Don't try to cultivate immortality; mortals live longer than immortals.

The three of them were playing a first-person shooter game called "Sniper: Psychic Assault," also known as an FPS.

However, unlike similar games on Earth, this game is divided into sections for mortals and cultivators.

The cultivator area is further divided into servers of different levels, such as "Qi Refining," "Foundation Establishment," and "Golden Core"...

This is mainly because the gap between cultivators and mortals, as well as between cultivators of different realms, is simply too outrageous.

Without distinguishing between servers, it's impossible to play.

At the same time, cultivators can also slightly train their spiritual consciousness or even their body by playing this game, so it can be said that they can have both cultivation and entertainment at the same time.

However, logging into the game involves strict identity verification.

Your status determines which district you can go to.

It can be compatible with higher-level servers, for example, Qi Refining cultivators can choose to log in to servers at the Foundation Establishment or Golden Core stages, but that's just asking for trouble, nobody's that stupid. If it's compatible with lower-level servers, it will affect the game's balance and playability, and is strictly prohibited.

Of course, that's not entirely true.

For example, the reason why Duan Xuan and his two friends came to the internet cafe to play games today is because they have performed well at school recently and have been awarded a "noob-slaying card".

After using the "Slay the Noobs" card, you will have one chance to log in to the Mortal Zone of "Psychic Sniper: Psychic Assault".

This is one of the benefits provided by the school.

To encourage students to study hard and strive for the pinnacle of immortality, Shuiyun Daoyun Academy has launched a variety of strange and wonderful benefits.

There are subsidies, loans, and even the "stomping noobs" card in the game is one of them.

Don't underestimate this thing.

If cultivators frequently go to the mortal realm to bully weaker players, it will not only affect the game's balance and playability, but the cultivators themselves will also find it boring and will be unable to cultivate their divine sense.

However, if you go there only occasionally, the situation is completely different. It's like having a max-level character dominating the newbie village. Playing it occasionally is incredibly satisfying.

The three of them were having a great time, especially Zhou Ran. This guy was actually quite bad at games, especially first-person shooter games like FPS, which require extremely high reaction speed and precise operation, and his hand speed couldn't be slow either.

All of these are Zhou Ran's weaknesses.

He had played this game, "Psychic Strike," before.

However, back then, Zhou Ran was always going to feed kills to the enemy team. Not only was it difficult to find a team, but after a few games, his teammates often teased him, saying that he was the enemy's best sixth man.

Listen to those disdainful words; Zhou Ran has suffered countless humiliations in this game.

However, fortunes change, and in just two months, our classmate Zhou is no longer the same.

Now, he is a cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining, and this time, having received the reward of the "Smashing the Noobs" card, he logged into the mortal realm again.

After becoming a cultivator, Zhou Ran not only experienced a comprehensive improvement in his physical qualities, but his eyesight, hearing, reaction time, and hand speed were also far superior to those of ordinary people. Most importantly, he also gained spiritual consciousness.

Although his spiritual consciousness is currently very weak, and by the standards of a cultivator, it is almost too weak to speak of for fear of being laughed at, and it is difficult to provide any substantial help in battle at present, it can only be said to be better than nothing, but if it is used to play games with mortals, the situation is completely different.

For example, right now, he uses his spiritual sense to lock onto the enemy. Even when playing this FPS game, he doesn't need to keep his eyes glued to the screen all the time, because even the weakest spiritual sense can easily cover the game map on the computer and sense the enemy's position and movement trajectory in advance.

Simply put, it's even more awesome than having a cheat code.

With the aid of spiritual energy to stabilize the gun, control mouse movement, and a thought speed far exceeding that of ordinary people, one can make predictive shots.

With all these advantages combined, Zhou Ran went from a novice to a sharpshooter, able to take on an entire opposing team single-handedly without any pressure.

The feeling was indescribable; it was incredibly exhilarating.

Zhou Ran's face lit up with a smile. It's so satisfying to show off a max-level character in the newbie village!

At that moment, he felt like he had taken a sip of iced tea on a sweltering hot day.

And then... this guy got cocky.

His goofy side kicked in, and he forgot his own limitations, thinking he was a gun god. He felt that killing everyone in the mortal area wasn't enough, so he casually clicked on a server specifically for cultivators, and it was even a high-level Qi Refining server, suitable for cultivators at the 7th to 10th level of Qi Refining.

As a result, Zhou Ran was sent to become an experience pack by someone's divine sense energy blast right after the resources were loaded and he hadn't even seen the map clearly.

The shock of a headshot was so intense, it felt as if the bullet had pierced right through the screen and arrived right in front of him.

Zhou Ran was stunned!

It's hard to believe.

What a coincidence! It must be a coincidence!

He was hit by a stray bullet and killed instantly by a hail of bullets.

Zhou Ran's face turned pale and then red. Naturally, he was not giving up and tried a few more times, but the result was the same.

No, to be precise, it was utterly tragic.

Before, when he was a mortal, he was terrible at this game and was often looked down upon and teased by his teammates, but to be honest, he was rarely killed instantly and could always put up a fight. But now, he's just feeding the enemy.

Calling him a "spring water deliveryman" is an overstatement. Zhou Ran's character almost instantly dies as soon as he leaves the respawn point. After this happened several times, Zhou Ran stared at the loading screen on his computer, his eyes filled with circles. He could hardly tell whether he was in the game or at the instant-death teleportation point.

Even the most lovable goofball couldn't handle this situation; my buddy almost got depressed from the beating.

After struggling for half an hour, Zhou Ran finally resigned himself to his fate and dejectedly prepared to return to the mortal area.

Then, to everyone's dismay, someone discovered that it seemed... they couldn't get in.

Zhou Ran was stunned!

After a long pause, I finally realized what was happening.

The "noob-slaying cards" they obtained are like talismans, disposable items. Simply put, they can only be used once and for a maximum of 12 hours. Once logged out, the card loses its effect.

"Oh, this..."

"What exactly did I do?"

Zhou Ran was utterly speechless. He glanced at the time displayed on the wall of the internet cafe; it was only 2 a.m. He had agreed to stay all night, and he couldn't let the money go to waste.

But if I stay, what can I do?

He couldn't get into the mortal realm, and going to the cultivators' server would be pure torture; he wasn't that stupid.

For a moment, Zhou Ran was completely bewildered.

"Ah Xuan, please, let me play a game!"

However, Duan Xuan completely ignored him.

Annoyed by the noise, he snapped, "What are you playing? You idiot! Don't you know the game has a webcam? It's real-time verified to prevent account boosting. Even if I gave you my account, you still couldn't play!"

"..."

Zhou Ran thought about it and realized that it was indeed true.

I felt even more depressed.

All he could do was watch Duan Xuan and the chubby Zhang Le happily crushing the weak while drooling, secretly regretting why he had been so impulsive.