91 – Terrifying Ability! Qin Tian’s Golden Finger

“Ding, Life Simulator activated, the host has four free simulations left.”

The System’s voice echoed, and the screen lit up, displaying familiar text.

【Day One, you all embarked on your mission, continuing to gather intelligence. By the time night fell, you and Qin Tian made your way to Xia Ruobing’s residence with the intent to strike.】

【Qin Tian took out a formation disk that could conceal auras, enveloping the luxurious mansion where Xia Ruobing resided. However, this action was detected by Xia Ruobing and the Martial Saint guarding her. You fought with the Martial Saint.】

【The Martial Saint was very powerful, but you were even stronger, killing him with just a few moves. Xia Ruobing witnessed this without a hint of fear, instead showing great interest in you.】

【Then, you felt a strange power entering your brain, making your body immobile and causing you to develop a strong affection for Xia Ruobing. Realizing something was wrong, you immediately triggered your Berserk State to try and shake off the influence.】

【Even after entering the Berserk State, Xia Ruobing’s influence on you didn’t wane. Frightened, you realized this woman’s abilities were either of a conceptual grade or her power far exceeded your level.】

【Regardless of which possibility, you knew all of you were in danger. In fact, at that moment, you were already becoming one of her fervent admirers.】

【The next second, you felt your affection for Xia Ruobing increase again, rendering you incapable of attacking her.】

【Not just you, even Qin Tian exhibited a similar reaction. Next, you both apologized to Xia Ruobing, feeling extremely guilty. Xia Ruobing kindly said she didn’t blame you and asked why you attacked her and where you came from.】

【Hesitant, you eventually revealed some details due to your high affection for Xia Ruobing. Xia Ruobing was very surprised by your origins and asked you to bring Zhang Jun, Wang Shuqing, and Liu Mei over.】

【Then, Zhang Jun, Wang Shuqing, and Liu Mei also became Xia Ruobing’s fervent fans, developing high affection for her.】

“!!!”

Seeing the simulation content, Wang Ping’s expression changed.

This Xia Ruobing is indeed strange.

Moreover, this ability is too perverse.

Even after activating the Berserk State, he still couldn’t shake off her influence.

Could it be that just being seen or making eye contact with her makes one develop great affection for her?

If that’s the case, that’s truly disgusting.

Of course, there’s another possibility that her power far exceeds his.

This situation is even more dangerous in a certain sense.

A strange ability can be circumvented somehow.

But if her raw power is above his, figuring out how to defeat her becomes a headache.

At that moment, seeing Wang Ping’s expression change drastically, everyone felt uneasy.

Especially Zhang Jun and Liu Mei, who had previously completed missions with Wang Ping, clenching their fists in nervousness.

After all, if even Wang Ping is so unsettled, this mission might be far more dangerous than they thought.

However, no one spoke up, not wanting to disturb Wang Ping, and anxiously awaited the results.

【Next, Xia Ruobing found Liu Mei, Zhang Jun, and Wang Shuqing’s appearances too ordinary, so she dismissed them. But she kept you and Qin Tian because of your outstanding looks and charisma, hoping you’d become her bodyguards.】

【You and Qin Tian were very happy and agreed.】

“This weirdo is actually a face-obsessed person?”

Wang Ping, having just calmed himself, felt speechless again.

【Following that, you stayed by Xia Ruobing’s side, constantly protecting her. You personally witnessed the flourishing entertainment industry in this world, with fans becoming increasingly fanatical.】

【Meanwhile, your and Qin Tian’s affection for Xia Ruobing grew daily, becoming deeply infatuated.】

【A year later, even during a beast siege, powerful warriors disregarded everything to attend superstar idol concerts. Ultimately, cities fell, and people perished.】

【However, even as cities were destroyed and people died, no one cared, continuing to revel.】

【As time passed, more cities were destroyed.】

【Five years later, during Xia Ruobing’s final concert, the last human city was overrun by beasts, leading to humanity’s extinction. You too were killed by beasts during the revelry, eaten alive without even feeling pain. Because of the Rebirth Talisman’s effect, you revived but were still in a Berserk State, unable to escape. Hence, you died again.】

【Due to your death, this simulation ends.】

“This ability…”

Wang Ping stared at the simulation content in silence.

Even after reviving, still unable to escape the ability…this truly is a bug-level power.

“Brother Wang, how did it go?”

Zhang Jun couldn’t hold back and asked, even though he already knew the answer.

“What else? We were effortlessly wiped out. And this time, the wipeout was exceptionally humiliating.”

Wang Ping rubbed his temples and said helplessly.

“Uh…”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

Then, without hesitation, Wang Ping revealed everything.

“This…”
After hearing it, everyone looked at each other, speechless.

Goodness, this strange entity may be in the open, but it is equally difficult to handle.

The ability to make people her fanatics so easily, even willing to die for her, is truly abnormal.

Moreover, no one knows the activation conditions of her ability.

Is it eye contact?

Or does being seen by her suffice?

Or perhaps, even seeing her through a screen can be effective?

“I think her ability works even through the screen. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the whole of humanity to be so fanatical about her…” Liu Mei finally spoke after a period of silence.

“I think so too, after all, she can’t possibly see every human individually. But we can still analyze it in more detail…” Wang Ping nodded, his gaze flickering as he spoke.

“Perhaps the condition for her ability to be effective through the screen is if someone develops positive feelings, admiration, worship, or fanaticism towards her. However, the effect through the screen might not be so obvious but would subtly influence…”

“That makes sense. This also explains why they created such an atmosphere of entertainment till death.”

Qin Tian rubbed his chin and nodded.

“Besides that, I am also pondering if her ability holds other secrets…”

Wang Ping’s eyes looked profound as he spoke in a deep voice.

“For instance, the more fanatical her followers, the stronger she becomes.”

“If that is the case, then we are in trouble…” Zhang Jun fell silent for a moment and smiled bitterly.

“After all, in our last group mission, the strange entity became stronger after humans or demons died. Even in that scenario, it was hard to deal with. If fanaticism makes her stronger, it’s hard to imagine the extent of her power…”

“Moreover, the martial artists and ordinary people in this world are all her sycophants. The combat power is too terrifying. This means being her enemy is being an enemy to all of humanity.”

Listening to Zhang Jun, both Qin Tian, Wang Shuqing, and Liu Mei fell silent.

No one expected that even though the strange entity was out in the open, it would be so hard to deal with. Being her enemy is to be an enemy of the whole world.

They barely count as ‘saviors,’ yet they face such a peculiar situation.

“The more fanatical her fans, the stronger she gets, this is unlikely.” Wang Ping pondered for a while and then shook his head while speaking.

“If that were true, she would become the world’s savior, protecting humanity rather than exterminating them.”

“Um, come to think of it, that does make sense.” Qin Tian touched his chin and nodded.

“According to the analysis, her ability can make everyone have a good impression of her. The closer someone is to her, or if they are seen by her, they quickly become her fanatics, full of admiration for her, unable to act against her…”

“However, it doesn’t mean we immediately become her servants and follow her every command. Initially, it’s just a high level of affection, and later it turns into obsession, willing to die for her, and in the end, watching her concert while facing ferocious beasts without reaction, essentially going mad.” Wang Ping’s eyes flickered as he quietly analyzed.

“That’s why she first controlled those martial saints and the human upper echelon, created an entertainment-to-death social atmosphere, pulling everyone into a carnival of entertainment, gradually being corrupted until final destruction.”

“Although we’ve deduced the cause and effect, how are we supposed to break this?” Qin Tian sighed in frustration.

“Directly attacking her, unless it’s an instant assassination, would lead us to become her fanatical followers, ultimately dying under her spell. Frankly, the difficulty is too high.”

“Indeed, it’s very difficult. We need to keep gathering intelligence.” Wang Ping rubbed his forehead and said, “Therefore, we need to continue using the Golden Finger.”

“Wait, Wang, how many more usages do you have left?” Zhang Jun suddenly asked.

“About four or five times.” Wang Ping replied.

“Four or five times… That’s fewer than last time.” Zhang Jun sighed.

“No choice, I need to use abilities in the fantasy world too, we can’t save them forever. Besides, we didn’t expect the group task to come so soon this time.” Wang Ping was also a bit helpless.

To become stronger, he had used too many free simulations to explore.

It seems he would need to be more economical in the future.

Unless there were enough spirit stones, free simulations couldn’t be wasted recklessly.

“Okay then.” Zhang Jun had nothing to say.

“Actually, I have another hypothesis, not sure if it’s correct.” Zhang Jun spoke up again.

“Let’s hear it.” Wang Ping’s eyes sparkled with interest.
“This Xia Ruobing may not necessarily be the source of the anomaly. Perhaps, the anomaly is hidden deeper. The reason this world has turned into a death-by-entertainment atmosphere is due to this anomaly, but the anomaly may not be Xia Ruobing. Because I just thought of a contradiction in the timeline.”

Zhang Jun exhaled lightly, his gaze flickering, and said in a deep voice.

“This world’s weird situation of entertainment flourishing started twenty-five years ago. But Xia Ruobing is only twenty years old.”

“Now that you mention it, that really doesn’t add up. Entertainment started booming when Xia Ruobing wasn’t even born.”

Liu Mei also frowned, perceiving the odd points.

“There’s some sense to it; we were a bit too quick to jump to conclusions. We overlooked the timeline issue.”

Wang Ping stroked his chin and spoke.

“However, it cannot be denied that Xia Ruobing is the biggest issue because her behavior is very abnormal. Moreover, don’t forget one thing: the anomaly can possess bodies. It’s possible that the previous host of the anomaly wasn’t Xia Ruobing.”

“Uh, that does make sense.” Zhang Jun frowned, having nothing to say.

“Regardless of the situation, we need to continue simulating. Hopefully, this time’s simulation won’t be in vain.”

Wang Ping exhaled lightly and closed his eyes again.

Seeing this, the others also shut their mouths, not wanting to disturb Wang Ping.

“System, I want to perform a new free simulation.”

Wang Ping said in his heart.

“Ding, Life Simulator activated, the host has three remaining free simulations.”

The System’s voice sounded, the screen appeared, and familiar text floated up.

【Day 1, after reanalyzing, you took action. However, you didn’t intend to act directly yourself, as it was too risky. You chose to let Qin Tian use the power of the Ancient Jade and the Scarlet Clan’s Essence Blood to attack Xia Ruobing from the sky after locating her residence.】

【Whether it would affect innocent people and cause great casualties was something you could no longer worry about. If you don’t eliminate the anomaly, not just some innocents, but the entire world’s people would be doomed. More importantly, you yourself would die.】

【With the terrifying strike from the Ancient Jade, the entire city quaked, countless people died under this blow. Xia Ruobing’s mansion was reduced to dust, and the Martial Saint protecting her was also completely obliterated.】

【However, a surprising event occurred. Xia Ruobing did not die. Or rather, her life aura had completely disappeared in your perception but then revived, appearing naked.】

【The moment Qin Tian saw her, he developed a great affection for her, and his affection rapidly increased. At the same time, he began to feel remorse and regret for what he did, blaming you for making him do such a heartless thing.】

【You were speechless, knowing Qin Tian was beyond saving, and chose to kill him to prevent leaks. However, Qin Tian’s hidden strength surprised you. He withstood your pressure with a powerful artifact and used a formation disk to unleash a formidable strike.】

【The strike was comparable to the Ancient Jade’s power, and even you were overwhelmed, killed once. After reviving with the Rebirth Talisman, you quickly fled.】

【Qin Tian coldly snorted, displeased with your escape. He shamelessly approached Xia Ruobing, kowtowing and admitting fault, fully disclosing your information.】

【Upon learning the information, Xia Ruobing was astonished and began mobilizing forces to search for you.】

【Zhang Jun and Wang Shuqing were unfortunately found and brutally killed by Xia Ruobing’s fanatical followers. Liu Mei, using her transformation ability, wasn’t caught and instead won over a group of fans with her looks.】

【You were also being chased. The pursuers were Martial Saints, incredibly powerful. In addition, humanity used laser cannons, terrifying weapons capable of killing Martial Saints and savage beast fighters.】

【Despite your great strength, defeating pursuing Martial Saints and blocking laser cannon bombardments with your bare hands, you couldn’t escape. You were eventually cornered by the strongest Martial Saint, Lin Zhan.】

【Lin Zhan’s strength was beyond your expectations, reaching the Spirit Embryo Realm, and not just any Spirit Embryo Realm. Although you cultivated a Heaven-level Technique and had unparalleled combat power, easily killing Spirit Sea Realm great perfection cultivators, the gap with the Spirit Embryo Realm was too vast.】

【In the end, you died under Lin Zhan’s blade.】

【Due to your death, this simulation ended.】

“This strongest Martial Saint, Lin Zhan, is this powerful?”

Wang Ping slightly frowned.

He originally thought killing this world’s Martial Saints would be easy, but it seemed he had overestimated himself.

However, although this simulation still ended in complete annihilation, it did yield more information.

“So, wiped out again?”

Zhang Jun looked at Wang Ping frowning and spoke.

Even though he was asking, he already had the answer in his heart.

“Yes, wiped out,” Wang Ping nodded.

This made the faces of those present even graver.

Two simulations, both ending in complete annihilation, crucially without finding a breakthrough point…

“Qin Tian, you really hid well, having such a trump card. I was killed once by you.”

Wang Ping patted Qin Tian’s shoulder and pouted.

“Cough, cough… I barely managed to get it from my master. This thing is extremely precious and can only be used once.”

Qin Tian was a bit embarrassed.

“You’re lucky; you and Zhang Hu both have good masters,” Wang Ping shook his head, sighing, “Looks like you’ll be quite helpful in this mission.”

“Bro, can’t you stop hinting at me? This thing has my mark; only I can use it.”

Qin Tian said with a bitter face.

“When did I hint at you?” Wang Ping rolled his eyes, looking at him with disdain, “You really have a small mind.”
…
Qin Tian’s face was full of black lines.

That sentence just now… No matter how you hear it, it sounded like a hint.

After all, in the last mission, Zhang Hu had handed over the Forbidden Spell Scroll, and it was because of the Forbidden Spell Scroll’s great utility that the task was completed more smoothly.

“Brother Wang, don’t pay attention to that pretentious little man, Qin Tian. Let’s continue analyzing the intel.”

Zhang Jun chuckled and spoke up.

“How am I pretentious?” Qin Tian’s face twitched.

“You are indeed quite petty,” Liu Mei muttered.

“Uh…” Wang Shuqing opened his mouth but couldn’t say a word.

Here, he was utterly useless, unable to join the conversation, so it was better to keep silent.

“You need to understand.” Zhang Jun glanced at him, retracting his smile and calmly said, “This mission is probably not going to be any easier than the last two. We’ve already used up two precious chances. If you don’t cooperate and reveal all your trump cards to let Brother Wang think about how to use them to gain more intel, we’re really in danger.”

…
Qin Tian was silent. What he said made sense…

But besides that Killing Formation and a Life-saving Talisman, he truly had no other items that could help with the mission.

The key issue was, these two items were genuinely given to him by his master, and were constrained by seals that only allowed him to use them.

Especially the Life-saving Talisman, which could only activate on its own when his life was at risk.

As for other items, some basic artifacts for early-stage cultivators… What use were they? They weren’t as strong as Wang Ping’s casual strikes.

In the end, he was just an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, not some Doraemon.

“Zhang Jun, you went too far. If he had useful items, he would’ve brought them out already.”

Wang Ping shook his head and said.

Qin Tian values his life the most. At this point, it’s impossible for him to hide anything, so Wang Ping didn’t think he was at fault.

“Brother Wang understands me…” Qin Tian was moved to tears.

He almost died unjustly, more wronged than Dou E.

“By the way, Zhang Jun, you say I’m petty, but since you joined the group, you haven’t said anything about your Golden Finger. Maybe your Golden Finger is as useful as Chen Yao’s.”

Then, Qin Tian remembered something, glaring at Zhang Jun.

As soon as he said this, everyone else also stared at Zhang Jun.

To be honest, they were really curious about Zhang Jun’s Golden Finger.

This guy had always been very secretive about it.

“It sounds like you’ve revealed yours,” Zhang Jun looked at Qin Tian, curling his lip, “How about this, you say what your Golden Finger is, and I’ll say mine. That way, it’s fair.”

Zhang Jun’s words made Wang Ping’s gaze turn strange.

This really was a case of injuring the enemy while harming oneself.

However, Wang Ping didn’t have any intention to stop them. He was always quite curious about the Golden Fingers of the people in the group.

But Golden Fingers were the greatest secrets of transmigrators, and anyone with a meticulous mind would keep them hidden.

“Fine, I’ll say it. Who’s afraid of you.” Qin Tian curled his lip, “My Golden Finger is the Immortal’s Dao Fruit. Before becoming an immortal, my cultivation will have no bottlenecks. Boundless spiritual energy, fast track to immortality.”

???

As soon as Qin Tian finished speaking, Zhang Jun, Wang Shuqing, and Liu Mei were all stunned.

Good heavens, Immortal’s Dao Fruit. This Golden Finger might not be anything in future chat groups.

But right now, it’s definitely overpowered.

With the Immortal’s Dao Fruit, it’s certain to become an immortal.

Damn it, immortals in the cultivation world are known for their longevity. As long as they aren’t killed, they can live indefinitely.

And the power of an immortal is also strong enough.

“Kid, you’ve really struck gold.”

Wang Ping’s gaze also turned strange, and he marveled.

Initial Golden Finger, Immortal’s Dao Fruit.

If it gets optimized once, will it become something like Immortal King’s Golden Finger?

Even if the first optimization isn’t that insane, something like a Golden Immortal’s status is surely possible, right?

Thinking about it this way, if Qin Tian stealthily cultivates, his cultivation speed may not be slower than his.

Maybe, one day, his strength might surpass his.

The fellow transmigrators in the chat group are indeed not simple; one must not arrogantly believe the Life Simulator is the strongest.

Chen Yao, her Adding Points System, is also overpowered, abundant resources, and extraordinary level achieved in a month.

It’s just that the resources in Chen Yao’s world aren’t plenty enough, coupled with the exhibited power levels seeming not high enough. Otherwise, Chen Yao would also be a monstrosity.