"My lord, would you like to dine or train next?"
The maid who had knocked on the door earlier approached him once again.
"Neither, I'll go back to my room for a while, what's your name?"
Upon hearing Chen Xinhe ask for her name, the maid's face instantly lit up with surprise.
"Lilian."
She had been selected three months ago to personally serve the Baron of the Merrick family.
As a personal maid, Lilian naturally knew what that implied.
She herself had been hoping to get involved with this young baron, and in doing so, forge a new path for herself and her family.
It was just that in the past, the baron's attention was always on Miss Anna, so she never expected him to ask for her name today.
"Lilian, you know where the family's book collection is, right?"
"In the library, Butler Anke took me there once."
…
"Then go there again and help me find a few history books, especially the history of our city."
...
Soon, Chen Xinhe's room door was knocked on once more.
However, it wasn't Lilian outside, but an old man who was at least sixty, not very tall, and wearing a distinctive black uniform.
"Anke?"
Seeing the other party nod in response, Chen Xinhe knew his guess was correct, this was his family's butler.
"My lord, Lilian is illiterate, these are the books you requested."
"The one on top is the history of the Duchy of Will, and there's also one on the history of the Kingdom of Lucian."
Duchy of Will? Kingdom of Lucian?
Wait! Kingdom of Lucian?
Chen Xinhe's eyes widened in an instant, and memories suddenly flooded his mind!
"If my lord requires any other books, you can have Lilian come find me."
The door gently swung shut, the old butler Anke did not disturb Baron Merrick's thoughts.
Chen Xinhe quickly flipped open the first book, the introduction to the Kingdom of Lucian, and sure enough, everything matched the information he remembered about the Kingdom of Lucian perfectly!
This Kingdom of Lucian was not a kingdom of the Earth Federation, but the second act expansion of the game "Divine Revelation."
After players passed the first act expansion, the Rise of the Ancient Eastern Kingdom, in the novice village, the setting for the second act was the Kingdom of Lucian in the Western world.
And the main storyline of the game world in the second act was the birth of the Lucian Empire.
The only difference in the book was that in his memory of the game, the reigning king of the Kingdom of Lucian was Lucian IV, while the book recorded the current king as the second.
Could it be that I've traveled to the time before the game's expansion even began?
Then what's the deal with my current identity as Liszt Merrick!?
…
Putting down the history book of the Kingdom of Lucian, he picked up the historical records of the Duchy of Will.
As one of the duchies under the Kingdom of Lucian, the Duchy of Will did not have a long history.
There had only been two generations so far, and Chen Xinhe's impression of the Duchy of Will was not deep.
He only remembered that he seemed to have come to the Duchy of Will to do quests in the past.
He continuously recalled the background information of the game "Divine Revelation" and some of the past expansions.
Before he transmigrated, the game "Divine Revelation" had been running for seventeen years, and the expansions had reached the ninth act, which was about the great struggle in the interstellar era.
Recalling this old second act expansion, which was basically a novice-stage expansion, was truly a strain for Chen Xinhe.
It wasn't until he was resting and remembered the impending duel he had with Kunt that he suddenly recognized the name Kunt.
In his memory of the second act expansion, when he went to do a quest, the Duke of Will III's name seemed to be Kunt, Kunt Will.
Instantly, a series of memories continuously came back to Chen Xinhe.
That's right!
Anna… could she be that BOSS "Ghost Bride Anna"!
No wonder she looked familiar at first glance.
At the same time, impressions of Merrick also surged up.
Could I be that One-Armed Blade Master—Master Merrick!
If I remember correctly, during the second act expansion, when it came to blade-related class advancements and skill upgrades, many were taught by Master Merrick.
The rare-quality Merrick Blade Style was incredibly cool when the expansion first launched.
Especially that exclusive Merrick Draw Slash, an area-of-effect damage skill that many players didn't even respec out of in the late game.
So I've really transmigrated into the body of the One-Armed Blade Master—Merrick?
In my memory, the description of Master Merrick losing his arm was that it was severed in a duel.
Afterward, he fell into despair for ten years, and at the age of 40, he revived his family's ultimate technique, the Merrick Blade Style, becoming invincible in the Duchy of Will!
Could that so-called battle be the duel with Kunt, the future Duke of Will III, over Anna, where he lost his arm?
So I've really transmigrated into the game world of "Divine Revelation"?
The fantasy of being in the game's starting area actually came true!
Chen Xinhe's face immediately lit up with excitement, he had no nostalgia for the real world of the Earth Federation.
_The Federation of 3071 had just experienced a world war 50 years ago, and global resources were already depleted.
The government, on one hand, organized technological advancement to mine resources in space, and on the other, created the largest virtual reality game.
It was hoped to soothe the trauma caused by the war among the Federation's populace, and also to provide a new world for the lower-class citizens under capitalist control to survive and dream in.
Now he no longer had to be a poor commoner of the Federation, coming to this new world of "Divine Revelation" that he was equally familiar with was of course even better!
Thinking of this, Chen Xinhe slapped his thigh hard, his face full of regret.
If I had known I would transmigrate into the game world in the future, I should have gone through the quests meticulously and carefully studied every updated expansion!
Instead of just rushing to complete quests and level up.
For a moment, feelings of regret flooded in.
Of course, Chen Xinhe didn't dare to waste too much time, although he didn't know why Anna would eventually become the BOSS Ghost Bride, the duel in a month was just around the corner!
He did not want to have his arm severed by Kunt again, just like in the expansion.
In the future, he hoped to be introduced directly as Blade Master Merrick, without the two words "One-Armed" in front!
At this thought, Chen Xinhe suddenly felt a sense of urgency.
Based on Liszt's current level and stats, he was indeed a good-for-nothing.
The family's ultimate technique, Merrick Blade Style, was only at LV3, and even the passive skill that was most precious in Chen Xinhe's eyes was only at LV2, what a waste of a treasure.
In the early stages of the game, everyone only looked for rare or higher quality active skills, never paying attention to these passive skills.
Little did they know that the channels to acquire these passive skills would disappear after the second act.
And it wasn't until the later stages of the game, especially after entering the interstellar expansion, that they realized.
All the flashy skills and classes were trash.
When the game entered the Star River Era expansion, it was considered the mid-to-late stage of the game, and the strength of players began to stratify.
The previously weaker martial arts and machinery classes began to rise.
The poor compete with skill, the rich rely on technology!
Within these two most powerful systems, the purest technique-based players in the martial arts system became the one true god.
It wasn't until the mid-to-late game that a technique-based swordsmanship player, relying on their own advanced swordsmanship and four crucial maxed-out passive skills, topped the server rankings for a long time.
Only then did everyone realize that level was not the key in the world of "Divine Revelation," but the character's true attributes and strength were.
Even the bosses in the game were the same, a level 50 Overlord-class boss could even solo a level 80 Chieftain-class boss.
The no-grade passive skills, which were considered useless in the early game, suddenly became divine skills coveted by all players.
Unfortunately, they learned this too late, the later the expansion, the scarcer and even extinct the passive skills became.
Any martial arts technique master with several passive skills! Without exception, they were almost all humanoid overlords!
After all, the basic attributes and active skills of all player characters in the game had a ceiling, for example, the four basic attributes at level 20 had a maximum of 20 points, which was the limit of various precious medicines.
However, passive skills were different, they could break through this level 20 limit and provide additional attributes.
Now for Chen Xinhe, everything was the best possible arrangement.
He was currently in the second act, and the game hadn't even officially started running, as long as he could get as many passive skills as possible and max them out, he could definitely become the future overlord of this world