This is a cultivation game, but its operation is terrible.

This is a cultivation game, but its operation is terrible.

Author: Unknown Night

Summary:

When Jiang Liu woke up, he found himself transported to a parallel world, where a game called "Cultivation Era" was about to begin.

Earth is becoming a land of cultivation! Game characters merge with reality! The era of universal cultivation has arrived!

The game offers a lot of free content, including but not limited to: open-world exploration, main storyline, Tower of Babel, leaderboards, arena, and exciting events.

The game offers a wealth of in-app purchases, including but not limited to: recharging 648 RMB to receive large wings and a luxurious outfit; drawing from a limited-time card pool to obtain a maxed-out sword spirit root and the ultimate immortal body; investing in spirit stones to obtain perfect foundation building and the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir; VIP5 unlocks one-click auto-cultivation; and a guide to obtaining 100 immortal companions.

An ordinary player toils like a beast of burden for three years to build a foundation!

A super-rich player can AFK cultivate immortality and ascend to immortality instantly!

"The game itself is good, but the operation is terrible and there are tons of bugs!"

"I've been cultivating immortality for three years, and I've lost my house and my wife. What's wrong with all I wanted to do was cultivate immortality!"

"Everyone's cultivating immortality, but what kind of immortality can you cultivate if you don't have money!"

"Come on, let microloans help you cultivate immortality. Don't you want a perfect foundation?"

Jiang Liu: "Pay-to-play cultivation? Wouldn't my 0.1% off version of the client be incredibly awesome?"

Chapter 1 The Cultivation Era Descends

"What kind of trashy mobile game is this, offering 0.1% off and 20,000 spirit stones in a 10-pull? They're getting ridiculously arrogant, aren't they?"

"You have to extract the Golden Core to play a cultivation mobile game? What kind of game is this?!"

"First recharge of 6 yuan, 66 yuan, 666 yuan, 6666 yuan? This is outrageous!"

"Xiao7 customer service, I'm a student, can I get a refund for the money I recharged?"

"roll!"

Jiang Liu opened his eyes, his eyes confused, and he suddenly found himself in the classroom.

Desk, blackboard, classmates, homeroom teacher, 301 days until the college entrance exam...

Wasn't I playing mobile games at a 0.1 discount in bed?

How did you suddenly appear in the classroom?

No, something's not right.

He glanced around and found that all the students in the class were sitting cross-legged on their desks, meditating with their eyes closed, which looked very strange and eerie.

Looking at myself again, I saw that I was sitting in the same posture.

Who uses their desk for meditation?!

Am I dreaming?

"Jiang Liu! Your posture is wrong, close your eyes!"

Just then, the homeroom teacher on the podium glared at him and scolded, "You can't even sit still after less than two hours! How can you cultivate immortality with such a lack of focus!"

"You can't study, all you do is play games all day. Now that a game that will change the world is here, you still aren't taking it seriously. What else do you want to do!"

Jiang Liu: "??????"

Are schools stopping teaching math, physics, and chemistry and switching to teaching cultivation techniques?

Jiang Liu looked bewildered. Just as he was about to say something, a sharp pain shot through his brain, and a flood of memories rushed back.

Cultivation games are here...

Game characters are synchronized with reality...

The era of universal cultivation...

I played a mobile game at 0.1% off and ended up in a parallel world?

Jiang Liu was completely dumbfounded. In this world, two years ago, a game called "Cultivation Era" was launched, and everyone's soul was forcibly bound to the app.

From newborn babies to centenarian monsters, everyone is forced to register game accounts, making it a global phenomenon of everyone cultivating immortality.

However, even though it's a game where everyone cultivates immortality, there's still a specific order to the servers.

In two years, more than ten regions were opened around the world, covering three-fifths of the world's area.

Three servers were opened in China, and today is the opening day of the fourth server, located in Hai City, where Jiang Liu is located.

After sorting through the memories in his mind, Jiang Liu couldn't help but complain inwardly.

Even cultivating immortality requires separate servers, right?

Their area hasn't even started yet, and there are already Golden Core experts outside. How are we supposed to play this game?

Can I change my district if I change my household registration now?

[There are 4436 seconds left until the opening of the Celestial Empire Region 4 of "Cultivation Era". Please wait patiently.]

[There are 4425 seconds left until the opening of the Celestial Empire Region 4 of "Cultivation Era". Please wait patiently.]

A mechanical, electronic voice echoed in Jiang Liu's mind, making him feel subtly excited and filled with anticipation.

He's played hundreds of mobile games about cultivating immortality, so surely he can't handle a real-life version of that game?

I'm going to climb the rankings!

I'm going to be number one when the server launches!

I want to ascend!

Just as Jiang Liu was racking his brains trying to recall what the first step was to take when the cultivation game was launched, his homeroom teacher's voice rang out again.

"Hurry! The Immortal Cultivation Era server has launched ahead of schedule!"

Jiang Liu: "......"

This is so real!

In an instant, Jiang Liu could clearly feel that the breathing of the students around him had become more rapid, and the atmosphere in the classroom suddenly became heavy.

next second.

Jiang Liu saw a flash of white light in his vision, as if some image was reflected in his retina. His eyes were filled with light, and a semi-transparent game interface appeared in his field of vision.

No manual operation is required; it can be driven directly by thought.

The background of the game interface is a vast desolate land, with a towering white-blue sky, birds and beasts flying, dragons and winds dancing, and brutal creatures roaring at the camera.

At the center of the game interface are the four large characters: "[Celestial Empire, Region 4]".

Jiang Liu eagerly clicked on the region, but the game did not start as he had expected.

He paused for a moment, then tapped a few more times, but still couldn't get in.

[There are 4241 seconds left until the opening of the Celestial Empire Region 4 of "Cultivation Era". Please wait patiently...]

An electronic sound, like a computer crashing, lingered in his mind, followed by the piercing tone of the word "wait," leaving Jiang Liu dumbfounded.

Holy crap, the game froze?!

Jiang Liu panicked immediately, jumped up on his desk, and reported to his homeroom teacher, "Teacher, my client is stuck, I can't log in, what should I do!"

"I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush."

The homeroom teacher was also playing "Cultivation Era" and didn't even lift his eyelids. He casually said, "It's normal for games to have bugs when they first launch. It'll probably be fine in a bit."

Jiang Liu: "......"

Jiang Liu sat back speechlessly, his whole body numb.

It's normal for games to have bugs, but it depends on the game!

这是什么游戏？

This is a cultivation game made by gods, a game that can lead all of humanity to ascend to heaven!

This can have bugs too? Can't the gods be a little more reliable?

Left with no other choice, Jiang Liu could only listen to the word "wait" in his mind while frantically clicking to enter the game, his heart filled with impatience.

He was anxious, but his classmates were already engrossed in the game, sitting cross-legged on their desks with their eyes closed, their faces slightly flushed, looking very excited.

"Teacher, I have dual spiritual roots in water and fire, isn't that incredibly powerful!"

"The five elemental spiritual roots are the strongest, followed by a single spiritual root, then a dual spiritual root, and special spiritual roots are an exception. If anyone has a special spiritual root, report it immediately!"

"Teacher, I can't get past level 1-1, what should I do?"

"Don't worry, I'm waiting too."

"Teacher, everything in the mall requires spirit stones to buy. Where can I get spirit stones?"

"You get 5 spirit stones for signing in every day? No, the first server has been open for two years already, haven't you guys looked up any strategies online?"

"The cultivation forum is locked, teacher! I can't get in without registering!"

"The first recharge costs 6 spirit stones? And a monthly card costs 30 spirit stones? Where am I supposed to get that?!"

"128 spirit stones for a 10-pull? The grand prize is a top-grade spiritual root! Holy crap, that sounds amazing!"

"1000:1 spirit stone ratio! Hurry, I need to complete the story!"

As Jiang Liu listened, he began to sense that something was amiss.

Shop, daily check-in, first recharge bonus, monthly card, 10-pull gacha...

This looks so damn familiar!

A few minutes after the game "Cultivation Era" was launched, an extremely noisy scene broke out in the classroom. Most of the students were scratching their heads and looking distressed.

They discovered that after entering the game, they couldn't even beat a single story level, and could do nothing except collect the daily sign-in reward!

Starting at Qi Refining Level 0, unable to beat the storyline, and even the lowest-level cultivation technique in the shop costs dozens of spirit stones.

Their skill set only includes the most basic breathing technique.

What should we do next?