Chapter 785 - 779: Concealing Celestial Secret, [Play] Feedback!
Amidst great anticipation, the voting results for the time flow rate adjustment of "All Heavens OL" have finally been released.
Contrary to the "uniform thousandfold speed" that many players expected, the time flow rate ratio between Earth and various maps in "All Heavens OL" spans from a minimum of three times to a maximum of a thousand times.
After these results were announced, Zhao Guanlan, the [Profound Immortal], gave players little time to ponder or regret, and immediately began his operation.
"Effective immediately, initiate Harmony of All Realms!"
"The synchronization adjustment will be updated online this time, so it will not affect your gaming experience."
The handsome face and the voice of Zhao Guanlan appeared almost simultaneously in the eyes of all players from Cangming Star and Earth.
Although Earth players mock him daily, with endless jokes about [Profound Immortal] circulating online, Zhao Guanlan’s contributions outweigh his faults for Earth. Even those who dislike his character and style are gradually accepting his existence and acknowledging his achievements.
Players from Cangming Star, however, have much more complex feelings towards Zhao Guanlan.
In the real history of Cangming Star, Zhao Guanlan once dominated the world using his power alone, plundering all extraordinary inheritances and resources, causing a break in Cangming’s extraordinary lineage and plunging it into a miserable era with no hope of magic. He even caused the Human Race of Cangming to fall from its position as planetary overlord, becoming prey and blood food for other races. If not for the powerful rise of the Lord of the Red Lotus, Ye Fengqing, who turned the tide, the Human Race of Cangming might still be unable to recover and return to its peak period.
This resentment buried within history is so heavy that when the Cangming Human Race sees Zhao Guanlan again, they feel not a trace of closeness, but rather aversion and resentment.
Once bearing the hope and future of the people, Zhao Guanlan abandoned them without hesitation. Can simply throwing a few bones of goodwill make everyone pretend the past never existed?
...Alright, it actually can.
After all, Zhao Guanlan has given far too much!
No dynasty can escape the ultimate tragedy of class solidification. In order to resolve internal conflicts, one either follows the example of the Lord of the Red Lotus, waging war on All Heavens, plundering other civilizations and worlds, or even initiating a mass interstellar migration to shift internal contradictions, otherwise one must rely on a world-shifting change!
Such "world-shifting changes" usually refer to a breakthrough in technology, revival of Spiritual Qi, gifts from alien civilizations, and so on.
People of Cangming Star have to admit that "All Heavens OL" encompasses nearly all such changes. As long as one becomes a player, fighting across All Heavens through the game, dedicating enough effort and hard work, one can almost realize all dreams and pursuits!
"All Heavens OL" is like a stimulant, injecting new vitality into Earth and Cangming Star, making the phenomenon of class solidification almost impossible to reappear—unless the Endless Plane is entirely ravaged by players, any societal contradictions would become insignificant.
Because any individual seeking to strive for self-enhancement and class advancement can find a way in "All Heavens OL."
At this moment, in the world known as "Glory Continent."
"That guy named Zhao Guanlan isn’t joking!"
Qing Dai gritted his teeth, his face twisted: "He’s truly doing what they call Harmony of All Realms!"
From the moment his undercover identity was exposed, Qing Dai felt like he had exhausted his luck, suddenly becoming unlucky.
First, his Divine Body, Divine Soul, and Divine Format were shattered by Ye Fengqing, then he was captured by Ma Ran, becoming a prisoner, completely losing his freedom; Qing Dai wasn’t even sure if he could retain his position as the [Supreme of Fusion].
He still regretted not choosing to flee and return to the Endless Plane when he perceived that the [Supreme of Light] Lin Ke, that vile person, had arrived in the Sin Universe.
Even now, Qing Dai hadn’t figured out how he was defeated by the [Lord of the Red Lotus] Ye Fengqing.
He didn’t quite understand the means the other party possessed.
Even doing it all over again, Qing Dai couldn’t guarantee he could defeat the opponent.
That mysterious woman seemed to be shrouded in mist, utterly impenetrable.
And now the situation was gradually clarifying.
The [Profound Immortal] Zhao Guanlan is not a weakling bluffing around.
He’s evil, he’s neurotic, but indeed he possesses the great power to synchronize time across All Heavens!
He can effortlessly do what Qing Dai could not!
At this moment, Qing Dai even started to doubt, in this devastating war sweeping everything, whether the combat power comparison between the Endless Plane and the Sin Universe was really as he once thought.
Ma Ran, Lin Qiubai, Zhang Kuang, Zhao Guanlan, Ye Fengqing, these people and the legendary but never-seen [True Demon], what is their connection?
Perhaps, just as Ma Ran said, is he really the [True Demon]?
Qing Dai shook his head fiercely, collecting his thoughts, and slightly squinted his eyes, gazing toward the distance.
Under the ID of [A Spatial Ability User], Pei Ming was quietly blending in with the player team, having a lively conversation with a group of players from Earth.
"The NPCs on the Glory Continent are just too unfriendly, aren’t they? They kill me on sight! We came into this world without doing anything bad, so why kill me? They even ask who sent me; who else could it be? Zhao Guanlan! Damn, they don’t have the guts to mess with Zhao Guanlan, so they only bully us!"
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west, never underestimate a poor player!"
"Perhaps it’s because we, as players of ’All Heavens OL,’ have been shackled to the little broken boat of the Profound Immortal from the start, automatically deemed as an Evil Alignment?"
"Even if it’s an Evil Alignment, it’s still an alignment! Better than a Chaotic Alignment, right? Our group of players doesn’t have a trace of the Fourth Calamity, all law-abiding and timid, yet they still want to kill us, bully honest people?"
"Isn’t it the same in reality? True brave warriors who dare face the strong are indeed few; most people just put on a brave face but can only fight easy battles. The more timid the enemy, the more exciting it is to bully them."
"Indeed, that’s how school bullying comes about. We need to reclaim our player spirit, not bring disgrace to the Fourth Calamity! We need to show those NPCs, who draw their blades at first sight, some color!"
"Can we fight them? Our game characters’ starting stats are abysmal, even less than our real-world physical fitness."
"Even if we can’t fight them, we must! I’ve died seven times already; it becomes second nature. Experiencing more death, crossing the boundary between life and death, is also beneficial for cultivation."
Pei Ming, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke: "Actually, the reaction of those NPCs is completely understandable. For players of ’All Heavens OL,’ the native will of Glory Continent generates a natural rejection, and all living beings find us displeasing."
"This rejection is not limited to higher intelligent life forms; even some plants, bacteria, and viruses despise us."
"Everyone’s illness frequency is strangely high, isn’t it?"
"However..."
"I found a solution here, created an S-level skill called ’Concealing Celestial Secret.’ As long as you spend three experience points every day, you can temporarily shield this ’rejection.’"
"If everyone wants to learn, we can vote to put it on the guild’s ’shared skill’ panel."
After dealing with the players, Pei Ming finally found an opportunity to communicate with Qing Dai.
With a gloomy face and a cold voice, He said: "Now it is confirmed..."
"That ’Profound Immortal’ indeed has the power at the level of a Supreme Ruler."
Confirming the authenticity of this ’version update’ content was just the last piece of evidence.
The key lies in ’All Heavens OL’ itself.
It endowed a hundred billion players with the trait of immortality!
To synchronize the time multipliers of all realms, suppressing His ’Supreme of No Position’ Ma Ran and ’Lord of the Red Lotus’ Ye Fengqing joining forces can also do it, but how does Zhao Guanlan have such face to simultaneously entice those two to work for him?
Dream on!
If it’s said Ma Ran is gentle and kind-hearted, a good person who is not good at refusing, perhaps it is possible to help Zhao Guanlan for a period.
Want to invite Ye Fengqing as a laborer...
Impossible!
Everyone knows that the ’Profound Immortal’ and the ’Lord of the Red Lotus’ are the third and fourth-generation overlords of Cangming Star, respectively. There are no intimate connections between them; on the contrary, due to historical factors, there is some animosity between them.
Even back then, when the Sword Master Lin Qiubai descended on Earth and joined forces with Ma Ran to distribute Swordsmanship Adventures, Zhao Guanlan and Ye Fengqing, who detested each other, even fought a bloody battle!
Considering Zhao Guanlan’s character, the possibility of "not knowing each other without fighting" does not exist at all.
The source of the power that makes players immortal comes from ’Profound Immortal’ Zhao Guanlan!
...
Above the Grass Hut Academy.
Ma Ran, with his figure caught in the wind, slowly opened his eyes.
The hundreds of billions of players from Earth and Cangming Star, plus the creatures from the Endless Plane plundered in ’All Heavens OL,’ are all contributing tirelessly to the Profound Immortal’s ascension scenario.
In this process, Su Qiangwei, Qing Dai, Zhu Ding, and Pei Ming, these four top ’Audience,’ also maintained high concentration.
Finally, the [play] ability gave feedback!