System Test

Following Miss, everyone entered the virtual reality neuron connection room. When they saw row after row of over a hundred neatly arranged blue Neuron Connection Pods, they all gasped.

"What a huge investment! They even brought out Black Technology!" Liu Chuang was so shocked his mouth nearly fell open.

"Of course. Don't you think it's shabby to keep using classrooms with those old-fashioned projectors?" Wei Zitong said. He looked up and saw a row of ten purple Docking Pods in front of the mass of blue ones. "Miss, what are those purple ones for? Are they the same as these blue ones?"

Miss was a little amazed that Wei Zitong still had the mind to observe things in the face of such futuristic technology. Smiling, she said, "Those purple Neuron Connection Pods belong to the system administrators. Every time the Virtual Reality Arena is activated, an administrator must be on duty."

"Hehehe, then can I use one of the purple pods? Let me be an administrator and have some fun?" Liu Chuang hurriedly asked.

"Nope!" Miss waved her hand. "Administrator pods can only be activated with an official teacher or instructor certification issued by the academy. Unless you work hard and become instructors for the next batch of students, you won't get the chance!"

"Ah, then I'll definitely work hard!" Liu Chuang said with a solemn expression.

Miss merely smiled without responding to Liu Chuang. Instead, she looked around at everyone. "All right, students. Enter Neuron Connection Pods 1 through 10 in order. Remember, the blue ones. Don't go to the wrong pod. Once you're inside, Instructor Jace and the system will give you the appropriate guidance."

Everyone agreed and headed toward the pods matching their assigned numbers.

Wei Zitong was assigned to Pod No. 2. He had paid close attention in class, so while most of the others were still poking around helplessly, he had already figured out the correct way to open it.

As his finger slid across the smart touch switch, a gentle female voice sounded from inside the pod. "Student Wei Zitong, Neuron Connection Pod No. 2 has been activated!"

Immediately afterward came a hiss from the pressure relief valve, and the pod door slowly opened.

"Hey, Zi Tong, how did you do that? Teach me!" Seeing this, Ge Xiaolun hurried over and grabbed Wei Zitong, who was about to enter the pod.

"Oh, it's simple. Look at the instructions up there!" Wei Zitong said, pointing toward the virtual display at the front of the neuron connection hall.

Hearing that, Ge Xiaolun turned to look. Sure enough, the virtual display showed the instructions. After thanking him, he rushed back to his own No. 1 spot.

After hearing Wei Zitong's words, everyone else followed suit and finally opened the pods assigned to them.

Wei Zitong waited until everyone else had entered before stepping into his own pod. He pressed the "Start" button, and the door slowly closed. The gentle female voice continued, "Students, you may experience mild numbness and pain during the neuron connection process. Please do not panic; this is a normal response. Also, this is your first activation of the Shenhe No.1 Neuron Connection System. We hope you leave pleasant memories in the Virtual World!"

Listening to the gentle voice, Wei Zitong gradually relaxed and entered a drowsy state. Then, cold threads began winding around his brain. When he felt his entire head become completely wrapped, an electric current suddenly surged through those threads. Wei Zitong shuddered all over and jolted awake from his haze!

Touching his head, Wei Zitong found no cold threads at all. He was confused. Had it been an illusion? Or had the system malfunctioned?

Everything around him was pitch-black. He tentatively moved his body and discovered that he was still inside the connection pod. Following his memory, he fumbled for the switch and pressed it hard. The pod door opened normally.

No way. Had he failed to enter virtual reality? Which part had gone wrong? Wei Zitong remained lying inside instead of immediately getting out, but he soon heard the others' voices.

"Damn it, what is this crappy system doing? It shocked me and then didn't even start? Why am I still in this hall?" Zhao Xin said with a miserable look on his face.

"What's going on? Why didn't I get in either?" Liu Chuang's voice rang out as well.

"Damn, is this system screwing with us? It looked so high-tech, and then it malfunctioned halfway through!" Ge Xiaolun complained too.

Still in the hall? Wei Zitong quickly climbed out and found that he really was still in the virtual reality connection room's hall. The others were also climbing out of their respective pods, grumbling in frustration.

Wei Zitong scanned the hall and noticed something different. At the very least, Miss and Jace were gone. They could not possibly have walked out in such a short time, could they? To Wei Zitong, it truly had been a very short time. He had only been shocked once before waking up completely. Before entering the pod, he had even seen Miss standing at the front of the hall, closing the connection pod instructions on the virtual interface.

That was the first strange thing. The second was that the row of purple administrator pods at the front had disappeared!

Yes, disappeared! There was no sense of inconsistency at all. Clearly, the hall's layout had been altered. There was only one situation in which the layout of an entire building could be changed in such a short time—this was the Virtual World!

It was just that the process had felt so real that no one had noticed they had already entered the Virtual World.

"This is the Virtual World!" Wei Zitong said.

"What? How is that possible?" Liu Chuang asked in disbelief. Then he pinched his thigh hard and howled in pain, drawing laughter from everyone.

"This is the Virtual World!" Wei Zitong repeated. Glancing at Liu Chuang, who kept rubbing his thigh, he said, "It's not a dream. What use is that trick? Miss already said that everything here would feel incredibly real."

"Th-this really is the Virtual World? Zi Tong, don't scare me!" Zhao Xin was a little frightened. It felt so real that he could barely tell virtuality from reality.

"Why would I lie to you? Look carefully. The hall's layout has changed, and that row of purple administrator pods is gone!" Wei Zitong said. "Could that be done in such a short time?"

"Maybe... maybe we were asleep for a long time?" Ge Xiaolun asked uncertainly. "Whenever I sleep, it feels like I just close my eyes, open them, and it's already morning!"

"Impossible!" Lena cut in. She looked around the hall and said, "I didn't receive any system notification that I had entered hibernation. Besides, I can't sense real solar energy here!"

"Wow, that's amazing!" Rui Mengmeng did not think that much about it. Once she learned this was the Virtual World, she could only marvel in amazement.

"I can't calculate wormholes either..." Du Qiangwei said.

Wei Zitong's heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly activated his invisibility ability, but it did not work...

It almost seemed like this place was reality, because all those strange technological abilities at the Super Seminary had seemed far too fantastical. Here, everyone was the same—ordinary people, real people...

"Damn, then what's the point of playing? None of our abilities work!" Zhao Xin was growing afraid, and even his voice trembled slightly.

Just then, the surrounding space rippled. The gentle female voice everyone had heard when entering the pods sounded again. "Hello, students. I am Xiao Ai, the intelligent steward of the Shenhe No.1 Virtual Reality System. The system is adapting to everyone's Gene Model. Please wait..."

"Wow, so amazing!" Rui Mengmeng looked around in every direction, utterly astonished.

"So it was a system issue. You scared me to death!" Zhao Xin said, patting his chest in relief.

Ge Xiaolun, Gene Model: Galaxy Power. Adapting...

Lena, Gene Model: Sun of Light. Adapting...

Liu Chuang, Gene Model: Nuo Star God of War. Adapting...

Du Qiangwei, Gene Model: Space Control. Adapting...

...

Cheng Yaowen, Gene Model: Heart of Earth. Adapting...

Wei Zitong, Gene Model: Unknown. Adaptation failed!

Wei Zitong was completely dumbfounded. Why had so many bizarre problems been happening lately?

Directly merging student Wei Zitong's Gene Engine... Warning! Merging a Void Level Engine requires host authorization. Please choose: Yes or No?

A virtual interface abruptly appeared before Wei Zitong. He hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he still selected "Yes."