Chapter 173: Simulation: The Virtual Combat Room
"Tsk tsk, this Su Jie, indeed extraordinary."
Wang Chao's avatar of thought stroked his chin, his eyes filled with curiosity, "So many distractions, ordinary people can't even calm their minds, let alone sleep well. They would have various kinds of dreams and poor sleep quality."
"But look at him, turning those distractions into a pond filled with all kinds of creatures, evolving into an 'ecosystem'."
"Remarkable."
Li Hansha also praised, "That state just now, was indeed a peculiar Embryonic Breathing, he even managed to generate Divine Sense. Though there's still a lot to improve, compared to us, the only difference is experience."
Afterward, Li Hansha's gaze fell onto Jiang Wudao's figure, "This fellow is incessantly entangled with Su Jie, how do you think Su Jie will resolve this?"
Wang Chao said, "Su Jie is equivalent to the protagonist, Jiang Wudao can only act against him within the rules we established. And with Su Jie's ability, he can handle it with ease."
"Jiang Wudao, he's just an experience bag."
As he talked, Wang Chao looked towards Sun Shisheng, "Damn! Sun, have you already calculated everything?"
Sun Shisheng's gaze was calm, "What calculation? Do I have any calculations about Su Jie's growth?"
"None."
Wang Chao thoughtfully said, "We only influenced the social structure with Ming Lun, Su Jie's character now has nothing to do with us."
Li Hansha said, "Fate..."
Through observing Su Jie's growth, he also realized that besides the somewhat peculiar point of meeting Sun Shisheng, his own development might truly be an effect of fate…
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Su Jie ate several big bowls of Tai Chi rice in the cafeteria, along with two roasted beef legs and a large basin of fresh fruits and vegetables, stunning the other students.
However, envy was the only thing in their eyes.
Whether someone is an expert can be seen by their ability to eat.
Of course, that excludes those internet big eaters who are just for show, who basically pretend to eat; it's all about eating and then throwing up, repeatedly emptying their stomachs as much as possible.
That's definitely showing off and wasting food.
One of the things Ming Lun despises most is this kind of show-off live streaming.
Su Jie's actions, certainly aren't for show, because after he eats, his stomach only bulges a tiny bit, obviously digesting with his powerful ability.
This is a true expert!
Jos watched Su Jie's way of eating and felt his appetite surge, but after two big bowls of rice, he could eat no more; his stomach was already full.
"Awesome!"
Jos gave the thumbs up once again.
After finishing his meal, Su Jie wiped his mouth, touched his belly and said, "The food at Ming Lun is indeed good; I feel like the potential I used up earlier has all been replenished."
"Used up potential?" Jos was curious, "You didn't engage in any intense exercise before."
"In front of the library, I fell into a state similar to the Embryonic Breathing, and my vitality increased by 0.1, naturally using up some potential," Su Jie explained.
"Oh..."
Jos nodded hesitantly.
Jos also knew from theory that the Embryonic Breathing Realm is very dangerous on Earth, there's a big chance of turning into a mummy and then being baked by the magnetic field between heaven and earth into ashes.
Taoism calls it 'ascension', while Buddhism has another term for it, 'nirvana'.
However, Jos had already seen that Su Jie's future is limitless.
"Su Jie, could you teach me?" Jos asked earnestly with his hands held in the disciple's salute.
"There's no need for that, Jos, we're classmates," Su Jie responded with a chuckle, touching his stomach, feeling that the food inside had mostly digested, "Come on, let's go for another walk around campus."
"It's a deal then."
Jos was delighted. Being with a genius like Su Jie, he might be able to bask in Su Jie's brilliance and become even more of a genius himself.
After leaving the cafeteria, Su Jie noticed that Jos had also switched to a smart wristband, a virtual screen appeared in front of him, flipping through Ming Lun's introductory videos.
"Is this... you've logged onto the school's official website?" Su Jie asked.
"Yes."
Jos nodded. The official website of Minglun Martial School was the most comprehensive encyclopedia set. It contained various kinds of information and even a marketplace where many products unavailable elsewhere could be purchased.
For example: Essence of Day and Essence of Moon.
These weren't the diluted essences you could find outside, but the real essence of the sun and moon, rumored to directly enhance vitality.
However, the price was also steep, costing a hundred million for a microgram.
But Jos wasn't checking the marketplace; he was searching for the grand map of Ming Lun.
The Minglun Martial School's territory was vast, encompassing the entirety of Jiangnan City, which also led some to call Jiangnan City 'Minglun City'.
Setting aside the conspiracy theories with ulterior motives, the name 'Minglun City' actually wasn't too far-fetched.
"Over there in the teaching area, there's also a virtual combat room. Su Jie, do you want to go check it out?" Jos found an interesting location, "We couldn't go there during the summer training."
Su Jie took out his smartphone and logged onto the official website. He found the route to the virtual battle room and also viewed images of the room.
It was a building similar to an eggshell, about fifty meters tall. In the images, there were no windows to be found, not even an entrance.
The image on the phone was three-dimensional and could be enlarged and rotated.
But Su Jie searched in vain for a long time, unable to locate the entrance. Could it be a sealed space?
"Why are you thinking so much? Wouldn't you know if you just went there to look?" Jos did not have as many thoughts as Su Jie, and upon hearing his doubts, his first thought was to go there and see for himself.
Smiling, Su Jie said, "You're right, the best way to understand the real situation is to go there and take a look."
No matter how much one speculates, seeing is believing.
Following the map's directions, the two of them arrived at the eggshell building. It was indeed a huge eggshell, white in color, with no entrances in sight.
Around it, there was only a walkway about fifty meters wide leading to it, surrounded by a shaded grassy area marked with lines and multiple goalposts, a large soccer field.
Many people were playing soccer on it.
The vitality of these people was all above 1, running like the wind, strong as wild horses.
And the soccer ball was not an ordinary one either; it looked much heavier, with a thick outer skin comparable to that of a basketball.
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In the past, this would have been unimaginable.
The two approached the eggshell building, and Su Jie reached out to touch it, feeling a chill as if touching an ice cream on a hot summer day.
But how to get in?
Su Jie logged onto the official website again to read the description below, only to find that it only introduced the inside of the building without a single word about how to enter.
After some thought, Su Jie took out his student ID and placed it on the eggshell.
Since the eggshell had no entrances, there must be an identity recognition system, so Su Jie wanted to try if the student ID would work.
As soon as the student ID touched the eggshell, a door about three meters long and one meter wide opened right at the center, revealing a quite spacious interior with a spiral staircase leading to the top in the center.
The spiraling form of the staircase resembled the abstract and tangible structure of a DNA molecule.
"So you need a student ID to gain entry," Jos realized, "no wonder the description said that only students of Minglun Martial School could enter."
"It seems that if you're not an official student of the martial school, you wouldn't have a student ID, and common people can't enter at all."
"Let's go inside."
Jos also took out his student ID and entered with Su Jie, and the door that had opened behind them closed tightly, leaving no gap.
"Minglun's technology is definitely a hundred years ahead of the outside world!"
Unable to hold back his admiration, Su Jie went to the central staircase with Jos, where they found a reception desk and an old man attending it.
"Hello, teacher, we would like to participate in virtual combat; which way should we go?"
Surveying the surroundings, Su Jie saw nothing but emptiness except for the DNA-like spiral staircase leading upward. Ten meters above, there were numerous corridors intersecting and spanning the floors, densely packed like a spider's web.
Putting down his "The Book of Changes", the old man spoke slowly, "Go upstairs and find any empty room."
"Thank you."
Expressing his gratitude, Su Jie led Jos up the spiral staircase.
As they walked, Jos said, "That old man below must be a peerless master, like the Sweeper Monk in 'Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'. Should we maybe go ask him for advice later?"
"Hmm, we can ask after seeing the virtual battle room," responded Su Jie.
In fact, Su Jie did not agree with Jos's view.
The old man might be like "the Sweeper Monk," but he certainly wasn't a martial arts expert, since his face was full of wrinkles with many liver spots.
If he were a kung fu master, emphasis on self-care would have prevented his body from looking that way.
Of course, to be in a position at Minglun, he must be an extraordinary person.
Extraordinary people are not necessarily great martial artists.
In Su Jie's opinion, the old man's study of "The Book of Changes" might indicate his martial prowess wasn't great, but his mental cultivation must be incredibly high.
As the saying goes, "Having an old person in the family is like having a treasure."
The wisdom within implies that old people, having experienced much in society and grasped many principles of life, have rich experience to impart to future generations.
If one often interacts with the elderly and heeds their advice, it might reduce a lot of trouble in future life.
Reaching the second floor, they found all the rooms occupied, and the same was true for the third and fourth floors until they finally found an empty room on the thirty-sixth floor.
Checking whether a room was occupied was simple.
Outside each room, next to the door, there was a screen. If occupied, the screen would be lit and display the words "In Use," while an empty room would have a dark screen.
The two entered the room, and the empty space suddenly lit up with a soft white glow.
[Welcome to the Virtual Battle Room!]
[This is room number 3608 of the Virtual Battle Room. Please select a combat scenario —]