My Dream Connects to 3000 Years in the Future

From Ning Linglong to Wall Announcements, from Zhang Hai to Qi Heng!

All of them had one thing in common: they were all exceptionally good-looking.

By ordinary standards, Lu Muxue was already gorgeous. Chu Bamboo could also tell she was very skilled with makeup... And yet, Ning Linglong, with a completely bare face, wasn’t the least bit inferior to Lu Muxue.

Staying up late, eating spicy food, loving ice cream... she had a ton of bad habits! But her skin was frighteningly smooth, and in all the time Chu Bamboo had known her, he’d never seen her get a single pimple...

’Come to think of it, even that old coot Hu Kaikang has a strong presence, despite being all hunched over... And if he were to stand up straight, he’d be one of those devilishly charming old geezers.’

HISS! Chu Bamboo was stunned. He was starting to realize something. Could it be that successful Cultivation ’optimizes’ one’s physical appearance and attributes?

It wasn’t plastic surgery, but rather a process that made a person more harmonious, more aligned with a sense of aesthetic perfection. After all, normal human bodies get fat, break out, and develop rough skin for all sorts of reasons. That’s why people in the Real World love using beauty filters and photoshop to edit away their flaws.

But Cultivation, it seemed, was a complete system upgrade for the body... taking you directly to a perfect state that should only be theoretically possible.

’Come to think of it, those Body Cultivators with their monstrous, juiced-up bodies... Ugh!’

Chu Bamboo felt a sweat break out. Cultivators were the undisputed kings of the current meta!

It was one thing to be powerful, but their Divine Techniques were also incredibly cool. Most importantly, it all came with an ’Appearance Plus’ bonus package.

And come to think of it, when he’d broken through as a First Realm Body Cultivator, he hadn’t received a single extra reset opportunity... Yet now, just by starting Cultivation—without even officially breaking into the First Realm—he’d been given two...

Damn, so this was what it meant to be a naturally superior Cultivator?!

How is this even playable without a nerf?

’Thank goodness I’m a Cultivator now. And thank goodness...’ Chu Bamboo sighed, looking up at the sky. He hadn’t been tainted by the corruption during his first attempt at Body Cultivation. Otherwise, if he’d ended up looking like Li Kang or Guan Fei...

He couldn’t even bear to imagine it.

If he had found out later that Cultivation didn’t have this problem, he imagined he would have laughed out of pure frustration.

’Right! What was my Divine Technique again?’ The crucial point suddenly occurred to Chu Bamboo. A look of anticipation spread across his face as he pressed his palms together and focused, trying his utmost to perceive it.

The Basic Immortal Cultivation Technique, however, hadn’t mentioned how to perceive one’s Divine Technique... Perhaps it was considered common knowledge? Something a new Cultivator could just ask another about?

However, the Great Brightness Technique that Zhang Hai had given him did contain detailed information on the subject.

’A Divine Technique is a Technique born from the heart’s deepest desires!’ Chu Bamboo recited silently to himself.

’Cultivators are those in the world who most desire freedom and transcendence, and in truth, they are also the most free and unrestrained of all people!’

’A Divine Technique... is the vessel that allows a Cultivator to move through the world, unhindered and at ease—their personal ferry to transcendence!’

Chu Bamboo opened his eyes, a strange look on his face.

’My Superpower... oh, wait, no, my Divine Technique is called... Memory???’

Chu Bamboo wasn’t actually sure what his Divine Technique actually did. As for how he knew its name... the moment he’d closed his eyes in confusion, inspiration had struck, and a single word had surfaced from his subconscious...

Of course, according to the theory that a Divine Technique is a Heart Technique, this name from his subconscious should basically encompass its true nature.

’So, what the hell is this thing? Enhanced memory? It feels like it... a little. But the key problem is...’

’I already have a photographic memory!’

Chu Bamboo felt like a complete idiot. Was this some kind of joke? This had to be the weakest Divine Technique of all time, right?

’Wait, born from the heart’s desire... Was it because I’m desperate to bring the scientific knowledge of the Dream World into the real one? Is that why it gave me this Divine Technique?’

’You could have given me a USB Drive Divine Technique and I would’ve been fine with it! But Memory... Memory! Son of a bitch!’

Cursing under his breath and with a dark expression, Chu Bamboo paced in a circle a few times before making a decision. He leaped down again. In just a few steps, he arrived beside the bucket resting next to the central pillar.

He lifted the bucket with both hands and hesitated for a split second. Then, resolutely, he prepared to pour it down his throat.

’Let me have a taste. What’s the difference between this stuff and Fushui anyway? I just wonder if it tastes good...’

The Two-headed Scale People: "???"

The Two-headed Scale People had, in fact, already sensed that something was amiss. Though his vital points were sealed, his spiritual Perception was still active. He had been able to detect the brief eruption—a mixture of Energy and spirit—that had just flashed across the high platform.

If nothing unexpected had happened, it meant the person before him had successfully broken through to the First Realm.

But the problem was, if this man were truly from the Captain’s Office, he should only be collecting the substance, not daring to directly consume and absorb it.

That was a major taboo!

He had, in fact, seen people commit this grave sin before. As for their ultimate fate... hmm, their corpses ended up in who knows which monster’s belly. Not that they were killed and fed to the monsters directly—that would have been too wasteful!

Instead, they were first put on trial, then returned to this place and chained up. They were left to be corrupted by the radiation, slowly transforming into monsters in their despair... until they ultimately became part of the ’resources,’ their corpses fed to the other rampaging beasts.

Considering also that Chu Bamboo wasn’t wearing the standard-issue Flying Fish Suit that those people always wore when they came... it was highly probable this fellow had used some unorthodox means to force his way in.

Upon confirming this, he was overcome with elation.

After all, the existence of a suspected illegal intruder meant there was a chance to make a deal.

"Sir, sir! Don’t drink it... That stuff is meant to be applied to the skin and absorbed a little at a time! And you also need to take large amounts of medicinal herbs to neutralize the damage the Fushui does to your body!" the Two-headed Scale People said urgently. At the same time, though, he was a little baffled. ’Isn’t this common sense? The man in front of me has successfully started Cultivation, yet he doesn’t know this? Or has he just never learned anything about the ways of a Body Cultivator?’

Chu Bamboo paused in the middle of tilting the bucket to his lips. He considered this for a moment. "So, you’re saying I’ll die if I drink it?"

"That’s right!" the Two-headed Scale People nodded eagerly. Curiously, the two heads didn’t nod in unison; as the left one went up, the right one went down, a sight that was hard not to find amusing.

The left head spoke up. "Why don’t you head back up first? You’ve already been down here for almost five minutes..."

"Idiot!" the right head snapped at the left one, then looked at Chu Bamboo. "You’ve stepped into the First Realm of Cultivation, the Qi Refining Realm. That means you can withstand this for longer!"

The left head of the Two-headed Scale People seemed to finally understand. "?" It gave a slightly embarrassed cough and continued, "Let’s make a deal. As long as you..."

"I have a question!" Chu Bamboo cut both heads off. He asked, "I just broke through, and the Divine Technique I got is called Memory. Do you know it?"

Although, according to Zhang Hai, information about one’s Divine Technique was critically important and should never be revealed.

Battles between Cultivators, unless there was a massive disparity in power, were battles of Divine Techniques and information warfare... But he was going to reset this life anyway!

So what the hell was there to be afraid of?

The Two-headed Scale People fell silent. "?" Staring at the utterly unconcerned Chu Bamboo, they felt a perfect retort stuck in their throat, with no idea how to even begin to spit it out.

After a long moment, they swallowed hard, forcefully suppressing the urge to curse this foolish guy who refused to play by the rules. In the past, if they had encountered this kind of student, they would have critiqued, critiqued, and then critiqued some more! But now? A dragon stranded in shallow water has no choice but to lower its head...

Finally, they squeezed out a brilliant smile. "My friend, you’ve certainly come to the right person with that question!"

"Memory, Memory... If I’m not mistaken, the ability of this Divine Technique should be... hmm?" The Two-headed Scale People’s words stopped short.

After a moment’s thought, the two heads looked at each other, their eyes filling with shock and disbelief. Then, they snapped their gazes toward Chu Bamboo!

’Looks like this Divine Technique isn’t so simple, after all?’ Chu Bamboo raised an eyebrow, his interest piqued. Of course, he remained skeptical of whatever the Two-headed Scale People might say next. ’Who knows,’ he thought, ’if they’re just baiting the hook to get me interested, planning to scoop me up in a net and then threaten or cajole me into helping them escape?’

The right head opened its mouth several times, but each time it looked to the left head with uncertainty. Finally, the left head spoke, its voice slightly hoarse.

"Young man, are you certain the name of your Divine Technique is Memory? You didn’t just make that up or choose it yourself, right? It has to be... the initial name, correct?!"