"Damn, has your conscience been eaten by dogs?"
Yi Tian held a stone roulette, on the verge of tears.
After graduating from university, he painstakingly saved up ten thousand yuan, only to be swindled into buying this roulette, supposedly used by the ancient Li Chunfeng.
Today, he took it to an antique shop, and the appraisal: a crude stone product, of apprentice craftsmanship.
Not only was it worthless, but he also had to pay a hundred for the appraisal fee.
Logically, Yi Tian was clever and shouldn't have been scammed. But he felt an urge compelling him to buy the roulette.
Leaving the antique shop in anger, Yi Tian was about to smash the stone roulette.
Just as Yi Tian raised the stone roulette, suddenly, the earth lit up in a dazzling array of colors, magnificent and enchanting. Then Yi Tian lost consciousness...
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"Am I still dreaming!"
Yi Tian rubbed his forehead and sat up from a grassy lawn. When he saw the surrounding environment, he reflexively jumped up.
Blue sky, white clouds, grassland. Not far away, there were ten acres of woods, a lake, and a mountain range.
At his feet lay a stone ax, a hoe, and three palm-sized small bags.
Yi Tian found himself holding a white stone, about the size of an egg. On the white stone was inscribed a message:
Zone 10086, District 66, ID99999; Trial Taker: Yi Tian; Race: Human Race; Origin: Earth Huaxia from the Galaxy.
The white stone shot out a white light, hitting Yi Tian's forehead while he was still in a daze.
"Welcome to the Celestial Dao World!"
"In the Celestial Dao World, the strong reign supreme, and only the fittest survive."
"As a Lord, you must protect the Celestial Dao Stone. It is the Trial Taker's most precious possession. Losing it means losing your identity as a Trial Taker..."
"Trade, transmit information, inquire, forge weapons, construct buildings, Arena of Ten Thousand Races, Mercenary services, self-improvement..."
"Possessing the Celestial Dao Stone grants you a portion of a god's power..."
"This is not a game. A Lord must try their utmost to survive and elevate themselves. The price of failure is your life..."
"In the Celestial Dao World, Trial Takers with similar strengths are assigned to a big zone. Within each big zone, the strengths, agility, and physique among Lords will not differ by more than fifty points."
"In each Lord's mountain range, woods, and lakes, hides a fierce beast. To obtain the resources within, you must first slay the fierce beast. Slaying it will earn you rewards. The first three Trial Takers in each big zone and district to slay the beast will receive generous rewards..."
"Each Lord's mountain range also contains a mine, which might be the only time the Lords' luck is tested..."
"Additionally..."
A large amount of information poured into Yi Tian's mind, taking a full two hours to hear the voice explain about the Celestial Dao World.
As an orphan, Yi Tian had no family ties on Earth, so he quickly accepted reality.
The stone in Yi Tian's hand was the Celestial Dao Stone, controlled by thought.
Thinking about the chat channels, Yi Tian directed energy from the Celestial Dao Stone to project a light curtain in front of him.
World Channel, Big Zone Channel, District Channel, Private Channel, Friends List.
Yi Tian clicked on the World Channel, and the light curtain showed: Not yet open, please stay tuned.
Yi Tian then opened the Big Zone Channel.
"..."
Countless messages scrolled crazily upwards, impossible for Yi Tian's eyes to capture, leaving him dizzy.
Yi Tian quickly opened the District Channel.
"Ah! Where is this place, can someone tell me..."
"Boohoo, I'm still a child, I want to go home..."
"Has the world ended? Why am I here?"
"Hello everyone, I'm from the Celestial Horse Star Race, are there any fellow members?"
"I'm from Senluo Continent, a Forest Elf, any companions from there?"
"Elf Sister, can we be friends, visit each other's homes?"
"Haha, couldn't enjoy myself in my world, this is my stage."
"I'm from the Celestial Gift Race, anyone have liquor? I'm willing to trade corn seeds for a drink."
"Hello everyone, I'm from Earth Huaxia."
Seeing all kinds of messages, Yi Tian sent out one too.
Sending a message is simple, with just a thought, your words are sent out. But it's not unlimited bullets; in the Big Zone Channel, each ID can only send three messages per day.
In the District Channel, each ID can send ten messages per day.
Chatting requires real-name verification, Yi Tian's message showed: Earth Human Race Yi Tian.
If you click on Yi Tian's information, you can see his big zone, district, and ID.
Yi Tian quietly watched the district chat for ten minutes.
Various languages, possibly due to the Celestial Dao Stone's blessing, Yi Tian could understand them all. Suddenly appearing in this world, everyone's feelings were different.
Some were confused, some devastated, some fearful, some excited, some thrilled...
Celestial Gift Race, Human Race from various planets, various Elf Races, Blue-eyed Race, Purple-eyed Race, Deer Race, Pigman Race, Four-armed Race, Centaur Race...
Diverse intelligent races made Yi Tian feel a surge of excitement.
Yi Tian closed the chat channels and opened his personal information.
Lord: Yi Tian.
Race: Earth Human Race.
ID: Zone 10086, District 66, No. 99999.
Strength: 14 "Earth Human Race average is 10, Cosmos intelligent life average is 50."
Agility: 10 "Earth Human Race average is 10, Cosmos intelligent life average is 30."
Physique: 12 "Earth Human Race average is 10, Cosmos intelligent life average is 40."
Spiritual Power: 10.
Talent: None.
Skill: None.
Territory Level: Level 0.
After reviewing the basic information, Yi Tian felt a bit unbalanced. At the same time, he realized that in other regions of the Celestial Dao World, there might be monster-level races. This drags the average level of the entire cosmos to this extent.
Without a doubt, the survival advantages of these monsters far exceed those of intelligent life developed through technology and wisdom.
According to the Celestial Dao Stone's hint, the three-dimensional attributes of the weakest and strongest Lords within a region would not exceed fifty. Yi Tian guessed that the strength, agility, and constitution of the strongest race in Zone 10086 would not exceed 55.
As introduced by the Celestial Dao Stone, spiritual power is useless when one's strength is weak.
Innate talent is acquired naturally. Skills are learned later.
"Phew..."
Taking a deep breath, Yi Tian suppressed the urge to dive in headfirst. He needed to first understand his own territory.
A message appeared in his mind when the Celestial Dao Stone pointed at the stone ax: "Ordinary stone ax, difficult for logging, unable to deal with large beasts, easily damaged."
"Cabbage seeds, growing cycle of 15 days."
"Watermelon seeds, growing cycle of 18 days."
"Lettuce seeds, growing cycle of 15 days."
Development is the key principle. Yi Tian didn't want to pause for a moment. He came to a small plot of land 300 meters south of the lake, intending to plant the vegetable seeds.
Yi Tian found that the soil here was deep red, which might be the reason for the fast growth of vegetables.
Since childhood, Yi Tian's parents had passed away, and he grew up in the countryside with his grandfather, doing a lot of farm work. It took him just a morning to cultivate a small plot of land and randomly plant over a hundred watermelon, lettuce, and cabbage seeds.
According to the Celestial Dao Stone's introduction, crops planted in red soil have a high survival rate.
Just as Yi Tian was heading to the lake to fetch water, the Celestial Dao Stone warned him: "Warning, danger ahead."
"Warning, a Lightning Python is lurking in the lake."
"D-level fierce beast, Lightning Python, agility 100, strength 50, stamina 50."
"Non-intelligent creature, please rely on wisdom and strength to slay the Lightning Python, Trial Taker."
"Hiss!"
Seeing the strength of the Lightning Python, Yi Tian took a sharp intake of breath. Without comparison, there's no harm felt. What kind of wisdom can surpass a speed of 100, not to mention competing in strength?
Afterward, Yi Tian went to a small forest, which covered about ten acres with over four hundred tall Fragrant Birch Trees.
He looked at the stone ax in his hand and then at the trees that required two arms to embrace.
More effort than a whole morning of planting!
"Warning, there are Brown Bears hidden in the forest."
"D-level fierce beast, Brown Bear, strength 100, agility 50, constitution 50."
"Non-intelligent creature, please rely on wisdom and strength to slay the Brown Bear, Trial Taker."
The forest was to the east of the lake. Helpless, Yi Tian then went to the small mountains to the west of the lake.
"Warning, Wild Boars reside in the mountain."
"D-level fierce beast, Wild Boar, constitution 100, strength 50, speed 50."
"Non-intelligent creature, please use the power of wisdom to slay the Wild Boar, Trial Taker."
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"The lake, the forest, and the mountains. Respectively, sources of water resources, timber resources, and mineral resources. The Lightning Python, Brown Bears, and Wild Boars are blocking the Trial Taker's path of development."
"Outside the territory, there's nothing but gray mist, completely impassable for the Trial Taker. To develop the territory, one must first deal with these three hurdles."
"Yet, I seem to be biting off more than I can chew."
"The Celestial Dao Stone hints that before reaching a hundred, one can spend Celestial Dao Coins to enhance the three-dimensional attributes. The first fifty attributes require one thousand Celestial Dao Coins to improve by one point. From fifty-one to a hundred, each additional point requires ten thousand Celestial Dao Coins."
Yi Tian thought about this and opened the auction house, finding one Celestial Dao Coin and a balance of 100 Spirit Coins in the lower right corner of the light curtain.
One Celestial Dao Coin equates to 100 Spirit Coins, suggesting that the Celestial Dao grants every Lord 200 Spirit Coins.
According to the Celestial Dao Stone, this auction house caters to all Trial Takers across the cosmos.
Various resource categories are available. You can also quickly search for them.
Yi Tian was suddenly startled as he noticed the auction house was already filled with freshwater, wild boar meat, lightning python meat, and brown bear meat.
There were even wood, vegetable seeds, tree seeds, and all kinds of schematics.
"A bunch of cheats."
Yi Tian cursed under his breath.
In less than a day, many have already slain the three fierce beasts.
Yi Tian could speculate that this trial was like a snowball; the strong grow stronger, and the weak fall further and further behind.
"A bunch of profiteers!"
Seeing the auction prices for freshwater and meat, Yi Tian cursed again.
A liter of freshwater costs 100 Spirit Coins, and people seemed to have agreed on the price, making it particularly uniform. The lowest is no less than 95 Spirit Coins, and they get bought up quickly.
100g of wild boar meat costs 2 Celestial Dao Coins, clearly trying to drain the last Spirit Coin from the Trial Taker's pocket.
This reminded Yi Tian of the antique dealer who conned him out of 10,000 yuan.
"Buzz!"
Thinking of the stone roulette, Yi Tian's mind suddenly shook.
"The Great Dao is fifty, Celestial Derivation is forty-nine, eluding one. Congratulations, Trial Taker, you've obtained the Celestial Dao Roulette."
"As the Master of the Celestial Dao Roulette, you automatically earn one point each natural day."
"Ding! You've earned one lottery point."
"The Celestial Dao Roulette lottery is divided into One-Star to Five-Star levels."
"Ding! One-Star lottery has been activated."
Yi Tian was bewildered once more, and in the next moment, a black roulette appeared before his eyes, much like a lottery roulette in games.
At the top of the roulette was a single star, and at the bottom in a shadowy area, it showed 1 point.
There were a total of thirty-six sections.
Random weapons, random farm tools, random vegetable seeds, random fruit tree saplings, random daily necessities, random E-level vegetable seeds, random E-price fruit seeds, random E-level metals, random D-level items…
A One-Star lottery requires one point.
"Reaching ten One-Star lotteries can unlock the Two-Star lottery roulette."
"Ding! Initial gifts include one One-Star lottery, one Two-Star lottery, one Three-Star lottery, one Four-Star lottery, and one Five-Star lottery."