“Are you coming?”
Sonia was puzzled and looked at Asho with suspicion.
In the growth journey of artificers, exploring the virtual realm is undoubtedly an important part, and even the most important part.
Most of the adventures, breakthroughs, and promotions in this world happen in the virtual realm, and many artificers spare no effort to explore it.
Compared with the virtual realm, reality is just a stage for artificers to show off in their spare time.
Although the virtual realm is so important, there is still no effective strategy to follow.
Perhaps there is, but Sonia, at her current status, cannot access it.
During her afternoon class, Sonia even asked Professor Teluozan if he had any tips on exploring the virtual realm, but Teluozan shrugged and said he didn’t have any.
“The reason why artificers have equal status is precisely because we are all ignorant in the virtual realm.”
Sonia knew that Professor Teluozan valued her and saw that he was a typical swordsman who despised lying to fool weaklings like her.
Even a three-winged holy domain artificer has no effective strategy, so Sonia has no expectations for the spectators.
“There are dangers in the virtual realm,” Sonia reminded, “if I die here, I’ll need three days to recover.”
Artificers can die in the virtual realm.
The most common way is to drown.
When an artificer wants to explore the deep sea or stay still in the sea, they may be drowned by the sea of knowledge.
Therefore, Sonia was so surprised by the small boat – it meant they were exempt from the risk of drowning.
After an artificer dies in the virtual realm, their soul will suffer great trauma, and the stronger their strength, the heavier the trauma, and the longer the recovery time.
Newbie artificers like Sonia only need three days to recover, while formal silver artificers need at least fifteen days, gold artificers need to be counted in months, and it is said that the recovery time for holy domain and legendary artificers can even be counted in years.
Not being able to explore the virtual realm means a 90% reduction in their growth rate, so artificers have different views on exploring the virtual realm: some are conservative and try to grow steadily, while others like adventure and gamble, winning will get them young models at the club, and losing will make them become young models at the club.
The previous Sonia tended to be adventurous because she had nothing, but now she tends to be cautious – after discovering her sword talent, Professor Teluozan evaluated her as “twenty years of gold is not a problem, forty years is expected to be holy domain.”
In the Starry Kingdom, a two-winged gold artificer is also a significant figure, and it is not a problem to mix as a small nobleman. It can be said that Sonia has achieved her life goal.
If she can be promoted to a three-winged holy domain, she can even establish a family and make a name for herself.
Therefore, Sonia’s small citizen mentality is very normal. She is not unaware that she has a better future, but the embarrassing reality forces her to hold on to what she has.
The world is beautiful and worth fighting for, she can only agree with the second half of the sentence.
But even if she is conservative, Sonia must explore the virtual realm. There is no option to “stay in place.” Countless school teachers, and even Professor Teluozan, have reminded her: never stay in the same place for too long.
No one knows what will happen if they stay in the same place for a long time, but those who enter the virtual realm and stay still soon stop their heartbeat in reality, and even healing artificers cannot save them because their souls are not in their bodies.Therefore, there is a saying that if you stay still in the virtual realm, your body will assume that you are dead and you will die on the spot.
“I heard that the safest way to enter the virtual realm for the first time is to walk towards the shallowest white mist,” Sonia said.
This cannot be considered a strategy, at best it is a small tip summarized by the senior artificers of Jianhua University, and the success rate is less than 60%, with the remaining 40% encountering danger.
But in this completely unknown ocean, a 60% chance is worth a try.
“No, we’re going over there.”
Asho pointed to the place where the white mist was thickest, his gaze unable to penetrate through it, causing a sense of fear. Sonia wanted to say something, but the small boat sailed over on its own, and she immediately shifted her attention. “Can you control this boat? Did you bring this boat?”
“Yeah.”
“Then you lied to me to jump into the sea earlier!?”
Seeing Sonia grip her wooden sword again, Asho quickly explained, “I just discovered that I could control this boat, I really meant it when I asked you to jump into the sea earlier!”
“Really wanted to see me embarrassed?”
“Really wanted to see you wet… hey hey calm down, we have entered an unknown area, and danger could appear at any time!”
The white mist rushed towards them, and the unknown could appear at any time. Sonia could only sit down with indignation.
But as she passed through layer after layer of white mist, she felt something flowing into her body, her consciousness becoming clearer, her skin glowing with a silver light, and a large amount of knowledge about swordsmanship suddenly appeared in her mind.
This is why artificers must explore the virtual realm. As long as they move within the virtual realm, they can automatically obtain knowledge within it and condense their own knowledge into silver artificing.
When a large amount of silver artificing precipitates and condenses, it can form the symbol of the power of a virtual winged artificer: the silver wings!
Sonia suddenly understood why artificers liked to immerse themselves in the virtual realm.
This feeling of gaining knowledge every second and becoming stronger every moment is like stretching the first lazy stretch in the morning.
While Sonia enjoyed the pleasure of knowledge, Asho was like a student who was playing around in class, staring at the map on the screen.
In the center of the map was a small boat, surrounded by eight squares. At this moment, the small boat was entering the square in the upper left corner.
Yes, this is the “Virtual Realm Exploration” mode provided by the game. When Asho moves the boat in the game, the boat in the virtual realm will also move along.
In addition to moving, Asho can also query the information of these eight squares:
“Waste of effort”, “Dead end”, “Waste of effort”, “Waste of effort”, “Waste of effort”, “Worth a visit”, “A little troublesome”, “Better not go.”
Among the eight tips, “Waste of effort” obviously means that there is nothing in the square, “Dead end” is dangerous, Asho cannot guess what “Better not go” means, and “Worth a visit” is obviously a hint given by the game.
Soon, after passing through layers of white mist, a small island shrouded in fog appeared in front of the two of them.
Seeing this scene, Sonia suddenly remembered that the place where the observer conducted the dream trial with her before was exactly the same as the virtual realm, no wonder the observer was so confident, he could use the virtual realm for trials, exploring the virtual realm was naturally a piece of cake!
The boat slowly stopped, and the dense fog suddenly dissipated as the two of them stepped onto the small island, revealing a hunter wearing a wide-brimmed hat and holding a long gun in front of them.
“Seven steps away, the gun is fast.”The hunter raised his gun and aimed at the two people: “Within seven steps, the gun is both accurate and fast!”