Basic Fist Technique

At dawn, Liu Qi slowly woke up under the influence of his Biological Clock. The sky was still somewhat dim, and many stars, invisible in the city, had not yet lost their brilliance. The campfire was still burning quietly. Then, he saw an orca sitting on a nearby log, writing something in a notebook...

Wait a minute, an orca?!

Liu Qi shook his head vigorously before realizing it was his master.

"My master turned into an orca? Why would I have such a dream?"

Liu Qi grinned, got up, washed up by the river, and then began to assume a horse stance.

Ever since witnessing Feng Xue's sword strike that split the river, he developed a strong interest in the tedious act of Horse Stance. If his master hadn't told him that training also needed to be moderate, he would have loved to sleep in a horse stance.

Feng Xue glanced at Liu Qi, secretly thinking how close she had come to losing face.

Yes, Liu Qi wasn't mistaken; it really was an orca back then.

However, it wasn't a real orca; it was wearing a onesie orca hooded pajama.

This is the "new posture" he developed for his [orca] power. Because the degree of change generated by his power was different in several experiments, he consciously began to control the output of his power. Then he discovered that his ability to "modify the appearance of similar items with orca elements" is actually very broad.

Take clothing for example. He could change it into a deep-sea hunter suit with an orca design, or into a hooded onesie plush orca pajama, or even into a large orca mascot costume—like the kind you see in amusement parks.

Of course, the item's inherent attributes remain unchanged, as does its collision volume. In other words, at Feng Xue's insistence, he obtained the long-desired Phantomatization System.

"But this isn't the kind of Phantomatization I want!" Casually stuffing the newly appeared salt bag into her pocket, Feng Xue refocused her attention on the notebook in front of her.

As each word and drawing was completed, a look of disappointment appeared on his face.

The manual was completed, and judging from its feel, it should be a "False Book," that is, a low-end product that doesn't even have elements like "book" or "manual," let alone the Phantom Object that Feng Xue wanted.

"Is it because there's no legend about giving away secret manuals? But to maintain relations with the authorities, it's impossible to distribute secret manuals like they used to give away coins." Feng Xue pouted, casually tossed a [Book] element into the secret manual, and then casually tapped [Knowledge] into it, intending to destroy it on the spot.

But the moment the Golden Finger started operating, Feng Xue sensed something was wrong.

"This feels... not like the black ball! We've shipped it?!"

Feng Xue suddenly looked down and saw that the exercise book she had casually bought from the corner store had now transformed into a thread-bound book with a rather classical feel, and its related attributes came to mind—

Name: Phantom Object - Basic Fist Technique

Elements: [Martial Arts], [Fist Techniques], [Books]

Synopsis: The first self-created martial art in the life of the legendary martial arts master Orca Martial God, is Basic Fist Technique, but it is vastly different from the fighting methods available on the market.

The boxing techniques in the book appear quite rudimentary on the surface, and even elementary school students could practice them by following the illustrations. However, the true essence lies precisely in these crude moves.

This is a martial arts manual that emphasizes spiritual realm. As a product of the Orca Martial God's research on "intention", all kinds of boxing techniques in the world can be integrated into it, but only with an extremely strong intention can this extremely strong boxing be propelled!

Note: I have sensed your domineering intentions! I understand your ambitions!

"What's the use of this piece of junk?" Feng Xue flipped through the <Basic Fist Technique>, but felt no change whatsoever. She neither suddenly comprehended any kind of Whale-Slaying Overlord Fist, nor did she suddenly feel her domineering spirit "explode," "greatly increase," or "powerfully increase." The book itself showed no sign of disappearing.

"This kind of thing can be used as Phantom Object?" A question mark immediately arose in Feng Xue's mind. She then thought it might be because she had already learned the technique and couldn't use it. So, she first took out her phone and photographed the entire content, confirming that it was exactly the same as what she had written before, even down to the typos (called phonetic loan characters). Only then did she say to Liu Qi, who was practicing his Horse Stance beside her:

"You've mastered the horse stance to some extent; now I'll teach you a boxing technique."

"Yes, Master!" Liu Qi's eyes almost lit up when he heard Feng Xue's words. These days he had been following Feng Xue, but he had only been practicing basic skills. The lightness skill only made people run faster and less easily get tired. If he had to say what was related to the kung fu he imagined, it was the magical Internal Force. But he was like Zhang Wuji when he first came out of the mountain. Although he had a lot of internal Internal Force, he didn't have any suitable moves at all.

Hearing that his master was going to teach him a martial art, he immediately became excited, but then hesitated slightly and said:

"Um, Master, am I going to have to learn a ton of academic subjects again? I'm already struggling with the I Ching and Bagua."

"No need, even a child can learn it." Feng Xue tossed the Basic Fist Technique manual to Liu Qi. Liu Qi saw the antique thread-bound book flying towards him and hurriedly caught it. Once he had the book in his hand, he realized that this thing was not simple.

Although it looks just like an ordinary thread-bound book, the texture of the paper is unlike any paper he has ever seen in his life.

Fearing damage, he didn't dare to use force, and just maintained the horse-riding posture as he began to flip through the pages.

But soon he frowned, and after flipping through the entire booklet, he finally couldn't help but say:

"Master, this fist technique..."

"What, you think it's too easy?" Feng Xue was a little disappointed when she saw that Liu Qi had finished flipping through the book and the book hadn't disappeared, but she still asked.

"Hmm, it feels a bit like the military boxing I learned in college." Liu Qi was slightly disappointed, but considering that this was Basic Fist Technique, he temporarily suppressed his disappointment. Who knew that his master, upon hearing this, looked thoughtful and came to the riverbank, casually throwing a punch.

An ordinary punch, and an ordinary result, but Feng Xue was not disappointed. After a brief moment of thought, she struck the same pose again. But this time, Liu Qi once again felt that terrifying Killing intent that made his pores tighten.

Boom!

The punch was still the same punch, but this time, it sent tons of river water flying into the air, where it turned into a light drizzle that fell down.

Soaked to the bone by the rushing river water, Liu Qi had no time to worry about himself. Instead, he nervously looked at the thread-bound book in his hand, only to find that the book did not absorb water at all.

"My darling!" Suddenly, various martial arts scenes flashed through Liu Qi's mind. For example, the seemingly ordinary Sword Technique, "Ten Thousand Swords Return to One," or the "Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms," where connecting the first seventeenth move would unleash the eighteenth. Her heart burned with excitement. But just as she began to wonder if rapidly flipping through the book would be disrespectful, she heard her master whisper four words—

"I see."

Why do some people always say something is a bug in the design because they don't use their brains or look closely?

When did I say that all Weird Tale are devoid of real-world language? I only said that Yan Kingdom has never encountered Weird Tale where communication is possible. These are two different concepts, okay?

Saying they don't understand the language of reality means that the vast majority of them [Nothingness]. They only have a limited time in reality each time, and they are also hunted down by the authorities of reality and have their [knowledge] extracted. In addition, they have no foundation in the language. Compared to learning a language from scratch, killing a few people is more cost-effective.

As for Weird Tale...

First of all, the Hundred Tales of the East are all fluent in Japanese. As mentioned before, the Hundred Tales are sending people to infiltrate other Asian countries. How could they infiltrate if they didn't know the language? However, because of their act of usurping the country, they are being closely guarded by the whole world. Since the Hundred Tales cannot be resurrected, they cannot reveal their weaknesses. So, at most, there can be some transactions.

Besides the Hundred Tales, there are others who understand foreign languages, such as AIDS Mary, whom I mentioned earlier. She obviously understands Victorian, but the problem is that the number of such people is too small.

Excluding the Hundred Tales and the Tower of Babel, the total number of Weird Tale in the entire Infinite City wouldn't exceed ten thousand. If you put these ten thousand Weird Tale on the whole Earth, the density would be too low. Besides, they didn't all arrive at the same time, so even if a few of them learned the language, what are the chances that they would be discovered?

Finally, you need to consider how these Weird Tale came about. Most Weird Tale are based on fear and killing. What do you think their Real World Rules would be?

Don't bring in those massive organizations from other novels that have existed for thousands or tens of thousands of years. Infinite City has only been around for a few decades; it doesn't have that many old monsters.