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Michael is sitting downstairs watching the News as the most anticipated full dive VRMMORPG from the biggest gaming company ever, Argus was about to start in 1 minute as seen by the timer on the bottom that has been there since they announced the announcement a week ago. This company is responsible for creating full dive technology and has a history of making breakthroughs with every release. It started in 2022 with their community climber that took place on a giant floating castle made of metal.

Then there were better thought integration technologies invented purely to create a more immersive experience and the ability to use skills with nothing more than a thought.

This all leads to today, while the technology in itself is free for public use and any dev can download the tools as well as a testing window assuming they buy a gaming rig.

There are countless games on the market for countless people. Sandboxes to ultra-realistic survival simulators. If someone thought of it and had the means to make it, it's on the water vapor page for $39.99.

Just as the last segment was going on about the weather expecting rain for weeks, perfect for staying inside and enjoying whatever Argus is about to put out in a few seconds, it ended. The screen switched to that of a stage with a Podium.

"I am Dalton Ubsiness, and today I am here to announce our new Full dive VRMMORPG, the title of which is [Dungeon Master Online]. In this game, you will take the role of a Dungeon Core, born purely to challenge adventures with the promise of treasures if they succeed. In this game before you even get to make your character you must choose one of two things, firstly a location in this world called Tenebrarum. This is a world of swords and sorcery however your primary objective isn't exploration and defeating bosses. Instead, you are to defend and grow your dungeon. When you kill an intruder inside your dungeon you are granted 'dungeon points' or DP for short, you use this DP to summon monsters, as well as create more rooms as well as items for adventures to find and will make adventures come back for more. However, regardless of how you wish to design your dungeon, you can leave it to explore the world and unlock various aspects, from better treasures you can summon to more types of monsters. The NPCs like always will be sentient so when dealing with them you must always consider how they may react. By the end of this broadcast, the game [Dungeon Master Online] will be available for purchase and will open up its world an hour later to ensure all players who wish to join on day one, start at the same time. In the meantime, after purchase, there will be a temporary demo screen that will allow you to choose a dungeon type and preview them freely. But there are far too many to check out all at once so choose your options carefully".

Then the broadcast ended and Michael shot up from his couch and dashed straight to his bedroom and put on his sleek Motorbike-like helmet. After turning the device on he traveled to the virtual store and found the current top product. The image was that of a doorway in the side of an overgrown mountain with black miasma seeping outward almost beckoning any who dare come near straight to their doom.

He quickly bought it and entered the game. Then he was in a room, all four walls were covered in books cases filled with information about the world, but there wasn't time to read them all, instead, he focused on the table in the center, on it was a massive sprawling map of Tenebrarum, across it there were countless red markers. The land was divided into five continents taking the shape of a compass. With the continents in the four cardinal directions and the one in the center being circular.

Over in the corner where there was no land, there was a legend on it, it said all the red dots were potential dungeon locations. However off to the side were tons of glass orbs looking at the closest one full of some sort of purple gas and fire, Michael focused hard and a translucent blue screen appeared.

[Item Identified:

Darkness dungeon core, bring this with you once you choose your location and absorb it to become a Dark type dungeon]

Looking at the rest a few stood out. One contained various scales Michael deduced to be dragon scales, there was one filled with Ice and blizzards, another filled with fire, a few more that caught his eye was the one that very clearly contained a goblin, some sort of mini golem, and even one that contained a wisp.

Unsure of which to pick, Michael picked out a red dot close to the center

[Location selected: the Holy forest of the White empire, removing noncompatible Dungeon types.]

Suddenly countless orbs disappeared mostly ones that pertained to specific elements.

"That makes sense, I can't have a dungeon where it doesn't make sense. Like an ice dungeon in a volcano. I have to choose both my location and dungeon type carefully as I want to play a fun dungeon but I don't want to be obliterated because I spawned near the capital of a super-zealous group who despises dungeons for whatever reason. But what happens if I pick a dungeon type first?"

Grabbing the dark-type dungeon again, very few lights disappeared looking at them; they were mostly in places where there was a super strong elemental affinity to something else. While picking up the frost dungeon all fire-type and even warmer areas instantly disappeared.

"So I can get my favorite location or dungeon type, but not necessarily both."