Chapter 840 - 710: Ascension (4K)_2

Therefore, they are more willing to accept eternal life through flesh, to have a human body that lives for hundreds of years.

Heh, the wish is nice, but unfortunately hard to realize."

This theory Su Jie had never heard before, and he asked blankly, "Why?"

"The killing field prioritizes summoning human individuals who differ from ordinary people. Exceptionally intelligent, extraordinarily determined, unusually despaired, extraordinarily coordinated, naturally including those with exceptionally long lifespans."

Merlin said indifferently, "Someone has calculated that those wealthy and powerful individuals who have undergone life-prolonging rejuvenation surgeries, like the grandparents of the Qian Family, can leisurely live past 100, 110, even 120 years,

but once they exceed 120, the probability of being summoned by the killing field skyrockets, and they can’t escape, easily dying in script tasks.

In this regard, mortals and players are equally situated; no one can achieve eternal life."

As soon as these words were spoken, silence fell over the top of the Mage Tower, even Li Cheng raised an eyebrow.

"What, what do you mean?"

Su Jie stammered, "A top Level 40 strongman, aren’t they supposed to live as long as heaven?

I’ve read analysis posts on the forum, judging by the changes in mindset from their words and actions, the Side of Truth of the Evil Science Alliance, top players like the Matrix of Whale Song, have lived for at least a thousand years."

"That’s in the script world, the time spent in the subspace they created doesn’t count.

Under the judgment system of the killing field, they are still in their thirties or forties—remember, script tasks are instant teleportation there and back."

Merlin said quietly, "According to our prediction at the Bell Tower, players also have a lifespan limit, but it doesn’t end with aging; instead, the difficulty of tasks continuously increases until survival becomes impossible regardless of effort.

For the human race, this limit is approximately 120-200 years, at most three to five hundred years beyond.

In the Bell Tower, we adopt a Buddhist term for this, calling it the Five Decays of Heavenly People."

?!

Li Cheng’s eyelid twitched suddenly, he suddenly recalled the information told by the Heavenly Enemy—top players who fail and die become Divine Calamities after death.

No wonder the innate abilities of those Divine Calamities cannot be analyzed by human instruments, and no powerful civilization has emerged to unify the killing field over millennia despite the abundance of artificial remains.

Maxwell stood in a daze, instantly realizing Merlin’s lengthy reasoning purpose.

Indeed, if the Emperor Shi of the parallel world is also a Summoner, then it makes sense—he knows his death is imminent, neither hiding in the script world nor subspace can escape the pursuit of the killing field,

thus he seeks an alternative path, finding a method of transcendence from Four Realms Mountain.

Merlin turned to the Sun-absorbing Chicken, "If my guess is correct, the daily life of the Snake-man civilization should include one or more ritualistic activities."

After a moment of silence, the Sun-absorbing Chicken nodded, "After a newborn hatches from the eggshell, a baptism in the ancestral temple is needed, and after death must be buried in the Bone Storage Land.

But there is no Extraordinary Power involved in between."

Merlin smiled ambiguously, "Apart from Arcane, Magic, Divine Arts, Gu Technique, there’s something called Magic in the casting system.

It doesn’t require consumption of Spiritual Power; even just placing two pots of plants at specific positions, wearing designated colored clothing, speaking a few words with a specific accent, making some movements, can create mystical metaphysical effects.

The specific rituals of birth baptism and burial after death are enough to form a bond, closely linking the Snake-man civilization to that Emperor Shi."

The Sun-absorbing Chicken instantly grasped the hint in Merlin’s words; the Cold God, Bachin, and other Demon Gods exterminated the Snake-men, likely under Emperor Shi’s shadow, even directly at his behest.

The anger of betrayal rushed to the mind, the Qi and blood surged, the red bandages wrapped around the body turned crimson again.

But the Sun-absorbing Chicken quickly suppressed its fury, regaining calm.

The few snake eggs in its belly are the last Fire of the Snake-men. Compared to revenge, prolonging civilization is more important now.

The Sun-absorbing Chicken immediately knelt down, respectfully bowing to the players, "I earnestly implore you, masters, to take me away from this place. Should I survive, I will repay your great kindness twice over."

Neither the Broken Land nor higher up Four Realms Mountain is a good place. Better to escape with the players to the killing field.

Merlin shook his head, "Don’t count on me, I definitely need to go to the highest layer of Four Realms Mountain, to find our president Hornheim."

"I have my difficulties too."

Li Cheng shrugged; he primarily went to Four Realms Mountain to find the Insect Lord Demon, and based on the prophecy results from the [Suicide Notebook], if he brings the Sun-absorbing Chicken into the Three-dimensional Warehouse, the probability of death increases instead.

After discussion, it was decided that shortly Merlin would lead Su Jie, the Sun-absorbing Chicken, and the unconscious Gouchen among others, to the Execution Committee’s outpost to see if there are any players who intend to return immediately to Earth.

If not, Su Jie will place the Sun-absorbing Chicken into his Space Item, withdraw from the game, and escape Four Realms Mountain with it. And pay the "Redemption Fee" to the killing field.

Mei Wenyi and Don Juan were envious of this; the Sun-absorbing Chicken’s strength rivals the boss at the final level of an Advanced Script Task, if they could bring it out, owing it a favor,

they could enlist its help for the next task.

But unfortunately, Don Juan had no Game Coin on him, and Mei Wenyi also maxed out her credit card, unable to pay the "Redemption Fee" to bring the Sun-absorbing Chicken back to Earth.

Maxwell was not lacking in money, but as a genius teenager, he viewed himself highly and wanted to keep striving to see if he could climb higher up Four Realms Mountain.

’No, has the Special Affairs Bureau bribed some higher narrative figures? How come every time there is such luck in flipping the script boss to make a huge profit, it benefits the Special Affairs Bureau.’

Don Juan, having reattached his tongue not long ago, internally complained with disdain, receiving a crystal from Merlin, carefully pressing it against his wristwatch.

Pop, pop, pop.

The crystal automatically attached itself around the wristwatch; Don Juan took a deep breath, speaking with a garbled heavy tongue accent, "Everything is settled, so shall we part ways here?"

"Shall we part ways here."

Mei Wenyi clasped her hands, emotions surging inside, resolved to quit right after rising to the upper layer of Four Realms Mountain and receiving the reward.

This damned place is too dangerous; among the participating advanced players, Gouchen and Claudia were all incapacitated, the fate of the Black Trojan Horse and Hassan is unknown, even the Level 38 big shot Merlin almost got caught in a snare.

Better to stop while ahead.

Alas, being a player truly isn’t a job for humans, especially now, knowing that even top Level 40 Transcendents have a lifespan limit, no matter how one struggles, can’t evade the pursuit of the killing field,

it’s pure torment within torment.

How those strong people, balanced their mindset in despair, is unknown...

"The memories forged together during this year connect both ends of time and space; though we may part, this precious friendship will not fade with distance.

Thanks to Gouchen, Claudia, Divine Era Rain Prayer for all contributions to the team. Wishing you a bright future, a journey of blossoms.

Looking forward to meeting you at the summit, with respect."

The five people and one chicken, whose emotions were brewing, silently turned to look at Li Cheng.

He, holding up a phone, was filming, reading aloud the parting statement with deep emotion,

somehow, from somewhere, he dug out a few team uniforms in a fanciful gold and red design, putting them on the unconscious Gouchen three and himself,

while a tablet each was placed in Gouchen three’s arms, playing their highlight clips.

???

Merlin and others, along with the Sun-absorbing Chicken, almost seemed to have question marks floating above their heads,

Seriously dude, where the heck did you find these team uniforms with Gouchen and their IDs printed on the chest?

That aside, why is the highlight clip for Divine Era Rain Prayer showing her slaying a Horror Maggot Beast, wielding the Stone Plate Rust Sword from [God Trapping and Spirit Stealing];

Claudia’s highlight reel shows her using Blood Magic to summon a supermassive seven-gilled eel from the Otherworld;

as for Gouchen, his highlight is him embarrassingly jumping into a pee-filled pool?

You might have a grudge against him, but this is blatant double standards!

Plus, you weren’t even present when he took the plunge into that pee-filled pool!!

Where did you get that video?

The desire to complain made both Maxwell’s and Don Juan’s faces flush red, while Li Cheng seemed to guess what they wanted to say, speaking in a serious tone, "I used AI to reasonably deduce.

King Wen of Zhou composed the Zhouyi while imprisoned, Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Annals under adversity, Han Xin became one of the Three Heroes of the Han despite suffering humiliation.

Never forget the path you’ve walked, remember what Gouchen said before he fell, ’Bro, riding a big horse.’"

What on earth!

We’re seriously suspecting that you’re deliberately playing dumb, expecting this video to surely hit the top of Feiwang’s strategy video home page in the future, to blacken Gouchen’s image permanently for laughs.

Amidst the noisy atmosphere, Li Cheng attached the crystal to the wristwatch, disappearing along with Don Juan, Mei Wenyi, Maxwell from the spot.