Cai Jingwen spoke during a pause in the video.
"Origin World isn't a game. It isn't a simulator. It isn't VR."
"It's a world."
"Fifty Instance Worlds."
A list of worlds began scrolling across the screen...
A mirror of the real world. A cultivation civilization of the Primordial Era. Guixu World. The Taiyin Realm.
The Thirty-Three Heavens. Western European mythological civilization. The Greek Gods World. The Ancient Battlefield. Otherworld. The Apocalyptic Wasteland. The Deep-Sea Civilization...
Fifty names. Each was followed by a panoramic concept image.
"Every instance world is complete. It has a weather system, a day-night cycle, an independent NPC ecosystem, a history, factions, and storylines."
Cai Jingwen took two steps, and the spotlight followed her.
"When you enter an instance world, your cultivation matches your actual cultivation. If you're at the early meridian opening realm in reality, that's what you'll be inside. You can choose a lower level, but not a higher one."
Someone in the audience began whispering. The person beside them nudged them with an elbow, and they fell silent again.
"Inside an instance world, your talent, your combat habits, and your decision-making will all affect how quickly you grow. Choose a steady path and progress step by step. Choose an adventurous path, and the rewards are greater, but so are the risks."
She paused for a beat.
"Time passes at a one-to-one rate with the real world."
"The death penalty is a one-year cooldown."
As those words sank in, breathing became noticeably more audible throughout the presentation hall.
One year. Die inside an instance, and you had to wait an entire year before entering again.
Everyone present understood the weight of that penalty.
Cai Jingwen did not give them much time to digest it. The screen switched to the next section.
"Beyond the Instance Worlds,"