaces on his stream, only to find that he was indeed unique.

"My cheat finally arrived after 25 years of dormancy!"

He clicked on the first top-up gift package. It stated that a first top-up of six yuan would grant a legendary weapon gift box where a legendary weapon could be chosen. It also came with a weapon enhancement stone gift pack and a rare random material gift pack.

Wang Qianduo was all too familiar with this interface. He had played too many games like this in his previous life.

"But does this thing accept money from this world?" Wang Qianduo clicked on his first top-up interface and attempted to top up six yuan.

As soon as the money was credited, an email arrived instantly. Wang Qianduo opened it and found that the items had been directly delivered.

At the same time, a 'V1' mark appeared behind his character's avatar, indicating he had become VIP1.

After claiming the items into his inventory, Wang Qianduo quickly accepted this new reality.

Then, he eagerly opened the VIP interface, because according to his memories, there were things to buy as he leveled up his VIP status.

As expected, when he opened the VIP interface, a shining claim button caught his eye.

For VIP1, he could claim an equipment material treasure chest and a 16-slot backpack expansion device.

The equipment materials were fine, but this 16-slot backpack was exactly what Wang Qianduo desperately needed, so he directly chose to claim it.

Then he looked at the rewards for the subsequent VIP levels and found that they were all good items he had seen on the forums.

Some items were even so rare he couldn't find them, and no one in the entire game had ever seen them!

"This is going to be an instant takeoff!"

Wang Qianduo exclaimed, looking at these items.

Without any hesitation, he spent 5,000 yuan to top up to VIP10 and claimed all the rewards.

Actually, the highest VIP level was V15, which required 50,000 yuan. Wang Qianduo didn't have that much money on hand...

Very realistic!

After all, he had only graduated for a little over three years, and he had just bought a house. Let alone 50,000, even 10,000 was a stretch for him.

Keep in mind, he was currently in Modu, a super-first-tier city on Earth!

However, V10 was enough for now, because VIP10 came with a special starter mech, 'Unit Zero'.

As soon as Wang Qianduo claimed this starter mech, a beam of light flashed from the hexagram on his wrist and slowly subsided.

"You have a starter mech, are you from the Academy?" Yue Ming, who was standing nearby, asked directly upon seeing this.

Wang Qianduo: "??"

"What is the Academy?"

"It's nothing. It seems you are very special!

You don't need to participate in the tutorial from now on. Here's a manual with everything you need to know. Take it and read it slowly.

Normally, after completing your recruit mission, you should choose your own Demon Energy Mech.

But since you already have a mech, and one person cannot possess two Demon Energy Mechs at the same time.

How about this? I used this when I was young, but it didn't match my style later on, so I'll give it to you.

Consider it compensation. I'll send you out directly!"

Seeing that Wang Qianduo was not from his so-called Academy, Yue Ming rambled on.

Then, before Wang Qianduo could ask anything, he directly kicked Wang Qianduo out of the beginner quest map.

Another flash of light, and Wang Qianduo appeared in the center of a spacious plaza, surrounded by futuristic buildings.

Beneath his feet was a transparent glass floor, revealing white clouds and lush green forests below.

This was clearly a fortress hidden in the sky.

"What's going on? Don't the beginner quests usually take two to three days to complete?"