Chapter 48(Start of Stage 4)
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A few days ago
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Jacob slams his hand on the table.
"WHAT? I'M NOT FIRST? AND THE FIRST POSITION WAS TAKEN BY SOME UNKNOWN JAPANESE PERSON NAMED KARMA?!? THIS IS BULLSHIT!!"
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"S-Sir...we-"
"WHAT!?"
Jacob is the son of a director in a company, the employees beside him are trying to calm him down.
"C-Calm down! That might be a hacker as there is no way some peasant from nowhere overpowers you. His account might be banned soon." Says one of the employees.
"T-That's right!! That's right...I am the strongest...There is no one stronger and smarter than me in gaming!! Sophie will be mine!" Says Jacob.
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In Australia
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"Oh? Where did this Karma boy come from?" Says Sophie. "Interesting. There's someone even more powerful than Igor, Jacob and Joseph. Let's see if this boy is as idiotic as Jacob...if he is, I WILL MAKE GOOD USE OF HIM. Hehehe..."
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In Canada
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"Karma?! Hehe...here comes another rival." Says Joseph.
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In Russia
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"Nice, another hidden prodigy that finally decides to show himself. Let's see your capability, Karma." Says Igor.
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In India
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Dalbir stares at the BOG ranking. After a few minutes, he finally smirks and places Karma in his "Potential rival" list.
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Back to the present, in Japan
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The next stage is like a wuxia game. Like all the "cultivation to the strongest" games, mangas, and shows out there, players will be transported to a world where the laws of the jungle apply.
The strong trample on the weak.
This time, however, International interactions with players from other countries will be open.
And the fact that there is now only a single server. So basically every single player will be squeezed into one single world.
But, Stage 4's map is 1000 times larger than Stage 3's map; Stage 4's world size is almost equivalent to earth in reality.
So meeting players should still be rare.
God, I wonder how many NPCs are there. Probably over a billion or so.
The only difference in the cliches is that Stage 4 happens in the modern world. So cultivation is like a get-go for modern society and your cultivation and strength determines everything.
And the goal...is to just survive for a year.
Although it does sound easy. It never is, this is BOG.
There will be lots of events in Stage 4 that can or can not affect you. Most of the time, it can.
So just hiding in the countryside or anywhere and waiting it out is not recommended.
And like previous stages, the stage can end easily when the boss is defeated. But the problem is...nobody knows who the "boss" of this stage is.
In my previous life, two of the gaming prodigies tried to figure out who is the boss of the stage, one of them hopes to end the stage early while the other hopes to be first and earn loads of points killing the boss.
But after 8 months of fruitless searching, they gave up and just focus on gaining points and surviving.
Even the renowned gaming prodigies are not able to figure out the boss, I don't have much confidence myself too.
For now, I will just go with the flow.
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Logging in...
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I meet up with the three girls. There are still 2 hours left until the start of the fourth stage.
"..."
En seems like she has something to say but isn't saying anything.
"Did you lose your notebook?" I ask.
She nods.
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"Umm...can't you just talk?"
En starts to shake her head cutely.
Eh...ha...haha...
I sigh and bought her a virtual notebook in the store...why does a notebook cause $2000? This makes no sense...wait, nothing in BOG does.
"Do anyone here play wuxia games? I don't so I need information." Is written in the book by En.
What the... How the hell do I explain how wuxia games work...
"Umm...if I'm not wrong, it's like a Chinese martial art cultivation game???? Where you cultivate and break through different realms???? And like....gain different martial art techniques????" I try to explain.
En places her fingers on her chin and nods.
Wait, what? Does she understand?
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Okay then.
I sigh...
This is awkward.
"Anyway, it will be best if we meet at some point in the game. We don't know what might happen." I say. "And be careful of other players, you've heard of the five prodigies, right?"
The girls nod.
"Alright, then it's self-explanatory. Just avoid them."
The real reason why I want to meet up with the girls is to ensure their safety. There are lots of unknowns and events out there in stage 4. I only experienced a very small part of it in my previous life.
"Anyway, tell me all of your play styles. I will guide you using the remaining 1 hour."
The girls ended up having a consultation session with me. I told them all the techniques, advantages, disadvantages of their play styles and tries to fix them.
I also told them what skills they can pick at first when they enter the fourth stage.
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System announcement:
The fourth stage is starting in 1 minute.
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"Alright, that's all. Contact the team chat when we all have the time." I say.
They nod and En passes me something.
It's a keychain.
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"Ohhhh!!!!!!" Exclaims Reina and Ika.
????
"That's her proof that she approves you as her teammate and friend!! We have one too!"
What the...how did she even get this virtually?
"I will give you one in real life after the fourth stage...so survive." Written by En.
I sigh...
You girls should worry about yourselves rather than me.
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Teleporting all players...
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User "Karma" registered.
Since user Karma is ranked first globally, user Karma can choose one of these buffs before moving on to the fourth stage.
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!!!!
I didn't get this in my previous life.
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1. Auto Cultivation.
2. 1 billion years old ginger + Profound cultivation pills.
3. Heaven Slaying Sword
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!!!!!!!!!
What the...
This is incredible...
The three options appear in front of me on a table.
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Please pick one.
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I smirk and decide to take all of them.
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User Karma,
Please only take one and put the rest back.
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...Nah.
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User Karma,
This is your final warning.
Anymore defiance will be considered inappropriate and you will be registered as a rebellion.
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Oh?? Hahaha, the system is threatening me.
I've heard of this.
A rebellion in BOG are players who don't follow the rules and does whatever the hell they want.
The system in BOG is programmed like a human, it feels anger, excitement and happiness.
I suppose it feels excitement when a "nobody out of nowhere" like me suddenly crushes everyone in my path and shine.
That's why the system wants to offer me a reward because I have never heard of players ranked first receiving some sort of reward.
And being registered as a rebellion will anger the system and the system will do whatever it takes to eliminate that player.
In return, Rebellion receives lots of freedom and can do or steal whatever the hell they want or even destroy the whole map in stages.
So Rebellions are like hackers or people who use exploits in games.
My smirk becomes wider.
Go Ahead and register me as a rebellion.
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User Karma has now registered as a Rebellion.
User Karma's level and stats will be reduced to 0...
Attempt 1...failed...
Attempt 2...failed...
What...
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HAHAHAHAHAHA!! I told you!!! You can't do anything about me!!!
I planned to be a rebellion from the start, I hated BOG a lot you see. So I not only want to take revenge on those bastards but also destroy the entirety of BOG.
Beforehand, I asked Saikirei to restrict the system. So it is not able to remove anything from my inventory, tamper with my stats, tamper with my level. well, restricting the system tampering with my account in BOG.
The only thing the system can change is the game so I'm expecting a lot of horrible events to happen to me now. But who cares, Fuck the system.
I will do things my way.
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User Karma...
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User Karma will now be transported into the fourth stage.
Be prepared to die.
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Heh...we will see.
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Obtained Heaven slaying sword, 1 Billion years old ginger, ×10 profound cultivation pills.
Obtained skill: Auto Cultivation.
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Karma.
Role in stage 4: A Highschool student.
Background: A bullied failure. His girlfriend cheated on him and his family abandoned him. Usually have thoughts of suicide. His meridians are broken and can't cultivate for the rest of his life so is considered as "Eternal trash".
Task:
Survive.
Rebellion user detected. Rebellion's task will now be unlocked. Users
will now need to avoid the system's attack.
Rebellion Karma's task:
Survive the system's unknown attack.
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I open my eyes to find a noose around my neck.
I see...suicide thoughts huh.
I take the noose off and looks around.
My body is wounded in every single place and I'm living in a dirty single small room with no actual furniture at all.
The only thing in sight is some boxes and my school bag.
That system message just now.
It said "Rebellion's task will now be unlocked. User will now need to avoid the system's attack."
...its as if that system message is not issued by the system I angered.
So there's more than one system in BOG???...
This is getting confusing.
Anyways, because I angered the system, this time, my role and background are a lot worse than in my previous life.
Hmm...whatever.
THIS WILL BE FUN.