248 – A New Boss Anomaly! The Second Generation Elites Wiped out!
by spirapira“Ding, consuming five million jin of top-grade divine sources, Life Simulator activated, refreshing talents…”
After Wang Ping spoke, the System’s voice sounded.
“Ding, talent refresh successful. Congratulations to the host for successfully refreshing the Golden Talent: Rock Bottom Rebound; Red Talent: Thunder Mystic Body.”
Golden Talent: Rock Bottom Rebound: When the host is at the lowest point of misfortune, there is a certain probability that luck will rebound strongly, making the host incredibly fortunate for a period of time.
Red Talent: Thunder Mystic Body:
“System, I choose the Golden Talent: Rock Bottom Rebound…”
Upon seeing the two talents, Wang Ping chose the Golden Talent: Rock Bottom Rebound without hesitation.
This talent is quite intriguing, perhaps capable of creating miracles.
However, Wang Ping concluded from past experience that it would be challenging to trigger this talent.
All he could hope was that this talent would be somewhat useful in the upcoming simulation…
“Ding, detecting an anomaly in the world of Group Member Wu Jun (20). Group Task issued: Eliminate the anomaly. This group task is extremely difficult and highly dangerous. The Acting Group Leader Wang Ping (66) is to select four Group Members to undertake this task. Please make your selections swiftly.”
Just when Wang Ping entered an immersive simulation state, the chat group system’s notification suddenly rang out, causing Wang Ping to be taken aback.
“The evaluation given by the chat group is a bit too alarming?”
Wang Ping was somewhat surprised by the chat group’s assessment.
The descriptors ‘extremely difficult’ and ‘highly dangerous’ left Wang Ping somewhat unprepared.
“Wang Ping, this is an opportunity, but it indeed comes with potential danger…”
At this moment, Alpha’s voice suddenly sounded.
“What kind of opportunity?”
Wang Ping squinted his eyes and asked.
“The anomaly in this group task is extremely terrifying, but not outright unbeatable. If you manage to eliminate it, you could directly accumulate trillions of group points. Even if not fully, it’ll be quite close.”
Alpha’s voice echoed.
“However, I advise you to abandon this task because it is indeed very dangerous.”
“Trillions directly?”
Wang Ping was stunned upon hearing this.
Trillions… He had initially thought it would take a very long time to accumulate such a sum. He couldn’t believe that there was an anomaly worth close to a trillion.
Even divided, it was still worth a fortune. If it weren’t divided, just how valuable would it be?
“Do you know what kind of anomaly it is?”
With a flicker in his eyes, Wang Ping inquired silently.
“It’s an anomaly even celestials can’t deal with, but ordinary people might be able to defeat it. In the past, the main powerhouses of the Second-Generation Chat Group encountered it and suffered a complete annihilation.”
After a moment of silence, Alpha explained.
“By the way, at that time, the main powerhouses of the Second-Generation Chat Group, in terms of battle levels, were all comparable to emperors in your world. There was even one who exceeded the emperor level.”
“!!!”
Wang Ping was a bit stunned.
The fact that the main powerhouses of the Second-Generation Chat Group encountered it and were completely wiped out was too absurd.
This was comparable to emperors, and there was even one who surpassed emperor-level combat power.
Yet such a lineup was completely annihilated…
“What on earth is this anomaly, why is it so powerful? And why is it also said that ordinary people might handle it?”
After calming down, Wang Ping couldn’t help but ask in astonishment.
“This anomaly has a special ability. In the world it appears in, all supernatural powers will disappear, and all beings from cultivation systems will become ordinary. In other words, the world it appears in will either become an ordinary world or a technology-side world.”
Alpha’s cold voice rang out.
“You mean that after those seniors from the Second-Generation Chat Group went to that world, they were forcibly suppressed to ordinary humans and were then easily wiped out by him using technological means?”
Wang Ping’s expression changed unpredictably, becoming extremely grave.
He had never imagined that there could be such an anomaly, practically the bane of the cultivation world.
“Exactly. Because they were suppressed, they were easily killed by the robots controlled by the anomaly. Some of them were at the emperor level, and there was even one who surpassed the emperor level, yet they died at the hands of firearms… truly a tragedy.”
Alpha’s icy voice sounded again, with a slight fluctuation in tone, clearly not calm.
“I see…”
Wang Ping fell silent.
Indeed, for strong individuals of that level to die to firearms is truly a case of dying with regrets.
“Alpha, can the anomaly only possess humans? Or after so many years, is it possible that it has evolved?”
Wang Ping let out a breath and inquired further.
“After so many years, it has certainly become stronger. Its previous influence was limited to a galaxy, but now it can affect the entire universe, even beyond.”
Alpha’s voice slowly sounded.
“That’s why it’s so valuable. The trillion I mentioned is a conservative estimate. As for whether it can only possess humans… this anomaly can possess more than just humans.”
Listening to Alpha’s evaluation, Wang Ping was speechless.
Damn, influencing the rules of the entire universe, even beyond a single universe, this anomaly is indeed twisted.
Moreover, its capabilities are not just about the extent of its influence; even before it fully matured, it could suppress emperor-level and beyond-emperor-level forces.
In other words, wherever it appears, unless there is a stronger force than its rule ability, everyone else would be suppressed to ordinary people.
If Wang Ping were to participate in this group mission and contend with the anomaly, his cultivation would also be completely suppressed, unable to surpass the anomaly in strength.
Of course, given the anomaly’s growth rate, if it weren’t this special type but rather a generally strong type, Wang Ping would have even less of an advantage in terms of cultivation.
In this aspect, Wang Ping instead held an advantage, considering the intelligence advantage brought by the Life Simulator might be the anomaly’s nemesis.
“Can my Life Simulator and the Golden Fingers of group members be used?”
After some thought, Wang Ping inquired once more.
“They can be used. However, only your Life Simulator can operate normally. As for the other group members, they might be affected to a certain extent, unless they optimize their abilities again.”
Alpha provided a definite answer.
“I see, that’s good. Let me ask another question: If we encounter danger, can we teleport back? Also, is the Rebirth Talisman effective?”
Wang Ping’s eyes flickered as he posed another question.
“Under the influence of the anomaly’s abilities, teleportation will not function normally, and the Rebirth Talisman will be ineffective. However, I can protect you. The other group members… not so much.”
After a moment of silence, Alpha gave another response.
Evidently, the key forces of the Second-Generation Chat Group were lost partly because Alpha was extraordinarily cold at that time; those people died, and she chose not to spend significant resources to save them.
Another reason could be that they were killed by the anomaly before they could react.
“Using technological means to fight an anomaly? This is quite a novel experience.”
After receiving Alpha’s confirmation, Wang Ping smiled, having made up his mind.
“Are you really planning to participate in this group mission?”
Alpha asked seriously.
“With the chance to earn a trillion group points in one go right in front of me, I naturally can’t let it slip by. Otherwise, even if I become an emperor, I don’t know how long it would take to accumulate that many group points.”
Wang Ping clenched his fists and spoke with a serious expression.
“Moreover, time is tight, and I can’t wait. The more I uncover the secrets of the Upper Realm, the more perilous my situation could become. Waiting until I become an emperor to accumulate group points might be too dangerous. Furthermore, some people I swore to save cannot wait that long.”
“Therefore, since you can protect me, naturally there’s no hesitation. This is the best moment to gain billions of group points at once…”
Pausing for a moment, Wang Ping said firmly.
“Since you have made your decision, I won’t stop you. However, if you encounter an emergency, I will forcefully transfer you. The result would be your group points resetting to zero, and I would compensate you heavily.”
Alpha’s voice was extremely cold, but it clearly showed care for Wang Ping.
“Hahaha, then I’ll leave it to you. Don’t worry, I won’t lose…”
Wang Ping smiled and said.
“You’re setting a flag…”
After a moment of silence, Alpha reminded quietly.
“Uh…”
Wang Ping was taken aback and couldn’t help but roll his eyes.
Good heavens, even Alpha knows about setting flags?
Next, Wang Ping did not continue talking with Alpha but directly opened the chat group.
At this moment, the chat group was undoubtedly very lively. Most people who had time to bubble up were discussing this group mission.
After all, terms like extremely difficult and extremely dangerous were too eye-catching.
Wu Jun (20): ‘Damn, brothers, I discovered something terrifying. My cultivation suddenly disappeared, I turned into an ordinary person, I’m almost dumbfounded.’
Fang Yun (3): ‘???’
Cai Yonglong (1): ‘What’s going on here? How did your cultivation disappear? Could it be the anomaly’s doing?’
Liu Mei (15): ‘This kind of abnormal situation is most likely caused by an anomaly. It feels dangerous for little Wu Jun, maybe an anomaly noticed you.’
Lin Yuanyuan (80): ‘Quickly move somewhere else, staying in the original place is too dangerous.’
Zhang Hu (5): ‘If you’ve turned into an ordinary person, you won’t be able to run far. At this time, you can only survive by teleporting to another world.’
Wu Jun (20): ‘Damn, I can’t even teleport, I’m completely paralyzed!’
Seeing Wu Jun’s message, all the old and new group members were stunned.
What’s going on? Not being able to teleport only happens during clashes with the enemy forces of the multiverse.
Such a situation has never occurred when dealing with anomalies…
Wang Ping (66): ‘The newly appeared anomaly’s ability is to forcibly turn a world into an ordinary world, suppressing any extraordinary powers of cultivation systems. Therefore, Wu Jun, you shouldn’t panic too much. You might not have been specifically noticed by the anomaly; it’s just the effect of its power affecting you.’
Wu Jun (20): ‘Oh, that’s good, I was almost scared to death, QAQ.’
Fang Yun (3): ‘Damn, such an anomaly exists? It’s a nightmare for cultivators.’
Zhang Jun (70): ‘It is indeed frightening. If we encounter such an anomaly, we wouldn’t even know how we died.’
Wang Ping (66): ‘Heh, not just you. Even the transmigrators from the Second-Generation Chat Group—a group of high-end combatants—were wiped out ruthlessly by this anomaly. You know, these transmigrators were at the Emperor level of power, and some even surpassed the Emperor level. However, they were all mercilessly suppressed and then killed by firearms. Truly pitiful.’
Cai Yonglong (1): ‘Pfft, even Emperors and beings surpassing Emperors were killed, that’s ridiculous.’
Chen Si (83): ‘By the way, Brother Wang, I’ve always been curious about who these transmigrator seniors are. You said you’d tell us later, but you’ve been silent all this time. (｀ω）’
Chen Kang (67): ‘I’m super curious about this as well!’
Cai Yonglong (1): ‘Count me in.’
Wang Ping (66): ‘Well, let me explain this now.’
Wang Ping’s eyes flickered as he explained the things about the Second-Generation Chat Group and the First-Generation Chat Group, including the reasons for their destruction.
After listening, everyone was stunned.
No one expected that the previous Transmigrator Chat Groups were even darker.
If it weren’t for the fact that the chat group got destroyed twice, went through two reorganizations, and Brother Wang fought for their benefits, they might have ended up the same.
At the same time, everyone couldn’t help but admire the leaders of the First-Generation and Second-Generation Chat Groups.
Goodness, they directly destroyed the chat group… this method is truly astounding.
Especially that ruthless figure from the first-generation chat group, who actually relied on his own strength to annihilate the chat group. To what extent must he be twisted…
“Wang Ping (66)”: “That’s the story. So, we and our transmigrator predecessors are mortal enemies. They want to destroy us, and if we encounter them, we must kill them, or there will be endless troubles.”
“Cai Yonglong (1)”: “Ahem, so that’s how it is. That Supreme we ganged up on last time, he should be one of the transmigrator predecessors, right? And that Nine Nether Demon Emperor Chu Xiao, he should be one too.”
“Wang Ping (66)”: “Yes, they are indeed from the second-generation chat group, so they’ve targeted me many times. I’ve suffered quite a bit at their hands.”
“Wang Ping (66)”: “Alright, enough about that. Regarding this mission, because the danger level is too high, I personally do not recommend you guys participate. Even if the mission fails, I have enough group points to save my own life. But you guys don’t have enough group points to ensure your survival.”
“Fang Yun (3)”: “Since Brother Wang has said so, I won’t be going.”
“Cai Yonglong (1)”: “Haha, as if you would go even if Brother Wang didn’t say anything, →_→.”
“Wang Shuqing (74)”: “I’m just curious, how many group points will be rewarded for such a difficult group mission… QAQ~!”
“Wang Ping (66)”: “At least several hundred billion.”
Wang Ping thought for a moment, then gave a very conservative figure.
“Qin Tian (77)”: “Whoa! Several hundred billion! I’m drooling… .jpg.”
“Chen Yao (71)”: “So many group points, it makes me want to go…”
“Wang Ping (66)”: “Actually, in my opinion, two people are more suitable to go. One is Chen Yao, the other is Liu Mei. Chen Yao has a Golden Finger that adds points. If she adds points to intelligence, developing technology might have miraculous effects. The other is Liu Mei. Although her extraordinary powers can’t be used, her beauty and charm will be very useful in a normal world.”
“Wang Ping (66)”: “Of course, this time it’s a one-way ticket. Once you go, unless you kill the anomaly, you can’t teleport back. There’s life-threatening danger. If you don’t want to go, I won’t force you.”
“Chen Yao (71)”: “I… I’ll go. So many group points, it would be a pity to miss out.”
“Liu Mei (15)”: “The chance to get rich can’t be missed! Although there might be life-threatening danger, I believe Brother Wang can solve the problem.”
“Cai Yonglong (1)”: “Truth be told, I also want to go. It’s such a great chance to get rich… but I don’t think I can help much in this kind of mission… (﹃).”
“Wang Ping (66)”: “Don’t be disheartened, there will always be a time when you’re needed. So, Chen Yao and Liu Mei will go with me to the group mission. As for the others, it depends on the situation whether you can support us.”
“Wang Shuqing (74)”: “Okay!”
Afterwards, Wang Ping stopped participating in the chat group conversation, chose to go offline, and filled in the participants for this group mission.
Soon, Wang Ping turned into a white light and disappeared from his world.
As for Liu Mei and Chen Yao, they also turned into white light and were teleported to Wu Jun’s world.
When Wang Ping’s trio opened their eyes, they found themselves in a mansion, with Wu Jun sitting on the sofa.
“My power… it’s really gone…”
Wang Ping felt that his power within his body had completely vanished, making him uncomfortable and instinctively feel unsafe.
After all, directly falling from being an exalted Supreme to an ordinary person, this kind of contrast is truly hard to bear.
“It seems we’re not entirely ordinary people. Our physical bodies are much stronger than ordinary people, equivalent to the Organ Refining Realm.”
Wang Ping noticed something unusual, raising his eyebrows slightly.
It seemed that the Body Tempering Realm wasn’t considered within the supernal field. In the anomaly’s ability determination, it still fell within the realm achievable by normal human training.
“The Body Tempering Realm… In normal human society, it makes us like small supermen, but we can still be killed by firearms.”
Wang Ping rubbed his temples, not sure whether to be happy or helpless.
Ever since he rapidly grew stronger, he hadn’t felt this kind of suffocating oppression, needing to rely on the strength of the Body Tempering Realm to gain some sense of superiority over ordinary people.
“Brother Wang, we’re in the same situation.”
Wu Jun, Liu Mei, and Chen Yao all expressed their frustration.
“Enough said, the first thing we need to do is simulate. After all, we don’t even know if there are dangers around us.”
Wang Ping sighed, saying directly.
Hearing this, the three of them all nodded, their expressions serious.
Then, Wang Ping sat on the sofa and directly said in his mind: “System, I want to perform a free simulation…”
“Ding, the Life Simulator is starting. Free simulation commencing…”
The system’s voice rang out.
Then, Wang Ping felt a shift in his consciousness, his vision transformed as he entered the immersive simulation.
Soon, a screen appeared with words floating up.
【Day One: You discussed the anomalies with Wu Jun, asking if there were any strange incidents on Blue Water Star. Wu Jun shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying he hadn’t noticed anything and had no way of discovering any anomalies. The planet he was on was similar to Earth before transmigrating, just much larger and more technologically advanced.】
【As for his identity in this world, he had always been very low-key. Aside from buying mansions and frequently participating in missions, he hadn’t controlled any high-level human positions.】
【Listening to Wu Jun’s reply, you felt helpless but not surprised.】
【After some thought, you decided to first use Liu Mei’s looks and Charm ability to seduce some human leaders and see if you could investigate anything through the Skynet.】
【Luckily, there were only three countries in this world: the Mysterious Water Nation, the Eagle Country, and the Red Sun Country. Seducing high-level human officials to achieve your goal wouldn’t be too troublesome.】
【Of course, you could also take the idol route, just like you did with the anomaly’s Charm. But doing so would be too high-profile for you.】
【In the absence of any intelligence, keeping a low profile was the safest move. The only way not to be discovered by the anomaly was to remain undetected. Besides that, you worried about one thing…】
【You suspected the anomaly might not be on Blue Water Star and might not have possessed any humans. If that was the case, it would be a much more troublesome situation.】
【That would mean attempting to kill the anomaly would be an empty talk. After all, with humanity’s current technology, it’s impossible to travel to outer space. Even if it were, finding the anomaly in the vast universe would be extremely troublesome.】
【Another point was that even if you found the anomaly, if it held a high position in some alien civilization, the likelihood of humanity’s space fleet being unable to defeat it would be extremely high.】
【The most critical issue was that even if you could win, you had to consider the real-world time cost. In the simulation, you could develop technology and explore passing routes. In reality, you don’t have much time to follow the simulation’s route to completion.】
【Despite your many concerns, you could only suppress them, hoping you could find and resolve the anomaly on Blue Water Star.】
【Soon enough, a more troublesome issue arose. Although you had physical strength surpassing ordinary people, you didn’t have an extensive enough information network to locate the leaders of the three major nations, let alone seduce them.】
【For this reason, you could only let Liu Mei proceed step by step. By charming grassroots officials and working her way up, she eventually met the King of the Mysterious Water Nation.】
【In the end, you used this method to charm the King of the Mysterious Water Nation, and in his name, met the Kings of the Eagle Country and the Red Sun Country along with their top officials and successfully charmed them.】
【However, you were disappointed. Despite using the highest authority of the three nations to investigate many things, you didn’t find any anomalies on Blue Water Star and couldn’t identify the anomaly.】
【After discussions, you formulated a new plan. This plan was to support Liu Mei rapidly becoming a world-class idol using the authority of the three nations, thus charming all humans. Although it would be extremely high-profile, you had no other choice and hoped to catch the anomaly’s tail.】
【Soon, the plan commenced. Liu Mei’s beauty and Charm ability were already extraordinary, combined with tremendous support. Within just three days, Liu Mei charmed all of humanity, making them her obsessive fans.】
【At that moment, Liu Mei once again achieved her former glory. Subsequently, Liu Mei instructed all of humanity to commit collective suicide. Without any hesitation, all her fans obeyed her command.】
【In that instant, all humanity committed collective suicide, leading to the extinction of humanity on Blue Water Star.】
【Yet, even though humanity on Blue Water Star was extinct, the group task remained incomplete, causing you significant distress. Most likely, the anomaly was not on Blue Water Star, with a small chance the anomaly had possessed an ordinary animal or some survivors had slipped through the cracks.】
“The text simulation describes the extinction of humanity, indicating Blue Water Star likely has no survivors. The anomaly is not on Blue Water Star…”
Wang Ping looked at the text simulation’s content, his heart sank, knowing the worst-case scenario might be unfolding.
However, despite Wang Ping’s headache, he had no choice but to keep staring at the screen.
【Next, you start considering other strategies. However, you despair as you realize no method is available to you anymore.】
【Currently, the only things you can do are to wait for the anomaly to destroy this universe or choose to end this simulation proactively; otherwise, you are wasting time pointlessly.】
【Of course, one hopeful method remained: relying on Wu Jun’s Golden Finger to bring a miracle. Wu Jun’s Golden Finger had the unreasonable power to eliminate the anomaly.】
【Finally, Wu Jun gritted his teeth and used his Golden Finger’s power, hoping to increase the chance of the anomaly’s immediate death to one hundred percent.】
【However, as Wu Jun used his ability and transformed into a woman, the group task completion prompt still didn’t appear.】
【This left you helpless, realizing you probably hadn’t triggered that possibility. What you could do next was only survive, collecting the last piece of information. This information involved calculating when the anomaly would destroy this universe or annihilate you.】
【As a result, you had no intention of ending the simulation prematurely.】
【In the blink of an eye, nearly half a year had passed. During this time, you four lived alone and survived on Blue Water Star. It was in early September, nearly half a year later, that a major change finally occurred.】