Survival Online, Start!

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Unlike the arid heat of Tokyo and Shanghai this summer, it is currently a warm winter in Australia.

The expansive green lawn was heavily decorated with flowers and seating. This is the wedding venue, the groom is Huang Taiyi's Aussie cousin, and Taiyi is naturally the best man.

"The southern hemisphere has an exact opposite of the season, and look how perfect Hobart is for getting married." Huang Taiyi's cousin, who was also the groom for the day, smiled and said, "Taiyi, it's not as fast-paced as Tokyo or Shanghai,"

Huang Taiyi nodded in agreement.

To strangers, Huang Taiyi was a social phobic who didn't speak well. He was quiet as a rabbit - rabbits don't have a developed vocal cords, so they hardly ever talk.

But Taiyi is happy in his familiar world and exuberantly desires to express himself.

"My sister said that he draws cartoons!" Suddenly two teenage children saw the sketchbook in Taiyi's hand and ran towards him excitedly, "Uncle! You're a cartoonist, aren't you!"

"I wanna see your sketchbook!"

"No way!" Taiyi hurriedly held his sketchbook up high to ensure that neither child could reach it, and he refused in his most serious tone.

"Cheapskate! Cheapskate!" The shorter child stomped his feet in exasperation, "You're such a grown-up man, we just wanna see your picture!"

"It's not appropriate for you guys." Taiyi grimaced and refused once again.

It wasn't that he was shy or petty, but what was in this sketchbook was indeed juvenile and full of "body art styling."

Huang Taiyi, an unknown pornographic manga artist, is also studying at a university in Tokyo.

Yeeeep, not the University of Tokyo, which is ranked in the top 30 in the world, but a university in Tokyo, an ordinary school with almost no reputation.

Of course, as of now, Taiyi keeps his part-time manga job so well hidden.

That no one but his fans knows that he's actually drawing porno manga on the side between his studies in Tokyo.

"It's a secret for adults! Be a good boy. Would you guys wanna take lollies?" At that moment, a girl of 5'7 walked over; she was 22-year-old and was obviously tall enough for a Chinese girl.

The young girl wore a pale pink bridesmaid's dress with a bustier that showed off her ample breasts and lean limbs.

Her face was beautiful, and even when she was placed among the stars, she was not at all inferior in appearance.

This young girl was his childhood friend, Lin Minna.

Unlike Taiyi, who had average grades, Minna always a good girl to be a role model for their peers.

She was currently studying in North America, where she had maintained a 4.0 GPA, knowing that a perfect score was only 4.0!

"Taiyi, long time no see! " Minna's tone was very gentle, without her usual air of confidence and pride, "I haven't seen you for at least six months, right?"

"Ummm yes."

"Taiyi, you haven't been active in WeChat lately. Have you been too busy with school? Or does ... have a girlfriend?"

Minna looked at him with a smirk and pointed to the sketchbook he was holding, "Artist's little secret?"

"Firstly, no girlfriend; secondly, not that busy on campus; and finally, please don't call me an artist,"

Taiyi tried to make their conversation less boring as he said, "I'm surprised to see you, Minna. I had expected that you would-"

"Wouldn't have time to come to Hobart? Well ... it was certainly busy, but the thought of meeting you, and of course, being a bridesmaid, made it all worthwhile."

Minna said as she gently lifted her hand to ruffle Taiyi's hair that was strewn next to his eyes. Taiyi was used to such intimate gestures from Minna.

The two were wearing their bridesmaid, and best man dresses, respectively, looking perfectly matched as if they were born to be together.

It wasn't until the wedding started, and then the bouquet session, that the taller Minna reacted quickly and was the winner of the bride's bouquet in a group of girls, which signaled that Minna would be the bride for the next wedding.

"Anything to say, Miss Lin?" asked the wedding officiant, flanked by lucky girl Lin Minna.

"Well ... I want everyone to be able to marry the one they loved. Immediately!"

Minna said with a smile, "btw, I'm especially looking forward to the game that will be officially launched tomorrow, Survival Online, because ... even if I can't find a suitable mate, in reality, at least I'll be able to get married in the game!"

The wedding guests on the side laughed as if they didn't expect the girl to say these words.

As the most discussed VRMMORPG, Survival Online, has been advertised as "Realistic Enough" and "A 100% Engaging Gameplay Experience", getting married is a point that many players look forward to.

Soon it was time to say goodbye, but Taiyi looked to his left and right and saw no sign of Minna, who had already left Hobart.

"Taiyi, have you booked your flight back to Tokyo?" A relative asked him.

"There's no rush; I thought I'd at least wait until Survival Online started; I want to sign up for a Pacificia mainland account." Taiyi shrugged his shoulders and didn't say any more.

As a VRMMORPG, Survival Online would not open its servers until the early hours of tomorrow morning.

The official profile showed that it had a total of four continents(Battle Zones), and players would be assigned to a designated Battle Zone based on their geographical location.

Unlike the Aresia Battle Zone, which is set in Asia, the Battle Zone Australia is in is also part of Pacificia, as are the Americas.

Suppose Taiyi wants to be able to play with Minna.

In that case, he must register an account located in Pacificia before returning to Tokyo.

"You are a real otaku, Taiyi." Another relative said.

Taiyi smiled helplessly; it wasn't the first time he had been called Otaku; he was used to it.

There was nothing wrong with being an Otaku who gave his all to Anime and Manga.

At least, he was doing quite well in the direction of Human Art.

--- The next day ---

Taiyi cupped the manual for Survival Online in his hand, excited; he had waited too long for this moment!

Survival Online is a role-playing game (RPG) that uses the most advanced Virtual Reality technology available and needs to be played with game pods and external devices.

Every player can have a brand new life within the game.

Huang Taiyi has purchased in advance to survive online with the game cabin and bought a series of props, including smart glasses and physical transmission equipment.

He is to be able to quickly enter the game, to open a unique journey to the isekai.

The game company that produces Survival Online is Polar Bear Entertainment, whose slogan is "the only chance to survive the journey."

In other words, after creating an account, any player has only one life, and when he or she dies in the game, the player's account will be frozen.

If players want to continue playing, they must register a new account.

Of course, creating an account is 100% free, and the game company only earns money by selling external devices and additional services.

Players had to start from zero and certainly couldn't get any game property or inheritance privileges from an account that had died, which caused many protests from pre-order players.

But Polar Bear Entertainment is so adamant about this setting that they would rather offer a full refund than accept a player's rebuttal.

Taiyi is different; he is an "only one life" loyal supporter.

As a "single wizard"* for many years, Huang Taiyi, as a veteran Otaku who can pass Sekiro, Dark Souls Series, and other well-known challenge games with one life, has been looking forward to this "only one chance survival journey "has been looking forward to long enough.

Unlike most players who rely on the convenience provided by the game system, Huang Taiyi has never been in fear.

If given a physics holy sword, crowbar*, he can kill all the wild monsters outside the new village.

Huang Taiyi lay down in the game pod; he put on the smart glasses with the game panel embedded inside, put on the gravity sensing suit, and then pressed the "START" button.

[DINGLING!]

[Welcome to Survival Online, it looks like this is your first time traveling into our other world.]

[Warrior, may I ask what I should call your noble bloodline?]

Okay, that's definately the naming procedure for players in such a MMO(Massively Multiplayer Online) game.

Huang Taiyi saw that he was utterly naked and wrapped in a clean, white mist.

Just then, an adorable dwarf girl poked her head out from behind the mist, looking cute.

It must be said that Survival Online's gravity simulation system was so well done that he felt like his entire body was floating in the air.

At this moment, a feather pen appeared in Taiyi's hand; he picked up this pen and waved it in the air to sign his long-prepared game name: Eastern Emperor.

Huang Taiyi's name is taken from Donghuang Taiyi, one of the main gods of Chinese Taoism.

Taiyi is also the meaning of the North Star in Chinese.

In addition to reflecting Taiyi from the far East, Eastern Emperor is also the direct meaning of Donghuang in English.

No matter which explanation, the name of the game, Eastern Emperor, has an incomparably close connection with Taiyi.

[Oh my, an adventurer from the East! Your Excellency, Eastern Emperor! You have a rare face here. ]

[What kind of romantic sparks will you collide in this continent of swords and magic?]

[Allow me, that is, your game butler, Lolly from the Dwarves, to give you a brief introduction to our great quest!]

[In this Real Survival Trial, we will have 4 continents, they are Aresia, which is on the silk road of the classical period;

The Europhia, which believes in the god of steam and machinery;

The Noregia, which challenges Scream of Winter King;

And our most important, Pacificia, which is full of swords and magic!]

[WELCOME!]

"Sorry to interrupt," Huang Taiyi, however, did not have much patience to listen to his game butler make the introduction; he only had one question now,

"Where do I change the game system language?"

The little dwarf Lolly seemed overwhelmed by his odd question; she blinked her brown eyes hard with disbelief as if asking, "You can't understand me?"

"My English is only just up to the level of 'good enough to live,' dear Lolly,"

Taiyi pointed to his face, emphasizing his special bloodline to her, "My arrival in the Pacificia Battle Zone was just an accident. "

As a Chinese student studying in Japan, and an extremely average student at that, Survival Online certainly couldn't expect Huang Taiyi to have an extremely fluent foundation in English.

"Sorry, my lord, this game does not support the service of manually changing language settings. If necessary, you can register to enter again after logging out of this account.

At that time, please ensure that your everyday language matches the supported language of the server on your continent." The dwarf, Lolly, sighed and said.

"I refuse this option." Taiyi didn't even think about it and said, "no."

He had heard that Survival Online would give generous rewards to players who passed the main exploration story arc in one life.

And if he canceled his account and re-entered, he would not be able to enjoy this welfare policy!

"Then I'm afraid you'll just have to work on your adventure in the continent of Pacificia. May the power of magic bless you with the ability to bless you with 'Language Proficiency.'" The little Lolly smiled awkwardly but kindly.

Lolly continued, "Don't worry; after you get through the preliminary classic exploration mode,

we will offer matchmaking across 4 continents, and you will have no language barriers then."

Well, it looks like Taiyi will have to put up with it for now; after all, it's more important to play the game with Lin Minna.

He can enter the PVP (player versus player) mode when all the vital Role-playing episodes are over.

At that time, he can enter the continent of Aresia, which is based in Asia, where he can experience the feeling of no language barrier.

[Are you ready for your Survival Trial ? (Accept/Reject)]

"Accept!"

"Looks like I need to memorize more English words." Huang Taiyi thought as he pressed the "Accept" button.