Imagine one day you open creation mode, you can even rewind and fast-forward time, without paying any cost...
And all you have to do is press a button on the panel, clap your hands, and get whatever you want!
So, your choices are:
A: Hurry up and save the world.
B: Seize every minute, work hard.
C: Get some awesome stuff and enjoy!
Ji Jue's choice is [C], [C], [C], [C]...
Smash that [C] button first!
But Ji Jue, being an Ember Craftsman, has long outgrown the mundane pleasures of top-grade graphics cards, fishing rods, supercars, and carbon fiber bicycles.
He wants to play with something high-end.
For instance, the ultra-large Earth Vein Spirit Transmission Plate, supposedly only eleven units in the world, capable of turning earth veins directly into spiritual quality channels, achieving ultra-long-distance transmission without any loss... From the Federation to the Empire, with Central Earth as the transfer point, the time required is less than half a second!
For instance, the Federation's Kua Fu Type Space Center, claimed to be a city flying above the stratosphere, capable of carrying over a thousand fighter jets and several dozen giant Flying Airships, paired with more than six Quick Response Power Armor Corps, able to deploy a full heavy-armed corps to the battlefield within fifteen minutes; the Empire's Centipede Fortress Atlas, akin to a moving mountain advancing across the land—a mechanical marvel... and so on!
The goals he wants to achieve are too numerous, and the tasks to be handled are too many. Compared to many expensive workshop equipment, Ji Jue chooses to start with some simple and humble gadgets to get warmed up.
For example...
The strategic deterrence weapons brought out simultaneously by the Empire and the Federation over a decade ago, the best representation of Entropy System's violent annihilation on the earthly world—Fusion Bomb!
Boom!!!
When the mushroom cloud that reached the sky exploded from the distance and the light spread out like a tide, tears of emotion almost fell from Ji Jue's eyes.
No, they were already falling.
Then, before his eyes went completely blind, he was burned into fragments by the spreading storm and flames.
Snap~
Destruction reversed, time rewound.
Leaving Ji Jue lying on the ground, screaming and rolling, scratching all over his body. Engulfed in the illusion of the pain of being burned to death, unable to extricate himself.
"Ah, I forgot to tell you, although everything is simulated and fictional, you can reverse time anytime, but the simulation is based on reality, and it's 99.99% realistic."
The examiner's voice said slowly: "So, even though you won't die, it will still hurt when it should."
"Such an important thing, why didn't you say it sooner?"
"Originally, I should have said it earlier," the examiner sighed helplessly: "But you started with a dog, so you surely didn't need these irrelevant reminders."
"No, no, brother, I was wrong!"
Ji Jue raised his hands in surrender: "Is there anything else important, could you please say it all at once?"
"I've said everything... probably, seems like."
The examiner smiled indifferently: "Don't worry, I'll tell you whenever I remember."
Ji Jue's trembling hand lifted, he ultimately clenched it tight without making any gestures.
Slapped on the sand.
Made a futile little pit.
Having learned his lesson, Ji Jue was cautious this time.
He placed several Fusion Bombs at a safe distance as fireworks for revenge!
Pairing them with Ji Jue's hand-crafted long-range missiles, he directly razed the sparse islands in the southern Endless Sea to the ground.
After enough fun with this, he went on to enjoy other things.
Additionally, he touched materials and blessings he hadn't even heard of before, indulging himself for several days before slowly shifting to the 'main quest.'
Nether Sea Worm?
If I've opened creation mode, how could I not beat it?
Mere Disaster Beast, I'll make sure it has no return!
It's said that in reality, there's a popular game that simulates production and management, or some kind of magic or science fiction, or some company. Anyway, it starts with a randomly generated sandbox world, allowing players to dig resources, build production lines, enhance the tech tree, eventually consolidating numerous production lines to form a complex, massive structure.
At Tianmen University, this type of game has a broad audience and a high level of discussion; many classmates have played it.
But Ji Jue has never had the chance.
On the one hand, while classmates were playing games, he secretly worked harder; on the other hand... Lu Ma's family had an epic-level mishmash device, so he basically bid farewell to gaming.
Just being able to power it on was considered a win.
The only entertainment-related function was acting as a disc player, connected to the TV, showing Lu Feng's favorite horror movies, or connected to a loudspeaker playing explosive DJ tracks.
Let's not talk about horror movies; with those explosive beats while fixing the car, Ji Jue and Lu Feng could sway like snakes under the chassis, making it almost a productivity buff.
Now, finally experiencing a real-life simulation, if Ji Jue didn't take this chance to play it wildly, he'd regret it so much he might hang himself at the workshop door in apology.
He chose to be down-to-earth.
Fancy things are just for fun.
The key is to gain useful experience for reality.
Spending several months, he tried using various equipment and methods to build a workshop, successfully replicating all the structures he had seen. Then he used blessings and materials he could access in reality for multiple experiments, and delved into the study of Dissociation Technique.
Only after refining the handling of basic blessings and materials through such practices did he casually start the main quest.
First earn enough, then deal with the rest casually.
Moreover, he didn't expect to solve the Nether Sea Worm in one go.
Disaster, Destruction, Extinction, End.
That's a Disaster Beast rated as [End] level—a real-world evil. Even with creation mode, Ji Jue still lacked theoretical knowledge, had limited capabilities, and could only rely on Fluid Alchemy at hand, which he had only learned up to the basics and intermediate levels. The latter part... even the Prophet hadn't had time to teach him, so he had to explore and try on his own.
Fortunately, the Tower of Transformation's acceleration was incredibly useful.
Not just simple time acceleration, but also a duplication function. Once Ji Jue assembled the production line and successfully ran it once, it would automatically stabilize and maintain production.
Moreover, during continuous exploration, various new functions were discovered.
Feeling less than a week in relative time, Ji Jue had already manufactured a vast army of armor, countless cannons, ships, and even bootlegged a monkey version of the Kua Fu Aerospace Center.
In reality, the internal time was, according to statistics, over thirty years.
"Wah! This is the productivity of my invincible mechanical engineering!"
At this moment, sitting on the Space Air Core, overlooking the endless mechanical tide, Ji Jue couldn't help but laugh wildly: "Come on, worm, show me your power!"
Pressed the button.
Instantly, sixteen Fusion Bombs' flame light shot up into the sky.
Violent impacts broke the grand cycle of the Nether Sea Worm, causing unprecedented pain, surrounding darkness flowing towards the center.
Ultimately, it formed a gigantic being that filled the entire world between sea and sky.
Just like a legendary dragon, but its massive body was covered with cracks and damage, exposing numerous writhing flesh blocks and mutated organs.
Beneath the scales, flesh grew wildly, doubling at a terrifying speed, filling the world in just a few seconds, even breaking the atmosphere and extending its grotesque head into space.
Writhing, convulsing.
Silent roar!
Only roaring.
Gray and black waves spread in all directions.
Like a tide of extinction.
Wherever it passed, all armor turned to Dust under the tidal erosion, like sand castles in the ocean tide. Even Ji Jue's highly anticipated Assault Bullma—Destruction Type struggled in the pollution and erosion of Mutated Alchemy.
In the collapsing Space Air Core above, Ji Jue was already stunned.
Other things aside, the Destruction Type Bullma was his creation using Jian Yuan's Mutated Alchemy, yet it was about to be scrapped merely by the roar.
Next, that massive real-world entity slowly moved its body.
A tentacle slowly wriggled.
Lifting up.
Then, striking down.
With a clear sound, endless armor army turned to Dust.
Such insignificant opponents seemed unworthy of its attention, countless compound eyes turned to the Space Air Core, instantly shattering layered blessings and defense.
Countless flying devices and the Space Air Core above disintegrated in a metallic downpour.
When tens of thousands of giant cannons built on the seabed fired, the violent cannon fire capable of obliterating any island fell on the scales like rain.
Then, slid off like rainwater.
Not leaving any marks or scratches, like nothing at all.
Finally, when thousands of Annihilation Bombs fell from Ji Jue's bootleg satellites, amidst the flaming rainstorm, it was actually enjoying the bath.
At most, a few scales fell off.
Nothing significant.
Bolstened flesh rapidly regenerated and recovered, the Nether Sea Worm moved forward, calling out, seemingly naturally nullifying all attacks and defenses.
Eventually, one of its countless eyes looked at Ji Jue.
In that instant, everything came to a halt.
"You're dead."
In the reversed time, the examiner's voice arose, not hiding his mockery: "Remember I said its 'quality' might be insufficient, but the 'quantity' is far beyond usual scale. Wanting to is submerge it in quantity would need firepower of the whole region instantly concentrated."
"You're still far off."
"Something's not right."
In the excruciating pain of soul split and mutation, Ji Jue slowly came to his senses, recalling every detail and widening his eyes: "You definitely tampered the data, you bastard!"
"I did not." The examiner was calm, unmoved by Ji Jue's personal attacks.
"Impossible!"
Ji Jue was furious: "I calculated, this amount of Fusion Bomb would collapse the entire Nether Sea from the real world, not just the worm!
How could there be no effect?!"
"Remember what I said?"
The examiner smiled delightedly: "The simulation is based on reality, and it's 99.99% realistic. Meaning, everything in reality exists in here.
Reality has its upper limit, like a ship, unable to carry beyond its capacity. Exceeding it either makes it fall in the sea or causes real-world collapse.
The destructive power of Fusion Bombs has an upper limit too.
Not theoretical limit, but performance limit—otherwise, why don't the Federation and the Empire stockpile Fusion Bombs crazily for mutual deterrence?"
He explained: "One or two is fine, but beyond twenty at once triggers the 'lock' suppression, unable to achieve its full effect."
Ji Jue was dumbstruck.
This was unheard of, and unbelievable.
"Wait, what's this 'lock'…?"
The examiner merely chuckled, without answering.
"You need to continue, Ji Jue."
He told: "Try a different approach."
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