Pie From The Sky

Tang hesitated for a second before clicking on the post the by the looks of it was nothing but clickbait, but was his only lead at the time.

"Beta Gamer: Secrets"

"Hey guy's this is Alpha gamer and I just wrapped Beta testing Artemis.

I know I shouldn't be talking about it but this game is crazy and I highly recommend that you put all your money into it as soon as it comes out.

I had to sign an NDA so I can't go into the details but there is something I can tell you if you can follow the hints.

The beginning to Artemis is super important to anyone that wants to be at the top, just like in any other RPG, but leveling is not the only thing you should be looking to do.

If I were you all, I would take the time to watch the battles between NPC's and try to take advantage of any opportunity that might fall out of the sky.

You never know what might be useful.

Well, that's all I'm gonna say and you can take it or leave it.

Good Luck."

After reading the post, Tang saw a flash and remembered something important, taking out his notebook and writing it down.

"That's right the best gamers in the beginning found some useful stuff during the intro battle that really helped boost them above others. It was such a big deal when people found out that the game designers took it out of the game after, but it was too late by then and the ones that found it were in the top rankings for a long time." Tang thought as he wrote.

He picked up the phone right away and called his friend to let him know, he knew that other gamers were going to find it and if Wang Fen and he could find it to they would have a much better chance at being pros.

"Hello."

"Wang listen I have something important to tell you about Artemis."

"Ya, what about it? Are you going to back out on me already? The game hasn't even launched yet bro."

"No man listen, I found some inside info and I think it could really help us."

Tang couldn't just come out and say he remembered the information from the future so he simply told Wang Fen about the forum post. He said that he thought guy sounded trustworthy and that they should try looking for fighting NPC's when the game starts.

"Man this sounds super suspect, are you sure about this?"

"Trust me man, just look around while you play if you don't find anything then it's no big deal."

"Alright man I trust you and I'll look. Get some rest and stay hydrated, the game is going to start soon and I need you ready."

"Ok man, I'll go to sleep right now and see you in-game tomorrow."

"Whatever dude, goodbye."

"Bye."

Tang hung up the phone and got ready for bed, he couldn't even remember what it was that the pro gamers found himself so he couldn't blame Wang for being skeptical. Still, he knew it could make or break there gaming career before it even started and he was going to get his hands on it no matter what.

Then the next day he woke up and just tried to go about his day like normal waiting for the game to launch. Just before Artemis was supposed to launch he brought coffee and snacks into his room like he had done in college and lied down on his bed before hooking the NEST system in place.

00Hr: 00Min: 12 Sec remaining

11 Sec remaining

10 Sec remaining

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As the clock counted down, Tang began to get nervous.

"I'm really betting a lot on this working out," he thought.

5 Sec remaining

"No! I have to do this, I will not go back to the life where the only thing I can do is work non-stop."

2 Sec remaining... 1 Sec remaining... 0 Sec remaining

[LAUNCH]

[WELCOME TO ARTEMIS]

With that the game officially launched, there was a short intro movie where the game went over the plot and the basic movement and combat controls before letting you customize your character and jump in.

Tang didn't spend to much time with how his character looked and just grabbed some pre-sets that looked good to him. The game then asked him to choose a player ID, which he took a moment to ponder, he didn't want to be called something strange so he typed Tang Ge.

"Name: Tang Ge"

"Level: 1 Exp: 0/ 10"

"Stamina: N/A | Strength: N/A| Agility: N/A"

"Intelligence: N/A | Wisdom: N/A | Dexterity: N/A"

"Gene Alter's: Locked"

He looked over his profile quickly and then started to control his character to walk around, the game starts inside a large ship that is starting to land on Artemis.

Tang walked around the ship for a while following the signs to the exit, as he got close to the exit the ship got closer to the ground. After a couple of minutes, the ship lands and the exit opens for Tang to exit, but does not leave right away.

He can see other players characters running across an open landing area headed for a large terminal connected to a protected city. In the air, there is an orange atmosphere that seems to hurt players if they spend to much time in it, as well as a flock of giant flying creatures that are fighting NPC's.

Tang was looking for the thing he needed to get a head start in the game when suddenly the ship he was in started taking off again. He started to panic when he thought the game might kill him off or worst jump his character to the end of the tutorial if he didn't get out, suddenly a piece of one of the flying creatures fell from the sky.

"That must be it."

Tang jumped from the ship into the orange air and ran as fast as he could to the piece that fell, it was glowing with s silver light which made him even more sure he had to get it.