Chapter 003: Melon Seeds
"What is this?"
The huge fluorescent panel was silently suspended in front of him, and Zhou Jing's attention was attracted to it, and his face was full of surprise.
The panel is pale blue as a whole, and it seems to have subtle lines like electronic circuits, but when you look closely, you can't see it.
Zhou Jing suddenly had a strong sense of déjà vu.
This thing...... How does it look so much like the game panels of all kinds of immersive virtual games on the market?
Did I accidentally open a virtual game? But I didn't wear a gaming headset when I went to bed, and it didn't feel like I'd been in a virtual game...... Wouldn't I be dreaming?
Zhou Jing stared at the fluorescent panel in front of him, with a question mark in his head.
Buzz –
At this moment, a large amount of information suddenly poured out of his mind, almost making his mind freeze.
After digesting it for more than ten minutes, Zhou Jing finished sorting out the content of this wave of information, knew the current situation, and understood what the panel in front of him was for.
"This thing...... Have the ability to travel through planes? ”
Zhou Jing's eyes widened, incredulous, and he was sure that he seemed to have encountered some unimaginable situation.
This panel seems to allow him to enter a different plane...... To be precise, in the information received, the plane is called the "astral plane".
It is not the ontology that enters, but it is necessary to create different "Astral Apostles", project them with consciousness, and use the "Astral Apostles" as his body and carrier for walking in the plane.
The Astral Apostle is an independent body, not related to the body, and even death has no effect on the body. If an Astral Apostle dies, the panel will generate a new Astral Apostle template, but with an indeterminate cooldown.
Placing the Astral Apostle walking on the plane will collect two special resources, which are displayed in the upper right corner of the panel:
[Perimeter: 0]
[Interpretation: When the Astral Apostle carries out various activities in the Astral Boundary, it will automatically absorb the free plane energy, and after special processing, it will be converted into a usable "Astral Boundary" resource]
[Information Particles: 0]
[Interpretation: This resource will be generated when the behavior of the Astral Apostle in the current Astral Plane causes a certain degree of influence effect.] (including but not limited to completing template life goals, achieving specific achievements, having a certain impact on the evolution of the current world, etc.)]
These two resources have many functions, and he understands from the information he receives that the Boundary Points are like "universal currency", and most of the functions consume the Boundary Points.
Information particles, on the other hand, are rarer "special currencies" that are only consumed by some special functions.
The template of the Astral Apostle is divided into two sections: "Trait File" and "Ability File", the former is the personality of this template, and when you use the Astral Apostle to walk on another plane, the more your behavior conforms to the characteristics of the template itself, the more it can improve the synchronization rate of the carrier, and it seems that it can increase the efficiency of your own acquisition of astral points and information state particles.
The "Ability Profile" reflects the attributes and abilities of this Astral Apostle.
Because it is not related to the ontology, the abilities of the Astral Apostles belong to the carrier itself, and will not be given to the ontology, only knowledge and memory are not limited. Only the Astral Apostles who have completed the "clearance" will undergo a qualitative change, so that the training results of the Astral Apostles can be selectively transformed into the body.
"Customs clearance" is Zhou Jing's own understanding, and it is displayed on the template at this time as [Apostle Constant Standard: 0/80], which corresponds to the information state particles.
It means that this Astral Apostle needs to collect 80 information state particles in total before it can be "constant", and only then can it be transformed into the ontology, and it can be considered "cleared......
Completing a template life goal of an Astral Apostle can collect a large number of information state particles, which is also the main way to "clear the level".
If a normal Astral Apostle burps, he will need to generate a new template. And the Apostle of the Astral Plane who "cleared the level" burped, and the state and accumulation before death were completely retained, and he could still use this body to continue to enter the Astral Plane - this is the use of "constant".
"So, if the Astral Apostle somehow obtains extraordinary power and then completes the level, I will be able to inherit the power of the Astral Apostle myself?"
Zhou Jing probably figured out the role of the panel, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his heart was pounding.
How could this happen to you? Which way is this immortal manifestation?!
Isn't this exactly the opportunity to become a superpower?
He had seen many strange abilities in the Super League program, breathing fire, spitting water, and playing with snakes...... But I haven't heard of anyone who has the ability to shuttle between planes.
Therefore, Zhou Jing is not sure whether this "Astral Shuttle Panel" is his own awakening ability or other unknown special phenomena.
But no matter what the origin or cause of this panel itself, it seems to be an opportunity to let yourself choose another life.
Even if the water is deep, hold on to it!
He was full of forced numbers in his heart, and he didn't think that a great force that could make people travel through the plane would be a conspiracy against him as an ordinary person...... Even plane shuttles can be done, and if you want to be unfavorable to him, I'm afraid you don't need to go around such a big circle.
"In this case, it doesn't seem to make sense to worry too much......"
Zhou Jing took a deep breath.
At this moment, he seemed to see his one-way life, and suddenly there was a fork in the road, leading to a mysterious and unknown direction.
The superpower you want to be, the forced immigration you want to get rid of...... The road is in it.
There may be risks, but Zhou Jing knows that no matter what the situation of this plane shuttle panel is, it is a hard-won opportunity to change his life.
"Either way, you'll have to try it first!"
Zhou Jing made up his mind, groped for the control of the panel, and found that it was conscious control, and immediately chose "yes" on the panel.
The next moment, the panel interface changes.
The trait profile and ability profile of this Star Sea Apostle are lined up on both sides, and most of the parameters are shown after [Adjustable].
In the middle of the two files, there is a three-dimensional projection of a mannequin projection, which is the physical appearance of the Star Sea Apostle.
He appears to be a tall male, with deep eye sockets and a high nose, and although the race column shows him as "Terra", not a human race he knows, his appearance and appearance are not much different from those of interstellar humans.
Parameters such as height and weight are also marked next to the projection, which are displayed as adjustable.
"It's really like a pinching interface for a virtual game......"
Zhou Jing's eyes lit up, and he was a little nervous.
According to his habit of playing games before, if he doesn't pinch people and don't pinch the appearance of an ancient god, he will feel uncomfortable.
…… But you can't be fooled around now, take control!
He settled down, fumbled for a while, and found that only the name and appearance could be changed arbitrarily, while the other parameters all showed the same prompt:
[At present, there are not enough star boundary points, and it is not possible to adjust the parameters of this template]
Seeing this, Zhou Jing thought about it in combination with the information he received:
"It seems that before the Astral Apostle is generated, most of the parameters of the template can be adjusted, whether it is personality or ability, just like pinching people, there is a lot of room for operation, but most of them need to consume Astral Points...... I don't have that number of points right now, so I can't adjust it basically. ”
The degree of freedom in pinching seems to be very high, but because of the lack of astral points, the only "free operations" that can be carried out at present are "free operations" that do not cost money - one is the allocation of free points, and the other is a free reset opportunity for templates.
There are two types of template reset opportunities, one is the full template reset, which directly overturns all parameters and re-randomizes. The other is not to change the full template, but only specify the reset of individual parameters.
According to the panel information, when generating the Star Sea Apostle, there are a certain number of free reset opportunities, and if you want to continue to reset if you run out, you also have to consume astral points.
At this point, the panel shows that this time there are only two free resets of the specified parameters.
It seems that the supernatural power system cannot be reset...... Zhou Jing thought about it for a while, and planned to focus on experiments, once in attributes, and once in qualifications.
[Current template properties are being reset...... Reset complete, changes as follows]
[Stamina 3→5, Resistance 5→4, Perception 7→8, Spirit 4→5, Energy 0→0]
[The current template qualification is being reset...... Reset complete, changes as follows]
[Physical fitness [Light Green] → [Green], Survival [Green] → [Light Green], the rest of the results remain the same]
The five attributes of physical fitness, resistance, perception, spirit, and energy show the basic qualities of a person in all aspects, and these five attributes are generalized, and there is a focus on subdivision in them.
For example, physical attributes represent physical fitness, while strength, agility, endurance, coordination, flexibility, etc. are all included, and the same physical attributes may be good in different directions.
Qualifications represent the learning speed, bottleneck level, and innovation ability of this Astral Apostle carrier in a skill, as well as the limit of the level that can be achieved in this field.
In the template, the qualification is judged by color, from low to high, gray, white, green, blue, purple, and so on.
In the same color grade, there is also a distinction between shades and shades, and generally the darker the color, the better the qualification, such as [green] is a grade higher than [light green].
"Only free points are left unallocated."
Zhou Jing looked over.
Free Points can be assigned to attributes, and can also be used to increase the effectiveness of qualifications and talents.
He thought about it for a moment and simply threw all 4 free points into his fitness.
- I don't know what the specific situation of astral shuttle is, but the benefit of focusing on adding an attribute should be higher. The scope of physical fitness is the widest, and in the face of most routine situations, the body is the biggest cost.
[Free Points Allocation Completed]
[Stamina 5→9]
9 Stamina ...... I don't know what level it is, and I don't have a reference, but according to the initial strength of other attributes, the value is almost doubled, and the true level represented should not be too bad.
"That's pretty much it, there shouldn't be much more to do."
Zhou Jing thought about it, and didn't plan to change the preset name of the template of "Will Wood", and finally fine-tuned the appearance of this astral apostle.
He deliberately added a tiny bird-like tattoo on the inside of his forearm, which ended the pinch.
[Astral Apostle Template Adjustment Ends!] ]
[Advance to launch!] ]
[Currently Released Astral Plane: [Unnamed] No. 001]
[Astral Time Flow Rate Difference: 4.2~131.7]
[This shuttle timer: 6 hours for the main body (default)]
[Map Overview Mode Turned On]
[Note: The map overview mode only includes known areas, including but not limited to the areas explored by the Astral Apostles themselves, the relevant maps they have read, etc., and the areas that are not included cannot be displayed]
As the information swipes the screen, the pinching interface shrinks and disappears, replaced by a black interface, where nothing can be seen, which is an overview of the current map of the astral boundary.
"Haven't explored this astral plane, so the whole map is black?"
Zhou Jing understood.
There was no pause in the panel, and new information emerged:
[Please select the delivery mode, [Random area delivery] or [Specified area delivery]]
[Hint: There is currently no known region in the Astral Boundary, only [Random Region Drop] is available]
[Do you want to start serving?] ]
"At this point, it's the official shuttle."
Seeing the last line of information, Zhou Jing took a deep breath, feeling a little apprehensive and a little expectant.
I don't know what this situation is, it's really an illusion. Although Shicai has received the basic capabilities of the panel, a lot of information is half-understood, and you can only figure it out by experiencing it yourself.
Now it's time to experiment with concrete results......
"Yes!"
Snort -
It was like thunder.
In the next moment, the underside of this starry space suddenly cracked, turning into a brilliant rift.
It's as if the starry sky opens its mouth and comes with an incomparable suction!
Zhou Jing didn't have time to react, the whole person was weightless in an instant, fell into this crack, rolled and fell in the air, as if he had been thrown into a drum washing machine, dizzy.
The rift was filled with colorful colors, but under the effect of the terrifying falling speed, all the colors were pulled into strips of light in the field of vision, and it seemed to turn into a colorful streamer channel.
Fall...... It seems to fall endlessly!
And in the whirling vision, he struggled to see the scene at the bottom of the rift.
It was a black-green forest from above, and as it fell, the scene quickly grew in view......