Chapter 91: Draw Your Sword

An immediate deduction of 11 million game coins.

Before Qiao Mian, an egg shell abruptly appeared, then swiftly hatched into a mass of light.

Within that glow, two characters gradually took shape.

He stared at them, and his consciousness was drawn in at once. Cannon fire and roars thundered in his ears.

Bright Sword.

After seeing clearly the latest realm that had been hatched, and learning the information within it, Qiao Mian could not help frowning.

Not a cultivation realm.

Nor a technological one.

"The immortality project has to be put on hold again," he said with a regretful sigh.

Taking out his phone, he searched for Bright Sword and read the plot summary.

Half an hour later, he put down the phone and closed his eyes.

Comparing the realm information he had obtained earlier with the story on his phone, the details matched almost perfectly.

Reclining on a tree branch, he reached out, plucked a leaf, kneaded it carelessly into fragments, and scattered them into the air.

In the sunlight, the shattered leaves fluttered like a kaleidoscope of butterflies.

Qiao Mian withdrew his gaze.

He let out a quiet breath and spent 100 game coins to buy a realm item finder, then chose to use it.

Instantly, a stream of floating messages appeared before him.

[Key figure located: Li Yunlong]

[Key figure located: Zhao Gang]

...

[New module located: Shooting Range]

A shooting range?

Qiao Mian blinked in surprise.

Could it be that people were to come all this way just to shoot guns?

After a moment’s thought, he felt that the fantasy park would hardly bother with something so unreliable.

Spending another 100 game coins, he manifested the shooting range into the shop.

Qiao Mian looked at the shop and, upon discovering that the shooting range he had just added was actually worth 250,000 game coins, was slightly taken aback.

"It seems I was wrong before," he thought.

Sending his consciousness into the shooting range, he examined the detailed description.

A moment later.

Qiao Mian closed his eyes and pondered seriously.

A smile slowly rose at the corners of his mouth.

So he really had been ignorant.

This shooting range had simply transplanted several battles from Bright Sword.

The targets were the Japanese soldiers, used as live targets.

The battles included in the shooting range were the breakout from Cangyun Ridge, the assault on Li Family Slope, the ambush of the North China Army observation delegation, and the battle for Ping'an County.

Just as Qiao Mian finished browsing, a pop-up suddenly appeared before him.

[Would you like to simulate the battle situation and expand the shooting range content?]

"Yes" "No"

"Zero?" Qiao Mian frowned.

"Please examine the specific function of the realm item finder carefully," Zero said icily.

Qiao Mian cast a suspicious look at the realm item finder.

Two minutes later, his expression eased as he nodded.

According to the function of the realm item finder, when certain key scenes were discovered, they would be enhanced or even upgraded in conjunction with realm information.

He had never encountered this before, so he had not paid attention to it.

A shooting range could actually be enhanced?

Qiao Mian glanced at it, then selected "Yes."

A new pop-up appeared.

Seeing its contents, Qiao Mian almost spat blood.

Whoever developed this game had to be an old hand at scheming.

It still cost money.

Gritting his teeth, he deducted 100,000 game coins.

A new pop-up appeared before him.

[New shooting range scene found: Battle of Shanghai.]

[New shooting range scene found: Defense of Nandu.]

...

Ten pop-ups in a row.

Spending 1,000 game coins, Qiao Mian manifested these scenes into the shop.

He quickly learned the specific function and content of these new scenes.

They were all major battles involving the island nation, taking place in the same era as Bright Sword.

Compared with them, the four battles already built into the shooting range seemed almost childish.

But their prices...

Each one cost 100,000 game coins!

And these were merely some of the scenes within the shooting range.

Qiao Mian muttered a couple of curses about the damned game planner and added all ten scenes into the shooting range.

The core gameplay of the shooting range was now set.

A points system.

For every Japanese soldier killed, one point was awarded.

Points were tallied per round and did not accumulate between rounds.

However, within the shooting range, he possessed a degree of administrative authority.

To encourage visitors to enter the shooting range, he could set certain rewards.

After some haggling with Zero, Qiao Mian finally settled the reward structure.

On a monthly basis, the player with the highest single-round score for the month would receive one Iron Man suit.

The runner-up would receive one dose of Blood Orchid extract.

Third place would receive one dinosaur egg at random.

Once everything was settled, Qiao Mian immediately chose to manifest the shooting range.

At that moment, Xiao Longnu was doing her morning exercises in the plaza.

She held a treasured sword, her movements sometimes swift, sometimes slow, yet exquisitely beautiful.

This swordplay was not one of the styles she already knew, but something she had modified herself, combining it with the taijijian techniques of Earth.

When she finished the set, a faint sheen of sweat glistened on her body.

She slid the sword back into its scabbard, then stepped lightly toward a peach tree nearby.

The peach blossoms were in full bloom, their fragrance spreading through the air.

Xiao Longnu laid the sword across a branch, picked up a bottle of mineral water from beneath the tree, and took a long drink.

She wore a light gray tracksuit, her hair tied high in a ponytail, looking almost no different from a girl on Earth.

After drinking, she picked up another food box from the side.

It had been prepared early that morning by Granny Sun.

After setting aside a meal for herself, Granny Sun had hurried off to work.

For work on Earth, Granny Sun was even more enthusiastic than Xiao Longnu.

Especially when she heard those young women in their twenties calling her Sister Sun, Granny Sun often laughed until she could hardly close her mouth.

Growing younger again.

Her spirits were high.

After the initial excitement and delight, Xiao Longnu gradually returned to her usual composure.

She practiced swordsmanship, read books, followed dramas, cooked, and handled a bit of work in her spare time, feeling that such days were a hundred times better than the cold, lonely life in the ancient tomb.

Especially on such an early morning, before the tourists had entered and the park lay in complete quiet.

She liked this life very much.

Though being alone could be a little boring at times.

After eating, she was thinking whether she should make a bowl of soup tonight and send it over to the Qiao residence, when she suddenly saw a blaze of blinding light appear in the mountain forest ahead.

Xiao Longnu instinctively closed her eyes.

When she opened them again, the burst of light had vanished, and in front of her vision stood a tall earthen wall with an arched gate at its center.

Above the arched gate were three words.

Shooting Range.

Xiao Longnu looked on in curiosity, but then a figure flashed past in the distance.

She concentrated her gaze, and only after quite some time did she recognize the fellow with long black hair, looking like a vengeful ghost, as Hong Qigong.

The old beggar had also used the Blood Orchid formula to regain his youth, and often came to chat with Granny Sun.

However, Xiao Longnu keenly noticed that Granny Sun spent more time paying attention to Huang Yaoshi.

Suppressing her curiosity, Xiao Longnu stood still where she was.

Not long after, she saw several other figures drifting over.

With a series of booming sounds, several Transformers arrived together as well.

The volunteers also slowly gathered over.