Text-based martial arts: A nighttime rendezvous with the gang leader's wife in a dilapidated te

Bang bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

Chen Xuan felt as if he had experienced an incredibly realistic dream.

In his dream, he took a stone that he could pick up anywhere on the ground and mechanically smashed it against a wall in a dilapidated temple on a rainy night.

Apart from that, the dream was no different in any other way.

This was also the most boring dream Chen Xuan had ever had.

Fortunately, it didn't seem like long before he wearily opened his eyes.

Chen Xuan shook his incredibly aching arm.

I glanced at the time on my phone and realized I'd slept for about an hour.

Before Chen Xuan could recover from his drowsiness, a burning sensation, almost unbearable, came from his stomach.

hungry!

I'm so hungry!

Why am I so hungry?

Without thinking, he took out a box of instant noodles from under his bed in the dormitory. At this moment, he didn't care about making them, so he tore open the bag and started chewing.

After devouring two large bags of Kangshifu bread, the hunger in my stomach finally subsided a little.

Chen Xuan looked around at everything, somewhat bewildered, then stopped thinking about it and plopped back down on his bed.

He thought of his dream and, somewhat speechless, opened his phone. He realized he had really become obsessed with this little game.

But then again, that dream I just had... was it a little too realistic?

Thinking of this, he subconsciously reached for the mini-game called "Martial Arts" that appeared on his phone's homepage again.

However, just as Chen Xuan was about to point his finger down, he suddenly froze on the bed.

Even the finger that was about to press down suddenly trembled at this moment!

Something is wrong!

Something's not right!

Chen Xuan turned his head sharply, and sure enough, the tablet he used to play games, do boosting, and play with others was lying there quietly.

If he remembered correctly, wasn't he just playing a game on that tablet? How did it end up on his phone now?

He's a very organized person; there are almost no games on this phone.

But now, on that homepage, next to the green bubbles, beneath the image of clashing swords, the blood-red "Martial Arts" stands out so glaringly.

His brow furrowed.

Chen Xuan didn't believe that any game in the world could achieve this.

He thought for a moment, then turned on the tablet again. Sure enough, the tablet's homepage also featured the book "Martial Arts".

Chen Xuan thought for a moment, then turned on his phone and tablet together. Strangely, after he turned on the tablet and placed them both in front of him, the "Martial Arts" app on his phone suddenly disappeared.

When he closed the tablet and opened his phone, the game reappeared on the previously blank home screen, as if by ghost.

"What the hell is this?" Chen Xuan asked, bewildered.

Recalling the dream he had just had, Chen Xuan struggled to get up, using his almost 1000-pound body to move to the computer desk, and turned on the computer. However, just as he was about to start searching for information about the game, he saw...

Sure enough, the familiar icon appeared on the laptop's desktop: "Martial Arts"!

Chen Xuan pursed his lips, did not click on it, but instead opened the browser and started searching.

However, half a day passed, and Chen Xuan did not see any news about "Martial Arts" on any game forum or in any search list.

After all, the game's name is really too common.

The top search results are either novels or pay-to-win web games that are clearly designed to scam money.

This was clearly not what Chen Xuan was looking for.

impossible!

Chen Xuan never considered himself to be anything special, and the game just appeared on the screen so directly, without any warning.

It's impossible for it to be enjoyed by one person alone!

There are plenty of smart people in this world, and Chen Xuan really didn't believe that he was the only one who discovered the strangeness and peculiarity of this game.

As it turned out, Chen Xuan was right.

He searched on various search engines on his computer for a long time, and then, still not believing it, he searched again. Suddenly, on the first page of the search engine, a website that had never appeared before appeared.

This was a website Chen Xuan had never seen before. On the image on this website, there was only a huge character "武" (martial arts).

His certainty stemmed from the extremely simplistic and direct description at the bottom of the webpage:

(Stop scrolling, this is the website you're looking for!)

Chen Xuan blinked, then clicked on the link directly.

No errors, no pop-ups, just an incredibly clean forum. The first thing you see are the few highlighted posts at the top:

[Beginner's Guide, Important Notes, and Best Starting Choices!]

[The third batch of martial arts player qualifications has been issued! The Dragon Kingdom Martial Arts Bureau is recruiting promising new players!]

[The World Society is hiring! Applicants must have a "Yellow" or higher destiny level! Base salary 15,000 RMB + excellent benefits! Employees must be obedient and cooperative.]

[High exchange rate for 'Martial Arts' currency: 1 tael of silver can be exchanged for 10,000 Dragon Kingdom coins.]

Chen Xuan glanced at the headlines and gradually felt calmer.

However, he didn't rush to click on the "Beginner's Guide," which was clearly the most important and attractive to him.

Instead, she continued looking at the ordinary posts below. If it weren't for that strange game, this forum would even seem like just an ordinary game discussion forum:

[This old Feng family questline is disgusting, but thankfully it has basic martial arts skills, otherwise I wouldn't know how to play.]

How do I leave the clan? These clan quests are so damn hard! I really don't know how those guys who had the chance to choose a mysterious background managed to play this game.

[An exclusive interview with the top martial arts master! An interview with the only player to make it onto the Jianghu Monthly Ranking, 'Feng Wuyai'! Why is his mysterious background the most difficult and highest-potential starting identity? And why can only a small number of players choose this role?]

[Entry Requirements for the "Ascending to Heaven" Sect, a prestigious sect in the Lingnan region with a renowned reputation (for reference only)]

[A summary of currently published Jianghu (martial arts world) encounters (including levels)]

[A fixed source of precious potential points! The most important resource to acquire in low-level encounters!]

How much does practical combat experience affect battles?

[Summary of offline training speed...]

[Analysis of the theoretical upper limit and potential of a known unique destiny!]

【…】

A long string of posts filled Chen Xuan's eyes, leaving him momentarily bewildered. Clearly, the content of these posts was like a foreign language to him.

Most importantly, what the hell is all this?

The Dragon Kingdom is officially recruiting? The fate selection I just saw—as long as it's Yellow rank or higher, there's a base salary of 15,000? What about my Earth rank 'Sword Qi Profound'?

Furthermore, one tael of silver equals ten thousand Dragon Kingdom coins? That's utter nonsense.

Before Chen Xuan could react, while he was still staring at these posts in astonishment,

Suddenly, the so-called "Interview with Bai Xiaosheng" in the original ordinary post lit up and moved to the top, becoming one of the pinned posts.

Clearly, this so-called exclusive interview is of extremely high value in this forum and in this game.

Chen Xuan calmly turned his gaze away from the messy posts.

His gaze sharpened at that moment, becoming extremely serious and resolute.

Then, I looked at the first pinned post, "Beginner's Guide".

He knew that he had probably stumbled upon a truly extraordinary game!

The page flickered, and a website offering beginner's guides was opened directly.

The very first paragraph he saw caused Chen Xuan's excitement to plummet to rock bottom:

"New player, welcome to the world of martial arts! If you saw this post before entering the game, congratulations, you have a much higher chance of survival than others."

Note that this applies not only to the game, but also to real-world survival rates...