Virtual World

Biodata

Development and expansion

Operation and access

• Core and AI: The physical core is a floating silver-white cube connected to a controlled nuclear fusion supply. Xiao Yu controls the world’s functions, including energy absorption and conversion; Xiang Bei states that the system cannot operate without her 15 16.
• Consciousness entry: Users enter with a Linked Soul Tool or a compatible Azure Luan Communicator. The world generates a consciousness body based on the user’s physical data 15 27.
• Network coverage: Linked Soul Tools work within the Virtual World Network’s coverage. Satellites serve as network nodes, while regional virtual cores can reduce signal delays 14 15 28.
• Network scale: The trader who supplied the C-13 satellite estimated that approximately 100 satellites could cover nearly half a continent, while 1,000 could establish a planetary network 14.
• Computing and energy demands: Expansion requires substantial computing power. Generating powerful virtual Soul Beasts also consumes life energy; Mu En warned that a Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear strained the Golden Tree 16 28.

Functions

Training and simulation

Users can train, test Soul Skills and fight simulated Soul Beasts. Xiang Bei also used the world to simulate a satellite launch rocket, allowing Xiao Yu to reduce its design from three stages to two 15 17.

• A satellite image of the Star Dou Great Forest produced a realistic view that Shrek’s representatives considered useful for training and survival preparation 18.
• Xiang Bei planned a city with training grounds, wilderness zones, an arena, a mission area and a war simulation zone. By Chapter 30, the city had portals marked for the wilderness, training ground and arena 26 30.

Spirit Ascension

Spirit Ascension technology analyzes energy released when a Soul Beast dies and forms a Soul Ring. The system can also use life energy to generate virtual Soul Beasts; defeating them increases a user’s Soul Ring ages 14.

• Xiang Bei killed virtual thousand-year Soul Beasts and increased his First Soul Ring’s age by several hundred years 15.
• Xuan Zi’s Soul Ring ages increased after he defeated a virtual Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear 16.
• In Chapter 25, Xiao Yu reported that the world was too small to contain all the dispersed Soul Beast energy collected from a battlefield; the energy would remain usable for only three days 25.

Artificial Soul Rings

The Virtual World can create artificial Soul Rings, with their age dependent on the energy supplied. Xiang Bei suggested that sufficiently powered artificial rings could reduce the need to hunt Soul Beasts 14 15.

• Xiao Yu used nuclear fusion energy to create a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring 15.
• Xiang Bei absorbed it as his fifth Soul Ring while Xiao Yu monitored his physical condition, blocked 90% of his pain and sealed energy beyond his limits. The sealed ring initially granted one skill, Precision Strike 16.

Communication

Users within the network’s coverage can communicate across regions. Azure Luan Communicators connect to the Virtual World and use it for long-distance communication 14 27.

• Communicators can include spatial teleportation for inanimate objects, although Xiang Bei ordered that later devices retain this function only with authorization 26.
• Xiang Bei described access to renowned teachers, technical documents and cultivation insights as features he intended to improve 27.

Virtual city and economy

By Chapter 30, the Virtual World contained a large central city with a north–south boulevard, vacant shops and portals to training areas. Xiang Bei planned to rent out the shops for sales of Soul Tools and resources 30.

• Virtual Currency: Xiang Bei planned to charge for services such as wilderness training and increasing Soul Ring ages 26.
• Exchange rate: Xiao Yu set the rate at one Silver Soul Coin per Virtual Currency and estimated that initial resource exchanges could earn more than ten million Gold Soul Coins 30.
• Intended returns: Xiang Bei expected the system to attract rare metals, Soul Coins, cultivation methods and other resources. He also considered charging transaction fees as the network expanded 26 28.

Strategic significance

• Shrek Academy: Xian Lin’er supported cooperation because virtual training could reduce student casualties, teach Soul Tool use and improve Soul Rings through Spirit Ascension 28.
• Control and privacy: Xue Qinghe warned that widespread reliance on communicators could expose nations’ information to their creator or leave a country isolated if its access were shut down. She also warned that users might exchange guarded techniques and resources for Virtual Currency 27.
• Soul Beasts: Di Tian feared that human advances in the Virtual World and communicators would leave Soul Beasts further behind 27.
• Ownership and operation: Xiang Bei offered Shrek control of the planned virtual city and technical support, but expected the system to remain dependent on Xiao Yu. He also intended to retain control of the core technology and communicator use 26 28.