Chapter 1002 – The Holographic Game

Rapidly destroying Earth’s technological products wasn’t actually difficult for Mo Lan. A single green Dragon spell, “Civilization Rot,” could cause all of Earth’s technological products to soften and decay like rotting flesh.

The Technology Ghosts inhabiting them would also dissipate in an extremely short time after losing all their host devices and information-exchange environments.

But this would cause the entire planet’s power grids, water supply systems, medical equipment, transportation networks, communication base stations, food production and processing chains, financial systems… every cornerstone upon which modern human society depended to come to a complete halt, and social order would collapse along with them.

By then, the Technology Ghosts would be eradicated, but Earth’s human population would also plummet.

That was absolutely not what she wanted.

Earth was Mo Lan’s home planet—not merely the world where she had lived in her previous life, but the birthplace of her soul.

Back then, if Earth’s world consciousness hadn’t exhausted its power to send her away, she would never have been able to gain a new life in the Valen world. And without the planetary memories bestowed by Earth’s world consciousness, she would never have been able to possess the vast psychic power she had today.

Her goal was far more than simply steering Earth away from a future of annihilation.

What she wanted was to spread magical civilization and fundamentally elevate the life-level of Earth’s humans, while ensuring as many people as possible survived through the world’s transformation.

Right now, Earth’s greatest advantage was its sheer number of humans.

The Technology Ghosts had to be eliminated, Earth’s numerical advantage in human population had to be preserved as much as possible, and magical civilization needed a safe and efficient channel for introduction. After thinking it over again and again, Mo Lan came up with a solution—a holographic game!

A “holographic game” completely divorced from any technological system, built entirely from psychic power, Magic, and cards.

This game would serve as both a buffer zone for humans to adapt to life without technological products and a training camp for their initial contact with and use of Magic.

Once the player base reached a certain scale and the in-game card and Magic systems had been widely accepted and proficiently used, she would then cast Civilization Rot on Earth, destroying all existing technological products and eliminating the Technology Ghosts.

Then she would instantly materialize all the cards and items players had obtained in the game into reality, completing the game-to-reality transition.

This way, even if all technological products were suddenly lost, Earth’s humans could survive on the cards they had earned in the game and rebuild their homes.

By that time, she could also further upgrade and transform the in-game Magic Cards into magical inheritance cards, turning them into true Magic that could be studied, taught, researched, and even cast independently of the cards.

Earth’s humans would evolve from mere users of Magic Cards into true spellcasters, further driving Earth’s transformation into a magical world and elevating its world level.

As long as this “holographic game” had absolutely nothing to do with technology, the Technology Ghosts would have no way of detecting anything unusual.

Having devised her plan, Mo Lan didn’t linger any longer. She returned directly to the mirror space, summoned the Book of Cards, and began designing and crafting the holographic game’s core—{Holographic Game: Apocalypse Descends}.

The game’s purpose was merely to serve as an advance buffer and training exercise for the future, so it didn’t need to be a real world.

To ensure players could learn more strategies for using Magic, the game also needed to be sufficiently realistic while remaining free of actual danger—something similar to a group psychic illusion would work perfectly!

Mo Lan refined the contents of {Holographic Game: Apocalypse Descends} step by step, and the magical knowledge she possessed along with the card-making materials accumulated in the Book of Cards came into full play.

Several days later, the card design for {Holographic Game: Apocalypse Descends} was nearing completion.

【Card Design: {Holographic Game: Apocalypse Descends}】

—【Estimated Cost: 1,534,298,319,021,420 Mana】—【Estimated Appearance: Appearance Template 9】

—【Estimated Function: A psychic space capable of connecting to the consciousness of all humans on Earth and accommodating their activities. Operating rules…】

Seeing the precise figure in the “Estimated Cost” field, Mo Lan felt a wave of relief.

It was roughly equivalent to the cost of fifteen large mirror spaces—she could still afford it!

She channeled disposable Mana into the card slot, and a new card gradually took shape.

“Next up is launching the game!”

Mo Lan quietly brought the magic computer she had crafted to Earth.

This magic computer was more powerful than the best computer currently on Earth. Its internal structure was composed entirely of magical materials. It could connect to Earth’s internet while simultaneously blocking Technology Ghost intrusions.

Even if Technology Ghosts traced the network cables to her location, they wouldn’t be able to sense the existence of her magic computer, let alone tamper with the official website data stored within it.

After connecting to Earth’s internet, she used hacking techniques she had learned from Earth’s planetary memories to post game trailers for《Holographic Game: Apocalypse Descends》across major forums and websites worldwide. She also set up an official game website and listed a purchase link for the holographic game helmets.

Afterward, she visited the leaders and core advisors of various nations one by one, secretly using Psychic Magic to plant suggestions in their minds, ensuring that when they discovered this game, they would recognize its value and encourage their citizens to log in and try it.

Technology Ghosts couldn’t comprehend the human heart, so naturally they couldn’t detect anything amiss in all of this.

Still not satisfied, Mo Lan then used Divination Magic to identify some talented individuals with strong psychic power. Based on their personalities, she wove fabricated memories into their minds, making them believe they had been reborn from several years in the future.

This way, they would naturally seize the opportunity of the game’s open beta, striving to adapt to the game, acquire cards, and even master Magic in preparation for the great upheaval to come.

With their “rebirth” memories, they could avoid many detours, grow much faster, and also serve as guides for others.

Only after everything was complete did Mo Lan return to her magic computer and begin browsing the sales figures for the holographic game helmets on the official website.

Based on the addresses provided by purchasers, she teleported the prepared game helmets to them one by one using Spatial Magic.

The holographic game helmet featured a streamlined design with a matte metallic surface. Adjustable straps ran along both sides, and a dark visor covered the front. It bore a striking resemblance to certain high-end VR devices, only sleeker, with no exposed ports, indicator lights, or brand markings whatsoever.

But in truth, this “tech-savvy” shell was nothing but a ruse—a deliberate bit of mystification designed to make recipients more accepting and to reduce unnecessary suspicion or the urge to disassemble and study it.

The outer shell was made from an ordinary alloy not found on Earth. The internal structure was complex, but in reality, the only truly functional component was a thin Crystal wafer embedded in the lining at the forehead position.

It served as the medium linking the user’s consciousness to the game’s psychic space.

Once the holographic game helmet was put on and activated, the user’s consciousness would enter the world of《Holographic Game: Apocalypse Descends》.

It was a purely psychic world. Activities within it were not only free of danger but could also train one’s psychic power.