The glass ball in the person's hand was about the size of a volleyball, made of blue cesium, and semi-transparent.
From a normal perspective, it's just a glass ball, nothing special.
However, from a special effects perspective, or rather, from a data-driven perspective, this glass sphere is a Crystal emitting a blue cesium halo, with a row of black cesium data displayed on its surface.
[Global digitization rate: 3%]
[Data digitization ratio: 7%]
[Percentage of professionals using data: 9%]
[Spatial data digitization ratio: 1%]
[Energy data quantification percentage: 1%]
[Material data digitization percentage: 5%]
This thing is called Data Ball, and the data displayed on it represents the datafication process of this world.
There is only one of these Data Ball in the entire world, and only the Church of Darkness possesses it.
It is also a core secret of the Church of Darkness.
Or rather, the core secrets of this world are contained in this Data Ball.
"Fifty years... that's too slow. Hopefully, this Ling Yi can give us some surprises!" the leader murmured.
He glanced at the Human Dao around him and said, "Don't use firearms unless absolutely necessary. Otherwise, it would be a huge waste. In all these years, it's rare to see a professional with such exceptional talent."
Then, the man waved his hand, and the people around him instantly rushed into Feng Town.
In the end, only three people remained, following the leader.
" Elder Gu, the Awakening Bureau people are following us. Should we eliminate them as well?" one of them asked in a hoarse voice.
"No need, these people are too low-level, it's not time to harvest them yet, ignore them!"
" Elder Situ, activate the Corrosion Plague. We need to ensure it's foolproof."
" Elder Gu, although only one person with a top-grade talent has appeared so far, they haven't fully matured yet. Is it necessary to use the Corrosion Plague skill?" the hoarse voice asked, puzzled.
"Currently, less than 10% of professionals are data-driven. Every time I use the Plague Corrosion skill, I experience a month-long period of weakness, which is not a pleasant experience."
The Elder Gu, his left hand enchanted with the Data Ball, murmured, "The emergence of superior talents signifies an increase in the speed at which our world is becoming digitized."
" Ling Yi's death will grant at least three designated dungeons of energy. With these three dungeons, you can increase your stats by at least 12 percentage points."
"If you add all 12 percentage points to the data on professionals, do you know what that means?"
"This means you can use Plague Corrosion at least ten times consecutively before entering the weakened state, which means we professionals have a greater chance of mastering advanced skills."
"I have activated the Data Ball's domain skill and locked onto Ling Yi and that traitor!" Elder Gu said calmly.
Data Ball 'Data Ball area-of-effect skill is its only skill with a long cooldown.
The cooldown time for this thing's area-of-effect skill is over a year.
However, the opening time is only one day.
Within this single day, the effectiveness of data analytics will double across the entire field.
Of course, once the domain effect is activated, one of the Church of Darkness's side or Ling Yi's side will inevitably die before the game ends.
In other words, either the Church of Darkness will be completely wiped out, or both Ling Yi and Ziying will die.
Otherwise, no one can escape this data-driven field.
It's either you die or I live; there's no turning back.
Clearly, this Elder Gu was extremely confident in his ability to kill Ling Yi and Ziying.
Meanwhile, Ling Yi and his companion, who had just finished their meal, suddenly froze for a moment.
Ling Yi looked up at the top of Ziying's head, while Ziying looked up at Ling Yi at the same time.
In Ling Yi's eyes, a line of text slowly appeared above Ziying's head: [ Ziying lv52 ( Shadow Stab ) Second Job Advancement].
Professionals all have similar text prompts above their heads, which is nothing unusual.
The problem is that Ling Yi hasn't activated the Shared Vision skill yet, meaning he's seeing from a non-special effects perspective, not a special effects perspective.
At the same time, the surrounding environment has also Changes somewhat, and the colors seem to be more vibrant.
That's all.
"There are a lot of enemies outside!" Ziying asked nervously, looking at the dense list of names and ranks outside the window.
But Ling Yi wasn't thinking about that right now. Instead, he was puzzled as to why he could see the data-driven notification above Ziying's head from a normal perspective.
Something's not right.
Does this mean that the world is becoming increasingly data-driven?
Or is it related to those enemies outside?
Ling Yi went to the window and looked at the mysterious Black Robe figure who had somehow surrounded their hotel. He couldn't help but sigh.
Great, this is villainous, and it feels very game-like.
Because above these people's heads, there were words like "[ Church of Darkness Elite lv35 ( Mage ) Second Job Advancement]" floating.
[ Church of Darkness Elite], [ Church of Darkness Hunter ], [ Church of Darkness Imperial Guard ], [ Church of Darkness Elder]...
There are no specific names, only ranks, professions, and number of job changes.
They are all in a red-name status, which means these people are enemies!
Among these people, Ling Yi immediately spotted the three most brightly colored ones.
[ Church of Darkness Elder lv79 (Dark Archer) Second Job Advancement], this guy is holding a blue Crystal in his hand, the Crystal is emitting a dazzling blue light.
At first glance, you can't tell what it is, but it just looks really impressive and cool, with amazing special effects and a great feel to it.
But don't forget, Ling Yi also possesses the Appraisal Technique.
The Appraisal Technique was used, and the data of the blue cesium Crystal was immediately displayed in front of Ling Yi.
[ Data Ball - A unique, original item specific to this world]
[Function 1: Plunder – Plunder the Data Origin of digitized targets to accelerate the current global digitization process!]
[Function Two: Duel Domain. Consumes Data Origin to enhance the data stat ratio and effects within a certain range and time. After the Duel Domain ends, the victor gains ownership of the Data Ball.]
[Function 3: Dungeons. Consumes Data Origin to forcibly open dungeons of a specified type and level, and collects the coordinates of other dungeons, logging into the dungeon space.]
[Function 4: Data Manipulation (To be enabled)]
[Function 5: Data Creation (To be enabled)]
[Function Six: Data Reset (To be enabled)]
Upon seeing the information about this thing, Ling Yi gasped. No wonder the Church of Darkness was so powerful; with this, wouldn't they practically control this digitized world?
No wonder the Church of Darkness hunts down professionals everywhere; it turns out they're after this Data Ball to Plunder its Data Origin.
Although I don't know what the Data Origin is.
But you can still roughly understand the concept.
So, are all professionals in this world actually just small fry in the Data Ball?
But why is the Data Ball, a core element of the world, controlled by the Church of Darkness?
Or was it the existence of the Data Ball that initiated the datafication process of this world?
But regardless, from now on, this thing belongs to the Ling family.
How dare they activate their Duel Domain in front of someone with cheat codes like him? Isn't that just giving away freebies?
"What should we do?" Little Potato asked nervously.
"What do I do? My gear got stolen!"
However, as soon as Ling Yi finished speaking, a message appeared above Ziying's head: { Shield value reduced by 1}!
Furthermore, a notification message stating "{ Shield value decreased by 1}" appears every three seconds.
"Someone has used a skill!" Ziying became even more nervous.
Someone used a skill, but they didn't know what skill it was, let alone what skill they were hit by.
But it's definitely a skill that causes continuous damage.
Ling Yi looked in a certain direction.
[Black Church Elder lv60 (Poison Priest) 2nd Job Advancement!]
This must be the poison priest Li Chunfeng was talking about, right?
"Stay calm, you have a shield. Let them use whatever skills they want."
At this moment, the members of the Church of Darkness below began to take action.
Some of them rushed directly into the hotel; these were all melee fighters or assassins.
The remaining classes are ranged classes such as Mage and archers.
Unleash various special effects skills.
In an instant, Ling Yi and Ziying were covered by various skill effects.
Some throw Fireball, some throw Lightning, some set up walls of Fire Setting, some throw Ice Cone, and some throw black balls.
Above their heads, rows of notifications appeared indicating that their Shield value had decreased by 1.
The two will not take any damage until the Shield value is completely depleted.
Will the Shield value be consumed?
Just kidding, Ling Yi can fix it anytime, okay?
If Ling Yi wanted, he and Ziying could stand here and let these people fight for a year.
"The skill's visual effects and damage are completely disproportionate!"
Despite being bombarded with all sorts of flashy special effects, the two of them were not harmed at all, and their room was hardly affected either.
Take this Fire Wall Technique for example. It's clearly burning in the room, and it's even burning the sofa.
But the sofa showed no sign of being set on fire.
Ling Yi clearly demonstrated just how weak this skill was.
A flurry of special effects, but the damage is only 0.5!
Downstairs, at the back of the crowd, the Elder Gu holding the Data Ball had a very ugly expression.
It's absurd that nearly two thousand ranged attackers combined their skills and failed to kill Ling Yi and Ziying.
It should be noted that these people are all elites trained by the Church of Darkness in the Ancient Country, all above level 35, and have all reached the second job advancement.
But so far, apart from continuously reducing their Shield value, neither of them has lost a single point of health, which is simply incomprehensible.
However, his incomprehension quickly turned into fear.
The moment the skill struck Ling Yi, a monstrous aura, like that of Saiyan, rose from his body once more.
"How is this possible? Energy projection surpassing a level 100, tenth-level expert? No, impossible, absolutely impossible. No one could possibly reach level 100 now."
Compared to Li Chunfeng, the director of the Awakening Bureau, this Elder Gu of the Church of Darkness clearly knew more.
Among the Awakened, there is a saying that once a professional reaches level 100, they can completely control their own Data Origin.
Achieve mastery of skills and unleash your energy.
Li Chunfeng considered Ling Yi a level 100 Big Shot because he saw that Ling Yi could project energy and release Forbidden Spell at will.
What Li Chunfeng didn't know was that the idea of releasing level 100 power outside originated from the Church of Darkness.
To achieve external energy projection, one must reach level 100 (ten revolutions).
After reaching level 100, each time you change jobs, your level will be reset to zero, and you will need to level up again.
"Ten turns to level 100" actually means 1000 levels, which means the data conversion rate must reach 100%.
Putting aside how difficult leveling up is, the job advancement beads required for each level 100 job advancement are beyond what the current class can produce.
Because there are currently no level 100 monsters that can drop tenth job advancement beads.