With a jolt of consciousness, he returned to the starry space.

"I'm back?"

Zhou Jing looked down and confirmed that he was not using the carrier "Will Wood" at this time, but his original appearance.

Huh, I'm finally back. The feeling of being poisoned and comatose is really uncomfortable... Zhou Jing grinned.

When using Astral Apostle, the consciousness will not be separated from the body's senses, it is 100% real, and the pain really hurts.

A huge fluorescent panel is suspended in front of you, and the information received previously is displayed on it simultaneously.

"The actual stay was six days... so after I was poisoned, I was almost in a coma for two days. Grif walked in the forest with me, a wounded person, for so long..."

Zhou Jing pondered.

The forest is full of dangers, and the threat of the Earth Bone Man has not disappeared. He is not a true companion of the hunters. They can abandon themselves as a burden... But now it seems that their so-called kindness is not just lip service.

I briefly went on an adventure and tried a different kind of life, but in retrospect it was extremely profound.

Zhou Jing suppressed his emotions and looked at the next column of information.

The panel shows that a total of 163 astral points have been collected during this experience, and all of my own astral points have accumulated to 1468 points.

Many actions of astral apostles, such as fighting, practicing, surviving, even eating, etc., can collect free astral energy and turn it into astral points.

But unlike the instant benefits that trigger achievements, the astral points collected from these daily behaviors will only be counted and settled when the astral apostle's release is completed and the consciousness returns, and the collection results will be brought back at once.

Zhou Jing opened the statistical details of this item, which listed which behaviors in this experience collected astral points, which seemed very trivial.

From killing strange beasts to as small as what you eat every day, everything is recorded in the star boundary points. Even simply sleeping has very little profit.

"So as long as the astral apostles are alive and breathing, they can continue to collect astral points..."

Zhou Jing scratched his head.

The bulk of the income this time is mainly from killing the white spider monster, and the rest is the sum of various bits and pieces.

At the bottom of the collection details, two pieces of information caught his attention:

[Synchronization rate bonus: 0%]

[Legendary bonus: 0%]

Synchronization rate and legend can increase the total daily income of return settlement, which is equivalent to improving the efficiency of the apostle's collection of star points.

The synchronization rate of "Will Wood"'s body had increased to 32% before his return, but there was no bonus. He estimated that the synchronization rate must reach a certain standard to get a bonus.

The legend seems to be related to the impact of the star apostle, what deeds he left, how many people paid attention to it, etc. Based on Zhou Jing's not too rich experience analysis... this legend may be equivalent to a personal reputation.

class of things.

After closing the statistical details, Zhou Jing looked at the next item, which read "The experience log has been recorded, and the relevant exploration results have been entered into the illustrated book."

"What does this mean..."

As soon as he thought about it, the panel suddenly flashed, and an extension interface suddenly popped up on the left and right.

The interface on the left:

["Roster of Star Apostles"]

[No. 001: Will Wood (survival) - detailed attributes and experience log can be viewed]

[No. 002: None]

The interface on the right:

["Record Illustrated Book"]

[1.Talent category]

[2.Skills]

[3.Super energy system type]

[4. Accessibility class]

[5. Trait personality type]

Zhou Jing became interested, researched it, and roughly understood what these were.

The "Roster of Star Apostles" records all the astral apostles that have ever been born, whether dead or alive.

By clicking on a name in the roster, you can check the file of this astral apostle, and you can also check the experience log of this astral apostle.

The experience log is in the form of a video, containing all the experiences of this astral apostle as a memorandum.

Zhou Jing tried to watch a few clips. They were all images from the first-person perspective of the carrier. They were all things that he had personally experienced not long ago. If he forgot the details, he could directly query the relevant images to avoid confusion.

The "Record Illustrated Book" classifies and records all the abilities of the astral apostle templates that I have used, and can be checked intuitively. Currently, it only contains the abilities of "Will Wood".

In addition to the function of recording, the illustrated book is also equivalent to the material library when pinching people - when creating a new astral apostle, you can specify the abilities of other astral apostles from the illustrated book and generate them in the template of the new carrier. It is only based on the selected ability.

, it will consume varying amounts of astral points.

"So the more Astral Apostles you have used, the richer the roster and illustrations will be... However, it seems that a new Astral Apostle can only be created if the previous Astral Apostle clears the level or dies."

Zhou Jing secretly made a note to close these two interfaces and continue reading.

The cooling time for the next release is twelve hours... This is easy to understand. It takes at least twelve hours for the main body to be able to re-release its consciousness into the astral apostle as before.

It doesn't seem to be forced. When the time comes, you can shuttle if you want to, or if you don't want to, you can choose freely.

Zhou Jing looked at the information in the last column:

[Please formulate an action plan for the placement of the Astral Apostle...]

The reason why the panel stays at this settlement interface is because no subsequent operations have been carried out.

As soon as he chose to continue, the settlement interface immediately disappeared and was replaced by a new page:

[Place object: Will Wood]

[Highest synchronization rate record: 32% (second phase)]

[The upper limit of placement income: astral point 0/2000, information state particle 0/20]

[Please set the main action goal, secondary action focus, event processing mode, combat mode, interaction mode...]

[Tip: During the placement period, the synchronization rate will not increase. The higher the synchronization rate, the better the Astral Apostle can deal with complex events and flexibly act according to the placement plan]

[Tip: When the Astral Apostle implements the placement action plan, the behavior pattern still has the template trait personality]

Zhou Jing read it again and suddenly understood.

"Placement mode...it turned out to be like this after returning. When I don't personally control the star apostle, he will act on his own according to the plan I set, just like those robots with standard artificial intelligence in the main world? Make a placement plan,

It is equivalent to establishing the robot's behavior program and logic chain..."

He had originally speculated that if he returned, the astral apostles would disappear together, or that time in another plane would be suspended or something like that.

It now seems that time in another world is still flowing, and the astral apostles stay in that world, move according to their own placement plans, and automatically collect astral energy.

However, unlike personal control, the Astral Apostle has a limit to collecting astral points in the placement mode, which depends on the synchronization rate.

Every time the synchronization rate exceeds 25%, it is a dividing line, which is divided into four stages. Every time it increases to a stage, the upper limit of placement income will increase.

The basic placement income upper limit depends on the rarity of the template. When the synchronization rate is increased by one stage, the placement income upper limit will at least double, so the placement income upper limit of the fourth stage synchronization rate is at least eight times the first stage income upper limit.

When an apostle's cumulative total income in placement mode reaches the upper limit, he will no longer be able to obtain placement income. He needs to come in person to increase the synchronization rate and thereby expand the upper limit of income.

Only astral apostles who have cleared the level and whose synchronization rate has reached the fourth stage will not have a placement income limit.

Zhou Jing nodded secretly: "So improving the synchronization rate is a high-priority goal. Compared with personal control, the Star World Apostle should spend longer in the placement mode."

He went over the specific details of the placement plan carefully.

The placement plan has many configurable items, covering many aspects.

He summarized it and simply divided it into two categories, one is action goal and the other is action mode.

The former is to determine the purpose of the Astral Apostle's actions, whether to explore new areas or stay where they are, whether to focus on practice or to cause trouble everywhere.

If you are more detailed, you can also specify certain details, such as choosing to focus on practice, setting the level of which skill should be prioritized, and so on.

The latter is a mode of handling various events, such as radical, conservative, balanced, etc., but it will be affected by the characteristics of this astral apostle, personality, style, stance, etc.

"Try it first and see what the specific results of the placement mode are like..."

Zhou Jing thought for a while and quickly set up the placement plan this time, choosing conservative and balanced ones.

Give it a steady hand and take a look.

[The placement plan has been saved and will take effect immediately]

[Should you turn on the map overview mode, additionally specify the activity area during placement, and plan the activity trajectory?]

[Tip: You don’t need to specify it. The Astral Apostle will decide the activity area according to the placement plan and the situation]

The interface of the map overview mode pops up. This time it is no longer completely black, but has a small area. It is the area that Zhou Jing walked through in the Black Shirt Forest. You can zoom in and view it.

In addition, this time the unknown area has also become optional and serves as an exploration target in the Astral Apostle placement mode.

"Do not specify a region."

Zhou Jing refused.

There is nothing special that needs to be explored at the moment. We should wait until Grif and the others bring "Will Wood", the astral apostle, to Frostwood Village and unlock that area.

After completing these operations, the panel flashed, the interface for placing the plan disappeared, and new information appeared:

[End of setup]

[Shuttle preparation space closed]

[Next time to enter countdown: 12 hours]

Suddenly, Zhou Jing's vision went dark.

And in the next second, his vision returned. He no longer saw the fluorescent panel and the starry space in front of him, but returned to his own room.

Neon lights were still flashing outside the window, illuminating the steel forest-like high-rise buildings and the flying vehicles shuttled among them.

Zhou Jing blinked.

Coming back now?

I thought it would be like traveling through the interstellar realm, sucking me into the crack again...

"By the way, what time is it now?"

Zhou Jing thought of this, sat up from the bed, and turned on the electronic clock on his phone.

Five o'clock in the morning.

He estimated the time he spent asleep and found that more than six hours had passed.

In the preparation stage of the shuttle, it is shown that the shuttle time can be set by yourself. The default is six hours of the main body. The difference in time flow rate between the two worlds is then converted into the stay time of a shuttle in the star world.

Zhou Jing was quite energetic at this time and did not feel any fatigue.

"Is my body sleeping through the astral realm by releasing my consciousness? If someone wakes me up during this process, will I continue to travel or return immediately? It's like sleeping under a blanket

Like it woke me up?"

Zhou Jing was a little curious.

He spent six days in the star realm and had a profound memory. However, during these days, he thought about the main world from time to time and did not get confused.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Zhou Jing found that his memory had improved a lot. Just with a thought, he recalled his own body's experience on the day before the time travel.

Well, I just got home after the interview and was informed by my family that I need to pay for the compulsory immigration quota for my family. My life plan was disrupted...

Zhou Jing let out a sigh of relief, but he was not as disappointed and angry as when he first learned the news.

After spending a few days calming down in the astral world, and wandering around the world between life and death, he suddenly thought about a lot of things.

Although he didn't get any physical benefits, he found that his mentality had changed.

There has never been a moment when it felt like a layer of invisible weight had been lifted off, and it felt light to the core, as if there was boundless freedom.

Zhou Jing's eyes changed, and he finally made up his mind and let out a long breath.

"It seems that we have to make a decision."

…

Outside the Blackshirt Forest, there is a winding river as clear as sapphire, and on the other side of the river is a verdant wilderness.

And above the wilderness, there is a human village called Frostwood Village, which stands along the river. A small stone bridge was built on the river to connect to the forest.

The sky was slightly bright, dawn was faint, and in the peaceful small village, farmers yawned and walked out of their houses, took their farm tools, and prepared to go to the fields to work.

At this moment, three embarrassed figures carrying people on their backs ran out of the forest on the other side, stepped onto the stone bridge, and stumbled into the village. They shouted anxiously as they ran, quickly attracting the attention of many villagers.

"They are dying, help them!"

"Call the witch doctor!"
Chapter completed!