A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 1: Prologue Start Over_1

The Galaxy is infinite.

In the darkness of the universe, a silvery cylindrical object is slowly floating, with the light from stars shining on its surface, reflecting specks of brightness. From a distance, a boundless galaxy can be observed.

However, this beautiful scene is utterly meaningless to the person currently inside it.

“Why did this happen to me!!!”

Duanmu Huai clutched his head with an utterly desolate look.

Yes, he had traveled to another world.

For Duanmu Huai, this was an absolutely undeserved misfortune. He just wanted to go online and see what the new updates were after the game upgrade. But to Duanmu Huai’s surprise, as soon as he reopened his eyes, he was stuck in this narrow space, and……

“Why do I look like this?!!!”

Looking at the mirror in front of him, Duanmu Huai was on the brink of tears. The reflection was not the pretty, delicate, and adorable girl he had taken five hours to create, but instead, a man standing two and a half meters tall, with an eight-pack abdomen, bald head, and vicious scar on his face. His face showed a murderous aura reminiscent of a serial killer. Yes, that man was Duanmu Huai himself.

“Why am I so unlucky…”

Looking dumbfoundedly at the system prompt in front of him, Duanmu Huai muttered to himself. In fact, the reason for his transmigration was simple and clear.

It was written on the first line of the “User Agreement”.

“After the game update, any player who agrees to this agreement to enter the game will have a chance to be chosen for traveling to an alternate world……”

Looking at the latest user agreement, Duanmu Huai’s face twitched.

Who would bother to read this crap? For players, usual practice is to skip reading the “User Agreement” and “Privacy Agreement”, and simply check the box to signify acceptance. But who would have thought that this would turn into such a disaster?

However, even if players had read it, they probably would have laughed it off as a joke or some humorous gimmick by the game company. It’s the year 2202, who would take all this stuff seriously?

But, for Duanmu Huai, it was no laughing matter.

“Hah……”

After sighing deeply, Duanmu Huai plopped down on a nearby chair.

Star Ocean Online.

In Duanmu Huai’s world, this was the most popular game. The player would play the last surviving member of the “Light of Order” clan, who woke up from hibernation to find only the Core Cabin left, floating aimlessly in the vast universe. What the player needed to do was to venture to other planets and worlds, find various holy artifacts lost by the Light of Order clan and connect them to the Core Cabin to create characteristic star city space stations. In the later stage, players could even recruit soldiers from these space stations to form a fleet and fight enemies from other dimensions.

Duanmu Huai was one of the players of Star Ocean Online, and a top player at that. He played the game partly because he liked it, and partly because —— he really couldn’t do any other work.

His face revealed everything.

From a young age, Duanmu Huai was shunned because of his appearance and height. While studying, he was always treated as the school bully. There were even rumors that he murdered several people bare-handed, but wasn’t jailed due to being underage.

After graduating from college, Duanmu Huai’s situation didn’t improve. When applying for jobs, employers thought his appearance was too intimidating. They feared customers might suspect the company had connections with the underworld. Even job applications for security guards were rejected, as property managers worried residents might mistake him for a highway robber.

Even when he tried being a livestreamer, he only lasted three days before being buried under an avalanche of complaints and got banned.

In the end, to escape from reality, Duanmu Huai immersed himself in playing online games.

At least in online games, he could adopt another image, instead of having a serial killer-like face. So Duanmu Huai created a pretty, petite, and cute character for himself.

After all, according to official statistics, 80% of male players play as female characters. It was not a big deal, really.

In this way, Duanmu Huai completely immersed himself in the game, reaching top player status before he even realized it.

However, Duanmu Huai never participated in professional leagues. He preferred to play solo, usually completing missions for clients to earn money. After all, professional leagues required one to appear on camera, and if Duanmu Huai were to go on stage… Ahem, the operator inside the cute little girl character was a giant, murderous-looking man.

The contrast was far too great.

“Never mind, there’s no use in complaining about it now.”

Duanmu Huai slapped his face hard, then opened his status bar. Soon, a list of information floated in front of him.

[Hitting your head with a small hammer]

[Profession: Judge (LV1)]

[Strength: 8][Unarmed Combat +4][Galactic Warrior Combat Training LV3]

[Agility: 4][Shooting +0][Sicaran Enhancement LV1]

[Physical Attribute: 6][Tenacity +2][Religious Army Siege Rules LV2]

[Intelligence: 6][Will +2][Psychic Combat Training LV2]

[Perception: 8][Awareness +4][Legal Department Assault Tactics LV3]

[Charm: 1 (Locked)][Communication -3][Intimidation LV2]

“This isn’t my character…”

Duanmu Huai was disheartened when he saw his status. When he created his character, he maxed out his charm. Now this value – it must be based on his own physical values.

Just looking at that “Charm 1” and he knew.

Is it not zero because I’m still human?

Forget it, these are not important.

Duanmu Huai stood up, staring at the landscape outside the window. Regardless of how absurd it seemed, he had traveled through space, and what he needed to do now was survive. He only had one Core Cabin now. He was as powerless as a baby in the universe. Duanmu Huai knew that in the world of Star Ocean Online, dangers lurked everywhere. Not to mention… there isn’t even food here, if he stays here, he will eventually starve.

Real-life isn’t like a game where you can AFK indefinitely.

With these thoughts in mind, Duanmu Huai opened the warehouse and put on his gear. Luckily, as a secondary character, he still had a set of system-provided Heirloom Equipment. It was the only benefit he had right now.

He can’t be expected to venture out naked.

He walked up to the terminal, reached out, and activated the system. Immediately, a line of information appeared.

[Start search for Holy Artifact signal … signal has been locked down … Do you want to teleport?]

“Teleport!”

As he finished speaking, Duanmu Huai felt the ground beneath his feet suddenly disappear. The scene before his eyes began to change in an instant. It was as if an endless landscape was being torn into strips of light, flashing past his eyes. Then, a whistling wind swept past his ears, an invisible gravity seized his body, and he fell from the sky like he was bungee jumping…

“Boom!!!”

The next moment, Duanmu Huai felt his body violently shake as he fell to the ground. The massive vibration and impact made his body numb. While at the same time, a line of system notification appeared before his eyes.

[You have attacked the Evil God Priest]

[You caused 12,000 fall damage to the Evil God Priest]

[Evil God Priest died, you gain 350 experience points]

[ Level Up to LV3]

[You gain 1 free attribute point, 1 skill specialty point]

What the hell?

Duanmu Huai was stunned by the notification in front of him. Then he raised his head and looked around to see people in black robes staring at him with suspicious looks all around. Not far behind them, there was a woman tied to a stake, who also watched the unexpected guest in disbelief.

Just then, Duanmu Huai noticed that the crowd in black robes was pulling out their weapons.

“He killed our Priest!”

“Kill this bastard who obstructed our ceremony!!”

At the same time, a new system notification appeared before Duanmu Huai.

[Task ‘Chaotic Intrusion’ activated]

[Objective: Eliminate enemies!]

[As a Judge, your mission is to combat chaos and destroy all enemies of order! Unwavering loyalty!]

“Sigh …”

Looking at the Evil God Cultists who started to attack, Duanmu Huai sighed inwardly, then tightly clutched his weapon.

It seemed like there was no way but to fight!