Astral Apostle

   Chapter 3 Pinch people

"What is this stuff?"

  The huge fluorescent panel was quietly suspended in front of him, Zhou Jing's attention was attracted, and his face was full of surprise.

The    panel is light blue as a whole, and seems to have fine lines like electronic circuits, but it is invisible when you look closely.

   Zhou Jing suddenly had a strong sense of sight.

   This thing... how is it so similar to the game panel of various immersive virtual games on the market?

   Did I accidentally play a virtual game? But I don't wear a gaming headset when I sleep, and it doesn't feel like entering a virtual game... I'm not really dreaming, am I?

   Zhou Jing stared at the fluorescent panel in front of him with a question mark on his forehead.

  OM—

   At this moment, a large amount of information suddenly poured out of his mind, which almost made his thinking stagnate.

  It took about ten minutes of digestion before Zhou Jing finished sorting out the content of this wave of information, and only then did he know the current situation and what was the use of the panel in front of him.

   "This thing... has the ability to travel between planes?"

   Zhou Jing's eyes widened in disbelief, only to be sure that he seemed to have encountered some unimaginable situation.

   This panel seems to allow him to enter different planes... To be precise, in the received information, the plane is called "Astral World".

   It is not the entry of the body, but the need to create different "Astral Apostles", project them in with consciousness, and use the "Astral Apostle" as his body and carrier to walk in the plane.

   The astral apostle is an independent body, not related to the main body, and even death has no effect on the main body. If an Astral Apostle dies, the panel will generate a new Astral Apostle template, but with an indeterminate cooldown.

   And when the astral apostle walks on the plane, two special resources will be collected, which are displayed in the upper right corner of the panel:

  [Astral Point: 0]

  [Interpretation: When the astral apostle performs various activities in the astral world, it will automatically absorb the free plane energy, and after special treatment, it will be converted into usable "Astral Point" resources]

  [Information particle: 0]

  [Interpretation: This resource will be generated when the behavior of the astral apostle in the current astral world causes a certain degree of influence effect. (Including but not limited to completing template life goals, achieving specific achievements, having a certain impact on the current world evolution, etc.)]

   These two resources have many functions. From the information he received, he understood that astral points are like "universal currency", and most functions consume astral points.

   And the information state particles are more rare "special currency", which are only consumed by some special functions.

The template of the astral apostle is divided into two sections: "trait file" and "ability file". The former is the personality of this template. When you use the astral apostle to walk on another plane, the more your behavior is in line with the characteristics of this template. , the more the synchronization rate of the carrier can be improved, and it seems that it can increase the efficiency of its own acquisition of astral points and information-state particles.

The    "ability file" reflects the attributes and abilities of this astral apostle.

  Because it is not related to the ontology, the ability of the astral apostle belongs to the carrier itself, and will not be given to the ontology, only knowledge and memory are not restricted. Only the astral apostles who complete the "clearance" will undergo a qualitative change, so that the training results of the astral apostles can be selectively transformed into the body.

   "Clearance" is Zhou Jing's own understanding. On the template at this time, it is displayed as [Apostle Constant Standard: 0/80], and this value corresponds to the information state particle.

   means that this astral apostle needs to collect 80 points of information state particles in order to be "constant", and only then can the ability be transferred to the main body, and then it can be considered "clearance"...

  Complete the template life goal of an astral apostle, which can collect a large number of information-state particles, and is also the most important way to "clear".

   If the normal astral apostle burps, it needs to generate the next new template. And the astral apostle who "cleared the customs" is farting, and the state and accumulation before death are completely preserved, and this body can still be used to continue to enter the astral world - this is the use of "constancy".

   "So, if the astral apostle gains extraordinary power in some way, and then completes the level, I can inherit the power of the astral apostle myself?"

   Zhou Jing probably understood the function of the panel, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his heart was pounding.

  How would you encounter such a thing yourself? Which way is this fairy appearing? !

  Isn’t this a dream to be a chance to become a power user!

   He has seen many strange abilities in Super League programs, such as fire-breathing, water-spitting, snake-playing... But he has never heard of anyone who has the ability to travel between planes.

   So Zhou Jing was not sure whether this "Astral Shuttle Panel" was his own awakening ability or some other unknown extraordinary phenomenon.

   But no matter what the origin or cause of this panel itself, it seems to be an opportunity for oneself to choose another life.

   Even if the water is deep, hold on to it!

He was full of numbers in his heart, and he didn't think that a mighty force that could allow people to travel between planes would be a conspiracy against him as an ordinary person... Even plane travel can be done. If you want to be detrimental to him, I am afraid you don't need to do this. Big circle.

   "In such a situation, it seems pointless to worry too much..."

   Zhou Jing took a deep breath.

   At this moment, he seemed to see his life like a one-way line, and suddenly there was a fork in the road, leading to a mysterious and unknown direction.

   The power user you want to become, the forced immigration you want to get rid of... The road is in it.

   There may be risks, but Zhou Jing can clearly understand that no matter what the situation of this plane shuttle panel is, it is a hard-won opportunity to change his life.

   "Anyway, you have to try it first!"

  Zhou Jing made up his mind, explored the control method of the panel, found that it was controlled by consciousness, and immediately selected "Yes" on the panel.

   The next moment, the panel interface changes.

   The trait file and ability file of this star sea apostle are listed on both sides, and most of the parameters are displayed with [adjustable].

   In the middle of the two files, there is a projection of a three-dimensional mannequin, which is the physical appearance of the Xinghai apostle.

   It looks like a tall man with deep eye sockets and a high nose. Although the race column shows "Tara", which is not a race he knows, there is not much difference in appearance and appearance from human beings in interstellar society.

  The parameters such as height and weight are also marked next to the projection, which are displayed as adjustable.

   "It's really like the pinch interface of a virtual game..."

   Zhou Jing's eyes lit up, and he was a little ready to move.

  According to his habit of playing games in the past, he felt uncomfortable when he was not looking like an ancient god.

  ...But now you can't make a fool of yourself, control it!

   He settled down, groped for a while, and found that only the name and appearance could be changed arbitrarily, while other parameters all displayed the same prompt:

  [Currently there are not enough astral points to adjust the template parameters]

   Zhou Jing saw this, combined with the information he received, and thought about it:

"It seems that most of the parameters of the template can be adjusted before Astral Apostle is generated, whether it is personality or ability, just like pinching people, the operation space is very large, but most of them need to consume Astral Points... I don't have it now. This point, so basically can't be adjusted."

The freedom of pinching people seems to be very high, but because of the lack of astral points, the only pinching operations that can be performed at present are "free operations" that do not cost money - one is the distribution of free points, and the other is the free reset of templates Chance.

   Template reset opportunities are divided into two types, one is full template reset, which directly overturns all parameters and re-randomizes. The other is to not change the entire template, but only specify the reset of a single parameter.

   According to the information on the panel, there are a certain number of free reset opportunities when generating Xinghai Apostles. If you want to continue to reset, you will also consume astral points.

   At this point the panel is displayed, this time there are only two free resets of the specified parameters.

   It seems that the extraordinary power system cannot be reset... Zhou Jing thought about it and planned to focus on experimentation, once for attributes and once for aptitude.

  [The current template properties are being reset...the reset is complete, the changes are as follows]

  [Physical 3→5, Resistance 5→4, Perception 7→8, Spirit 4→5, Energy 0→0]

  [The current template qualification is being reset... The reset is completed, the changes are as follows]

  [Physical [light green]→[green], survival [green]→[light green], the rest of the results remain unchanged]

  The five attributes of physical fitness, resistance, perception, spirit, and energy show the basic qualities of a person in all aspects, and these five attributes are general in nature, and there are also subdivisions in them.

   For example, physical attributes represent physical fitness, and strength, agility, endurance, coordination, flexibility, etc. are all included. The same physical attributes may be good at different directions.

   Qualification represents the learning speed, bottleneck degree, innovation ability of this astral apostle carrier in a skill, and determines the level limit that can be achieved in this field.

   In the template, the qualifications are judged by color, from low to high, they are gray, white, green, blue, purple, etc.

   In the same color grade, there are also distinctions between shades. Generally, the darker the color, the better the qualifications. For example, [green] is a small grade higher than [light green].

   "Only free points are left unallocated."

   Zhou Jing looked over.

   Free points can be allocated to attributes, and can also be used to improve the effect of aptitude and talent.

   After thinking about it, he simply threw all 4 free points into his physical fitness.

  —I don’t know the specific situation of the astral shuttle. The benefits of focusing on adding an attribute should be higher. Physical fitness has the widest application range. In most routine situations, the body is the biggest capital.

  [Complete distribution of free points]

  [Physical 5→9]

  9 points of physical fitness... I don't know what the specific level is, and I don't have a reference, but according to the initial strength of other attributes, the value has almost doubled, and the real level represented should not be too bad.

   "That's almost it, there shouldn't be much to do."

  Zhou Jing thought about it and didn't plan to change the template default name of "Will Wood", and finally fine-tuned the appearance of this astral apostle.

   He deliberately added a tiny bird-shaped tattoo on the inside of his forearm, which ended the pinching.

  [Astral Apostle template adjustment is over! ]

  [Enter the pre-launch stage! ]

  [Currently placed in the astral world: [Untitled] No. 001]

  [Astral Time Velocity Difference: 4.2~131.7]

  [The shuttle timing: 6 hours on the body (default)]

  [Map overview mode enabled]

  [Tips: The map overview mode only includes known areas, including but not limited to areas explored by the astral apostles personally, related maps that have been read, etc. The unlisted areas cannot be displayed]

  As the information is refreshed, the pinching interface shrinks and disappears, and it is replaced by a black interface where nothing can be seen. This is the current map overview of the astral world.

   "I haven't explored this astral world, so the whole map is black?"

   Zhou Jing understood.

The    panel does not pause, and new information emerges:

  [Please select the delivery mode, [Random area delivery] or [Specified area delivery]]

  [Hint: There is no known area in the current star world, only [random area delivery] is open]

  [Do you want to start serving? ]

   "At this point, it's the official shuttle."

   Seeing the last line of information, Zhou Jing took a deep breath, feeling a little nervous and looking forward to it.

   It's not clear what the situation is, it's a real illusion. Although I have just received the basic capabilities of the panel, many of the information is only half-understood and can only be understood by personal experience.

   Now is the time to experiment with specific effects…

"Yes!"

   scoff—

   is like a thunderous explosion.

   In the next instant, the bottom of this starry space suddenly cracked, turning into a brilliant crack.

   It's like the starry sky opened its mouth, and there is an unparalleled suction!

   Zhou Jing didn't have time to react, he lost weight in an instant, fell into this crack, rolled and fell in the air, as if he had been thrown into a front-load washing machine, and he was dizzy.

   The fissures are filled with colorful colors, but under the effect of the terrifying falling speed, all the colors are pulled into streaks of light in the field of vision, which seems to be transformed into a colorful streamer channel.

  Down...it seems like it's falling endlessly!

   In the swirling field of vision, he could hardly see the scene at the bottom of the fissure.

   It was a dark green forest overlooked from a high altitude. As it continued to fall, the scene quickly became larger in sight...

   (end of this chapter)