382: Aren’t you curious about Taoist priests?

Chapter 382: Aren't you curious about Taoists?

“Before the Datafication World, you must have been like these villagers. So, if you suddenly encountered someone with a health bar, equipment, skills, and even a backpack—things that violate physical laws—would you think he’s abnormal, or that you’re abnormal?” Cen Yu Nuo continued to ask.

Every word was a gem!

Lu Ran opened his mouth.

That’s right.

Compared to these villagers, professional players were the ones who seemed less normal!

Things entirely composed of data, regardless of whether they had life or if their bodily functions were damaged, their health bar was their life; if their health points dropped to zero, they died instantly!

That was what was abnormal!

However,

After a long time in the Datafication World, they had grown accustomed to it.

That's why they felt that things without this data were abnormal.

“So, you were originally one of these people, but you joined the datafication team and awakened a profession? But… why did you appear in this world early? Shouldn’t you have been updated along with these people?” Lu Ran asked.

But as soon as the words left his mouth, Lu Ran felt that saying it that way was inappropriate.

It wasn’t that these people were updated.

Instead, the Datafication World had fully invaded and assimilated this normal world!

It even datafied these villagers, yet they didn't possess the abilities of professional players, unable to have equipment, backpacks, skills, and so on.

Of course,

Except for a few special existences.

For example, the Buddhist sect; they originally had Buddhist Dharma, but after the Datafication World synchronized with them, their Buddhist Dharma became skills.

However, they couldn't level up or change their skills.

To put it bluntly,

They were still monsters.

Just human-shaped monsters.

This was the most fundamental difference from professional players.

“I came early just to find you, you know,” Cen Yu Nuo said playfully.

It seemed that upon arriving in a familiar world, her mood had recovered significantly, becoming livelier.

But Lu Ran felt a bit depressed.

The amount of information he received today was a bit overwhelming!

It completely shattered his worldview!

This made Lu Ran question whether the path he was on was the right one.

“Find me? What do you mean?” Lu Ran asked.

“Because you’re special, come on, let’s hurry; I hope we can get there before dark,” Cen Yu Nuo said.

“Didn’t you say it wasn’t far?” Lu Ran asked.

“It’s not far, it’s less than a day’s journey. You professional players, your teleportation and acceleration skills have made you forget the operating rules of the original world. In the real world, traveling isn’t that easy,” Cen Yu Nuo said, shaking her head.

“Alright, alright, let’s not talk about this anymore; it makes me feel like an anomaly now,” Lu Ran said helplessly.

After speaking,

As if remembering something, he continued: “Then skills can also be used here, so why don’t we use movement skills to travel?”

Upon hearing this,

Cen Yu Nuo rolled her eyes at Lu Ran.

She said, “Do you think everyone is like you, with no cooldowns on skills? I don’t have movement skills myself, or they haven’t been unlocked yet. And even if I did have movement skills, the distance wouldn’t be far enough, and there’s a cooldown, so it wouldn’t be much faster. You’re different, and you can even fly!”

Lu Ran was caught between laughter and tears.

That was indeed true.

Normal professional players, even if they had movement skills, could only dash forward a short distance.

It didn't add much efficiency to travel.

Acceleration skills were useful, but their duration was also very short.

In short, even in the world of professional players, if you wanted to travel fast, apart from teleportation, there seemed to be no other way.

But Lu Ran was different.

Lu Ran could move infinitely and had wings.

“So, I have them, don’t I? Let’s just fly over,” Lu Ran said.

Considering that movement skills couldn't carry people along,

The plan fell through.

So, they could only fly.

Considering that using Elf Wings would require dragging Cen Yu Nuo, which would be a bit troublesome,

Therefore,

Lu Ran had a better idea.

With a thought, two Abyssal Bone Dragons appeared before him.

“Here, one for each of us. Which one do you want?” Lu Ran asked.

“Aren’t they all the same? Hehe… either one is fine,” Cen Yu Nuo chuckled.

Her cunning gaze immediately made Lu Ran realize something.

“You calculated that I would do this, didn’t you? You never intended to walk there on foot,” Lu Ran asked, looking at Cen Yu Nuo suspiciously.

“Sort of. Come on, let’s go,” Cen Yu Nuo waved her hand.

She jumped onto the back of one of the Abyssal Bone Dragons by herself.

Lu Ran came to the back of the other.

Then, with a thought, the two Abyssal Bone Dragons soared into the sky!

“You point the way, and I’ll control the Abyssal Bone Dragons,” Lu Ran said.

“Alright, this way, this way! Over that small hill ahead first,” Cen Yu Nuo cheered excitedly and began to direct.

It was clear that her mood had truly recovered well.

In the nearby village, the villagers watched in astonishment as two Abyssal Bone Dragons soared from the forest outside the village, startling them greatly.

“Are those new monsters? I haven’t seen them before?”

“Probably. They look pretty scary.”

“Are there people on their backs?”

“Probably those so-called professional players, but we don’t know the specifics yet.”

“This world has really turned into a mess.”

...

In the sky,

Lu Ran occasionally looked down at the mountains below.

There were quite a few villages inside.

There were even some towns.

He remembered that before the Datafication World, these villages and towns also existed.

But then they were datafied.

“Now that I think about it, the reason we were datafied back then was also because certain things invaded the world at that time. We were forced to be datafied, the difference being that we had a choice to grow, while those who joined later were fixed with data,” Lu Ran mused to himself.

After speaking,

As if remembering something,

He turned his head and shouted, “Have only these villages and towns been updated? What about other places? What about large cities? Are there any?”

Cen Yu Nuo replied, “Of course there are, but only parts of this world have merged. I don’t know if large cities have been merged in. The undeveloped areas are too vast; we need to go and see to find out.”

Lu Ran nodded.

He actually felt a lot better inside.

At least Cen Yu Nuo didn't know everything.

Otherwise,

That feeling of being the only one kept in the dark would be truly unbearable.

“Just a few more hills ahead, and we’ll be almost there. Do you see that mountain in the distance? That’s it,” Cen Yu Nuo said to Lu Ran.

Lu Ran looked up.

He could indeed see a blurry mountain, exceptionally tall, standing out starkly among the other mountains.

“Where is that?” Lu Ran asked.

Upon hearing this,

Cen Yu Nuo grinned and said,

“Haven’t you always been curious about Taoists? That’s it, the ancestral home of Taoism, Mian Mountain, Da Luo Palace!”