Chapter 688 - 440: Obliterating the White King [1]

「Within the island.」

After taking care of everything, Hu Qi paid the other two no mind.

He recalled the new information that had appeared in his mind and spoke aloud.

"Book Spirit, display my personal information."

The next second, purple text tinged with red light materialized before his eyes.

[Reader ID: 4△]

[Authority: Manager]

[Experienced Novel Worlds: (Shadow of the End)△]

[Book Tickets: 1 E-Level Book Ticket, 1 D-Level Book Ticket, 1 B-Level Book Ticket, 1 A-Level Book Ticket, 1 S-Level Book Ticket△]

[Remuneration: 80280△]

[Items: 1 Yin-Controlling Body Crystal, 1 Eight-headed Spirit]

His personal information hadn’t changed much from before.

Hu Qi’s gaze fell on the Authority column.

The Triangular Rune that had been behind it, indicating it could be modified and upgraded, had now disappeared.

’Is Manager the limit?’

Hu Qi’s eyes shifted.

There were only two possibilities for this.

Either the rules of the Reincarnation Bookstore dictated that Manager was the highest authority, or...

...it was because he had insufficient Modification Points.

At this thought, he immediately summoned the Crimson panel.

His gaze landed on the Modification Point column.

However, one look made Hu Qi pause.

[Modification Points: 23287 (12%)]

The upgrade to his authority had actually consumed over eighty thousand Modification Points.

This level of consumption was terrifying.

After all, accelerating his Divinity’s condensation and breaking through to the True God level had only cost him one hundred thousand Modification Points.

But when he considered the new information about the Reincarnation Bookstore in his mind, it all made sense.

Managers were different from ordinary readers with Gold, Silver, or Bronze Level authority.

Those were merely levels of authority at best.

Managers, on the other hand, possessed a portion of the Reincarnation Bookstore’s actual power.

They could even interfere with the operational rules of the Reincarnation Bookstore to a certain extent.

Additionally, based on the new information in his mind after his promotion to Manager and the power he now wielded, Hu Qi deduced a key piece of information.

The entire Reincarnation Bookstore was structured like a pyramid.

The strength of the readers within it was divided from One-Star to Ten-Star.

This division corresponded perfectly to the difficulty of the novel worlds.

An Eight-Star reader was roughly equivalent to someone at the True God Level.

There were a total of nine such individuals within the Reincarnation Bookstore.

But only three of them had become Managers.

Here, only those who obtained the authority of a Manager were considered part of the true upper echelon.

Above the Managers was the Reincarnation Bookstore’s Book Spirit.

However, it seemed more like an intelligent AI system that lacked emotion.

It only acted according to the established rules, with no sense of self whatsoever.

He had come to this conclusion not only because of the new information in his mind, but also because, logically speaking, his abnormally fast promotion should have drawn the Book Spirit’s special attention.

Given the immense power displayed by the Reincarnation Bookstore, bringing him under control would have been effortless.

Yet, in reality, the Book Spirit had shown no reaction at all.

This anomaly seemed to suggest that the Reincarnation Bookstore was likely an ownerless object, its operations entirely dependent on some kind of preset programming.

However, this was just Hu Qi’s speculation.

After all, he had personally experienced the Reincarnation Bookstore’s power.

When his true body had used its Primordial Eye, not only had it failed to see through the Bookstore’s origins, but it had also nearly suffered a severe backlash.

Furthermore, the other Managers here were also beings at the True God level.

This was enough to prove the Reincarnation Bookstore’s might.

It seemed impossible for such an entity to lack sentience.

’Perhaps this so-called Reincarnation Bookstore is an artifact forged by some higher-level being.’

After all, the mechanics within the Reincarnation Bookstore were a bit too human-like.

However, a being capable of forging the Reincarnation Bookstore could definitely not be at the True God Level.

Therefore, it was highly likely that it involved power on the level of a Daoist Lord.

Thinking of this, Hu Qi pushed the thought aside.

In his current situation, dwelling on such things was useless.

His current Manager authority was sufficient for now.

’Once I’ve accumulated enough Modification Points after a while, I’ll see if I can modify it again.’

’If that still doesn’t work...’

’...perhaps I can try to seize the authority from the other two Managers.’

’That might cause a quantitative change to become a qualitative one, allowing my authority to rise again.’

’But there’s no rush for that.’

With this in mind, he raised his palm, and a pattern appeared in its center.

It was a purple, six-pointed star.

It seemed to be glowing faintly.

This was the symbol representing a Manager’s authority.

Hu Qi swiped his hand.

A projection resembling a list from a game’s item shop appeared before his eyes.

It was divided into different categories.

There were Bloodlines, Gene enhancements, Skills, Items, Cultivation Techniques, and more.

Hu Qi’s gaze fell on one of the Bloodlines.

[Vampire Embracer Bloodline]

[Description: Physical attributes can reach two to three times that of an ordinary person. Possesses a weak self-healing ability and night vision.]

[Drawbacks: Fear of silver, sunlight, holy water, garlic, etc. Requires regular consumption of fresh blood (at least once every three days, or will enter a weakened state).]

[Exchange Price: 800 Remuneration Points]

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[Vampire Viscount-level Bloodline]

[Description: An advanced Bloodline for an Embracer. Physical attributes reach five times that of a normal person, with a Lifespan of nearly a thousand years.]

Awakens Blood Pupils: Dark Vision + Basic Hypnosis (effective against those with weak wills)

Bat Transformation: Can disperse into a swarm of bats (duration: 30 seconds, cooldown: 2 hours)

Reduced craving for blood (once per week)

Special Restriction: Abilities are weakened by 50% in sunlight.