The Fourth Calamity: People in High Martial Arts, Gods in Games

Chapter 4 Bug Detection

"Did I overdo it?"

Fang Zhen looked down at the shovel on the ground, initially stunned, then filled with regret.

"My mouth!"

He had already gained some experience from the previous two thousand squats, but he never expected the NPC to be so intelligent and not follow any rules. Now he had to start accumulating experience all over again.

However, Lin Qi didn't go at all. Instead of considering what Fang Zhen was thinking, he directly glanced at the man and woman beside him.

"What are your names and ages?"

"Ragnarok, the age of the gods is 19000."

"Wu Chang, 18 years old."

"Hmm, I appreciate your honesty. Welcome to Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. I am your academy master, Lord Lin Qi. According to the rules, if you want to become glorious disciples of the academy, you must prove yourselves. Now you can go over there and choose a shovel you like. Go out and turn right to the small warehouse. You have two hours and twenty minutes to dig a 10-cubic-meter space five meters underground."

Lin Qi nodded and wrote down the two people's information in his notebook.

As Lin Qi was recording, Fang Zhen, who was about to leave the room, suddenly stopped and stared at Ragnarok and Wu Chang with a wide-open mouth, as if he had seen a new continent.

"Can you even play like this?" Fang Zhen looked at Lin Qi, who was taking notes seriously, and felt that his intelligence was being challenged.

Whether it's Ragnarok or the Dancer, their age claims are clearly nonsense, yet the intelligent NPCs not only believed them but even rewarded the two by allowing them to choose their favorite shovels to dig, which significantly improved their digging efficiency.

"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you something." Lin Qi paused, watching the three head towards the small warehouse, and then said, "As the first batch of disciples recruited by the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, and the inheritors who will rebuild Obsidian's glory in the future, the first person to complete the proof will receive the academy's prized treasure, the Divine Breathing Technique, which will help you achieve even greater success on your martial arts path!"

It's all a lie, as if anyone can't do it!

As Lin Qi finished speaking, the already quiet corridor became even quieter.

"The museum's prized possession? Did we trigger some special event?" Fang Zhen's breathing quickened upon hearing this.

The museum's prized possession!

This is obviously no ordinary item. If you can obtain it, you will definitely be able to surpass others when high-level martial arts arrive.

"Based on my years of gaming experience, we must have triggered a special event," Ragnarok adjusted his non-existent glasses and calmly analyzed. "However, the chances of us succeeding are very low."

"What do you mean by 'the chances of success are very low'?" Wu Chang raised an eyebrow. "Isn't it just the three of us competing?"

"You wouldn't believe it, would you? The reason I said it was impossible is because this game is just too realistic. From the moment I entered the game, I've been observing it closely. From the physical sensations to the clearly visible dust on the ground, I can't find any flaws or bugs. If it weren't for the two of you here, I would have almost doubted that I'd traveled to another world." Ragnarok explained without reservation, "Given our physical abilities as ordinary people, let alone two hours and twenty minutes, digging out a ten-cubic-meter space underground would be impossible even if we had five or six hours."

"Does that mean we have no chance to obtain the Divine Breathing Technique?" Wu Chang said with some regret.

"No! We have a chance!" Ragnarok said confidently.

"What opportunity?" Fang Zhen couldn't help but prick up his ears.

Digging a 10-cubic-meter space underground in two hours and twenty minutes is obviously unreliable, unless he can have twice the time, or his physical abilities must have increased dramatically.

But neither the first nor the second method is clearly possible, especially the second one. There isn't even a way to improve physical fitness yet, and the only way is to complete the task first, which is simply unsolvable.

"Let's join forces!" Ragnarok glanced at Lin Qi behind him and smiled faintly. "This NPC is incredibly stupid. He only follows the established procedures. He believed me when I said I was 19000 years old without the slightest doubt or questioning. That proves what I said."

"Join forces? How?" Fang Zhen asked curiously, "This NPC is asking each of us to dig out ten cubic meters of space."

After hearing this, Ragnarok shook his index finger and pushed up his non-existent glasses, saying, "They say we each have to dig ten cubic meters of space, but how do we determine 'each person'? I just said this game is very realistic. What if the three of us team up, each taking a turn, and dig in one spot?"

"With the combined efficiency of the three of us, we can definitely dig out ten cubic meters in two hours and twenty minutes. As for the Shocking Breathing Technique we obtained, that's even simpler. As I've already said, this game is very realistic. Whoever gets it can teach it to others after mastering it, so that we can all learn the Shocking Breathing Technique."

"Holy crap! I've never been impressed by anyone in my life, bro, you're the first!" Fang Zhen was also greatly shocked after hearing this, as if he had opened the door to a new world. He never thought that a 100% virtual game could be played like this.

"Alright! Let's join forces!" Wu Chang nodded in agreement, glancing at Ragnarok for a moment. "By the way, let's get acquainted. I'm Wu Chang, the vice president of the Tianwei Guild in the martial arts game 'Pilgrimage.' If you're interested in guilds, you can join Tianwei. I guarantee you'll get at least the treatment of a core member."

"The Heavenly Might Guild, a pilgrimage site?" Fang Zhen was surprised when he heard Wu Chang's self-introduction, and his eyes were full of disbelief as he looked at Wu Chang.

In this era of virtual games, martial arts masterpieces are a pilgrimage site. These are masterpieces with a global daily online player count of up to a billion. Even a second- or third-rate guild in the pilgrimage site has a market value of over a billion and more than 50,000 members.

The latest novel is first published here!

As for those top-tier guilds, their market value is in the hundreds of billions, and their number of members exceeds one million. They are not much inferior to some world-class companies. Among the five giant guilds in Pilgrimage, Tianwei is one of them.

The treatment of Tianwei's core members is comparable to that of top professional players in Mech Continent.

"So it's Sister Wu, nice to meet you. If I ever want to join a guild, I'll definitely consider Tianwei first." Ragnarok was also quite surprised to look at Wu Chang, and at the same time, he had a new evaluation of the game High Martial Arts Descent.

The virtual game "Pilgrimage" is considered a king among virtual games. Instead of focusing on managing the guild, Tianwei's vice president has come to the newly released game "High Martial Arts Descent" and even plans to recruit people within it, which shows how optimistic Tianwei is about the future of "High Martial Arts Descent".

As Fang Zhen, Twilight of the Gods, and Wu Chang were talking back and forth, everyone in the live stream was stunned.

"A fusion card bug! This is a recipe for disaster, like farming NPCs for easy money!"

"Brother Gods! Please accept my kneecap."

"Wow! I've never known games were played like this before!"

"Quick! Someone let me in, I need to go and pet that NPC."

While everyone was caught up in the frenzy of worship and discussion, Fang Zhen, Twilight of the Gods, and Wu Chang also came to the small warehouse. The three of them took turns shoveling, enjoying life to the fullest, and getting more and more energetic as they worked.

(End of this chapter)