"This is the Ice Soul Silver Needle!"
The moment he saw it, Cat Immortal cried out, clearly surprised.
"Ice Soul Silver Needle? What is it?" Xia Ping asked.
Cat Immortal said gravely, "This is an extraordinary treasure. It can even be used to kill people directly in the Virtual Network, destroying their souls. It's a deadly weapon."
"You can kill people in the Virtual Network?"
Xia Ping was startled. He hadn't expected anything like that to be possible.
"Of course you can. The Cosmic Virtual Network isn't an ordinary virtual network. It exists somewhere between the virtual and the real."
Cat Immortal said, "According to my old master, the Cosmic Virtual Network was built by the Saints. Its main purpose was to create a place where souls could live forever. Its use as a tool for communication across the universe was merely a side effect."
Souls living forever?!
A cold glint flashed in Xia Ping's eyes. He had suddenly thought of that possibility too. If a soul existed within the Virtual Network, then it truly could never die. No matter how many times someone was killed, they would come back to life.
If the Virtual Network World continued to evolve, turning the virtual into reality, perhaps it could really become a divine realm—a world where the gods were immortal. That was probably the ambition of the many Saints.
"Where did this treasure come from?"
Xia Ping continued questioning it.
"It should have been brought in from the outside world," Cat Immortal replied after a moment's thought.
Xia Ping's eyes widened. "You can bring things from the outside world into the Virtual Network?"
He was genuinely astonished. He hadn't realized the Cosmic Virtual Network was so incredible.
"Of course you can. You just have to pay a certain price," Cat Immortal