Chapter 45: You Say Transmigrating Can Cause a Tsunami
After Liang Xueyao familiarized himself with the environment, new players began to enter one after another.
Although each player entering the game didn’t react as strangely as Liang Xueyao, it was clear they were all following the same path as the old players.
“Holy crap, holy crap!!!”
“Oh my god, Jesus, this is actually a game, I didn’t really transmigrate, did I?”
“Why is there a foreigner here?!”
“I don’t believe this is a game, holy crap, I really thought it was a joke, Mom, I’m playing a real-life simulation!!”
“It was worth my thirty years of single-handed speed to snatch a spot, amazing, truly amazing!”
The players were astonished, each displaying their level of cultural literacy.
Zhou Xiao and the others could understand perfectly.
Because when they first entered, they were just as idiotic, exclaiming at everything they did, and it took them a day or two to calm down from the shock.
Zhou Xiao was responsible for leading one group of new players, and Fan Guozhou was responsible for another.
Mainly because the two of them were closer to the prototype of life players and had to run around Wang’an County, making them very suitable for guiding new players who were unfamiliar with the environment.
This time, a player also joined Zhou Xiao’s group.
It was the old Daoist who ascended; after entering this game, he was dumbfounded the entire time, seemingly turning into an idiot.
In the end, he slapped his thigh, having nothing but praise.
【Twenty new disciples have arrived, Sect Master Song Jiulai will be here soon.】
With the new players here, it was time for him to put on a show again.
The twenty new players gathered in the new territory, and Song Jiulai appeared with a smile.
Since reaching the Mid Qi Condensation Stage, facing a group of players who hadn’t even developed a Spiritual Root yet, he possessed an even more imposing aura that naturally commanded respect.
She was like the bright moonlight in the sky, full of mysterious and unfathomable meaning.
To put it plainly, she was putting on a very good act.
“Welcome, everyone, to my Longevity Sect. As members of the Longevity Sect, I hope you will have a pleasant time on the Yunzhou Continent.”
“I won’t say any more unnecessary words. After your Spiritual Roots are opened, Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters will lead you in completing Sect Tasks.”
After speaking, she waved her hand, and twenty Spiritual Root Inner Elixirs reappeared.
These were reissued by the System after players entered.
The players who received the Spiritual Root Inner Elixirs sat down on the ground, waiting to log on after their Talent time had passed.
Among the twenty players who entered this time, there were still only two female players.
These two girls were also fangirls in reality; otherwise, they wouldn’t have had the single-handed speed of decades to snatch the recruitment qualification.
They had initially seen the game trending on hot searches and, out of boredom, decided to try it out, never expecting such a great surprise.
“Swish—”
As the Spiritual Roots were being opened, Liang Xueyao logged off.
Returning to reality and feeling the constraint on his nose, a hint of confusion flashed in Liang Xueyao’s eyes again.
Why did playing the game feel like he wasn’t playing a VR game at all?
It was as if he had truly gone to a free World, but when he opened his eyes, he found the safety straps around his waist were also securely fastened.
He couldn’t feel it at all while playing the game.
But regardless, Liang Xueyao now looked at the empty pant leg on his right leg.
Since the accident, he had been very resistant to looking at that leg, but he couldn’t completely block out the sensation.
It was the same this time; he could still feel that the lower half of his right leg had no sensation at all.
But this time was different; it wasn’t the usual dull oppression. Liang Xueyao called his cousin: “Brother, have you logged into the game? I’m opening my Spiritual Root now and can’t get on.”
Jiang Tianya had just arrived home and asked, “How long is your time?”
Liang Xueyao thought for a moment and said, “Two hours and forty-five minutes.”
“Good Talent, not bad.” Jiang Tianya wasn’t too surprised. “Mine was 3 hours.”
Liang Xueyao heard the faint smile and smugness in Jiang Tianya’s voice and rolled his eyes: “Brother, seriously? You’re competing with me in a place like this?”
Jiang Tianya chuckled.
Then, both fell silent for a moment. After a while, Jiang Tianya said, “It feels like we haven’t had such a relaxed chat in a long time.”
“…Brother.” Liang Xueyao’s voice was a little hoarse. “How did you discover this game?”
“Would you believe me if I said I was bored?”
He had seen the news in the game group at the time, and he had joined it a long time ago.
He never spoke in the group, so many people didn’t recognize him anymore.
When Zhou Xiao sent the link that day, he had just happened to be bored and clicked on it to take a look.
Then, he felt that this game was unlike the ordinary games on the market, and coupled with the gimmick of holographic simulation, it had indeed piqued his curiosity.
And then, he was lucky enough to enter the game.
“We are very lucky,” Jiang Tianya said. “Now, you are also one of the lucky ones.”
Liang Xueyao agreed with Jiang Tianya’s statement, finding it somewhat strange: “Do you think this is like the existing technology in our country?”
“It’s impossible for the entire World. Holographic simulation, theoretically, is impossible from a scientific standpoint. For the human brain to simulate an environment that is 100% real, not to mention anything else, how can the tactile sensations be made 100% real? Can you control yourself when you dream?”
Liang Xueyao was shocked: “Then where did this game come from?”
“That’s why I say this is very strange, and… I found something interesting.”
Jiang Tianya said, looking at the publicly available information he had his people investigate on his mobile phone: “Do you still remember our Sect Master is called Song Jiulai?”
Liang Xueyao: “I know, she said it when we entered the game.”
Jiang Tianya: “I checked the name Song Jiulai out of curiosity and found that in the real World’s Lincheng, I discovered a girl also named Song Jiulai, who is an orphan. Moreover, she looks very much like the Sect Master, except the Sect Master now looks like a flawless, perfect version of her.”
Liang Xueyao: “Is she the planner of this game? That’s why her name appeared in the game?”
Jiang Tianya: “A month ago, she died saving a cat.”
Liang Xueyao: “…”
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“Achoo!”
“Damn it, even after becoming a Cultivator in another World, I still sneeze.”
Song Jiulai pulled her clothes together: “Are you catching a cold? But I don’t feel cold.”
System: “Did you finish watching your TV drama?”
Song Jiulai angrily slapped her thigh: “I finished it. If I had known the ending would be so terrible, I wouldn’t have watched it. What kind of decent person changes the male lead in the last episode? Are the director and screenwriter here to get revenge on society?”
After watching TV, Song Jiulai also checked if there was any news about herself.
After searching for a long time, she found that there was hardly any news about her.
She died in a car accident while saving a cat, yet it didn’t even make it into the social news.
Song Jiulai suddenly felt a bit wistful: “In my life, I am indeed just one person in the vast sea of people in this great World, not even making a ripple.”
System: “You posted online saying you transmigrated; you can not only make ripples but also cause a tsunami.”
Song Jiulai: “…”
