The Only Player in Infinite Terror

Ling Qi smiled and added, "Of course, that's definitely not enough. So not only Zheng Zha, but also you, Zhan Lan, I recommend that you both exchange for the drug NZT-48 from the Endless Source."

"This medicine will enhance your learning ability, logical thinking ability, and memory. When used in conjunction with the Scholar's Touch Spell Scroll, you can quickly learn the secrets."

"One advantage of the Human Immortal Martial Path is that, as long as resources are sufficient, there is not much difficulty in cultivation, at least before the Human Immortal realm, and one can quickly become a Martial Saint."

"What a coincidence! At the main god's place, all kinds of rare and precious cultivation resources, such as Vermilion Fruit, Peaches of Immortality, Ginseng Fruit, and so on, are sold at extremely low prices, practically dirt cheap."

"In addition, we can also get free medicinal herbs such as ginseng with a medicinal age of up to 100 years in our private rooms for supplementation."

"While traditional Chinese martial arts lacks energy circulation, its ability to develop physical potential and elevate the martial arts mindset is unmatched by many A-level enhancements."

"Furthermore, Chinese martial arts and the Immortal Martial Arts can be said to originate from the same source. Both are about developing the life force of qi and blood, and they focus on permanently strengthening physical fitness."

"The best part is that neither Chinese martial arts nor the Immortal Martial Arts belong to the category of energy circulation enhancement, so they will hardly conflict with other enhancements. They are a kind of universal plug-in."

"In addition, internal energy can also be cultivated together with human immortal martial arts and national martial arts."

"Internal energy circulation is closely connected to the origin of life. The stronger the physical fitness, the easier it is to cultivate internal energy and the stronger its effect."

"The combination of human immortal martial arts, traditional Chinese martial arts, and internal energy can complement each other and promote the growth of cultivation realm."

"In addition, in order to improve your utilization rate of this rare treasure, Brother Jie, please spend 300 reward points to exchange for a C-grade Energy Absorption Technique cultivation manual."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jie connected with the main god without hesitation, and instantly a paper book appeared in his hand.

With a thought, Ling Qi summoned the secret technique manual from "Infinite Dawn" into his hand: "This manual has no other effects, but once mastered, it can greatly enhance our energy absorption rate and improve our utilization of rare and precious materials."

"With the Energy Absorption Technique, a single reward point of rare and precious herbs can have the effect of a hundred reward points!"

"As for not having enough time... that's where we need to use a function of the main god, which is to exchange for living days."

"At the main god's place, returning to the previous horror movie doesn't require side quests; every ten reward points can be exchanged for one day of living time."

"To return to the horror movie world and the real world, you need to first spend a D-level side quest to unlock the access, and then exchange it for life days at five times the price—50 reward points for one day."

"So you've discovered it? As long as we have reward points, we can exchange them for time from the previous world to cultivate."

"Do you remember what I said about the difficulty rating before? The strength we cultivate ourselves will not be included in the difficulty rating by the main god, nor will it be stripped away or disappear under special circumstances like the enhancements we exchange for."

"Furthermore, there's another advantage to switching to a different manual and practicing on your own: the manual won't disappear, so every new member joining our Central Plains team will have access to practice it!"

"Among us players, we call this the 'self-study style'."

"The combination of human immortal martial arts, national martial arts, and internal strength is simply referred to as human domestic martial arts."

Zheng Zha scratched his head: "Ling Qi, you're really smart. It was definitely the right decision to let you choose the exchange for me."

"If it were me, I definitely wouldn't be able to come up with these operations. I would just keep exchanging things with the main god, and the items I exchanged might not even be worth the price."

"However, I never expected that even after entering the Main God Space, I still couldn't escape studying."

Zhan Lan covered her mouth and laughed: "Zheng Zha, don't pretend to be innocent after getting the benefit. I reckon the other teams don't even have the opportunity to learn and cultivate."

Ling Qi nodded: "Indeed, because under normal circumstances, many things in the God's Exchange List are hidden, and you can't see them at all."

"For example, you can exchange cultivation techniques for secret manuals at a low price. If you don't know that this is possible, the main god won't recommend or show it to you. You'll just have to honestly upgrade and empower yourself at the original price."

"But to be honest, if you can't master the correct learning and cultivation methods like we do, exchanging for secret manuals is not as good as honestly strengthening yourself and receiving the empowerment from the main god."

Zhang Jie gave a thumbs up: "No wonder he's a veteran, that's amazing!"

"I feel like you can't really grasp these things without personally experiencing and trying them hundreds or even thousands of times!"

Ling Qi's lips curled slightly: "Of course, you've only been in the Main God Space for a few years, how can you compare to us players?"

"Moreover, I am standing on the shoulders of giants. Many of the strategies and techniques were discovered and shared by other experienced players."

However, as soon as these words were spoken, the previously enthusiastic atmosphere suddenly turned cold.

Zhan Lan rested her chin on her hand, her eyes glazed over: "It's still hard to imagine. It turns out that our lives were just a game to you."

"Does this mean that my past experiences, my personality, and my thoughts were all designed by the game creators?"

"Could it be that I'm just a computer program created by a super artificial intelligence like Skynet? Everything I am is just information stored on a computer hard drive?"

As a struggling writer, Zhan Lan clearly possesses greater intellectual depth than others.

Zhang Jie lit a cigarette, his eyes gleaming: "Yes, so my tragedy, all my struggles, were just a plot device written by the author?"

He chuckled self-deprecatingly: "To be honest, I never really knew what I was."

"Without a doubt, 'Zhang Jie,' the reincarnator, is already dead, and I am... cough cough!"

At this point, Zhang Jie suddenly started bleeding from all seven orifices, and his whole body began to tremble violently as if he had been electrocuted or was having an epileptic seizure.

"Brother Jie! What's wrong?" Zheng Zha was startled and quickly helped Zhang Jie up.

"Fuck your mother, God!" Zhang Jie spat out blood and viciously gave the big ball of light above his head the middle finger.

"Cough cough... I'm fine, this is a restriction imposed on me by the God of God." Zhang Jie coughed for a while.

"In short, I've been wondering before whether I'm a human being or a fake created to inherit 'Zhang Jie's' memories."

"But when Ling Qi said that we were all just characters in a game, I suddenly understood and felt relieved."

"So what if I am a created being? On a higher narrative level, who in this world wasn't created?"

"Even the supreme gods were created, weren't they?"

"So, I think... I am a person, and my name is Zhang Jie!"

"Perhaps that's why, after being injected with the T-virus stock solution, I regained the feeling of unlocking the gene lock from my memory, and once again unlocked the first-order gene lock."

Zhang Jie grinned.