Scourge Messenger

Chapter 441: Card Bug
Having witnessed the countless heroes of the world at the auction, Yan Qing naturally had a question:
Why did the Central Plains become a paradise in this era of great strife?
Although there are indeed no seventh-level secret realms in the Central Plains region, and foundation-building secret realms are also quite rare, compared with the four desolate outer regions, the Central Plains is equivalent to a barren land like Hegang.

The problem is, the Central Plains is not a remote place; its geographical advantage is just too ridiculous.

The land of celestial origin, the central hub of the world!
This is a true strategic location, a battleground for all strategists. Whoever controls it will gain a huge trade advantage, and it is also an extremely important strategic buffer zone. From this perspective, the Central Plains' scarcity of resources is actually an advantage, meaning that the Central Plains can only rely on external resources for support. Even if major powers go to great lengths to support the Central Plains, there is no risk of it splitting apart.

Even Yan Qing, who has only played Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI, can see the importance of the Central Plains. How could the messengers of this world not see it? Now I finally understand that the four desolate outer regions are not unwilling, but unable.

The barrier to the mortal realm is truly overgrown with weeds. It allows exit but not entry, and even if one manages to get in, the Three Calamities will intensify and follow them relentlessly. According to Yan Qing's understanding of the official stance, if they truly intend to restrict Foundation Establishment messengers through the Three Calamities, even if they give players a sufficient buffer time, it probably won't exceed 24 hours. After all, a day is long enough for players. Even if they lose 90% of their Dao Foundation, as long as they escape in time, they can quickly recover in the next instance.

But it's different for the locals.

In a single day, the three calamities eroded the foundation of one's cultivation without leaving a trace! Unless there is a matter of life and death, which Foundation Establishment cultivator would dare to return to the Central Plains?
In this world, restoring one's Dao foundation is something that requires risking one's life!
However… Yan Qing looked at the huge invisible wall on the screen and wondered how the ship would get through it.

This Anlan is a merchant ship from the outer realm's Foundation Establishment sect, 'Golden Eagle Island,' which frequently trades with the Foundation Establishment sects of Liang Kingdom. Moreover, Yan Qing is quite certain that no one on board is a Foundation Establishment messenger; the strongest person on board is the manager, who is only at the Great Perfection of the Third Stage. No one is qualified to cross the barrier of the mortal world.

"Don't blame me for not warning you, grab onto anything you can, or head straight back to your cabins," the steward said coldly. "Otherwise, if you're thrown out and fall into the sea, no one will save you."

Before the steward could speak, the guards with cultivation had already returned to their cabins one by one, clearly wanting to avoid what was about to happen.

However, none of the children were willing to leave; they all clung to the mast or railings. Who could bear to miss the sight of the Anlan ship passing through the barriers of the mortal world?
The steward said no more. He put on an unusually thick stone glove on his right hand and gripped the railing tightly. Immediately, everyone heard a thunderous tremor, and the entire ship began to shake!
Vibration Power – This is a gauntlet-type offensive token!

A young, light child, even clinging to the railing, was still thrown into the air by the impact, and almost slipped away. The steward frowned, flicked out a whip with his left hand, wrapped it around the child's leg, and slammed him into the cabin. The child cried out in pain, clearly badly injured.

No one knew why the manager did this, so they could only grit their teeth and bear it. Only Yan Qing vaguely saw some clues.

The bow of the Anlan is slowly getting stuck in the invisible wall!

Adding to the fact that the vast seawater flowed unnaturally against the air wall, an unbelievable thought suddenly popped into Yan Qing's mind.

No way, could their method of breaking through the barriers of the mortal world be—

Suddenly, the Anlan entered the interior of the air wall. It should be noted that there is no seawater inside the air wall, but the Anlan did not fall down in a strange way. Instead, it moved forward at an extremely slow speed, and the amplitude of the vibration was getting larger and larger. Everyone noticed that the ship was accumulating a lot of kinetic energy, like a bowstring stretched to its limit!

boom!
In an instant, the Anlan passed through the barriers of the mortal world, its kinetic energy bursting out to the extreme. It sailed at lightning speed, as if its rear end had exploded, leaving a white trail on the azure sea and covering dozens of nautical miles in the blink of an eye!

All the children on deck screamed in terror. Their bodies were flung parallel to the sea surface, and the whole ship creaked and groaned in the gale, as if it would sink and everyone would perish at any moment!
Ten seconds later, the sailing speed finally decreased significantly. The teenagers lay on the deck, panting heavily. No one dared to loosen their grip on the nearby anchors. Several of them were so frightened that they wet themselves and wept uncontrollably, as if they had survived a disaster.

Among all these people, the girl next to Tiger Vanguard was the most peculiar. Not only did she show no fear, but she even excitedly shook Tiger Vanguard's hands.

"Whoa whoa whoa, little tiger, did you see that? Damn, that's some fierce fire!" The girl's eyes sparkled as she excitedly exclaimed, "That's the Water Escape Technique that allows you to travel a thousand miles in an instant, a navigation spell that uses the power of the mortal world's barrier! It's so powerful! I want to do it again!"

Only Yan Qing, watching from outside the screen, felt utterly dumbfounded. He never expected that the locals would bypass the invisible wall by exploiting a bug! This kind of thing is actually quite common in games. For example, in *The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim*, players can ride horses to climb many slopes that are otherwise insurmountable; or in *Breath of the Wild*'s Trial of the Sword, Link can stand on a slope at a specific angle and use his telescope to force himself out of the wall. In short, it's a bug related to collision volume. The physics model and the building model cannot overlap; if they do, the system will have a vulnerability.

Why does seawater flow backwards along the air wall? Why did the manager shake the Anlan just now? The principle is that the air wall cannot handle too many collision events at the same time. Once the number of collisions exceeds a certain number, the object will get stuck in the air wall. However, the air wall performs self-checks every second. When the air wall detects an object inside, it tries to eject the object as if a physical collision has occurred.

The seawater flows upstream because it gets stuck while flowing downstream, so the air wall bounces it upwards in the opposite direction. The situation with the Anlan is more complicated because it is completely stuck, so the air wall keeps bouncing it off. When the Anlan finally crosses a certain boundary and gets out, the kinetic energy given to it by the air wall explodes instantly.

Although the other accounts haven't reached the mortal barrier yet, they should all have similar methods to exploit the bug, since trade between the Central Plains and the outside world, though limited, has always existed.

Yan Qing suddenly recalled a line from a movie: "Life will find its own way." The main city, the secret realm, the invisible wall—some of these settings facilitate survival, while others impose limitations, but the people of this world have gradually found the right way to use them.

Everyone plays this game in their own way.

Just as Yan Qing was immersed in the wonders of nature, someone suddenly bumped into Hu Xianfeng, grabbed half a steamed bun from his hand, and ran away!
"Hey, hey, you starving ghost, how could you steal from him!" The girl was so angry that she jumped up and down, shouting as she rushed over, only to be kicked away by the other party.

The one who snatched the Tiger Vanguard's steamed bun was none other than Bai Zhou, who had just received the most sumptuous meal. Even though her stomach was already bulging, she still forced half a steamed bun into her mouth, chewing incessantly with her cheeks and forcing herself to swallow it down.

Tiger Vanguard clenched his fists and approached her, immediately eliciting a chorus of cheers and shouts from the deck. Unfazed, Bai Zhou preemptively struck as soon as Tiger Vanguard got close, delivering a sweeping kick to Tiger Vanguard's underside!

Her whip kick was swift and precise, clearly a basic introductory leg technique. Keep in mind that these children were all around ten years old. Even with their relentless training, due to their incomplete physical and mental development, it was virtually impossible for them to grasp the fundamentals. Even the Pharmacist Yuan Yingru, in her childhood, focused primarily on strengthening her muscles and bones; she only truly began her martial arts journey after the age of twelve.

Conversely, if someone can master basic skills at the age of ten, they must have amazing comprehension and break through the limitations of their physical abilities!
The other children watched the spectacle with giggles, believing that Bai Zhou was destined to win. Even the fat man, the leader of the "Four Heavenly Kings," had been defeated by Bai Zhou. The manager had even said that Bai Zhou had already mastered the basics of martial arts and possessed the strength of an ox. How could the kid wearing the tiger-skin hat possibly defeat him? He'd probably get his legs broken.

Tiger Vanguard nimbly dodged, then twisted his waist and shoulder, delivering a punch to Bai Zhou's abdomen. Bai Zhou was knocked back a few steps, then suddenly let out a wailing sound and vomited up everything he had just eaten.

"Stop fighting! Stop fighting!" The girl, Mi Mian, quickly pulled Hu Xianfeng back. "If you're going to fight, you should wait until before dinner tomorrow. Fighting now won't do any good! It's just a waste of your energy!"

Tiger Vanguard nodded and said to White Porridge, "This time I'll only punch you once. If you dare to try to take it from me again, I'll break whichever hand you use."

Although Hu Xianfeng looked young and spoke in a calm, unassuming manner, the boys and girls around him no longer dared to underestimate him. Children are more perceptive than adults; they could sense the confidence in Hu Xianfeng's words—he was a man of his word.

Fight! Fight! Many children secretly hoped that both sides would be injured, so that a seat would be available tomorrow and they would have a better chance of getting food.

Disappointingly, Bai Zhou did not react to Tiger Vanguard's provocation; she just stared blankly at the vomit she had vomited on the deck.

What followed was a scene that made everyone's stomachs churn: Bai Zhou squatted down and stuffed the vomit, now covered in mucus, back into her mouth. She didn't even swallow it whole; she chewed it!
Some children from well-off families vomited it up directly.

“Don’t bother with this lunatic,” the girl Mi Mian pulled Hu Xianfeng aside, her tone full of fear. “She’s crazy. We’re going to Golden Eagle Island to learn from a master. There’s no need to get involved with this kind of lunatic. Tomorrow, listen to me and challenge Shen Qiuqiu, the weakest of the ‘Four Heavenly Kings.’ We’ll just get a decent meal.”

(End of this chapter)