Huang Yi lowered his head to observe the ring up close. It was made of a special material, not really gold or stone, neither wood nor leather, and was unique in the whole world, therefore it escaped the scan by Rose Prison.
But everyone in the world knew what it was.
Because it could connect you to another world.
Huang Yi immediately wore the ring on his index finger. 5 seconds later, there was darkness in front of his eyes, and could not see anything.
"Please enter your correct pa.s.sword. After 2 failures, self-destruction will be initiated," a mechanical sound announced in his brain.
Obviously, the people outside feared that the ring would land into the hands of others, and hence the pa.s.sword feature was installed.
"1," Huang Yi declared at the so familiar number. This was a code. It was prearranged secretly before he was locked up, unless there was a serious turn of events which would deem it redundant.
"Pa.s.sword Error! If you fail again, self-destruction will be initiated," the mechanical voice reminded emotionlessly.
Huang Yi was depressed that the code word was wrong.
It meant that something huge had occurred!
It looked like the pa.s.sword should be the word on that piece of paper, and he declared the second pa.s.sword, "Bird!"
"Pa.s.sword confirmed!"
In the next instance, there was a beautiful melody voice sounded out," Scanning of the thumbprint had completed! The binding of the gold ring has been successful!"
Now, Huang Yi was free!
Although it was only freedom in his conscious mind, but he already obtained a chance to allow himself to be released from the prison.
In front of Huang Yi"s vision, he saw a brand new virtual world, he was currently in the vast skies, as though he was an eagle that was soaring freely. The land revealed different sceneries. Lakes, mountains, plains, etc. In the gentle warm sunlight on him, with a fresh floral scene in the air. He felt refresh after smelling it and could not control himself from taking in a deep breath.
This was heaven compared to the dark cold and moist prison cell!
A fairy suddenly flew over. It was only palm sized big, and with her glittering small wings on her, she sat on Huang Yi"s shoulder, and softly introduced, "Hi! This Second World was created by ERA company, and it was the highest form of results achieved through science and culture. It is the humanity other form of society, and as important as the real world. I hope you will enjoy this brand new world. Before this, there is a sealed envelope for you!"
It was followed by a flick of her small hands, and a letter instantly appeared in Huang Yi"s hand.
Huang Yi read the content—
1:
I am 7, if you have received this letter, it means our plan is successful.
First of all, it is said with much difficulty, 3 and 8 had perished in the last mission. Our strength is getting weaker, and this project has drained our last resources. Now, we had to undergo a period of inactivity. Currently, humanity has shifted its attention to the development of the second world. And for now, we will not execute any plans relating to you. But the organisation will not give up on you. Our sacrifices are meant to exchange for your freedom. Please be patient as we require more time now.
Now, the only person who can provide you with the freedom is the CEO of ERA company, Mr Huang Sa. With his words, he can order the Federation to release you.
But you should be aware that Mr Huang Sa never reveal himself. His wealth and power was not something we could imagine. Even if our organisation was at its prime, with all our resources, we cannot even communicate with him, let alone convinced you to be released. We also cannot reimburse him with any rewards, because he can buy anything in the world, even the Second World was created by his company.
Not long ago, 4 received an intel that there is a mysterious gift in the virtual world at the start of the game. This was personally gifted by Mr Huang Sa himself and that was the only means to contact him.
As the Second World was released for many days, before we had that intel, we have exhausted our remaining resources to attempt and complete the rare quest. Hence we are unable to continue trying.
After the organisation has put in a lot of efforts for some time, we selected 20 members to enter the heart of Second World. Each of you will have a gold ring with you for the entry into the game. But the users with the gold ring, if they accepted the rare quest, the difficulty of that quest would multiplied by several folds, and even I was not 100% confident that even these 20 extremely capable people could complete the quest.
When you have finished the rare quest, and met Mr Huang Sa, you can request for your release. After that, no matter what the results are, please get in contact with 9 at the Dragon Capital. Her name in the Second World is known as "Qing Shi Yu". She will bring you to a location in the Second World.
All of us awaits your return!
—- 7
After reading the letter, Huang Yi felt a pain in his heart and shut his eyes.
This situation was worse than he had imagined as 3 and 8 had sacrificed, and this price to pay had never happened before.
He recalled the days when he was with them, and every time during the operation, Huang Yi would personally tidy their collars, and commanded them to stay alive, and they always complete their missions without failure.
Now, he would never get such an opportunity again!
Two drops of tears streamed down Huang Yi"s eyes.
"No 3 and No 8, both of you can rest in peace!" Huang Yi muttered. His voice disappeared together with his two drops of tears…
A minute later, Huang Yi opened his eyes, and all his despair scattered immediately without any trace.
Tears was meant for people close to you while fresh blood was meant for your enemies.
Later, he had to execute those blood shedding matters.
Huang Yi turned his head to see the fairy and said with a determined voice," I am fine, please start!"
The fairy nodded her head, and announced," Before you formally enter Second World, you must give yourself a name."
"Random."
"All right. From the randomness by the system, your name is known as Miao Sha (Translator notes: it means instant kill in English). Please design your outer appearance."
"Random."
"All right. Your outer appearance was randomly decided and completed! Please choose your nationality."
"China," Huang Yi said it seriously. Everything else could be random, but not this choice.
"All right. In Second World, every country has their own exclusive territories. After you enter Second World, you will start in China Mainland. Following this, you can choose your own race and cla.s.s. We have three different levels for selections. But for stronger races or cla.s.ses, the prerequisites are even higher. The first level is for the weakest to the most common race and cla.s.ses, and everyone can choose it; the second level is for higher race types and cla.s.ses, you are allowed to select this higher level setting. Of course, if you are not satisfied and aim to become stronger, then you could select the third level. At this level, there are only rare race and cla.s.ses available. Everyone has a choice to select this but you have to complete a rare quest!"
"I accept it!" Huang Yi replied.
"This is a kind reminder! Since you are the owner of the gold ring, you will enjoy certain privileges. You could have directly selected the higher races and cla.s.ses, but if you accept this quest, the difficulty will be increased many times, and we will judge that you have given up the rights to become a higher race and cla.s.s. Therefore, if you fail, you can only choose the normal race and cla.s.s. However, if you succeed, you can choose a rare race and cla.s.s, and also a mysterious present to reward you for your courage. Risks and rewards are correlated, are you sure you want to accept this rare quest?"
"Confirmed!"
"We respect your decision. Later, you would be transported to a quest region. You have 3 months to finish the quest and it has nothing to do with your actual strength in the game. There is a hidden shortcut. You can only die a maximum of 10 times in this quest and when you exceeded that number or you have pa.s.sed the deadline, then you are deemed to have failed and when the time comes, you can only choose the normal race and cla.s.s."
When the voice ended, Huang Yi started to drop from the skies. His surrounding sceneries were rapidly changing, and slowly became a blur, and after some time, Huang Yi dropping speed had slowed down and landed steadily on the ground.
Before he had a clear view of his surroundings, he heard the fairy announced," Your quest: Kill a convict in the Heroes Prison."