In the afternoon, the repairs and upgrades on the second room were also completed.
Spurred on by what had happened on Hai Liwei's end, Yu Xian had specifically instructed Muse to upgrade the training room first, itching to rapidly boost his own strength.
Yu Xian walked into the newly repaired and upgraded training room with everyone else, instantly captivated by the scenery inside.
Before them stretched an endless plain. Farther off stood sheer cliffs, biting, wind-swept snow peaks, and a boundless ocean—along with vast numbers of giant beasts so lifelike they were difficult to tell apart from the real thing.
"Muse, give us a run-down of the upgraded training room's features," Yu Xian commanded.
Muse immediately materialized before them as a projection. Its main body was still repairing and upgrading other compartments on the battleship, so it was currently splitting its attention.
It explained, "Following the repairs and upgrades, the training room's internal volume has expanded to 1.41 × 10¹⁸ cubic kilometers, incorporating diverse terrains from across the universe. At the same time, it harnesses the power of the 'Creator' combined with energy to generate creatures of various tiers for you to challenge.
"The training room features a vital simulation system and a life protection system. If a challenger's life is in danger, any creature generated by the Creator will dissolve into energy, ensuring everyone's personal safety.
"In addition, the training room includes a monster addition function. Any monsters the user has previously encountered can be replicated inside, simulating one hundred percent of their actual strength to facilitate battle analysis and review.
"Lastly, there is an Appraisal Card function. Every monster recorded in the training room possesses an Appraisal Card. Whenever a user speaks the verbal command 'Appraise,' they can view the creature's Appraisal Card to learn its attributes and abilities..."
Muse spent a full ten minutes covering every single feature of the training room. Yu Xian and the others stood with mouths agape, utterly stunned.
They even had the feeling that if they secluded themselves here for tens of thousands of years, they would emerge invincible under the heavens.
"Could this be my Shili Slope?" Yu Xian muttered to himself, looking out over the endless plain, the undulating mountain peaks in the distance, and the cloud-piercing snowy mountains even farther away.
Of everyone present, only Nora had heard Yu Xian mention this ancient, prehistoric gaming meme back when they went to school together. She chuckled, "Then you can just train here until you reach transcendence before stepping out."
"Hmph, hmph! If you rely purely on grinding, you won't reach transcendence in a lifetime," Xiao Sensen interjected.
Hearing Xiao Sensen's words, Niman's eyes flashed with sly intrigue. She smiled and asked, "If grinding alone can't achieve transcendence, then how does one achieve it?"
"The Great Lord of the Forest once said that achieving transcendence is very simple—all it takes is a tiny miracle," Xiao Sensen replied.
Though it still felt a bit stung by the fact that the Great Lord of the Forest couldn't compare to a Transcender, in its heart the Great Lord of the Forest was still the greatest being of all. So even if the Great Lord of the Forest wasn't a Transcender, His words were undoubtedly true.
Nora asked curiously, "Then how do you get that tiny miracle?"
"How would I know? I'm not a Transcender!" Xiao Sensen rolled its eyes at Nora, speaking in an irritated huff.
Yu Xian chuckled. "I think what the Lord of the Forest meant was that unless a miracle occurs, you can forget about transcendence. In other words, transcendence is so astronomically hard that it's utterly impossible without a miracle."
"Ah? Was that what the Great Lord of the Forest meant all along?" Xiao Sensen froze, instantly led astray by Yu Xian's reasoning, and fell into a bout of self-doubt.
Yu Xian stepped forward then. Following Muse's instructions, he summoned the training room's control interface and entered every monster, creature, and enemy he had previously encountered into the system.
Next, he saw circles of light appear one after another, rapidly manifesting various creatures within them.
Edward carried a colossal cross on his back, standing motionless in place. The Extreme Dragon and the Ancient Cosmos Dragon were colossal, blotting out the sunlight overhead the moment they appeared.
"Ex—Extreme Dragon! Run for your lives!!!" At the sight of the replicated Extreme Dragon, Xiao Sensen's eyes nearly popped out of its wooden face. It spun around to flee, only for Little Nora to snatch it by the neck with one hand, leaving its legs paddling uselessly in midair.
Yu Xian glanced at Xiao Sensen in surprise. If Xiao Sensen wasn't lying, it hailed from a deeply ancient era. Could the Extreme Dragon have already existed back then?
"Calm down. That's not the real Extreme Dragon," Little Nora said, swatting Xiao Sensen on the forehead.
Xiao Sensen sank down limply, wailing with a miserable face, "An Extreme Dragon is an Extreme Dragon! Real or fake, it's an Extreme Dragon! As long as the Extreme Dragon's eyes see you, it's the same as catching the Extreme Dragon's notice!"
"And then what? Will the real Extreme Dragon kill us?" Little Nora asked.
Xiao Sensen paused, then shook its head. "No, not that. It's just that once you catch its notice, there's a chance you'll be dragged into its dream world, or your body will mutate under the influence of its power."
A dream world?
Your body could even mutate?
A chill ran down everyone's spines. Niman hurriedly opened the console and deleted the Extreme Dragon's data.
Only when the Extreme Dragon dissolved into energy did everyone truly heave a sigh of relief. None of them had imagined the Extreme Dragon was this terrifying. Even Yu Xian felt a lingering dread—back then, he had thoroughly offended the Extreme Dragon.
"By the way, what are the odds of being noticed by the Extreme Dragon?" Nora asked Xiao Sensen with concern, remembering that Yu Xian had actually encountered the Extreme Dragon in person.
Xiao Sensen rolled its eyes at Nora once more and retorted, "How should I know?"
"Speak nicely to Big Sister, you dummy Xiao Sensen!" Seeing Xiao Sensen roll its eyes at Nora a second time, Little Nora immediately smacked its forehead, speaking in displeasure.
Yu Xian patted Little Nora's head with satisfaction and said, "It's fine if you don't know. Now that we do know, regardless of what the odds are, as long as it's not zero, we should avoid it as much as possible."
"Then let's begin combat practice. Everyone pick an opponent that suits them," Niman smiled.
The barriers of the training room were now comprehensively reinforced. According to Muse, as long as an energy attack did not exceed the level of one quadrillion, it could not breach the training room's barriers.
With Yu Xian and the others' current strength, they wouldn't leave a scratch on the training room's barriers even if they pounded away for ten thousand years.
The group dispersed toward the plain. Yu Xian glanced at the distant snowy mountains and decisively flew toward them. Meanwhile, Niman cradled Little Nia, checking the map as she strolled toward a lake to the left.
Once everyone had walked away, Little Nora simply plopped down on the ground and began conjuring food non-stop.
Fighting and stuff was way too troublesome.
She'd rather fill her belly first; after all, the monsters were right here in the training room and weren't going anywhere.
Yet just as she finished a piece of meat, a golden rope appeared out of thin air. In the next second, Yu Xian reeled her over to his side. She hurriedly wiped her mouth.
"Stop wiping. You've got grease all over your face."
Yu Xian looked at Little Nora helplessly, though his tone was fond and indulgent.
He had known she would slack off. Deep down, Little Nora didn't care for fighting; she just loved eating and playing, and only worked hard at cultivation out of necessity for self-preservation.
"You can just watch from the side in a bit."
Yu Xian patted Little Nora's head and continued forward.
"Big Brother is the best!"
Hearing this, Little Nora cheered at once and bounded after Yu Xian with light, bouncy steps.
One tall, one small, the two strode through the high sky, heading toward the cloud-piercing snowy mountains in the distance.
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