"I'm so exhausted, my head is splitting; it's not a problem with mana, but I just can't keep up any longer..."

Zhang Xuanyi was pale, swaying unsteadily.

She had been extravagantly using Divine Origin Tree Fruit as a blue bottle, casting the 'Image Retention Technique' dozens of times, recording at least thousands of new players' real faces.

But her mana had been drained several times over, maintained only by expensively using spiritual medicine from nature.

Alas, while mana and spirit could be replenished, her mental strength was beyond help.

At this moment, she truly couldn't hold on any longer.

She was like this, and the other Taoists were even more reluctant.

Seeing this, He Zudao and others also waved their hands to signal they couldn't go on; they were about to drop, literally at their limits…

"You've had it tough."

Xie Biqi took a black Memory Stone from Zhang Xuanyi and handed it to a Special Review Bureau player behind her, where it was carefully stored.

These were extremely valuable intelligence resources, able to provoke a bloodbath if placed outside.

Meanwhile, in Resurrection Square, newcomers were still being constantly transmitted outward.

The Daxia Alliance had given up the idea of maintaining order in the newbie valley, only stubbornly holding the front line.

It was hard to know how much time had passed.

Finally...

The respawn point stopped spewing out players.

Shen Mo sat within the Daxia Alliance conference room diligently checking the data, "Based on earlier observation posts, we estimate that the number of players appearing at this spawn point ranges between six thousand five hundred and six thousand six hundred... Most have left real images behind, even if they changed their faces in the game, they can't change in reality, which is a truly precious asset. At least those from Daxia could be integrated into the Special Review Bureau. It's just that many foreigners are mixed in, which is frustrating..."

"Besides, outside the newbie valley, players are continuously refreshed as well... Estimated between two thousand and five thousand... These are entirely uncountable and unrecordable."

"Overall, just a single newbie valley has seen an influx of over ten thousand players in one go! And there are nine more such newbie villages... meaning, at least a hundred thousand new players, right?"

He couldn't quite express his own feelings.

A hundred thousand players! That's the future's hundred thousand Transcendents!

That number wasn't too many, nor too few, but enough to provoke a huge wave in the real world!

Surely, in the future, countries around the world would face immense security pressures.

...

"Absolutely incredible!"

Edward watched the scenes in the newbie valley, his face filled with excitement, "I did it, I've become a 'player'! A future Transcendent!"

He longed to laugh uproariously towards the sky, but lifelong etiquette stopped him from such unseemly thoughts.

"Brother, no, foreign friend, can you tell me what's happening?"

Xu Sheng was utterly confused, "I just came to play the game..."

"Haha, congratulations, you have been chosen by the gods, and entered this real game. Here, you will gain everything, including transcendency," Edward laughed heartily.

For him, every player was worth recruiting.

After all, it was just an introduction, no real expense involved.

"Real game, transcendency?"

Xu Sheng's eyes widened, but he was somewhat convinced.

After all, he had entered the game through the chanting of a revered name, a totally unscientific method!

"Praise the great Game God!"

Edward looked around and said, "We are fortunate to be placed in the newbie valley, which already has many veteran players paving the way, a solid foundation, rich strategies, and close proximity to the Five Extremes dungeon..."

He obviously had done a lot of homework, "We are the first batch of new players, so let's first try our luck with Er Ha... check if there are any brick-moving tasks available, then purchase the mastery of foreign language scripts from the shop... If there is a language expert, you can self-learn and save some experience, but these few points of experience aren't much. The real pain is learning the martial arts and those two crucial types of magical Elixir Pills."

Xu Sheng subconsciously pulled up his player panel and opened the game shop, then was shocked, "Body Tempering Pill? Qi Refining Pill... Can bring into reality? Are you kidding me?"

For some reason, he suddenly thought of Lin Fan.

If all of this were true, the mysteries surrounding the first Martial Artist would be sufficiently explained.

"Young man, I have a piece of advice for you, each experience point is extremely valuable. If you can self-learn martial arts effectively, it's the best way to save a lot of experience. But if the aptitude isn't enough, you'll still need to find a professional tutor to learn from..."

Edward looked somewhat troubled.

He regretted not knowing much about Daxia before and couldn't understand those Heavenly Book-like martial arts secrets.

Well, the secrets of Xuanming Sky's martial arts and Daoist skills had already been circulated to the real world.

Initially, they were indeed highly sought after by various countries, but they soon realized the dilemma.

Let's not talk about how the foreigners dealt with complicated concepts like meridians and the Five Elements, even with the breakthrough Daxia as a stepping-stone, in the end, they found that neither martial arts nor Heavenly Books had any use in reality!

The real key to supernatural transcendence in reality remained in those mystical Elixir Pills!

Thus, various martial arts secrets plummeted in price, from initially millions or tens of millions to mere hundreds of thousands.

Especially the Black Tiger Martial Arts, which had been compiled into the "Black Tiger Martial Arts Encyclopedia," available through certain clandestine channels for just ten thousand Da Xia Coins, an absolute bargain!

Edward's family had also collected some secrets, and he even specifically memorized the "Ten Thousand Flowers Mistake Fist."

He planned to enter the game and fortuitously cultivate it— majorly, he had already hired several old martial arts masters from Daxia as private tutors.

Just then, a commotion suddenly erupted ahead.

Amidst the screams of numerous players, a gigantic Er Ha appeared, wreaking havoc...

"Not good, it's the disaster of Er Ha!"

"Which foolish person provoked Er Ha, didn't they read the guide?"

Edward's pupils shrank drastically, and he hastily pulled Xu Sheng to dodge...

...

Grotto Heaven.

Xu Sheng woke up, looking at himself slumped over the computer desk, feeling a sore back but immensely excited, "Great... I've actually been chosen!"

In the game, he had successfully evaded the disaster of Er Ha with Edward and began engaging with that mysterious world.

And now knowing the secret, he understood that his fate was completely different from before.

Thump, thump!

At eight in the morning, a knock sounded at the door.

Xu Sheng walked over, opened the door, and saw two men in black uniforms.

One of them showed his ID, "Xu Sheng, hello, we are members of the Special Review Bureau, specially here to invite you to sign a contract and become a national civil servant!"

Xu Sheng, whose recording he was completely unaware of, gaped open-mouthed, utterly clueless about how he had been exposed.

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