Ding Ling spent all his savings to buy an expensive game helmet. He was so worried about the helmet being damaged that he protected it carefully all the way until he rode his electric scooter back to his rental apartment.
Only then did he slightly breathe a sigh of relief.
This was his third year in the Blue Star World. In his previous life, he was an ordinary person. Coming to this world that was not much different from the Earth from his previous life, he could still only be an ordinary person.
The pressure from competition was too immense.
He could not even produce the betrothal money for marriage.
Not to mention buying a house, a car, the three golds, travel expenses, banquet fees, and the like.
So, even when he had a girlfriend, they broke up shortly after. Up to now, he was still single.
Just when Ding Ling thought his life would remain like this, a turning point appeared.
A month ago.
A revolutionary game called "Myth" appeared out of nowhere.
This game spread like wildfire almost at the speed of light across hundreds of countries on the Blue Star!
Especially after half a month of trial play by the beta testers, the various heartfelt comments they made about it caused the game's popularity to explode.
Because the beta testers discovered that as long as a person became stronger in the game, they would also become stronger in the real world!
Although there were some prerequisites, once met, the speed of becoming stronger was beyond imagination!
After some beta testers shared videos comparing their before and after strength, agility, jumping ability, etc.,
it completely ignited the flames in the hearts of many.
A wave of people rushed to buy game helmets and entered this game world, beginning their journey of self-improvement.
Although many people's attempts to improve failed,
the increasing player base meant more and more people emerged from the game with incredible strength!
When weak players suddenly transformed into muscular hulks,
many men were the first to feel restless.
Which man's inner world doesn't harbor a beast? Which man doesn't yearn to be graceful like a dragon and become a hero?
And as waves of men flooded into the game,
many elderly people, desiring their bodies to become healthy and robust, followed closely behind.
Soon, women also began entering.
Although their reasons for entering varied, there was no denying that this game had become nearly universally known.
Walking down the street, you could easily see advertisements for this myth game or hear groups of people discussing its content and gameplay.
Busy with work, Ding Ling also wanted to enter the game. He even prepared himself to save up a little more money to buy a game helmet.
But two days ago, a library suddenly awakened in his mind!
The library was vast with endless bookshelves but contained not a single book.
Nor was there any explanation.
Nonetheless, Ding Ling was both incredibly excited and delighted!
He pondered hard for a long time, to no avail.
Finally, when he absentmindedly flipped through a book at home titled "Basic Psychology," he discovered the library's secret.
"This library can be used in the real world!"
"I just don't know if I can use it in the game."
Holding the helmet in his arms, Ding Ling's heart pounded rapidly.
It was like a pauper suddenly gaining a billion dollars or a beggar suddenly becoming an emperor—that kind of excitement and dreamlike feeling was very real.
After all, Ding Ling had resigned himself to lying flat and being mediocre all his life.
With such a legendary "cheat" suddenly falling into his lap, how could he remain calm?
He closed his eyes slightly and then clearly saw the library.
In the library, five bookshelves at the front each had hundreds of books piled up.
There were:
"Pang's Psychology," "High School Physics," "Higher Mathematics," "Electromagnetism," "Architecture"...
These books were discovered by Ding Ling after realizing that his "Basic Psychology" instantly reached full level, becoming proficient in them. Both surprised and delighted, he rushed to the library, frantically "flipping through" hundreds and thousands of books.
To be precise, all he did was flip. Glancing was just a casual look.
But without exception,
they all instantly reached full level!
You could say without exaggeration,
Right now, Ding Ling is clearly:
[A master proficient in dozens of foreign languages!]
[Doctor of Mathematics]
[Master of Psychology]
[Kitchen God]
[Master of Carving]
[Top Chess Player][Calligrapher][Top Pianist][Top Artist][Professional Racing Car Driver]
...
Apart from this,
Ding Ling spent more time searching for "fitness" books as well as various martial arts secret manuals.
Unfortunately,
The martial arts secret manuals in the real world are all just show.
Even though Ding Ling instantly reached full level,
what he learned were only routines.
Ding Ling could now say that when it came to the routine techniques of Tai Chi Fist, Xingyi Fist, Arhat Fist, Long Fist, Yong Chun, and so on, no one else could claim they were better.
Because he reached full level in all those routine martial arts! Who could compare to him!
[Fitness Master]
[Pseudo Tai Chi Fist Master]
[Pseudo Yong Chun Master]
[Pseudo Xingyi Fist Master!]
...
There were as many as over a hundred types of various fist, palm, and body techniques.
All were pseudo levels.
Of course, the above library cheats were not listed; Ding Ling organized them in his mind for convenience.
"I guess there should be real Tai Chi Fist masters, Xingyi Fist masters, and Yong Chun masters in the real world. What a pity... I have no access to them."
Ding Ling sighed.
If he could actually learn so many martial arts in the real world, he would do so without hesitation.
But this day, he took a day off to run through every library in the city.
He also searched for a lot of information online.
Unfortunately, he couldn't obtain the martial arts he wanted.
However, he acquired various other books, giving Ding Ling quite a few new titles:
[Master of Frog Swim]
[Master of Butterfly Swim]
[Running Master]
...
Some libraries do have books teaching niche subjects like swimming, jumping, running, etc.
Ding Ling instantly reached full level.
In a mere moment, he became proficient in frog swimming, butterfly swimming, etc.
To think that previously, whilst not exactly a landlubber, he wasn't far off and absolutely had no chance with swimming mastery before.
But now, he had a remarkably clear feeling that even if he fell into the Yangtze or Yellow River, he could easily swim frog or butterfly stroke in it.
Of course, he hadn't tried.
Because he had already tried various routine martial arts yesterday.
The result was: martial arts routine techniques he had never known or understood, he executed with outstanding flair, far better than many movie stars.
Besides this,
many foreign languages he couldn't understand before became instantly clear!