Chapters 1

Today I went to the game supply store downtown, even though my town is a small town. I'm going to buy the latest Virtual Reality gaming gear, Biscaro Online. A VR game with a future theme or rather a Sci-fi VR game. I don't really like the Medieval Era themed VR game made by Venus. This game is not one of the most popular, even though it was released 3 months ago.

Now, I'm in a taxi. In five minutes I will arrive at my destination. Skyscrapers are visible everywhere, when you look down you can see a row of cypress trees planted in the middle of the road – because in the middle of the road there is a dirt filled path that is just like a vertical garden with a length of up to tens of kilometers. This is what I like, not a total concrete jungle.

"Sir, we have arrived at our destination," the driver said to me who was lost in thought

"Uh, yes sir. Thank you for accompanying me sir," I replied

I went down, only 30 cm from the ground. I paid for the taxi by scanning the code on the taxi. After that I went ahead, to the shop I wanted.

The year is now 2303, just recently humanity entered a new century. Hopefully in this century humans will not create another big war like what happened 3 centuries ago. Even if we want war, we can do it in a VR game rather than in the real world. Because it's not dangerous at all.

Kring

The electronic bell rang the moment I entered the shop, a robot with the look of an employee appeared in front of me. His clothes looked designed like the shop employees of the past, only this one was a robot instead of a human. Then he asked me,

"What do you want to buy sir?"

"Buy a VR game disc. The one that was just released 3 months ago," I replied

"Oh, Biscaro Online VR game disc. Ok, follow me," he replied

I'm really amazed at his memory of released VR games, even though 3 months ago there were a lot of VR games released. Moreover, this one is not popular, neither the game nor the company that created it. I also followed him in tracing the rows of shelves containing various VR game disks, shaped like a flash drive with a very large storage capacity. Most of the VR games on display on this shelf are VR games from the 2300s to 2290s or 2280s, the disks are really old.

I continued to follow him until I reached the very end of the shelf. The location of this shelf is on the right when viewed from the position of the entrance. The robot also said,

"Well, here it is. Just arrived about two days ago, there aren't many in stock, so feel free to get some to get interested in it".

Heh, this robot provides information as well as promote it.

I also tapped on the Smart watch screen and saw my balance, it was around 20 million Rupiah. Well, this is the main account, I have a lot of accounts. I also glanced at the price of the game disc, to play it I still have the device.

IDR 2,000,000

The price for Biscaro Online's VR game disc is not too expensive, understandably because it only sells one game.

"I want to buy one," I finally said

"Okay. You can wait a moment in front," replied the robot

I walked forward, to be precise in front of the cashier's desk which was also inhabited by 1 Robot. There, I stood for 10 minutes.

"Here is your order sir." The robot appeared from behind the disk shelves.

I also received it with pleasure, the shape of the packaging still feels unique to me. A black box with a barcode on it and the Toko logo on the side. It's not the barcode or the shop logo that's unique, but the packaging, made of pure steel. It's as if the stuff inside is very important, even though the packaging is so out of date. Understandably, because now the packaging for selling VR Game Discs already uses a box made of Inconel.

As a Super Alloy, Inconel is of good quality and inexpensive when compared to Osmium and Tungsten. Inconel is made of nickel, chromium and iron alloy. And these metals are real, not just sci-fi metals.

I also paid for the disc at the cashier and took it home. When I reached the entrance, I tapped on my Smart Watch. A number of applications appeared, I chose the online taxi application. It didn't take long, a taxi had appeared in front of me. I went up by jumping a little because he was flying as high as 30 cm.

"Go sir," I said to the empty driver's seat

I'm not ordering a ghost taxi, I'm just talking to car drivers who are actually artificial intelligence. The taxi drove according to the location I marked earlier. It only took about 20 minutes to get home–that's an error, meaning the boarding house unit.

The boarding house where I live only consists of 2 floors, each floor contains 2 rooms. Total 4 rooms, 4 main occupants without additional friends. There is 1 family room that doubles as a living room, but we call it a viewing room because there is a television there. Each room has a private bathroom, private kitchenette and private Wi-Fi. It's complete, haha.

When I entered Andi who was lying on a chair with his feet on the chair and his body on the floor greeted me,

"Hey Fiko, buy a new disc again, okay? How many VR discs do you have in your collection, there are a lot of them if I look at them."

"Seven VR discs if I'm not mistaken, that's still a bit," I replied

"There are lots of Fiko's tools. Huh... pro players really have a different mindset," Andi complained in response to what I said earlier

"I'm also not a pro player Andi, you guys," I told him

"Don't look down on yourself Fiko. I'm actually proud to have a friend like you," said Andi

"It's up to you Andi," I said giving in to him so he would no longer reply with praise

I went into the room and closed the door, not forgetting I took out my order box. After that I rummaged through my storage drawer which contained 7 VR tools. 5 tools were immediately eliminated because they were only compatible with similar games, leaving 2 which were universal VR consoles. Those 2 tools are old too. Okay, let's start with the youngest, which I bought 2 years ago.

There was a disc slot there, I stuck the Biscaro Online disc into it and stuck it into my head. Well, a helmet.

[Synchronize Disc.]

[Unreadable game data. Please repeat once again.]

Hah?! Can not be read?

It's useless that it looks new, doesn't connect at all to new games, this isn't funny. I took off his helmet again and put it on the study table. Only one more tool left, an inheritance from Grandpa Roni, I'm quite skeptical of this inherited tool.

"Let's try it," I said

Grandpa Roni's device has two slots at the same time, I don't know how to play it if two are activated at the same time. I used one of the slots, filling it with the Biscaro Online disc.

[Synchronize Disc]

[Game starts!]

[Welcome to the Planet Isterya! Create your character in the Biscaro hall.]

Everything changed, my room environment had disappeared and was replaced by a giant sized room. Now I understand a little about the name of this game. But, I still can't stop thinking about Grandpa Roni's VR console. The tool is more than 14 years old, moreover, it is from a different century. In fact, a relatively new tool is unable to load the Biscaro Online game. Does this relate to the maximum capacity of the game that can be accommodated? May be.

Continued