76: Martial arts competition, virtual reality cabin

On September 15th, the first day Chen Qing returned from Qi Ling Star, he cultivated at the Prism headquarters after visiting Yang Chen.

He also had an exclusive office and room as the president there, and the facilities were no worse than the dormitory... September 16th.

On this day, Chen Qing made a rare visit to the general studies classroom.

Since enrolling, he had rarely attended classes.

Martial Dao University was quite liberal in this regard, especially for students like Chen Qing, who had individual teachers; the school almost never forced them to attend general studies.

Recently, with no other pressing matters, everyone mostly discussed two things.

One was the ranking challenge led by Li Cunxu and others, while Chen Qing, who had emerged on the first day of school, was gradually forgotten, as no one had seen him in the subsequent days.

The other matter was the main event starting at the end of the year: the All-Federation Youth Martial Dao Ranking Tournament.

Due to its massive scale and huge number of participants, although the age limit was set at under 20, on the very first day the registration website was launched, a staggering 200,000 people filled out the registration information!

This number was still climbing.

At this moment, before class began, many people in the classroom were discussing this matter...

“Have you heard? The number of participants for this Martial Dao Ranking Tournament is already nearing 500,000!”

“Indeed! I heard the rewards for this Martial Dao tournament are quite generous, and everyone wants a piece of the action!”

“Really? I’ve been Cultivating lately and haven’t paid attention. Does the Federation really have so many Martial Artists under 20?”

“Yes! This ranking tournament only restricts age, not Martial Dao Realm or background, so in addition to university Martial Artists, there’s also a large portion of civilian Martial Artists and military Martial Artists!”

“Well, that makes it a bit troublesome. I was originally planning to sign up, but now it seems my opponents won’t be easy to deal with.”

“Sign up! I heard there are also many non-Martial Artists registering. We are Martial Artists, so why shouldn’t we register?

Moreover, it is said that this is a test by the Federation, and similar competitions are expected to be held in the future.

Let’s just treat this as an experience to prepare for the next time.”

“Hmm, that makes sense.”

...“A rare guest! Chen Qing, you actually have time to come to class?”

Fu Mingyu clicked his tongue, looking at Chen Qing beside him, a bit surprised.

Chen Qing ignored him. This was a general language course, specifically teaching the languages of the myriad worlds, so he definitely had to come.

Fu Mingyu shared his idea and was also there to learn the general language.

However, Chen Qing didn't see anyone else; Tang Wu, Zhao Yuanyue, and the others were nowhere to be seen, and he didn't know what they were doing.

“They’re either Cultivating, challenging the rankings, or doing missions. I heard that Zhao Yuanyue, that woman, went out on a mission and got into a fight with people from other schools. Both sides fought until their clothes were torn, leaving only their bras! It cracked me up!

But she’s really fierce; I heard she put the other person in bed for half a month!”

Chen Qing frowned, was there such a thing?

“What exactly happened? What’s wrong with Zhao Yuanyue?”

“Nothing serious, it’s just that during her mission, she was almost intercepted by someone who had taken the same mission. But Zhao Yuanyue dealt with the target first. The other party was also a female Martial Artist, and a dispute arose between them, which they ultimately resolved through Martial Dao.

Hmph, although I dislike her arrogant demeanor, her character is fine.

She won't cause trouble unless others provoke her.”

Chen Qing nodded. It was good that nothing happened. Zhao Yuanyue was a member of Prism now, and he certainly didn't want his people to get into trouble.

“Let’s not talk about that. About this Martial Dao Ranking Tournament, you told us to participate, but you haven’t been around these past few days, so we couldn’t ask.

How about it, should we sign up first?” Fu Mingyu asked.

Chen Qing listened to the discussions around him, tapping his fingers on the table, and replied, “Registration is definitely necessary, but I’m considering a question: what form does the Federation intend for this competition?”

The number of people this time was too many!

This wasn't like the college entrance exams in his previous life; even if a million people signed up each year, they just needed to be spread out across different cities for the exams.

These millions of people were all Martial Artists!

It was impossible for so many people to gather in one place for unified competitions. How could such a large-scale event be organized?

Seeing his confusion, Fu Mingyu smiled and leaned over, whispering, “You know what, I actually have some news about this!”

He looked a bit shifty, as if it were a big secret he didn't want others to know.

“Hehe, it’s not really a secret. The Federation has never given up on scientific research in recent years, especially research on how to utilize human Mental Energy!

These years, they’ve achieved some results.

I heard from my family that the ability to hold this competition is also thanks to the huge progress in this research!

Virtual reality, have you heard of it?”

Chen Qing’s eyes flickered. Virtual reality, this was a hot topic frequently discussed on various forums in his previous life, mainly in the gaming field!

This technology had tantalized generations, and almost no one didn’t hope to experience a true life simulation game in their lifetime.

This was truly a once-in-a-lifetime series!

He hadn't expected it to be realized in this parallel world where Martial Dao was revered.

However, with the concept of Mental Energy here, it might indeed be much easier to achieve.

“This Martial Dao Tournament will be conducted using virtual reality. All participants, after identity verification, will have the opportunity to connect to the virtual reality network.

My family spent a fortune to buy a connection pod in advance! I went in once, and the sense of reality was almost indistinguishable from the outside world!

If you get injured, the pain sensation will also be synchronized with reality, almost a 100% simulation of reality!”

Chen Qing was surprised; he hadn't expected Fu Mingyu's family to be able to get such a device in advance. It seemed the reputation of the Kyoto Martial Dao family was not for nothing.

“Are there many of these devices then? The Federation has so many people registered; surely they can’t give one device to each person?”

“You’re silly. You don’t need to connect everyone to the virtual network simultaneously; you can connect them in batches.

In each region, some connection pods can be set up in schools or martial arts halls, etc. As long as there are enough people simultaneously connected to pass the preliminary stage, it’s fine!

As for later, when the number of participants decreases, it will be much easier to manage.”

Chen Qing nodded upon hearing this. He was right; as long as there were enough connection pods to get through the preliminary stage, the overall pressure would be greatly reduced. The Federation must have already prepared relevant contingency plans.

Seeing him nod, Fu Mingyu continued, “Hehe, this ranking tournament is no ordinary event. The rewards are generous. The Federation originally didn’t expect so many participants and only prepared rewards for the top 1,000, but I heard that the rewards have been expanded to the top 10,000.

Even those who don’t make it into the top 10,000 will receive a consolation prize.”