Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr "That's true, but compared to modern sci-fi, I like this place better." Ling Lan smiled. The familiar architecture and environment relaxed her body and mind, sweeping away all the fatigue brought on by the high-intensity training over the past few months.
Hearing that Ling Lan liked this place, Little Four's nervousness and worry instantly disappeared. Could this be considered a mistake? At this thought, Little Four felt a little smug. I really am the smartest intelligent lifeform! Even if I accidentally made a mistake, I made it so perfectly!
Putting aside Little Four's rejoicing, Ling Lan took Little Four for a good stroll around the capital. Of course, she only looked and did not buy anything. Firstly, this identity did not have a central bank account linked to it, so there was no way to pay with credits. Although Little Four could handle this, Ling Lan felt that it was better to avoid unnecessary trouble. Most importantly, she was afraid that the central bank would conduct irregular scans — if exposed, it would be troublesome for both her and Little Four.
Secondly, this identity also did not have a secure address. Was she supposed to ask the shop to mail it directly to the Lin family mansion? Then wouldn't it be a waste of effort to come up with this fake identity?
Ling Lan was like a bird that had just been released from prison. No matter what it was, she would look at it with great interest. This time, she was free to go shopping, fulfilling her dream of two lifetimes.
In her past life, she had always been bedridden, dreaming every day of the day that she would have the chance to go out shopping. Unfortunately, in the end, she had never gotten the chance to do so. In this life, she had been confined to her home from birth, and then to the Scout Academy. Although the Scout Academy also had shops in the virtual world, the items inside were very monotonous, only related to learning. In addition, the shops inside were too sci-fi, so Ling Lan did not feel like she was shopping at all.
However, this capital was different. The antique architecture and the decorations of the shops were also very similar to her past life. She instantly felt like she was strolling down the road, and her mood was unbelievably good.
If it weren't for the store's introduction that automatically popped up in front of her every time she entered the store, she would have thought that she was shopping on the street in the real world.
The capital was indeed the capital. Whether it was clothing, food, travel, or accommodation, everything was complete and dazzling. Just as Ling Lan was enjoying the view, the people around her who were also shopping suddenly seemed to have received some kind of message. They stopped in their tracks, their faces filled with excitement. A few of them even let out an uncontrollable cry of surprise.
Very quickly, they changed their original arrangement and rushed towards the same place with tacit understanding.
"What's going on?" Ling Lan was confused when she saw this and quickly asked Little Four.
Without another word, Little Four did a quick search and then said with a face full of surprise, "There's actually a mecha combat tournament here, and it's a J6 challenging a J8. Is this for real?"
Ling Lan, who knew almost nothing about the outside world, was confused. "J6? J8？ What's that? "
Little Four slapped himself on the forehead. Only then did he remember that he had actually forgotten to tell Ling Lan about this, so he gave her a brief rundown of what he knew about mecha combat tournaments.
In the virtual world, this mecha combat tournament that everyone could participate in was actually a type of combat game. As long as a citizen reached the age of 13, they would be able to enter the mecha combat game. Meanwhile, in the Scout Academy, after the age of 13, students would be able to remove the seal on the Scout Academy and enter the real virtual world. In other words, according to the process, Ling Lan would only be able to remove this seal after she turned 13.
No matter what age, newbies who had just entered the game would all be level J0. They would need to learn how to operate mecha and undergo the relevant combat training before they could enter the newbie arena. After obtaining 100 points, they would successfully enter level J1. After accumulating 1000 points, they would enter level J2, and so on. The number of points required to enter level J9 was an astronomical figure.
Little Four told Ling Lan that there were very few mecha operators who had successfully advanced to level J9. In the entire Federation, there were only three to four thousand people who had managed to advance to level J9. Of course, there were those who were one level higher than J9, but these types of people would not appear in this type of mecha combat game. Little Four did not elaborate on this matter in detail; he felt that these matters were still a little too far away for Ling Lan to concern herself with.
"Luckily, I can challenge above my level?" Otherwise, if she had to follow the process and accumulate points bit by bit, who knew how long it would take to enter level J9. Just looking at the countless zeros behind that number made Ling Lan feel a little dizzy.
"But you can, but the requirements for challenging above your level are very high. If you fail, the punishment can make you regret it so much that you want to commit suicide …" Little Four's faint voice told Ling Lan that it was not so easy to take advantage of others.
"Challenging above your level isn't something that can be done just once. You need to defeat a randomly selected high-level opponent three times in a row within three days before you can be considered to have successfully challenged above your level and truly entered the ranks of that level. But if you lose, the points deducted will be absolutely ruthless. For example, that J6 guy might very well be deducted until he drops straight to level J3, or even J2. "Little Four explained the relevant rules and penalties for challenging above your level.
"It's still worth it. Even if he drops to J2 or J3, won't he just have to challenge J7 or J8 three more times to get back up?" said Ling Lan disapprovingly.
"How can it be that simple? A person only has three chances to challenge above their level every year. Unless they win all three times, as long as they lose once, they will have to return to the starting point and start accumulating points again. As everyone knows, points in mecha combat tournaments are extremely difficult to obtain — they need time and competition to accumulate them. More importantly, the so-called challenge above your level is actually only a challenge above your level. In other words, a J2 can only challenge a J4, and a J3 can only challenge a J5 … even if he waits for a year, he still won't be able to return to his original position. Boss, don't you think this kind of challenge above your level is worth it? "
Little Four's words made Ling Lan speechless. "So that's how it is. Then isn't the challenge above your level just a decoration? I reckon that very few people would choose to challenge above their level, right? "It looked like the game designers really hated people taking shortcuts, actually setting up so many restrictions and difficulties.
"Of course. Otherwise, why would the people here be so agitated? Perhaps there are still many challenge above your level in the lower levels, but it's very rare to see a challenge above your level, especially this kind of J6 challenging a J8. It's said that it's a rare sight even in a hundred years. Boss, you're really very lucky." Little Four told Ling Lan the contents of his search, telling her that this mecha combat tournament was really very rare.
"Then let's go take a look." Ling Lan's interest was piqued by Little Four's words, and she followed the crowd towards their destination, a seven-storey pagoda building.
"Hells, I actually have to buy a ticket." Ling Lan was just about to walk through the entrance when a line of words popped up before her eyes, making her very gloomy. It turned out that one had to buy a ticket to enter this place.
This was also Little Four's first time entering a combat stadium to watch a mecha fight, so he didn't know about the existence of a ticket. Hearing Ling Lan's words, he immediately said, "Wait for me." Then, he disappeared.
Ling Lan thought that Little Four would leave for a period of time, but unexpectedly, not even a few seconds later, Little Four came back. Raising a V sign, he said smugly, "Boss, it's all settled."
While Little Four was speaking, another person dressed entirely in a black trench coat was just about to buy the ticket number he liked when he saw a message appear on his communicator. "Sorry, the ticket number you have chosen is not valid. Please choose again."
"Eh? Strange, there's actually someone faster than me? Someone beat me to it … "That person muttered, and could only choose the ticket next to this one. Seeing the words" Purchase Successful "appear, he closed his communicator and walked into the combat stadium.
Little Four was very smug at this moment. He had finally found a chance to show off the abilities of an omnipotent underling in front of Ling Lan. As a god-like existence, it was not difficult for him to escape a ticket.
Uh … that's not right. Little Four was a good boy and wouldn't do anything like escape a ticket. He was just doing her a favour, doing her a favour by showing up.
Ling Lan received Little Four's affirmation and once again walked through the entrance of the combat stadium. This time, the words before her eyes no longer said "You can't enter, you need to buy a ticket." Instead, it said, "Thank you for coming. Your seat number is Section XX, Row XX, Number XX."
Ling Lan sighed once again. Little Four was really very useful. Now, whether it was in the real world or in the virtual world, she could not do without Little Four's help.
Ling Lan stepped through the entrance and felt the scene before her eyes change. Then, she found herself standing at the entrance of some passageway, with rows and rows of seats in front of her.
"Could you please make way?" A cold voice rang out from behind Ling Lan. Ling Lan hurriedly turned around and saw a man in a black trench coat standing behind her. What surprised Ling Lan was that the man's face was completely covered by the large hood of the trench coat, only revealing his lower jaw and two thin, slightly upturned lips.
"Uh … sorry." Ling Lan lowered her head in embarrassment and hurriedly stepped aside to make way. Ling Lan, who had lowered her head, did not let the other party discover her shock. She clenched her fists tightly, chastising herself for being careless.
Just now, Ling Lan had actually not sensed the presence of someone behind her. This was the first time someone had approached her without her noticing. If the other party had intended to sneak up on her with malicious intent, she would definitely have been KO-ed straight away, deader than dead.
Moreover, when she really faced this man, the word 'danger' rose in Ling Lan's heart. This was the first time she had felt danger from someone.
The man did not say anything, only nodding slightly at Ling Lan to express his gratitude. Then, he walked right past Ling Lan and walked out. It looked like he was also one of the audience members watching the fighting competition.
Ling Lan did not immediately follow him out. She was somewhat wary of that man, so she decided that it would be better to keep some distance. The man finally walked far away and his figure could no longer be seen. Right then, she heard Little Four say, "Wow, this guy is a hacker … No, it's very likely that he's the legendary Hollow."
"Little Four, the Hollow you're talking about, is it the existence that can directly wipe out a person's consciousness in the virtual world?"
"Of course. That person's aura is very similar. He belongs to the mental mutation of a hacker's Hollow," Little Four confirmed.
Even in the virtual world, Ling Lan felt cold sweat dripping down her forehead when she heard this. No wonder she had felt that person was very dangerous — it turned out that he was the kind of existence that could silently wipe out a person. Sob sob sob, this virtual world was really dangerous.
Even if Ling Lan could KO thousands of such people in real life, in the virtual world, she had to keep her distance from these people.
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