Arc II - Cosmos

Chapter 2 : Testing

With the 'help' of the people here I was able to smoothly introduce my dreams of being able to live in those worlds you always wished to go into. I changed how much 'playtime' each person can use to when will signs of exhaustion show. With the system help I had it so for example if you just fought a hard boss and used up your mind unless it was in critical danger you would be left in game and the system will give in-game warnings about health giving messages saying.

Warning User's Energy is Low!

*It is highly recommended that you exit the game immediately*

*Should your health deteriorate you will be forced to quit*

I thought about many restrictions but decided against placing them instead I will have their bodies themselves be the restriction and if they want to play more or get better then they need to get stronger.

I added an official testing/training room where all people can access and show where they are in physical strength. Along with a leaderboard where they can only see their position with stats about where they are located.

Now it's time to see whether these implementations are great or not.

=== Baek-Hyun POV ===

Just as he was about to be excited for entering in his favorite manhwa 'The Gamer' he was pulled into a blank white room.

Welcome new user before we begin your adventure please do these required adjustments.

A list of unchecked boxes with two sections a physical test and mental test.

Physical Test - Strength, Agility, Dexterity, Endurance, Vitality, Constitution

Mental Test - Intelligence, Willpower, Wisdom

By doing these test will we adjust minor differences to more accurately read your body. This is NOT Optional and MUST be completed!

"Tests?" After thinking for a while it did make sense that it needs data to know more but... "This reminds me of mandatory military training." He was suited up in a skintight dull grey suit that showed off his body underneath

We will only be testing on basic if you wish to train more in-depth muscles it will be after this testing is over. Now we will begin with our Strength Testing.

In the white room a sandbag was lowered from the roof in the center of the room. Above the sandbag read {Strength Testing} underneath those words were the instructions. {Punch Sandbag} Seeing the instructions he followed punching the sandbag once. The numbers quickly changed incrementing from 0 until it slowly stopped at 132.

{Retake Test? Y / N}

Selecting no he moved onto the next tests. From doing a kick reaching up to 241. {Strength Testing is over.} "Wait that's it? Only a punch and kick?" The room started transforming once again the sandbag was taken back into the roof the ground had cones, ladders laying flat and a simple track.

Soon he went over all sorts of tests, running around cones, doing sidesteps and leg exercises before doing his best 100 meter, and 400 meter run.

For dexterity he had to do a lot of hand exercises from touching targets, tapping, drawing shapes, turning coins, doing mazes, screwing nuts and bolts, stacking small objects, and stacking large objects.

After completing those tasks for endurance he had to do more physical exercises what you would normally see and sometimes holding in position.

The next two was less physically demanding only requiring him to stand on a scanner reading his Vitality, and Constitution values. After completing the physical test he was immediately sent to do mental testing.

The first mental test was intelligence being Patterns, Shape, Sequencing, How Many?, and Missing Info. After doing that his willpower was tested a self-control test called Present or Future giving many scenarios of whether you want it now or can you wait for more. Finally it came to wisdom testing, Tell me that Emotion, What is that intention?, along with other questions that had writing answers.

Baek-Hyun answered to his best once he submitted his answers the system thanked him before sending him to his world.

Do you understand that as you are playing Single-Player World and that should your 'character' die you will lose all progress.

Know that all this world's story, background, characters will exist and it isn't a story where you take the existing characters place.

Also know that any attempts to break immersion from playing this game will have your message distorted.

By entering this world you agree to it's rules and laws that govern the world.

Agree to Statement above?

[YES] / [NO]

"Can I ask what do you mean by the third line?"

{It means that any attempts to share knowledge that is otherwise unknown or would never be known will result in your message being distorted}

"Okay." Agreeing to the statement he moves onto the next part.

{This is the Legacy Points here you can select the challenges, curses, perks, character, and attribute changes you have before entering your Single-Player world. You will naturally gain Legacy Points for achievements, actions, and goals you accomplish during your playthrough. Please do not go for the 'meta' or 'overpowered' build instead going for 'enjoyment' we want you to know that you have unlimited chances to start over there is no need to frustrate your first playthrough.}

{As you can see there is a list of legacy you can choose curses to make your playthrough more difficult but it gives you Legacy Points, Challenges are a bonus multiplier that will affect your final points at the end of your playthrough. Curses are negative affects. Perks are positive affects. Character allows you to change your appearance, gender, and body. Attributes will directly affect your stats they multiply in cost every 10 levels.}

{There is an limit on how many of slots you can have to unlock more you must purchase using Prestige Points.}

Legacy Points: 0 Prestige Points: 0 Challenges Curses Perks Character Attribute 〔0 / 1〕 〔0 / 3〕 〔0 / 5〕 〔0 / 2〕 〔0 / 0〕 Sort by ▼ Search Challenges

【No Damage Taken】

100x Multiplier Bonus

【Fists Only】

2x Multiplier Bonus

【No Level Up】

30x Multiplier Bonus

【No Running】

15x Multiplier Bonus

【Kicks Only】

4x Multiplier Bonus

【Money Maker】

Money Made X Multiplier Bonus

【No Jumping】

20x Multiplier Bonus

【Survivor】

Days Survived X Multiplier Bonus

【Worlds Helper】

People Helped X Multiplier Bonus

There listed more challenges reading all of them going page to page Baek-Hyun decides to choose the first page 【Survivor】 challenge all the goal had something similar being you must not do that action until the end of the playthrough if you failed it will reward based on how long it lasted. For 【Survivor】 the reward is based on how long you survive the longer the more legacy points and it was a (S) shaped curve graph little at start and very little increments at end when it's like for thousands of years.

Curses

【Mute】 +2 Legacy Points 【Numb】 +15 Legacy Points 【Emotionless】 +2 Legacy Points 【Deaf】 +5 Legacy Points 【No Taste】 +3 Legacy Points 【Thirst】 +5 Legacy Points 【Blind】 +10 Legacy Points 【No Smell】 +5 Legacy Points 【Hunger】 +5 Legacy Points

Seeing all the curses from taking away human senses to increasing energy needed Baek-Hyun decides to move onto perks before choosing. "I'll come back to this after looking at perks."

Perks

【Dulcet Voice】 Cost: 30 Legacy Points 【Combat Genius】 Cost: 50 Legacy Points 【Bloodlust】 Cost: 20 Legacy Points 【Photographic Memory】 Cost: 100 Legacy Points 【Threat Detection】 Cost: 60 Legacy Points 【Conceal】 Cost: 50 Legacy Points 【Attractive Face】 Cost: 20 Legacy Points 【Treasure Sense】 Cost: 40 Legacy Points 【Mental Strength】 Cost: 80 Legacy Points

"Why is all these expensive!" Taking a look at all those appeasing perks he could only watch as they cost so much legacy points, changing how it was displayed from recommended to cost. Taking a look at the cheaper options he sigh unable to get those awesome perks.

Perks

【Pen Spinning】 Cost: 1 Legacy Points 【Whistle】 Cost: 1 Legacy Points 【Wrapping Gifts】 Cost: 1 Legacy Points 【Guessing】 Cost: 1 Legacy Points 【Moonwalk】 Cost: 1 Legacy Points 【Typing】 Cost: 1 Legacy Points 【Spell Backwards】 Cost: 1 Legacy Points 【Folding Cloth】 Cost: 1 Legacy Points 【Deep Sleeper】 Cost: 1 Legacy Points

"What are these perks? Maybe I should just go without adding any curses or perks for now after all I have no idea what will be useful or not." Closing the perks and curses tabs he looks at character and attributes.

Character

【Choose Gender】 Cost: 10 Legacy Points 【Choose Face Traits】 Cost: 20 Legacy Points 【Elf Bloodline】 Cost: 750 Legacy Points 【Choose Age】 Cost: 15 Legacy Points 【Pigeon Beast Bloodline】 Cost: 5 Legacy Points 【Dragon Bloodline】 Cost: 1000 Legacy Points 【Choose Hair Traits】 Cost: 10 Legacy Points 【Dhampir Bloodline】 Cost: 150 Legacy Points 【Dwarf Bloodline】 Cost: 250 Legacy Points

"Yeah I will skip these right now I just want to explore I can do this later once I feel like it." The attributes panel didn't need to be explored it only showed the attributes; STR, AGI, DEX, INT, WIS, VIT, END, CON, CHA, LUCK, and PER. Each legacy point would add one attribute and it the cost would increase each time that attribute hit 10's. Another jump in cost at 100's, 1000's, so it makes it harder to have more attributes by the cost increasing exponentially.

Only selecting to have the challenge 【Survivor】 equipped Baek-Hyun confirmed his choices.

With a flash of light he gets pulled into the world of 'The Gamer'.

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Baek-Hyun or Autumn Winds woke up in an internet café. Looking down at his body he notices that he is dressed in what he would usually be with prior memories of his character in a short synopsis.

Seeing the computer in front of him he searches up for Shin Seonil martial arts korea. Finding search results seeing the live person is such a difference from the manhwa art. Going through his character's memory.

I am also Baek-Hyun a normal civilian in Korea but my background is an orphan with no family connections I live in a one-person cheap apartment. Paying for using the computer he leaves the internet café and from what I know this is before the gamer Han Jihan got his powers. Although I wanted to be in this world but now that I am here what do I do? I don't have the gamer power nor do I have any known powers.

I suppose I need to become an acquired ability user. "Time to work out."