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Chapter 015: Ji Xinghe vs. Han Li (Part 1)
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The three-month space journey was long. The spaceship, fully loaded with supplies and passengers, had no extra space for activities, but this didn’t mean the passengers had no entertainment. In the quiet cabin, passengers put on helmets provided by the spaceship and entered a virtual world. Compared to advancements in space technology, the Federation’s immersive virtual reality technology was far more advanced.

Even though it was just the local network of a spaceship, the world within was vast, with clear blue skies, boundless land, oceans, forests, mountains, and more. The physical device hosting this data world looked no different from a desktop computer case from 65 years ago, which was nothing for a spaceship where every bit of cargo space was maximized.

Ji Xinghe appeared in this world. Unlike the zero-gravity environment of space, he was much more familiar with this world because he had been playing the virtual reality game "Interstellar Glory" for over ten years. Essentially, t
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