Chapter 6

Sixth Planet was a beautiful place. As far as the eye could see, there was an endless forest filled with flower seas and lakes, a truly stunning sight. In the middle of this forest stood a massive and majestic structure: a black pyramid! The black pyramid was over a thousand meters tall, and Xu Jingming could make out tiny figures of people on it even with his eyesight.

"What kind of trial is this Sixth Planet?" Xu Jingming opened his personal panel to check the details. The trial for Sixth Planet: climb the steps of the black pyramid and successfully reach the top!

Reaching the top would count as passing the trial. Each step of the black pyramid was a layer of illusion, and one had to break through the illusion to step onto a higher level. Reminder: Each layer of illusion is a life predicament! You must overcome a hundred life predicaments to reach the top!" A hundred life predicaments?" Xu Jingming frowned slightly. He moved his feet and turned into a blur, quickly running towards it.

After passing through the mountains, forests, and lakes, he arrived at the foot of the majestic black pyramid in five minutes.

The pyramid was in the shape of a square pyramid, with stairs on all four sides! Each step was twelve meters high! "Climb this black pyramid?" Xu Jingming walked around the black pyramid and could clearly see a total of 32 explorers on the four sides of the pyramid.

"At the same time, there are three batches of explorers in this exploration zone. If each batch has a similar number, then there are probably one hundred and eighty thousand people." Xu Jingming looked up at some of the figures on the black pyramid. "Approximately one hundred and eighty thousand explorers, but only 32 people on the black pyramid?"

From the dilapidated First Planet to the subsequent zerg planet, ice planet, degenerate planet, neutron star... a large number of explorers were eliminated. "The first batch of explorers has been exploring for 330 days and is expected to finish on August 8th! Today is already August 5th, so the first batch of explorers should have given up on the trial and gone to look for opportunities."

Xu Jingming pondered, "From this perspective, we can deduce that the 32 people on the black pyramid now are mainly from the second and third batches of explorers."

Xu Jingming instantly deduced the approximate ratio of those who reached the sixth planet. A ratio of a few ten-thousandths indicates that he is still quite outstanding. "Mind illusions?" Xu Jingming looked up at the black pyramid in front of him. Whoosh! With a leap, Xu Jingming jumped onto the first massive black step.

The moment he landed on the black step, the scene before his eyes changed. Buzz! The scene before him was a blue planet. "Blue Star?" Xu Jingming recognized the planet before him at a glance, it was his hometown. At the same time, Xu Jingming's consciousness rapidly fell, falling into Blue Star, falling into Xia country, and falling into an office in a building. "Huh?" Xu Jingming looked at the computer in front of him, a little dazed, "A computer? This old antique is from decades ago." At the same time, a memory flooded into his mind. "My name is Zhang Lei, and I am a 35-year-old programmer with five elderly people to take care of: my father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and grandfather. I have a wife and two children?" Xu Jingming blinked, "The trial on this Sixth Planet is really amazing, it's actually constructed based on the history of Blue Star civilization."

"According to the description, the illusions are all life predicaments?" Xu Jingming was a little puzzled, he could only follow the steps and observe everything in the illusion. "Ding-ling-ling." The phone rang. Xu Jingming picked up the smartphone in his pocket. The simple memory that had been instilled allowed Xu Jingming to understand Zhang Lei's life over the past 30 years.

As a Star Cluster lifeform, his consciousness was so powerful that he could naturally easily receive all memory information. Xu Jingming gently tapped the phone: "Hello." "Honey, remember to pay for our son's tutoring fees! The tutor is already urging us, we don't have many lesson slots left." His wife urged on the phone. "Okay, okay, I'll pay it today," Xu Jingming immediately said.

"Dudu-dudu-" The phone hung up. As soon as he hung up, another call came.

"Huh?" Xu Jingming answered the phone with a puzzled expression. It was a call from the bank. "Mr. Zhang Lei, this is to inform you that the wealth management investment you made with our bank, the third-party company is unable to fulfill the payment of the matured funds..." The information in the call stunned Xu Jingming. ...Night fell. Xu Jingming, who had been busy all day, drove a gasoline car back home, arriving at ten o'clock in the evening. His children were already asleep. "You're back?" His mother had heated up the food and placed it on the table. "Don't work so late in the future."

"Yeah, I know," Xu Jingming nodded. His mother returned to the room, taking her grandchildren with her to sleep. His wife then walked out of the bedroom and sat opposite Xu Jingming.

"Did you pay the tutoring fees?" His wife stared at Xu Jingming. "I paid, I paid," Xu Jingming immediately said, "I paid online, bought 180 lesson slots, and they even gave us 20 free slots."

"Remember the community property management fees," his wife said. "If you don't pay... the car won't be able to enter the community." Xu Jingming nodded. Only by paying the property management fees could he refresh the car's access card. "By the way, do you know what day it is tomorrow?" His wife suddenly smiled, looking at Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming was stunned. "Playing dumb?" His wife glared. "Oh, our wedding anniversary!" Xu Jingming immediately said, "I know." "We'll see how you perform."

His wife then smiled and went back to her room. Xu Jingming sat at the table, all alone, looking at the food in front of him. Suddenly, the phone rang. Xu Jingming answered the call. "Lao Zhang, you should know that the company's game still hasn't been launched, and we're supporting two or three hundred people... The company has been spending money, but we have no income! The company really can't hold on anymore! I'm very sorry, but the boss has decided to close the company..." The call from his superior brought another piece of bad news. Xu Jingming was stunned. His bank wealth management product had exploded, and now he was going to lose his job? This was Zhang Lei's life predicament? "Bang." Suddenly, his wife hurriedly opened the door and rushed out. "What's wrong?" Xu Jingming looked at his wife. "Quick! My dad has been urgently hospitalized and needs immediate surgery, the surgery fee is 80,000 yuan!" His wife was anxiously red-eyed. "Quickly bring the money! We need to go to the hospital now." Xu Jingming was stunned. "Don't have any money?" His wife immediately said, "First try to raise the money, and pay it back when the bank wealth management matures."

The bank wealth management was gone, how could he pay it back? This month's mortgage was still more than 10,000 yuan! And now he had lost his job! Xu Jingming didn't dare to say anything and quickly rushed out with his wife. Whoosh- A series of illusory words finally appeared in the air in front of Xu Jingming: First Layer of Life Predicament, Requirements for Resolution: Resolve the difficulties encountered by Zhang Lei, within one year, ensure that Zhang Lei's family is harmonious and has ten million in assets. (The use of martial arts is prohibited)... Without the use of martial arts, Xu Jingming didn't have any good ideas. First, he and his wife scraped together money to pay for the surgery. But his father-in-law's hospitalization, the hospital expenses were a bottomless pit, costing several thousand yuan every day! It made the Zhang Lei couple breathless.

His wife also found out about the news of his job loss. Xu Jingming tried to find a job, but it was difficult to find a new one in a short period of time, so only his wife went to work.

With the pressure of medical expenses and mortgage payments, his wife's stress increased, and her temper worsened. When the news of the bank's wealth management collapse could no longer be concealed, his wife couldn't bear it anymore! She broke down and filed for divorce. When she filed for divorce, the illusion dissipated! "Failed?" Xu Jingming returned to the foot of the black pyramid. He opened his personal panel and looked at the time. "I spent half a month in the mind illusion, but only an hour has passed in reality?" With the mental consciousness of a Star Cluster lifeform, doing some simple things, accelerating time by hundreds of times was easily bearable. Moreover, in the life predicament, the time spent sleeping passed in the blink of an eye. "The use of martial arts is prohibited, how do I solve this life predicament?" Xu Jingming had a headache. He had practiced martial arts since he was a child, and entered the national team in college. His mind had been primarily focused on martial arts his entire life! Now that the use of martial arts was prohibited, trying to solve Zhang Lei's life predicament and ensuring that his family was harmonious and had ten million in assets within a short year... he had no confidence at all.

...Observation Space. After Xu Jingming entered the Sixth Planet, the Constant Observer naturally paid more attention to him. After all, the further he went, the greater his potential! However, Xu Jingming's probability of joining the Seventeen Supreme Factions was very low, he would most likely accept the Constant Observer's invitation, after all, they were both from the Wu Hook Star Alliance. "The hundred types of life predicaments on the Sixth Planet place high demands on the mind." The Constant Observer watched, "If he can overcome a hundred types of life predicaments, then, in his life... no matter what kind of predicament, it will be unlikely to defeat him!" "Without being hindered by life's predicaments, there is a glimmer of hope to become a ninth-order Origin lifeform," the Constant Observer thought to himself. Of course, it was just a glimmer of hope. Becoming a ninth-order lifeform was too difficult! "Hmm?" The Constant Observer suddenly paused. Because Xu Jingming was rejected from the first level of steps and fell to the bottom of the tower.

"What, he can't even stand on the first level of steps?" The Constant Observer was a little surprised. He glanced at the nearby short, fat man, who was currently not paying attention to Xu Jingming, but was instead focusing on some explorers from his home planet. The Constant Observer frowned slightly, looking at Xu Jingming at the bottom of the tower.

"Could it be that my fellow villager has very little life experience?" "Otherwise, it shouldn't be like this. The hundred types of life predicaments, the first level is just the beginning! The despair and terror come later." The Constant Observer was puzzled. ...Yes, Xu Jingming was only 31 years old! Compared to those Star Cluster lifeforms who had lived for hundreds or even thousands of years, his life experience was much less. Moreover, he hadn't received training in similar life predicaments. Xu Jingming temporarily exited the Mysterious Land and returned to his personal space in the virtual world network.

Sitting on the sofa, Xu Jingming drank plain water and silently pondered. "How do I solve life's predicaments?" Xu Jingming gently tapped and began to collect information on the virtual world network. Even universe citizens would encounter all kinds of predicaments in their lives, so Xu Jingming found a lot of similar information!

"Solving life's predicaments? Does this belong to the humanities category?" Xu Jingming was stunned. "Humanities?" Xu Jingming's heart stirred. In the universe, academic examinations were divided into two categories! One was science and technology, which was the most important category and had no upper limit. Not to mention a level 100 academic qualification, even levels 120 and 130 existed. Like the universe legend Zhou Wu that Xu Jingming had learned about, his academic qualification surpassed level 150 and was the highest among all humans in the universe at that time. The second category was humanities. Even if both the theory and practice of humanities were at the maximum level, the academic qualification points would only be at level 60! But humanities were still very important. As a separate category of academic qualifications, humanities had a significant impact on both the continuation of civilization and the lives of individuals. "Humanities? The most outstanding talents in humanities are those who can strategize and predict the future," Xu Jingming thought, "And we Blue Star happens to have such a person.

He is also my agent!" Soon - in Xu Jingming's personal space, Pang Ze was invited to come. "Mr. Pang, I have something to ask of you,"

Xu Jingming said. "What is it?" Pang Ze asked. For the most promising peerless genius on the entire Blue Star, Pang Ze was naturally willing to do his best to assist him. "If you encounter life's predicaments, how should you solve them?" Xu Jingming asked. "Can you tell me the details?" Pang Ze asked.

Xu Jingming was stunned. How could he explain?

He couldn't explain! For example, the first level of predicament, within a year, he would encounter all kinds of problems. "I might encounter many life predicaments, all kinds of things," Xu Jingming said, "If I have to solve all these life predicaments?" "Solve many life predicaments?" Pang Ze thought for a moment and said, "I can help you think of ways to solve one or two things, but to solve many predicaments? You need to master the knowledge yourself." "Master the knowledge?" Xu Jingming asked. "Humanities knowledge is all-encompassing," Pang Ze said, "Solving life's predicaments is just one branch of it."

"Please teach me, Mr. Pang," Xu Jingming said, "I hope to be able to master this skill as soon as possible." Pang Ze nodded slightly. As someone who was almost at the maximum level in the humanities field, he naturally knew how to teach. "These are the three books that I think are most worth reading for solving life's predicaments."

Pang Ze quickly bought three books, "You read these three books first! After you finish reading them, I will send you to the virtual world for half a month of study." "That's about it, you'll have enough theoretical knowledge," Pang Ze said, "After half a month of theoretical study, it's practice! Practice is the most important thing.

Many people are just armchair strategists, when they really encounter life's predicaments, they still fall into despair." "How much you can learn and how much you can comprehend still depends on your personal potential,"

Pang Ze said. Pang Ze's learning environment was extremely harsh. At that time, he used Blue Star Civilization's virtual room, and could only log in for a few hours each day. No one guided him, and he learned by groping. In just a few years, Pang Ze's humanities reached level 50, and the Universe Human Alliance took the initiative to help him advance to a Star Cluster lifeform. Nowadays, with his outstanding achievements in humanities, Pang Ze can easily earn high income in the virtual world, and has become Blue Star's richest man. He took many detours in the past. Now, he is helping Xu Jingming by pointing out the fastest path.

"Okay," Xu Jingming trusted him very much. As the two people with the highest achievements in Blue Star Civilization today, they also had a sense of mission. Blue Star Civilization wanted to rise... they naturally had to unite and help each other. Xu Jingming sat down and immediately began to read these three books, beginning his studies in the humanities. "Half a month of theoretical study, and then I will directly practice on the Sixth Planet," Xu Jingming thought to himself, he was still eager to enter the Seventh Planet.