Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 3 Making CG with Heart
In early July, N City was so hot it felt like it could melt you.

Han Yi, a sophomore from N City.

Because he attended N University, which was right next to his home, he still went to the food street next to the university every day without fail to buy food during holidays—he was too lazy to cook for himself.

Han Yi's parents work away from home year-round, leaving him and his younger sister, who has just started high school, to rely on each other.

The main problem is that he unilaterally clings to life.

His sister is his own sister, but she's the kind of sister who will complain to their parents if he doesn't take care of her or buy her food and drink. He feels like he could just grab her and give her away right there.

After Miss Han cried, made a scene, and threatened suicide to demand to eat the spicy hot pot from the restaurant at the very top of the food street that absolutely refused to be listed on Meituan delivery, Han Yi resignedly slipped on his slippers and went to buy lunch for this living father.

"Scam! It's definitely a scam! How could the technology be so advanced? Cutting-edge technology? Even the Third Factory doesn't have that kind of capability!"

"You can't say that, can you? Look at their promotional video, it's pretty impressive!"

"Have you forgotten what kind of people these game developers are? They put their heart into making animations but their hands into making games, don't you know that?!"

"But its promotional video is really amazing..."

"What's the use of being so awesome? There are only 50 spots for the closed beta test, who are they trying to fool with this stingy treatment?"

"Although I've never seen a game release 50 slots for a closed beta before, this CG is really amazing..."

"Pshaw! I doubt they even have the skill to deal 999 damage in one hit!"

……

While waiting for the boss to serve the food, Han Yi suddenly heard the voices of two college students who were clearly on holiday and hadn't gone home. Listening to their heated argument, Han Yi couldn't help but sneak a glance at their phones.

[The world's most advanced open-world virtual reality engine creates an absolutely realistic fantasy cultivation experience. "Ten Continents Chronicles" is launching this summer! Fly on your sword! Move mountains and fill seas! Achieve immortality! A classic MMORPG cultivation game! Sign up for the test!]

what the hell! ?
The deceptively misleading advertising slogan made Han Yi frown.

Since the domestic industry cracked down on the chaos in the gaming industry, such outrageous false advertising has long been banned. How can there still be unknown small companies daring to use the slogan "the world's best"?

Where do you place my Swordsman 13?
While virtual reality game engines are indeed mature, let's not even talk about realism, right? Even the top three game companies have serious clipping issues and tons of bugs, not to mention these small, unheard-of companies!

Just as he was complaining, the two people next to him suddenly exclaimed in unison, as if they had seen something incredibly awesome.

I'd like to see just how awesome they are...

Han Yi glanced at it again, and then exclaimed "Holy crap!"

You can't help but exclaim "Holy crap!" It's a continent so realistic it looks like it was filmed from outer space, shrinking smaller and smaller from the highest vantage point. First, there's a scene like an aerial map, then towering mountains, dense forests, and surging rivers, followed by a uniquely styled, enormous rock floating in mid-air—or rather, a giant mountain.

On the giant mountain stood an incredibly bustling city, filled with countless buildings. Pavilions and towers stood side by side, and a dazzling array of cultivators soared through the air! Some flew on swords, others rode the wind; the entire scene was magnificent and fantastical, more exciting than the best movies, not to mention the fleeting glimpses of everyday life and human nature captured in the camera's constant movement!
It's as if a painting depicting the real world is slowly unfolding!

hiss……

Han Yi took a deep breath, his eyes secretly capturing every detail in the CG.

Even if it's AI compositing, the cost must be high... Wait, can AI compositing such amazing dynamic scenes!?
Out of curiosity, Han Yi also took out his phone and furtively typed a few words into the search bar: "Ten Continents Chronicles game".

The first search result is an advertisement for the game "Ten Continents Chronicle"!

After he clicked on it, his phone immediately displayed a full-screen CG animation.

Thousands of cultivators gathered around a woman of unparalleled beauty, who lay sprawled on the ground, her expression one of grief and indignation. Then, a dialogue ensued.

"Witch! Hand over the 'Map of Mountains and Rivers'!"

"For a mere 'Map of Mountains and Rivers,' you slaughtered my people and destroyed my Central Continent City—you hypocrites! Are you truly a righteous sect?!"

"If you hadn't misused the 'Map of Mountains and Rivers' and damaged the very essence of heaven and earth, we wouldn't be in this situation!"

"What a joke! The 'Map of Mountains and Rivers' you speak of is nothing but something I made up. The decline of spiritual energy in heaven and earth began a thousand years ago! Now you're trying to pin it on me, don't you find it laughable!?"

"Lord of Penglai, why waste your breath on this demoness! Just kill her!"

Looking at the dialogue in the story, Han Yi frowned even more: A group of people bullying one person, killing civilians, destroying cities and land, and you call this a 'righteous sect'?
Moreover, isn't the plot a bit poorly made? The murder and robbery trope has been overused even in online novels, why are you still using it?

The animated sequence continued, and after a round of verbal sparring, just as the shameless group was about to kill the woman, the stunningly beautiful woman suddenly closed her eyes, golden light emanated from her body, and she gradually floated into the air.

Then, a clear yet majestic voice rang out:
"I—the Supreme God of Central Continent! The Golden Immortal of Taiyin! The Lord of the Ten Continents! Bearing the will of Heaven! Exerting all my merits! Reversing life and death! Reversing the heavens and earth! To save my people! To protect the living beings of Central Continent! To uphold the righteous spirit of the world!"

Then, the entire scene seemed to be played in reverse at high speed, with all the cultivators retreating and then disappearing.

As the perspective zooms in, everything on the entire continent begins to rewind – bustling cities gradually become simple and plain, until they disappear; mountains and rocks are moved, rivers change course, forests fade and then revive; and all living things, in a fleeting moment, go from being old and frail to being in their prime, then back to infancy, and finally to extinction.

The stunningly beautiful woman still floated in mid-air, surrounded by golden light, her face expressionless. Yet, through her tightly closed eyes, one could almost sense a trace of unchanging compassion for all things in the world.

A hundred years is not a long time; in the eyes of immortals and gods, it seems to be just a blink of an eye. But in the world of animals and mortals running on the earth, it has already gone through several iterations.

All these changes, which took only a few seconds, seemed to reveal a magnificent historical period through those few seconds.

Han Yi was somewhat excited—this game company's promotional animation was really impressive!
But it wasn't over yet. At the end of the entire CG, the stunningly beautiful woman stood atop an unnamed mountain peak, her expression resolute.

She held an ancient longsword before her and uttered the last line of this CG sequence:

"Establishing a sect and protecting the world, this is where it begins!"

The CG has ended.

"Damn it! Even if it's a scam game, I'll accept it! I refuse to believe that I can't be selected even with over 5,000 hours of game time on my platform!"

The two college students next door were excitedly discussing: "Exactly! Even if it's one hit for 999 damage! The CG is amazing! I really want to advise the game developers to switch to making movies!"

"I hereby declare! This girl is my new wife!"

"Your wives could form a whole battalion..."

Meanwhile, Han Yi also scrolled up the promotional animation and saw the registration data below:
[Registered: 18]

[Estimated eligibility: 50]

……

For a moment, Han Yi felt an urge to angrily smash his phone.

18 applicants for 50 spots—that's even lower than the rate of admission to top-tier universities in the national college entrance examination!

(End of this chapter)