Ten Thousand Ways To Eliminate Players-Chapter 428 Makes Players Fear the Game

With a large base, there were always a few players like Little Cute Devil who received rewards far beyond the ordinary. Some chose to hide, while others chose to show off...

Regardless, the hefty rewards made all the new players overjoyed, and they began to dream of a bright future.

The Thirteen Principles were soon forgotten.

On the first day of checking in, the game company gave them even better rewards, and there would be check-in rewards every day. Could Lin Bai, no matter how powerful, suppress billions of players?

Fortune favors the bold; the timid starve to death.

Only a great fool would farm with a golden hoe!

Some restless players brazenly raised their fists at the onlooking crowd...

Not one player went to the registration office of the Justice League for certification and registration.

The City Guard Army had no choice but to step in to maintain order.

...

Every Resurrection Point was accompanied by wails and howls, but the chaos only lasted for a moment. Suddenly, a seductive woman appeared in the sky.

Next, all the male players who had just emerged from the Resurrection Point and were beginning to enjoy the game were compelled to rush towards the seductive woman, involuntarily performing talents before her.

There were those singing, dancing, whistling, barking like dogs...

WHOOSH!

The bustling city was half empty in the blink of an eye, and then it became even more lively than before.

The remaining female players stared at each other blankly, completely bewildered.

The City Guard Army stood stunned.

The locals who had been beaten and injured stared blankly at the players who had just swung at them. Humiliated and enraged, they picked up bricks from the ground, throwing them at the players while cursing...

At the Resurrection Point, more players poured in. Each time a male player appeared, he would be drawn into the Phoenix Seeks Phoenix troupe and forced to perform.

The Teleportation Point is exclusively for players; ordinary people cannot use it. However, the all-reaching Magpie Bridge had already connected all towns. After gathering a batch of players, Tu Yan and the others immediately moved to another town, continuing to use Phoenix Seeks Phoenix.

Lin Bai had thirty-six Disciples, with only eighteen on each Continent. To accurately include every male player within the scope of Phoenix Seeks Phoenix, they had to move back and forth constantly.

However, having consumed a lot of Spirit Fruit and also possessing Divine Status, Phoenix Seeks Phoenix didn't require the use of Spiritual Power, nor did it involve fighting. They only needed to carry out simple, mechanical operations, so they didn't expend too much energy. Moreover, several of Lin Bai's Divided Gods were assisting them.

In just over half a day, almost all the male players who entered the game were drawn into the Phoenix Seeks Phoenix courtship troupe, singing and dancing outside each Novice Village town.

The number of players was too large, and their crowding in the Novice Villages was seriously affecting other people's lives. However, moving them out of the city was simple: as long as the female Cultivator they were wooing moved, they would follow...

...

With just this one move, almost all male players who entered the game suffered a breakdown.

The players who had obtained game capsules but hadn't entered the game yet also stopped in their tracks when they saw this scene.

"What the hell? Phoenix Seeks Phoenix?"

"Has Lin Bai gone mad? What is he trying to do? Does he even consider us human?"

"Dream Heavenly King has Lin Bai tied up, and Lin Bai has used Phoenix Seeks Phoenix to tie up the players. Great. Now no one can progress."

"Damn it all! We calculated everything but didn't anticipate Lin Bai using this tactic on players. His Thirteen Principles must be just a smokescreen!"

"He's not killing people, but this is far more disgusting than killing."

"Lin Bai has always been a master at disgusting people."

"Damn it! How long do we have to keep performing?"

"Back at the Holy Extreme Sect, Lin Bai's Cultivators performed for three months. As long as he doesn't let you out, you'll have to keep performing, even if you have Divine Artifacts, you won't be able to use them..."

"I regret this! What's the point of immortality like this? I'd rather be back in the real world!"

"Alliance Hierarch Lin, I want to join the Justice League! I don't want to sing and dance!"

"I was wrong, Alliance Hierarch Lin! I am willing to abide by the Thirteen Principles you established. I'll never cause trouble again. I just want to live peacefully in this world, work earnestly, and toil diligently. Please, spare us!"

"Outside Free City, Lin Bai must have told Xu Longyun about this tactic. No wonder he didn't let us hear what he said. It's too damn insidious!"

"Phoenix Seeks Phoenix can only trap male players. What about the female players? You guys need to rise up! Anyone who's gotten a Divine Artifact or a Great Achiever Experience Card, help us take out the female Cultivators. We'll be grateful to you for the rest of our lives..."

"Hey, lady up front, please, let us go! We're willing to serve you as our master. All of us players are willing to work for you, to be your slaves."

"Ancestor Nan Rong, please let us go! I'm innocent. I joined the game just to fish and farm. I never thought of rebelling against Alliance Hierarch Lin!"

"Alliance Hierarch Lin has always been my idol!"

...

Indeed, among the female players were not only Lin Bai's fans but also members of the Anti-Linbai Alliance. Some stubborn female players audaciously attacked the Cultivators leading the Phoenix Seeks Phoenix.

However, the attack had little effect and instead brought disaster upon them.

Lin Bai's Divided God first lured them out of the city with taunts, and then a wedding ceremony was forced upon them...

Phoenix Seeks Phoenix on one side, a wedding ceremony on the other.

The Immortal World and the Continent of Gods and Demons were livelier than ever before.

It wasn't as if no players tried to escape the city before Lin Bai's Disciples arrived. But with the City Guard Army and the Knight Group outside the city, how far could a group of novice players run?

Either killed or captured alive...

Instantly, all the players were grumbling with resentment, their negative emotions soaring.

From the moment new players entered the game, the Emotion Value points Lin Bai perceived had been steadily soaring without pause.

The fruits on the Spirit Fruit Tree were stacked so densely, layer upon layer, that the leaves were almost invisible.

Lin Bai's main body and all his Divided Gods were using their Three Heads Six Arms technique, performing the same action: stuffing Spirit Fruits into their mouths.

The Spirit Fruit strengthens the Divine Soul. Lin Bai, possessing the Spirit Fruit Tree, unlike others, had no peak limit. As long as he continuously consumed Spirit Fruits, his spiritual power could increase indefinitely.

Although his Divided Gods were split off from him, and consuming Spirit Fruit didn't nourish his main body, it could make the Divided Gods more condensed and able to withstand more external damage...

...

With Lin Bai's shenanigans, the game had become completely unplayable.

The benefits offered by the game company were indeed generous, but they were useless if they couldn't be used!

Who ever heard of gaining experience by singing and dancing in a game? The Great Achiever Experience Card and the Divine Artifacts distributed by the game also needed to hit a target to be effective...

They were either dancing or getting married.

What the hell was there to play!

Were they playing the game, or were they being played?

Many players who hadn't yet entered the game learned what was happening inside. Looking at their empty game pods, they simply couldn't muster the courage to lie down in them.

Once inside, they might never be able to get out.

Instantly, the game forums were overwhelmed.

"Protest! We strongly demand the game company erase Lin Bai immediately, otherwise the game is unplayable!"

"We strongly demand that the game company eliminates gender restrictions! Allow players to freely choose between male and female, or add a non-binary 'celestial being' option!"

"We strongly demand more wilderness Resurrection Points..."

"We demand protection in the Novice Village..."

"..."

"Storekeeper Lin, please show mercy. We never intended to cause trouble when we joined the game. I just want to experience life in a different environment."

"Storekeeper Lin, please let us go. We're good people."

...

The forums were filled with posts protesting against Lin Bai and pleading with him.

Previously, all the excitement from the full open beta launch and the distribution of generous benefits had completely vanished.

Some more pragmatic players considered the long-term implications, believing that with Lin Bai present, entering the game world was not a sustainable solution. They even took to the game forums to demand government intervention to restore order in the real world and return to their former lives.

But how could it be easy to restore order to a world already in chaos?

Then, posts cursing the game company flooded the forums, blaming them for bringing about the apocalypse, and calling for Lin Bai to quickly break free from Dream Heavenly King and come out to maintain order. The game company was the scourge; Lin Bai was the savior...

An unordered, chaotic world was unsuitable for survival, let alone for gaming.

...

The leaders of the Eastern and Western Continents watched the singing and dancing players via live broadcast, each with a whirlwind of emotions.

On one hand, they were pleased that the players who had disrupted social order received their due punishment. Yet, they couldn't rejoice. After all, those players were their own people, and ultimately, their own worlds had also been ravaged...

"Alliance Hierarch, you were prepared to deal with the players like this all along, weren't you?" Cheng Xunyun asked Lin Bai's Divided God. All of Lin Bai's Disciples were out busy; in the real world, only one Lin Bai's Divided God possessing the War God Divine Status and Xu Longyun remained.

"Unless they suffer a bit, they will never understand how difficult it is to create a stable society." Lin Bai's Divided God watched the complaining and cursing players, sneering.

"Are you going to let them dance indefinitely?" an official asked.

"Yes. This is a battle of attrition. Either they submit, or they dance forever. I must plant a seed of terror in their hearts, so they tremble at the mere mention of my name. They must obey every command I issue, listening to me even more than they listen to the game company." Lin Bai's Divided God scoffed, "The Anti-Linbai Alliance? Am I so easily opposed? If I don't teach them a lesson, they'll never understand that immediate authority trumps a distant one!"

"..." Cheng Xunyun felt a shiver, speechless.

"Alliance Hierarch Lin, could you help us restore order to the world?" the newly appointed council leader of the Western Continent hesitated for a moment before pleading.

"When no one wants to play the game any longer, the order in your world will restore itself," Lin Bai glanced back at him and said with a faint smile. "Next, I need to respond to the game company's moves. All you need to do is wait."

Everyone seemed lost in thought.

...

「Dream Heavenly Palace.」

Thunder Heavenly King and the others, who hadn't gotten far, were all captured and brought back.

Looking at the lively crowd in the Dream Heavenly Palace, and Dream Heavenly King being intimate with the Earth Goddess, the captured Heavenly Kings thought they were dreaming. But when they saw Lin Bai toying with the Ruyi in his hand, they realized Dream Heavenly King had truly lost, not even lasting an hour.

Recalling Dream Heavenly King's previous grand boasts, the Heavenly Kings flushed crimson with shame. Trapping Lin Bai? It was a complete joke!

"It's been a while, everyone!" Lin Bai raised his hand, greeting them.

Thunder Heavenly King and the others looked at Lin Bai, too sheepish to speak.

"Now that everyone is here, what's past is past. We should look forward, not dwell on previous losses. You are all elites. I can't manage so many worlds alone; I'll still need to rely on all of you. Any previous losses can be recouped from the game company." Lin Bai wasn't bothered by the attitudes of Thunder Heavenly King and the others. He smiled and looked at Dream Heavenly King. "Old Dream, it's about time. You can tell me your story with the game company now, can't you? From the moment you joined the Righteous Door, we became comrades on the same front. It's no longer justifiable to conceal things for the game company."

As he spoke, he used the Truth-telling Technique on Dream Heavenly King.

The faces of the Heavenly Kings changed.

Dream Heavenly King looked at Lin Bai, then at Byleth beside him, hesitating to speak.

Light King said, "Alliance Hierarch Lin, we can obey you on other matters, but regarding the game company, can we refrain from speaking?"

"Why is that?" Lin Bai frowned.

"Because we're afraid that if we speak, we'll be... gone," Dream Heavenly King said. "If we don't, perhaps I can stay with Byleth for a long time..."

"Does the game company have a way to control you?" Lin Bai asked.

The Heavenly Kings did not respond.

"I have the Righteous Door behind me. You fear the game company, but you don't fear me?" Lin Bai said, suddenly activating the Jade Ruyi. A streak of green light flashed, pulling everyone into a dreamscape. He continued, "Alright, we're in a dream now. You can speak, can't you?

The Righteous Door is an existence as powerful as the game company. If you have any unspoken difficulties, tell me. Perhaps I can help you resolve them. It's better than hiding things until the situation becomes irreversible! I imagine the moment you were defeated by me, the game company already lost trust in you. Whatever contingency plans they had, they're likely to use them against you now..."

The Heavenly Kings exchanged glances but still remained silent.

The King of Darkness said, "Alliance Hierarch Lin, if the Righteous Door truly exists, wouldn't they know what the game company has done? You yourself said that the Nine Ancestors of the Righteous Door are skilled in the Doctrine of Divination. Why then do you not even know the truth...?"

Behind Lin Bai, the many deities were simultaneously stunned.

Even the Earth Goddess, still immersed in love, subconsciously looked at Lin Bai. "Alliance Hierarch, does the Righteous Door truly exist? Is there really a High-dimensional World?"

"..."

Lin Bai pondered for a moment, then, in front of everyone, silently revealed items like the Red String, the Bow of Love, the Arrow of Resistance, and so on. "Gentlemen, if you don't cooperate, you are my enemies. I will use every means at my disposal to punish you. All preferential treatment you've received will vanish. You will become my playthings, just like the players in the real world, and I will make you wish you were dead. Either be punished by the game company or tortured by me—choose one! Believe me, there's nothing I wouldn't do. I need to know the truth!"

The Heavenly Kings shivered in unison.

Holding absolute initiative, Lin Bai could no longer be bothered to maintain the charade. He sneered and picked up a Red String. "Perhaps... you never had a choice from the very beginning..."