"'Yu Fantian' will officially launch at 8 PM tonight. Let us all look forward to those lucky ones who have obtained the qualification to participate bringing good news to everyone."

"According to expert analysis, 'Yu Fantian' is a mental invasion of Blue Star by a higher-dimensional civilization. Experts urge everyone to remain vigilant, avoid participating or contacting it as much as possible, so as to avoid bringing disaster to Blue Star."

"Click."

Zhang Yuhe abruptly turned off the television and muttered to himself.

"What absolute nonsense. Who can resist the temptation of attaining the Dao and achieving eternal life?"

Wanting people not to enter the game? How could that even be possible? It is simply a fantasy.

Zhang Yuhe didn't know what others were thinking, but he was definitely going to enter the game and try it out.

If he didn't go in and take a look, how would he know whether it was real or not?

As for whether it would bring disaster? Had they never heard the story of the man of Qi worrying about the sky falling?

Why think about so much?

Even if a catastrophic flood were to happen tomorrow, he would still go into "Yu Fantian" tonight to see if there really was a place in this world where one could cultivate immortality.

...

A month ago, a game called "Yu Fantian" suddenly appeared in the public eye.

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 would occasionally pop up with advertisements for "Yu Fantian".

These advertisements seemed to appear out of thin air.

No matter what methods various platforms tried, they still couldn't stop the automatic intrusion of "Yu Fantian" advertisements.

It was as if an omnipotent hand was manipulating everything behind the scenes.

All of these factors cast a mysterious veil over "Yu Fantian", prompting endless imagination from people.

The promotional slogans of "Yu Fantian" were also extremely exaggerated, even to an absurd degree.

According to "Yu Fantian".

As long as one entered "Yu Fantian", they could acquire the methods of immortal cultivation, embark on the path of immortal cultivation, and even have the opportunity to seek the Dao for eternal life, and achieve Ascension to the Immortal Realm.

Moreover, all abilities and items acquired by players in "Yu Fantian" could be directly brought into the real world.

Immortal cultivation?

Eternal life?

Ascension to the Immortal Realm?

Abilities and items from the game could even be brought out into the real world?

This fucking didn't sound like human words at all.

Because this was simply mythology.

If not for the inability to find the person behind the scenes, everyone would definitely think someone was going crazy.

It was completely raving madness.

However, "Yu Fantian" seemed omnipotent, and its advertisements were everywhere.

This inevitably made people generate strange thoughts.

Maybe it was real.

What if one could really cultivate immortality?

Who would be willing to miss such an opportunity?

However, not everyone could enter "Yu Fantian".

According to "Yu Fantian", only those detected to have the Aptitude for immortal cultivation would be allocated props to enter the game.

Any Blue Star citizen who has reached the age of 16 could conduct remote Aptitude testing through the "Yu Fantian" website.

After passing the test, game login props would be issued immediately.

Zhang Yuhe subconsciously looked towards his desk, where an octagonal pagoda about a foot tall quietly stood there.

"Can this thing really let me enter the game?"

This octagonal pagoda was the login prop issued by "Yu Fantian".

Moreover, it also had a very pleasant-sounding name called the Flying Immortal Platform.

Back then, after passing the Aptitude test, this Flying Immortal Platform inexplicably appeared on Zhang Yuhe's desk.

That situation really gave him a huge fright, making him think he had seen a ghost.

He even retrieved and repeatedly checked his home's surveillance footage, yet he still didn't find out how this thing had appeared.

In fact, it wasn't just Zhang Yuhe who was like this.

Others who passed the test were the same; inexplicably, an octagonal pagoda had appeared by their sides.

This matter, which could not be explained by science, caused huge waves at the time.

And precisely because of this, Zhang Yuhe became even more determined in his idea to enter Yu Fantian and take a look.

To see if one could really cultivate immortality and seek the Dao for eternal life.

To see if those once-distant mythological stories were about to descend upon the real world.

For this reason, he quit his job last month to focus on waiting for the opening of "Yu Fantian".

The clock slowly ticked by, and when there were only five minutes left before the game opened.

Zhang Yuhe pulled out a cigarette from the table, 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.

Various unspeakable emotions made it impossible for his inner self to calm down for a moment.

Soon, the cigarette was finished. Zhang Yuhe quickly dressed neatly, then picked up a scabbarded long saber from the table.

Clang...

Drawing the long saber, Zhang Yuhe muttered to himself.

"I wonder if the long saber crafted on Blue Star will still be useful after entering the game."

According to "Yu Fantian", players entered the game with their physical bodies.

When entering Yu Fantian for the first time, the player's attire, including the items in their hands, would likewise be projected into the game world.

Of course, this was only the case when entering the game for the first time; afterwards, one wouldn't be able to bring things in anymore.

For this reason, Zhang Yuhe specially spent a large sum of money to customize this Tang-style replica long saber on the internet.

It cost him a full fifty thousand Blue Coins.

Although he knew that doing this would probably get him slapped with an IQ tax, he accepted it.

Wealth was an external possession; as long as this long saber could give him even a tiny bit of help in the game, he was willing to spend however much money it took.

In a word.

Eternal life was priceless.

Even if this was just an illusory possibility.

For the sake of this possibility, not only Zhang Yuhe, but almost everyone was willing to give it a fight.

If not for the lack of channels, he even wanted to get a firearm to bring into the game.

It was just a pity that Blue Star's control over firearms was simply too strict, and he had no channels whatsoever.

He simply couldn't get one.

In a sports outfit and holding the long saber, Zhang Yuhe carefully looked himself over in the mirror for a while.

Then he jumped a few times to confirm that his clothes and shoes fit well without any discomfort, before slowly coming to the desk.

"There's one minute left, everything is ready, and the rest depends on heaven's will."

When the time reached eight o'clock sharp, Zhang Yuhe's gaze looked towards the Flying Immortal Platform on the desk.

Suddenly, the surrounding space-time shifted instantly, and it felt as though he had arrived in another world.

Before he even had time to check the surrounding environment.

A mechanical yet ethereal voice sounded in his ear.

"Welcome to Yu Fantian. Activating immortal cultivation Aptitude, please wait."

According to "Yu Fantian", everyone's talent was innate and almost unchangeable.

On the Blue Star network, it only tested whether everyone had the Aptitude for immortal cultivation.

As for what kind of talent and Aptitude it specifically was, it could only be truly activated when entering the game.

After the ethereal voice disappeared, a halo resembling a Bagua disc suddenly appeared beneath Zhang Yuhe's feet.

After a short while, halos of various colors rose up from time to time around Zhang Yuhe's body along the Bagua halo under his feet.

Bathing under the colorful light, Zhang Yuhe didn't feel anything at all.

Not knowing how much time had passed, the ethereal voice sounded once again.

"Talent and Aptitude activation complete. Please check for yourself. May you achieve eternal vision, and may the Dao of immortality prosper forever."

Immediately following another space-time shift, Zhang Yuhe found himself appearing in a dilapidated small Daoist temple.