Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 290 Fellow Daoist, where is your dantian? (3k)

The quantum world, the digital republic.

The leaders who were originally directing the digital army to suppress the [KILLER virus] were now flashing rapidly in the data stream.

"Wow, a new cultivator!" Leader Jin Xin's voice was tinged with shock. "If I hadn't been uploaded to the digital world, but instead chose to hibernate until now, would I also have had a chance to become a cultivator?"

The leader, Tai Lan, shook his head: "Impossible, don't even think about it. The Wallfacer Luo Ji obtained the 'opportunity' from the cultivator Luo Qing. Ordinary people outside don't even have that opportunity, let alone you and me, who are just pure digital life forms without physical bodies."

Helmsman Badongke also shook his head: "According to the Digital Constitution, only digital life forms at least at the Hall Master level can be loaded onto robots. You and I are not worthy."

"It's simple, I'll just become a hall master." With that, Jin Xin no longer concealed his otherworldly aura, and his aura rose steadily, gaining 20 contribution points, clearly indicating that he had reached the Hall Master realm!

The leaders stared at each other in shock.

The leader, Yu Xun, calmly said, "So what if you're a hall master? Becoming a digital life form only requires uploading data, which is very simple, but the reverse is much more difficult."

Reloading data lifeforms into human bodies is strictly prohibited by the Earth United Government. Furthermore, human cloning is strictly forbidden on Earth, and we lack a suitable carrier. Even after becoming a Hall Master, at best you'll be like that ignorant, illiterate brother, possessing the authority to load data onto simulation robots.

One of the leaders laughed and said, "Jin Xin, could you load yourself onto the sex robot? Were you male or female before you uploaded it?"

Jin Xin's otherworldly tone was somber: "Male."

The leader gave a thumbs up: "Men can like robots too."

During the process of eliminating the [KILLER Virus], the newly promoted leader, Yuan Nianjingxiao, who had repeatedly performed outstanding deeds and gained a large number of contribution points, asked, "What's the deal with Qian Mengjian? How does he have a physical body outside...?"

"Shh! Watch your words," the helmsman, whose last four digits were 6555, whispered.

Unlike digital beings that can be freely named, these digital beings with only a number are given the system's default name.

In addition to the initial 99999 digital lives, after the number of digital personalities exceeded 100,000, the Digital Republic set up digital ID numbers for digital citizens. These numbers are generally formed by combining the year, month, day, and the sequential number of the digital life. The digital ID number consists of 17 digits.

Those who haven't changed their names and use their ID card numbers as their names are mostly people who don't care about their personal identity and are too lazy to give themselves a new name. Therefore, people usually refer to these people by the last four digits of their ID card number.

"He has nothing to do with contribution points. Long before the birth of the Digital Republic, Commander Qian secretly uploaded and backed up his consciousness using his real-world identity as a high-ranking general... He's not the only one who did this. Have you forgotten about the creator of the quantum network world?" said the leader, whose last four digits are 7185.

"you mean……"

"Tu Hengyu".

"Tu Hengyu is still alive?" The leaders became interested. They were all ordinary people from the early Common Era to the Great Depression, so they naturally knew about the existence of this young computer genius.

"Of course he's alive. How could the government let a computer genius comparable to Ding Yi die of old age? Tu Hengyu's main body was awakened in Crisis Era 198, so he's been awake for seven years now. As for his digital personality... who knows where he's hiding? After all, the Digital Republic can change its name at will. For example, among all of you here, who is using their real name?"

The various captains smiled.

Who uses their real name in the digital world? Using your real name makes you vulnerable to being exposed. It would be so embarrassing if your real identity before uploading was revealed.

After all, in principle, most people who choose to upload their digital personas did not have a very smooth life in their lifetime.

The new head of the hall, Jin Xin, gave an example: "Meng Po's father, Ma Zhao, used his real name, and Wu Miaoyuan also used his real name. Ma Zhao, Wu Miaoyuan, and Tu Hengyu are the computer iron triangle. Of the three of them, except for Ma Zhao who died of old age, the other two are probably still alive."

(Note: The digital constitution stipulates that MOSS resets the digital memories of all digital personalities every 10,000 years (approximately one day in reality), hence it is jokingly called the "Electronic Meng Po" by advanced digital life forms. As for Quantum Lin Yun, who inspects the quantum world every 100,000 years, he is jokingly called the "Heavenly Dao Inspector.")
The user with the last three digits 7185 said, "Those three are the creators of the quantum world, so uploading their data is perfectly acceptable. It's also normal for Qian Mengjian, who is from a privileged class in reality, to secretly upload his data. Who dares to say that there haven't been several presidents and prime ministers in the digital world? If the people don't complain, the officials won't investigate. Why bother with these things?"

“We’ve gone off on a tangent. You should know that our conversation is completely transparent to Meng Po and the Alliance Leader. Let’s talk about something else, like how strong Luo Ji is,” said the person with the last four digits of his phone number, 5202, who hadn’t spoken until now.

Another veteran hall master, an ignorant illiterate, used his limited computing power to perform some calculations and came to the following conclusion:
"Everyone, according to the realms circulating online, Luo Ji's cultivation realm is the Foundation Establishment stage? That corresponds to impressive performance, almost on par with Luo Qing's performance in the Pacific Exercise."

The data projections of the two alliance leaders, Bingmeishi and Qianmengjian, appeared in the sky above the battlefield where the [KILLER Virus] was being eradicated. Their "gaze" penetrated various cameras and focused on Luo Ji's figure, seeing the Foundation Establishment cultivator who was already 'exhausted'.

"Holy crap, Alliance Leader, this is amazing!" Ba Dongke instantly vanished into the battlefield.

"I didn't say anything, I just slipped away." Too much of a rogue also didn't enter the battlefield.

"All soldiers, follow me into battle!" Yu Xun shouted softly, smoothly entering the battlefield. Ice Americano: "Luo Ji is still far behind Luo Qing. These aircraft are all civilian-use, and can only kill by the kinetic energy generated by impact. The fastest ones can't exceed Mach 3, and their destructive power is not as good as conventional firepower in the early 21st century. This Wallfacer is just right to deal with them."

Qian Mengjian: "Luo Ji has been overexerted and is in danger, but the army's support has arrived. Everyone, hurry up and kill the virus, otherwise these automated devices will be destroyed by the army sooner or later. You know, many of these flying cars were bought by residents with loans and have no insurance. If they are blown up by Luo Ji or the army for no reason, it will be a devastating blow for them."

With the arrival of the two alliance leaders, the hall masters and branch leaders stopped chatting and joined the battle one after another, cooperating with the stewards, disciples, apprentices, and trainee digital lifeforms to launch a general siege against the [KILLER Virus].

Around the world, more and more smart units are returning to normal after the riots.

...

Compared to the digital beings who are currently engaged in a "bloody battle", MOSS is also observing Luo Ji with all the observation methods she can mobilize, and a massive amount of data is flowing into her core.

According to MOSS's analysis, Luo Ji's current strength is roughly equivalent to...1% of Luo Qing's strength in 2015.

At least the amount of spiritual energy stored in his body is far from sufficient.

Due to a lack of necessary data, MOSS does not know whether Luo Qing's growth rate is accelerating or exponentially exploding.

However, Luo Ji's path to becoming stronger is quite obvious. Using the first stage of Qi Refining as a comparison, which is equivalent to the Innate Stage, Luo Ji's current strength is at least greater than that of ten thousand Innate Grandmasters working together, while the total time they hibernated was more than two hundred years...

In two hundred years, is he ten thousand times stronger than he was two hundred years ago?

Na Luoqing himself...

hiss.

Using Pluto to smash dinosaurs is too conservative.

This bizarre growth curve of power made MOSS ponder.

What exactly is the source of cultivators' increased strength...? MOSS simply doesn't believe in the explanation of vacuum zero-point energy. Although humanity has not yet been able to develop a way to utilize vacuum zero-point energy, based on the uncertainty principle of quantum force fields, the energy difference generated by the continuous generation and annihilation of virtual particles in the vacuum range, resulting in quantum fluctuations, is probably difficult to relate to the spiritual power of cultivators.

Due to the limitations of its artificial intelligence, MOSS has poor divergent thinking and can only infer from existing information.

Is it true that cultivating immortality is inherently unreasonable, or is it just Luo Qing who's unreasonable, and Luo Ji is being dragged down with him?
At this moment, on the real battlefield.

In the sky, after exhausting his strength, Luo Ji, facing the various intelligent machines that were surrounding him, had no choice but to shout out the words that would go down in history: "Luo Qing, save me!"

He was, after all, a novice who knew nothing but slashing and occasionally made mistakes in dodging. He had been battered and bruised by various high-speed objects. If this continued, he would probably be worn down and killed before the army's reinforcements arrived.

Luo Qing was naturally not going to leave his seclusion to save people over such a trivial matter. He was trying to figure out how to achieve light-speed travel. After all, ever since he heard from the dinosaurs that their "god" could jump directly from the other side of the Milky Way to the solar system, he had been feeling anxious.

Light-speed flight is a capability he must master, but according to special relativity, objects with mass cannot travel at the speed of light. Even sophons can only travel at 99.99% of the speed of light... How can he enter the stage of light-speed flight? That is the question.

Luo Qing vaguely had a solution: to fly by transforming into light. However, it was different from the light escape technique from his hometown. The light transformation technique required him to completely transform into a ball of photons to fly at the speed of light... In any case, he had already comprehended the most crucial stage and absolutely could not be interrupted.

We can't keep grinding it down slowly, from 0.1C to 0.2C and then to 0.3C.

In response to Luo Ji's cry for help, Luo Qing sent a telepathic message.

【Fellow Daoist, the stream flows into the sea, endlessly regenerating; what about your dantian?】

"What is a dantian?" Luo Ji didn't know anything about it, but he did know that it should be located in the chest or abdomen. As Luo Ji felt it, a dantian was formed.

Yes, before this, this newly promoted Foundation Establishment cultivator didn't even have a dantian.

After the dantian appeared, a warm current flowed into the limbs and bones, and the previously depleted spiritual energy was replenished once again.

"Luo Qing, you're amazing!" Luo Ji couldn't transmit his voice, so he shouted in the hope that the other party could hear him. Then, under the shocked gazes of Shi Qiang and the others, he charged forward with renewed vigor.

(End of this chapter)