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Hearing the muffled thuds from above, Feng Qi remained calm.
Although the battle between Little Black and Suction Cup raged fiercely, it didn't distract him from continuing to browse the cultivation techniques in the database.
He was merely an emotionless database-browsing robot.
He~tui!
Feng Qi: ...
After searching the database for a while, he clicked on the detailed description page for a cultivation technique.
Heaven and Earth Meditation (Cultivation Technique)
Technique Founder: Wang Dong (B-Rank Researcher, Galaxy Research Institute)
Technique Rating: Two-Star
Technique Description: A cultivation technique focused on mental refinement. Through practice, the cultivator's spiritual consciousness will be tempered, and their fluency in casting art magic will be greatly enhanced.
Spiritual Energy Quality Gained: B+ Grade
Compared to the Fierce Tiger Fist and Body Tempering Art, Heaven and Earth Meditation was a cultivation technique focused on casting art magic in combat.
Having already copied two body cultivation techniques, Feng Qi felt it was time to copy a Spirit Cultivation technique as well.
Spirit Cultivation, like body cultivation, was one of the two dominant schools of thought in Combat Studies.
Body cultivation focused on enhancing physical strength by refining muscles, bones, and skin with spiritual energy, granting practitioners a physique and power comparable to domain creatures.
Spirit Cultivation, however, took a completely different approach. It primarily refined the cultivator's mental consciousness and the quality of their internal spiritual energy.
Mental consciousness served as the guiding force for casting art magic, akin to a control rod. The stronger a cultivator's mental consciousness, the smoother and faster they could cast spells. Meanwhile, the higher the quality of their spiritual energy, the greater the potency of their art magic.
In modern cultivation, dual cultivation—practicing both body cultivation and Spirit Cultivation—was the norm. Few practitioners specialized in just one path.
This was because body cultivation and Spirit Cultivation were not mutually exclusive. Unlike a game where you had to choose between being a warrior or a mage, cultivators could freely pursue both disciplines.
Adaptability and versatility were paramount.
After opening the video tutorial for the cultivation technique, Feng Qi quickly entered a state of focused learning.
While watching the video, Feng Qi focused entirely on understanding the teaching methods, caring little about whether he could actually learn the technique himself.
After all, as one of the living dead, he could no longer cultivate.
As time passed, he gradually became engrossed in the material.
For Feng Qi, the learning process wasn't tedious but rather deeply satisfying, akin to uncovering historical narratives. Each new piece of historical knowledge added to his mental reserves brought a surge of accomplishment.
This was the joy of learning, a rejection of ignorance itself.
The two-star cultivation technique, Heaven and Earth Meditation, wasn't overly complex. Besides grasping the fundamental principles, the most crucial aspect was memorizing the precise pathways through which spiritual energy flowed within the body.
The cultivation process resembled playing an incredibly intricate version of Connect Four. Each acupoint in the body served as a connection node. The cultivator needed to draw spiritual energy from the environment, then manipulate it to circulate between these acupoints, tracing a specific trajectory pattern—the cultivation technique itself.
The fundamental principles of the technique revolved around the cultivator's control over the flow rate of spiritual energy: when to accelerate it, when to slow it down, and the rhythm of breathing, among other factors.
Compared to researching cultivation techniques, the actual practice of cultivation wasn't particularly difficult.
After watching the video tutorial repeatedly for a long time, Feng Qi finally memorized the instructions. He reinforced his understanding once more before exiting the video interface.
The sounds of fighting overhead had ceased, but little black hadn't come to claim his life, indicating that Suction Cup hadn't been defeated yet.
He surmised that the combatants had gradually moved away from the Star City Shelter during their battle.
With time to spare, he decided to continue browsing the database for other information.
After a moment's thought, he opened the search bar and typed:
"Historical lottery winning numbers."
After filtering by year, strings of numbers appeared on the screen.
Feng Qi preferred not to rely on the lottery for income unless absolutely necessary, as its limitations were too severe.
In the real world, offline lottery sales had been phased out entirely in favor of online platforms.
Purchasing lottery tickets required a complex online identity verification process, including facial recognition and other authentication methods.
Secondly, the government restricted citizens to a daily betting limit of two yuan, allowing only one wager per person. The jackpot was fixed at five million yuan.
After all, this wasn't an era of entertainment to the death. Occasional casual gambling was permitted, but the state forbade citizens from wasting excessive energy and resources on lottery betting.
Finally, even if one won, claiming the prize required undergoing rigorous identity verification procedures.
Therefore, using the lottery as a means of earning money could only be done once.
Frequent wins would attract a series of unnecessary troubles, which was why he didn't want to rely on the lottery for income.
With his bank account balance only sufficient for two more entries into the Dream Realm, he decided to use the lottery to earn a quick sum before abandoning this method of making money until he secured a stable income.
After noting down the day's winning numbers in reality, he immediately opened the database's "Domain Field Details" section, eager to research information related to Domain Fields.
He was particularly interested in Domain Fields that had yet to be dispelled in reality but had already been dispelled by Future People. He hoped the database contained detailed records of the processes used to dispel these Domain Fields.
Ideally, the database would also include information about the weaknesses within each Domain Field.
Mastering this information would greatly aid him in forming an organization to oppose the Scarlet Research Institute.
For an organization to rise, money is essential, but it's not a panacea.
Many rare resources produced within Domain Fields are simply unobtainable for ordinary people, even with vast wealth.
These scarce resources are typically prioritized for research institutions, especially those that significantly enhance lifespan or combat prowess.
Since he planned to establish a powerful organization capable of challenging the Scarlet Research Institute, he believed that securing rare resources in the future would require forming his own domain combat teams to venture into the Domain Fields.
Unlike major research institutions, he lacked the backing of military forces and established domain combat teams. He would have to rely entirely on his own efforts to meet these needs.
Therefore, gaining advance knowledge about Domain Fields would prove invaluable.
As he continued browsing, time slipped away unnoticed.
When the Narrator's familiar voice echoed in his ear, he turned to see little black's figure emerging from the metal corridor.
No miracle had occurred. Even the formidable Suction Cup had fallen before little black's might.
"Narrator, farewell!"
"Goodbye, you poor bastard! Don't let the door hit you on the way out!"
Feng Qi: ...
Clenching his fist, he charged fearlessly at the approaching little black.
The moment they collided, darkness engulfed his vision, and he was once again instantly defeated without a shred of doubt.
Sitting at his desk, Feng Qi watched the countdown timer tick down to the lottery draw, his heart pounding with anticipation.
The first thing he'd done upon returning from the Dream Realm was buy a lottery ticket online.
After a painstaking verification process, he'd finally purchased his first-ever lottery ticket, one that promised to bring him a windfall of five million yuan.
As he waited, the lottery numbers were drawn.
But when he saw the winning numbers, the smile on his face froze instantly.
"Well, well, well!"
Staring at the winning numbers, he couldn't help but clap.
He'd always heard rumors that online lotteries were rigged, manipulated behind the scenes to ensure ordinary people never won. He'd dismissed them as conspiracy theories.
But now he believed it.
He'd only planned to exploit the lottery once and quit, but they hadn't even given him a single chance. His eyes began to water.
"Damn it!"
(End of the Chapter)
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