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

Chapter 6 One sword cuts through water, ten thousand rivers cease to flow.

Blue Star, Kuru City, Storm Shadow Club.

"Xiao Zhen, what's wrong with you today?" The crew-cut young man in a blue and white turtleneck jacket looked at Fang Zhen as he walked out of the virtual reality pod and said with a gloomy expression, "You look pale, and you're even distracted during training, unable to cooperate with the others."

"You haven't been... lately, have you?"

"Did you play some inappropriate games?"

In this era of the virtual game boom, there are all kinds of virtual games available; you could even say that if you can imagine it, there's nothing you can't imagine that isn't available.

"Captain Li, I didn't, I just stayed up too late." Fang Zhen quickly explained, looking at the bald-headed young man with a pale face.

Although Li Ranxing is not old, only 22 years old at the end of this year, he is the team captain hired by Storm Shadow Club at a high price.

Thanks to Li Ranxing's addition, the Storm Shadow team went from being unable to qualify for the national competition of Mech Continent to directly entering the top 32 in the country, and even achieved a good result of sixth place in the individual competition.

In this year's Mech Continent National Tournament, Li Ranxing can be said to be very ambitious. In this year's individual tournament, he won three and lost one, defeating Chen Ya, the third place finisher last year.

So this year, Li Ranxing plans to lead the Storm Shadow team to directly challenge the top eight in the country. During this period, they are undergoing crazy special training, from 8 am to 6 pm. As for Li Ranxing himself, he is even more ruthless, training from 8 am to midnight. It can be said that apart from sleeping, he is constantly honing his mecha skills, like a madman.

"Staying up all night?" Li Ranxing asked, somewhat puzzled. "What are you doing in the middle of the night instead of resting?"

"Do squats and digging holes," Fang Zhen said somewhat awkwardly.

He had been streaming the "High Martial Arts Descends" event since 7:30 pm yesterday until 3 am, when he finally obtained the forging method. After nearly an hour of trial and error, he finally figured out how to log off during the event.

sleep!

This method was conceived by Ragnarok. Since death would cause players to leave the world of high-level martial arts, sleeping, which is closest to death, is likely the way to log off.

After several experiments, the three of them confirmed that both sleeping and unconsciousness could log players off. However, the player's body would not disappear after logging off; it would still exist. Therefore, players had to find a safe place to log off, otherwise, even if the body died, the player would still be considered dead.

The world of high-level martial arts is extremely dangerous. Even within the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, there are many areas contaminated by radiation. To log off safely, one can only spend martial arts academy points to rent a safe zone to rest.

"That damn gym owner! All I get is sleeping on a broken plank, and he wants 2 points from me!"

Fang Zhen thought about how he had died twice and lost two 648s in order to earn 2 points last night. He was also busy until 7 a.m., and after washing up, he rushed to the club to train. It was simply unbearable.

At this point, someone will definitely ask, "Why not just die and revive when you log in again?" But what if something happens and you don't revive within 24 hours? Then your account will be deleted, and you won't be able to play anymore.

"Squats? Digging holes?" Li Ranxing felt his mind was a little slow, not understanding when Fang Zhen, this veteran player, had developed such a hobby. He then reminded him, "It's good that you want to exercise at your age, but you should pay attention to your health. Next week is the simulation competition. If you don't perform well, it will be difficult for me to speak to the coach."

"Thank you, Captain Li. I'll be more careful next time," Fang Zhen said gratefully.

In the team training room, as veteran player Fang Zhen left, a new player who had only recently joined Storm Shadow approached Li Ranxing, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Captain Li, didn't the coach say that next week's simulation match will be Fang Ge's last game?"

"Some things are better left unsaid. Since it's the last show anyway, it's better to leave with a relaxed attitude than to become a laughing stock."

"Oh, Captain Li, will this affect your duel with Chen Ya?"

"You haven't had any matches lately, are you too free? Come practice with me until midnight today!"

……

Fang Zhen's live stream starts promptly at 7:30.

"Are there really that many people?" Fang Zhen looked at the number of online users in the background and couldn't help but rub his eyes.

265876 people!

This number of online viewers is absolutely the highest Fang Zhen has ever seen since he started streaming, more than ten times the usual number, and his popularity has directly ranked first on the game charts.

"Brother Zhen, you've finally arrived! My big knife has been waiting impatiently."

"Brother Zhen! I only realized yesterday after watching your live stream that my real interest is watching people do squats and dig holes."

"Damn! The people upstairs have some serious tastes. Am I the only one who came here just to see my goddess?"

"My God! When I saw Wu Chang yesterday, I couldn't believe my eyes. She's one of the Ten Great Sword Saints of the Pilgrimage, the one who can cut through water with a single sword and stop the flow of ten thousand rivers. Her real appearance is even more beautiful than in the Pilgrimage. I had to wash my eyes before coming here today. You know what I mean, host."

The viewers in the live stream were completely excited when they saw Fang Zhen start the broadcast.

"Is this the celebrity effect?"

Fang Zhen looked at the comments from the viewers in the live stream and didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

The status of Pilgrimage in the virtual gaming world is unquestionable, far surpassing that of Mech Continent. Sword Saint is one of the highest titles in Pilgrimage, and ordinary players would never even see such unparalleled masters. These masters also disdain streaming, since joining a top-tier Pilgrimage guild would provide them with the kind of treatment that even top professional players dream of.

Now that Luo Wushang, the very person who is on a pilgrimage, has appeared in the live stream, naturally many players who have come from the pilgrimage to admire her will come.

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"Alright, I'll grant everyone's wishes today."

Fang Zhen didn't waste any more time and directly clicked "High Martial Arts Descend" to enter the game.

City of Light, Obsidian Martial Arts School.

"Master, is there something you need?" Fang Zhen stood up and looked at Lin Qi outside the door with great surprise. Lin Qi was holding a small notebook and looked at him as if he had seen a fat sheep.

"It's nothing, I just came to check if you guys were training." Lin Qi carefully looked at Fang Zhen, then glanced at his notebook, his mind filled with doubt. "Did I remember wrong before?"

Player Fang Zhen, age 29, physical fitness test results: strength 77.4 kg, speed 7.4 m/s.

Although the increase was small, Fang Zhen's strength increased by 1.4 kilograms and his speed increased by 0.1 meters per second.

"Could inhaling toxic fumes actually help with growth?"

Lin Qi watched Fang Zhen get up to dig a hole and couldn't help but analyze what made Fang Zhen different from the other two yesterday.

Today, Ragnarok and Wu Chang logged in without any changes to their physical stats, but Fang Zhen was different; his stats were significantly different from the ones he had previously recorded in his notebook.

Although the increase in this value is small, if this value continues to increase in the long run, Fang Zhen will be able to go from kindergarten to primary school in just a few days.

If outsiders knew about this speed of progress, they would probably arrest Fang Zhen and conduct research on him, the kind of research that costs a lot of money. After all, being able to go from kindergarten to primary school in just a few days is something that countless parents in the City of Light would want.

The biggest difference between Fang Zhen and the other two is that he inhaled a lot of toxic fumes.

Yesterday, Ragnarok and Wu Chang were only poisoned once, while Fang Zhen was poisoned four times. In fact, Fang Zhen was very active in the poison, almost constantly in a state of high-intensity exercise.

However, just as Lin Qi was about to let Fang Zhen breathe more, a system notification suddenly came to his ears.

System: Congratulations on the number of reservations for the Traditional Martial Arts System exceeding 10,000. You are hereby awarded Level 1 selective admission privileges.

(End of this chapter)