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Chapter 282: Chapter 279: [The Long Night is Ending]

[December 5, 2021, 10:00 AM]

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In a tiny personal space, the white ball of fur suddenly opened its eyes.

It slowly extended its body, the bewilderment in its eyes fading bit by bit, becoming extremely alert. After stretching its paws and slamming its plump body to the ground, it started taking small steps toward the door of the personal space—

"Bang!"

A blue light flashed momentarily, the vortex like an open mouth, and Su Ming’an fell abruptly onto the bed from within.

"Meow—!" The sudden incident terrified the white cat, causing its fur to bristle. When it opened its eyes again, they exhibited the familiar laziness and confusion.

With a "thump", it curled up on the ground, seemingly never having enough sleep, and fell asleep again.

Su Ming’an, just teleported back from White City, lay motionless on the bed.

His eyes were somewhat bewildered.

In the "tick-tock" sounds of the clock on the wall, he slightly moved his fingers, and then, boundless fatigue enveloped him.

Right now, every time he closed his eyes, it seemed as though he was still in that nightmarish laboratory, reverberating in his ears were the over a hundred formulas that Sneer kept reiterating...

The gestures for making mechanical explosives had almost become his physiological response.

A tiny error in color identification could lead to failure, a mental arithmetic mistake in a formula could cause the forming solid explosive to suddenly explode...

Nuoliya put it well and advised him well.

Teacher Sneer was truly terrifying.

To make him learn quickly, Sneer truly spared no regard for the so-called "hero of White City". Once he entered teaching mode, his gaze quickly turned into one of frustration.

...as if looking at a student utterly failing to grasp anything.

"This reaction only requires you to do mental arithmetic with three-digit numbers three times within five seconds. Can you not even do that?"

"This color... you’ve identified it so many times, there’s clearly a difference of one millimeter between the top and bottom change... how can you still get it wrong..."

"How many times have I told you, are you not using your brain? Or is it in one ear and out the other? Has higher education in the other world become so cheap that even something like this can pass the exams?"

"Forget it, since you obviously can’t manage, I’ll just have to simplify it again, I’ll teach you an easier method..."

After his continuous mistakes, Sneer even painfully exclaimed, "You are the least intuitive student I have ever seen!"

At that moment, Su Ming’an felt a long-missed shame.

The shame of being a poor student, like momentarily pulling him back to the days he studied science subjects.

In that laboratory, he was never the Number One Player.

...just a repeatedly self-doubting poor student.

Those five days, he lived more exhaustedly than any other period before... even the Sixth World wasn’t so torturous.

Right now, he just wanted to sleep it all away.

But soon, he opened his eyes again.

After deducting fifty points, a white halo emerged between his palms, and his fingers began to move rhythmically.

Resources from his backpack were drawn out, consisting of three stones of different colors, one tube of multicolored liquid.

The stones were extremely soft and soon melted in his hands, with the halo flickering as different colored liquids flowed into it at varying times.

Ten seconds later, a brilliant white light burst forth from his palms, gradually forming a small solid.

A brilliant blue panel popped up:

[Congratulations on creating a (Blue Level) Mechanical Explosive*1!]

[Mechanical Explosive (Blue Level)

Type: Damage-Inflicting Prop

Effect: Squeeze the explosive forcefully to trigger an explosion, explosion radius of two meters, causing 1000+ damage (reduced based on physical defense level). Note, this item produces an immediate explosive effect, be careful of perishing together!]

Manufacturing Requirement: From the advanced props of Daylight Floating City, only players who have mastered special techniques can make it.

Description: Originating from the advanced props of Daylight Floating City in the Second World, utilizing technology far beyond current human standards. After hands-on instruction from Sneer, the quality of the explosive has significantly improved.]

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Su Ming’an looked at the silvery-white solid in his hand.

Compared to the Green Level Fixed Point Explosive he initially saw in Yu Ruohuo’s hands, this Blue Level Mechanical Explosive was significantly stronger. It does not require any tugging of a line but can explode from a simple shake and squeeze, meaning he doesn’t need to be next to the explosive and can entirely opt for remote detonation through spatial vibration.

This was the result of his learning; though Sneer was stringent, he was highly responsible. He specifically asked about his desired method of detonation and tailored his teaching accordingly.

Although this brought a reduction in damage, from two thousand to one thousand, the advantage far outweighed the disadvantage for him.

Compared to a Suicide Bomber that returns a mutual blow with two thousand damage, he would rather opt for a controllable, stable thousand damage.

Spatial Vibration + Mechanical Explosive, the perfect explosive scheme. Very few players could withstand such a double strike. This is a major weapon that makes up for damage when facing players and NPCs with high magic resistance.

The materials for making Mechanical Explosives could be completely substituted with materials from the Main God Store, costing roughly about fifty points per mechanical bomb.

...slightly more expensive than a large Blood Bottle.

He only made one and then stopped, not to mention the cost issue, he had almost had enough of making this thing these past few days. Now just seeing the appearance of this white object gave him a headache.

He could clearly feel himself getting a bit dizzy, obviously an impact from making explosives.

He stowed the explosive into his backpack, keeping an eye on the activities on the World Forum.

The time flow in Daylight Floating City was clearly faster than Main God World; he had stayed there for several days, but only half a day had passed when he returned. Midway, he kept up with the sudden surge of events and responded in his spare moments.

...From the trends in public opinion from all sides, he was gradually understanding the current situation.

It seems like things are moving in a favorable direction.

Upon seeing his own weight ratio, he immediately thought of the schemes the United Group and other organizations might adopt. The schemes could only be extremely polarized, either completely destroy him or completely trust him.

But obviously, the other party had chosen a more moderate one, somewhere between the two.

They didn’t discredit him, nor did they trust him, but were instead promoting him.

They deliberately did not overly exaggerate his personal abilities but viewed him as a standardized ’individual’ and regarded him as a ’model hero’.

Through their statements, they were conveying a conclusion to the vast number of players.

...was that the world might have more and more "heroes" like him.

Circumstances create heroes. In the early days, they regarded him as an early hero, a leader in the most chaotic times.

The implication in their words was that, in the flourishing scenario of the middle and late periods, many more like him might emerge.

This way, even if he were to fail midway, they could let go of their pride and promote other "heroes."

...It was just making statements, creating momentum, almost at no cost.

Yet, the United Group had won a rare win-win situation. They not only inspired the masses and promoted other true heroes, but they didn’t offend him either. In fact, to most people, he should be thankful for the United Group’s praise.

But in reality, Su Ming’an didn’t dislike this series of actions by the United Group.

On the contrary, he thought they had done quite beautifully.

They showed the masses "what they wanted to see," leading them to act according to their words, and reversed the current pessimistic public opinion trend.

Although some criticized this as excessive adulation of an individual, ignoring the tragic events and the overly entertaining public opinion, the positive impact still outweighed the negative.

Because while spreading public opinion, the United Group did not neglect the healing of players in poor mental states, they weren’t just putting up a facade.

They ramped up their efforts, mobilizing all their strength, integrating all resources, and doing everything possible to heal others, allowing the thrust of public opinion to become their momentum, enabling the truly commendable experts and scholars to receive honor.

Although flashy on the surface can be shameful, unity of word and deed is not simple.

...The United Group achieved it.

On this level, they truly were the greatest integrating organization without a doubt.

The only crisis in this scenario was that the United Group did not know whether Su Ming’an would turn against them.

If Su Ming’an turned around and accused the United Group of hypocrisy, or publicly offended them, both would fall into a losing situation.

...But clearly, Su Ming’an wouldn’t.

If he could, he would even like to give them a round of applause—after all, there were indeed great people in this organization, doing great things. These people truly started from the whole group, taking care of the vast majority.

A few bad apples can indeed spoil the broth, but this doesn’t mean the remaining grains are bad.

Humanity still has its heroes.

...whether on an individual level or a collective one.

Su Ming’an admired these people’s selfless acts, so he chose to respond with a mild reply post, as a response to the olive branch extended by the United Group.

On this long road, he had long realized, the power of an individual is ultimately limited. For instance, he alone couldn’t manage or organize such large-scale mental breakdowns.

The people who loved him were just that, lovers, a fan club made purely of love, completely different from the dignified organizations that had existed in the world from early on,

His limited capability could only be devoted to a perfect pass; his narrow vision was only confined to the connection between clues in the instances... even the resurrection by death rewind that he saw as vital, was unable to save so many perished lives.

The shield bearers that appeared behind then became their back-up.

They seemed to be saying to him:

"...charge ahead without worry, we are always behind you."

Su Ming’an had encountered great malice before.

In human nature, the extreme evil, greed, jealousy, selfishness... he had clearly experienced it all the way.

But even a little bit of goodness was enough to pull him back from the brink of the abyss.

Humans are such creatures, naturally inclined to admire the beautiful.

The love within their blood could never be blocked.

Because to love a world, it never needed any reason.

...

[December 10, 2021, 10:00 AM]

"Listen to me—we must be in this situation because the high-dimensional beings have installed a chip in our brains!"

A loud voice, almost a scream, resonated in the silvery white laboratory.

Various bottles and jars were arranged on the table, and numerous diagrams were spread out over the chairs.

A messy-haired young man, standing in front of a massive computer connected by numerous network cables, was animatedly speaking:

"The chip implanted in the brain can help people with storage, calculation! It can also pop up a specific menu in your eye—essentially a computer within the brain! If we could store current societal science and some basic knowledge into the chip beforehand, and then implant it into infants, the babies would immediately learn how to walk and simultaneously graduate from the world’s leading universities!"

As the disheveled young man spoke, he became more and more excited, "Even—it can also help patients with intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, and the like, recover basic self-care abilities! Look! All these situations I just talked about, how well do they fit our current scenario in the world game! The skills that can be released with a fixed gesture, the panel menu that pops up in front of us, and more..."

In front of him, standing was the wryly smiling Su Ming’an, the silent Lv Shu beside him... and an ugly dog that Lv Shu was holding.

Su Ming’an was originally still on vacation in Ming Hui.

Unexpectedly, he was suddenly pulled out by a video call from Lv Shu to meet this young man.

According to Lv Shu, the man was from the "Transnational Human Research Organization", a top scientist currently in charge of exploring the fusion area between human technology and the world game.

"Transnational Human Research Organization" is an organization, or you could say a guild, spontaneously formed by elite scholars from various countries. It has a loose system, a generally lax structure, and there are no mandatory regular meetings or reporting periods.

Members just occasionally have a video meeting, share a document, exchange their research with each other, and that’s pretty much it.

It’s a fairly free organization, but filled with big names internally.

The young man standing in front of Su Ming’an was named Xu Yunying, reportedly a friend of Lv Shu from their time on Zhai Xing, an elite in research, serving as a doctoral supervisor in a top university in Dragon Country, and his real age was already over forty.

...But now, in front of Su Ming’an, he was as excited as a little child, introducing his hypotheses one by one as if he were showing off toys.

"—And lately, rumors about the possible launch of the ’Race Module’ have made me think of many possibilities."

"Genetic recombination project! Transgenic monkeys, transgenic sheep!" Xu Yunying suddenly increased his volume, startling Su Ming’an, whose thoughts were drifting away.

"Based on the development of transgenic technology before the game started, in the future, people might even be able to implant specific genes into human embryos, allowing humans to grow wings! So, doesn’t that mean that future players transformed into ’Angel’ or ’Half-Winged’ races have been nurtured through genetic technology..."

"Cough, cough."

Seeing Xu Yunying getting more and more excited, Lv Shu couldn’t help but cough.

He had agreed beforehand that after meeting Su Ming’an, he would try not to get too excited and not to look like a madman with disheveled hair...

But once they met, he was still the same, even more disheveled than ever.

"Ah, sorry, sorry, I got too excited." Xu Yunying looked at Su Ming’an, his eyes sparkling: "—But my guesses could be possible, right? The Number One Player, you are currently the strongest among humans, supposed to have the best control over your own skills, could you please tell me, when you use skills, do you also feel the agitation inside your body..."

"...I don’t think that can be felt." Su Ming’an said.

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