663: Ordinary people's daily life

Tiannan Star, Kuidou Mountain Range.

Wang Tian, in a mech, squatted in front of a three-meter tall, seven-meter long zombie covered in snow-white fur. With one slash after another, he meticulously cut the zombie, whose fur had turned white and whose flesh had crystallized, into small pieces.

As he cut, he muttered things like, “Such a large mutated zombie, there must be something valuable inside its body.”

When he got bored of cutting, he perked up his ears and began to eavesdrop on the conversation of three mechs nearby, who were gathered in front of an ant nest, pouring cement into it to deal with albino ants.

Actually, it wasn't really eavesdropping.

The others were speaking loudly; the sound was transmitting on its own.

“Have you heard?”

“Heard what?”

“The second Martial Arts Competition is about to begin.”

Hearing the voice from the mech, Wang Tian couldn't help but show a hint of disappointment.

He had thought he might hear some important news or top-secret intelligence.

Even if the news wasn't either of those, hearing some gossip, or even about a widow having an affair, would have been good.

He hadn't expected it to be about the Martial Arts Competition.

The Martial Arts Competition was good, but he was already thirty-five, and his Cultivation was average.

Even if the organization increased the rewards for the Martial Arts Competition winners, it wouldn't be his turn.

‘Before, this world was a world for the rich and powerful, and for ordinary people.’

‘Now, this world is a world for Geniuses and ordinary people.’

‘The territory map is so beautiful, attracting countless heroes to bow down.’

‘Perhaps those who bow down for the territory map are heroes, not roadside weeds like us who would be swept away by the aftershocks in the battles of the strong…’

Amidst his private sorrow, he heard the next words coming from the mech's loudspeaker.

“Didn't General Yang conquer a planet called Azurewave before?”

Seeing the two mechs beside him nod, the mech that had initiated the topic continued:

“I'm telling you, during that conquest, General Yang not only snatched a Wenlan Pavilion from Azurewave but also countless Divine Cultivation Techniques, Heaven And Earth Treasures, and Sharp Weapons from the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty on Azurewave.”

“I know that.”

Seeing the mech beside him pick up the conversation, Wang Tian's heart once again filled with disappointment.

Not only did that person know about it, he did too.

After all, those Divine Cultivation Techniques, like heavenly scriptures, were still available in the virtual world for anyone to browse.

However, Divine Cultivation Techniques were like heavenly scriptures; their comprehension and Cultivation difficulty were extremely high.

They were nothing like the Martial Dao imprints in the territory map, which practically guided people hand-in-hand in their Cultivation.

So, except for a few fools who were extremely eager to Cultivate immortality, most people still preferred to Cultivate Martial Dao.

Especially those Martial Dao Cultivation Techniques created by Yang Dian, reaching the Star-Patrolling Realm, were the choice of 99.99% of Huaxia people.

But besides the Divine Cultivation Techniques that could be copied and pasted?

Heaven And Earth Treasures were supplied in limited quantities to soldiers and students, and Sharp Weapons were considered dangerous. They were either sealed by the organization or by Commander of the Expeditionary Force Yang Dian.

In any case, the benefits wouldn't fall to him.

‘Then again, schools don't restrict student grades.’

‘Should I apply to go to school and compete with students for resources?’

‘But if I really did that, it would seem a bit shameless; the online spit could drown me…’

Lost in thought, Wang Tian searched online for information about adults returning to campus. To his surprise, there really was such a thing.

Huaxia is vast and populous, so naturally, there were people who could put aside their pride and return to school.

However, the Wen Organization had already considered this possibility.

Adults returning to school and age-appropriate children and teenagers enrolling were two different training plans.

In short, one sentence:

Want to go to school and compete with elementary school students for resources? No way!

‘The organization is really thoughtful.’

‘Afraid of people losing face, they even helped sew it back on.’

While he was amusing himself, the person in the trio beside him finished speaking what Wang Tian was thinking.

The person who had first brought up the topic, after the other person finished speaking, said somewhat mysteriously:

“Everyone knows about this. What I'm going to tell you next, you definitely don't know.”

“What is it?”

Not only were the two people beside him curious, but even Wang Tian looked at him.

Li Hua, whose desire to perform was satisfied, put down the cement bucket in his hand and stood up, saying:

“This time's Martial Arts Competition, not only will the top-ranked participants receive rewards.”

“Even those who rank lower, but who have strong ambition and have always sincerely pursued the Martial Dao, may also receive rewards.”

“This reward is the treasures that General Yang obtained from the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty that can increase Cultivation speed.”

“Really?” As soon as Li Hua finished speaking, before the two people beside him could even open their mouths, Wang Tian had already rushed over to the trio:

“Do ordinary people really have a chance to get those treasures?”

Li Hua glanced at Wang Tian:

“This news has been announced on the Wen Organization's official account and the Martial Arts Competition's official account. How could it be false?”

“Are you questioning the organization, or are you questioning General Yang?”

The two people who were pouring cement into the ant nest with Li Hua stood up and punched Li Hua on the shoulder:

“You sly Li Hua, tricking us with news from an official account. I really thought you had connections everywhere and could even know such top-secret information.”

Wang Tian, however, waved his hands repeatedly:

“That's not what I meant.”

“What I mean is, according to the organization's usual practice, isn't it usually to strengthen one group of people first, and then another group, using the strong to lead the weaker?”

“Those favored Geniuses with good Cultivation Aptitude still have a lot of room for improvement, right? Why is it suddenly our turn?”

Li Hua shrugged at the question:

“I don't know about that.”

“Perhaps the organization realized, through the past practices of those financial magnates and tycoons, that the strong leading the weaker is just as unreliable as the rich leading the poor.”

“The strong will hoard all resources and turn them into fuel for their own strength improvement.”

“Just like how the initially rich basically all became capitalists, and trying to pry a few coins out of their pockets to equalize wealth is harder than ascending to heaven.”

“I feel it should be better than before.” Lu Xun, who was also pouring cement into the ant nest with Li Hua, said as he stepped on an ant that had crawled out of some unknown ant hole:

“Before, if those rich people couldn't get by in the country, they could still run abroad to thrive.”

“But now, General Yang dominates the globe and has even created a meditation method like ‘Spark’ that distinguishes loyalty from treachery, so the atmosphere in the country must be better than before.”

Li Hua nodded at the words, then shook his head:

“Forget it, matters related to the nation's foundation are not for ordinary people like us to discuss.”

“It's better if we talk about daily life, how to maximize resource utilization when eating, and how to maximize Cultivation efficiency when Cultivating.”

Saying that, Li Hua looked at the albino mutated zombie lying not far away.

They, the trio, came here to pour cement into an ant nest; did he specifically turn on the mech's voice System to chat just because he was bored?

Wasn't it all to attract Wang Tian's attention so they could 'study' that mutated zombie together?

Now that Wang Tian had come over, he naturally steered the conversation towards the mutated zombie:

“By the way, brother, what's going on with that mutated zombie you killed? Why does its flesh seem to have crystallized?”

As Wang Tian finished speaking, Lu Xun picked up an ant that he had stepped into the ground, crushed it with a “crunch,” and then continued:

“Not only that zombie, but even the ants have crystallized. I hadn't noticed before.”

“Do you think there's some treasure in this place that caused the zombies and animals to mutate?…”