thefictionvixens Chapter 120: Text with Emotion
Chapter 120: Text with Emotion
"bang bang bang"
Illusory fireworks burst forth in the vision of everyone who was wearing the full set of game equipment (Panlong Set), and the long-awaited Panlong Realm officially went online.
On the second floor of the Soul Guidance Department's teaching building, there is a spacious classroom that has been completely renovated by the academy (actually, it was done by the students).
However, the adjective "spacious" is now a thing of the past. Rooms are now like beehives, divided into small 3x3x5 cubicles.
All the students of the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy's Outer Court were gathered in this large beehive. In their own private cubicles, dressed in full Panlong armor sets, they stood on omnidirectional treadmills, eagerly anticipating witnessing the full panorama of the Panlong Realm.
Verdant green mountains, azure sea, flat and wide plains, rugged and precipitous mountain ranges, and islands like pearls scattered in the ocean.
Looking down from the clouds, Longyou saw a beautiful, yet desolate and dangerous, vast continent.
His vision blurred, and his body seemed to be pulled upwards by an unknown force. Before Long You could react, he found himself standing above the clouds.
Above these clouds, Long You saw other Soul Guidance Department students who had landed in Panlong Realm with him, as well as many Martial Soul Department students he didn't recognize.
Just as Long You was about to approach his familiar senior brother, a familiar pulling sensation, one he had experienced before, came again. This time, Long You entered a pure white space alone.
The jet-black characters, as if each stroke bore dragon patterns, appeared before Long You.
A vast and wondrous world, a world full of opportunities, yet also full of struggles. Perhaps you'll be struggling against other people, against beasts, or perhaps you'll need to contend with the natural environment here.
As a young challenger, in this situation, would you choose to go it alone or trust in the power of a team?
This style?
Long You was a little unsure how to adjust his expression. Although it wasn't exactly childish, playing a new VR virtual game in the Douluo world and encountering a tone of voice common in online novels from his previous life still made Long You feel a bit "awkward," or rather, a strange sense of detachment.
{Young challengers, cherish your time exploring the continent. Often, excessive contemplation won't improve your situation; instead, it will leave you in a precarious position. Give me your answer in the last ten seconds.}
Whether it was psychological or not, compared to the peaceful, even slightly seductive, feeling of the first paragraph, Long You sensed anger in this second paragraph.
"I believe in the power of a team."
Now is not the time to ponder why he can sense different emotions from simple words. As the ten-second countdown rapidly disappeared, Long You dared not let his mind wander any further and shouted out his answer.
Choose your teammates carefully, because you're too slow, so if your chosen teammates don't want to accept you, you'll be alone.
Long You's distraction seemed to have angered the text, and the reappearing text revealed obvious dissatisfaction.
"Beibei, He Caitou, Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao, Song He."
Without losing focus or overthinking, having already considered the possibility of forming teams in the Panlong Realm, Long You recited the team list that had been agreed upon before entering.
The jet-black text disappeared quickly after Long You answered the question, and the pure white space fell into a brief silence.
After glancing around and confirming that there was nothing in the space worth getting close to observe, Long You had no choice but to stand still and wait for the blackness to reappear.
About ten seconds later, the dark black text reappeared in front of Long You, and a strong sense of displeasure filled him once again.
"Consider yourself lucky; your team application has been approved. However, greedy kid, don't think that forming a team guarantees everything will be smooth sailing. Have you heard the saying, 'With great power comes great responsibility'? The more people in your team, and the stronger your team, the greater the dangers you will face."
I hope you can survive the first month.
The jet-black text flashed rapidly and disappeared into the pure white space. Once again, Long You was controlled by that strange pulling sensation. This time, Long You felt that he was moving downwards.
A dull thud echoed as flesh collided with the ground.
Long You, still reeling from the weightlessness, unsurprisingly performed his signature move—landing on his bottom in a "wild goose landing on a sandy beach" style.
A distinct pain shot through him, and Long You couldn't help but groan twice. Before, whether watching fireworks, floating below the clouds to see the panoramic view of the continent, or playing a quiz game in the pure white space he was in, Long You had never felt a particularly clear sense of reality.
However, after experiencing a clear pain along the way, the feeling that made Long You want to move his buttocks but dare not move at all, made Long You certain that this was a game scene that felt 100% simulated.
"Ouch, ouch."
Unsure if his tailbone was still intact, Long You decided to wait. He had already looked around; the surrounding area was just wasteland, with a city in the distance, so judging by the naked eye, it seemed relatively safe.
If my teammates don't come to pick me up, I have to wait until the pain in my tailbone subsides a little before I dare to stand up and walk.
Of course, to prevent any cunning creatures on this vast continent from sneaking in through back doors, Long You immediately equipped himself with the Rhinoceros Plate Armor and Battle Armor.
It wasn't that Long You didn't want to equip other soul tools or take out a detection soul tool to investigate, but the academy had stipulated before entering the Panlong Realm that students could not bring anything except their own bodies when entering the Panlong Realm.
(Items that can be stored inside the body are acceptable, such as: Battle Armor, Yangyan Shenyin Forging Hammer, and Jinlong Carving Knife)
Of course, given that such a regulation is too unfair to students in the Soul Guidance Department, the academy also provides a certain amount of start-up funds to them separately.
According to the academy, the initial funding they provide allows qualified Soul Guidance Department students to create at least five usable Soul Guidance Devices using the power of human cities within the Panlong Realm. (The initial funding varies depending on the student's level.)
Circulating his soul power, Long You created about two hundred milliliters of life-giving water for himself. Being in an unfamiliar place, adjusting his condition was crucial; conserving soul power wasn't something to be done now.
Whether it was psychological or not, Long You felt that he needed to get to the distant city as soon as possible. Only by entering the city could he see his friends and be considered to have entered the safe zone.