Chapter 364: Diverting the Disaster to the East

What true Platinum Star?

He is the Platinum Star right now.

The pie Lin Bai drew could not fool Nan Lingtian; he glanced at the God of War body, still wanting to maintain the initiative: "If you want to become the Tenth Heavenly King, you must listen to me."

"Oh?" Lin Bai looked at Nan Lingtian, whose loyalty was at thirty percent, smiled, and gestured for him to continue, "Tell me about it."

"Bide your time, and wait until he or your realm rises to Star Brilliance before making a move," Nan Lingtian said. "Other than that, there is no better way. The method you used to frame me before was based on the foundation of my being undying; that could indeed stir up chaos in the Immortal World for a time and cause a certain amount of damage to the stability of the Immortal World. But in the end, it would eventually be suppressed by the Heavenly Kings. The Heavenly Kings would only need to arrange one or two Platinum realm experts in every town."

He paused, then said, "In the Immortal World, even the highest-level Heavenly King can be replaced. Therefore, everyone has weaknesses; theoretically, there is no such thing as an Undying Body."

"Continue," Lin Bai said. In the end, he knew too little about the Immortal World, and Nan Lingtian's analysis had great reference value.

"The Mother Body might be your advantage in the lower realm," Nan Lingtian said. "But the lower realm lacks Spirit Qi, and mortals are restricted once they cultivate to the Bronze Realm. Let alone growing, even taking a step would invite a Heavenly Tribulation. This must be the reason you have to become the Tenth Heavenly King. Because you want to secure a place of survival for the Heavenly Humans born from the Mother Body. In the lower realm, being a king restricted at every turn has no meaning."

He looked at Lin Bai and continued, "However, the Immortal World has long been carved up by the Nine Great Heavenly Kings. To become a new Heavenly King, you must infringe upon their interests. No Heavenly King will allow a new king to be born. Even if your Law Sacred Artifact has no effect on them, they will spare no cost to kill you and destroy or seal the Law artifact. Moreover, a Law Sacred Artifact will arouse the covetousness of all Heavenly Humans; no matter how strong a person is, they cannot be enemies with the entire Immortal World. Only by becoming Star Brilliance do you have the power to protect yourself. Of course, it is best to also have a group of powerful subordinates loyal to you."

He looked at Qingyun and the others, "Alliance Leader Lin, this group of Disciples you have now is far from qualified. The cultivation speed of mortals is too slow; you should focus on cultivating the Heavenly Humans born from the Mother Body..."

Plan slowly?

The players already know about the Immortal World and the method to ascend to the Immortal World; they are hoping I never go to the Immortal World!

And.

The Game Company will also secretly trip me up!

Not growing means sitting and waiting for death!

Lin Bai was very clear about his situation. He shook his head: "General Nan, you might not understand the Law of Control. Unlike other Laws, the Law of Control actually does not require cultivation; what it requires is mastery. The more people I control, the stronger I become. Haven't you noticed? Before battling you, I was still in the Bronze Realm, but after battling you, I have already become the Platinum Realm? Diligent cultivation is not suitable for me."

"..." Nan Lingtian was stunned for a moment, "Doesn't that mean you must constantly challenge people stronger than yourself to grow? If you want to become a Heavenly King, you must defeat a Heavenly King and control the Heavenly King?"

"Correct," Lin Bai nodded.

"So, you are destined to walk the path of being an enemy to the world?" Nan Lingtian frowned, "How can this possibly work?"

"General Nan, what I actually want to be is not the Tenth Heavenly King, but the only Heavenly King of the Immortal World. Since I can control one Heavenly King, why not control all nine Heavenly Kings!" Lin Bai's face was filled with a confident and arrogant radiance.

"Impossible, you cannot do it," Nan Lingtian shook his head incessantly, "You don't know how powerful the Heavenly Kings are. You will lead everyone into the Abyss..."

"This is my mission," Lin Bai said. "Just as you said, I cannot stay in the lower realm forever as a Heavenly King with restricted actions and no real power. Also, there is one thing you got wrong: being undying and indestructible does exist, and I do have a bunch of undying and indestructible people under my command."

"Impossible," Nan Lingtian said.

"There is nothing impossible. It is time to let you see my true trump card." Lin Bai smiled at him, took him back into the card, stepped onto the Magpie Bridge, and returned to the Shengji Sect.

Then.

In front of Nan Lingtian, he found a group of players and, at the cost of Spirit Fruit, demonstrated to him what it meant to be undying and indestructible.

The players flocked to it, vying to die.

Nan Lingtian was dumbfounded: "... How can there be so many undying and indestructible people in the lower realm? If they were undying and indestructible, why would they have been bullied by Heavenly Humans in the upper realm for so many years?"

"Very simple, because they are new Heavenly Humans born alongside the Mother Body!" Lin Bai said. "Just like you, they also have names floating above their heads. And, although on the surface there is that distinction between male and female, they also cannot reproduce like normal people."

"New Heavenly Humans?" Nan Lingtian's worldview suffered a violent impact, "Are they what the Mother Body in the lower realm gives birth to? But that Heavenly Human I saw before..."

"He was relatively special. After the Mother Body gave birth to him, it might have suddenly realized he was not suitable for this world, so it self-modified the parameters and gave birth to a new variety of Heavenly Human to adapt to the Mortal World," Lin Bai explained. "Therefore, that Heavenly Human who looks like you is unique; he is a Flaw, and that is probably the reason he had no nameplate."

"But I didn't see nameplates above their heads either," Nan Lingtian said.

"They can see each other; perhaps it is because they are not from the same Mother Body as you!" Lin Bai laughed.

Nan Lingtian looked at the active players, frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized: "I understand. The Mother Body in the lower realm has absolutely no connection to the Mother Body in the Immortal World; it is a brand-new Mother Body. No wonder the Immortal World has existed for so many years without a new Mother Body ever being born, and suddenly one pops up, and the Laws are completely different from the Immortal World..."

Lin Bai shook his head: "With such a group of new Heavenly Humans, are you still worried that I cannot take down the territory of the Immortal World?"

Nan Lingtian opened his mouth, wanting to speak but stopping, and finally could not help but say: "Alliance Leader Lin, have you ever thought that the undying and indestructible people are the ultimate hidden danger? They will grow infinitely and eventually grow to a height that even you cannot control. Moreover, if the Mother Body keeps giving birth to new Heavenly Humans, not just the Immortal World, any world will be ruled by them. Alliance Leader Lin, you are not a new Heavenly Human, and you cannot be undying and indestructible, right!"

This guy's brain isn't sharp, but his insight is quite good; he saw through the essence of the players at a glance!

Lin Bai smiled: "General Nan, this is not something you need to worry about. When I was in the Bronze Realm, I dared to point my Sword at the Nine Great Heavenly Kings of the Immortal World. Do you think I would care about this group of Heavenly Humans who haven't grown up yet? Besides, do you think I haven't realized their danger? Why do you think I want to seize the Law Sacred Artifact?

It is precisely because I am worried that the Law Sacred Artifact will end up in their hands, ultimately leaving them without any constraints and becoming a catastrophe for all worlds.

The Mother Body keeps giving birth to Heavenly Humans; in fact, they don't need to go through me to enter the Immortal World directly. You can guard against them for a while, but you cannot guard against them for a lifetime. One day, when they grow up, the Immortal World will be plunged into misery. But with the Law Sacred Artifact in my hands, they can be restrained by me. Ensuring they won't excessively harm the world is precisely the reason I am obsessed with becoming the Tenth Heavenly King!"

How did the flavor change as I was talking?

Invading the Immortal World turned into saving the world?

Nan Lingtian felt his head spinning a bit; he couldn't quite process it and didn't speak for a long time.

"New Heavenly Humans are born in the mortal world. You also know their growth speed and undying and indestructible characteristics. According to your deduction, the mortal world should have been destroyed by them. But now, they coexist peacefully with mortals, and they all serve me as their master."

Lin Bai reached out and pointed at the busy players and natives of the Shengji Sect, saying, "This is all my credit. The current Mortal World is the future Immortal World. General Nan, do not hesitate any longer; let us join hands to save the Immortal World together! You just said that a Heavenly King cannot cultivate a second Law; after we defeat the other Heavenly Kings and seize their Law Sacred Artifacts, I can let you choose one from them to become a new Heavenly King and join me in restraining the new Heavenly Humans. Whether for the sake of righteousness or private gain, we must do this, don't we?"

Under the influence of brainwashing, Nan Lingtian's imagination could not help itself. Not knowing which point had moved him, he pondered for a moment and said: "Alright! Where should we start?"

"Actually, what you said also makes sense; the stronger my strength, the more helpful it is to our cause. General Nan, if you have any good Star Diamond friends, you can lure them to Songshi City. Once I control them and possess Star Diamond strength, and we still haven't been discovered, we will then attract Star Brilliance realm experts. If there are no accidents, it will be very simple for me to become a Star Brilliance expert in a short time," Lin Bai said confidently. "Once I become Star Brilliance, we can make a move on the Heavenly Kings."

Nan Lingtian was bewildered: "Alliance Leader Lin, isn't that a bit fast?"

"The faster the better. After all, you don't want this group of new Heavenly Humans to grow up, do you?" Lin Bai looked at him and said, "Of course, I am talking about the best-case scenario, but there are always various accidents. Let's proceed like this for now; if there are special circumstances, we will change our strategy..."

"Hmm," Nan Lingtian nodded and said, "Alliance Leader, Star Diamond realm experts do not associate with people of lower realms. Star Brilliance realm experts are either used by the Heavenly Kings or are in seclusion contemplating the Laws; they won't pay attention to worldly affairs if they are challenging the position of a Heavenly King. If I must find a Star Diamond expert, the only one I can invite is my teacher, Long Tianxi. But my teacher serves as a professor at Shengshi Academy, and I am just an ordinary student of his..."

Lin Bai was just about to speak.

Suddenly.

The players in the distance became restless.

Lin Bai subconsciously looked over there; he didn't even need to exert his cultivation, as the players' private chat voices broke into his ears.

"Holy crap, big move! Ten million game slots; is this the rhythm of launching a nationwide open beta?"

"It is said that there are Lucky Accounts among them, which come with special attributes upon entering the game. Damn it, I suddenly feel the Pioneers are at such a loss..."

"This must be the Game Company's countermeasure because Shopkeeper Lin built the Magpie Bridge into the Real World!"

"Ten million game players; not to mention the Lucky Accounts inside, if even one-tenth of them return to the Real World through the Magpie Bridge, it will bring disaster to the Real World."

"Crazy, it's really going crazy. The Real World and the game world just reached a peace agreement; is this the rhythm of it collapsing again?"

"I am truly certain now that the Game Company has no good intentions; they simply want to completely destroy both worlds."

"With the government and Lin Bai there, they should be able to control the situation, right? Lin Bai just needs to cut off the Magpie Bridge."

"Cutting off the Magpie Bridge won't help. Ten million players—how many ten millions can a country have? If ten million people enter the game, does the Real World still need to develop? This side is also a real world; ten million Undying and Indestructible people are enough to topple the countries within! How many players can Lin Bai control by himself? Furthermore, Lin Bai has put all his focus on the Immortal World."

"The Lucky Account is likely specifically meant to deal with Lin Bai."

"Human greed knows no bounds; with over ten million people, there will always be those who refuse to be disciplined. After all, even if they lose, the worst that happens is they delete their account, which won't cause much of a loss."

"Taking a step back, even if the government and Lin Bai stabilize the situation, what if the Game Company releases another ten million accounts? What if they let in twenty million people? What about a nationwide open beta?"

"In the past, I always thought a nationwide open beta was a good thing. Now it seems that a nationwide open beta is the precursor to the destruction of the world..."

Damn it!

Lin Bai's expression turned extremely ugly in an instant; whether it was Nan Lingtian or him who was the jinx, the moment they mentioned an accident, it happened.

Sure enough, he had still thought too highly of the Game Company; his pace was fast, but the Game Company's pace was fast too!

Even though Lin Bai's Mental Power was high enough, suddenly encountering such a situation made his brain stall a bit—can't they just let people play the game properly!

"Master, something has happened!" Xu Longyun hurried to Lin Bai's side via the Magpie Bridge; her expression was equally ugly, panicked and completely devoid of her previous composure.

At the same time.

Cheng Xunyun was also frantically calling Lin Wubai in the Real World.

The impact of releasing ten million player accounts was too great.

The Game Company had used just one small measure to destroy the stable situation Lin Bai had worked so hard to build.

It wasn't just the officials.

Even the financial groups that had entered the game early were stunned; their financial power could influence tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, but they couldn't influence ten million!

In a big forest, there are all kinds of birds.

With ten million players, people with all sorts of ideas might exist; in a game where legal and moral constraints are lost, who could control them?

What's more, there were those damn Lucky Accounts inside!

The top brass of the financial groups couldn't care about making Immortal World plans or restricting Lin Bai anymore; they gathered urgently via the Magpie Bridge to discuss countermeasures.

"What happened?"

Nan Lingtian realized something was wrong, stopped his scheming against his master, and asked.

Lin Bai glanced at him and decisively retracted him back into the card.

The commotion he had caused in the Immortal World wasn't large; a City Lord of Songshi City disappearing for a day or two wasn't a very big problem.

After Nan Lingtian disappeared, Xu Longyun panted and said, "Master, a massive number of players have flooded into every Basic City. Added to the people from the Real World who were doing infrastructure work earlier, the cities are overwhelmed and everything is in chaos. Please think of a way..."

"Calm down." Lin Bai opened his hand, took out a Spirit Fruit, stuffed it into Xu Longyun's mouth, and paced back and forth on the green wood. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck his mind, and he stopped, saying, "Open the Magpie Bridge and send them into the Immortal World!"

"Is that useful?" Xu Longyun frowned. "The lowest-level Celestial in the Immortal World is at the Bronze Realm; they won't be able to move an inch up there, and besides, they can revive and come back down at any time!"

Lin Bai shook his head and said, "No, Xiaoyun. For players, the Immortal World is indeed difficult to navigate, but the Immortal World has an advantage: the Spirit Qi is countless times higher than in the Mortal World. It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but hard to go from extravagant to frugal. Once they taste the super-fast cultivation speed, if you make them return to the Mortal World to cultivate like snails, most people won't be able to stand it. They would rather take risks and stay in the Immortal World. If we send the level-grinding fanatics into the Immortal World, the remaining life-style players who don't contend with the world will be much easier to settle..."

(End of this chapter)