Chapter 177: Lord Cultivation Mode, Super Player

[Challenger Notification (All Channels): Congratulations, Player Legion, for successfully containing the Generation-6 Primordial Monster: Lord. You have received a Sacrificial Power reward of 100,000 (shared among Warband players), plus an additional 15 Generation-6 Primordial Soul Souls (awarded to the 15 players with the highest contribution in this campaign).]

As the all-channel notification rang out, the campaign officially concluded.

The God King commanded the players to launch a death charge against the Earth Chant Bully.

Throughout this campaign, the players barely lifted a finger, blocked entirely by the Earth Chant Bully's firewall from start to finish.

Even the killing of the Lord was accomplished by the Black Black Tide evil spirits under the Earth Chant Bully's control.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the God King directed the Assassin-build players to successfully approach the Lord and inflict symbolic damage.

Regarding how to secure killing rights, veteran players had mostly already consulted the Guide.

In non-party situations, players obtain killing rights primarily based on damage output.

The party with the highest damage output receives the full reward feedback.

Within the same squad, squad members share the feedback rewards.

If members belong to different squads, ownership is still determined by the amount of damage dealt through output.

However, when competing for killing rights against external NPCs, there is no such trouble.

As long as a player has dealt damage, or even made contact, and the killed target is within the reach of the Guide's avatar, they can obtain the full rewards.

To the players, this seems like a setting, but in reality, there is an underlying logic to be found.

A monster's state can be divided into two types: the Alive State and the Dead State.

The Alive State is also regarded as the Life-Stabilized State; during this time, the Guide's avatar cannot affect the monster using its "All-Things Extraction" ability.

But at the instant of death, the structure of the life stabilization collapses.

All-Things Extraction instantly extracts the killed monster into life energy, which enters the Challenger System for purification, finally flowing through the Emperor Omen to solidify the source and enter the Sacrificial Power Pool.

A player's contact with the target can be understood as an information marker; only when a player touches the target can they establish a connection with the Challenger System.

Therefore, a player only needs to touch the Lord and remain alive; as long as the Lord is within the coverage of the Guide's avatar—this collective of rules—even if killed by Black Black Tide evil spirits, they will receive the full feedback reward.

A similar situation occurred previously in the Extreme Joy Main Hall; even though the Fallen were killed by Extreme Joy Warriors, players who had dealt damage still received full rewards.

With the Lord successfully contained, the Warband players cheered with joy.

In response, the Earth Chant Evil Spirit, situated on the High Tower platform, felt extremely puzzled.

It did not understand what these damn players were so happy about.

It could see that these players desperately wanted to kill the Lord, so it deliberately refused to let them have their wish, setting up layer upon layer of firewalls.

In the end, it personally ended the Lord's life.

It had expected to see the players' frustration at being unable to make the kill, but instead, they became happy.

This was completely different from the result it had envisioned.

Although it did not understand, the Player Legion was already attacking at this moment.

It decisively controlled the Black Black Tide to generate Catastrophe-type and Plague-type units and began to brutally beat the players.

During the process of the players and the Black Black Tide beating each other, both sides felt pain differently.

The players felt pain on a physical level, while the Earth Chant Evil Spirit felt the pain of flesh and blood on a mental level.

Two hours later.

The figure of the God King appeared in the Emperor Tomb Village space.

Having finished his resurrection cooldown, he opened his Spatial Satchel; the satchel interface before him contained a total of 300 slots.

Apart from Spiritual Food, everything else consisted of various types of potions.

In particular, Mental Restoration Potions could be described as piling up like mountains.

After all, using the Eagle-Headed Demon consumed a great deal of mental power each time, and coupled with the Brain Overclocking Soul Soul, he drank potions like water.

The only Soul Soul that could solve the issue of excessive consumption, "Ocean Embrace," had not yet been contained.

At this moment, in the 276th spatial slot, a Generation-6 Soul Soul Mark had appeared.

Upon laying eyes on it, detailed information about the Soul Soul floated into his mind.

[Lord (Generation-6 Soul Soul)]:

Soul Soul Trait: Allows the establishment of Lord Nodes in unoccupied territories via the Lord Soul Soul, gaining continuously produced Lord Power (occupying a node requires consuming mental power to construct Node Crystals, which can be destroyed by external forces; nodes already occupied by players cannot be re-occupied by other players).

[Lord Cultivation Mode:]

Fissure Lord: Can alter terrain structures by consuming Lord Power, manipulating the power of the earth to generate rock buildings and barriers.

Ice Plain Lord: Can manipulate ice element energy at will by consuming Lord Power; after activating the Extreme Cold Domain Cultivation Mode, the surrounding temperature drops sharply, forming an extreme cold zone where all targets within the domain suffer Extreme Cold Erosion damage.

War Lord: Can enhance the combat capabilities of perception-marked targets by consuming Lord Power, including increasing attributes such as attack power, defense, and speed, granting attribute buffs to oneself and marked (perception-marked) targets; can also consume Lord Power to generate War Puppets for combat (the strength of War Puppets is influenced by the Soul Soul level and mental power intensity).

Forest Lord: Can freely manipulate trees, vines, flowers, and grass by consuming Lord Power; in Perception Cultivation Mode, tree branches can be extended and bent to form various shaped obstacles to block enemy advancement, or vines can be driven to entangle, restrict, and attack enemies.

Flame Lord: Can generate a Lava Domain by consuming Lord Power, dealing continuous fire damage to all targets within the domain's range.

After reading the introduction to the Lord Soul Soul's trait effects, the God King, who had originally planned to sell the Soul Soul, suddenly had an idea.

Summoning his vehicle, he immediately went to the Testing Tower in the Emperor Tomb Village space.

Upon entering the scene, he dragged the latest "Lord" Soul Soul from the Soul Soul Library list into the fifth slot of the Star Vein Slot.

Subsequently, he upgraded the Lord Soul Soul to level 100.

The Soul Soul upgrade brought intense amplification feedback.

On the mental level, clarity of thought improved significantly, like clouds parting to reveal the sun, instantly becoming transparent.

His attention also became exceptionally focused, as if the entire world had fallen silent.

In terms of Qi and blood intensity, the amplification brought a comprehensive improvement in bodily functions; he could clearly feel a surging power rushing through his veins, every heartbeat like a war drum beating, strong and powerful, delivering energy-rich blood to every part of his body, while his muscles became tighter and more elastic through the amplification.

The method of using the Lord ability was branded into his mind as naturally as breathing.

A smile of delight appeared on the God King's Iron Face.

He had guessed correctly; this was a Domain-Control-Type Soul Soul.

Selecting an island scene, the test scene immediately twisted and changed.

The sea breeze, carrying a salty and damp scent, rushed at his Iron Face first; beside his ears, he heard the "rumbling" sound of waves crashing against the reef on the shore.

Looking up, the sky was as blue as a gemstone, with sunlight pouring down without reservation.

Looking around, the vegetation on the island was lush and green, with various exotic flowers, grasses, and trees radiating vigorous vitality.

Switching to Forest Lord Cultivation Mode, a faint green fluorescent mark appeared on his forehead.

In Main Body Cultivation Mode, using the trait abilities would not change his human form.

Once the switch was complete, his feeling toward nature became exceptionally clear; he felt as if the green plants on the island were a canvas he could paint on at will.

In the turn of a thought.

The Eagle-Headed Demon's perception perspective expanded outward, covering the nearby spiritual plants, as he attempted to manipulate the green plants to grow rapidly.

At this moment, a notification popped up in his mind:

[Challenger Notification: No consumable Lord Power available; unable to release Lord traits.]

Realizing he lacked Lord Power, he immediately summoned the Star Vein Panel, touched the Lord Soul Soul with his consciousness, and adjusted the Lord Power value to: 100 million.

Trying again, his consciousness established a deep connection with the natural elements in the forest.

In an instant, the previously still trees shook violently; thick branches interwove and entangled with each other, rapidly forming sturdy green plant defensive barriers that surrounded the entire island. Subsequently, vines burst forth from the ground, winding and moving like agile pythons, laying down layer upon layer of traps around the defensive barriers.

"Awesome!"

After resetting the scene, the God King switched to Ice Plain Lord Cultivation Mode.

A phantom ice crystal crown floated above his head; wherever his perception extended, an extreme cold ice mist spread and proliferated.

The originally emerald-green grass, flowing streams, and towering trees on the island were all sealed in ice under the assault of the extreme cold power.

Even the small hills on the island were not spared, covered by a thick layer of ice and snow; their originally undulating contours became rounded and smooth, as if they were giant ice sculptures carefully carved by nature.

In the sky, the originally pure white clouds were also affected by this extreme cold energy, turning into snowflakes that drifted down in a fluttering dance.

In merely a moment, the once vibrant island had turned into a vast expanse of white ice and snow.

Only he stood tall in the center of this ice and snow world, unaffected by the environmental changes, as if he were the sole sovereign of this icy realm.

Subsequently, the God King continued to test the performance of the War Lord, Fissure Lord, and Flame Lord abilities one after another.

After several hours of in-depth testing ended, he could not help but burst into loud laughter.

This ability seemed to be a Soul Soul for enhancing combat power, but in reality, it was even more suitable for use by a Legion Commander.

He could enhance his side's combat power during war through the Lord Soul Soul's trait manifestations, such as modifying the battlefield terrain, or using the Forest Lord Cultivation Mode to create defensive barriers to block enemy advances, and so on.

During the testing, he discovered that this Soul Soul had an extremely high compatibility with himself.

He had carefully analyzed the gap between himself and the Earth Chant Bully; the known main differences were divided into three points.

First, the Earth Chant Bully had the Evil Eye assisting beside it, which could provide more detailed data support, and the range of its perception was hundreds of times larger than his, covering a vast scope.

Secondly, the Earth Chant Bully's command efficiency was far higher than his own command.

The Earth Chant Bully's command was a stream of consciousness, requiring no complex instructions; a single thought was enough to control the actions of the evil spirit units.

Whereas he needed to convey orders verbally, and players could only take action after understanding the commands.

Finally, there was the all-system unit library capable of handling any complex environment and hostile force, with no situation where any powerful enemy could form a capability counter.

Rather than saying the Earth Chant Bully was commanding, it was more accurate to say it was manipulating the Black Black Tide to fight.

Every thought of the Earth Chant Bully could change the course of the war; its degree of participation in and control over the war was far higher than his.

He had not found solutions for the first two problems, but after the appearance of the Lord Soul Soul, his control over the war changed.

With the Lord Soul Soul, he could alter the environment by consuming Lord Power, and could even enhance the attributes of some players through the power of the War Lord.

In the God King's view, the Lord Soul Soul was simply tailor-made for him.

Every Lord form could provide him with an opportunity to change the Black Tide of battle, significantly enhancing his control over the war.

Leaving the Testing Tower, the God King decisively opened his fifth Star Vein slot and embedded the Lord Soul.

All of the Lord's abilities required the consumption of Lord Power to activate; he now needed to construct Lord Nodes to generate territories that could continuously produce Lord Power.

Arriving near the exit point of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, he squatted down, placed his hand on the ground, and attempted to construct the first Lord Node.

As his spiritual energy was continuously consumed, a steady stream of energy flowed down his arm into the earth, forming spreading spirit runes on the ground.

Just then, a Challenger Prompt popped up in his mind:

[Challenger Prompt: Construction of Lord Node failed. This scene is shrouded by the Evil Moon; territory cannot be established.]

The God King frowned slightly.

The entire Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region was shrouded by the Evil Moon, which meant it was impossible to establish Lord Nodes in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region.

He decisively turned back to Emperor Tomb Village, then used a teleportation array to arrive at the Colorful Mist Coast.

Squatting down near the exit, he attempted to construct a Lord Node once again.

Energy flowed down his arm into the earth; spreading spirit runes emerged on the ground again, stopping once they covered a radius of three meters, and a earth-yellow Node Crystal appeared above the soil.

[Lord Node]:

Area: 28.26 square meters

Owner Player: God King

Lord Power Output (per hour): 2 points.

Note: Lord Nodes can be destroyed by external forces; occupied nodes cannot be occupied by other players.

Seeing the prompt, the God King already understood how to obtain the output of Lord Power.

The only thing causing him headache was that Lord Nodes could be destroyed by external forces.

He immediately decided to accelerate the pace of occupation.

After much deliberation, he decomposed the Mark Soul in his Star Vein slot.

He allocated all the Evolution Power gained from the decomposition feedback to the Lord Soul, raising it to level 34.

He then purchased another Mark Soul and embedded it back into the vacant Star Vein slot.

After the Soul's level increased, the construction speed of the territory significantly accelerated; each activation could now cover an area of over two hundred square meters.

He felt he must occupy the safest Colorful Mist Coast region as soon as possible; otherwise, once other players realized the strength of the Lord Soul, it would be too late.

Although it was a sixth-generation Soul, the Lord Soul was not a special Soul like the Infinite Soul that could be purchased in the Soul Shop for fifty thousand Sacrifice Power.

This meant the number of players possessing Lord Souls would continue to increase in the future.

The scramble for territories would also become increasingly fierce.

The territories in other regions were not very safe.

But the Colorful Mist Coast region was different.

The monsters near the coast had basically been cleared by players, and coupled with the frequent activity of players in this area, safety was extremely high.

Occupying this place meant securing a continuous yield of Lord Power.

As for other more distant regions, even if Lord Nodes could be established, there was a possibility of them being destroyed by other factions or even by passing wild beasts.

Although the price of fifty thousand Sacrifice Power was steep, there were still players who could afford it.

Especially as players continued to grow, the output of Sacrifice Power would become higher and higher, and the number of competitors would also increase.

Just as the God King was preparing to roll up his sleeves and get to work, a connection prompt sounded in his mind.

After answering, a manager from his guild asked if he wanted to organize a warband to go settle scores with the Ground Chant Bully again.

The God King decisively stated that he would hand over command authority to the guildmaster of another guild for now, as he was busy doing something big.

Disconnecting the video link, he took a bottle of Spiritual Repair Potion from his spatial bag, drank it in one gulp, went to an open space, squatted down, and continued constructing territory nodes.

Imagining himself commanding the winds and rains in the next round of direction, a smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The frustration brought by the Ground Chant Bully was alleviated after the appearance of the Lord Soul.

Facts proved that there was still room for improvement in his command abilities.

His current Star Vein slot combination was: Eagle-Head Demon, Qi-Eater, Mark, Brain Overclock, and Lord.

Perhaps in the near future, new Souls would appear that would greatly enhance his command abilities.

The Ground Chant Bully was not invincible.

Winter Snowfield.

Using the Bliss Tower Node as a relay, the consciousness of the Lord of Bliss scanned the battlefield.

The battlefield was divided into two regions.

The Bliss Purple Black Tide and the Bliss Insect Black Tide were respectively confronting two waves of player clans.

The scene was incredibly chaotic, worthy of being called noobs pecking at each other.

Various bizarre fighting styles left the Lord of Bliss speechless internally.

A war of this intensity wouldn't even qualify to serve dishes in the Monster World.

However, the control over the Purple Black Tide warriors and Insect Black Tide warriors had improved significantly during the war against the players.

Initially, the war Cultivation Mode he envisioned was to learn from the Black Black Tide and Insect Black Tide by having individuals control the whole situation through detailed operations.

Facts proved that the concept of multitasking was viable, but his clansmen clearly lacked that ability.

Even equipped with Spiritual Energy Charging Eyes, they could not perform detailed operations; often, after focusing control on a single target, large groups of Purple Black Tide and Insect Black Tide warriors would disconnect and lose combat capability.

Many attempts led to repeated failures.

For this reason, he modified the control method.

He changed from detailed operations to parallel control, issuing a single command to make the generated warriors act collectively.

For example, upon issuing an attack command, all Purple Black Tide and Insect Black Tide warriors would simultaneously advance against the front.

This control Cultivation Mode indeed produced miraculous results, and the combat power of the Bliss Purple Black Tide and Bliss Insect Black Tide improved significantly.

However, extremely foolish behaviors still occurred.

For instance, some warriors would still launch empty attacks to the front upon receiving commands even when no player clan members were present ahead of them.

The friendly fire rate under parallel control was also very high.

Sometimes, when players launched massive charge formations, the battlefield was segmented, leaving the warriors controlling the Purple Black Tide unable to attend to everything.

At such times, if an attack command was issued, the warriors of the Purple Black Tide and Bliss Insect Black Tide would strike decisively even if their own forces were standing in front of them.

The conclusion drawn from repeated testing was that the future growth potential of parallel control was not as good as the previous detailed control Cultivation Mode.

Therefore, he was considering changing the parallel control back to consciousness-flow perception control.

The problem was, he could not figure out exactly how to improve the control capabilities of his subordinates.

The detailed control of the Black Black Tide and Insect Black Tide was smooth and silky; if his Bliss Purple Black Tide and Bliss Insect Black Tide were to Iron Face these two forces directly, they would be nothing but toys even if their intensity was slightly superior.

While scanning the battlefield, the Lord of Bliss fell into deep thought.

He could think of three solutions, but none were perfect.

The first solution was to create a Perception Strengthening Crystal, allowing subordinate warriors to connect with this strengthening crystal to enhance their spiritual energy intensity.

This method could significantly improve control over troop types, but the problem was that it still did not solve the core issue at the detailed control level.

The underlying logic was wrong; the path of simply stacking spiritual energy intensity to force a miracle was fundamentally unworkable.

To step onto the world-class battlefield, a single subordinate in the future would need to control at least millions, if not tens of millions, of combat units.

If subordinates could truly perform detailed control over military formations of such scale, they might as well act directly by consuming spiritual energy, which would produce effects far stronger than control.

This solution was theoretically feasible but lacked technical content, and the resources required would be terrifyingly vast.

The second solution was to split the consciousness of subordinates to achieve split control, with each consciousness controlling multiple troop types.

But the problem was that while a subordinate's consciousness could be split once, twice, or three times, if done too many times, the subordinate would only suffer consciousness dissipation and death.

He lacked the technology to repair damaged consciousness; thus, this plan was only theoretically feasible but held no practical significance.

The third solution was to create a rule capable of generating consciousness, granting basic wisdom to the Bliss Black Black Tide warriors and Bliss Insect Black Tide warriors so that they could understand commands.

This solution had the highest theoretical feasibility, but compared to the Black Black Tide and Insect Black Tide, it involved the redundant process of understanding commands, making its war intensity obviously inferior.

Most importantly, there was no clue at all on how to generate the rules for creating consciousness.

Watching the progression of the war, the Lord of Bliss became increasingly annoyed.

He felt that what he had created was nothing but trash; not only had he failed to learn the essence of the Black Black Tide and Insect Black Tide, but he was also wasting Bliss Power excessively.

In order to update his technology, he connected all resources from the three Bliss Sub-Halls to the Winter Snowfield.

All the Bliss Power produced daily by the three Sub-Halls was subsidized here.

But progress was extremely slow, failing completely to meet his expectations.

Growing increasingly annoyed, the Lord of Bliss withdrew his consciousness and returned to the Bliss Main Hall.

Sitting cross-legged on the teleportation altar, he fell into deep thought.

"Creating spiritual crystals, splitting consciousness, shaping consciousness..." The concepts of the three solutions switched in his mind.

Just then, he suddenly thought of the player clan.

After contact over this period, he had gained a relatively detailed understanding of this faction.

Fearless of death, craving slaughter, terrible skills... these were his fixed impressions of the players.

Especially the characteristic of being fearless of death puzzled him greatly.

The Black Black Tide evil spirits and Insect Black Tide warriors were also fearless of death in war Cultivation Mode, but the death of troop types in these two factions essentially did not affect the commanding warriors at the rear.

For example, the characteristic of post-death backlash in the Black Black Tide meant that the death of evil spirits did not result in much energy loss.

They only need to be reshaped to rejoin the battle.

But the Player Clan is different; their behavior is extremely unconventional, completely filling the lines with their lives.

It can understand the racial diversity of the Monster World.

Different cultures and histories cause a race to possess perceptions and behaviors distinct from other races.

But what puzzled it was, why hadn't this faction, which fears no death, gone extinct yet?

In the current Monster World, descending factions appear every minute and every second, and the intensity of competition grows higher; logically, a weak faction like the Player Clan that enjoys provoking others everywhere should have gone extinct long ago.

Could their reproductive ability be exceptionally strong?

The Lord of Bliss did not dwell on this question; it cared more about a series of traits possessed by the Player Clan.

If it could create a combat consciousness fearless of death similar to that of the Player Clan, and then implant this consciousness into the Bliss Purple Black Tide and the Bliss Insect Black Tide, it would be perfect.

Eh?!

The Lord of Bliss froze in surprise.

It suddenly realized it seemed to have entered a mental blind spot.

Why must it create?

Could it not collect the consciousness of other lives and directly implant them into the bodies of the Bliss Purple Black Tide and Bliss Insect Black Tide warriors?

This idea made the heart of the Lord of Bliss pound wildly.

He felt he had seemingly found a very reliable and feasible solution.

Collect consciousness, implant into warriors.

Create a group of warriors capable of possessing wisdom.

But a new problem emerged: where to collect consciousness, and how to collect it.

The various factions of the Monster World are terrifyingly strong; even small clans are not easily controlled, making it too difficult to form a massive consciousness group.

Yet this idea indeed possessed feasibility.

Thinking of this, the Lord of Bliss spoke in a deep voice:

"Xie Yu, summon the 32 Road Gods; I am convening a meeting."

A purple-skinned figure hidden beside the Lord of Bliss appeared, nodded respectfully, and vanished.

Shortly after, 32 figures materialized beside the Lord of Bliss, launching a discussion on how to collect consciousness.

The meeting lasted several hours; when the 32 subordinates departed, the Lord of Bliss still had not obtained a feasible plan.

While unable to help but sigh, it felt that if it made no further progress, it would probably have to return to a minor world to retire.

Just as the concept of a minor world floated into its mind, it suddenly froze.

Minor world?!

If the living beings of the Monster World cannot be controlled, could it not guide the living beings of minor worlds, drawing their consciousness into the bodies of the Purple Black Tide warriors and Insect Black Tide warriors to fight for it?

Try it!

With this idea, the mood of the Lord of Bliss instantly became excited.

But before recruiting living beings from minor worlds, it needed to solve two problems.

The first problem was how to guide them across.

Its idea was to consume Bliss Power to create a consciousness transit station, establishing it within the Bliss Main Hall.

The second problem was how to retrieve the consciousness of deceased minor world beings and send them back to their minor worlds.

After pondering for a long time, the Lord of Bliss explained its ideas to Xie Yu beside it.

Xie Yu fell silent with a grave expression for a long while before speaking:

"My lord, why retrieve them? If they die, we can simply guide new lives over."

The Lord of Bliss: ...

"Only immortality allows them to charge fearlessly like the players; if they can die, it means their first thought when facing war will be to flee. What use do I have for cowardly warriors?"

Xie Yu nodded in sudden realization:

"Perhaps we can first recruit a small number to test the effectiveness; during this period, I will handle guiding the consciousness of deceased minor world beings, and only then consider how to protect and guide the consciousness of fallen warriors."

"Good, let us proceed as you say." After speaking, the Lord of Bliss paused briefly, then continued:

"I wonder how the minor world has developed during the years since we left; come with me back to the minor world to take a look first."

Bliss World.

A teleportation vortex appeared in the sky, and two figures descended into the minor world.

This was a world fifteen times larger than Earth.

After descending into the minor world, the two figures began investigating the strength of the living beings in this world.

But to the disappointment of the Lord of Bliss, the Homeland World seemed to have severely declined after their departure, with the life strength of newly born beings pitifully weak.

Especially the strength of spiritual power, which was simply unbearable to behold.

Weaving through the towering high-rises, the Lord of Bliss felt displeased.

Xie Yu said nothing, its perceiving consciousness still scanning the nearby scenes.

Shortly after, the Lord of Bliss landed in front of a bookstore.

With a gentle wave of its hand, a breeze swept past, and all books inside the bookstore automatically opened, with words leaping like elves.

The Lord of Bliss read the text on the books, from current affairs and news to the myriad aspects of people's livelihoods, from sports events to literary critiques, gaining a more detailed understanding of the values of this world's beings and the rules governing its society.

Subsequently, the gaze of the Lord of Bliss swept toward the television currently playing.

In an instant of thought, the TV channels switched frantically out of control.

After gaining a preliminary understanding, he strode directly into the bookstore, approached the counter, and reached out to grab the computer.

"Hey, what are you doing!" The bookstore owner abruptly stood up, his head, huge like a crocodile's, appearing slightly ferocious.

Pa!

Xie Yu merely glared, and the bookstore owner's head instantly exploded.

Screams immediately erupted from all around; the Lord of Bliss could not even be bothered to glance, arriving before the computer at the counter.

Upon consciousness contact, the webpage automatically opened, constantly jumping, as massive amounts of information surged forth like a Black Tide.

Through the shares, discussions, and viewpoints published by the beings of the Homeland World on the network, it gained a deep understanding of the current situation of this world.

From this information, he learned that the Homeland World had undergone earth-shaking changes after it left.

According to historical records, after the Bliss Clan departed, the Homeland World welcomed a long war for the title of World Lord.

Amidst divisions and unions, history advanced rapidly.

New technologies were born during this period, and the construction of the combat power system also took a path different from what it had been in the past.

Until the Descent Era arrived, and war reignited.

In this era, three factions descended upon the Homeland World; among them, a faction called the Zero-Mech Clan brought the technology that led the world's development.

But this faction was annihilated by the various forces of the Homeland World not long after their descent, yet the technical data they carried transformed the world into its current state.

Massive amounts of information continued to supply.

Games?

Upon seeing information related to virtual games, the Lord of Bliss first froze, then a smile floated onto its Iron Face.

"Quite interesting."

"My lord, what have you discovered?" Xie Yu asked curiously.

The Lord of Bliss did not answer, turning to look at the law enforcement forces that had already surrounded the bookstore.

Facing the loud shouts of the law enforcers signaling those inside to surrender and come out, Xie Yu, standing beside the Lord of Bliss, displayed a ferocious smile, his gaze suddenly sweeping outside the bookstore.

A mental shockwave instantly swept forward, causing all living beings to die with exploded heads.

"What are you doing?"

"My lord, the look in their eyes held no respect; they deserved death."

The Lord of Bliss did not delve deeply into this matter:

"Xie Yu, you stay in this world; I have a task for you."

"My lord, speak."

"I need you to control the management of this entity called Black Iron Game Company." As it spoke, a book flew from the shelf, hovering before Xie Yu and flipping pages automatically, stopping at the introduction information for Black Iron Company.

"Understood." Xie Yu did not ask why, nodding immediately.

"Do not kill," the Lord of Bliss emphasized heavily.

"Understood."

Seeming still not at ease, the Lord of Bliss continued:

"From now on, do not kill anyone in the Homeland World, not a single one; I have use for them all."

"Understood." Xie Yu nodded again.

Shortly after, the Lord of Bliss returned to the Bliss Main Hall.

This trip had consumed quite a bit of Bliss Power, but fortunately, the gains were abundant.

The concept of games from the Homeland World allowed it to discover a perhaps feasible solution.

But before that, it had to craft a consciousness guiding device.

Bliss Power was consumed intensely during this period, and a consciousness guiding crystal appeared above the altar.

One million, ten million, one hundred million, one billion, ten billion... several days later, the crystal for guiding consciousness was completed.

(PS: Previously, it was mentioned that the Lord of Bliss's reserve resources reached 130 billion Sacrificial Power; however, this is the value after conversion into Sacrificial Power, and the calculated value for Bliss Power would be even higher.)

After multiple tests, feasibility has been established.

Although situations where consciousness guidance is annihilated still occur, the error rate is extremely low, making it perfectly suitable for deployment.

At this moment, it rose and decided to return to the Homeland World once more to unfold its subsequent arrangements.

……

Several days later, a news report sparked heated discussion in the Bliss World.

[Black Iron Company's latest VR game is officially online; game title: Monster World: Endless Adventure.]

The news provided a detailed introduction to the game's settings and background.

It emphasized that the game possessed perfect realism and a grand world background, stating that it would be distributed free of charge to players worldwide.

The appearance of this news filled "Adventurers (Players)" across the globe with anticipation for the upcoming game from Black Iron Game Company.

However, voices of doubt emerged alongside it.

Many players stated that VR games were impossible to achieve one hundred percent realism at the hardware level, calling this purely an exaggerated description by Black Iron Game Company to promote their new game.

In response to this series of doubts, the Lord of Bliss paid no heed whatsoever.

It could not be bothered to care whether hardware or software could support it; in this world, whoever dared to obstruct its plans would be executed by the Evil Voice.

This world did not need too many smart people.

Especially contrarians!

What he wanted were fearless, mad warriors like the Player Clan.

That evening, the Lord of Bliss arrived at the game promotion venue.

Upon entering the hall, he immediately heard a voice over the broadcast introducing the game content.

"Welcome to 'Monster World: Endless Adventure,' a super virtual reality game that allows you to immerse yourself in realistic scenes."

"Stepping into the game, you will find yourself in a dangerous Monster World, featuring dense and gloomy forests where giant ancient trees blot out the sun and moon... The game boasts a rich and diverse quest system..."

After observing for a long while, the Lord of Bliss mentally connected with the Evil Voice, demanding that the first round of closed beta testing begin as soon as possible.

The Evil Voice's understanding of "fast" consisted of only one concept: immediately, right now.

Thus, shortly after the new game's release, Black Iron Company held a second press conference, announcing that ten closed beta qualifications would be distributed to the public tonight.

……

That same night, ten "Adventurers (Players)" for the closed beta entered the game via consciousness transfer.

However, the cost of transporting these ten players made the Lord of Bliss feel a pang of heartache.

He felt that once the game officially opened, a stable spatial tunnel connecting to the minor worlds must be constructed; only then could transmission losses be reduced.

As for building a spatial channel with zero transmission cost, that was simply impossible.

Constructing a spatial channel was essentially a process of tearing space; even a stable spatial tunnel would suffer self-healing wear and tear generated during the world's operation, requiring constant investment of Bliss Power for maintenance.

To create a lossless spatial tunnel, one would have to completely alter the spatial structure; he felt that perhaps only one of the four gods of the Monster World, a deity of the Space system, could achieve this.

Having once glimpsed it from afar, the memory remained unforgettable to this day.

Thinking of the four gods of the Monster World who fought against the Black Black Tide Demon God, the gloom buried in his heart surged up again.

Suppressing the emotions in his heart, he turned his gaze toward the ten players who had entered the consciousness transit station.

The process of consciousness transmission was relatively slow, an area he needed to improve upon later; it took fifteen minutes of waiting before the ten closed beta players were transported to the transit station.

At this moment, the ten players who had logged into the game were also bewildered.

They had waited for fifteen minutes, yet their vision remained black, and there was not even an exit function.

The silent darkness instilled intense fear in them; they wanted to exit the game, but there were no exit options available.

Attempting to call out for an exit yielded no response whatsoever.

The soundless silence even made them feel as though they might have suffered brain death.

Just then, the voice of the Evil Voice rang out in their minds:

[Welcome to the game. Begin character selection. Available characters are: Insect Clan, Evil Spirit. Please choose.]

With darkness stretching before their eyes, the minds of the ten players crashed.

"You promised a virtual reality game, so where is the character selection interface? With all this darkness, what the hell am I supposed to choose?"

One player complained right on the spot.

[Please select your game character.]

The prompt sounded again; the Evil Voice's tone carried a hint of killing intent, clearly growing impatient.

The ten players cursed silently in their hearts; eager to escape the dark environment as quickly as possible, they immediately selected their characters.

Four of the players chose the Insect Clan, their consciousnesses being projected to the Bliss Mainframe in the Winter Snowfield.

Six players chose the Evil Spirits, their consciousnesses being projected to the Bliss Tower in the Winter Snowfield.

As for background introductions, game instructions, mall functions, and so on, the Lord of Bliss had not set any of them up at all.

During the closed beta phase, what was being tested was the feasibility of the consciousness guidance model; the experience of these ten players was not within the scope of consideration whatsoever.

If they dared to say the game was bad upon leaving, they would all be killed.

At this moment, Bliss Power constructed their bodies; as a special privilege for the first batch of players, they entered the game with an initial strength equivalent to Hunting Level 30.

The scene appearing before their eyes was one of heavy snowfall; the realism before them left them feeling unbelievable.

At this moment, the voice of the Evil Voice sounded once more:

"Main quest activated: Kill Player Clan Warriors (0/10)."

After the quest prompt appeared, there was still no quest panel, nor could they check quest progress.

This excessive degree of freedom caused the players' minds to crash once again.

Nevertheless, they rushed toward the frontlines where fierce battles with the Player Clan were underway, following the requirements of the main quest.

Hunting Level 30 was already significantly higher than that of many novice players.

After entering the battlefield, controlling their enhanced bodies presented a series of adaptation issues, but compared to other Bliss Evil Spirits, their combat prowess was far superior.

As for how to find players, that was easy; above every player's head was an enlarged marker reading "Player."

Before long, these ten players had completed the killing mission.

However, there was no reward, only a single prompt stating "Quest Completed."

Just as the ten players intended to continue experiencing the game content, the Evil Voice forcibly extracted their consciousnesses; after waiting through fifteen minutes of darkness, they were sent back to the Homeland World.

In this preliminary test, the performance of the creatures from the Homeland World left the Lord of Bliss extremely satisfied.

Although the Guidance Plan still required many aspects to be perfected, the scheme had already proven feasible.

It also gave this type of warrior a new name.

The name Bliss Black Black Tide came from the Black Black Tide.

The name Bliss Insect Black Tide came from the Insect Clan.

And the inspiration for this batch of warriors created by the Guidance Plan originally came from the Player Clan, who feared no death.

Therefore, this group of warriors shall be called: Bliss Players.

(End of Chapter)