Chapter 164-1: Overclocked Divine Might, A Reasonable Plan (1) |
Staring at the aged player who had already died.
The other party’s detailed information surfaced in Qi Sheng’s mind.
[Name: Lei Lingfei]
Age: 97
Identity Analysis: Born in Earth Year 2428, a member of the Human Federation. In his youth he was an ordinary engineer who, through hard work, was admitted to the Resource Administration. He performed outstandingly at work… later serving in the Resource Administration as a resource allocation specialist, responsible for coordinating resource distribution between Earth and the various races, ensuring stable material supplies across all regions of the alliance.
With a wave of his hand, Lei Lingfei’s three-dimensional in-game projection appeared before Qi Sheng.
On the right was a detailed record of the game information.
Monster World Information:
Star Vein combination (four star vein slots): Gargoyle (level 42), Resistance (level 23), Bloodthirst (level 29), Rock Shield (level 18).
Inventory: Intermediate Healing Potion (5), Low Healing Potion (15), Mental Recovery Potion (3), Silver-Tail Fish (12), Tianxing Grass (1)… total value: 5823 sacrificial power.
Portable Guide avatar level: 10
Growth-type pet: Lightfeather (level 21)
Sacrificial power reserve: 239 points
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After reading Lei Lingfei’s analysis information, Qi Sheng fell into thought.
As for how to handle players who die in reality, he truly had not considered this issue in detail.
But since it had already happened.
He had to plan how to respond quickly and effectively when similar incidents occur in the future.
As his thoughts surged, the siren of an ambulance grew from distant to near.
Qi Sheng lifted his hand and grasped toward the dead elder. Instantly, the dissipating consciousness condensed into an invisible cluster of light that gathered in his palm.
At the same time, he followed Guide and returned to the Primordial Altar.
Looking at the cluster of consciousness in his hand, Qi Sheng, who had yet to decide on a handling method, intended to keep this deceased player’s consciousness in storage.
With a flicker of thought, the sphere of consciousness appeared in the space of the Sacrificial Power Pool, floating above it.
According to the Human Federation’s regulations, cremation after death must be carried out seven days later.
If he chose resurrection, he would have plenty of time to do it.
Next he had to think carefully about the correct way to solve this problem.
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Reality, Subterranean Trading Market.
This was one of the venues where alien races exchanged resources and technology. The market was a mixed bag. The various races communicated through Earth language or by using the translators they carried.
Qin Ye, a D level administrator, finished inspecting the trading area within his jurisdiction and returned to his room.
He could not wait to log into the game.
Every time he logged off now, a powerful sense of disjunction arose. He always felt out of place with reality.
Food in reality, a frail body… after becoming accustomed to the player body in the Monster World, even breathing felt strenuous in reality, and the air was turbid.
It was far less delicious than the energy-rich air of the Monster World.
Yes, delicious was exactly the word.
Every breath in the Monster World was filled with vitality. He could even feel the pulsing energy particles in the air flow in through his nasal cavity, travel down the trachea into the lungs, then circulate within his body.
When he spent a long time in the game, he did not notice anything special about it.
But every time he returned to reality, the sensation became especially intense.
Each breath felt as if he were inhaling a heavy layer of fog, leaving him extremely uncomfortable.
He even felt that Earth’s air carried a kind of muffled texture, like a mix of dust, smoke, and dampness invading from the nasal passages and clinging to the throat and lungs.
Coupled with the lack of attribute amplification from the player body, his cardiac and pulmonary power was weakened.
This made every breath take effort. It was as if there were an invisible resistance in the air that impeded the flow of oxygen.
This turbid air not only made him feel physically unwell, it also brought a psychological sense of oppression, as though the entire world had lost its color and vitality.
So every time he returned to the Monster World after logging off, there was a sense of breaking out of a cage and gaining freedom.
These problems were also reflected in food.
He was now living on nutrient solution. He solved his meals in the Monster World.
He would rather spend sacrificial power to buy Spiritual Food than eat ordinary food that had no spirituality at all.
The first thing Qin Ye thought of upon returning to his room after patrol was to enter the game, not to stay in reality.
Just as he changed into his game suit and prepared to enter the game pod, his phone rang.
The ringtone melody made Qin Ye pause. He decisively went to the desk and pressed the green button.
The projector on the ceiling lit up at once, and a light screen popped up in front of him.
In the image was an elderly man with graying hair and deep wrinkles on his forehead. His face had sharp angles, his brow ridge was prominent. He wore a smartly tailored uniform with a delicate badge pinned to his left shoulder. The silver hair on his head was neatly combed back. He looked crisp and commanding, carrying an unquestionable authority.
Before Qin Ye could speak, the elder introduced himself.
“Qin Ye, I am Wang Quan, Chief of the Skyvault Technology Research Center.”
“Chief Wang, please go ahead.”
“Tell me your current situation in the game, including your Inherited soul level and other conditions.”
Upon hearing this, Qin Ye immediately reported the detailed situation of his game character.
After listening, Wang Quan nodded, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes easing.
“Qin Ye, I have a task for you.”
“Chief Wang, please give your instructions.”
“In the Emperor’s Mound Village space of the Monster World, there is a library. It contains a large quantity of technical data that the Lunar Eclipse race has not released to the outside world. I need you to go to the library and memorize as much of that data as possible, then bring those technical materials out.”
Hearing this, Qin Ye could not help being stunned.
He had not expected the Chief of the Skyvault Technology Research Center to contact him for the purpose of obtaining in-game technical data.
But then he thought of a question.
“Chief Wang, why must the technical data be brought out by memorizing it. Now that the Monster World and the outside world are connected, it should be completely possible to bring it out by posting on the forum.”
On screen, Wang Quan shook his head.
“We have already tried that method. After posting, it is judged to be content unrelated to the game and gets deleted, and each post has a length limit. Sending a large number of such posts will even result in a one-month forum speech ban. It simply cannot be done the way you suggest.”
“Secondly, the books in the library cannot be viewed by livestream either. It appears to be textual reading, but in fact it may be consciousness reading. The books cannot display any content at all on the livestream image.”
“So we can only adopt the dumbest yet most effective method, which is to transport the content through memory.”
“In addition, you are aware of the situations in the Gene Research Division and the Weapons Development Division. Their Inherited souls and body tempering levels are relatively low. It is very hard for them to quickly memorize large amounts of content. So we need a player like you with higher levels to go and try whether this content transport model is feasible. If it does not work, we will think of other ways.”
Understanding the reasons, Qin Ye nodded solemnly.
“Chief Wang, I understand. I will enter the game shortly and attempt to memorize the technical data… right, are there any requirements regarding the direction of the technical data?”
“For now, focus on Spirit Plant cultivation technology. If there is anything else needed, I will contact you.”
“Understood.”
After hanging up the call, Qin Ye knew he was about to be busy.
The caller was the Chief of the Skyvault Technology Research Base. He was the superior of his superior’s superior. Qin Ye had to go all out on this task.
Next, he would fight for Humanity’s Rise.
Returning to the game pod, he opened the back cover, pulled several soft tubes from inside, and connected them to a newly opened nutrient canister.
One canister of nutrient solution could sustain the body’s consumption needs for about seven days. With 100 percent absorption it produced no metabolic waste, so there was no need to excrete during the game.
But the game pod was still equipped with a waste processing system to deal with excretion caused by players eating various foods before entering the game. It would be absorbed into the pod wall and finally flow into the sewage tank beneath the game pod.
For the upcoming period, he planned to spend all his time in the game.
Before long, Qin Ye’s figure appeared in the Emperor’s Mound Village space.
The crimson robe on his body crystallized at this moment, fell and gathered into a flashy-looking tractor that carried him toward the marked location on the map.
Entering the library, he went straight to the Spirit Plant books section, chose a basic Spirit Plant Studies book, then went to the reading area to begin flipping through and memorizing.
As time passed, Qin Ye found it more and more overwhelming.
Memorization also has degrees of difficulty.
The bitter and difficult content involved complex concepts. He lacked relevant knowledge of Spirit Plant Studies, so it was hard to build connections with his existing knowledge. This led to difficulty in remembering.
His brain needed more time to record, and he could not form a clear logical knowledge line.
He could only memorize by rote, with no technique at all.
After memorizing three pages, Qin Ye flipped back to the first page to memorize again. He felt that some of the earlier content had already gotten mixed up.
Before long, Qin Ye stopped flipping.
He felt that rather than memorizing like this, it would be more efficient to memorize part of the content then log off, organize it and record this part on the computer, then come back in to continue memorizing.
But doing so was truly troublesome.
At this moment, a spark flashed in his mind.