CHAPTER 56: CHAPTER 56: CHEATING, STEALING DESTINY

EDITOR: DRAGON BOAT TRANSLATION

"This, this damn... is this cheating?!"

Ren Suo was still glued to the couch, but his body leaned at a 60-degree angle toward the television. If it had been ten years earlier, his dad would have definitely slapped him—watching TV from this close, are you eager to become short-sighted?

Actually, Ren Suo could see the screen clearly even lying on the couch; his current state was purely due to surprise and... excitement!

The screen displayed a character sketch from "Over My Dead Body," a petite and cute little girl with azure hair, dressed in white, walking on the river, with lotuses blooming at her every step!

’Ren Ying’

’Age: 1’

’Lifespan: 23’

’Attack 28, Defense 75, Scouting 12, Move 13, Healing 5, Management 10’

’Inherited Spell - Surging Fullness Roaring Tianzun Force: Upon entering combat, Attack increases by 35%, Defense increases by 35%, can forcefully make enemies within 5 squares attack oneself, executes a single-target attack every turn, causing Water-attribute damage.’

(Inheritance Source: Celestial Lord’s Form (Ren Woxing), Roaring Tianzun Force (Ren Nu), Surging Fullness Roaring Tianzun Force (Ren Ying).)

Logically speaking, each Ren Family Cultivator should only have one offensive spell, and this spell would be similar to the spell of their biological parent Cultivator. If there is a familial relationship, possessing the same spells, and the previous generation performs an "Inheritance," then the latter’s spell would evolve. For example, if the first-generation Family Head had the spell ’Celestial Lord’s Form,’ once inherited by the second generation, it would evolve into ’Roaring Tianzun Force;’ if inherited by the third generation, it would become ’Surging Fullness Roaring Tianzun Force.’

However, exceptions can occur. If a biological Cultivator engages in a Spiritual Exchange with Spirits and the Cultivator is weaker than the Spirit—There should be a formula here, Ren Suo believed, and this formula includes two variables: ’Cultivator’s Total Attributes’ and ’Number of Spirit Crystals Demanded by the Spirit.’ By comparing the relationship between these two variables, the child’s Inherited Spell is determined.

If the Cultivator is weaker than the Spirit, then the child’s spell will be related to the Spirit’s attribute. Of course, this isn’t necessarily bad; gaining a Spirit bloodline spell means the character’s combat power won’t fall short of other family members and may even increase spell diversity.

But, either the Cultivator’s Talent covers the Spirit bloodline or the Spirit bloodline covers the Cultivator’s Talent, without exception. In the game, this means that the character will use the same spell for battle from beginning to end.

However, Ren Ying also possessed another Inherited Spell!

’Inherited Spell - Mi Fei’s Divine Blessing: Immune to Water-attribute damage, immune to Fire-attribute damage, when performing Water-attribute attacks, causes 4 times damage.’

Terrifying!

Horrifying!

To such an extent!

Incredible!

When Ren Suo saw this Skill, his eyeballs almost popped out!

These two Spells could be stacked, simultaneously effective! A super warrior who combined both Axe Form and Shield Form, and also ignored both Fire-attribute and Water-attribute damage!

What’s more important—

She was only one year old!

And she had perfectly inherited all of the previous generation’s attributes!

But she wouldn’t be bound by the game’s settings; she could start Cultivation at one year old, go on Expeditions at one year old, and could even perform... Spiritual Exchange.

Although her Lifespan was still 23 years, the mere existence of this cheat-like character could at least extend the Ren Family’s lineage for another 23 years!

In the image, the little girl Ren Ying looked bewildered. "I... I thought I was dead?"

Ren Luoyang said, "Family Head, you’re not dead. You have received the favor of a deity and have been reborn within a divine spiritual body."

Ren Suo opened the "Spiritual Exchange" list and found that "Divine Being Mi Fei" was indeed gone. He could only sigh silently. However, this was within expectations—it was possible that in one game, there would only be one or two chances to perfectly reincarnate a game character along with an extremely powerful spell.

In fact, if he hadn’t happened to save Cao Zhi’s life, Ren Suo wouldn’t even have known about such an easter egg in the game.

Mifei, the Luo River Goddess, was not the Madame Zhen, Empress Wenzhao, whom Cao Zhi adored in unofficial histories, but rather the daughter of the Fuxi Clan from ancient legends. She descended to the mortal world due to her infatuation with the scenery along the banks of the Luo River, thus becoming the Goddess of the Luo River.

A deity was definitely not an entity that a normal game would allow players to utilize. Or perhaps, only after Ren Suo completed the game once and was striving for an ’extraordinary’ rating, might he learn of the deities’ existence through a game tip.

Previously, Ren Suo hadn’t realized the strength of a deity. Since he thought the current game file wouldn’t make it through anyway, he had merely tried it out. He discovered that the Spiritual Exchange partner for "Divine Being Mi Fei" wasn’t restricted by gender, meaning both males and females were eligible.

Naturally, Ren Suo chose Ren Ying to perform the Spiritual Exchange with Mi Fei and conveniently equipped Ren Ying with "Unlimited Energy."

Mi Fei commented, "...Rather interesting."

The price of the Spiritual Exchange was that the Ren Family Cultivator involved would be consumed. Ren Ying, naturally, ’disappeared’ in this process.

However, she came back!

"Unlimited Energy" didn’t come into play at this moment—it wasn’t two Ren Yings that returned.

Nevertheless, this one-year-old Family Head, Ren Ying, who fully inherited the attributes of the previous generation and came equipped with two Inherited Spells, was already truly worthy of the deity Mi Fei!

Ren Suo exhaled deeply, feeling that he was not far from clearing the game!

It was now the year 223. The Flame Evil Spirits stronghold in Yiling was no longer dangerous at all. Although Zhuge Liang’s six expeditions to Qishan, the two floods in Jingzhou, and the conquest of Shu in 263 were still ahead, including many events and powerful bosses (Ren Suo suspected even Zhuge Liang might become a revenant), the Ren Family, with the new Ren Ying, was undoubtedly very close to surviving until 266, the second year of Taishi in the Western Jin!

If 265 marked the coexistence of the Wei Kingdom and the Western Jin, then 266 was unquestionably the era of the Western Jin. It seemed the end goal of the first level in "Over My Dead Body" was to witness the establishment of the Western Jin.

Although his hand was almost completely healed and he had to work tomorrow, Ren Suo was confident he could clear the game for the first time today and claim the first kill!

With this in mind, Ren Suo went downstairs for dinner. As usual, he ordered a steaming bowl of beef brisket with fried sauce over Yi noodles from Jian Ji. While eating, Ren Suo played on his phone and saw a video shared in the WeChat group "We All Are Successors of Mysterious Country."

"Stealing Heaven’s Technique Awakening Method! Supernatural Beings Teach You How to Awaken Supernatural Powers!"

"This video must be real, right?"

"Hurry and watch, it might be taken down soon."

"You sharing it in this group is just asking for it to be banned, right? (grinning)"

"No way, nobody in this group works in internet surveillance, right? (smirking)"

Xiao Qiao: "I solemnly declare that I did not participate in the group discussion, do not understand the meaning of the topics discussed in the group, have never had offline contact with any group members, and should the relevant authorities require cooperation with an investigation, I will certainly comply."

Then, the following messages adopted the same pattern: "I solemnly declare that I did not participate in the group discussion, do not understand the meaning of the topics discussed in the group, have never had offline contact with any group members, and should the relevant authorities require cooperation with an investigation, I will certainly comply."

"I solemnly declare..."

Stealing Heaven’s Technique? Awakening? Ren Suo, quite curious, clicked on the video. He didn’t have supernatural powers, but since people in the group said the video was real, it likely had some reference value.

The video showed a high-rise balcony, with a backdrop of towering buildings and a bustling road. A man with a starkly chiseled face stood on the Roof, facing the camera, and speaking in fluent Mysterious Country language: "Hello everyone, my name is Li Le."

"Before I begin, whether you believe it or not, let’s assume that supernatural powers truly exist, and so do Supernatural Beings. This world... is no longer as simple and naive as what you learned in nine years of compulsory education."

"Next, I hope you’ve watched ’If You Are Strong, Climb Ten Thousand Meters’; otherwise, you won’t understand many concepts!"

Hearing this, Ren Suo couldn’t help but snort, and the noodles he had just slurped into his mouth shot out with a PFFT.

What does this have to do with ’If You Are Strong, Climb Ten Thousand Meters’?!