My version of Heavenly Dao is too old, so it's full of bugs.

Chapter 185 I've Become a Big Fish?
Because the entire headquarters of the Heavenly Alliance is designed in a 2D comic book style, the stilted houses on the coast of Shark Town appear even more oppressive under the cover of dark clouds, as if they might collapse at any moment.

After entering the town,

Li Wei noticed that the colors on his body were fading. Both the town's buildings and himself had turned into black and white, and the figures were no longer three-dimensional, as if he had stepped out of a 3D comic book and into a black and white comic book.

The sudden change in environment almost exposed Li Wei's invisibility technique.

If the Dark Web hadn't been of a high enough rank, reacted quickly enough, and remained constantly vigilant, they would probably have already been discovered by the Heavenly Alliance deity who was patrolling the heavens.

While adjusting his laws of power, Dark Web frowned and said, "It seems this area has its own unique rules, and even I don't quite understand them. So be very careful from now on."

"Ah."

Li Wei nodded, then swiftly traversed the shadows where no one could see him, quickly entering the depths of the town.

In this black-and-white town, the neatly arranged stilted houses are like squares, dividing the town into countless pieces, making it look somewhat like a giant chessboard.

The weird thing is,
Li Wei could sense the presence of cultivators in the surrounding houses, but the streets were completely silent, and he didn't see a single cultivator.

"What's wrong with the people in this town? Don't they even care when a god descends?"

The gods of the Heaven-Slaying Alliance were currently surveying the four directions in the sky, their faces formed by dark clouds. Such a magnificent phenomenon would have attracted countless mortal cultivators to investigate in the mortal realm, but now everyone in the town was still staying in their small houses.

What exactly is it that attracts them?

Filled with curiosity, Li Wei approached a small hut, only to hear a series of peep- ...

The voice was so familiar. He walked to the windowsill and looked out.
really!

Inside the cabin stood a colorful fishing game machine. Both its exterior paint and its electronic fishing screen were vibrant with color, making it the only thing with color in the entire black-and-white world of Shark Town.

At that moment, more than a dozen cultivators were gathered around the fishing machine, constantly manipulating the joystick to catch electronic sharks. They were excited and occasionally let out bursts of curses or exclamations, appearing very focused.

confirmed!
The art style of the fishing game machine is superior to that of the cultivator.

No wonder color comics are more expensive than black and white ones.

Under the colorful neon lights of the fishing game machine, the black-and-white monks looked particularly ferocious, even somewhat insane, completely immersed in the fishing game and unable to extricate themselves.

Now Li Wei finally understood why this town was called Shark Town. Every little house was a game room with a game console inside. It turned out to be a large-scale fishing game platform!
"So even cultivators play gambling machines?"

Gambling is a game of luck and unpredictability, and it exists within the realm of the Great Dao. In the highest heavens, there are even gambling games specifically for deities. Sometimes, even immortals and gods lose their divine positions and everything they own because of gambling, let alone mortal cultivators.

The dark web, closely watching the electronic fishing games, commented: "Of course, ordinary prizes wouldn't attract cultivators. The fact that these games are so engaging for them means the prizes are extraordinary!"

Li Wei exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that these game machines are betting on vocabulary entries?"

[Why don't we try and see? Let's go, while your invisibility is still active, let's find an unlucky guy to use as a medium and hack into this gambling system!]

"it is good!"

Li Wei slipped silently into the room, randomly picked a man with a crazed expression, and then put his hand on his shoulder.

The dark web cable burrowed into the man's body through Li Wei's palm.

The man felt a mosquito bite, but he didn't turn around. He kept staring intently at the shark machine in front of him, roaring, "Give me the kill!!"

Against a backdrop of aquatic plants and reefs, a large number of sea monsters, such as shrimp demons, fish demons, and turtle demons, are constantly fleeing. The cultivators are busy manipulating the joysticks to adjust the angle of the fishing nets in the game in order to catch these little monsters.

Interestingly, in this two-dimensional pixelated world, the electronic screen of the fishing machine is also a two-dimensional plane.

Viewing video games within the world of comics creates a uniquely three-dimensional experience.

Vaguely,
Li Wei even felt that the demons inside the fishing machine seemed to be alive!

It's not just a resemblance, it's alive!

The Dark Web, which was infiltrating the fishing game machines, said gravely: "These game machines contain hidden worlds, likely inhabited by special demon races. What we see as games are catastrophic threats to them."

While talking,
The man chosen by Li Wei successfully captured a turtle demon.

"Hahaha! We finally caught it!!"

The man frantically pressed the drag button, grabbed the turtle demon's fishing net, and began to pull it back. The turtle demon struggled wildly but couldn't break free at all, and could only watch itself being dragged little by little to the edge of the screen.

Snapped!
A cutting board popped out of the fishing device, followed by a cleaver that quickly killed the turtle demon and then dug out a word from its body.

[Accelerate Qi Refining]

[Effect: Allows you to accelerate your cultivation of the Qi Refining realm.]

The man immediately exclaimed angrily, "Damn it, another Qi Refining entry! Capturing these lower-level demons really doesn't yield anything good. When will the Golden Shark finally appear?!"

Even a small sparrow is still meat.

It's still a Qi Refining entry, after all. If you use it to buy a ticket, it can at least cover the cost of the ride back.

And the key point is that once the turtle demon dies, we can start digging our nest.

With a series of maneuvers, the mangled corpse of the turtle demon was pushed back into the fishing machine's pool. The rich demon blood instantly attracted a large number of fish, and several players around adjusted their angles and began frantically pressing buttons, soon reaping new rewards.

Li Wei felt a chill run down his spine as he watched this scene.

"The Heaven-Slaying Alliance is nesting a new two-dimensional world within this two-dimensional world, using demon cultivators to carry cultivation entries, and then having the cultivators hunt down demons. Is this artificially creating a new cycle of the Heavenly Dao?"

The Dark Web was also surprised, and said solemnly, "Perhaps this is the reason for their rapid advancement in terminology technology! Every exchange of terms between life and death is an exploration of the laws. The more cultivators participate in this cyclical exchange, the deeper and more profound the Heaven-Slaying Alliance's understanding of the laws governing terminology trading will become."

These mortal cultivators were all test subjects used by them to accelerate their research on the laws.

The experiments of ordinary cultivation use spiritual energy crucibles and medicinal liquids as raw materials. The experiments of the Great Dao of the Gods use the laws of heaven, earth, and all living beings as raw materials.

When these mortal cultivators are playing the game of hunting down demons, are they themselves also part of the game, destined to be hunted down by those of higher power?
This Alliance of Heaven-Slaying is probably not as friendly as it seems on the surface!

Just then, a monk finally lost all his money and got up to leave in despair.

"The opportunity has come!"

Seeing this, Li Wei immediately followed, intending to knock him out and steal his game account.

at the same time,

Standing at the central station of the Fatian Alliance headquarters, Li Sixiang glanced at the train ticket in Feng Yan's hand and couldn't help but complain, "Shark Town, what kind of name is that? It's not even as nice as the name of our rural town in Xinhai City!"

"Watch your words! We're currently at the Heaven-Slaying Alliance, so you'd better be careful what you say!"

Feng Yan silently called out to the Dark Web in his mind, but received no response. The problem was that his train ticket was for a departure in half an hour. If he didn't act soon, he would waste a precious cultivation entry.

So he suggested, "How about we each choose a destination and explore separately?"

Li Sixiang quickly shook his head: "I have a feeling that something is wrong with this place. I dare not separate from you."

Feng Yan frowned: "But if we don't separate, we'll have to waste double the number of entries to buy tickets to go to a place. At this rate, when will we ever see the Lord of War?"

Without seeing the Lord, they cannot complete the mission given to them by the Dark Web and will be trapped here forever.

damn it!
He's still waiting to return to the Dark Web headquarters to receive the coronation of the Great Sage and enter the Nascent Soul stage!
How can I stay here as an undercover agent forever!

Just as Feng Yan was feeling indignant, a burly cat demon with snow-white fur walked into the station.

He wore a top hat and a suit, looking serious and old-fashioned, but his face was covered with light blush and eyeshadow, making him look particularly incongruous.

Nascent Soul?

Feng Yan had just entered the headquarters of the Heaven-Slaying Alliance and did not want to provoke the cat demon, so he subconsciously shielded Li Sixiang behind him and made way for him.

The cat demon in the suit glanced at the ticket in Feng Yan's hand, then forced a smile and said, "Fellow Daoist, there's no need to be so nervous. Since you bought a ticket to the [Fifth Main Quest], I believe you also want to try your luck in Shark Town, right?"

"Shark Town?"

Feng Yan had just bought the ticket because the Dark Web wanted to test whether the Heaven-Slaying Alliance had mastered the cultivation technology of trading terms, so he just randomly found a ticket machine and bought a one-stop ticket. But now, judging from what this person said, could it be that he was going in the same direction as him?
The cat demon in the suit was taken aback: "Are you new here? Otherwise, how come you don't even know Shark Town?"

“Fellow Daoist, you have a discerning eye. We have indeed just returned to headquarters.”

"Haha, that's not surprising! You must be on your way to pay homage to the Lord, right?"

"Um"

"Then you've got a lot to look for! Although Lord Fazhu travels all over the six main routes of headquarters all year round, whether you can run into him or not depends entirely on your own fate. I have a friend who searched for more than three hundred years to see him."

"It's taking this long?"

"Didn't I say it depends on fate? Some people's fate is right, and they can meet the other person as soon as they enter the main storyline. Others' fate is not right, and they spend thousands of years dying in the main storyline without meeting the other person. So compared to them, my friend is already considered lucky."

As the cat demon spoke, it had already spent a Qi Refining stage skill point to buy a ticket directly to Shark Town.

"Speaking of which, the fact that you two were able to buy tickets to Shark Town on your first visit is quite remarkable, much more so than my friend's! After all, of the six main lines at Central Station, Shark Town is the easiest place to get entries. You two really chose the right place."

Upon hearing this, Li Sixiang quickly bought a train ticket as well.

After all, he was the weakest of the three people present, had the fewest cultivation points, and had the lowest probability of encountering the Lord of Slaughter. So when he heard that there was good news in Shark Town, he naturally bought a ticket and followed without hesitation.

"I wonder if Brother Cat could tell me about Shark Town, so we can learn about any taboos."

"There really is one taboo."

The cat demon's expression turned serious, and he warned in a cold tone, "Never fight in Shark Town, or you will encounter something more terrifying than death."

Shark Town.

Li Wei followed the monk who had lost all his money and arrived at the corner of a small building.

Just as the other party stepped into the shadows between the two buildings, the laws of the dark web suddenly unfolded, shielding the space within a ten-meter radius. Li Wei then rushed forward.

The cultivator, who had been playing fishing games for over two years without sleep, was now listless and hadn't even had time to react before Li Wei pinned him to the ground.

His expression changed drastically in an instant.

Then, in horror, he said:
"If you're going to kill me, go somewhere else, whatever you do, don't do it here."

The voice has not fallen,

The laws of Shark Town manifested, and a neon-colored wave surged in, engulfing the two of them.

next moment,
Li Wei felt a blur before his eyes, and when he came to his senses, he found himself in a small pool, surrounded by a large number of fish demons, shrimp demons, and turtle demons fleeing for their lives.

The cultivator he had captured looked at the sky in despair and laughed bitterly, "It's over! Everything's over!"

Ok?
Li Wei looked up and saw huge black and white shadows appearing in the sky, staring at him with greedy eyes, saying:

"Hahaha! The Golden Shark has finally appeared! Fellow Daoists, please don't try to steal it from me!"

Oh shit!

I've become the big fish?
(End of this chapter)