Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 579

Chapter 577 First Kill

. Yanshi meticulously recorded the steamed bun making process, feeling incredibly rewarded.

“No wonder it’s so delicious! It turns out they use a unique local seasoning, not found anywhere else.”

As expected of Jiang Renhuang, even learning how to make steamed buns from him was a real learning experience. He was determined to show off his skills at the Tianji Tower when he returned.

Even the Tianji Tower didn’t have records of this particular steamed bun making method; it was truly precious.

Wait, could this incident have nothing to do with Jiang Renhuang?

Yanshi pondered for a moment, then recorded: “Jiang Renhuang prioritizes protecting local resources and boosting domestic demand by promoting consumption.”

Yanshi glanced at Jiang Li and saw him wipe his mouth, place his change on the table, and prepare to leave. Yanshi said goodbye to the shopkeeper and hurried after him.

Jiang Li walked a short distance and spotted a shop that was bustling with activity. Many people were lining up, chatting with their friends.

Jiang Li looked up and glanced at the shop’s name: Holographic Projector Rental House.

Finding it intriguing, Jiang Li joined the queue and started chatting with the people in front of him, bringing up the story of the Holographic Projector Rental House.

“Holographic projectors are so expensive, I can’t even afford one. I saw a fellow student using one and he thought it was so fun. He treated it like a treasure and wouldn’t let me play with it. I happened to hear there was a place here where you could play with holographic projectors, so I came to check it out. I didn’t expect it to be such a great place.”

From their conversation, Jiang Li learned that these rentals were spreading across Jiuzhou at an alarming rate. Some couldn’t afford to buy holographic projectors, while others, seeing the business opportunity, rented them out.

However, even for rentals, the holographic projector would automatically go offline after a while.

Yanshi had also heard about this place from fellow students in Tianji Tower, but he had never used a holographic projector.

“Normally, there aren’t that many people here. It’s mainly because Mingzhong World has released a holographic simulation game called ‘Myriad Realms.’ The player base primarily consists of people from Jiuzhou and Mingzhong World, and it’s incredibly popular. In ‘Myriad Realms,’ you start at the first level of Qi training and, by traversing the myriad realms, continuously cultivate and advance, ultimately defeating the demon and saving the myriad realms.”

“I heard Mingzhong World even collected a massive amount of data on high-level cultivators from Jiuzhou for this game, ensuring a perfect reproduction in the game!”

“While this game is fun, the player base is also clearly divided.”

“Players can be roughly divided into two categories: ordinary players who have been playing since the server launch, and those who started during the closed beta test and not only inherited their levels but also took advantage of the opportunity to become high-level cultivators!”

The game world can’t replicate the speed of cultivation in real life, otherwise players would die of old age having only just reached the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages.

Mingzhong World’s goal in producing this game is to quickly familiarize its inhabitants with cultivation, not to scare them away.

This has led to a significant imbalance within the game.

“Fortunately, those beta testers won’t affect us too much. I heard they’re trying to find hidden enemies and achieve first-kill glory.”

Jiang Li thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, “Do you think those whose data has been collected count as beta testers?”

“Yes, I guess so.”

“Does that mean those whose data has been collected will inherit their previous levels when playing this game?”

“Theoretically, that’s true, but those whose data has been collected are all at the Fusion Stage or even the Tribulation Stage. How could they play this game?” The person in front of Jiang Li thought Jiang Li’s hypothesis was simply impossible.

Saltpeter wrote: Emperor Jiang focuses on emerging industries and has high hopes for them.

Soon, a group of people were forced to log off, and those in the queue replaced them, donning holographic projectors. Jiang Li was among them.

…

“Everyone, hold on! We’ll see the Dark Celestial soon!” A group of beta testers followed a step-by-step strategy, searching for a way to activate the Dark Celestial.

They believed that once they found the Dark Celestial, no matter their level, as long as their health bar was still there, they would kill them!

The first-kill glory and the huge amount of experience were all that attracted them.

“The World Stone, the Jiuzhou Spring, the Crying and Laughing Heavenly Light Mirror… eight rare treasures have been collected. The time… midnight, correct.”

“What we need to do now is to place these eight rare treasures in the directions of the Eight Diagrams, and the Dark Celestial Being will appear.”

“If we hadn’t done the task of delivering the letter for Dao Zong, and accidentally discovered the lost Buddhist scriptures, and found the secret realm hidden for thousands of years, it would be really difficult to find the trace of the Dark Celestial Being.”

“Who said it wasn’t? After learning of the existence of the Dark Celestial Being, we obtained twelve hidden titles, and then we got the method to summon the Dark Celestial Being.”

“We traveled through countless worlds to collect these eight rare treasures.”

Everyone recalled their past adventures and felt extremely satisfied.

“I just don’t know what level this Dark Celestial Being is. The scroll only says she’s female. What if she’s in the Tribulation Crossing stage? We’re doomed, aren’t we?”

“Impossible. The map we’re in has only just reached the zombie world, and the strongest enemies are only in the middle stage of the Fusion Realm. The Tribulation Crossing monsters haven’t even activated yet.”

“I guess this Dark Celestial Being is in the late Fusion Realm.”

“Late Fusion Realm is still a bit troublesome. We in the Spiritualization Realm have to drink up all our potions and consume all our elixirs to barely succeed in defeating a mid-stage Fusion Realm enemy.”

“What’s there to be afraid of? We have the Teleportation Talisman. Even if we can’t defeat her, we can’t escape. This time, we need to figure out the Dark Celestial Being’s attack patterns.”

The summoning circle lit up, and they raised their various weapons, nervously observing it.

“Why is it a man? And with minions?” someone exclaimed, disappointed by the Dark Celestial Being’s appearance.

“Let’s look at his level.”

An identification spell was cast, but only a string of question marks appeared.

Jiang Li observed the group of little creatures with interest. After logging into the game, it showed that he was a beta test player, inheriting his previous level: Celestial Immortal.

Although the level was low, in this game world, it was already an existence beyond the standard.

“Everyone!” the captain commanded, launching a test attack, thinking that the inability to see through the level was a problem with the mechanics.

Jiang Li had no intention of attacking these little guys, but this account has a passive mechanism – when the level gap is too large, it will ignore defense and force kill the player.

Jiang Li now has the dual identities of a beta test player and a Dark Lord. Jiang Li can use all the skills set by the Dark Lord of the game company.

These beta test players didn’t even have time to react before they were killed by Jiang Li’s passive skills.

A banner appeared above the heads of all the players, and fireworks were set off around them:

Congratulations to the Dark Lord for the first kill.

“…This kind of rubbish game is so popular?” Jiang Li didn’t know what to say.

Saltpeter pondered, how should this be written? Jiang Renhuang warned teenagers not to be addicted to holographic projectors?

(End of this chapter)