Douluo Amon: I am the Heavenly Venerable of the Dragon King.

Chapter 515 Black Tiger Afu

"Squeak, squeak!"

The Emerald Bird rang out with a clear chirp, then nudged Nan Fusheng and gave Nanali a provocative look.

Gu Yuena's command to it was simple: keep an eye on Nan Fusheng, and if any other women tried to get close to him, have the Emerald Demon Bird appear and interrupt them.

Even though she was about to leave, Gu Yue's possessiveness towards Nan Fusheng did not diminish. She left the Emerald Demon Bird behind to keep an eye on Nan Fusheng, or rather, to keep an eye on Nanali.

Anyway, it's a soul beast and a pet, so even if it ruined Nan Fusheng's plans, he probably wouldn't take his anger out on it.

In fact, after the interruption by the Emerald Bird, the two of them did calm down.

"Damn beast," Nanali cursed inwardly.

Nan Fusheng suppressed his excitement, patted the emerald bird's head, and said apologetically to Nanali, "Junior, I'm sorry. Did it scare you?"

"It's alright, Senior Fusheng, I'll go deal with the documents first." Nanali shook her head. Although she really wanted to kill this Emerald Demon Bird, judging from Nan Fusheng's expression, it was clear that he wouldn't let her do that.

"Go."

After Nanali left, Nan Fusheng shook his head, pressed a button to activate the Starship pod, and then climbed inside. The Emerald Demon Bird, sensing the situation, flew onto the roof beam and watched from above.

The internal structure of the Star Chamber is extremely complex, much more so than the Ascension Platform that Nan Fusheng visited.

After the hatch closed, he didn't feel stuffy. Various metal wires connected and adhered to his body. Metal clamps also locked his body in place. This was to prevent energy leakage during his battle in the Star Battle Network.

It took about five minutes for all the connections to be completed. Nan Fusheng felt like a guinea pig.

Everything was pitch black. Just then, an electronic voice announced, "Starship pod is ready. Do you wish to connect to the Starship Battle Network?"

The electronic voice sounded very mechanical and was not pleasant to listen to. Nan Fusheng said, "Connect."

A jolt ran through my body, and a strong electric current sensation spread throughout my entire being, as if my whole body had been electrified.

No wonder ordinary people aren't allowed to use the Star Pod. Without sufficient physical strength, this soul-guided energy scan alone would likely cause irreversible damage to an ordinary person.

"Data corruption, data corruption, please do not throw strange things into the Starship." Soon, an electronic voice sounded.

You're the strangest thing!

Nan Fusheng muttered to himself, but still adjusted his physical condition. He wanted to see if he could deceive this Starship pod.

The next moment, a feeling of dizziness followed. When he regained consciousness, the darkness before him had turned bright.

Unlike the previous Spirit Ascension Platform, which gave the feeling of directly entering a world, all that appeared before my eyes were various data.

"Body scan complete. StarCraft Battle.net connection successful. Please speak your request; Battle.net will process your voice message."

Great, it worked!

"I want to log in to Star Battle Network."

"Okay, logging in now. Your name?"

"Nan Fusheng".

Without the slightest hesitation, Nan Fusheng directly revealed his real name. He knew the inside story of the Star Battle Network very well.

The most powerful aspect of the Star Dou Battle Network is its confidentiality. Internal messages are only recorded by the Battle Network's main brain. After being recorded, all human Soul Masters participating in the Battle Network will have a level set, which needs to be improved through battle achievements.

Even the Federal Parliament cannot arbitrarily investigate the information of participants. It requires approval from the entire parliament. This prevents malicious individuals from using Battle.net to investigate other people's information.

Of course, that's the version of events told to outsiders. Nan Fusheng doesn't know what's going on at Federal Headquarters. Anyway, he has connections on the Battle.net mainframe, so finding out wouldn't be difficult if he really wanted to.

The system performed a series of inquiries and registered Nan Fusheng's identity.

"You can give yourself a nickname; a nickname is the name you will present to the outside world in the future."

Nan Fusheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's go with the Heavenly Venerable."

"Celestial Venerable Eight? Please confirm?"

Nan Fusheng was speechless for a moment, then exclaimed, "Heavenly Venerable!"

"Celestial Venerable? Please confirm."

"Sure."

"Sorry, the nickname you selected is already taken." The electronic voice sounded again.

Nan Fusheng was completely dumbfounded. What was going on? Someone was actually trying to take this from him?

Please decide on a new nickname.

"Lord of Mysteries"

"Nickname already taken".

"Fool."

"Nickname already taken".

"Klein Moretti".

"Nickname already taken".

"Amon."

"Nickname already taken".

Damn, how come there are so many bastards trying to steal his name?

"I am Miss Gu Yuena's dog."

"Nickname already taken".

Dogs are really everywhere!

"I want to lick Naxida's jade feet."

"Nickname already taken".

Seriously? Even though it was just something I came up with for fun, I can't believe someone actually dared to come up with such a weird name.

"Black Tiger Afu." Nan Fusheng gave a random name out of helplessness.

"Black Tiger Afu? Please confirm."

"Sure."

"Nickname selected successfully. Nan Fusheng, nicknamed Black Tiger Afu, Soul Power Level 70, no special physique, but very young, classified as a Soul Master with extraordinary talent. Registration approved. Would you like to register for the Star Dou Battle Network All-Federation Challenge?"

"I won't participate," Nan Fusheng said casually, already beginning to understand the unique nature of the Star Battle Network.

The federal government's so-called groundbreaking high technology is not this simulation system, but rather the application of artificial intelligence.

Previously, whether he was in the Spirit Ascension Platform of the Spirit Pagoda or later in other similar simulated worlds, there was one difference: communication was impossible.

But just now, that electronic voice was actually communicating with him! It was as if the Star Battle Network was communicating with him.

Although this system looks very crude, and even feels much lower-end than the Spirit Ascension Platform, it is far superior to the Spirit Ascension Platform in terms of level after incorporating artificial intelligence.

"The Douluo Continent of today is beginning to resemble the past."

Nan Fusheng sighed inwardly. Upgrading the various internal systems wasn't difficult; the real challenge was this artificial intelligence! That seemingly mechanical electronic voice must be the initial impression of this artificial intelligence. It was also the first time humanity had applied artificial intelligence. The significance of this was immense.

The Star Dou Battle Network All-Federation Challenge is less about letting Soul Masters experience new technologies and more about using the battles of a vast number of Soul Masters to test the effectiveness of artificial intelligence. The gradual improvement of artificial intelligence may very well lead humanity to another technological leap.

He didn't understand the applications of artificial intelligence very well, but he could still imagine how much change it would bring to humanity when it was widely applied in various fields.

With a flash of light and shadow, the scenery before his eyes changed, and Nan Fusheng found himself on a street. At the same time, a voice sounded in his ear, "You have entered the Eastern Division. Please follow the instructions to the Eastern Division competition area to experience it."

An arrow shimmering with a faint white light appeared in front of Nan Fusheng. Following the arrow forward, he soon saw a huge and magnificent building, resembling a stadium. He could see that many other people, like him, were also walking towards this building.

"It still needs improvement! I clearly said I didn't want to participate, but they still directed me to the competition area."

From the outside, this place can't compare to the completely realistic Ascension Platform. There are still quite a few areas where this system needs improvement. But considering the existence of artificial intelligence, these aren't so important.

Although this intelligence seems a bit idiotic.

"Would you like to participate?"

"I'm not participating." Nan Fusheng turned off the light screen that appeared in front of him with a headache. Damn it, how many times has this happened? He always encounters a bug as soon as he enters.

This can't really be blamed on the system. After all, the Star Battle Network is deployed in cities large and small throughout the Federation. Even if each city only has a few dozen units, the total number of Star Battle pods across the entire continent is still an incredibly terrifying number.

In order to increase awareness of the Star Dou Pod and encourage young Soul Masters to participate, the Federation organized the Star Dou Battle Network Federation Challenge.

In each city, those who can use this Starship Capsule are definitely the best of the best. They log into the Starship Capsule to register for this competition.

Who would have thought that an outlier like Nan Fusheng, who didn't participate in the competition, would appear, which is why this bug occurred.

"It still needs adjustments," Nan Fusheng said helplessly. He finally realized how infuriating these artificially stupid people could be.

"Do you wish to participate?" The screen popped up again.

"Participate, participate." Just consider it an experience.

"Please register for the competition in the designated area." The arrow popped up again.

Following the arrow into the huge Eastern Division arena, Nan Fusheng saw a flash of light in front of him, and something resembling a light screen appeared.

"Please select your participation method. Soul Master Tournament? Mech Tournament?"

"Mech Race." Nan Fusheng chose the Mech Race without hesitation. Then, a large amount of explanation appeared on the screen.

At the very top of the message, the words "Registration Successful" are displayed in large letters, indicating that he has completed the registration process. Below that is an introduction to the rules of the mech battle.

Because of the large number of participants, the entire Federation is divided into eight competition zones, determined by the location of the Star Pods. Nan Fusheng, being in Tianhai City, naturally belongs to the Eastern Competition Zone.

In mech battles, participants can only choose between melee or ranged combat mechs; there are no other options. Mech battles are purely about mech piloting skills, and participants can practice with the standard competition mechs beforehand. Customized mechs are not allowed.

This is undoubtedly very troublesome for many mech pilots. Everyone is only familiar enough with their own mech. Using a completely unfamiliar mech will definitely reduce combat effectiveness significantly.

However, considering the system's initial stage, Nan Fusheng felt it was understandable. After all, if everyone brought their real-world mechs into the system, how massive a data flow would be required to complete it?

Judging from its current AI performance, it absolutely cannot handle such a large data base; it would need at least several upgrades before it could handle it. Therefore, now the only thing mech pilots can compete on is their own technical skills.

Although the mechs are standardized, the Soul Masters' abilities can be applied to them, making the mech battles relatively fairer.

Both the Soul Master Competition and the Mech Competition begin with regional rounds, and the top 32 teams from each regional round advance to the final.

The format of the regional competitions is determined by the number of participants. Generally speaking, it consists of a knockout stage plus a round-robin stage, with the knockout stage being the main component.

The rules are simple. Since it's within the Star Battle Network, there are no restrictions on harming your opponents. Go all out, show your strongest abilities, defeat your opponents, and strive to advance. It's that simple.

However, the simpler the competition format, the more brutal the competition. The knockout stage means that if you're unlucky enough to encounter a strong opponent early on, the competition is over.

Similarly, the rewards for the competition are very generous.

All Soul Masters who make it to the finals receive substantial rewards. Those who rank in the top sixteen receive even more astonishing rewards.

The ultimate champion will receive either all the resources to forge a red-level mech or a set of four-word battle armor made of Heavenly Forging Metal.

Even members of powerful families would never ignore such a reward.

After reading, Nan Fusheng waved his hand, and the light screen in front of him automatically closed. Then he walked around the stadium. Without the artificial intelligence to bother him, he naturally wanted to take a good look at the differences between this place and the outside world.

As for the match? Sorry, he just won't be playing.

As long as I don't play, I won't lose.

The Star Battle Network is really restricting him. Putting aside everything else, he can't use his abilities as a mythical creature, but his terrifying mental power is also restricted here. How is he supposed to play like this?

There's no other way but to treat it as just going through the motions.

The stadium's layout wasn't complicated, and it looked quite nice. A few things caught Nan Fusheng's attention: the stadium was divided into a mecha competition area and a soul master competition area, and the system would arrange staggered times for soul masters who registered for both competitions.

Currently, trial access is available in both regions. Simply select one to enter and participate in familiarization matches. However, it costs money – Federal Credits!

Moreover, the prices aren't cheap at all. A single use of the battle room in the mech area costs 2,000 Federal Credits, while the battle room in the Soul Master area costs 1,000 Federal Credits. Each use allows for only one battle.

"Damn, they've finally revealed their true colors," Nan Fusheng muttered under his breath. However, he was genuinely curious about it; since he was already here, he should at least try it out. "Where do I recharge?"

Before he could finish speaking, the artificial intelligence immediately demonstrated its powerful capabilities. A light screen flashed, and an electronic voice sounded in his ear, "Would you like to recharge?"