My Synthesizer Has Talent

All the living beings on the Jianmu Omniscience Institute, especially the pure-blooded Human Race, finally understood just how powerful their Old Ancestor was now. It was clear from observing the beings from these outer worlds.

Ke Hongmei sighed, "I never thought the Old Ancestor would become our greatest obstacle."

Jiang Zhaozhu remained silent but also nodded.

Liu Jiafeng, however, nodded repeatedly. "I knew from the start the Old Ancestor was extraordinary."

"He was already extraordinary, and now he’s even more powerful."

"Jiafeng, go and discuss our collaboration with the Mechanical Race."

"Yes."

...

...

「Several years later.」

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Host: Su Qing

Realm: Dao Flower Realm [Great Dao Cultivation Method: Dao Flower (51/120,000)]

[Cosmic Immortal Transformation Visualization Map: Great Success (1,571/3,000)]

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Su Qing was woken up by Xiaoqing.

"Master."

"Xiaoqing, is something important going on?"

Su Qing asked, confused.

"Your friends are outside looking for you."

"It seems they want to invite you to leave the Taichu Daoist Palace with them. According to my Inference, if Master goes out this month, you might have some gains."

"I see."

Su Qing nodded.

Then he opened the entrance to his world.

As expected, it was his friends.

Yu Hu, Zhu Yuan, and Bai Di.

"Su Qing!"

"Long time no see." Zhu Yuan walked over happily.

Su Qing also smiled and said, "Long time no see, Zhu Yuan. You’ve improved."

Zhu Yuan really had improved.

She had reached the Daoist Initial Realm.

"Su Qing, I found a Secret Realm outside. Want to go check it out?"

"They say there’s something incredible inside, but I searched for a long time and couldn’t find it."

"So I thought I’d just bring you guys to have a look."

Bai Di said from the side.

"Alright, when do we leave?"

"How about we sit down and discuss it first?" Su Qing looked at the three of them.

Yu Hu smiled and nodded. "No problem. I’m just going to experience the local culture and customs."

"Oh? So you’re saying there are living beings there?" Su Qing grew curious.

"That’s right." Bai Di nodded.

"Okay, let’s discuss it."

The four of them sat on wooden chairs.

Bai Di began to explain, "The Secret Realm I went to has a strange phenomenon. Hidden within its Space is either a living being or an object. That’s what I want to find."

"But the inside is like an ancient Star, with many nations within."

"They are very weak, just ordinary living beings, and much of their clothing is similar to what you’d find in the Southern Domain."

"Zhu Yuan, Su Qing, what are your thoughts?"

"I’ll just treat it as a vacation. As for the thing you mentioned, I don’t really care about it," Su Qing said with a light laugh.

He really didn’t care about objects.

Unless something with Standardization was born naturally, only then would Su Qing consider taking it.

Otherwise, Su Qing would rather just go on a trip.

’What if there are other gains to be had?’

As for what kind of gains he could have, Su Qing truly didn’t know what could possibly benefit someone like him.

As for Zhu Yuan, she said, "Of course I’m going in to look around and see if there’s anything good. But as the Time Dragon, is there really anything I lack in that Secret Realm?"

Bai Di was taken aback.

"Uh, you have a point."

"When the time comes, if I manage to force that little thing out, you guys have to give me a hand."

"No problem," Su Qing nodded.

Yu Hu smiled, "I’ll do my best."

"For me, if you force it out, I can catch it with a single Time Imprisonment," Zhu Yuan nodded.

This small matter was simple for her.

They hit it off instantly.

The other three were going just for fun, but they could help Bai Di, and that was enough.

Bai Di smiled, "Then it’s settled."

"You have to help me when the time comes."

"Shall we go now?" Su Qing asked.

"Let’s go now!"

....

The four of them left the Taichu Daoist Palace together.

Then they boarded a Flying Shuttle.

"Come on, it’s faster in here."

"It’ll only take us a month to get there."

The Space inside the Flying Shuttle was vast, even though it looked very small from the outside.

"I’m fine with anything," Su Qing nodded.

"Su Qing, hurry up and come play! There’s an arcade in here."

"Alright." Su Qing smiled and walked over.

Rather than an arcade, it was more like ten gaming pods.

Yu Hu also got into one.

However, Bai Di had to pilot the Flying Shuttle.

Su Qing lay down inside.

He restrained all of his power, including his perception and reflexes, just like an ordinary person.

And entered the game world.

It was a team-based game where you just followed the rules and fought a boss.

It was a bit like a fully immersive triple-A blockbuster, with incredible detail.

"Su Qing, you’re here."

"Follow me and Yu Hu."

Taking the rare chance to relax, the three of them went to fight mobs and take on the boss.

They coordinated with each other.

Yu Hu and Zhu Yuan’s gameplay was impeccable. Su Qing, on the other hand, was like a total greenhorn.

He made countless mistakes.

Both Zhu Yuan and Yu Hu noticed something was off.

"Su Qing, what’s going on with you? How are you so slow to react in the game?" Zhu Yuan asked, puzzled.

Yu Hu also asked in confusion from the side, "Yeah, how could you possibly make so many huge mistakes?"

"Hahaha, don’t worry about it."

"I just want to play the game with the perception of a mortal. The experience is completely different that way," Su Qing laughed.

"I’ve restrained my power, so you two experts can carry me, right?"

Yu Hu looked at Su Qing in utter astonishment.

’To restrain one’s power to such a degree is almost impossible.’

Zhu Yuan was also stunned for a moment. "Don’t tell me you sent a clone into the gaming pod?"

"Of course not. This is my real body."

"Hiss—"

"You’re a real freak," Zhu Yuan gasped.

"No way, I want to experience playing as a mortal too."

"Yu Hu, wait for me."

Zhu Yuan logged off. Yu Hu was also stunned, thinking that it might be interesting to experience the game by using a mortal clone.

Yu Hu also said to Su Qing, "I want to experience my most ordinary state too. Wait for me."

Yu Hu logged off as well.

Su Qing was speechless. ’It’s just playing a game in a normal state. Why is everyone acting like it’s so amazing?’

’They’ve probably never been team-wiped by a boss before.’

Before, when they teamed up to fight the boss, Su Qing had died about twenty times, but Zhu Yuan and Yu Hu hadn’t died once.

It seemed they were also gluttons for punishment.

Things had been going just fine.

But now it had turned into the three of them looking for a beating.

And getting beaten by the boss at that.

Although in the end, through teamwork, they managed to defeat the boss.

...

"We’re here."

Bai Di sent them a message, waking them up.

Yu Hu and Zhu Yuan were incredibly excited.

Su Qing had a good time playing too.

It would be impossible to say he wasn’t happy.

Being able to play a game with friends and overcome a difficult challenge would make anyone happy.

"That was so much fun! No wonder you wanted to play in the state of an ordinary being."

"It was an absolute blast, even though I died so many times," Zhu Yuan said happily from the side, her eyes seemingly replaying scenes from the game.

Yu Hu smiled.

And handed something to Su Qing and Zhu Yuan.

"Photos?" Zhu Yuan was puzzled.

Su Qing, however, accepted them with a smile. "Yu Hu, you really are something else, taking photos of us."

There were many photos, all of them showing the three of them next to the boss’s corpse after they defeated it.

"Heh, photos. It’s nice to have a memento," Yu Hu laughed.

"I feel like you’ve changed somehow. You took pictures last time too. Did something happen?" Su Qing asked.

Bai Di appeared at their side. "You three have been playing games for a month. Aren’t you getting off the Flying Shuttle?"

Yu Hu chuckled, "We’re coming."

"As for taking pictures, it’s not for any particular reason. I just feel like I want to keep some mementos, and pictures are the best way to preserve them."

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