Translator: CinderTL
Tiger Soul Research Institute
Training Room
After finishing his morning fist intent training, Feng Qi showered, changed into fresh clothes, and settled down at the data control console in the corner of the training room.
Activating the screen, he logged into the Star City Academy Forum.
The super virtual game Dawn had officially launched at Star City Academy in recent days.
He wanted to see what feedback the students were giving about their experiences.
After entering his username and password and clicking "Confirm," the page redirected to the forum's discussion platform, where a flood of threads appeared.
As he had anticipated, recent student discussions overwhelmingly revolved around Dawn.
Anyone up for an all-nighter? Our team needs a battlefield medic—no warriors needed. Must have a combat rating of Bronze-3 or higher. Hop in now! We're hitting Silver tonight or we're not sleeping!
I want to ask, which class does that idiot named "Bei Ze" in the game belong to in real life? I've been matched with him three times in a row, and he's been my teammate every time, dragging me down three games straight. I was about to rank up to bronze, but he screwed me over again. I swear, I'm going to find him in the real world and challenge him to a fight.
This game is too addictive! I'm completely hooked. The only downside is the lack of a pain suppression feature—it makes me grit my teeth the whole time. But the feeling of sneaking into the enemy base is just too good.
When will "Dawn" be rolled out to other academies? It's time for Star City Academy to unite and crush the other schools. One more question: why can't we access the dungeon feature yet? When will it be available?
Tactical players are all dirty-minded. Last game, our team was about to win when they snuck into our main base and stole it. The loss hurt so bad, my heart, liver, and lungs all ache. When am I ever going to reach silver rank?
Flipping through posts on the Star City Academy Forum, a smile crept across Feng Qi's face.
The posts clearly indicated that the initial testing of Dawn had been a resounding success.
Upon reflection, this was hardly surprising.
Dawn, the super virtual game, had undergone numerous revisions and refinements across multiple timelines.
The original version of the super virtual game was essentially just that—a game. Its focus was more on entertainment than practical training, and its social features outweighed its functional experiences.
It was precisely this emphasis that allowed the super virtual game to create the first billionaire in human history.
However, after the Scarlet Research Institute officially took over the project, the super virtual game was tasked with addressing the shortcomings in the safety of students' combat training.
Furthermore, subsequent additions like domain instances and the Experimental Base were designed to advance human knowledge across various disciplines.
The game had been given a mission far beyond mere entertainment.
Through multiple timelines of improvements, the super virtual game had long surpassed its original historical version.
Both its realism and the fairness of its competitive matchmaking system had been deeply refined and perfected.
While it had sacrificed entertainment value, it had significantly enhanced the rationality of its combat training simulations.
The Scarlet Research Institute currently holds two trump cards.
Both trump cards have the potential to significantly advance Human Civilization.
The first trump card is the Flesh and Blood Sacrifice.
This cultivation technique is considered a foundational deity-tier technique for cultivation studies, capable of greatly increasing the growth ceiling of bloodline strength.
When Old Mist first encountered the Flesh and Blood Sacrifice traces on the miracle bloodstone, his initial intention was to provide it to his clansmen for their advancement.
However, after discovering the sacrificial applications of the Flesh and Blood Sacrifice, he changed his mind.
The fact that Old Mist valued this technique so highly demonstrates its immense power.
Currently, Wang Jinsheng is still working to decipher the Flesh and Blood Sacrifice at the Scarlet Research Institute. Once the hidden dangers within the technique are successfully resolved, human cultivation studies will undoubtedly make significant progress.
In the future, it may even be possible to develop more cultivation techniques based on the Flesh and Blood Sacrifice.
As for why the combat branch hasn't promoted the Flesh and Blood Sacrifice to enhance the overall strength of their warriors, the reason is quite simple.
The miracle bloodstone Old Mist obtained was incomplete, and other factions also possess such stones.
He couldn't guarantee whether other domain races would be able to comprehend the traces on the miracle bloodstones as Old Mist did, and develop something similar to the Flesh Cauldron.
This undoubtedly poses a significant hidden danger.
After history was altered, anything became possible.
Therefore, until the hidden dangers of the Flesh and Blood Sacrifice were resolved, this cultivation technique remained a potential trump card, unusable under normal circumstances.
Otherwise, it could unleash unimaginable catastrophes.
In the virtual game's failed ending, Star City was destroyed. But a misstep with the Flesh and Blood Sacrifice would mean the annihilation of all humanity.
Feng Qi still wanted to observe the super virtual game's impact on the future, but he had no desire to witness the destruction of Human Civilization again.
The Scarlet Research Institute's second major weapon was the newly launched "super virtual game."
The concept of the Metaverse had existed in the pre-cataclysm world.
However, with the technology of that era, the Metaverse was purely hype, lacking any corresponding technology to realize it.
In essence, the super virtual game was the Metaverse.
According to Feng Qi and the Scarlet Research Institute's vision, the super virtual game would be promoted throughout human society. The game would serve as a growth platform for ordinary people, allowing them to develop alongside geniuses in a virtual environment.
Perhaps this would unearth talents who would otherwise have been buried by the tides of history.
This wasn't mere fantasy.
In the real world, resources were limited, especially for professions like spirit medicine studies, which required vast amounts of resources.
These costs were beyond the means of ordinary people.
But in the super virtual game environment, everyone could test simulated spirit plants, with the only expenses being the nutrient solution and electricity.
This would drastically reduce the resource consumption for talent cultivation and open a path for ordinary people to pursue resource-intensive professions.
This was why Feng Qi and the Scarlet Research Institute had always regarded the super virtual game as a game-changing weapon for shaping the future.
However, on this battlefront, preparations for promoting the super virtual game were insufficient, and internal threats within human society remained unresolved.
This meant that the super virtual game's use on this battlefront would be severely restricted, preventing it from fulfilling the historical mission Feng Qi and the Scarlet Research Institute had envisioned.
But Feng Qi had already considered these limitations when he decided to launch the super virtual game.
He had even anticipated potential crises.
Next, he planned to continue promoting Dawn in Star City's academies, then simultaneously expand its reach to the military department and the domain combat teams stationed in the city.
His goal was to create a virtual training ground within Star City, rapidly enhancing the combat capabilities of the military department, academies, and battle groups.
This would prepare them for the upcoming major battles.
Feng Qi knew this plan had many hidden risks.
For example, were there other undiscovered Domain Sleeper Factions lurking in Star City? Would they leak information about the super virtual game?
But uncovering such intelligence was precisely the mission of his combat line.
To lure snakes out of their holes, bait was needed.
The super virtual game might draw out many Domain Sleeper Factions.
This approach was risky.
But without sacrificing something, it would be impossible to flush out the hidden forces behind the scenes.
Standing up, Feng Qi walked to the jade statue and sat down. He began meditating to deepen his spiritual connection, thereby enhancing his control over his innate ability.
(End of the Chapter)
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