My Ability Is Role-playing

Grass Hut Academy, high in the sky.

Su Qiangwei rides the wind, surrounded by a flock of chirping miniature phoenixes.

Most of these phoenixes exhibit a blazing red hue, with something resembling thought bubbles from a comic hovering above their heads.

They are mythical beings casually created by Su Qiangwei while becoming familiar with the "Supreme of Devouring" status. They have been lingering around the Grass Hut Academy, feeding on the beautiful emotions and sparkling thoughts of intelligent creatures.

As it happens, one of these adorable creatures passed by and devoured a thread of Zhu Ding’s thoughts.

Thus, Zhu Ding’s thoughts became completely known to Su Qiangwei.

"This Zhu Ding actually suspects Zhao Guanlan of being an undercover agent sent by the Will of the Endless Plane."

Su Qiangwei’s face displayed a mocking smile: "Supreme of Death, Zhao Guanlan?"

"This status sounds rather powerful."

"Zhu Ding believes that while the Profound Immortal appears to be aiding the Main Universe faction in gaining strength, secretly he is undermining Ma Ran’s foundation and reserves?"

"Between Zhu Ding and Ma Ran, there exists a blood feud, an irreconcilable enmity, yet in the face of significant matters, Zhu Ding ultimately chose to temporarily set aside personal hatred and relay this crucial intelligence to Ma Ran... Tsk."

"No wonder these thoughts of his were deemed ’sparkling thoughts’."

As for Zhao Guanlan, the Profound Immortal, Su Qiangwei didn’t have any particular opinion or care to pay much attention, but one thing was certain.

Ma Ran never doubted the possibility of Zhao Guanlan’s betrayal.

Although she didn’t know the specific reasons, Su Qiangwei trusted Ma Ran’s judgment.

The urgent task was to quickly adapt to and become familiar with the enhancements and changes brought about by the "Supreme of Devouring" status.

The simultaneous open beta of "All Heavens OL" also allowed Su Qiangwei to gain massive benefits, her foundation, knowledge, and experience accumulating rapidly, deepening her understanding of the Way of Devouring.

Yet, reaching this level was still far from enough.

"What exactly is Ma Xiansheng thinking?"

Su Qiangwei stroked her smooth white chin, her beautiful eyes flickering with a hint of brilliance: "Always feels like he’s building momentum for the Profound Immortal..."

"But doing so would be costing more than it’s worth, with no apparent benefit."

"Forget it, no need to dwell on this issue."

With a thought, Su Qiangwei devoured all her distractions, converting them into pure essence, enriching her own foundation: "Since Ma Ran wants to do this, there must be a reason. I just need to cooperate and do my part well."

As for Zhu Ding’s unusual movement...

It’s better to inform Ma Ran about it.

As her thoughts shifted, Su Qiangwei snapped her fingers.

A palm-sized blazing red phoenix twisted its plump body, flapping its chubby wings, flying towards Ma Ran’s direction.

...

Grass Hut Academy, within a mountainside stone pavilion.

Ma Ran patted the head of the phoenix in his palm, throwing a ball of golden flame over.

Woo!

The palm-sized phoenix’s eyes lit up, biting into the golden flame, sparks splattering around its beak, and its wing-flapping frequency increased dramatically like a human scalded by hotpot, reluctant to spit out the delicious food in its mouth. It held it for a long time before swallowing it, slowly digesting it completely.

The phoenix lingered longingly around Ma Ran for a while before flapping its wings and soaring into the sky.

Through this phoenix, Ma Ran absorbed all of Zhu Ding’s thoughts and guesses, only to smile slightly.

"Because players can be resurrected infinitely, he thinks that Zhao Guanlan is a spy sent by the Will of the Endless Plane, the Supreme of Death."

"Three Supreme-level captives..."

"Compared to Pei Ming and Qing Dai, Zhu Ding’s performance is still quite commendable."

"He is the first to connect the background of Main God Xuan with Zhao Guanlan, uncovering the hidden line I laid down."

A hint of a smile spread in Ma Ran’s eyes: "Originally, I thought the foreshadowing of the Profound Immortal script was buried too deep and planned to reveal the Demon Child’s line a bit more."

"Now it seems there’s no need for that."

This identity of Zhao Guanlan, the Profound Immortal, is merely his cover. Betraying himself is absolutely impossible, that much is unquestionable.

Except for this, the evidence Zhu Ding presented was merely the coincidence of the name ’Game Main God Xuan’ and the issue of ’player subsidized experience points’, thinking that Zhao Guanlan was squandering Ma Ran’s essence deliberately.

In reality...

There is no such thing as exploiting glitches.

Even players doing nothing but enjoying the scenery in the game help maintain the operation of "All Heavens OL."

The Supreme Rank Multiplication Ability from the Medal Treasury, combined with the Thirty Ranks Realm of "Burning Martial," can efficiently utilize all resources.

Even taking the worst-case scenario into account, relying solely on the reserves from the Supreme of Space, Pei Ming, is enough to sustain "All Heavens OL" until the "play" ability provides feedback.

As for the spoils from Zhu Ding, the Supreme of Destiny, and Qing Dai, the Supreme of Fusion...

Because these two have only lived for over a million years, their accumulation is pretty weak, just slightly more than the Void Black Nightshade Tu Ye. Instead, their most valuable items are actually the remnants of their Divine Bodies.

Zhu Ding’s suspicion is meaningless, but the fact that he focused his attention on Zhao Guanlan, the Profound Immortal, and engaged in independent thinking...

Ma Ran appreciated this.

This is beneficial for the feedback of the play ability.

Zhu Ding’s stubborn personality remains unchanged, but his enthusiasm as an audience has significantly increased.

After pondering for a moment, Ma Ran made a decision — leave Zhu Ding be for two days, then introduce "coincidences" and "misunderstandings" to guide his thinking and fully stimulate his subjective initiative.

There is a shared captive identity among Zhu Ding, Qing Dai, and Pei Ming.

If one of them starts to behave well, the other two naturally cannot remain indifferent.

The "prisoner competition" phenomenon is just what Ma Ran is happy to see.

...

A refined young man dressed as an ancient Chinese scholar approached Zhu Ding.

As soon as Zhu Ding’s eyes focused on him, he immediately recognized the person’s identity — a super data lifeform who, along with the Earth Heavenly Dao, benefitted from Ma Ran’s favor and obtained human form, Hong!

"Do you wish to meet with the Prophet, Your Excellency?"

"If it’s something important, you should schedule an appointment in advance here."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ding’s face darkened, and he had the impulse to kill the other party on the spot.

But rationality ultimately triumphed over emotion.

During this period of conquest in All Heavens OL, Zhu Ding had gained a large amount of experience points, which he used to nourish this body. The extraordinary power he now possesses is already considered a medium level within the Grass Hut Academy.

Even so, there still exists a huge gap between him and the super data lifeform Hong.

Making a rash move would only result in one thing — getting this body destroyed by the other party and returning to that dark and sealed prison where all perception is banned.

"Well then..."

Zhu Ding took a deep breath, "Make an appointment."

Hong, dressed in ancient scholar attire, nodded slightly, produced a brush and book from nowhere, scribbling briefly, and leisurely said, "Two days and three hours Earth time later, the Prophet will grant you fifteen minutes."

"Before then, please contact Zhang Hua or Dong Huaiming as soon as possible. They will help you prepare for the meeting."

With those words, Hong vanished.

Annoyed, Zhu Ding felt increasingly dissatisfied, slammed the dorm door shut, lay down on his bed, and silently recited "Conquering All Heavens."

In the next moment, his soul left his body and entered All Heavens OL.

...

Upon arriving at the Grass Hut Academy guild camp, heated discussions from the players reached Zhu Ding’s ears.

"The voting results for our Glory Continent map have been released, and it’s an 800-times time acceleration ratio!"

"Players from other worlds are too slow! They haven’t completed it yet; I can’t wait any longer!"

"Yeah, with an 800-times time acceleration, mom no longer has to worry about me not finishing my homework."

"Doing homework in the game, huh..."

"Totally normal; I have a classmate who descended on a main urban map similar to 21st-century Earth and has already started writing papers in All Heavens OL."

"Damn, I have exams when I get back, and my English is hopeless, so desperate..."

"I’ve heard reforms are underway. By the end of this year, in the tri-core subjects, ’foreign language’ will no longer be English but will be Cangming Language."

"Huh? That’s great! If it weren’t for All Heavens OL’s built-in translation function, we might not even understand what our teammates are saying."

"Speaking of which, Cangming Scriptures and extraordinary literature are truly excellent; I wouldn’t resist learning the Cangming Language!"

"The Guild Leader is back!"

"Newbies, our Guild Leader is an elite exchange student from Cangming Star across star systems to Grass Hut Academy! Follow the Guild Leader, and you’ll live in luxury!"

Then Zhu Ding saw a group of players with strange IDs starting their antics.

[Dog Planner Come to Die]:"Spread the word! The Guild Leader is a big shot from Cangming Star!"

[Mecha is Man’s Romance]:"Spread the word! The Guild Leader is the Fifth-Generation Overlord of Cangming!"

[Azkaban Graduate]:"Spread the word! The Guild Leader punches the Divine Court, steps on Otherworlds, transcends the river of time, and dominates eternity. He is the one true king of Cangming’s past, present, and future!"

Zhu Ding: "..."

Should I just dissolve the guild and go solo?