“If given a chance to cultivate immortality, how would you choose?”
“This is a 100% immersive cultivation game. Just click the button below to start your cultivation dream.”
Outside a restaurant, Ye Wuyai, who was waiting for his food delivery, sat on his electric scooter, idly scrolling through a certain app.
“A 100% immersive cultivation game? Are advertisements really this brazen now?”
Ye Wuyai scoffed and left a comment in the comment section: “Morons, there’s no game screen, and you still want to scam people?”
He was about to scroll down when he suddenly saw his message get an instant reply.
Immortal: “Game screen is not yet available, spots are limited, first come, first served.”
“Oh, trying to do hunger marketing, I think your brain is full of water.”
Ye Wuyai curled his lip, just as he was about to start ranting, several comments suddenly appeared in the comment section.
Yuexia Guanniao: “All game companies in the world, including the military, are researching holographic simulation technology. If it were truly 100% immersive, it would have caused a global sensation long ago!”
Qin Ershi: “I just clicked in and saw that it even asks for a home address. This is clearly a scam, everyone, don't fall for it!”
Sitting and Waiting to Die: “If it’s truly possible to cultivate immortality, I’m willing to experience a different life.”
Lawyer Han: “According to Article 222 of our country’s Criminal Law, publishing false advertisements constitutes the crime of false advertising. In serious cases, it carries a sentence of up to two years in prison and a fine ranging from 200,000 to 2,000,000.”
“Friends who need legal assistance can click on my homepage and message me privately.”
Wangyin Shaonv: “I’m a university student, don’t try to trick me out of my money.”
Mengzhong Ren: “I’m a cancer patient. The doctor said I won’t live more than a month, so let me help you test the waters.”
...
On Tianxuan Continent, inside a secluded thatched hut in the southern part of Jizhou.
Chu Huaian sat cross-legged on the wooden bed, his eyes fixed on the virtual interface in the void.
On the light blue screen, several large characters were displayed: “Number of Reservations: 1/5, Mission Countdown: Two Days.”
“System, if the number of reservations isn’t met, what will be the penalty?”
Chu Huaian glanced at the bottom right of the interface. Comments occasionally appeared in the comment section. There were thirteen comments, but only one person had made a reservation.
On Chu Huaian’s shoulder stood a small bird resembling a crow, only palm-sized, its figure ethereal, as if composed of countless lines of code.
“If the players don’t reach five within two days, the system will disappear. There will be no penalty.”
“What if it does reach the number?” Chu Huaian continued to press.
“The system will issue mission rewards. The specific rewards will be known to the host once the mission is completed.”
Chu Huaian nodded slightly, exhaled a mouthful of stale air, then pushed open the door and walked out of the hut.
Before him lay a dense forest, and to his right was a cliff. Looking out, a flock of cranes soared tens of thousands of meters high, and in the distant sea of clouds, islands shimmered indistinctly.
Chu Huaian was not from this world. Thirty years ago, he transmigrated to this cultivation world.
At the age of ten, due to his intelligence, he was noticed by an elder of Xuantian Sect and brought into the sect to test his spiritual roots.
The test results surprised everyone. Chu Huaian's talent was a top-grade Lightning Spiritual Root, which shocked the entire sect at the time.
To cultivate Chu Huaian, Xuantian Sect almost exhausted all its resources.
And Chu Huaian did not disappoint the sect. At the age of twenty, he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, and in just five short years, he broke through to the Golden Core Stage, overpowering all the prodigies in southern Jizhou.
For the next two years, Chu Huaian crushed his opponents, challenging geniuses from various sects, his fame soaring, but he also made many enemies.
At that time, Chu Huaian was full of vigor and acted ruthlessly. The geniuses who fought him often ended up dead or injured. Over time, his enemies grew more and more numerous.
Just three years ago, he encountered the most formidable opponent of his life. After more than a dozen exchanges, Chu Huaian had his cultivation crippled by that person. If the Sect Master hadn't appeared in time, he would have died long ago.
He later learned that the person was a prodigy from the top sect in the north.
To save him, Xuantian Sect spared no expense, using countless resources, and finally managed to rescue him, but he became an ordinary person unable to cultivate.
Since then, Chu Huaian drowned his sorrows in alcohol every day, and those former enemies united to besiege Xuantian Sect, forcing the sect to hand over Chu Huaian.
All the elders and the Sect Master vowed to protect Chu Huaian to the death. Six thousand disciples, thirty elders, including the Sect Master, all died in battle.
As the sect was on the verge of destruction, Chu Huaian’s master, the elder who brought him into the sect, risked his life to send him away.
For the past three years, Chu Huaian had been aimless, wandering everywhere, finally living in seclusion in this dilapidated thatched hut.
Just yesterday, he awakened the Player Summoning System, which gave him a glimmer of hope.
Chu Huaian was so excited that he didn't sleep all night. He originally thought the mission would be simple, but he didn't expect the players to be so wary. Even now, only one person has made a reservation.
...
On the other side, at the First People’s Hospital in Kyoto.
Zhao Shijie had just finished chemotherapy and was now lying on the hospital bed, groaning in pain.
This torment had been going on for over a month. The handsome young man, who originally weighed 130 pounds, was now just skin and bones.
Zhao’s mother, seeing her son in such a state, couldn't help but turn her head and cry silently.
“Mom, let’s go home. I don’t want to die in pain,” Zhao Shijie said, his lips trembling, his eyes looking helplessly at his mother.
“Child, you must not have such thoughts. A miracle will definitely happen. Mom is begging you, please cooperate with the treatment, you will definitely get better…”
Zhao’s mother choked back tears, tightly holding his emaciated hands.
“Mom, I know my body. The doctor also said I can only live for one more month. You and Dad should consider having another child. The older one is about to be scrapped.”
“You child, you’re still talking nonsense even like this.” Zhao’s mother broke into a smile through her tears, gently patting Zhao Shijie’s hand: “I’ll go home and make you some soup. Your dad will come to accompany you after he gets off work.”
“Go, go,” Zhao Shijie waved his hand, feigning ease.
As soon as Zhao’s mother left, Zhao Shijie’s entire face became even more contorted due to the pain.
“Excuse me, is this Zhao Shijie’s ward?”
Just then, a delivery man walked in, carrying a black box.
“Yes, that’s me.”
Zhao Shijie looked at the delivery man in confusion. He hadn’t bought anything online for a long time. Where did this delivery come from?
“Please sign here.”
After signing, the delivery man placed the black box by the bed and then left in a hurry.
Zhao Shijie curiously opened the box. Inside was a crystal ring with his name inscribed on it.
“What is this?”
He curiously picked up the crystal ring and tried to put it on his head. It fit perfectly.
Suddenly, many words appeared in his line of sight.
“Welcome, Player 01, to the game interface.”
“This game is a 100% immersive cultivation game. One day in reality equals three days in the game.”
“The sensory experience in the game is the same as in reality. Each player initially has one free resurrection opportunity.”
“For specific game rules, after the player enters the game, ‘Immortal’ will explain them to you.”
“Game start countdown: 48 hours.”
Zhao Shijie suddenly sat up, quickly took off the crystal ring, his face full of disbelief.
“Holy crap! This game is actually real!!”
He pulled out his phone from under his pillow, frantically found the advertisement video, and typed in the comment section:
“Brothers, this game is real! I just received the crystal ring sent by the game company. Damn it, it’s really a 100% immersive cultivation game!”