Chapter 175: The Seeking Stone and the Void
Chapter 175: The Seeking Stone and the Void
It is. Its the key to another world, said Pei.[notes]
Key to another world? Whatd you mean? Now the other students were really curious, this included Feng Wu. She turned to look at Pei.
He smiled. Do you remember the place we took the last entrance assessment? It was a magical world with all sorts of opportunities and dangers. That world was created by Lord Longze[notes] a thousand years ago. The man was a genius.
When he ascended above he left this mini world, the virtual world, behind. Its held in trust by the school. You can go there to practice your skills. If youre lucky you can even find spells and items that Lord Longze left behind.
The only way to get there is to use the stone. Itll guide you to the entrance, so without one you wont be able to get in.
You wouldnt know this kind of stuff unless you were part of the temple, but Pei had family connections.
You mean that place we visited before wasnt a real world?! Thats crazy; the place was huge! To be able to make such a place, His Excellency Longze is amazing!
Creating worlds was something only gods could do, and yet Longze did it before ascending and becoming a god. How incredibly powerful was he?!
Not quite. The place we were in was just the outskirts of the virtual world, the so-called void boundary. The teachers isolated it from the rest of the virtual world. The world itself is enormous. The boundary cant even compare.
What?! Thats amazing!
Truly, Lord Longze is too powerful.[notes]
When can we go back this void place again?
The school gave Feng Wu the stone, does that mean she can go there to practice?!
Now that they knew what the stone was, the students were ablaze with chatter. Some enviously hated Feng Wu.
Thats right. Students with the stone can enter the void. But the rest of you dont have to worry. As long as you complete the Money Making assignment, as long as you pass, the school will give everyone a junior seeking stone. Its just that the top 50 will get a head start, and their stones are a better quality.
Anyone under 50 can only enter the void part of the virtual world at the end of the second semester. Those with junior stones have a 4 hour virtual world limit, C-level stones have an 8 hour limit, and B-level stones have no limit. There is a issue with that though. B-level stones wont replenish your body. You have to leave the virtual world to take care of your physical body, to eat and drink you know.
Your body will suffer if you stay there too long. There is a sensor that senses when your body is overwhelmed. If the god there detects you dont have enough energy, youll be kicked out.
Pei wanted them to understand so he talked more about the classification system.
If B-level stones are so strong, whats the point of A-level stones? Xi asked.[notes]
Yeah, whats the A-level stones for? They should be even better right?
One by one, the students expressed their curiosity.
Feng Wu listened attentively. The mention of the virtual world reminded her of the librarian.[notes] If she could return there, then did that mean she could see him again?
She liked the old librarian. Hed been kind to her and took good care of her while she was there. She hadnt thought shed ever see him again. That she could made her happy and her lips quirked up in a slight smile.
Having drooled enough over the stone, Ink reluctantly handed it back to Feng Wu.
He answered everyones questions. A-level stones are like B-level stones, you can stay as long as you want in the virtual world. But A-level stones can do something no other stone can do - it can replenish your energy. That means you dont have to exit in order to eat and stuff. A-level holders can stay in the virtual world forever while their bodies lay dormant. But its not a good idea to stay that long though, because you still need to leave so you can move your bones and muscles. I heard one guy stayed in there for a month. By the time he came out he couldnt walk! It took him a week to regain his mobility.
So even if you have the best stone, you cant stay in there forever. Your body will rust from disuse! It was quite an info dump.
You seem to know a lot. Pei didnt mind someone stealing the limelight from him, on the contrary he was curious what kind of influence Ink had. The school prohibited upperclassmen from telling the freshmen too much, so Ink had to get his information from somewhere else.
Did he belong to one of the big families? Lord Longze left the virtual world to the school, but that wasnt to say there was only one entrance. There was more than one way to get in. So aside from students at school, members of the major powers and big families - not to mention various other entities, also cultivated there.
Dont bother guessing. Im just an average kid from an ordinary noble family. Everything I know, I heard from my friend. His family knows some things. If it werent for the fact were all classmates in the Xingguang, I wouldnt have said anything, Ink said.