Devour: Can you also draw entries from clone projection worlds?

Wei Wen sat cross-legged on the bed, staring at the few lines of text on the system panel for a long time.

Wei Wen was very clear about his current position: a senior student, no, he was now a noble prospective martial artist.

But people like that are a dime a dozen in the two martial arts schools. Don't even mention comparing yourself to a genius like Luo Feng; you're miles behind even the students in the training camp.

But you have something others don't: a dictionary system, clone projection...

The ability to project clones into countless worlds holds infinite possibilities.

Others practice for one day at a time, but when you practice for one day, it's like you're practicing in several worlds simultaneously.

Others can only explore one world, but you can explore all worlds.

This advantage is beyond what talent can match, nor can it be caught up by hard work; it's a game-changer.

More importantly, you can still extract terms in the projected world, which is your foundation.

So once he was familiar with the strength he had painstakingly "cultivated," Wei Wen didn't hesitate at all and directly chose to continue projecting his clones into the world of Laughing at the World.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Since projection is possible, it should be done immediately.

While there's still time, while Luo Feng is "dead" and the great chaos on Earth hasn't truly begun, every extra entry we can accumulate and every bit of strength we can increase is a bonus.

As for what identity he will have when projected into the world of Swordsman next time? What kind of situation will he face?

Let's go and see what happens; it can't be worse than the first time.

[Doppelganger projection is activating...]

[True Spirit Differentiation...]

[Projected coordinates confirmed...]

【loading……】

You feel a sudden darkness engulf you, as if you've been pushed off a great height. The wind whistles in your ears, and your body plummets through the air. You've experienced this feeling before, so you don't panic. You simply close your eyes and wait for the moment you hit the ground.

Then, the light came.

The blinding sunlight makes you squint instinctively, the scent of pine and earth fills your nostrils, and the wind rustles in your ears. Beneath your feet lies solid stone slabs, a little cool and damp.

You open your eyes to a familiar side room, a familiar wooden bed, and the familiar pine forest behind the mountain. Even the crack in the window is in the exact same spot.

"This is...they're back again?!"

You paused for a moment, then looked down at your hands. They were still the same hands you'd practiced swordsmanship for nearly five years—large knuckles, calluses on the base of your thumbs. You circulated your energy again, sensing the power within your body. Your internal strength was still there, but it was about ten or twenty percent less than when the projection ended last time.

[You quickly grasped the key point: projecting a clone isn't like saving and loading a game; each projection is a fresh start. Even if you go to the same world and the same body, your previously accumulated cultivation will be diminished. To return to your peak state, you have to start training all over again.]

[However, it's not a big problem. You can practice again if you lose your cultivation level; as long as your foundation is still there, it's fine. Besides, you don't need to start from scratch this time. Your body has already been tempered, and your meridians have been widened, so your recovery will be many times faster than the first time.]

"In this way, even if a projection of a world can only last for a few years at a time, it can be continued at the cost of sacrificing some cultivation."

In the main world, a glint of light flashed in Wei Wen's eyes.

You have vaguely grasped the greatest significance of the existence of these projected worlds: it is not a one-time harvest, but a long-term operation.

The first projection is about establishing roots, the second is about cultivating deeply, and the third, the fourth... as long as this world can still bring you benefits, you will keep coming back.

A world that can be entered repeatedly is far more valuable than ten worlds that can only be entered once.

[For the next few days, you did nothing superfluous. You rose early each morning to practice your skills, participated in the outer disciples' daily training during the day, went to the back mountain for extra practice in the evening, and returned before dark, going to bed early and waking early.]

The "unremarkable" effect was still in effect; no one noticed that an outer disciple's cultivation was recovering at an abnormally rapid pace.

[In just three to five days, you've recovered the ten or twenty percent of your lost cultivation and are back on the threshold of a first-rate expert.]

But this time, you're not going to just lie low like you did last time.

[Before the projection, you repeatedly pondered this question: What is your purpose in coming to these worlds?]

[The goals of extracting key entries, becoming stronger, and surviving are not contradictory, but they are not entirely overlapping either.]

[A purely defensive playstyle can guarantee survival and the chance to draw certain affixes, but it results in a very slow rate of improvement.]

[In the past five years, I've only had four white-label attributes. If this continues every time, how long will it take you to accumulate a decent set of gear?]

Furthermore, while white-level attributes are useful, their cap is limited. You need better attributes, more attributes, and faster growth.

To get something better, you have to take some risks.

"To conquer the entire world, there are only a few ways," you silently calculated in your mind. "Either become the strongest in the world, even shattering the void and departing; or sweep across the universe and become the emperor of a unified empire..."

You spoke very softly, so softly that you could barely hear yourself, but you knew that once this thought was planted, it couldn't be uprooted.

"[Complete the world—that sounds incredibly arrogant. A mere outer disciple of the Huashan Sect, not even a formal disciple, dares to dream of doing that? If word got out, people would laugh their heads off. But you're not joking.]"

[You have advantages that others don't: you know what will happen in this world, and you also possess the powerful talent granted by the rare green attribute "Body Refinement Genius"!]

[You know that Linghu Chong will go to the Cliff of Contemplation, meet Feng Qingyang, and learn the Dugu Nine Swords. Yue Buqun will obtain the Evil-Slaying Sword Manual, castrate himself to practice swordsmanship, and seize the position of leader of the Five Mountains Sect on Mount Song. Zuo Lengchan will die by Yue Buqun's sword, Ren Woxing will emerge from the bottom of West Lake and die on Chaoyang Peak, and Dongfang Bubai will die by his own embroidery needle.]

You are aware of all the major events and key milestones, provided you do not interfere.

But that's enough.

You don't need to confront them head-on, you don't need to fight those top masters head-on, at least not now.

[It's enough to be in the right place at the right time and do the right thing.]

Clearing the world sounds difficult, but if you break down the goals, it boils down to a few things: strength, influence, and opportunity.

Skill requires personal development; it can't be rushed. Besides, top-tier skill is barely sufficient these days. Or rather, it's precisely because you possess the skill of a top-tier expert that you choose not to continue playing it safe.

Opportunities must be seized at the right time; haste makes waste.

As for power... you glanced at the Huashan disciples practicing their swordsmanship, and a slight smile played on your lips.

Why the rush? Take your time.

After making a decision in your heart, you begin to pay attention to things you wouldn't have noticed before, such as just how high your cultivation level really is, like that of your nominal master, Yue Buqun.