On my second playthrough, they were full of malice towards me.

When the "Star Traveler Project" was mentioned, Abnoz straightened his expression and turned his gaze to the "containers" inside the train carriages not far away.

From these containers, one can see the first batch of "Star Traveler Entities" being quietly soaked and stored in a special nutrient solution.

After skipping the emotion detection of the person in charge, the process restarted.

Under the silver-haired girl's manipulation, starlight began to flicker within the container, and the power from the "Source" began to establish a void channel, and in the next moment...

hum!

hum!hum!hum!

The lids of several containers slowly opened with a burst of white mist. Then, the original bodies, which had been sealed and soaked in the nutrient solution, began to have their own consciousness and got up from the containers.

The once quiet train freight car suddenly became lively.

"Holy crap, they actually logged in!"

"Here it comes! I haven't forgotten the beta test qualification I waited three whole years to finally get!"

"My god, this feels so real, it doesn't feel like a game at all!"

"Back in my grandfather's generation, when Senmo talked about creating a 'Falling' universe and promoted the concept of 'complete immersion,' they were ridiculed by a bunch of competitors, and nobody believed in it. But decades later, Senmo has actually delivered on its promise and produced a decent product."

"A decent product? You call this a decent product? This is absolutely amazing!"

"Grandpa, did you see that? I'm actually playing Fallout 3, the game you've been so excited about!"

So, where are we now?

"I don't know, it looks like they're on a train?"

"Wait, look over there! There seem to be two NPCs!"

After a brief moment of amazement, the more than forty players selected as "closed beta testers" all turned their attention to Liao Ling and Abnoz, who were NPCs, after "logging in" from the original container.

The most eye-catching one is definitely the succubus. Although many special effects, such as the succubus's mental corruption, cannot affect the "Star Travel Primarch", Abnoz's handsome appearance is still very attractive to female players.

"Senmeng, Senmeng! You guys have finally woken up and given female players some perks! Finally, there are handsome male NPCs!"

"I only want one husband!"

"Hey sis, this isn't an online chat room, watch your image! You're practically drooling!"

The female players got excited, and the male players were equally interested.

"Beautiful girls! Beautiful girls! The closed beta has just started and it's already got the hang of it!"

"Holy crap! Silver hair! Red eyes! Barefoot! The official Falling team really knows what they're doing!"

"It's a pity she's not a loli, otherwise I would have finished her off!"

This lolicon player had just expressed his regret and shook his head in remorse when suddenly he shuddered and a chill ran through him. He instinctively shrank back, looked around in bewilderment and fear, and dared not think about anything else anymore.

From the high platform, Abnoz withdrew his gaze.

If the "Star Traveler Primitive" weren't so precious and this experiment so important, it would probably be lost by now if it were any other native species.

"Welcome to our world, fellow star travelers from afar."

"Hundreds of years ago, the first generation of space travelers left many footprints on this world, saved many lives, and forged a deep bond between us."

"Now, with the help of the first generation of Star Travelers, our world is strong enough to accommodate more Star Travelers. I am honored to be a witness to this moment and to see the Star Travelers of the past again, returning to fight alongside our world! I believe that you will inherit the will of the first generation of Star Travelers and leave your own stories and footprints in countless worlds."

The silver-haired girl's opening remarks resonated with the beta testers, which is understandable. Those selected for the beta test were mostly die-hard fans of "Falling," so they naturally felt a connection and had a lot to say about it.

The term "Star Traveler" is a new term from Falling 3, referring to the players.

The silver-haired girl NPC, "the original Star Travelers," likely refers to the players of Fall 1 and Fall 2.

It seems that the story of Falling 3 takes place hundreds of years after the world of Falling, and it's no longer a turn-based game, but a true open-world exploration RPG!

"You are currently inside the 'Ash Train,' and we are the train's conductors. We are still a short time before we reach our destination, the 'Wassian 3' world. Please feel free to ask us any questions you may have during this time."

Immediately after Abnoz spoke, a player raised their hand.

What is the Ash Train?

This setting was not present in the previous game, Fall 12, and is clearly an original creation of Fall 3.

“Look out the window.”

At the succubus's prompting, the players gathered around the giant light screen in the carriage, through which they could see the scenery outside the train.

It was a vast and enormous starry sky world tree, and on the trunk of the world tree were crisscrossing tracks, with many trains traveling and shuttling on the tracks.

"The Starry Sky World Tree is our origin. Each leaf on the World Tree corresponds to a world. In the past, each world of the Starry Sky World Tree was an independent entity without any means of interaction. However, the Ash Emperor, who was born from the Origin Realm, became the first being to break through the world and see the true Starry Sky World Tree. After hundreds of years, driven by the Ash Emperor, we finally built the Ash Railroad and Train."

"As you can see, with the Ash Train, we can travel through the World Tree and connect every world on the World Tree, allowing the creatures on the World Tree to unite and help each other."

"It was on the foundation of the 'Ash Train' that the Ash Association was subsequently established. The Ash Association has its own branch in each world, accepting requests from the inhabitants of the local world, while also issuing requests and requests for help from other worlds. Any living being can join the Ash Association, becoming an operator or Valkyrie, and travel to different worlds via the Ash Train to handle requests, or to embark on adventures and explorations."

"And you, as space travelers..."

Abnoz finally turned his attention to the players who were listening intently.

"The current passage is not stable yet. After the association conducts further research, it will be possible to allow all star travelers to choose their desired original world orientation at the beginning of their arrival. The association will then fund the train to transport you to your respective worlds."

The terms "orbit," "World Tree," "Ash Train," and "Ash Society" were all thrown at these space travelers at once. Abnoz was a little worried about whether they could accept and digest them, and was prepared to explain them several times.

But to his surprise, just as his father had said, these star travelers' comprehension was even stronger than he had expected. Almost all of the forty-odd star travelers nodded thoughtfully, showing expressions of sudden realization, without needing him to say anything more.

Indeed, these are all very easy for players to understand.

Large-scale online games typically have multiple servers. These different worlds are essentially like different servers. In the setting of "Falling," there is high technology, magic, and superpowers, just like civilizations in the universe, which are never the same in any one way.

Players who enjoy a technological feel should go to the corresponding technological world, while those who prefer supernatural powers and magic should go to the magical civilization.

Later on, thanks to the "Ash Train" system, players' servers can be linked together in the mid-to-late game, so there's no need to worry about not being able to meet again after choosing different servers.

"Tsk tsk, this setting is great. After all, the previous game, Fall 12, was a single-player game, meaning each player was in an independent world. I was wondering how to handle this setting in Fall 3, since it's going to be an online game. If I forced all the players into one world, it felt like a retcon. Now it's great! It retains the multi-world setting and fits into the online game format! A perfect transition!"

"So the game 'Falling 12' that my grandparents' generation played was actually a different world on the World Tree? And our story is about us, as the younger generation, returning to these worlds hundreds of years later?"

"Now we can truly be considered the inheritors of the original 'Star Travelers'!"

"By the way, don't you guys think the term 'Emperor of Ash' sounds familiar?"

"I know the answer to this question! I've looked it up. This was the first player to complete Falling 1 when it was released 60 or 70 years ago. He was a very famous player on the forums back then. Now, it's probably been given to Senmo as an Easter egg and a memento!"

"Using players as Easter eggs, Senmeng, I'm really going to cry!"

"It's a pity that Ash is no longer here. Otherwise, he would definitely be very happy to see this scene."

"Let's work harder, and in the future I also want to become someone who can make Senmeng add Easter eggs to the world of 'Falling' in my name!"

"Come on, their ID is Ashes, look at yours 'Liao Nuoer's Single Fan,' and the Easter egg is 'Single Fan Emperor,' right?"

"Hey? Bro, you're a fan of Liao Nuoer too?"

"What a coincidence, me too!"

"As long as you push Liao Nuoer, we're family!"

The "Liao Nuoer" that these star travelers were excitedly discussing was not unfamiliar to Liao Ling and Abnoz.

"It seems that Sister Nor is very popular among the Star Travelers."

Abnoz couldn't help but sigh. As the eldest of her father's five children and the older sister of all of them, Noel had inherited her mother, Aunt Anno's, responsibility for managing affairs on Blue Star, the home of these star travelers, which seemed to have become a profession called "idol".

Later, in the final stage, we will need Sister Nor's popularity to give it a final push and promote Falling 3 among the Star Travelers on Earth, so that more Star Travelers can join.

Apart from the younger "Aor" and "Lian," who were born later, the three older siblings have already taken over the "Cold Wave Project" from their parents.

They will also be the ones to deal with the devastating cold wave a thousand years from now.

Next, as the train arrived at its destination and stopped at a station, Liao Ling led the players into a desolate world.

After my father and the "Source Lord" reached a reconciliation a hundred years ago, although the "Sources" withdrew from the world, many worlds that had been ravaged by the "Sources" needed a lot of manpower and resources to help them recover.

The Ashes Association's resources alone are insufficient, so in this regard, we still need to rely on the Star Travelers.

As part of the testing phase, Liao Ling did not assign the star travelers overly complex tasks. Following her father's advice, she gave them the simplest pioneering missions.

[Chopping down trees]

And just as his father said, this tedious and boring project was something that the Star Traveler found fascinating and even highly engaging.

Because the Star Traveler Original Body contains a Star Traveler Chip jointly developed by Mother Zero and Father, this system can automatically present the Association's commissions to the Star Travelers in the form of "text tasks".

This system is also the core of their ability to restrict and monitor "Star Travelers".

For example, once a star traveler commits a violation or develops evil desires, the system will immediately detect it and take measures to stop and restrict it.

As for how to detect evil desires, that was designed by Aunt Lena, since as a succubus race, they have an extremely proficient ability when it comes to desires.

The final test was combat.

Some low-level experimental monsters that they had prepared in advance appeared before the Star Travelers, and the two sides began to fight.

After the battle hundreds of years ago, Zhuo'e was not completely sealed away by his father, but was preserved as part of the world.

The father and Aunt Polica joined forces to create the Turbid Ecosystem of the World Tree, greatly reducing the pollution of the Turbid. The Turbid monsters, as a form of power, have continued to exist.

Whether they are star travelers or native creatures, they can absorb the power of the turbid monsters by eliminating them, thereby improving their own strength and level.

And the advantage of being a star traveler is...

Liao Ling turned her attention to the battlefield.

Not all beta testers were combat masters. Soon, some players died in battle, but after a short while, containers were opened in the original body compartment of the train, and a new body sat up. It was the same player who had just died.

Resurrection mechanism.

Essentially, it's about changing your physical body. The Star Traveler Chip is bound to the Star Traveler's mental will. After death, some data will be lost, but the original body's power can be stored. When using a new body, you can directly return to your original power and level.

Of course, this technology is not yet mature.

First, there's the challenge of mass-producing Star Traveler prototypes, otherwise Star Travelers would require an extremely long "resurrection" time, and she would need to conduct continuous research and improvements. Second, the inheritance of chips sometimes goes wrong, which also needs to be corrected.

The journey of exploring the "Star Travelers" is still long, and their fathers and mothers have already shown them the way and direction.

leftover

They took over and continued along the path their parents had walked.