Chapter 447 - 72: New Player, New World

’It wasn’t easy at all!’

’Finally, I finally managed to snag a spot.’

’I’ve finally achieved what Grandpa never could! Is this the Game World?’

Yue Xin was filled with excitement.

Recalling the moment two days ago when he’d snagged a spot in the game, he remembered the envious, jealous, almost bloodshot look in his grandfather’s eyes. To be honest, Yue Xin felt pretty damn good about it.

That’s right.

Yue Xin’s grandfather hadn’t passed away.

Even though 1,600 years had passed in the Star Empire, 160 years had passed on Blue Star.

And his grandfather was even approaching 200 years old.

But, his grandfather was a Middle Tier Transcendent, after all, so he had a lifespan of nearly 300 years.

Yue Xin’s grandfather had spent his entire life trying to snag a spot in the True Game.

Every time the True Game released Player slots, it’s safe to say Yue Xin’s grandfather never missed a single opportunity.

Unfortunately, perhaps his grandfather, as one of the few native-born Blue Star People with Extraordinary Talent, had used up all his luck.

Therefore, after all these years, by the time Blue Star’s population exceeded twenty billion, he had never once managed to snag a Player slot for the True Game.

One can imagine how deep his resentment was.

However, most of the time, Yue Xin’s grandfather could actually console himself.

He hadn’t managed to get a spot back when Blue Star’s population was smaller, so now that it had more than doubled, the chances were certainly even slimmer.

So, while he was disappointed about not getting a slot, the reality was that he was a Transcendent, living a far better life than most ordinary people. With that in mind, he usually just complained about it from time to time.

After all, even now, the total number of Player slots ever opened for the True Game was only eight million.

Twenty billion people on Blue Star, eight million game slots.

You can imagine the odds.

Not to mention, the vast majority of those eight million Players had long since passed their initial crisis period, so it was rare for some unlucky soul to lose their Player status and free up a spot.

Therefore, even though the True Game released new Player slots almost every week, the number never exceeded one hundred.

One can only imagine how ridiculously low the odds of snagging one of those few spots were.

The last time the True Game had suddenly released a massive three million slots was already 160 years ago.

Many experts on Blue Star, and even veteran Blue Star Players, claimed that the Star Empire was now developing at a rapid pace, and the existing eight million veteran Players were enough to support the operations of the entire, vast Empire.

Furthermore, the inclusion of native lifeforms and the thirteen great Clans of Barbaric Star had further bolstered the middle and upper tiers of the Star Empire’s Power.

Therefore, all these factors clearly pointed to a harsh reality.

The probability of the True Game releasing more Player slots on a large scale in the future was now extremely, extremely low.

After all, the True Game hadn’t done a single large-scale release of Player slots in 160 years.

So, considering all this, Yue Xin’s grandfather had already given up hope of ever obtaining a Player slot in his lifetime.

But sometimes, reality is just that unpredictable.

Just two days ago, the True Game had unexpectedly released another one million Player slots on a massive scale.

One million!

One can imagine how excited and eager the older and younger generations of Blue Star were.

Of course, Yue Xin’s grandfather was one of them.

However, reality was truly cruel to Yue Xin’s grandfather.

That’s right. Yue Xin’s grandfather had failed to get a Player slot. Again.

If it were just that, it would have been fine. After all, it was one million slots for twenty billion people.

But it was as if the Deities themselves were playing a cruel joke on Yue Xin’s grandfather.

He didn’t get a slot, but his grandson, the one with no Extraordinary Talent, did!

Faced with this reality, logically speaking, Yue Xin’s grandfather should have been at least a little happy.

After all, one of his descendants had obtained a game slot.

But as fate would have it, not only did his grandson Yue Xin lack Extraordinary Talent, he was also a completely unreliable person in every respect.

He failed to get into university and slacked off at the martial arts school.

Even though his grandfather had spent a fortune to have him undergo modification with Genetic Enhancement Liquid before his ’downfall’...

The result? The gene optimization created a blockhead!

The genetic optimization was incompatible. In other words, Yue Xin himself was a thoroughly hopeless case.

To put it in the terms of the early 21st century on Blue Star...

Yue Xin was the future equivalent of an uneducated ’Huang Mao’ or a ’joyriding delinquent’.

Given the situation, you can imagine how furious Yue Xin’s grandfather was!

If not for the fact that his grandfather’s generation had all had children late in life, that Yue Xin was his only grandson, and that he even knew the real reason for his ’downfall,’ he probably would have been beaten to death long ago.

"What era are we in now? If you don’t have Extraordinary Talent, who even goes to a regular university? What kind of math or complex problem can’t an Intelligent Mechanism AI solve?"

"Grandpa, you’ve worked hard your whole life, right? For what? So, me enjoying myself without a care in the world, doesn’t that just go to show that your hard work was worthwhile and great?"

"What if I don’t have strength? What if I run into danger? Relax! The Human Alliance is so strong now, and the Celestial Net is everywhere. Who would dare cause trouble?"

"Besides, even if we encounter an extraterrestrial civilization, don’t us regular people have the Human Alliance and the Star Empire backing us up? What civilization could possibly be a threat to us?"

"Life goals and ambitions? I’m not as great as you, Grandpa. My dream is just to live a happy, prosperous, and peaceful life. There are too many hardworking people out there. I can’t compete with them, and I’m too lazy to even try. I just want to live an easier life."