Chapter 1: Re-entering the Game

  Seeing the new promotional poster of the online game "Tian Xia" on the wall, Yang Tian, who had just woken up from his dream, looked confused and a strange thought flashed through his mind. He turned his head to look at the clock hanging on the wall, which clearly showed that the current time was August 9th, 2050.

  "Damn it, I never thought such a good thing as reincarnation would happen to me?" Yang Tian couldn't help but blurt out a curse.

  Why did Yang Tian think he was reborn, rather than possessed or traveled through time? It's simple. The promotional poster of "Tian Xia" on the wall was posted by himself a year ago. Moreover, this room where he lived now was also rented by himself just after graduating from university a year ago for convenience to find a job.

  It just made Yang Tian somewhat puzzled, he was clearly sleeping, but when he woke up, he had returned to a year ago. Other people's transmigration and rebirth, either died in their previous life or at least got drunk before it happened!

  However, as a new generation of talent trained from the crossing, Yang Tian's nerves can be said to be super thick, and things he couldn't understand, he naturally put aside.

  However, seeing the game's promotional poster on the wall, Yang Tian's heart became fiery hot, with an unstoppable momentum.

  "Mad Dragon Heaven, it seems our debts can be settled once again!" Yang Tian's mouth curled slightly, coldly muttering to himself.

  As the world's first virtual network game, its promotional slogan is: anything is possible.

  I remember when I first saw this slogan, I turned up my nose in disdain for half a day. Because Yang Tian understood that with the current level of technology, virtual reality technology has just started, and it's impossible to apply it to games, but anything is possible, so go ahead and brag!

  Yang Tian is an orphan. Fortunately, the social welfare system is still quite good, allowing him to complete his university studies without worrying about finances. During his university days, Yang Tian became addicted to online games and achieved impressive results in every game he played. Thanks to gaming, Yang Tian had a considerable amount of pocket money for the first time in his life, although this "considerable" is relative to the low social security benefits he was receiving at the time.

  Four years of university life came to an end, and Yang Tian's bank account also had a deposit of nearly six figures.

  Although Yang Tian didn't believe in the gimmicks of "Tian Xia", as a gaming enthusiast, he still spent a large part of his own savings to buy a gaming helmet after just graduating. With great employment pressure and the virtual reality feature of "Tian Xia", players will surely flock to it! Confident in his gaming skills, Yang Tian decided to become a professional player.

  "Tian Xia" is represented by Longteng Group. As for the development team, it is reportedly a super elite team composed of governments from most countries around the world.

  Of course, this is just a rumor and no official spokesperson from any country has come out to comment. However, as someone who has been through it before, Yang Tian knew that things were not so simple and everything would change in half a year...

  Regarding "Tian Xia", Longteng Group did not provide much information: "Tian Xia" is managed by the super intelligent brain "Rebirth", with only one server globally, and no individual or organization has the right to access or modify player personal data. As an agent company, Longteng Group's work is limited to selling and maintaining game hardware, as well as developing some game peripherals.

  "Under Heaven" combines construction, adventure and strategy, with the entire game map being a thousand times larger than the world map, based on real-world national borders. Each country's game background is a historical period from their own Cold Weapon Era, while countries without such history have their storylines generated by the system. Of course, the map has undergone some modifications, such as adding special terrain or climate conditions along the borders, making it almost impossible to enter other countries except for a few passes. The game's storyline can also change.

  The historical period intercepted in China is the Three Kingdoms period...

  Yang Tian didn't stay in bed for long. After getting up and washing up, he went out because he still had something very important to do.

  That's buying game helmets.

  Although there are still about twenty days before the official opening of "Tian Xia" on September 1st, Yang Tian clearly remembers that the sale of game helmets will start tomorrow.

  Of course, Yang Tian was not worried that he would not be able to buy a helmet, because the helmets were not limited in supply, and Longteng Company had made sufficient preparations for this. However, as one of the first 1000 game helmets sold, the system would give him a chance to draw a prize.

  Longteng Company didn't say what the prizes are, but everyone can guess that these so-called prizes are all useless. After all, the game has just started, and it's impossible for something like a divine artifact that would disrupt the game balance to appear, and "Reincarnation" wouldn't allow such a situation to occur either.

  But as Yang Tian, who knew the future status of "Tian Xia", still went all out to fight for this chicken rib, after all, even a mosquito is meat. Although the influence of "Tian Xia" has not yet reached the terrifying level it will have in the future, it's still extremely difficult to grab one of the first thousand helmets released globally at the same time.

  CD City, as a provincial capital city, has a population of over 10 million, but even in such a large city, there is only one sales point for gaming headsets.

  When Yang Tian arrived at the location, he found that there was not even one person here, but this was also within his expectations. Because the helmet did not have a limited quantity, buying early or late would be the same? As for the so-called lottery, everyone still saw through it very clearly. Moreover, with only 1,000 places available worldwide, even if you were first in line at a certain sales point, you might not necessarily get one!

  He spread out the newspaper he had brought with him on the ground and Yang Tian's meditation began...

  By dusk, there were finally about a dozen people lining up. I guess they couldn't wait to experience the charm of virtual technology! Although "Tian Xia" won't be launched until September 1st, Longteng Company said that as long as players get their hands on the headset, they can enter and experience the virtual scene and familiarize themselves with the operation method.

  The next morning at 8:00, Yang Tian got the helmet as he wished, and it seemed that his luck was not bad. He was the 808th player in the world to get the helmet...

  Yang Tian returned contentedly to his rented one-bedroom apartment and quietly waited for the day of opening.

  In the meantime, he also re-recorded those things related to "Tian Xia" in his memory, but did not store them on the computer, instead writing them down with a pen. Because he knew that putting these things online or on his own computer would be very insecure and could even bring great trouble to himself.

  September 1st, 2050 is absolutely a day that can be recorded in the annals of human history, but now almost everyone has no idea what special significance this day has.

  Finally, at 2 o'clock sharp, "Tian Xia" officially opened its server, and around 1:40, after Yang Tian had a sumptuous lunch, he put on his gaming headset and lay down on the bed early.

  At 2 o'clock sharp, Yang Tian only felt a blackness in front of his eyes. He was already familiar with this situation and knew that the next few grand historical scenes would take about ten minutes to end. To save time, Yang Tian chose to skip them directly.

  A heavenly building appeared before her eyes, with a beautiful woman floating in mid-air at its center. Her ethereal quality was that of an immortal fairy who did not partake in the worldly pleasures of mortal life.

  "I wonder how many more men will be bewildered by her! Hehe!" Yang Tian sneered to himself, completely forgetting that he had once stared at someone else for several minutes with a blank expression.

  "Beautiful girl! Hello!" Yang Tian knew that the highly intelligent virtual beauty in front of him had a great talent for being mischievous, and as long as you didn't speak, she would just keep staring at you like this, which was also a small test.

  "Welcome to the world of Three Kingdoms! Please enter your game name!" The voice prompted like a heavenly sound.

  "Sunny." Yang Tian replied casually.

  "Identity binding in progress, please wait...... DNA confirmation complete! Brainwave frequency lock complete! Attribute setting now, body scan in progress! Please wait......"

  "Body scan complete! Attributes confirmed."

  Name: Sunshine

  Occupation: None Fame: 0

  Identity: Refugee

  Merit: 0

  Level: 0 (0/200)

  Commander: 9

  Military Power: 6

  Intelligence: 10

  Politics: 4

  Specialties: None

  Skills: Foraging (a lifesaver for players born in the wilderness!)

  Equipment: None

  Money: 1000 copper coins

  "Confirmed!" Yang Tian was quite satisfied with this attribute, both Commander and Intelligence were much higher than in his previous life. It seemed that not staring at the beauty all the time had its benefits.

  "Which birthplace do you choose? There are thirteen states to choose from in the Three Kingdoms period: Si Prefecture, Youzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Bingzhou, Jiaozhou, Yizhou, Jingzhou, Liangzhou and Yizhou!"

  "Yizhou!" Yang Tian replied immediately, this was what he had decided long ago. After all, Yizhou is rich in products and has a treacherous terrain, easy to defend but hard to attack. Moreover, the previous large-scale battles were all far away from Yizhou, for the villages established by players in the early stage, many battles were fatal. The most prominent one was Sili, I estimate that after Sili experienced the chaos of Dong Zhuo, the player's village would not even have one left. Of course, it's not to say that a place like Sili doesn't have its advantages, after all, this is where the Eastern Han imperial capital is located, the most developed place in the country, and for the player's development, there are also unspeakable benefits.

  "You have one chance to draw a prize, start drawing now! ... Congratulations, the prize you drew is that you can freely and accurately choose your birthplace." As the beautiful woman's voice fell, a delicate map of the Three Kingdoms region appeared in front of Yang Tian.