Chapter 372: Slaying 【Anger】 (1)

Silence once again.

Chen Ran noticed that Shu Renjun previously said that The Highest Goodness is Like Water existed among Nine and Ten-Star players.

But the timing of Wan Feng's appearance was so early. Therefore, Chen Ran felt that The Highest Goodness is Like Water could be accomplished at Three Stars.

'Summarizing the experiences of the previous two times.'

'Anger = irrationality.'

'And Heart Cultivation allows reason to take the upper hand even when I am not suppressing my Mental State.'

'If reason is also seen as an emotion just like 【Anger】...'

'That means, I have equipped 【Reason】 in my thoughts.'

'Following this train of thought...'

'Anger?'

'But if I only equip 【Anger】, I will fall into absolute madness.'

'Therefore, the most logical combination should be 【Anger + Reason】.'

'But Anger = irrationality. How can these two emotions coexist?'

Chen Ran couldn't figure it out.

'Wait.'

'Wan Feng, in his Distance-Free Technique, once acted goofy. Facing my inquiry, his answer was that he was suppressing his emotions at every single moment.'

'In other words, at that time, he had equipped 【Reason + Happiness】 in his thoughts.'

'Conclusion: Reason + any emotion, this deduction is correct.'

But, even if he deduced up to this point, Chen Ran didn't know how to make reason and any emotion be in a state of coexistence.

Right at this moment, the three people, the Big Gold Tooth, Lin Xuan, and Qiu Yinong, successively woke up from their deep thoughts, their complexions all extremely ugly.

Especially the three of them, when they saw Shu Renjun's entire person in a profoundly mysterious state, the space between their eyebrows could pinch a fly to death.

Shu Renjun wanted to say something, but considering that the four people in front of him were all freaks, in terms of growth...

The rules of freaks had variability.

The slightest inattention would allow them to have an epiphany and soar into the sky.

He looked towards the exit, raising an eyebrow towards the four people.

"Leaving?"

"My mental deficit just now was severe, let's rest for a while longer," Chen Ran said exhaustedly.

Hearing this, the four people didn't care. Anyway, this Secret Room had no time limit.

Chen Ran and Qiu Yinong sat in the corner, taking out food from their bags. However, the food in Chen Ran's bag was exhausted back in the Ice Room, so what he was eating were all canned foods from Qiu Yinong's bag.

The other three weren't much better off. Their food was mostly made to disappear by Chen Ran's Eternal Kingdom, so what they were eating now was also canned food, compressed biscuits, and the like.

'How miserable!'

'When alive, rushing about for three meals a day. After dying and coming to Hell, not only do we have to struggle to survive, we can't even get a bite of hot food to eat. Are we considered free beasts of burden?'

'Moreover, an end to days like this cannot be seen. I suddenly feel a bit tired.'

Thinking of this.

Chen Ran asked Qiu Yinong: "When you were alive, you were the big boss of a company. What do you think, are you interested in doing a bit of business or something in Hell?"

"In novels, when the main character has no resources, they basically all do a bit of business," Chen Ran added.

Qiu Yinong rolled her eyes at him: "The market has regularity. The vast majority of production in Hell comes from Death Row inmates, and among the common sense in the 18th Level, there are rules about not targeting Death Row inmates."

Chen Ran was like someone who discovered a new continent: "Does that mean your opening of a game company while you were alive was also following market laws?"

"You could say that." Qiu Yinong originally wanted to end this topic, but seeing that Chen Ran was interested, she continued: "Consumer groups can generally be divided into the following: the elderly, children, women, men, and dogs."

Chen Ran nodded. He remembered that an organization had done statistics on spending power: Women > Children > Elderly > Dogs > Men.

Qiu Yinong saw through what he was thinking, rolling her eyes at him: "Did you notice that there were a lot of interest classes and cram schools in the 2000s?"

"Around 2010, the female consumer group became the main force."

"What's the market situation around 2020?"

"I can basically predict that around 2030, the pet market will rise as a new force."

Chen Ran was taken aback.

'Around 2020, gaming, fishing, figures, foot massage parlors, and so on... Male-dominated consumer markets are springing up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, growing madly. Take fishing for example. Although I also like fishing, I could clearly feel that around 2022, more and more equipment was needed for fishing. Like in the past, for the wine-soaked rice used for chumming, I would just casually grab a handful of rice, pour a bit of wine, and soak it for a few hours, and that was it.'

'But gradually, there were more and more people fishing, and their equipment made me sweat from shame.'

'Thus, I also began updating various fishing equipment, such as: wine-soaked rice, bait, fishing line, fishing rods, landing nets, and so on.'

'Especially fishing rods. In the past, any fishing rod casually bought could be used for a long time, but the fishing rods bought later often snapped.'

'There's even less need to talk about gaming. There are two obscure Three Kingdoms strategy mobile games that were both able to break into the top ten of the global mobile game spending charts, which is enough to show they have severe pay-to-win elements.'

'In other words, after the female economy was saturated, what took over was the male economy?'

'And after the male economy is saturated, what should take over is one of: the elderly, children, or pets.'

'The elderly and children can be ruled out, those who know, know. Therefore...'

'It's the pet economy taking over. Is this the so-called law of the market economy?'

'In that case, Qiu Yinong choosing to open a game company while alive was following the market economy.'

'If the entire process is broken down.'

'Market laws: this is the ideology of the Unity of Man and Heaven. Following this ideology might make money; violating this ideology might lose money.'

'Qiu Yinong opening a game company: this was a correct choice she made after knowing the Unity of Man and Heaven ideology. Therefore, it is the Supreme Perfect Enlightenment ideology at work, integrating herself, the product, and the market situation to allow her to make a rational choice.'

'Then the question comes: What kind of existence does The Highest Goodness is Like Water serve as inside here?'

'So frustrating. I feel like I'm just one layer of window paper away from poking through it, yet this layer of window paper is so unbreakable.'

'Is my experience limiting me?'

'Calm down!'

'Calm down!'

He looked at Qiu Yinong and asked: "Why a game company, instead of opening a fishing tackle company, or a foot massage parlor?"

Right as his voice fell, for the first time, Chen Ran saw an expression on Qiu Yinong's face that looked like she wanted to beat him to death.

'Qiu Yinong? A foot massage parlor?'

'Uh, alright. I can't even imagine what she would look like with that ice block face of hers being the proprietress of a foot massage parlor. It would simply be an eyesore.'

"My apologies."

Qiu Yinong didn't speak, she just imitated how Chen Ran used to act when speechless, slowly raising a middle finger.

Chen Ran: "..."

"So, when you were alive, why didn't you open a foot massage parlor?"

Qiu Yinong: "..."

But seeing that there were no dirty thoughts in Chen Ran's eyes, she then thought for a moment and asked in return: "What do you think?"

Lin Xuan, who had been eavesdropping the whole time, suddenly interjected: "Do you guys think my appearance looks like someone who worked in the civil service when I was alive?"

Qiu Yinong, Chen Ran, and the Big Gold Tooth, the three of them stared at him, shaking their heads vigorously.

'Absolutely impossible!'

'With his sinister appearance, his gambling dog personality, and his ruthless style, what would happen if he became a civil servant?'

Lin Xuan: "..."

Chen Ran also became interested: "Do you guys think my appearance looks like someone who was involved with the triads when I was alive?"

The three of them shook their heads in unison.

'With a handsome appearance and a thin figure, if he had been involved with the triads, he would have been hacked to death long ago.'

Chen Ran lit a cigarette.

'So, when we were alive, we all made the correct choices. Why is this?'

'Moreover, since we all made the correct choices when we were alive...'

'Why did we go to Hell?'

Gradually, Chen Ran slowly closed his eyes.

Seeing this scene made Shu Renjun's scalp go numb, while varying degrees of smiles appeared on the faces of Qiu Yinong's group of three.

Epiphany, Chen Ran was having an epiphany!