It's My Turn to Dominate [Virtual Reality]Ch1 - Glimmering lights, fractured star, and the bounty board— In this life I don’t regret coming to Wandering Dreams

“…… The champion of the 2nd season of the professional Wandering Dreams tournament, Team Cerulean Waves!”

“Congratulations to Cerulean Waves!” EBGstr

Inside the enormous stadium, tens of thousands of people applauded thunderously. The crowd buzzed with clamorous excitement.

The members of Cerulean Waves walked onto the stage and lifted the championship trophy together. Golden ribbons and confetti danced and fluttered in the air, creating a dazzling view of the ocean.

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After a simple celebration, they stood in a line. One of them held out a hand and accepted the microphone that was handed over by the host. His face appeared on several screens simultaneously. The sharp screams within the stadium instantly rose to a new height, practically uplifting the roof.

The young man had red lips and white teeth with peerlessly handsome looks. Beneath the corner of his left eye, there was even a small red tear-shaped beauty mark. This was Cerulean Wave’s team captain himself, Jiang Chen. He started competing at the age of 17 and within half year, secured his position as the core player. Then in the tournament finals, he turned the tide in a clutch with his outstanding performance and helped the team take down the 1st season championship. During the 2nd season, he was promoted to team captain and led the team to win their next championship, also winning the MVP for the season. AxIJVW

18 years old, the champion of two seasons, and a young genius with boundless prospects— Coupled with his god-like looks, he was extremely popular within the community right now, the only person within the spotlight.

Jiang Chen held the microphone and observed the audience quietly.

Golden lights, applause, high-pitched screaming, and frenzy…… From every direction, the mountains whistle and the oceans roar. These were all in recognition for them. At this moment, he was enveloped in honor and glory, as if standing at the center of the entire world.

He did his best to bask in everything within this moment, a faint smile appearing on his face.

This smile was projected onto the screens. The fans immediately gave the most direct response. The sharp screams rose in volume once again. Captain Jiang had a relatively cold personality. Even during post-match interviews, he usually carried a stern face. Smiling like this right now so captivation that people’s legs turned weak.

“Chen Hui Lan Le!”

“Chen Hui Lan Le!”

“Chen Hui Lan Le!” RdZIJC

Scattered voices converged into an ocean, instantly transmitting the unified shouts of tens of thousands.

“Chen Hui Lan Le” was Jiang Chen’s ID in Wandering Dreams. His class was a Wardcaster.

During today’s finals, he swept the field, annihilating everything within his path, and received the highest number of kills in the team. That ardent, blood-pumping scene was enough to make the audience go wild for him.

The members of Cerulean Waves were spurred by the atmosphere and with reddened eyes, they coordinated to lift him up. fdedMn

The crowd went wild: “Ahhhhhhhhh!”

The people from other teams sat below the stage and watched with envy: “Che, this ostentatious display.”

“They’re the most popular team after all.”

“That’s right……” 5yExS9

A small number of captains had inside information and looked onto the stage with heavy eyes.

The audience took quite a while to finally calm down. With a smile on his face, the host interviewed the people of Cerulean Waves and finally, looked towards Jiang Chen. Suppressing feelings of regret, he asked as instructed in advance: “Captain Jiang, do you have anything else you want to say to the fans?”

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Jiang Chen said: “Yes.”

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The professional gamers, who were caught off guard, abruptly sat up straight and stared wide eyed in shock. They were all well aware of Jiang Chen’s temperament. He definitely wasn’t a talkative person. There was obviously something wrong here.

Jiang Chen said: “Now that I’ve won two championships and received an MVP, my career can be considered perfectly satisfactory.”

The ominous feeling was confirmed. The audience deteriorated in an uproar. The fans felt as if they were struck by lightning. Unable to accept it, they shouted “No” loudly. 92Pih8

But no one could change Jiang Chen’s decision. He has always done things swiftly and cleanly. His declaration of retirement also only contained only a few mere words. Within the cacophonous and rambunctious stadium, his voice remained calm and determined: “Due to personal reasons, I am officially retiring today. Thank you everyone for your more than a year of companionship.”

He held the microphone tightly, the word “goodbye” rolling around inside his mouth once before he swallowed it back down.

After he was diagnosed with cancer, he went from hope to despair. Both his emotions and mental state flip-flopped back and forth several times. The experience here was really pointless to mention to outsiders; ultimately, it’s nothing but a word of ‘retirement’. However, even though he had already made up his mind and prepared appropriately, when it came truly time to announce it out loud, it was even more upsetting than he had imagined.

Choking briefly with emotions, he suddenly recalled a very popular saying that’s been going around recently on the Wandering Dreams forums. He subconsciously switched out the ice-cold ‘goodbye’ and drew the final brush on his professional career. XozB j

“Glimmering lights, fractured star, and the bounty board— In this life I don’t regret coming to Wandering Dreams”

The proud and unruly young man lowered his head and bowed deeply to the audience. Then he straightened up and left the stage without looking back.

The already exhilarating championship night became even more explosive due to Jiang Chen’s unexpected retirement. There were related discussions and news everywhere, guessing anything and everything.

The two tags “Cerulean Waves win the championship” and “Chen Hui Lan Le retires” swiftly charged up the trending searches. The organization published an announcement subsequently, explaining the reason for Jiang Chen’s retirement and player adjustments for the new season. dDxuLa

People found a critical word within it: Illness.

There were no further details. However, no wall was impenetrable in this world. Very quickly, a rumor spread from minor sources, saying Jiang Chen had cancer.

The fans went crazy once again. Bystanders watching the progression of developments also felt saddened. Within half a day, the tag “waiting for your return” also joined the trending searches. More and more people learned about this young genius and prayed for him in good faith.

Unfortunately, what they didn’t know was that Jiang Chen had pancreatic cancer. When diagnosed, it was already in the terminal stage. The night he retired, he was picked up by his family and fell unconscious on the road back. When he woke up, he was already in the hospital. Someone was sitting in the chair next to him, reading a book. This was his older sister, Jiang ShiLan. atV oB

Jiang Chen tugged the corner of his mouth briefly: “Morning.”

Jiang ShiLan looked up at him and said with a smile: “Morning, are you hungry? Do you want to a bit to eat?”

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Jiang Chen: “Congee.”

Jiang ShiYan put the book down, got up, and left. Jiang Chen grabbed his phone from the bedside cabinet and opened it to take a look. He thought to himself, it’s still early— 2:15 in the afternoon. ObYtxl

He climbed up, washed, and looked at himself in the mirror.

Without the layer of makeup placed on him before the competition, his face carried a clear sign of illness right now. He thought almost coldly, this was the face of an early death.

The cancer he contracted has a relatively high mortality rate. Many people die within 6 months of diagnosis. He listened to the doctor’s opinions and felt that he will probably follow the crowd. Not to mention that he had exhausted himself mentally and physically for the playoffs and further damaged his body. Regardless of perspectives, it’s not very optimistic.

He wiped off the water on his face. Going out, he sat on the bed and looked through his cellphone, returning some messages selectively. A moment later, Jiang ShiLan returned and handed him the food. She sat to the side, watching him eat. Jiang Chen swallowed a bite of congee: “You’re not busy?” JXWQKT

Jiang ShiLan said: “Not busy today.”

Jiang Chen said: “How many days do I have to stay here?”

Jiang ShiLan said: “Depends on the doctor.”

Jiang Chen: “What did the doctor say?” GadNm7

Jiang ShiLan’s warm tone did not change the slightest: “Says your condition is pretty good.”

Jiang Chen declined to comment but didn’t ask any further.

He stayed in the hospital ward until the evening when his older brother and dad also arrived.

The Jiang family set up was very simple: A father and three children. W0Kwyb

The first two children were even mixed gender twins, whereas Jiang Chen himself was a general with no followers, six years younger than his big brother and sister. Madam Jiang passed away unfortunately when Jiang Chen was three years old. His father never remarried and raised the three kids to adulthood on his own.

His father, Jiang KangLe, was the deputy director of the Medical Research Institution. The first two of the three children followed him and studied medicine. Only Jiang Chen had no interest in medicine and only wanted to play games. Good thing his family was rather supportive and didn’t stop him.

His ID “Chen Hui Lan Le” was actually made up of one character from each of his family members’ names. His mother’s name also contained the ‘Lan’ character, so it was only used once.

Now that Jiang Chen was sick, facing the three doctors of the family, he could only listen obediently. vyz92a

After cooperating with treatment for two months, he lost all of his hair and went down two sizes in weight. Lying in bed languidly, he felt it was meaningless, just delaying time.

He said: “The world is so large; I want to take a look.”

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His big brother glanced over and said: “I’ll buy you a globe. Not only can you look at it, you can also spin it around.”

Jiang Chen laughed very softly and said nothing. saDidN

The three members of the Jiang family all understood what he meant. He didn’t want to receive treatment anymore. How could they not know this was only stalling for time but giving up treatment meant watching him die, yet not giving up meant they have to continue watching him suffer. Jiang KangLe fell silent for a very long time and said: “You can go wherever you want.”

Eyes reddening, the other two people turned away.

Jiang Chen closed his eyes: “En.”

In the end, he was only free for a month before his health started deteriorating rapidly. After being brought back after another emergent rescue, he incidentally saw the research material in his old dad’s hands— the human cryonic project. 6bpO5

He asked his old dad for the information, studied it carefully for a long time, and reached a conclusion: This theoretical subject has always been very controversial. The technique was still underdeveloped. It’s very likely that after being frozen for 100 years, the only result is a pile of fresh organs.

However, it was death either way, he was unwilling to die of illness just like this. So he decided to take the gamble and cryo-freeze himself.

Presently, there were several countries conducting research on this subject, China was no exception. However, this was the first time it’s been listed as a national project. Even though all the techniques were undeveloped and immature, they’re still slightly different from the outside world. They were classified as the Medical Research Institution’s secret, not to be publicized.

After Jiang Chen finished reading the documents, he signed his name. SGyXHY

A month later, the tag “Chen Hui Lan Le passed away” climbed to the top of the trending searches. All of the fans cried. The young man was like a shooting star, stunning countless people in their youths. Especially since it’s only been 4 months since the finals, the hype was still present. The anguished fans almost flooded the forums with their tears. The topic took several days to fade.

The deceased has passed, but the living must go on.

Skilled esports gamers emerge and fade one wave after another. Gradually the shooting star “Chen Hui Lan Le” was forgotten until four years later, the game conducted a massive revision. A veteran captain Du FeiZhou was interviewed on the game’s new update and upon bringing up the topic of Wardcasters midway during the questioning, the veteran captain replied flatly: “After Chen Hui Lan Le, there are no more Wardcasters in Wandering Dreams.”

New fans didn’t understand, but old fans knew and went to cry about captain Jiang once again. iLUXKY

“Chen Hui Lan Le” shone briefly and then fell silent again. One year passed after another. It’s already been 30 years since his passing. Every year, there were people retiring from the community. Amongst those who retired this year, there’s a heavyweight God gamer— the captain of Team NXK, Fang JingXing.

From the ages of 18 to 25, Fang JingXing used about 8 years of his professional career to win 5 domestic championships and 4 world championships. Although the first domestic championship he won was as a rookie riding on the coattails of the team, the later ones he had won genuinely through leading the team. Within the league, his popularity was without a doubt and deservingly number 1.

This year he won both the domestic seasonal championship and the world cup. Reputation maxed, he retired with success. The fans already knew that he was retiring. Despite being reluctant to see him leave, they also sent him their best wishes at the same time.

Fang JingXing stood on the stage with a smile and announced: “I am officially retiring starting today. Thank you everyone for your devotion over the years.” 4KP9 T

It has become a tradition for people retiring from Wandering Dreams to not say goodbyes. Captain Fang certainly won’t be making an exception. He smiled faintly: “Glimmering lights, fractured star, and the bounty board— In this life I don’t regret coming to Wandering Dreams.”

This scene swiftly spread throughout the web. After this, one month passed, the game officials dropped an explosive bomb. The virtual reality version of Wandering Dreams is about to receive internal testing. If there are no issues, it will soon be released officially to everyone.

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This was the world’s first completely virtual online game. Gaming fans all went crazy.

Not only the youth, but many middle-aged people also have a mind to enter and check it out, including esports competitors who retired a very long time ago. They have a chat group and were just discussing forming a Sunset Red guild inside the game when a former Cerulean Wave member suddenly lamented: “If only Captain Jiang were here.” BRcpdK

The crowd agreed: “Ai, true.”

The thoroughly missed person was completely without consciousness at this time, submerged deep within the darkness.

Time has become meaningless. Day and night didn’t matter. Long and short didn’t matter. Nothing could disturb him. After who knew how long has passed, that deathly still awareness suddenly flickered, and he vaguely heard a sound.

At first, it was very soft. Then it slowly grew in volume and washed towards him in layers like the ocean waves. SWFEhD

“Chen Hui Lan Le!”

“Chen Hui Lan Le!”

“Chen Hui Lan Le!”

The view suddenly broadened before his eyes. Golden ribbons and confetti flew into the air. The crowd screamed. It was the most impactful image in his memories. At this time, a voice cut in abruptly like a flying fairy from the sky. dWsvxk

“……Brain activity has reached the standard line. He can wake up! He can wake up!”

Chasing after that voice, Jiang Chen’s consciousness floated upwards from the pitch-black seabed and broke through the water.

—The number 1 Wardcaster in Wandering Dreams, who had annihilated everything within his path back in the days, opened his eyes.

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