Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 1012 - 96: Behind the Scenes
[Alliance Hierarch Additional Update 2/5]
In the deep night on Spirit Phoenix Island, as the "Reincarnation Space" is about to open, Divine Capital has just welcomed its first morning glimmer.
Within Divine Capital, several sects' low-level cultivators have already been messily organized. Among them are miscellaneous sects like the Joyful Union Sect and Big Food Sect, as well as some clever mortals, but more prominently, a small sect named "Heavenly Song Theater Troop."
This sect advocates the philosophy of "life as theater," experiencing the myriad forms of human life through plays, singing of the warmth and cold of human relationships through opera, thus honing a true intent of worldly human dao from within, forging a grand trend of humanity.
When Feng Luoyi initially recruited people to the Divine Capital Special Zone, this small sect was not part of the selection. They were simply too marginalized, to the point that Feng Luoyi, the cultivator managing all the Immortal Alliance's information, couldn't recall them without running a search. However, since their cultivation method was also somewhat related to human dao, they took the initiative to apply during Divine Capital's expansion.
The reason they congregated was due to a peculiar directive. Allegedly, the Immortal Alliance, to address the growing mental and cultural needs of Divine Capital people's lives, is attempting to design a super-large new entertainment format. And these individuals were all summoned to conduct the first phase of planning.
The invisible mind network suddenly manifested some form, rainbow lights inexplicably appeared above these people, then special talismans condensed and fell onto the participants' foreheads. These runes pulled all participants' thoughts into an illusion realm.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Wanfa Sect Grandmaster Liu Yi idly flipped through the roster of these cultivators, and commented to Divine Capital Guardian Zhuang Xuelin, "I have some doubts about whether those actors can fulfill Wang Qi's requirements."
Wang Qi had been discussing his "special requirements" for a long time.
Zhuang Xuelin nodded in confusion, "Maybe... maybe... probably can?"
He, being skilled in the affairs of life beings, had little understanding of the acting business.
Liu Yi was also perplexed, not comprehending what Wang Qi meant with his last message, asking for "actors" and that they must "act real."
It's somewhat lamentable that the performing arts in this world are not as developed as on Earth. When it comes to opera, though the variety, repertoire, and artistic achievements of this world far exceed Earth's, the seventh art—cinema, and the eighth art—television are heavily reliant on technology. However, this world's Mirage Game-like arts that depend on illusion techniques require no actors and rely entirely on artists' imagination.
Ultimately, this world has no concept of the distinction between "stage performance" and "film and television acting."
Wang Qi is well aware of all this. He never really held expectations in this regard.
It only remains to hope that the Suggestion Technique from Yangshen Pavilion is potent enough, enabling those Wang Qi pulled into the "Artificial Reincarnation Space," to independently imagine as realistic a world as possible...
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Meanwhile, in Xinyue to the west of Divine Capital, a group of new disciples at the Immortal Institute were quickly donning special clothing transformed from talismans. It was just dawn, some students were still drowsy, seemingly lacking spirit. However, more showed expressions of excitement.
A boy, about fourteen years old, asked, "With these clothes, can we enter a completely realistic illusion, letting us hone martial arts and spells and accumulate combat experience inside?"
Not every individual is naturally more interested in researching the principles of Heaven and Earth. For most boys, blasting enemies with spells is obviously more appealing than staying in the Empirical Department doing academic research.
Currently, the Immortal Institute still emphasizes theory over combat, as shown by the unified entrance trial scoring system where written tests accounted for sixty percent and martial arts examination for forty. Apart from genius students scoring full marks on the written test and only differing in martial arts examinations, more new disciples focused on the written test.
These boys could be described as having been suppressed for a long time.
"Yes." The responsible Immortal Institute lecturer nodded and solemnly said, "Later, you will be assigned roles by the Heart Demon Mysterious Net. You must handle your roles well and not reveal yourselves, or you'll lose points. Naturally, there will be others to fight with you. Additionally, remember, this is not a game but real combat training; attacks may come at any time, understood?"
"Yes!" The children shouted joyfully in unison, akin to birds freed from a cage, flying homeward to the clear treasure light released by the calculator mirror in the teacher's hand.
This scene simultaneously occurred in the Immortal Institutes at Xinyue, Langde, Leiyang, Lijing, Jiongli, and others.
It is said that this is a new educational plan from the Immortal Alliance, aimed at conducting a practical trial within the Immortal Institutes. Immortal Alliance education emphasizes theory over combat. For many cultivators, spells are a means to verify whether they have grasped a particular theory, not means for fighting. This occasionally leads to situations where Immortal Alliance cultivators embarrass themselves during combat.
Amidst the growing calls for a division between theoretical studies and martial training, the Immortal Alliance proposed the concept of cultivating warrior cultivators and military cultivators from childhood, thus conducting this endeavor in the ten Immortal Institutes.
This employs the technology Wang Qi stumbled upon a year ago. At the time, he just used real-time simulation, experiencing the feeling of confronting Divine Separation Stage cultivators firsthand as the Yellow Robed King.
The consciousness of these children will enter the virtual battleground through the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, becoming part of the confrontation or assault team, or taking on roles like a guard defending a fortress—as the higher-ups described.
Thousands of consciousnesses linked into the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm through that light.
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In Luochen Sword Palace, a similar event was unfolding. However, the participants here showed no signs of excitement or mission-driven enthusiasm.
And the host here was equally indifferent.
Zhao Xiangshen looked at everyone in silence, finally nodding and saying, "Come... let's put on a good show."
The Nascent Soul Cultivators under him either showed disdain, thinking it was just a farce, or looked astonished, believing the illusion skills of that person were simply unbelievable. But regardless of what they thought, they had to go through with this play.
Because this was the will of the actual master of Luochen Sword Palace, "Mr. Wang"!
All the Primordial Spirit Cultivators simply stuck a talisman on their foreheads and slowly submerged their thoughts to a place deeper than an "idea" but shallower than a "dream."
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Conventional matter cannot reach the realm of light speed. As long as an object has rest mass, then once its speed reaches light speed, its mass would also reach an inconceivable realm.
However, some things without rest mass can easily reach the speed of light.
In the Divine Capital, the Heart Network was dazzling. In the daylight, almost no one noticed a beam of Spirit Light spreading eastward. This Spirit Light manifested after the Heart Demon Curse Power amplified the light energy along its trajectory. This light soon faded out of sight, but it crossed a quarter of the planet's equatorial length at light speed, reaching the location of Spirit Phoenix Island.
The ten Immortal Institutes, their calculators converted the signals of the new disciples' external will into a marvelous state, transforming into binary signals, then through the calculators, entering the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, and transmitted to the Artificial Heavenly Bodies. These Spirit Senses, after passing through several Artificial Heavenly Bodies layer by layer, converged onto a specific Artificial Heavenly Body, finally concentrating and projecting onto an island's surface.
These Spirit Senses, mingled with the consciousness of a group of Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators locally, coexisted on an illusory dimension, eventually creating a tangible illusion.
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Jarvis continually provided mechanical and cold prompts.
Then, the "Reincarnators" casually found by Wang Qi suddenly felt the chaos before their eyes, time transformed, and everything seemed to have multiple shadows. Amidst the layers of dark shadows, a light suddenly appeared, and only then did everyone realize they had switched places again.
Simultaneously, a virtual golden hourglass appeared in front of them.
The cultivators must have understood what this meant.
Countdown.
Xiao Jizong of the Thunder Night Sect cursed out loud, angrily saying, "They even have a countdown..."
This "Reincarnation Team" at this moment found themselves in a stone corridor, up, down, left, and right. There were several rooms on each side of the corridor. Meanwhile, the grand, mysterious voice of the "Reincarnation Realm Master" directly appeared in their minds.
"Mission Background: The City Lord of Luoyan City, Zhang Shisong, in his ambition for the position of Alliance Hierarch of the Immortal Dao Alliance, wantonly refined the secret pill 'Heart Stealing Pill,' successfully controlling the Alliance Hierarch Emperor Taiji. Emperor Taiji's two confidants uncovered the city lord's plot and attempted to kill him, but failed and were instead captured."
"Mission Rules: Severe penalty for harming companions. Due to the task world's lower level compared to the primary world, no special rewards."
"Main Task: Kill the Luoyan City Lord within three days. Success rewards five hundred Reincarnation Points, failure deducts one thousand Reincarnation Points. Points in the negative result in termination!"
"Side Task: Rescue the captured important officials of the Immortal Dao Alliance. Success rewards two hundred fifty Reincarnation Points, failure bears no penalty."
"Divulging the secrets of the Reincarnation World in any form to anyone results in immediate termination."
"The task will commence within Luoyan City in fifteen minutes!"
