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Chương 13: Virtual reality [1]

The next day, although I tried to be as low-key as possible, people would occasionally steal glances in my direction.

Right now we were in the middle of engineering class and I was actually trying to focus. The constant occasional glances were starting to get on my nerves. It was felt as if I was the main attraction inside of a zoo exhibit.

Although this class was not particularly popular I found it rather fascinating. The concepts they were talking about were far more advanced than back in my previous world.

But it was specifically because of this that I was so interested; Hence why I was especially annoyed by the constant stares from the people in my class.

I can't focus if you people keep staring at me!

"Using an angled mirror we split the two laser beams into two separate beams. This then forms an object beam and a reflected beam. Heading in different directions, both are reflected off of other angled mirrors, and using an F48 board and a g450 processor we can process the beams so that the software can detect human movements and as these two beams merge together a holographic image is created."

Well, it definitely was an interesting course but that didn't mean I could understand it. In fact, I only managed to grasp 1% of the contents of the course.

Like what the hell was an F48 board or a g450 processor?

I'll just stay and pretend that I understood everything that the professor said. It was a non-compulsory course anyways, therefore, I didn't really need to come here.

Still, even though I did not understand anything, just the fact that they were exploring holographic technology aroused my interest. Such technology did not exist back in my world, as the best they could come up with were touch screen phones.

The technology back in my world was not advanced enough to come up with pure holographic devices.

-Ding! -Dong!

"Oh my, it seems like the class has ended. I'll see you next time"

Packing up her stuff, the engineering professor smiled and left the class.

Not much was known about the engineering professor apart from the fact that she was apparently quite strong.

Although she was no longer in her younger days, she had a complexion as fair as an unpolished jade with beauty, elegance, and grace that could only be achieved over years of maturity. Her silky brown hair that was tied in a braided ponytail calmly rested on her right shoulder. Her expression which always seemed to be smiling carried a hidden charm within that caused everyone to feel a motherly warmth from her.

Even though I was the author of the book, many characters that I have met during my stay here were people that had never shown up in my story such as this professor.

Having stayed here for about a week, I found this professor the most pleasing out of all the ones I've encountered so far. She was kind and didn't show preferential treatment towards certain students, unlike other professors who blatantly showed favoritism towards ones that were talented or had a huge backing.

Most professors were 'geniuses' that have once studied here or had several achievements under their belts. They all had their own pride and thus only actually paid attention to the top students whilst ignoring the mediocre ones.

Although they didn't say it straight to our faces, the teacher's expression could tell it all. 'Why should I bother teaching you? Are you worthy?'

Even if we were not considered as outstanding as Kevin and the others, just the fact that we managed to enroll into the lock meant that they were capable individuals.

Take the previous owner of this body as an example. Although he was one of the lowest-ranked in the class if he were to go into any other academy he could've been considered as a medium-high talent since D-rank talents were still hard to come by these days due to the constantly decreasing population.

The world was just not fair.

Leaving the engineering class I calmly went back to my room to get changed. The next class was 'tactical cooperation' a new course that utilizes virtual technology to train students. I was actually quite pumped for this class since virtual reality was something you could've only been able to find in movies and novels.

Taking off my celestial blue uniform that indicated that I was in my first year, I took out a dark blue skin-tight suit and put it on.

Uniforms were separated into three different colors, celestial blue, dark green, and blood red. the celestial blue was only worn by first years, the dark green by second years, and the blood-red uniform by third years. It was arranged as such so that this way guilds who came to observe/scout students would be able to differentiate between first and third years. With third years being their primary target as they were only a year away from graduating.

As I struggled to put on the skin-tight suit I could only curse at the people who designed this suit.

Comfortable was the last possible word that came into my mind as I tried putting on the skin-tight suit. Let's not mention the fact that it took me around 5 minutes to put on the suit, but as the name suggests the suit was 'skin-tight' meaning that I could feel all my muscles getting tightly compressed by the suit.

Wearing the suit made my movements become extremely stiff. Because it was so stiff it looked like I was walking like a robot, moreover, Looking at my appearance in the mirror I wished I could find a place to bury myself.

So embarrassing.

Thankfully, the distance between my dorm and the 'tactical cooperation' class was close, saving me from the embarrassment of being seen in the suit.

The campus which covered an area of five kilometers squared was divided into 8 sections, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H.

The lecture zone was located in the A section, and that area was where the lecture halls were located. It was located on the top left side of the campus and comprised of three oval-shaped buildings that were each the same size. The reason why there were three buildings was that the first year, second year, and third years were separated.

The B section was a no-student area and it's where the professor's offices were located. If you needed to ask questions or meet the professor after class you would have to go towards the B section. It was located right next to the A section and consisted of one large compound with a tall glass-pyramid like building in the middle of the compound.

The C section was where the labs and researching facilities were located. In order for someone to access the lab, they needed to be supervised by a professor in case something went wrong. Because of the dangers, the facility posed, the C section was located far away from the other sections and was enclosed in military-grade defenses.

The D section was where I was currently headed and it was where the virtual reality room was located. It was a room filled with capsules that each student could use to enter the virtual world. It was located underground and was a few kilometers away from the dorms, which were located in the E section.

In the E section, dorms were separated into five different buildings with each building bigger than the other. The furthest building and also the shabbiest looking one was the 'golden rat' building. It was the cheapest dorm on the campus and was where people that couldn't afford to pay for facilities stayed.

Right next to the 'golden rat' building was the 'horned sheep' building and it was where I was currently staying. The conditions were a bit better than the 'golden rat' building, but it was still nothing compared to the next three buildings, 'Manticore', 'Hydra' and 'Leviathan' buildings.

Starting from the 'Manticore' building, each person had their own personal training facility installed inside of their room followed by a personal designated butler that catered to all their needs.

The 'Hydra' building, like the 'Manticore' building, provided personal training facilities as well as a butler. However the training facilities were much more advanced, and they also provided students with personalized meals and diet plans. The meals were all cooked by professional chefs, and the ingredients provided by them were all made from rare herbs and monsters.

Lastly, there was the 'Leviathan' building. The only building that could be accessed with money. This was where the 'elites' resided. No matter how rich you were, unless you proved that you were a one-of-a-kind talent you would never be able to step in here. This building was created in the hopes of nurturing future talents that could fight and fend off against the demons who are rampaging all over the world. Heavy emphasis was put on the creation of this building, as it was where the future pillars of humanity would be nurtured. Whatever you wanted, it was there. Training facilities, high-end food, butlers, swimming pool, VR rooms, highly secured research facilities, if you felt like something was missing all you needed to do was just ask and it would be built the next day.

The G section is where the training facility was located and it was inside of a large squared architectural building. It was approximately 2 minutes away from section A, and 5 minutes away from the E section. Because it was a public training facility one needed to book a spot in advance in order to use the facility.

Lastly the H section, the area that contained the library as well as the 'cube'. The 'cube' was a forbidden area where only the highest-ranked individuals could enter. The reason why it was considered a forbidden area was that it was where all the secret training manuals were stored, as well as godly medicine and herbs. Manuals that were comparable to the [Keiki style] were also stored inside of the facility further clarifying how important that area was.

Arriving inside of the VR room, I noticed almost everyone walking in a robot-like manner causing me to lightly chuckle.

Obviously, not everyone was like this, as some were leisurely walking in their tight-skin suit indicating that this was probably not their first time using VR.

Because we were wearing tight-skin suits, the boys and girls were separated into different rooms, which is a bit of a letdown as I wouldn't have minded seeing Amanda and the others in that outfit.

Actually on second thought scratch that. Since I was the author of the novel, I knew the personalities of the main characters the best, and thus I knew that if I were to catch a glimpse of them with that suit on, my days would be numbered.

"Alright, everyone please look over here"

Similarly wearing a tight-skinned outfit the professor came into the room, gathering the attention of everyone present.

Standing tall, with tidy black hair and a sharp look was the professor responsible for this class. He currently had a gentle smile on his face as he took out a small tablet and took the register.

Looking at his calm gentle demeanor that made it look like he was the nicest person on earth, I secretly sneered.

'I know who you truly are...'

The professor who was in charge of the VR class was called Alfonse Thibaut and was actually a major character for the first arc of the story.

In short, he could be what was regarded as a mini-boss.

Although he was not a ranked villain, he could be considered a difficult opponent for the current protagonist.

The demon he signed a pact with was from the shadow tribe, which was a sub-branch of the greed clan which was one of the seven main clans of the demon clans.

The demons were split into seven clans, each according to the 7 heavenly sins known to mankind, pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth.

Each clan was commanded by a demon duke which was as powerful if not more powerful than the top executives in the human domain, or equivalently SS ranks.

Above them was the Demon King, who at the moment could eradicate the whole of humanity with the swipe of his hand. However, due to his enormous power, he was currently being restricted by various powers preventing him from entering the human domain.

That was of course until the third calamity hits, which was when the true war between humanity and the demons would start.

I was actually quite thankful for the fact that I was the lowest-ranked in the class since it meant that minimal attention was placed on me. Apart from the occasional bullying, I was living quite a comfortable life, unlike Kevin who was constantly under the watch of both the jealous classmates and villains who are wary of his overwhelming talent.

"Since everyone is present, I will start the capsules and you can enter when I say so"

Seeing that everyone was present, Professor Thibaut smiled and went towards his desk where a large monitor was present.

Typing a few commands on the screen, he called out the names of each student separately.

"Ren Dover, please make way to capsule 55"

Hearing my name being called, I contained my excitement and made my way towards my designated capsule.

Ignoring the snickering coming from certain classmates, which whispered words such as 'bumpkin' or other rude remarks, I excitedly approached my capsule.

I could finally enter the virtual world which I could only see in novels and movies.

Entering the capsule and adjusting the helmet on my head, I patiently waited for the professor's instructions.

"Student Dover is everything okay?"

"Yes"

"Okay, the virtual simulation will start in 3..2...1..."

-Tak

The last thing I heard was the sound of a key being pressed before everything went dark.


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Chương 14: Virtual reality [2]

-Shua!

[Processing student information....]

[Retina scan...check]

[Fingerprint scan...check]

[Genetic data test...check]

[Loading time...57%....87%...94%...]

[User information loaded]

[Rank 1750, Ren Dover, confirm access Y/N]

The helmet's display gradually illuminated, revealing rows upon rows of information. Taking a minute to adjust my mind to the sudden changes, I looked through the information and pressed Y. After confirming, abruptly, a lively jingle that felt oddly familiar began playing, echoing through my ears.

The fact that there were a lot of procedures placed when entering the virtual cabin wasn't strange. With current technology, pretending to be someone else was as easy as turning on your phone. With just some custom-made masks someone could easily make themselves look like someone else.

Fortunately, it wasn't that difficult to distinguish a villain as villains undergo several genetic modifications when making a pact with a demon. This phenomenon occurred due to the fact that the human body cannot fully adapt to the power given to them by the demons.

Imagine an empty balloon.

Now imagine yourself filling it with air. Gradually as time passes the balloon will turn round and float.

That's how the human body usually worked when their mana increased.

Now imagine the same empty balloon, but this time instead of filling it with air we fill it with water.

In contrast to the air balloon, the water balloon instead of becoming perfectly round will droop down due to the density of the water, causing its shape to change.

Now take this example into consideration and apply it to humans, where water was the energy that came from the demons.

Because of how dense the energy coming from the demons was, the weaker villain's bodies tended to undergo drastic changes in order to withstand the newly found power that entered their body.

Due to these drastic changes, a simple retina, fingerprint, and gene test could verify if one was a villain or not.

Of course, this only worked for relatively weaker villains. For stronger villains, this sort of test was useless as their bodies could contain the power given to them by the devils they made a pact with, like professor Thibaut. Fortunately, this wasn't necessarily a problem as the stronger villains didn't bother disguising themselves.

However, even though strong villains tended to avoid disguising themselves, these sorts of tests were still a necessary precaution against villains. The consequences of not checking whether someone was an imposter could potentially be disastrous. Imagine what would happen if a villain was to make its way inside of the VR capsule. He/She could potentially put all the students at risk of brain trauma if not even death.

If a villain were to suddenly gain access to the virtual equipment main control system, he/she could suddenly discharge all of the electrical power inside of the capsules, essentially turning everyone inside of the capsule brain dead.

This sort of accident occurred several times in the past, resulting in strict checks and procedures getting installed by the company creating the capsule as a result of the backlash they received from the public.

Well, what about professor Thibaut? Technically he could override the system and kill everyone present, right? Actually, he couldn't, especially since his job was extremely important.

The reason why I was not necessarily worried about him was because his primary role in the lock was to turn potential heroes into villains. He was what was called a 'manager' or an 'agent'. His main responsibility was to turn students into villains by exploiting the emotions and resentment they had towards certain individuals or the academy.

Moreover, it wasn't that easy to override the system and discharge high amounts of electricity towards the capsules. Especially if this was happening inside of the lock, where several highly ranked heroes resided. They could easily sense the abnormal accumulation of electricity making it almost impossible for this plan to work.

Plus, Professor Thibaut simply couldn't afford to perform such a high-risk maneuver to kill an individual as turning students into villains was his main priority.

If not for the fact that professor Thibaut got direct orders from the demon he made a pact with to get rid of Kevin, he would've never tried fighting him, as it wasn't his responsibility.

Just as it was not my responsibility to get rid of him. If I suddenly got rid of the mini-boss, Kevin would never go through any hardship, creating a liability for when he faced the Demon King.

Gradually the world around me started to change, and a blinding light caused me to cover my eyes.

Blinking for a couple of seconds, and recovering my bearing I found myself inside of a white room.

Looking around the room, I could see a couple of students from my class similarly checking their surroundings.

After approximately five minutes, and seeing that no one else showed up, I made my way towards the other classmates.

There were a total of five people excluding myself in the waiting room.

Seeing that I was making my way towards them, some students went to greet me directly.

"Rank 834 William K. Johnson, a pleasure to meet you"

The first person to greet me was a rather short-statured browned hair teen, with a somewhat lively disposition.

"Rank 623 Rosaline Tluve"

"Rank 739 Edward Smith, greetings."

"Rank 956 Park Jinho, nice to meet you"

Following William, a red-haired pretty girl who stood proudly like a regal peacock greeted me. She had an indifferent air around her that made it seem like nothing interested her. Her tone was cold, giving the impression that she detested everything around her. She like me was an extra and thus I knew nothing about her, making me assume that her cold attitude came from some sort of past trauma. Most probably faced a similar to Amanda, who like her was cold.

After Rosaline, a black-haired youth with square-shaped glasses and neatly combed hair greeted me in a serious tone. Judging from his disposition and the way he talked, I made a mental note to myself to not interact with him in the near future. Not very fond of such straight-laced individuals.

Lastly, Park Jinho, who seemed to be of Asian descent, most probably Korean, greeted me with a modest attitude. He seemed somewhat wary of me, not sure why...

Turning my head to the last person, who ignored my presence since the beginning, I tried to greet him but I was promptly ignored.

With a fairly tall stature and a muscular upper body that did not lose out to any professional bodybuilder back in my world, was Arnold Kane. he carried an intimidating aura around him that reminded people of a wild gorilla that would attack anyone at the smallest sign of provocation. His hair was cut in a buzzcut and his eyes were tightly knit together in a frown.

Shaking my head, I presented myself to the rest.

There was no need for me to actually greet him as I already knew who he was, but as to not come off as too disrespectful I made sure to at least greet him. Had I skipped over him, I might've been the target of his bullying, which I really did not want to have any part of.

'Rank 75, Arnold Kane'

One of Jin's three main lackeys. who will later be known as 'Iron Mountain Arnold' due to his iron-like defense that could ward off several attacks from several individuals at a time.

He was what you called a 'Strong to the weak, and weak to the strong' type of person. A typical bully. His arrogance probably originated from the fact that he was Jin's lackey. To which I can only secretly express my disgust. You are actually proud of being someone else's dog?

"Pleasure to meet you, everyone, I'm Rank 1750 Ren Dover"

"..."

It took a couple of seconds for the rest to process what I had said before losing all interest in me.

Shrugging at their reaction, I could only sympathize with them as I understood where they were coming from. I mean, 800 ranks lower than the second-lowest in the group was quite the difference.

This was a society where power ruled over everything else. If you were not that powerful you were looked down on by everyone. Well, this mainly applied to the lock where individuals were still young and prideful. Once they entered the real world and actually fought against demons, only then will they realize how immature they were.

"Trash"

The first to speak up was, of course, Arnold, who looked at me with disgust.

Secretly shaking my head, I couldn't help but lament to myself for making this world full of arrogant characters.

Couldn't be helped, it was what the readers wanted...

Fuck you, readers.

Your pleasure was my suffering.

Well whatever, I'll just stay quiet for now and wait for the professor's instruction.

Fortunately, after I told them about my rank, no one approached me, helping me avoid unnecessary conversations.

[Ehm..ehm...Group 7 can you guys hear me?]

Disrupting the awkward atmosphere that developed due to my rank reveal, professor Thibuat voice resounded across the room.

[If you can hear me say 'Check']

"Check"

"Check"

"Check"

"Check"

"Check"

"Check"

[1..2..3..4..5..6, great look's like everyone is present. Okay, listen carefully as I will now explain the rules. Pay close attention because I will only say them once.]

[Since this is most likely the first time some of you have entered the virtual world, today's class will be on the lighter side]

[The people around you right now will be the group that you will work with for today's class.]

[Before you say anything, your group is balanced according to the computer and for the most part, each group will be evenly matched. Although there are some exceptions, which I really can't do anything about]

'Don't look at me like that! he was referring to Kevin and the others!'

Noticing the glares coming in my direction, I couldn't help but silently grumble to myself.

The professor was obviously talking about the top-ranked individuals who could most likely take on a team by themselves.

There wasn't actually that much of a difference in power between me and Park Jinho, the second-lowest in the group. Well, that was if you were comparing me from before I took over because right now my fighting strength was leagues above what it was a week ago.

The only reason they glared at me like that was probably because they wanted an outlet to unleash their grievances against

'Immature bastards'

[You will each be dropped into a remote terrain which will be randomly generated by the computer.]

[Your goal for today is to survive 1 hour]

[There are extra points awarded for those who manage to complete certain hidden tasks]

[This will count as a pass as long as you manage to survive for 1 hour, extra points will be awarded for each teammate that survives alongside you]

[I will give you 2 minutes to let you discuss your plans with your group.]

[Best of luck!]

[Oh~ Before I leave I forgot to mention. The last group will automatically fail this class]

-Click!

Somehow the glares towards my direction became stronger.

How the professors haven't realized that professor Thibaut was a villain was beyond me. He was obviously trying to sow discord among the groups to create grudges with each other, with the lower-ranked individuals being his primary targets.

The 'fail this class' thing is a total lie, as he had no power in regards to deciding who to pass or who to fail on the first day.

This was just an excuse he made to create a situation where a grudge could be created by making the stronger guys target the weaker individuals.

This was one of his typical strategies that made certain individuals suffer so that he could weaken their state of mind, and later on, take advantage of their weakness to turn them into villains.

If not for the fact that there were a lot of heroes present in the lock, professor Thibaut would've used more extreme measures to turn someone into a villain.

"You"

Pointing towards my direction, Arnold's deep voice resounded across the white room.

"Yes?"

"Make sure you survive, else..."

Placing his hand on my shoulder, Arnold exerted an incredible amount of pressure making me almost kneel on the floor.

-Thud!

"Ugh..."

After confirming his strength, I kneeled down as he intended and let out a fake groan.

"Understand?"

Seeing me kneeling in front of him, Arnold let out a satisfied smile and turned towards the rest who immediately nodded at him.

"Good"

While pretending to struggle to get up, I fell into deep thought.

From the exchange I just had with Arnold, I could approximately gauge my strength.

I could pretty much confirm I was still weaker than Arnold, but not by a large margin. If I had to make a rough estimate about my ranking, it should be around the three hundred's.

Fortunately, because this was a virtual world, I didn't really suffer much from the exchange I had with Arnold. But don't get me wrong. Just because I didn't suffer much didn't mean I wasn't angry.

In fact, I was furious. How dare you gorilla-like bastard use me to exert dominance over the rest?

If not for the fact that I didn't want to start shit with you and your gang, I wouldn't have kneeled down and humiliated myself like that.

I'm not like those braindead protagonists who scream 'I will only kneel to god and my parents, no one else shall make me kneel!'

I will kneel when I need to. But be ready to face the consequences of making me kneel.

Staring at his proud and arrogant face which acted as if everything was beneath him, I secretly swore to myself to make him pay ten times for what he had done to me.

'I take my grudges very deeply'

[Alright! the simulation is ready]

[I will start the simulation in 3...2...1]

-Shua!


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