"Yu Fan Heaven will officially open at 8 PM tonight. Let's look forward to the good news from those lucky ones who have qualified to participate."
"According to expert analysis, Yu Fan Heaven is a high-dimensional civilization's mental invasion of Blue Star. Experts urge everyone to remain vigilant, and try not to participate or engage, to avoid bringing disaster to Blue Star."
"Click."
Zhang Yuhe turned off the TV with a flick, muttering to himself,
"This is nonsense. Who can resist the temptation of attaining the Dao and eternal life?"
They want everyone not to enter the game? How is that possible? It's simply a fantasy.
Zhang Yuhe didn't know what others thought, but he definitely had to try the game himself.
How would he know if it was real without going in to see?
As for whether it would bring disaster? Haven't they heard the story of the man of Qi who worried about the sky falling?
Why think so much?
Even if a great flood were to come tomorrow, he would still enter Yu Fan Heaven tonight to see if there really was a place in this world where one could cultivate Immortality... A month ago, a game called Yu Fan Heaven suddenly appeared in the public's view.
No one knew who developed this game, nor did anyone know who was operating it behind the scenes.
There were only overwhelming advertisements constantly flooding all advertising platforms.
Even CCOV occasionally showed advertisements for Yu Fan Heaven.
These advertisements seemed to appear out of nowhere.
All platforms tried every possible method, but still couldn't stop Yu Fan Heaven's advertisements from automatically intruding.
It was as if an omnipotent hand was manipulating everything from behind.
All these things shrouded Yu Fan Heaven in a veil of mystery, leading people to endless speculation.
The advertising slogan for Yu Fan Heaven was also very exaggerated, even to an absurd degree.
According to Yu Fan Heaven's claims,
As long as one enters Yu Fan Heaven, they can obtain the method of Immortal Cultivation, embark on the path of Immortal Cultivation, and even have a chance to seek the Dao for eternal life and ascend to the Immortal Realm.
Moreover, all abilities and items players acquire in Yu Fan Heaven can be directly brought into the real world.
Immortal Cultivation?
Eternal life?
Ascend to the Immortal Realm?
Abilities and items from the game can even be brought out into the real world?
This completely didn't sound like human speech.
Because this was simply a myth.
If it weren't for the inability to find the person behind it, everyone would have thought someone was going crazy.
It was completely mad talk.
However, Yu Fan Heaven seemed omnipotent, with advertisements everywhere.
This couldn't help but make people have different thoughts.
Maybe it's true.
What if it's really possible to cultivate Immortality?
Who would want to miss such an opportunity?
However, not everyone could enter Yu Fan Heaven.
According to Yu Fan Heaven's statement, only those detected with Immortal Cultivation Aptitude would be allocated the items to enter the game.
All Blue Star residents aged 16 or above could undergo Aptitude testing remotely through Yu Fan Heaven's website.
Upon passing the test, login items for the game would be immediately issued.
Zhang Yuhe subconsciously looked at his desk, where a foot-tall octagonal pagoda stood silently.
"Can this thing really let me enter the game?"
This octagonal pagoda was the login item issued by Yu Fan Heaven.
And it also had a very pleasant name: flying immortal platform.
After passing the Aptitude test, this flying immortal platform inexplicably appeared on Zhang Yuhe's desk.
The situation really startled him, and he even thought he had seen a ghost.
He even retrieved his home surveillance footage and watched it repeatedly, but still couldn't figure out how this thing appeared.
In fact, Zhang Yuhe wasn't the only one.
Others who passed the test also experienced the same, an octagonal pagoda inexplicably appearing beside them.
Such unscientific occurrences stirred up a huge commotion at the time.
It was precisely because of this that Zhang Yuhe became even more determined to enter Yu Fan Heaven and see.
To see if Immortal Cultivation was truly possible, if seeking the Dao for eternal life was possible.
Whether the distant myths were about to descend upon the real world.
For this, he had quit his job last month, focusing solely on waiting for Yu Fan Heaven to open.
The clock slowly ticked by. When there were five minutes left until the game opened,
Zhang Yuhe pulled a cigarette from his desk, silently lit it, and calmed his excited mood.
At this moment, he was indeed very excited.
There was both anticipation for Immortal Cultivation and fear of the unknown.
All sorts of indescribable emotions left his heart unsettled.
Soon, after finishing a cigarette, Zhang Yuhe quickly dressed neatly, then picked up a sheathed long saber from the desk.
Clang... Drawing the long saber, Zhang Yuhe muttered to himself,
"I wonder if a long saber made on Blue Star can be used after entering the game."
According to Yu Fan Heaven's statement, players enter the game in their true bodies.
The first time a player enters Yu Fan Heaven, their clothing, including items in their hands, will also be projected into the game world.
Of course, this only happens the first time entering the game; afterwards, items cannot be brought in.
For this, Zhang Yuhe specifically spent a large sum to customize this Tang-saber-style long saber online.
It cost him a full fifty thousand Blue Coins.
Although he knew he might be paying an intelligence tax, he accepted it.
Money is an external possession; as long as this long saber helps him even a little in the game, he is willing to spend any amount of money.
In one sentence:
Eternal life is priceless.
Even if this was just a vague possibility.
For this possibility, not only Zhang Yuhe, but almost everyone was willing to take a gamble.
If it weren't for the lack of channels, he even wanted to bring a firearm into the game.
Unfortunately, Blue Star's control over firearms was too strict, and he had no channels at all.
He simply couldn't get one.
Zhang Yuhe, in a tracksuit, held the long saber and carefully examined himself in the mirror for a while.
Then he jumped a few times, confirming that his clothes and shoes fit well and there was no discomfort, before slowly coming to his desk.
"One minute left. Everything is ready. The rest is up to fate."
When the time reached exactly eight o'clock, Zhang Yuhe's gaze fell upon the flying immortal platform on his desk.
Suddenly, the surrounding space and time instantly shifted, and he seemed to arrive in another world.
Before he had time to examine his surroundings,
A mechanical yet ethereal voice sounded in his ear:
"Welcome to Yu Fan Heaven. Immortal Cultivation talent is being activated. Please wait."
According to Yu Fan Heaven's statement, everyone's talent is innate and almost unchangeable.
On Blue Star's network, it only detected whether everyone had Immortal Cultivation Aptitude.
However, the specific type of talent Aptitude would only be truly activated upon entering the game.
When the ethereal voice disappeared, a light circle somewhat resembling a Bagua plate suddenly appeared beneath Zhang Yuhe's feet.
After a while, various colored halos, following the Bagua light circle beneath his feet, continuously rose around Zhang Yuhe's body.
Bathed in the seven-colored light, Zhang Yuhe felt absolutely nothing.
After an unknown period, the ethereal voice sounded again:
"Talent Aptitude activation complete. Please check it yourself. Wishing you eternal life and prosperity in the Dao of Immortals."
Immediately followed by another spatial-temporal shift, Zhang Yuhe found himself in a dilapidated small Daoist temple.