Not Quite the Same

"Has it dissipated?" Back in the martial arts world, Feng Xue sensed the Gu Poison Body she had planted on her disciples, and as expected, all of them had lost their sensitivity.

Having anticipated this, he immediately searched for suitable players to descend upon. Perhaps because it was already school time, there were quite a few options. He randomly picked a student from Yan Country, and Feng Xue, with the Hermit Authority, descended into a large classroom of a university. He casually attached a Gu Poison Body to the target as a location marker, Feng Xue began to fully utilize the consciousness descent function of the Gu Poison Body to locate the Gu Poison Body existing in this world.

"One, two..." Feng Xue squinted, sifting through the Gu Poison Body one by one, but only found the individuals she had previously used to locate the targets. As for the ones on her disciples, there was no reaction at all.

"It seems that even if it becomes Weird Tale, the Gu Poison Body won't follow into reality." Feng Xue shook her head slightly, took out her phone, opened the navigation, and began to look for a nearby internet cafe.

Although it's already the 2020s, internet cafes show no signs of disappearing. He quickly found a well-equipped internet cafe and booked a private room.

"Come, come, let me see..."

Feng Xue's index finger rapidly tapped on the keyboard, downloading the tools she needed from the internet while simultaneously using Search Engine to perform preliminary filtering of the information she required.

He wouldn't want to resort to hacking if he could go through official channels, since he still doubts how much the world's authorities actually know about Weird Tale.

"I remember Yun Yao was a content creator (UP), Liao Yunhuai was a streamer..."

Feng Xue searched for clues about her disciples through online forums and related video websites, and quickly located their accounts. However, whether it was due to effective official protection or the relatively simple and honest nature of the people in this world, there were no cases of people opening boxes indiscriminately.

Feng Xue was quite surprised by this, since this lousy game didn't have a character customization option at all; everyone's appearance was displayed in real life. The fact that she wasn't targeted could only be attributed to the game's simple and honest nature.

Thinking of this, Feng Xue abandoned her plan to go through legal channels and instead used her knowledge of hacker Tag to trace her apprentices' IPs. It has to be said that the "hacker" knowledge in the Cyberpunk World is much more advanced than that in the Eternal World. Before long, Feng Xue had broken through various security systems without leaving a trace and found the addresses of Yun Yao and Liao Yunhuai.

"Uh, it turns out Liao Yunhuai is closer... Oh well, whatever." Although Feng Xue thought going to find the girl would be more interesting, he could still distinguish between hobbies and serious matters. Almost without hesitation, he sprinted towards the location of Liao Yunhuai's IP address.

Although it sounds a bit strange, the Ascending Profound Settled View Steps is much faster than the high-speed rail.

As for directly piloting a Gundam...

Just kidding. Putting aside how much attention a mech running wildly through a modern city would attract, the first thing is that if that thing landed, it would be a massive meteor shower!

"Little sister! Little sister!"

Amidst some shrill screams, Liao Yunhuai, wearing only a pair of shorts and carrying a guitar, rushed to his sister's Room Door and began banging on it loudly.

"What's wrong with you?" The Room Door was suddenly pushed open. Looking at the rock-and-roll-style guy in front of her, the young girl seemed completely oblivious to anything amiss, and said with a deadpan expression:

"What? Suddenly remembering running in the Setting Sun again? Want to form a band again and relive your youthful days? Hmm, not bad, at least this outfit is more rock and roll than when you were in school."

"Hey, no, that's not it!" Liao Yunhuai then realized that his outfit was indeed a bit bizarre, but since his younger sister hadn't said anything, he didn't say anything either. Instead, he picked up his guitar and performed a clean and crisp strumming routine before turning to his sister and saying:

"How is it? How is it? Doesn't it sound much better?"

The girl, who had initially had a deadpan expression, became slightly more serious after listening to her older brother's rant, and asked with some surprise:

"What could I possibly hear from just a few strums? But your fundamentals are definitely more solid than before. You're not really thinking of starting another band, are you? Let me make this clear, I'm not going to go along with your crazy ideas this time!"

"That's not how it is!" Liao Yunhuai scratched his head as his sister brought up his embarrassing past. In the end, he decided to let the facts speak for themselves and immediately played a little tune.

Although it was just a very common, beginner-level canon, Liao Mei, who also had some music theory knowledge, could hear the subtleties within it. Her expression became increasingly serious, and for a moment she didn't know what to say. Finally, as the repetitive syllables stopped, before Liao Yunhuai could speak, Liao Mei solemnly patted her brother's shoulder and said:

"Are you actually a music streamer, not a comedy streamer? You won't let I Think your streams because you don't want me to know you've started playing music again? Uh, wait, if you were really into music, this instrument wouldn't be alive by now..."

"Smashing guitars was something that happened years ago!"

Hearing his embarrassing past brought up, Liao Yunhuai felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't forget his original purpose and immediately steered the conversation back on track.

"But from what you're saying, my skill level has genuinely improved, and it's not just psychological or self-satisfaction?"

"If you're here to show off your guitar skills, you've succeeded. By the way, Mom's been complaining about how long you've been staying home. Why don't you come work at our school? There are quite a few kids learning guitar these days, and there's a shortage of guitar teachers." Liao Mei acknowledged her brother's improved skills with a hint of annoyance. Liao Yunhuai, however, wasn't thinking about it at all. He just looked down at his hands, then inexplicably punched the air, and then...

"Aww!"

"So stupid!" Liao Mei rolled her eyes as she watched her brother smash the guitar on his sensitive spot because of his big movements. She turned around and closed the Room Door. Liao Yunhuai, on the other hand, curled up on the floor, trying to relieve his testicular pain while staring blankly into the void.

"It's real, it's fucking real! This game actually uses that kind of Black Technology from old-school online game novels that lets you bring superpowers into reality! Damn! If I'd known, I wouldn't have learned any sound attack techniques, I would have just learned how to build Gundams!"

Liao Yunhuai suddenly stood up, wanting to roar at the sky, but considering his current state, he turned around and went back to his room, intending to put on some clothes first.

At that moment, Feng Xue, who had just arrived near Liao Yunhuai's house, saw the faint Supernatural Tale Fire through the wall and revealed a thoughtful expression.

"Interesting, this is different from what I expected..."

Just because you put on the skin of "martial arts" doesn't mean you're part of the martial arts system. Some novels claim to be about martial arts or High Martial, but as they're written, they're really just about the skin of martial arts.

Of course, this isn't about establishing a hierarchy of contempt or anything, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it. For example, this book is basically just an alternative belief system disguised as a Weird Tale.

The key is that you can't start criticizing other books just because you've absorbed their ideas.

What I hate most is statements like, "After reading XX, I felt that this system is so-so." You may think that book is well-written, but that doesn't mean you can treat the settings of other books as absolute truth.

For example, I really wanted to criticize the previous comment that "the ability to simulate the future is just a high-dimensional mapping, easily exploited, and not absolute, so it's a very low-level thing." And now, here's another one. "Compared to immortals who become like fish out of water without spiritual energy, High Martial reaches a level of creation itself, completely eliminating the need for environmental support."

I find this really strange. Have you ever seen immortal cultivators or martial arts creators? You know that martial arts don't need environmental support, so where does the energy come from? Is it really energy created from nothing?

Then, with so many cultivation settings, why does it have to be spiritual energy? Isn't cultivating by borrowing the false? Isn't separating the true from the false cultivation? Aren't Yin and Yang spirits cultivation? Aren't rune technology cultivation?

I honestly find this line of thinking quite ridiculous.

It's good to have your own favorite books, but if you internalize those preconceived notions and treat them as rules that all books should follow, that's a problem.