Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

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The stream of light descended once again, and everyone's figures disappeared once more as they entered their respective hundred-player illusion realms.

Su Jie and the others were seasoned veterans, waiting on the open ground of the illusion realm for the starting time to pass.

Scanning around, Su Jie did not spot Jiang Wudao and others, guessing they might have gone to other illusion realms, making them unencounterable in this second round.

"Jos, do you know if there are places other than the Wilderness Marsh where the Cloud-Piercing Arrows exist?" Su Jie turned to Jos.

"Are you thinking of fighting with creatures from other dimensions?" Jos first expressed surprise, then clapped his hands, "Yes, the equipment dropped by creatures from other dimensions can be brought back to reality, no matter what, it's a win."

"Besides the Wilderness Marsh, they also refresh within Xiangyang City, followed by Mount Wudang, the Forbidden City..."

"That's about the three places."

"Other places do refresh as well, but the chances are much lower."

Touching his chin, Su Jie mused, "Then why was it that only we launched a Cloud-Piercing Arrow in the first round?"

Jos asked, "Su Jie, you should be quite familiar with Battlefield Elite, right?"

Su Jie nodded.

"So actually, the Cloud-Piercing Arrows of Wuxia Supreme and the signal flares of Battlefield Elite are similar, although these few places have a high refresh rate, the probability of them being found is quite small."

Jos held up a finger, "The first reason, the Cloud-Piercing Arrow's appearance is similar to ordinary bows and arrows, just that the tail feather of the arrows has an additional tuft of white feathers, which is easy to overlook."

"The second point, well, the guys we met in the first round were all newbies. They saw equipment, weapons skills, and grand movements as mere recklessness."

"Once they collected enough equipment, they probably became more interested in various potions. Things like bows and arrows, they wouldn't even glance at."

Su Jie had indeed witnessed this.

Those people fought by piling on equipment and using skills randomly – whichever skill was off cooldown, they would use, without any proper timing.

Of course, among these players, there were also those who could make an art out of various skills, the so-called gaming pros.

They might not have much vitality in real life, but being immersed in gaming year-round, they were adept with all sorts of "mental methods," "movements," and "weapons," truly a master of various weapons.

Unfortunately, these people, with lesser physical bodies in reality, could only indulge themselves in games.

"Therefore, our target this time is to collect as many Cloud-Piercing Arrows as possible." Zhang Manman's eyes firmed up, "This second round is bound to be full of pros, we need to be more cautious."

Su Jie needn't worry, but the other three whose vitality was below 2 had to be more careful.

Although even if these three were eliminated, as long as Su Jie advanced, they could also enter the next round, it still felt as if these three were just carried along.

They too wanted a true gaming experience!

Lying down to win was fine, but it didn't meet their expectations.

Just then, the countdown to the start finished, and everyone boarded the dragon boat.

This time, unlike the dragon boat from the first round, it was white. Looking down from the boat, everything below was also a vast whiteness.

"This is the Ice Fire Island map."

Jos's expression changed, "I thought the maps were all the same?"

"Is there something different about this map?" Su Jie inquired.

"Not much, just that its range is smaller than the classic maps, only fifty kilometers wide, so the chances of encountering other players are much higher."

Jos shivered, "This is going to be a huge melee, after all, while you are battling another player, you can't be sure if there are several pairs of eyes somewhere secretly sizing you up, ready to ambush."

Su Jie didn't take it seriously.

Other players might not be sure, but his keen senses naturally allowed him to perceive it, so it was not an issue.

"Tell me about the situation on Ice Fire Island," Su Jie wanted to learn more about Ice Fire Island.

"In Ice Fire Island, the richest place in terms of resources is naturally the central Ice and Fire Spirit Spring," Jos explained, "There, there are abundant resources, and even the Ice and Fire Spirit Springs could spurt resources every ten minutes."

"Calculating by a match lasting thirty minutes, it can erupt three times, and each eruption will drop a supply from the air—"

"Based on the previous round's experience, we expect that three interdimensional bosses will appear this time!"

Zhang Manman analyzed, "Three interdimensional creatures, so each one stronger than the last, but the illusion realm probably wouldn't provide monsters that players can't kill, so their vitality shouldn't exceed 7."

Chen Tian Yuzi agreed, "Yeah, Manman is right, and I think, the strength of the monsters is probably calculated based on everyone's average capability, staying at most around 3."

"This is the center of Ice Fire Island, jumping from here would be best."

When the dragon boat arrived at the exact center of the Ice Fire Island map, Jos looked to Su Jie for opinion and asked, "Should we jump from here?" Visit My Virtual Library Empire (MV-LEMP-YR) for more.

"Sure, let's jump from here."

Su Jie swiftly took the lead and jumped off the dragon boat.

Zhang Manman, Jos, Chen Tian Yuzi, and others followed closely behind.

When the four of them landed, they looked up and saw nearly forty people had also jumped here.

However, the first thing Su Jie and his group felt was the cold.

The cold wind, mingled with bone-chilling iciness, brushed against their faces like the cut of a knife, severely limiting their movements.

Su Jie's vitality was 7, which was manageable, but Zhang Manman and the others had no choice but to quickly seek shelter inside a building.

Only a house could offer refuge from the cold.

"Achoo!"

Chen Tian Yuzi sneezed, hugging his bare arms, and said, "My goodness! Why is it so cold here?"

Zhang Manman was also shivering, "A vitality above 1 surpasses that of ordinary people, but it shouldn't be this cold. Could it be that the organizers have increased the difficulty?"

"I reckon so, ha~," Jos said while rubbing his hands and exhaling.

"Let's search the house; there should be some cold-weather gear." Su Jie rummaged through one room and indeed found a fur coat.

Zhang Manman and the others also started searching and indeed found plenty of warm clothing.

Wearing them made them feel bulky, but they were indeed warm.

"This Supreme Cup, it can't adjust the realism," Jos said as he summoned the panel and found the control for realism was locked.

The so-called adjustment of realism meant adjusting the physical sensations of the body that entered the Illusory Realm rather than changing the reality of the Illusory Realm itself.

After all, too delicate a sensation was also not good.

Like now, with the heavy wind and snow outside, the ground had accumulated nearly ten centimeters of snow, making it very difficult to walk.

Among the four of them, only Su Jie could walk in the snow without a trace; no matter how the others controlled their power, they left footprints.

But Su Jie couldn't always walk without leaving a trace, as it would consume his physical strength.

This was the so-called realism.

Reducing the realism would make one not feel the loss of physical strength, meaning one wouldn't feel tired or pain, and how the external environment was, wouldn't matter much either.

But, since the realism couldn't be adjusted, they just had to endure it.

Too much realism wasn't good either.

Su Jie smiled and said, "Just consider it training."

Jos said, "I found two copies of the Nine Yang Divine Skill. After loading them onto the Cultivation Technique slots, they should make it a bit warmer."

Su Jie naturally didn't need them. Jos felt he was manly enough and handed them to Zhang Manman and Chen Tian Yuzi.

Zhang Manman refused, saying, "I don't need it; my vitality is higher than yours. You and Chen Tian Yuzi use them. After all, I have undergone cold weather training before and I can still exert some combat power. It's not the same for you two; if you don't have 'Inner Strength' to support you, and with such heavy clothing, you're very likely to become cumbersome targets."

Seeing Zhang Manman insisted, Jos looked at Su Jie, and seeing him nod, gave only one book to Chen Tian Yuzi, adding the other to his own skill slot by pressing it against his chest.

Indeed, once the Nine Yang Divine Skill was absorbed, he felt his body fill with strength, his vitality increased to 1.7, and he also felt considerably warmer.

Then Su Jie took out an invisibility cloak and handed it to Zhang Manman, saying, "Keep this cloak for now; I think with your abilities, you can still attack even without seeing the outside world."

"In this kind of blizzard, other players probably won't feel your movements. Even if footprints appear on the ground, it would be hard for them to accurately sense whether you are throwing a punch or a kick."

In this round, the average vitality of other players was around 1.5.

Players of this level mostly would not enter a meditative state.

But, Zhang Manman had entered a minor meditative state, making her much more perceptive, perhaps able to produce remarkable effects on others in this kind of weather condition.

"You brought this cloak too? Is it foldable into something so small?" Zhang Manman was astonished, seeing Su Jie pull a small square from his pocket, which he then unfolded into an invisibility cloak.

Earlier during the meal, she just saw Su Jie but the cloak inside his chest, fiddling around for a long time, not realizing he was folding it.

"Things carried on the body can apparently enter the Taixu Illusory Realm along with the mind," Su Jie explained, "As for why this cloak can be folded so small, it probably has to do with its material which is from another world; there likely isn't such a material on Earth."

Jos then reached into the inside pocket, and indeed pulled out a red crystal, precisely the Vampire Heart.

He had brought that too.

"Jos, in the next round, you can place this Vampire Heart on the conference table when you bring it in; if you lose it by accident, it might really be gone," Su Jie suggested.

"I understand," Jos said, tucking the Vampire Heart tightly into his pocket with a grave expression.

He could just hit his head against a wall if he lost that thing.

"By the way, class leader," Chen Tian Yuzi asked while pointing at the invisibility cloak, "why can't others see you when you wear this cloak, and why can't you see yourself?"