Mini World Game Console-Chapter 801 - 802: Nine-Turn Cultivator - Head of the Remnant Soldiers - Dragon King Zhao Huo!
When the "Spell Casting Points" accumulated to 12, Ren Suo was finally able to summon one of the Cultivators.
Eight-Turn Cultivator - Crimson Flame War Wolf!
Crimson Flame War Wolf: "I knew I'd be the first to enter the fray. Wherever flames dance, the charred corpses of these trash are sure to be found!"
The game displayed detailed information about this character:
"Crimson Flame War Wolf, Vanguard Cultivator, Close-Combat Position, Deployment Cost: 12 points"
"Attack: Medium, Defense: Medium, Attack Range: 2 squares"
"Trait - War Wolf Celestial Might: Can intercept two enemies"
"Unity Magic - Flame Dance: After casting, Attack Power increases by 50%, and it continuously adds Spell Casting Points for the player."
"Trustworthiness: 100% (Attack Power +30%, Defensive Power +10%)"
Crystal Maiden said, "A wise choice. According to your classification of Elite Cultivators, it's appropriate to deploy Vanguard Cultivators at the start of the war.
"Vanguard Cultivators have the highest compatibility with Close-Combat Positions. When they Join the Way with Spiritual Energy Points, they often create new spells that can feed back 'Spell Casting Points' to you at the Immortal Origin. Plus, Vanguard Cultivators hardly have any weaknesses and can handle most situations.
"Also, Vanguard Cultivators and the Trait 'Celestial Lord's Form' are very compatible; most of them can intercept two Stellar Level unit enemies.
"Please note that as a Close-Combat Position, Crimson Flame War Wolf has an attack range. His maximum attack distance is two Spiritual Energy squares, and each Spiritual Energy Point is equivalent to one square. Two squares is the attack range for most Close-Combat Positions.
"When placing Crimson Flame War Wolf, you can order him which direction to primarily fight in.
"Of course, he won't strictly attack in only one direction, but when multiple enemies appear by his side, he will prioritize the direction you commanded—this attack direction can be changed during battle.
"If you find that Crimson Flame War Wolf is about to be killed, or you want to arrange for someone else to occupy this Spiritual Energy Point, you can directly recall Crimson Flame War Wolf to the Immortal Origin to stand by, at no cost."
Crimson Flame War Wolf: "Even if those women kill you, I won't die."
Crystal Maiden ignored him and continued, "However, when a Cultivator is strengthened by Joining the Way with a Spiritual Energy Point, it's akin to a temporary Unity. After leaving this State of Unity Magic, they need some time to purify the remnants of Spiritual Energy in their bodies before they can Join the Way at another Spiritual Energy Point again.
"However, some Cultivators have a deeper entanglement with Spiritual Energy Points. When they retreat, they will refund half or even all of the 'Spell Casting Points'. This varies from person to person but is mostly seen in Vanguard Cultivators."
Ren Suo nodded slightly. He understood.
Vanguard Cultivators like Crimson Flame War Wolf are cannon fodder. Their main function is to temporarily hold off the enemy, generating Spell Casting Points for the player and allowing the player time to deploy other powerful Cultivators. That being said, cannon fodder is still important.
Heavenly Perceptive Listener suddenly said, "I recommend placing him here."
The recommended Close-Combat Position was next to the Spiritual Qi Void, and there was a Long-Range Position not far away. Although Ren Suo didn't quite understand, he at least knew one thing: as a novice player, he should faithfully follow the guidance in the tutorial.
He didn't want to fall into the silly state of, "I don't know who I am; all I know is that I must go on a killing spree."
Once the setup was complete, those worm-like battleships of the Immortal forces were drawing closer. At that moment, Ren Suo's Spell Casting Points had accumulated enough to summon a second Cultivator.
"Heavenly Perceptive Listener, Divine Cultivator, Deployment Cost: 18 points"
"Attack: Weak, Defense: Medium, Attack Range: 2 squares"
"Trait - Heavenly: Can perfectly Join the Way in either a Long-Range Position or a Close-Combat Position"
"Unity Magic - Pupil Power: The eyes emit a powerful shockwave, causing an impact equivalent to the destruction of a medium-sized planet."
"Trustworthiness: 100% (Attack Power +5%, Defensive Power +30%)"
Heavenly Perceptive Listener: "Place me next to the Spiritual Qi Void in that Long-Range Position."
Ren Suo obediently did so, and soon the first Immortal battleship had flown over.
Looking at the battlefield map, the Immortal worm battleships seemed to move at an ordinary speed, but Ren Suo was looking at a universe map with a ridiculously large scale!
In reality, the worm battleship was not moving in any way Ren Suo could comprehend.
The fact that it could travel from Alpha Centauri to Proxima Centauri, covering a full 0.02 light-years in less than an hour, showed it was using a method of movement far more efficient than the speed of light.
And in the path of this behemoth, a quarter the size of a star, stood only a human—minuscule in scale, not even one-billionth the size of a star.
But the next second, Ren Suo realized why they, despite being just three people, were so confident to venture alone to annihilate the vanguard of this hundred-million-year civilization!
In the darkness of space, a spark suddenly ignited.
Comparable to the sun, brilliant enough to illuminate the universe, the Fiery Flame crashed down on the Worm Battleship like a hammer!
The Worm Battleship immediately burst into flame-like Smoke, and at the same time, many gun ports appeared on its body as azure blue laser cannons gushed forth!
A huge protective shield covered Crimson Flame War Wolf, and it solidly blocked the Worm Battleship's attack—or rather, it taunted the Worm Battleship!
However, Ren Suo saw that one-sixth of the shield's Health Points was instantly depleted!
Six more hits, and Crimson Flame War Wolf will be done for!
Though the Worm Battleship was hit, the damage on its surface wasn't severe; it could still continue to fight.
Meanwhile, another Worm Battleship had caught up from behind, and it seemed that soon, two Worm Battleships would be attacking Crimson Flame War Wolf from both sides!
However, at this moment, the Worm Battleship happened to be situated right between Heavenly Perceptive Listener and the Spiritual Qi Void!
Ren Suo could almost see Heavenly Perceptive Listener's seven tactical lenses bursting with an immense force capable of twisting space itself, warping a large swath of the cosmos as if it were a crumpled piece of paper!
The two Worm Battleships, as if punched by cosmic Giants, were knocked an entire cosmic grid away, plunging into the Spiritual Qi Void and vanishing in an instant!
To think two Stellar Level enemies were eliminated so easily! Is this the combat power of an Eight-Turn Cultivator!?
The Worm Battleships in the rear noticed the situation here, and three Worm Battleships came forward to investigate together.
The Crystal Maiden suddenly said, "It's my turn. Heavenly Perceptive Listener's Pupil Power isn't enough to simultaneously crush three Worm Battleships, and Crimson Flame War Wolf can't intercept all three either."
"Crystal Maiden, Calamity Cultivator, Long-Range Position, Deployment Cost: 20 points"
"Attack: Strong, Defense: Weak, Attack Range: 4 squares"
"Trait - Ice Romance: Every attack can freeze the enemy"
"Unity Magic - Extreme Cold Domain: Launches an unending assault of extreme cold. After the spell ends, a rest period is mandatory before action can resume."
"Trustworthiness: 200% (Attack Power +60%, Defensive Power +10%)"
Crystal Maiden: "Crimson Flame War Wolf is a Vanguard Cultivator, Heavenly Perceptive Listener is a Divine Cultivator, and I am a Calamity Cultivator.
"Divine Cultivators aren't very strong in combat but often play an important role at certain times, like Heavenly Perceptive Listener, who can easily annihilate enemies using special Spiritual Energy Points in the universe.
"As for Calamity Cultivators, as our name implies, we are the destroyers who spread Heavenly Calamities.
"We grasp the true essence of magic, exploiting the power of Joining the Way to launch Stellar Level destructive spells at will. We are the most terrifying force in cosmic warfare.
"Please let my power be deeply inscribed in your Destiny."
Ren Suo placed Crystal Maiden in the Long-Range Position, whose attack range coincided perfectly with that of Crimson Flame War Wolf and Heavenly Perceptive Listener, forming a circle of firepower.
The first Worm Battleship arrived, and Crystal Maiden took the initiative. The empty cosmic space suddenly exploded into a sea of glaciers, as if ice-cold stars burst open, completely freezing the Worm Battleship!
By then, the other Worm Battleships were already attracted by "War Wolf Celestial Might" and went to attack Crimson Flame War Wolf.
However, the Worm Battleships had not gained the enhancement of Spiritual Energy Points, so although they were strong, their combat distance was very short. On the scale of the universe, they almost had to be face-to-face with Crimson Flame War Wolf to produce effective output.
Crimson Flame War Wolf held them off for a moment, and Heavenly Perceptive Listener, who was ready to strike, glared at them, banishing them all to the Spiritual Qi Void.
As for the last Worm Battleship, under continuous freezing by Crystal Maiden, it belatedly made its way to Crimson Flame War Wolf.
There was no need for Heavenly Perceptive Listener to act; Crimson Flame War Wolf's flames seemed to have a destructive synergy with Crystal Maiden's Cold Ice, directly blasting the Worm Battleship apart.
After the Worm Battleship shattered, it dissipated directly into energy, without even leaving a corpse.
「Victory in Battle」
Crystal Maiden returned to the Celestial Origin Point where the Player was and said, "Now we've broken through the vanguard of the Ark Civilization. They will come over soon, using this place as a bridgehead to attack Earth.
"According to your thesis analysis, the Ark Civilization's fleet is scattered across the universe. Since the third spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy is too far from the center of the universe, the self-important Ark Civilization will come in waves. The faster their Ark Troops arrive, the weaker they are—only the weaker troops would be searching near the Milky Way Galaxy at the edge of the cosmos.
"After you deploy the Spatial-Temporal Chaos Array, the Ark Troops chasing the disappearance signal of the vanguard will be directly transferred to the Solar System of 50 years ago.
"You will silently lead the Cultivators Legion from 50 years ago to annihilate them.
"The Spatial-Temporal Chaos Array has a vast range of influence; we need to leave now too. But we will keep an eye on the Ark Troops' situation. Once the Ark enters the Milky Way Galaxy, we will inform you to get ready."
Wait a minute!? Aren't you coming along with me!?
As if hearing Ren Suo's thoughts, Crimson Flame War Wolf, with arms crossed and an arrogant look, asked, "Are you sure you don't need us to follow you back? Or maybe, I could inform someone else to come..."
Me: "No need for that. I am the safest choice to go alone because no matter what happens, I can find a way to remedy it and will certainly be able to return smoothly. But if it were you, I couldn't guarantee your safety."
With a snort, Crimson Flame War Wolf responded, "Fine, fine, we get that you're awesome."
It seems there's no way to bring these Eight-Turn Cultivators back with me. According to the normal pattern, tutorial characters that can't be used again after being used once are very powerful, as this effectively sparks players' pursuit of strong characters. That means, after the protagonist returns 50 years to the past, he could only use characters whose strength pales in comparison to this group of Eight-Turn Cultivators… Wait a minute! Spiritual Energy hadn't even revived 50 years ago, where would Transcendents come from!? Fifty years ago, the only Transcendents were Superman and Magical Girls!
At this moment, Crystal Maiden said, "Let me review your action plan for you.
"Just as you said, you are indeed the best person to lead the Earthlings to annihilate the Ark Civilization.
"Because the tide of Spiritual Energy erupted from Earth, Celestial Origin Points and Spiritual Energy Points already existed in the Solar System 50 years ago.
"However, in this world, only Heavenly Perceptive Listener and a few others, including you, can observe the Celestial Origin Points and the Points of Origin.
"Besides, you are skilled in Space Spells, capable of rapidly setting up a Cultivators Legion to intercept enemies.
"You possess charm comparable to the number one songstress of the Solar System; Earthlings will unite under your banner without reservation and fight together.
"Your Spiritual Energy recovery rate is extremely fast, and you control wide-range Healing Magic, wide-range Infrastructure Spells, and dream training spells, which can swiftly establish bases and train recruits.
"You have Insight into human hearts, able to stir human emotions, making them burst forth with greater strength.
"You can cause humans to quickly Join the Way with Spiritual Energy, Awakening Stellar Level Unity Magic.
"Moreover, you have control over time with the 'Future Echo' spell, allowing humans to borrow the strength of their future selves!"
Crystal Maiden said seriously, "Fifty years ago, before the first tide of Spiritual Energy erupted in the Solar System, old-era Transcendents had not yet emerged, and new-era Transcendents had not Awakened. There wasn't the slightest trace of Transcendents on Earth.
"Even if you went back and taught them Cultivation, it would be meaningless because there isn't any Spiritual Energy at all.
"And cosmic warfare requires at least a Fourth-Stage Cultivator to participate.
"The spell you've created, 'Future Echo', might appear utterly meaningless at first glance, but it is precisely at this time that it can be put to use.
"The 'Future Echo' spell allows people of the past to gain an echo from the future—they can temporarily borrow their future selves and possess the strength of the future!
"This spell is meaningless to us who live in the 'present', because we are neither from the past nor from the future.
"But when you go back to the past and we become the 'future', you will be able to grant people of the past our current combat power.
"Though this spell still has many flaws, the most severe being that the future selves consume too much Energy—you can support a few people, but you are trying to build an army of tens or hundreds of thousands of Cultivators... However, it seems you already have a solution."
Crystal Maiden presented an action plan to Ren Suo: "After returning, just act according to this operational plan. I estimate that the first batch of Ark Troops will soon arrive.
"By the way, did you get a Celestial Origin Stone?"
A glittering golden stone icon appeared in the upper right corner of the screen—"Celestial Origin Stone: 1."
Crystal Maiden continued, "As your paper said, the Ark Civilization is equivalent to a cancer of the universe. Killing them will cause them to dissipate into a large amount of Spiritual Energy returning to the universe. The Celestial Origin Points closest to them will receive the most Spiritual Energy and produce Celestial Origin Stones.
"Celestial Origin Stones are extremely useful, but only you can maximize their use.
"Because you can consume Celestial Origin Stones to drive the complex causality Spell: Seek Visit.
"You can set 'Future Echo' as a condition for the Seek Visit spell, thus directly summoning the seeds of strong Cultivators from the future before you and signing a pact with them: you'll ensure their safety and inscribe Future Echo within them, so that when they Awaken this echo in the future, their Cultivation will proceed without hindrance.
"In return, they will serve as your sharp blades, waging wars for you.
"After all, even if you have Infinite Charm and everyone is willing to believe in you, they might not be willing to join you in cosmic warfare.
"Even if you engage the state machinery to help you find seeds of Future Cultivators with strong future selves, it's too time-consuming, and time is what you lack the most... It's better to consume Celestial Origin Stones to drive the Seek Visit spell.
"This is the core part of your recruitment strategy: compel them to join with an irresistible causality spell, ensure their safety in your name, and reward them with Future Echo..."
Heavenly Perceptive Listener interjected, "Entice them with benefits, enlighten them with reason, threaten them with force."
Crystal Maiden nodded, "Exactly."
Crimson Flame War Wolf added, "But, it seems you haven't used that name for a long time; surely you haven't forgotten it?"
Me: "How could I forget..."
At this moment, the game popped up an empty input box.
Ren Suo had thought the game's main character was simply called 'Me' throughout. So, the step for changing the name comes this late, huh? But what would be a good name to choose? After all, Ren Suo couldn't see 'Me's' appearance, not even knowing if 'Me' was male or female, making it difficult to choose a name. The choice had to be based on 'Me's' abilities.
'Me' is universally recognized as a Super Strong Being, entrusted with the responsibility of saving the world. 'Me' commands time and space, Healing and Infrastructure, with boundless Spiritual Energy and the ability to Charm, excelling at everything. 'Me' is the ultimate Scholar, with all things within 'My' forecast and a plan of action for everything. 'Me' is the deserved Commander; everyone listens to 'My' orders—the universe is 'My' chessboard, and all life 'My' pawns! Thinking it over, the name of 'Me' became self-evident. Long ago, Ren Suo had already picked out a resounding name for such an impressive character! No character suited this name more than the protagonist!
"History shines because of me; the years flow like gold because of me. If Heaven had not created me, eternity would be as night!"
"I am known as the Supreme Supreme!"
Heavenly Perceptive Listener gave a slight smile, cupped his fists, and said, "Waiting for the triumphant return of the Supreme Supreme."
Crimson Flame War Wolf tugged at the corner of his mouth, turning away. "Get lost, get lost. Every second I look at your smug face makes me angry for another second."
Crystal Maiden took out a set of luxurious hooded windbreakers from somewhere and dressed the Supreme Supreme in them, saying, "As per your orders, it won't reveal your facial features—grand, domineering, with an air of immortality...
"Hurry back. The others and I will always be waiting for you."
The scene of the three bidding farewell to the Supreme Supreme froze, turning grey.
「The scene shifted.」
The Supreme Supreme had already appeared on an island.
「1999, Earth.」
Wearing the fully covered, grand windbreaker, the Supreme Supreme turned around and looked at the huge, sci-fi base in front of him, thinking to himself, On Earth, the only island suitable for hundreds of thousands of people to live and train on is this one. Even if countries are willing to offer building materials selflessly, the base doesn't need to be built entirely at once; we'll take it slow...
What? In the blink of an eye, you've already dealt with all the governments of 1999? And you've occupied an island to build a base? Didn't you skip a lot of show-off and face-slapping steps!? I was actually looking forward to seeing you, as the Supreme Supreme, suppress all dissent!
The first batch of Ark Troops will be arriving soon. What I need to do now is... Seek Visit Cultivators!
Two options appeared on the screen: "Open Recruitment" and "Karmic Seek Visit."
"Open Recruitment" was greyed out, temporarily unusable.
"Karmic Seek Visit" required the Supreme Supreme to consume a Celestial Origin Stone to activate, and then the Supreme Supreme could...
Seek Visit a thousand people!
Ren Suo was instantly blown away! He had seen ten-pulls, and he had seen whales do hundred-pulls, but he had never seen a thousand-pull! But Ren Suo noticed upon closer inspection that there were many intricacies within these thousand summons: the Seek Visit spell could ensure that these thousand people all had future combat power, but their strengths varied greatly. The vast majority were just at the fourth transformation, barely meeting the threshold for cosmic combat, and could not serve as leaders of the command legions. But the Seek Visit spell also guaranteed that in every thousand summons, there would be at least one Future Cultivator with a seventh-stage future body! Moreover, this was Ren Suo's first time conducting a Seek Visit in 1999, so the spell would receive a huge boost! After all, if there was no boost for the first pull, those with bad luck might as well restart.
"First Time Seek Visit: According to the player's environment, High-Rank Future Cultivators who are closer to the player will have an extremely high chance of being recruited by the player! And at least one Eight-turn Future Cultivator will be recruited!"
According to the player's environment, the closer they are to the player...? Ren Suo glanced at the deserted island where the Supreme Supreme was located and shook his head. Well, an Eight-turn Future Cultivator isn't bad either.
「Seek Visit Successful!」
A large bag with a zipper appeared on the screen. As Ren Suo opened it, a rainbow flame Radiance burst forth!
"998 Four-Turn Future Cultivators found!"
Ren Suo practically dropped to his knees. This drop rate was astounding; out of a thousand people, only two were Future Cultivators above the fourth transformation? With such a spectacular rainbow effect, I thought—
"Nine-Turn Cultivator found!"
Ren Suo blinked.
"When you cross over all that is fallen and wage war against eternity, I am your banner."
"Nine-Turn Cultivator, Head of the Remnant Soldiers - Dragon King Zhao Huo, comes seeking death."
Before Ren Suo could snap his gaping jaw shut, the scene continued to change, revealing the information for a second High-Rank Future Cultivator—
"The sun will eclipse, the moon will wane; nothing lasts forever, only Undying Loyalty remains."
"Seven-Turn Cultivator, Remnant Soldier's Eye - Xiao Meng, follows."
In that instant, Ren Suo understood everything! "High-Rank Future Cultivators who are closer to the player... will have an extremely high chance of being recruited..." Zhao Huo, you definitely had a woman in your bed!
