Another Chance at Qualification, Star Network Ready

The Arctic Circle's polar day had just ended, and the long polar night descended.

The blizzard outside the base had been raging for half a month. Visibility never exceeded ten meters, yet inside the station, it was as warm as spring.

Duan Xing sat before his workbench, a blue-glowing holographic screen in front of him.

He had been in the Arctic for three months.

Life here was so peaceful that every day felt like a repeat of the one before.

The euphoria brought on by activating the player feedback system had settled into the steady calm of day-to-day life, becoming the confidence he needed to keep lying low.

He went about his base duties in an orderly fashion, helping the robots inspect the equipment, double-checking data, and submitting daily reports. Almost all his remaining time was spent in front of the holographic screen at his workbench.

Xiao A still couldn't shake its talkative nature. It would occasionally drift over to him, often sneaking a look at his screen and asking all sorts of strange questions.

At that moment, Duan Xing was focused on posts on the Monster World official website forum. His fingers glided across the touch screen as he browsed page after page, carefully examining every detail.

In the more than half a year since he had crossed over to Earth, especially after learning the truth behind the players, he had finally understood how terrifying the player system was.

It was far beyond anything he had imagined back in the Tidal Rebellion Legion.

Players could choose any one of more than four hundred Monster Souls at the start.

And each Monster Soul carried a rule trait at the Origin Source level.

Different combinations of Monster Souls could produce entirely different synergistic effects within Astral Veins, giving rise to countless