On the morning of the beta test, Xu Sili woke up early. He changed into the new clothes that Janice had tailored for him and stood in front of the mirror for a long time.
A tall, silver-haired young man was reflected in the mirror.
He was wearing a gorgeous and exquisite suit. He had wide shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs. He looked noble and elegant.
Especially the slim waist that was outlined by the slim-fit clothes. Not only did he not look weak, but he also gave people a sense of strength.
After his Constitution reached 90, Xu Sili did not continue to grow.
His height finally stopped at 183. Because he was born with a small frame, even if his body was perfectly proportioned and he had eight abdominal muscles, he still looked thin.
Janice unfolded the cloak and solemnly put it on his shoulders. On the dark purple silk, there was an exquisite totem embroidered with golden thread.
It was the symbol of the Roland Empire, a violet wrapped in vines.
A maid squatted behind him and carefully arranged the hem of the cloak for him.
Then, Janice solemnly put a crown inlaid with countless gems on the young man's head and tidied up the hair on his forehead.
Xu Sili did not move and let the maids do whatever they wanted.
He rarely dressed so formally, especially with a crown. He did not like to wear unnecessary accessories, especially this hat that was very heavy.
But today was a special day.
Although he felt that not much time had passed, but he had truly experienced life and death, which made him cherish and value his family even more.
Looking at his new self in the mirror, Xu Sili could not help but wonder if his second brother would be shocked when they meet later.
He slightly curled his lips and was in a very good mood.
"Let's go."
Xu Sili threw the cloak behind him and turned to walk out of the bedroom. In the corridor, Li Zheyu was already waiting with a group of guards.
When they saw him, everyone bowed respectfully, their auras surging like rainbows.
Xu Sili was just about to speak, but at this moment —
[Ding. Royal City: Mercenary Town] transformed [Two-story wooden house] into [Three-story wooden house]. Experience + 400.]
Ding. [Imperial City: Mercenary Town] newly created [Canning Factory Lv.1] + 1. Experience + 1000.]
As the screen showed that 1400 EXP had been received, Xu Sili's EXP bar was filled up again.
Ding! Full experience bar. Level increased from level 17 to level 18. Intelligence and Spirit + 4, Constitution + 2, Strength, Agility, and Defense + 1. Omni Points + 10.
Xu Sili's eyes lit up.
After being stuck for two days, he finally leveled up again!
After reaching LV10, every level up would no longer be a simple + 1 to all attributes. Instead, the Intelligence and Spirit attributes would become more prominent.
This was actually very easy to understand. After all, a Mental-type Elementalist and a Master-type Warrior would develop in different directions.
As usual, Xu Sili allocated 10 Omni Points equally to his Constitution and Mental Strength. Then, he looked at his own Attribute Panel.
[Snow Roland]
Personal Level: lv18
Upgrade Distance: 115/10000
HP: 107000/107000
Mana: 3250/3250
Attributes: Constitution (107), Intelligence (65), Strength (18), Spirit (108), Agility (17), Defense (17)
His HP had officially exceeded 100,000, and his Spirit had finally exceeded 100!
Xu Sili closed his eyes and extended his Spirit.
Previously, when he was at Level 16, his Spirit detection range had been extended to a radius of about 25 meters. But now …
He felt that he could see more than 30 meters away, close to 40 meters away!
He glanced at Li Zheyu. As the strongest fighter in the Imperial City, other than Si Sheng, he only had 95800 HP, which was more than 10,000 less than him!
One had to know that Li Zheyu was a Master-type Elite. His Constitution should be growing much faster than a Mental-type.
Xu Sili once again experienced the benefits of Omni Points.
He glanced at Li Zheyu and slightly curved his lips, which made the guard captain feel a little strange. Then, his eyes suddenly widened.
Holy sh * t!
The little emperor had an epiphany again!
Li Zheyu originally thought that he was numb to it, but when he saw the little emperor's strength increase to almost two-star in just two months, he could not hide the shock in his heart.
Thinking back, when he first saw the little emperor's epiphany, he felt that there was nothing to worry about. Now, he could only feel lucky that he did not say what was on his mind.
It was really too scary! He even felt that the little emperor's aura was a little stronger than his.
Xu Sili had already retracted his gaze.
He looked at the Attribute Panel and decided not to add Omni Points to Constitution in the future, but to Intelligence and Agility.
He had to continue adding Spirit points.
He was a Sound Elementalist, and the skills he learned were all related to music. His range was very large, but he could only distinguish between friend and foe within the range of his Spirit.
For example, if the [Germination] skill added HP to the enemy, it would be a joke. Xu Sili did not want such a stupid thing to happen.
As for Agility, it was related to his movement speed and spell-casting speed. He temporarily put aside Power and Defense.
After all, he was a Mental-type Mage. Why did he have to become a Warrior? Without the support of martial arts, Power alone was useless.
Offense was the best defense. Perhaps when he improved his other skills to a certain level, he would consider adding Omni Points to Defense.
He closed his personal panel as he pondered. Then, under the escort of Li Zhecheng and a group of guards, he walked towards the solemn hall.
In the hall, apart from Wen Jishan and a few nobles who were loyal to him, there were not many people in the hall.
They were talking in low voices. When they heard the sound of footsteps, they all quieted down. Then, they turned and bowed to Xu Sili, who was striding in.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Xu Sili waved his hand. Step by step, he walked up the stairs and sat on the throne.
In order to prepare for the closed beta test, Xu Sili had gathered these people.
He sat on the throne, his light purple eyes sweeping across everyone in the hall.
There were only a few of them.
Including Wen Jishan, there were only 11 of them. Basically, they were all rising stars. There were only two veteran nobles.
These people were truly loyal to Xu Sili.
He used the Favorability System to eliminate the other nobles and ministers, including those who were friendly to him.
Perhaps in the future, they would be convinced by him like Wen Jishan, but that was a matter for the future. Those who supported him in the beginning would naturally be different from those who supported him later.
After the reform of the local Military Elementalists, Xu Sili's public support had reached 60%. Compared to the initial 52%, it had only increased by 8%.
But in terms of the number of people, it was more than seven million people.
In just one month, this number was already very impressive.
Xu Sili looked at the 11 loyal ministers in the hall. Finally, his eyes fell on a young man wearing thin-rimmed round glasses.
He was not tall, thin, and wore thin-rimmed round glasses. He had black hair, black eyes, and handsome facial features. He gave people a sense of gentleness.
He was really gentleness. He was not the same type as Wen Jishan, that kind of scum.
This was Si Sheng's adjutant, Qiu Zheng.
When the Marshal went to deal with the traitors, he was left in the inner city to handle government affairs for the Marshal and His Majesty.
Now that he was looked at by the King, this young man in his early twenties felt a lot of pressure. Cold sweat dripped down his forehead.
Compared to Wen Jishan's thick skin, this adjutant was obviously much more immature.
But …
Xu Sili was quite satisfied with him.
[Qiu Zheng]
Identity: NPC with special abilities
Level: Lv5
HP: 9000/9000
Elemental Affinity: None
Special Ability: When doing administrative work, efficiency increased by 200%, error rate reduced by 80%.
For Xu Sili, this was a rare talent.
Although he had many strange ideas, and some of his own ideas about building infrastructure and governing the country, but to ask him to handle those trivial government affairs …
Spare him, please!
Xu Sili's desire to be the Emperor was due to his childish nature. However, if he was bound by trivial matters, he would probably give up and give up.
Even in reality, when his father said that he wanted to give him a company, he rejected it because it was too troublesome, let alone an entire country.
Wasn't it better to eat, drink, and play?
Therefore, it was necessary for a talent like Adjutant Qiu to appear.
Xu Sili was impressed by Si Sheng.
How did he find such special talents? It was even more effective than his Insight Spell.
Thinking about this, Xu Sili frowned slightly and felt a little strange.
Maybe it was set at the beginning of the game?
He shook his head and didn't think too much about it.
"Adjutant Qiu, how is the Marshal?" Xu Sili looked at Qiu Zheng and pretended to ask casually.
Because of what happened that night, he had been intentionally avoiding Si Sheng. When he finally got over the hurdle in his heart, Si Sheng had already left.
Although Xu Sili had Si Sheng's contact information, he couldn't bring himself to ask him when he would be back.
"Your Majesty, the Marshal is almost done with his work. He should be back tomorrow."
Adjutant Qiu replied respectfully.
Xu Sili nodded. Although he didn't show it on his face, he was quite satisfied with Qiu Zheng's tactfulness.
Si Sheng will be back tomorrow …
This was what Adjutant Qiu wanted to say. He didn't ask.
"Yes."
Xu Sili nodded. He looked at the crowd and said calmly, "According to the prophecy, today is the day when the brave warrior from the alternate world will arrive."
His words caused an uproar in the crowd.
Although everyone had heard of the legend of the brave warrior and the summoning array had been acting strangely recently, no one knew when the brave warrior would arrive.
However, at this moment, His Majesty seemed to be very certain.
"Your Majesty, is this prophecy reliable?"
Grand Duke Felton stepped forward and asked respectfully.
He was one of the oldest aristocrats. Dukes were the first in the aristocracy, second only to the Emperor.
He was also the most experienced person among the people who supported Xu Sili. Even Si Sheng was inferior to him.
Of course, this only referred to experience, not strength.
"Whether it is reliable or not, you will know later."
Xu Sili said expressionlessly.
Although they were loyal to him, these old officials had a common problem. Every time he proposed something, they would habitually question him.
Even if he knew that such a role was needed, it didn't mean that he would like it.
Xu Sili's gaze swept across the crowd with a hint of oppression.
"I don't know if you admire or fear the brave warrior, but I have my own thoughts."
"We can't tell what the so-called brave warrior will bring to the Roland Empire. After all, during our most difficult time, they didn't appear!"
Everyone nodded. What he said made sense.
"Of course, we still need to treat them with respect, but I don't want you to think that the brave warrior is special."
"In fact, the Star Alliance has given us more help, but in front of the emissary, we can still be neither servile nor overbearing."
"I don't want you to be soft in front of the brave warrior and ruin the reputation of the Empire!"
Xu Sili's words made everyone shiver.
In the end, under the leadership of Wen Jishan, everyone agreed.
Looking at them, Xu Sili secretly sighed.
To be honest, Xu Sili couldn't predict what kind of relationship the players would have with the NPCs in the future.
In his opinion, this world was close to reality.
Every person he came into contact with had their own unique way of thinking and life. They couldn't be treated as normal NPCs.
But the players were a group of bugs. How could he not know what kind of person they were?
Xu Sili was really worried about this group of NPCs.
However, he had to play it by ear. Maybe things weren't as bad as he thought. Also, this was the first closed beta, so there shouldn't be too many players. It shouldn't be too difficult to control them.
He coughed lightly and issued an order.
"Li Zheyu."
"Yes!"
"Immediately take people to the summoning circle and wait there. If the brave warrior really does appear, bring them all to the Imperial Palace and tell them that I want to see them."
When the others heard this, they couldn't help but hesitate. They didn't know what kind of background these brave warriors had. Was it really good to summon them so hastily?
Li Zheyu didn't hesitate to accept the order. He then turned around and walked out of the palace, leading the guards to the square where the summoning circle was.
Xu Sili extended his mental power and watched him leave. Only when he reached the limit of his mental power's detection did he stop and look in that direction.
He felt a little nervous.
He had set a countdown on his communication device. There was still half an hour until the start of the closed beta.
Would he be able to see his second brother soon?
Time ticked by.
Li Zheyu led a group of royal guards to the square where the summoning circle was. Their arrival attracted a lot of curious onlookers.
With the help of the ordinary city guards, they quickly entered the main hall where the summoning circle was located.
This hastily built palace looked a little shabby, but it was very good at blocking the view of the outside world.
Li Zheyu scattered the guards around the periphery of the summoning circle, and he personally stood guard in the direction of the door. His eyes were fixed on the summoning circle, waiting for a miracle to happen.
Now, he didn't doubt the little emperor's words at all.
If the little emperor said that the brave warriors would come today, then they would definitely come. He just had to wait here.
The surrounding guards, even if they had doubts in their hearts, saw that their boss was so serious, they didn't dare to be negligent.
"Dong — dong —"
The bell tower struck ten, and the sound continued to reverberate in all directions.
Xu Sili heard the sound of the bell from afar.
With his control of the sound element, even if the sound was very far away, he could faintly hear it.
The moment he heard the bell, his heart skipped a beat.
Suddenly, a screen popped up in front of him.
[Ding. The first closed beta of "Star Age" has officially begun. Players this time: 1000. Duration: 30 days.]
[Ding. The condition has been met. The Starry Sky Forum has been activated. You can register to use the forum.]
Xu Sili looked at the words on the screen and blinked.
At the same time —
Outside the square of the summoning circle, the people only saw a bright golden light shining out of the palace. Even in the daytime, it was very dazzling.
If it was in the past, they might have exclaimed that it was a miracle.
But now that they had watched so many live streams of Elementalists building houses, they were a little used to this kind of incredible power, so they were okay with it.
Of course, people were curious. Many people tried to look in that direction, but they all kept a certain distance from the city guards. There was good order and no chaos.
The development of the virtual reality game "Star Age" was not a secret in the gaming circle.
This game had been in development for nearly ten years. From the initial cynicism when they first heard the news, to the anticipation and then to the disappointment, there were not many players who still stuck to it.
This time, half of the 1000 players in the closed beta were given to the professional players of the major clubs, and the other half was given to the veteran players who had been silently supporting the game for ten years.
Game streamer Araiko was one of them.
As a relatively rare female game streamer, her operation was not the best, but her personal style was very outstanding. Her short name was "Roaring all the time."
She was a scary woman who often screamed "Don't come here!" and then used her godly operation to send the opponent away.
When the game company called her to deliver the virtual reality game pod of "Star Age" to her door, Araiko was completely stunned.
She even felt like she had received a scam call.
But fifteen minutes later, when the staff really carried the big guy into her house, helped her install it and left, she finally felt a little bit of reality.
What the f * ck!
She actually got the qualification to enter "Star Age" in closed beta! And it was free!
No, "Star Age" actually started its closed beta!
Why wasn't there any news before!
Araiko was 26 years old this year. Since she knew about this project when she was 18 years old, she had been checking in on the official forum every day. She had not stopped for eight years.
This had already become a part of her daily life. She had never even thought that this project would bear fruit one day.
The reason why he knew about this game was because of a card game called Game of Gods.
The game was still popular to this day and had a large audience.
When Araiko first started playing this game, it was because of a singer that she really liked. Unfortunately, he died young, which made her cry for a long time.
Back to the main topic, it was said that Star Age and God's Game were going to be combined.
In the holographic world, you may meet your 2D husband. Is there anything more attractive than this?
After that, Araiko had successfully fallen into the trap. In the end, he had waited for a full eight years, and today … he had finally arrived!
Araiko was overjoyed. First, he took out his phone and started taking pictures of the gaming cabin. After consulting the game company, he posted the pictures on his social media account.
Caicai Caicai Caicai: Holographic game "Star Age"! If you never forget something, there will definitely be an echo. This old lady has really waited for this moment! Araiko was here for the first closed beta test!
[Picture] [Picture] [Picture] [Picture] …
Araiko did not hesitate to post the nine pictures. Seeing the likes and comments increasing, she finally agreed to a fan's request and agreed to start a live stream.
"This is a holographic game, it's different from other games. I don't know if I can start a live stream."
Araiko responded.
"I'll ask around. I'll meet you guys tomorrow when the server is open!"
In the end, the game company said —
Live streams are allowed!
However, they had to use the internal live streaming software to connect to the Star Forum.
Not sure if it was because of the technical limitations, or because of the streaming method.
Araiko gladly accepted. After all, she was just a small streamer with a little more than ten thousand fans. If "Star Age" did well, it was not impossible for her to change platforms.
After asking the game company about the live stream, Araiko went to bed early. She wanted to have a beauty sleep so that she could enter the game full of energy tomorrow.
Unfortunately, she could not fall asleep at all. Her mind kept flashing with the scenes of her 2D husbands. The more she slept, the more excited she became.
When she really fell asleep, the alarm went off.
She had no choice but to get up, wash up, and prepare for the live stream.
August 8th, X025, 10: 00
Araiko waved goodbye to all kinds of envious and jealous fans, laid down in the game pod, and entered the world of the holographic game "Star Age".
At the same time, Xu Yuheng, who was also lying in the game pod, slowly opened his eyes.
In front of him, there appeared a dark void dotted with bright stars.
"Welcome to the holographic game" Star Age ". You are at the login interface. I am your navigation assistant, Xiao Mei. I am now giving you a beginner's guide."
A sweet and slightly mechanical voice sounded in his ears.
Xu Yuheng habitually pushed up his glasses, then found that he was not wearing glasses.
But …
He looked into the distance and found that he could see very far. The world in his eyes was no longer white.
This discovery made him slightly stunned.
The navigation assistant, Xiao Mei, continued. "Please register your nickname."
Xu Yuheng came back to his senses and followed the instructions to complete the nickname registration, character appearance, race, profession direction, and elemental affinity selection.
The game's setting was obviously not perfect. At present, there was only one race, one human race, and one elementalist profession.
However, there were quite a lot of elemental affinity choices.
Xu Yuheng finally chose the Spirit Wind Elementalist.
Because of the wind element, it just matched his "Jade Tree Facing the Wind" ID name. As for whether this profession was powerful or not, he did not care very much.
"You have finished selecting. Do you want to enter the game?" The navigation assistant, Xiao Mei, asked.
"Yes."
Xu Yuheng responded and suddenly felt that something was wrong. Just as he was about to ask, the surrounding starry sky had already vibrated, and then he began to fall from the sky at high speed.
During this process, he saw meteors in the sky, falling from the night sky like him, turning into a meteor shower.
Then, after the darkness in front of his eyes, suddenly there was a golden light. When he opened his eyes again, he had already appeared on a magic circle.
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