Qing Ling gripped Chen Hui's fist, and Chen Hui was stunned. He was a martial artist who had achieved great success in internal energy! Yet, he was stopped by the girl in front of him. It seemed this girl was a martial artist!
This made Chen Hui even more excited! Martial artists were more interesting!
He then released his hands and said, "The school has a fighting arena. Let's go there. We are both special, so we can spar. The school won't interfere, so don't worry about being punished."
Chen Tian nodded. Just as a group of people were about to walk towards the other side of the playground, a loud shout erupted: "What are you doing? Not attending class and fighting again? Have you finished today's training?"
The person who arrived was the teacher for this class. He was wearing a black suit, looking very sharp, with handsome features and piercing eyes that exuded aggression. He looked at Chen Hui, who didn't even dare to meet the teacher's gaze.
Then the teacher said, "Start training now. Run eighteen laps around the playground and do three hundred push-ups! Students who can't complete it will get zero for this session!"
"Yes, teacher!"
The students replied one after another. Eighteen laps and three hundred push-ups were too exhausting, but what could they do? Unless they didn't want to pass their physical education class, they had to do it.
The graduation requirement was to achieve over ninety-five points in all subjects and a comprehensive evaluation of one hundred and thirty points. Unless they wanted to stay in school for four years like Chen Tian and wait for their graduation certificates, there was no way to leave school.
Then the teacher looked at Chen Tian, his eyes revealing a certain gaze, and said, "These two students are not from our class. Please leave now and don't disturb their training. Qui, go rest for a while! I apologize for my students' earlier rudeness!"
"It's alright, you are a good teacher. We just came to attend class, but we took leave this morning, so we came to see the environment of the playground."
Chen Tian replied. The teacher was stunned, then he directly pulled Chen Tian aside. While Chen Tian was still confused, the teacher suddenly asked, "Chen Tian?"
"You are?"
"Ah! I am Ye Long, you can also call me Brother Number!"
"Oh! Number is you! I didn't expect Brother Number to be our teacher here! What a coincidence."
Chen Tian looked at the teacher in surprise. He didn't believe the other party was lying to him because only he knew the codename "Number." Teacher Ye Long also said, "I felt familiar from the start. It turns out your game account is your actual face! I was suspicious then, afraid I had made a mistake, but I recognized you by your voice."
Qing Ling stood beside Chen Tian, and the three of them sat down to chat. Qing Ling said, "Number, why can't I sense your aura? Is something wrong?"
"No, my special ability can hide my aura, so you didn't recognize me at first. But I didn't expect you to meet Pigeon."
Ye Long said with emotion. Then Chen Tian said, "I'll still call you Number, Teacher, otherwise I won't be used to it."
Ye Long waved his hand, "It's fine, it's fine. Pigeon and the others also call me that. Those who are familiar with me call me that, it's fine."
Then Chen Tian asked, "Number, what is the connection between this world and the game? Do you know something? And you're not telling me!"
Chen Tian looked at Qing Ling and Number. They both remained silent. After a few minutes of silence, Number and Qing Ling nodded, and then Number said, "Actually, all we can tell you is that this game is a game for some players, but for special people, it's not. This game is related to the survival of three worlds. If anything goes wrong, all three worlds will be shattered."
"Do these three worlds include Earth?"
Chen Tian asked. They both nodded in unison. Then Qing Ling said, "Brother, my appearance here as your sister is all destined. The contract between the gods and the spirits of this world was like this, to prevent the collapse of natural laws and the destruction of the world through a game."
"And in the game, Brother is like a savior. However, Brother plays the game too little now, and his awakened abilities and memory power are insufficient. We can't tell Brother more."
Qing Ling looked apologetic. Chen Tian patted her head and said, "Silly girl, I don't mind. So, does playing the game equate to saving three worlds?"
"Yes, for special players, it's like that. Originally, Earth had no concept of immortal cultivators. It was only because of the contract that they weren't noticed and were included. But to maintain balance, we divided our power, giving half to our bodies here and keeping the other half in the game."
"You must have also witnessed the scene of world convergence before. That is the world we live in, and I am the last inheritor of the God-Demon Swordsman bloodline. To protect the world, I voluntarily underwent sealing, waiting for the moment of awakening. However, this awakening is too early."
Number said mournfully, as if recalling something that made him very sad.
Then Chen Tian asked, "Are you still Number? Or rather, are you still yourself?"
Chen Tian had a thought. This method was similar to soul possession. If he wasn't careful, his body and consciousness would be gone. Who knew if the Number in front of him was the familiar Number, or a different Number, the God-Demon Swordsman from the game.
Number replied, "Yes, and no. Different parallel worlds will have people with the same bloodline and genes. We came from another world to find humans with the same genes as us for sealing. When the seal is broken, the memories from both sides will merge, and one side will disappear. This means that we, the seekers, will cease to exist, and the humans here, who accept the fusion of all memories, will replace us to complete our unfinished tasks."
Chen Tian fell into thought, then asked, "Then what are those three worlds?"
"The game's ninety-nine layers are actually calculations of different corners of one world. Some creatures are native to the world. Qing Ling was originally a creature of this world, not an NPC set by your game. We live according to the contract, appearing when we should and helping those we should help."
"And our continent is called the Divine Realm. The top layer of the world is the center of the world. Chen Tian, your current level is still at the very bottom. Just keep leveling up!"
"And the second world is your Earth. Four years ago, your humans discovered the seriousness of the situation. After a year of stability, this game was created to maintain world balance. Otherwise, the two worlds would have been shattered long ago."
"The third world is the immortal cultivation world. When the contract was signed, because the immortal cultivation world was within Earth's space, they didn't notice. The moment they signed the contract, they were drawn in. Since the immortal cultivation world is on Earth, they are considered Earthlings. In their essence, they cannot resist the Heavenly Dao's decree."
"Thus, these three worlds are the Divine Realm continent, the second is Earth, and the third is the immortal cultivation world. Now, Chen Tian, you need to awaken more abilities and memory power. Time is running out. You have already seen the evil aura of the Divine Realm appearing on Earth. There are only two years left until the seal is broken."
"You need to grow! Play the game more when you have time! The longer you spend in the game, the faster your awakening will progress!"
"Ding-a-ling!"
The class bell suddenly rang. Ye Long patted his pants and said, "Chen Tian, I need to go rest. I have another class soon. I can only tell you this much, I'm sorry!"
"It's fine, go ahead!"
Chen Tian, though shocked, maintained his composure. A small game actually contained such a huge secret, and it even involved the safety of three worlds.
Then Chen Tian felt a sense of impending crisis. He got up and looked at Qing Ling, "Qing Ling, let's go home and play the game, level up. I must speed up the process. Lin Xue is on leave today, so let's seize the time to go to the third level world."
"Okay, Brother!"
Qing Ling smiled. Her brother was finally getting serious!