World’s End: My Keyword is One More Than Others
Chapter 512: Brutality and persuasion

After that, there was no further movement from the Sun God's side.

Two more days passed.

Du Ge and a new batch of Alien Star warriors were once again deployed to the Alien Star Battlefield.

During this time, Bai Long did not meet with Du Ge, as if certain that he wouldn't dare to cause any trouble on the Alien Star Battlefield.

...

When Du Ge opened his eyes again, he found himself on a lush green hillside.

The person he had possessed was shockingly an eight or nine-year-old child.

Dressed in coarse cloth, the child was thin and weak, with rough little hands and arms no thicker than a stick.

Damn!

The worst start is being in a child's body...

Damn random body possession.

Du Ge complained and immediately glanced at the personal interface floating before him:

Name: Du Ge;

ID: 48699527;

Mental Power: 8575400;

Current Rank: 2714/2753;

Session Keywords: Brutal;

Session Keywords: Persuasion;

Advanced Skills: None;

Derived Items: None;

...

Brutal?

Persuasion?

Brutal: fierce and violent; synonyms: vicious, cruel, savage, ferocious;

Persuasion: encourage and guide; advise and enlighten; synonyms: guide, induce, exhort;

Am I being set up again?

The main keyword is brutal, yet I've possessed an eight or nine-year-old child. If such a young child were truly brutal, could it be hidden?

The second keyword is becoming increasingly abstract.

Is this suggesting I become a life coach?

Brutal on one hand, life coach on the other—how can these two keywords possibly work together!?

Moreover, neither keyword seems to fit the identity of a child...

Du Ge's head throbbed.

At this moment, he truly understood the difficulties faced by those Alien Star warriors who ended up with a poor identity and random useless keywords.

Since he could no longer actively choose whom to possess, the Alien Star Battlefield had become entirely a game of luck.

The strategy Du Ge set for the Alien Star warriors on Qi Yuan Star was to play it safe, but he himself had no intention of doing so.

Playing it safe for four or five years until the child's body grows up would be too late to make any significant moves.

The child he possessed was named Iron Head, and his memories were very simple.

His father was called Zhang Lao San, his mother Niu Cuihua, and they lived in a village named Zhangjia'ao. The whole family worked as tenant farmers for the local landlord, Zhang. His parents farmed, and his main tasks were to herd cattle for the landlord and do odd jobs like sweeping and emptying chamber pots.

Iron Head had a childhood friend named Er Niu and a landlord's son, Zhang Yan, who often bullied him.

His biggest dream, like his father's, was to own two acres of land when he grew up.

Beyond that, there was nothing useful in the child's mind about the world's structure or national distribution.

However, this was consistent with a nine-year-old's understanding of the world.

Sigh!

Starting at hell difficulty is almost like having no memories at all!

Du Ge sighed and glanced at the personal interface again; the number of survivors on the battlefield was still over 2,700.

As he expected, since Pan-Universal Entertainment allowed the audience to designate players, the success rate of body possession had significantly increased. The over 200 who had been eliminated were likely mostly from Qi Yuan Star!

The grass, about a foot high, swayed gently in the breeze, and three cows grazed leisurely on the hillside.

Du Ge looked up to see the azure sky.

Looking down, he saw a small village with only a few dozen households nestled in the valley.

Smoke rose from the chimneys, and farmers worked in the fields, clad in coarse linen clothing.

Further away were mountains, more mountains behind, dense forests covering them, with winding paths hidden among the trees, and no other signs of human habitation...

...

Du Ge withdrew his gaze.

Brutal?

The best way to maintain a brutal persona is to kill.

But in this rundown little village, who would he kill?

Kill the landlord's foolish son who bullied him? But Iron Head's so-called bullying seemed to Du Ge just like childish play, and killing over that would be excessive.

Kill the entire landlord's family?

The landlord's land was accumulated over the years, and he wasn't overly harsh on his tenant farmers. The grain he left them each year was enough for their family of three to live on.

Moreover, if he killed the landlord's family, the authorities would investigate, and no one else would escape...

As for slaughtering the village?

Other Alien Star warriors might do it, but Du Ge couldn't bring himself to use these defenseless villagers as stepping stones for his growth.

If this keyword was designated by Pan-Universal Entertainment again, then they really had him by the throat...

Besides.

Even if he did slaughter the village, it wouldn't benefit his early growth. Since Pan-Universal Entertainment made this world the new Alien Star Battlefield, its level would only be higher than Bi Xing, not lower.

If some powerful being or expert followed the clues to find him, whether he exposed his divine power or was suppressed by other Alien Star warriors, it would be bad news for him!

This is why keywords like brutal and slaughter were rarely developed early on when the strategy of playing it safe prevailed.

The characteristics of these keywords were too distinctive, too easy to expose, and one could easily become the world's enemy.

Moreover, in the replay footage Du Ge watched, keywords like slaughter and brutality rarely made it to the end; no one dared to let them grow unchecked.

In the last Alien Star Battlefield, the slaughter from the Marta nation was also his first target.

So, when you get negative keywords, you can't be too reckless at the start.

...

After much thought, Du Ge decided to leave this small village. The landlord's family only went to town to buy goods, and they didn't do any business, let alone have any books. It was unlikely he could learn about the world's structure from them.

Even if he played it safe, he needed to understand the world's background. Was he really going to farm in this small village for years like Iron Head's parents?

But before leaving, he had to erase traces of his existence reasonably.

Although the disappearance of a child might not cause much of a stir, it's better to be cautious.

Du Ge glanced at the two yellow cows leisurely grazing on the hillside, suddenly got up, and whipped them hard on their backs.

A nine-year-old's strength was small, and even though Du Ge's millions of mental power were subtly transforming his body, the speed was too slow to make much difference in this short time.

The two lashes on the cows' rumps didn't hurt at all.

However, Du Ge wasn't aiming for the effect of the whip. At the moment the whip fell, two small ice spikes had already pierced into the cows' anuses.

Feeling the pain, the two yellow cows were startled and charged recklessly across the hillside.

Du Ge followed them, occasionally whipping them to continue provoking the cows, driving them toward the cliff...

Beating the cows for no reason was a borderline brutal act, and Du Ge's physique improved significantly.

When the two cows reached the cliff, Du Ge stopped provoking them, kicked a stone off the edge, and threw one of his straw sandals beside the cliff.

Then.

He leaped onto the treetops, traversing through the dense forest, following the mountain path, and made his way out of the village.

...

In the ravine, there were many villages similar to Zhangjia'ao, but Du Ge didn't disturb them. Instead, he traveled through the forest, catching wild chickens and rabbits when hungry and drinking spring water when thirsty.

The transformation of his body by mental power, coupled with the brutal killing of wild chickens and rabbits, significantly improved Du Ge's physical condition. A nine-year-old's stamina was now comparable to an adult's, and the mountain paths posed no challenge, though his speed wasn't very fast.

Even limited by his body, Du Ge's perception could cover a range of twenty to thirty meters, enough to avoid poisonous insects and beasts in the forest.

However.

Compared to his previous rapid improvement, the attributes gained from being brutal to animals were negligible, almost insignificant. Even when he lived in the forest with Luo Shuang, the improvement wasn't this slow. When he first possessed the body, there were still a few people ranked below him.

But now his rank was already at the bottom.

Even so.

Du Ge wasn't too anxious. While traveling through the forest, he constantly monitored his personal interface.

On the first day, there were over 2,700 Alien Star warriors who successfully possessed bodies and survived;

The numbers on the second and third days were similar, with little change.

But starting from the fourth day, the number of surviving Alien Star warriors began to plummet. In the next two days, the number dropped from over 2,700 to around 1,500.

Over a thousand were eliminated in two days.

At the end of the last Alien Star Battlefield, Du Ge's mental power value, as observed by Bai Long, was nearly three million. If Pan-Universal Entertainment wanted to create a contender to compete with him, they had to raise their mental power to match or exceed his.

With around three million mental power and a few days of skill development, over a thousand were still eliminated in such a short time, indicating the terror of this world.

Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise; starting low might be beneficial for him.

...

On the morning of the sixth day.

Du Ge finally emerged from the forest and arrived at a relatively bustling town.

By then, he looked almost like a little beggar.

His face was dirty, hair disheveled, body covered with ragged cloth, and his feet were black, without shoes.

However.

This appearance had its advantages.

Few people paid him any attention along the way. Occasionally, someone passing by would cover their nose and hurry away, some even cursing at the stinky beggar...

...

"Have you heard? Demons have descended into the world, and disciples from the great cultivation sects have come down the mountain to exterminate them."

"I know, the government is about to issue a notice. If anyone discovers a demon and reports it, they can claim a hundred taels of silver from the government if it's verified!"

"Really?"

"I heard it from Scholar Sun, so it must be true."

"Scholar Sun said a few demons possessed officials, and after being discovered, they were struck down by celestial beings with thunder. Even the prime minister's son was possessed."

"Sounds exciting, but what do these demons look like? Are they like monsters? Why is it all about possession?"

"I don't know. They say the demons struck by lightning were revealed by celestial mirrors. But the prime minister's son was discovered because his life lamp went out, yet he was still alive, so the demon was found..."

...

With a little beggar's face, Du Ge wandered through the town, using his twenty-meter perception to gather useful information, feeling increasingly fortunate.

This world was different from previous Alien Star Battlefields.

It could be said to be a true xianxia civilization, with a celestial realm above and an underworld below.

Deities like Earth Gods, Mountain Gods, and City Gods were all present.

Celestial Masters and Emperors had their own sects and disciples in the mortal world, and mortals could truly ascend to the celestial gate and become immortals through cultivation.

However.

Becoming an immortal was mostly a legend among the people.

Of course, there were more myths and legends, like certain Emperors descending to the mortal world to undergo tribulation, cultivating in the mortal realm, slaying powerful demons, and then ascending back to the celestial realm.

There were also tales of celestial beings playing in the mortal world, subduing demons, teasing corrupt officials, and punishing wealthy landlords.

In summary.

This world was far more complete than the first one Du Ge entered, where tribulation crossing dominated but ascension was impossible.

The most troublesome part was.

In this world, celestial beings seemed to be able to descend at will, and many Emperors even had their own dojos in the mortal world.

In such a complex world, any Alien Star warrior daring to show themselves might be casually eliminated by a celestial being.

Even if not immediately, if the Earth Gods and City Gods thoroughly investigated their movements and reported back, sending a few more powerful celestial beings down, there would be no escape.

No wonder over a thousand Alien Star warriors were eliminated in just over two days.

In such a tightly controlled system, having over 1,500 still alive was already a miracle.

Du Ge strongly suspected that in these few days, the celestial realm should already know their origins and the characteristics of Alien Star warriors!

This is tough!

Du Ge sat in a sunny corner, contemplating his next move based on the miscellaneous information he heard, but no suitable path emerged.

In this world, with celestial beings around, nothing was safe!

Who knows how the Earth Gods and City Gods monitor this world?

If he killed someone, and the Earth Gods reported it, he'd become a wanted criminal in the celestial realm—where could he plead his case?

No, wait!

Du Ge suddenly shook his head; the celestial realm's monitoring shouldn't be that strict.

Otherwise, when he possessed Iron Head, Iron Head's soul would have been the first to alert the underworld that the body had been replaced. So many days had passed, and there had been no reaction; he was still fine.

Moreover, there were still over 1,500 Alien Star warriors alive!

There should be many villains in the mortal world, and the celestial beings haven't punished them. On Earth, there's an old saying that even gods and ghosts fear evil people!

So.

There must be loopholes in this world's operating mechanism, at least allowing the existence of demons and ghosts.

Therefore, celestial beings shouldn't be omnipotent.

The over 1,000 Alien Star warriors who were eliminated were probably too reckless.

Perhaps this world is like Journey to the West, with the mortal realm governed by mortals, the celestial realm by celestial beings, and the underworld by the underworld...

Du Ge exhaled lightly, stood up again, and realized that the urgent task was to understand the true operating mechanism of this world.

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