Chapter 106: New Chat Group Members

[The chat group has met the upgrade conditions and is beginning to upgrade!] On this day, everyone in the group was Cultivating when a voice suddenly sounded within the chat group. "It's finally upgrading?" Shi Jian, who was Cultivating in Zhulu Academy, opened the chat group immediately. [Meng Qi: "The chat group is upgrading? What's going on? Will new members join after the upgrade?"] [Xiao Yan: "I wonder if this chat group will gain some new functions after upgrading?"] [Fang Han: "After waiting for over a year, the chat group is finally upgrading!"] Everyone discussed in the group. Looking at these discussions, Shi Jian felt a little dazed. Unknowingly, it had already been over a year since he joined the chat group. He wondered what new functions the chat group would gain after this upgrade. He, like the others in the group, was very much looking forward to it. The few of them didn't wait long; in just a few breaths, new information popped up in the chat group. [Chat group upgrade complete. Please select an administrator candidate!] A piece of information appeared in the chat group. Everyone wasn't too surprised after seeing this message. When the chat group was first bound, it had stated that an administrator would be selected after the upgrade. Xiao Yan and the others didn't hesitate and unanimously chose Shi Jian to be the administrator. [After the group members' selection, you have become the group administrator!] [Account upgraded!] [As an administrator, you have the authority to pull one new chat group member into the group each year!] [New chat group function activated: Power Contract] A piece of information appeared singularly in Shi Jian's Sea of Consciousness, and his eyes narrowed slightly. The chat group doesn't actively pull people in? Instead, it lets him, the administrator, pull people in? That's interesting. And the chat group even activated a new function? What in the world is this Power Contract? Shi Jian carefully examined the information regarding this Power Contract. After reading it, his expression was a little strange. This Power Contract function was very simple. It allowed one to borrow the power of other group members through the Power Contract. It could also be understood as "Divine Possession"! Inviting a god to possess one's body. After using this function, as long as the group member agreed, you could gain the enhancement of their power. This function is invincible. [Shi Jian: "Brothers, after I became an administrator, I gained the authority to pull new members into the group, but currently I can only pull one person into the group!"] [Shi Jian: "In addition, the chat group also gained a Power Contract function. This function allows us to borrow the power of others and stack it onto ourselves!"] Shi Jian briefly described the functions of the chat group after its upgrade. [Xiao Yan: "What in the world is this Power Contract? Can we borrow the power of others? Isn't this like an Ancestral Master manifesting?"] [Meng Qi: "What's the difference between this and inviting a god to possess one's body?"] [Yang Qi: "No, everyone in the group Cultivates the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength. If I borrow all of your power at that time, wouldn't I just explode?"] [Fang Han: "This function is very practical!"] Everyone in the group immediately started discussing the new Power Contract function. Being able to borrow power from group members is absolutely awesome. Using this function, one's combat power could instantly increase by dozens or even hundreds of times. Shi Jian looked at the excited few and continued to speak. [Shi Jian: "This function isn't without any limitations. If you perceive carefully, a few statues have appeared in the chat group's space!"] [Shi Jian: "These statues are ourselves. If we inject power into them regularly, the statues will light up. Only when a statue is completely lit up can the power within it be borrowed!"] The power of the Power Contract naturally couldn't be generated out of thin air. The wool comes from the sheep. The chat group was merely a transit station. The other few people in the group immediately communicated with the chat group upon hearing this. Soon, a region appeared in their perception. In this region, several statues stood. One of them was themselves, and the other statues were the other few people. They connected their consciousness to their own statues, and then discovered that they could pour their own power into them. After pouring power into it, a part of the statue would light up. When they connected their consciousness to the statues of others, the chat group would ask them if they wanted to borrow power. [Xiao Yan: "My statue is still the coolest!"] [Lin Dong: "Nonsense, mine is clearly cooler!"] [Fang Han: "This small limitation doesn't matter. With our current strength, we generally won't need this function. We can just focus on injecting some energy into it normally, and use it when facing a life-or-death crisis!"] [Yang Qi: "That's right, stacking the strength of everyone in the group will be very interesting at that time!"] [Meng Qi: "Isn't this just a power bank?"] [Meng Qi: "Xiao Yan, you scoundrel, why are you giving me the middle finger?"] [Xiao Yan: "Haha, the statues in this statue space can actually make gestures according to one's thoughts! Damn it, Meng Qi, don't grab my balls!"] Shi Jian looked at the chat and submerged his consciousness into the statue space. He looked at the situation in the statue space with a bit of speechlessness. Xiao Yan's statue was giving Meng Qi the middle finger. Meng Qi was giving Xiao Yan a monkey-stealing-peaches move. The perfectly fine statue space was ruined by these two. Shi Jian controlled his own statue to give both of them a middle finger. Meng Qi was indeed right; this Power Contract function was just like a power bank. Charge it up when you have nothing to do. Others can use it when they want to. Moreover, this power can be stacked. The stronger the people in the group, the stronger this Power Contract function would be. Shi Jian couldn't even imagine how strong he would be when he stacked the power of everyone in the group. One Gate of Eternal Life, one Saint King, one Other Shore, two Dominators. He could smash the Red-Haired Monster with one punch. [Shi Jian: "You all now understand the additional Power Contract function. What are your thoughts on pulling in new members?"] [Xiao Yan: "Pull them in, let's get a fellow countryman from Earth. I miss Earth so much!"] [Meng Qi: "Pull them in and see. If they're good, keep them. If not, kick them out!"] [Fang Han: "That's the idea!"] A group of people spoke up one after another. They were also quite looking forward to the matter of new members joining the group. "Understood!" After clarifying the attitudes of the others in the group, Shi Jian exercised his right to pull in new members. [Administrator Shi Jian is pulling in new members!] [New member information detected. Please, Administrator, make your choice.] [Xu Que] [Sun Wukong] [Luo Feng] [Feng Yun Wuji] Several pieces of information appeared before Shi Jian. Shi Jian was stunned. He could actually choose the new group members? This administrator's authority was quite significant. [Shi Jian: "The chat group gave me information on several new members. I can choose one of them to join the chat group!"] [Shi Jian: "I know all these individuals. I'll tell you their information, and we can discuss together who to pull into the group!"] [Xiao Yan: "We can choose? Tell us who the new members are! Are there any fellow countrymen?"] [Meng Qi: "Are they all novel protagonists?"] [Fang Han: "Since we can choose, the power of choice is in our hands!"] The few people in the group became interested when they heard that they could choose the group members themselves. Shi Jian didn't keep them in suspense and quickly spoke in the group. [Shi Jian: "The first person is named Xu Que. He's the protagonist of a novel called 'The Strongest King of Pretending to be a Big Shot and Slapping Faces System'. This guy has a System, he's a cheater."] [Shi Jian: "With his System, he can get stronger by pretending to be a big shot and slapping faces. The resources in his System are almost all-encompassing; as long as he has Pretending Points, he can exchange for anything. He's also a fellow countryman from Earth!"] Shi Jian revealed Xu Que's information. After seeing his words, everyone in the chat group was dumbfounded. [Meng Qi: "Bro, a System, getting stronger by pretending to be a big shot and slapping faces? Are you speaking human language? We're all from Earth, does the difference between people have to be this big?"] [Xiao Yan: "I report, there's foul play here! We're all from Earth. Meng Qi gets to inherit the legacy of the Three Pure Ones, Shi Jian you can replicate everything from others, this Xu Que directly has a System, and I have nothing..."] [Meng Qi: "Don't you have Yao Lao?"] [Xiao Yan: "Your cheats are all brought from Earth, Yao Lao is from the Dou Qi Continent. Can that be compared? Mother Earth, did you forget about me..."] Xiao Yan wailed in the group. Fang Han, Yang Qi, and the others were also completely dumbfounded. After joining the chat group for over a year, they also knew what pretending to be a big shot meant. But they never thought in their lives... That someone could get stronger just by pretending to be a big shot. Why could this person named Xu Que do that? And a System, the few of them had also heard Shi Jian talk about it. That was a Divine Artifact almost on par with the chat group, where you could get stronger by adding points. This person named Xu Que actually had such a Divine Artifact? Indeed, those qualified to join the chat group were no Mortals. [Fang Han: "What about the remaining few? I wonder who they are?"] This Xu Que was already so explosive, the others must also be extraordinary. [Shi Jian: "The second person qualified to join the group, not only do I know his story, but Xiao Yan and Meng Qi also know his story!"] Shi Jian left them in suspense. [Xiao Yan: "You and Old Meng both know?"] [Meng Qi: "Although the three of us are all from Earth, we Transmigrated in different years, and we're not from the same Earth!"] [Meng Qi: "The novels we three read and so on are all the same. For all three of us to know, I guess it should be a mythical figure, like the Three Pure Ones?"] [Xiao Yan: "A mythical figure, and a novel protagonist... Could it be???"] [Shi Jian: "You two should have guessed it. Journey to the West, Monkey King!"] [Xiao Yan: "Hiss, my Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Monkey King joining the chat group? Isn't this ridiculous?"] [Shi Jian: "Nothing to see here. These days, there's a Monkey King who joined Zhihu, a Monkey King who joined the Main God Space, and a Monkey King who has a Perfect Life System. What's wrong with one more Monkey King joining the chat group?"] [Xiao Yan: "6"] [Meng Qi: "Speaking of which, the world background of Journey to the West should be similar to my world background, right?"] The other few people in the group were dumbfounded after seeing them chat so enthusiastically. Another encrypted chat? [Fang Han: "Who is this Monkey King? Why does he join the Main God Space, and have a System, and a chat group?"] Fang Han couldn't help but ask. [Xiao Yan: "Hahaha, let me explain to you, Monkey King is the Great Sage Equal to Heaven!"] [Fang Han: "???"] [Yang Qi: "???"] [Lin Dong: "You explained a *******"] [Meng Qi uploaded Journey to the West] [Meng Qi: "This is Monkey King's story, also called 'Journey to the West'."] [Fang Han: "Meng Qi is still reliable!"] [Yang Qi: "Meng Qi is still reliable!"] [Lin Dong: "Meng Qi is still reliable!"] [Xiao Yan: "Destruction!"] Fang Han and the others quickly finished reading Journey to the West. Unlike when they first joined the chat group. When they first joined the chat group, most of them were in the initial stages. They had not yet involved themselves in spiritual Cultivation. Therefore, they had to read the chat group's files slowly with their eyes. Now, they could just sweep it with their Divine Thought and it would be fine. [Yang Qi: "This Journey to the West is quite interesting!"] [Fang Han: "The Medicinal Pills, Magic Treasures, and Spells within it all feel very valuable!"] [Lin Dong: "Causing a ruckus in the Heavenly Palace sounds kind of cool!"] After reading Journey to the West, the few of them gained some understanding of Sun Wukong. As they expected, this Sun Wukong was also no simple character. Seeing that everyone had a certain understanding of the Monkey King, Shi Jian then continued to speak: [Shi Jian: "The third person who can be pulled into the group is named Luo Feng. The place he is in is also Earth, but he did not Transmigrate. The world background of his world is quite different from ours!"] [Shi Jian: "The technological civilization in that world is relatively prosperous. Their Cultivation System is quite interesting; it can be called the Starry Sky Cultivation System. As the name suggests, their Cultivation process mimics the starry sky in the Universe!"] [Shi Jian: "They divide the Rank of Martial Artist by the starry sky! When a Martial Artist's Sea of Consciousness gives birth to a miniature planet, they are called a Planet Rank."] [Shi Jian: "When their Sea of Consciousness gives birth to a miniature galaxy, they are called a Stellar Rank. Then there's Universe Rank, Domain Lord Rank... and so on!"] [Shi Jian: "Martial Artists in this world have extremely long lifespans. A Planet Rank can live for thousands of years, and a Stellar Rank even tens of thousands of years..."] [Shi Jian: "Luo Feng emerged from Earth, and then All the way in the starry sky, eventually achieving the status of a supreme expert. His character is guaranteed, and the resources in this world are quite abundant!"] [Xiao Yan: "Another fellow countryman? Hehe, finally a fellow countryman without a cheat!"] [Fang Han: "Starry Sky Cultivation System, sounds quite interesting."] [Meng Qi: "A technological world is quite rare..."] After seeing Shi Jian's words, the few of them also gained some understanding of Luo Feng and his world. Seeing that everyone had pretty much digested his words, Shi Jian spoke again. [Shi Jian: "There's one last person qualified to join the chat group. His name is Feng Yun Wuji!"] [Shi Jian: "The story he is in is called 'After Ascension'. The problem with this world is a bit big. Feng Yun Wuji only discovered after Ascending from the Small World that he did not Ascend to the Immortal Realm, but rather to Hell."] [Shi Jian: "The Human Race has little status in this world, being at the very bottom of the food chain..."] Shi Jian briefly explained the situation After Ascension. This was considered the originator of the dark Ascension flow. Ascension was a conspiracy. There was nothing more to say about this world; once it started, it would directly become a slaughterhouse. [Shi Jian: "All four of these individuals have good character, so who do you all want me to choose?"]