Chapter 1616

"This person is really overbearing..."

Xing Yun Miao muttered a complaint.

They didn't know how tough it was to have been a companion for four million years; seeing the person was only over level 360, the two top experts Xiao Feng and Shen Chuo were still wary, feeling puzzled.

"Cough, it's fine, it's fine, don't worry about her, let's go back."

Xiao Feng feared they'd hear the complaints, so he quickly grabbed one with each hand, ready to leave.

"Brother Xiao, see you tomorrow." Shen Chuo said goodbye to him.

"Sure, bring more experts so I can have some fun."

Xiao Feng replied, then immediately headed toward the teleportation array.

After strolling around Abundance City, he discovered that the Blue Star No. 1 War Zone was a war zone with extremely severe stratification.

This "stratum" doesn't refer to their social class, but the gap in power is so huge that ordinary people, supernaturals, and controllers experience completely different worlds.

The highest stratum consists of the two strongest beings, the Creator God and the Lord of Time, who can erase a star system with a wave of the hand.

Controllers also exist in between, though they seem not to play the game.

Then there are some exceptionally powerful individuals among the supernaturals, such as the Archery Champion players, who live in a completely different world from ordinary people like Shen Chuo.

Those people keep a low profile in the game, but in reality they are beings whose mere stomp can shake the starry sky.

Such a tiny planet harbors so many unbelievable beings; I really don't know how they live their daily lives.

……

Abundance City.

By the small river in the city's garden district, Chen Yeren lay on the grass while several women nearby chatted.

"This map is truly huge, indeed far richer than the games we played before!"

"Damn Chen Li, keeping us locked in the test server for so long; now everyone else is level 500 while we're still under 300, humph..."

"Exactly, Ancient Sister, hurry up and beat him! Your level is high, beating a level‑300 weakling is definitely no problem!"

"We'll hold him down for you, come quick!"

"Lazy to Name" and "I'm Also Lazy to Name", one on the left and one on the right, pressed down Chen Yeren.

Chen Yeren didn't resist, wearing a helpless expression as he said: "You two, having lived millions of years yet acting like children, really..."

"Oh, you're saying we're old, huh? Well… never mind, if I say it you'll complain we're nagging, so we'll just go play by ourselves, sisters, let's go, ignore him!"

Having said that, the two grabbed each other's hands and ran off, taking the woman in red along as well.

Chen Yeren wasn't worried they'd get lost; he continued lying still, as if waiting for someone.

The white‑haired woman beside him, the level‑531 expert Gu Yun Tang, said: "That person just now—is he the 'anomaly' you mentioned before?"

He grunted: "That kid is really strange; when I and the various ancestral elders designed the game, we never gave him that talent—it just popped up out of nowhere. I asked the Supreme Wisdom, and they also said they didn't know the situation. I always feel… there are many things in the great cosmos that even I have no authority to interfere with."

"Sounds incredibly powerful..."

The level‑530 Ye Lingfei walked over, sat down beside him, and asked curiously: "According to what you just said, does that person have a chance to become as powerful as you?"

Chen Yeren shook his head, indicating he didn't know, and explained: "For anyone with the potential to become Lord of the Starry Sky, fate is unfathomable—this is the rule of the multiverse. I can't see his fate, but it's merely a vague concept; perhaps he will transcend, or perhaps he'll only be a half‑step Lord of the Starry Sky and eventually fall."

"Then why did you give him the cultivation method?" Gu Yun Tang asked.

Chen Yeren said: "Just cast a wide net; if luck is good we'll raise a powerful Origin Realm expert, if luck is bad there's little loss."

Ye Lingfei muttered: "You're not even that good to your own son..."

Chen Yeren couldn't help but laugh bitterly: "That's different; for someone whose fate is clear, no matter how many favors you give them, their future is limited. Jie'er gave her two brothers so many treasures, yet they're only star‑level and planet‑level. Even if you gave them another hundred billion years, they could only reach the Eternal level. But someone like Xiao Feng, whose fate is vague, has infinite possibilities—and could even surpass me."

"Tsk tsk, I'll tell Chen Ping this so he gets angry and runs away from home!" Ye Lingfei smirked upon hearing that.

As they spoke, a figure arrived in the green field.

It was the Lord of Time, Chen Jie.

She walked straight up to Chen Yeren, looking at his relaxed, self‑satisfied self, and lifted a foot to kick him.

"Come clean—is Xiao Feng really your alternate account?" she said fiercely.

Chen Yeren was bewildered by the sudden blow, his face full of confusion: "What kind of question is this? You've got me all mixed up."

"His aura is growing more like yours; it's definitely not just about the cultivation method. I suspect you, Hua Xiang, want to flirt with more women without letting Chan'er and the others find out, so you deliberately made an alternate account to sneak around!"

Chen Jie clenched her fists, wearing the expression "Answer honestly, or I won't spare you if you lie."

Though Chen Yeren was the mighty Creator God, facing Chen Jie, whose strength was far inferior to his, he couldn't muster any backbone at all.

He solemnly explained: "I'm an upright gentleman; how could I possibly do such sneaky things? Everyone knows I, Chen Li, have no interest in women—this is absolutely a misunderstanding! Besides, 'Chan'er' is what I call you; that's your mother, so pay attention next time!"

"Pretense, keep pretending." Chen Jie didn't believe him at all, scoffing lightly: "If he isn't your alternate account, how could he possibly surpass the virtual world's rules and spontaneously gain an eighth‑tier talent?"

"This is exactly the 'anomaly,' silly Jie'er. Precisely because anomalies exist, the universe is full of infinite possibilities. Otherwise, everything would be laid bare to us, past and present seen through, leaving no room for surprise." Chen Yeren said earnestly.

"Lies, an anomaly only makes fate unreadable; it can't change the existing rules. The heavens are your design—if you don't allow 'Divine Might' to appear, it definitely won't!" Chen Jie stated the basis of her suspicion.

Chen Yeren countered: "Why would I stop it from appearing? Since it shows signs of birth, it has the potential to grow strong. When I sense the rules being broken, my heart feels only joy, no displeasure, so I naturally agree to its emergence—and incidentally complete the other derived talents. You, don't be like the Supreme Wisdom, wanting to erase anything outside the rules. If you can't accept the unknown, you'll never transcend the known."

Chen Jie gave a light snort: "Sounds noble and righteous, but it's just an excuse for opening an alternate account to fool around."

Chen Yeren, feeling somewhat helpless, said sadly: "So in your heart I'm really that vulgar a person."

"That's just how it is." Chen Jie gave him no face at all.

After saying that, she added: "If he truly isn't your alternate account, then don't block greater anomalies from appearing; I'll push him to keep advancing and wreck your virtual universe!"

"Uh..."

Chen Yeren, half‑laughing, half‑crying, nodded: "Fine, do whatever you like; after all, you're my daughter, so everything I have will eventually be yours."

Boom!

As his words fell, a fist struck his face, a several‑hundred‑meter‑deep crater appeared in the ground, and the whole city trembled.

"I hate it when you say that."

Chen Jie pursed her lips, glanced at the five women nearby, gave a light snort, then stepped forward and vanished into the void.

The Teleportation Array of Abundant City, Chen Yeren revived and walked out.

He rubbed his sore handsome face, let out a long sigh: "Killing my father for the 17th time, keep account."

Immediately he seemed to sense something, the corner of his mouth twitching: "Xiao Feng, little friend, may you find your own fortune."