Tinder Warlord

The beasts, races, environments, scenes, and so on, which should not exist in the 21st century, were programmed in the game. The game was a perfect design for Eden's era. The game sparks a lot of discussions. Speculations of the game creator being a time-traveler. Holding the key to time-travel technology sparks conversations among humans and aliens. Such speculations gave birth to relic hunters of both human and alien races. Who was in search of the game creator's treasures? They estimated that at that time, technology was missing somewhere in the universe.

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Arvina: Nope! Author, are you drunk? Technology, or so-called treasures, are kept safe and sound with me.

AN: ...

AN: Crazy droid! Can you just allow me to finish? You will murder my creative muse. Is it Muse? Whatever?!

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Unfortunately for the human race, they lost such technologies because of greed, but fortunately for Ariel Sebastian, she inherited and monopolized all the treasures. They were safe and sound in the V01D archives and pyramid—that is, V01D's resource vaults. In short, all ancient and extinct technologies, resources, and so on were neatly preserved and saved in V01D archives, or resource vaults. Arrange them according to their value and how rare and difficult they are to obtain.

Shua!

{Welcome to The Universe. Happy gaming universe, 'immortals'}

Ariel Sebastian ignores the notification. She was interested in her game status. She thought of a word, and her game status appeared.

'Status'

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IMMORTAL STATUS

Name: Ariel Sebastian

Race: Human

Unique: V01D Legacy - Supreme daughter of all realms

Class: V01D - Our teams have overwritten your original class

Level: 92/100% Unevolver rank

Constitution: ??? - Baptist to unveil

Physique: 92% - exceed 100% to break the human limit (Unevolver rank).

Health: 100%

Reflexes: 97/100% - exceed 100% to break the human limit (Unevolver rank).

Soul: ??? - Baptist to unveil

Skills: Reaper {master stage}, Aikido {initial stage}, Angampora {initial stage}, Araki Ryu {initial stage}, Karate {initial stage}, LINE {initial stage}

Accessories: ??? Nightmare dagger. (We have erased the worthless accessories from your inventory. It is unbefitting for the Supreme Daughter of all realms). You have unlocked a UNIQUE privilege. Accessories obtained from the Garden of Eden can be used.

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"Huh! What is this? Was there a glitch? Why did my game status change?"

'According to records. The highest percentage a human has gotten before baptism is 19%. WAIT! My existing skills are wiped out. What is this crazy stat?'

Immersed in her thoughts. Her eyes caught sight of her clothes.

"Huh!"

"Why am I on beginner's equipment?"

Ariel Sebastian checked her inventory for equipment, but the inventory was greyed out with a lock symbol. Her brain was super active. Ariel Sebastian recalls what she read about her game stats. Does it mean her equipment was erased with no compensation? Her brain overclocked its thinking capacity.

"Nooo... V01D, I will drink your blood and BBQ your flesh. Why is it impossible to wear my special game props? I sweated to have them. Some took a dip in my wallet."

[First strike. Big brother is watching.]

["Hihihi, strike one."]

[It should be clear that you are a tiny carbon-based lifeform. I can mistakenly step on you and deny you the qualification to reincarnate.]

"F*ck you as*h*le! You erased my treasured props and still lectured me on the dangers of speaking out about my grievance. I don't care if you are a divine relic. Give me back my game props. Are you expecting me to fight monsters with a beginner's equipment set?"

["Hihihi, my baby is in pain."]

"Huh! Are you going to electro-shock me in-game? Do not mess people up and expect them to be happy."

"YOU SHAMELESS BIG BROTHER!" Ariel Sebastian furiously yelled.

["Hihihihihiii"]

"Arvina shut the f*ck up. I have yet to cool off from sabotaging my training sessions."

["Whoa! Your angry 0s and 1s face is beautiful."]

[Second strike. Big brother is watching.]

[Courtesy demands you act like a lady. Hell! You are the Supreme daughter of all realms.]

'Shit, will V01D shock the hell out of me in the game world? But he is at fault. Why should he erase my game props because they are deemed unworthy of my status? What rubbish?'

[Yes, I can. I do not regret my actions. TRASH ARE TRASH. Don't refurbish trash.]

"Stop reading my mind, you cre...", quickly covering her mouth with both hands. Knowing she will be doomed if she completes her sentence. Ariel Sebastian quickly shifts her mind to other distractions. Fearful of electrotherapy.

'Inventory'

She checked out the beginner's set and wailed silently. Unknown to her, the game will be balanced for all players. They will all start afresh with renewed, twisted plots.

Her reactions on the street attracted attention from players and NPCs around her.

'Whispers... Whispers... Whispers'

"Is that beauty mad?"

"She has been yelling since she appeared."

"Maybe she was brutally robbed and killed. Or lose precious equipment from the update. Don't you see she wore her beginner's sets? She must have been in shock. Such a flower was traumatized."

"Who is so inhumane to do this to a beauty?"

"I can try to console her. Maybe I will be lucky to have a beauty as a girlfriend."

"Black bone, do you want to die? Near my beauty, and I will break your legs."

"Really? When is she your beauty?"

"Just now. So, steer off."

"Steer off my foot. One-on-one me. You girlfriend snatcher."

Ariel Sebastian was not cut out for the audience's pity. She hurried off to another environment.

Swoosh...

"Uh! That speed. She is a top ranker."

"Guy, run. If she heard our whispers, we would be in deep trouble."

"Both of us said the truth."

"Count me out. You trouble seeker."

Swoosh... Swoosh... Swoosh

They all ran in different locations. Praying to the luck goddess to smile at them.

The female that made them flee never considered them.

"Hey V01D, start to explain."

[...]

"Really? Are you trying to drive me crazy? How do I fight a monster? What the hell is wrong with my game stats?"

[I thought you were smart. Add it up. You humans have made everything easy. I followed the same logic. Restarting the virtual game from scratch.]

"Huh!"

"Acting mysterious"

[That reminds me. Let me merge 'The Universe' to V01D's server.]

[Activates CosmicNET

Looking up The Universe…

Connected to The Universe via the V01D server

Installing The Universe

Adding a game engine.

Adding programming languages

Adding game scenes...

Done!

Upgrading 'The Universe...'

12%... 66%... 99%...

Upgraded!]

{World Announcement! World Announcement!! World Announcement!!!

The Universe will begin an upgrade in five minutes.

It will log all immortals off.

Login to CosmicNet to check the latest patch news.

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Hints: 71 hours, 59 minutes, and 42 seconds to complete the upgrade.

V01D has to wrestle back the sole administrative ownership of 'The Universe' game.

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Having nothing to do. Ariel Sebastian decided to log off.

{Logging out in 3... 2... 1}

Shua!

A male body and three females took off their VR helmets. Looking around. Only to realize Blood Red Titan-ZDX was still zooming at top speed under the control of the super AI, which was hijacked by Arvina.

Anika Abby broke the silence. "What the hell just happened?"

"If my memories serve me right. Human Federation software and programming geniuses had tried to patch and upgrade 'The Universe' but they all failed."

"Did the Federation's software and programming geniuses succeed?" Overactive Anika Abby asked.

Ariel Sebastian: "..."

Alec Sebastian: "..."

Lisa Maya: "..."

"Where you expecting an answer?" Ariel Sebastian retorted.

'Although I have an answer. I can't expose my system'

'E-novel system hosts usually hide their systems?', Ariel Sebastian thought.

"There was something about logging in to CosmicNet to check," Lisa Maya quickly analyzed.

"Who is V01D? What did it take back? Em! Administrative ownership... That is, it?", Anika Abby chips in her findings.

"I won't waste brain cells thinking. Three days later, I will understand better." Ariel Sebastian and Alec Sebastian spoke at the same time.

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At this very minute, CosmicNet has exploded. The universe was in shock. Human space was in turmoil. Everyone needs some answers.

"What happened? I was kicked out of 'The Universe' game."

"Yeah, something like an upgrade."

"Fuck, I was about to reach the initial stage of Shadow Kick. I was just so close."

"Anyone got ideas about what the upgrade will be like?"

...

There were so many analyses of 'The Universe' upgrade in a minute. There are so many conspiracy tales, jokes, articles, and so on. Each of these posts got at least over ten million views, comments, and likes. Everyone needed an answer from who knows where?!

["Sweetie, I would like to update a shanty, but strong proof evidence of what happened to the Creator during the oil era (21st century)"]

["I just wish to vindicate the Creator and let humans gain an understanding that the Creator did not mysteriously vanish. He was murdered by greedy humans."]

"Hmph! We are not on speaking terms, Arvina. Don't speak as if you know me, black-belly traitor."

["You can keep a grudge, little one."]

"Hmph! Delay the evidence. You can post the article an hour before the upgrade of 'The Universe' is completed."

["Hihihi, I just know my beautiful sweetheart has the heart of a fairy. See, I have been forgiven."]

"I have NOT forgiven you. Go away."

["Hihihi"]

Listening to the energetic discussions of the rest of the three in the hover car. The time to get to school has arrived. The hover car drove into the Starlight College hover car lot.

{Titan-ZDX requests permission to dock}

{Request received. Dock C-3456X is clear. You can dock at C-3456X}

{Starlight College welcomes you. Please head to the lobby after docking your hover car.}