Chapter 1 Isn't this a game?
"It's been ten years, and it's finally coming, the final chapter of "Astral Boundary"! The ultimate battle! ”
In a clean and tidy hut, a young man is sitting in front of a computer screen with an excited face, looking at the picture in front of him.
In the picture, it is a beautiful interstellar open world game, it is called "Astral Plane".
The setting of "Astral Boundary" is in the future world, where human civilization becomes an interstellar civilization, inadvertently opening the stargate network built by ancient civilizations and connecting a mysterious astral universe, in which countless star beasts appear, and they compete with humans for survival.
"Astral Boundary" opened closed beta ten years ago, when He Changyu was just a college student, and he was qualified for the game in a lottery, and he found that the game was very well made! It has top-of-the-line picture quality; Characters with very different personalities and rich emotions; Rich plot; Almost boundless open maps; There are also various combat systems, support systems, and so on!
The game captivated him so much that he spent almost all of his spare time on it, from college to graduation and working.
He doesn't care about everything that others care about, any promotions and salary increases, or getting married and having children!
Because the Astral Game is so real, he sometimes suspects it's a real world!
The strangest thing is that such a top-notch game can't see any publicity on the market!
After ten years of playing, he unlocked countless achievements in the game, and also unified the chaotic human star field, becoming another interstellar emperor of mankind - the Thunder Emperor!
Today, he will lead his army to a decisive battle with the ultimate boss of the Astral Boundary, the Astral Empress!
In the game world, in the vast universe, countless stars are shining.
Countless cosmic warships shuttle through it, and in front of the human army, there are star gates, and in the star gates, there are constantly strange-looking and terrifying star beasts pouring out to fight with them!
Their battles can easily destroy planets and destroy galaxies!
While commanding, He Changyu controlled his character "Thunder Emperor" to fight.
In front of him is the Empress of the Star Beasts, who rules the astral plane. It was now manifested in the form of energy into a stunningly beautiful human woman, revealing in front of He Changyu, and her whole body exuded the brilliance of divinity!
"Thunder." The Star Beast Empress's voice seemed to come from the void, "This starry sky is destined to belong to us!" Your presence is only to make the Terrans survive, and now, if you are loyal to me, I will protect the Terrans and allow you to become a member of the Star Beasts! ”
Several options appeared in front of He Changyu:
"Option 1: Surrender to the Star Beast Empress and become a Star Beast Clan."
"Option 2: Fight to the death and defend the Terrans to the death!"
"Option 3: The enemy army is strong, invincible, temporarily retreat."
He Changyu had been waiting for ten years, and it was naturally impossible for him to give up, so he chose to fight to the death.
The two sides began a great battle, the battleship exploded, and the stars fell!
Finally, after years of fighting (playtime), the decisive battle comes to an end.
Most of the human army has been killed and wounded, and the star beasts have also lost countless casualties.
Both the Star Beast Empress and the Thunder Emperor were seriously injured.
"Thunder, can you still fight?" The Star Beast Empress said, "You can't hold on anymore. ”
He Changyu's character's energy and physical strength at this time were almost exhausted, and he was indeed unable to fight, but in the same way, the Star Beast Empress was not having a good time.
"Don't forget, I still have the Legion!" The Thunder Emperor laughed in the game, "My three major interstellar warbands have swept many star fields!" With them, I will win this battle! ”
He Changyu cultivated three major interstellar warbands in the game, namely the mechanical warband, the biochemical warband, and the star hunting warband.
The members of each wargroup are all powerful warriors in the interstellar world, and the leader of each wargroup is a top powerhouse who has experienced a hundred battles and is famous in the sky!
"Where is the leader of the three major wars?" He Changyu chose to summon his men.
I saw three powerful Terran warriors appear from the starry sky.
Full-body mechanization, a ruthless killing machine, and the leader of a mechanical war team;
With angelic wings, the leader of the biochemical warband who is as holy as a fairy;
and the head of the Star Hunting Regiment, who is sturdy, wearing god-level armor and holding a neutron spear!
With the three of them joining the battle, He Changyu was confident that he could defeat the Star Beast Empress.
However, at this moment, the three of them shot at He Changyu at the same time!
"How dare you betray me?" The Thunder Emperor was furious.
The Mechanical War Leader said in a cold electronic voice, "Betrayal? Thunder Emperor, for you, we are just your tools, a weapon of murder. If you win, we won't be able to escape the end of the tools in our lives! ”
He Changyu complained in his heart, aren't you just game NPCs? Isn't it normal to treat you as tools?
The leader of the Biochemical Warband had a complicated expression and said, "I have followed you for many years, and I just hope that you can look at me squarely, but I have never had one, even if it is only once!" I have sacrificed my life to save you countless times, but I can't get your sincerity once! In that case, then destroy! ”
He Changyu has a question mark in his head, why is there so much inner drama of this plot character?
The leader of the Star Hunting Clan said even more coldly: "He's a tyrant!" Desperate for military force, in order to become stronger, unscrupulous means! No matter how many people die, there will be no fluctuation in his heart! ”
"If he is made the Emperor of Mankind, our race will never see the light of day!"
They are right, in the game, He Changyu is indeed inhumane in order to become stronger. Treating your subordinates as tools is just a routine operation.
In order to obtain resources, some habitable planets were blown up for mining, and countless people were displaced.
In order to raise the population, people are forced to combine, and even mass-produce clones.
In order to improve industrialization, people are forced to work, and when they lose their ability to work, they are thrown to the wild planet to open up the wasteland, and squeeze out the last value.
In order to make money, various taxes are developed, and there is even a "breathing tax", which is a tax that has lost its conscience.
In order to raise military rations, the alien captives were directly made into canned food.
In order to recruit soldiers, forcibly recruit the population, and even carry out biochemical or mechanical transformation of some people to improve their combat effectiveness......
In short, in order to quickly achieve the highest achievement of the game, He Changyu committed countless "evil deeds"!
Anyway, in his eyes, these people are just a string of data.
I didn't expect that the character in this game would change his position and betray him at a critical time!
"Thunder, die!"
As he spoke, the three of them joined forces with the Star Beast Empress to attack the Thunder Emperor.
He Changyu's game character is still dead after all, and the game prompts: "Your character has died in battle." After the closed beta phase, will "Astral Boundary" officially begin? ”
"What's that?" He Changyu complained, "I was actually betrayed to death by my subordinates." Also, what does it mean that this is officially opened? Is this game going to open beta? ”
In any case, He Changyu was unwilling to let his "Astral Boundary" journey end here. Ten years later, as an orphan, the game has become a part of his life.
So, he immediately chose to agree.
At this moment, a strong light appeared, enveloping He Changyu's body.
In the next second, his consciousness was blurred, as if he had fallen into an infinite black hole.
It didn't take long for his consciousness to gradually wake up, and a voice sounded in his ears.
"The body backup is being activated, CPR is being used...... Mr. He Changyu, please open your mouth and breathe hard! ”
He Changyu only felt that it was difficult to breathe, and there was a feeling that he was going to suffocate, he opened his mouth wide, took a big breath, and exchanged oxygen several times before he gradually calmed down.
"Where is this? What happened? He Changyu looked around and found himself sitting in a transparent glass container like an ice coffin.
Next to him, there was an identical ice coffin, in which a woman seemed to be asleep.
"Information transfer ...... in progress"
A stream of information directly entered He Changyu's mind, making him understand everything in an instant!
"This ...... How can it be? He Changyu's eyes widened and he muttered to himself.
It turned out that he had traveled through and came to the world in the game "Astral Boundary" that he played before! The historical data of "Astral Boundary" was flashing through his mind.
"Human civilization went from the home planet civilization to the stars about 40,000 years ago. After 10,000 years of development, human civilization has become a powerful interstellar civilization. This period is known as the Golden Age. ”
"But at this time, human civilization is in its own way, very chaotic, war-torn and often invaded by other civilizations in the universe."
"30,000 years ago, a great human civilization unified human civilization, he vigorously developed science and technology, created a unified interstellar empire for the first time, human civilization ushered in a golden age, people respected him as Shenwu Emperor. This period is called the Shenmu Era. ”
"The Shenwu Empire is expanding rapidly in the universe, clashing with many civilizations. In order to make human civilization more powerful, Emperor Shenwu ordered the study of the remains of ancient civilizations. Thus discovering the stargate network left over from ancient civilizations. ”
"This is a transportation network that uses wormhole technology to connect countless star fields, the distance in the universe is no longer a problem for human beings, and human civilization has ushered in the pinnacle!"
But the discovery of the Stargate Network has also brought disaster to human civilization. At the other end of the stargate network, there is also a mysterious astral universe. Here, there are terrifying and powerful star beasts that feed on humans and can even devour stars! The Star Beast invaded the human territory through the Star Gate Network, and since then, the human race has started a war with the Star Beast that has lasted for tens of thousands of years! ”
"In order to make up for his mistakes, Emperor Shenwu sealed the main channel of the Star Beast Universe at the cost of himself and countless resources. However, the Shenwu Interstellar Empire has declined, star beasts have wreaked havoc everywhere, and human civilization has entered a dark era that has lasted for 10,000 years. ”
He Changyu is familiar with these histories, which is exactly the background setting in the game "Astral Boundary".
When he entered the game, it was the beginning of the Dark Age of the 30,000th ephemeris.
At that time, the Shenwu Interstellar Empire had long since collapsed, human civilization was divided into countless large and small forces, and the star beasts were still invading the human territory through the stargate network and feeding on humans.
At that time, in order to resist the star beasts, the human beings were developing science and technology at the same time, and they were also studying the star beasts.
They use the genes of the star beasts to evolve themselves, and they have mastered a mysterious power called star power, which can be practiced and become powerful individuals!
Such people are known as astral hunters.
He Changyu entered the game as the weakest astral hunter, and became the Thunder Emperor step by step, ending the Dark Age, and falling at the critical time of opening a new era.
"I actually came to the world of the game, and this world is real!" He Changyu touched his face, full of incredulity.
"In that case, I am the Thunder Emperor! A generation of interstellar emperors who suppressed the galaxy? He Changyu was about to be ecstatic, but he found something.
The time shows that it is now 40,000 years of the ephemeris!
Ten thousand years have passed since the death of the Thunder Emperor!
And where he is a "resurrection pod" that he left in the game. Because there is only one life in the game, He Changyu cloned his initial body and left some fast-growing props for the sake of safety.
In order to ensure that after his "death", he can make a comeback.
Unexpectedly, the time when this resurrection capsule was activated was already 10,000 years later!
"If it was 10,000 years ago, I still had a lot of subordinates, as long as I raised my arms, I could become a figure in the universe! But now that 10,000 years have passed, does anyone still know about the Thunder Emperor? He Changyu felt a little regretful in his heart, and his dream of directly crossing into an interstellar emperor was shattered.
"No matter, let's find out the situation here first, there should still be props left by me in the resurrection cabin, which should be enough for me to take off again!"