Chapter 183 - Wild Thoughts

Chapter 183: Chapter 167: Wild ThoughtsThe three-stage task targets previously announced by the system have provided information that the woman in front of him is actually a killing field player. Therefore, what Li Cheng is more concerned about are the last two keywords in the other party’s last sentence:

Otherworld, and humanity.

There are only two ways for players to be produced: either randomly assigned by the killing field or by killing other players to forcibly seize their qualifications.

Early on, national organizations on real Earth discovered that although the killing field was random, it tended to select those with stronger adaptability, willpower, execution, and professional skills.

Thus, during the early period, various countries would select elite soldiers from military and police departments, intentionally allowing them to come into contact with, handle, and resolve extraordinary incidents to increase their chances of being selected by the killing field.

At the same time, besides humans, animals, especially large animals, can also be randomly chosen as players. Moreover, their task forms are different from that of humans.

For example, the task given to a sperm whale might be to hunt ten giant squids. For stray cats and dogs, their task could be to escape from an animal shelter before being euthanized.

Overall, the number of animal players is much less than that of human players, and their growth is slower (it takes a long time just to reach the average level of human intelligence), so it is not an urgent issue.

What triggers national concerns is the situation where Earth players die in script tasks, and their qualifications are acquired by natives of the script world.

"Using the internal terminology of the killing field, I am a naturally born Spiritual Ability User. At the age of fourteen, I committed suicide in a mental hospital. My body died, but my soul remained, aimlessly drifting across the seas, attracted by an underground religious altar in the deep mountains of Japan, absorbing the faith of local villagers, gradually regaining consciousness."

Jiang Zhihui stated, "When my spiritual body was on the verge of dissolution, a new player from the Otherworld, who was inexperienced and unenhanced, coincidentally descended from the sky to complete a mission.

It let me kill him and seize his qualifications, becoming the first, and possibly the only, Summoner in this world. To some extent, I should thank you all for exposing me to this broader world. But I desire more."

All the followers of the Spirit Sect at the scene are dead, and Jiang Zhihui unabashedly reveals the truth that she’s not any goddess from Heaven.

A bolt of lightning flickers through Li Cheng’s mind as he narrows his eyes and says, "Having player qualifications is not enough; you also need a living human body with the innate talent of a Spiritual Ability User to move freely in the real world, which is why you orchestrated that shipwreck—

It might be too hard for you to kill your own younger sister, but possessing your niece, whom you’ve never even met before, would be much less mentally taxing."

Moral condemnation is meaningless; Jiang Zhihui calmly said, "The killing field is a vortex of death, once you’re pulled in, there’s no escape. Become stronger, or die.

I’ve already died once and don’t want to die again, so I only have one choice: to become stronger by any means necessary. To obtain a human body and, in the manner of a religious saint, become a deity walking among men."

Jiang Zhihui smiles and says, "I alone am unique in this world; currently, I am the only player here, the only one who possesses the continually strengthening Extraordinary Power.

Conveniently, there are 2.4 billion Christians, 1.8 billion Muslims, and 1.1 billion Hindus across the world.

It might be difficult to force those people to worship an unknown high school girl from South Korea at first, but what if I split my existence several times?

Like a newborn baby in Bethlehem, Palestine, or a reincarnated form of Shiva rising from the seabed temple in Northwest Devaka, India.

I don’t need everyone to zealously worship me; just a small portion would be enough to accumulate the power of faith and ignite the Divine Fire, even if that Divine Fire is achieved by deception."

Hey, Religious Committee? There’s someone here illegally fundraising, attempting to become a god through the power of faith.

Li Cheng smacks his lips; at first glance, Jiang Zhihui’s words sound exceedingly arrogant. She is but a lost soul, a ghost possessing another’s body, and now she harbors delusions of collecting the power of faith in the 21st century to ignite the Divine Fire and become a deity of this world.

But upon further thought... there seems to be a slight possibility.

"The entire world, I alone am the law" — this advantage is simply too great; Jiang Zhihui possesses a system of abilities apart from the modern scientific system.

If she can lead the South Korean Blue House by the nose, easily fool them, then what about those Christian nations?

The United States, Vatican, UK, France... These countries are led by ordinary people too; if Jiang Zhihui, while playing tricks, can leverage the advantages of the killing field system to produce items like "Rejuvenation Medicine" and "Elixir of Immortality," she could tie them to her chariot.

(Over the years, Earth players have determined that the killing field doesn’t really have a way to achieve eternal life, but there indeed exist Bloodline, Turtle Breath Technique, Ripple Breathing Technique, and full-body mechanization technology that can prolong life)

By taking control of the ruling class, manipulating the media for extensive propaganda, unleashing Shikigami Demons to create an apocalyptic atmosphere, and brainwashing the masses,

After a full set of operations, Jiang Zhihui perhaps, might actually have a chance to achieve that god-making fantasy.

From a low-level Transcendent, she leaps to become a human-shaped nuclear bomb of Level 30 or Level 35.

The Peace Forum in Seoul the day after tomorrow is where she plans to make her first appearance.

"Uh... you really dare to think and act." Gray Rain scratched her head, a fellow Transcendent herself, the other lady here is plotting for the belief of billions of people.

While her daily thoughts are just about writing fewer assignments, playing more on her mobile phone, computer, and video games. Scrolling through Weibo, Zhihu, Tieba, Douban, Douyin, NGA, Douyu, Huya, Hupu, A Island, B Station, Little Red Sweet Potato...

If it weren’t for the inappropriate occasion, she would have written the word "vision" and given it to Jiang Zhihui.

"Thanks for the compliment."

Jiang Zhihui graciously accepted Gray Rain’s praise, her lips slightly uplifting, as the unique Summoner of this world, she indeed felt somewhat lonely, lonely enough to waste time communicating hidden secrets with theoretically her enemies.

She tilted her head and said gently to Li Cheng: "Considering that you have taken over Jiang Wanyong’s identity, the killing field probably assigned you the task either to rescue Jiang Meixi, or to kill me.

What level are you at now? Level 10? Level 15?

After all, I founded the Spirit Sect. Although the level of players is just about there, my real strength might be much stronger than yours.

How about we cooperate? I give you an Emergency Escape Card, and you take this one ton of gold and leave the planet."

Jiang Zhihui raised her palm, and a large safety deposit box appeared out of thin air. The door of the box was open, filled with stacks of gold ingots and diamond jewelry.

She elegantly tapped the alloy cover of the safety box with her knuckle, "The difference between players from Otherworld and local players is that guests from Otherworld only have a few hours of task time, while I, a local NPC, can utilize my Strength to gather wealth.

I guess the task reward the killing field will give you wouldn’t exceed this safety box."

Watching the shining gold and silver jewelry inside the safety box, reflected in their brilliance, Li Cheng’s thoughts churned, admiring them while also confirming many things.

"If I agree to your terms and leave this world, what will you do with her?"

Li Cheng stretched his hand towards Jiang Zhihui, not just pointing at the Jiang Meixi she had possessed, but also at the baby in her arms.

Jiang Zhihui paused slightly, slowly withdrawing the smile on her face, her expression gradually becoming as still as an ancient well.

"Let me guess, the nature of igniting the Divine Fire is a p2p scam. You want to spread a great lie, scamming believers of major religions, you’d need several bodies that can accommodate the souls of Spiritual Ability Users.

And in this world, those with the talents of Spiritual Ability Users seem to be only the Jiang family led by Shaoxi."

Li Cheng calmly said: "The reason you don’t kill your sister Shaoxi isn’t just the facade of family affection, but also more practical reasons.

Surrogacy, breeding, cloning, artificial wombs, gene-edited babies...

Using the flesh and blood of your kin to lay the foundation for your ambitious path to ignite the Divine Fire."

The engines of the Bat Wing Motorcycle started roaring, the mechanical arms of the shark-type Exoskeleton slowly rotating, raising the guns again to aim at the high school girl in front of them.

"I am not of this world, nor do I care what will become of this world in the future. But some things, I am unwilling to do."

Li Cheng flipped out the slightly cracked screen phone of Jiang Wanyong, the wallpaper showing a happy family photo of three.

"..." Jiang Zhihui coldly said: "For the so-called morality, you’d rather risk your life to challenge a Transcendent far stronger than you?"

"I’ve said before, in this role-playing mode, I’m just fulfilling the responsibility of a father."

Li Cheng grinned, "Moreover, I am much stronger than you imagine."

Exhaust pipes emit raging flames, tires scrape violently against the cement ground, and the heavy-duty motorcycle engine roars wildly, carrying him forward like lightning.