Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 421 - 419 Sakura World

Chapter 421: Chapter 419 Sakura World

"Respected Transcendent Candidate Zhang Yuan, greetings. Your identity number is 78123****78. Based on your Civilization Contribution in your previous life, you will have up to 16 reincarnations. Once your Civilization Contribution in the Virtual Space reaches a certain value and you have completed at least five reincarnations, you can choose to take an assessment and return to the real world..."

"To ensure your privacy, we have implemented Expecto Guardian technology. No one but the Pangu Brain itself can pry into what exactly you do in the Virtual World..."

"Please note, we will not directly inform you of your Civilization Contribution in any specific reincarnation. All norms of conduct must be decided by you alone..."

Suddenly, Zhang Yuan found himself in a very peculiar small room, surrounded by pale blue light spots, twinkling like fireflies.

The entire environment was filled with a warm sense of security.

"So this is the Virtual World."

He was already familiar with this environment, and the virtual screen in front of him was displaying relevant rules for final confirmation.

This batch of people leaving the real world numbered over a thousand. Everyone was separate, each entering a randomly selected world.

His interlocutor was the Pangu Brain’s Artificial Intelligence, "Xi Ta," a white light point—humanity’s greatest scientific marvel. All operations were performed by the Artificial Intelligence, without direct interference from real-world human scientists.

To modify any clauses, a full vote by the Scientific Council was necessary, and at least 70% of the members must vote in favor to have sufficient authority.

As "Xi Ta" dictated the relevant articles, Zhang Yuan found his body in a state of nothingness, and in an instant, he formed a physical entity. The miraculous Virtual World signified endless possibilities, truly befitting the technology of a Level 6 Civilization.

He could choose his own appearance and physical condition in the future world, and even select some potential..."Golden Finger!"

Of course, the available "cheats" differed from world to world.

A Science World could only have "scientific Golden Fingers", and something unscientific like cultivation was impossible; the Magic World could only choose magic and also couldn’t involve cultivation... This was dictated by the rules forming the Virtual World.

Moreover, the functionality of these "Golden Fingers" was limited, not so excessive to bring down an entire world. They usually only affected personal interests, allowing one to live comfortably, seldom directly impacting the entire civilization.

The choices were multifaceted, including how tall one could be, whether one would be obese, bald, myopic, or how long one could endure certain conditions, among others...

In any case, as long as it concerned an external appearance, all was selectable.

A thought popped into Zhang Yuan’s mind and he quietly said, "It feels like playing Earth ONLINE, with modes like Hell Mode, Normal Mode, Easy Mode—this past joke has actually come true. Nobody likes Hell Mode."

The white light point did not respond to him, but simply urged, "Please choose your desired appearance and personal values."

Zhang Yuan meticulously tweaked a face on the screen, adjusting it to look like his younger self, then finally nodded in satisfaction.

He was quite content with his original appearance and saw no need to change anything.

"Xi Ta" still maintained that expressionless tone, "Respected Mr. Zhang Yuan, we have randomly selected a world for you, named ’Sakura World.’ We wish you a pleasant journey through your long life!"

In a flash of white light, Zhang Yuan disappeared from the room.

...

After entering the world, Zhang Yuan found himself inside a container filled with blue liquid, currently just a small chunk of flesh, slowly proliferating and differentiating.

This point of view seemed akin to an out-of-body experience.

"Sakura World..."

"Artificial womb technology, huh?" Zhang Yuan was not unfamiliar with such a scene; in Kunlun Mountain society, there were specialized baby nurturing rooms.

A little piece of flesh like this couldn’t possibly contain all consciousness; just thinking about this little thing made his consciousness blur.

At that moment, Zhang Yuan felt as if a force had pressed him into this "flesh," and he immediately lost his consciousness.

The sensation was odd—it was him, yet it wasn’t... It was like always being in a lucid dream.

This boy named Zhang Yuan had exhibited extraordinary logical talent from a young age but also showed tendencies of autism, hardly talking at all.

His unique performances were discovered by the nurturing robots, who then provided special education, including medical treatment for autism.

From an infant to a child, and then to a teenager...

years had flown by in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Yuan finally completely recovered his memory, realizing he was still his former self...

"Snap!" Something in his mind exploded, and Zhang Yuan woke from the dream, the so-called "autism" obviously gone.

He looked at his fingers and the lines on his palms, "What a strange setup... But this way, I can blend into this society smoothly, with no impedance."

"Time flies so fast, I’ve already been living here for 18 years..."

The life here was a genuine lifetime, not just a simple crossing to perform a task. Life inherently had no special purpose.

The 18 years passed, memories from his time on the spaceship had faded a lot, as if veiled by a thin, light mist, becoming blurry. It felt like Zhuangzi dreaming he was a butterfly, unsure whether it was the butterfly becoming Zhuangzi or Zhuangzi becoming the butterfly.

Zhang Yuan even felt as if he was a native of this world, with everything in Kunlun Mountain being just a beautiful past dream.

He sighed softly; humans were a species adept at forgetting. The past was gone, and focusing on present life was far more crucial. There was no need to think about such complex matters; after all, thinking hard would hardly yield any novel answers.

Zhang Yuan was extremely fortunate to be "reborn" into a technological society with no supernatural phenomena or mystical cultivation.

It was a very affluent era. The society had long achieved a public nurturing system through robots, which brought about great material wealth, producing resources much faster than human consumption. It appeared to be no different from the society in Kunlun Mountain... Although Kunlun Mountain could have achieved great wealth, it had not done so.

Children were all born from artificial wombs, with robots solely responsible for their nurturing and education—the concept of parents had essentially disappeared.

Had he not been certain that he was in a virtual world, Zhang Yuan might have mistaken it, believing he had traveled back to the Kunlun Mountain Fleet...

He also obtained a small "Golden Finger," containing ready-made novels, papers, music, games, and so forth. Transplanting these into the current world could easily make him a celebrity.

In reality, in this technological world, such capabilities of a Golden Finger were usually limited to these few areas: either producing plagiarizable materials like novels and papers, or enhancing personal capabilities like charm, which could include making it easier to capture the opposite sex, useful for flirting; or perhaps seeing specific "personal values" or "personal interests" of someone...

These "cheats" seemed quite absurd, so Zhang Yuan hadn’t used them yet...

Relying on plagiarism to become famous was too tasteless; did he really think that what he plagiarized was his own? As a former scientific researcher, he detested the phenomenon of plagiarism deeply, and now he was even less likely to engage in it, uncertain about Xi Ta’s intention in arranging this device.