NOVEL NEXT Chapter 199 - Siblings (part 3)
When Zixuan suggested using an advertisement to search for their parents, Mai Dongzi immediately stopped him without hesitation:
“No, if our rebirth is not a coincidence, this world is likely to have other reincarnated individuals. If you post such a direct ad, it could expose your rebirth identity, which might lead to unforeseen troubles.”
She didn’t tell Zixuan that Prince Arthur might have been reborn as Li Ruiyou because, in their past life, neither Zixuan nor their parents knew about Li Ruiyou.
She wasn’t sure if Li Ruiyou knew about her family. Before the apocalypse, her personal information would have been inaccessible to him, but after the apocalypse, things were uncertain.
The fact that she came to see Zixuan today would definitely not go unnoticed by Prince Arthur.
Zixuan’s idea of openly posting an advertisement would easily attract Prince Arthur’s attention.
Zixuan is a well-known figure in the book. The fact that he later joined Prince Arthur’s team suggests that there might be some connection between them.
If Prince Arthur notices him, and if Prince Arthur is indeed Li Ruiyou, he could very well discover through the missing person ad that Zixuan is a reincarnator.
Given Prince Arthur’s usual way of doing things, it’s highly likely that he would arrest Zixuan for interrogation.
Such an interrogation wouldn’t just expose Zixuan’s identity; it could very likely reveal that Mai Dongzi is also a reincarnator, putting her directly in the sights of Prince Arthur.
Mai Dongzi didn’t know how Prince Arthur would react once he learned Zixuan’s true identity.
Moreover, Mai Dongzi wasn’t just worried about Prince Arthur discovering Zixuan’s reincarnated identity, she was also afraid of other reincarnators finding out.
From the information she got from Prince Arthur, she deduced that Zhao Fanni and Bai Zhizhi were highly likely to be reincarnators.
Based on what Mai Dongzi knew, she was certain that even if those two women were reincarnators, they didn’t come from the same world as her and Zixuan’s previous life.
With so many reincarnators around them, who could guarantee that there aren’t reincarnators elsewhere?
The two of them were hoping that their parents would also be reborn into this world.
“So what should we do?” Zixuan was unsure.
“You’re not in university yet, so you have more freedom. Let’s see if we can make a name for you on the StarNet and get some attention. With your looks and the name Zixuan, as long as Mom and Dad see it, they’ll definitely recognize you,” Mai Dongzi said.
Zixuan recognized Mai Dongzi as Lucy because she had become famous on StarNet.
However, it was the name Lucy that became well-known, and since Lucy’s photos weren’t exposed, even her parents would only recognize her if they had watched her survival livestream game.
If their parents’ reincarnation didn’t align with the timing, and they didn’t catch Lucy’s time in the spotlight, they would never have watched her survival livestream game.
This meant that their parents wouldn’t have discovered her, as Zixuan did.
“A competition for cultivators in the Blue-Black Empire will be held on StarNet in half a month. It’s divided into the Middle-Aged Group, the Youth Group, and the Junior Group. The Junior Group is for participants between the ages of 13 and 18, and the final championship will be streamed on StarNet. I just signed up for the Junior Group a couple of days ago. Have you signed up, sister? With your cultivation level, you could definitely win, and if you win, you’ll be famous on StarNet,” Zixuan immediately thought of a way to make her famous.
In this life, his sister looked at least 70% similar to her previous self, while his own appearance, because of his eye color, only resembled his former self about 30-40%.
“However, if you don’t want to appear on StarNet, I can do it instead,” Zixuan said thoughtfully.
Seeing his sister’s expression, Zixuan immediately realized she hadn’t signed up. His sister’s previous professional habit was to avoid being exposed in front of the camera, so it was quite normal for her not to participate in this kind of event.
The event Zixuan was talking about had been mentioned by Mai Dongzi when she heard Zhuang Huaiya and the others talk about it.
This event doesn’t require participants to show their real selves. Instead, it uses StarNet’s holographic technology, and the competitors can join as long as they have a holographic game chamber.
In this world, network holographic technology is highly advanced, with a 99% degree of realism, so participating in online competitions can also help improve practical experience.
The most important thing is that it saves time; the competition can be held at night, for an hour or two. No matter who you are, as long as you are willing, you can find time to join.
Since her rebirth, Mai Dongzi has had a lot to learn and her cultivation in three systems to improve. She has been very busy. As for the holographic network, she only went to the holographic library.
When Zhuang Huaiya and the others mentioned this event, Mai Dongzi had no intention of participating.
She already had very rich practical experience, and her cultivation was too high for the youth group. There was no point in participating in such a competition; it would only waste her cultivation time.
However, for Zhuang Huaiya and the others, this was indeed a good platform to gain practical experience, so Mai Dongzi supported them in joining.
This kind of tournament is a real-name system competition, and the participants can appear in real-life images.
If the participants didn’t want too many people to recognize them, they could request to blur their faces. This way, only those who were familiar with them would be able to recognize them, and unfamiliar people wouldn’t leave too deep an impression.
It was indeed a good way to appear without leaving a trace.
Hearing Zixuan say he would participate, Mai Dongzi sized him up and said, “With your current cultivation, winning the championship won’t be easy.”
Although, up until now, Mai Dongzi didn’t know of any other teenager under 18 whose cultivation was higher than Zixuan’s, she didn’t want him to become too proud.
There’s always someone better out there, and who knows, there might be even more outstanding young people.
“As long as I make it to the top four, I can buy trending topics. I believe I can definitely make it to the top four,” Zixuan said confidently.
Mai Dongzi believed in his confidence. Although Zixuan’s cultivation wasn’t as high as it was in his past life, having experienced the apocalypse, his practical combat experience was extensive. His overall combat power was certainly higher than that of other cultivators of the same level.
Moreover, Mai Dongzi had a way to help him “accelerate” his progress so that he could quickly restore his cultivation level from his past life.
After confirming that Zixuan hadn’t taken any cultivation potential-enhancing medicine, she discussed the plan for him to take such medicine with him.
The two types of enhancing potions couldn’t be taken together; they must be separated by at least six months, so he had to choose one to take first.
Previously, Zixuan didn’t feel a strong sense of survival because he thought he was the only one who had reincarnated in this world. He wasn’t particularly interested in things like cultivation potential-enhancing medicine, which required effort and suffering.
But now it was different. He wanted to become stronger, to survive the great purge of the apocalypse, and to become his sister’s powerful teammate.