I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 434 - 243: The Disconnected Hero Panel

Chapter 434: Chapter 243: The Disconnected Hero Panel

"Ugh~"

"Ugh~"

When Chu Zhen dry heaved, there were two overlapping voices, one his own and another from the Demon King.

"Uncle, did you also feel like this when you absorbed the Demon King?"

"Uncle, you..."

He felt terrible, especially around his chest, where there was a suffocating sensation.

When Gu Shanhai forcefully merged the two of them, it was a misfit at first, but eventually, he stuffed them into each other’s chests. Don’t ask why such a huge Demon King could fit in there; Gu Shanhai used the most advanced fusion technology. Now, Chu Zhen was the new generation of the Demon King.

"Nope, when I merged with the Demon King, he had already turned to ashes, and I didn’t even think about merging until the allied forces started chasing me," Gu Shanhai spread his hands as if to say you’re only weak because you had to do it this way.

"You really screwed me over, weren’t you afraid I would die halfway through the unsuccessful merge?" Chu Zhen was utterly speechless.

"Did you die?" Gu Shanhai retorted.

"No..."

"Then it’s fine, right? Did the panel change?"

"Let me check, let me check." Chu Zhen hastily responded, having barely been able to muster the energy to speak just moments ago.

Upon checking, it had indeed changed, he had obtained the profession of the Demon King, and all his attributes had significantly increased. His abilities had also fully inherited all the Demon King’s powers. The only downside was that his level was too low to utilize the full strength of both the hero and the Demon King.

Gu Shanhai quietly noted down all the data.

"Indeed, after the fusion with the Demon King, the Hero Panel got forcibly disconnected from the internet, changing from a global to a local network."

"This reveals how greatly demonic Qi restrains the entire hero system."

"Still, this Hero Panel is pretty decent. Even though it got disconnected, it can still update patches offline. Perhaps there have been instances of heroes fusing with the Demon King before."

"If it weren’t for me, it might have triggered an antivirus program instead of just an offline patch update."

He knew that the artificial intelligence behind the Goddess was no good being, squeezing heroes while keeping a trick up its sleeve. Now, the power of the Hero Panel could truly be considered the hero’s own. Otherwise, if it remained connected online, the upper echelons could simply disconnect it, reducing the heroes to their original state.

Of course, if it reconnected, it would be detected and eliminated later on.

"The power boost is very apparent, so what should we do next?" At this point, Chu Zhen fully trusted Gu Shanhai. There was no reason for him to lie; he was genuinely planning to set up a Reincarnator Alliance. Gu Shanhai had the experience, so Chu Zhen decided to listen to him, knowing his own strengths and weaknesses.

"First, level up. You should at least reach LV100 before we consider moving to other Hero Continents," Gu Shanhai wasn’t in a rush to immediately whisk people away, instead, he let him level up first.

With the Demon King’s BOSS template, it wouldn’t be a problem for Chu Zhen to jump ten levels while hunting monsters in the early stages.

"Okay, but what’s this Reincarnator Alliance planning to do? Just gather reincarnators to help each other out?" Chu Zhen was skeptical; he didn’t believe Gu Shanhai was entirely altruistic.

"Of course not, do you think I’m stupid? Mutual aid is just a benefit they get after joining the alliance. Our main goal is to rebel against the Goddess and stop being her puppets."

"Alright, being her puppets isn’t entirely unacceptable; it’s mainly about the compensation. We fight tooth and nail to save the world, only to end up dead, killed by the very people we saved. Can you swallow that bitterness?" Gu Shanhai said indignantly.

Chu Zhen also thought about how he had been manipulated mentally; his expression turned ugly as he shook his head: "Of course I can’t swallow it, I get it now!"

He wasn’t stupid and realized that the real root cause wasn’t the Holy Kingdom or some other races, but because the Goddess reincarnated them.

In Chu Zhen’s eyes, these events were possibly orchestrated by the Goddess behind the scenes. They could be resurrected and sent back if they defeated the Demon King and saved the world. If they died after completing their task, not only would the Goddess exploit their efforts without compensation, but she would also make a huge profit.

After all, resurrecting someone and sending them as a tool were definitely simpler in the latter case.

"More importantly, I suspect our deaths were premeditated by the Goddess. She selected people with the potential and capabilities of a hero, then somehow caused their accidental deaths and reincarnated our souls. So, actually, even if we completed our tasks, we wouldn’t be resurrected but rather hunted down and replaced with a new generation of heroes."

Gu Shanhai just blurted it out, not knowing the actual situation. He was just smearing the situation for now, whether it worked out was another matter; he just wanted to stir up some trouble in this world.

Chu Zhen didn’t say anything at this point; he was just thinking about his own pre-reincarnation situation.

His own death was simple; he died trying to save a little girl who was running a red light, hit by a dump truck. But now that he thought about it, what kind of dump truck gets into the city center during rush hour?

It just seemed ridiculous.

"Uncle, do you have any leveling strategies?" Having decided to stick with Gu Shanhai, Chu Zhen now wanted to know how he should level up from this seasoned hero.

"That’s easy, first storm the Royal Palace, don’t spare anyone from top to bottom. Then, with the Royal Palace as the center, wipe out all those nobles, City Guards, and so on. I estimate that should get you to around LV60," Gu Shanhai estimated.