Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 42 Suspended Announcement

The continents and islands in the virtual universe also have day and night cycles, and even the sky is simulated with a star.

Above the island of Morning Star, belonging to the Morning Star Empire, stands an enormous black banner with glowing edges. On this entirely black banner are characters that emit dazzling white light.

"Universe Humanity - Battle of the Ultimate Geniuses"

"Once in a million years!"

"Coming soon!"

"This event is jointly organized by Virtual Universe Company and all the universe nations!"

"You're a genius? Can't find any opponents of your level and rank? Then join the 'Peak Genius Battle'! Here, billions of geniuses from numerous cosmic nations across the universe will engage in fierce battles!"

For more details, please visit the official website of "Virtual Universe Network" through the virtual assistant.

This enormous notice, spanning over a million miles in length and width, could be clearly seen even by people on Morning Star Island, a land with hundreds of millions of inhabitants.

Hunzhen looked up at the suspended notice, his eyes sparkling with an unprecedented brilliance.

Based on his general grasp of time, he knew that the suspended notice had already appeared in the virtual universe half a month ago.

For about a year, he was busy digesting the insights gained from the simulation of refining the "Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart," and only now has he entered the virtual universe again to witness its existence firsthand.

"Finally, finally this day has come."

Hunzhen entered the Genius Battle special page through the virtual assistant, his mind sweeping over the numerous rewards and details, directly reaching the registration interface. After completing the registration, he glanced at the people in the virtual universe who were enthusiastically discussing this grand event of the Genius Battle. He did not intend to participate, quickly calmed down, and chose to go offline.

"call……"

Back to reality, Hunzhen let out a soft breath, glanced at his palm, and noticed it was trembling slightly. He immediately smiled excitedly.

"I'm even more excited than I imagined."

As a loyal reader of the original work, he had imagined the scene of geniuses from all over the universe competing on the same stage in the Genius Battle, and just thinking about it made his blood boil.

And now, he actually has the opportunity to participate in it personally.

And... they will definitely not just be passersby.

Hunzhen clenched his fists, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit: "After preparing for so long, I will definitely secure a spot in the top one thousand!"

After leaving the Realm of Inferno aboard the D9-class spaceship, Hunzhen returned directly to Tianlan Star and spent the next year quietly cultivating, never leaving Tianlan Star.

It allows the simulated human to cultivate using the Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart within the Flame Realm Pearl from the very first moment of the simulation, greatly improving his cultivation efficiency.

Furthermore, the results of the first simulation successfully confirmed that the time required to completely refine a Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart was more than nine years but less than ten years, which was exactly within the time of one simulation.

Why is it described as refining the Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart, rather than the Flame Realm Pearl?

The reason is simple: from the previous simulation of the Flame Realm Bead, Hunzhen already knew that the Flame Realm Bead is a barrier-type or sealing-type treasure with spatial attributes, and does not have the effect of enhancing comprehension.

However, the Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart, the core component that the Lord of the Flame Prison Realm intended to use to upgrade the Flame Realm Pearl, was not.

The "Flame Beast Crystal," a product born from the mixture of its leaked energy and bio-energy, already has the effect of improving the efficiency of comprehending the laws of fire, not to mention its direct effect of refining the Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart.

It was because of this understanding that the simulated human directly removed the Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart from the Flame Realm Pearl for cultivation after successfully surviving the first possession.

If the Lord of the Flame Prison Realm knew, he would surely be furious at the Simulated Humans for wasting such a precious resource.

The so-called Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart is not a one-time consumable item used exclusively to enhance comprehension; most of the time, it is used as material for crafting treasures, as is the case with the Lord of the Flame Prison Realm.

Putting aside how wasteful it would be to treat such a material, which even ordinary realm lords would covet, as a disposable item—Hunzhen, who had already learned in detail about the value of the Flame Realm Pearl, once again marveled at Roger's ability to not even snatch it.

To put it simply, the improvement in understanding that comes from consuming it all at once is a complete waste for a World Lord whose understanding of the laws is a hundred times clearer than that of someone below the World Lord level.

But for Hunzhen, there was nothing to regret. After all, it was the simulated human's Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart that was wasted, while his was still the complete Flame Realm Pearl, which remained safely in his spatial ring.

This refining process is completely irreversible. Regardless of whether the simulated human regrets it or not, Hunzhen took advantage of the simulation's strongest influence at the beginning of the simulation and directly had the simulated human refine it, so there wasn't much trouble.

Then came nearly four hundred simulations.

The insights gained from fully refining a Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart are more than double those gained from incomplete refining.

If the refining process is like peeling an orange, then complete refining is like swallowing the flesh. The nutritional value of the two is worlds apart.

After several simulations and the insights accumulated over the past six months, Hunzhen's understanding of the Fire Law reached the seventh level of "Flowing Blade Like Fire".

The deeper one's understanding of the principles, the more difficult it becomes. After each bottleneck, the time required to break through the next bottleneck increases exponentially.

Even though it may seem like a short step from the threshold to the entry level, in reality, taking that first step and truly crossing the threshold requires more than just one level of improvement.

It took several more months to go from the seventh floor to the eighth floor, and finally we reached the goal.

However, to truly get started from the eighth level and then the ninth level, hundreds of simulations were completed in the blink of an eye.

Every day, Hunzhen felt as if he had gained a lot of insights, but when he simulated and inherited those insights in the next simulation, he felt that he had not made much progress compared to the previous one.

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Even the primordial being who reaps the benefits without sowing is like this, so one can only imagine the difficulties and self-doubt that simulated humans encounter during cultivation.

He finally felt a little empathy for the suffering of his Sim brothers.

As a result, Hunzhen, unusually, had a change of heart and abandoned his usual sporadic cultivation habits, truly embarking on arduous training—which is why he only entered the virtual universe to register for the Genius Battle half a month after the registration channel opened.

His initial plan was to rely on the Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart to achieve the basics of the laws, and then sign up for the Genius Battle.

I just didn't expect to get stuck here.

He, on the contrary, refused to believe in superstition.

I just don't believe this hurdle is so hard to overcome.

Simply put, he got stubborn.

If he hadn't ultimately succeeded in breaking through, he might have actually made it to the last two days to register.

It has a somewhat obsessive or delusional feel to it.

Afterwards, Hunzhen deeply reflected on himself and realized that no matter what kind of addiction it was, even if it was a cultivation addiction, it was something he should never do.

Most importantly, we must learn self-control.

After hundreds of simulations, he finally barely grasped the basics of the laws, which puts him at the bottom of the list of geniuses who have just entered the realm of the laws.

"Speaking of which, it's been so long since we've simulated how far the Sims will ultimately go in the Genius Battle."

Hunzhen pondered for a while. Ever since he discovered that the Sims couldn't even pass the first round of the preliminary selection, he gave up the idea of ​​seeing the results of the Genius Battle in a short period of time. The Sims had a similar attitude, so much so that after so long, he really wasn't sure what his current position was.

"Start simulation."

With a clear murmur, the curtain finally rose on a new chapter for the simulated humans.

(End of this chapter)