Blood Assimilation

Chapter 49 - Virtual Realm

?[[Awakening the new ability. Please wait…]]?

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?[[You have successfully awakened the mental ability, 'All Law Seeker' in a form of a skill]]?

?[[Please check your status screen for more information regarding this new ability]]?

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?[[Knowledge Points: 7,915 ]]? 

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?[Mental Strength: 2500]?

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?[[Psionic Energy(Mental Energy): 250/250]]?

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Psi Realm[1]: Beginner Level Psi Apprentice (250/499)

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Reading through all these, Randy could only sigh dejectedly as he shook his head in regret.

'Haah… Whatever, it is already gone, so there is no need for me to feel any regrets at this point. Well this mental ability is good enough, I guess.' Randy silently thought in self-consolation.

'And also, I can feel my mind becoming clearer, is it due to breaking through to the first realm in mental cultivation?'

'Originally, I should have 9,540 knowledge points remaining after comprehending the fist technique, but I guess the system must've spend 1625 knowledge points to increase my mental strength from 875 to 2500 and it seems like I finally had a Psi Realm of cultivation, which is the Beginner Level Psi Apprentice Realm.' 

'Alright then, now that this is done, I think I need to go to my virtual station and try out my profound fist technique by fighting against some opponents in the virtual world. At this point, with my current comprehension, just air punching or sand punching is not going to cut it as I need to experience fighting against tough opponents to fully see my progress.' 

Randy had a series of thoughts as he immediately stood up and walked out of his room. 

A few moments later, he stood in front of a door to a room that was next to his bedroom. This room was where he kept his virtual machine. Due to its size, Randy did not want to place it in his room even though there was enough room to place this virtual machine.

Randy did not hesitate as he quickly opened the door to the room and proceeded to walk in. 

Inside the room was nothing but the virtual machine with some cables connected to it. The shape of this virtual machine was like some space pod. One can even say that it looked like a coffin due to its size and shape. Although, unlike an actual coffin, this one was shaped around the edges enough to look close to a cylindrical shape. 

Anyway, this is the virtual machine that his parents acquire for him before he entered high school. At that time, things were not as bad in the family, as his parents believed that he could awaken his innate ability when he turns 15 years old. However that expectation did not occur like they had hoped.

In any case, Randy rarely used this virtual machine like it was intended and it had already been four years since his parents had acquired this virtual machine for him.

And although for some reason, his parents still had the maintenance team of the company where this virtual machine was manufactured, come often to check on the virtual machine and replace some parts with the newly improved ones.

Naturally, his parents bought two extra virtual machines for his siblings, but his little sister never used it and as for his little brother who was not home, he only used it to train his basic techniques just like Randy did when their parents bought it for him.

However, there was another feature of this virtual machine besides entering a training room and virtually training your skills and techniques. And that was the Virtual Duel System or V.D.S and the Role Playing Game System where one can practice their techniques on virtually generated beasts or other creatures. 

Nevertheless, this virtual machine was really expensive when it first came out so not many people can afford to purchase one.

However, over the years, the price had reduce to the point where common families that had a little bit of riches could afford it for their children, thus, nowadays, it had become very popular among the high school students and even the university students, as it was part of their curriculum, especially for the practical combat sessions. 

In spite of that, the government on the other hand heavily advised against simply using the virtual reality generated by virtual machines to train their students since there were instances where some people were overconfident with themselves simply because they can respawn even if they were to die in the virtual world. 

And with that mindset, they do not take the virtual reality seriously and only choose to see it as nothing but a game for entertainment. 

And the outcome of that mindset ultimately led to their real life experiences becoming almost nonexistent, and thus leading to their early deaths when they meet an actual monster or beast that do not have their health bars displayed in front of them.

With all that as the reason, in addition to using the virtual machines, there were times where real life sessions of practical trainings were offered by the institutions. 

At this point, Randy approached the virtual machine and then pressed a button which then projected a screen on the translucent glass on the surface of the virtual machine. Randy tapped some button on the screen and the pod-like virtual machine lifted the cover on top open, revealing the interior of the virtual machine. 

Inside of the virtual machine was nothing but an intricately designed helmet with a visor on the forefront of the helmet, that will cover one's eyes when put on. 

The helmet itself was designed to only cover the top of the head and the eyes while the nose and mouth would not be covered when put on. 

This was probably to ensure nobody suffocating due to there not being enough air to breath in the case of having to accidentally stay in the virtual world for too long. 

This virtual machine has a build-in ventilation system to prevent such occurrence from ever happening and also to keep the body at the room temperature with the help of the temperature regulator installed in the virtual machine.

Randy did not think too much and immediately entered the virtual machine and then closed the lid over himself. 

Right away, there was a screen projected in his vision the moment that he put on the virtual helmet, followed by lines of texts from the virtual system.

<Welcome back to the Virtual Sacred Realm>

<Would the player like to return to your last departed location?>

[Yes/NO]

"No." Randy replied.

<In that case, then please select the location where the player would like to enter from>