Instructor Leikas was taking attendance, person by person. The recruits answered when their serial number was called out.

"9527! 9527! 9527!" Instructor Leikas shouted three times, but he was met with silence.

"Sir! 9527 has not woken up yet," the commissioned soldier beside him said. Instructor Leikas's face soured immediately as he said, " That fool— to think that he still has the time to laze around in bed when he's one of the weakest ones here. Go wake him up now."

The soldier ran towards the dormitory upon receiving the command.

"9527, do you still wish to go through the a.s.sessment, or are you just going to let everyone wait for you?" the soldier barked at him while barging into the room. However, he realized that recruit 9527 wasn't on the bed. Instead, he was s.p.a.cing out in front of the mirror.

"I am Steve Was.h.i.+ngton, am I really in the game Blue Star?" Steve looked at his handsome reflection in the mirror, trying to quell the shock and awe that he felt.

Just five minutes ago, he was an earthling, playing the hottest game on earth, called 'Blue Star'.

The game depicted a technologically advanced world like Earth. It described a future where Blue Star had always been searching for traces of alien life. Finally, in 2019, Blue Star obtained evidence of aliens, but this also brought forth a huge disaster.

According to the law of the jungle, any living organism that had exposed its existence would soon be eliminated.

The aliens went on a rampage and started invading Blue Star, unleas.h.i.+ng mutated viruses that traveled through air and water and attempted to wipe out all of humankind.

They also used advanced technology to change the elements, gravity, air, and atmosphere of the earth to adapt it into a suitable living environment for them.

Humankind was almost completely wiped out, and the animals and plants all genetically mutated. However, the humans who managed to survive the virus started on a path of evolution. Some of the humans failed to evolve properly and turned into mutated demons instead. And so, the world outside was a dangerous place, with monsters and beasts roaming about, and mutated demons slyer than ever, as they still did evolve just as humans did. Furthermore, they only had a vile and vicious side.

In the game Blue Star, the players all started as humans resisting the alien invasion.

"Is this the game Blue Star, or is this the real world?" The last memory Steve had was of starting the game when, all of a sudden, lightning struck the game compartment. Then, he was sucked into an enormous black hole. He found himself here upon waking.

"Is this really me? Have I really pa.s.sed through time?" Steve thought as he looked at his reflection. Eyes as blue as sapphires, with skin so white it only made his ebony hair stand out more. Cheekbones and jaws so sharp they could cut, with a toned body. He was not bodybuilder buff, instead, he was like a fine work of art by Michelangelo.

Pre-time travel Steve was one-quarter Asian, and one of the hottest guys in his school. He even took on a part-time modeling job.

However, it has to be said that post time travel Steve was more perfect and handsome than Earth Steve had ever been. He had not set his appearance this way in the game—he did not even touch the game helmet.

Evidently, this was a real world, he had just time traveled!

Luke's face filled with disdain as he saw how Steve looked at his own reflection with infatuation. He had never seen anyone so narcissistic. Nevertheless, he had to admit that Steve was the most handsome guy that he'd seen. But good looks were useless here on Blue Star.

"9527, any later and instructor Leikas will disqualify you," Soldier Luke said coldly.

As Steve came back to reality, memories from this new body started flas.h.i.+ng before his eyes. This body's original owner's name was also Steve, but it was Steve Linken. Steve's family was poor and he also had a younger sister. His parents left to join the fight against the alien invasion when he was just a boy, but they never returned. 13-year-old Steve became the head of the household, and now that his sister had to go to university, they needed a large sum of money.

If he were to become a commissioned soldier, the city-state government would give him a huge allowance. This was due to the fact that to protect humankind, soldiers would need to fight against the monsters and beasts outside, and could lose their lives at any moment. It was also because of this that soldiers got to enjoy all sorts of welfare.

"I'll come out right now."

A surge of warmth flooded his heart as Steve thought of his cute younger sister. It looked as if he and his sibling had a good relations.h.i.+p with each other.

The arrival of Steve caused quite a commotion among the recruits.

"Haha, I thought that coward was too scared to come."

"Steve, you'd better give up on the final a.s.sessment, you'd only be walking towards your death with your skills."

"Hahaha, I heard that he went to sneak a peek at the blackfrost wolf yesterday and was so scared he pa.s.sed out. I thought he wouldn't dare come out because he was scared stiff."

...

Steve's results were always one of the worst among the recruits, other than regarding his good looks, and he was a coward with no skills and zero talent. Even the instructors tried to get him to quit on several occasions. However, Steve refused to quit.

Today's final a.s.sessment was to be a fight to the death against a real magical beast, and everyone thought that Steve was too scared to come out. But n.o.body knew that the real Steve was literally scared to his death last night. The Steve they saw now was a time traveler from Earth.

"Enough! Quiet, the whole lot of you!" a strict female voice boomed. On a stage two meters in front of the soldiers, Wendy Marsha's cold gaze cut across the new recruits as she said, "if you're in the mood to laugh at 9527, I hope you're sure you'll pa.s.s the a.s.sessment." All the soldiers and recruits became silent, and none of them dared to be presumptuous while they all looked at chief instructor Wendy.

"9527, join the troops now!" Leikas looked at Steve and barked. Steve immediately joined the troops and looked up at instructor Wendy on the stage. The woman before him was a strong and independent woman, with skills that surpa.s.sed the other instructors. Chief instructor Wendy stood on the stage donning a skin-tight latex suit, showing off her supple b.r.e.a.s.t.s and making it seem as if they would burst out of her clothes. Her long and slim legs were strong and straight, and her red hair paired with her attire only made her look even hotter. But she was like a pepper, hot, but one should not underestimate her bite.

"2000 years have pa.s.sed since humankind has been resisting the invasion of the aliens, and within the course of these 2000 years, Blue Star has undergone major changes. During that time monsters, beasts, and demons have walked freely, some of the aliens have already stationed on Blue Star and humankind are still at war with the aliens. Back in those days, the humans who were lucky enough to survive the doomsday crisis barely reached five million. As we progressed, humankind has finally regained our strength.

"As soldiers, you will walk among the frontline to protect humankind. I hope, in today's final a.s.sessment, that all of you will be able to pa.s.s and become qualified soldiers."