Chapter 25: [Yang Jian] (Please follow)

"Although virtual reality technology has made a breakthrough, allowing people to enter the virtual world."

"But the technological content required is too high, and it cannot be reduced to small equipment for the time being."

"The cost of each virtual pod is extremely expensive. The price of one virtual pod requires at least tens of millions of Xia Guo coins!"

Guo Heng said calmly.

"Tens of millions?" Jiang Tao gasped and looked at Lin Qi.

Lin Qi was secretly shocked. Tens of millions of Xia Guo coins—he had never seen so much money in his past or present life.

"Ordinary families can't afford it at all and can only come to the martial path mansion to use it."

"And the martial path mansion buys virtual pods and charges a certain fee to recover the cost."

"And the stronger the martial path mansion, the more virtual pods it can have. Ordinary martial path mansions can't buy them at all."

"And the Cangqiong Martial Path Mansion, as the number one force in Xia Guo, has a full 100 virtual pods in our Tianhai City."

"And every year, new virtual pods are added."

Jiang Tao touched the metal cube pillar and said in shock:

"100 pods, that's at least 1 billion."

Lin Qi heard the large string of numbers, and his heart was already numb.

"In the entire Tianhai City, besides our Cangqiong Martial Path Mansion, only the Heiyao Martial Path Mansion and the Chongming Martial Path Mansion can compare with us."

"The three top martial path mansions in Xia Guo have similar strength." Guo Heng touched the pillar and continued:

"By the way, you should also experience it."

"Scan the QR code on the table, download the app to register, and then pay to open it for use."

"Beep!"

"One-hour fee 500 yuan!"

Jiang Tao registered first, and after seeing the price, his face changed.

Lin Qi looked at the rows of virtual pods, feeling the illusion of returning to the internet cafe of his past life. Everything was so similar, except that the price of the virtual pod was really expensive.

"The price is just like this now!"

"In the future, maybe the technology will improve further, and the virtual pod will evolve into a virtual helmet or glasses, and the price will also drop."

"Better hurry up and experience it." Guo Heng reminded.

The originally silver-white eggshell opened, and inside was a seat spread out at a 125-degree angle, with a blue metal helmet installed at the head position, accompanied by metal patches reflecting light.

"After you open it, there will be an intelligent AI to guide novices. That's it, I'm going to open today's match."

After saying this, Guo Heng skillfully opened a virtual pod not far away and sat in it.

"Brother Qi, I'll go experience it first."

Jiang Tao couldn't wait to sit in the virtual pod, and the pod door closed slowly.

Scanning, registering, paying, opening the virtual pod, all in one go.

After Lin Qi finished, he also sat in the virtual pod, his body half-lying, his head inside the helmet. The inside of the pod was cold, and as the pod door closed, he fell into darkness.

He also subconsciously closed his eyes.

"Boom!"

It seemed like time had passed, suddenly his body shook, his scalp was numb, and goosebumps rose all over his body. His consciousness began to immerse.

He opened his eyes suddenly.

He looked at his surroundings, everything had changed. He was in a fantasy starry sky, with starlight flickering around him.

"Mr. Lin Qi, welcome to the Red Realm!"

In front of Lin Qi, a beautiful woman wearing a red tight combat suit and a ponytail appeared.

"I am the intelligent AI of the Red Realm—Xiao Hong, who can help you understand all the functions of the Red Realm."

"Intelligent AI—Xiao Hong?"

Lin Qi looked at the woman, her every smile and frown feeling incomparably real.

Looking at his own body again, the clothes on his body had been changed into a black tight combat suit. Clenching his fists, power surged, exactly the same as in reality.

He stepped on the ground, only feeling the reaction force that only exists when stepping on the earth.

"The Red Realm is a virtual space researched by the Cangqiong Martial Path Mansion in conjunction with top scientists of Xia Guo."

"It will scan your physical body to achieve more than 90% simulation of reality." The red-clothed woman continued to introduce.

"In the Red Realm, there are functions such as games, competition, social……!"

"If you are not satisfied with the clothes on your body, you can change them."

"And now you are in your personal space, you can view information through the panel, add friends, or enter the combat function!"

"Can I view my information?"

Lin Qi asked.

"Of course, no problem!"

The red-clothed woman waved her hand, and a blue panel appeared in front of Lin Qi, quite similar to his own panel.

【Name: Lin Qi】

【Age: 17】

【Phone number: ……】

【……】 It was all the information Lin Qi filled in when registering. Below there was also a change-clothes function. He was very satisfied with this outfit, so he didn't change it.

"Can I change a nickname?"

"Yes!" Xiao Hong answered with a smile.

Lin Qi nodded. His habit made him not use his real name when using software, using nicknames instead.

Immediately, he changed his real name, and he also had an idea for the nickname.

【Lin Qi】→【Yang Jian】

【Yes/No to modify nickname?】

Lin Qi clicked "Yes", showing the name change was successful, no duplicate names, so the online nickname was officially changed to "Yang Jian".

"Hello, can you introduce the competition function to me in detail?"

"No problem!" The red-clothed woman explained with a smile.

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"The competition arena is divided into man-machine and matching mechanisms."

"Every martial artist, entering the competition arena, must pass the man-machine test to open the matching mechanism and conduct competitive matches with other martial artists."

"Understood!"

Lin Qi nodded, feeling it was like the games he played in his past life.

"Okay, Mr. Yang Jian, you can summon me to answer at any time if you have questions."

"Okay!"

The red-clothed woman turned into nothingness, in the personal space. Only Lin Qi was left.

He clicked the competition arena function on the panel and selected 【Man-Machine Test】.

"Beep!"

The next second, the space transformed, as if an invisible giant hand had moved Lin Qi to another area.

Lin Qi's figure changed, appearing on a huge circular competition arena, over a thousand square meters, the ground being hard white ground.

The surroundings were filled with spectator seats, but they were all empty now.

"You have entered the man-machine test. Because you are opening the man-machine test for the first time."

"You have ten minutes to move around!"

"Please choose a weapon!"

The panel switched, and all kinds of weapons appeared in front of him.

Lin Qi chose a black long spear, the spear tip flashing with cold light. This was a weapon that had already been sharpened and could see blood.

"Buzz~"

Lin Qi reached out and flicked the long spear, the spear body trembled slightly, making a buzzing sound.

It was a refined steel long spear, hard in texture, with toughness, and the price was not cheap.

"Swish, swish~~"

In an instant, Lin Qi began to wave the long spear, executing the "Mountain-Collapsing Spear Technique".

"Collapsing Thrust, Rotating Break, Leaping Sky, Horizontal Block~"

The long spear pierced the air, bringing up a whistling sound, completely like reality.

"Actually not tired!"

After continuously executing the spear technique several times, Lin Qi discovered with surprise that he didn't feel tired at all.

"Because it is virtual, so it doesn't consume physical strength?"

【Time is up, test begins!】

"Hoo~"

An electronic female voice rang in the air. The next moment, not far from Lin Qi, a tall man wearing a mask and a white combat suit emerged.

He held a silver long spear, ready to launch an attack at any time.

【Man-Machine Test: Kill the tester!】

【3, 2, 1……】

【Officially begins!】

The electronic female voice in the air announced the start of the test.

"Shoo~"

The next instant, the tester waved the long spear and rushed out with an extremely fast step.

"It's starting!"

"My first real combat!"

Lin Qi also waved the long spear, stepped on the ground, his legs exerted force, and he rushed out instantly.

His first battle was on the verge of breaking out.

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(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 26 =====