[In the age of magic's decline, spiritual energy ran dry.]
[Artifact cultivators reigned, while Spells faded...]
Lu Ze had painstakingly made this animation to give the Loot-and-Extract mode a plausible setting.
Accompanied by a leisurely voice-over, it quickly laid out a world before Zhong Yi's eyes: an age of magic's decline, when cultivators had to rely on Spirit Artifacts to fight.
"The Evil Havoc Syndicate? Displaced Asara Rogue Cultivators? And... the Righteous Alliance I belong to?"
Zhong Yi swiftly analyzed the information revealed in the animation, an excited smile tugging at his lips.
In just a few minutes, the animated short had drawn him into his role in the story.
Three great factions, novel Spirit Artifacts, buildings with distinctive styles...
Everything filled him with anticipation.
Upon entering the Illusion Realm, Zhong Yi registered the nickname [Genius Cultivator] as fast as his fingers could move.
Lu Ze had been considerate about this: every cultivator's account reserved their right to use their Forum ID.
Unless they gave it up themselves, no one else could claim it.
[About to enter the beginner tutorial. Enable multiplayer mode?]
The beginner tutorial pop-up appeared the moment he entered the Illusion Realm.
"Enable it!"
Zhong Yi selected it without hesitation, then invited Zhou Yue and his sister into the squad.
"Old Zhong, little sis, why are you dressed exactly alike? What the hell? Why am I wearing the same outfit?"
When the three first joined the squad, their default character was the Hive Medic.
As in other Illusion Realms, Immortal Abyss Continent Operation used clothing and accessories to distinguish characters rather than replacing the characters themselves.
Zhou Qiaoling waved a hand in disgust. "Ugh... this character looks so dopey! Pick another one!"
"There don't seem to be many characters, do there?"
Zhong Yi had