Celestial Beast Taming

Chapter 283: Chapter 174: Virtual Source Network

Changing its form wouldn’t increase the combat effectiveness of the Ice Jade Fox Sculpture Skill.

Still, Zhong Yi let Ice Glaze do as it pleased within his Soul Base.

As long as it didn’t impact his strength, he saw no reason to interfere. Rather than forcing a Guardian Beast to do something,

Zhong Yi much preferred for his contracted Guardian Beasts to be happy and content at his side.

Lan Po and Ice Glaze had a great relationship; the two little ones had always been inseparable.

Having not seen Ice Glaze for the past two days, Lan Po missed it dearly.

However, compared to being held by Zhong Yi all night and having him all to itself, Ice Glaze suddenly didn’t seem so important.

Tonight, Lan Po didn’t plan on absorbing the dreams produced by the Sleeping Dream Moths. It wanted to spend the entire night curled up in Zhong Yi’s arms.

The night deepened, and moonlight spilled like water before Zhong Yi’s window.

With Lan Po, the Silver Shuttle Dream Weaving Cat, around, it was difficult for Zhong Yi to have anything but a peaceful sleep.

As Zhong Yi slept, the Soul-Controlling Flower extended its filaments from his soul, just as it always did.

Two of the filaments reached into his Storage Pouch, absorbing the Life and Soul Energy from the Demon Remains inside.

The remaining dozen or so filaments gently encircled Zhong Yi, trembling lightly and filled with deep affection.

Enveloped by the filaments, Zhong Yi looked like a priceless treasure!

Just then, the Source Material Celestial Shuttle suddenly glowed with a soft, pale golden light.

The moment the pale golden light appeared, it began to pull at Zhong Yi’s soul.

The filaments of the Soul-Controlling Flower shot forward abruptly, and a crack appeared at the tip of one.

A drop of crystal-clear liquid dripped from the filament onto the Source Material Celestial Shuttle.

The moment the Soul-Controlling Flower’s essence landed on the Source Material Celestial Shuttle, the shuttle began to tremble violently.

An incredibly complex and brilliant totem appeared across the entire surface of the Source Material Celestial Shuttle.

It was impossible to make out the totem clearly; it seemed to be merely a fragment of some magnificent, colossal being.

The totem flickered along with the pale golden halo and gradually vanished. Zhong Yi, deep in slumber, was completely unaware of this.

At that moment, Zhong Yi found himself in a small, enclosed space, only a little over a hundred square feet.

The environment before him resembled the bare, unfinished interior of a house.

As Zhong Yi was surveying his surroundings, the wall directly in front of him suddenly rippled with a fluctuation of Energy.

Zhong Yi was very familiar with this kind of Energy fluctuation; it felt just like a Secret Realm Entrance.

A sphere of pale golden light flew out from the wall that resembled a Secret Realm Entrance and hovered in front of Zhong Yi.

[Welcome to the Virtual Source Network. Your biological genes, mental fluctuations, and soul aura have been imprinted.]

[Please name your identity within the Virtual Source Network. After naming, you will be registered with the Wanyu Source Material Company.]

[The All Things Origin Company serves the Nine Great Ecosystems. Your identity record is stored in the Source Intelligence Brain, constructed by the Wisdom Eye Ecosystem. You can be absolutely assured of your privacy.]

When Star Night gave him the Source Material Celestial Shuttle, he had mentioned that it would help him better understand this world.

Zhong Yi had guessed at many ways the Source Material Celestial Shuttle might help him understand the world.

But he had never imagined that the Source Material Celestial Shuttle would actually bring him into a Virtual Space.

And his soul, within this Virtual Space, felt no different from how it did in the real world.

This couldn’t help but remind Zhong Yi of the internet from his past life.

Having already adapted to something as incredible as transmigration, Zhong Yi accepted the fact that the Source Material Celestial Shuttle had brought him to a Virtual World almost instantly.

This pale golden sphere of light was very much like the Guiding Spirits from the games Zhong Yi had played in his past life—in other words, a novice guide.

Zhong Yi spoke to the sphere of light before him.

”I want to know about the Nine Great Ecosystems and the Wanyu Source Material Company.”

The sphere of light before Zhong Yi, like a diligent customer service representative, quickly responded.

[Greetings. Accessing information regarding the Nine Great Ecosystems requires a payment of twenty thousand Divine Origin Value.]

[Information on the Wanyu Source Material Company can be unlocked in-depth for three hundred Divine Origin Value.]

Even with his strong ability to accept the strange and new, Zhong Yi couldn’t help but feel the corner of his mouth twitch.

This wasn’t the first time Zhong Yi had heard the term ”Nine Great Ecosystems.”

But he never imagined that information about them would cost a whopping twenty thousand Divine Origin Value.

Even information on this so-called Wanyu Source Material Company cost three hundred Divine Origin Value.

And to think, Zhong Yi’s total Divine Origin Value was currently only two.

’It seems there’s a high barrier to entry for learning the deeper details about the Nine Great Ecosystems.’

”This is my first time on the Virtual Source Network. I’m not clear on a lot of things.”

”Is there any information here that I can access without spending Divine Origin Value?”

The golden sphere of light before Zhong Yi flickered faintly, and a vast number of documents immediately appeared on the wall that resembled a Secret Realm Entrance.

Zhong Yi first skimmed through the documents on the wall and found that the amount of free documents was immense.

He had no idea how long it would take to read through all of it.

Zhong Yi selected the documents that seemed most useful for his current situation and began to read through them quickly.

Zhong Yi had only read a small fraction of the selected documents when he received a notification from the pale golden sphere.

It said that his Soul Energy was insufficient and he would soon be disconnected from the Virtual Source Network.

After the notification sounded three times, Zhong Yi left the small, enclosed space and opened his eyes in his own bedroom, which was several thousand square feet.

Opening his eyes, Zhong Yi could feel he was full of energy and thought to himself,

’The Source Material Celestial Shuttle consumes the excess Soul Energy I generate, while keeping my own reserves full.’

’This means that whatever happens on the Virtual Source Network won’t have any effect on me in reality.’

Zhong Yi couldn’t help but marvel at the wonders of the Source Material Celestial Shuttle and the Virtual Source Network.

Although Zhong Yi had only read a small portion of the documents he had selected on the Virtual Source Network, he had already figured out what the Virtual Source Network was.

Secret Realms also existed in the worlds beyond the Guardian Beast World.

Secret Realms were the fragments left behind after worlds perished.

Divine Origin Value had to be obtained through combat in ordinary Secret Realms and Divine Origin Slaughter Secret Realms.

And Divine Origin Value was the currency of the Virtual Source Network. To obtain any service or purchase any item on the network, one had to spend Divine Origin Value.

The Virtual Source Network was, in fact, no different from a real world. The only difference was that one needed a Source Material Celestial Shuttle to be qualified to set foot in it.

As long as Zhong Yi left the enclosed room provided for him on the Virtual Source Network by his Source Material Celestial Shuttle,

he could venture out and make contact with Creatures from other worlds.

It was possible to obtain Divine Origin Value through non-combat means on the Virtual Source Network.

Many Creatures on the Virtual Source Network took up various professions or opened shops.

The Virtual Source Network didn’t produce Divine Origin Value itself; it was obtained by Creatures in Secret Realms and then circulated through spending on the network.

To open a shop on the Virtual Source Network, one first had to spend Divine Origin Value to purchase a land deed on the network.

One also had to purchase an item called a Realm Altar from the Divine Origin Store.

After making a trade with a customer from a different world, the seller could use the Realm Altar to teleport the purchased items to them.

It was just like how one could obtain a Shelter, Secret Realm Creatures, and the Heart of the Secret Realm from the altar within a Secret Realm after exploring it.

However, to complete a transaction via a Realm Altar, not only did the seller need to own one,

but the buyer also had to purchase their own from the Divine Origin Store.

Zhong Yi didn’t know how much Divine Origin Value it cost to purchase a Realm Altar from the Divine Origin Store.

But this method of transaction also created a barrier to entry for buyers.

Weaker individuals who couldn’t obtain enough Divine Origin Value couldn’t even conduct transactions on the Virtual Source Network.

Through his exploration last night, Zhong Yi now had a clear understanding of just how vast this world truly was.

The Guardian Beast World he inhabited was nothing more than a drop in the ocean compared to the true, greater world.

However, instead of being discouraged or intimidated by this knowledge, Zhong Yi felt a fire of passion ignite within him.