Chapter 462: Training, A Game of Life, Cultivation

Opening his eyes again, Chu Bamboo scanned the surrounding metal base and glanced at the time.

“Eight in the morning? A little late… but whatever.”

Chu Bamboo shook his head and strode toward the door.

He had already figured it out. With the Light Divine Techniques, if he wanted to escape, no one could stop him!

That being the case, there was no need to call Huo Qiming and the others over for now. Of course, Chu Bamboo had no intention of trying to conquer the world again, either.

What he planned to do was something he’d done countless times in this Dream World before he had even become a Transcendent—

Training, treating life like a game… and perhaps now, he’d add cultivation to the list?

He would gather intelligence from all over the world while polishing his power to the absolute peak of the Third Realm, preparing to break through to the Fourth Realm… Of course, it would be best if he could seize an opportunity to make that breakthrough.

The main door opened. Chu Bamboo first transformed into a shadow, lurking silently, and then discovered… the people around here weren’t actually defending the place very rigorously.

He didn’t even need to use Light Transformation… Simply by using the Shadow Cloak to hide in the shadows, he easily found a flaw and escaped!

“…”

For a moment, Chu Bamboo felt like laughing. ‘What a Mickey Mouse operation.’

He now felt that his previous anxiety about being trapped in the underground base was a complete joke…

But after thinking it over, Chu Bamboo realized it was quite logical. While they could have certainly implemented stricter surveillance if they wanted to—he refused to believe they didn’t have monitoring equipment…

From their perspective, Chu Bamboo was completely unaware that the situation outside had changed drastically.

Chu Bamboo was only so vigilant because he had reset so many times… Under the circumstances, it was perfectly reasonable for them to think they didn’t need to take such extensive precautions!

“So, next up!”

Several kilometers away, Chu Bamboo reappeared. A dazed look flickered in his eyes before he quickly made up his mind and looked west. “To the Celestial Capital!”

Reset after reset.

Sometimes he’d gather intelligence, sometimes he’d fight to the death, and sometimes he’d use Cloned Divine Techniques while obtaining information along the way…

As a Transcendent, Chu Bamboo could now obtain a wealth of useful information that had been inaccessible to him when he was a mere mortal.

Especially with Divine Techniques as special as his!

For example, he could use the Cloned Light Divine Techniques to approach the Pope and win his favor. He could become his disciple, directly infiltrate the upper echelons, and then frantically gather information… Or for another example…

Of course, the ultimate trick was when Chu Bamboo found a particular path troublesome. For instance, say he went to Fengming Temple to chat with the old abbot… but the old Monk tried to “enlighten” him, and not just once…

If Chu Bamboo got pissed off, he’d just reset to the beginning and go the Heavenly Monarch route!

Then, in the afternoon, he would lead a massive army to their gates, pressuring them with the might of the Heavenly Monarch! The old abbot would have no choice but to bow his head…

Even a powerful Transcendent, as long as they hadn’t achieved Becoming a God… if they were facing a mere mortal Heavenly Monarch… they had only one path to take: respectful submission!

Otherwise, they’d have to deal with the karmic backlash from defying the Heavenly Monarch and the threat of having their mountains razed and temples destroyed…

It was precisely because he could force his way through any roadblock by embodying the Heavenly Monarch—a deus ex machina to steamroll any problem—that Chu Bamboo had managed to gather an enormous amount of information over these dozens of resets…

…

「The real world.」

“How many times have I reset? Twenty? Thirty? Or more! Geez… Toward the end, my head hurt too much, and my memories were a mess!” Chu Bamboo sighed with a hint of nostalgia, stretching lazily. “But all in all, what an exhilarating life.”

Chu Bamboo casually sensed his three current Divine Technique slots. The three Divine Techniques were Light, Flowing Body, and Light of Annihilation.

As Chu Bamboo murmured the last Divine Technique’s name to himself, a dark glint appeared in his eyes.

This was, of course, Li Min’s Divine Technique… He had previously guessed it might be some insanely awesome Divine Technique like Darkness or Destruction, but he never expected it to also be a sub-type of Light.

The difference between it and Light… was probably like the difference between Crimson Sky Fire and Flame Divine Techniques.

In name, both seemed to be Light, but Light of Annihilation focused more on the destructive aspect of light…

Divine Technique: Light of Annihilation

First Divine Power: Lock On—As long as contact has been made with an enemy once, you can lock onto them. No matter where they flee, you can roughly sense their location. When they are nearby, you can achieve a precise lock on the target. Take the shot and kill!

Thoughts swirled in Chu Bamboo’s mind. ‘In a way, it’s basically an aimbot!’

Second Divine Power: Stealth—Transform yourself into invisible light. Although you don’t gain the speed of light… you can pass your body through any crack when facing various buildings! In this state, you are almost undetectable and even immune to all physical attacks.

Compared to the Pope’s Light Transformation, this Divine Power seemed much weaker…

However, Light Transformation was a Third Divine Power and was also highly uncontrollable… The advantage of this Divine Power was that while it lacked light speed, everything else was maxed out!

Third Divine Power: Annihilation—Possesses the power to shatter and annihilate all things!

“…To be honest, Xiaomin’s Divine Technique feels like a cheat from a video game!” Chu Bamboo silently mused. ‘Aiming, invisibility, plus a guaranteed kill!’ But this also allowed Chu Bamboo to figure out what was going on with Li Min…

No wonder she could actually inflict some damage on Lao Hu with her current Third Realm Cultivation!

“It’s also no wonder that the Celestial Capital considers her a trump card!”

Chu Bamboo wore a noncommittal expression. These three Divine Powers were practically a born assassin’s Holy Body… As a fellow Third Realm assassin, Xiaomin was way more badass than that Shadow Killer he first encountered!

“Z… bring up the…” Chu Bamboo started to speak, then realized that Z should still be updating right now.

He fell silent for a moment, then chuckled dryly. His gaze sharpened as he said to himself, ‘The idea of building an Extraordinary version of the Celestial Court… can be put on hold!’

After all, it was now confirmed that the essence of being Extraordinary was corruption!

“So, what I should do is…” Chu Bamboo recalled the Genetic Map created by Guan Qianyu, along with the various genetic enhancements. He pursed his lips. “…use purely technological means! To build a force of my own.”

“…I used to wonder about those with Genetic Modifications. Their strength is clearly superior to ordinary people… so why are they specifically excluded from the category of the Extraordinary!”

“So, it’s because the sources of their power are different…”