I might have been playing a fake cultivation game.

Section 094 Perception and Interoperability

The director tapped the table lightly and said, "What Zhou Yunshen said in his report is only his own opinion. We still need to send someone to verify it."

He paused, then looked at the middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses in front of him and said, "Send one group, no, two groups of people to the Qin family, Dazhu Village, and Baishui Village to conduct on-site investigations. Then have them write detailed investigation reports and submit them."

Baishui Village is the mountain village that was slaughtered by Qin Ruyuan's spirit pet, the white tiger, leaving only 31 survivors.

Previously, when players were weak, it was extremely difficult to investigate things in the vast and dangerous Xuan Yuan World.

Now, three months have passed, and many players have cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Realm, making it much easier for the government to investigate certain matters.

Although Foundation Establishment cultivators are only considered beginners in the cultivation system, they can already ignore most of the dangers in the Xuan Yuan World and travel at a considerable speed.

"Yes, Director, I'll take care of it right away," the middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses said as he stood up.

"Go ahead," the director said, picking up his teacup from his desk.

After the middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses walked out of the director's office.

"Director Shi."

"Director Shi."

The staff in the corridor greeted them one after another.

Within government offices, when the director is not present, subordinates generally refer to the deputy director as the director as well.

Clearly, the "Director Shi" mentioned by the staff member is a deputy director of the State Security Bureau.

Deputy Director Shi simply nodded in response to the staff's greetings before hurrying away.

……

After spending some time in the real world and taking care of his basic needs, Zhou Yunshen transmigrated into the Xuan Yuan Realm.

He needs to take advantage of this "free" time to continue his self-cultivation.

This self-cultivation really works.

In the mountains and forests outside the city, Zhou Yunshen continued to familiarize himself with the various spells he had mastered. He practiced each spell repeatedly, and after several hours, he became more fluent in casting Fire Locust Spell, Fire Python Spell, and Flame Spell.

Smoothness means faster spellcasting speed, which means he has become increasingly stronger in his control over his own energy.

With such frequent practice of spells, his internal energy was starting to falter. The spiritual energy he absorbed from heaven and earth was far from enough to keep up with his consumption. In this situation, he either had to meditate to slowly recover his internal energy or use spirit stones to quickly recover it.

Zhou Yunshen chose the latter.

It's just a matter of consuming a few more spirit stones. He currently has several hundred spirit stones on him, enough to last him for a while.

A few hours later, the government's top-grade spirit pet talisman arrived as promised.

This is a palm-sized golden talisman, densely engraved with runes, radiating a soft golden light.

Superior-grade Spirit Pet Talisman: It can form a master-servant contract with non-human beings at the Demon King level. Once the contract is successfully signed, it guarantees that the spirit pet will not be able to break free from the contract's restraints or kill its master when it is at the Demon King level or below.

Zhou Yunshen had frequented game forums, so he naturally knew what the Demon King level represented.

In the Xuan Yuan Realm, demons and monsters, from weakest to strongest, are: Lesser Demon, Greater Demon, Demon King, Demon Emperor, and Demon God, which correspond to the Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Earth Immortal realms among humans, respectively.

The Demon King corresponds to the Golden Core among humans.

"This superior-grade spirit pet talisman can guarantee that pets at the Demon King level and below won't kill their masters. Not bad. In that case, I can use the spirit pets I raise with peace of mind, at least until they break through to the Demon Emperor level," Zhou Yun thought to himself.

Zhou Yun withdrew his gaze from the superior-grade spirit pet talisman and thanked the Foundation Establishment player standing in front of him, saying, "Thanks, brother."

Seeing Zhou Yun Shen thank him and call him brother, the Foundation Establishment player looked flattered and quickly waved his hand, saying, "Boss, this is my job, no need to thank me."

When this Foundation Establishment player looked at Zhou Yunshen, there was a hint of admiration in his eyes.

After all, the person in front of them was the number one player on the ranking list.

He felt honored to meet such a master in the game world.

"Boss..."

Zhou Yunshen was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this form of address.

Before he knew it, he had become a top player.

After the Foundation Establishment stage courier left, Zhou Yunshen left the city and went to the wilderness to continue his self-cultivation.

He didn't return to Luchuan Prefecture until he felt unwell.

This physical discomfort originates from the real world.

In the real world, he could vaguely feel the discomfort of needing to urinate or being hungry.

He couldn't sense it before, but after his martial arts realm broke through to the Innate Perfection Realm, he was able to vaguely perceive these things.

Similarly, when he was on Earth, he could also vaguely sense the physical condition of the characters in the Xuan Yuan world.

However, in the Xuan Yuan world, his role is that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, who can already achieve the ability to abstain from grains and survive by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Under such circumstances, things like eating, drinking, and defecating have gradually become distant from him, and he doesn't have as many trivial matters as he does in the real world.

After his consciousness returned to Earth, Zhou Yunshen quickly took care of his basic needs of eating, drinking, and relieving himself, but he was not in a hurry to travel to the Xuan Yuan World.

Because at this point, the cooldown period for his Hell Trial had ended, and he could now venture into the Hell instance.

This was Zhou Yunshen's first trip to the Hell Dungeon after reaching the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm.

He was quite looking forward to it.

After all, his cultivation level had broken through from the late Foundation Establishment stage to the peak Foundation Establishment stage, resulting in a significant increase in strength. In addition, his self-cultivation over the past two days had further enhanced his strength.

With both factors combined, he felt that his strength was now vastly different from what it had been three days ago.

I'll just have to test my skills in the Hell difficulty and see how far my strength has improved.

After a brief moment of disorientation, when Zhou Yun Shen regained consciousness, he found himself in a hellish world.

As far as the eye can see, the sky is gray and the ground beneath one's feet is barren black soil.

The air was filled with a familiar, decaying smell.

With a thought, Zhou Yunshen released his divine sense and quickly scanned all directions.

Currently, his divine sense can extend outward to 104 meters, an increase of 1 meter compared to the 103 meters when he first broke through to the peak of Foundation Establishment.

This 1-meter increase may seem insignificant, but it means that even when his cultivation level 'stagnates,' his soul strength can still gradually improve.

After scanning the area with his divine sense and finding no danger, Zhou Yunshen began to condense fire locusts.

He conjured fire locusts, which then landed on him.

This time, he managed to summon 177 fire locusts in one go, which is a record-breaking feat.