My Disciples are Too Idiotic

Chapter 443 304: Mysterious Realm, This is the Secret of the Fifth Test Version!

Deep in the Mountain Range.

Some players from the Fifth Test also had no intention of passing up the chance and began to venture deeper.

The appearance of Non-player Characters was highly valued by veteran players, while the newbie players from the Fifth Test seemed indifferent, deeming a group of ordinary Non-player Characters not worth their time.

Why not find some unique items and then sell them to Antarctic for profit?

At the foot of a dry and decayed mountain, four newbie players carried sabers and swords, all with shifty eyes.

"Hey, Rat, are you sure about this?"

"Heh, how can you not trust me? I scoped this place out all night yesterday; there's definitely a City inside, and it's even hidden by an Array!"

"If there really is a City, those Non-player Characters Outside should have discovered it by now."

"It's only those arrogant veteran players who value them. I say this game isn't as simple as we think. We're dorm mates; would I lie to you?"

The young player known as Rat Tail Juice walked ahead, followed by three players with skeptical expressions.

Rat Tail Juice, Master Pang, Pillar of Heaven, and You're Burning.

All four were students at Liangcheng Medical College, about to graduate in their senior year, when luckily, all four got access to the game.

After discussing it together, they left school under the pretense of an internship and rented a house to start playing.

Fifth Test players were still in the exploratory phase, and even the veteran players were still exploring.

After all, this Fifth Test was unlike any before. And why was that? Because of the unknowns of the Fifth Test!

In the previous four Internal Tests, players had some basic understanding and knew what difficulties they would face.

But now, things were different.

The Fifth Test introduced a completely unknown worldview and storyline, with only hints available from the Fourth Test at most.

Yet even so, the veteran players were still exploring.

Compared to the other Internal Tests, this game version's emphasis, besides increasing the value of Contribution Points, was primarily on exploration!

Exploring a new world.

A fully open world.

This implied that the entire game version had gone beyond most people's guesses.

Rat Tail Juice was relatively sharp. Realizing something was off with the game version, he immediately started exploring.

After staying up exploring for two nights in a row, he had indeed found some hidden scenes in this version.

There were indeed many Caves in this Mountain Range.

They were occupied by some ordinary Non-player Characters who, at most, could provide little bits of information to the players.

The truly important places, however, were overlooked by veteran players. And why was that? Because after this version's update, the game no longer featured Realms like Mahayana or Tribulation; instead, the Gene Lock was introduced!

The name Gene Lock said it all.

This version was no longer about martial arts or Xianxia.

It was the real future!

Rat Tail Juice had researched a lot but couldn't find any other records about the Gene Lock on the Official Website.

In other words, the veteran players still thought this so-called Gene Lock was just another Realm, similar to the previous cultivation stages.

However, Rat Tail Juice didn't think so.

This version was not just about advancing through Realms.

"Rat, you've been up for two nights; what exactly did you find?" Master Pang asked, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Among them, he was the heaviest, and climbing mountains was indeed torture for him.

Mainly because the game was made too realistically.

Climbing a mountain in the game felt exactly the same as in real life!

Can you believe it?

The worst part was that this Ghostly Place had a flying ban, meaning they couldn't fly and had to walk all the way!

Pillar of Heaven and You're Burning also looked over.

Rat Tail Juice surreptitiously glanced around, and after confirming there were no other players nearby, he began to explain in a low voice.

"I have a bold hypothesis. 'The change of eras' is probably a better way to describe our current version!"

Rat Tail Juice said excitedly, "Do you understand what I mean? The Fifth Test is called the Mysterious Realm, and although there are those strange beings, the intel I've collected says that some Non-player Characters refer to these beings as Ancient Gods, not deities!"

HUH???

Listening to his explanation was like listening to a bunch of talk that clarified absolutely nothing.

Master Pang looked bewildered; so did Pillar of Heaven and You're Burning.

What on earth was he talking about?

"We don't get a damn thing you're saying! Can't you simplify it?" Master Pang cursed, his face dark.

Seeing this, Rat Tail Juice could only explain, "I've researched it. Ancient Gods, to be more precise, are the oldest type of divine beings, while 'deities' are merely part of our Chinese Legend. The Non-player Characters here always talk about Ancient Gods, not deities. Doesn't that suggest this world might not have 'deities' as we know them at all? Or perhaps there were once Cultivators known as deities, but they were later replaced by the arrival of gods!

"These Non-player Characters, as I see it, are survivors from a previous era! You all know about the Peach Blossom Spring, right? They are like the inhabitants of the Peach Blossom Spring, not really what we think of as true Non-player Characters!"

This time, the others started to understand.

Pillar of Heaven frowned and said, "You mean we're no longer cultivating immortality, but we've stepped into a future era? Is that what you're suggesting?"

"Yes! A change of eras! That's the real explanation behind the Mysterious Realm!"

Rat Tail Juice said excitedly, "The City I discovered last night proves my theory, because when I was exploring all night, I saw lights inside that City!"