When a person is in a high-ranking position, their words carry the law.

Chapter 10 Star Network and Martial Artist Levels

Even though we're still in an era where computers and smartphones are widely used, the martial arts association has already started a virtual network.

No wonder the gaming industry in this world seems to have stagnated, and is even far less developed than in Bai Ze's previous life. It turns out that martial artists can now enter the virtual world.

With this, who would still play games on a computer?

Bai Ze, still looking astonished, lay down in the virtual reality pod as the receptionist explained things, and put on the neural connection device.

"Remember, when choosing internal skills, you can search by tags,"

Zhong Jing instructed, "For example, searching for 'affordable' will allow you to find cultivation techniques that don't require many resources."

The transparent hatch closed slowly, and a gentle voice announced: "Unregistered user detected. Initiating automatic registration."

"Fingerprint information, enter."

"Iris information, enter."

"Face information, enter."

"Body scan...body data, enter."

"Now, please close your eyes."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ze slowly closed his eyes.

"Connection initiated—"

My body suddenly felt light, as if I were flying. Light appeared in my vision, as if I were traveling through it. Then, my vision suddenly changed.

Bai Ze arrived in a vast, white space.

"Registration complete. Citizen Bai Ze. Welcome to become a martial artist. Log in to the Star Network."

A gentle voice rang out, slowly saying, "StarNet login is a projection of consciousness, which does not involve interference with consciousness and cannot touch the thoughts of citizens. Body scans only record physical data, and according to the Secrecy Law, only with the authorization of three or more council members of the Martial Arts Association or the president can one query a martial artist's data information."

"Martial artists can also accept commissions, check mission information, and exchange points for cultivation techniques and resources through the Star Network."

"Citizen Bai Ze, you have one choice of a one-star cultivation technique. You can choose a universal one-star internal cultivation method. Do you want to use it now?"

The so-called universal martial arts techniques are those that the Martial Arts Association has opened up for exchange, and any registered martial artist can exchange them using points.

As for other martial arts techniques, martial artists need to obtain the corresponding permissions.

For example, the Twenty-Four Martial Arts School has its own unique martial arts techniques, and only by becoming a student of the Twenty-Four Martial Arts School can one obtain the right to exchange for these techniques.

There are many powerful techniques among the commonly used cultivation methods, and Dongxia can never have too many martial artists, so there's no need to worry about practicing a weak technique. Furthermore, after entering university, one can switch to another technique without fear of affecting their future.

These were all things that Zhong Jing and Bai Ze had said, and he kept them in mind.

However, Zhong Jing did not elaborate on the star rating system.

"What is a star rating?" Bai Ze asked.

This is also what Zhong Jing said: if you don't understand something, just ask.

Newly registered martial artists can get all the answers on the StarNet. In Zhong Jing's words, the StarNet's introduction to martial arts is definitely more professional than his.

As soon as the words were spoken, lines of text appeared before Bai Ze's eyes, and the gentle voice began to read the contents aloud.

"Star rating is a common term for martial arts realms."

"Due to differences in culture, the terminology used for martial arts also differs. For example, what the people of Dongxia call 'Yuanqi' is known as 'Yuanli' or 'Yuan Neng' in Western countries." "Dongxia adopted the Yuanjie's terminology for martial arts realms, dividing them into three souls and seven spirits, while Western countries use the ten elements of the Kabbalah Tree of Life to divide realms. After the Third Universal Alliance Conference, the names of martial arts realms were standardized, divided into star levels, from one star to ten stars."

"In addition, above the ten-star level, there are Heavenly Gate Warriors and God-Enemy level Warriors who can rival gods."

The division from one to ten is indeed a simple and straightforward one.

But this simple and crude approach is indeed the most universal.

One problem was solved, but at the same time, new problems arose.

"Are there other worlds beyond the Mountain and Sea Realm?" Bai Ze asked.

The phrase "Mountain and Sea Realm" frequently appears in various news reports. For example, Bai Ze previously witnessed the God of War, Pei Dongliu, battling the human god of the Western Alliance in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Although the report was described as news, it was more like a scene from a fantasy novel, but the basic information was still true, such as the God of War encountering a god of the mortal realm in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Having read so much news, Bai Ze thought there was only one world that intersected with his own, and that was the Mountain and Sea Realm.

“The Yuan Realm was the first world to intersect with Earth. The original primordial energy originated from the Yuan Realm, hence the name ‘Yuan’. The Shan Hai Realm was the third world to intersect with Earth, and it is also the world with the most intersecting channels. Because it is inhabited by wild beasts, many of which have characteristics that match the descriptions in the ancient Eastern Xia book ‘Shan Hai Realm’, it is named ‘Shan Hai Realm’.”

"Besides the Yuan Realm and the Mountain and Sea Realm, there are three other worlds: the Spirit Realm, the Wasteland World, and the Mechanical World. There are also some worlds that have not yet had large-scale interactions and have not been named."

"The Spirit Realm is the world where many evil gods reside. The first evil god of this century, the Great Freedom Demon, came from the Spirit Realm. He is also the evil god commonly worshipped by many evil cults, such as the Eastern Great Freedom Demon Cult, the Western Conflict Sect, the Mechanical Monk Cult, and the Great Joy Cult of Japan."

Good heavens! Bai Ze exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

These days, even evil gods know to go international, and they've donned more than one disguise, even starting to operate as cyber cults.

There are at least four sects mentioned, which means that the Great Free Demon has more than four layers of disguise.

No wonder Dongxia has launched three campaigns to eradicate the demons, yet still hasn't completely wiped out the Great Freedom Demon Sect; it seems they have outside help.

Compared to Dongxia, other countries don't have as many restrictions in this regard, especially Xilian and Yingguo. Bai Ze even saw information about the Great Joy Cult while browsing the news online earlier.

That sect is legal in Yingzhou!

After examining the area, Bai Ze noticed numerous flaws and developed a strong desire to investigate.

Indeed, martial artists have a broader perspective than ordinary people, and they can obtain far more information than ordinary people.

However, Bai Ze still remembered his original purpose. Rather than spending time answering various questions, learning the cultivation technique was more important.

Nothing is more captivating than watching melons and internal martial arts techniques.

"Use the right to choose your cultivation method," Bai Ze said.

No sooner had he spoken than StarNet responded.

Suddenly, rows of bookshelves appeared in the white space before my eyes, with all kinds of books arranged in an orderly manner, and even the empty ground under my feet turned into a marble floor.

"The general exercise methods have been listed. You can filter and search for them, and you can read them in print or electronic format."

"Wow, so many!" Bai Ze couldn't help but exclaim.

He frowned and said, "Could you provide a form?"

Then, a window appeared before my eyes, with a scroll bar on the side that was so long it was almost unbelievable.

(End of this chapter)