When Morris Chow opened his eyes, he found himself lying on a lawn, surrounded by the slightly noisy chatter of several people.
“What race is this player?
Fainted as soon as he logged in?”
“What’s so weird about that?
Probably some low-civ race using VR gear for the first time—just a bit of motion sickness.
He’ll wake up soon!”
“A low-civ race managed to get VR gear for the Interstellar Net?”
“Tch, obviously a rich guy from that world!”
“True!
Better go level up.
Server’s been open for half a month already!
Open beta vet making an alt here, looking for a reliable healer to level with!”
“Me!
Me!
Big bro, carry this newbie!”
…
“Hiss…
where the hell am I?”
Morris checked his body, felt no discomfort whatsoever, and hurriedly scrambled up from the ground.
Taking in his surroundings, the scenery felt strangely familiar yet fantastical.
Not far off stood a few formally dressed “elves,” quietly waiting in place with somewhat dull expressions and motionless bodies.
Floating across the surrounding grass were semi-transparent, grayish-blue creatures shaped somewhat like loaches, with the words “Mana Wyrm” floating above their heads.
Beneath that name was a yellow health bar, matching up with memories in his mind.
“Mana Wyrms?
Is this the blood elf starting area in World of Warcraft?
Were those people just now players?
A virtual reality game on the Interstellar Net?”
As a long-time web novel veteran, Morris didn’t panic at the scene before him.
He adapted quickly.
Coming to this bizarre world actually excited him.
After all, he was currently just an ordinary human, and the world he lived in was quite dangerous.
“Character panel?
Inventory?”
Since it was a game, these basic functions ought to exist, right?
Morris quickly spoke the words under his breath.
*Rustle—*
With a sound effect nearly identical to the game, a character panel indeed appeared before his eyes.
The character’s appearance was almost identical to his own, with the sole exceptions being extremely fair skin and long, pointed ears.
Surrounding the panel were equipment slots identical to the game’s UI, though the text descriptions were slightly different.
At the top, the name read Morris Chow.
The second line, however, diverged from the game:
Acquired Human Player Level 1 Blood Elf Hunter
That was right—between the level/class line and his character name, the words “Acquired Human Player” had been added.
Just then, the space beside him distorted with light, and a new player materialized next to him—a very pretty girl whose skin was a soft shade of pink.
Morris thought of something and silently willed to inspect her character.
Instantly, a new character panel appeared beside his own, belonging to the pink-skinned girl who had just spawned.
Sure enough, just like his panel, a line was inserted between name and class:
Tamian Human
A strange racial name, but still human nonetheless.
Morris also realized that using various game functions required only a thought—he didn’t actually need to speak out loud.
Quite convenient.
He was clearly in a beginner spawn point.
Every now and then, a new character would appear at irregular intervals—sometimes several in a single minute, sometimes none for quite a while.
By inspecting their panels, Morris discovered a vast variety of races, though regardless of the prefix, every single one ended with “Human.”
Furthermore, through these different human panels, he noticed attribute variations among players.
Some differences were negligible, but others were quite dramatic.
For instance, another player of the same Tamian Human race was also a Hunter, but their Intellect stat was wildly off the charts.
A Level 1 Hunter with 105 Intellect!
There was also an Aruan Human player whose Agility stat reached an astounding 88!
Of course, everyone spawning here shared the blood elf game race and had adapted forms to match.
Morris then checked his own attributes.
They were extremely balanced, yet exceptionally strong—every attribute sat at 50.
Compared to a Level 1 Hunter in the game, he was stronger by more than just a little.
In the bottom-right corner of his field of vision, two icons appeared—the inventory panels he had summoned earlier.
Unlike the original game, he actually started with two bags!
One 20-slot bag was completely empty, while the other held an oval stone etched with strange patterns.
A Hearthstone—an item used to teleport back.
Morris tried opening various toolbars.
There was an action bar here as well, but it didn’t contain the default starting skills for beginners.
The Hunter’s Arcane Shot and Serpent Sting were both missing; there was only Auto Shot and Attack, alongside the blood elf racial abilities, Arcane Tap and Arcane Torrent.
When he opened the spellbook, Morris discovered a massive point of interest!
Inside the skill tab, besides the blood elf racial talents, he possessed an extra, highly unusual talent:
Acquired Human!
However, there was no description following it—only a bright red exclamation mark.
In game logic, an exclamation mark indicated a quest.
Morris reached out and tapped it.
Instantly, three notifications popped up:
[New race detected.
Generating talent…] [Talent generation complete!] [Please select up to four talents from the following six options as permanent racial talents for Acquired Humans!
(Note: As the first Acquired Human Player to log into this game, your selection will solidify the racial talents for all Acquired Human Players.)]
“Holy crap, is that really a thing?”
Just as he uttered his amazement, his vision blurred.
His character vanished, reappearing in the game’s human race selection scene.
To Morris, however, it felt as though he had been pulled directly into a pocket dimension.
Before him stood a two-story wooden lodge facing a beautiful, wide lawn.
He was currently standing right in the middle of the grass.
To his right, six talents flickered with a faint glow, each accompanied by a checkbox and a “Confirm” button below.
The very first talent was particularly strange, written in red text and sharing its name with the race:
[Acquired Human: You can only create one game character, but you can possess 2–4 classes simultaneously.
As your number of classes increases, the experience required to level up will also increase.
(Please set the variable!
Note: Changing the variable will affect your other selectable talents and may even impact the number of talents available!)]
*Four classes simultaneously?!*
Morris suddenly recalled his attributes.
Perhaps he didn’t need to guess how this worked.
He remembered the two inventory panels that had opened together earlier.
“Open all character panels!” Morris commanded in his mind.
Sure enough, two character panels popped up before him—one Hunter, and one Priest!
“Ha!
So that’s how it works!”