Chapter 433: Ultimate Task

The Dao of Heaven diminishes the excessive to supplement the deficient; the Dao of man diminishes the deficient to supplement the excessive.

These two sentences flashed naturally through Lin Bai's mind; the so-called Earth-Deficiency and Great Deficiency should correspond to the Heavenly Deficiency and Earthly Deficiency.

To diminish the deficient and supplement the excessive, understood literally, means to strip away from the lacking to serve the abundant.

Lin Bai flashed out, looked down from the sky at the Celestial beings coming and going on the streets of Mengdu, and activated the Earth-Deficiency Technique upon them.

The system popped up a prompt: 【Please cast during combat】

Lin Bai raised the Jade Ruyi, and the entire city was instantly shrouded in a dreamscape.

Afterwards, he spread out his Dark Domain and activated the Earth-Deficiency Technique again, targeting all the Celestial beings.

The instant the skill was activated, Lin Bai could clearly perceive that within the range covered by the Dark Domain, the Spiritual Power within all the Celestial beings was surging toward him continuously, naturally becoming his own ability; his body was like a black hole, whale-swallowing the Spiritual Power of those Celestial beings below who were already inferior to him.

……

"What happened?"

"My Spiritual Power is dissipating."

"It's Lin Bai, has he finally made a move against us?"

"The players were right after all, he really is a demon who does whatever he wants..."

……

The Celestial beings were in a panic.

Having figured out how to use the Earth-Deficiency Technique, Lin Bai proactively shattered the dreamscape, glanced at the Celestial beings below who were outwardly submissive but inwardly unconvinced—yet completely unaware of what had happened—and flashed back to the Meng Tianwang Dian.

With the Jade Ruyi, no matter how outrageous the skill being tested, there would be no worries.

Those Celestial beings whose memories had been erased had no idea that a portion of their cultivation had been extracted.

However.

The Earth-Deficiency Technique was clearly a top-tier demonic art, even more overbearing than the Extraction of the Heavenly Demon System.

Extraction steals skills, the Earth-Deficiency Technique steals cultivation; with the two combined, no matter how powerful a player was, he could cripple them!

Following this deduction, the Great Deficiency Technique should be to diminish the excessive and supplement the deficient; this skill should be set for fighting those with stronger cultivation than oneself...

The two complement each other, making one invincible under the heavens.

……

"Husband, what happened?" asked Xiaoyun.

"I had some new insights." Lin Bai was in a good mood and smiled, "Xiaoyun, increase the promotion of the Incomplete Dao and publish a few excellent articles. Discuss the Incomplete Dao separately; have one half argue for the beauty of incompleteness, and the other half argue for the ugliness of incompleteness. After some time, reverse it: have those studying the beauty of incompleteness study the ugliness, and those studying the ugliness study the beauty. Argue with each other and delve into the Incomplete Dao using dialectical thinking..."

Until the end, Lin Bai did not know what the specific tasks issued by the Incomplete System were; he could only verify them one by one, and by experimenting more, the tasks would eventually be completed.

……

Over the next ten-plus days, the Game Company made no new moves, and the policies Lin Bai had formulated were implemented steadily.

The expectations of players in the Real World toward the Game Company gradually turned into disappointment.

More people returned to their original production and life, while some began to study Lin Bai's Fazhe Zhidao, as well as emerging projects like how to combine Xianxia arts and Magic with modern technology.

The Xianxia World and Shenmo Dalu added modern science subjects, and in fields like information and communication, the level of technological civilization left the fantasy world far behind.

People from the two continents remained uneasy about the Real World that possessed Game Capsules, subconsciously absorbing their technology, ready at any time to shake off their dependence...

The players controlled by Feng Qiuhuang, after experiencing anticipation, anger, disappointment, despair, and numbness, began to beg for mercy in batches from the female cultivators before Feng Qiuhuang, voluntarily confessing the rewards they had obtained from checking in, willing to hand over the Divine Artifacts and other rewards they had acquired, just to be able to quit the game; to regain their freedom, they did not hesitate to swear with the most vicious curses...

Lin Bai, having received the news, ignored them; if one is greedy for small gains, great things cannot be accomplished. Leaving these people as targets could serve as a constant warning to the people of the Real World.

Even if the Game Company launched any new benefits, the players would have to weigh whether they could handle those benefits.

Once they were released, there was a possibility that the Game Company and restless players would find loopholes.

Besides, the system tasks hadn't been finished yet!

……

Excellent articles regarding the Incomplete Dao were published one after another in *Justice Weekly*, and the divine status was distributed in a timely manner, further promoting people's determination to delve into the Incomplete Dao.

The incomplete Jiamu City that Lin Bai had created had become a holy land in everyone's hearts; many people did not hesitate to spend a fortune just to go to Jiamu City to observe it, attempting to comprehend the true meaning of incompleteness from it...

More and more classic articles on the Incomplete Dao were published in *Justice Weekly*.

There were those about the beauty of incompleteness, the ugliness of incompleteness, the goodness of incompleteness, the evil of incompleteness, and so on and so forth, too numerous to mention.

Under Lin Bai's deliberate guidance, from emperors and ministers down to peddlers and pawns, everyone could talk eloquently about the Incomplete Dao and express a point or two of their own insights.

The bowls the common people used for eating, the plows for tilling the fields, the clothes on their bodies, and even perfectly fine hairstyles would inexplicably be incomplete by a piece, to show the depth of their comprehension of the Incomplete Dao.

The several worlds under Lin Bai's rule had almost reached the point where everyone was incomplete...

In this tide of incompleteness, the Celestial beings, who were neither male nor female and known for their perfection, completely became objects of everyone's contempt.

To have no incompleteness at all and still dare to call oneself perfect was simply laughable.

Of course, it was not just the Incomplete Dao; the Dao of Love, Words Following the Law, and the Dao of the Chef were equally prevalent.

What the superior loves, the inferior will surely love even more.

Lin Bai's every word and action led the fashion of the entire world.

Lin Bai's task progress was completed one after another amidst this strange social trend.

For the Super Idol System, Lin Bai obtained the ultimate "Idol Heart".

With the Idol Heart, wherever he went, fan attribute bonuses were one hundred percent, and anyone who became his fan would never betray their idol;

For the Pet System, after Lin Bai raised the little white fox into a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, he harvested the "Beast Language Technique", the "Enlightenment Pill Formula", the "Transformation Pill Formula", and the higher-level "Pet Heart"; anyone he took as a pet would have their favorability toward his species maxed out;

For the Peerless Divine Doctor System, Lin Bai harvested a series of skills and Dharma Treasures one after another, such as "Palm Flame", "Condense Matter into Pill", "Reverse Pill Formula", "Bagua Furnace", "Purple Gold Gourd", and "Jade Pure Bottle";

The skills were one thing, but Lin Bai seriously suspected that Dharma Treasures like the Bagua Furnace were the same set as Tai Shang Lao Jun's.

After confirming that the system's relationship with Earth was becoming closer and closer, he suddenly stopped worrying about the mastermind behind the system; they were all from Earth, fellow countrymen wouldn't harm fellow countrymen, right!

Among all of Lin Bai's system tasks, the most miserable was the 【Lao Mi】 of the Chief Supporting Role System; no one thinks their own Luck is too low.

After the Chief Supporting Role System stopped issuing tasks, Lin Bai gave an order to promote the Beggar Sect to the number one sect in the Taiyi Kingdom, and his good brother 【Lao Mi】 remained the Chief Beggar.

Lao Mi originally thought Lin Bai was sentimental, believing he would fly high and rise to power just like the "Xianxia First Paparazzo" and others. He never expected that after the Beggar Sect became the number one sect in the Taiyi Kingdom, his own disastrous life would begin, trapped in a death loop of constantly falling into trouble, being saved by Lin Bai's avatar, falling into trouble, and being saved by Lin Bai's avatar again.

This tragic life, which seemed as deliberate as a script, couldn't help but remind Lao Mi of Deng Li Buduo, who did good deeds on the streets.

The miserable life almost made Lao Mi collapse to the point of wanting to delete his account, yet he couldn't bear to part with his lover Guo Yuan, so he could only swallow his bitterness in silence, not even daring to complain; the current Lin Bai was no longer someone he could afford to offend.

Fortunately, every time Lin Bai finished tormenting him, he would always give him some sweet rewards. Nowadays, his level was soaring rapidly, and he had even gained a godhood of his own; it could be considered painful yet happy!

Occasionally, on a day without any disaster, Lao Mi would even feel a sense of loss, wondering if Lin Bai had forgotten about him...

Just like that, two months passed in peace and quiet, right when everyone thought the Game Company had completely run out of tricks against Lin Bai.

Lin Bai had just obtained the "Great Deficiency Technique" and hadn't even had time to verify it.

The accident arrived silently.

The Advent came without any warning.

This time, it did not start from the Real World, but from the Immortal World.

In the span of one night, the memories of all Celestials, including all player functions, were fully restored; billions of Celestials turned from NPCs back into players overnight.

"What the hell? We actually spent over ten thousand years as NPCs, that's just f*cking ridiculous."

"The Game Company is too much, to think they could strip away our memories at will."

"I actually spent hundreds of years farming in the game world, damn it!"

"Hell, there's still no logout button."

"Log out my ass, it's been over ten thousand years; with only that little bit of Nutrient Solution left in the Game Capsule, our bodies in the Real World must have rotted into sludge long ago. Logging out means death; the only serious business is finding a way to survive inside the game."

"We have to settle the score with the Game Company. We were just playing a game, what's the meaning of wiping our memories?"

"Before finding the Game Company, I think we need to deal with Lin Bai first. He's a ruthless character and obtained a Law Sacred Artifact from the Nine Heavenly Kings. If he finds out we've recovered our player identities, he'll probably strike at us first. He won't let us billions of players endanger the world he worked so hard to pacify."

"Going against Lin Bai, wouldn't that just play right into the Game Company's hands? I just want to join forces with Lin Bai now and take down the Game Company."

"You're dreaming. Lin Bai masters the Fazhe Zhidao, what do you have? Even your memories are in the hands of the Game Company; what are you going to use to resist them? Besides, why should Lin Bai trust you?"

"Then what do we do? Continue being knives in the hands of the Game Company? Wait until we kill Lin Bai, only to have our memories wiped by the Game Company again and become NPCs waiting for other players to grind us? I've had enough of this life as a dog. I want to be a human, I want to go to the Real World and play with women..."

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

In an instant.

All the Celestial players went quiet and looked at the system announcement:

"Ultimate Task: Kill Lin Bai and his followers, and destroy the current world. This task is ranked by Contribution Points. Those within the top 30 million can retain their memories and have the right to enter the next game. Those below 30 million will have their memories erased and return to their NPC status."

The moment the announcement was released.

On every Celestial's personal panel, two numbers appeared: one was Contribution Points, and the other was world ranking.

At this moment.

For most people, the numbers were still zero.

But very quickly.

The numbers began to jump.

Individual rankings started scrolling rapidly.

Celestials who didn't take any action saw their rankings drop to the hundreds of millions in the blink of an eye.

"Damn it, the Game Company is bullying us too much; this is forcing us to go against Lin Bai!"

"Are we doing it or not?"

"Of course we're doing it. So many people have already started acting; are you going to wait for death without doing the task? Who the hell doesn't want to keep their memories? As long as some Celestials start moving, given Lin Bai's nature, he will definitely target all Celestials..."

"Don't just stand there, go to the Mortal World first. Those new players have Divine Artifacts in their hands; seize the Divine Artifacts from them."

"Destroying the world counts as Contribution Points too, right!"

"It definitely counts. The Game Company is truly crazy this time; if they can't have it, they want to destroy it. They've been pushed to the edge by Lin Bai!"

"Forming a party, anyone forming a party? I have a full set of fire-type Skills..."

Overnight.

The situation changed drastically.

Large groups of Celestials left the Immortal World through teleportation arrays.

Some rushed to the Xianxia World, others rushed to the Shenmo Dalu.

In the Mortal World, the female cultivators who used the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix to control players bore the brunt of the attack.

The Celestials were already high-level, numerous, and launched a surprise attack; the female cultivators were wiped out in almost a single encounter.

The players who had been controlled by the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix for over two months suddenly regained their freedom, but before they could even rejoice, the overwhelming attacks of the Celestials had already landed on their heads.

These level-zero players were instantly killed back to the Resurrection Point, and the equipment they had obtained through check-ins fell all over the ground.

The players on the Shenmo Dalu were slightly better off, but because of the world rules in the Xianxia World, the moment the Celestials made their move, they triggered the lightning tribulation. Countless innocent commoners were swept into the lightning tribulation and lost their lives without even understanding what had happened...

The Real World exploded into chaos immediately.

The forum was in total disarray:

"What happened?"

"What triggered those Celestials? Why did they all come down from the Immortal World?"

"They recovered their memories and player identities, and the Game Company gave them a task: kill Lin Bai and destroy the world controlled by Lin Bai."

"Holy shit, do they have to be this ruthless? Those are living, breathing lives! The Celestials are already high-level; if you let them loose, they'll slaughter a city in minutes!"

"The Game Company has completely abandoned us."

"I agree with Lin Bai's approach now. The people at the Game Company are just a bunch of lunatics; if we don't take them out, who knows how many worlds will be destroyed at their hands."

"Lin Bai was too soft-hearted. When he first found out the identities of the Celestial players, he should have wiped them all out."

"My dad is still doing construction in the Xianxia World; I'm afraid it's too late for him to retreat. Damn it, I'm going to the Immortal World to save my dad..."

"My dad is there too."

"I'm going to enter the game. Who among you is coming?"

"Going together, going together."

"Alliance Leader Lin, we request to go into battle."

"Let us go fight the Celestials; we guarantee we won't infringe upon the natives of the Xianxia World..."

(End of this chapter)