Chapter 256: Capital umtion (Part 2)


    Feeling wonderfully good, he returned to his dormitory. As soon as he entered, he received an encrypted message from the ss advisor, which would automatically delete once he finished reading it. He lightly touched it with his finger, and an image slowly unfolded before him.


    Compared to the information obtained from his girlfriend, the details sent by Jin Sisi concerning the ‘Ruins of Myriad¹ were veryplete and specific.


    Firstly, this event posed certain dangers to individuals as well as ns.


    Individually, one could choose either True-Body Descend or Avatar Descend, meanings that were self-exnatory.


    These two modes focused on two points, with the first being on strength; True- Body Descend is naturally stronger, as it involves descending with one’s True Body.


    The second point…


    But before that, let’s talk about the game mode.


    Yes, the participation mode for the Ruins of Myriad is simr to a game, where all participants need to engage in Projection Descending into an unknown ne. Each person initially has a Level o Summoning Core, which, just like in games, has a poption limit. Within this limit, one can summon members of their n to descend on the current ne to fight, explore, collect resources, summon more n members, defeat the monsters in the ruins to gain treasures, and eliminate other opponents.


    Like in some games, all n members upy different amounts of poption based on their strength and size.


    To put it simply, a Small Fishman only takes up one poption slot, so with a hundred poption, you could summon a hundred of them.


    But if it’s a Dwarf, it takes up two poption slots, so with a hundred poption, you could only summon fifty.


    If it’s a Naga, it directly upies four, five, or even more poption slots. If it’s a ck Dragon, it might directly take up forty or fifty slots.


    The summoned n members descend in their True Bodies, so if they die in battle, they’re truly dead.


    However, in the ruins, defeating monsters or collecting from treasure chests may grant a chance to obtain Soldier Cards, which can activate the summoning of different troops to participate in battle. In addition, there’s a very small chance to obtain various Soldier and Monster Nest cards, which, when installed in the Summoning Core, allow summoning of various troops.


    If one feels that the risk is toorge, they may choose not to summon any n members and instead summon various Soldier Cards to fight.


    However, correspondingly, whether Soldier or Nest cards, the creatures summoned are simr to Puppets, almost devoid of intelligence and capable only of executing simple operations andmands. Theirbat power is also fixed, and there are no powerful troops among them; most are low-level troops and Nests. Higher-level ones are not only extremely rare but are also guarded by incredibly powerful creatures. It’s not easy to acquire them, and generally, they’re not as handy as one’s n members.


    The disadvantage is many, but there’s one advantage: if they die, you won’t feel sorry since they can be used as Cannon Fodder.


    After reading the information, a familiar memory quickly emerged in Lin Xiao’s mind—wasn’t this the same as a game called ‘Heroes of Might and Magic’ that he yed before he transmigrated?


    Getting back to the point about the second focus of the Descend mode, because the game rules are simr to Heroes of Might and Magic, participants descending as yers automatically gain the identity of a Hero.


    The Hero temtes obtained through True-Body Descend and Avatar Descend are different.


    ording to the rules of the game, Divine Territory yers descending with their True Body gain Hero bonuses: for each point of Divinity is equivalent to one point of strategic attribute, freely distributed among the four strategic attributes of Constitution, Strength, Agility, and Intelligence, which can enhance all of one’s n members.


    For example, Lin Xiao, with twenty points of Divinity, is equivalent to twenty strategic attribute points. If he allots ten points to Strength, then all the troops he leads will receive a Strength +10 bonus, equivalent to the enhancement of a top Ancient Treasure.


    Isn’t that terrifying?


    Combining strong inherent abilities with the fearsome Hero bonus, someone like him descending with their True Body would be nearly unstoppable in the early stages. Even leading a group of Cannon Fodder could sweep through opponents, quickly amassing enough resources to gather a powerful army and gain a huge advantage.


    However, doing so means one must bear the risk of True-Body Descend.


    As said before, this game is risky, and it’s possible to eliminate other yers. If you die in the game, whether at the hands of powerful monsters, native Heroes, or other yers, you’ll fall for real.


    If one forgoes True-Body Descend in favor of Avatar Descend, naturally the same fearsome strength and strategy attribute bonus won’t apply.


    The Incarnation has as much strength as it has, and strategic attributes can only be calcted based on the Divinity Level of the True Body. The initial strategic attributes are equal to the Divinity Level of the True Body.


    This was why the ss advisor wanted him to raise his Divinity Level to Rank 4 before the midterm exams; the goal was for him to Avatar Descend.


    Speaking of this, Lin Xiao realized he currently had eight points of Divinity. Based on the rule that he needed to refine ten points of Divinity to convert into one point of Rank 4 Divinity, he was short by two points.


    “I’ll exchange for two points with the ss advisorter!”


    He wasn’t sure if he would True-Body Descend or Avatar Descend, but rounding up to Rank 4 Divinity was definitely the right move.


    The information provided by Jin Sisi was extremely thorough and covered almost all the details of the uing midterm examinations.


    Besides the game rule information, what caught Lin Xiao’s attention most was the list of participants for the opening of the Ruins of Myriad this time.


    As an opportunity well-known throughout the entire Main World, the participants included not just the ten elite students from Radiance but also numerous Colleges from all four major forces of the Main World, as well as the descendants of top-tier forces and ns. Based on the situation over the years, each session usually had no less than twenty to thirty thousand participants, and at times, the number even reached fifty to sixty thousand, epassing participants from all four major forces.


    Therefore, to stand out in such a situation, one must possess extraordinary strength, superior-than-average luck, and ruthlessness.


    Whenpeting with students from other forces, one cannot afford to be soft-hearted. When it’s time to strike, one must do so without hesitation, even if the opponent has descended in their True Body.


    Inside the Ruins of Myriad, bloodshed is permitted, as well as theplete elimination of one’s opponents.


    After reading through all the information, when he flipped through thest page, the material automatically vanished.


    Lin Xiao, sitting in his chair and leaning against the backrest as he gazed at the ceiling, fell into deep thought—should he descend as his True Body or send a Projection?


    The recently auto-deleted material contained detailed information about the Treasures of Myriad. ording to the documents, the Divine Treasure of Myriad could be ignored, as even his homeroom teacher didn’t rmend going for it. Instead, she advised him to seize at least one of the Treasures of Myriad, and if possible, one of the All-Embracing Mysterious Storehouse.


    Tens of thousands of people vying for a fraction of a hundred treasures—this difficulty…


    What Lin Xiao agonized over was precisely whether he should take such a risk.


    With his current strength, descending as a Projection offered no advantage, but descending in his True Body would give him enough edge to reach the end, provided he seized opportunities for swift growth early on, increasing his chances to snatch a treasureter significantly.


    But the risk was also greater. As a powerful being who could potentially im a treasure and has descended in his True Body, he would undoubtedly be a target for others to gang up on.


    Ordinary Projections Descending were not his match, but if their numbers were high enough, that would be troublesome.


    After much hesitation and unable to make a decision, he contacted his homeroom teacher for advice. The answer he received left him speechless.


    She didn’t provide him with suggestions but only provided a set of data:


    “In the session beforeststst, there were over forty thousand contestants, of which more than two thousand one hundred descended in their True Body. Less than one hundred survived in the end.”


    “In thestst session, there were over thirty thousand contestants, of which one thousand six hundred fifty-five descended in their True Body. Less than one hundred survived in the end.”


    “In thest session, there were over thirty-five thousand contestants, of which more than one thousand three hundred descended in their True Body. Less than fifty survived in the end.”


    This set of data, with varying numbers of participants, had a survival rate at most less than one hundred people and at least fewer than fifty—this probability was considerably low.


    What ultimately made Lin Xiao make up his mind was the fact that each session saw the fall of candidates on the secondary list of exceptional talents, and in one particr session from the previous five, two candidates from the secondary hero list perished, with more than forty formidable individuals from the secondary list of either exceptional or notable talents altogether having fallen.


    Some analyses show that everyone harbors a dark psychology—those listed on secondary lists of talents, exceptional talents, or notable talents are naturally targets of jealousy. While descending with a Projection is still manageable since one can’t kill or offend the True Body easily, but if the actual True Body descends…


    The data proved that the True Body Descend of top-tier talents suffered the most tragic deaths.


    This set of cold, hard facts was like a bucket of cold water poured over his head, extinguishing the tiny impulse within his heart.


    Having no choice, he could only exchange thest two Mythical Quality Five Star Cards for two points of Divinity from Jin Sisi and use the Creation Magic Cube to erase the remaining will, as the midterms were only a few days away and there was no time for slow, personal Refining.


    When thest of his Divinity was refined, the strength of ten Divinity points merged into one, forming his twenty-first point of Divinity in his Sea of Gods, also his first Rank 4 Divinity point.


    At this point, his Divinity finally reached the same Rank as Wu Zhonglin. He was no longer far behind him in this aspect.


    Two dayster, while in the Divine Realm, focusing on condensing Divinity through his own Divine Power, Lin Xiao received a message from his homeroom teacher to prepare for an afternoon gathering, ready to depart.


    The midterm exam that was different for him and the other top-tier studentspared to the rest was about to begin.


    This departure wasn’t about going to a ce, but rather about preparing to split off a Projection to apany the teacher to descend into the Subspace inside a Super War Fortress, with no need for the True Body to move.


    This was quite convenient because Brilliant Super College was within a Super Large God Country, which could leverage the God Country’s power to directly project them into Subspace within a major Void Fortress. They would then transit to the Crystal Wall System where the Ruins of Myriad were located.


    When Lin Xiao’s consciousness traveled across who knew how many billion kilometers of Void to appear in Yan Huang No. 2 Super Void Fortress, he opened his eyes to find himself in a room on a Void Ship, sitting on a chair, with a round table in front of him, surrounded by a dozen or so familiar and unfamiliar young men and women.


    He exchanged a smile with Shen Yuexin, who was sitting right next to him. Then, quietly under the table, he stretched out his hand, and she timidly reached out her soft hand to let him hold it.


    “Humph!”


    A familiar cold snort hit his ear like a p of thunder, jolting him momentarily out of focus,