The moment Su Changxing left the city, he formally advanced to Tier Seven.

[54000/4000]

[Advancement Complete]

[Position ’Game Butcher’ Formed]

[Game Butcher: Tier Seven, you are a butcher, but also not a butcher, willing to understand the true existence of the world and utilize such rules.

Physique of the Game Butcher: Maintains constant combat power before completely dying, actions are not restricted by the body, and there are no more fatal weaknesses in the body.

Domain: You can formulate reasonable game rules, possessing three fixed rules: Dark, Dusk, Poison Eye, and thus create a 10x10 domain.

Dark: Blocks the vision of everyone within the domain.

Dusk: Slows down the speed of all objects within the domain.

Poison Eye: Magnifies all damage received by everyone within the domain.

Butcher’s Blade: You can gain power through kills, enhancing your own strength and physique.]

Sure enough, it was still a wrong position.

Because each tier’s position is related to the previous tier’s position, this seems to have also made his Tier Seven position peculiar.

Domain?

Formulate rules?

This is clearly not something Tier Seven should be doing.

An ever stronger power also means a heavier price!

After advancing to Tier Seven, his stealing position increased from 8 to 12, adding 4; backup stealing position changed from 4 to 6, adding 2.

Other aspects of abilities were also correspondingly enhanced.

However, abilities like "Concentrating" showed no change because its power level is already high.

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He leisurely returned to Chaixi Town, it was already evening, a piece of serenity, with people like him leading empty carts back from outside.

Old Henry’s restaurant was already closed and cleaning up.

"Back? I heard a big event happened in the main city today, two massive explosions, many people died. Are you okay?"

He saw Su Changxing walk in and said,

Su Changxing nodded, looking helpless, and said, "The explosion happened right after I left, I even felt the aftermath, not sure if I was lucky or unlucky?"

"Of course that’s lucky, being alive is good enough."

He kept wiping the table, talking to himself, suddenly stopped, looked up at Su Changxing, and said:

"About what I mentioned yesterday, have you thought about it? If not, return that thing to me."

Though he said so, he was confident that Su Changxing would definitely agree, just like he did when he was young.

Ordinary people have never experienced the extraordinary, and they yearn for it, while some extraordinary individuals long to return to ordinary life.

But in most cases, the extraordinary have no way back; once embarked, it’s a road of no return.

Su Changxing took a sip of the red tea handed over by Old Henry, took out the Ancient Bronze Pendant, examined it, and said:

"Alright, but before that, first tell me what this thing is used for?"

Old Henry said, with slight annoyance:

"Didn’t I tell you? It’s a token, don’t you believe me? I am your guide now. Believing me is a must for you, you need to be firm in that conviction, or you’ll find it hard to become extraordinary."

Su Changxing was very curious; their so-called guides seem to be able to lead a common person to the extraordinary path.

This was something even the head had never mentioned.

If this method is feasible, he could even bring it to their world, allowing more people to become extraordinary, thus initiating the era of extraordinariness.

It’s undoubtedly an important matter, but the issue was he was now keeping many things from Old Henry, if exposed, he might lose trust, perhaps even become an enemy.

People sometimes remain dishonest once they are dishonest, lies have holes, requiring another lie to fill those holes.

Old Henry’s face showed an involuntary smile, though he had anticipated Su Changxing’s decision, hearing it concretely was somehow reassuring.

He then shut the door, hung the closed sign, drew the curtains, and said, "Follow me."

Henry led Su Changxing inward, opened the bedroom bookshelf, revealing a staircase leading underground.

Su Changxing observed the staircase leading underground and asked thoughtfully, "How did this come about? Was it originally here, or did you dig it out yourself?"

Old Henry was surprised by why Su Changxing would ask such a question, glanced at him and said lightly:

"It was originally here, before I came, back then, I wasn’t the owner of this store."

"Is your guide the owner of this shop?" Su Changxing asked.

"Yes." Old Henry nodded.

They walked down the path.

Old Henry lit the oil lamps on the wall one by one. It was a cold place, and the flames cast their shadows, flickering on the greenish walls.

It was clear that this place had been here for some time, and it had been a long time since anyone had visited. Dust had accumulated on the stairs, leaving footprints with every step.

The walls here were lined with rows of books, encased in a substance resembling amber.

"According to our research, the Extraordinary did not exist from ancient times but appeared suddenly during a certain period in history and then multiplied explosively."

"It was a turbulent era with hundreds of countries, but only three remained in the end. Many people died. We learned many lessons and gained considerable knowledge about the Extraordinary."

"The Extraordinary was a forbidden word in the earlier times, representing danger and madness, yet many still pursued it."

"Most of today’s great nobles were once powerful Extraordinary who, after gaining immense power, decisively changed this world’s order and shape."

"I told you, the Extraordinary is very dangerous. I don’t know if you can sense this world’s strangeness and irrationality... Only a few people can perceive it, and those people are the Extraordinary."

"From my observations, I’ve found some of us are Undead; after they die, they don’t truly die but instead continue living in a similar yet different identity."

Su Changxing was also taken aback, hardly expecting an NPC to have realized the world’s oddities, or rather, to have perceived the players to be an illogical existence.

According to Old Henry, before a certain time in their world, there were neither the Extraordinary nor these players.

It seemed that the appearance of the players resulted from the Extraordinary phenomenon.

"So how did the Undead appear, or in what manner?" Su Changxing promptly asked.

Old Henry smiled, appreciating Su Changxing’s curiosity, and said:

"Not sure, but it probably has something to do with those great nobles. After they became powerful, they did things that betrayed our world, which made our world so abnormal and irrational."

He paused, hinting, "You should be able to guess. We are another group of the Extraordinary, determined to oppose them and restore this world."

Old Henry’s eyes sparkled with a bright light, like a deep pool. At this moment, he seemed like a different person, no longer the lazy restaurant owner but a warrior.

Su Changxing always harbored some skepticism about things, especially what others said, but he felt that most of what Old Henry said was probably true.

Su Changxing didn’t respond directly and instead shifted the topic: "How do I become an Extraordinary now? What should I do?"

Old Henry led Su Changxing to a T-shaped stone table, opened it, and upon it lay a brilliant red crystal.

[Extraordinary Crystal: A crystal from a High-tier Extraordinary, containing enormous energy...]

This thing...

Su Changxing recognized it as at least a Tier Five Extraordinary’s crystal, though just a part, relatively sparse in energy, but it still caused a slight distortion in the surrounding space.

"Give me the pendant." Old Henry said.

Su Changxing handed over the pendant.

Old Henry took the pendant and made a horizontal stroke, then a vertical stroke, over the brilliant crystal.

Soon, the pendant’s patterns flowed with a red glow, like being filled up, transforming into a mysterious item.

[Guide Pendant (B crown, Upper Rank): It can guide ordinary people to the path of the Extraordinary, carving a way. It comes from the grace of predecessors...]

Su Changxing had speculated but hadn’t expected it to be in this manner, using the remains of predecessors to guide later generations toward the Extraordinary.

"Take this; it will help you become an Extraordinary. But if you haven’t become one before the red glow fades, it means you don’t have the aptitude."

Old Henry handed the pendant to Su Changxing, saying softly.

He still hadn’t realized that Su Changxing was already an Extraordinary, showing much trust in Su Changxing.

Su Changxing felt a hint of guilt due to the other’s sincerity.

"Is that all?" Su Changxing put away the pendant and asked.

Old Henry nodded affirmatively, "Yes, don’t worry too much. With it, you’ll become an Extraordinary within a month or as soon as ten days."

Su Changxing thought for a moment and asked, "If we rely on this guidance to become Awakened, how did the earlier Extraordinary emerge?"

"With great perseverance and strong will, they carved a path and walked into the Extraordinary."

Old Henry closed the stone table, looking up, "But it’s very hard. Few can do it now... such individuals have immense potential."

Very hard?

Su Changxing thought of their world where most became the Extraordinary through this method. They had no guide and could only progress through their effort.

Doomsday World largely acted as a catalyst; under extreme pressure, they completed such a transformation.

In a sense, it was a rebirth amidst the dawn of the end.

Old Henry saw Su Changxing deep in thought and said, "Don’t think too much. Once you’ve decided to become an Extraordinary, there’s no turning back."