The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

Song Gua now understands why Yue Sheng encouraged him to participate in the Rookie King Challenge.

Winning this competition and becoming a candidate means having the opportunity to become an officially sponsored Transcendent.

But in that case, I'd probably have to serve the Federation, right?

Yue Sheng's starting point was probably the hope that he, a genius from a humble background, could become a member of the Federation, rely on the Federation's support, and thus grow steadily.

But this would mean he would have to risk his life for the Federation, which Song Gua felt was not worth it.

Besides, he had already cleared two illusions. According to Yun Yang, he was already a Transcendent, so he didn't need the Federation to help him anymore.

"Do you know why the Federation values ​​Transcendent Beings so much?"

"Of course it's because those who have transcended to the mortal realm are stronger than ordinary professionals, isn't it?"

"Indeed, becoming a Transcendent One will change your level of life. Your physical body, soul, and consciousness will all be continuously strengthened as your Transcendent Realm improves."

Ultimately, the physical body becomes indestructible, the soul steadfast, the consciousness enduring, and lifespan greatly increased.

However, let's take the power system of professionals as an example.

Becoming a Transcendent One does not directly improve your talents, skills, attributes, or resistances; in other words, your stats remain unchanged.

If the changes brought about by the mortal transformation cannot keep up with your original attributes, you won't even feel the changes in yourself.

Song Gua pondered for a moment.

Is it because your equipment is too good, your growth is too high, and your own attributes are too strong that you can't feel the changes in your transformation?

Yun Yang was also a slow and unhurried person, waiting for Song Gua to absorb this information.

"Then why does the Federation go to such great lengths to find and cultivate those who have transcended mortality?"

"Because, once you become a Transcendent Being, the extraordinary power you possess truly belongs to you."

"What does this mean? Does it mean that our talents, skills, and attributes as professionals don't belong to us?"

"On Earth you are a professional, but once you leave Earth, your data processing power will be greatly weakened. The farther you are, the more it will be weakened. If you enter the territory of other planets, you will lose your data processing ability directly."

"Such a thing exists?"

Even after traveling through time, Song Gua has never found a single record of this.

It's possible that the authorities filtered out this information.

Just like before, they kept the existence of the mutant beasts a secret from the public.

However, upon closer reflection, how often do ordinary people have the opportunity to go to heaven?

And it's even outside Earth's range?

They're not celestial beings.

Yunyang pointed to the rising moon and said.

"Look at that jade plate."

"moon?"

"On our planet's only satellite, the war between the celestial beings, the allied forces, and the dark star has been going on for nearly a century."

Fortunately, the moon is roughly within Earth's sphere of influence. On the moon, professionals' attributes are reduced by half, but they won't lose their professional status.

"A war is being fought on the moon?"

"Indeed, the lunar battlefield is a place of intermittent fighting, a three-way struggle, sometimes a chaotic melee, and sometimes a united front against a third party."

There are also celestial beings and dark star forces on Earth, but they have all infiltrated at great cost, and their main force is on the moon.

Oh, by the way, you should know what I mean by Dark Star, right? The Aberrant Beast King you fought was Dark Star's doing.

"I understand. That's why the Federation values ​​those who have transcended to the mortal realm..."

The battle against external enemies will not take place on Earth.

Therefore, the Federation values ​​those who have transcended the mortal realm.

Only those who have transcended mortality can maintain their combat effectiveness on the lunar battlefield.

Furthermore, becoming a Transcendent is equivalent to opening up another path to becoming stronger. As long as the Transcendent realm is high enough, one will be much stronger than an ordinary professional.

Back when Zhang Beihai was at Yunshan No. 5 Middle School, he said that no matter how powerful a professional is, they are still human, while those who have transcended the ordinary are truly reborn.

It has also been said that the Federation needs those who have transcended the ordinary to accomplish a more noble mission.

In retrospect, what he said was true.

Yunyang added.

"It's not just because Transcendent Beings won't be weakened on the lunar battlefield, but more importantly, they won't be affected by the side effects of the data after becoming Transcendent Beings."

"side effect?"

"As a professional, even if you are completely unharmed, you will die if your health bar is depleted. This problem does not exist for those who have undergone metamorphosis, because they are in a state where source power and external forces are compatible."

"external force?"

Song Gua heard a new term again.

"Have you ever been into the illusion? Even if you haven't, you must have heard of the many kinds of powers within the illusion."

Martial arts, superpowers, spells, martial spirits, cultivation...

Regardless of the form of the power system, it is an external force.

The magical world cannot exist without elemental magic.

The world of cultivation cannot exist without the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

A world of superpowers cannot exist without sources of mutation.

and many more.

You can always find a basis for the existence of external forces; without this basis, external forces will not continue to exist.

Just like our world, one day, games suddenly merged with the world, and everyone became data-driven; this is also a kind of external force.

"The Cleric" is the foundation, and Earth, the "game map," is also the foundation.

Leaving Earth is like leaving a normal game area in a video game, so a professional's abilities will malfunction.

"Do you define these forces as external forces? What's the essential difference between those who transcend mortality and become stronger by acquiring source energy, those who cultivate immortality and become stronger by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and those of us who become stronger by fighting monsters and leveling up? Isn't source energy also a kind of foundation?"

"It is not difficult to see from the illusionary world that external forces in one world will not work in another."

But the source force exists in every world.

For example, if you reach the first or second level of the Transcendent Realm, your Transcendent Realm will not change no matter which world you enter, and the power you deduce through the Source Force will also be retained.

Because the source force originates from the evolution of life, wherever there is life, there is the source force.

Song Gua felt as if smoke was rising from the back of his head.

The group of bandits watching were also scratching their heads in bewilderment.

"Damn, this is so mind-bending. What external force, source force?"

"Oh no, my head is so itchy, I feel like my brain is growing out of it!"

"I understand! Our world is also an illusion!"

"Holy crap, is this some kind of divine intervention??"

Yunyang looked at the bandit who had offered a unique perspective, smiled, and said.

"No, proving whether our world is an illusion is very simple."

"How can you prove it?"

"The source energy in the illusion is the remnant of the original world. The higher-dimensional existence has been destroyed and cannot project 'light' into the surface world. However, 'light' still exists on our planet, so it is not an illusion."

"The resistance has really done a thorough job in this area. I feel like the Federation is not as good as you."

"Well... I can't tell you why."

"Let's talk about where the power of non-professionals comes from."

"You should now refer to non-professional power as 'external force'. What you really want to know is how a person can control other external forces."