Counterattack System appeared when I'm already At The Mahayana Realm

Chapter 577: Chapter 576: First Kill

Nitrates meticulously recorded the process of making buns and felt very rewarded.

“No wonder they’re so delicious. They use a locally unique seasoning that can’t be found anywhere else.”

It’s an honor to follow Jiang the Human Emperor. Not only do I get to learn how to make buns, but I also plan to show off this skill in the Sky Mechanism Tower when I return.

The method of making these buns isn’t even recorded in Sky Mechanism Tower; it’s extremely precious.

Wait, does this have anything to do with Jiang the Human Emperor?

Nitrates thought for a moment, then wrote: Jiang the Human Emperor emphasizes the protection of local resources by promoting consumer demand through consumption.

When Nitrates noticed that Jiang Li, after wiping his mouth, put some change on the table and prepared to leave, he quickly said his goodbyes to the shop owner and followed suit.

After walking a certain distance, Jiang Li found a shop bustling with customers, with many of them in line and chatting with friends.

Jiang Li looked up and saw the name of the shop—Holographic Projector Rental House.

Finding it interesting, Jiang Li also started to queue and chatted with the person in front about the Holographic Projector Rental House.

“Holographic projectors are so expensive—we can’t afford them. I’ve seen a fellow disciple play with one, and it looked really fun. They treated it like a treasure and wouldn’t let me have a go. So when I heard about this place where I could try a holographic projector, I had to come and check it out. It turns out, it is a great spot.”

Through the conversation, Jiang Li learned that such rental services were rapidly spreading throughout Nine Provinces. Some people couldn’t afford to buy the holographic projectors, so they decided to rent them out instead.

However, even if you rent one and play for a while, you’ll still be automatically logged out eventually.

Nitrates had heard the disciples from Sky Mechanism Tower talk about this place, but had never experienced a holographic projector himself.

“Usually, there aren’t this many people here. The main reason for the crowd today is the release of a new VR simulation game by the Ming Zhong World known as ‘Ten Thousand Realms’. The game is extremely popular among both Nine Provinces residents and the people of Ming Zhong World. In ‘Ten Thousand Realms’, you start at the Qi Cultivation stage and travel through numerous worlds, constantly cultivating and upgrading your realm until ultimately defeating the demon king and saving all realms.”

“I heard that Ming Zhong World has specifically collected a great deal of data from high-ranking cultivators in Nine Provinces to ensure a perfect replication within the game!”

“But even though the game is fun, there’s a clear distinction among the player ranks.”

“Players can essentially be categorized into two groups: regular users that started playing after the game’s official release and another group who started during the testing phase. Not only did they retain their levels, but they also got a head start as high-level cultivators!”

Obviously, the game’s cultivation speed can’t match that of reality. Otherwise, players would age and die before even reaching the Golden Core or Nascent Soul stage.

The purpose of this game developed by Ming Zhong World is to familiarize people with the process of cultivation, not to scare them away from it.

This has, however, led to great imbalance within the game.

“Fortunately, those beta test players don’t affect us much. I heard they’re currently trying to find hidden enemies and achieve the honor of first kill.”

Jiang Li thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, “Do people whose data was collected count as beta test players?”

“I guess… yes.”

“So, you’re saying people whose data was collected will retain their previous levels when playing this game?”

“In theory, yes, but those whose data were collected are all powerful cultivators at the Body Integration Realm or even the Transcendence Tribulation Stage. Why would they play this game?” The person in front of Jiang Li thought his hypothesis was implausible.

Nitrates wrote: Jiang the Human Emperor supports the development of emerging industries and has high hopes for them.

Soon, a group of people was forced offline, and those in line took their places, putting on the holographic projectors. Jiang Li was one of them.

…

“Hold on everyone! We’ll meet the Dark Heavenly Immortal soon!” A group of beta test players checked their guide step by step, trying to find the way to activate the Dark Heavenly Immortal.

They believed that as long as the Dark Heavenly Immortal had a health bar, regardless of its level, they could defeat it!

The honor of first kill and a vast amount of experience—all these drew their attention.

“World Stone, Nine Provinces Spring, Mirror of Crying and Laughing Sky… Eight rare treasures have been gathered. Time, midnight… correct.”

“What we need to do now is put these eight treasures into the eight trigrams positions, and then the Dark Heavenly Immortal will appear.”

“If we hadn’t done the courier task for the Gang Dao Sect, accidentally found the lost scripture of the Buddhists, and discovered the secret realm that’s been hidden for a thousand years, we wouldn’t have found the traces of the Dark Heavenly Immortal.”

“Exactly, knowing about the existence of the Dark Heavenly Immortal and earning twelve hidden titles allowed us to learn the method to summon the Dark Heavenly Immortal.”

“It took us endless trips through countless worlds to gather these eight treasures.”

Everyone felt extremely satisfied reminiscing about their past adventures.

“But we still have no idea what realm this Dark Heavenly Immortal is. The scroll only says that she is female. What if she’s at the Transcendence Tribulation Stage? We’d be doomed.”

“That’s impossible. The current map only extends to the Zombie World, where the strongest enemies are mid-level Body Integration Realm creatures. Transcendence Tribulation-Stage elders haven’t been activated yet.”

“I reckon that this Dark Heavenly Immortal is probably in the late Body Integration Realm.”

“Late Body Integration hmm… That could be a bit challenging. We Divinity Transformation cultivators emptied our potions and used up all our pills just to barely defeat an enemy at the mid-level Body Integration Realm.”

“What’re you afraid of? We have teleportation talismans. If we can’t defeat them, we can always flee. This time, our aim is to figure out the Dark Heavenly Immortal’s attack pattern.”

As the summoning ritual brightened, they held their various weapons high, anxiously watching the summoning procedure.

“Why is it a man? And why’s he with a servant?” Someone exclaimed, greatly disappointed by the appearance of the Dark Heavenly Immortal.

“Check his level.”

They cast a spell to identify his level but received nothing but question marks.

Jiang Li, showing great interest, watched these little guys. After he logged in to the game, it showed that he was a beta test player and his previous level was a Heavenly Immortal.

Although his level was quite low, in this game world, he was an exceptionally high-level existence.

“Everyone, attack!” The team leader issued a probing attack, assuming that they couldn’t see the level due to a system glitch.

Jiang Li had no intention of attacking these little guys, but this account had a passive mechanism. When the level difference was too significant, it ignored defense and forcibly killed the players.

Having the identity of both a beta tester and the Dark Demon King, Jiang Li could use all the skills set by the game company for the Dark Demon King.

Before these beta testers even reacted, they were killed by Jiang Li’s passive skill.

A banner appeared above all players’ heads, accompanied by fireworks: Congratulations to the Dark Heavenly Immortal for achieving First Player Kill.

“…How could such a trashy game be so popular?” Jiang Li wasn’t quite sure what to say.

Nitrates pondered about how to report this. Should he write that Jiang the Human Emperor is warning the youth not to become addicted to holographic projectors?