CH 627

627 Wu Ming’s World

What? Anyone can attempt it without a registration fee? As long as they clear the three levels, they will be rewarded with 100 billion cosmic dollars? The temptation of money was too great. The cosmic citizens of the 34 cosmic sectors in the virtual world went nuts over this.

There were free attempts without any costs, and success meant 100 billion cosmic dollars! Who wouldn’t give it a try?

“Defeating Wu Ming results in a reward of ten quadrillion cosmic dollars! Oh my god, how much is ten quadrillion cosmic dollars?”

“Lord Wu Ming is really rich!”

“Too rich!”

Countless cosmic citizens swarmed in. After entering Wu Ming’s World, they looked at the three rules in the sky.

They were amazed by the prize money.

“Who’s Lord Wu Ming? Why is he so confident? Defeating him means ten quadrillion. How much will he have to pay if dozens of people in the universe defeat him?” Some cosmic citizens didn’t know Wu Ming’s identity, such as a particular fatty.

“You don’t know Lord Wu Ming?” His companion was surprised.

“No, I only know that he’s very rich!” The fatty shook his head.

“Why don’t you check on the virtual world? Lord Wu Ming’s information is everywhere on the Internet! He’s a terrifying figure who became an Origin lifeform in 31 years of cultivating the evolutionary method. He should be in his 700s now, right?”

“Becoming an Origin lifeform in 31 years?” The fatty widened his eyes. “That’s the time for me to play one round of virtual games. What a monster. I’ll give it a try; I love clearing levels.” Then, he headed straight for the nearest mountain.

“I’ll give it a try.”

“I’ll give it a try. It’s free after all.”

Countless cosmic citizens appeared on tall mountains and tried to clear the three levels.

In a private space in Wu Ming’s World, Xu Jingming—who was dressed in a fiery-red robe—sat alone on a chair. As the creator of this virtual world, he had very high authority. He could observe the different game spaces in the 34 cosmic sectors at will.

There’s so many people. Xu Jingming smiled. It was nice for it to be so lively.

Whoosh.

A figure suddenly walked out of the void.

Xu Jingming looked over.

This was Wu Ming’s private space. Only the virtual world officials could enter without his permission.

“Lord Wu Ming,” a gray-robed envoy said with a smile, “I’m AI #3 from the virtual world.”

“Hello.” Xu Jingming nodded.

“Of course. I’m very willing to contribute to the cosmic human race.” Xu Jingming smiled and nodded.

“Thank you, Lord Wu Ming.” The gray-robed envoy bowed again before disappearing.

Xu Jingming took this in. This plan of mine helps me and is beneficial to many Origin lifeforms. Even a livestream… can influence countless cosmic citizens. This is a win-win situation.

It was precisely because it was a win-win situation that all parties took the initiative to participate. Even the officials supported it.

It had to be known that at the cosmic lifeform stage, one aspect was the honing of one’s mind and will, and the other was the pursuit of peak combat techniques.

Videos of apex weaponry techniques were very helpful to cosmic lifeforms. It broadened their horizons.

…

“Senior Brother Wu Ming is really generous. We have to support him.” A group of Origin lifeforms from the Primordial Research Institute arrived at Wu Ming’s World together. They had been having a meal when the issue was brought up, so they decided to come together.

“100 billion for clearing three levels. I wonder how many people he’ll have to pay.”

“That’s the basic reward. If you can last one minute or ten minutes under Senior Brother Wu Ming, the reward will increase exponentially.”

As they chatted and laughed, they ascended the mountain and began attempting the three levels.

Everyone cleared the three levels alone.

The first level was a wolf from Earth. Of course, Xu Jingming had also given this wolf extremely advanced hunting techniques and a powerful body. It was extremely agile, and it had a tough hide and extremely sharp claws.

Humans who cleared the levels were limited to weak physiques. It was extremely difficult to fight it solely with weaponry techniques. Typically, only average peak Lv. 8s could clear the first level.

The second level was a tiger from Earth, which was even more violent and ferocious. A large number of powerhouses were eliminated.

The third level was a panda from Earth; this was a panda that used weapons. When it used dual shields, it possessed a portion of Xu Jingming’s dual shield techniques. It was like a weapon grandmaster.

The difficulty of defeating this panda sharply increased. Few Lv. 8 cosmic lifeforms could do it.

“What?”

“All of us lost?”

The eight Origin lifeforms were a little surprised.

“That ‘panda’ creature was agile and domineering, and its dual shields were used in such an exquisite manner. We can’t win using pure weaponry techniques.”

“Senior Brother Wu Ming is good at dual shield techniques. I feel like that panda has hints of his shield techniques.”

“There’s no hope unless we carefully study weaponry techniques.”

These Origin lifeforms were helpless.

Although they could become Origin lifeforms, they really couldn’t reach the top ten of Battle of the Universe’s Apex in terms of weaponry techniques.

…

On the first day of Wu Ming’s World’s opening, many Lv. 9 Origin lifeforms tried. They didn’t mind if they couldn’t clear the three levels. After all, it wasn’t embarrassing for them to fail the standards Lord Wu Ming had set.

As for Lv. 10 Origin lifeforms, they were much more cautious. As they studied Weapon Tempering and Mind Purification, they also observed the situation in Wu Ming’s World.

These three levels aren’t simple at all. Deputy Dean Redmond was also taking note. Most Origin lifeforms are accumulating scientific knowledge and have long abandoned their weaponry techniques… If one doesn’t spend time cultivating their weaponry techniques again, very few can clear the three levels.

But as long as people put in the effort… With their stronger minds and consciousness than cosmic lifeforms, a greater amount of knowledge, and the Weapon Tempering and Mental Purification techniques Xu Jingming provided, Origin lifeforms can significantly improve their weaponry techniques. When that happens, many will clear the three levels.

The prerequisite for clearing the three levels on a large scale was that Origin lifeforms needed to have gains from weapon tempering.

But Xu Jingming imparted us the knowledge on how to temper the mind with weapons.

It’s too difficult to defeat Xu Jingming and obtain the ten quadrillion, Redmond thought. Perhaps only a cosmic legend has some hope.

Cosmic legends truly grasped high-dimensional powers. Their thoughts, knowledge, and other aspects had undergone a transformation.

In terms of weaponry techniques, one could reach an extremely high level with a little effort.

Of the cosmic human race’s seven cosmic legends, in terms of weapons… Sherwood is ranked first, Redmond thought. I wonder if Sherwood is tempted.

******

There was a wooden boat in a desolate cosmos.

A white-haired youth sat cross-legged at the bow of the ship as he looked ahead calmly.

The boat was adrift on the mighty illusory river. Countless figures in the huge illusory river were like amber. The deeper the river, the darker and harder it was to pry into it.

Many of the amber-like figures were long-dead creatures, including Lunardo and the others.

Although I can swim in the spacetime river, I can’t revive these dead people. The white-haired youth got up and extended his hand, producing a sword.

The sword in his hand flicked.

The sword beam penetrated the layers of spacetime and touched the spacetime river itself. It also stirred up one of the amber figures, but it was as if it was bound by endless restraints. Most of the figure left the lake, but it was still entangled by the water droplets.

The strike stirred the spacetime river, but it failed to completely dislodge the amber figure.

My body is still too weak. I have to raise my entire lifeform to high-dimensional before I can unleash greater strength and pull them out one by one. Only then can I truly carry out resurrection. The white-haired youth’s eyes were deep. It’s said that only high-dimensional lifeforms can revive Origin lifeforms. Even I can’t transcend the restrictions.

Sherwood was one of the seven cosmic legends of the cosmic human race.

He was focused on pursuing the evolutionary path and didn’t want to divert his attention to trivial matters. He would only take action when help was needed at the border of the species wars.

Huh? Sherwood suddenly tapped open the projection, and the illusory river around him disappeared.

A silver-haired woman’s figure appeared on the projection.

“Senior Brother Sherwood,” the silver-haired woman greeted.

“Primordial One,” Sherwood replied with a smile.

This woman wore a gray robe and had silver hair that draped over her shoulders. She looked even more terrifying than Sherwood, and her reputation once matched Redmond’s. However, Redmond later became a cosmic legend, while she had yet to break through.

“Senior Brother Sherwood, there’s been quite a bit of buzz among the cosmic human race recently. Are you aware?” Primordial One glanced at the white-haired youth.

As a peerless genius, Primordial One was still single.

When she was weak, she had met Sherwood. From then on, she didn’t fancy any other man.

“I don’t like joining in the fun,” the white-haired youth said with a smile.

“Have you received Wu Ming’s letter?” Primordial One asked.

“Yeah.” Sherwood nodded. “Weapons temper and purify the mind. It was quite interesting.”

“Senior Brother Sherwood, your insights into spacetime are all in the sword. You are fully capable of fighting Wu Ming with weapons,” Primordial One remarked. “Recently, the Origin lifeforms who cleared the third level were easily defeated by Wu Ming. The gap is too great.”

“The gap is naturally huge.” Sherwood nodded. “Wu Ming was corrupted by Master of the Abyssal Void’s power. The Abyssal Void legacy is the Heart Realm Force path. He uses spearmanship to temper his mind, but he actually uses spearmanship to evolve his Heart Realm. To defeat him, one has to be equally devoted to one’s weapon. At the same time, one has to fuse one’s path into one’s weapon.”

“Senior Brother Sherwood, I think you should be able to defeat him easily,” Primordial One said.

“My heart is devoted to the sword, and my spacetime insights have fused into the sword… I’ll be bullying him if I fight him.” Sherwood shook his head.

“Wu Ming is very extraordinary. Fighting him might be helpful to you,” Primordial One said. She knew that her senior brother was focused on pursuing high-dimensional powers, and she also wanted to help him.

“He’s indeed a very good opponent,” Sherwood commented with a smile. “Let’s wait a hundred years. If nobody from the cosmic human race defeats him in a hundred years, I’ll do something! I’ll also let him experience the taste of failure. Sometimes, failure will help him more after excessive wins.”