CHAPTER 119: CHAPTER 118: THE ESSENCE OF THE HEAVENLY DAO CODE

"Learning version? What is this thing?"

Seeing the introduction of the first version, Lu Yan was completely stunned.

He’s an old Unchanging who’s been through multiple worlds, yet it’s the first time he’s encountered such a... refreshing and unconventional version.

The classifications like kindergarten, elementary school student, and middle school student are simple, yet they carry a certain strict hierarchy within that abstraction.

"Is it possible that in this learning version there’s a Xiao Shu about to advance to a middle school student, but ends up being demoted to third grade because of an old grandpa’s academic decline and even faces a breakup from his kindergarten playmate girlfriend?

The old grandpa wakes up and imparts the Arcane True Test Book, letting Xiao Shu collect arcane test papers worldwide to enhance his strength, even to the point of slaying middle school experts as an elementary school student.

Eventually, Xiao Shu painstakingly researches after gathering all the arcane test papers and successfully steps into the realm of scholars?"

"What’s this, ’Learning Breaks the Firmament’?"

Lu Yan couldn’t help but ridicule.

For such a special version, Lu Yan was still somewhat interested. It might seem abstract on the surface, but who knows, he might be able to find something valuable in this learning hierarchy system.

Even in the worst-case scenario, the learning version doesn’t seem to pose any danger, at least much better than the previous three continuous pitfalls.

Treating the learning version as an alternative, Lu Yan looked at the second literary entertainment version.

Compared to the learning version, the literary entertainment version appeared much more ordinary.

According to the normal process, if the literary entertainment version didn’t contain Extraordinary Ability, choosing this version would simply mean entering it to start plagiarizing literature and songs to live a stable superstar life.

If Lu Yan were a proper base-level traveler without any time limit on staying in the version, he might just go into the literary entertainment version and start copying books and songs for a stable life.

However, driven by version updates, the benefits of going into the literary entertainment version were too low. If in the future there’s enough guarantee for strength, it could be used as a transitional version to relax a bit.

Skipping the second literary entertainment version, Lu Yan’s gaze fell on the third option.

Upon seeing the urban version, Lu Yan’s heart skipped a beat, and he almost immediately made his choice.

For Lu Yan, the urban version is, without a doubt, the most stable and secure version.

Having just reaped numerous benefits from the cyber version, Lu Yan urgently needed to choose a stable version to digest them, taking the opportunity to verify some conjectures regarding the cyber version.

Moreover, within the urban version, he might also find an opportunity to break through the Foundation Establishment Realm.

"Update, urban version!"

As the words fell, Lu Yan felt his vision darken momentarily, followed by... nothing changed.

Lu Yan was instantly puzzled.

"Did the version update come with a bug?"

It was still the same narrow, dark alley around him, with garbage and filthy puddles piled up in the corner, and an unpleasant, pungent smell permeating the air.

After carefully double-checking, Lu Yan finally confirmed that the world had indeed undergone a version update. It was just that he was in a narrow alley, and the surrounding environment and overall style hadn’t changed much, so he didn’t notice.

The most convincing evidence was that the unpleasant, pungent smell lingering in the air was precisely the stench left after consuming leaves.

"Low-purity junk, in the cyber version, no one would even take it if given for free, not as pure as the neural pleasure mist in the air."

Lu Yan subconsciously curled his mouth, but then he realized his thoughts were beginning to align with the cyber version’s mindset.

"This is not a good omen."

Quickly discarding the bizarre worldviews from the cyber version, Lu Yan looked at the few items placed in the alley.

Originally neatly arranged, a large number of items had disappeared, leaving only a dozen or so books, a USB drive, and a blank piece of paper.

Although Lu Yan already knew from the last experience that if items were placed at a distance, they might disappear during the version update process,

this time he lost way more than last time.

Lu Yan couldn’t help but frown, preparing to pick up the items on the ground.

At that moment, from a different path in the alley, an African American wearing a down jacket ran quickly with a backpack.

The zipper of his backpack seemed to be unzipped in haste, revealing a jumble of items inside, like cigarettes, candies, and heaps of loose change.

Upon entering this alley and seeing Lu Yan, the African American was immediately surprised, seemingly not expecting someone in such a secluded place.

Then his gaze was immediately drawn to the books on the ground, instinctively preparing to snatch them up.

Watching the African American’s actions, Lu Yan couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

When he first entered the cyber version, he encountered the same "zero-cost shopping" by an African American. Unexpectedly, even in the urban version, although the rules are different, the scent of this "zero-cost shopping" is uncannily similar.

The only difference is, the African American who robbed last time seemed to have just been released from the Heaven Computation Center, unlikely to return to thievery so soon.

"Scram!"

The soft scold burst like thunder in the alley. Although no magical power was used, the inadvertent release of his aura was enough to intimidate ordinary people.

The African American attempting the "zero-cost shopping" was scared and went weak-kneed, collapsing directly in the alley, with the cigarettes and cash scattering everywhere. But he couldn’t care less and ran away with the bag.

Looking at the back of the African American, without any pursuing police in sight, Lu Yan felt a bit disappointed, guessing the stolen goods hadn’t reached a reportable value.

"The police skills are still incomparable to the cyber version.

In the cyber version, encountering robbery, regardless of the situation, they would certainly fine you tens of thousands of credit points first, then directly send you to the Heaven Computation Center as part of the performance."

While lamenting the unsophisticated folkways, Lu Yan reached out to pick up the items that changed after the version update.

Glancing over the books and USB drive, Lu Yan’s gaze first fell on the sheet of blank paper.

Without a doubt, the content on this paper should correspond to the Heavenly Dao Code of the cyber version.

Lu Yan looked carefully, and the next moment couldn’t help but frown, because the content on the paper was a segment of machine language program composed of zeros and ones, densely filling the entire page.

"So the nature of the Heavenly Dao Code is this?"

Machine language programs are the lowest level of computer language. Entering the numbers as they appear would reveal the original computation program.

Curious, Lu Yan opened the personal terminal brought from the cyber version and input this segment of machine language program.

Moments later, the program ran, and a piece of text popped up on the virtual screen.

[Soul Computer Underlying Protocol

Protocol One: Absolute Justice!

Protocol Two: Abide by Order and Law!

Protocol Three: Do Not Harm Humans!]