metaverse evolution.

Chapter 716 Mirror Space
Should I practice iteratively first, or research poison first?

Both are important, but human energy is limited after all, and there must always be a priority in everything.

After only a moment's thought, Chu Fei made the decision to practice iteratively first.

This was chosen for two reasons.

First, it takes longer to research poisons, while it takes less time to iterate and practice, mainly because the recent accumulation is sufficient and it is also the easiest to make a breakthrough;

Second, as the cultivation level improves, the computing power will also be improved, which in turn can promote the research of poisons; sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood!

However, if you want to practice iteratively, it is best to have a clear understanding of your own combat effectiveness.

Chu Fei had fought in many battles before, but his recent battles were mostly sneak attacks or fights with evil spirits. There were not many head-on battles.

The main reason is that at Chu Fei's current level, there are not many people who can make Chu Fei fight with all his might. Either they are not as good as Chu Fei, or Chu Fei dare not provoke them - such as the 12.0 masters.

"How about finding a real 12.0 expert to fight? Wei Shuheng should be able to do it, right?

But since it's just a competition and not a life-and-death fight, the effect is really not very good.

Besides, Wei Shuheng is a genuine, veteran 12.0 master after all, so the height is still too high.”

But the next moment, a memory emerged. It seemed that there was a trial base in Cangyun City called "Mirror Space".

There is a trial tower in Hongsong City and a mirror space in Cangyun City. At that time, the old city lords of both sides interacted with each other.

Thinking of this, Chu Fei immediately contacted Zhou Xuyang.

Zhou Xuyang was straightforward, and the two soon met at the north gate of Cangyun City.

When they met, Zhou Xuyang jumped in front of Chu Fei and asked quietly, "Master Chu, I also want to customize a sword. This time I brought the design and the black iron."

Chu Fei rolled his eyes, "Do you know how many orders I have on hand now?"

"Hey, I just came here to grab a spot in the queue."

Chu Fei nodded, "That's no problem. But I'm curious, where did you get so much black iron? I remember that one of the tasks of the Tianlong people when they entered the Tianlong Secret Realm was to find black iron."

Zhou Xuyang became a little more serious: "Actually, they are all brought by the alien species when they descend. For example, the Heyang cluster in Cangyun City organizes a hunting event every year. After we set up the hunting grounds, we will actively lure the alien species to descend.

Large-scale alien species usually bring some high-dimensional metal deposits. Of course, what they bring and how much they bring are all very random.

But the storage ratio of high-dimensional metals is similar to that of ordinary metals, with iron being the most abundant and gold being the least.

Our family now has black iron, red copper, refined gold, and secret silver. The most abundant thing is black iron, but it only weighs a few hundred kilograms, and this has been accumulated over more than two hundred years.

There are also other high-dimensional metals, but compared to the four most common ones, the others are much fewer.

We believe that the main reason is that the alien species only seem to recognize these four metals. They probably don’t recognize the rest of the metals, and they can’t bring them with them, so naturally they can’t descend.”

Chu Fei nodded slightly. This statement was acceptable. However, Chu Fei had some thoughts about the so-called refined gold and secret silver. After thinking for a while, he asked directly: "If I want to get refined gold and secret silver, what is the price?"

Zhou Xuyang smiled even brighter, "This is easy. Now that I've said it, of course it's open to Master Chu.

目前我们家有玄铁300公斤，赤铜22公斤，秘银700克，精金80克。比例为：3750：275：8.75:1。”【注①】

Chu Fei listened and nodded silently.

Zhou Xuyang said, "I heard that Master Chu once said that one pound of black iron can be exchanged for two pounds of red copper. Is it because red copper is too soft and the weapons forged from it are not as good as those made from black iron?"

Chu Fei nodded slightly, "That's true for now. Red copper may be rarer and more precious, but weapons made of red copper are not as good as black iron, so their practical value is naturally lower."

Zhou Xuyang spread his hands, "But our elders said that if the master wants refined gold and secret silver, he must exchange them according to the above ratio."

Chu Fei chuckled, "Forget it. I can't use it now anyway. Black iron is enough for forging weapons now. A little red copper is enough to double the effect of the weapon.

Let’s go and take a look at the mirror space.

By the way, how much cultivation can the mirror space withstand at most?"

"Ahhh... forget it, we can negotiate. They say that if you ask for a high price, you should pay it back on the spot. How about 1 gram of mithril for 100 grams of black iron? If it's refined gold, 1 gram for a kilogram of black iron?"

Chu Fei smiled and shook his head: "Thank you Zhou family for your kindness. Maybe fine gold and mithril are indeed better, but there are too few of them. I'm afraid they are not even useful for experiments.

In fact, taking black iron as an example, it does not mean that one kilogram of black iron can be used to forge one kilogram of weapons.

The quality of each atom in the black iron is different, and some of it will be destroyed during the repeated smelting process. It takes about ten kilograms of black iron to produce one kilogram of excellent black iron.

You can think of it as selecting elites from the general population to form an army. And during the military training process, some people will be injured because they can't bear the training. "

Zhou Xuyang suddenly realized, "So that's it."

After understanding it, I felt a little disappointed. Zhou Xuyang came here with a mission today, and he had originally planned to use refined gold and mithril to pay for the cost of forging weapons.

The Zhou family also knew that fine gold and secret silver might be good things, but there were too few of them and they were really useless. It was a coincidence that Chu Fei also thought so.

But regret is expensive, Zhou Xuyang still took Chu Fei to the location of the mirror space.

From Zhou Xuyang's explanation, Chu Fei also understood that this was also a super virtual trial space, and the so-called mirroring also took place in the virtual space.

Currently, the level of cultivation that the mirror image can recognize can reach the upper limit of 12.0; however, the distortion after level 12.0 is more serious.

The reason is very simple. Think about what the realm of 12.0 is called?
The transcendent one!
After reaching 12.0, it can be said that practice has reached a whole new level - and here we are talking about true transcendence without any watering down.

At this time, the practitioner's cosmic brain and even life structure are fundamentally different from those of ordinary people. They contain too many complex algorithms, and it is difficult for computers to effectively scan and replicate the practitioner's data.

Therefore, in theory, this mirror space can only perform relatively accurate scanning, replication, and testing on practitioners below 11.9999.

It's 12.0, just play with it.

Through Zhou Xuyang's explanation and the information Chu Fei learned, he had a clearer understanding of the mirror space.

Chu Fei had no worries about this. After all, his core cultivation foundation was actually 10.0! All cultivation after 10.0 was simulated.

I'm afraid no one could have thought of this, except Wu Yong.

Soon they arrived at the mirror space, which was similar to the trial tower in Red Pine City. Both had closed manor management and practitioners without identity could not enter at all.

The reason why the top leaders are the top leaders is that they control or even monopolize the resources!
Under the leadership of Zhou Xuyang, Chu Fei successfully entered the underground space, then entered the virtual cabin, and finally entered the virtual world.

The virtual world here is just a single, vast space. The space in the simulation seems to have no limits, and there are no neighbors around. The terrain data in the space is rich, including plains and hills, grasslands and jungles, deserts and swamps, etc.

At this time, in front of Chu Fei was a second "Chu Fei", a mirror image reproduced by computer.

Looking at his own reflection, Chu Fei took a deep breath and recalled Zhou Xuyang's words.
"By default, the first mirror has 70% of its own ability. After defeating the current mirror, each time a new mirror is refreshed, the default increase is 5%.

Since there is a default, there is a setting, and the minimum setting is an increase or decrease of 1%.

If we can defeat a 100% restored image, it means we know ourselves %. But we can't be satisfied with that, because computers are not as good as humans.

Usually people regard 120% as a watershed.

If you can defeat 150% of yourself, it means that your foundation is solid and almost impeccable.

In addition to one-on-one, there is also a one-on-many mode. If you can defeat two 120% mirror images, it will be an important milestone.

The hardest thing is to defeat yourself, but what is even harder is to defeat a stronger self, or more of yourself!"

Taking a deep breath, Chu Fei started as expected.

The next moment, the mirror in front of him suddenly blurred, and then turned into four figures rushing towards Chu Fei.

A clone technique?

Chu Fei responded calmly.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Chu Fei felt his head seemed to be slightly hazy - a curse attack, and then he saw four clones dancing in the air, each with a different posture, stepping on the void - in fact, it was the realm of true energy.

The change was so great and so sudden that Chu Fei dodged hastily. Unexpectedly, the mirror image on the side suddenly threw out a long sword and flew towards him.

Chu Fei subconsciously blocked the long sword and deflected it, but it also affected Chu Fei's retreat.

Then four clones rushed over. The Zhen Yuan barrier froze instantly, causing Chu Fei's resistance to pause for a moment.

At this moment, a right index finger pointed at Chu Fei's eyes, the true energy surged on the finger, and an ultraviolet catastrophe erupted, forming a strong energy ray, like the legendary Six Meridians Divine Sword, or it could be said to be an energy ray.

"Boom..." The energy ray penetrated Chu Fei's brain.

Failed!
died!

Instant kill!

Am I so powerful? Why don’t I know it?

Chu Fei lay on the ground, reviewing the entire battle.

The first mirror image had only 70% of his own combat power, yet it managed to kill his original body in just a few moves.

By reviewing the entire battle process, it can be found that Mirror Image's fighting methods did not exceed common sense, but they were simply overbearing, almost pushing the three elements of speed, accuracy and ruthlessness to the limit.

On the contrary, I became much more lax and even had some contempt for the mirror image.

This shouldn't be the case.

When a lion fights a rabbit, it must use all its strength. Your attitude is absolutely unacceptable.

Fortunately, I came to the mirror space to test it, otherwise if I continued like this, I would suffer sooner or later.

When did he start to be like this? Was it when he became the deputy city lord of Bluestone City? Was it after he got his revenge? Was it after he used the dragon ball to control the resurrected Tianlong's spirit?

Chu Fei couldn't help but think of how cautious he was when he first came to this world, how he kept improving himself in the zombie tide, how he was pioneering and enterprising when facing the alien mother nest, and how he raced against time in the Tianlong Secret Realm...

Countless memories flashed through his mind, Chu Fei got up and fought again.

This time Chu Fei was much more cautious and took the initiative to attack after the battle started.

But the battle situation was different from what Chu Fei expected. The mirror image... ran away, and broke the speed of sound in the first instant.

Why are you so mean? No, isn't this my usual battle strategy?
Well, maybe I can understand the enemy's mentality. It's really a bit overwhelming.

On the vast land, two figures began to chase each other frantically. Although the mirror image only had 70% of Chu Fei's ability, under the control of the computer, it exerted its ability to the limit.

It was during this pursuit that Chu Fei was reflecting on his specific situation. Obviously, there was a reason why the first mirror was set to 70%.

Through these two battles, we can see that, under normal circumstances, a person can only exert 70% of his full abilities!

This is a statistic that deserves attention.

After running for more than ten kilometers, the mirror image in front paused for a moment to take medicine; but it continued to run without waiting for Chu Fei to catch up.

Chu Fei understood that the mirror image had far exceeded its own limit while running wildly, so it needed to replenish potions after running only more than ten kilometers.

"So, you have to be crazy to survive!" Chu Fei gritted his teeth and exploded in speed. The crazy explosion made his muscles stretch to the limit and increased the wear and tear between the bones and joints. Because the energy system was roaring wildly, his body felt slightly swollen.

Chu Fei shaped his true essence field and primary defense into a fluid structure, and his running speed gradually reached 1.2 times the speed of sound.

The strong wind whistled in his ears, and Chu Fei finally caught up with the mirror image.

Closer, closer, closer...

Suddenly, the mirror image refracted on the spot, and Chu Fei, because of his faster speed, passed directly past; while the mirror image began to move backwards.

At the moment when the two sides crossed each other, the mirror image suddenly expanded its true energy field, and at the same time a curse erupted.

Although Chu Fei responded in time, he was still behind Setsuna.

A strong collision broke out and both sides rolled over due to the fierce collision. Both Chu Fei and the mirror image vomited blood, and the mirror image was in a worse condition.

Chu Fei relied on his stronger body to quickly get up. But the mirror image didn't get up at all, and ran on all fours, his legs slightly shortened, his arms longer and thicker, and the whole person jumped out like a cheetah.

With a swish, the mirror image rushed in front of Chu Fei, and a brutal collision broke out again. The energy in the mirror image's body was faintly boiling. It was the resonance of energy and flesh and blood, the superposition of states, and overclocking.

There was a loud bang, and both of them flew backwards. Chu Fei was in a worse state. As for the mirror image, it was even worse. There were cracks all over his body, and blood oozed out, soaking his clothes.

But the mirror image did not stop at all. It rolled on the ground, catapulted into action, and quickly disappeared into the vast mountains and fields.

Chu Fei looked at the direction where the mirror image disappeared, his eyes heavy. Is this the limit of his 70% state?
Looking at himself now, Chu Fei "understood" again. This is what is meant by "the older you are in the world, the less courageous you are." The more capable you are, the less you dare to fight for your life.

The ruthlessness that I once had seemed to have disappeared a lot without me noticing.

Taking a deep breath, and another deep breath, Chu Fei's eyes gradually became sharp.

One must be ruthless and crazy, otherwise how can one resist the conspiracy and intrigue of the Lord of Thunder!

The current situation may be difficult, but it is not the limit.

If I want to practice by myself, there is a bigger difficulty - Wu Yong, the second half of the Shuguang technique, and I have to go further inland.

And I have no idea what is so-called further inland.

After more than a minute, Chu Fei calmed down again, but Chu Fei's eyes had a bit of wolfish spirit.

Then, his perception abilities were fully developed, his wings were fully spread, and he rushed towards the mirror image hiding in the mountains and forests.

The crazy figure crashed directly into the forest, with broken branches and leaves flying everywhere. Chu Fei's figure fell to the ground like a meteor.

Under Chu Fei's strong attack, Mirror Image could only fight back.

Both sides roared, the battle broke out in an instant, and ended immediately!

Chu Fei blocked the mirrored sword at the cost of being stabbed in the chest, and then smashed his opponent's head with one blow.

…………

[Note ①: This ratio is based on the prices of gold, silver, copper and iron]

(End of this chapter)