Chapter 346: Millennium Bug

"It is reported that the 【Interest-driven Nameless Hero】 has descended upon J City once again. This time, he thwarted a new monster, saved the lives of over two hundred citizens, and this act was recorded by many passersby on their mobile phones."

"As we previously reported, the 【Nameless Hero】 represents the return of true heroism; we may perhaps have the chance to see that era of shining heroes arrive once more."

"After the Great Catastrophe, people are swallowed by the Spirit World Infestation Zone every day, and people are killed by ghosts and monsters every day. Dear viewers, can you truly entrust your safety to those 【Professional Heroes】 who won't even arrive even after you dial their number..."

The television station was still broadcasting round after round of debate, while Bai Cangshu was coldly cooking the meat in the pot.

【You have completed the Milestone: Hero — After equipping, in any Orderly Faction, you will gain a Reputation Rating of at least Friendly 1/100】

【You have unlocked new milestones: Superhero; Evil Heart Hero】

【Superhero: Save over 10,000 civilians in any single event】

【Evil Heart Hero: Cumulatively kill 1,000 sinful people whose hands are stained with the blood of the innocent】

Innocent?

Bai Cangshu noted this description; the Space is always very precise with various descriptions, but this "innocent" description is very special.

Because this is not a concept that can be fully quantified; innocence is a highly subjective concept on a moral level.

Does someone who hasn't committed evil count as innocent? If so, then how is the range of this "evil" defined? Does theft count as evil? Do arguments and fights with others count as evil?

Bai Cangshu vaguely realized that in this Space, there exists a standard system completely different from that 【precise, fully quantified, numerical, absolute】 kind.

Just like his own 【Arrogant Sight】, the passive effect of this ability is that he can mark targets weaker than himself within his field of vision, and within his field of vision, this mark cannot be negated by abilities such as stealth or transformation.

Bai Cangshu previously thought that the Space would quantify the strength of Reincarnators to judge whether the other party was weaker than himself, but after entering the Public Space, Bai Cangshu discovered that was not the case.

In a situation where no ocular technique can peek into the reality of others through an 【Avatar】 in the Space, his 【Arrogant Sight】 can still place marks on others.

In other words, this ability is entirely a subjective, idealistic ability.

As long as Bai Cangshu believes from his heart that the other party is weaker than himself, he can place a mark; this mark has nothing to do with the other party, only with Bai Cangshu himself.

Now, this description of "innocent" has further solidified Bai Cangshu's speculation in this regard.

In this Infinite Dimensional Space, there likely does indeed exist that kind of purely idealistic power system.

He recalled at this moment that more than one person had indeed emphasized the power of the 【Heart】 to him.

"Mr. Tao Baibai, I think..."

Lilith knelt on the ground; this special sitting posture made Bai Cangshu understand in an instant which country she was from in the real world. He sized up this woman; the other party was, without a doubt, an unqualified Reincarnator in his eyes.

Whether it was strength or mentality, she was completely unable to make it to the stage.

At this moment, her heart was constantly contracting, and her excessive nervousness caused her thoughts to completely dissipate. She had no resistance to 【Heart Net】; even with only a level 1 Heart Net, it could probably read her thoughts.

Lilith's breathing was rapid from nervousness, but she still gathered the courage to say,

"I think it would be better if we stopped our actions..."

"If our fame is too great, we will likely become targets for many people..."

Although she did not know the Intelligence of this world, she could also feel that as Tao Baibai's plan progressed, the fame of the 【Nameless Hero】 was growing larger and larger, and now it was already chasing after 【Fubuki】; she feared he would soon become the so-called most famous hero.

It was not just Reincarnators; even Plot Characters would have many who were dissatisfied with this. In a world related to One Punch Man, becoming a "Ten Thousand Enemy" made it difficult even for a Title-level Reincarnator to survive.

Bai Cangshu sneered twice and did not answer; instead, he used his ability to finish cooking the monster meat.

【You have consumed a piece of specially cooked monster meat. Ingredient Grade: Average, Deliciousness Grade: Excellent】

【Gourmet Cell has grown significantly. Current: lv2 (34/200)】

【Strength +1, Constitution +1, Agility +1. Current: Strength 34, Constitution 32, Agility 33】

【Milestone: Gourmet triggered, you have gained the temporary buff: Fast Regeneration (Rare)】

【Fast Regeneration (Rare): Gain additional cell activity, regeneration speed increased by 30%, duration 25 minutes】

Bai Cangshu ate the monster meat in a few bites, and his Gourmet Cell immediately leveled up. He felt some regret at this moment that he hadn't obtained the 【Cook】 ability before entering the Naruto World.

Otherwise, the value of the White Snake Sage and the Tailed Beast Meat would have been greatly increased.

However, fortunately, although the monsters in this world varied in grade, their quantity was sufficient, and he still had enough time to raise his Gourmet Cell level.

Seeing that her persuasion was fruitless, Lilith also scooped up a piece of monster meat.

Pfft!

The woman's expression was one of shock. A huge wound appeared out of thin air on her abdomen. As blood sprayed, her eyes looked at Tao Baibai in confusion.

She seemed not to understand why she had been attacked.

A blue light lit up between Bai Cangshu's brows, and 【God's Artificial Eye】 activated in an instant, but he still did not see the attacker.

Whoosh~

The scorched smell of air burned by flames and that extreme sound of breaking through the air appeared in Bai Cangshu's heart simultaneously. In an instant, he grabbed the woman, whose movements seemed so slow even while falling, and with a bang, smashed through the wall and disappeared from the room.

Boom!

The next moment, a missile exploded from this dilapidated small building. Amidst the soaring flames, a violent shockwave swept through the surroundings.

"That female Reincarnator has entered a near-death state. She is a low-level Reincarnator, not the Moon Demon."

A report came through the earpiece of the man wearing a long black trench coat, but he had actually known this answer for a long time.

The man stood where he was and simply turned around to see Tao Baibai, who had appeared a hundred meters away.

The other party had casually dropped the woman whose abdomen had been almost sliced open by the IBM (Black Ghost) he had summoned.

"Tao Baibai, since you didn't want to save her that much, yet you brought her out from the center of the explosion, so..."

"You are judging our method of attack through her wounds, aren't you."

The man wore a black mask, and his voice was somewhat muffled, but there was no fear at all in his low tone.

The name of the Fierce Person, Tao Baibai, could not scare him.

Bai Cangshu saw that Lilith's waist had likely been slashed open by a sharp blade, but the wound was not as terrifying as he had imagined. This woman's physical strength was likely only twice that of an ordinary person, and she hadn't been severed in one blow.

This showed that the power of that mysterious attack was not strong.

This could explain why the other party did not prioritize attacking him.

Bai Cangshu looked at the other party; it was another Reincarnator he did not recognize, but he had a similar look in his eyes to the guy he had killed yesterday.

"You're the guy who gave up on that Ability User yesterday. Tsk, what a heartless guy; that fellow was a decent Reincarnator."

Bai Cangshu let his hands hang naturally and walked toward the man, the God's Artificial Eye at the center of his brow emitting a blue-white light.

Bai Cangshu appeared casual, but his Heart Net was already fully deployed, bringing all movements within a radius of several kilometers under his control.

Worm watched Tao Baibai's posture, his eyelids drooping.

"I know better than anyone how excellent Wildfire was."

But that kind of excellent guy was killed just because he encountered a guy like Tao Baibai during a random mission.

This space is rotten to the core.

Worm had long since accumulated a great deal of dissatisfaction with the current space; in his view, their group was more adapted to the space, more adapted to battle and slaughter, than any ordinary person.

Yet, people like them were often unable to match those lucky guys who, simply because of good Luck, triggered some special mission and obtained powerful abilities; even when awakening Superpowers, some people would just awaken more powerful abilities and obtain more powerful Bloodlines.

This kind of "randomness" caused many of his excellent subordinates to be easily killed.

Worm watched as Tao Baibai reached a distance of no more than forty or fifty meters from him; with the movement capabilities of Reincarnators at their level, this was practically "close quarters."

But Tao Baibai still had not used the super-speed movement ability mentioned by Wildfire; Worm knew that Tao Baibai was testing him, as he already knew through his wounds that his IBM lethality was insufficient to kill him, so he was waiting for him to make a move.

Worm slowly removed his mask, and Bai Cangshu raised an eyebrow as he looked at his face.

"It seems you are also a guy with artistic talent."

Beneath the other party's mask were a total of three mouths, one large and two small, which was quite bizarre, and there were black Curse Words along the edges of the two smaller mouths.

Worm placed his hands in front of his mouths, looked indifferently at Bai Cangshu, and suddenly spoke.

"Die."

This voice seemed to have a unique penetrating power, entering Bai Cangshu's brain directly, as intense negative energy instantly transformed from Language into a cerebral suggestion.

Because he understood the Concept of "death," Bai Cangshu's brain began to contemplate how one would die.

His heart began to stop beating, and his cellular activity began to decay.

【You have suffered the effect of a Curse Word】

【Conducting Spirit check】

Lilith clutched the wound at her waist and abdomen with one hand while haphazardly applying hemostatic gel, struggling to speak.

"It's a Black Ghost, he's a Demi-human!"

But the next moment, she saw Tao Baibai's tall figure slowly fall backward.

(End of chapter)