Ten Thousand Ways To Eliminate Players-Chapter 432 Ultimate Mission

The Way of Heaven is to take from where there is a surplus and supplement where there is a deficiency; the Way of Man is to take from where there is a deficiency and supplement where there is a surplus.

These two sayings naturally flashed through Lin Bai's mind. The so-called Earth Deficiency and Great Deficiency should correspond to the Deficiencies of Heaven and Earth.

To take from the deficient and supplement the surplus, by literal understanding, is to deprive those who lack and provide for those who have abundance.

Lin Bai flashed out, looking down from the sky at the Celestial Beings coming and going on Dreamland Street, and cast the Earth Deficiency Art on them.

The System popped up a prompt: [Please use it in battle]

Lin Bai wielded the Jade Ruyi, and the entire city was instantly enveloped in a dream-like state.

Then, he spread his Dark Domain and cast the Earth Deficiency Art again, targeting all Celestial Beings.

The moment the Skill was launched, Lin Bai could clearly sense that within the range of the Dark Domain, the Spiritual Power from all the Celestial Beings continuously rushed towards him, naturally becoming his own power. His body seemed like a black hole, swallowing the Spiritual Power of those Celestial Beings below, who were already weaker than him.

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"What happened?"

"My Spiritual Power is dispersing."

"Is it Lin Bai? Has he finally made his move against us?"

"The Players were right after all. He is an unrestrained Evil Spirit..."

...

The Celestial Beings were in a panic.

Lin Bai, having figured out how to use the Earth Deficiency Art, proactively shattered the dream-like state. He glanced at the Celestial Beings below—who outwardly respected him but inwardly resented him, and had no idea what had just happened—then flashed back to the Dream Heavenly Palace.

With the Jade Ruyi, no matter how outrageous the Skills he tested, there would be no subsequent concerns.

Those Celestial Beings whose memories had been erased had no idea that he had previously extracted a portion of their Cultivation Level.

However, the Earth Deficiency Art was undoubtedly a top-tier demonic technique, even more domineering than the extraction ability of the Great Devil System.

The extraction technique takes Skills, the Earth Deficiency Art takes Cultivation Level; with this combination, no matter how powerful the Player, they could be incapacitated by him!

From this, it can be inferred that the Great Deficiency Art should align with 'taking from the surplus to supplement the deficient,' and this Skill should be designed to fight against those with a stronger Cultivation Level than his own...

They complement each other, making him invincible in the world.

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"My dear, what happened?" Xu Longyun asked.

"I've gained some new insights." Lin Bai was in a good mood and said with a smile, "Xiao Yun, increase the promotion of the Way of Incompleteness. Select a few excellent articles for publication. We need to debate the Way of Incompleteness from different angles. Have half the people argue for its beauty, and the other half for its ugliness. After some time, reverse their roles: those who studied its beauty will then study its ugliness, and vice versa. Let them engage in mutual debate and dialectically study the Way of Incompleteness…"

Ultimately, Lin Bai still didn't know what specific task the Incomplete System had issued. He could only verify them one by one, conduct more experiments, and the task would eventually be completed.

「In the following ten days or so,」

The game company made no new moves, and the policies Lin Bai had established were steadily implemented.

The Players in the real world gradually lost hope in the game company.

More people returned to their original production and lives, while some began to study Lin Bai's Way of Laws, as well as new projects like how to combine Immortal Technique and Magic with modern technology.

New courses on modern science were added in the Immortal World and the Continent of Gods and Demons. In fields like information and communication, the level of their technological civilization surpassed the fantasy world by leaps and bounds.

People from both continents never fully trusted the real world where the game capsules existed. They subconsciously absorbed its technology, always preparing to break free from their dependence...

After experiencing anticipation, anger, disappointment, despair, and numbness, the Players controlled by Phoenix Seeks Phoenix began to beg for mercy in droves from the female cultivators. They proactively disclosed the rewards they had obtained from logging in, willing to hand over Divine Artifacts and other prizes, just to be able to exit the game. To reclaim their freedom, they were willing to swear the most vicious curses...

Lin Bai, upon receiving this news, ignored them. Chasing petty gains can lead to failure in major endeavors. Leaving these people as targets will serve as a continual warning to those in the real world.

Even if game companies were to release new benefits, Players would have to carefully consider if they could truly handle them.

Once these people were freed, game companies and restless Players might exploit potential loopholes.

Besides, the System tasks weren't quite finished yet! 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

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Excellent articles about the Way of Incompleteness were continuously published in Justice Weekly, and Divine Status was promptly awarded, further fueling people's determination to study the Way of Incompleteness.

The incomplete Jiamucheng that Lin Bai had created had become a sacred place in everyone's minds. Many people spared no expense to visit Jiamucheng, attempting to grasp the true essence of the Way of Incompleteness...

More and more classic articles discussing the Way of Incompleteness were published in Justice Weekly.

There were articles about the beauty of incompleteness, the ugliness of incompleteness, the good of incompleteness, the evil of incompleteness, and so on, too numerous to list.

Under Lin Bai's deliberate guidance, everyone from Emperors and generals down to common peddlers and laborers could eloquently discuss the Way of Incompleteness, offering their own unique perspectives.

The bowls people used for eating, the plows used for farming, the clothes they wore, even perfectly styled hair, would inexplicably feature a touch of incompleteness to demonstrate the depth of their understanding of the Way of Incompleteness.

In the worlds under Lin Bai's rule, it reached a point where nearly everyone embraced incompleteness...

In this pervasive trend of incompleteness, the Celestial Beings, known for their androgynous perfection, became objects of widespread disdain.

To claim perfection without a single flaw, without any incompleteness, is simply laughable.

Of course, it wasn't just the Way of Incompleteness; the Way of Love, Spoken Law Follows, and the Chef's Way were also flourishing.

What the superiors favor, the subordinates will passionately pursue.

Lin Bai's every word and action set the trends for the entire world.

Amidst these peculiar social trends, Lin Bai completed his tasks one after another.

From the Super Idol System, Lin Bai obtained the ultimate "Idol's Heart."

The Idol's Heart meant that wherever he went, his fans' attributes would be enhanced by one hundred percent, and anyone who became his fan would never betray their idol.

From the Pet System, after Lin Bai raised the Little White Fox into a Nine-tailed Celestial Fox, he received the "Beast Language Technique," the "Spirit Awakening Pill Formula," the "Shape-altering Pill Formula," and the more advanced "Heart of Pet." The Heart of Pet ensured that for any creature he took as a pet, its entire species would gain maximum affinity towards him.

From the Peerless Divine Doctor System, Lin Bai successively obtained a series of Skills and Magic Treasures such as "Palm Flame," "Solidification into Pills," "Reverse Calculation of Pill Formula," the "Eight Diagrams Furnace," the "Purple-Gold Gourd," and the "Jade Purification Bottle."

The Skills were one thing; but as for Magic Treasures like the Eight Diagrams Furnace, Lin Bai strongly suspected they were the very set belonging to Taishang Laojun.

After confirming the System's increasingly close relationship with Earth, he suddenly stopped worrying about the mastermind behind the System. They both came from Earth; fellow Earthlings wouldn't harm each other, would they?

Among all of Lin Bai's System tasks, the most miserable recipient was Crispy Rice of the Chief Supporting Role System—no one considered their own luck to be too low.

After the Chief Supporting Role System task was completed, Lin Bai issued an order promoting the Beggar Gang to the foremost gang in Taiyi Country, with "Big Brother" Crispy Rice remaining as its Gang Leader.

Crispy Rice initially thought Lin Bai was being nostalgic and that he, like Immortal Realm's First Papparazzi and others, would soar to prominence. Unexpectedly, after the Beggar Gang became the top gang in Taiyi Country, his arduous life began. He was constantly in peril, rescued by Lin Bai's Divided God, then in peril again, rescued again by Lin Bai's Divided God, trapped in a vicious cycle.

This deliberately tragic life, seemingly scripted, couldn't help but make Crispy Rice recall Dumbelldore doing good deeds on the street.

His miserable existence almost drove Crispy Rice to the brink of deleting his account, but his love for Guo Yuan prevented him. He could only grit his teeth and swallow his bitterness, not daring to utter a single complaint, as the current Lin Bai was far beyond someone he could afford to offend.

Fortunately, after each torment, Lin Bai would always offer him some small reward. Now, his Level was soaring, and he had even acquired his own Divine Status. It was a bittersweet experience, one might say.

On the rare day he didn't encounter any disasters, Crispy Rice would even feel a sense of loss, wondering if Lin Bai had forgotten him...

「After two peaceful months had passed,」

Just when everyone thought the game company had completely run out of ways to deal with Lin Bai, and Lin Bai himself had just acquired the "Great Deficiency Art" without yet having a chance to test it, an accident occurred silently.

It struck without any warning.

This time, it wasn't triggered in the real world, but in the Fairy World.

Overnight, the memories of all Celestial Beings, including all Player functions, were restored. Billions of Celestial Beings transformed from NPCs back into Players in a single night.

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"What the hell? We've been NPCs for tens of thousands of years! This is utterly ridiculous!"

"The game company is too outrageous! They can arbitrarily wipe our memories!"

"Damn it! I've been farming in this game world for hundreds of years!"

"Hell, there's still no logout button!"

"Log out my ass! More than ten thousand years have passed. There's only so much nutrient solution in the game pods; our real bodies must have decayed into dust long ago. Logging out means certain death. We need to find a way to survive in the game; that's what matters!"

"We need to settle scores with the game company! We were just playing a game, and they wiped our memories? What the hell is that about?"

"Before we confront the game company, I think we should deal with Lin Bai first. He's a tough nut to crack and has obtained a Law Holy Artifact of the Nine Heavenly Kings. If he finds out we've regained our Player status, he'll probably strike first. He won't let billions of Players jeopardize the world he worked so hard to stabilize."

"Go against Lin Bai? Won't that just play into the game company's hands? Right now, all I want is to team up with Lin Bai and screw over the game company."

"You're dreaming! Lin Bai has mastered the Way of Laws; what do you have? Even our memories are controlled by the game company. What can you use to resist them? Besides, why would Lin Bai trust you?"

"So what do we do? Continue to be the game company's pawns? After we kill Lin Bai, will they wipe our memories again and turn us back into NPCs for other Players to push around? I've had enough of this dog's life! I want to be a person! I want to go to the real world and be with women..."

"Quiet! The game company has issued an announcement."

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「In an instant.」

All the Celestial Being Players fell silent, turning their attention to the System announcement:

"Final Mission: Kill Lin Bai and his followers, and destroy the current world. This mission will be ranked by contribution. The top 30,000,000 ranked Players will retain their memories and the right to enter the next game. Those ranked below 10,000,000 will have their memories erased and revert to NPC status."

The moment the announcement was released, two new numbers appeared on each Celestial Being's personal panel: one for contribution points, the other for world ranking.

At this moment, most people's numbers were still zero.

But soon, the numbers began to fluctuate.

Individual rankings started scrolling rapidly.

Celestial Beings who did nothing saw their ranks plummet beyond several hundred million in the blink of an eye.

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"Damn it! The game company is pushing us too far! They're forcing us to oppose Lin Bai!"

"Are we doing this or not?"

"Of course, we are! So many people have already started. If you don't do the mission, you're just waiting to die! Who the hell doesn't want to keep their memories? As soon as any Celestial Beings make a move, given Lin Bai's nature, he'll definitely target all Celestial Beings..."

"Stop standing around! Let's go to the Lower Realm first! Those new Players have Divine Artifacts; let's take them!"

"Destroying the world should count as contribution points, right?"

"It definitely counts! The game company has truly gone insane this time. They want to destroy what they can't have. Lin Bai must have pushed them to the brink!"

"Team up! Anyone looking for a team? I have a full set of maxed-out fire Skills..."

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「Overnight.」

The situation changed drastically.

Large groups of Celestial Beings began leaving the Fairy World through Teleportation Portals.

Some headed for the Xianxia Continent, others for the Continent of Gods and Demons.

In the Mortal World, the female cultivators who had been using Phoenix Seeks Phoenix to control Players were the first to be hit.

The Celestial Beings were already high-Level and numerous, and their attack was sudden. The female cultivators were defeated almost in the very first clash.

The Players, who had been controlled by Phoenix Seeks Phoenix for more than two months, suddenly regained their freedom. Before they could even celebrate, an overwhelming barrage of attacks from the Celestial Beings descended upon them.

These Level Zero Players were instantly killed and sent back to their Resurrection Points, their hard-earned equipment dropping all over the place.

Players on the Continent of Gods and Demons fared slightly better. However, on the Xianxia Continent, due to its world rules, the moment the Celestial Beings attacked, they triggered Heavenly Tribulations. Countless innocent commoners were caught in these tribulations, losing their lives without even understanding what had happened...

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「The real world immediately erupted into chaos.」

The forums were in a state of pandemonium:

"What happened?"

"What provoked the Celestial Beings? Why did they all come down from the Fairy World?"

"They've regained their memories and Player identities! The game company gave them a mission: kill Lin Bai and destroy the world he controls."

"Holy shit! Isn't that too vicious? Those are actual lives! Celestial Beings are already high-Level; if they're let loose, they could slaughter a city in minutes!"

"The game company has completely abandoned us."

"I now support Lin Bai's methods. The people at the game company are a bunch of lunatics! If we don't stop them, who knows how many worlds will be destroyed at their hands."

"Lin Bai was too soft-hearted. He should have exterminated all the Celestial Being Players when he first found out about their identities."

"My dad is still working on infrastructure in the Immortal World! He probably won't make it back in time! Damn it, I'm going to the Fairy World to save my dad..."

"My dad's there too!"

"I'm logging into the game now! Who's coming with me?"

"Count me in!"

"Alliance Hierarch Lin, we request to join the fight!"

"Let us fight the Celestial Beings! We promise not to harm the native inhabitants of the Immortal World..."