Chapter 5: Entering the Game

  Carrying several bags of things purchased at the supermarket outside the apartment, Chen Chu walked into the elevator. Just as he was about to close the door, a voice came from outside: "Wait!"

  Chen Chu looked out and saw a girl wearing a white dress, carrying a large bag in both hands, running in. Seeing Chen Chu, she panted and said: "Thank you."

  Her little face was red and puffy, looking quite cute. Chen Chu looked at her a few times: "Haven't seen you before, are you new here?"

  "Uh-huh."

  Chen nodded slightly and didn't say anything more.

  The girl was secretly sizing up Chen Chu.

  Two strangers didn't exchange much, and then the girl got out of the elevator on the fifth floor. Chen Chu just happened to live on the sixth floor. Nothing else happened, and he returned to his own doorstep; boiled water for instant noodles, stuffed everything into the refrigerator, and sat down at the computer. Since he decided to go all out, Chen Chu needed to know more about this game. Opening the official website, Chen Chu immediately noticed a row of large characters in the most eye-catching position "Alternative Rankings", with an introduction below "The Boundary World has not yet opened, and countless great gods have appeared". As he read on, Chen Chu understood that this ranking was just a way to help players pass the time while waiting.

  Chen Chu didn't think much and opened it immediately.

  Page switching, it can be said that a dazzling spot "-1 lucky value born!" Chen Chu's facial expression was slightly twitching: "No way......" Chen Chu didn't expect his own "greatness" to be known by the world so soon: "This is revealing personal privacy!" Alas, others didn't mention names, just said there was this one person. Looking at the various rumors below, filled with "sympathy", "doubt" and all sorts of teasing...

  Behind this, Chen Chu saw a detailed introduction to the luck degree of the game. It turned out that the critical luck degree is related to the effect of many attribute triggers in the game, such as the probability of critical hits and resistance to critical hits, the upper and lower limits of monster damage to players, etc. These are unstable factors that cannot be obtained through detailed data within the game, intentionally left by the development team for players to experience the unpredictability of the game. Furthermore, luck degree is set between (0-10) in the system settings, but this is only applicable to initial characters. In the game, equipment can be obtained to increase luck value, and when the luck value exceeds 0 or 10, ambiguous data such as -1 or 10+ will appear.

  This told Chen something very important: "Could it be that my luck value isn't just -1?!" Chen's expression changed, becoming like that of someone who had discovered a lively jumping cockroach in their mouthwash cup in the morning.

  Looked at the time, there was still an hour before the game started. Chen Chu quickly typed on the keyboard and searched online "Can the critical point be re-established?", Chen Chu's luck was so bad that it proved how ruthless this world was. Many people asked this question, and the answer was very uniform: "After binding the adapter, you can't rebuild your character, if you lose the adapter, just buy a new one". In this way, Chen Chu's last hope was gone, he could only enter the game with a lucky value of -1 or even -10.

  "Just saw a comment on the website that ruthlessly flashed through Chen's mind '-1 Lucky, this guy isn't even going out to hunt monsters, and he can't even afford medicine? Haha, haha, hahaha...'"

  The corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably, betraying Chen Chu's true emotions beneath his still somewhat calm expression.

  "Ding~~~~" The safety alarm for the gas control sounded, and Chen Chu hurriedly ran to the kitchen to turn off the gas. Fortunately, the water hadn't boiled dry, and after cooking some instant noodles, Chen Chu leaned against the kitchen door, raising an eyebrow "You won't really explode without even giving me medicine, will you?"

  After finishing the instant noodles, Chen Chu looked at the time again and then sat in the living room to take out the chili peppers that his mother had prepared.

  Just then, the doorbell rang suddenly.

  "Open the door, young uncle!"

  Chen was taken aback by Chen Qian's arrival. He opened the door and asked, "How did you get here?"

  "Grandma asked me to bring dumplings for you."

  Chen Chu suddenly came back to his senses, took out a pair of slippers: "Come in." As he spoke, he took over the large bowl that Chen Qian was holding.

  "Your favorite leek oh." Chen Qian blinked her eyes.

  Chen Chu smiled wryly, and the girl followed behind him with a smile. After Chen Chu sat down, she spoke up: "Young uncle, you've gone too far this time." She wagged her finger: "You even scared away Young Auntie."

  "Is it that funny?" Chen Chu glared at Chen Qian with a bad temper.

  Chen Qian's hand rested on Chen Chu's shoulder, and she said with narrowed eyes: "Young uncle, I can understand why you did this."

  "Dumplings stuffed into his mouth, Chen Chu mumbled indistinctly: 'I'm a hero waiting for the wind and clouds to rise, being down on my luck is only temporary, and I won't be unlucky all my life.'"

  Sat down beside Chen Chu, swinging his legs: "I really admire your courage, little uncle! I think I understand what you mean by experiencing life now."

  "Are you here to mock me?" Chen Chu said viciously, suspecting that Ya Tou was using the excuse of delivering dumplings to lecture him.

  Chen Qian was about to say something when she suddenly noticed the adapter on Chen Chu's wrist: "You also bought one?"

  "This?" He shook his wrist, and Chen Chuzheng's face turned stern: "This is the storm your uncle has been waiting for."

  Chen Qian didn't take the sentence seriously, she went forward and pulled Chen Chu's hand: "Little uncle, I just saw on the car that the official website of Linjie mentioned that a lucky-1 guy appeared, could it be you?"

  The food in his mouth was spat out, and Chen Chu angrily shouted: "Why is it me!"

  Chen Qian's eyes narrowed as she stared at Chen Chu: "So it was you..."

  "How is this possible! Am I so unlucky as to be -1?"

  "What's got you so excited?"

  "This..."

  "Hahaha~~" Chen Qian suddenly burst out laughing, soon holding her stomach and unable to get up: "Young uncle, you're now despised in the game, -1 luck, hahahahaha~~"

  Chen Chu suddenly restrained his anger and leaned in close to Chen Qian: "Little niece, that luck is really not mine."

  "It's not who you are, I don't believe anyone in the world is as unlucky as you." Chen Qian said in a low voice: "My father has already said that you are now being suppressed by 'Tian Xing', and if Tian Xing doesn't open up, you will become more and more unlucky."

  "Heh heh." Chen Chu said disdainfully: "I don't believe in fortune-telling, even if it's true! This heavenly star I think is you."

  "You're such an idiot, I really don't understand where your confidence comes from."

  Chen Chu's face twitched as he held his chopsticks in a fierce stance and ate his dumplings.

  Chen Chu was completely defeated by himself, and Chen Qian showed that happy and lovely appearance again: "Little uncle, what's your name in the game?"

  "Guess."

  "Is it Autumn? It must be that broken name, your net name hasn't changed in over a decade." Chen Qian said disdainfully.

  Chen Chu smiled secretly in his heart: "This username isn't exclusive to me alone, maybe someone else has taken it."

  "Really?" Chen Qian seemed to disbelieve Chen Chu's words.

  "You'll know when the time comes."

  Then Chen Qian sat for a while, and Chen Chu learned a lot about the border from her. When leaving, Chen Qian said to Chen Chu with a sly face: "Little aunt will also go in to play, maybe meet a handsome guy and forget you."

  "Really?"

  "Yes, I have an appointment with Xiao Yi." Patting Chen Chu's shoulder, Chen Qian said seriously: "Don't be so nervous, I'll take care of it for you."

  "Heh heh." Chen Chu smiled slightly, his smile extremely disdainful.

  "See you later! Remember to contact me when you're in the game, or else... I'll speak ill of you!"

  "Hehe." Another smile.

  Chen Qian turned around and left, putting on her shoes, opening the door, and turning back to look at Chen Chu sitting in the living room: "Today I went to my brother-in-law's house to deliver dumplings and found that his bathroom was hanging with women's underwear!! There were many pieces, it seems that woman has been living in his house for a long time."

  Chen suddenly jumped up: "Halt!!"

  Chasing her to the elevator entrance, after signing countless unequal treaties, Chen Chu saw off Chen Qian, who had obviously come looking for trouble today.

  After finishing eating and washing up, Chen Chu found that the time was almost up. He changed into a set of clothes he wore at home and sat down in front of the computer to grind and scratch his itch. He was extremely anxious! But it wasn't like most people's anxiety to rush in and experience the thrill of the critical moment. Chen Chu's anxiety was to see if this luck value really wouldn't drop even with medicine.

  Every minute and every second slipped away quickly, and soon the clock in the living room and the watch on his wrist rang out simultaneously.

  He pressed the button and entered the game accompanied by the system's painful voice that made Chen Chudan ache.

  The man fell asleep, and the chair tilted over, with Chen Chu falling to the ground...

  What newbie tutorial, what quest acceptance, what system introduction, all nonsense! In the midst of a dense crowd, Chen Chu wore a white newbie outfit and rushed towards the village outskirts.

  "What is he doing?"

  "It seems like you're in a hurry."

  After a while, everyone got familiar with the basic operations and experienced the uniqueness brought by the boundary, and ran to the NPCs of their respective tasks.

  The rebirth point of birth, at this time came a player who seemed to have entered relatively late.

  There was a man standing beside him who reacted relatively slowly. He looked at the person who had just arrived and said woodenly, "Didn't you just rush out?"

  The person who appeared was Chen Chu. He wiped the corner of his mouth and replied, "The one who went out is my brother, we are twins." As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Chu lowered his head and left.

  "Damn it! What's going on?!" Chen Chu cursed in his heart, going to get the medicine? If it weren't for the fact that the medicine sent by Chen Chu's infusion set was bound, his medicine might have been blown up by a rabbit in the forest...

  "That rabbit is too big, it can kill me in one second!" Chen Chu buried his head and rushed out, worried that there would be too many people coming out later. He didn't know where he ran to, but the rabbits around him became fewer, and Chen Chu saw a giant! This rabbit must have been fed with nutrient-rich food, growing as big as a wild boar. Its sharp teeth and menacing appearance successfully sparked Chen Chu's interest in it.

  However, it turned out that being forced was unhappy, and the rabbit's resistance sent Chen Chu back to New Hand Village.

  It's clear that it wasn't an ordinary rabbit. Looking at the crowd of people coming and going, Chen Chu sighed: "Let's get the task done first."

  After a long search, I finally found the task NPC. Chen Chu waited patiently in line for a very long time before it was his turn: "Village Chief, is there anything that needs help?"

  The village head glanced at Chen Chu with a slanted eye and didn't say anything.

  "Hey brother, your chance is over! Go back and line up again!"

  They didn't even give Chen Chu a chance to speak, and a group of people pushed him out.

  "What! Does interacting with NPCs also have something to do with luck?!" Just as he was getting angry, a chill ran down his back.

  "It must be painful to be plagued by misfortune, with people around you detesting you and hoping you'll leave soon. They wouldn't care about your life or death! To them, your future is like a plague that's known but hasn't arrived yet..."

  Chen Chu was taken aback and immediately turned her head around. However, there was no one behind her. She looked around in all directions, and Chen Chu seemed somewhat bewildered. "Who's talking to me?"

  "Only in the dark of night can you see my existence, when those who don't understand the pain of misfortune leave! You're coming to find me..."

  "Ding..."

  In Chen Chu's mind, which was still filled with doubts, the system's voice sounded "Player Yan Ye triggered the only task 'Calamity', do you accept?"

  Da Bai Tu Chen Chu didn't even know what the only task represented, but just as the village chief couldn't receive the task, he came over and said: "Accept."

  After accepting, Chen Chu took out the task book from the package.

  Calamity

  Task level: Unknown

  Task difficulty: Unknown

  Task Reward: Unknown

  Mission Briefing: Wait for the newbie village to enter midnight, and come find the mysterious person who wants to talk to you. Reminder: You must find him on the first night of the newbie village, otherwise the mission will disappear.

  For a moment, Chen Chu muttered to himself: "This task is unknown, is it playing a joke on me or has it encountered good things." With doubts, Chen Chu put the task book into his bag. In an instant, he saw a messy pile of things in the item bar.

  A set of extraordinary new equipment, a blue and red potion, and a golden card.

  Lucky lottery ticket. Introduce what are all question marks, Chen Chu recalls that the system said that the use of this thing has not been opened yet.

  After equipping himself, Chen Chu walked towards other NPCs with his staff in hand. He thought to himself, "It's only 10 o'clock now, and there are still several hours until nightfall. I'll go find other NPCs." Outside, Chen Qian told Chen Chu that the game required completing quests to level up quickly, and just killing monsters was pointless! This remark struck a chord in Chen Chu's mind.

  But this... doesn't seem quite suitable for Chen Chu.