Chapter 62: This Time Traveler Actually Wants to Turn the World Upside Down?

The increasingly intense situation immediately dominated the top three trending topics. The second trending topic was "My Parents Scold Me for Not Being Good at Games," and the third was "Claiming to Achieve Immortality: One Real Day Equals One Hundred Game Years—Is It True or False?"

As hundreds, even thousands, of medical students delved into the discussion, Xu Zhi, sitting in front of his laptop, was quite shocked by the widespread online uproar. He stood up and got a can of drink from the refrigerator.

"‘Primordial Thunderbolt Hand’ really knows how to stir things up. As soon as he got out there, he mobilized netizens to help him analyze the plants and herbs of the Wizard World?"

Xu Zhi had originally thought he would just brag and show off, but who knew he would go online to post for help, hoping to live longer in his second life in the alternate world.

Xu Zhi was quite pleasantly surprised by this.

"It seems this is an unexpected bonus. Wizardry pharmacology is about to experience a complete explosion. Originally, the properties of some medicines would require generations of wizards to research and record, taking hundreds or thousands of years. But now, with all netizens working together, it's estimated that the information can be compiled very quickly..."

Xu Zhi thought for a moment, "In the Wizard World, the alchemy potion system is almost established, and my cancer... will finally have a cure."

It was unexpectedly fast.

Xu Zhi was already in the late stages of cancer. He had originally thought a cure was a distant, uncertain prospect, but now there was hope.

Li Shengjiang, the transmigrator from another world who was advancing the civilization of the Wizard World, had brought him far too many surprises.

At this moment, the intelligent sub-brain suddenly reminded him:

"Institutions worldwide are currently attacking our game's official forum website... Do we need to retaliate?"

Xu Zhi frowned.

The storm brought about this time was too immense. He feared that someone had finally lost patience and was launching a cyberattack.

"I'm just a farmer trying to cure my cancer," Xu Zhi sighed. "There's no need to retaliate; just defend. Ignore them."

He also knew how much commotion this would cause.

Virtual reality technology, fully realizing a second sensory life, was already cutting-edge enough!

Now, within this game, a terrifying time-flow ratio had also appeared—one day outside equaled a hundred years inside, achieving a form of virtual reality immortality. Naturally, people could no longer sit still.

Xu Zhi asked the Zerg Sub-brain, "Are you sure there won't be any problems?"

The Zerg Sub-brain replied with a mechanical answer:

"The technology of this modern society is far from reaching the level of our Zerg race. They will never find the true location of our orchard."

Xu Zhi nodded. Then there was no problem.

He was currently pursuing physical evolution, the path of transcendent beings, whereas the previous generation's Zerg Mother Queen pursued brain evolution, the path of technological beings, with incredibly powerful planet cannons.

Although all the data on the previous generation's Zerg Mother Queen's technological advancement had disappeared, this Zerg Sub-brain was, after all, the ultimate product of that high-tech era. They simply had no way of dealing with him.

Xu Zhi thought for a moment and decided not to bother with this matter:

What did the global sensation have to do with him?

What could all those schemers do to him, even if they tried to act against him?

"I'll just continue farming; let them be utterly bewildered!"

At this moment, Xu Zhi, an easygoing slacker, was leisurely drinking his beverage.

The beverage was mail-ordered online. It was on special offer, thirty-eight yuan a box. After all, he had been short on money lately.

He was sitting idly in the courtyard, peacefully farming and living a comfortable rural pastoral life focused on wellness, when a knock suddenly came from outside his door.

Knock, knock, knock!

"Hey, open the door quickly! Are you crazy from farming?"

Xu Zhi stood up and opened the courtyard gate. It was Chen Xi.

"I'm leaving tomorrow morning, heading back to school," Chen Xi whispered at the doorway, looking like a wilted eggplant. "By the way, I just heard about that game you mentioned—the sensational, phenomenon-level game that's rocking the whole country. Can you really get it?"

Although Chen Xi was not a gamer and didn't even play games at all, the uproar was so immense that even an outsider like her had heard about it.

After learning more, she realized how terrifying this game was. It was said that an internal testing slot had already been hyped up to a horrifying four hundred thousand yuan, and even then, it was unavailable on the market!

She began to feel uneasy.

After all, Brother Xu Zhi used to be very capable—an executive at a foreign company, young and promising, knowing many people. But now, he was...

just a farmer.

"I can get one; don't worry. I know an expert at writing papers in this field; he can write a paper! When the next third beta test opens, I'll definitely be able to get a spot." Xu Zhi thought for a moment before saying.

"But... but others must be thinking the same thing!" Chen Xi quickly said. "Those people probably already have everything ready. By then, there'll surely be even more experts than in the second beta, with countless gaming studios all vying for slots."

"Don't worry, they won't be able to compete with my friend." Xu Zhi smiled, gently stroking the worried girl's head, and said, "Don't worry. Once you go back, just buy a computer and wait patiently."

"Oh," Chen Xi thought for a moment, then stopped asking questions. She suddenly jumped up, gave Xu Zhi a quick kiss on the cheek, and then, blushing, skipped away. "Darling, I'm going back to school now. I'll see you in the game!"

Xu Zhi touched his cheek and smiled.

There aren't many truths in this world, but a woman's blush can say more than a long dialogue.

Before, he hadn't felt much for the girl. He had simply thought that it was nice to be genuinely liked by someone, and she prepared loving meals every day. Now, he was beginning to feel that she was truly wonderful, and he enjoyed being with her.

"After all, a girl who proactively comes to be with you when you have cancer and are at the lowest point in your life—her feelings for you are definitely beyond doubt."

Xu Zhi calmly returned to the courtyard.

Chen Xi's departure and return to school prompted Xu Zhi to consider his upcoming sandbox construction plans.

"First, I need to prepare for the third beta test! I hadn't originally planned to open a third beta, but I need an excuse to let her in."

No one knew that the third beta, eagerly awaited and desperately craved by countless people, was merely to fulfill Xu Zhi's small wish for his girlfriend—a little gift he had promised her.

"However, if that's the case, the third beta won't be very large. About thirty slots should be enough, allowing her to blend in." With a casual thought, Xu Zhi decided the fate of countless players.

"Also, there's the matter of the second expansion for the Wizard World sandbox!"

Xu Zhi frowned slightly again, sitting on a wooden chair in his orchard, eating an apple, and looking at the large sandbox.

One hundred mu. Although the wizards' usual activity range was only thirty mu, with most areas consisting of uninhabited giant forests and over forty mu of vast ocean, it still needed to be addressed.

After all, it had been too primitive before. Now, with the emergence of alchemy airships, the problem of traveling across vast distances could be greatly resolved.

Another point was the significant emergence of powerful individuals.

Six-level and seven-level wizards like Medusa could already easily shatter small hills and destroy cities. Such world-destroying powerhouses were truly merciless. If the area wasn't large enough, a single battle might be enough to destroy the world.

"Should I expand it?"

Xu Zhi thought for a moment, then shook his head. "Not for now."

After all, their proudly developed alchemy airships were only the size of flies, buzzing as they flew.

And those peerless powerhouses, shattering a small hill, were in Xu Zhi's eyes, merely tiny ants breaking a minuscule mountain the size of a thumb.

"For now, unless they can easily destroy an entire mountain range—which would be like a tiny ant destroying a huge territory the size of a phone—otherwise, there's no need to expand in the short term." Xu Zhi thought for a moment, then suddenly looked at the large sandbox and noticed something different.

His veins immediately bulged.

"Damn it, Li Shengjiang is causing trouble again as soon as he returns to the Wizard World! He's actually exploring the edges of the world like emperors of old. He even wants to use the power of the entire nation to reach the Nine Heavens, to explore the legendary sky island, the land of gods ‘Achilles,’ and beg the great celestial gods for immortality?"

Xu Zhi was utterly dumbfounded.

There are no gods in the heavens; my bluff is about to be called!

I told you to advance the age of alchemy, not to mess with me!

He immediately turned around and rummaged through the storage room. "Little brother, you want to fly up into the sky? It seems there'll be strong winds in the Nine Heavens... I'll have to bring out my powerful electric fan."