Ascending the Heavens as an Evil God

Chapter 543: 5 Years, Tier 12

Following Gu Nan's will, the reconstructed version of 《Evil God》 was branded as a new game called 《King of Gods: The Origin of Light》. After its official launch, it quickly set off a craze throughout the entire civilization on Earth.

On one hand, during the almost half a year from its initial development to official launch, Chengying Entertainment was fully invested in the game and deliberately concealed the game’s theme, which already whetted players’ appetite.

On the other hand, it was also because of the 《Evil God》game. Although it had been forgotten by today’s players, it still had quite a high historical status.

As the first ultra-realistic game, its name could still be seen in documentaries on the development history of various games.

Chengying Entertainment’s decision to suddenly launch a reconstructed version of 《Evil God》 this time triggered a wave of nostalgia. Many players even started playing that old game from hundreds of years ago.

And due to its excellent development and thorough early promotion, the new game 《Origin of Light》 quickly became very popular among players and truly opened up the market.

Chengying Entertainment once again led the gaming trend, though people seemed accustomed to that by now.

Fu Cheng's move to look back and reinvent an old game was interpreted by colleagues in the gaming industry as a new approach to "inject a breath of fresh air into today's highly homogenized gaming industry". No one thought there was any deeper meaning behind this.

Only Fu Cheng herself knew that this game was actually made under the instruction of another person… No, maybe not a person.

"What do you need me to do next?" Fu Cheng returned to her notebook and asked this question with a calm expression, but her heart wasn’t calm at all.

During these days, she never received more of that invigorating power that returned her to her youth, which caused her originally young face to show signs of aging.

Fu Cheng, who returned to being thirty years old, didn’t get sick even once in the past six months. She was in excellent health every day and didn't want to go back to her previous state.

"Monitor all players above the Second Round, especially those who can complete the Third Round." Such a sentence gradually appeared in the notebook.

This made Fu Cheng frown slightly. As a game developer, of course Chengying Entertainment could get player information from the server, but this kind of monitoring would be a long-term task.

"Based on our design… The players’ Second Round will probably happen two or three years later," Fu Cheng said after carefully considering her words.

《Origin of Light》was an ambitiously grand game, not the kind of product that could be cleared in a few afternoons. It had the potential to become a nostalgic memory for an entire generation.

What Fu Cheng actually meant was that she might not even be alive anymore by the time this matter came to fruition.

Before Fu Cheng could react, a black light suddenly fell down and cleansed her entire body.

This time, it didn’t just strengthen Fu Cheng's foundation. She could even feel a surge of strength coming from her body, and her clenched fists seemed to have a thousand catties of strength.

Having some knowledge about cultivators, she quickly judged from some details that she was now no weaker than some normal Force cultivators.

Even if only a small part of his laws were left, Gu Nan could still give an ordinary person like Fu Cheng some benefits.

Fu Cheng felt the surging power in her body and said gratefully, "I will definitely complete this task…"

"Notify me as soon as possible if you discover that a post-Second Round player has disappeared." The writing that appeared on the notebook again made Fu Cheng subconsciously stop talking.

"What does ‘disappeared’ mean?" Fu Cheng quickly asked. She didn't want something to go wrong just because she failed to understand what the other party meant.

"Disappeared means disappeared," the notebook answered as such.

……

In the Evil God Temple, Gu Nan withdrew his will from the Gap World. His gaze landed on the moonlit space outside the temple, but his thoughts were slowly churning.

Making a game based on Austin's journey was actually the result of Gu Nan's careful consideration.

Since Earth’s current civilization was hundreds of years after his own era, it was impossible to retain the player data from that time, so Gu Nan could only choose to reconstruct the game.

Re-launching the 《Evil God》 game with a new look might give him another “transmigrator” case to reference, but it was also a bit of a risky move.

If he truly created another "player", he might as well be playing with fire and burning himself.

So Gu Nan chose the route of the Ruler of Light. Even if there was another player, anyone walking on the holy light route was destined to keep a high profile the whole way, so it would be impossible to hide themself.

As long as he extinguished the fire in advance, it would naturally not be a threat.

……

Five years passed by in a flash.

Unexpectedly, players in 《Origin of Light》 advanced the plot slower than expected. Less than ten Second Round players appeared in five years, let alone any Third Round players.

Gu Nan had been monitoring this group of players through Fu Cheng, but currently, everything seemed to be normal with them.

On the other hand, after a full five years of accumulation, the reconstruction of Gu Nan's physical body finally made a breakthrough.

To put it bluntly, the so-called breakthrough just meant the Evil God physique’s recovery had reached a certain critical point, which finally triggered its super regeneration, causing it to recover completely in the blink of an eye.

"I seem stronger than before?" Gu Nan keenly noticed as he sensed the power inside his body. "Oh, turns out I’m already Tier 12."

During these five years, the Blasphemer Project also continued to progress. A large number of low-level gods were wiped out, causing Gu Nan's Evil Value to accumulate rapidly. Right now, it already exceeded the threshold of Tier 12.

After the Second Round, level was determined entirely by the amount of Evil Value, and players were no longer allowed to delay their advancements. Instead, they were forcibly leveled up as soon as they met the requirements.

Gu Nan’s earlier strategy of holding back his level-ups so that he could advance two levels at once was no longer applicable at this stage.

Gu Nan was not surprised by this. He was perfectly aware of the Blasphemer Project’s efficiency in harvesting Evil Value. It was still quite impressive when the player had just completed the Second Round.

But this plan’s efficiency would be greatly reduced as the number of low-ranked gods decreased. If he wanted to rely solely on this to advance to Tier 13, it would take at least ten times the time.

‘Sure enough, I need to find ways to kill greater gods.’ This thought popped up in Gu Nan's head. Even a mere Tier 11 greater god would still save him at least thirty years.

But greater gods were not so easy to kill. He couldn’t just run to their doors and kill them with one punch. They could create eight or ten clones in the blink of an eye for him to kill. Anyhow, the greater gods would be fine as long as they didn’t use the power of their Godheads to create those clones.ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novelenglish.net . ꜰirᴇ

Greater gods were not stupid. They would go into hiding after their physical body was destroyed. Nobody would still run outside and obediently wait for death.

On the contrary, as soon as the player made a move, all the greater gods would notice, which would lead to the player getting besieged by a group of greater gods. This was the biggest dilemma for post-Second Round players.

It seemed extremely unrealistic to destroy a greater god’s Divine Kingdom at this stage, so players often turned to scheming behind the scenes, such as inciting another Divine War.

If not for Jiu Po's invitation, Gu Nan would probably also resume his "old trade" and embark on this path. But now, he could hear Jiu Po out first.