"Welcome to Harmony Immortal Cultivation Chronicles!"
"Please select your gender!"
Ying Huaixu: "Male!"
"Selection successful, entering simulation phase!"
The so-called simulation, to put it nicely, is face customization.
Ying Huaixu took this step very seriously.
After all, in a holographic game like this, appearance is of utmost importance to the players.
Naturally, Ying Huaixu meticulously customized his face, aiming for maximum handsomeness.
After all, he was gambling on the initial character setup. If he got a good Spiritual Root, the character's value would skyrocket.
"Confirm submission!"
After crafting an explosively handsome face, Ying Huaixu clicked confirm.
But today seemed a bit different.
"Buzz~"
"Please bind your identity information to prevent addiction!"
Ying Huaixu was taken aback.
"Huh? Did the system update again? Wasn't it supposed to bind after selecting the Spiritual Root? Is this to prevent mass account creation by studios?"
But it didn't matter.
Binding could be undone.
Ying Huaixu had no choice but to bind.
Everything was ready.
The system's voice popped up again.
"Please select world difficulty."
"Easy, Medium, Hard, Hell, Challenge, Nightmare, Harmony~"
Without much thought, Ying Huaixu chose Harmony.
No joke, nowadays, the wealthy only play in Harmony Mode.
Simply put, Harmony Mode showcases just how wealthy the rich are.
Never underestimate the money-draining capabilities of Harmony games.
"Note, Harmony Mode offers more opportunities, but after using the initial ten Fortune Rejuvenation Pills, death will result in complete file and data deletion."
Then a pop-up appeared.
Without even looking, Ying Huaixu confirmed he had read and agreed to the terms.
He was in a hurry to gamble on his Spiritual Root.
With a series of operations, Ying Huaixu finally saw the familiar space wormhole pulling him away.
"Young Master, Young Master, wake up!"
Ying Huaixu opened his eyes to see a familiar scene, familiar novice civilian attire, and the familiar voice of the female lead.
Ye Ningshuang, the main female lead throughout the entire Harmony World.
Similarly, she was the guiding NPC for players in the early stages.
"Young Master, you scared me to death just now. How could you suddenly... hmm? Young Master, what's wrong with you?"
Ye Ningshuang watched as Ying Huaixu kept rolling his eyes!
Meanwhile, Ying Huaixu was searching for the skip button in the upper left corner.
Then he was a bit confused.
"What? This damned game, where's the skip? Damn it, wait till I log off and give you a piece of my mind! Not even a single announcement."
What was even more baffling was, was this NPC a bit too intelligent?
It could actually converse in real-time?
"Young Master, are you alright?"
Ying Huaixu couldn't be bothered with this NPC.
He got up directly, and under Ye Ningshuang's stunned gaze, hopped out the door.
Ye Ningshuang opened her mouth, then muttered worriedly to herself, "This Young Master seems like a fool..."
But Ying Huaixu frowned~
He felt something was off.
Although Harmony Immortal Cultivation Chronicles was a holographic simulation game.
Dubbed the little blue man of the gaming world.
But was today's account a bit too realistic?
Damn it, it even felt tiring?
But none of that mattered.
Ying Huaixu hopped to the stone table outside the courtyard.
There were several weapons available for selection.
Without much thought, Ying Huaixu picked up the longsword.
There was no other choice.
Because the longsword could potentially yield a sword Spiritual Root.
And a cultivator with a sword Spiritual Root at the start could often be sold for a fortune.
Then Ying Huaixu, carrying the longsword, hopped out again.
The first novice mission was to help Ye Ningshuang solve the impending crisis.
Actually, whether or not to accept this mission was optional.
Killing the target and then coming back to accept the mission worked just the same.
Ying Huaixu was after efficiency now, eager to start a new account, not wanting to waste time.
...
...
At this moment, in a dilapidated temple in Ping'an Town, a burly man over two meters tall, covered in wounds, sat on the ground.
Surrounded by many lackeys.
The burly man was in a foul mood.
He even took out a small box, his face full of anger!
"Damn it, this is a curse!"
The burly man was also feeling bitter.
As a bandit, robbery was a common occurrence.
But a few days ago, he found this small box on a corpse, and since then, he had been relentlessly pursued.
Initially, the burly man thought that something that could attract such pursuit must be valuable.
So he was absolutely unwilling to give it up.
But the problem was, he couldn't open it.
And as more and more people pursued him, the burly man finally decided that he couldn't keep it on him.
If the pursuit continued, he felt he would die.
"Rest tonight, we'll set off in the morning!"
After some thought, the burly man placed the small box under the broken statue in the temple.
He placed it conspicuously, fearing it wouldn't be noticed!
"By the way, I heard there's a girl named Ye Ningshuang in this town, very pretty. Bring her to me, I want to relax tonight!"
"After I'm done, she's yours!"
His lackeys were instantly excited.
"Boss, wait a moment, I'll go bring that little girl over right now!"
But just as the lackey finished speaking, screams erupted from outside.
"What's going on?"
The burly man's face turned tense.
At that moment, a lackey with a deep wound on his back rushed in.
"Boss, run! A villager from Ping'an Town is going berserk outside!"
The burly man: "???"
"A villager? Going berserk? Are you joking?"
The lackey didn't have time to explain and died on the spot!
The burly man quickly ran outside to check.
Then he saw a bizarre scene.
Because he saw a young man simply wielding a longsword, using the most basic slashing and stabbing techniques, cutting down his lackeys like chopping vegetables.
The key was, the young man's movement technique was hard to comprehend.
It seemed like a movement technique, yet it didn't.
But what he didn't know was.
Ying Huaixu was also puzzled.
'What's going on with this game today? Damn it, where's the monster's health bar?'
'And is this really the Harmony Difficulty world? Why are the monsters so fragile? One sword strike kills?'
Ying Huaixu was baffled, occasionally glancing at the world level in the upper right corner of the map.
It was indeed Harmony Difficulty, no mistake.
"Could it be a bug?"
But whatever, maybe the game developers intentionally lowered the difficulty.
Then Ying Huaixu started frantically executing combo moves.
Before long.
All the bandit lackeys were slaughtered.
Then Ying Huaixu looked at the two-meter-tall BOSS!
The bandit leader was still in a daze.
Because he felt like he was dreaming.
How could there be someone in the world who couldn't fight but killed so quickly?
It was so contradictory.
And Ying Huaixu thought the boss hadn't even gotten up yet.
Finally, the bandit leader got angry.
"Kid, you're courting death!"
Then he charged at Ying Huaixu with his broadsword.
But after the fight, the bandit leader was stunned.
Because all his attacks were dodged by Ying Huaixu with a series of simple dodges, backflips, and rolls.
So plain, yet so perfectly timed.
While dodging, he relentlessly slashed at the leader with his longsword.
Although the damage was low, it hurt.
And he never even touched Ying Huaixu's clothes.
Just like that, Ying Huaixu slowly whittled him down over two minutes.
The bandit fell to the ground, dying with his eyes wide open.
What puzzled him the most was that after killing him, the civilian rushed into the house, grabbed the small box, and opened it instantly.
"I... ugh..."
The bandit leader died in a fit of rage!