DipNovel Chapter 33: The House of Limits
Chapter 33: The House of Limits
"Everyone says that once you officially become a martial artist, you can enter the Extreme Martial Arts Academy's internal martial artist network!" Lin Yun said excitedly.
Some special internal networks require specific identities to access. Only martial artists from the Extreme Martial Arts Academy are qualified to enter the Extreme Martial Arts Academy's internal martial artist network—Extreme Home. However, any martial artist can log in to the HR Alliance platform.
"Extreme Home." Lin Yun typed the URL into the keyboard.
On one wall of the media room, a huge screen, a full two hundred inches in size, suddenly appeared, and the interface of "Extreme Home" immediately appeared on the screen.
"Beep." Lin Yun verified his fingerprint.
Beautiful music flowed like a gentle stream through the home theater, while a personal page appeared on the huge screen, displaying Lin Yun's photo above and his personal information below.
Name: Lin Yun
Sex: Male
Address: Jiangnan Base City, Huaxia Kingdom
Martial Arts Certificate Number: 42612320560800317106
Rank: Warrior (Beginner)
Contribution value: 0 points
Currency balance: 100000000 Huaxia Coins
In the quiet audiovisual room, Lin Yun took a sip of a cup of hot tea, his gaze fixed on the huge screen on the wall: "One hundred million Chinese yuan? The start-up capital promised by the Extreme Martial Arts Academy has indeed arrived."
At the top of the webpage, there's a row of buttons. One of them is constantly flashing, and it says, "You have two new emails."
Lin Yun tapped his finger lightly on the touchscreen of the wireless keyboard to open his email inbox.
"Whoosh!"
Upon opening the first email, a video immediately appeared.
"Hello, Mr. Lin Yun." A middle-aged man in a black suit appeared on the giant screen, smiling. "I am Chairman Zhou's assistant. I believe you have already seen the 100 million yuan in start-up funds promised by the Chairman. As for purchasing manuals on movement techniques, swordsmanship, and guiding techniques, you can purchase them directly through the internal network. As long as the price does not exceed 200 million yuan, it will be reimbursed directly through the internal network without deducting a single penny from your account. If the price exceeds 200 million yuan, Mr. Lin Yun will need to pay the excess amount himself. At the same time, on behalf of the Chairman, I also congratulate Mr. Lin Yun on your successful martial arts combat assessment."
After that, the video ended abruptly.
"Extreme Martial Arts Academy has been quite good to me." Lin Yun clicked to open the second email.
The email also contained a video.
"Hello, newly recruited martial artist 'Lin Yun'. On behalf of the Limitless Martial Arts Academy, I welcome you to our big family." A sweet-looking girl smiled and said, "This is your first time entering the Limitless Martial Arts Academy's internal network—Limitless Home. Let me introduce you to the purpose of Limitless Home."
"First of all, at the House of Limits, you can buy weapons of all levels, guiding techniques, movement manuals, attack manuals such as knife techniques, gun techniques, sword techniques, etc., as well as firearms, vehicles, protective gear, communication systems, special bombs, special medical drugs, gene drugs... and even some special materials and treasures. As long as you have enough money, you can buy them."
"Once you make payment, the goods will be delivered within 24 hours."
"Through the House of Limits, you can even invite a warrior of the general level or even a warrior of the god level to provide you with one-on-one teaching and guidance via the internet. Of course, you will need to pay enough money."
The girl in the video smiled and said, "If you have enough contribution points, the prices of all the above items will be halved!"
Lin Yun was startled upon hearing this.
Half price? If an item costs 100 million, and I have enough contribution points, then I can buy it for only 50 million? These contribution points are really useful, but my current contribution points are only 0.
"Contribution points have many uses, not just for purchasing items. For example, when your contribution points reach a certain level, you can call upon special teams from the Extreme Martial Arts Academy, and so on." The girl in the video smiled and said, "The higher your contribution points, the higher your status, the greater your power, and the better your benefits in my Extreme Martial Arts Academy."
There are two main ways to earn contribution points.
"One way is to hunt monsters, collect important materials from their bodies, and sell these materials to the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy. In return, you can earn money and contribution points."
"The second option is to donate to the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy. The more money you donate, the more contribution points you will receive. The current ratio is 1 Chinese Yuan to 1 contribution point. The donation system starts at 1000 million Chinese Yuan, and martial artists can donate a maximum of 1000 billion. In other words, the maximum number of contribution points you can obtain through the donation system is 1000 million."
Lin Yun gasped in shock.
Is there a limit to donations? A maximum of 100 billion? And the Extreme Martial Arts Academy won't accept more? 100 billion Chinese yuan! It seems the richest person in China, according to Forbes, only has assets of slightly over 100 billion. The richest person in the world, according to Forbes, has assets of only 120 billion US dollars, equivalent to 420 billion Chinese yuan.
Of course, Forbes rankings only include publicly known assets. Some super-families have assets exceeding those of some ultra-rich individuals, but that's the accumulation of wealth over several generations.
"Mr. Lin Yun, let me remind you that hunting monsters is the best way to earn contribution points. You can get contribution points and earn money at the same time," the girl in the video said with a smile. "You now have start-up capital, but please do not buy anything immediately. You can go to the information section of the martial arts forum and carefully study some basic knowledge about martial arts. This will be very helpful for you in choosing secret manuals and buying weapons."
"Finally, I wish Mr. Lin Yun all the best in reaching the pinnacle of martial arts in our Extreme Martial Arts Academy family."
After speaking, the girl in the video bowed, and the video ended.
Lin Yun listened in astonishment...
The Ultimate Martial Arts Academy's internal network, "Ultimate Home," is indeed very useful, encompassing a wide range of information. Lin Yun also learned more about various secrets of martial arts through the martial arts forum. Now, the problem before him is—how to spend these 2 million yuan.
The three most important secret manuals for martial artists are movement techniques, attack methods, and guiding techniques. Guiding techniques determine the improvement of a martial artist's strength, while movement techniques and attack methods determine a martial artist's actual combat ability. Therefore, the selection of these three secret manuals is especially important.
Lin Yun had never encountered these things before. In the Panlong world, the warrior system seemed to lack concepts of movement techniques and attack methods; the ultimate goal of both warriors and mages was to comprehend the laws. In the Swallowed Star world, however, various secret techniques were created. Of course, these secret techniques were ultimately also for better comprehending the laws. For example, the current world's strongest expert, "Hong," used the technique "World Destruction," which was an application of the law of light; while Thor's "Ninefold Thunder Blade" was based on the law of thunder. Therefore, choosing a good secret manual might allow one to step into the threshold of the laws more quickly.
What remains to be seen is whether these secret manuals will have the same effect in the Panlong world.
"Let's check out the online store first."
Lin Yun tapped the wireless keyboard on the touchscreen and entered the online store page.
Immediately, a variety of detailed item categories appeared on the huge screen on the wall of the audiovisual room. Lin Yun selected "Secret Manuals" - "Attack Type", and after clicking three times, the screen displayed photos of the manuals, their names, and prices.
"Apocalypse", Category: Gun Technique. Rating: Ultimate. Price: 1000 billion Chinese Yuan (full price), 500 billion Chinese Yuan (half price, requirement: four-star contribution points).
"Ninefold Thunder Blade", Category: Blade Technique. Rating: Ultimate. Price: 1000 billion Huaxia Coins (full price), 500 billion Huaxia Coins (half price, requirement: four-star contribution points).
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"Phantom Blade Technique", Category: Blade Technique. Rating: SS Rank. Price: 10 billion Huaxia Coins (Full Price), 5 billion Huaxia Coins (Half Price, Requirement: 3-Star Contribution Points)
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"Mist Sword," Category: Swordsmanship. Rating: S-Rank. Price: 3 billion Huaxia Coins (Full Price), 15 billion Huaxia Coins (Half Price, Requirement: 3-Star Contribution Points).
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After reading through all the attack-related manuals, Lin Yun found that he was most interested in the first two—"World Destruction" and "Ninefold Thunder Blade." One, when mastered to its peak, could directly reach the realm of the Law of Light, while the other pointed directly to the realm of the Law of Light. However, Lin Yun was somewhat curious about the difference between the Law of Light in "Swallowing the Stars" and the Law of Light in "Panlong."
After weighing his options for a while, Lin Yun ultimately chose the Ninefold Thunder Blade technique. He was more interested in swordsmanship than spearmanship.
Lin Yun opened the webpage for "Ninefold Thunder Blade" and, sure enough, found that it was sold separately at different prices.
"Ninefold Thunder Blade" (all nine levels) - Price: 1000 billion Huaxia Coins (full price), 500 billion Huaxia Coins (half price, requirement: four-star contribution points)
The first eight levels of "Ninefold Thunder Blade" cost 500 billion Huaxia Coins (full price) or 250 billion Huaxia Coins (half price, requirement: four-star contribution points).
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The first five levels of "Ninefold Thunder Blade" cost 20 billion Huaxia Coins (full price) or 10 billion Huaxia Coins (half price, requirement: three-star contribution points).
The first four levels of "Ninefold Thunder Blade" cost 4 million Huaxia Coins (full price) or 2 million Huaxia Coins (half price, requirement: two-star contribution points).
The first three levels of "Ninefold Thunder Blade" cost 2 million Huaxia Coins (full price) or 1 million Huaxia Coins (half price, requirement: two-star contribution points).
The first two levels of "Ninefold Thunder Blade" cost 1 million Huaxia Coins (full price) and 5 million Huaxia Coins (half price, requirement: two-star contribution points).
The first level of "Ninefold Thunder Blade" costs 5000 million Huaxia Coins (full price) or 2500 million Huaxia Coins (half price, requirement: one-star contribution points).
At the same time, a prominent red warning appears at the bottom of the webpage: "The Ninefold Thunder Blade is an ultimate sword technique, extremely difficult to master and learn. Numerous martial artists worldwide have chosen this technique, yet none have even mastered the first level. Please consider carefully before choosing this technique!"
Lin Yun smiled slightly. He had two bodies, and in the Panlong World, he also possessed lightning-type talent. He didn't believe he couldn't even learn a sword technique.
"Please confirm whether you wish to purchase the first four levels of the 'Ninefold Thunder Blade.' A payment of 2 million Chinese Yuan is required!" A prompt appeared on the large screen. This was Lin Yun's first purchase. According to his contract with the Limitless Martial Arts Academy, the first purchase of attack techniques, movement techniques, and sword techniques manuals was exempt from contribution point requirements, allowing him to directly enjoy the most favorable price.
"Confirm!" Lin Yun clicked.
"Please verify your fingerprint again," a reminder appeared on the screen.
Lin Yun placed his finger on the fingerprint sensor of the wireless keyboard.
"drop!"
"Fingerprint confirmed."
Purchase successful!
"Payment successful!"
"The first four levels of the 'Ninefold Thunder Blade' manual will be delivered to Mr. Lin Yun's home within 24 hours." The screen displayed a series of notifications.
"This money went by so fast, 2 million is gone in a flash. But it was worth it. This 'Ninefold Thunder Blade' includes matching movement techniques, guiding techniques, and attack techniques, which is equivalent to three secret manuals. It's very cost-effective! Now the only worry is whether it can be cultivated in the Panlong World."