The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 242 The Awakening of Money Power
Inside the Obsidian Martial Arts School, in the school master's lounge.

"I wonder if this semi-finished product can be used to extract and pass on memories."

Lin Qi watched Chen Ya leave the room and then clicked to select the secret method to extract Chen Ya's Star Energy Construct.

He was pleasantly surprised by Chen Ya's mastery of the semi-finished Star Energy Construct Secret Technique. After all, the Star Energy Construct Secret Technique was recorded on a silver-black metal plate, and even among the geniuses of the Star Energy Civilization, few could learn it.

With his ability to resurrect infinitely, the player could freely learn the secret techniques of the Star Energy Construct, but he had no idea when he would be able to master them; he just felt it would take a considerable amount of time.

Now that Chen Ya has learned it in such a short time, even if it is only a half-finished product, it is of great significance to him. After all, the extraordinary life form has obviously surpassed the scope of ordinary organisms in terms of life level. Although it has not yet reached the level of high-dimensional life, it is still a qualitative change in the improvement of strength.

This change in the level of life directly raised the upper limit of martial artists by a large margin.

The maximum strength of a normal Refining Organ Realm martial artist is 4000 kilograms, but now that they have become extraordinary life forms, the maximum strength instantly becomes 15000 kilograms. Although they are both Refining Organ Realm martial artists, their strength is not on the same level at all.

It can be said that Chen Ya, in her superhuman state, is far superior to him in terms of physical ability.

If he can learn it, then even when facing a powerful figure like a city lord, he should be able to put up a fight, greatly improving his survival ability.

The only problem is whether players can extract the semi-finished secret techniques they have mastered. After all, if a player makes some modifications to the original secret technique, it can no longer be considered the original secret technique. Just like a martial art created by a player, it cannot be extracted.

If he can't extract the semi-finished Star Energy Construct Secret Method, then he can slowly figure it out on his own later.

Ding!
System: Congratulations, host, you have reached the beginner level 4 in the Star Energy Construct Secret Technique (semi-finished product).

"It's done?" Lin Qi was stunned as he looked at the system notification below his field of vision. He hadn't expected that even a semi-finished product could be extracted.

Just as Lin Qi was feeling happy, a flood of memories rushed into his brain and were imprinted in the deepest part of his brain. After lasting for more than twenty seconds, the headache slowly subsided.

"No wonder it's a semi-finished product. It actually uses type II energy potion to replace energy ore, barely reaching the limit that the cells can withstand. But because the amount of energy is not enough, it cannot completely burn and transform into a higher-dimensional life form. It can only become an extraordinary life form."

Looking at Chen Ya's memories, Lin Qi understood why Chen Ya had only achieved a semi-finished state and couldn't become a higher-dimensional life form.

It has to be said that Chen Ya's method was very clever, but unexpectedly, she actually succeeded in mastering it.

Of course, this kind of training is only half complete.

According to the Star Energy Civilization, once one has mastered the Star Energy Construct, they will directly transform into a higher-dimensional life form, much like a body-strengthening secret technique. Once mastered, the body's strength will remain constant.

However, Chen Ya's trickery resulted in insufficient energy after burning it, making her only a half-high-dimensional life form, or even less than that. Therefore, she was unable to maintain a stable state of her body and would automatically regress to her original life level once her body's energy was insufficient.

"The inability to stably maintain a superhuman life form is indeed a problem. It seems we need to test how long it can be maintained properly, otherwise even as a trump card, it will become a time bomb."

After reading through all the memories, Lin Qi didn't rush to cultivate. Instead, he turned his attention to the advanced martial arts roulette wheel in the system.

The previous martial arts hall roulette rewards, from one star to four stars, had an extremely low chance of getting high-star rewards. The chance of getting a two-star reward was only 9%, less than one in ten. As for the three-star blue reward, he only managed to get it once by sheer luck, and it was a dud. Moreover, only one in a thousand people could draw it, which was really a rip-off.

The advanced martial arts roulette is now much better. Although the number of participants has increased from 1,000 to 3,000, at least there are no more one-star rewards. Instead, the rewards start from two stars and go all the way up to orange five stars. This means that the minimum reward is a two-star reward. The chance of winning a three-star blue reward is as high as 9%, and the chance of winning a four-star reward is no longer 0.1% but 0.9%.

"Luckily, I've been saving up and haven't used the regular roulette wheel these past few days, otherwise I would have lost a lot of money now."

Lin Qi glanced at the number of new disciples in the past few days, which had reached 28345. These were all disciples who had been rigorously selected, and their talent and strength were incomparable to those before.

If it weren't for the current resources and management situation of the martial arts school, which increased the difficulty of the assessment, the number of people could have doubled or tripled.

"Adding the number of disciples we already have, we can do a ten-pull."

Without a second thought, Lin Qi immediately exchanged for ten more draw opportunities, using up all the disciples he had recruited in the past few days.

In an instant, the huge roulette wheel of advanced martial arts in Lin Qi's mind began to spin rapidly, and Lin Qi kept shouting to stop it.

System: Congratulations, host, you have received a two-star reward of a large sausage.

System: Congratulations, host, you have received a two-star reward of a large banana.

System: Congratulations, host, you have received a two-star reward of a large banana.

……

System: Congratulations, host, you have received a two-star reward of a large banana.

After ten times in a row, Lin Qiren was dumbfounded.

All the rewards are two-star rewards, and they're either giant sausages or giant bananas. What is this system planning to do?
Of course, it must be said that the big banana as a reward is indeed a good thing.

Memory Banana: After eating it, the brain's calculation ability is increased by 500% for six hours. For every additional banana eaten during this time, the calculation ability is increased by an additional 100%, up to a maximum of 1000%.

It can be said that as long as a martial artist eats the memory banana, they will definitely have an amazing improvement in learning martial arts. After all, learning martial arts is dangerous, and the more advanced the martial arts, the greater the danger. If one can simulate and deduce in their mind, it will undoubtedly reduce a lot of risks. If the simulation and deduction is powerful enough, it is not impossible for it to directly replace actual practice.

"So many big bananas, I wonder if Donna wants them?" Lin Qi looked at the seven big bananas in the system's storage warehouse and was unsure what to do with them.

The memory banana is meaningless to players; practicing martial arts is best done through personal experience. Giving it to martial arts school disciples is too extravagant, since only one in three thousand people can get one. Giving it to a martial arts school disciple would make him feel heartbroken.

Just as Lin Qi was thinking about how to persuade Donna, the wealthy woman, to buy the large bananas he had, Donna contacted him.

"Master Lin, is everything alright on your end? I sensed a very powerful life force just now, but after searching the martial arts school for a while, I found that the aura had disappeared," Donna asked.

"I'm fine here. The life force you mentioned is just caused by a secret technique learned by the martial arts school disciples." Lin Qi smiled and didn't hide anything.

Chen Ya's life force after becoming an extraordinary life form could be sensed by any martial artist who wasn't overly insensitive to their five senses. With so many people in the martial arts school, it was impossible to hide it from them, and deliberately trying to conceal it would only cause unnecessary speculation.

"So you're a disciple of a martial arts school. I'm relieved." Donna didn't press further. Every organization has its secrets, especially its various martial arts techniques. The Obsidian Martial Arts School has a mysterious origin and is definitely not as simple as it seems. It's not surprising that it has such secret techniques. She then added, "By the way, Master Lin, I just finished cracking Fred's smartwatch."

"Has it been cracked?" Lin Qi looked at Dona in the image with some surprise.

He had already given up, since Donna had said a day would be enough, but when he actually tried to crack it, he found that Fred's smartwatch was exceptionally difficult to hack. But thinking about it, it made sense. Fred, this genius of Domain City, who worked as an assassin for the Red Moon Merchant Guild in his spare time, dared to wear the smartwatch on his person, unafraid of losing it in battle, because he was certain that no one could easily crack it.

To my surprise, Donna actually cracked it.

“Although it was hacked, the smartwatch also started its self-destruct program after the hack,” Donna said regretfully. “The entire smartwatch burned. I only had time to send the messages Fred had received in the last few days.”

"Not bad, considering it's from Domain City." Lin Qi wasn't too surprised and asked curiously, "Did Fred get any important information about Domain City those few days?"

“There is indeed important information, but it’s not very relevant to Domain City.” Donna shook her head and then forwarded the information she received to Lin Qi. “Fred left Domain City this time because he accepted a mission. This mission is related to forces outside the domain. You can see the details yourself. Remember to delete it after you finish reading. If some powerful hackers find this information and report it to the people in Domain City, it could be fatal.”

"An extraterritorial force?" Lin Qi was also curious and clicked on the message Dona sent.

He had lived in the Fog Mountain region for some time, and now that he had become the deputy city lord of the City of Light, his increased authority meant he knew much more than before.

However, even the database of the City of Light doesn't contain many records about things outside the region. They only know about a few surrounding areas, but they don't say a word about the situation in those areas.

Although I don't understand why this would happen, I can guess that it was done deliberately by someone, and it's very likely that it was done by the Domain City, who didn't want people to know about what was happening outside the Domain.

Fred has now received information from outside the region, which is an unexpected bonus.

After Lin Qi opened all the information and read it through, his brows furrowed slightly.

"The Star Tower City has such grand ambitions. Not only does it plan to take over the City of Light during this monster tide, but it also collaborates with extraterrestrial forces." Lin Qi looked at the domain city mission information above, his heart filled with surprise.

Although the information is limited, it is certain that the major clans of Star Tower City plan to launch a city war after the appearance of this monster tide, eliminating several powerful clans in Light Chaser City, including the city lord, and replacing them with their own.

However, Domain City didn't care about these matters. It only asked Fred and others to investigate the cooperation between Star Tower City and the extraterrestrial forces.

"No wonder Star Tower City has been causing trouble in various towns lately; it turns out their real target is City of Light."

Lin Qi suddenly realized that the towns near Star Tower City in the City of Light had been sabotaged by Star Tower City, which had obstructed the transport of supplies. He had initially thought that the relationship between the two cities was not good recently, but now it seemed that it was just a preparation for taking over the City of Light.

As for the urban wars within the domain, they have occurred many times over the past few decades. As long as they do not involve the massacre of civilians and vagrants, the domain city has never interfered.

As for the City of Light, it has changed hands twice in the past hundred years. The current powerful clan, the Three-Eyed Clan, took over the city by launching a city war.

Now, a new city lord-level being has emerged in Star Tower City, and he wants to replace the current Three-Eyed Clan in City of Light.

However, the Domain City felt that the existence of this city lord-level being born from Star Tower City was somewhat strange, and it was very likely related to external forces.

"No wonder the city lord ordered me to become the deputy city lord so quickly, without any process or procedures. So that's how it is."

"It seems I also need to make some preparations on my end."

Lin Qi immediately deleted these messages, took some Type II energy potions from the warehouse, and began cultivating the Star Energy Construct Body Secret Technique.

If he hadn't known about the impending city war, it would have been one thing, but now that he does, he must improve his strength as soon as possible. After all, once the two cities go to war, he, as the deputy city lord, will definitely be drawn into it. If he doesn't have enough strength, his only option will be to flee to the deep mountains and forests.

While Lin Qi was cultivating the Star Energy Construct Body Secret Technique, the wealthy players who had logged off were also going crazy, either contacting each other to form groups to buy quantum supercomputers or renting them.

Suddenly, quantum supercomputers, which were not previously highly regarded in the market, became incredibly popular, and even many manufacturers of quantum supercomputers secretly inquired about what was going on.

These are people who might not get even one big order like this in a year, but now more than a dozen large companies and enterprises are placing orders, and they're not even ordering one unit, but several. It's really quite strange.

"What did you say? These people ordered quantum supercomputers to play games?"

"That's right, boss. I've investigated thoroughly. These people all said it was for playing games, and they come from many different industries with no connection to each other. They're probably not lying."

"Go and find out right now which game they're playing, and see if we can collaborate."

After inquiring about the games these super-rich individuals played, several manufacturers of quantum supercomputers became very curious. They had seen these tycoons spend money on various virtual games before, with hundreds of millions of dollars a year being quite common.

But they had never actually seen anyone spend tens of billions to buy a quantum supercomputer just to play games. Usually, it's the virtual game companies that make them. The vast majority of them don't even need a quantum supercomputer, let alone buy one to play games.

Meanwhile, at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, within just two days, terrifying life auras suddenly appeared one after another throughout the academy. Among those who had mastered the Star Energy Construct Technique were even newcomers who had only recently become apprentices.

This made many new players both envious and jealous.

I initially thought it was just empty promises from the game developers, but now it seems that this is simply a fast track for paying players to advance, only this kind of spending is not something that ordinary people can afford.

Of course, it's definitely worth it. After all, who can resist such a cool transformation scene? It's like becoming Superman in real life. Just watching it is incredibly cool. Every frame is truly art.

It's a pity they don't have that much money, otherwise they would also be spending money like crazy.

The Mountains of the Dead, in a dense forest.

Fang Zhen, Chen Ya, and Li Ranxing, who had already mastered the secret techniques of Star Energy Construct, were now following behind Dark Judgment, whose strength had reached the initial stage of martial arts, as they swiftly traversed the dense forest.

"Are you sure about the trial? There really is a convoy of transport vehicles here?" Fang Zhen couldn't help but ask.

After arriving at the new map, they explored quite a few places, and it was mostly monsters. It was hard to imagine that a transport convoy would appear in such a place.

“That’s right. I also found some footprints in the woods by chance. After waiting for a while, I didn’t expect there to be people there, and quite a few of them. They are very likely the Smiling Skull that the Curator mentioned.” Dark Judgment said excitedly. “However, I am not strong enough and I need everyone’s help.”

“Okay, if it’s true, you’ll definitely get your share of the benefits.” Fang Zhen nodded.

After following for a short while, Fang Zhen and his two companions heard a tremendous battle commotion a kilometer ahead. A team of fully armed Bone Forging Realm guards were chasing after a woman.

This woman had golden hair and two long silver-gray horns on her head. Anyone who saw her would be moved by her beauty. However, at this moment, one of her arms was broken and she could not move it. She was fighting with a group of experts in the Bone Forging Realm with only one hand. She was clearly at a disadvantage.

(End of this chapter)