Chapter 423: Major Version Upgrade

Meng Laoda's intelligence regarding Lin Bai is updated in real-time.

Upon learning that the Earth Goddess, the Lord of the Abyss, and a host of other deities of Shenmo Dalu had all been subdued by Lin Bai, several Heavenly Kings fell into silence simultaneously.

Guang Tianwang swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "It's too terrifying; this guy is simply not human."

Dark Heavenly King said: "Subduing a person allows one to share their strength; the cheat Lin Bai is using is too massive. Moreover, Lin Bai once used Xiaolei's Skill; I fear Xiaolei's Skill wasn't erased, but stolen by him, just like how he performs Extraction on the godheads of the various gods."

The complexion of the Lightning Heavenly King turned extremely ugly in an instant, and he said angrily: "We work so hard to grind proficiency and practice Skills, yet he takes them away whenever he pleases; it's too unfair."

Earth Heavenly King swept a glance at him and sighed: "Where in this world is there any fairness? Don't forget, Lin Bai can also mass-produce godheads; this one move has leveled the advantage of our Heavenly Human Sea."

Meng Laoda looked at the few of them, his expression gloomy: "Godheads require Faith; giving them to ordinary people doesn't have much effect, and giving them to clones makes fine control impossible. It's actually not that terrifying..."

Guang Tianwang said faintly: "Meng Laoda, do you even believe that yourself?"

Meng Laoda sighed, looked at a stack of "Justice Weekly" at his side, and said dejectedly: "Lin Bai is no ordinary person. Everything he does is pushing the general trend, using momentum to suppress others; he and players who follow the rules are moving in two opposite directions. By the time his enemies react and want to deal with him, it's already too late. If he were a player from our era, perhaps there would be nothing left for us to do."

"Indeed, we were on high alert in the Immortal World, wanting to force him up here, but in the end, he chose to break the situation from the outside," Guang Tianwang said. "It's only been a few days, and the Immortal World is already teetering in the wind and rain."

"The most terrifying thing is the Justice Sect behind him," Meng Laoda said. "The restraint of Fazhe Zhidao against players is too severe. We can only see how the Game Company breaks the situation. Relying only on the few of us, I fear it will be difficult to turn the tables!"

Earth Heavenly King was startled: "Xiaojin and the others?"

Meng Laoda said: "Ten to one they won't be coming back. Even if they could return, I fear they would be like Xiaolei, turned into a high-level blank slate."

A single sentence silenced the room.

After a long while.

Dark Heavenly King finally said: "We've played this game for over ten thousand years; are we finally going to quit?"

Guang Tianwang said: "Quit to where? Do we have a way out?"

Earth Heavenly King said: "Do you think we could join Lin Bai? We are players; he can't seal us anyway..."

Meng Laoda said: "And then what? Get stripped down to a blank slate by him? Do you think Lin Bai would be so kind as to keep your Skills and Law Sacred Artifacts for you? If he wants to unify the Three Realms, he won't leave behind any uncontrollable hidden dangers. Guang is right; we have no way out. Let's fight to the death! This generation of players hasn't exerted their full strength yet; perhaps there will still be a turning point..."

"I hope so!" Guang Tianwang's mood was somewhat low. "When we played the game, it was a gradual process, but this time, Lin Bai is aggressively disrupting the game, dragging the final BOSS directly in front of novice players, while he himself is a mountain that one cannot see the end of. It's hard to imagine what good moves the players will have when facing him."

"Wait and see!" Meng Laoda sighed again. "Everyone, prepare for battle. Lin Bai loves to play Lightning War; he might strike at any moment."

The Lord of the Abyss led people to surround Shui Tianwang, the Earth Goddess led people to surround Huo Tianwang, and in every person's team, there were Lin Bai's clones, as well as Disciples observing the scene...

Lin Bai personally trapped Jin Tianwang.

Jin Tianwang was number one in offense; he didn't feel at ease leaving him to others.

Letting Meng Laoda run away was enough; the remaining three must be captured alive.

After all, he still had the task of collecting all nine Law Sacred Artifacts.

Because of the lack of people, the weddings of the three Heavenly Kings were quite simple, consisting only of the bride and groom, an officiant, and a player accompanying the team.

Jin Tianwang looked at Lin Bai in the sky and said loudly: "Lin Bai, your methods are brilliant; you won. However, you only use schemes and tricks; I am not convinced. Do you dare to have a fair and square battle with me? If you win, I will willingly give you the Holy Sword. If I win, use the Magpie Bridge to send me away."

"Fine. I agree," Lin Bai said lazily.

"You agreed?" Jin Tianwang looked disbelieving.

"Why wouldn't I agree to a battle I'm guaranteed to win?" Lin Bai laughed.

"At least you have some backbone as a man," Jin Tianwang snorted and said.

"However, I do have conditions," Lin Bai continued.

"What conditions?" Jin Tianwang asked.

"There is still some time before the wedding ends; why not tell me about the days when you first played the game?" Lin Bai said. "I am very curious about the composition of your world. The Game Company couldn't have built a game specifically for the nine of you, could they?"

"..." Jin Tianwang frowned slightly; he glanced at the player beside him and suddenly fell silent.

"Don't want to talk?" Lin Bai smiled. "This is an opportunity that can earn you a free duel; you wouldn't just give that up, would you?"

Jin Tianwang remained silent.

"Did the Game Company promise you some benefits? Or is the Game Company threatening you? Are you trapped in this game world? What was your original world like?" Lin Bai asked a series of questions.

Alei Ya and the others also cast curious gazes at Jin Tianwang. She originally didn't have much interest in the origins of the Nine Heavenly Kings, but now, her curiosity was fully aroused.

"I won't say," Jin Tianwang looked up at Lin Bai in the sky and said.

Lin Bai smiled and waved his hand, releasing the clone that possessed the Godhead of the God of Curses.

The Curse clone looked at Jin Tianwang and said: "Jin Tianwang, your Skills will never be able to take effect on me, unless you tell me everything about your original game."

"What the hell?" Jin Tianwang didn't know about the God of Curses; this nonsensical remark left him completely bewildered.

"God of Curses?" Alei Ya looked at the Curse clone in surprise.

"Right, that guy didn't know what was good for him and attacked me, so after I caught him, I scattered him. Thinking about it now, it's a bit of a pity; there might only be this one Godhead of the God of Curses," Lin Bai said regretfully.

"The God of Curses was originally a weak deity, but with this godhead in your hands, I fear it will become the most terrifying godhead in the world," Alei Ya looked at the Curse clone, her expression complex. "Back then, when I got married, if you had released the God of Curses, perhaps you could have taken down Bairuisi right then."

Taking out the God of Curses at that time would probably have resulted in being flattened on the spot; the fact that one could only use curses face-to-face was too much of a pitfall.

Lin Bai smiled and said: "I am a merciful person after all!"

Alei Ya gave a dry laugh, speechless.

"Screw your God of Curses, I don't believe it," Jin Tianwang cursed disdainfully. "I won't talk about the Game Company; do you dare to stand there and let me slash you with a Sword?"

"I can."

Lin Bai agreed once again.

He was surprisingly easy to talk to today.

No matter what, he was now the number one person in Shenmo Dalu; he was no longer that small, trembling character struggling for survival in the cracks.

A big shot must be composed.

"..." Jin Tianwang was stunned again. He stopped looking up at Lin Bai and just silently followed the wedding proceedings, waiting for the moment the wedding ended to use all his strength to slash Lin Bai with one Sword.

When the clone said the words "Let all the guests celebrate the successful completion of the wedding," Jin Tianwang roared, drew his Holy Sword, and slashed at Lin Bai at the first opportunity.

Calm and tranquil.

Nothing happened.

A look of shock flashed across Jin Tianwang's face, and then, without hesitation, he turned the Holy Sword and slashed it toward his own neck.

"Too late!"

Lin Bai's voice suddenly appeared behind him; one hand gripped the Holy Sword, while the other pinched his neck.

The moment Lin Bai's hand pressed onto his neck, all his Skills turned gray, and the countless Spiritual Power within his body instantly stopped flowing.

Jin Tianwang's face turned pale: "Impossible? The God of Curses took effect so easily; who else in this world can defeat you?"

……

"This is absurd."

"Sharing the strength of the Lord of the Abyss and the Goddess of the Earth was already absurd enough, but adding a God of Curses on top of that? What's the point of playing this game? Everyone might as well pack up and be obedient subjects."

"I attended Lin Bai's wedding; there is a way to break the God of Curses' curse."

"What's the use of a solution? We go to fight a BOSS, but do we have to break the curse the BOSS placed on us first?"

"Stop arguing, the Game Company has released an announcement."

"What announcement?"

"Pinned on the forum, I haven't had a chance to look yet."

"I'll go take a look."

"I'm going too."

"There's no point in watching Lin Bai show off anymore; we can't beat him anyway."

……

In the blink of an eye.

The players logged off in a swarm and crowded onto the forum to see the new announcement from the Game Company.

Lin Bai's War God Body also opened the forum at the first opportunity. As soon as the forum opened, a bright announcement popped up:

"Over the past year, the game has launched several closed betas. The closed beta players have provided much valuable game data; thank you all for your dedication and efforts.

After company deliberation, every closed beta player who participated in the game will receive one Golden Treasure Chest; please collect it.

In view of the players' strong demand for an open beta, the company has decided to fully open the game within the next three days. Every citizen will receive their own Game Capsule; we wish all players a pleasant game in advance.

Additionally: Because of the existence of the special NPC Lin Bai, the gaming experience of many players has been affected;

Therefore, after collecting the valuable opinions of closed beta players, the company has specifically made the following updates to the game:

One: The game launches a login check-in reward event; logging into the game every day will earn random treasure chest rewards;

Two: The game launches a location check-in event; checking in at different locations will randomly earn treasure chest rewards;

Three: The game launches a birthday blessing event; every player will receive a special birthday blessing from the company on their birthday;

Four: The game increases drop rates; killing NPCs can drop Skill books, experience points, etc.;

Five: The game launches Divine Artifact sets, which can be obtained by opening treasure chests;

Six: The game launches an achievement task system; completing tasks can earn achievement title rewards, and achievement titles can increase character attributes;

Seven: The game launches a player Guild project; Guild players can receive Guild benefits;

Eight: The game permanently opens all maps and adds teleportation points between towns;

Nine: ……

……

Eighteen: In view of the Game Capsule safety issues raised by players, the company has added a Do Not Disturb function to the Game Capsule; after enabling this function, all outside interference can be blocked;

P. S.: Game treasure chests may contain: experience, weapons, Spirit Stone, medicinal pills, talents, skins, Divine Artifact, etc."

……

Below the announcement was the carnival of numerous players:

"Should have done this long ago."

"Games are meant for fun. Why make the 'most realistic' game? If you don't please the players, any game will collapse. The old ways are what win people's hearts."

"The Game Company was forced into a corner by Lin Bai and is now throwing money and gear around on a grand scale. Awesome."

"I like the safety optimization for the Game Capsule. This time, Lin Bai can no longer threaten us with our lives, nor can he threaten us with our loved ones, because everyone has entered the game! Hahaha!"

"A new era has begun."

"So everything Lin Bai did was just foreshadowing. The game background is truly grand and quite ingenious, hahaha!"

"Thank you, Lin Bai, for winning these benefits for us. Hahaha, Lin Bai, you are our god..."

"The stable situation Lin Bai worked so hard to maintain has fallen apart in an instant. I really want to see what Lin Bai's expression is like after knowing the content of the announcement. I don't know why, but I just really want to laugh..."

"The spring for players has arrived."

"Don't you think the Game Company is going too far? You clearly know that the people in those worlds are living lives, not NPCs at all. How is what you are doing any different from being an executioner?"

"It's not that we want to do this; it's that the Game Company wants us to do this. The nature of conflict between civilizations is bloody. Their tragedy is that the Game Company didn't choose them as players, but chose us..."

"In the game, there must always be someone to play the cat and someone to play the mouse."

"Right, we will open a new era of game civilization."

"Goodbye, 996; goodbye, capitalists who exploit me! Eternal life, here I come. NPCs, this time I want to see if Lin Bai can still protect you?"

……

What was Lin Bai's expression?

His expression was naturally not good.

Having shared the information of the War God Body, Lin Bai was so shocked that he even forgot to perform an Extraction of Skills from Jin Tianwang.

Is this adding a game patch?

This is a complete blood transfusion for the game!

If a game that claims to be the most realistic undergoes such an update, what difference is there between it and those dime-a-dozen online games on Earth?

All sorts of benefits are being handed out in every conceivable way.

They must be dying to pamper every single player to the heavens!

It's just one step away from "one slash for 999 damage"!

Did they even top up their accounts for you to just give things away like this?

Upgrading for the sake of Game Capsule safety issues?

Is this really about the Game Capsule?

This is clearly targeting him!

To deal with him, the Game Company has completely abandoned all shame!

Once these benefits are released, will the NPCs of the indigenous worlds even be able to survive?

Even if he can restrain the players of the Justice Alliance, can he restrain the players of the Anti-Lin Bai Alliance? Can he restrain the hundreds of millions of new players entering the game?

With these players entering the game holding the benefits gifted by the Game Company, I'm afraid that in just a few days, the people of the Xianxia Continent and Shenmo Dalu will all be dead.

The Game Company has added all sorts of benefits for the players, but they haven't added resurrection and respawn functions for the indigenous people!

The Game Company doesn't take human life seriously at all!

Is this what the Game Company is like?

Lin Bai's face was ashen.

At this moment.

A deep sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart.

He had already worked hard enough.

But he couldn't withstand the opponent simply changing the rules!

Truly shameless...

(End of this chapter)