Chapter 483: Friend Request! Instructor Ling's Remote Teleport Invitation!

"That's true." Xu Jingming also came to a realization.

Fifty thousand Great Xia coins per consciousness helmet — indeed very cheap.

If it were the sixteen-year-old him, who had already awakened his abilities, he would also have been happy to spend the money to join in the fun.

To get an early look at the arena of the Global Exchange Tournament.

"But judging from the country column, this virtual world still detected the login location."

At the thought, Xu Jingming's participant information column immediately changed.

Name: Xu Jingming

Serial Number:

Country: Great Xia

"Much better now."

Xu Jingming smiled at the corner of his mouth, withdrew his gaze, and stepped into a restaurant beside the street.

Just like a real-world restaurant, there were chefs, waiters, and even cashiers here!

Everything the real world had, this place had it all.

Only this restaurant, from the outside, looked like nothing more than an ordinary storefront, yet inside it could seat over a thousand diners at once.

"Mr., since this is your first visit to our restaurant, please bind a bank card in advance for payment."

The moment Xu Jingming stepped inside, a youthful, pretty waitress came up to greet him.

"No way? It really charges money?" Xu Jingming's eyes went wide.

But to give it a try, he still bound a bank card and ordered some dishes.

When those dishes were served, he indeed smelled an enticing aroma.

Even the chewing sensation in his mouth, and the flavor, were identical to reality.

"This..." Xu Jingming was shocked.

Even taste had been simulated — at this point, who could still tell reality from virtual.

"A taste simulation like this, I could achieve it back at Magic University too.

Only the principal said this function was useless for improving strength, so he only let me enable the pain perception of the Virtual Trial."

Eva on his shoulder spread her hands helplessly.

"Being able to enjoy gourmet food without gaining weight — surely plenty of food lovers would like a feature like this."

Xu Jingming could not help but sigh in admiration.

All in all, the money spent on this was indeed well worth it.

"Sight, taste, touch, hearing, smell — all five human senses are controlled.

Simulating the sensation of eating is indeed very easy.

But this way, the body in the real world has no vigilance at all."

After entering the virtual world, Xu Jingming didn't even have the passive perception of his Heart Net, as if he had truly become an ordinary person.

"Looks like from now on, when entering the virtual world, it must be in a very safe environment."

Thinking of this, Xu Jingming's heart stirred, and he directly disconnected.

Immediately after, he felt his own body, his abilities, and even the passive perception of his Heart Net once more.

Taking off his helmet, Lin Hui and the others who had logged out of the virtual world first were already excitedly discussing.

"So real! I actually ate ramen in the virtual world!"

"This virtual reality technology is absolutely an epoch-making invention!"

"I heard that after this All-Genius Exchange Tournament, the virtual world will never close and will stay open for everyone to use — I don't know if it's true or not."

"..."

Lin Hui, Li Xiang, faces full of shock, and Xia Lan was likewise visibly astonished.

All of them had experienced technology similar to Magic University's Virtual Trial.

Even so, they were this excited.

One could imagine what kind of shock this would be for ordinary ability-users who had never experienced it!

"Captain, you're back?"

Lin Hui and the others also saw Xu Jingming take off his helmet and immediately asked excitedly:

"How was it? Did you sign up for this Global Genius Exchange Tournament?"

"Signed up. My serial number is already past 150 million." Xu Jingming nodded with a smile.

"I signed up too, but mine is at 130 million." Xia Lan also said with a smile.

"The previous Global Genius Exchange Tournament, limited by the number of online users, ended up with only 100 million registrants.

This year's tournament will absolutely have over ten times more participants!" Lin Hui said in amazement.

"The number of registrants is indeed higher, but the truly powerful experts are not that many."

Xu Jingming said with a faint smile.

"For you, Captain, that's true, but for people like us, just making it into the top five thousand would already be pretty good."

Lin Hui shook his head.

He was twenty-five this year, already a mid-tier fifth-rank ability-user.

In Great Xia, that indeed counted as a heaven-proud level figure.

But once placed against the whole of Blue Star, he was only an ordinary-level genius.

"Just right — you guys can still compete, but I'm already past the age limit."

Leng Yuexi also took off her helmet and said enviously.

If she had possessed an S-rank ability in the previous Global Genius Exchange Tournament, her ranking would have risen significantly.

"In this Genius Exchange Tournament, I can only watch you all perform."

Shaking her head, Leng Yuexi turned to look at Xu Jingming: "Jingming, what is your virtual world communication number?"

"Let's add each other as friends, that way we can meet in the virtual world."

"I want to add him too!" Lin Hui, Xia Lan, and the others also looked over.

After telling them his communication number, Xu Jingming took out his phone to check.

He found quite a few messages had already accumulated — from his aunt Xu Qingwan and his older cousin Tang Qi.

From his sworn brothers Zhang Hao and Liu Jie, and also from teachers Yang Zhentian, Su Qingli, and Hearing Ling Shuang.

Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan had also sent messages; virtually everyone he knew had sent one.

Without exception, all these messages were asking for Xu Jingming's virtual world communication number.

Xu Jingming first replied to Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan.

Then he sent his number out to the group in one blast.

"Looks like I'll still have to enter the virtual world to approve these friend requests."

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming put the virtual helmet back on.

In truth, he was also somewhat looking forward to meeting Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan in the virtual world.

They had tried this kind of meeting before, but the experience was so poor they switched to video calls.

But now, with the virtual world in existence, the experience should be completely different...

After putting on the helmet, Xu Jingming's vision went black, and when he came back to his senses, he had already returned to the city in the virtual world.

He immediately saw a string of friend request notifications had been sent over.

Basically most people had noted their own names in the remarks, so Xu Jingming chose to accept them.

The moment he finished selecting, Eva on his shoulder said:

"Friend Hearing Ling Shuang has sent a remote teleportation invitation. Do you accept?"

"Teacher Ling is looking for me?" Xu Jingming's expression was puzzled, and he instinctively chose to accept.

The next moment,

his entire body vanished into thin air in the middle of the bustling city.