Glorious God Throne

“Skywalker, Skywalker, cases flying the Skywalker flag are everywhere. This guy, already globally wanted, can still cause such a stir. It’s really unexpected!” In Yao Country, at the Special Case Investigation Team, Chu Xingrui exclaimed in amazement as he looked at the related news from home and abroad in his hand.

The “Skywalker” he referred to was a nickname, and the subject was K. Literally, it could be understood as “one who acts on behalf of heaven”?

This went back to when “K” became wanted by two countries and his name spread globally – In this internet age, when a person gained fame, people naturally flocked to investigate his news, and the cases he committed became well-known. Since the victims who died at his hands were, strictly speaking, not innocent, and some were even rare scum, someone at some point gave this arrogant wanted criminal such a nickname, which quickly spread throughout Blue Star.

Of course, mainly his worshippers and supporters would call him by the nickname Skywalker. More people who disliked him never acknowledged that this vicious criminal represented justice, but instead viewed him as a trampler of order, a thug in the name of false justice.

“???” To this, K felt very innocent.

…When did he claim to represent justice?

Bai Yi, who woke up to find himself pushed into the Skywalker title, was even more confused, showing a puzzled cat expression.

Wasn’t this card the evil “Ghost in the Rainy Night”?

K’s worshippers. Never mind, you’re just a card drawer, what do you know about K!

In any case, K inexplicably became a spiritual guide, justice leader, and evil punisher in some people’s minds.

At first, these people with extreme words on the internet weren’t taken seriously, after all, everyone’s a bit chuunibyou these days.

But soon, the first copycat crime occurred.

Then the second, the third…

These people all claimed to be “Skywalkers”.

Everyone suddenly realized that among K’s worshippers, there weren’t just chuunibyou keyboard warriors shouting slogans, but there were actually quite a few activists who dared to practice so-called “justice”.

Bai Yi, of course, also saw those news reports.

“Tsk, their methods of cleaning up trash are too poor. Not only can’t they clean thoroughly, but they’ve also splattered themselves with filth…” His first reaction was to shake his head, then his eyes lit up, “However, if we could organize these many prospective cleaners, teach them how to properly identify and clean up trash, wouldn’t my Bai’s Global Environmental Protection Company be poised for growth and expansion?”

Thinking this, Bai Yi could hardly wait.

“…It’s about time for the Shadow Council to expand as well.”

After all, K was currently a nominal member of the Shadow Council as the “Untamed Soul”. In other words, the Skywalker belonged to the Shadow Council, so weren’t these garbage cleaners who viewed the Skywalker as their spiritual guide naturally prospective members of the Shadow Council? If they heard that the Skywalker was developing them, they would surely be delighted, right?

As for how to develop these prospective members scattered around the world, with the existence of the Web of Thoughts, as long as Bai Yi was willing, he could silently transmit special mental waves to anyone.

Additionally, with members like Tian Yin who had already joined, simple message delivery tasks could be assigned to them.

Silently, the Shadow Council expanded outward. Some countries that were originally not within the council’s scope were gradually enveloped in shadows, and the fates of many people fell into the shadows.

Sir Khan was the first lucky one in that country.

–The butler who had been collecting evidence around him all along, after becoming a member of the Shadow Council, finally realized that no matter how much or how complete the evidence he collected was, it was impossible to let nobles who made the laws sanction nobles themselves.

–He broke through his original concepts, persuaded a group of like-minded individuals, and made moves he never dared to make before!

In the Special Case Investigation Team, Chu Xingrui listlessly flipped through the news from around the world, especially those cases related to the Skywalker, which made him click his tongue in wonder. “Overall, our Yao Country seems to be the calmest, with few similar cases. That small backward country in the west is really in turmoil, how many nobles have died there?”

He didn’t feel much sympathy, after all, apart from a title, he couldn’t really enjoy much substantial royal treatment. Joining the Special Case Investigation Team, he believed his status was only a factor, while his abilities accounted for nine-tenths.

Others couldn’t have much sympathy either. Liu Ningshuang, eating melon seeds on the side, shook her head. “It’s the inevitable development of the times. In this era, those who still oppress and rule the people must be crazy, right? I find it quite unbelievable that the people there have only just had an outbreak now.”

At this time, it was the lunch break, and everyone gathered to chat.

“That’s right, I also find it unbelievable. In this day and age, there are still people who believe in bloodline theory…”

“Oh, here’s an interesting one,” Chu Xingrui suddenly seemed to see some news and sat up straight, “It’s from Ningxi Province in our Yao Country. A man fell to his death from the 13th floor. At the time of the incident, only his wife was with him on the balcony, but he wasn’t pushed down, he jumped himself.”

“Jumped by himself? Why? Couldn’t pay off debts? Life not going well and depressed? Mentally unstable?”

“Not sure, probably a mental issue. That’s what his wife said. According to the investigation, this person likely did have some mental problems. Previously, because his wife was driven home by a male colleague, he kept her locked up at home for nearly a year without going out, until recently when he seemed to suddenly come to his senses and took his wife to the hospital, where they found severe injuries…”

“Scum!” Liu Ningshuang immediately frowned, sneering with disdain, “Is this realizing his mistake and committing suicide to atone?”

Chu Xingrui wasn’t sure either. He looked puzzledly at the video transmitted through internal channels, watching the beautiful and sad woman in the frame. “I feel like his wife’s reaction isn’t quite right…”

“What’s not right? It can’t possibly be related to the Skywalker, right?” Liu Ningshuang leaned over to take a look, muttering something like “Wow, a beauty” under her breath, casually joking.

Chu Xingrui laughed, and so did the others.

“Ha, of course not!”

****

Yuanyang City, second floor of an apartment in the old town.

The light from the computer screen reflected in his eyes, as news about the Skywalker scrolled past in his pupils. Bai Yi’s two fingers tapped lightly on the desk, feeling the legend degree of the “Puppet Master” card rising crazily during this period.

“Well, well, not bad~”

Suddenly, as if sensing something, his half-squinted eyes opened wide, looking up into the air.

“Is the legend degree full…”

In Bai Yi’s line of sight, an illusory card suddenly appeared, its faint glow illuminating the entire room.

On the front of the card, black mist constantly spread, and an existence hidden under layers of shadows slowly walked out from the depths of the black mist. He slowly parted the thick fog with one hand, as if about to walk out of the card and fully appear in the world.

At the same time, a series of words quickly appeared before Bai Yi’s eyes, floating in mid-air.

[Your card [Puppet Master★★] has collected 100% legend degree, materialized from virtual to real, successfully manifested!]

[Do you want to view the details of the manifested card?]

As Bai Yi confirmed, the card in mid-air quickly flipped over.

One after another, distorted text reflected in his pupils.

[Puppet Master★★]

[Mysterious leader of the Shadow Council]

[The greatest evil above evil]

[The puppet master hidden behind layers of curtains]

[Click to expand details and view card skills.]

1. Shadow Domain lv10

Description. Under the shadow is your domain. You can hide in the shadows, become invisible in the shadows, sneak, teleport, like a fish in water, capable of anything. You can place shadow marks on every member of the Shadow Council, and when necessary, pull all members into another shadow world where the Shadow Council is located through the shadow marks.

The skill’s strength, duration, and number of people that could be pulled in were determined by the skill level and the player’s mental willpower. It could stably pull four members into the shadow world for a long time as the “Four Pillars” to participate in the Shadow Council; if all members were temporarily brought into the shadow world at once, it would consume a lot of energy, currently lasting at most one minute.

Note: By leveraging the inherent effects of the Shadow Council scene template, you successfully made people believe you could do anything in the shadows, thus giving birth to this special skill.

1. Shadow Lines lv3

Description: Everyone has a shadow. Hiding in the shadows, you could implant shadow lines into other people’s shadows out of thin air. Those implanted with shadow lines would temporarily become your puppets, with every word and action under your control.

Due to skill level limitations, the current range of this skill was limited to within 300 meters of the player. People outside this range could not be implanted with shadow lines. After successful implantation, the player’s control range over the puppet was unlimited.

The success rate of control and the duration after success were determined by the difference in mental willpower between both parties.

Note: After successfully controlling an unfortunate soul through Adams’ “Ghost Possession”, your “ability” to remotely control others’ actions became widely believed and spread.

In mid-air, the character card emitted a brilliant light.

The world seemed to darken for an instant. The shadows of people, animals, buildings… the shadows of all things in the world, in this brief moment, seemed to deepen in color inexplicably, becoming even more profound.

Bai Yi stood at the second-floor window of the apartment, looking down.

Sparse pedestrians passed on the street, their shadows stretched long by the sunlight, intertwining with the shadows of trees and old town buildings.

In the depths of those profound shadows, another world seemed to be lurking. Reflected in Bai Yi’s pitch-black pupils, the inverted image of the entire city seemed to ripple slowly in the depths of the shadows.

At this moment, in Yao Country, Chenxing Empire, Sang Country… in many places on Blue Star, many people seemed to suddenly sense something and temporarily stopped their actions.

Tian Yin, sitting on a shaded path at the Imperial University of Yao Country reading a book; someone walking in a small alley in the King District of the Chenxing Empire; a former Flower Speaker believer, now a Shadow Council member who had just developed a new downline and was about to start preaching on the edge of an island in Sang Country, having almost been caught for organizing a cult…all of them simultaneously lowered their heads.

The shadows beneath them were as deep as ink, seemingly rippling with vortexes and ripples invisible to ordinary people.

In the next instant, everyone’s world spun, their entire beings seeming to melt and be pulled into that unfathomable vortex.

In their infinitely stretched senses, they seemed to pass through a deep shadow, falling into another world constructed of layers of shadows, seeing countless inverted buildings, like mirror projections of this real world reflected in a mirror.

At the top of the highest building, a man with a blurred form and appearance sat there, endless shadows spreading out from beneath him, enveloping this world. He seemed to sit high on a divine throne, looking down at everyone who arrived here.

Around the central building, four slightly shorter buildings rose up. They surrounded the “central tower” like four pillars encircling a divine throne. On top of the only building with people, stood a figure wearing a pitch-black coat and holding a black umbrella.

— The Untamed Soul, K.

On the central high-rise, the man in the shadows lowered his hand, gazing at his own realm and the subjects pulled into it.

“Welcome to the Shadow Council Headquarters…”

“Welcome to…the Shadow Realm.”

Boom!

Outside the Shadow Realm, in the small space of the second-floor apartment, three cards floated side by side, emitting a brilliantly extreme light.

[Ghost in the Rainy Night★]

[Flower Speaker★★☆]

[Puppet Master★★]

Bathed in the radiance, the youth’s aura continuously rose. It seemed that as the card’s legend degree was completed, he had shed some shackles limiting ordinary people. He underwent a metamorphosis from the inside out, his entire being emanating an otherworldly aura.

“Oh my, oh my, it seems something extraordinary has happened…”

Bai Yi slowly opened his eyes, his gaze revealing surprise.

He drawled out his words, and as soon as he spoke, that transcendent aura was completely shattered. Combined with the increasingly perverted smile on his face, an aura of neurosis hit like a wave.

His gaze slowly turned to the text before him.

[Under your meticulous planning, three character cards from ordinary non-magical instances have materialized into extraordinary beings. You have fully grasped the essence of “turning fiction into reality” through legend degree.]

[The world line of the real world has shifted by 1%.]

[You have gained one essential ascension.]

Bai Yi clenched his fist, feeling a special power surging within his body. It seemed that if he were to participate in any long-distance running, sprinting, long jump, weightlifting, or similar competitions now, he could easily break human limits and casually win a gold medal.

“Could this be… the legendary body refinement?”

After realizing this, Bai Yi’s first thought was:

“If that Li Xianke guy knew about this, he’d be so jealous, wouldn’t he?”

[Rhythm of All Things: 20% Awakened]

The next moment, accompanied by unprecedented comfort in his body, a continuous stream of whispers from the outside world entered Bai Yi’s mind, both in intensity and range stepping up to a new level.

Various chaotic and jumbled sounds mixed together, drilling in and out of his mind, causing his thoughts to start tangling.

Like a cat playing with a ball of yarn, playing and playing until it gets all tangled up, and so the whole cat gets messed up…

Bai Yi tilted his head and seriously bit his finger.

“Oh!” The pain jolted Bai Yi back to his senses, temporarily clearing his mind from that extremely chaotic train of thought. He stuck out his tongue to lick the blood seeping from his fingertip. “Hmm, it’s real, sweeter than before by a degree~”

Bai Yi couldn’t help but lick again, nodding as he concluded.

“…It’s indeed body refinement, no doubt about it.”

“But what’s this about the world line shifting?”

He suddenly looked up. “System, explain.”

— Since it was already confirmed that this game system came from his future self, that meant he was the system’s father.

— As the system’s father, he was just that domineering.

[World line extrapolation initiated.]

[In this world with strict physical laws that prohibit the existence of supernatural powers, the character cards from the nightmare game are the only unrestricted supernatural power. You will become the only extraordinary being in this world.]

Bai Yi: “???”

[This was supposed to be a world without any supernatural powers. Even though the world line has shifted, such a small shift is not enough to affect the strict physical laws. Therefore, supernatural powers cannot exist in the future of this world, except for the player himself.]

[— You will gain a world where only your laws apply.]

[— You are the only deity in this world.]

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