The boundless darkness before him receded like a tide, and Lin Chen found himself standing in a magnificent hall.
"This must be the starting point of the game."
Lin Chen steadied himself, looking around, his heart filled with curiosity and awe.
The feeling he had now was incredibly real; it was as if he had truly come to another world, not some virtual space.
He surveyed his surroundings, seeing that the hall's floor beneath his feet was paved with white jade.
Above the hall was an endless, deep starry sky, casting down cool starlight.
Towering stone pillars stood all around, carved with ancient runes that Lin Chen couldn't understand at all.
[Welcome to the Myriad Heavens Hall. Your body has been digitized, and your previous illnesses have disappeared.]
The prompt sounded in his mind again, even clearer this time.
"Sure enough, with the advent of the Myriad Heavens Game, the old era is gone forever!"
Lin Chen felt the changes in his body and was immediately delighted, "My lung cancer is gone too, that's wonderful... I'm going to start a new life!"
After marveling for a few seconds, Lin Chen had accepted the reality of the game's arrival and calmed down:
"The prompt just told me I was the first to log into the game and received a special reward. Looks like my luck is good."
He knew very well that when faced with the unknown, even if people were afraid, they couldn't help but feel curious—this was the so-called death-seeking mentality.
Globally, he probably wasn't the only one who wanted to be the first to log into the game.
However, the hidden reward named "Heavenly Dao's Blessing" ultimately fell into his hands!
Lin Chen wasn't sure if others who logged in early would receive special rewards, but even if they did, it probably wouldn't be as good as his, after all, he was the first to try it.
[Please view the preliminary instructions for the Myriad Heavens Game.]
Just as Lin Chen was about to ask what his reward was, a light screen automatically unfolded before him, listing information related to the game.
Lin Chen merely glanced at the light screen and found a flood of information pouring into his mind, quickly grasping the rules of the Myriad Heavens Game.
[Please name your game character.]
A virtual light screen appeared in the center of the hall, displaying a game character identical to Lin Chen.
He was 1.78 meters tall, with a stern face, a hint of unshakeable indifference and weariness between his brows, and sharpness hidden in his eyes.
This was vastly different from his decadent demeanor in reality, but the original outline was still recognizable.
"Game name — Peerless Dust!"
Lin Chen used his favorite game name when playing games.
[Naming successful, character creation complete!]
[Talent awakening ceremony is about to begin!]
Talent is an ability every player possesses, divided into nine grades: F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS.
B-grade is already considered quite good, A-grade is high-level, and S-grade and above are considered rare.
The higher the grade of talent, the lower the chance of awakening it, especially SSS-grade talents, which might not appear even among a million people.
"I just received a 'Heavenly Dao's Blessing' opportunity. How do I use it?"
Lin Chen remembered that he still had a reward to redeem.
[Detecting that Player 'Peerless Dust' has an opportunity for Heavenly Dao's Blessing.]
The game system immediately responded:
[When Heavenly Dao's Blessing descends, your luck value will greatly increase. It is strongly recommended that players use it during the talent awakening ceremony to increase the chance of awakening a high-grade talent!]
"Then let's begin the talent awakening ceremony."
Lin Chen thought the system's suggestion was very good.
[Talent awakening ceremony initiated!]
Above the hall, stars emitted light, condensing into a magic array pattern, with countless runes intertwined within it. A stream of light flew down from it, enveloping Lin Chen.
In an instant, he had a strange feeling—some potential within him was awakening!
[Awakening ceremony in progress... Affected by 'Heavenly Dao's Blessing'... Talent awakening pool expanding...]
"Yes!"
Lin Chen immediately confirmed.
Instantly, the entire hall trembled slightly.
Before Lin Chen, countless sparkling pale red light points appeared, dancing like sprites, and a refreshing aura of life permeated the entire hall.
At the same time, a graceful, tall figure appeared in the hall.
She wore a divine robe woven from pink and pure white, her golden hair cascaded like a waterfall, and her face was obscured by an ethereal glow, preventing anyone from seeing her true appearance, revealing only a sacred aura and immense pressure.
Lin Chen, undergoing the awakening ceremony, couldn't help but twitch his eyelids.
He couldn't see the woman's face, but her name was clearly reflected in his eyes—
[Goddess of Life · Leia]
"I just entered the game, why would a god descend? Is it related to the Heavenly Dao's Blessing I received?"
Just as he was startled, the goddess's ethereal voice echoed:
"adventurer, do not panic. I follow the rules to preside over the blessing ceremony for you."
Upon hearing this, Lin Chen calmed down.
Since the other party was acting according to game rules, he had nothing to fear. Even if she was a god, she couldn't harm him at the moment.
However, encountering a god right after entering the game, who would believe it if he told them?
The Myriad Heavens Game is truly wondrous!
The Goddess of Life lightly tapped her jade finger, and divine power flowed from her fingertips, intertwining around Lin Chen to form another magic array.
Countless runes filled with the power of the Heavenly Dao immediately appeared, danced, and merged with the power of the awakening ceremony!
Because the light on the Goddess of Life's face obscured her, Lin Chen didn't see a hint of incredibly real envy flash through her calm eyes.
"Heavenly Dao's Blessing... even I only have the authority to preside over the blessing ceremony, not the authority to freely mobilize it..."
She sighed inwardly, yet the goddess presided over the ceremony meticulously; this was her duty.
As the power of Heavenly Dao's Blessing merged with the awakening ceremony, Lin Chen gradually felt an unimaginable mighty power awakening within him!
"Hmm?"
Surprise appeared in the eyes of Goddess of Life Leia, hidden beneath the light.
This mortal's talent potential seemed extraordinary!
[Talent awakening... Affected by 'Heavenly Dao's Blessing'... Talent awakening pool expanding...]
[Talent awakening abnormal...]
"Abnormal?"
Lin Chen was startled.
What's going on? Is his awakening ceremony going to fail?
[Congratulations, you have awakened the hidden unknown-grade talent: Ascension Copy!]
Suddenly, all the light converged into Lin Chen's body, the ceremony was complete, and all abnormal fluctuations disappeared!
"Good, nothing went wrong... but what does unknown-grade talent mean?"
Lin Chen ignored the Goddess of Life, who still harbored doubts, and eagerly summoned his talent panel to view it.
[Ascension Copy]
Type: Talent
Grade: ???
Effect 1: Can copy skills, equipment, materials, and other targets. For every three levels the user gains, copy count +1, stackable (initial count: 1, current count: 1; leveling up again after a level-down does not add to count).
Effect 2: Possesses Ascension characteristic, 80% chance to increase the grade of the copied item by 1, up to the ultimate quality. Cannot be copied once ultimate quality is reached.
Effect 3: Possesses unknown-grade characteristic, cannot be stripped or stolen, disappears with the player's demise.
Description: An unknown-grade talent, mysterious and powerful.