Is It Possible You Can't Move Not Because You're Afraid?

Blue sky, white clouds, and snow-capped mountains create a picturesque landscape.

This is a landscape that people living in cities can almost only see in videos, yet it truly exists in some corner of the earth.

Liu Qi stood under the blue sky, his gentle breathing causing the surrounding air to ripple.

Three months of hiking had drastically changed his condition. His skin was in poor condition from sleeping outdoors, and his already long hair was now a tangled mess.

His windbreaker was covered in scratches and tears, but as long as he stood there, people couldn't help but feel a sense of tranquility.

At this moment, his legs were slightly apart, his arms hung naturally, and he seemed to blend into the environment, like a mountain rock or a sturdy pine tree. Even the most alert birds would land next to him without any suspicion.

But just after a gentle breeze blew by, his body suddenly began to turn from stillness.

With his legs slightly bent and his waist twisting, his right arm, which had been hanging down, swung like a whip, and he threw a punch at the sky above his head.

The spring breeze stopped in an instant, and a powerful force shot straight into the sky.

The next moment, the clouds in the sky moved.

"I did it! I did it! Master! I did it!"

Seeing the clouds he had blasted away with his punch, Liu Qi's aloof and superior demeanor instantly crumbled, and a crisp cracking sound came from his forehead.

"Damn it! That was blown away by the wind! Didn't you see the clouds next to it went with it? How many times have I told you, the Internal Force and techniques in this fist technique are just auxiliary; the key is to cultivate willpower!"

Feng Xue looked at Liu Qi, whose punch only stirred up a slight breeze, shook her head speechlessly, then flicked her finger, and another crisp sound came from Liu Qi's forehead.

"Ouch!" Liu Qi clutched his head and began playing his usual game of flicking and dodging with his master.

After three months of hiking, Liu Qi's basic physical abilities have improved considerably. Although he hasn't learned any advanced techniques, he can still detect finger-flickering energy bullets with speeds approaching those of a machine gun by relying on his hearing and eyesight. And with his Basic Lightness Skill, he can successfully dodge most attacks.

Nodding inwardly, Feng Xue's left hand surged with Internal Force, sending out an invisible, intangible, and silent internal force. Liu Qi, who was dodging the energy blast, suddenly tensed up, but before he could exert any force with his feet, his knees buckled.

"He was able to detect the shockwave, and even managed to withstand a hit and stay upright. His lower body and perception are quite good, but his reaction time is a bit slow."

Feng Xue's lips curled up as she spoke, and suddenly she raised her arm. Seeing her assume the stance, Liu Qi was terrified and exclaimed:

"Master, no! It's not that bad!"

"It's not that serious, take this!"

A hearty laugh spread across Feng Xue's weathered face, a result of his Unruly Fashion sense. Starlight condensed on his right arm, then, guided by some force, coalesced into a phantom image resembling a killer whale.

"Eat my Whale-Slaying Overlord Fist!!"

"We're going to die! We're going to die! Move! Move now!"

As Liu Qi watched the "killer whale" rushing towards him, a strong sense of fear instantly spread throughout his body. Everything before his eyes seemed to slow down, and his mind became more focused than ever before.

Despite the surge of adrenaline and the threat of death, Liu Qi's mind calmed down.

But no matter how much he urged him, his legs seemed to be rooted to the ground, showing no intention of moving at all.

"Taking this move will really kill you!" Having witnessed Feng Xue punch a hole in the middle of the rain clouds Liu Qi knew exactly how terrifying this move was.

Even though his mind was already overloaded, and even though everything in front of him had slowed down to the point that he felt nauseous, his legs still showed no sign of moving.

"This silly boy..." Feng Xue looked at Liu Qi, who was completely unaware that his legs had been acupunctured and was staring at the orca that had been slowed down to a tortoise pace, and her lips twitched slightly.

"Forget it, maybe it's safer to hand over that martial arts technique to this idiot." Feng Xue shook her head, looked up at the sky, and the complex emotions in her heart slowly dissipated.

Although I've always felt that the marketing accounts have exaggerated a bit, when you actually stand under this blue sky, the sense of vastness and integration with the heavens and earth can indeed give you a spiritual cleansing.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes."

He gave Liu Qi an abrupt reply, using the small blanket's properties to make his disciple temporarily ignore his attention. Then, he casually found a rock to sit on and continued to refine his State of Mind amidst the natural scenery.

As her breathing gradually calmed, a sphere of scarlet Killing Intent Fluctuation appeared in Feng Xue's hands, which were clenched in front of her knees. If she were to throw it, it would be the legendary Hadouken.

But Feng Xue did not do that at this moment. He simply maintained his State of Mind, separated a wisp of consciousness, and allowed it to perceive each other with his main consciousness, slowly entering a state of empathy, transitioning from movement to stillness.

Having achieved this, he slowly sent that wisp of consciousness into the Killing Intent Fluctuation. Instantly, a sense of frenzy surged from the branch of consciousness straight to his spiritual center.

Fortunately, this kind of training had been conducted many times before, and Feng Xue easily withstood the first round of attacks. However, as the killing intent and branch consciousness clashed with each other, the intensity of the two fluctuations also decreased simultaneously.

On the very day she entered Tibet, Feng Xue had successfully completed the training to bring her branch consciousness into Entering Stillness and had successfully developed the [Stillness Fluctuation Wave], which is the counterpart to the [Killing Intent Fluctuation].

Logically, after achieving this step, one could try to immerse their consciousness in pure [consciousness]. However, after several failed attempts, Feng Xue realized the problem—

Once the branching consciousness calms down, its intensity diminishes.

This resulted in its infection rate being slower than Feng Xue's own after it penetrated the protective shell.

However, this result is actually quite good. After all, the consciousness sent inside can be mass-produced. As long as there are enough branched consciousnesses, Feng Xue can completely infiltrate thousands of [consciousnesses] at the same time.

But Feng Xue was a bit stubborn and wasn't willing to just produce such a half-finished product.

So, after slowly imbuing each of the "dice" he brought with a branch of consciousness, he devoted himself entirely to refining that consciousness.

Just as wind tunnel testing optimizes aerodynamic design, the collision of [Stillness Fluctuation] and [Killing Intent Fluctuation] simulates the wear and tear of consciousness. Feng Xue relies on this two-way wear and tear to optimize the wave structure and enhance the strength and toughness of the consciousness carrier.

Through continuous optimization and refinement, and even an attempt to coat the Hadouken with the shell of an orca, Feng Xue's months of hard work have not only focused on refining his consciousness, but have also significantly increased the power of his Basic Fist Technique.

Just as tranquility and murderous intent intertwined as usual, Feng Xue suddenly seemed to sense something, raising her head. Before her gaze could even focus, a loud shout rang out beside her—

"This is the struggle I made to survive!"

Supernatural Tale Entry are world-specific; Trait from one world can be used in other worlds without awakening the Progenitor Supernatural Tale of those other worlds.

Take the vampire with big breasts as an example. His vampire status comes from another world. If he comes to the main world, he can still use the power of a vampire because the people who provide him with the power are not the same people who recognize vampires in reality.

Conversely, if he were to create a vampire Weird Tale in the Real World, he would still need to devour the vampire Innate Supernatural Tale of the main world to digest it.

In a sense, the Real World can be viewed as a series of Local Area Network (LANs), while Weird Tale are like online games. Under normal circumstances, online games (Weird Tale) can only operate (use their power) within the Local Area Network (world) of their own server (the cognitive group).

However, as a public waste disposal site, Infinite City not only receives waste from other worlds but also allows information from different Local Area Network to interact, much like a VPN.

In a sense, using the power of Weird Tale across worlds is like playing an online game with servers located overseas (you know what I mean).

As for Phantom Object, that requires a separate discussion.

If Weird Tale is an online game, then Phantom Object is a single-player game. Moving it to any Local Area Network won't affect its operation; it will only affect version updates.

Take Peerless Martial Art as an example. With the existence of the Infinite City, it can interact with information from the multiverse and continuously add new martial arts techniques. However, without the Infinite City, it can only retrieve the martial arts techniques from its own data package.

However, without the Infinite City, there would be no way to talk about crossing worlds.