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Prologue: New World

  [Uuuugh...]

  I nearly threw up, but I managed to hold it in.

  I shouldn't have drunk so much at the party. I shouldn't have, but I just couldn't control myself.

  I mean, what asshole you need to be to invite someone to the party where they barely know a soul

  and then leave them at the entrance, because some chick called them for a "talk"...

  It will be fun, he said. It will be unforgettable, he said. Yeah, maybe for you.

  Anyway, I need to get to the bus stop as soon as possible,

  I have a test tomorrow and I don't want to miss it when I studied so much for it.

  Let's see, 00:04 huh ?

  I have around 30 minutes before the last bus.

  .....

  The bus stop should be around here somewhere, right ?

  ..... right ?

  O.MY.GOD. Don't tell me that I just got lost, please...

  Ugh, I should have paid more attention to my surroundings when I come here.

  Huh ? What's this white line on the road? Maybe a line for bicycles, I guess?

  And who the hell is shining that light into my eyes, I can't see shit because of it!

  Hmm? Wait...

  Something isn't right here...

  [Welcome, please choose one of the options]

  Suddenly, a voice out of nowhere started talking to me. No way, am I hallucinating now !?

  But all I drank was beer and a little bit of wine, did maybe someone put something into my drink ?

  Great, this night is becoming better and better...

  [Please choose one of the options]

  The voice said again. It was a woman's voice. Probably an adult but I'm not sure because it's was so cold and monotone...

  Remind me of a girl I met at the party. She was bored as hell, came there only because of a friend.

  We had a great time complaining about it, and then even exchanged numbers...

  [Please choose one of the options]

  The voice said again.... aaaah, I'm feel sleepy...

  [Ya, ya, stop yapping. What are the options...]

  I asked. This is going nowhere, might as well go with the flow... Where am I anyway?

  [Acknowledged]

  [[Load old world] [Create new world]]

  ....

  ...

  ..

  .

  HAA ? What the hell is this ?

  I'm starting to think that I actually already passed out on my way to a bus stop... and now I'm having a really weird dream...

  Not like this is the first time something like this happened to me, but still...

  something just doesn't feel right...

  A hologram-like projection appeared in front of me. This definitely looks like a game screen.

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  I wonder why am I dreaming about a game, I'm not that much of a gamer, to be honest...

  Well, I go along for now. I press [Create new world].

  [Acknowledged]

  The voice replied in the same cold and monotone way.

  [[Load old profile] [Create new profile]]

  Eeeeh? I'm tempted to see what is the first choice, but I always start the game from the beginning, sooo...

  I press [Create new profile].

  [Acknowledged]

  [Please choose the name for the new world [new name]]

  [Please choose the difficulty [default]]

  The voice said as two new hologram-like projections appeared in front of me.

  Hmm, with the name, let's go with something simple and easy to remember. As for difficulty, I wonder which options there are...

  I pressed the [new name] and a new projection appeared below the first one. It looks like a keyboard...

  For the name I wrote "Roshar" and then I pressed on [default] as new projection appeared below it.

  [[Easy] [Normal] [Hard] [Very Hard]]

  I always play on easy or normal, it's not that I can't handle the challenge,

  but I simply don't have that much free time to play a game nowadays...

  Studying and all, is this why I'm having this dream ?

  Anyway, I pressed [Normal]...

  [Acknowledged]

  [Creating new world "Roshar"]

  [Creation complete]

  [Changing the profile difficulty from [Very Hard] to [Normal]]

  [Removing the "Advantages and Disadvantages" system]

  [Refreshing the "Race Evolution" system]

  .....

  ......

  .......

  [ERROR]

  [Race:Human not found]

  [Updating profile race from Race:Human to Race:Humanoid]

  .....

  ......

  .......

  [ERROR]

  [Race:Humanoid not found]

  [ERROR]

  ["Race Evolution" system not found]

  [Finding solutions...]

  ...

  ..

  .

  [...Solution found]

  [Explanation: because the new world "Roshar" was only just now created, "Race Evolution" system is not established yet.]

  [Solution: Change the profile race from Race:Human to a default Race:World Isotopa.]

  [[Yes] [No]]

  Eeeeh ? wait, wait, wait...

  This is throwing red flags all over the place!!! What did the voice said anyway ?

  I couldn't understand a thing, there was just too much information thrown at me all at once...

  What the hell is "world isopoda" anyway ?! No way I'm gonna play as a race I haven't a clue about...

  It didn't even start yet there are errors occurring already ?

  Patch this shit up, dammit.

  Even for a early access, this is below 0/10 !!!

  Ugh, why the hell am I dreaming about this anyway ?

  I'm done, where's the [Quit] button ?!

  [Please choose one of the options]

  The voice said, making me even more annoyed...

  There isn't any [Quit] button around... How do I wake up from this nightmare ?

  Do I really need to use the good old "pinch the cheek" method ?

  No, wait. If I think about it, the mysterious voice responded to my voice at the beginning... Maybe...

  [Quit]

  ...

  ..

  .

  [Quit]

  The mysterious voice did not respond. This is making me even more annoyed, like I didn't have a bad day already...

  [Quit, Exit, Ctrl-alt-Del...]

  Nothing is working, looks like I need to use that...

  [Ouch... AAAAAH !!!]

  I did it with all my strength, but I still didn't wake up...

  What's more, my cheeks are so painful on fire, what's going on here ?!

  I shouldn't feel any pain in a dream, at least not this realistically...

  [err, excuse me ?]

  Suddenly, the mysterious voice responded and it didn't sound cold and monotone as before.

  It catched me completely off guard, and I reflexively replied with [Yes ?]

  [Acknowledged]

  [The answer [Yes] has been selected]

  [Changing profile race from Race:Human to Race:World Isopoda]

  Wait,wait,waitwaitwait a damn second !!!

  Now you heard me bitch! Even your voice recognition software is malfunctioning !

  Aaaaah, I feel so sleepy, I want to just go to sleep !!!

  Wait, what... What am I even saying ?

  [Change complete]

  [Starting the "Resurrection" system]

  Stop, I can't... I can't think straight... sooo sleepy...

  [System successfully started]

  [Transferring profile data to the Race:World Isopoda egg]

  Is this... What I think it is ? Reincarnation ? But that would mean...

  [Data transfer...[50%]]

  [60%]

  [70%]

  I remembered now. While I was walking toward the bus stop...

  [80%]

  I got disoriented and...

  [90%]

  I walked right in front of... something... and then...

  [100%]

  [Transfer Complete]

  [Establishing the connection]

  [Connection established]

  [Updating profile status]

  ....

  ..

  .

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