Master of Kaidan
Chapter 254: The Door is Open, Record a Message First

Chapter 254: Chapter 254: The Door is Open, Record a Message First

Another clear morning dawned, and Feng Xue clambered out of the soft, Comfortable bed. He took down a True Object longsword from the display shelf in his bedroom, not to practice martial arts in the early morning, but to go from the attic and sequentially open every door in the villa.

As he reached the staircase, he saw Old Li just happening to be ascending, with a sword in hand—also a True Object.

"Are you sure this really works?" Feng Xue asked, seeing Old Li and realizing he must have already opened all the doors downstairs, he couldn’t help but shake his head in disappointment.

Old Li, although similarly disappointed, still explained,

"My method doesn’t increase the door-opening rate, it just anchors the world opposite the door!"

Yes, the so-called method of anchoring to a world was to carry a True Object.

According to Old Li, during one instance when he pushed open a door, he found that the world seemed to have a certain connection to a True Object he possessed. Later, he managed to obtain a True Object newspaper, and by carrying it daily, he verified that this was not a coincidence. Although it was not certain that carrying a True Object would definitely lead to the world to which the True Object belonged, at least based on the newspaper benchmark, it was a highly similar mirror world.

And the two of them had, unsurprisingly, reached a consensus on the world they were to travel to next—

The Martial World.

This name might not seem quite fitting; more precisely, it should be called "a world where martial arts truly exist."

As everyone knows, the communication abilities in the Martial World are a mystery, with news of recent events being accurately retold by a waiter thousands of miles away. The Jianghu is even more rife with various rumors, making it, apart from the Technological Era, the most suitable world for the development of Kaidan.

As for why not choose the modern world...

This is actually quite easy to understand. The more advanced the technology of a world, the more it tends towards entertainment to the point of overindulgence, while the few exceptions are mostly in a state of war. In the former, developing Kaidan mostly results in some harmless jesters devoid of combat abilities, whereas in the latter one must consider the risks of spreading Kaidan on the battlefield.

In the end, Kaidan is just Kaidan. Feng Xue himself, with his sword capable of cutting rivers and his fist that could split oceans, would still be vulnerable to group artillery bombardment or a simple nuclear bomb.

Not to mention this also involves factors like war propaganda, which is easily censored by official agencies, especially in more technologically advanced worlds. And if the technology is not as advanced, it might not be better than the Martial World.

The Martial World is different. Defeat a renowned figure in the martial arts community, and instantly your name will travel thousands of miles. Whether you’re labeled a demon of the crooked path by the righteous sects or revered as a hermit hero, it’s all pure Recognition, and what’s more critical, this sort of Recognition, it adds to your strength!

Not to mention, both Old Li and Feng Xue currently had the "buff" of being able to learn any martial arts skill extremely quickly. Not searching for a Martial World would be a waste of their talents!

As for how to find a True Object that connects to the Martial World, that wasn’t difficult to explain. For the residents of the Four Major Landfills, using True Objects to absorb Identity was seen as a Waste, because the big shots would buy these items that could be brought into the real world at much higher prices.

Simply go to the black market and shout, and an endless stream of True Objects will naturally be delivered right to your doorstep. And how to determine if a True Object comes from the Martial World...

You just need to pick out those cold weapons that are not suitable for battlefield combat, but are fit for small-scale fights. With Feng Xue’s discerning eye, he could naturally tell the difference between a decorative piece, a collector’s item, and a True combat Weapon (for example, from the subtle notch on the blade—its shape, angle, and depth—he could determine whether it was artificially aged or genuinely used in weapon clashes).

Days passed, and to avoid the increasingly idle Hundred Tales, Feng Xue holed himself up in Infinite City, working on reforging some illusory objects and learning from Old Li about issues to be aware of when traveling to another World.

And among the most crucial points was that in the Otherworld, Current World Rules had a delay.

In the real world or Infinite City, deploying the "Current World Rules" could almost be done instantly, but in the Otherworld, it wasn’t possible to do it that way because there were inherent "differences" between the two worlds.

It was like when a person from the real world entered Infinite City and became "informationalized," and when No and Kaidan entered the real world, the "Identity" that made up their bodies also transformed into a sort of "protein-like substance," constructing a physique in the material world.

This process undoubtedly needed time, which was why there existed a "time lag" phenomenon when Kaidan first passed through the door.

However, once a crossing had been made, the two information structures were backed up, allowing direct transformation for the next time, which was why subsequent descents could almost be completed instantly.

But crossing between worlds was different.

Because the coding method of the Otherworld didn’t exist in the real world.

For instance, different true worlds could be compared to computers with different operating systems that were unable to install other systems; whereas Infinite City was a main server compatible with all systems.

From Infinite City’s perspective, it could decode any system’s program, encapsulate it into a version suitable for other operating systems, and always leave a backup after encapsulation, ready to be used when needed.

But if you bypassed Infinite City and took a program directly from computer a to computer b, the systems wouldn’t be compatible, and time would be needed to unpack and repackage before it could run successfully.

Moreover, since computer b couldn’t recognize the system software of computer a, even if the same program was brought over again, unpacking would still be necessary to recognize its existence.

For Feng Xue, who had the "Chance Meeting" that could be initiated or cancelled at any time and almost used as "Phase Shift," this was undoubtedly a significant weakening. However, with sufficiently precise understanding of the delays in descent into both worlds, it was still possible to accomplish related operations through prediction.

The scope of application had undoubtedly narrowed significantly.

Old Li mentioned many such small details, giving Feng Xue a whole new appreciation for his knowledge reserves.

As their communication continued, finally, on a certain clear morning in February, a door opened.

The main door, which was almost instantaneously sealed, was firmly fixed upon the wall, and the world beyond it was starkly different from the Babylon Tower.

Looking at the clothing of the people on the street, it did indeed appear to be a city similar to ancient Yan Country. However, most people on the street were dressed in coarse clothing, and Feng Xue saw no sword- or knife-wielding martial artists, which made her somewhat skeptical of Old Li’s reliability.

Old Li, hearing the commotion, also hurried over and upon seeing the scenery opposite the door, he took out a True Object recorder that had been prepared earlier:

"I’ll go over and make a recording first."

"Isn’t that the language of Yan Country?" Feng Xue raised an eyebrow, but Old Li just rolled his eyes and said:

"That’s because you’re still standing in Infinite City!"

Feng Xue, holding back the desire to boast about her fluency in all languages, foolishly asked, "But what’s the use of recording it?"

"To go ask the bartender, of course. If you have relevant clues, the bartender will tell you the language and category. Then you go to the library, find the teaching material for that language, and then learn in school! What else did you think these facilities were for?"