So... I'm a transmigator....
this world... No, this universe is a strange one. It's a world where cultivation met technology. The technology is too advanced, even for me.
"Congratulations Sect Leader Freilon, You've been given a Hell ranked world."
Ah yes I was studying... No, I graduated from a cultivation university. out of the billions of students, I successfully scored top 1000... just barely. and the price? been given a world to cultivate in. and make a sect there.
And Hell ranked? It means that the world is dangerously dangerous. It's a world categorization, it starts from mortal, sky, heaven/hell, immeasurable. Usually people in top 100 spots will be taken as an inner disciple. The top 1000 will go out of the sect to spread the teaching to the vast universe by creating a sect in the said world.
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"So when are you leaving?"
Matthew Xiang, my best friend since the years in the academy, he's a chubby man... no as he likes to put it, he's in his best form. but don't let his form fool you as he is a top 100 student.
"Now."
"So soon?"
"Yeah."
"Ugh... I'm sorry brother, I can't help you there..."
"It's fine."
"But still ! A hell ranked world, they want to off you so badly, might as well kill you outright!"
"It's fine Matt... We both know it will happen sooner or later."
"... and it's not even your fault..."
"Hey Listen to me Matt, in this life, I will not stay down forever. Take care of yourself Matt."
"*sniff sniff* I will brother Frei."
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During my journey towards the world, I would usually use the University's Long Range Spaceship. It should be taking me straight towards the destination.
But there's nothing I can do now.
As I'm doing a final check, a message in the form of telepathy reaches my mind...
"Are you not saying goodbye?"
"No, it's better this way. we both know it will turn out this way..."
"Hmph! I thought we had something..."
"We had something, you have a future, I don't..."
"I don't care about my future, what about ours? Are all your words lies?"
"... please don't make it harder than it should've been Lu Min, I'm off now, forget about me, and... be happy."
As I sent that message I blocked all other communication attempts. and fires off the engine of my spaceship.
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The sky...no the universe is beautiful. The potential is limitless. I wish I had a cheat though after transmigrating I had to work my ass off even to cultivate, but after finding out I have no talent, I decided to work 10x harder than the rest.
The world is truly unfair in this way. Not wanting any more negative thoughts I fell asleep.
I'm awoken by the spaceship's system... I saw the HUD, it seems that I'm near my destination, as there's only an hour of travel time left.
But somehow I have a bad feeling about this...
then suddenly a villainous voice resounds in the spaceship
"Ah, so here you are. I was wondering why I didn't see you at the graduation party. turns out you are running away like the dog you are."
Ah a pre-recorded massage, I calmed myself, then goes to the hangar to pack my stuff--
"Ah if you're trying to find your belongings, sorry to a bearer of bad news but, I already dumped them all in space when you're sleeping, you see I managed to tamper your ship's respiratory system with a sleeping dragon's sap, and then plot a course into a Triple Hell World. My grievance will be gone with this."
The world ranks are divided by the resources that it produce:
A mortal world: produce an unsatisfactory amount of cultivation resources.
A Sky World : enough cultivation resource to build and grow a sect.
Heaven World : Abundance of cultivation resources.
Hell World : Hazardous world with unknown amount of resource
Immeasurable : Any other world falls into this category.
there's also a rank higher than heaven or hell, usually we call them double heaven or double hell, double doesn't mean it's twice more dangerous, but it means it's 10^2 more dangerous and triple means 10^3 more dangerous....
"!"
THAT BASTARD! It's not enough that he makes my life in the academy a living hell, but even after the academy?
"It's really personal this time, if only you listened to me."
Spare me the villain speech.
"It's too late now, if you're listening to this recording this long, then I guess I'll have to give you a present. well you know what it is, ta tah!"
"a present? what is..."
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*BOOOM*
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[Suitable Host Found...]
[Binding with Host Soul...]
[Soul Damaged...]
[Repairing....]
[Successful!]
[Scanning Environment]
[Updating system information]
[Successful, Evaluation: Excellent]
[Initializing MMO System.]
[0%]
[1%]
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Ugh....
Am I dead again....?
[100%]
[MMO system fully integrated. Welcome Host, let's build the best MMO together!]
"!?"
[Sending Invites to players]
? Is this my cheat? Has my cheat finally activated?
[Executed successfully]
[Currently, host lacks a starting town, please build a town to start operations]
Ugh.... I think I've gone crazy, well surviving a mana orb blast at point blank does do that to people.
[Host is 100% fine, please select a starting location.]
Ugh. there it is again, maybe I'm going crazy, but oh well... this place is as good as any as a starting place right?
I said that but here's a plain field, a completely plain flat field. with only debris of what's left of my spaceship nearby.
[Input accepted, scanning location...]
[Excellent location...]
[Uploading schematic to host...]
Suddenly my mind is barraged with runes, unknown to me, this is... way more advanced than what the university taught us, I can't even understand what it does...
But this... THIS THING IS LEGIT! IS THIS MY CHEAT? YOU'RE THE BEST SYSTEM!
[Compliment detected, thank you host.]
a mechanical voice. but it's my only light on this dark hell level planet...
FINE, let's start!
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It took me the whole day to completely inscribe the runes into the ground, runes are case sensitive, no, it's scale sensitive, if I scribble even a centimeter wrong, it won't work. and the system is not a good teacher... After trial and error I finally figured out what I did wrong! the ground is uneven hence the errors....
[Scanning....]
[Scan Complete]
[Compiling runes ...]
[Success]
[Array is ready to use...]
[Please fill the array with Mana and Ki with a 1:1 ratio, margin of error is 0,05]
Ugh that's a tall order... A dual practitioner is rare, but even rarer is the one who can have perfect control is a naturally tall order. but I'm quite confident with my control... not so much with my capacity.
System, can you give me a heads up display to help me calculate the output.
[Acknowledged.]
[Current output: 0/0]
I tried channeling my Mana to my hand as a test, a small orb of Mana swirls around my left palm.
[100/0]
on my other hand I bring forth my Ki, the familiar warm life force flares in my right palm.
[50.07/49.02 - Acceptable level of control detected.]
Now I'm ready, I hype myself up and placed both my hands to the inscription array.
[Progress : 0 =--------- 100 : 0.05 %]
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My mind is hyper focused right now as I was reading along with what the system displayed.
[Progress : 0 ==-------- 100 : 15.05%]
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How long has it been since I started? I don't know. What I know is I need something to keep me sane. The pain of channeling Mana nonstop is drying up my Mana core, I may need another Mana source at this rate.
[Progress : 0 ====------ 100 : 32.22%]
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I've Long since exhausted my Mana core. Now I'm forcefully draining Mana from my surroundings, the conversion rate is terrible, and the pain it puts my body through....
[Progress : 0 ======---- 100 : 59.22%]
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I've learnt something new, you can actually forcefully convert mana into Ki and vice versa, but the PAIN IT PUTS YOUR BODY THROUGH...
[Progress : 0 =========- 100 : 89.22%]
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[Progress: 100% ]
Well done host.
I wasn't even paying attention anymore, until suddenly in front of me a pagoda came into existence. The unimaginable pressure it gave off, if the university caught wind of this, a battalion would surely come to claim the territory.
It's almost suffocating how pure and dense the energy is here.
[Congratulations to the host for finishing the first step. Now time to greet your new disciples!]
?
Suddenly a burst of light came forth as 100 odd people wearing similar robes ' fell' from the sky.
"Awesome, What's this game? How come 2Gb worth of download is this good?"
"I know right? Must be those Japanese programmers!"
"I bet it's Korean!"
"China's number one on technology!"
Huh? What's this?
"Ah look over there, he must be our master! Disciples greet the master!"
"?"
[Assign mission to players. Available mission:
1. Clear the area.
2. Build basic infrastructure (dorm, blacksmith, alchemy lab, meditating chamber)]
Suddenly memories of players came into my head, it seems that they somehow entered a beta test of the next big game, and only 100 odd people were accepted. They used a special VR gear that reads brainwaves and transmigrated here.
The system explains that if players die they will have their stat reset and respawn here, in the pagoda. What godly system is this!?
"Disciples... Sit down..."
Ugh my Mana hasn't recovered yet and my Soul too... As I was urging them to sit, they did, and what they did next boggles me.
"WOW this grass is so realistic, we're inside some sci-fi shit i'm sure!"
"Yeah it tasted like grass too."
"And even the pain is realistic! they said the pain threshold is 30%. I now know why."
"Listen to me..."
My voice is shaky but now everyone is paying attention to me...
"The path of cultivation... is hard..."
I can see the sparkle in their eyes.
"But it is worth it... Let me show you something..."
I used my mana and made a walking stick out of it.
"Holy shit is that C*njuration?"
"No it's a dimensional storage right?"
"This is a mana construct... It's the most basic spell... I'll teach you... *pukes blood*"
Ugh... It seems my Mana core hasn't recovered yet...
"Damn the writer's sadism, giving us a teacher that's betrayed like that!"
"Oh hush! I'm sure we'll help the teacher get revenge."
[*chater chater*]
[Host only needs to transfer his knowledge to system, the system can help the players learn]
... tell me from the start!
"I'll transfer the basics to your mind..."
"AH!"
"OH!"
"WOW! WITH THIS!"
"HAHAHA LOOK AT WHAT I MADE!" a player waving a flaming sword around is shouting towards the other.
"Heh, noob..." another player is wearing constructed armor, with an iconic cape...
"Thats a S**nt's C***h isn't it!"
"WELL HELLO THERE!" another player made a L***t S***r his id is [Krubera]
"GENERAL KRUBERA!" his friend made 4 arms and 8 L***t S***r
"GUYS! IF YOU EXHAUST YOUR MANA! THE MAXIMUM MANA WILL INCREASE!" another man shouted.
Well he's right, even us cultivators are encouraged to empty out our reserves as soon as we can wield Mana and Ki.
"*cough cough*"
"I gave you your greatest weapon, I shall now give you the method to temper your body..."
I gave them the information about Ki
"HUH? WHAT's This? Stamina Bar? No?"
"No you dimwit, at least read the description! it's Ki!"
"Ah can I do a K******ha?"
"You think too small, I think we can go S***r S***n"
[*chatter chatter*]
Damn they're excited, well I would be too if I'm in their shoes.
"Ah, the cutscene is going to continue!"
[*chatter chatter*]
"Ah and one last thing..."
After calming down I gave them other information about the basics of cultivation but no cultivation techniques.
"FINALLY CULTIVATION! I'm going to be the very best!"
"Ah it's true, but it's only the basic version why?"
"Patience... Disciples... My power is depleted right now... I shall hand craft a cultivation that suits you best... but first I need you to clear the area.."
"Finally! we can kick some ass!"
"Yeah Count me in."
"Mobbing? let's go!"
[*chatter chatter*]
"Then I wish you a good hunt. Per aspera ad astra!"
ah! I forgot, per aspera ad astra, that's our, no humanity's calling.
"PER ASPERA AD ASTRA! THROUGH HARDSHIPS TO THE STARS!"
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