Ling Yi sat cross-legged in the most secluded quiet room in the backyard of the Lin Clan, toying with an antique bronze mirror in his hand.
The mirror-like surface reflected Ling Yi's incredibly handsome face.
"System, Probe the Kowloon Secret Realm."
[Ding! Probe failed. Target information exceeds current permissions, or the target is in an absolutely blocked state.]
"Hmm? Let's try giving a command, and the system actually responded?"
"Does this mean that the system can not only Probe other people's information, Probe also other objects?"
"Ultimately, it's because our perspective is too narrow!"
However, this broken system can usually Probe out everything about even a Big Shot Immortal Lord.
Why do they always falter when they get to this Nine Dragons Secret Realm?
"Fine, if we can't find it, we can't find it. I wasn't really planning on going anyway."
Ling Yi shrugged and placed the Heavenly Devil on the table.
He sighed and rubbed his temples.
There have been too many things going on lately. The Lin Clan is not yet fully stable internally, and external forces are eyeing them covetously. He is a powerful expert at the late stage of the sixth level of the Immortal Monarch Realm.
Why pretend to be a nobody in the Qi Refining Realm? Is this the life a transmigrated Big Shot should lead?
He had absolutely no interest in those so-called secret realms in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
Ancient heritage, peerless Divine Weapon, millennia-old elixirs... just hearing about them is exhausting.
Why would someone like him, who relies on mimicking the system to win effortlessly, bother competing with a bunch of top-tier players?
The problem is, Bai Ling and Yan Ji, those two Big Shot, have been talking about the Nine Dragons Secret Realm opening soon, which has made him a little curious.
He had already thoroughly researched the independent miniature world of the Heavenly Devil.
In his previous life, he was a game designer, so he was extremely familiar with things like dungeons, instances, and Mission System.
Ling Yi closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into the Heavenly Devil.
The world in the mirror was originally a Chaos Void, but now, under his control, it began to frantically reorganize.
Skyscrapers rise from the ground, asphalt roads crisscross, and neon signs flash in the night sky.
Cars speed through the streets, subways run underground, and Delivery Guy weave through the alleys on their electric bikes.
That's right, Ling Yi simply transplanted the modern cities of Blue Star to this place.
"Perfect." Ling Yi snapped his the Snap. "Next, let's add some spice."
He tapped his finger lightly, and a strange gray mist suddenly filled the sky.
On the street, the NPCs who were walking normally suddenly stopped, their bodies began to twist and rot, they emitted low growls from their throats, and their eyes turned blood red.
Zombies have appeared.
"Since this is a secret realm, there must be some rules." Ling Yi stroked his chin and began to set the rules.
[Rule 1: The strength of all entrants will be automatically suppressed to the Qi Refining Realm, with a maximum of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.]
[Rule 2: Upon entry, participants will be randomly assigned the status of an ordinary citizen of Dafeng City.]
[Rule 3: Defeating zombies will yield crystal cores. Absorbing these crystal cores will restore your cultivation level and has a very small chance of awakening superpowers.]
[Group Mission: Find the cure for the T-virus and save the world. The Second Tier of the dungeon will only be available after completing this group mission.]
[Personal Mission: Awaken any superpower using Zombie Crystal Core. Completing personal missions will earn you exclusive personal rewards.]
"Done."
Ling Yi nodded in satisfaction.
" First Tier: Zombie Apocalypse Template. Tests survival and teamwork."
" The Second Tier, initially planned, is a city with supernatural abilities, set Wu Bai after the Zombie Apocalypse."
"But we'll have to wait until the First Tier of testing is complete and the bugs are fixed."
"Come see me immediately." Ling Yi tapped his head and sent a telepathic message to Lin Zhenyu, who was handling matters in the main hall of the Lin Clan, as well as Bai Ling and the others.
A moment later, the group gathered in the quiet room.
Lin Zhentian asked respectfully, " Young Master, you wanted to see us?"
Ling Yi pointed to the Heavenly Devil on the table. "I've set up a small secret realm for you to go in and test it out."
Secret Realm?
The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
What is this Big Shot saying?
He created a secret realm?
"This is a beta version, mainly for you to test for bugs!"
What is a bug?
Several people didn't understand.
But I could roughly understand what Ling Yi meant.
But, does the secret realm still need testing?
Lin Zhenyu asked curiously, "A secret realm personally created by the Young Master? I wonder what kind of opportunities lie within?"
Bai Ling and Yan Ji exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of expectation in each other's eyes.
They already knew about Ling Yi's desire for the Ancient Path Secret Realm.
I wasn't surprised, but I was very curious about the secret realm that Ling Yi had created.
"An opportunity? You'll know once you go in and experience it for yourself."
Ling Yi waved his hand.
The Heavenly Devil shone brightly, enveloping the five people within it.
When the white light faded, Bai Ling found herself standing in a dilapidated apartment.
Screams and the howls of zombies echoed from outside the window.
She looked down at herself; she was dressed in ordinary cotton clothes and carrying a mop.
" Qi Refining, Third Level."
Bai Ling frowned slightly, sensing the suppressed cultivation within her body.
"The suppressive power of this secret realm is quite interesting."
She opened the window and saw that the street was full of wandering zombies, and several cars had crashed together, billowing thick smoke.
" Zombie Apocalypse?" Bai Ling was taken aback for a moment, then a look of realization flashed in her eyes.
"The first level of the Nine Dragons Secret Realm... just as I thought."
On the other side, Yan Ji stood in a small alley, holding a rusty kitchen knife in her hand.
She sensed her cultivation level; it was also at the Qi Refining, Third Level.
"Suppressed to the Qi Refining Realm, random identity, zombie... crystal core..."
Yan Ji murmured to herself, a meaningful smile playing on her lips.
" Ling Yi is indeed imitating the Nine Dragons Secret Realm. Even the settings of the first level are exactly the same."
She raised her head and looked up at the sky, as if she could see through the layer of gray mist a figure secretly laughing behind the scenes.
"Interesting," Yan Ji said with a soft laugh.
"Let's see just how good your knock-off can be!"
Meanwhile, in the quiet room, Ling Yi was watching the five people's performance with great interest through the projection of the Heavenly Devil.
"Tsk tsk, Lin Zhenyu, using a mop as a weapon to kill zombies? Is he trying to disgust the zombies to death?"
"Lin Meng, that girl, awakened a water-based ability with her very first crystal core? That's insane!"
"Bai Ling and Yan Ji..."
Ling Yi's gaze fell on the two women, but he noticed that their expressions seemed a little off.
There was no panic, no confusion, and not even much surprise.
On the contrary, it was a kind of calm, as expected?
"Oh?" Ling Yi frowned slightly.
"As expected of an ancient powerhouse, so composed."
As he was wondering, he suddenly heard Bai Ling whisper into the air, "Nine Dragons Secret Realm, First Level, Zombie Apocalypse... Ling Yi, you really are imitating the Nine Dragons Secret Realm."
Ling Yi was taken aback.
Yan Ji nodded, a smile playing on her lips, "You even have the T-virus setting; it seems you've put in a lot of Kung Fu Hustle!"
Of course, this took a lot of our brain cells!
etc.
What Nine Dragons Secret Realm?
What T-virus?
Why can't he understand?
Damn, how did they know about the T-virus?
They had just entered the secret realm and should have been completely unaware of the Zombie Apocalypse.