232 – The Shame of the Fourth Calamity! Returning to the Dao Palace!

“Uh, you really are something else…”

Cai Yonglong looked at him strangely and commented.

“But, this approach is indeed correct. After all, the existence of players is too dangerous. They can revive infinitely, completely fearless of death. As long as there are enough of them and they use various tactics, even if they can only inflict a minimal bit of damage, they can grind a BOSS to death.”

“Let’s not chat for now, let’s solve the problem first. As usual, I’ll simulate it once.”

Wang Ping exhaled lightly and spoke.

Hearing this, everyone closed their mouths, full of anticipation.

“System, I want to conduct a free simulation.”

Wang Ping said in his heart.

“Ding, Life Simulator activated, free simulation beginning.”

In an instant, the voice of the System also sounded, and Wang Ping’s consciousness wavered as he entered an immersive simulation state.

Then, a screen appeared in front of him, and familiar text also emerged.

【On the first day, after considering it, you followed Ding Xuan to the newbie village and once again tormented the players who logged in with a fluke mentality. Then, you discussed the next plan. You all felt that leaving the newbie village and going to the outside world was necessary; otherwise, you would only face slow death with no information.】

【However, after you deciphered the teleportation mechanism of the newbie area and came to the outside world, you encountered a headache. Because you found yourselves surrounded. Specifically, you were surrounded at the teleportation point from the newbie village to the main city. The square was packed with players, and after a momentary confusion, they excitedly looked at you.】

【Then, one player shouted that a BOSS had entered the city, and everyone started to attack you frantically.】

【Hearing this, you all thought MMP, although you guessed there couldn’t be just one newbie village, seeing the game world evolving to this extent still surprised and troubled you. After all, looking around, you saw that the players’ levels generally exceeded five or six hundred. Although there were also low-level players, they were rare.】

【Therefore, you judged these players to be ordinary, not top-tier. You didn’t know the level of the top players in this world or how strong they were. But you were very clear that the current situation was already quite troublesome.】

【Under countless skill beams, you were all overwhelmed. Even you were submerged. You realized that this broken game world was completely built out of data, unable to show cultivation changes in its speed, strength, and destructive power as levels should.】

【Although the destructive power differences according to level strength were evident, it couldn’t produce a qualitative change.】

【However, you quickly calmed down, realizing your level was 999 only because the highest level in this game world was 999, not because you could only reach level 999.】

【As for your data panel, this world couldn’t detect it, all showing question marks. Therefore, when players attacked you, except for the occasional -1 red number on your head, your health bar didn’t seem to decrease.】

【As for Cai Yonglong and the others, although their levels were also very high, reaching 999, they were clearly getting their defense broken, with higher damage numbers floating out, sometimes exceeding two digits. They were also continuously controlled by various crowd control skills. Although the control duration was short, they were still restrained.】

【It was clear that the players’ control skills judged BOSS control duration based on some data rather than a fixed time. Only special god-level skills estimated to have fixed control duration.】

【Immediately, you didn’t hesitate and directly used the space-type divine ability converted into a skill to slaughter all the players in the square, leaving none alive.】

【With the players in the square killed clean by you, the place finally quieted down, allowing Ding Xuan and others to take a breath of relief, though they were still a bit depressed. After all, getting beaten all along wasn’t a pleasant experience.】

【Next, Cai Yonglong asked how you planned to act. After some thought, you suggested staying here to keep slaughtering the game players.】

【This statement left Cai Yonglong and the others dumbfounded, not understanding your reasoning.】

【In response, you shook your head without further explanation. Since game players in this game world are the Fourth Calamity and so special, they might be related to anomalies. In that case, you might as well keep killing them. From past experience, without the ability to destroy the entire world, finding anomalies proactively is very difficult.】

【Therefore, it’s better to take the initiative, expose yourself, and see if it lures out the anomalies. In your opinion, this is in life simulation, with many opportunities to make mistakes, you can slowly play with the anomalies.】

【Seeing you unwilling to explain, Cai Yonglong and the others shut up, planning to massacre players with you. However, you shook your head and told them to leave, otherwise, they would likely get killed and drop coins, which would be embarrassing.】

【In response, Cai Yonglong and the others said nothing, quickly retreating to a safer place. They were indeed weaker compared to you; some players at level 500 could break their defense. If they stayed here, waiting for high-level players to appear, they might really die.】

【Soon, the news of you BOSS appearing in the city spread throughout the game world. Many players were very curious and surprised by your behavior of a super-god level BOSS leading several quasi-god level BOSS to the main city to kill. They also became eager, wanting to kill you to drop coins.】

【Among these players wanting to drop coins from you were the top guilds, the real top players with levels all exceeding 900.】

【Soon, you engaged in a fierce battle with this group of guild players. These high-level players were indeed strong, with various control and debuff skills, making team fights very powerful and controlling perfectly. Even you found it somewhat tricky.】

【However, you are ultimately you, a bug player with a panel full of question marks. When you found an opportunity, you immediately unleashed a large-scale time-space skill, triggering a terrifying multi-attack and crit, instantly clearing out these players.】

【This scene stunned other players, making them realize that you, the super-god level BOSS, were simply too OP, truly worthy of being the first super-god level BOSS in the game world.】

【However, these players weren’t pushovers, and the remaining ones believed that since you had used a big move, there was nothing to be afraid of. They started attacking you again, thinking that even if they couldn’t kill you, they could at least damage you, grinding you to death. As long as there was a health bar, there was no BOSS they couldn’t kill.】

【Seeing these passionate, fearless players, you felt somewhat troubled. If they couldn’t be completely killed, these players could revive, constantly risking their lives with you, proving to be quite troublesome.】

“However, something unexpected happened. The players you killed did not revive, and even their game accounts were erased. This news quickly spread, shocking the remaining players who retreated in fear, not daring to attack again.”

“The reason these players could act recklessly in this unique fully-virtual game was because they could revive. At most, they would lose some experience points and drop some game equipment, so there was nothing to fear.”

“However, now after being killed, they could not revive, and their game accounts would be deleted. This already counted as an ‘absolute death.’ After all, this game only allows the creation of one account. If they lose this account, they cannot create another one, which is equivalent to dying completely in the game.”

“They cannot afford this consequence. This game has brought them much happiness and also allows them to make money; no one wants to quit this game.”

“After killing players, they cannot revive? Is this some special buff given to me by the Heavenly Dao of this world?”

Wang Ping squinted at the content simulated by the text.

Speaking of which, the fact that this world designates them as BOSS is quite strange.

Logically, the chat group must have communicated with the world’s consciousness, and it’s impossible they would cause trouble for them.

Otherwise, it would be self-destruction.

As for whether the world’s consciousness has wisdom, Wang Ping believes it does.

After all, being invaded by an anomaly that required Wang Ping’s intervention, this world wouldn’t be that weak.

The creation of this game is rather suspicious too.

Wang Ping suspects that this world is following a reality-gamification path.

Once players achieve certain conditions in the game, everything in the game would merge with reality, allowing them to acquire equal strength from the game.

In other words, the world merges, and everyone starts leveling up again, with these players being beta testers.

This is evident from the fact that Ding Xuan can grow stronger in the game and that the power he acquires in the game doesn’t weaken even when he goes to other worlds.

In other words, this world looks virtual for now, but it is actually a real world with some special rules.

“What’s certain is that the anomaly most likely hides among the players. Otherwise, the world’s consciousness wouldn’t assign them the BOSS identity to attract all players to attack me. Because the anomaly hides among players, I can obtain a special buff to permanently kill players.”

In an instant, Wang Ping figured this out.

This made his lips curve up slightly, giving him confidence in the next simulation.

Once he grabs hold of the anomaly’s tail, the next steps are simple.

That’s to kill all players without missing one, forcing out the anomaly.

Immediately, Wang Ping entered the immersive simulation state and relayed this information to the simulated Wang Ping.

Then, Wang Ping reentered the text simulation state, the screen appeared, and words surfaced.

“After learning the information, you began a frenzied slaughter of the players. These players became terrified and panicked, trying to escape. However, you gave them no chance; you used space-time confinement skills to surround the entire main city.”

“This drove the players crazy. Then, you ascended to the sky and unleashed wide-area, destructive skills, initiating a mowing down mode.”

“With such rampant killing, the players started cursing, denouncing the game designers for creating such an overpowered BOSS, leaving no way out for them.”

“Ignoring the players’ ranting, you continued the massacre. As you crazily killed the players, some of their bodies suddenly stiffened, transforming into a string of data and drifting toward a certain place in the city.”

“Moreover, a large amount of data flowed in from outside the main city. You immediately understood something: the anomaly hides within this city. Its ability is probably to absorb specific players’ data. If so, things would become tricky.”

“With the massive number of players, if the anomaly absorbs all their data, it could become overwhelmingly powerful and unpredictable. It is very likely that you wouldn’t be able to match it.”

“Soon, following the data stream’s direction, you saw a female player whose wings were frantically absorbing data from all over the world.”

“You squinted, remembered the player’s identity and appearance, and launched an attack on her.”

“However, something unexpected happened. When you attacked, shadows appeared in front of you, blocking your attacks.”

“Although you instantly killed these shadows, they did indeed block your attacks. You also noticed the information displayed above these shadows’ heads. They were BOSSes of this world.”

“This made you frown. You didn’t expect the anomaly could even control the world’s BOSSes and summon them to act as shields.”

“While you pondered, you continued attacking. However, more BOSSes appeared, and ordinary monsters began to swarm, outnumbering the players in the main city.”

“Some of these monsters also transformed into black data, merging into the anomaly’s body.”

This, made your heart chill, filled with astonishment. The anomaly seemed to have noticed your surprise, sneered, and continued absorbing data, becoming even more powerful…

She harbors immense hatred towards you because her ability can grant hidden powers to her guild members. This ability allows her to turn the monsters slain by her subordinates into undead that she can summon and control, and she can also absorb their data to become stronger…

Originally, she wanted to accumulate more data and, when the two worlds merged, she planned to kill all the beings in this world and seize the world’s essence completely. However, your appearance completely disrupted her plans, forcing her to prematurely absorb and merge, wasting years of planning…

“So this is the anomaly’s ability? No wonder he can absorb part of the players and summon monsters to protect himself, as well as absorb the monsters’ power.”

Wang Ping looked at the simulated text content with a look of realization, finally understanding the whole story…

“Since I know the details now, it’s easier to deal with. This time in the simulation, I can kill her. Even if I can’t kill her, it doesn’t matter. I already know her true form. As long as I catch her off guard in reality before she absorbs that data, I can eliminate her.”

Wang Ping’s eyes gleamed as he thought to himself…

Although he was obviously stronger in a normal state, he didn’t think it shameful to deal with anomalies…

One could say, as long as one can win and completely kill the enemy, no matter the means, it is not shameful…

Wang Ping then calmed his mind and continued to watch the screen…

You did not give the anomaly the chance to become stronger and continued your frenzied attacks. Upon seeing this, the anomaly had to both fight and absorb data simultaneously…

It must be said, after absorbing a large amount of data, the anomaly indeed became very powerful. Simply comparing stats, she was on par with you. Moreover, she continued to grow stronger…

However, you remained unperturbed, putting all your efforts into inflicting high damage. Dealing with such enemies was not difficult for the current you…

Very quickly, as expected, the effect of your seven-colored talent: Instant Death Attack activated. The expression of the anomaly, who was becoming stronger, froze and then she utterly perished, with all her data exploding into nothing…

After killing the anomaly, you realized the task was completed. The anomaly did not possess resurrection abilities. Perhaps the ability for players to revive was countered by the special buff given to you by the world’s consciousness. Thus, killing her was quite effortless…

Immediately, you chose to return to the original world…

With your return, the simulation came to an end…

As the simulated text ended, various images appeared in Wang Ping’s mind, his consciousness flickered, and he returned to the real world…

After returning to reality, Wang Ping began to laugh…

This time, it was quite easy to complete…

This anomaly was not weak; one might even say she was excessively strong in this specific world…

However, the seven-colored talent: Instant Death Attack could deliver a fatal surprise. As long as my enemy is unprepared and I can deal damage, there’s a high chance to trigger the effect and instantly kill the enemy…

“Brother Wang, did you find the anomaly?”

Seeing Wang Ping laughing, Cai Yonglong and the others’ eyes lit up…

“Caught it, and directly killed it.”

Wang Ping nodded and briefly recounted the simulation content…

“Uh… looks like we’re just here to scrape points again… Indeed, following Brother Wang, we’re likely to be huge point scrapers.”

Cai Yonglong scratched his head and quipped…

“Ahem, scraping points is just too delicious.”

Chen Kang lightly coughed…

Following Lin Yuanyuan used to encounter dangers, although they were always resolved, it was still nerve-wracking. But following Brother Wang, we could just lie down and relax, it was very comfortable…

Chen Si, Ding Xuan, and Wu Jun couldn’t help but laugh as well…

“Next, leave this to me, you all need not go. We don’t want to alert the enemy unnecessarily.”

Wang Ping looked at them, dropped these words, and quickly departed…

This time, Wang Ping didn’t have the idea of causing a public spectacle in the main city…

After all, since he had found the anomaly’s true form, there was no need to make things complicated. Doing so would also increase the danger…

To this end, Wang Ping first figured out how to locate the anomaly.

Then, without any mercy, he used all his means to directly blow it up and kill it.

Because Wang Ping concealed himself, acted quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly, the anomaly didn’t react before it was instantly killed by Wang Ping. The terrifying critical strike damage left people dumbfounded.

“Ding, the anomaly is dead, the group task is completed, the reward has been issued separately, group members can choose to return to their original world.”

At this moment, the System’s voice also rang out, making Wang Ping very satisfied.

Just when Wang Ping was quite satisfied, those players were staring at Wang Ping excitedly, seemingly seeing the title of a super god-level boss above Wang Ping’s head and wanting to kill him to explode his equipment.

In response, Wang Ping was a bit speechless and quickly left, without any intention of killing them.

However, this time Wang Ping didn’t intend to return directly to his original world but went back to the beginner’s village where he met Cai Yonglong and others.

“Brother Wang, I have a bold idea. Do you think it’s feasible?”

At this time, Ding Xuan suddenly chuckled.

“What idea?”

Wang Ping raised an eyebrow, thinking this kid might be up to no good.

“Brother Wang, let me kill you, maybe it could explode exceptionally rewarding equipment. Also, the experience points would be torrential.”

Ding Xuan said while drooling and staring at Wang Ping.

“Get lost! Believe me, I’ll kill you and see if you drop coins?”

Wang Ping’s face darkened, wishing he could slap this guy to death.

Although he also thought about whether he could drop some amazing equipment this way, he decided to forget it.

After all, this would mean truly dying once in reality.

Such a cost wasn’t something Wang Ping was willing to try.

He cherished his life the most.

With talents refreshed by the Life Simulator and reward items from the Life Simulator, Wang Ping didn’t lack potential equipment or items that might come from this world.

“Cough, cough, I was joking, joking!”

Ding Xuan shivered with fear and she quickly said, “Brother Wang, don’t be angry, how about I let you play with me?”

“Get lost!”

Wang Ping’s mouth twitched, lightly waving his robe and knocking this pervert away.

Although Wang Ping held back, Ding Xuan’s health bar still dropped by eighty percent, almost completely empty.

This made Ding Xuan’s expression stiffen, and she didn’t dare say another word.

Being cheeky with Brother Wang, it really might cost her life.

Seeing Ding Xuan in such a miserable state, Cai Yonglong and the others rolled their eyes but didn’t sympathize with her, thinking this bitch deserved a beating.

After all, seeking death really could lead to death.

After that, Wang Ping said goodbye and chose to return to his own world.

Back at Spirit Dust Peak, Wang Ping activated his red packet.

Then, Wang Ping received one billion group points.

It can only be said that the rewards from such strong anomalies are plentiful.

However, even after adding another billion points to his total, Wang Ping was still far from the trillion points he needed, so he could only continue striving for it.

“By the way, this anomaly, can it satisfy the conditions for me to play the game after entering Allheavens Playground…”

Wang Ping seemed to have thought of something and curiously asked in his heart.

“No… It must be a special type that is about to erode the world or an anomaly that has already grown extremely powerful…”

Alpha’s voice sounded, making Wang Ping somewhat disappointed.

“Oh, I see…”

However, he didn’t dwell on it too much and quickly put these things behind him.

Then, Wang Ping moved his consciousness and directly entered the immersive simulation state of the Paid Simulation.

Then, the screen appeared, and text floated out.

[On the first day, you chose to cultivate… This time, after thinking it over, you decided to make some changes and experiment with some things… To this end, you did not immediately plan to self-seal, but chose to go to Great Origin Ancient Star.]

[However, before going to Great Origin Ancient Star, you hoped the Dao Palace Master of the Taiyi Imperial Palace could bring out the treasured medicine to help you refine your Supreme Body.]

[In this regard, the Dao Palace Master of the Taiyi Imperial Palace was very shocked… After all, in his view, you are still far from achieving Great Saint Perfection and don’t need this precious item.]

[Although he had some doubts and hesitations, the Dao Palace Master of the Taiyi Imperial Palace still used his authority to bring out a portion of the treasured medicine for refining the Supreme Body from the treasury.]

[After all, you can’t catch a wolf without risking something… You’ve just joined the Taiyi Imperial Palace, if they don’t offer some benefits, how can you feel a sense of belonging to the Taiyi Imperial Palace…]

[Seeing the Dao Palace Master of the Taiyi Imperial Palace being so generous, you nodded in satisfaction, thanked him, and left.]

[Next, you came to Great Origin Ancient Star and quietly waited… Soon, decades passed, and the Great Saint Secret Realm opened; you chose to enter it.]

[Then, you found Lin Yan, the prodigy with the Soul Devouring Pearl, and intended to take him as your disciple… Regarding your request to take him as a disciple, Lin Yan was not happy at all and chose to refuse without hesitation.]

[Seeing this, you were not surprised… After all, through these simulations, you knew that Lin Yan is a very cautious person who likes to keep his cards hidden… even during the Golden Age, he remained a rogue cultivator, only suspected to be protected by a strong backing.]

[Therefore, someone like Lin Yan, with great secrets and such a character, would not easily take a master… Even if you were a Great Saint or a half-step Supreme, even a full Supreme or a quasi-emperor, he would not easily take a master.]

[Regarding Lin Yan’s refusal, you did not force it… After all, forcing it would be useless; only a sincere disciple can trigger the effect of the seven-colored talent: Growing Stronger by Accepting Disciples.]

[However, in this simulation, improving cultivation through taking disciples was secondary; the main purpose was to experiment with some things… To this end, you did not hesitate to attack Lin Yan, intending to seize the Soul Devouring Pearl.]

[Lin Yan was furious at your behavior of resorting to robbery after failing to take him as a disciple and wanted to activate the Emperor’s Weapon to resist… Unfortunately, his cultivation was too low to activate the Emperor’s Weapon.]

[In the end, Lin Yan was suppressed by you, and you took the Soul Devouring Pearl from him… However, the moment the Soul Devouring Pearl came into your hands, it began to struggle violently, and the terrifying Emperor’s Might started to revive, giving you a lethal sense of danger, especially your soul, which felt like it was being devoured.]

[Obviously, this Soul Devouring Pearl had no intention of acknowledging you as its master; forcibly keeping it would only result in a backlash… In this regard, you felt helpless, realizing that Lin Yan acquiring the Soul Devouring Pearl was a blessing from the heavens, not something that anyone could take.]

[Perhaps, whether it’s Lin Yan or Zhu Huowang, who are blessed by the Heavenly Dao, they might in the future work for someone else, but for now, no one can forcefully take this pearl… Perhaps quasi-emperors and emperors can use their might to seal this Natural Emperor’s Weapon, but whether it would acknowledge them as its master is another question.]

[Then, not bothering to say more, you directly threw the Soul Devouring Pearl back to Lin Yan and released him… This left Lin Yan utterly shocked, not understanding what you were thinking… After all, if you wanted to kill him, it could be done easily… However, you did not intend to kill him.]

[Regarding Lin Yan’s confusion, you didn’t bother to explain and left gracefully… As for whether Lin Yan would seek revenge in the future, you didn’t care… After all, even if Lin Yan grew stronger, he would still be no match for you in the Golden Age, so there was nothing to fear.]

[Besides, if Gu Xuan can’t be overcome, you will die eventually and enter the next simulation. Even if Lin Yan holds a grudge in this simulation, it won’t matter in the next one.]

[Therefore, rather than risk angering the Soul Devouring Pearl, causing it to go berserk and waste some of your cards, it was better to let Lin Yan go.]

[Next, you continued wandering around Great Origin Ancient Star, visiting many places, looked at the forbidden land of Great Origin from afar, and finally stopped at the Dao Palace.]

[After thinking it over, you decided to enter the Dao Palace… After arriving at the Dao Palace, you did not intend to hide your identity… Thus, when you revealed that you were the future emperor’s son of the Taiyi Imperial Palace and disclosed that your cultivation had reached the terrifying level of a Saint King, the Dao Palace Master was shocked and invited you to sit at the main seat, very apprehensively.]

[Even the two self-sealed ancestors deep within the Dao Palace could not remain calm, receiving the message and observing the situation…]

[After all, the Taiyi Imperial Palace is an imperial-level force, and there are very few in the entire Upper Realm who can match it… Now, with its future emperor’s son coming to the Dao Palace, it was indeed intriguing.]

[Regarding the nervous emotions of everyone in the Dao Palace, you shook your head slightly, only feeling that times have changed… Unknowingly, your identity had undergone a tremendous transformation, making even the Dao Palace Master, who once protected you in simulations and had great kindness towards you, become so apprehensive before you…]

[Next, you stated your purpose, indicating that you would accept a disciple in the Dao Palace and practice for a thousand years, hoping the Dao Palace Master would agree.]

[Hearing this, the Dao Palace Master was very astonished, not expecting a person of your stature to choose to practice in their small Dao Palace for a thousand years and even take a disciple there.]

[For this reason, the Dao Palace Master was ecstatic and quickly agreed… Although he did not know your exact intentions, there was no reason for someone like you to covet anything from the Dao Palace… The current Dao Palace was sparsely populated, and anything you casually brought out would be worth more than the entire treasury of the Dao Palace.]

[Seeing the Dao Palace Master agree, you nodded slightly and did not say much, starting to settle in the Dao Palace.]