From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

in short.

Ma Xianhong has reached the same level as Jiang Liu in controlling the game character on this machine!

of course.

The two are still different.

Just as a top student and a hardworking underachiever both scored 100 points, the latter reached the upper limit of the test through hard work, while the former was limited by the fact that the total score of the test was only 100.

The same applies to the current situation.

Ma Xianhong reached the upper limit of this game machine, but for Jiang Liu, it was only because the machine's inherent limitations had an upper limit.

It's time.

Jiang Liu caught a glimpse of Ma Xianhong completely absorbed in the moment out of the corner of his eye. He smiled calmly, his finger hovering in mid-air as he pressed the button.

Immediately, Kyo Kusanagi on the screen seized the opportunity and unleashed a combo, sending Iori Yagami flying through the air, engulfed in flames, before crashing heavily to the ground.

We won!

At this moment, Ma Xianhong could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart.

Defeating Zhang Chulan is no big deal.

Defeating the redhead is no big deal.

But defeating Jiang Liu... even just in the game, made Ma Xianhong extremely excited.

"I beat you! I—"

Ma Xianhong looked at Jiang Liu, only to see the other party slowly stand up, instantly reach out a hand, lightly tap his heart, inject a wisp of Qi, and then quickly tap his lower and upper dantian.

In an instant.

The three dantian within Ma Xianhong's body trembled simultaneously, causing his consciousness to become hazy, as if his soul had left his body. His body went limp, and he collapsed onto the game console.

When his blurry vision finally caught sight of Jiang Liu, he couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Jiang, are you... a sore loser?"

In a hazy state.

Ma Xianhong suddenly sat up and found himself in a virtual world. His surroundings were blank, and above his head was a light point emitting a faint glow. The moment he made eye contact with it, blue net-like things appeared throughout the space, covering everything.

Then, the blue net-like things that filled the space spread out winding blue lines, or perhaps special Qi flows, from above, spreading towards him, wrapping around his limbs and torso, and finally converging between his hands into something resembling a butterfly bone, on which were buttons for controlling the game.

The sphenoid bone belongs to the musculoskeletal system and its main function is to protect the brain and maintain intracranial pressure. However, the key lies in Ma Xianhong's mastery of the Divine Refinement Technique. After complete relaxation, through internal refinement, the fictional memory core and network in his brain gradually established a connection, which helped Ma Xianhong enter the inner vision and thus assist him in better controlling the motor nerve centers such as the brainstem and spinal cord.

but.

Ma Xianhong couldn't have done this on his own, so Jiang Liu helped him by shaking his three cores, causing him to become dazed and completely pass through this step.

at this time.

Ma Xianhong's consciousness was both in the inner vision and able to control his body, in an extremely peculiar state. Furthermore, his consciousness perceived the external scene through the inner vision, as if everything in the outside world had been slowed down several times over.

"Divine craftsmanship refined a hundred times... The human body is also a magical artifact!"

In this state, Ma Xianhong could clearly perceive every inch of his body. As long as he pressed the button on his sphenoid bone, his organs, tissues, and cells would be clearly displayed before his eyes! These were all materials for "refining weapons"!

Weapon forging!

That is, refining Qi!

In addition, in this state, Ma Xianhong is also able to perceive all abstract information in the world that is not directly displayed.

However, due to the sheer volume of information and his own low level of spiritual cultivation, he was unable to withstand it. As soon as the information entered his brain, the brain's protective mechanism automatically filtered it out to prevent him from becoming mentally overwhelmed.

After fully regaining his senses, Ma Xianhong was about to thank Jiang Liu for helping him truly understand the use of the Divine Hundred Refinements technique, but there was no trace of him.

Suddenly, something occurred to him, and he quickly ran out of the arcade, heading straight for Biyou Village...

···

"I heard this arcade is going to be sublet?"

however.

Jiang Liu did not return to Biyou Village. Instead, after using the restroom, he found the owner of the arcade and pointed to the notice board posted on the inside of the door.

"Yes."

The owner, a middle-aged man, lamented, "As the internet becomes more and more developed, fewer and fewer people come to the arcade to play games."

Perhaps they can still manage in big cities, but in small towns like this, arcades are simply not profitable. I've run this place for over a decade, watching it go from being packed with customers to having only a few dozen people now. It's just impossible to keep it going any longer.”

"Oh, what are you planning to do after that?"

"I'm going to a big city to stay with a friend who owns an arcade."

The owner, however, changed his sorrowful expression and laughed heartily, "I opened the arcade because I also enjoy playing arcade games. It's not my whole life, but it's definitely a large part of it."

Although I'm getting old and have already earned enough money, I can't just retire like this.

Especially The King of Fighters—

I could play this my whole life and never get tired of it!

"is it?"

Jiang Liu smiled and asked, "Can I buy all the game machines in this arcade?"

In the original world, Jiang Liu had traveled abroad, and when he returned, he would surely bring back some local specialties from "Egypt".

Most of the arcade machines in this arcade are pretty good as long as they have power and can be connected to simple online games!

# Chapter 618 Old Meng Confronts Chen Duo

Six o'clock in the afternoon.

Old Meng was waiting outside Ma Xianhong's house in Biyou Village on time.

Chen Duo was released from quarantine today.

The door of the Body Cultivation Furnace slowly opened, and a naked girl with green eyes walked out, holding a book wider than her body.

A beauty that could topple kingdoms?

Not really.

Yet it is also beautiful.

Stepping down from the doorway of the body-cultivation furnace, the girl opened a nearby wardrobe, took out a set of undergarments, put them on, turned around, and asked Fu Rong, who was waiting outside, "Where is Ma Xianhong?"

“He went to a nearby town to play games,” Fu Rong said. “Today, a duel about male dignity awaits him.”

The girl was slightly puzzled, but didn't think much of it. She simply picked up the large book and said, "Then I'll be going now."

Someone is waiting for you outside.

"Who?"

"The temporary worker at Nadutong, I think his name is Lao Meng, do you want to go and meet him?"

"Old Meng..."

The girl's eyes remained calm as she walked outside, clutching the large book.

"Chen Duo!"

Upon seeing the girl, Old Meng was excited, his voice trembling, his eyes filled with concern, self-reproach, and regret, but in the end he still asked in a trembling voice, "Chen Duo, why did you kill Lao Liao? He was such a good person, he did so much for you, how could you... how could you do such a thing? Do you hate Liao Zhong?"

"So it was you, the one who rescued me from the cave."

Chen Duo said calmly, "Actually, I hate you..."

I hate you for bringing me to Liao Zhong, to the hidden fortress...

Uncle Liao is a very kind person. He thinks my past life was very unfortunate and hopes that my future will be as good as possible...

He genuinely cared for me, wanting me to live a normal life, and even arranged a temporary job for me. But he stopped me the moment I started pursuing happiness.

"No! Chen Duo, you must have misunderstood Lao Liao!"

At this moment, Lao Meng believed that Chen Duo had been fooled by that little bastard Ma Xianhong, which was why she did such a thing. He immediately retorted, "You're still a young girl. There are some things you don't understand. Come back to the company with me, and there's still room for maneuver!"

These words, though spoken in a somewhat timid tone, revealed an extremely firm attitude.

Chen Duo tucked the Hetu Luoshu behind her back, and streams of black, smoky Qi surged around her, directly attacking Old Meng.

Although Lao Meng's methods were those of a beast master, his life cultivation was not weak. He immediately retreated but was unwilling to make a move.

He didn't understand why Chen Duo had suddenly attacked him, and questioned her, "Chen Duo! What exactly do you want to do? If this continues... the company will definitely not let you off the hook!"

"I have my own ideas and my own choices."

Chen Duo withdrew the primal Gu poison from her body, looked directly at Lao Meng, and said calmly, "In the Medicine Immortal Association, I had no choice; in Anywhere, as a temporary worker, I also had no choice but to follow your orders."

"But...but this is for your own good!"

Old Meng couldn't believe that Chen Duo actually thought there was no difference between living in Anywhere and living in the Medicine Immortal Society.

why?

Mingming's company offers better terms!

"I see."

In the nearby woods, Zhang Chulan, who had returned to Biyou Village earlier, also overheard Chen Duo's entire ordeal and learned the truth about Chen Duo's betrayal of the company.

She wants to make a choice that is truly her own!

Ma Xianhong...

It's highly likely that Chen Duo was given the right to choose unintentionally.

and also--

River flows!

This guy is extremely terrifying. Without ever meeting Chen Duo in person or communicating with her, he was able to deduce the correct result based on the little information Lao Meng described. Moreover, he saw things more deeply than I did, realizing that Chen Duo's ruthlessness and indifference at the Medicine Immortal Gathering were just an illusion, and that she was essentially a kind of "temperament".

The so-called ruthlessness and apathy... is only relative to people raised in normal environments! It's just a cultivated facade!