The Door Opened-Let's Record It First
It was another morning when Feng Xue got out of her soft, comfortable bed and took a True Thing longsword from the bedroom shelf. But instead of going to practice, she started from the attic and opened all the doors in the entire villa one by one.
When he reached the top of the stairs, he saw Old Li walking up the stairs, carrying a sword in his hand—also True Thing.
"Are you sure this will really work?" Feng Xue saw Old Li and knew that he had already opened all the doors downstairs, so she shook her head in disappointment.
Although Old Li was also somewhat disappointed, he still offered an explanation:
"My method doesn't increase the opening rate; it just anchors the world on the other side of the door!"
Yes, the so-called method of anchoring the world is to carry True Thing.
According to Old Li, after opening a door one day, he discovered that the world seemed to have some connection with a True Thing he possessed. Later, he obtained a True Thing newspaper and verified that this was not a coincidence by carrying it with him every day. Although he could not be certain that carrying the True Thing would definitely lead to the world to which the True Thing belonged, based on the newspaper as a benchmark, it was at least a mirror world with a very high degree of similarity.
And unsurprisingly, the two reached a consensus on the world they would be traveling to next.
The Wuxia World.
This term seems inappropriate; a more accurate description would be "a world where martial arts truly exist."
As we all know, the communication capabilities of the Wuxia World are a mystery. Often, a waiter thousands of miles away can recount a recent event in great detail. Various rumors and legends circulate in the martial arts world, making it arguably the most suitable world for developing Weird Tale, except perhaps in the technological age.
As for why not the modern world...
This is actually easy to understand. The more advanced a world's technology, the more it tends to be Entertainment to Death. The few exceptions are mostly during times of war. In the former case, the development of Weird Tale can only produce some comedic characters with little Combat Power, while in the latter case, the risks of spreading Weird Tale on the battlefield must be considered.
Ultimately, Weird Tale are just Weird Tale. Feng Xue can cleave a river with a single sword and split the sea with a single punch, but if she were bombarded by a group of artillery or even hit by a nuclear bomb, she would still be dead.
Not to mention that it involves factors such as war propaganda, which can easily be blocked by the governments of various countries. The higher the technology, the more likely it is to be blocked, while if the technology is low, it may not even be as good as Wuxia World.
The Wuxia World is different. As long as you defeat a renowned martial arts Renowned Master, your fame will spread far and wide. Whether you are branded as Demonic Person by the righteous sects or revered as Hermit Chivalrous Hero, it's all just a matter of perception. More importantly, this perception adds to your combat power!
Not to mention that Old Li and Feng Xue both have the buff that allows them to learn any martial arts extremely quickly. It would be a waste of their talents not to find Wuxia World for them!
As for how to find the True Thing that connect to the Wuxia World, it's not difficult to put it bluntly. For the residents of the four major Landfill Area, using True Thing to absorb [consciousness] is a very wasteful act, because the big shots will buy these things that can be brought into reality at a higher price.
Therefore, as long as you shout in the Black Market, True Thing will naturally be delivered to you in an endless stream. As for how to determine if the True Thing originate from the Wuxia World...
As long as you choose a cold weapon that is not suitable for battlefield combat but is suitable for small-scale battles, that will suffice. With Feng Xue's discerning eye, she can naturally distinguish between handicrafts, collectibles and actual weapons (for example, she can judge whether it is an antique or a real weapon collision by the shape, angle and depth of the subtle notch on the blade).
Days passed by, and in order to avoid the increasingly free time of the Hundred Tales, Feng Xue stayed in the Infinite City. Apart from Reforge some Phantom Object, she learned from Old Li about things to be aware of when going to another world.
The most crucial point is that in this other world, the Real World Rules world are delayed.
In the real world or the Infinite City, activating the Real World Rules can be done almost instantly, but this is not possible in another world because there is an inherent "difference" between the two worlds.
This is similar to how Real Worlder are "informatized" when they enter the Infinite City, and how the consciousness that constitutes the body is transformed into a kind of "suspected protein" when people from the supernatural or Weird Tale enter the real world, thus building a body in the material world.
This process undoubtedly takes time, which is why there is a "time difference" phenomenon when the Weird Tale first passes through the door.
However, once a time travel has occurred, both information structures are backed up, allowing for direct conversion the next time. This is why subsequent Descent Rule can be completed almost instantly.
But the arrival of another world is different.
Because the encoding method of the other world does not exist in the present world.
To put it simply, different Real World are like computers with different Operating System that cannot install other Operating System, while the Infinite City is a main server that is compatible with all systems.
From Infinite City's perspective, it can parse programs from any Operating System, package them into versions compatible with other Operating System, and keep a backup after each packaging, so that the corresponding version can be directly retrieved next time.
However, if you skip the Infinite City and directly take a program from computer A and put it into computer B, the system will definitely be incompatible. It will take some time to unpack and repackage the program before it can run successfully.
Furthermore, because computer B cannot recognize computer A's system software, even if the same program is brought over again, it will still have to be unpacked to find out that the program already exists.
This is undoubtedly a huge weakening for Feng Xue, who possesses the [Chance Encounter] Real World Rules, which can be activated and canceled at any time and is almost like a [Phase Shift]. However, as long as she has a sufficiently accurate understanding of the arrival delay of the two worlds, she can still achieve the relevant operations through prediction.
However, its applicability is undoubtedly much narrower.
Old Li mentioned many similar small details, which gave Feng Xue a completely new understanding of Old Li's knowledge base.
As this exchange continued, finally, one morning in February, a door was opened.
The main entrance, which was locked almost instantly upon opening, was firmly fixed to the wall, and the world outside was completely different from that of the Tower of Babel.
Looking at the clothes of the pedestrians on the street, Feng Xue felt that it was indeed a city similar to the ancient Yan Kingdom. However, most of the people on the street were commoners wearing coarse clothes, and she did not see any Martial Artist swords or knives, which made Feng Xue somewhat doubtful about the reliability of Old Li's method.
Hearing the commotion, Old Li rushed over. Looking at the view across the door, he pulled out the True Thing recording device he had prepared beforehand.
"I'll go record something across the street first."
"Isn't that the language of Yan?" Feng Xue raised an eyebrow, while Old Li rolled his eyes and said:
"That's because you're still standing in the Infinite City!"
Suppressing her urge to boast about her fluency in all languages Old Li, Feng Xue feigned ignorance and asked, "But what's the point of recording?"
"Go ask the bartender! If you have any relevant clues, he'll tell you the language and classification. Then go to the library, find the textbook for that language, and study it at school! Otherwise, what do you think these facilities are for?"
I divided the worlds I'm going to travel to into ten major categories: [Fantasy], [Magic], [Martial Arts], [Immortals], [Supernatural], [Urban], [Historical], [Military], [Game], and [Science Fiction]. Each category has six subcategories: [Traditional], [Realistic], [Cyber], [Crypto-Fiction], [Apocalypse], and [Hybrid (subject to another major category, then combine the two major categories)].
In other words, every time the protagonist opens a door, I roll a 10-sided die and a 6-sided die to determine what kind of world he will go to. But don't worry about it falling apart. As those who have read my old books know, I have a lot of ideas and outlines in my inventory, but I haven't written them because they are not suitable for long novels, the protagonist can't develop without a power-up, and the development period would be too cliché. Now I can just put the world view on it.
However, for the sake of logic, the first time I travel through time, I will choose the martial arts genre. After that, I will use dice to roll the dice. As for which subgenre it will be, you will find out when I write it (laughs).
P. S.: The previous chapter wasn't a retcon; it was a typo due to a slip of the hand. It wasn't "at least one door per floor per year," but rather "at least one door per house per year." The number of doors a house can retain is determined by the number of floors. Floors 1-10 can retain a maximum of one door, floors 11-20 can retain two doors, and so on. Theoretically, as long as the number of floors is high enough, every door in the villa can be a passageway.
However, the number of floors in the Tower of Babel is limited, so this is only theoretical.