Chapter 66: The Base Is Annihilated
Song Jiulai’s heart skipped a beat.
This outsider from beyond the heavens, it should be referring to me?
After all, at this juncture, she was also from Blue Star.
I didn’t expect cultivators in this world to truly possess great abilities, to the point where such scrutiny of heavenly secrets could occur.
Despite her heart skipping a beat, Song Jiulai maintained an expression of extreme shock upon hearing gossip: “Heavens, something like this actually happens? What kind of outsider from beyond the heavens is it, is it a type of Demonic Beast?”
First and foremost, I cannot lead it in the direction of people.
“I don’t know. Since it’s an outsider from beyond the heavens, it must be an extremely powerful existence,” Su Huanli pondered seriously. “Perhaps it hides among human cultivators.”
Song Jiulai’s heart skipped a beat.
Fortunately, Su Huanli’s usual thinking was that such outsiders from beyond the heavens must be very powerful.
Now there were two possibilities.
One was that it genuinely referred to Song Jiulai; unfortunately, she was currently incredibly weak, not fitting the concept of an outsider from beyond the heavens that Yunzhou Continent imagined.
The second was that this outsider from beyond the heavens did not actually refer to Song Jiulai.
If it was the latter, there was no need to worry at this stage.
If it was the former, Song Jiulai just needed to play it safe to the extreme.
Although Players would behave strangely, there were too many Players and they were all very weak.
Even if this rumor spread, it wouldn’t be so easy to guess it was Players.
Yunzhou Continent’s information was blocked, and Wang’an County wouldn’t receive the news quickly. However, since Su Huanli had returned, this rumor would soon spread to Wang’an County as well.
It was still necessary to make Players more low-key, at least not to act too modern when people were around.
Song Jiulai possessed natural acting skills. For example, when she and her colleagues were gossiping about their Leader behind his back, the moment they saw the Leader returning through the reflection on the glass, she and her colleague immediately said with great concern: “Our Leader has worked so hard for so many years to lead us in doing good business.”
The Leader’s face instantly broke into a smile.
So, at this moment, she also appeared concerned: “Senior Sister, will this rumor have any impact on us?”
“Naturally not,” Su Huanli shook her head. “Think about it, the heavenly secrets left by an Ancestor at the Mahayana Stage, how could it be something for us Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators to worry about? That’s something for Major Sects to be concerned about.”
“Oh, right…”
Su Huanli looked at Song Jiulai hesitantly. “The last time I saw you, you were still at Early Qi Stage, and now you’re at Mid Qi Condensation Stage?”
Now that she was close, she could clearly feel that Song Jiulai’s Spiritual Energy was more abundant than when she had left.
Song Jiulai did not hide it. “I spent some time on First Mountain and killed quite a few Demonic Beasts.”
Upon hearing this, Su Huanli nodded. “Hunting Demonic Beasts is very beneficial for us cultivators. It’s rare for you to have such courage so soon after arriving at Longevity Sect.” She sneered slightly. “Many cultivators don’t have your courage. My Flying Sparrow Sect has hundreds of disciples, and half of them don’t even want to go for training.”
Players fear death; at least they can live in reality.
But cultivators who go to kill Demonic Beasts in Yunzhou Continent truly die if they die.
Therefore, there are quite a lot of timid cultivators.
Being in an edge environment, and next to Demonic Beasts, such an environment would naturally give rise to many cultivators whose primary goal is self-preservation.
Unless the Sect has a mandatory Task, they would only go out for training once.
Those who actively hunt Demonic Beasts are indeed quite rare.
Just like when Song Jiulai was on First Mountain, she only encountered Lin Qian from Peach Blossom Sect halfway, and she was also going for a Tier 2 Spirit Herb.
Song Jiulai did not offer any particular opinion. “Everyone fears death, including cultivators, so it’s normal not to want to go.”
Just like Players don’t want to go, she hasn’t issued any mandatory Tasks.
Because not everyone likes this kind of combat gameplay. Some can find other ways, like Fan Guozhou who can brew wine and has already established close cooperation with restaurants in Wang’an County. Now he also has Life Players help guard Spiritual Fields for other combat Players; these are all alternative paths.
Everyone has different choices.
Forcing Players to go to their deaths is still not acceptable.
Her early-stage Quotas cannot be wasted.
Except for Zhen Weida, whose death was indeed rather stifling.
Speaking of Zhen Weida, I wonder if this young man can snatch a Quota again.
Late at night, Zhen Weida sat in front of his computer, his heart pounding with excitement.
To ensure the fastest internet speed and a computer that wouldn’t hold him back, Zhen Weida had already used a portion of his savings to get a better computer and upgrade to the fastest internet.
All for these 30 Quotas.
He believed this investment was worthwhile.
As long as he could enter the Game, earn Spirit Stones in the Game to exchange for Points, he could also sell them to other combat Players.
Fan Guozhou had already proven this path was feasible.
You couldn’t Pay-to-win in the Game, but Points could be sold for money.
He wasn’t a combat type anyway.
The last Quota snatching was already incredibly fierce. This time, Zhen Weida, an atheist, sincerely prayed to the Buddha with a red string for the first time.
He prayed to the God of Wealth, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and all sorts of deities.
His main strategy was to play it safe.
He attempted to use a metaphysical angle to bless him so he could snatch a Quota.
The time for opening Quotas this time was still midnight. Although there were many complaints on Weibo, it didn’t stop a large number of people from coming to join the fun out of curiosity. This Quota snatching was even more intense than the last time.
Zhen Weida also learned the copy-paste method, but while filling it out, he discovered that the internet suddenly experienced a brief delay.
Because when he clicked submit, the facial recognition verification didn’t pop up for a long time.
“Damn it, could the internet be holding me back at this moment? It can’t go wrong, I’m going to kill the telecom provider, ahhhhhhhh!!!”
No one heard Zhen Weida’s scream.
But in one place, there was dead silence.
In the base, to snatch Quotas, official departments naturally used some privileged means, such as briefly delaying the daily internet by a few seconds. This wouldn’t affect the daily lives of residents, but it would allow official personnel to snatch Quotas more quickly.
Although this method was a bit despicable, to thoroughly investigate the origin of this Game, this privilege was definitely going to be used.
Moreover, for safety, they didn’t use the computers in the base to log in to the Website.
They used a civilian internet cable, and the computers were ordinary devices used daily.
But strangely, they failed.
And on the official website page for all official personnel participating in the Quota snatching at the base, several large characters popped up: 【Luck is also part of Strength, cheating is not advisable. 】
The base was completely wiped out.
After this prompt appeared, the entire base fell into dead silence.
It wasn’t until half a day later that Wei Jun, who had witnessed this result with his own eyes, still couldn’t believe it.
“We were intercepted?”
Xiao Qing swallowed. “It seems so.”
Wei Jun stared at the line of text, his brow furrowed even deeper.
“So, our efforts were in vain?”
Xiao Qing: “It’s not like that. Perhaps they’re asking us to snatch it normally. But since they could intercept our signal abnormally, the Technology behind this Website is truly immeasurable, Minister. Should we continue to engage further?”
“Of course. It’s precisely because of its mysterious origin that even if it hides a crisis, as public servants, we have the responsibility and obligation to investigate and confirm. It’s okay if we didn’t get it this time. Let’s try to approach it from other Players who managed to enter the Game, in a more gentle manner.”
At this moment, a department staff member walked over. “Minister, Tan Jie, who is on vacation at home, called and said he managed to snatch one.”
