I am GSD, a sword that explodes stars

Chapter 90: Ivan's Observations and Discoveries ()
After telling Sosia and successfully gaining her trust, Alvin felt much better.

This means that Sosia is indeed a flesh-and-blood person who can communicate.

So it is worth thinking about whether this world is a game or not.

If this world is a game, then even he is the discoverer of secrets.

Trying to communicate with others may also cause cognitive obstacles due to certain rules being imposed.

In the future, he will not fall into loneliness because he knows many secrets but has no one to communicate and understand.

Ivan asked Sosia to pay more attention to the guests whose names sound strange in the future.

Then he finished drinking the Elf Sleep Essence and went back to the dojo to rest.

Sosia gave the order to the elf summons to clean the Ghost Swordsman's Dojo before returning to the study upstairs.

Sitting at the desk, she thought for a while, then took out a blue book with gold edges that did not record any words, and took out a magic pen.

On the cover of the book, the title of "Player's Unique Story" was casually engraved.

【Nature of the world】

"Although Mr. Ivan said that this world is a game world, judging from his expression and feeling, he didn't seem to be lying. But although I couldn't fully understand what he said, I could recognize it."

"This means that Mr. Ivan came here with a serious face tonight. His most fundamental purpose is to try to communicate with others about [Players] and [Nature of the World]."

“And just because I can recognize and communicate, does that mean this world is real?”

Sosia has seen countless people and countless strange stories. With the help of magical observation and the words and deeds of different creatures, she can roughly judge some of the other party's thoughts and states.

When Mr. Ivan arrived just now, he was emitting tension and anxiety all over his body.

He seemed to want to talk to her about something important, but was a little worried that she wouldn't believe it.

Although what Mr. Ivan said was indeed shocking.

However, Sosia found that although she could not fully understand Mr. Ivan's conclusion that the world is a game, she was able to understand and think normally.

She also said that the nature of the world may not be a game.

Mr. Ivan was the first to react but then realized it. The tension on his body that was easily noticeable quickly disappeared and he became calm again.

Sosia could probably understand the source of Mr. Ivan's panic.

This point can be easily understood by putting yourself in their shoes.

If she was living a good life, and one day she discovered something that shattered her worldview, she would want to talk to friends who had similar perceptions to her.

However, he found that the other party was a person who could not be recognized or communicated with, that is, the game NPC who had fixed thinking but no personal thinking in Mr. Ivan's opinion, and acted according to the set rules.

Once this is confirmed, her own cognition will undergo a huge change, and her beliefs will be greatly shaken.

Since hearing about ghost stories, Sosia has been observing Alvin, recording his stories, and thinking about various possibilities.

Therefore, it was easy for her to discover that something was wrong with Ivan's condition.

Sosia sorted out her thoughts and began to continue writing down the information she had learned.

[Currently known information]

"1. Mr. Ivan has some understanding of this special group of players."

"2. Players are a special group that possesses the characteristics of immortality and possesses relatively excellent talents."

"3. Players can improve their strength levels not through normal practice, but through a simpler and more brutal method of fighting and hunting."

[Currently unknown information]

“1. Where do the players come from? What is the method? Are there any restrictions?”

"2. What is the player's purpose in coming to this world?"

“3. Can players interact with each other in detail?”

Because the players' questions involved so many things, Sosia opened another book to record the information to help her sort out her thoughts in the future.

At present, she feels that the most necessary thing to explore is whether the death of these special groups of "players" requires some price to be paid.

Once it is confirmed that the player's death has a price, it means that he is (pseudo) immortal.

(Pseudo) immortality and true immortality are two completely different concepts.

If it is the former, there will be many ways to target it, but it will be more difficult to kill than other enemies.

If it's the latter, then it's really troublesome.

Although it is truly immortal, there are also various sealing magics and props, which can be used to severely injure it and seal it.

But according to Mr. Ivan, the number of these players is not just one or two, but will appear in large numbers, so it will be difficult to completely seal them off.

After finishing writing, Sosia closed the book and looked out the window at the night sky that she had seen countless times.

There are too many unknowns about the players right now, and both she and Ivan need a lot of information.

She is not the kind of person who likes to be impulsive, fanciful, and make wild guesses.

At present, it has not yet been concluded whether they can get along with the players.

Therefore, Sosia would not consider taking precautions and would directly kill these players.

However, if the players, a group of visitors from other worlds, really threaten this world and themselves, then she will have to take action.

Then Sosia emptied her mind, hummed a nice tune, and took a bath and prepared to go to bed as usual.

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One night passed.

The next morning at ten o'clock.

When Alvin met his many disciples, he also met Ye Li Ting Feng again.

However, he first asked many disciples to continue their morning exercises.

With the steps of a fierce dragon, he traveled hundreds of meters in an instant and came in front of Ye Tingfeng.

"Have you obtained the permission of Sword Saint Green?"

"Yes, I have already asked Master Green Sword Saint yesterday."

Ye Rinfeng nodded quickly when he heard this.

"Since Sword Saint Green agrees, you can join my dojo after paying 10,000 gold coins."

Originally, in addition to paying 10,000 gold coins to accept a disciple, Alvin would also ask some questions about the person's character. Only after the person passed the test would he agree to accept him as a disciple.

However, after he knew that Ye Li Ting Feng was a player, he could relax some of the requirements for accepting him as a disciple.

And after Alvin nodded to indicate that he could accept him as his disciple.

[You have obtained the job transfer task of changing the job to Sword Soul. ]

A task panel prompt popped up in front of Ye Tingfeng.

"Task name: [Job Change Sword Soul]

"Mission requirements: 1. Get permission from the mysterious master Ivan to accept you as a disciple (completed) 2. Prepare 10000 gold coins, current gold coins are 10831 (can be completed.)"

Mission reward: Obtain the right to transfer to [Sword Soul], one of the four major branches of Ghost Swordsman, and a novice wooden sword.

Note: The Ghost Swordsman profession is a hidden profession and is different from ordinary professions. The strength and positioning of the profession are unknown. In addition, if you want to complete the advancement, you need to put in more energy and effort than ordinary professions. Please make your choice carefully.

After seeing the last reminder on the task panel, Ye Tingfeng was not afraid but became even more excited.

Although this Ghost Swordsman Dojo is not as hard to find as imagined, it is a hidden profession that is specially marked even in the game system.

At night, Tingfeng took out the purse from his backpack and began to count the money.

Just by sensing the player's excitement, Alvin knew that the player was eager to change his job.

However, in order to conform to the NPC's impression, he did not say much and just waited silently.

Soon Ye Tingfeng counted out 831 gold coins and gave the rest directly to Alvin.

"Go practice running like them first."

"According to your age, you need to run 50 kilometers. Go ahead."

After Alvin got the money, he put it back into the system space and spoke calmly.

He didn't need to count them individually or calculate the quantities in order to get a rough estimate.

Because under his mind's eye, he can tell how much money is in the purse at a glance.

"Yes."

Ye Litingfeng received a task called "Daily Morning Exercise", which would reward him with 1000 experience points. Although the experience points were not much, and it was far from enough for him to reach level 11, this kind of task that could be done every day was obviously a good task.

The strange thing is that after he successfully changed his job, he should have been able to directly learn the three basic professional skills.

But after changing his job to Sword Soul, he only learned the skills of upward thrust and backward jump, and had no way to learn other skills.

Can a basic sword technique like the uppercut be called a skill?
As for the training of running wildly, is it really useful? Ye Tingfeng didn’t understand it but still chose to do it.

Anyway, according to the guide, there will be nothing wrong if you listen to your master and train accordingly.

Alvin didn't say anything to this player. He just followed many disciples using the Raptor Step and started his morning exercise.

At present, he knows too little information about the players, so it is not appropriate for him to start fooling them right away.

Ye Litingfeng originally thought that it was only 50 kilometers, which was not a big deal for his current character performance.

But when he had run for ten kilometers at full speed and was as tired as a dog, the contemptuous thought in his mind suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Although this game greatly reduces the pain, his physical fitness is much stronger than in reality.

But it was the first time he discovered that this game, after running at full speed to a certain extent, would actually consume hidden physical strength.

And the hunger, thirst and discomfort brought by the exhaustion from running wildly were transmitted to his senses truthfully.

This feeling made Ye Li Ting Feng feel that this daily training was simply a chore.

Just as he sat down on the ground, breathing heavily and wanting to have a good rest, a calm voice sounded beside him.

"Hurry up and stand up, adjust your breathing, and regain your strength. Do you want to admit that you are not even as good as a child?"

When I heard the sound at night, I looked and saw a series of afterimages flashing past me.

The real body of Master Ivan was not standing directly in front of him.

At night, Ting Feng looked at the master he had just worshipped, and his handsome appearance kept flashing and leaving behind a trail of afterimages.

I looked again at those little kids who were only 1.4 meters tall, running with sweat all over their foreheads, their faces flushed and looking exhausted but still persisting. The feeling of discouragement in my heart suddenly turned into fighting spirit.

As the saying goes, you can lose anything but not your face.

Most people are reluctant to admit that they actually lost to someone their own age, let alone to someone younger than themselves.

So he gasped, endured the burning sensation in his throat, supported his trembling body and stood up, imitating the brothers around him who were too tired to run, and tried to steady his breathing.

"Coordinate your breathing, calm down and sense the fighting spirit in your body."

"And try to use the fighting spirit in your body to perform long accelerations and short decelerations. This way you can recover your physical strength more efficiently."

It was not surprising for Alvin to see that Ye Ren Ting Feng was only learning the surface of breathing and had not learned the real essence. However, since he was a teacher, he reminded him again.

But just this reminder resulted in a confused expression on Ye Tingfeng's face.

He could clearly understand what the NPC Ivan said when they were separated, but he couldn't understand them when they were put together.

What does it mean to mobilize the fighting spirit in the body to coordinate breathing?

Don't things like fighting spirit and magic power burst out naturally when you use skills?

Even if he could mobilize it on his own, he wouldn't do it.

However, he still followed his master's instructions and sensed the energy in his body.

He discovered that there were indeed two forces flowing automatically in his body, but currently these two energies were not under his control.

This made Ye Tingfeng take a look at the child who was closing his eyes and breathing steadily to recover his breath hundreds of meters away. He was immediately frightened and broke into sweat.

If a child who is only level 8 can control it, then it should be a very simple thing to try to control the fighting spirit in the body.

This made him realize a possibility that was both realistic and unacceptable.

That is, his body shape, age, and level are also bigger and higher than that child, but if a real fight breaks out, he may not be able to defeat an inconspicuous-looking level 8 NPC.

Although Ye Tingfeng was the second player to reach level ten in terms of leveling speed, he had a clearer understanding of his own strength.

He relied on his immortality and reckless fighting style, and rose to the top through accumulation time and time again.

He certainly had the courage to fight desperately, but as far as fighting skills were concerned, he had not received any formal training.

Ivan saw that Ye Tingfeng was not calm at all, but rather a little flustered and inexplicably sad. At the same time, he urged other disciples to complete their morning jogging training and gave extra training to some outstanding disciples.

He was also thinking about how players actually play this game.

According to his observation, Ye Rin Ting Feng's practice movements revealed a sense of clumsiness everywhere.

At present, Listening to the Wind at Night is similar to a player who has not fully adapted to the functions of his body, resulting in an inability to perform the normal performance of his character.

Not to mention pursuing gestures and movements that are full of handsomeness and elegance, even normal training and sword moves cannot be smooth.

If the game can be played just by clicking the mouse and pressing the keyboard, these problems will obviously not occur.

Then the answer is obvious. These players should have come to this world to explore in a way similar to projecting their consciousness into the game world.

All operations depend entirely on the player's personal consciousness and physical reaction.

Therefore, even though Ye Li Ting Feng clearly possesses a pretty good level 10 character performance panel, his performance is so eye-catching.

If a person cannot even exert his normal physical fitness, it is naturally impossible for him to fight against monsters of the same level.

Even goblins, who are very weak compared to strong ones, are not very intelligent at low levels and can bring great danger to a large number of ordinary people by relying on their instinctive hunting skills.

Alvin felt that Ye Ren Ting Feng was probably an ordinary player who had raised his level by dying a large number of times.

Instead of those high-level players who show some superb operations and efficient monster-killing efficiency that are pleasing to the eye, and quickly upgrade to open up new areas.

After realizing all the possibilities, Alvin had more associations in his mind, but at present the information was too little and he could not make an accurate judgment for the time being, so he did not think about it in detail and just kept it in his heart.

But if his guess is correct, then this special group of players will be very interesting.

Now, it seems that these players may be able to learn certain skills directly after changing their jobs.

But after learning, at most you can perform it barely, it won't make you instantly become extremely proficient.

In the past, in various conventional games, you only needed to use the skills a few more times to get the hang of it.

However, the players he met now seemed to need a long learning and adaptation period before they could master the system.

As for how much time it will take, it may not be fixed.

Because in the immersive real game experience mode, since personal reaction is important, the combat understanding of different players will definitely be different.

Ivan thought frantically as he observed his brain.

After resting for twenty minutes at night, Tingfeng started running wildly again.

Even he himself felt ashamed of his recovery efficiency and sprinting speed.

Time passed slowly.

Ye Liting Feng discovered that, except for a few NPCs whose levels could not be seen due to their outstanding performance and extra training, the other fellow brothers had completed their tasks and went to the shade to rest their eyes.

It seems to indicate that this frantic training is just an appetizer, and the real training in the Ghost Swordsman Dojo has not yet begun.

The reason why I feel this way is because I did not see any relief on the faces and actions of these brothers when I listened to the wind at night.

And his premonition was not wrong, when the time reached twelve o'clock.

Ting Feng heard Ivan's calm voice at night. Although they were several hundred meters apart, the voice was clearly heard by his ears.

"Now, whether you have completed today's morning exercise goal or not, all of you should stop and go eat to replenish your energy."

"In half an hour, today's training will officially begin."

When he heard that he could stop at night, he lay down on the ground, feeling his lungs burning as he took deep breaths of air. Although he could only rest for half an hour, he felt that he could finally take a break.

And looking at the boundless blue sky, he felt for the first time that simply lying down and looking at the sky was such a wonderful thing.

Just the content of a task panel that suddenly popped up directly ruined the good mood of listening to the wind at night.

Task name: [Daily morning exercise] Complete a 50-kilometer run.

Mission progress: effective running distance 38 kilometers.

Mission report: The goal was not achieved within the specified time, and the mission failed.

"Game planning, I #@$!......"

"Forget about the difficulty of the mission being so high right from the start."

"According to the normal procedure, shouldn't we just accumulate the points and finish the distance before today is over?"

When I saw this task panel, I wanted to yell at him while lying down comfortably at night listening to the wind. However, because I was too tired, I didn’t want to say anything and could only curse in my heart.

(End of this chapter)