September 28, 2025 20:13:55

  Summer time in North America.

  Rain whirred down the ground, spreading the aroma of the Earth. The puddle ripples from the drops collided with the ripples made by steps echoing down the street.

  I took one last look of the world from my apartment down 72 Street before closing my eyes.

  Gently, a blank white world covered my vision, and a blue screen gently popped up in front of me.

  [Earth-3322 Human, welcome to the Tutorial!]

  “…”

  [Please choose your name.]

  “… Long Aotian”

  [Long Aotian has already been taken. Please try again later.]

  Figures.

  “… Fang Yuan”

  [Fang Yuan has already been taken. Please try again later.]

  “… Is there like a list of names I can choose?” I asked the system.

  [A List Of Names has already been taken. Please try again later.]

  Black lines showed up in my forehead. Who approved this name?

  “… 10-Feet Tall Vampire CEO”

  [10-Feet Tall Vampire CEO has already been taken. Pleas…]

  The rumors are true, after all.

  [In 10 seconds, the system will generate a random name for you. Please select a name before 10 seconds to avoid a randomly generated name.]

  Feeling a mix of emotions, I forgot that this will happen after three tries.

  [Wait ha… 8 seconds remaining.]

  In panic, I started saying a barrage of names my friends and I have been thinking of lately.

  The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement.

  [Cold Duke of the… 5 seconds remaining.]

  [Adeline’s Haunter ha… 3 seconds...]

  [ZZZ-Class Regressor has been selected. Do you confirm? 2 second remaining.]

  “YES! Yes!!” I hurriedly shouted.

  Then a bright light filled my sight. I covered my eyes.

  [Greetings to Earth-3322 Pioneer ZZZ-Class Regressor! Welcome to Tutorial Planet #332.]

  I winced upon reading the notice. This name might be too much. But it is better than a random name.

  Before me is the Goddess Leonera’s statue and a blue portal floating beside her.

  I looked up to see an empty, slightly tinted sky, while around me is the vast expanse of space.

  I am still on the tutorial platform.

  Looking down is the tutorial planet. Tutorial Planet #332. The Earths with designation #332X are assigned here.

  My friends and I have read the plot on the online forum before creating our accounts, so I did not pay attention to words of the goddess statue before me.

  But I can summarize it for you.

  In short, parallel universes are real. One of the parallel Earths, the main universe, has found a way to connect to the multiverse. Doing so, they started inviting other parallel Earths to create a multiversal civilization. But how did they connect the Earths in the first place? Magic!

  That’s right, magic. And I, Neil Merder, am now a Mage.

  The moment the goddess statue stopped speaking, I was presented with a character customization menu.

  Constitution, comprehension, qi circulation, and meridians. The four important stats in the tutorial. I recalled what the early prospects preached in the forum.

  [Chaos Constellation: TLDR. I tried two separate characters. Keep your base distribution. You’ll thank me later.]

  [Artisan of Infinity: That’s right. It is the most optimized stat distribution for your body and for getting balanced talents.]

  A bunch of 666 from Heaven Rank 6 mobs followed in the comment section after.

  Since that’s what the big bosses think. Then it must be right.

  I did change some parts of my appearance though. It wasn’t too much. Just a few tweaks. I looked at the mirror beside me, combing my awesome hair and fierce dragon brows.

  As expected.

  “Perfectly ready.” I say to myself.

  Then I blew a kiss to the goddess before walking to the portal beside her.

  “Byebye, Goddess Leonera.”