Chapter 1: Open Beta of All Worlds
"The gaming equipment is already installed, just call us if you have any questions." The staff member said as he handed a business card to Bai Hao.
"Fortunately, drink a glass of water!" Bai Hao said.
"Thank you!"
Looking at the game compartment that had been installed in the bedroom, Bai Hao's expression was still a little incredulous.
Five years ago in his memory, Bai Hao also entered the game at the first time of the open beta of "Ten Thousand Worlds", but he used a game helmet that was much cheaper than the game warehouse, and this decision also made Bai Hao regret it three years later.
In 2118, all kinds of virtual games on the market can be said to be blooming, and "Wanjie", which is claimed to be jointly developed by major Internet companies around the world, attracted a large number of players at the beginning of the open beta, but it will definitely not be able to form a monopoly on the game market in a short period of time.
The time when the whole world was really brought into "All Worlds" was three years after the game's open beta, because of a news release from the federal government that shook the world.
"Ten Thousand Worlds" is actually a game developed by the Federal Government of the Earth, and the word "Ten Thousand Worlds" also represents the federal government's ambition for the vast sea of stars.
The year 2103, that is, fifteen years ago.
A spacecraft launched by the federal government, which had been lost for many years, suddenly flew back into the solar system and brought back an important piece of information.
In the vast universe, after years of hard work, human beings have finally found a second planet suitable for human survival. And on this planet, there are also intelligent races living.
Humans are not alone.
The discovery of a new planet was supposed to be a major event to be celebrated by the whole world, but the federal government withheld the news.
The intelligent race living on this new planet has a social civilization that is completely different from that of the human beings on the earth—the cultivation civilization.
For the human beings on earth who have embarked on the road of scientific and technological civilization, the cultivation of civilization originally only existed in fantasy. However, the return of the cosmic probe made human beings realize for the first time that the cultivation civilization has actually always existed, in the endless universe.
The technology of the human beings on Earth is so powerful that they can explore the vast universe.
Although the technology of the new planet is backward, due to the cultivation of everyone, the individual strength is far from comparable to that of the humans on the earth, and the powerful ones even confront the modern weapons of the earth head-on.
However, no matter how strong an individual is, as long as he cannot survive in the vacuum of the universe, he will never be able to escape the limitations of the planet.
The advent of human beings on Earth also shocked life on the new planet.
Through the initial negotiations between the Earth Federal Government and the life on the new planet, the Federal Government exchanged cultivation methods with the other party with technology. And this also means that the human beings on the earth will open a completely different civilization path in addition to scientific and technological civilization.
Strong individual strength can indeed make a race stronger. However, once the military power of the federal government loses its deterrent effect on the people, the power of the law will be greatly weakened, and the society will inevitably fall into turmoil.
Therefore, the federal government originally planned to conceal this news for the time being, and planned to cultivate a group of elites in the army first, and then announce the cultivation method to the ordinary people after the army's strength reached a certain level.
For the federal government, as long as the ruling power is not weakened, it is an inevitable trend for the whole people to practice.
Powerful technology and weak individuals make the Earth always vulnerable in the face of new planets.
Fortunately, the earth still has a nuclear bomb, a weapon with super destructive power, which is at least enough to protect itself in the face of a new planet.
But in the vast sea of stars, no one can be sure whether there is a more powerful racial civilization.
It is a big gamble to exchange technology for cultivation, once the life on the new planet masters the technology to fly out of the planet, then it is likely that the other party will not continue to maintain a good attitude in the face of the weak earth humans.
However, the ambition of the Earth Federal Government to dominate the universe cannot stop the evolution of human beings on Earth.
In order not to be enslaved by the stronger races in the universe, the cultivation of the whole people is an inevitable result. Only powerful technology coupled with strong individuals can make the human beings on earth stand on the top of the universe.
In a situation where human beings must practice and at the same time cannot allow social unrest, it is the consensus of the top level of the federal government to give priority to the training of the military.
However, when the first human beings began to come into contact with cultivation, they discovered a major problem.
Human beings on the earth cannot cultivate.
But human wisdom is infinite, and in this case, "All Worlds" was developed.
Integrate the cultivation method of the new planet into the game, and then stimulate the body through the game warehouse, and use the power of science and technology to let human beings embark on the path of cultivation.
In fact, after the federal government developed "Ten Thousand Worlds", it was completely possible to let the army enter the game first, and then let the people enter the game to cultivate when the time was right.
But there is no impermeable wall in the world, and in the development stage of "Ten Thousand Worlds", the affairs of the new planet were explored by those chaebols and families, and although the government controlled the country, it was inseparable from the support of the people.
If "All Worlds" is only open to the military, the people will naturally understand and support it. But if even those chaebols and families can enter the game first, this kind of unfairness can definitely make the people's resentment boil.
After months of negotiations, the two sides came up with the open beta of "All Worlds".
But the true meaning of "All Worlds" will not be announced to the general public until three years later.
In this relatively 'fair' environment, even if the truth is announced after three years, it will not reach the point of uncontrollable trouble.
In fact, after Bai Hao heard the news in his previous life, he was indeed a little uncomfortable, and even the Internet was chaotic at that time.
But it's already one step behind, so you can't continue to lag behind!
After complaining for a while, as the whole people entered "All Worlds", more online discussions were about in-game matters.
After all, it's only a three-year gap, which seems like a big one, but what if you practice for ten years, or even decades?
The gap is not significant.
At least on the surface.
The above information was released by the federal government three years after the open beta of "Ten Thousand Worlds". At that time, Bai Hao was using a game helmet that could not make his body enter the cultivation state, and his cultivation progress was naturally far behind others.
And when this news was announced, it was naturally the social situation of the whole people entering "Ten Thousand Worlds", and the competition in the game became more intense.
In the previous life, five years after the open beta of "Ten Thousand Worlds", Bai Hao obtained an incomparably powerful skill in the game, which was enough to make Bai Hao a strong man in reality when he was three years behind.
However, when he first entered the game, Bai Hao, as an ordinary player, did not have any sense of 'self-preservation', and the reality information had already been exposed, and Bai Hao, who had only cultivated for two years, was far from being able to compete with those strong people who had been cultivating for five years.
The wealth is moving, and Bai Hao's fate can be imagined.
Turn on your phone and look at the date on it, June 3, 2118, and there are only 3 days left until June 6, the open beta of "All Worlds".
"Three days to go!" Bai Hao sighed, and then turned off his phone.
In order to buy an expensive game warehouse, Bai Hao, who had just entered his freshman year, discussed with his parents for a long time.
In today's prevalence of virtual games, professional gamers have long been in the eyes of the public. Taking a leave of absence to become a professional gamer, although Bai Hao's parents did not support it, they did not oppose it too fiercely, but they maintained different views on the issue of buying a game warehouse.
The game warehouse is a new product that was launched on the market with the open beta of "All Worlds", and theoretically speaking, the game helmet can also enter the game, but the game experience of the two is slightly different.
In the end, under Bai Hao's strong insistence, Bai Hao's parents finally agreed to buy the game warehouse.
"In this life, parents must be allowed to enter the game in advance." Bai Hao secretly made up his mind in his heart.
After the game was running for a while, Bai Hao decided to tell his parents about his cultivation.
With the open beta of "Ten Thousand Worlds", it has become an inevitable event for human beings to move towards cultivation civilization, and this is also the opportunity for a well-off family like Bai Hao to rise.