Chapter 72: Bai Cangshu Takes Revenge, From Morning Till Night

"Mr. Tao Baibai, although Muzan has escaped, the Master is already aware of your meritorious service. The Master has entrusted me to convey that the Ubuyashiki Clan will find a way to satisfy any request you may have. We humbly ask for your continued assistance in... hunting down Muzan."

Himejima Gyoumei sat kneeling on the tatami, yet he still resembled a small mountain; Bai Cangshu estimated that the other's base attributes were likely extremely close to the 20-point Extreme Value.

In the Reincarnation Space, reaching 20 points in a base attribute triggers an 【Extreme Value】 reward, granting a special Specialty or ability; this is the most basic threshold for those wishing to advance to the 【Strong】 rank.

When the sum of a 【Paper】 rank Reincarnator's Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Spirit attributes exceeds 40 points, the Space deems them eligible to accept an advancement mission and attempt to enter the 【Bing】 rank.

As long as a Reincarnator does not die and continues to undergo missions, theoretically, all Reincarnators will reach this stage, and the advancement mission itself is not too difficult.

The so-called solo kill of a 【Bing】 rank enemy is not very difficult for Reincarnators who have access to many resources; given the right conditions and enough high-explosive grenades, the mission can be completed.

However, the threshold for entering the 【Strong】 rank is much higher.

Bai Cangshu knew that Himejima Gyoumei's actions could be considered, in a sense, the opening of the Demon Slayer Corps faction's Reputation Store, but the Demon Slayer side mostly offered abilities related to swordsmanship and Breathing Styles.

Bai Cangshu was not particularly interested.

He thought for a moment and said, "Can you let me look through all the branches of the Breathing Styles?"

Himejima Gyoumei was taken aback, and Kochou Kanae and Shinazugawa Sanemi, who were sitting behind him, wore varied expressions; such a request was truly quite greedy.

The Demon Slayer Corps' ability to fight against man-eating Ghosts relies essentially on the Breathing Styles and Sword Skills passed down for hundreds of years; in a sense, those are the most precious things of the Ubuyashiki Clan.

Bai Cangshu wore a nonchalant smile and added,

"In return, although I will not continue to hunt down Kibutsuji Muzan, I will find a way to teach you all that Breathing Style capable of killing Ghosts with the physical body."

Creak.

Himejima Gyoumei stood up instantly; the sound of his muscles tensing and moving was like steel gears.

He maintained a half-standing posture, his completely white eyes wide open.

"Physical body... killing Ghosts..."

He had not witnessed Bai Cangshu in action, but sensing from his aura, he knew that this "Tao Baibai" was indeed a rare expert with an extremely powerful physique.

Kochou Kanae had described to him that the other could kill man-eating Ghosts with a casual gesture, and all the man-eating Ghosts struck by his golden, ripple-like breathing would directly melt and die, unable to undergo Regeneration.

And the other was actually willing to teach this power to the Demon Slayer Corps?!! 【Note: Serial number Ex051, the Space cannot directly write abilities into the bodies of non-Reincarnators】

【Note: Serial number Ex051, allowing items or abilities that do not belong to this world to flow into it will cause the world to potentially undergo unpredictable changes, and such changes will result in the corresponding Singularity failing to generate】

Bai Cangshu was not deceiving Himejima Gyoumei, but as soon as the thought arose, two bright red Space prompts appeared.

Looking at these two "warning" messages, Bai Cangshu was not discouraged; instead, he used them to understand some deeper mechanisms of the Space.

First, for example, the Space uses Scrolls or so-called 【Goddesses】 to let players learn or improve abilities; in the eyes of the Space, this is "writing," a phrasing closer to a programmatic language rather than the mystical side.

Combined with the "precision" consistent in the Space's mission descriptions, Bai Cangshu has reason to believe that this Space is indeed a non-personalized existence. Because if it were a high-level will closer to the mystical side, perhaps words like "infuse" or "impart" would be more accurate.

Second, a Singularity is a product born because a Reincarnator's actions cause a deviation in the development of the current world, leading to the emergence of new destiny branches;

But in this world, whether he killed Doma or Kokushibo, he did not receive corresponding Singularities. At first, Bai Cangshu thought it was because the strength of these two was insufficient, but looking at it now, this might be related to the world itself.

The Space's warning indicates that if the world undergoes unpredictable changes because he allowed items or abilities from other worlds to flow into it, such changes will not produce Singularities.

This is very interesting, because if players want to cause large-scale plot changes, besides killing protagonists or other important figures, the simplest way is to introduce things that do not belong to this world.

For example, spreading high-tech equipment and knowledge in a backward world to trigger large-scale reforms.

But the Space indicates that such changes will not produce Singularities.

In other words, if Bai Cangshu's previous understanding is correct, the 【Space】 is like a beehive, and 【Reincarnators】 are like worker bees. The Space sends Reincarnators to various worlds to collect the 【Information】 it needs, and fresh, unknown changes are the 【Information】 the Space needs most, for which it gives 【Singularities】 as rewards.

But if the changes are produced by the interaction and agitation of information from two worlds, mixing two types of 【Information】 to produce new 【Information】, that is something the 【Space】 does not need, and therefore there is no reward.

Going a step further, Bai Cangshu has already guessed why there was no Singularity reward for killing Kokushibo and Doma normally in this world.

Because the changes produced by 【Kibutsuji Muzan】 in this world were not produced naturally; Kibutsuji Muzan underwent changes because of some item from a Reincarnator, unlocking intelligence that did not belong to it.

Tarot Twenty-Two, bestowing upon the chosen one the second card—【The High Priestess】.

Is this the special feature of this Sequence of Reincarnators?

"Although you might not necessarily be able to learn it, I do indeed have the intention of leaving that ability to you, after all..."

"Kibutsuji Muzan thinks it has gotten the better of me, so I have to leave it a little surprise."

Bai Cangshu is not generous; on the contrary, he has a very strong competitive spirit.

Vincent and Muzan both think they took advantage of Bai Cangshu through last night's actions, so he must teach these two a lesson.

With Kibutsuji Muzan's cowardly personality, it is likely it has grand ideas of hiding somewhere, so he can only leave behind the ultimate nemesis of man-eating Ghosts in this world—【Ripple Qigong】.

As for Vincent... Bai Cangshu feels the other seems to have misunderstood one thing.

Reincarnators are not Plot Characters, and the battles of Reincarnators have never been confined to the mission world...

A gentleman takes revenge, even ten years is not too late, but when Bai Cangshu takes revenge, it is definitely from morning till night.

"If you take what belongs to me, you must pay it back with interest."

Himejima Gyoumei immediately used a Kasugai Crow to contact the Master and finalized the matter; the Peyushi of the various Breathing Styles were delivered to Kyoto by the 【Kakushi】 at any cost within half a day.

(End of chapter)