429: I want to climb mountains using scientific methods.

On a gigantic ladder.

The player “Little Wang Flying Dagger” was wearing a fluorescent green assault jacket and walking as fast as flying.

He had specially devised a way to replicate this outfit; although the effect differed slightly from the fluorescent green on Blue Star, the difference was minimal.

He was very proud of this, as it symbolized his career change.

He was once a Diviner.

A Diviner, so-called, is someone who uses various methods of divination and calculation to obtain information that is difficult for ordinary people to acquire.

Some information pertains to ancient events, others to major events currently unfolding. A skilled Diviner can even predict the future.

He didn't know which minor version update caused it, but the computational power used by the Xuanhuan World seemed to have greatly increased, allowing Cultivators to perform simple calculations on players.

This seemed related to the big data established by the players' behavioral logic, which was then applied to Xuanhuan-style deduction.

In short, what manifested in the game was that the profession of Diviner was highly sought after, as they could accurately calculate information about both natives and players.

However, Little Wang Flying Dagger suffered two major losses in a row.

The first time, he was invited by Yan Xiao to deduce the whereabouts of the Great Jiang Empress.

At that time, the Empress was only in secluded cultivation for a Breakthrough, not a true Nascent Soul.

But at that time, Little Wang Flying Dagger was only at the Immortal Foundation level. Recklessly deducing the half-step Nascent Soul Empress immediately resulted in a backlash, causing him to bleed from all seven orifices and die instantly.

After that, Little Wang Flying Dagger became cautious, daring not to recklessly calculate information about powerful experts, only simple Opportunities.

Later, he survived until the Golden Core, got involved in the struggle for a Fourth-Rank Divine Ability, and gained an advantage through divination.

But during the chaotic melee among players, his divination frequently failed. Players ultimately possessed a certain uniqueness.

In the end, he died instantly and restarted once more, losing a Magic Treasure in the process.

After that, Little Wang Flying Dagger began to reflect:

Does the profession of Diviner really have no future?

He was practically doubting his life.

Governing the heavens and earth, calculating the past and predicting the present, occasionally acting like a riddle-maker and leaving behind prophecies—it seemed like an immortal, mysterious, and unpredictable profession.

How did it end up like this?

Little Wang Flying Dagger reflected for a long time and finally found the answer in countless ancient records:

The profession of Diviner is only suitable for big shots.

Everything in this world, more or less, is connected to some incredible existence.

If you accidentally perform a calculation, calculating superficially won't cause trouble, but it will be meaningless.

If you calculate deeply, it will immediately trigger a backlash, resulting in instant death.

Therefore, the first thing an excellent Diviner must learn is what can be calculated, what cannot be calculated, and how to handle a backlash.

The ultimate outcome is often:

After realizing what cannot be calculated, they immediately change professions.

Because you will find that there is fundamentally nothing you can calculate.

No matter what you calculate, it's always possible to calculate something related to a major figure, leading to a backlash and instant death, without any method to cope.

Anyway, in all the historical records Little Wang Flying Dagger could find, every famous Diviner suddenly died instantly one day.

What kind of game is this?!

Even if players can restart after death, dying instantly every now and then is too bizarre.

Little Wang Flying Dagger could only sadly prepare to change professions. In short, Diviner was definitely unplayable.

He speculated that either, as he thought, the Diviner profession was only suitable for major figures.

Or perhaps he hadn't found the truly awesome Diviner Legacy, which might have a way to perform deductions without alerting major figures and incurring Karma.

But since he couldn't find it, there was no choice but to change professions.

Change to what?

After getting used to the Diviner profession, his thought process leaned toward planning thoroughly before acting.

Asking him to fight on the front lines, or engage in brute force combat with others, was something Little Wang Flying Dagger was unwilling to do.

Similarly, having grown accustomed to finding loopholes through divination, asking him to honestly pursue Artifact Refining or Alchemy was something he was utterly unwilling to do.

So, after much thought, he decided to switch to a pseudo-Diviner.

Instead of using Xuanhuan methods for calculation, he would use scientific, modernized methods for measurement, calculation, research, and summarization... In short, he was going to practice science in the Xuanhuan World.

For instance, regarding the Sacred Emperor Mountain trial, Little Wang Flying Dagger was thinking:

What is the height of this mountain? Where does the gravity come from? How exactly is the trial scope defined?

Is there an area where one can enter the Sacred Emperor Mountain trial range, reach the mountain's true body rather than its phantom, and yet not be subjected to gravity suppression?

Once the idea surfaced, Little Wang Flying Dagger immediately took action.

Although he had restarted, since it was before the Lifespan acceleration feature disappeared, he had already rushed back to the Golden Core Realm.

Given his cultivation Realm, crafting a long ladder several miles in length was not difficult.

He quickly used the ladder to reach Sacred Emperor Mountain and clambered upward, clang, clang, clang.

The first time, after walking about a li along the ladder, he felt an extremely terrifying gravitational pressure that nearly crushed him.

But he wasn't flustered at all. Instead, he started drawing and marking on a map.

He recorded the areas where he felt the pressure, compared them to the areas without pressure, and determined that the ladder should be raised here.

Afterward, he jumped straight down, easily leaving Sacred Emperor Mountain using his Golden Core cultivation base.

Since he hadn't landed within the gravity zone, moving was very convenient.

Next came the second ladder, the third, the fourth... In short, after experimenting with one ladder after another.

Little Wang Flying Dagger had already led the players dozens of miles up.

"I have to say, Sacred Emperor Mountain is bigger than it looks on the outside. Sure enough, the outside is just a phantom, and the inside is the true body."

Little Wang Flying Dagger stepped on the ladder and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Immediately, he laughed triumphantly.

He was about to use a clever trick to successfully reach the end of Sacred Emperor Mountain and obtain the Sacred Emperor Legacy.

He even thought that after obtaining the Legacy, he could go a step further and study the trial area of Sacred Emperor Mountain in more detail, ideally building a model... *Clang!*

Suddenly, Little Wang Flying Dagger hit an invisible barrier.

"Huh?"

Little Wang Flying Dagger frowned, sensing a bad premonition.

He quickly discovered that the area leading to the summit was blocked by a massive, invisible barrier on all sides, making it impossible to Break through from the outside.

After a brief thought, he settled for the next best thing, moving down a bit, intending to step directly into the interior of Sacred Emperor Mountain and then properly complete the final distance.

But... there was also a barrier in the direction of entering the mountain; he couldn't get in at all.

"All of you try it. See if you can enter the mountain in these lower areas. Saving distance is good too."

Little Wang Flying Dagger shouted toward the players following him on the ladder.

The players following him all tried, only to find that they were all blocked by the barrier and couldn't enter.

Little Wang Flying Dagger thought for a moment and said, "Don't panic. After all these years, I don't think the barrier left by the Sacred Emperor will be very strong.

"It should be breakable..."

Before he could finish speaking.

Suddenly, an unprecedented gravitational pressure slammed down, violently pinning him against the ladder.

The other players also suffered the pressure and cried out in alarm.

Little Wang Flying Dagger sensed trouble and was about to say something, but his expression instantly froze.

The stacked ladders he had crafted, for reasons unknown, suddenly twisted and deformed.

They then merged with the mountain body, becoming a part of Sacred Emperor Mountain.

And they were suddenly smashed downward, landing abruptly in an unreasonable, rugged valley crevice, enduring immense gravitational pressure.