Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

Within the cavernous cavity, as four individuals danced and moved their hands and feet, a pale blue light flickered to life.

It was dim, adorned by glimmering starlight.

It was like a dark blue night sky, filled with countless stars, compelling one to involuntarily look up and gaze around.

Subsequently, the starlight decorating the cavern walls slowly drifted out, gradually coalescing into a world of brilliant light, forming a vortex-like hole above the altar, from which a claw slowly emerged.

"Prepare for battle, a creature from another world is coming!"

The four on the altar instantly jumped aside, taking positions in all four directions, drawing various weapons, and waiting for the extra-dimensional creature to fully descend.

Not far behind a rock wall, Su Jie and the others closely observed the claw that emerged, its surface adorned with oval-shaped silver scales, likely similar to that of a reptilian.

Jos explained, "Here, the method to obtain resources entails standing on the arena and praying, though it's somewhat simpler than the poison forest. The prayer won't exceed three seconds, and can be stopped at any time."

"Correspondingly, this lone island in the sea has only this one spot for prayer."

"It must be a balancing setting across all the maps."

Su Jie asked, "Then why don't they attack before the creature is fully out?"

Jos gave an example, "Have you seen a superhero movie? Transforming time, grand entrance, invincibility!"

"Understood."

Although in reality, if enemies are present, one wouldn't give time to 'pose,' but in movies and other scenes, such setups are necessary for the special effects to attract the audience's attention.

Doing the opposite is also possible, but if there isn't a major IP or the narrative is very captivating, it typically flops.

And this Supreme Cup, although extremely realistic, is ultimately still a game realm and needs to be commercialized, hence some settings aimed at the general populace still need to be adhered to.

As the creature's body fully descended, the vortex-like portal of light also slowly dissipated.

In the arena, the full appearance of the creature was revealed.

With a dragon's head, a lizard's body, limbs with five claws, and a pair of wings on its back, it was a colossal dragon akin to those in Western fantasy epics. Its eyes were blue, sharp dragon teeth emitting hot steam, occasional small flames bursting from its nostrils, which raised the temperature of the cavern.

"A creature styled after Western dragons." Zhang Manman patted Su Jie on the shoulder, "Hunting this dragon, what benefits could we gain? A dragon armor set? Or dragon essence?"

Su Jie said, "Western dragons probably don't have dragon essence like in 'Fengyun,' right?"

Zhang Manman, readying her bow, said, "Now is not the time for jokes. Other people might come at any moment."

"Jos, Chen Tian Yuzi, watch the back passage; if you see anyone, attack." The original source is M|V|L5EMPYR.

"Su Jie, could you help out?"

Su Jie nodded, his gaze fixed on the four who were now battling the giant dragon.

The dragon was only about five meters in size, slightly larger than an average elephant, with vitality around 4, and its back seemed to have magma-like blood continuously emerging and quickly vaporizing.

Clearly, this dragon had suffered extremely severe injuries before it was summoned!

"Humans!"

The dragon roared, uttering these words with intense hatred, spewing forth a stream of intense flames, impacting the ground and splashing onto the nearby water surface, eventually hitting the wall and causing it to melt, like magma, while emitting large amounts of steam.

"Just for consuming a city's worth of people, you dared to come and fight me!"

"Who gave you the courage!"

"Even the great mage has been devoured by me; you mere warriors, what can you possibly do to me!"

These words contained a vast amount of information.

Chen Tian Yuzi exclaimed in surprise, "It seems he comes from a world of swords and magic, Jos, you should know the most, right?"

Jos, with drooping eyelids, reluctantly said, "Please, although our Western epics involve swords and magic, like 'The Hobbits' and 'The Lord of the Rings.'"

"But in our area, we don't really idolize such settings, unlike your Japan with its anime and light novels that adopt such settings; or perhaps the Western fantasy novels from the Zhonghua region."

Chen Tian Yuzi was hearing about this for the first time, "Ah? Is it so?"

Su Jie explained, "This is the result of cultural integration and localization. Japan, heavily influenced by the West, naturally includes some English terms in its spoken language; whereas we in Huaxia have also been influenced by the West, but only superficially borrowed from it.

Internally, it's still our native thinking, using our rather simplistic viewpoints to ponder and fantasize about an imagined Western world."

"However, as commercialization progresses, these settings have gradually become more clichéd."

Chen Tian Yuzi pondered for a moment, and eventually agreed with Su Jie's viewpoint.

Indeed, her homeland, while retaining its own style, was significantly influenced by Western thought, ultimately reflected in various aspects of life.

"Hey!"

Zhang Manman interrupted the group's discussion with dissatisfaction, "Let's not discuss these irrelevant things right now!"

"This is not irrelevant." Su Jie earnestly stated, "From the comparative study of life in ancient and modern times, domestically and internationally, one can see the essence and changes of the world's greater society, which also counts as a form of ideological cultivation."

Zhang Manman complained again, "Only a freak like you could think like this! If an ordinary person's thoughts were so scattered, it would be impossible for them to cultivate to your level."

"Although I have many thoughts, they are like a vibrant lotus pond or a sky full of stars encircling the moon. No matter how varied my thoughts are, they all serve me. That's why I can afford to let my mind wander and still remain unconfused by the multitude of thoughts," Wukong smiled as he spoke of his method for mental cultivation, then his gaze fell upon the dragon and the group of four.

"Huh!"

Su Jie exhaled lightly, turning it into a sharp sword.

In the blink of an eye, it pierced through the chests of the four, turning them into boxes.

"Hm?"

The dragon paused, stunned.

In an instant, the streak of blue light pierced through the dragon's left eye, exiting from the back of its head, shattering its skull.

The dragon's brain was destroyed, and its body fell, turning into a dark green box.

"That easy?"

Zhang Manman put down her bow and arrow, somewhat incredulous.

In the desert map, Su Jie had used the flying sword against the Skeleton Lord, and it was very difficult. In the end, he couldn't kill it and could only trap it under the sand.

But facing this dragon, it was a one-hit kill.

"After all, this dragon has flesh and blood, unlike those bizarre ghostly fires. It has a physical body, naturally making it easier to deal with," Su Jie led the three to move forward, starting to loot the boxes.

"Moreover, the greatest use of flying swords isn't for head-on combat, but for stealth attacks."

"In movies and TV shows, controlling a flying sword looks very cool. The cultivator we met in the second round did just that, and it did look impressive."

"But in my opinion, the greatest function of the flying sword is for stealth attacks. It's perfect for assassination, unstoppable in its effectiveness."

"To take someone's head from a thousand miles away!"

Zhang Manman thoughtfully remarked, "Practical indeed."

Jos even thought of a comparison, "Just like Yondu in 'Guardians of the Galaxy', except he needs to whistle, while Su Jie, you're different. After releasing the flying sword, you can control it entirely with your mind."

"Actually, the abilities of many Western superheroes draw heavily from characters in Eastern mythology," Su Jie stated blandly, "Like the universally known Superman in the West, his super strength, super speed, resilient physique, and eyes that emit heat vision, which Eastern mythological character has similar abilities?"

Jos, familiar with Chinese culture and various mythological figures,

but the most widely recognized figures here are certainly Sun Wukong, followed by Erlang God and Nezha, then Jiang Ziya, and the Four Heavenly Kings, among others.

"Sun Wukong."

Jos hit the nail on the head, immediately thinking of a Western superhero whose abilities seemed quite similar to those of Sun Wukong.

Superman aside, Jos hadn't looked up how he was created, but from his current perspective, his suite of abilities was completely tailored after Sun Wukong's capabilities, with the heat vision being a variant of fiery golden eyes, altered to emit lasers.

Ant-Man can grow and shrink, Sun Wukong can too.

Mystique can change into anyone, and Sun Wukong can as well, plus he can also transform into various animals, plants, and non-living things. What he can change into entirely depends on his own breadth of knowledge.

And this ability to transform, with a slight modification, is the ability to alter reality itself, such as: chaos magic, reality gemstones.

And abilities like duplicating oneself, regenerating limbs, and so on...

Thinking this way, it felt like Sun Wukong was a collection of abilities from a bunch of Western superheroes and supervillains.

"Exactly, it is Sun Wukong," Su Jie said, "Aside from his capabilities, he also has another moniker, 'the mindful monkey'."

"The bigger your mind, the greater your ability," Jos naturally knew of the term "mindful monkey". The human mind is a vessel for imagination, meaning, the more wild the imagination, the broader and greater the abilities.

And an existence transcending 'mind' would be Daoism or Buddhism.

At that moment, Jos seemed enlightened.

But ultimately, he returned to reality since he hadn't reached that state yet. Though speculative to him and unhelpful in reality, at least it provided some direction...

Afterward, the group first searched the boxes of the four and found only a Qiankun Bag.

"It seems these items drop quite frequently," Su Jie took the Qiankun Bag and finally set his eyes on the dragon's box, "I hope this dragon can give us some good stuff."

He stepped forward, crouched down, and opened it.

With a swift sequence of actions, the box contained only one item—

A drop of dragon's essence blood!

Su Jie held up the fist-sized essence blood, feeling its extreme elasticity, wrapped by a special force, preventing it from dispersing.

[Dragon Blood: Dragon's ...]