Chapter 1 Filling in the Cannon Fodder (Please Read! Please Collect!)

Amber was awakened by a jolt.

When his senses returned to normal, he found that he was not lying in the game cabin as usual.

Instead, he was sitting on a seat inside a confined space.

The irregular vibrations that continued to come from his buttocks, and the scenery that kept receding in the small observation window on the opposite wall, told Amber that he was inside a high-speed motor vehicle.

The camouflage cushions that filled the walls, the seats that were symmetrically arranged facing each other.

And the young people around him who were wearing federal standard officer uniforms and talking and laughing.

Let Amber understand that he was probably sitting in a federal troop carrier.

"BUG? Didn't I choose to log out?"

Amber was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that his clothes seemed to be different from what he remembered.

And it was different from the young federal officers next to him.

Amber found that he was wearing a long black and gray military uniform similar to a coat, and a shawl embroidered with silver stars on his shoulders.

Of course, the most important thing is the hood on his head.

And the full-cover visor that is as smooth as a black mirror under the brim of the hat.

"A psychic agent of the Federation?"

"But doesn't this equipment only appear in the War History Museum?"

Amber's brows furrowed suddenly.

As a loyal player of the massively multiplayer online MMORPG "Starry Sky".

At the same time, he is also the main fleet commander of the player guild "Pink Furry Rabbit", which ranks among the top three in comprehensive strength all year round.

Amber knows this "monster-killing and leveling game" with a sci-fi and space opera skin.

Not to mention that he knows it like the back of his hand, he can be said to know it inside and out.

At least he can be sure that in the context of the game he is in, the military uniform he is wearing is already an antique in the museum.

"Something is wrong. What kind of time and space retracing mission is this?"

For Amber, who had just finished commanding the guild war and was about to go offline to eat barbecue.

This suspected "time and space retracing" plot mission is not the right time.

This kind of task focuses on the player's plot experience, but the benefits are not high.

For a hungry person who is eager to eat barbecue, it is basically unattractive.

So Amber planned to call out the game menu and completely exit the game as usual.

But when he tried several times and couldn't call out the familiar UI.

Amber found that things seemed to be serious.

"Wait, it won't be so bloody."

At the same time as this thought came up.

A very vague memory seemed to be unsealed and emerged from the depths of Amber's mind.

Soon, Amber's expression became distorted. The information read from this vague and intermittent memory made him feel a little bad.

However, the full-coverage mask concealed his expression, so that the surrounding federal officers did not notice anything unusual.

This body belongs to a new federal officer who is also called 'Amber'.

To be precise, it is a 'psychic agent' who has just graduated from the military academy.

And the current time point is decades earlier than the background time of the game opening.

Amber, who had just attended the graduation ceremony last week, and her colleagues who were also assigned here.

They boarded a destroyer for a rotation and arrived at this agricultural planet on the border of the Federation.

After reaching the ground through the orbital elevator connecting the spaceport and the ground, these young officers took a variety of transportation methods such as ground effect vehicles, large transport aircraft, and magnetic levitation intercontinental trains, and finally arrived 120 kilometers away from their assigned base.

Then they got on the armored personnel carrier in front of them to complete this last journey.

And Amber took over this body at this time.

"What is this? Soul penetration? This is really... ridiculous."

Amber took off the leather glove on her right hand, which was more decorative than functional, and gently stroked the cushion on her back and the folding stool under her body.

The touch of soft filling material and cold metal across the fingertips is something that cannot be simulated in "Starry Sky" in any way.

The fresh air produced by the air filter under the mask and the friction caused by clothes all over the body.

All of these tell Amber that this is no longer a game.

In order to prevent players from being overly addicted to the game and even unable to distinguish reality, the operator of "Starry Sky" has reduced the game's realism despite having sufficient technical capabilities.

In the original words of the chief operating officer: "Our team has retained some of the game's features so that players know they are playing a game."

At a time when fully immersive games are extremely mature, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has also specifically required that all games should not have plots such as "travel through time".

To prevent some fools from really thinking they have traveled through time when they encounter such plots.

Amber also believes that the developer of "Starry Sky" and the professional operation team, which have been funded by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, will not cross this red line.

So there is only one explanation left for the current situation.

He really had a soul travel.

If it was just a simple soul travel, it would be fine. Amber, who had lost both her parents and had no relatives, felt that she might be able to accept it slowly.

But the problem lies in the identity of her soul travel.

A new federal officer who just graduated from the first military academy of the Federation?

A "psychic agent" who has received a lot of combat training and can control psychic power, which sounds very cool?

And this rank of warrant officer, which seems to have a relatively high starting point?

These three characteristics, whether separated or combined, can be said to be a "good start".

But the problem lies in the border agricultural planet where Amber is now.

If it is really a talent that the federal army has taken a fancy to and intends to focus on training, would it be thrown to this barren border planet?

The answer is no.

Amber, who knows a lot of background stories of the game, is well aware of the corruption that is spreading like cancer within the Federation.

He is also a young officer who graduated from the first military academy.

If you are born in a chaebol or a high-ranking official family, you will definitely be assigned to the garrison troops of the core administrative star system of the Federation.

High-level talents such as psychic agents will enter special training camps for higher-level training.

But if you don't have a good background and are just from an ordinary family.

Sorry, you will be randomly assigned to the outer star system or deep space fleet to fill the vacant officers.

What? You said you are a psychic agent?

That's great, the Federation Army urgently needs talents like you!

Go directly to the border planet, show off your combat skills, and dedicate the rest of your life to the Federation!

If that's all, it's just a bad future and a difficult start.

But the problem is that the time point when Amber traveled through is not very good.

"New calendar 588, August 14."

Amber silently read the date above the local time in the upper right corner of the visor HUD, which represents the date of the cosmic standard time.

If his memory is not wrong.

Three days later, the Star Dragon Empire's assault fleet, the mortal enemy of the Federation, will launch a raid.

After destroying the garrison fleet stationed in the synchronous orbit and controlling the spaceport.

The Empire's orbital paratroopers will descend.

This landing battle on Robert IV also kicked off the prelude to the "Dark Ages".

And Amber is now very unfortunate, becoming a cannon fodder for the Federation Army on Robert IV.