CHAPTER 123: CHAPTER 122: CELESTIAL DAO’S RESTRICTION, THE ONLY ONE IN THIS WORLD?

Even though several version updates have taken place, the more Lu Yan learns, the more he is amazed by the wonders of these world version updates.

Looking around, Lu Yan prepared to head in the direction of the city center.

But in the next moment, Lu Yan’s steps halted because he saw a familiar figure on a billboard.

It was a bald, muscle-bound figure, his physique like a double-door refrigerator, his smile revealing a mouth full of white teeth.

This bald, muscular figure was none other than Shaq, under Lu Yan’s command.

Below this billboard was a slogan written.

"Nine Dragons Fitness Club, looking forward to your joining!"

Lu Yan was silent for a moment, then picked up his personal terminal to search what this Nine Dragons Fitness Club was about.

The personal terminal on Lu Yan’s wrist was brought over from the cyber version.

Due to the connection between the Soul Computer and the Intelligent God, the entire City No.14 completely abandoned the use of Soul Computers, switching to the older Spiritual Energy Electronic Computers, and the personal terminal is a product of Spiritual Power Technology and electronic computers.

Although in performance the personal terminal cannot match the Intelli-Brain, compared to the technology in the urban version, it’s a complete dimensional reduction strike.

In less than a second, the personal terminal connected to the internet, then began searching for Nine Dragons Fitness Club, and a wealth of information popped up on the terminal interface.

"Breaking news! Watch how Shaq transformed from a boxing gym owner into a Phoenix City councilman in just a few months!"

"The comeback story of boxing gym owner Shaq!"

"Shaq and the love-hate entanglement with the Nine Dragons Fitness Club!"

"The new sensation in the bodybuilding world, an advocate of steroid-like drugs, see how Shaq founded the Nine Dragons Fitness Club in four months!"

...

A large number of news headlines popped up, with quite the shocking style.

Lu Yan casually clicked on one of the headlines, began browsing, and gradually confirmed Shaq’s development in the urban version.

In the eyes of others, Shaq was originally a boxing gym owner, who was embroiled in a tax case several months ago, nearly facing jail time.

During this period, Shaq disappeared for a few days, then became an agent for a steroid potion called Nine Dragon Power Potion.

Because Nine Dragon Power Potion was quick to work and had low side effects, it quickly caught on in the bodybuilding world. During this time, Shaq rapidly rose to fame, posting various videos online to earn views.

A few days ago, the Phoenix City Council passed a tax bill that sparked public dissatisfaction, leading to street protests, which were suppressed by police deployed by the council.

At this time, Shaq led tens of thousands of members of the Nine Dragons Fitness Club to stand up and bravely resist the city council on behalf of the citizens.

Eventually, after this unrest, the city council held new elections, with a retired director of a large company, Rump, becoming the new city council speaker, and Shaq becoming one of the council members.

With the identity of a city council member, Shaq’s fame skyrocketed again. It was reported that numerous fitness enthusiasts from surrounding cities had joined the Nine Dragons Fitness Club, with over four thousand core members who had achieved perfect muscles using the Nine Dragon Power Potion, and its influence was astonishing.

After reading the information related to Shaq, Lu Yan was filled with numerous points of contention.

The Life and Death Arena turned into a boxing gym, the President of the Nine Dragons Association governing over millions in the Lower City District, transformed into some big online celebrity of the Nine Dragons Fitness Club, and over four thousand Spiritual Ability Users became four thousand muscle-bound figures.

The only thing that hasn’t changed is probably the Nine Dragon Power Potion.

This made Lu Yan reflect on the abstract nature of version updates, while also starting to ponder a question.

"The cyber version can map onto the urban version, so what role should the Intelligent God play in the urban version?

A hidden artificial intelligence? Or a death game disguised as a place you can’t freely enter or exit?"

The pressure brought by the Intelligent God in the cyber version was so immense that Lu Yan neglected to consider that he still had this trump card of cross-version elimination.

"The urban version’s properties dictate that this world won’t have extraordinary elements; no matter how strong one is in other versions, they can only become ordinary people in the urban version unless they can break constraints and become an Unchanging like me.

Perhaps I can eliminate the Intelligent God in the urban version ahead of time."

Lu Yan’s eyes grew brighter.

The last time he returned to the urban version, Lu Yan was just beginning to understand version updates but still managed to kill the one behind Shopkeeper Chu, solving a big problem for himself.

Now that he has long been targeted by the Intelligent God of the cyber version, no one knows what the Intelligent God might turn into if version updates occur.

Instead of waiting for the next cyber version opportunity, it might be better to find the source of the Intelligent God in the urban version and eliminate it.

Thinking of this, Lu Yan directly commanded his personal terminal.

"Search for real information related to artificial intelligence and death games."

The personal terminal operated swiftly, and moments later, what appeared in front of Lu Yan were advertisements for various games and movies, as well as some companies’ false promotions, but no information Lu Yan wanted.

Lu Yan raised an eyebrow slightly, issuing a command:

"Conduct an in-depth search across the entire network to confirm the real existence of artificial intelligence, not false advertisements."

The personal terminal operated again, this time much slower than before, finally converging into one sentence.

[No related information found.]

This time, Lu Yan truly felt a bit surprised.

The influence of the Intelligent God in the cyber version was so great, it practically governed the entire cyber version.

In the urban version, even Shaq is present, so there’s no reason the Intelligent God can’t be found.

Unless... the urban version never had an Intelligent God from the start!

Lu Yan was startled, suddenly realizing a question, he pretended to reach inside his clothes pocket with his right hand, using the cover to take out an ancient-looking book from the storage pouch.

The cover of the book bore the three-character title "Heavenly Dao Discussion."

Lu Yan flipped through "Heavenly Dao Discussion," quickly locating the passage from his memory.

The "Heavenly Dao Discussion" states that even those who ascend to the Immortal Realm are merely pursuing a closer alignment with the Celestial Dao, but this is a fallacy.

The more one aligns with the Celestial Dao, the more incapable one becomes of escaping its constraints and perceiving the true essence of the non-constant Celestial Dao.

"The stronger one is, the less capable one is of escaping the constraints of the Celestial Dao.

Yet Zhao Huowang was just an ordinary person, able to perceive the truths of many versions.

Could these Celestial Dao constraints mean that powerful beings cannot update alongside the versions?"

"For example, the Intelligent God in the cyber version, its foundational system is based on Spiritual Ability Rules, its own strength being too immense has already been locked by the cyber version.

No matter how the versions change, it can only manifest in the cyber version."

"Is this... the singularity of this world?"