Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 289 Realization of Imagination
In literary works, elves can be roughly divided into two categories: orthodox Western fantasy elves and Japanese fantasy elves. The difference between the two is that most elves in Japanese fantasy works have longer ears, are thinner, and have more fixed professions... Many clichés also originate from Japanese elves.

The elves in The Lord of the Rings are the most authentic Western fantasy elves.

In the original novel and film, the difference between elves and humans is not significant; they are simply more handsome and taller, and although their ears are pointed, they are not the long ears of Japanese elves.

In Middle-earth, many tall and handsome humans are considered elves.

Xu Feng pondered for a moment and then stopped using the template, deciding to design it himself—in fact, he was being lazy, borrowing the appearance from Hai Qinyan in his memory and slightly adjusting it according to the characteristics of elves in the Lord of the Rings world.

Even among the many handsome men and beautiful women of the Elf race, the Ice Princess's looks are top-tier.

After that, he exchanged a large amount of art materials related to the Elven race from the main god, including Elven music, paintings, dances, etc. These materials were unrelated to combat and were very, very cheap.

After Xu Feng spent a few seconds memorizing this knowledge, the person who created the human also acquired these skills.

Her combat ability is quite average.

His basic physical fitness is barely at the upper limit of an average person, but his combat skills, such as hand-to-hand combat, swordsmanship, archery, and marksmanship, are at their peak.

Xu Feng didn't rely on the female 'elf's' power. No matter how much effort he put into strengthening her, her power as a creator was very limited and could not possibly reach the level of influencing the battle between the two reincarnation teams.

Her purpose in being there is to establish friendly relationships with the positive characters.

Xu Feng always felt that closely following the characters in the team battle world was a very foolish thing to do—it was simply reporting your position to another team.

If the enemy has weapons of mass destruction or wide-area attack skills, the weaker members of the team will most likely be wiped out.

Before their strength is insufficient to withstand the annihilation by the main god, the most important thing in team battles is to conceal their own squad in order to avoid being eliminated due to negative scores.

The same applies to the weaker teams that enter the cycle of reincarnation first; following the characters in the story step by step is a form of slow suicide.

Those unfamiliar with combat might think it's a back-and-forth exchange of blows, with the two sides fiercely fighting for hundreds of rounds. But in Xu Feng's view, a true battle is about deciding the outcome with a single strike—once an opening is discovered, the normal rhythm is to either instantly kill the opponent or be instantly killed by the opponent.

Following the plot step by step means that the characters are deliberately revealing their flaws.

However, reincarnation worlds like The Hobbit, with their strong plot characters, are somewhat unique. In these worlds, following the plot characters makes it easier to interact with positive characters and gain support from those powerful ones.

In Xu Feng's mind, the solution to this contradiction is to divide into teams: let the creators and plot characters communicate, win over powerful plot characters, while the reincarnators hide in the shadows and strike back later.

In The Hobbit, the power gap between the top warriors and ordinary people is enormous; the 'elves' only need to be able to defeat most of the monsters that appear in the story to create humans.

If we prepare some powerful weapons for her, she will be no weaker than an ordinary veteran among the reincarnators.

What Xu Feng devoted a lot of energy to was the personality of the 'elf' who created the human—she needed to interact with the characters in the story, so she needed to have a sufficiently good personality.

Her ethereal and beautiful appearance only made her popular, not even among dwarves; but her kind and upright inner qualities earned her respect, regardless of race.

Advanced beings like Gandalf no longer value appearance, but rather character.

The five virtues of a gentleman, the eight spirits of a knight... all sorts of noble qualities from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign, became the core of this elf-created human after being fine-tuned by Xu Feng.

After a while.

A silver-haired girl dressed in an elven gown appeared below the main god.

"So beautiful..." Xiangzi couldn't help but murmur, "It's like the embodiment of ice and snow, pure and flawless."

Xu Feng was so impressed by the beauty of the elfin woman she created that even she, a woman herself, couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Her name is Bing'er."

Xu Feng explained with a smile, "After entering the world of 'The Hobbit,' she will be our East China Sea team's diplomat. No matter which side we are assigned to, she will be the one to negotiate with the characters in the story."

"Besides Bing'er, we should each prepare some items related to the Elf race, such as clothing, food, and weapons. These basic Elf creations are very inexpensive, and buying a set is not expensive. Cultural identity is very important."

After making some cost-effective preparations, Xu Feng contacted the main god again.

However, he hesitated for a long time.

"Captain, are you struggling to decide what to exchange for?" Mei asked curiously.

Xu Feng nodded: "Yes, the reincarnation world arranged by the main god is very troublesome, and the reward points and side quests I got in this round are also quite awkward."

To be specific, the reward points are too few.

In "The Curse of the Ghost Woman", he received an A-rank side quest and 11,000 bonus points.

I just spent 500 points to create an elf beauty, and now I have 10,500 points left.

These reward points are not a small amount. An ordinary reincarnator could easily raise their strength by a whole major realm with so many gains, but for Xu Feng now... it's not enough! The vast majority of exchanges cannot significantly improve his strength.

"If you want to increase your strength, the best option is to continue exchanging for rare and precious materials. However, the problem is that if you exchange all your reward points and side quests for rare and precious materials, you won't have time to digest those treasures."

One A-level side quest can be exchanged for three top-tier natural treasures, but while there are enough side quests, the reward points are insufficient. Moreover, although Xu Feng is strong, it takes time for him to convert the energy from top-tier natural treasures like peaches of immortality and ginseng fruits into his own strength. If he exchanges all of them for natural treasures, he won't have enough reward points to return to the cycle of reincarnation.

Xu Feng sighed, "The same goes for other exchanges. Most A-level enhancements require around 6,000 to 15,000 reward points; after exchanging for A-level skills or items, there are basically no reward points left."

Few teammates survived this time; only Shoko and Mei remained.

Moreover, the two of them had very few reward points, only the most basic 1000 points.

His teammates suffered too many casualties, leaving him short of reward points this round.

"Is the core issue whether we have to exchange time to return to the previous cycle of reincarnation?" Xiangzi guessed what Xu Feng was struggling with.

Xu Feng pondered for a moment and expressed his concerns: "Actually, I'm worried that we won't be able to use technological weapons in the next one; the background of the next reincarnation world is an era where cold weapons are the main form of combat. In that world, an ordinary person with a Gauss submachine gun with unlimited ammo can easily wipe out an army of hundreds of thousands. If we can use technological weapons, it would be too easy to destroy the plot of that world... The main god might forbid us from using technological weapons in that world."

Hsu Feng was unsure whether such a ban would be issued.

He has not yet encountered a reincarnation world that prohibits technological weapons or skill enhancement, but these two situations have appeared in the original infinite and infinite flow novels.

In most infinite flow novels, the world of *The Lord of the Rings*, where melee combat is the primary mode of warfare, prohibits the use of technological artifacts. Some only prohibit their use on creatures within that world, while others completely ban all technological artifacts. Xu Feng, about to enter that world, had to consider this aspect. "Our combined combat strength won't be greatly affected by such prohibitions; Xiangzi, your Romantic Turret is essentially a magical legendary weapon, its power far exceeding that of a technologically advanced Gaussian ion sniper rifle; Mei's main weapons are bows and katanas, and even Tifa's main weapon is an Imperial Arms, but the cannon fodder and weapons of mass destruction I've prepared are mostly technological weapons!"

In the world of "Akame ga Kill!", Xu Feng has prepared many weapons for future team battles, and there are countless cannon fodder, but the vast majority of the preparations are related to technology.

The three anti-planetary weapons capable of destroying the Earth would most likely be unusable in the Lord of the Rings universe.

Even if it were usable, it would be best not to use it given the existence of Ilúvatar.

At most, only two of the nine cannon fodder systems can be selected. These cannon fodder systems are either technological creations or too evil... Once such cannon fodder is used, it is easy to be labeled as a dark faction.

The dark faction in the Lord of the Rings world is quite miserable.

Moreover, once some of the cannon fodder proliferate to a certain extent, it could lead to a world-ending crisis, or more precisely, a crisis that could wipe out the entire biosphere. This could potentially prompt Ilúvatar to intervene.

Xu Feng said, "To be on the safe side, I need to prepare some non-technical cannon fodder before entering the world of 'The Hobbit'."

"And this requires sufficient time for research and development."

Xu Feng originally intended to create high-level cannon fodder like 'Destroyers' with the mindset of not wasting anything, but since the next game is a world like "The Hobbit" where the use of technological weapons is likely to be prohibited, he has decided to pay more attention to this aspect of research.

Well, although the 'Destroyer' cannon fodder system is somewhat evil, it is the most normal in terms of style among his non-technological cannon fodder systems.

In Xu Feng's view, even if the "Fallen Flame Angels" bred by the "Super Destroyer" are not as powerful as fire demons or dragons, they should at least be better than those trolls that may be enhanced by the main god, right?
Of course, it's not easy to get a sabotager to that level.

After creating the super brain, Xu Feng has strong research and development capabilities, but it still takes a lot of time to create the 'super destroyer'.

In addition to the 'Super Destroyer', he also needs to create some one-time magical legendary weapons. The self-destruct playstyle can enhance the power of magical legendary items to be close to that of technological items of the same level.

“Captain, since you’ve hesitated for so long, doesn’t that mean you’ve already made your choice?” Xiangzi said.

Xu Feng can do many things once he returns to the cycle of reincarnation.

Cultivating and developing weapons in the cycle of reincarnation... you can also allocate a portion of your reward points to exchange for a top-tier rare treasure, allowing your strength to rise to another minor realm.

If calculated according to the prices at the main god's place, the items he makes in a day might only be worth one A-level side quest and a few reward points at the main god's place.

The fact that Xu Feng hesitated for so long without returning to the Samsara World already shows that he has a very desired exchange target in mind.

Xu Feng nodded: "You're right, I've already made my choice."

"Cannon fodder is just cannon fodder after all. They are only used to test the enemy... The true core of a reincarnator is still their own ability. It is unwise to waste reward points to exchange for things that cannot greatly improve one's strength when one can improve one's own ability."

Xu Feng looked up at the main god and said, "This time I want to exchange for an A-level skill... Reality Materialization Illusion Technique!"

After strengthening the "Sixteen Contemplations Sutra of Pure Land", he began to covet this skill. And after creating a magical virtual world using the "Mustard Seed Wheel of Emptiness" component, he wanted to exchange for this skill even more!
The Amitabha Sutra is both real and illusory, and the virtual illusion is a complete illusion.

But if these two abilities can be combined with the illusion of materializing reality... then 'Void Illusion' will no longer be 'illusion'!
The 'Void Mustard Seed Wheel' combined with the Five Perspectives can pull the target into a virtual world, but if one is strong enough and has a high enough mental state, one can see through the illusion. After these two abilities are combined with the illusion of materializing reality, the difference between reality and illusion becomes very blurred. The enemy can see that it is an illusion, but in the blink of an eye, the illusion will turn into reality.

The originally somewhat illusory visualization space of the Pure Land will become relatively more real with the help of this ability.

—This skill could very well allow Xu Feng to develop combat techniques using the "Sixteen Contemplations Sutra of Pure Land," a technique that doesn't inherently include combat skills—techniques that would dramatically enhance his strength!
The only problem is that this skill isn't very strong when it's first enhanced, and developing this skill is also a bit difficult.

However, Xu Feng felt his strength wasn't weak. He could create the Swallow Fruit to process objects, cultivate the "Sixteen Contemplations Sutra of Pure Land" for mental cultivation, and construct the Void Mustard Seed Wheel for virtual reality... all his previous enhancements could help him develop this skill.

"Reality materialization illusion technique?" Shoko and Mei were stunned when they heard this skill.

They didn't quite understand the significance of this skill.

Xu Feng smiled but didn't explain much, planning to let them experience the skill themselves after the enhancement.

After spending an A-level side quest and nearly 10,000 reward points, he once again hovered in mid-air.

soon.

The enhanced light beam has already finished.

Xu Feng closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. Lotus flowers appeared out of thin air in the main god square. These lotus flowers emitted various fragrances, and Xiangzi and Tifa felt intoxicated by them.

Before they knew it, the two of them had fallen into a deep sleep.

While asleep, the two would occasionally furrow their brows, as if they were having a nightmare.

A moment later, Xu Feng snapped his fingers, and the two of them immediately woke up from their dream.

They looked at the pure white lotus in the square with apprehension. "What kind of flower is this?"

"These aren't real flowers, but rather manifestations of some of the Pure Land's abilities." Xu Feng asked with a smile, "How was your dream just now?"

"I feel very uncomfortable!" Xiangzi rolled her eyes at Xu Feng.

It's appalling to use people for experiments just because of a disagreement.

"Everything in the illusion was so real, it was like I was reliving my previous reincarnation. But without your help, we were in such a sorry state being chased by the red-clothed female ghost. I guessed that what we just experienced was an illusion, but even unlocking our genetic locks couldn't break through it. It was too tragic."

Xu Feng explained with a smile, "This is an ability that combines the Reality Manifestation Fantasy Technique with the Sixteen Contemplations Sutra of Pure Land and virtual illusions. It's a realistic simulation!"

"From perception to emotion, everything can be simulated in that virtual reality!"

—If Xiangzi and the other person die in the illusion, nothing will happen to them. But if an enemy target dies in the illusion, they will really die if their cultivation level is not high enough.

Xu Feng then instructed, "Time flows faster in the virtual illusion. Over the next ten days, we will simulate the various possibilities you will experience in the next cycle of reincarnation in the illusion. This should allow you to accumulate a lot of combat experience."

"However, activating this ability shouldn't require creating lotus flowers in reality, right?" Mei lightly touched the lotus flowers that still existed.

Xu Feng nodded and said, "These lotus flowers are to help you sleep more deeply. Under their influence, targets that are not strong enough will not be able to wake up from their dreams!"

(End of this chapter)