Urban: It turns out this is a comprehensive world

Although this guess cannot be 100% certain, Qin Qingcheng was already convinced that it was highly likely.

Luo Lingtian is undoubtedly the key person who can help her resist the "protagonist halo". As long as she stays close to Luo Lingtian, she should be able to break free from the invisible control of that inexplicable force and truly grasp the reins of her own destiny.

Thinking of this, Qin Qingcheng slowly raised her eyes to look at Luo Lingtian. She saw him leaning lazily on the sofa, listening calmly to Luo Yuntian and Mo Yu's conversation. His profile was smooth and strong, with thin lips slightly pursed under his high nose bridge, exuding a unique temperament of calmness and restraint.

A strange, indescribable feeling welled up in Qin Qingcheng's heart. In her previous life, she had ultimately missed Luo Lingtian and was pushed step by step into an abyss of no return by that mysterious and inexplicable force.

Luo Lingtian had no way of knowing the turbulent thoughts in Qin Qingcheng's mind; otherwise, he would have definitely spoken up to correct her understanding.

In his view, having sufficient personal strength or powerful backing is not the foundation for success. The most important thing is the luck he possesses!

After all, in the novels he read in his spare time in his previous life, most of the protagonists started from insignificant and weak bodies and gradually overcame obstacles to reach the peak.

Most of these protagonists came from humble backgrounds and had no special connections. In their previous lives, those books were merely reading material to pass the time and satisfy their fantasies.

Having personally experienced time travel, Luo Lingtian now sees the protagonists and worlds depicted in those novels as potentially existing real places in the endless universe, and even the stories in the books as actually unfolding in some unknown corner.

Of course, these distant speculations are irrelevant at the moment. With his current abilities, he is not qualified to verify whether those worlds actually exist. Living his current life in a down-to-earth manner is the most important thing he should do.

Luo Lingtian's thoughts were just a minor interlude; even regarding the rising Dragon King Xiao Chen, he didn't actually pay too much attention to him.

After all, he awakened the system at the age of five, and through twenty years of hard work, apart from his martial arts cultivation, all his other abilities have reached or even surpassed the peak level of this world.

His main martial art, Chinese martial arts, is about to break through to the Gang Jin realm. This realm is equivalent to the Tianren realm of the mainstream martial arts in this world. Once he breaks through, he can basically be called invincible in this world.

Although there is a legendary realm of terrestrial immortals above the Celestial Realm—which is the highest realm in his self-created martial arts system of "breaking through the void and seeing the indestructible god"—there is also a higher realm of terrestrial immortals.

But in this era where even the Celestial Realm is a legend, terrestrial immortals have probably long since disappeared and are unlikely to actually exist.

Therefore, Luo Lingtian really didn't take Dragon King Xiao Chen seriously. However, the Dragon King's personality was too domineering and flamboyant. If he was allowed to rise to power unchecked, a conflict between the two sides would be inevitable in the future. That's why he paid some attention to him.

But this is far from enough to warrant him personally taking action; there's absolutely no need for that.

Some might question: What if Xiao Chen really is the chosen protagonist and rises all the way to the top? Aren't you afraid of being caught off guard and losing your life? After all, in many novels, there are countless villains who underestimated their opponents when the protagonist was weak and were eventually defeated and killed.

To this, Luo Lingtian could only respond calmly: You're overthinking it.

This is not a simple, single world. Dragon King Xiao Chen might be considered the protagonist of a small world, but in this merged, large world, he is not the only "protagonist."

In particular, this world incorporates many elements from female-oriented online novels, so even though the Dragon King is the protagonist, how far he can ultimately grow is still unknown.

Although most female-oriented novels depict the love and affection between men and women in the ordinary world, there are also some extraordinary ones—such as the rebirth of a founding master or the descent of a deity to undergo tribulations and cultivate.

The combat power of these beings is in no way inferior to the top combat power in the Dragon King novel.

Furthermore, most of them are proficient in divination and prediction, making them far more difficult to deal with than the so-called Dragon King who only relies on brute force to charge around.

Furthermore, although Luo Lingtian would not directly confront Dragon King Xiao Chen, he had been secretly keeping a close eye on his movements and was even preparing to secretly help Zhao Hao.

Secondly, he did not slack off because of this. He continued to develop his own power and improve his personal strength. If he guessed wrong and Zhao Hao was not the villain in this Dragon King novel, it would not matter. He would deal with Xiao Chen himself when the time came.

Well, this is just one of his plans.

Why is it said to be one of them? As a time traveler, he naturally understands the principle of "nipping danger in the bud".

However, whenever he had the thought of eliminating Xiao Chen directly, a strange premonition would always arise: he couldn't do that, otherwise it would definitely bring big trouble.

This is not a sense of crisis concerning life and safety, but a kind of mysterious intuition.

Recalling his experience a few years ago when his perception of the world was clouded by some unknown force, Luo Lingtian had some guesses in his mind, but he was also full of doubts.

He could clearly sense that even if he killed Xiao Chen now, he would not be targeted by the Heavenly Dao or any other unknown force. However, he inexplicably knew that killing Xiao Chen now would not be a good thing. That was why he chose to remain on the sidelines for the time being and only intervened in secret.

However, no matter what, it's always good to keep improving one's own strength. In this way, even if Xiao Chen really grows up in the future, it will be a piece of cake for Luo Lingtian to destroy him.

Back in his study, Luo Lingtian's thoughts wandered, and he quickly put aside his attention to Xiao Chen, turning instead to ponder his own future plans.

"Right now, it's only a matter of time before the martial arts master breaks through to the Gang Jin level, and it won't be long. After breaking through to Gang Jin, the next step is to strive for the supreme realm of 'breaking through the void and being indestructible to gods.'"

His long, strong fingers tapped lightly on the table. Luo Lingtian's brows furrowed slightly. Right now, he had a pressing problem to solve—the issue of lifespan.

If it were just a simple transmigration and rebirth, that would be fine. Even if such a transmigration might mean that he could only live an ordinary life and he might feel resentful, he would still have been reborn. With the combined power of his soul from both lives, his life wouldn't be too bad.

But the truth is, he not only transmigrated, but also awakened a cheat ability, which was activated when he was young. With this opportunity, he replicated and created the martial arts system of the Dragon and Snake Romance world.

More importantly, with the help of his cheat ability, he may even have the opportunity to break through to a higher realm than "breaking through the void and becoming indestructible to gods".

However, the effects of martial arts on extending lifespan are not significant before reaching the level of "breaking through the void and being indestructible in the face of gods." As for how much lifespan can be increased at higher levels, he has no way of knowing.

With a cheat code at his disposal, he could indeed break through all obstacles without any bottlenecks, but all of this requires time to accumulate.

Of course, he started laying the foundation at the age of five, officially embarked on the path of cultivation at the age of ten, and now at the age of twenty-six, he has already reached the Dan Jin realm. Such a cultivation speed is already astonishing.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, lifespan is not a concern for him at all.

But he was not a saint without desires. As a normal man, having already gained power and wealth, he naturally hoped to have a beautiful woman to accompany him for life.

He himself doesn't need to worry about his lifespan, but what about his family and his future wife?

It would be feasible to let them also practice traditional Chinese martial arts or martial arts, but they don't have his talent for cultivation without bottlenecks. It's perfectly normal for them to be stuck at a certain level for more than ten years, or even a lifetime, and unable to break through.

Therefore, at this point, we must seek help from external forces – namely, technology!

That's right, what Luo Lingtian was thinking about was technology, or more precisely, gene technology.

In fact, Luo Lingtian's gaze had already been set on the vast and boundless starry sky, and he had already begun to prepare for the development of spaceships. However, lifespan is undoubtedly an unavoidable problem if one wants to travel freely in the universe and explore the unknown.

After all, the universe is too vast and boundless. With the current short lifespan of humankind, even with spaceships, how many star systems can we explore? We probably can't even fully explore the solar system!

Therefore, the problem of lifespan must be solved in any case. In Luo Lingtian's view, the best way to solve this problem is to delve into the field of genetics. After all, in many science fiction novels, humans rely on various gene drugs to extend their lifespan.

As for the elixirs commonly found in fantasy novels... relatively speaking, their limitations are too great!

Luo Lingtian had read descriptions in novels about battles between technological civilizations and cultivation civilizations. Under the same level, the combat power of cultivation civilizations was far inferior to that of technological civilizations.

Why?

Because of its universality!

Technological civilization, regardless of the type of technology, has the greatest advantage in its universality! Well, in Luo Lingtian's view, the technology of "Super God Academy" is an exception.

What is universality? It means that if something is researched and applied to 100 people, 8 or 90, close to 100%, will use it. That is universality.

Even lowering the requirements further, 70% or 60% would be acceptable; in short, it should be able to be widely adopted.

The biggest drawback of cultivation civilization is precisely this: no matter how powerful a cultivation technique is, very few people can successfully cultivate it, so what's the use?

In the struggles within a civilization, strength is naturally advantageous. However, in the vast universe and the struggles between civilizations, the strength of an individual is not an advantage unless there is an insurmountable gap between them.

After all, technological civilizations, whether they research gene technology, mecha technology, or other types, can achieve large-scale popularization and rapid production.

And what about cultivation civilization? How long would it take to train a master with the same destructive power?