"Logging into the Virtual Universe, please wait..."
"Logging in, please wait..."
Login successful!
A cold, mechanical voice resonated in my mind.
Zhang Xiaoman closed her eyes, and her vision went black instantly.
All senses, including Divine Sense, are stripped away in a mere millisecond and then reconstructed.
The moment the reconstruction was completed.
The sound of whistling wind reached my ears.
The soles of my shoes sank into the rough, hard gravel.
The air was filled with the earthy smell of pine needles and damp soil, making one's nose itch.
Zhang Xiaoman raised her hand and rubbed her nose; it felt warm to the touch.
Even the calluses on his palms were exactly the same as in real life.
"We've finally made it to the top!"
"This Virtual Universe isn't virtual at all!"
I looked down at my hands.
Zhang Xiaoman was excited.
The knuckles on his hands are very distinct.
There's also a white spot on my fingernail that I accidentally rubbed off while trimming some herbs the day before yesterday.
Even this minute detail is reproduced flawlessly in the data stream of the Virtual Universe.
As Zhang Xiaoman's thoughts were stirred.
A semi-transparent personal panel popped up in front of him instantly.
[Name: Lord Xiaoman (Character name can be reset)]
[Realm Level: Qi Refining Fourth Layer ]
[ Cultivation Method: The Ninth Set of Great Xia Middle School Broadcast Qi Introduction Techniques (Proficiency: Mastery)]
[Current Area: Great Desolation Southern Region Novice Hunting Grounds - Outskirts of Black Wind Ridge ]
[Note: The penalty for death in this space is a 20% increase in Divine Soul fatigue and a forced offline period of twelve hours. 45% of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi generated from killing spirit beasts in the game will be channeled back to the physical body through the terminal.]
"The rate of children giving back to their parents has reached 45%?"
Zhang Xiaoman swallowed.
The feedback rate of the previous generation (ninth generation) bracelet was only 30%.
The rest was all wasted as waste heat by the Spirit Machinery conversion circuit.
The rate of reciprocation is 45%.
This means killing ten Tier 1 Iron-skinned Wild Boars inside.
In reality, you can receive nearly four and a half pure Spiritual Qi infusions for no reason!
And it even saves the trouble of refining impurities.
It directly benefits oneself!
For a commoner like him who couldn't afford expensive Spirit Gathering Formation pills, this was a veritable ATM for his cultivation.
Thinking of this, an excited Zhang Xiaoman immediately drew the fine steel short sword issued to him at his waist.
They crouched low and squeezed into the dense forest in front of them.
After walking a few steps, a rustling sound came from the bushes ahead.
A wild boar with gray-black fur and two rows of bony spurs on its back is rooting around a Ganoderma lucidum mushroom.
[Tier 1 Beginner Demon Beast: Bone-Spiked Wild Boar ]
[ Qi and Blood: Abundant]
Without hesitation, Zhang Xiaoman channeled the wood and fire Spiritual Power within her body along her meridians.
He stepped out with a standard military march.
He slid across the ground, his short sword aimed straight for the wild boar's throat.
The wild boar reacted quickly, letting out a low growl and sweeping its tusks horizontally.
The sword's edge and the fangs clashed in mid-air.
"When!"
The clanging of metal made my wrist go numb and my thumb and forefinger ache slightly.
The reaction force and pain feedback were adjusted to the upper limit of the pain protection line, making it so realistic that it made my scalp tingle.
Enraged, the wild boar charged at him.
Zhang Xiaoman changed his move to the side.
Then, with a swift motion, he slapped the acupoint on the side of the pig's head.
The "Zhen" technique in the Qi Introduction method is followed by the exhalation of force.
Using the momentum of the turn, the short sword pierced through the soft flesh behind the wild boar's ear with a soft "thud," disappearing all the way to the hilt.
The wild boar twitched twice and then collapsed to the ground with a thud.
"Whoosh!"
The slain wild boar carcass vanished in an instant, turning into a white light.
Immediately afterwards.
A pale golden light, visible only to him, rose from his body.
It slid straight down the arm and into the virtual bracelet mark on the wrist.
Meanwhile, in the East Sea Third Floating Residential District.
Zhang Xiaoman form, lying on the sofa.
The Spirit Machinery Bracelet on her left wrist began to glow with a faint, bright white array light.
The seven rice-grain-sized Spirit Stone embedded in the bracelet vibrated at a specific frequency.
The golden halo was analyzed and filtered, transforming into a wisp of warm, pure liquid Spiritual Power.
The soft needles were slowly inserted into his Lung Meridian of Hand -Grand Yin.
This caused Zhang Xiaoman's breathing to become heavier.
The Spiritual Power vortex within the dantian of the abdomen expanded almost imperceptibly.
In the game, Zhang Xiaoman drew her short sword and wiped the blood off the blade.
"It really can increase cultivation level."
"This Virtual Universe is simply Taixuan!"
"At this rate, I'll be able to break through to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer before the next monthly exam!"
Experience the changes you undergo as you level up and defeat monsters.
Zhang Xiaoman couldn't help but grin.
He climbed up a big tree and looked around.
Continue the search for the next prey.
And scenes like Zhang Xiaoman's are happening in every corner of the Blue Star at the same time.
The school's group meditation room.
Dozens of teenagers sat cross-legged with their eyes closed.
The silver rings on their wrists shimmered in a uniform, subtle light;
Inside a spiritual retreat factory on the outskirts of the city.
Hundreds of mechanics on break from their shifts were sprawled out in their chairs.
Earn work points in the Virtual Universe's mineral veins using the bracelet.
The rest cabin of a star-orbiting patrol ship.
The dormitory building at the lunar transit base.
The underground air-raid shelter of the Mars colony fortress...
Even on mining ships in the Kaiyang Star System, far from our Solar System.
Those pioneers who have been stationed in deep space for many years also rely on the Spirit Machinery Bracelet on their wrists to project their Divine Soul back into this virtual world.
Hundreds of billions of terminals.
Hundreds of billions of points of light scattered throughout the Milky Way.
At this very moment.
If we detach ourselves from the three-dimensional reality and look down from a higher-order perspective of rules...
You can then see countless fine, silvery-white threads of light that are invisible to the naked eye.
Rising from the Great Xia inhabited galaxy of the entire Milky Way Galaxy, it pierced through the void.
Ultimately, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, they traverse billions of light-years, all converging towards the same source.
Great Desolation Heaven, Great Xia Dao Court, Blue Star Saint Region.
Three thousand meters underground in the outskirts of Beijing, inside the training room of the top-secret core base of Bureau 749.
Lu Li cross-legged.
More than two hundred years have left no trace on his face.
A wide, blue Daoist robe hung down to the ground.
His face was expressionless.
The Blessed Land Grotto-Heaven that had been opened up within his body was continuously being absorbed and released at an astonishing speed.
Within this Blessed Land, rivers have widened and mountains have risen higher.
Every second, the data stream and Divine Soul thoughts flowing into the base from the outside world are refined through multiple layers of magic arrays.
All of it was transformed into the purest power of the Great Dao, continuously flowing into the foundation of the Dragon-Rising Blessed Land.
"Call..."
Letting out a deep breath, Lu Li slowly opened his eyes.
"This fourth layer of the Virtual Universe is too successful."
"It was so successful, I can hardly believe it."
"If I had to use a metaphor, the entire Virtual Universe has actually surpassed ordinary immortal Immortal Treasure!"
Feel the power and energy within you growing every second.
Lu Li felt a pang of emotion.
He never imagined that in just a few hundred years, the Great Xia Dynasty and he could develop such a monstrous Immortal Machinery.
What was even more unexpected was the powerful chain reaction brought about by the Virtual Universe.
Thinking of this, he raised his hand and beckoned.
He pulled a shiny silver Rubik's Cube from his pocket.
This gleaming silver cube is the transit point for the hundreds of billions of people in the entire Great Xia Dao Court.
Or perhaps, it is this Rubik's Cube that connects the Virtual Universe to the Dragon-Rising Blessed Land.
"I never expected that I would be able to refine the golden seal, Dao Treasure fragment Ji Wan, into the Virtual Universe."
"It can give the Virtual Universe power far exceeding that of Immortal Treasure."
"Judging from this... Dragon-Rising Blessed Land can also try deploying login devices!"