3 Universal Ring

Seeing the blush face of Jane, Qi realised what happened. He slowly got himself under control and kept his mood jolly. The store manager came and directed Qi towards his office. They finished the deal and Qi got the 'Universal Ring'. As he was leaving, Jane came up to him.

"If you don't mind, can I have your phone number?"

Qi thought, Damn it! Did I over did it? He said, "Sure. Remember, just one date." he told her softly.

He wrote his number down on a piece of paper and handed it to her.

"Better keep it a secret." he whispered.

After giving her his phone number, he went directly to his Lamborghini. It was an uneventful ride back to home. His mom was waiting. "So did you got that Galaxy edition you wanted so badly?"

His mom was an ordinary looking person. She was Chinese by heart and looks. You can say that she solely lived for Chang Qi if you delve deeper in Qi's life.

"Nope"

"Damn. I didn't knew that there would be a long line for the higher priced equipment. What did you got in the end? Tiger ring? Or Lion ring?"

"It will shock you to death, Mom. The price AND the equipment" Qi said hinting some mischievousness.

His mom got suspicious. She narrowed her eyes and asked, "How much?"

He showed his hand, with all the fingers and the thumb.

"But wasn't the one that you were gonna get about 10 million? Don't say me it's more than that."

"50"

"Wh- – WHAT????!!! 50 MILLION? ARE YOU MAD??" she was getting pumped up.

"Hey MOM. It was totally worth it. 8 GIFTS!!!" he almost shouted back.

She finally calmed down. But in the next moment she was totally astonished. "8 gifts?"

"Hahaha. YES MOM! Seems like I am gonna get quite a head start."

"Alright Alright. Next time you use that much amount of money, first tell me. So that I don't get unusual shocks. I think I should also get one of these equipment. You youngsters these days always want to escape reality. I should give it a try too."

"Mom, you should go today and get one. 3 Gifts are totally worth it!"

"Leave me be. I am old, son. You should get ready for your game."

"Oh! Haha, Yea. The game starts at 2 in the afternoon. Only 1 Million players will get equipment and will be able to log in today. I better get myself ready for it. The character creation starts at 1. And it's 12 now. I better hurry. By the way mom, you should give it a try." Saying that he sped to his room.

He took a bath and came downstairs and had his lunch. It was 12:58 when he finished everything. As for mom, she went out to get some groceries.

"I am gonna log in. See you later." Qi said and logged in.

How did he logged in? It was simple. You just have to wear the equipment you got, it will automatically calibrate itself with your mind and your DNA. That meant that, a person can only buy one equipment. Any other equipment purchase would be waste of money.

So once Qi wore his 'Universal ring', in his mind a message appeared

[Please wait a moment. Calibration in progress…]

Once the calibration was finished, which took around 30 seconds, another message popped up,

[Calibration Complete!]

[Logging in… Please wait a moment.]

Everything went blank.

After that a sweet voice was heard. It felt like someone was sitting near him and talking to him directly.

["Welcome! No previous record was found. A new character will be created. You can alter your appearance for the Beginner village. Once you leave Beginner village, your body will be converted back to how you look in your world."]

[Scanning your body …]

[Scanning complete!]

["Would you like to change your appearance for Beginner village?"]

"No" replied Chang Qi.

["Character appearance change cancelled. A character needs a name so that it can be recorded in the future history of the game world. Please name your character."]

A message flashed,

[Note: Once you name your character, you can never change it!

Please choose wisely. You cannot use special characters in your name.]

Seeing the message, Qi was confused for a bit. In previous games he played, there weren't many constrictions, especially in naming a character and appearance. Now that because of these constrictions, he was sure to attract attention in game. He sighed. He decided to use his previous games name, "1stDragonKiller"

["Sorry this name is invalid as you can't use characters and numbers together. It will be hard to speak the name."]

WTF!! Really?? Damn it, this game is fucking strict. Well there goes my identity in drain.

He was so frustrated to learn about it all that nothing else came to his mind. Finally he said, "Death Killer"

Death Killer? Really? Killer of Death? Nothing good came to my mind? Damn it. How pathetic.

["The name for the character is confirmed. Let me tell you one more important thing before we continue. Once you finish creating your character, you won't be able to delete it forever."]

The FUCK! And you telling me all this RIGHT NOW? GOD DAMN IT!

Will I do good with this name? Well we will see in the game. It is not like I am going to die or anything.

["Would you like to continue?"]

"Yes"

["This is the world of Shou Chronicles. This world need heroes which can restore its peace that was taken from them hundred of years ago. Adventurer, get ready to experience this all new world of Shou. Make your own chronicles and get the chance to rule the whole world based on your might. Show that you can protect and rule the whole world. Before we continue, let us do some basic setup."]

Wow, they sure know how to exaggerate things.

It was 1:30 PM. I could see the real life time on top right side of my vision.

After that, he felt that he traveled through space and time. He felt that he was compressed into a light beam and transmitted somewhere. He tried to open his eyes. It made him feel like he woke up after a good night sleep. Upon opening his eyes, he could still see the digital clock on the top right side of his vision. He tried to look around and comprehend where was he, and what's going on.

[You have arrived at the beginner village B2034. For now, you will be asked some questions related to your character. You will not be able to move until 2:00PM.]

Wow, it sure makes a difference when they announce some stuff and when they ask for my opinion. That's a good thing I suppose. Let's see what is next…

As he was thinking, he heard a sweet innocent voice, as if a small girl is speaking in her ears,

["Death Killer, in this world of Shou there are many kinds of races and kingdoms. The beginner villages are linked to those different places. Your village B2034 is linked with America's NY State. Remember whatever choices you make, make it carefully, you might not get a chance to change it later."]

["Firstly, I will give you your 8 gifts. There will be a spin wheel. 50% of this spin wheel will have nothing. The other 50% will have 50 gifts. There will be one gift which will have a 0.01% chance. That will be ultimate gift. If you manage to get it, you will be truly lucky. All the other gifts will change in every spin other than the ultimate gift. And once one person gets that ultimate gift, no one else will get it. Good Luck."]

Wait WHAT!?? Ultimate gift?? Is there even such a thing? This is so much pay to win. Let's see if that 50 Million Jin can get me this Ultimate gift or not. These developers sure want so much money.

["Just think about spinning and the spin wheel will spin."]

[Gift 1. Spin]

Qi thought about spinning and it spun.

This …. WOW, i just thought and it spun…. Amazing…. Incredible… Humans these days…

[You won an exclusive Legendary item Spatial Stone !]

The sweet sound came once again, totally shocking the wits out of Qi,

["Congratulations Death Killer. The item you got is exclusive. That means that no one else will get it. Moreover this stone is unique. It lets you teleport anywhere. The requirements is that you must have visited the space before and that space should not be a sealed space."]

… -Mind totally blank- … IS THIS GAME THIS BROKEN FROM THE START?…

What the freak is my luck… Damn..

He wanted to flow his tears of joyfulness like a river. He slowly calmed down and said, "Next spin please."