Chapter 355: Mortalization
When he considered this, Chen Mu was startled by his own conjecture. The Huaxia Federation, with a population exceeding 1.5 billion people, compared to the small African nation of Ji Si Ti Si, was simply incomparable.
If Bai Mo truly intended to do something so insane—to become the Heavenly Dao, standing aloft and overseeing 1.5 billion people—he couldn't imagine what kind of resistance he would encounter. And with his ruthless decisiveness, how many people would sacrifice themselves in the fight for freedom?
“But according to the psychologists below, who have studied his behavior over the past ten years, he shouldn't be that kind of person. Becoming the Heavenly Dao itself wouldn't bring him greater substantive benefits; it would be better to maintain the previous compromise.”
Over the past decade, special research reports concerning this unstable factor had already filled half a secret archive room. Hundreds of experts from various fields, secretly organized by Huaxia officials, had participated in comprehensive studies of Bai Mo. In recent years, the investment in these efforts had significantly increased.
This was because the rate at which his power expanded had markedly surpassed everyone else's by a large margin in recent years. This was highly abnormal; with national resources supporting them and top-tier aptitudes, the disparity shouldn't have been so vast.
To be one step ahead of others makes one a genius, but to be too far ahead certainly means something is amiss.
“No matter what, he has exposed enormous ambition within the Spirit Energy Network system. I cannot tolerate this alone.” Liu Chen then recalled how, ten years ago, he had used Bai Mo to eliminate one of his grandsons who had attempted to seize power.
From that moment, Liu Chen knew that power had become a truly indispensable part of his life. Anyone who threatened this would become his enemy.
“Or perhaps, he has been planning this since the Xuanhuang Fruit first appeared.” Chen Mu remembered what the Fruit Nucleus Organization had revealed back then.
Originally, they had always believed that this was simply because everything was just beginning back then, lacking accumulated data, and Bai Mo hadn't noticed this point, which allowed a flawed experimental product to be released. But if viewed from the perspective of a conspiracy theory, everything changed completely.
“Investigate, thoroughly investigate the Virtual Reality System he left behind, and see if he left any contingencies. I will personally communicate with Zhao Fei Yan; I believe he won't be so shortsighted.” With such a pretext, they believed the possibility of forming an alliance was much greater.
As a member of the new generation, Zhao Fei Yan was born into a wealthy family. When he was sixteen, which was the fifth year the Xuanhuang Fruit was released, his father, who wished for his son to become an exceptional talent, believed that the Xuanhuang Fruit, having been tried by countless people, would no longer pose any issues. Thus, he had Zhao Fei Yan consume one, initiating his cultivation path.
With abundant resource supplies, coupled with the cultivation methods discovered by previous generations, exchanged at any cost within the Contribution Point System, the top-aptitude Zhao Fei Yan had entered the circle of Five Tiers in less than six years.
Six years might not seem short, but considering he hadn't experienced the initial Spirit River Baptism due to his age back then, this speed was actually exceptionally rare among his peers.
After learning about the side effects revealed by the Fruit Nucleus Organization, Zhao Fei Yan was dejected for a time. As a favored son of heaven, who had always looked down on his peers, he naturally felt awful realizing he had stepped into a pit, perhaps unable to become the strongest of his tier.
At the time, all public opinion overwhelmingly considered it an unintentional side effect, a developer's oversight. However, no one dared to trouble the developer, Bai Mo. Zhao Fei Yan, who was only at the Second Tier then, naturally didn't dare either, because those who tried to cause trouble had inexplicably disappeared one by one.
This hatred had always been buried in his heart. In Zhao Fei Yan's view, whether intentionally or not, Bai Mo had largely affected his cultivation path. Given his family's influence, acquiring a Spirit Picture was not impossible.
This was thanks to the book, *The Pivotal Records*, which had also originated from Bai Mo. It meticulously documented information on nearly all known Spirit Hubs, which helped the research of Spirit Pictures overcome its difficulties, making Spirit Pictures no longer an illusory concept.
“Then what about things like Dark Spirit Rice and Mithril? Should we investigate those? He left hundreds of items in the Tianqing experimental facility’s database; investigating every single one isn’t realistic.”
“Prioritize investigating the Virtual Reality System and the crucial Contribution Point System. Leave the others for now.” Chen Mu, prioritizing by importance, decided to first ensure the security of these two vast systems.
Backed by state support, the Contribution Point System had, by now, developed into a vital component of the national economy and people’s livelihoods. It was also a tool for those in control of the system to extract profits through differential pricing.
Meanwhile, the Virtual Reality System represented the future of human technology, around which countless transformations would unfold. If it weren't for the need to ensure the Huaxia Youth Alliance stood firmly on the front lines against that person's return, Chen Mu and the others certainly wouldn't have let go of it so easily.
“I seem to be drifting further and further from this world.” Bai Mo had this feeling that ever since he entered a new realm, his perspective continued to elevate, becoming increasingly similar to the way entities like Gaia thought.
“Perhaps I should try looking from a different perspective?” He suddenly recalled the “Mortalization” that cultivators in novels he had read would undergo, and a desire to try it sparked within him.
However, the changes in his personality over the past ten years left Bai Mo with little interest in interacting with ordinary people. Even after he became a power capable of rivalling a nation, possessing all authority and wealth, he harbored no desire to return home in glory or show off in front of others.
In Bai Mo's view, whether it was showing off or face-slapping, it was merely about seeking a sense of self-satisfaction through the acknowledgement of others.
However, for him, who never needed the understanding or acknowledgement of others, these were simply a waste of time. Because in the mind of the extremely self-centered Bai Mo, no one was even worthy of being humiliated by him.
Since he had no interest in interacting, he decided to observe the world through the eyes of ordinary people in a different way.
With a single thought, the avatar he had first created, possessing combat power nearing the Five Tiers, began to continuously disperse into countless specks of light. These tiny specks of light gathered in small groups, transforming into a multitude of "eyes" with almost no combat power, meant only for observing the world.
Relying on mind-shielding technology, these eyes of his, like imperceptible ghosts wandering everywhere, departed from Tianzhong City and gradually began to spread to every corner of the world.
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