Chapter 919: A Slap Across the Line
“No! No… We’re very satisfied!”
At this moment, the captain had scolded this abandoned husband from head to toe and was determined to kick him out of the team as soon as he turned around!
Usually, he had some advantages when problems did not arise, but now this bomb almost blew the entire team apart.
Thus, he could not be kept.
This was not a matter of ruthlessness; it was something he, as a captain, had to consider for the other team members!
“As long as you’re satisfied.”
I narrowed my eyes slightly, and even under the scorching flames, my gaze turned cold.
The other side was not truly human; it seemed that even in their own world, they had special account characters.
No wonder my heart sense couldn’t perceive anything.
However, there was another very peculiar thing: emotions. I could sense the emotions of the characters.
The entity named “character” had soul material but was not alive, yet it carried the emotional expression of the controller.
The killing intent hidden beneath their flattery was thick and intense.
Perhaps they didn’t even realize it themselves, thinking they were hiding it well.
Their expressions did not change, but the fluctuations in their emotions completely betrayed them.
It was a fact that they could not defeat my clone; then with such a mentality, there were only a few possibilities: either they had a trump card, or they had reinforcements.
No matter what they were hiding, this led me to a conclusion: it was far better to kill them outright than to listen to their nonsense.
The reason I paused to converse was that my Great Knowledge Seed required a connection to this world’s earth vein.
Once I had connected to the world’s earth vein, did I still need to chat with them to gather intelligence?
What a joke.
“Yes, we should introduce ourselves first, we are…”
“No need!” I forcefully interrupted the other person’s words.
Because… the Earth Vein Identification Technique had already completed the connection with this world’s earth vein and was in the process of preliminary information analysis.
As for the people before me?
They had no value from the beginning.
Oh no, they still had some value, because the world was different; although this world did not have the suppression of a Great Weaken Spell, there was a reason why spells and magic systems had not developed here.
The extraordinary energy in this natural environment was scarce, and its dilution effect on spell effectiveness was significant.
But even with some effect, it was not substantial. The player who had just died had already tested the power of my spells.
“Wha… what?”
The player who was suddenly interrupted did not expect my attitude to be so overbearing, completely forgetting that they had come voluntarily.
Without further ado, they were met only by the fiery blade light.
The corrosive flames ruthlessly harvested the character’s life; only this captain lost a small part of his left calf as a price, managing to dodge this fierce attack.
He had not expected the other side to attack so decisively!
They had clearly established communication! Why… what exactly provoked them?
He couldn’t understand…
“Why did you attack us! We clearly did not provoke you!”
“How could there be no enmity?” A trace of confusion flashed in my eyes as I couldn’t find a specific point to vent this inexplicable hatred.
“Even if you kill me, you’re just killing this character! You just descended into our world, are you really going to be against the whole world?”
“Oh… that’s why I find it disgusting…” Being reminded by their “sincere” words, I seemed to feel a pang akin to my initial feelings.
They were like an unstoppable centipede, impossible to kill… endlessly surging.
“Disgusting?”
The captain had never received such an evaluation, but he knew he had to resist!
The combat platform was ineffective against monsters that far surpassed them; the only final resort was complete self-destruction!
This was the ultimate resistance made at the cost of completely erasing the entire account and created character.
In that instant, the authority of the All Worlds Terminal character was transcended, meaning that this account could not be recovered, no matter the cost.
“Damn it… I’m going to blow up with you!”
At this moment, he no longer maintained his image and cursed directly, charging towards me madly.
But ultimately, the one controlling the character was still an ordinary person; even with the most professional preemptive reaction speed, it could not compare to the extraordinary walkers who had undergone mental training.
I became curious about how this game world had developed to this point; had they never invaded a world or civilization stronger than their own?
Perhaps they truly hadn’t, but now they had encountered one, and it was a big one at that.
The Abyss Demon was the first to notice them, then the witches, and finally, they directly encountered the main world conglomerate.
I have to say that even if this world civilization were to be destroyed, it would still be famous.
To be observed, interfered with, plotted against, and guided by so many extraordinary races—now that was indeed an honor.
“You think your self-destruction speed can even compare to my speed of pulling the line? What can you use to compete with me?”
Faced with such a character charging at me, I chose to take the initiative and with one spatial leap, I made him lose his lock-on vision.
As for the “line,” that naturally referred to fortune.
Compared to these players, I was actually more concerned about their fortune.
I was very curious…
When these players harvested the fortune of another world, what about in their own world?
Would this fortune belong to the world itself?
After completing the Earth Vein Identification Technique, I used the Great Knowledge Tree to try to conduct tests related to the Qi Observation Technique based on this imitative fortune.
As we all know, when entering an “open-world game,” the main actions are to open the map and possess the identification technique for acquiring information, then start the main quest.
And that was what I was doing.
The Earth Vein Identification Technique was a method that combined the big map and information collection.
As for the main quest… that would naturally be the Qi Observation Technique.
Through Qi Observation Technique, I could generally know whether the “script” of this world was opened, whether there was a Child of Fortune in this world, how fortune was distributed…
These could help infer which person or which force was honored or suppressed by the world’s will in this world.
All of this was truly standard gameplay.
Who am I?
I am a cheating player!
Looking at this thread of fortune still slowly descending, I thought… no, I had actually planned the method to cheat.
The Qi Observation Technique had confirmed that this thread of fortune was indeed the fortune of this world.
And this opened the prerequisite condition for another ability.
That would be… Fortune Summoning Technique.
The information that the betraying witch Sheryl obtained from Teacher Jiki was passed on to me, but it did not mean that I was completely unaware of the contents within.
Not long ago, I had an intersection with that Fortune Alchemist because of the Misfortune Silver Coin and obtained some basic knowledge of Fortune Alchemy from her.
I also gave a copy of this relevant knowledge to Teacher Jiki.
The Reverse Summoning Technique was inherently related to fortune, and this could be verified by Qiu Ruxin.
Thus, in the derivation that Sheryl had given me, there were applications and derivations related to fortune.
A game world could leverage [Extraordinary Knowledge] to control the thread of fortune; with the enhancement of Fortune Alchemy and an extraordinary witch experimental group, Teacher Jiki could not possibly be weaker than them.
Therefore, there arose the ability to open the Reverse Summoning Technique using the thread of fortune as a medium, an outrageous operation!
Of course, this was not without limitations.
For instance… it could only use fortune as a medium, positions dominated by unclaimed fortune would correspond to meaningless random positions; the application prospects would likely remain within the same world.
As for the use of fortune threads across worlds… what difference would that make from pulling a line between two worlds?
But no matter the limitations, targeting players… it truly constrained them to death.
This was just the level of slap across the line!
Indeed… in an extraordinary world, one could perform the most absurd operations; the only reason something wasn’t done was that they had yet to find the right method.
“Goodbye, for a fleeting moment of spoken words, you will need to repay for a lifetime.”
I grasped the thread of fortune and then… activated the Reverse Summoning Technique!
In that instant, I stuffed all the flames I had gathered into it.
After finishing, I quickly closed the summoning channel of the Reverse Summoning Technique.
The whole process took less than half a second; it felt like the enjoyment of slapping someone across the line and quickly retracting my hand!
But was it really just a slap?
In a villa area nearly ten thousand kilometers away, a fierce explosion erupted unexpectedly!
Flames instantly engulfed the entire villa structure, demolishing both the villa and the front and back yards; the lawn, the shrubs, and the trees were all carbonized in an instant, even the water in the pool was evaporated instantly.
The explosion and the spread of the fire did not only affect this villa; the surrounding villas were also affected…
Everything happened so suddenly.
Such an incident, with the two locations separated by nearly ten thousand miles, no one knew the connection between the two.
Even those high-ranking Game Architects couldn’t possibly connect them immediately.
If they managed to connect the dots, it would undoubtedly be a successful deterrent, making the other side hesitant to annoy or provoke me.
If they didn’t connect the dots… then it just meant that they didn’t even have the qualification to understand the deterrent, and there was no need to take such opponents seriously.
After completing all this, the world fell silent.
Only I stood in the sky.
I must say, I really did put on a demonstration of what combat strength suppression looked like below.
However, I was learning to ignore the gazes of the crowd.
What I cared about more now was… who exactly summoned me here, even though Sheryl said everything was at my discretion.
But if I wanted to “integrate” into this world, I needed a faction or organization as a medium.
Those willing to summon me would meet my requirements.
Moreover, this would alleviate worries about resources and money; no matter how powerful I was, I still needed a place to rest, right?
Then I could think about how to overthrow this world; after all, I wasn’t a reckless person.
Being just a clone was even insufficient to wield destruction capable of annihilating the entire world.
As for the means of the Dream Calamity… it couldn’t be used.
Once activated, it would expose at least two hidden secrets: one being that the Witch Academy had mastered the technique to guide the Dream Catastrophe, and the second being… that the one mastering this technique was actually a Little Witch!
This would put the witch side in a severely passive position.
Although I wasn’t particularly fond of constraints, as Sheryl said, I must have a line in my heart to understand what I could and couldn’t do.
Those without bottom lines may seem impressive, but ultimately, they are walking a path of self-destruction.
Speaking of which, it suddenly occurred to me.
Could it be that… Sheryl was actually hinting at the players in the game world?
When a person puts on the guise of a game character, they completely lose their humanity, losing their bottom line.
Just because this was a game.
This world would ultimately be destroyed by their ignorance and arrogance.
Approaching my direction were people who were truly human, unlike those players; as long as they were killed, they would die.
Even at a distance, I could sense their surging and fierce emotions, unmasked excitement, along with hidden… fear and a readiness to face death.
Beneath their feet was a uniquely shaped single-person flyer, seemingly only capable of carrying one person at most.
Moreover… the speed was also very slow; compared to the flying propulsion system of the previous players, this speed resembled that of a wheelchair.
So I directly approached them, regardless of whether they were ordinary onlookers or the masterminds behind this grand scene; communication was the most important thing.
“R-Respectable Catastrophe Witch! I… I am the temporary vice president of the Real Protection Association…”
Faced with the suddenly appearing figure before him, this young man who stepped forward quickly spoke, fearing that he might be disposed of as effortlessly as those players.
I was quite surprised.
It seemed this “rebellion” organization was quite large, capable of orchestrating such a turmoil that affected the whole city.
Even for me, such a scene was rare.
“Was it you who summoned me?”
“Y-Yes!” Although he was shocked that I responded in their language, he, as someone who could serve as a temporary vice president, had some mental fortitude, albeit not much.
“Our president personally ordered this summoning ritual to bring you here, hoping to collaborate with a powerful witch like you to overthrow this decaying old world!”
“President? Who is your president? Where is he?” I continued to ask.
“The president is Lord Monroe; he orchestrated this layout before the summoning. No one knows where he is; otherwise, the organization would definitely not let him go.”
“Monroe… hmm, I have some impression.” It seemed I had learned about him during my initial contact with this association in the small world but thought it bore no significance, so I didn’t pay much attention.
I didn’t expect it to be him this time!
“So what comes next~ How do you plan to wrap things up? Or… do you have a backup plan in case I disagree?” I continued to ask.
