A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 322 The Beginning of the Major Main Storyline

"This game..."

The Hachiyoin's robotics technology is quite outstanding, with a large number of intelligent machines, making their electronic network world quite substantial. However, compared to the game world that Guan Luoyang is currently experiencing, it still pales in comparison.

He seemed to sense a vibrant sea of ​​data, vast and boundless, with turbulent waves on the surface and countless signs of activity hidden deep within.

Using the secrets gained from devouring the "Brain of Brahma," Guan Luoyang transformed a wisp of spiritual power into data. Like a mirage dragon that conceals its form and leaves no trace, it traversed between reality and illusion, secretly roaming this ocean, moving freely and unpredictably.

After a short while, he had a rough impression of the general trend of this sea of ​​data.

"Among the six major regions, the area where they are currently investing the most resources is actually the metropolitan area, followed by the historical competition zone. These two regions together account for half of the computing resources, while the other four regions combined only account for the other half."

Guan Luoyang's mind stirred slightly. He channeled his spiritual energy back to investigate and discovered that, according to the original matching results, he should have been assigned to the Xianxia Mythology section.

He captured some of the data and realized that this was indeed the result of deliberate targeting by the game operators.

The psionic chips on this continent are of various types and are quite disorganized. Some are implanted into the spine, while others are implanted directly into the brain. They have a very distinct technological difference from the psionic chips used by the United Regime.

However, the game operators have registered all the psionic chip models produced on this continent. If they find psionic traits that do not belong to these models, they will trigger a preset mechanism, which is a behind-the-scenes operation, and prioritize their allocation to the Xianxia Mythology area.

Guan Luoyang's body didn't contain any spirit energy chip, so it naturally didn't match the registered potential waveform.

He modified the matching results and assigned himself to the urban zone.

After the matchmaking is complete, the next step is to shape the player's image in the game world.

"Promised Land" will provide players with a basic template, allowing them to make adjustments based on gender, weight, height, skin texture, and hair color within a certain range.

In other words, no matter how players modify their appearance, they cannot completely change the bone structure of their facial features.

This basic template is often a virtual image read from the psionic fluctuations received by the game helmet, and it has a high degree of similarity to the player's bone structure in reality.

Guan Luoyang didn't waste much time on the character customization step. He quickly adjusted his outfit—a gray and white checkered shirt, black trousers, and a silver-gray rain jacket—and soon moved on to the final step, officially entering the game world.

Welcome to the Promised Land!

The scenery before my eyes gradually changed, and everything around me was adjusting.

From the hazy white light, various colors emerged, distinguishing the different appearances of objects, which gradually became clear.

Each player's "birthplace" is different. Guan Luoyang found himself in a small alley with a sloping cement ramp under his feet. The walls on both sides were somewhat old and covered with all sorts of GG papers.

The noise came from all directions. After a moment's thought, he realized that he was inside a shopping mall.

The ramp he was on was actually the outer perimeter of the shopping mall, leading to the underground parking lot.

Guan Luoyang walked a few steps up, leaving the alley and coming to the ground.

Not far away is the main pedestrian entrance of the mall. The layout of several buildings forms a concave shape, with a plaza in the concave area for pedestrians to come and go. It is bustling and lively.

The tourists were chatting and laughing, and it seemed no different from the shopping malls that Guan Luoyang was familiar with in the 21st century.

The feeling of walking on hard ground, the flow of air around you, the distance sound travels, and even the sensation of sunlight on your skin are almost identical to those in the real world.

However, most of the tourists had tiny words floating above their heads.

That's the player's mark, with their username displayed above their head. For simple usernames, it's fine, but for longer usernames, the characters appear smaller, as if a black horizontal bar is floating above their head.

But Guan Luoyang's gaze fell on those people whose heads had no writing on them.

Those people are all game characters, belonging to the game's passersby, atmosphere-building groups, and intelligent NPCs.

They also walked in twos and threes, chatting and laughing. Their appearances, clothes, speech and physiques were all different. Their facial features were clear and the details were well done. There were no blank faces that were just casually made up. They all seemed to be real people.

"Do even random players put this much effort into their games?"

Guan Luoyang thought for a moment, then erased the words "Qiu Hong" from the top of his head and quietly blended into the crowd, like a game character that could be seen anywhere.

He strolled through the mall, looking around. The labels on the shelves and the descriptions on the backs of the products were all clearly printed in small print, corresponding to the actual products.

I bought a grilled sausage, and when I bit into it, the hot, meaty aroma filled my mouth. The more I chewed, the more fragrant it became. The taste and texture were exactly the same as when I tasted a grilled sausage in real life.

Guan Luoyang could even perceive more subtle details. After he ate the sausage, some of the data that made up the sausage flowed into the player's body, giving the player's body a slight sense of stability and enhancement.

It's like simulating eating meat in real life to obtain nutrients.

The reason why players can play in the game world for a long time and still feel well-rested and energetic after returning to reality is actually this: in the game world, they interact with data and receive electrical signals that nourish their spirit, with a small portion of these signals also being reflected in their physical body.

However, the game world itself benefits even more. The various effects of players' activities here induce more changes in the game world's data, making this virtual world more dynamic and realistic. This benefits the intelligent program behind the game and the human powerhouses, allowing them to experience spiritual changes and enhance their abilities.

The technology that Jiushan and his organization possessed—the ability to convert between ordinary electricity and psionic energy—is a crucial cornerstone for operating this game world.

If this technology is used properly, it can absolutely benefit both game operators and players.

But given the way Jiushan and his organization operate, is it really possible that they are only satisfied with the profits they obtain through "mutual benefit"?

Guan Luoyang seemed to be deep in thought, then casually snapped the bamboo skewer in his hand and threw it into the trash can.

All the items in this game world are essentially made up of data, but different items use very different data frameworks and require different amounts of electricity and computing resources.

This results in significant differences in their "strength".

In short, players can easily break a few bamboo skewers here, but destroying reinforced concrete walls will require more effort, may be strenuous, and could even result in physical injury.

In this game world, the various levels of difficulty in destroying objects basically correspond to those in reality.

If in reality one can tear a car apart with just psychic powers, then that player, once in the game world with a blank slate, can do the same thing—no higher, no lower.

Of course, just as people can use various equipment in the real world, players in the game world can also use external objects to enhance their destructive power.

In other words, players in the game world can also undergo mechanical modifications, the installation of prosthetic bodies, and other surgeries.

With such painstaking effort in building every aspect of the game world, Jiushan and his team are bound to seek double, or even ten times, the returns.

Even if Guan Luoyang captures Leopold and the United Regime subdues the Eight Leaves, making their organization feel a huge threat, they cannot back down and avoid the limelight at this time, because doing so would most likely put them in a passive position and make their previous investments go to waste.

Therefore, they will definitely need to execute the follow-up plan more urgently, "harvest" a big wave, and try to improve their overall strength as soon as possible.

This harvest won't happen overnight; there will definitely be undercurrents and undercurrents. It might even be some kind of public announcement. As long as we can seize this opportunity and follow the clues, the subsequent matters will be much easier to handle.

Guan Luoyang left the mall after pondering for a while, wandering around aimlessly and silently analyzing whether there was anything unusual in the surrounding area.

Whoosh! ! !

A black sedan speeding along the highway caught his attention.

The people inside the car exuded a sinister malice.

This malice is so pure and singular that it stands out starkly amidst the complex, chaotic, and indescribable emotions of the player community.

Guan Luoyang moved swiftly and followed unnoticed.

The car stopped outside a busy street, and a middle-aged man in a suit and tie, with a strong build and slicked-back hair, got out.

This is an antique street, lined with shops on both sides, all decorated in a deliberately antique style. The open spaces on both sides of the street are also filled with stalls.

At almost every stall, there were a few tourists lingering.

A middle-aged man stormed into a shop, pushed open the glass door, and the wind chimes rang out with a rough, loud voice, seemingly oblivious to the tourists around him.

"Boss Wang, we already settled the matter of that small cauldron yesterday, right? Why do I hear you're changing your mind today?"

Curious, people on the street gathered in front of the shop, and Guan Luoyang stood among them, inconspicuous.

The shop owner was a kind-looking, plump man dressed in a Tang suit, playing with Buddhist prayer beads, with a graceful young woman standing beside him in a light blue cheongsam.

They looked like a father and daughter, with a young man in sportswear standing next to them who had an unremarkable appearance.

"Chairman Zhao, what are you saying?"

Seeing the crowd gathering outside the shop, Boss Wang knew that if he didn't clarify things, his reputation might be ruined. He quickly spoke up, "Yesterday you came to my shop in a hurry, took a phone call and left. I hadn't even come out of the backyard before you were gone. We didn't even meet. How can you talk about agreeing to something or changing your mind?"

Chairman Zhao waved his hand: "Don't try to shirk your responsibility. Ask your daughter."

The girl in the cheongsam frowned slightly: "You don't mean to say that you pointed at my family's cauldron and said, 'This thing is nice,' and that's it?

"Why doesn't it count?"

Chairman Zhao said matter-of-factly, "Who doesn't know that I, Zhao Tianjue, mean what I say? If I'm right, the stuff is naturally mine. Eight hundred thousand, right? I brought it with me."

He waved, and the driver behind him got off carrying a box.

"Cash transaction, cash on delivery, don't tell me you antique shop owners don't even know this basic rule?"

The young man in sportswear couldn't stand it anymore: "You're being so unreasonable! You didn't ask about the other person's wishes or the real value. This cauldron isn't something you can buy for 800,000. Even twenty times that amount would be too little."

Zhao Tianjue glared at him: "Who are you? Was it you who interfered with my business dealings with Boss Wang?"

Mr. Wang said, "Chairman Zhao, don't talk nonsense. This is Mr. Qi Dongqiang. Although he is young, he is an expert with an excellent reputation. You can easily find out what kind of person he is by asking around. You should also know what kind of person I am."

"If we haven't talked, we haven't talked. Forced sales won't work here."

"Oh?" Zhao Tianjue suddenly smiled and lowered his voice, "Boss Wang, you don't know yet, do you? Your brother gambled too much at the Zhao family's place last night. He lost an astronomical sum and almost had a heart attack. He's still being cared for at our Zhao family's place."

Boss Wang's body stiffened, his face turning pale and then flushed, his neck gradually turning red, and he shouted, "What do you mean?!"

The crowd outside the store was buzzing with discussion, and Guan Luoyang observed the scene with slight surprise.

No matter how lifelike the game characters may seem, in Guan Luoyang's perception of the true meaning of the Heavenly Demon, they are merely empty and hollow figures, lacking the fire that represents a true soul.

But these few people in front of me.

Whether it's the fierce and domineering Zhao Tianjue, the worried and troubled Boss Wang and his daughter, or Qi Dongqiang.

Beneath their data shells lie truly vibrant and passionate flames of the soul.

Especially Qi Dongqiang, whose inner fire burned fiercely, with a faint, crystalline brilliance at its center, making him extraordinary.

Are these also players who have covered up their usernames?

Guan Luoyang scanned the data and examined it carefully. He could confirm that there was no obvious sign of player identity in the surface data of these characters.

The emotional fluctuations they reveal are very real: Zhao Tianjue's anger and ruthlessness, Boss Wang's helplessness and frustration, the girl in the cheongsam's panic, and Qi Dongqiang's slightly conflicted thoughts amidst his righteous indignation are all on full display.

They didn't seem to be people from the game's operations team who came to play NPCs in the storyline. Their emotional fluctuations were completely genuine, without a trace of fakery or joke. They were just like real people who had grown up in this game world.

But that's impossible.

If so many intelligent programs in this game world were capable of developing self-awareness and generating spiritual sparks, Jiushan wouldn't have reacted so strongly when Brahma's brain developed self-awareness.

Guan Luoyang's gaze deepened, as if he was about to make a move.

Suddenly, a data fluctuation with an extremely wide coverage spread out from the sky of the game world, with numerous sources that could not be traced.

【Ding!

Attention all players in the Urban Zone!

The city-wide main storyline quests are about to begin, offering generous rewards. Please participate enthusiastically.

The first step of this mission is to find six chosen ones...

Guan Luoyang raised his head and pointed with his finger.

Guan Luoyang's true form in the real world suddenly opened his eyes, and a colorless divine light emanated from him, causing the entire manor to become blurry and distorted in an instant.

The profound and hidden power of the Heavenly Demon Vacuum wove together a vast amount of data, which floated and flowed like a mighty river, gathering from all directions, causing the plants and trees throughout the manor to sway and the fountains to tilt.

Until all the data flooded into that small gaming helmet.

[...The first step of this mission is to find six chosen ones...]

In the game world, Guan Luoyang lightly swiped his finger, then with a horizontal stroke and a hook, carved out a new character shape.

None of the players in the urban area noticed that the slight pause was noticeable. By the time they received the mission information, the text on the mission panel had undergone subtle changes that the players were unaware of.

The first step of this mission is to find the seven chosen ones.

Players are encouraged to choose which faction to join. Players who choose a faction within ten days in the game world will receive priority access to the second phase of the mission information.

Common characteristics of chosen ones: extraordinary individuals in an ordinary world, at the center of a vortex of undercurrents of change, the central hub of a group of people with special traits, and absolute authorities in a single field.

The mission has begun, players, let's get moving!

"This is... the fifth major main storyline in the Promised Land?!"

In a corner of the city, someone stood up in disbelief in a bar.

Someone looked up from the pile of blueprints and, together with their companion, exclaimed excitedly, "We've finally waited for this!"

"I heard that the rewards for the first four main quests were much more generous than the previous ones. The reward for the fourth quest could even be said to have directly led to the creation of the now-famous Titan Heavy Industries in the real world, which now has six Level 7 psionicists who can, when necessary, display Level 8 psionic waveforms through enhancement."

"It's a shame we missed it! This time it's the urban area's turn, we absolutely can't miss it!!"

The urban player community was in an uproar.

(End of this chapter)