Chapter 1082: The Cowherd

Niujiazhuang.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse; Jintong carried a grass basket on his back, walking with uneven steps as he returned to a farmhouse.

"So late again today, no dinner for you!"

From inside the house came the scolding voice of his sister-in-law, Ma: "Remember to feed the ox... otherwise, I'll skin you alive tomorrow!"

"Oh!"

Jintong's stomach growled with hunger, but he dared not talk back to his sister-in-law and could only go to the cowshed to feed the ox.

In ancient times, oxen and horses were precious; feeding an ox was the same as feeding a horse, following the saying, "A horse will not grow fat without night grass."

And beyond the Nantian Gate were countless Qionglou Yuyu, which was the Lingxiao Heavenly Palace!

"Big Brother... Big Brother... we can discuss this, don't, ah ah ah ah!"

"Crack!"

His bed was right next to the cowshed; he spent his days cutting grass to feed the ox and his nights sleeping with it.

Ma glared at her husband, deciding to give him a piece of her mind that night, but she used the ladder to climb down and said: "Fine... let's divide it like that!"

Seeing Jintong about to go herd the ox, she started shouting at her husband again: "You useless younger brother, eating and drinking for free at home every day... our family is going to be poor to death."

Jintong stared blankly at this scene, his mouth almost drooling.

Jintong felt a shock in his heart.

He looked at his older brother, whose lips were moving but who said nothing, and felt his heart turn cold: "Fine... let's divide it, the family property should have been split in half, but I only want that old ox!"

He seemed to have arrived inside a myth.

"This..."

"Of course, it is because... the Heavenly Secret has changed!"

Jintong clutched his head and let out a miserable cry, looking around, then suddenly added with surprise: "Eh? I've recovered my memories? That is... Seventh Fairy Sister... my idol, Weaver Girl!"

He didn't know if the plan to return to his hometown could be considered a success or a failure.

Although he was much weakened as a clone, he still possessed the ability to collect some basic information.

"Cowherd and Weaver Girl? It's already old-fashioned, don't want to watch, don't want to watch..."

Weaver Girl immediately discovered him, various data flashing in her eyes: "Dispatched employee Ning Chen... how did you recover your memories? No... that's not right..."

He had indeed found his "hometown," but discovered that this place was not called Earth, but "Blue Star"!

In many cultural, story, and historical contexts, it was very similar to his hometown, or even exactly the same.

She immediately looked next to Ning Chen, where an old ox had appeared out of nowhere, pacing leisurely.

The next moment, the minotaur warrior swallowed ten thousand heavenly soldiers and generals in one gulp, his figure instantly expanding as he slaughtered his way above the Nine Heavens.

He thought of a broken kiln in Niujiazhuang and figured he might be able to stay there for a while.

Ma had long, slender eyebrows; one look at her face showed she was a woman not to be trifled with.

But his face was full of confusion: "What are you doing? Help... Weaver Girl, save me!"

Outside, Weaver Girl's scream was clearly audible.

Aaron felt bitter inside, but Aaron didn't want to say it.

Aaron steadied his mind and discovered that what he had swallowed was not some Magic Tool, but... streams of data!

"So that's how it is... have I entered a game world?"

"Halt, bold Demon, how dare you offend the majesty of the Heavenly Court!"

Weaver Girl muttered, her hands forming seals as she drew a Talisman in the air, shooting it straight toward the Nine Heavens: "Inspector 'Weaver Girl Studio' has discovered abnormal big data and a Breaker; please have the Heavenly Dao Game Company dispatch heavenly soldiers and generals to assist in subduing the Demon... obey this command with the speed of law, go!"

A Jade Palace Archway appeared, inscribed with three ancient seal characters—Nantian Gate!

Countless Second Life games appeared, claiming to be a second world.

Aaron stared at Jintong, his large ox eyes seemingly trying to see through the other person...

"Hmm... Jintong battling the seven Weaver Girls is also quite interesting."

"Fairy... a fairy!"

'Hm? That's not right... I seem to be... another clone!'

Because he was the damn old ox!

At this moment, however, there were no taboos!

"Ah!"

Weaver Girl looked at her other companions.

"If you don't break that game, the consciousness really won't be able to get out..."

Above the firmament, purple Thunder suddenly bloomed!

"'Breaker'..."

"Ah? Why did it turn out like this?"

"To think... there is also the story of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl here!"

An older female employee said.

As the master of the Spirituality of 'Yao', he was always very good at divination.

The first one was a dismissal notice from the Heavenly Dao Game Company.

Ma's eyebrows had stood up when she heard Jintong say he wanted to split everything in half.

Aaron answered as a matter of course.

And a few minutes later, there were several more emails in his private inbox.

"What?"

Well, although the Human Alliance's Virtual Reality Technology claimed to be able to simulate everything one hundred percent and even change the flow of time—one day in heaven, one year on earth—it could not create true Artificial Intelligence. The high-level NPCs in those game worlds all had to be played by humans hired from reality, only they had to sign agreements and have their original memories suppressed!

Jintong came to the cowshed, saw an old ox with a thin spine, and while feeding it grass, he wept and poured out his grievances.

Yet above the ground, Ning Chen was saying the most cowardly words while his body performed the most ferocious actions.

Horse feed is sometimes better than what people eat, and many grooms secretly skim off the horses' rations for themselves.

In the sky, one deity after another appeared, all in magnificent robes and tall crowns, riding auspicious beasts, with layers of auspicious clouds and full-blown special effects.

Jintong was startled.

He opened his massive mouth, the terrifying ox mouth resembling a black hole, and swallowed one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals in one breath.

Jintong widened his eyes, watching seven fairies wearing neon-light gauze, with immortal grace and Jade Bone, descend from beyond the heavens.

At this moment, stroking the ox's back and thinking of Ma's abuse over the years, he could not help but shed tears like rain, his voice choking as he said: "Ox, oh ox... sob... I am so bitter, my heart is so bitter..."

It was her husband who couldn't bear it anymore and gave his wife a push.

With the Spirituality of 'Mystery', he concealed his and Jintong's figures.

The minotaur Ning Chen smashed the Thunder with a punch, yet he screamed in his mouth: "Weaver Girl... this has nothing to do with me, you saw it too, I was hijacked by a Breaker... help, help!"

It was still a story he was very familiar with—the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl!

"But this world... is not right!"

And the next moment, a shocking scene appeared.

The Weaver Girl Studio, which only handled administrative work, stared at this scene, all stunned: "How could such a powerful Breaker be here... what does he want to do?"

"So... does this count as an NPC becoming sentient?"

A young man in his twenties, with messy hair like a chicken coop and sunken dark circles under his eyes, took off his Virtual Reality Technology helmet and muttered: "I'm dead, I'm dead..."

Just as he was driving the ox to the outside of the village, Aaron saw no one around and suddenly spoke: "Kid... go to the river immediately, otherwise your wife will run away!"

Although these seven fairies landed by the river, they did not frolic or play, nor did they bathe; instead, they were full of a business-like white-collar style: "Recently, there have been frequent bugs here, yet the big data has not detected any anomalies!"

Ma saw this scene and her eyes fixed on Jintong again: "I can't go on like this, we must split the family today!"

Isn't this scene exactly the same as what the old ox said last night?

……

By the river.

After a long time, Aaron's eyes returned to normal, and he gave a wry smile.

He had discovered this shackle long ago, but he had always been afraid to act rashly.

The family invited the village head, pressed their fingerprints, and Jintong drove the old yellow ox away from his home, looking back every three steps.

Ning Chen was screaming, but his body was very honest as he soared into the sky, arriving amidst the encirclement of the heavenly soldiers and generals.

"Now, have I finally returned to Natural Sciences after being trapped in a cage for so long?"

This is the authority of the 'Life Scientist' to create life.

Aaron turned into a young man in his twenties with black hair and slightly purple eyes; he glanced at Ning Chen on the ground, paid him no attention, and instead looked at a book on the bookshelf nearby.

Well, to be precise, he was just a third-party dispatched employee, so he also received a third-party dismissal notice.

Amidst Ning Chen's desperate screams, he exerted all his strength and pressed a palm down onto the entire Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

Aaron thought with some amusement.

Little Jintong actually had a Secret in his heart—the ox in his family could talk!

"Kid, the time for your luck to change is coming."

Her husband was an honest man; after being scolded for a long time, he didn't dare to let out a peep.

Aaron recited the poem above, his expression momentarily dazed.

The world began to shatter!

……

But the next moment, Aaron secretly exerted his Spirituality.

Coming here again and thinking of the scenes from back then, he couldn't help but feel a bit dazed.

But later, hearing that Jintong only wanted the old ox, he felt a joy in his heart, yet he put on a difficult look on his face: "Nowadays, plow oxen are precious..."

Inside a residential building.

Aaron, however, felt very incongruous: "Big data? Bug? Could it be..."

Looking at the drooling Jintong, he rammed into him suddenly, the ox horn tripping Jintong, and incidentally breaking a certain shackle in the other party's spiritual body.

"This person... is also very wrong!"

Jintong was very familiar with this place because he used to bring the old ox here to drink water often.

The second item was a debt notice.

He danced his hands wildly, as if to Rend the firmament.

"How is it?"

In 2051, the Human Alliance announced the conquest of Virtual Reality Technology, released the first generation of virtual reality helmets, and subsequently, virtual technology exploded.

"Far, far the Cowherd star, bright, bright the River Han maiden. Slender, slender she lifts her white hands, clack, clack she works the loom. All day she finishes no pattern, tears fall like rain. The River Han is clear and shallow, how far apart are they? Between the brimming water, they gaze in silence, unable to speak."

His body expanded, crushing the earth and setting off a terrifying earthquake, directly turning the entire Niujiazhuang into ruins.

Well, even if he had changed to a different universe, he was still a Spirituality Creator!

He himself was the source of Spirituality, with endless Spirituality, never having been downgraded!

He thought about the disharmony of the world and suddenly understood a little.

The next moment, countless Thunder intertwined, turning into one purple flood dragon after another, descending from the sky.

His face was devoid of spirit, as if he were already in despair.

Even if the universe is different, his abilities are still there!

Although the person and the ox were standing by the river, they were completely covered by Secrecy, and no one could discover them.

Boom!

"It's a Breaker!"

Holding the thought that since he was here, he would settle in, he silently observed this world, and subsequently discovered...

Niujiazhuang.

It was written on it that due to improper operation by an employee, game data had overflowed, causing the entire game to be forcibly shut down, resulting in the loss of a massive amount of virtual and real property... and they were demanding compensation from him!

"It wasn't me, it was that hacker who did it..."

A Talisman communication instantly connected the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

The Seven Fairies flew up one after another, gazing at the mutated Ning Chen.

Jintong, however, seemed to feel nothing and fell into a muddled sleep.

Following that, bolts of Electric lightning struck down.

It seemed there was a problem during the transmigration, and he had arrived in a very strange world.

"It's over... even the company's Heavenly Soldiers and Generals have been dispatched."

Aaron took the opportunity to lift the Secrecy effect, letting Jintong appear.

"Hmm, his soul has been hijacked by a Breaker... I can only kill him first and forcibly kick him offline!"

He swept a glance at Ning Chen, and an extremely anthropomorphic, playful expression appeared on the bull's face: "I think I understand... but what's the point of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl? Come watch Jintong battle the Seven Fairies instead!"

There was a reason why Aaron chose to say these words today, because he had discovered a change in the 'Heavenly Secret'.

Ning Chen muttered, and staring at those astronomical figures, he fainted directly.

At this moment, Ning Chen roared, his eyes blood-red, bull horns growing from his head, his body swelling in size, and a demonic aura soaring into the sky.

The Weaver Girl, who appeared to be the youngest among them, pinched a spell gesture, and the neon feathered garment on her body suddenly turned into a piece of brilliant rosy light, illuminating the inside and outside of Niujiazhuang.

The old bull glanced at him, and a flash of sharp light suddenly appeared in its bull eyes: "Tomorrow... your sister-in-law will split the household with you, you can just ask for one bull... Three days later, by the river on the east side of the village, seven fairies will descend to earth to bathe; you just need to go and steal the clothes of one of them, and you'll have a wife!"

The Blue Star Human Alliance strongly supports the Second Life industry, even holding virtual world fighting tournaments for it, with exceptionally generous rewards!

Generous to an unusual degree!

And 'Breakers' are the hackers of the new era of virtual networks!

"My main body sent me here to scout the path first, but my consciousness was previously trapped in a virtual game?"

"Moo!"

Time passed, he did not know how long, when several streams of Light suddenly flashed across the horizon.

"It's still a world I'm very familiar with..."

The next day, inside the farmhouse.

At this moment, he was a Bull Demon warrior, a peerless great Demon!!

Crack!

From within his head, a ray of Light emerged, performing Void Creation to generate a brand-new fleshly body.

Blue Star.

'Damn it, the main body is so treacherous... making me take the fall again?'

But the time had already reached the year 2077!

Humanity had eliminated the distinctions of nations and races, establishing a brand-new unified nation named—the Blue Star Human Alliance!

"A parallel world?"

"Whatever, I'll scan it again!"

Before the words had faded, he turned into a stream of Light and merged into Jintong—no, into Ning Chen's body.

This time, he had no scruples, charging left and right, directly breaking through a layer of electronic data flow to see the spirit body of a young man.

This Ning Chen on the ground was also a hired high-level NPC actor.

Between the opening and closing of the bull's mouth, it swallowed the entire sky of rosy light into its belly.

Aaron muttered to himself.

Boom!

The next moment, his eyes turned pure white, and he started divining!

Furthermore, it was vaguely connected to his hometown.

His Bull Demon Body, despite being struck by the Electric lightning, remained completely unharmed.

Commonly known as—a gaming companion!

Those legitimate gamers who spent a lot of money naturally entered the game with their memories, like starting a Second Life, or transmigrating.

The penniless game employees could only be played by others.

Those employees who had no money but wanted to play games would sometimes secretly find a Breaker to refine a 'Past-Life Pill', recover their memories, and then enter the Third Layer realm—'You think you are playing me, but in reality, I am playing you, and silently watching you show off'!

(End of this chapter)