Chapter 102: Super Skill [Visualization • True], True Simulation, A Brand New Method of Grinding! (4

Chapter 102: Super Skill [Visualization • True], True Simulation, A Brand New Method of Grinding! (4K)



It was just a single page turn of a book.

Even a one-year-old child could easily do it, yet Xueheng felt as if he had just gone through an extremely arduous battle, exhausted beyond measure.

It had been over a month since he last experienced this feeling. His vast energy was almost completely depleted, and he felt so weary that he wanted to fall asleep immediately.

He covered his head, sat on the ground, and pressed his temples, feeling dizzy and disoriented.

It took a while before he finally recovered.

"I did it... I actually did it..."

Xueheng's eyes shone with disbelief.

"If I tell this to Boss, even she would probably be surprised."

Xueheng stood up and looked at the book that had been turned a page, once again checking to make sure the window was closed and that it wasn't just the wind blowing in that had caused the page to turn.

"This isn't just a simple 'superpower'..."

Xueheng muttered to himself.

Superpowers were not a rarity to him.

Twin Birth and Shadow Flame, these two divine skills were more superpower-like than actual superpowers. If it was just the ability to move objects with his mind, Xueheng wouldn't have felt so elated.

He used his mental power to flip the page, which seemed insignificant on the surface.

But in reality, it represented something far more terrifying.

"This means that my mental power can not only interfere with my own reality but also with the reality beyond myself!"

Xueheng's eyes sparkled with excitement.

"I don't know if anyone else can do this, but it's definitely not a common occurrence. Otherwise, Boss would have mentioned it when we were talking about it the other day."

"Visualization • True,' this 'True' character seems to imply something profound."

Xueheng opened his panel and stared at the newly acquired skill.

"Does everything I imagine, to a certain extent, become 'true'...?"

"If I can interfere with reality beyond myself, what kind of enhancement will I have when interfering with my own reality?"

After deep contemplation, Xueheng suddenly remembered something.

"Oh right, I need to deal with the Hundred Foot Pole."

He looked at the mattress that had been destroyed by his 'Shaking Star Fire.'

The mattress, soaked with his sweat during the Visualization evolution, was a hassle to deal with, so Xueheng had planned to throw it away. Using it to experiment with his newly realized 'Shaking Star Fire' was just making use of waste.

On the mattress lay the Hundred Foot Pole, now a foot taller and with a yellowish bamboo body.

Xueheng walked over and picked it up, examining it.

"Strange, the database didn't show that the Hundred Foot Pole would change like this after use."

Such an obvious change should have been mentioned in the divine artifact's introduction.

But there was no record of the bamboo body turning yellow, and the length should have only increased by a small section, not by such a large amount as it had now...

"Looks like the Board played a part in this... Makes sense, Visualization • True doesn't seem like a skill that could be brought about by a simple mental enhancement... I wonder if I can still use this thing."

Xueheng looked at the Hundred Foot Pole, which seemed to be exuding a drained and listless aura, and felt a bit odd.

According to Ning Yuantai, he had cut in line to obtain the Hundred Foot Pole, so after returning it, the first user would definitely be him.

Hopefully, he would still be able to use it.

"Anyway, I need to take care of this first."

Xueheng extended his palm and formed a knife-chopping posture, channeling his strength as he sliced towards the Hundred Foot Pole.

"Ka—"

The section that had grown on the Hundred Foot Pole was cleanly severed.

Xueheng nodded in satisfaction.

"That should take care of it."

All divine artifacts had side effects, some larger, some smaller.

The Hundred Foot Pole was no exception.

After using the Hundred Foot Pole, if one did not deal with the newly grown section within three days, it would form a 'connection' with the user's body.

At that point, if one were to cut the bamboo section, their body would also be cut.

However, if one cut it off within three days, the bamboo section would be no different from an ordinary bamboo joint.

It was a very minor and easily manageable side effect...

It was just that the first person to trigger and discover this side effect had a rather tragic experience.

After cutting off the bamboo section, Xueheng sat in a chair and rested for a while, feeling his spirits lift considerably.

With the presence of Longevity, his recovery speed was astonishing, and it seemed to be effective for mental exhaustion as well.

"Looks like this 'telekinesis' skill doesn't have much practical use for now. Even turning a single page is tiring."

"Let's see if there are any other applications."

Xueheng thought to himself.

He stood up and walked to the door, reaching out to turn the doorknob.

Unbeknownst to him, a scene from outside the room flashed in his mind.

In the living room, Ning Fengwan had transformed into a cat-eared girl with white shirt and black silk shorts. She lay on the sofa, watching cartoons and reaching for a bag of chips on the table.

Her posture was relaxed, and her shirt was unbuttoned, with the buttons misaligned, revealing a slit of fair skin at the top.

Xuejing opened the door and walked into the living room, only to find the scene exactly as he had imagined it, even down to the creases on Ning Fengwan's clothes.

"This is..."

Xuejing was stunned.

"Psychic projection? Mental scan?"

"No, it's a little different."

He scratched his chin, deep in thought.

Ning Fengwan, seeing Xuejing come out of his room without the green bamboo hat on his head, asked in a sweet and youthful voice:

"Did you succeed?"

As she spoke, she took a chip from the bag and popped it into her mouth.

Her sharp fangs peeked out as her small mouth opened and closed, contrasting with her slender phoenix eyes, giving her a playful yet fierce look.

Xuejing snapped out of his daze and nodded with a smile, "Yes, I did."

Ning Fengwan's face lit up with joy, and she shrunk back into her cat form.

"That's great! I haven't had your cooking for three days!"

To maintain his lazy state, Xuejing had indeed done very little these past three days, including cooking, which had fallen to Cat Cat.

However, having been spoiled by Xuejing's near-level 6 culinary skills, she found her own cooking hard to swallow, if not tasteless.

One or two meals were bearable, but after three days of not tasting Xuejing's cooking, she felt like she was going through withdrawal.

Xuejing sat on the sofa and stroked her cat head affectionately, "Alright, let's have a good lunch today."

Cat Cat stretched lazily, jumped onto Xuejing's lap, and yawned, her eyes slowly closing as she watched the cartoons, about to doze off.

Xuejing gently stroked her fur, his mind wandering back to the 'mental projection' he had just experienced when opening the door.

"It doesn't feel like a mental projection... but a 'true' imagination."

He mused.

"Based on the sounds I heard before opening the door, [Visualization • True] captured the scene outside and projected it into my mind."

"It's essentially an 'imagination', but this imagination is real!"

"Just like how my mental power can interfere with reality beyond myself, this imagination has reached a 'superhuman' level."

"It's not a psychic projection, but the effect is even better!"

With a clear and powerful mental awareness, Xuejing's thoughts flowed unhindered, quickly leading him to the truth.

"If that's the case... this imagination that has reached the realm of truth should be capable of more."

Xuejing thought, closing his eyes gently.

He attempted to create a space in his mind, a space that was solely a product of his imagination.

In his consciousness, countless colorful pixel blocks appeared out of thin air, swirling like a storm.

They interlocked and assembled, gradually forming a scene.

Xuejing chose one of the places he was most familiar with, Qingfu Middle School.

The playground, the teaching building, the classrooms... everything was recreated in perfect detail, indistinguishable from the real Qingfu Middle School.

The scene was complete.

Next up was character data...

Countless pixel blocks formed a tornado, swirling and combining to create a digital version of Xuejing, standing in the playground of Qingfu Middle School.

He looked at his hands, clenching and unclenching his fists. This digital body possessed the exact same data as his real body, with no differences whatsoever.

"Unbelievable... it actually worked."

Xuejing marveled.

"It is said that Nikola Tesla had a peculiar form of obsessive-compulsive disorder that allowed him to conduct scientific experiments purely through his imagination..."

"I don't know if his condition was real, but mine is definitely true."

Xuejing muttered to himself, "Now, for an opponent..."

With a flick of his thoughts, he summoned the data of the cockroach monster he had encountered at Qingfu Middle School, reconstructing it in his mind.

In an instant, a tornado of pixel blocks swirled in front of him, forming a monster with six insect legs and four large, thin wings.

"Interesting..."

Xuejing smiled and beckoned to the cockroach monster.

Seeming to understand the provocation, the monster lowered its body slightly, its mandibles clicking. Bang! The ground exploded as the cockroach charged forward.

And yet, Xuejing was no longer the same as before.

With his top-notch dynamic vision, he clearly captured the cockroach monster's speed and trajectory.

As the monster was about to collide with him, Xuejing slightly shifted his body to the side, allowing the monster to pass by harmlessly.

In that fleeting moment, he threw a punch at the cockroach monster, which was still in its sprinting stance.

His veins bulged and his blood boiled as countless stars seemed to explode, sending a surge of power from his fist into the monster's abdomen.

The two passed by each other, and the cockroach monster came to a halt dozens of meters behind Xuejing.

After a few seconds, its entire body began to tremble, and cracks appeared on its surface along with bumps of varying sizes.

"Kacha!"

Soon after, its body exploded, spraying greenish mucus everywhere.

Without turning back, Xuejing stood tall like a true man who never looks back at explosions.

"Shaking Star Fire is the pinnacle of soft strength, an ultimate defense-breaking technique that spreads from a point to a surface, specifically designed to deal with opponents with tough skin."

"As long as I have a way to target their weaknesses, most opponents are nothing to worry about."

Xuejing felt exhilarated.

"Using [Visualization • True]'s true imagination to simulate a battle in the consciousness space..."

"The possibilities of this new skill are endless; it's like an inexhaustible treasure!"

"Now then..."

With a flick of his thoughts, countless pixel blocks appeared before him, assembling together.

An elderly figure in a wheelchair materialized in front of him.

It was Li Qi, Xuejing's master.

Xuejing was curious about his master's current situation. Although Li Qi often claimed that he was already a cripple, Xuejing didn't quite believe it.

A former top-notch master must still have some formidable tricks up his sleeve.

Xuejing assumed a fighting stance, ready for action.

However, at that moment, 'Li Qi' began to distort like a mosaic, and the pixel blocks that made up his body started falling off like dust.

Soon after, there was a cracking sound, and the figure disintegrated into countless pixel blocks.

"This... insufficient data?"

Xuejing realized the reason for this anomaly.

He had never witnessed Li Qi's true prowess, so the information in his memory was inadequate to calculate and simulate Li Qi's specific data.

"Looks like there are some limitations after all... Makes sense, if there were no restrictions, I would be a true god in the consciousness space... Just the ability to perform experiments without any cost would make me practically invincible."

Xuejing shook his head, not feeling too disappointed.

"Never mind, let's have some fun first."

Xuejing opened his right palm, and countless pixel blocks condensed to form the White Rabbit Knife, which he grasped firmly.

In front of him, six pixel block storms materialized, transforming into six 'Li Chengxuan'.

His pupils were tinged with silver-white, and behind him, black energy flowed from his shadow, coating the White Rabbit Knife with a black film, turning it into a black blade.

"So it's Golden Wind White Rainbow Sword and Four Blades Without a Blade, huh?"

Xuejing charged towards the six Li Chengxuan, brandishing the black White Rabbit Knife.

...

Several minutes later, Xuejing's clothes were in tatters, and his body was covered in deep wounds inflicted by sharp weapons.

The black film had faded from the White Rabbit Knife, revealing the silver-white blade dripping with blood.

All around him lay human body parts of varying sizes.

Limbs and torsos were scattered on the ground, and from a few half-faces, one could barely make out that they belonged to Li Chengxuan.

The silver-white color faded from his pupils, and Xuejing took a deep breath.

"Hiss—"

"Even the pain is simulated..."

With a thought, countless pixel blocks filled in his wounds and clothes, and soon he was restored to his original state.

"Although it hurts, it feels so good..."

Xuejing wore a satisfied expression, as if he had just experienced something intensely pleasurable.

This guilt-free slaughter, realistic enough to satisfy the violent instincts buried deep within human genes, was truly exhilarating.

It felt like playing an extremely realistic VR game, the ultimate dream of all gamers.

"The only problem is... it's too exhausting."

Xuejing shook his dizzy head as he exited the consciousness space and opened his eyes.

He took out his phone and, bearing the feeling of his spirit being drained, checked the time.

Half an hour had passed.

Just half an hour of simulation had left him feeling completely drained.

"Looks like I need to be cautious about using this..."

Xuejing instinctively opened his panel and his pupils contracted.

[You have participated in a simulated battle, close combat experience +118]



[You have participated in a simulated battle, striking experience +138]



[You have participated in a simulated battle, Visualization • True experience +127]



This consciousness simulation...

Holy crap, I can grind for experience!

...

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