Chapter 371: The Rebel Players

Lin Bai looked at the Lucky Account players recruited into the Reception Pool; none of their Loyalty exceeded thirty percent.

It made sense when he thought about it.

The Game Company launched these Lucky Accounts clearly to oppose him; how could they possibly choose his fans?

Loyalty not exceeding thirty percent actually meant they were passersby, the kind who would betray or backstab at any moment...

When it came down to it, most players were born rebels; they were the blades in the hands of the Game Company, meant to hack at a disruptor like him who messed around in other people's games.

Lin Bai mused that the Game Company hadn't taken direct action against him because they were likely being held in check by the manipulators of the messy pile of systems he carried!

After all, judging by the effects, the skills rewarded by the systems were heaven-defying, and unlike the Lucky Accounts, they were given at max level, requiring no cultivation at all...

First, suppress their growth;

Second, turn them from the enemy's blade into his own;

Third, continue grinding quests to enhance his own abilities;

Fourth, accelerate the pace of taking control of the world's situation...

Lin Bai quickly summarized a strategy to deal with this.

Currently, he had too many enemies, and relying solely on himself and his fan Disciples wasn't enough to handle them.

Combining forces and driving tigers to devour wolves was necessary; there was no need to stop eating for fear of choking, or to push the Lucky players away just because he worried about their growth.

It would be one thing if he could actually kill them.

Since he couldn't, why create enemies for himself out of thin air!

Moreover, Lin Bai had always been adept at turning enemies into friends...

No matter how evil Cao Cao was, he had true friends; no matter how good Liu Bei was, he had mortal enemies.

Once upon a time, with the help of the system, the whole world was his enemy; yet now, hadn't he gathered so many little partners around him who relied on and trusted him?

"Don't be afraid, I'm here for everything." Lin Bai gave Xu Longyun a reassuring look and sent a voice transmission.

Xu Longyun's anxious heart instantly settled; this was the confidence Lin Bai had given her for a long time.

She had once worried about Zhen City, and later she worried about the Taiyi Kingdom, but Lin Bai had led her through them safely.

In all the world, there was no man more trustworthy than Lin Bai.

"Welcome, everyone, to the Justice Alliance. I have already understood your Skills. I must say, your special abilities are extremely powerful. But individual strength is not true strength. Even a newborn Celestial in the Immortal World is comparable to a cultivator in the Tribulation Transcendence Realm of the lower realms; compared to them, you are still too weak. I hope you can find ways to coordinate with one another, so that you can bring out everyone's strengths, shine brilliantly in the battle against the Celestials, and make a name for yourselves in the Three Realms."

Lin Bai arrived before the many Lucky Account players and gave his welcoming speech with a face full of smiles, "The Justice Alliance needs talent most of all. The battle against the Celestials is about to begin; if you have any needs, feel free to bring them up, and the Alliance will do its utmost to provide you with full support. Do not have any reservations; do as you see fit. I appreciate anyone with ability. Whoever makes outstanding contributions, I can make an exception and take them as a Disciple, bestowing upon them Law Power..."

The crowd surged with emotion.

"He's just feeding us empty promises!"

"Lin Bai is too familiar with this player routine, but how confident must a BOSS be to let us grow like this?"

"You're wrong there. It's one thing if others lack confidence, but Lin Bai suppresses the world; he simply doesn't put us in his eyes, alright!"

"His Law Power is really tempting, though..."

"Tempting my ass. The ruler is also tempting, but becoming his Disciple means being controlled by the ruler. Whoever wants to be one can be one; I'm certainly not doing it."

"Me neither. I only came to the Justice Alliance because I had my eye on Lin Bai's resources. Once we grow up, only a fool would charge into battle for Lin Bai. Isn't it better to be free and unfettered in the game world?"

"Exactly. Lin Bai has always wanted to be an enemy of the Game Company. If the Game Company is gone, our special accounts will be gone too. Are we supposed to go back to living the lives of ordinary people? I've finally seen hope in life; only a ghost would want to go back to the bitter days."

"Brother, you've hit the nail on the head. It's those masters who throw their weight around who should be worried about the Game Company. We, who have received the grace of the Game Company, should be the ones supporting it..."

"Right, as long as the Game Company doesn't fall, who cares if it's the game world or the Real World? We are the elites of this emerging world..."

"Lin Bai still wants to fool us like his fans, little does he know, we are his ultimate enemies!"

"Lin Bai can go to the Real World, but have you thought about what we should do if he can't kill us and attacks our bodies in the Game Capsules directly?"

"He has to be able to destroy the Game Capsule first! You don't know how tough those Game Capsules are. I know the inside scoop; the consortium tried everything and couldn't damage the Game Capsule in the slightest. Besides, there is Nutrient Solution in the Game Capsule; it doesn't matter if you don't eat or drink for a long time. How could Lin Bai possibly crack the black technology of the Game Company..."

"That's right. Even if the Game Capsule could be cracked, if the body in reality is destroyed, so be it. At worst, we stay in the game forever. An Undying Body is so cool."

"Many players still haven't realized it and treat Lin Bai as a benefactor. But one day, all players will understand. As long as our status as players remains, we are the masters of the game world."

"Holy crap, I didn't realize it before and even treated the Game Company as an enemy! You guys just woke me up. Tell me, should we establish a secret alliance, develop in the shadows, and in the future, after Lin Bai uses his power to pacify the Three Realms, we overthrow him in one fell swoop? Then the world will be ours."

From the moment the lecture began, the players' private chats had never stopped.

Lin Bai felt a headache coming on; he could now be certain that the players possessing Lucky Accounts had all been carefully selected by the Game Company.

Well, well!

The way they were leading the rhythm, they had even set the plan!

When had he ever told the players he wanted to deal with the Game Company? The slogan promoted by the Justice Alliance had always been cooperation and mutual benefit...

He had discussed dealing with the Game Company with Xu Longyun and the Duke of Zhen, but they were deeply harassed by players and couldn't possibly tell them about these things;

He had discussed it with the top brass in the Real World, but those people were in a constant panic over the Game Company's influence on the Real World, and since players severely affected their interests, they likely wouldn't be stupid enough to spread the word about wanting to deal with the Game Company.

And he himself had opened the Magpie Bridge between the Real World and the Xianxia World, and what he was doing was also friendly cooperation between the two worlds...

Now, these players had suddenly spread the word that he wanted to deal with the Game Company...

Sigh!

Lin Bai sighed gloomily. Having been implanted with such ideas by the Game Company, this group of players was destined never to be recruited, and in order to protect their own interests, they were destined never to rest...

But for now, the system was clearly a cut above; listening in on the other side's conspiracy in such a grand manner was just too satisfying!

After asking about their needs, Lin Bai hastily ended the lecture. These guys who were loudly conspiring were too low-level to be worth the effort of dealing with them specifically.

The most critical point is that Lin Bai has no one to use right now; if he doesn't count on players to stir up the Immortal World, is he supposed to let the natives of the lower realm, who only have one life, charge in and risk their lives?

……

The person undergoing Tribulation Transcendence won't succeed until at least tomorrow, and Lin Bai isn't needed over at Shenmo Dalu either.

Lin Bai's previous plan was to scheme against his teacher with Nan Lingtian and improve his own strength; there are teleportation arrays between the various cities in the Immortal World, so one day should be enough for him to level up once.

But now, he has changed his mind and decided to take a trip to the Real World first.

Those rebellious players reminded him.

The foundation of the Game Company lies in the Game Capsule; this is the medium for players to enter the game, and he had always overlooked this issue.

Lin Bai feels it is necessary to study the Game Capsule first, at least to the point of having a clear idea in his mind, so that when he cannot deal with the game players, he can pull the rug out from under them.

After tossing two butterflies from Shenmo Dalu to 【Eagle of Foresight】 and having him teach them Demon Race cultivation techniques using the language of the Western Continent, Lin Bai returned straight to the Real World.

……

"... Appearing out of thin air, requiring no energy source; with our current technological means, it is completely impossible to crack."

Hearing that Lin Bai wanted to study the Game Capsule, Cheng Xunyun wore an expression of "you finally remembered," but he still brought Lin Bai to the Game Capsule immediately and introduced the previous research results to him: "If we move its location, it will disappear into thin air after one night, and when it appears again, it is still beside the account owner.

We have taken out the Nutrient Solution inside to study it; the substances in that Nutrient Solution are not any substance found on this planet, and furthermore, if it leaves the Game Capsule for ten minutes, it will likewise disappear into thin air, leaving not a trace of its existence..."

Truly miraculous!

Lin Bai circled the Game Capsule, stroking it with his palm; it was ice-cold with a metallic texture.

This was his first time studying the Game Capsule from the outside.

Lin Bai's mind had been infused with a vast amount of material science knowledge by the Craftsman God System, but just as Cheng Xunyun said, he could not tell the material of the Game Capsule at all, and even using high-level Weapon Refinement theory, he could not analyze it.

Moreover, Lin Bai's Pupil of Seeing Residuals could not see a single weakness on the Game Capsule.

In his eyes, the Game Capsule was a perfect object.

At this moment.

A player was lying inside the Game Capsule, concentrating on playing the game.

Looking from the outside, one could clearly see the person submerged in the Nutrient Solution, as quiet as a dead person, but the rising and falling chest and occasional neural reflexes proved that they were indeed alive.

Under normal circumstances, when someone comes to the outside of the Game Capsule, the player in the game will receive a warning, and the player can decide whether to log off or not.

But the player in the Game Capsule should have been used to being studied; even with the warning, they did not exit the game.

Clang!

The Blacksmith's Hammer appeared in Lin Bai's hand, and he smashed it onto the hatch of the Game Capsule without hesitation.

Sparks flew everywhere.

A tiny white dot appeared on the hatch, yet the player inside was not affected in the slightest, and the Nutrient Solution did not even tremble.

Watching the white dot smashed out by the Blacksmith's Hammer, the eyes of the scientists beside Cheng Xunyun widened.

They were not looking at the Game Capsule, but staring straight at the Blacksmith's Hammer, their scorching gazes as if they wanted to melt the Hammer.

Everyone who pays attention to the game knows Lin Bai's Blacksmith Six-Piece Set, but they show off their great power in the game, which everyone thinks is normal; bringing them into reality is somewhat incredible.

"Alliance Leader Lin, what material is your hammer made of?" a scientist in a white robe couldn't help but ask.

"Iron." Lin Bai's gaze remained on the white dot on the Game Capsule as he replied casually.

The Blacksmith's Hammer is indeed made of iron, with no array engravings visible on it; at Lin Bai's current level, he cannot see through the principle of how it destroys Magic Tools at all.

Now, this was also his first time seeing a vessel that could not be destroyed by the Blacksmith's Hammer.

At this moment, under his very eyes, the white dot smashed out by the Blacksmith's Hammer disappeared and repaired itself at a speed visible to the naked eye; in the blink of an eye, the Game Capsule was restored to its original state.

"Alliance Leader Lin, your hammer is currently the only object that can cause damage to the Game Capsule. Could you leave it for us to study? If we crack the secret of the hammer, we might be able to analyze the Game Capsule," the scientist in the white robe said with burning eyes.

"You haven't even learned the Weapon Refinement theory of the other world, how could you possibly crack the hammer?" Lin Bai didn't even turn his head, gave a perfunctory reply, and raised the hammer in his hand again, striking the Game Capsule like a storm.

Ding-ding-dang-dang!

Lin Bai's hand speed was extremely fast, and the harsh sounds actually merged into a single line in an instant.

Cheng Xunyun watched from the side, terrified; it was fortunate that he was smashing the Game Capsule, if it had been a living person, they would have been smashed into meat paste in less than ten seconds!

One minute later.

Lin Bai's phantom condensed into a human shape, and the Game Capsule he had been covering was revealed.

The Game Capsule was covered in dense white dots.

Soon, those white dots disappeared one after another.

Just a minute later, the Game Capsule returned to its original state, intact, and the player inside didn't even open their eyes...

"Alliance Leader, you could try smashing at one point," Cheng Xunyun reminded him.

"It's useless." Lin Bai shook his head, pointed to a white dot on the hatch and said, "I've smashed this point at least three hundred times. Moreover, the principle of the Blacksmith's Hammer destroying weapons is not by brute force; theoretically, when it touches an item, the item should be damaged. The reason I smashed so many times is to stack the hammer's success rate..."

While Lin Bai was speaking, he felt a chill in his heart.

The Game Capsule is too outrageous; if one day he really has to become enemies with the Game Company and the opponent uses armor made of the Game Capsule's material, he won't be able to break their defense!

Rope Binding!

Lin Bai launched Rope Binding at the person inside the Game Capsule, but the Red Rope, which had always been effective, encountered an obstacle this time; it was blocked outside the Game Capsule and couldn't even drill in.

Lin Bai sighed, retracted the Red Rope, looked at the player in the Game Capsule, and, unwilling to give up, used Rope Binding on their belt.

The Nutrient Solution surged.

The player's belt flew out automatically, tying the player inside into a back-tied suspension; the player immersed in the game woke up instantly, struggling in the Game Capsule in terror.

Cheng Xunyun and the scientists were dumbfounded.

Lin Bai's eyes lit up; so, idealistic Skills can be used.

Then...

Lin Bai used Provocation on the player in the Game Capsule: "Not convinced? Come out and beat me! If you don't come out, you're a coward..."

"..." Cheng Xunyun.

The next moment.

The player lost his reason, kicked open the Game Capsule, and roared angrily at Lin Bai.

Lin Bai reached out and hauled him out of the Game Capsule, his eyes filled with a smile, as he tore off the belt binding him and canceled the Provocation: "Brother, when I used Binding Immortal on you, were you forcibly logged out? Tell me the process in detail..."

The player was stunned for a moment, looked at Lin Bai, then looked at the Game Capsule, and said: "Just now I was strolling in the game, the warning sounds were continuous, but I ignored them. However, suddenly, a warning box popped up in front of my eyes, saying my body was suffering damage and asking if I wanted to exit. In my haste, I chose to exit the game..."

"In other words, you could have chosen not to exit?" Lin Bai's heart skipped a beat, but he remained calm on the surface.

"I suppose I could have, but if one's body is suffering damage, surely no one would choose not to exit, right?" The player frowned, his voice sounding somewhat aggrieved, "This is a human's instinctive reaction..."

(End of this chapter)