Chapter 665: 593: Illustrated Book, Communication and Entertainment Games

Chapter 665: Chapter 593: Illustrated Book, Communication and Entertainment Games

The combat wristwatch was thicker than a regular watch. Wearing it felt like wearing a bracelet, but it was so comfortable that one could hardly feel its presence.

That was a crucial aspect of its design.

It must not hinder the Awakener’s combat abilities yet must be robust enough to ensure it wouldn’t be destroyed by the remnants of battle.

The one Kevin brought was the highest grade of combat wristwatch, capable of withstanding the supernatural aftershocks of close-range… Of course, at his level of combat, the combat wristwatch was no longer sufficient. Even at ultra-high speeds, going from stationary to several times the speed of sound could instantly disassemble the wristwatch.

This drawback was not a big deal.

After all, the top-tier Transcendents usually had spatial equipment.

Holding it, the wristwatch’s crystal screen lit up, silent, displaying only one line of text, “Do you want to start the wristwatch binding? Binding requires a drop of the wearer’s blood.”

Tang Yu tapped to confirm.

Below the tactical wristwatch, a tiny needle extended out with a click. He stretched out his index finger, pressing it slightly against the needle.

The fingertip indented downward… it didn’t pierce through.

Tang Yu pushed his finger forward, increasing the pressure… the indentation got deeper.

He paused for a moment, pulled his finger back slightly, then forcefully pressed down.

Click.

He heard a faint sound. The needle collecting the blood, due to his excessive force, seemed like… it was going to break?

Not daring to continue applying force, Tang Yu glanced at Kevin.

Kevin gave an awkward laugh. What could he do? The flesh of a Second Tier Expert was so robust unless they incorporated Divine Weapon material into the needle… but then, wouldn’t that escalate costs immensely?

“Forget it.”

Tang Yu extended his left hand, a faint blue light emerged from his fingertip, forming a cone shape, and stabbed into the fingertip of his right hand.

A drop of crimson blood fell onto the needle of the tactical wristwatch and was absorbed instantly.

“Beep, identity binding complete, welcome to the first generation tactical wristwatch.”

The first-generation wristwatch temporarily didn’t have many fancy functions. Its main functions were two: one was the Demonized Beast Atlas, and the other was communication.

Since the establishment of Green Shadow, whether it was members of the Investigation Corps or adventurers, whenever a new type of Demonized Beast was discovered, it would be recorded. Many had used “Reconnaissance Crystals,” and the records of data on Demonized Beasts were very detailed.

The adventurer guild’s third edition “Demonized Beast Atlas,” now thicker than a high school literature textbook, contained images and text. Even though Awakeners generally had good memory, it was difficult to remember so much information.

And any memory error in some data of Demonized Beasts could be fatal.

Tang Yu fumbled, activating a probe on the wristwatch, and aimed it at Old Man Kevin… Hmm, the atlas matched “unknown”—after all, Kevin didn’t belong to any recorded type of Demonized Beast.

Kevin clearly understood his intent and commanded. Not far away, a crimson Demonized Beast appeared on a crystal screen.

Tang Yu glanced a few times and actually… didn’t recognize it.

It was a Demonized Beast he had never seen!

He lifted his hand, the wristwatch’s probe aimed at the crystal screen. Without needing precise aim, the probe captured the image of the Demonized Beast, and data related to it instantly appeared.

The Demonized Beast’s weaknesses, range of strength fluctuations, strategies for handling, etc., were all detailed very comprehensively.

Tang Yu had also seen a feature, strategy submission — any user of the tactical wristwatch could upload their strategies for dealing with Demonized Beasts — of course, there was a backend review, but once approved, especially those rated highly, the uploader could receive a reward from the official Green Shadow.

A definite win-win for fame and fortune, a great deal for adventurers!

Tang Yu thought this feature was good, just offering a little reward, as it didn’t hurt him.

“How far is the communication range?” Tang Yu asked.

“Currently, within the Defense Circle, signal transmission isn’t a problem. Wristwatches can also communicate directly with places like Beiting, Ancient Spirit, and other Holy Lands, as well as Luoxia and the Yangtze River Delta…”

These areas had set up Sub-territories, which acted as signal base stations, solving the problem of long-distance communication.

Kevin continued, “Once out of range of these areas, the tactical wristwatch cannot connect to the network, but within a certain distance, owners of the wristwatches can still contact each other.”

“What’s the range for outdoor communication?”

“Normally, it’s up to twenty kilometers but in some special areas, communication may be restricted to only ten or five kilometers.”

“Not only that, but the tactical wristwatch also has an emergency signal function, which allows one to send out distress signals to others within the range.”

Tang Yu frowned slightly, “The emergency signal function is well-intentioned, but I’m afraid it might be exploited by some malicious individuals, for example, using the distress signals to set an ambush and harm others.”

“Hehe,” Kevin laughed proudly, “When an emergency signal is sent from the tactical wristwatch, a monitoring function is simultaneously activated, recording everything nearby, whether killed by Demonized Beasts or harmed by other Awakeners, all this information is sent out immediately.

If there are no wristwatch wearers within twenty kilometers, the information is temporarily stored. However, as soon as someone passes by, the key information is sent out again, and once these Awakeners return to within the Defense Circle, the wristwatch connects to the network, and this data is transmitted to the central system.

Of course, there’s no need to worry about the wristwatch being destroyed. The ‘black box’ that stores information is very small, and unless you completely pulverize the tactical wristwatch, the ‘black box’ can’t be destroyed.”

Aside from the basic communication required by the Lord, all other auxiliary functions were added by their research institute.

Although many ideas came from the young people in their institute, it didn’t stop the entire project from being led by Great Grandmaster Kevin, with a team of hundreds, including Grandmasters and Masters… Kevin felt he had reached the peak of his life.

Of course, he wouldn’t be satisfied by just that, since coming to Green Shadow City, he had surpassed his original expectations of the peak more than once.

Seemingly recalling something, Kevin then said, “Not just communication, within our Territory, with the tactical wristwatch, one can also connect to the ‘Spirit Space’.”

Tang Yu was genuinely surprised.

He remembered mentioning it casually, but he hadn’t expected Kevin could make it happen.

Access rooms to the ‘Spirit Space’ have always been scarce. Today, Green Shadow City had over a million Awakeners, yet there were only twenty to thirty thousand ‘Spirit Space’ access rooms. It was said that some had queued for half a month, and some rich individuals would simply keep the room occupied indefinitely, never leaving.

It was as if they had returned to the days of scrambling for seats in internet cafés.

However,

Given the mysteries of the ‘Spirit Space,’ Tang Yu felt that connecting through the tactical wristwatch likely had flaws.

As expected, Kevin said, “Connecting via the tactical wristwatch, the realism can only reach 99.9%. Normally that’s not a big problem, but if intense combat breaks out, the system will distort.”

Tang Yu nodded knowingly, “A lower-spec version, huh? It might not be suitable for middle to high tier Awakeners for combat simulation, but for entertainment, I think it’s just right.”

As what had happened initially in Aino Royal Capital, some entertainment games had also been added within the ‘Spirit Space’.

Since the ‘Spirit Space’ was always full, there was hardly enough time for Cultivation, let alone for entertainment… In Aino Royal Capital then, the training camp provided a castrated version, lacking real combat capability, making the entertainment games momentarily popular.

Speaking of entertainment, Tang Yu recalled the VR games before the apocalypse, the most favored by gamers seemed to be certain… restricted condition artistic action development games.

He wondered if they had developed them by now?