Global Games: Reporting the Great Ascension Stage at the Start

It took Shen Hua about ten minutes to describe in detail what the "yellow hamster" had done.

However, Shen Hua did not directly accuse it of cheating, because that would raise a problem—the game manager of Lieyang Dibang would ask how he knew.

How did an ordinary Earthling, with no ability to communicate with extraterrestrials, find out that the "Yellow Hamster" was cheating?

Therefore, in his whistleblower letter, Shen Hua stated that he was a psychological analyst, and based on his professional judgment, "Yellow Hamster" was likely concealing something, such as only mentioning rewards without mentioning punishments.

If there is anything being concealed, please make it public.

After writing the complaint letter and confirming that everything is correct, click "send".

[Application successful. A response will be provided within three Blue Star Days. If your submitted issue is found to be true, we will provide you with a corresponding reward.] The reporting interface displays as follows.

Reporting within the game is possible.

In the first two years after the game launched, no one knew about this feature until someone successfully reported someone and received a large reward. Only then did people realize that reporting was actually possible, instead of "Who dares to accuse this official?"

However, Shen Hua is unsure whether this report will be successful.

After all, this matter involves a lot of people, and he didn't produce any evidence.

That's all he can do. Do your best and leave the rest to fate.

Return to the login screen and enter the game.

Welcome to the world of Ascension!

Shen Hua's vision went black, and he completely lost consciousness as if he had fallen into a coma.

About ten seconds later, he arrived in the game world and stood in a very wide square.

This is the beginner village square, located at the village entrance.

The square is paved with polished bluestone slabs. Around the square, several low houses stand scattered.

Six or seven NPCs stood in front of the house, with a large "!" above their heads.

These NPCs will give out some beginner quests, which are designed to guide new players and help them get familiar with the world.

Because Shen Hua had spent ten minutes filling out the form to report the incident, the newbie village square was already packed with people.

Everyone lined up to accept the newbie quests, their faces beaming with excitement, chattering excitedly with those around them:

"This game is so realistic! It's exactly like the real world!"

"It's exactly the same. I feel like I've traveled back to ancient times."

"It doesn't feel like a game; it's more like Blue Star Online 2.0."

"No wonder it's alien technology, it's awesome!"

Listening to the players' discussion, Shen Hua smiled slightly.

The game world of Ascension is very similar to the real Earth, in terms of both the human environment and other aspects.

However, in order to accommodate 70 billion players, the map in the game is about three times the size of the real world.

[Important Note: You have 9 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 50 seconds of game time remaining today. Please allocate your time wisely.]

Just then, Shen Hua received a system notification.

Shen Hua glanced at the countdown.

The game "Ascension" limits the time you can log in. You can only log in for a maximum of 10 hours per Blue Star Day, and you will be forced offline after the time is up.

Fortunately, time flows very slowly in the game world, only one-twenty-fourth of the way it does in the outside world.

In other words, 10 hours in the outside world will feel like 10 days in the game.

The martial arts competition will begin 5 years later, which means that the total training time in the game is 50 years.

"Even though there are 50 years, not a single second can be wasted, especially in the early stages of the game," Shen Hua thought to himself.

Time is very precious in the early stages of the game; every 60 seconds wasted is equivalent to a minute wasted.

As he pondered this, Shen Hua opened his attribute panel.

The contents of the properties panel are very simple:

Character: [Summer Night]

Race: Terran

Level: 0

Experience points: 0/200

Technique: None

Equipment: None

灵根：杂灵根（金15%、木32%、水26%、火14%、土13%）

Passive: [Spiritual Arts Specialization]: Increases the speed of learning psionic spells by 20%.

……

The attribute panel in "Ascension" is simple and even rudimentary, lacking common values ​​such as [health], [attack power], and [defense].

Because this is a real world that has been created. Although it has undergone a lot of gamification, it is still a real world in essence.

The only useful information on the panel, besides level and experience points, is [Spiritual Root].

There's not much to say about the levels: Level 10 Foundation Establishment, Level 20 Golden Core.

As for [Spiritual Roots], there are only 3 types in the game:

The best is the [Heavenly Spiritual Root], which is achieved when any one of the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth) reaches 80%.

Secondly, there is the [True Spiritual Root], which is formed when the sum of two of the five attributes reaches 80%.

The worst is someone like Shen Hua, who has a mixed spiritual root. If you don't meet the two conditions mentioned above, you have a mixed spiritual root.

The percentage of spiritual roots affects the speed of basic cultivation.

Shen Hua's best spiritual root is only 32% wood spiritual root. Compared to the 80% heaven spiritual root, his speed of learning wood-type techniques is only 40% of others.

However, [Heavenly Spiritual Root] is also very rare.

Only one in a thousand players in the game has a [Heavenly Spiritual Root], nine in a thousand players have a [True Spiritual Root], and the remaining 99% of the general public have a miscellaneous [Miscellaneous Spiritual Root].

However, having a mixed spiritual root does not mean that one will always be inferior to others.

The yellow-skinned rat once said, "It depends on talent, ability, and opportunity," with "ability" and "opportunity" being equally important. Otherwise, Shen Hua in his previous life wouldn't have been able to successfully form his core in the game.

Many of the spiritual roots from previous lives failed to form a core and were cruelly "recycled".

……

After closing the panel, Shen Hua looked around.

By this time, the square was already packed with people, as crowded as a popular tourist attraction on a public holiday.

Just as he was about to squeeze through the crowd to make his next move, he suddenly heard a hearty laugh from ahead:

"Hahaha! This game is set in the Three Kingdoms period! I'm so awesome! I've practically worn out Wu Cheng'en's 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'!"

Upon hearing this voice, Shen Hua was immediately taken aback.

He recognized that voice very well...

Wait a minute, isn't this [localized necrosis]?

Shen Hua looked toward the source of the sound and saw a round-faced young man standing there, laughing wildly with the innocent foolishness typical of college students.

It turned out to be one of his few friends from his previous life—[Local Necrosis].

I never expected they were born in the same starting village!

【Local Necrosis】is a streamer who particularly enjoys playing with abstract concepts and creating unconventional content.

In his previous life, his [Local Necrosis] skill consistently ranked around 300th on the level list, and his overall strength was outside the top 10,000.

He was originally just an unknown streamer, but one incident made him famous:

In the tenth year of Jian'an (200 AD), Emperor Xian, Liu Xie, was 24 years old. [Local necrosis] Someone somehow approached Emperor Xian, saying, "Beyond the mountains, green hills rise; beyond the towers, more towers stand. Your Majesty, I will take you to a brothel!" And just like that, the emperor was lured out of the palace!

It was also his doing to arrange for Xiao Qiao to remarry Zhuge Liang.

Although he didn't succeed, it made him famous and propelled him to become one of the most popular live streamers.

The reason Shen Hua became friends with [Local Necrosis] was because he took the initiative to approach her, saying he liked Shen Hua's name.

"The person who came up with this name must be someone who, like me, enjoys creating mischief!" he said confidently at the time.

When asked about the reason for the "localized necrosis," Shen Hua could only offer an awkward yet polite smile.

But it's impossible to be cold to such a big streamer. After going through a few dungeons together, the two became friends.

……

At the same time, the "Yellow Hamster" that was building a demiplane in the near-Earth orbit of Earth paused for a moment.

It opened the virtual panel on the bracelet and stared blankly at the background messages that popped up.

How come the game was reported so early in the game?