After spending most of the day unlocking his account, Jiang Yuan didn’t return to school until nearly one in the afternoon. He hurried to the snack street outside the campus, ordered a bowl of braised chicken, ate it, then went back to his dormitory bed and lay down until 1:50. After that, he grabbed a textbook titled *Ancient Language of the Dragon Kingdom* from the bookshelf and headed to the classroom.
An hour and a half later, after finishing two classes, Jiang Yuan tucked the book under his arm and sprinted all the way back to the dormitory as fast as he could.
"Bang!"
Jiang Yuan entered the dorm, slammed the heavy door shut behind him, tossed the book onto the head of his bed, and eagerly pressed the power button on his computer. Two beams of blue light shot out, intertwining in the air to form a blue fluorescent screen. Jiang Yuan excitedly opened the *Myriad Worlds* game icon and quickly typed in his account and password.
"Ding! Welcome to *Myriad Worlds*. Loading the Huaxia Great World map for you. Please wait..."
Hearing the familiar prompt sound, Jiang Yuan felt a surge of emotion for the first time, almost tearing up!
"Ding! Map loaded. Teleporting you to the Shangjing City map."
A ripple passed through his consciousness. When Jiang Yuan opened his eyes again, he was back in the familiar Shangjing City, the capital of Hanjiang City!
"Haha! I, Jiang Yuan, am back!"
Returning to the game, Jiang Yuan excitedly sent a message in the guild channel.
"Welcome back, big shot!"
The guild leader, Hamster Pudding, posted a welcome message for Jiang Yuan in the channel, followed by a flood of similar messages.
"Thanks, everyone! Thank you!"
Seeing the guild members all sending congratulations in the channel, Jiang Yuan felt deeply moved and quickly replied to thank the players in the guild.
Time in the game flew by, and soon it was past seven in the evening. During this period, Jiang Yuan had been grinding ranks in the arena. Ever since the inspector from the Dragon Kingdom operations branch helped Jiang Yuan modify the code, his account hadn’t shown any data anomaly prompts for hours, and he smoothly climbed to the rank of Nine-Star King!
Just then, a server announcement suddenly appeared in the world chat: "Honorable warriors, the 'World Martial Arts' event will open for registration in ten minutes. Please prepare yourselves!"
Opening the arena interface again, Jiang Yuan noticed that next to the original arena match button, a new registration window labeled "World Martial Arts" had appeared, displaying a ten-minute countdown.
While waiting for the countdown, Jiang Yuan began reading the gameplay guide for "World Martial Arts."
When "World Martial Arts" begins, players will gradually enter a battlefield dimension called "Solitary Moon Isle." Players in this dimension will be randomly assigned to two opposing teams, appearing in camps located at the northeast and southwest corners of the battlefield. On the Solitary Moon Isle field, there are five battle flags. Both sides need to capture flags to earn points within 20 minutes, and the first to reach 3,000 points wins. Approaching a flag not belonging to your team and using the interaction key (default "F") initiates a capture. Capturing a flag isn’t permanent—flags already under your team’s control can change hands as the enemy team advances. Capturing a flag not owned by your team takes 5 seconds, and any attack during this time will interrupt the process. Therefore, both teams must not only suppress the enemy’s offense but also assign players to guard their flags to prevent them from being seized during the heat of battle.
After reading the guide, Jiang Yuan noticed a few lines of small text below the player introduction, describing a special system for "World Martial Arts": Divine Runes.
Divine Runes are a unique feature of the "World Martial Arts" battlefield, creating ever-changing battle dynamics. Using them wisely can enhance the team’s overall combat capability, and in extreme situations, they can turn the tide. Every 2 minutes, random types of Divine Runes spawn on four stone platforms in the middle of the battlefield, distinguished by their colors:
Blue Divine Rune: Grants invisibility and increases movement speed by 20%, lasting 60 seconds. Effect ends upon taking damage. Orange Divine Rune: Increases movement speed by 30%, lasting 60 seconds. Red Divine Rune: Boosts physical and magical attack by 20%, lasting 30 seconds. Green Divine Rune: Recovers 15% of health per second, lasting 8 seconds. Gold Divine Rune: Directly grants 200 points upon pickup. Once any team member picks up a Divine Rune, its buff effect is shared with the entire team!
"There’s even a Divine Rune mechanic—this is so interesting! I’ve got to sign up!"
After reading the Divine Rune system, Jiang Yuan immediately became fascinated with the new "World Martial Arts" mode. As the registration countdown ended, he signed up right away!
"Ding! Registration successful. Matching you with a team!"
A system prompt sounded, and Jiang Yuan saw a matchmaking message pop up on the "World Martial Arts" interface within the arena mode.
A few minutes later, the system finished matching Jiang Yuan, assigning him to the Red team, with their opponents being the Blue team.
Soon, it was 7:30 PM. A beam of light enveloped Jiang Yuan, transporting him to a brand-new dimension!
"Ding! Welcome to the 'Solitary Moon Isle' dimension. World Martial Arts will begin in two minutes!"
A prompt rang out, and Jiang Yuan’s vision gradually cleared. Looking around, he saw players from all four alliances standing nearby. Counting them, there were exactly twenty.
An invisible air wall stood ahead. Jiang Yuan opened the mini-map and saw that his current location was the northeast corner of the Solitary Moon Isle map, the respawn point for the Red team.
"Damn, why is this guy on the same team as me? I was hoping to give him a good beating!"
Jiang Yuan glanced back inadvertently and widened his eyes. His long-time rival, Proud World Dragon Emperor, was unexpectedly on the same team as him in today’s "World Martial Arts," making them allies!
On the left side of the mini-map, there was a scoreboard tracking both teams’ points. At that moment, both the Red and Blue teams showed zero points!
Soon, the one-minute countdown reached ten seconds, and a prompt began counting down.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one!
The countdown ended, and the invisible air wall in front vanished instantly. Jiang Yuan and the other nineteen Red team players charged off the platform like wild horses, roaring toward the Blue team’s territory!