Charles Lynn reached out and clenched his fist, feeling an indescribable sense of reality. This vivid sensation was far more real than the virtual images on the Alliance Academy’s virtual platform.

A flash of blue light appeared at the corner of his eye, and a blue light frame popped up, displaying Charles Lynn’s identity information.

……

Name: Charles Lynn

Race: Human

Codename: Ling

Heart Origin Power: Level Three

Heart Origin Combat Skills: [Xing’ao Basic Spear Technique], [Xing’ao Basic Blade Technique]

Specialty: Mechanical Maintenance (Beginner)

Wealth: BattleNet Heart Origin Coins - 0

Heart Origin Points: 0

……

“So it really is generated exactly according to reality…”

Looking at the identity panel, Charles Lynn could already feel the huge difference between Heart Origin BattleNet and the Alliance Academy’s virtual platform.

On the Alliance Academy’s virtual platform, the generated character template was a standardized Heart Origin Power Level Nine, just like the holographic virtual platforms that had been developed and researched on Earth.

But Heart Origin BattleNet was different. It was like an incredibly real world, closely connected to reality.

In the training grounds here, you could simulate cultivation, receive timely corrections, avoid detours, and greatly reduce the time needed to practice combat skills in real life…

In the laboratories here, you could use virtual materials to conduct all kinds of experiments, increasing the success rate of real-world experiments…

In the exchange here, astonishing online and offline transactions happened every moment, influencing the situation of countries across the Eastern and Western continents…

Since the ancient Dark Blood Era, the living beings of this world had relied on Heart Origin BattleNet to achieve rapid progress. The territories of the great kingdoms kept expanding, resulting in the current map of the Eastern and Western continents.

“What about the rewards from the Alliance Academy’s virtual platform…”

This was what Charles Lynn cared about most. During his four years at Nanluo Academy, the brilliant achievements he earned on the virtual platform, once transferred to Heart Origin BattleNet, would bring him generous rewards.

After searching around, Charles Lynn saw a glowing mail icon at the top right corner of the blue light frame. When he opened it, his face immediately darkened.

The email listed a series of rewards, including a cash prize of up to ten million, advanced combat skills, a recommendation letter from a renowned Xing’ao Empire teacher, and so on…

Any one of these rewards would make a graduate go crazy with excitement, but Charles Lynn wasn’t happy at all—he felt extremely troubled.

“To claim these rewards, I have to go to the Imperial Elite Training Camp in Greater Xing’ao County…”

Charles Lynn held his forehead and groaned in pain. Given his current situation, how could he possibly go to Greater Xing’ao County? That was the heart of the Empire. If his identity as “Ling” was exposed, his background would be thoroughly investigated by the Empire’s intelligence department. That was no joke.

“Forget it, I just won’t claim the rewards. My life is more important. Even without these rewards, with my advantages on the virtual platform, I can still live quite comfortably…”

Muttering to himself, Charles Lynn’s expression changed. Heart Origin BattleNet was different from the Alliance Academy’s virtual platform—could he still possess that unparalleled talent here?

He needed to confirm this quickly!

Closing the identity panel, the scene around him shifted. Charles Lynn was now standing on a street, surrounded by bustling crowds, far livelier than Nanluo City by a hundredfold.

This was a massive city, filled with towering spire buildings—some silver spires, some grand domed cathedrals, enormous mechanical arms billowing smoke, and a huge ceremonial hall bearing a golden cross-star emblem…

On both sides of the street stood statues of all kinds: humans, minotaurs, lizardfolk, and more… You could see the various races of the Eastern and Western continents.

This giant city was the center of Heart Origin BattleNet—Heart Origin City.

At this moment, the evening sunlight poured over the city, weaving a curtain of light, beautiful as a dream.

Charles Lynn stood in a daze for a while. Even though he had watched videos of Heart Origin City before, actually being here was still overwhelming.

“That’s right. The training grounds.”

Snapping back to his senses, Charles Lynn followed the signs and headed toward a part of the giant city.

……

Heart Origin City · Training Zone.

In terms of scale, the training zone was as large as a real-world city. There were countless training grounds here, including both general training grounds and exclusive ones for each race.

“One general training ground, rented for two hours.”

“That will be 8 Heart Origin Coins.”

A crisp, pleasant voice came from the automatic ticket machine in the training zone, and at the same time, it dispensed a token marked “General.” The other side displayed a two-hour countdown.

Crushing the token, Charles Lynn’s figure flickered and disappeared from the spot.

Whoosh!

The next moment, Charles Lynn appeared in a training ground, surrounded by racks filled with all kinds of standard Heart Origin weaponry.

Looking around, Charles Lynn exclaimed, “As expected of Heart Origin City’s training grounds—even the facilities in the general training grounds are so complete. The Alliance Academy’s virtual platform can’t compare at all. And the key is, it’s only 4 Heart Origin Coins per hour.”

Heart Origin Coins were the universal virtual currency of Heart Origin BattleNet, linked to real-world currency at a rate of 1 Heart Origin Coin to 1 copper coin.

A fee of 4 Heart Origin Coins per hour was just 4 bucks.