咔咔~

In the empty room, someone turned their neck, emitting a 'kaka' sound: "It's been a long time since I've felt such a weak body..."

Lan Yushu said to himself.

Sealing the Xuankong Mountain and falling into suspended animation didn't mean they placed all their hopes on a few juniors.

At least, Lan Yushu wouldn't!

He had already cultivated to the 'Sitting Forgetting Realm' (zuo wang jing). With a thought, his spirit could wander outside the void, his primordial spirit merging with heaven and earth, becoming one with the Dao, tracing back to the past and comprehending the void dimensions.

By relying on the scattered spiritual energy of the 'Heaven Sealing Talisman' (feng tian lu), even in this spirit-depleted land, he could achieve a certain degree of insight into all things.

However, the consumption was ridiculously high.

Fortunately, in the final moments when his primordial spirit was almost withered, he found a living being in this world.

But to his disappointment, this being also contained not a shred of spiritual energy.

"When merging with heaven and earth, I clearly sensed a wisp of spiritual energy, so why is there not a single trace of it in this person's body?"

With a thought, Lan Yushu scanned the body again, his brow furrowing involuntarily.

If born in a world with spiritual energy, even without spiritual roots, there would still be some spiritual contamination.

Yet, there was none at all.

Moreover, this person's memories contained not a single recollection of ‘heavenly spiritual essence’ (tian ling di jing), even scoffing at it as 'superstition.'

This was somewhat strange...

"You're awake?"

At this moment, someone pushed the door open. It was a burly young man who glanced at the 'dazed' Su Er and said:

"If you're awake, let's go. There are still some necessary things to teach before starting work. Time is tight, don't be spacing out."

Lan Yushu's heart stirred. Without answering, he followed the young man, thinking that understanding this world might depend on this.

This world was so strange, he should be cautious for now.

Walking down a long corridor, the two of them entered a spacious hall one after the other.

At this time, many people gathered in the hall, some worried, some excited and yearning, with various emotions.

"All are mortals, not even one with spiritual roots..."

Lan Yushu glanced around and silently sat in a corner.

Before long, a tall, burly man stepped onto the high platform and said loudly: "My name is Feng Zhong, and I'm responsible for your induction training!"

Feng Zhong's voice was as loud as a bell, and contained a warning: "Don't bring your tempers from outside to the spaceship, and especially not in front of me!"

Whoosh~

His voice echoed in the empty hall, seemingly with some kind of strange power, causing a shock in the hearts of the newcomers, who tightly closed their mouths, not daring to whisper to each other.

'Spiritual energy?'

Lan Yushu's eyes lit up, and his heart stirred.

Spiritual energy was just a general term.

It included, but was not limited to, types like 'heavenly spirit,' 'earthly essence,' 'spiritual essence of plants and trees,' 'essence of stars,' 'pure yang energy,' and so on.

The aura contained in the man's voice, though seemingly indistinct, clearly contained a faint ‘different kind of spiritual energy.’

But this man had no spiritual roots, so where did he acquire this spiritual energy from?

"Alright, first read the 'Induction Manual.' After half an hour, I will selectively answer your questions. Note, I don't want to hear nonsense."

Feng Zhong waved his hand, and hundreds of booklets 'whooshed' down in the hall. With his wave, they accurately landed in front of everyone, in their hands.

"Though there are differences, it seems to be spiritual energy?"

Lan Yushu was puzzled. If not for the excessive consumption of energy and his caution about unknown experts in this world, he would have already extracted the man's soul.

Suppressing his doubts, he opened the booklet in his hand.

He glanced at it. The contents were quite uninteresting, mostly teaching these mortals how to survive in harsh environments.

What surprised him slightly was something called a 'chip.'

"Is the chip this world's magic treasure..."

Lan Yushu's heart stirred. He had already detected the chip embedded in this body.

This chip was quite strange, with subtle fluctuations that connected to the body's limbs and bones, and even more subtle places.

It absorbed and operated power, constantly modifying the body.

Without making a sound, Lan Yushu flipped through the manual, his heart becoming slightly clearer.

This 'chip' was a 'treasure' developed and created by a man named Su Jie to assist the people of this world in cultivation.

It seemed to have six levels, from low to high.

The lowest was 'Martial Artist' (wuzhe), followed by 'Ghost' (gui), 'Monster' (guai), 'Immortal' (xian), 'God' (shen), and 'Saint' (sheng).

Unfortunately, Su Jie hadn't created this treasure for long. There were few who had implanted 'Immortal' level chips, let alone 'Saint' level.

It seemed that only Su Jie himself had.

What surprised Lan Yushu was the chip's peculiarity.

This 'chip' had no offensive power, no defensive use, could not suppress luck, could not gather spiritual energy, could not replace death to extend life, and could not seek good fortune and avoid disaster.

But the wonderful ways it assisted in cultivation made Lan Yushu's eyes light up.

"Searching and integrating all the information in the world to create the most perfect template to assist in cultivation..."

Lan Yushu's heart was filled with brilliance. The power contained in the chip was insignificant, but the concept was something he had never seen before.

Using people as mirrors allows one to know strengths and weaknesses, and to learn from gains and losses.

With this chip's assistance, it might not be possible to cultivate everyone into a perfect existence like the chip template, but greatly improving the overall strength of cultivators was foreseeable.

The weak could rely on it to continuously improve, while the strong could 'load' stronger templates, step by step, strengthening themselves!

In his opinion, as long as this world had a supreme expert and enough time and resources, it could create countless experts who were perhaps slightly inferior!

This concept was revolutionary for him. He had never thought of this method in his life.

If he could obtain the method of refining this treasure and then use himself as a 'template' to refine a large number of magic treasures to bestow upon his disciples, wouldn't he be able to dominate Xuankong?!

Even, if he used Qin Yu, the peerless demon from the Dragon Erosion World (long shi jie) who was unprecedented and unsurpassed...

Lan Yushu was first a little tempted, then dismissed the idea.

Not to mention that he had no way to search for Qin Yu's information, even if he could, having fallen into this spirit-depleted land, if he couldn't find a truly sourced spiritual energy, he would vanish into thin air before long.

Lan Yushu suppressed his thoughts. Finding spiritual energy was now the top priority. Anything else could be put aside, only this matter was imminent.

However, what he didn't expect was that this clue would come so quickly.

"What questions do you have?"

On the high platform, Feng Zhong crossed his arms and looked indifferently at the tall young man raising his hand in the crowd: "My time is limited, and what I can answer is also very limited."

"Yes, Instructor."

The tall young man took a deep breath and asked: "May I ask, Instructor, how many Dream Ingressors (ru meng zhe) will accompany us on this Mars exploration? How will our safety be guaranteed?"

"Exploring Mars, we might need to call Mr. An to come along to dare say it's absolutely safe."

Feng Zhong sneered, his tone indifferent, but he still answered:

"Don't worry, this time to Mars, not only will Dr. Su Jie accompany you, but there will also be more than twenty Earth Ranking (di bang) experts, and several Heaven Ranking (tian bang) experts will be there to oversee!"

"Heaven Ranking Experts?!"

Despite being warned in advance, the crowd was still momentarily stirred by Feng Zhong's words.

Ten years in the Great Dream, a hundred years in the dream.

Among the tens of millions of Dream Ingressors, Heavenly Human (tian ren) level experts had finally emerged, and not just one, but unlike the Earth Ranking which was known to the public.

Information about Heaven Ranking experts was not known to the masses.

But it was rumored that Heavenly Human level experts were already super experts in the dream world who could fly into the sky and escape into the earth, and destroy stars with a flick of their swords!

You must know that since spiritual rice (ling mi) was introduced and successfully cultivated, the physical strength of many martial artists had greatly improved!

They were able to exert some of their dream power!

"Dream Ingressors? Heaven Ranking Experts?"

Listening to the extremely suppressed whispers around him, Lan Yushu frowned slightly. The memories of this body had almost no impression of these...

"Hmph!"

Feng Zhong snorted coldly, suppressing the commotion in the hall: "From now on, I speak, you listen, if you want to speak, raise your hand!

Those who whisper to each other without permission will bear the consequences!"

True Qi flashed and disappeared, but the swept hall suddenly fell into dead silence, so quiet that a pin could be heard dropping.

"Interstellar development is not something Tengda Company can swallow alone. There are many giants moving at the same time. Great Xuan and the Golden Eagle Country are also making moves, with more than a million people participating, and after that, there will be a second and third batch..."

Feng Zhong glanced at the young man who asked the question: "The risk assessment of various major countries around the world has been done for six or seven years, you won't have thought of more than them."

The young man sat down, and others asked questions about the Mars exploration and chip implantation, and Feng Zhong answered everything he knew.

Lan Yushu sat in the corner, listening quietly, capturing information about this world, especially the so-called 'dream world.'

His heart had waves, but he remained calm, slowly adapting to this weak body.

However, as the induction training neared its end, a middle-aged man's question caused ripples in Lan Yushu's heart again, until his brows furrowed deeply.

"Instructor, is there still a chance for us to become Dream Ingressors?"

It was a short, sturdy middle-aged man who looked at Feng Zhong, obviously with great anticipation.

This question also attracted the attention of everyone in the hall, including Lan Yushu. Everyone looked at Feng Zhong.

"Dream Ingressors..."

Meeting the gazes of hundreds of people, Feng Zhong's eyes moved, and finally he shook his head: "It depends on fate. If you have good fate, there will always be a chance."

The selection of Dream Ingressors had been a research topic for various countries for ten years, but unfortunately, it was still difficult to find a pattern.

If it was about choosing the best of the best, even a talented person like Dr. Su Jie had not been recruited as a Dream Ingressor, which was regretted by many.

"Sigh."

Everyone sighed, but they were not too disappointed, after all, it had been ten years in the Great Dream.

"Wanting to come into contact with the dream world is not difficult..."

Just as everyone was disappointed, they heard another voice. Looking up, they saw that a casually dressed young man had appeared on the high platform at some point.

"Dr. Su?!"

"Dr. Su Jie!"

"Dr. Su has really come!"

Seeing Su Jie, there was a moment of silence in the hall, and then it exploded, as if the clamor was about to break through the hall.

Feng Zhong frowned, but with Su Jie in front, he didn't dare to act on his own. Although he was a Dream Ingressor and could be considered an expert, compared to this Dr. Su, he was worlds apart.

This, was a true epoch-making giant.

Whoosh~

Su Jie pressed his palm lightly, and the clamor in the hall was slowly suppressed. Everyone involuntarily closed their mouths.

Su Jie scanned the hall, his clear eyes carrying a hint of enlightened wisdom:

"Earlier, I heard someone asking how to become a Dream Ingressor, is that right?"