The Living Cannot Become Weird Tales, but Accounts Can
The final closed Closed Beta concluded with a crushing victory over the Japanese Pirates using six Gundams. The various guilds, who had hoped to make a name for themselves by defeating the boss in the last few days of the closed Closed Beta, fell silent, while the Gundams that appeared in the game world became the focus of everyone's attention.
A flood of derivative works emerged, sweeping across major Online Platforms and instantly breaking into the mainstream thanks to the popularity of Jianghu, the world's first fully Immersive Virtual Reality Online Game.
As the focus of attention, the six players, along with other Closed Beta, logged off. Feng Xue, who had fueled this frenzy, quietly returned to the "Game World," leaving behind only the Oxford Dictionary on a certain boy's bedside table.
The power that had enveloped Big Locust Tree Village has dissipated. Although the players who used to drill screws have disappeared, Big Locust Tree Village, which has transformed into a heavy industrial village, has not stopped working.
The blacksmiths, who had been taught Internal Energy Mind Method, wielded their hammers and channeled their Internal Force to forge metal ingots into the shapes Feng Xue needed. Then, Feng Xue used her [Masterful Creation] power to refine them, and finally, she used her [Search According to Map] power to assemble them into simple mecha skeletons.
Although it's a rudimentary skeleton without even Onboard Computer, fortunately, the operation of the Cyberpunk World relies entirely on Electromagnetic Muscle Bundle that are completely out of step with current technology—the so-called "purely mechanical transmission." The Onboard Computer's role is more like adjusting the speed of gears, managing cameras, and reporting mech damage.
In other words, even if the Onboard Computer is removed, there will be no problem as long as the machine body, which was originally powered by batteries, diesel engines, palladium reactors, etc., is powered by Internal Force.
In fact, Feng Xue could have chosen a hybrid system of oil (diesel) and gas (Internal Force), but considering that would place too much burden on logistics, she ultimately chose to go straight to the era of Internal Force machines.
This means that only those with sufficient Internal Force can skillfully control this machine; otherwise, it's as difficult as moving on stilts several meters high.
This is why the Gundam Band players, after being launched, relied entirely on sonic attacks to defeat the enemy. If they directly controlled the Gundam, although they could still crush it due to its size and armor, the slow movements would have been completely uncool.
However, speaking of Gundam...
As Feng Xue assembled the mass-produced units, she glanced back at the six Music Gundams behind her. Although the players had logged off, these six behemoths remained in the game.
It's worth mentioning that these six Gundams were True Thing when they were assembled.
After being identified by the Game System, they became simulated data entities, just like the True Thing brought into the Infinite City, and turned into equipment with attribute panels in the eyes of players.
However, their condition has changed once again.
A large amount of [consciousness] surged out from the void and gathered on these mechs. Most of it lingered around them, while only a very small portion was constantly merging with the materials that made up the mechs.
The entire process was under Feng Xue's surveillance. To avoid missing any details, he even turned on his Phantom Object drone and used its panoramic camera to record the entire process from all angles.
Feng Xue was very familiar with this process, and had even personally experienced it more than once. Without a doubt, this was the process by Supernatural Tale Fire were gathered.
However, everything happening before her eyes was quite different from what Feng Xue had seen before, because these [consciousnesses] did not form Trait as quickly as she had experienced, but instead remained adrift around the body.
His doubts didn't last long, because the six machines finally underwent a qualitative change. Although those [consciousnesses] still lingered around, this didn't prevent him from activating his Golden Finger and beginning to examine the status of these machines.
Name: Phantom Object Bess Gundam
Elements: [Musical Instruments], [Armor], [Weapons], [Mobile Suit Units], [Gundam], [Equipment], [Funny Items]
Synopsis: In the fully Immersive Virtual Reality Online Game <Jianghu>, the bassist of the famous group [Gundam Rock Band] pilots a Gundam. Why such a groundbreaking product as Gundam would appear in an ancient Wuxia World seems to be unclear to everyone, but what is certain is that this mobile suit does possess power commensurate with its size.
It's worth mentioning that this machine requires Internal Force as its power source, so only a second-rate martial arts expert can control it. In addition, although its internal observation port is constructed using pinhole imaging technology, the field of view is still somewhat narrow compared to the naked eye. To unleash its full Combat Power, one must undergo extensive practice.
Note: Compared to a Gundam, this is actually more like a musical instrument.
"It actually turned into Phantom Object instead of Weird Tale?" Feng Xue turned her gaze to the other mechs and found that the descriptions were similar. Undoubtedly, it should have become something like a "Companion Phantom." But the problem was that, based on Feng Xue's past experience, Companion Phantom would only condense under the influence of the Weird Tale (or assimilate other items) after the ghost Weird Tale had condensed.
However, the [Gundam Band] Supernatural Tale Entry has clearly not yet been finalized.
"Tsk tsk, it seems my somewhat crazy idea might actually succeed?"
Feng Xue was somewhat surprised by this situation, but she felt more joy at the success of her plan.
Yes, the reason he created Gundam in an ancient Wuxia World was not only to test the function of the [Search According to Map] ability, nor was it simply for the sake of creating a spectacle.
His real purpose was to test a somewhat crazy idea—
Turning players into Weird Tale.
As we all know, living people cannot become the subject of Weird Tale, at least not the Main Body of Weird Tale. Even the super-large- Group Supernatural Tale of "[Yan Country People Know Martial Arts]" is essentially based on Feng Xue as the origin, and then the power is "shared" with all Yan people.
This is similar to how Electric Light doesn't produce light on its own; it needs electricity generated by a power plant to supply the Electric Light that it can emit light.
Of course, if a person from Yan Kingdom dies, and he/she is a certain topic of discussion, then after death he/she can become a subsidiary Weird Tale of the great Weird Tale of Yan Kingdom people knowing martial arts, such as "[Celebrity xxx who knows martial arts]" or "[University teacher xxx who Weird Tale martial arts]".
However, in Feng Xue's view, this is only a superficial phenomenon, because the essential reason why humans cannot become the subject of Weird Tale is that their own [knowledge] is sufficiently refined.
They are like a super-large "Weird Tale" called "[humanity]", with information so vast that it is difficult to comprehend. This causes the Tag added by external cognition to be automatically categorized into this "set", and naturally, no other Weird Tale can be generated.
But the players in this world are different.
Because they are not complete human information, but rather a set of "Consciousness Data" uploaded to this world through Phantom Object from the Game Supernatural Tale.
What's happening now is clearly validating Feng Xue's outrageous idea—
These accounts, or rather the players' Consciousness Data, seem to have the real potential to become Weird Tale!
Last night I had a dream about a completely idealistic world. Damn it, I need to figure out how to describe that world's setting in human language and create a relatively lighthearted storyline...
Honestly, let me tell you, the idealistic world is truly terrifying...
However, with a little embellishment, it should be possible to write a good story.