【Welcome to the Inner World, Neural Connection Secondary Calibration in Progress…】

【Calibration Completed, Data Reorganization Initiated…】

【Reorganization Successful, Error Correction in Progress…】

【Correction Rate Reached 100%, Recreating Game Menu…】

【Creation Complete, Inner World Character Module Ready, System Limit Adjusted to 30%】

【Good Luck.】

A series of system prompts directly appeared in Feng Bujue's consciousness.

The instant his hearing returned, he heard the sound of his own breathing, which had yet to calm down.

The instant his sense of touch returned, he felt the sensation of a breeze brushing his cheek.

The instant his sense of smell returned, he smelled a faint metallic scent.

The instant his sense of taste returned, he tasted a fishy, sweet taste of blood in his mouth.

And the instant his vision returned, he found bright light stimulating his eyelids, so… he suddenly opened his eyes.

At this moment, the transmission and combination of data fragments had been completed, and Feng Bujue's five senses were gradually restored.

A brand-new world unfolded before his eyes…

This was a blue-gray world. Everything within sight was a metallic substance. Whether observed visually or on a data level, it was impossible to determine the actual size of this space. For example, that expanse of gray-blue in the distance—was it a wall or the ground… it was impossible to tell.

The sky overhead was cyan, without clouds, sun, moon, or stars. The firmament itself emitted a moderate amount of light.

In the sky, a few strands of crimson data streams, as wide as a palm and shaped like ribbons, floated… like rosy clouds, like clouds. Their length could not be estimated; both ends extended into the horizon. They seemed to be a kind of non-physical substance. When observed from different angles, their shapes would change due to the refraction of light.

"Is this the Inner World…" Ruo Yu's voice suddenly rang out, entering Jue-Ge's ears.

Feng Bujue turned his head and found that the other party was standing not far beside him, as if she had just regained consciousness: "Ah… yes." He responded, then asked, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Ruo Yu's demeanor and tone returned to their usual state. "This kind of teleportation doesn't seem to cause any damage."

"Well… that's good…" Feng Bujue said, while summoning the game menu.

The next second, a completely new interface appeared in his consciousness (no longer in front of his eyes).

Although this was his first time opening this interface, the system did not provide detailed explanations of the various details of the new menu. It seemed… it was prepared to let the players figure it out themselves.

"Hmm… the status bar has completely disappeared…" Feng Bujue muttered the first second he saw the new menu, "Is this really a good idea…"

"It's not a big problem." Ruo Yu replied, "Feel it…" After saying this, she paused for a few seconds, then added, "Here, our perception of our own injuries and physical strength has become more detailed. It's basically close to… reality."

"I understand." Feng Bujue nodded. "We now need to rely on our own physical sensations to judge how much survival, stamina, and spiritual energy we have left."

"And those abnormal states as well," Ruo Yu added.

"Ah~" Feng Bujue said, "In other words… fewer restrictions, but also fewer auxiliary functions."

Even Jue-Ge had to admit that some things only become precious after they are lost.

For example, the "100% system limit" of the Surface World. Although players were tightly controlled and subject to various restrictions, the corresponding auxiliary programs also helped them a lot. At least players could intuitively see how much health, stamina, and spiritual energy they had left through numerical values; when they were hit with an abnormal state, they could also immediately see the type of state.

But now… it was basically like the song said—follow your feelings.

When you want to release a skill, you'd better think clearly first and feel it carefully… how much stamina (spiritual energy) you have left. Otherwise, you might "overdraw" and cause very serious consequences.

"Speaking of which… where did that Derivative go?" After a few seconds, Ruo Yu belatedly remembered V1-War God, who was teleported with them, and asked.

"His data properties are very different from ours, so the coordinates he arrives at after teleportation will also be very different from ours," Feng Bujue said. "To give an example, we are like two files that are similar in size, have the same first letter, and are of the same type, while V1-War God is a completely different file from us; when these three files are dragged into the 'Inner World' folder together, the light brain will automatically mix these three with all the original files in the folder, and this involves a sorting problem." He shrugged. "This is a natural law of the binary world. With V1-War God's strength, he can't defy this arrangement, so…" As he said this, he gestured a "flying away" motion with his index finger.

"Okay…" Ruo Yu didn't completely understand what Jue-Ge was saying. Of course, she didn't care about the details. "So… can you tell me now what exactly you are doing?"

"Um… this… where should I start…" Feng Bujue turned his body slightly, lowered his head at an angle, and gently stroked his forehead to the bridge of his nose with his finger. "Let's start with when I saw Zero during the Peak Contest…"

…………

On two separate paths, several minutes later, another place in the Inner World.

Accompanied by a booming sound, a strong figure emitting a white-gold light crashed to the ground.

"Tch… always playing tricks." V1-War God muttered annoyedly as soon as he landed.

Due to exhaustion, he transformed back into his ordinary form almost without hesitation.

"Hoo… oh well." After releasing his limit state, V1 let out a sigh (usually he doesn't need to breathe; if he breathes, it's either to adapt to the new environment or to adjust the density of his body), "If I return to the Inner World, all injuries and restrictions will no longer exist."

Thinking of this, he had already restarted the self-inspection system, and white data streams quickly occupied his giant eye.

Internal data identification:

——Simulating the last normal scan…

——Simulation detection is safe, officially starting the scan…

——Scan completed, unknown faults have been cleared, virus has been isolated…

【Warning, unable to generate an anti-virus program for the invading virus, now enabling permanent isolation strategy, and adding it as the highest risk level】

——Detecting the status of the middle-level firewall…

——Detecting the status of the external firewall…

【Firewall repair rate has reached 100%, stopping the emergency isolation program.】

【The entire system has returned to normal.】

"What a disgrace…" V1-War God's mood did not improve after completing the self-inspection; on the contrary, the hidden anger in his heart was stirred up again. "To be made so miserable by a mere player…" He raised his head and roared, then gritted his teeth and said, "Feng Bujue! I must kill you with my own hands…"

…………

At the same moment, Feng Bujue, who was n kilometers away, finally finished explaining his mess with the Derivatives to Ruo Yu.

Then…

"Achoo!" He sneezed.

"Could you turn your face away when you sneeze?" Ruo Yu said, wiping her face with her hand.

"Eh? Aren't you angry at all?" Feng Bujue laughed.

"I slapped you earlier, so that should be even," Ruo Yu said.

"Ha? That works too?" Feng Bujue replied, "If I had known, I should have gotten closer and sprayed it into your mouth just now."

Jue-Ge's words were just his habitual cheap talk; he never expected…

"Pui." Ruo Yu unexpectedly… spat a mouthful of saliva at his face without warning.

Even more coincidentally… that mouthful of saliva flew right into Jue-Ge's mouth.

"Ugh…" Feng Bujue swallowed it accidentally.

Two seconds later, he shouted, "Hey! What's the meaning of this!"

"I thought about it carefully, and that slap was your own fault," Ruo Yu replied calmly, "So I have to spit in your face to even things out."

"Then you should have spat on my face!" Feng Bujue shouted with wide eyes.

"Sorry, I haven't spat saliva like this before, I can't control it," Ruo Yu said indifferently, "I'll pay attention next time."

Feng Bujue's mouth twitched, and he responded hoarsely, "Well, thanks a lot!"

Rumble—Rumble—

Just as Jue-Ge was complaining, two loud noises suddenly came from afar.

The two immediately straightened their expressions and looked in the direction of the sound.

But they saw…