73: The fantasy world spread to Qingyang City

Over the next few days, Luo Chen's life was very regular.

The morning was for his own cultivation and the training time for Le Xian (Double-tailed Cat) and Tai Qian (Cloud Whale).

In the afternoon, he would select some of the beasts he had purchased that were currently key to cultivate and train them.

The evening was Luo Chen's study time; either he would learn key points of beast cultivation from Luo Yuheng, or he would conduct research himself, figuring out his own method of cultivating beasts.

Therefore, Luo Chen's daily schedule was packed tight, busy from the moment he opened his eyes until he closed them, busy yet fulfilling.

Under these circumstances, combined with the special attention Luo Chen gave the two little beasts, Luo Chen's overall strength was constantly improving, and even his professional knowledge in beast cultivation was improving rapidly.

If nothing else, at least now, during the Breeder competition, he shouldn't just be limited to demonstrating a beast's evolution.

The Breeder competition would evaluate a Breeder's strength from various dimensions, considering the Breeder's refining of corresponding beast breakthrough potions and the improvement of the beast's own strength.

The improvement of beast strength covered the learning of new Skills, the beast's reaction ability during battles, the improvement of the beast's intelligence, and so on.

Today was July 9th, and the Illusion World that the residents of Qingyang City had been eagerly anticipating had finally arrived in Qingyang City.

Early that morning, Luo Chen could see that the air membrane of Qingyang City had undergone some kind of miraculous change.

The air membrane, which was originally colorless and transparent and could only be noticed by the way it distorted light, now actually had wispy, flocculent substances inside.

Moreover, what was most striking was that the surface of the air membrane had patterns like the veins of blue-green leaves.

It appeared fantastic and mysterious.

Fortunately, soon, every resident of Qingyang City received a message pushed by the City Lord's Mansion on their terminals.

"Qingyang City Lord's Mansion Notice: The city's defensive air membrane has been upgraded. From now on, every Beast Master, regardless of where they are in the city, can enter the Illusion World through meditation. See the attachment for the meditation method. Please also note that entering the Illusion World consumes a certain amount of mental power; please do not enter if your mental power is insufficient. Attachment 1."

Luo Chen opened Attachment 1 and checked the meditation method. It was indeed very simple; one only needed to circulate their mental power according to a specific pattern to enter the Illusion World.

Of course, it was completely different from the last time he participated in the Breeder assessment; back then, no special meditation method was needed, just sitting on a big rock and meditating was enough.

However, they said it was a technology upgrade, so this seemed normal enough.

Luo Chen sat cross-legged on the floor of the cultivation room on the second floor of Chenyang Pet Store, ready to see what was different about this upgraded Illusion World.

He circulated his mental power according to the method in Attachment 1, and Luo Chen had the same feeling as during the previous assessment.

His mental consciousness rose upward continuously, and then, as if touching something, his entire consciousness gradually gathered back.

When Luo Chen opened his eyes, he found himself in a vacant room.

Luo Chen looked around; wasn't this what his shop looked like before the system upgrade?

And even worse, the shop had some furniture back then; now there wasn't even a single piece of furniture—it was truly bare.

Luo Chen opened the window from the second floor and looked out at the street.

It was indeed exactly the same as in reality, even the positions of the streetlights were no different; it was a 100% restoration.

The difference was that there were very few pedestrians on the street now, and the carriages and such that used to be parked everywhere were nowhere to be seen.

He opened the shop door and walked out; the pedestrians on the street were gradually increasing. Looking at their lively appearance, they should be residents of Qingyang City who had entered via the meditation method just like Luo Chen.

However, Luo Chen always felt something was missing, until he saw a [Golden Monkey] squatting on a pedestrian, only then did he realize that most people had not brought their beasts in.

Only a small number of people had beasts accompanying them.

Other residents of Qingyang City also discovered this situation and asked curiously, "How did you bring your beast in?"

The owner of the [Golden Monkey] answered quite honestly, "Ah, I just thought about my Little Gold entering, and that was it. I don't know why it just came in directly."

Is that so? As long as one thinks about their beast, they will come in.

Luo Chen softly called out the nicknames of the two little ones, "Xiao Maoqiu, Xiao Bu Dian."

Then he also outlined their images in his mind.

Luo Chen felt his mental core tremble, and the spiritual bodies of the two little ones appeared beside him.

The two of them, not knowing what the situation was, curiously looked around.

Luo Chen took them back into the shop, ready to study the function of this Illusion World properly.

"Dong dong dong." A rough, onomatopoeic sound that sounded like a human voice simulation rang out.

"Mr. Luo Chen, your Illusion World exclusive intelligent butler. If you have any needs or anything you want to know, you can ask me."

Luo Chen looked at the fist-sized, sound-emitting light orb that had suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Intelligent butler?"

"Yes." The light orb shook up and down, its tone firm, appearing as vivid as if it had life.

Xiao Maoqiu and Xiao Bu Dian both stared cautiously at the light orb that had suddenly appeared in front of them.

With just a command from Luo Chen, the two would launch a thunderous attack.

The word "intelligent" was naturally not unfamiliar to Luo Chen; after all, it was a common term in the technological world of his past life.

However, after coming to this world, this was the first time he had encountered the term.

Perhaps it was because Qingyang City was a small city drifting outside the mainstream, so it didn't know much about certain cutting-edge technologies.

"What can I do in the Illusion World?"

"Detecting that Mr. Luo Chen is a Breeder, you will have two identity permissions in the Illusion World. Including Beast Master permissions and Breeder permissions."

"Beast Master permissions: The Illusion World supports you in conducting simulated battles, meaning you can select a certain beast already recorded in the Illusion World to battle. You can also spar and simulate battles with your friends. Private property is sacred and inviolable; the real estate you own in Qingyang City will also be treated as your private property in the Illusion World, and others cannot break in without permission."

"Breeder permissions: In addition to having all Beast Master permissions, you also have the permission to conduct beast evolution simulations, but using this function requires consuming Merit Points. Additionally, communication between cities in the Illusion World is unrestricted; you can go to any city you want to visit. The network between cities has been connected, and contacts across cities will no longer charge high roaming fees. More services are still under development, so please stay tuned."

Luo Chen scratched his chin, "What are those Merit Points?"

"Merit Points are points awarded for behaviors that contribute to the development of the city you are in, conquering newly discovered secret realms, killing or capturing powerful wild beasts, helping the City Guard improve their strength, saving Huaguo residents, and a series of other actions that contribute to the development of Huaguo. Later, an official exchange library will be launched, where you can use Merit Points to exchange for rare resources or beast cubs inside. In short, there are many ways to obtain Merit Points, but they will all be determined by the Illusion World and will not be subject to human interference. Therefore, there is no need to worry about Merit Points and rewards being misappropriated by private individuals."

The creator of this Illusion World was truly generous; why did it feel like he was arm-wrestling with the aristocratic families who held most of the power in Huaguo?

Luo Chen sighed; no wonder they were a State Elder.

"Then, can I open a shop in this Illusion World?"

"Yes. Individuals or groups who want to open a shop can go to the City Lord's Mansion in each city to purchase a scanner, which can scan and identify the items you want to sell. Then the scanned items will appear in the shop in the Illusion World. However, items sold through the Illusion World will be charged a 0.1% handling fee. Please negotiate the high costs of cross-city transactions between the buyer and the seller."

Luo Chen had originally wanted to open an online shop like in his previous life, but thinking about the exaggerated distances between cities and the shipping costs that might be more expensive than the goods themselves, he instantly felt that an online shop was not a very good idea.

He was already considering measures to go to Middle City to open a shop. After all, as his Rank increased, the Rank of the tasks for selling beasts from the system would also increase.

By then, Qingyang City's purchasing power might not be able to handle too many King Beasts and high-Rank spirit beasts.

This matter still needed to be planned early.

As for this Illusion World, it was nothing more than a 3D version of a network world, with some magical simulation functions added.

Although it carried a bit of fantasy style, for a transmigrator like him, it was still quite easy to accept.

Additionally, a panel appeared in front of him, with an exchange area, a personal bank account area, just like porting all the functions on the terminal up here.

It was convenient and efficient, and the most critical thing was that he didn't have to pay internet fees every month.

It only required consuming a bit of self-recovering mental power when entering the Illusion World; it was a blessing for common people.

Just then, his message interface prompted him that he had received a message.

"Respected Mr. Luo Chen: You have successfully registered for the Youth Breeder Competition. The competition will be held on July 20th, 552 of the New Era. Please go to the City Lord's Mansion to participate at that time. — Qingyang City Lord's Mansion."