As a cross-era, fully imrsive virtual reality ga that previously only appeared in novels, Jianghu’s popularity could not be overstated; moreover, because video recording and live streaming were possible within the ga, its authenticity had been thoroughly verified during the first internal test.
In the discourse of dia and self-dia chasing popularity and traffic, there were talks about it being the hope against the energy crisis, a cross-era second world, an indirect extension of life, doubling one’s ti...
Essentially, it was the utmost art of pie-in-the-sky bragging. How the taverse was hyped up initially, the ga was now hyped similarly, but unlike the taverse, which was nowhere in sight, this ga was genuinely impressive.
As capital also began to get involved, under the analysis of various content creator "up masters," people who realized the issue was not simple gradually increased, and by the ti the second internal test started, not just ga enthusiasts but even those who seldom played gas were paying attention to this ga that had been hyped to the skies by all major dia during a month of maintenance.
They followed players who had beco strears by obtaining internal test activation codes, followed various forum discussion threads, and then, they ca across a post on the forum—
"Day one of the second internal test, a Divine Artifact appears in a certain newbie village!"
Posts of this format were everywhere and, ordinarily, would not have drawn much attention from players and cloud players, but as the popularity of this post gradually soared, eventually, soone couldn’t help but click out of curiosity, and then, they discovered that this thing, it seed to be real...
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"The heat is very high! It seems that this ga is not just circulating within a small circle..."
Feeling the "Identity" continuously flowing into his body, Feng Xue slightly squinted his eyes. Although it was not enough to form a Kaidan, from this amount, it was almost certain that the so-called real world truly existed.
After confirming this, Feng Xue’s plan beca even clearer—
He intended to create a Kaidan that circulated in the "ga world" but was recognized by people in the real world; if he could achieve this, he might try to leverage the Current World Rules to jump from the ga world to the real world.
Although, for him, both the real world and ga world were "benchmark worlds" where real people existed, his goal now was no longer the Kaidan entries and "Identity"—
Compared to those things that easily snowballed once savings were accumulated, he was now more concerned about why Infinite City would provide such a world.
If it were said to be randomly mixed, that would be one thing, but according to what Old Li and the others said, traces of Kaidan only appeared above the fiftieth floor of the Tower of Babylon, clearly indicating so chanism of Infinite City at work.
All he could think of was so hidden "qualification."
For example, one must reach the strength of above fifty floors to survive with the first-mover advantage in other Kaidans, or one must attain the strength of above fifty floors to truly understand certain things.
From the potential rules of Infinite City that Cain had explained to him, Feng Xue could be sure that Infinite City was purposefully urging powerful Kaidans to ascend to higher floors.
He didn’t know whether this was truly a "Divine Artifact chooses its master" kind of conventional plot or a "Evil Spirit chooses a body" type of conspiratorial style, but anyway, Infinite City sending these qualified Kaidans capable of reaching fifty floors to such a world definitely had so purpose.
Since it was a purposeful action, Feng Xue naturally wouldn’t treat it as an ordinary world, and the difference between this world and the benchmark worlds behind the lower doors was likely precisely this "purpose."
So, what was the difference?
Kaidan.
Although he still didn’t know what secrets these Kaidans held, since even Infinite City wanted to understand it, Feng Xue naturally beca curious.
At present, the origin of this world’s Kaidan had been identified as the players, or rather, the ga that sent the players to this world. However, in this world, Feng Xue couldn’t access the "ga," the actual body of the Kaidan, so he must go to another world.
"Senior..."
While Feng Xue was contemplating her next plan, a familiar call reached her ears. Raising her eyes, she saw another player approaching. The player was a woman, but under the influence of the Feminization Filter, Feng Xue had developed quite a resistance to beauties. Although the player’s appearance was well-crafted, Feng Xue glanced only once and grabbed a wooden sword from the corner, saying:
"Ten coins, one per person. Take it and go quickly, don’t bother ."
"No, I’m not here to buy a wooden sword," the player shook her head, neither taking the sword nor offering the money. Slightly surprised, Feng Xue stopped her movents and looked at the player with a half-smile:
"Don’t want the sword? What do you want then?"
"I want to buy an instrunt," the player said seriously. Feng Xue narrowed her eyes slightly upon hearing this:
"An erhu for ten silver, a guzheng for fifty silver, a guqin for one hundred and twenty silver, one coin per silk string. If you want a custom make, the price triples."
"Ah, that..." Hearing that even the cheapest erhu cost ten silver made the player’s face show difficulty, but at the sa ti, a hint of excitent was also apparent in her heart.
Most players treated this NPC as a rchant selling items essential for pioneers, but she distinctly rembered that his real job was making instrunts, initially attracted here by his erhu.
A wooden sword as sharp as untempered steel, albeit growing weaker the more it’s used, was far superior to the blacksmith’s iron swords priced at one silver before it exhausted its strength. Such weaponry was sold for rely ten coins, practically a giveaway.
But for an instrunt, just an erhu alone was priced at ten silver. While it may not sound much, compared to the wooden sword at ten coins, it was a thousand tis more expensive!
"Indeed, buying instrunts has to be the thod to trigger this NPC’s quest."
She thought for a mont, then said:
"Senior, do you also teach how to play these instrunts here?"
"Quite clever, huh..." Feng Xue chuckled inwardly but kept a serious face and said:
"I don’t have ti to teach rookies who can’t do anything."
With that, she turned away, her attitude indicating that if you don’t buy it, then leave.
This reaction only solidified the player’s guess, and she thought to herself:
"He won’t teach soone who knows nothing, which ans he wants so foundation. But is this foundation in martial arts or in playing instrunts?"
Taking a deep breath, the player gathered her courage and asked tentatively:
"Senior, I’ve studied the guzheng for two years."
"Oh?"
Feng Xue showed a slightly interested expression, said nothing further, and turned to go inside the thatch hut. Seeing this, the player instantly got excited.
One second, two seconds...
It wasn’t actually a very long ti, but perhaps because the NPC entered the room without making a sound, it seed as tedious as a long math class to her.
Fortunately, the wait wasn’t too long. About two minutes later, she saw the NPC coming out carrying a guzheng and a desk for the instrunt—
"Play a piece you’re good at."
Hearing the NPC’s words, the player felt a bit of a headache—not because she had over-bragged, but because the NPC hadn’t provided a stool!
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