Transcendents of the Wizard World

Xu Zhi was completely out of options.

He had waited over sixty years, yet no native hero capable of leading wizard civilization had emerged in the Great Sandbox. The Dark Ages had fully descended, and the traditional witches were about to go extinct entirely.

He felt that he could not wait any longer.

Yet in the casual sandbox of the small sandbox, this "Hun Yuan Pi Li Shou" was an excellent fit. He liked to live in seclusion calmly, research the technology tree, and was a Farming Stream Player. He was precisely the kind of orthodox wizard Xu Zhi favored—the sort who could cultivate and conduct research in solitude.

As for a certain Sand Sculpture Player, although his aptitude was terrifying as well, Xu Zhi could not be bothered with him. He was far too erratic.

Xu Zhi murmured, "In this world, the Hero King era established the origins of primitive tribal civilization. The Three Witches era created wizardry and meditation, laying down the cultivation system and its tone. Then the next era should be the beginning of the Alchemy Era. That is true great wizard civilization—give me endless truth, and I can lever the entire world! I need wizards passionate about pursuing truth, research, and alchemy to cure my cancer. Otherwise, if they can only cast witchcraft, how are they any different from mages?"

The world was in crisis. It was time to open the World Passage and embark on a journey to another world.

The corners of Xu Zhi's lips lifted slightly. The third hero to lead an era was unexpectedly not a native, but a Transcendent! So what kind of sparks would a genius scientific tycoon from the twenty-first century create in the wizard world within the orchard? What kind of alchemical lifeform would he develop? Or would he get killed the moment he entered?

Elsewhere.

Inside a private villa.

Li Shengjiang naturally had no idea that a certain sinister and shameless Creator farming in an orchard was plotting against him behind the scenes, intending to make trouble and turn him into free labor to travel through worlds and save the sandbox world he had created.

After bidding farewell to the servant who had brought him food, he put on his VR Glasses again in his room and silently logged into the game. Everything before him went black.

"Please evolve your eyes."

This time, he chose to commit suicide. He chose to start over as a single-celled organism and begin evolving a species anew.

As the renowned tycoon behind domestic technology companies such as Qili Automobile and Mango Mobile, he commanded considerable prestige. In real life, he had already reached the pinnacle of success. A life without anything left to pursue was simply too lonely. At his level, second only to one and above countless others, he naturally had to find some entertainment in his spare time.

To the outside world, he was an imposing middle-aged president in his forties, admired by countless people, worth tens of billions, and at the helm of a multinational corporation—a legendary figure in the business world. Behind the scenes, however, he was a gaming addict who spent money on games like crazy.

In the game, he was merely a middle-aged uncle who occasionally joked around with others, with none of his usual authority. No one knew his real identity.

Over the years, he had long lost interest in ordinary games. But this unbelievable, epoch-defining Black Technology game naturally left him profoundly shaken.

To that end, he had consulted experts from every field, only to discover more and more just how terrifying the game was. It was like a real second world; every piece of data perfectly conformed to reality!

He had also come to know scientific professors from all kinds of top fields. He had even invested in projects at countless research laboratories. Now, if he asked for help, no one would risk offending him by refusing. Thus, a team quickly formed to perform real-time calculations for species evolution.

Very soon, more than ten pages of evolutionary plans arrived in his hands:

"Hypothesis of the Biological Engine and Evolutionary Structural Strategy Diagram"

"The flowchart is ready. It details how to get onto land, what to do at each biological stage, and the targeted evolution process. I'm going to evolve myself into an engine with only one mouth and one pulling arm, then get an achievement reward. That actually sounds pretty interesting." Li Shengjiang murmured. To spend so much money on an online game that he hired countless famous scientific professors from home and abroad to help research it—he was truly one of a kind.

He began an evolution process that lasted more than ten hours.

Soon, a clumsy green, gooey species appeared.

It had a round body, no torso or limbs, only a mouth for eating, a pair of round eyes, and a single tuft of hair on its head. The hair-like tentacle was packed with muscular power, its surface covered in bulging veins.

This was the Biological Engine.

It looked like a round green slime with a tentacle swaying about on top of its head. It was adorably goofy and cute, certain to become the favorite pet of young women.

This was the optimal biological form designed by a group of professional scientific professors—the evolved engine species.

Practical and beautiful.

He was also someone who cared about appearances, the sort who spent wildly on skins! "Brother, I finally got it done. Take me back to my yard."

He could barely wriggle, so he could only ask Mount Akina Speed beside him to control the delicious Funeral Chicken and carry him back.

Mount Akina Speed laughed. "What an adorable creature! You're amazing, boss! It really worked! This looks so much like the monster from Western mythology—slime. So I think its name should be Engine Chicken."

What a clown!

This was obviously a spherical creature.

Funeral Chicken, Engine Chicken. Did he really like giving things such weird names that much?

Hun Yuan Pi Li Shou could not even be bothered to respond. Shaking his head, he said, "How could I compare to you? You developed Funeral Chicken all by yourself, that targeted poisonous creature. I had to ask over a dozen friends from professional fields to put aside their own research just to help me get this done."

Everyone had their own talents.

Clearly, Mount Akina Speed was the kind of genius who "learned evolution theory." Some of Li Shengjiang's professor friends had even been greatly astonished when they heard of Mount Akina Speed's talent and wanted him to become an assistant in their laboratories.

Who would have thought that Mount Akina Speed was now so addicted to gaming that he could not pull himself away, rejecting the glorious path of becoming an expert professor?

Li Shengjiang, meanwhile, did not understand this kind of evolutionary science very well and had no talent for it, so he could only seek help from others. He was a genius of the mechanical school. Electronic chips and all kinds of mechanical structures were what had allowed him to build his enormous technological business empire.

"Boss, should I put you into the wooden car you made?" Mount Akina Speed asked.

"Put me in."

Mount Akina Speed nodded. Quite a few players were gathered around the yard to watch.

"Wow! The boss is awesome! Could this become the next creature with achievement potential?"

"Probably!"

"So cute! The last one was tasty, and this one is adorable. They each have their own charm."

The round, adorable creature was placed inside the wooden car that had already been built.

The engine compartment of the wooden car was empty. Inside was a wheeled pull-box with a labor-saving mechanism, specially designed for the tentacle to pull.

Whoosh, whoosh!! The slime began pulling the bellows from its position in the car's engine compartment.

Its structure was simple, extreme to the limit—just like Big Eye Monster when it had gone down that extreme path before. One mouth, one arm, existing solely to eat, then pull bellows to create an engine species.

Rumble rumble! The wooden car slowly began to move.

Mount Akina Speed, sitting in the driver's seat at the front, was instantly thrilled. Gripping the steering wheel, he shouted, "Boss, awesome! Boss, pull faster—I, a veteran driver, am about to drive! Watch me do a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree Thomas spin!"

As an engine, it really was only an engine, responsible for supplying power. Naturally, it could not control where the vehicle went; someone else had to be the driver.

"Boss, shift into second gear!" Mount Akina Speed yelled.

My Hunyuan Thunderbolt Hand nodded. Inside the engine, its tentacle exerted more force and frantically pulled the bellows. The car instantly sped up.

"Third gear!!"

The bellows were pulled wildly, and the wooden car's speed surged again. It executed a beautiful drift as Mount Akina Speed whooped and hollered.

"This is clearly a biological evolution sandbox game. We're in the Paleozoic Era, in a primeval jungle, and they've made a car?"

The surrounding players were dumbfounded, and online posts immediately went wild as well.

Chunzi Loves Learning: "Hardcore—fucking hardcore. The speed is entirely voice-controlled! Modern cars still haven't reached intelligent voice-controlled driving technology, but this has already surpassed modern automotive engineering: intelligent voice-controlled speed. (smirk)"

Recharge and Chop Hands: "This engine is amazing. Other engines are fed gasoline, while this one is fed meat and vegetables. It surpasses the pollution of traditional gasoline and is extremely eco-friendly. This biological car technology in the game has already surpassed modern society! (smirk)"

Little Brain Tiger Goes Down the Mountain: "Boss has gradually forgotten his original goal. He was supposed to evolve into a Kun, but now he's obsessed with climbing the tech tree and crazily researching cars. (smirk)"

Cute Girl Wants to Evolve into a Dragon, Endorsing Legendary Web Games: "Who says Boss has forgotten his original goal?! Look at that muscular arm—aren't its muscles more than ten times stronger than the arms of every evolved creature so far? This is the true Hunyuan Thunderbolt Hand! It's just that this tentacle is so powerful—don't let the female streamers see it, or they won't be able to control themselves. (smirk)"

The discussions around them were endless. It was too explosive! Too outrageous!

Did this biological car totally crush modern technology or what??

This game's freedom was terrifyingly high. This was a true free sandbox. Sure enough, the species inside possessed complete real-world simulation and endless possibilities. No wonder the closed beta had been so hardcore, requiring professional papers and players with specialized knowledge. Now these big shots were doing all sorts of crazy things! Just then, a notification appeared.

Notification: Congratulations to player 'My Hunyuan Thunderbolt Hand, Wants to Evolve into a Kun.' The engine species you evolved possesses great potential and has earned an achievement reward.

Countless people were excited. Sure enough, it worked. The second achievement creature had appeared.

Li Shengjiang, who had been frantically pulling the bellows, also stopped his tentacle. The car gradually came to a halt.

The same three options from before appeared before him.

1. Retain the engine species as your initial birth race.

2. Permanently obtain a sandbox game slot.

3. Begin your second life.

The people around him were excited, waiting to see what the boss would choose.

Li Shengjiang, however, hesitated.

The first option, retaining his initial race, was powerful. It meant that the species he had painstakingly bred would permanently have a save file and would not go extinct. He would no longer have to start with spores alone; he would have an initial race option. Mount Akina Speed had chosen this option before.

But he felt there was no need to choose it.

Because he had discovered that this sandbox world was too realistic, completely simulated. Take his yard, for example—even terrain altered by people would remain permanently.

After the player-controlled species' "king" died, although the player exited the game, the remaining population would continue living in the sandbox as a wild species. However, without control, they would generally soon face extinction.

But after he died, he could simply secretly raise a group of "engines" in his yard and make sure they did not go extinct.

He had evolved this species specifically to serve as an engine, so there was no problem with it becoming a wild species.

"This is a functional creature. It doesn't need to be controlled personally, and it isn't like Funeral Chicken, which can barely even move. Choosing this as my initial race in the future would be completely meaningless—a useless option."

Li Shengjiang murmured, "And while the second option is the best benefit for ordinary players, it's unnecessary for me. With my abilities, I'm not afraid of being eliminated at all..."

His gaze gradually shifted to the most mysterious third option:

Begin your second life.

"Second life?" Li Shengjiang took a deep breath, his eyes blazing.

The words "second life" meant nothing to others, but to him, they were words that could stir the deepest part of his heart.

When he had seen this option on Mount Akina Speed before, he had secretly made up his mind. Once he earned an achievement reward, he would find out what "second life" truly meant in this highly free sandbox game. "My life has already reached its peak. My talent is too great, and that has made my life far too boring."

"I hope you can surprise me."

He spoke calmly and silently pressed the third option:

Begin your second life!