Lin Xun felt that he had always been lucky.
The first time he opened a treasure chest, he acquired the light body technique, which gave him the ability to leap to such heights as if he could fly, and then he received a mobile hard disk that can copy real-world code into the system space. Out of all the rewards he received from the treasure chest, only the Sky Eye technique eluded him, it was the only skill he didn't know how to use.
He took a deep breath, hugged the treasure chest in his arms, looked away, pretending to study the skill tree carefully, and then opened it all of a sudden!
Then, he slowly turned his gaze back, ready to meet his powerful attack skills.
Inside the treasure chest lay a green leather-bound skill book.
Lin Xun's heartbeat sped up slightly as he took out the skill book.
It was a very thin book with two words written on the cover – Shift Technique.
Based solely on the name and just by looking at it, Lin Xun couldn't understand its function.
He turned to the first page tentatively.
On the title page, something similar to a preface was written in traditional Chinese characters, but it was not hard to read.
'The technique of moving objects, shifting heavenly bodies and fighting; it is omnipotent.
Frequency Limit: 3
Row Count Limit: 10000
Use Restrictions: Friendly or inanimate objects.'
So, what was this?
Lin Xun was confused.
He turned to the second page. The next moment, the whole book transformed into a stream of 0s and 1s, and entered his body.
He opened his eyes.
——Then he met Qi Yun's gaze.
Qi Yun, "Are you meditating?"
Lin Xun, "Kind of."
Qi Yun didn't speak anymore.
Lin Xun looked over and saw that this person had stopped humming and turned to playing games.
Lin Xun, "I want to ask you a question."
Qi Yun kept playing and said, "Ask."
Lin Xun, "When you attack, for example, with your sword Qi, what process do you employ?"
Qi Yun, "You don't know?"
Lin Xun, "I don't know."
Qi Yun, "Actually, I don't know either."
Lin Xun was speechless for a second, then he responded, "You think of a way to find out and explain it to me."
Qi Yun put down his phone, leaned back in his seat, looked at the upper wall of the bus, and said, "First, perceive your Qi."
Lin Xun, "Yeah."
Qi Yun, "Then...grasp your Qi and guide it through your weapon."
Having said that, he glanced at Lin Xun's keyboard. "I don't think this will work."
As he said this, he held his sword box. "I am a sword cultivator. So, I pour spiritual Qi into the sword. The spiritual Qi is processed into sword Qi, and this sword Qi is capable of hurting people."
Lin Xun, "What about the different moves?"
Qi Yun was speechless for a while. "Why do you want to know?"
Lin Xun, "I want to know the principle."
Perhaps it was due to the gap in Qi Yun's knowledge that he became a little defensive and a little angry. "Ask your master!"
Lin Xun said sincerely, "I'm afraid my master will scold me."
Qi Yun, "Then I won't tell you, and let your master scold you."
But Lin Xun had already mastered the art of speaking with Qi Yun. "You say this just because you don't know."
"Go away, I'm about to get into Golden Core, how could I not know."
"Then you say it."
Qi Yun seemed to think.
Lin Xun watched him think.
After passing two bus stations, Qi Yun finally spoke.
"For example, if there is a fire, you have to put it out with water." He gave an easy-to-understand example.
Lin Xun, "Yes."
"But if you were arm-wresting with someone, you'll be able to compare who has greater strength."
Lin Xun, "Yes."
"So, if you can see other people's flaws, you attack his flaws. If you can't see it, you can only straightforwardly engage him in a fight." Qi Yun said, "We sword cultivators have always straightforwardly fought with others."
Lin Xun, "Awesome."
"The higher your level is, the more spiritual Qi is in your Dantian, and likewise, the greater the spiritual power." Qi Yun organized his speech. " Anyway, to effectively fight with other people's spiritual power, you just concentrate and take your spiritual Qi out of your Dantian... that's it."
Lin Xun, "In fact, your explanation just now is equivalent to you not saying anything."
Qi Yun, "Go away."
Lin Xun thought about what Qi Yun said just now.
Actually, Qi Yun's words revealed a lot of information.
Lin Xun felt that the capacity of the Dantian corresponds to the computer's computing power.
If he were a machine connected to the outside world through a network, what would represent spiritual Qi?
That would be the data flow.
0s and 1s.
If so, how can two sides distinguish who is more superior?
The bus stopped at a stop sign and they got off.
They got off in the vicinity of the child's community. Qi Yun would be changing to another bus at this point, and Lin Xun would be driving his car back.
The broken streetlight rendered the surrounding area pitch-dark in the middle of the night.
On the opposite side of the community was a children's hospital surrounded by greenery. The surroundings of the children's hospital were quiet, but the emergency and inpatient buildings were still brightly lit, and the parking area on the ground level was full.
Lin Xun, "Don't leave yet."
Qi Yun, "What?"
Lin Xun looked around to make sure no one was around, and said to him, "You draw your sword and make a sword Qi. I want to learn."
Qi Yun snorted from his nose, drew out his sword in a gesture of nobility, and waved it towards the sycamore tree by the roadside.
Lin Xun stared at Qi Yun's programming interface.
Sure enough, as expected, the programming interface had an extra button.
The sword Qi was emitted only for an instant, and an indescribable wave ran through the air. A crack appeared in the body of the sycamore tree, and several leaves fell to the ground.
Qi Yun raised his eyebrows. "Did you finally learn it?"
Lin Xun looked at the extra program files in his own folder and felt sincerely happy.
——Sure enough, this "Shift Technique" had an obscure name, but it was essentially a copy and paste technique.
"I have understood, thank you Master Qi." He said, "Now you can go."
Qi Yun had some doubts. "Did you do something bad?"
"No." Lin Xun denied. "Programmers don't lie."
Qi Yun, "I don't believe it, you want to harm me!"
Lin Xun, "Just go."
Qi Yun yawned. "Okay, I have to get up early tomorrow."
Lin Xun, "You have to get up early?"
Qi Yun, "I am a trainee, and trainees need to practice."
Lin Xun, "Come on! Study hard."
Qi Yun hummed a song and left.
Lin Xun went straight to his car, and returned to Chaoyang community with Qi Yun's sword release program lying quietly in his folder – this was originally Qi Yun's, but now it belonged to him.
He didn't necessarily have to directly copy Qi Yun's moves to use it, but he could definitely get the attack principle by studying it.
The two communities were not far apart, and soon Lin Xun arrived at the downstairs of his building.
But he had one more thing to do tonight.
He headed straight to his room upon his return, and opened a small drawer while responding to Wang Anquan's criticism and Zhao Jiagou's questioning in a perfunctory manner.
He was not a person who liked tidying up, but there was an order to the way he arranged his things. This drawer was specially used to store those messy small items like watches, badges, and some messy accessories his sister gave him – most of them hadn't even been opened yet.
He didn't believe in his own aesthetics, so he had never gone to the store to pick a gift by himself, he could only trust Lin Ting.
He opened the boxes one by one.
The shape of this necklace was too exaggerated.
This pendant was too flashy.
The letters on this bracelet were too lively.
Watches, no.
Zhao Jiagou said coldly on the side, "I'm about to give up on you Lin Suanfa."
Lin Xun, "Or you can help me."
Zhao Jiagou, "Help you out in giving a man a present to express your feelings?"
Lin Xun, "You have misunderstood me just because of this special circumstance. The world is too dangerous right now, and I've just fought with devils again today."
Zhao Jiagou, "What about Anquan and myself? Are we not in danger? Why aren't you giving us one too?"
Lin Xun, "I secretly planted a firewall for the two of you a long time ago."
Zhao Jiagou, "Then can't you quietly plant one for him? Why do you have to go about it with great fanfare?"
"I don't know how to explain it to you," Lin Xun said, "he has no programming interface, I can't plant it."
Zhao Jiagou, "I believe your nonsense."
"If he can't draw the sword, I'll give it to him." Lin Xun said, "If he draws the sword, then I won't give it – it's very likely that I won't give it at all."
Zhao Jiagou, "I don't want to listen to you anymore."
"But the problem is, I can't find anything suitable." Lin Xun frowned.
He didn't find the kind of item that he wanted.
He pulled the drawer until it hit the bumper on the drawer slide and was opened to the fullest, allowing him to examine everything inside. Finally, he found a small black box at the deepest corner of the drawer – a familiar logo was branded onto the surface with silver.
Zhao Jiagou, "You're so rich."
"I have no impression." Lin Xun looked at the box, his eyes slightly confused. "Maybe it was given by Lin Ting."
He opened the box.
A pair of square silver cufflinks lay inside. The shape was very artistic, and the texture of the material seemed extraordinary. When placed under the light and turned at an angle, the reflected light changes, and a veined pattern becomes visible as if there was a dark silver river flowing slowly underneath the surface.
"This brand has cufflinks?" Zhao Jian said, "I think it's custom-made."
"I really can't remember." Lin Xun said, "Almost all the things in this drawer are from Lin Ting."
"And me." Zhao Jian said, "You are like a white-eyed wolf."
Lin Xun smiled. "Apart from you, Lin Ting gave me most of these things, but if I ask her, she will scold me for treating these perfunctorily – not even opening any of these!"
Zhao Jiagou, "Your essence is perfunctory."
Lin Xun closed the box. "Then this would be it?"
Zhao Jiagou, "I think it's ok, it's appropriate."
It was indeed suitable. Even at first glance, Lin Xun felt it was suitable as if they were specially made for Dong Jun.
"Also," he asked, "how do you describe a person who can't sleep?"
Zhao Jiagou, "Tossing and turning all night, unable to sleep soundly."
Lin Xun, "Okay."
He carried the box upstairs.
It was late at night, but these immortal elders – who slept late and got up early – were still full of energy, and were still discussing major issues.
As soon as Lin Xun entered the door, he heard words like "the storm is coming", "every part of the capital is in danger", "I don't know how many days it can last".
Huo Qingshan looked at him. "What's up?"
Lin Xun opened the box and said, " More and more devils appear every day, and I'm afraid. I have been tossing and turning at night, and I'm unable to sleep soundly. I need master to engrave a talisman for me."