Mini World Game Console

Upon leaving the school infirmary, Ren Suo saw parents and students dragging their luggage toward the dormitory area.

The noisy voices in the air made him fully realize—it really was the beginning of the school year.

The true Move-in Days were these past couple of days. The old students who weren't affected by "The Heavenspan Project" returned to school one after another, while the number of new students enrolled was several times their number. All regular teachers were busy with the affairs of enrolling new students.

The previous middle and high school divisions had not recruited students from the final years of junior high and senior high, as those grades were in a transitional phase of schooling. Moreover, it was already the second semester of the academic year, so they were allowed to continue their normal studies.

The academy had admitted students from the first and second years of junior high and the first and second years of senior high, with only three experimental classes at each grade level. The number wasn't large, given the experimental nature of these classes—if anything went wrong, it could be corrected in time.

But now things were different. After two or three months of teaching, the students hadn't had major issues and had gradually begun to master their Extraordinary Strength. Thus, the academy increased its enrollment efforts—indeed, it had no choice but to increase, as countless families were eager to cram their children into the Superhuman Academy.

There were only ten Superhuman Academies in Mysterious Country. Although there might be more in the future, education on Extraordinary Strength was seen by all ordinary people as equivalent to a large house within the Three-Rings of Sky Capital—its value was guaranteed! It was sure to skyrocket in value! The longer one held it, the more valuable it became! The sooner one got in, the lower the difficulty of entry, and the higher the future benefits!

It was said that most current graduates were gearing up to take the aptitude tests and essay writing portions of the civil service exam. The fact that Ren Suo's batch of young civil servants—aside from military personnel—were among the earliest to receive benefits related to education in Extraordinary Strength had been dug up by someone, or perhaps its publicizing was officially, if tacitly, permitted.

After all, for the adults who had no chance to return to school to study, there were only three options to gain Extraordinary Strength: join the military, become a civil servant, or wait for the state to establish a more complete Cultivation System.

Students wanting to gain Extraordinary Strength had one more option than adults: find a way to get into a Superhuman Academy.

Just two days ago, while chatting with his sister, Ren Suo found out that the threshold of their home had practically been worn down by visitors.

Ren's father and Ren's mother had to host a bewildering array of people: relatives, then friends of those relatives, then relatives of the original relatives, then relatives of the friends of relatives, and even friends of the relatives of relatives… They had bought several extra tins of tea and stored bags upon bags of disposable cups.

Among the visitors, only a tiny fraction came to play matchmaker for Ren Xingmei or Ren Suo. The majority brought gifts, subtly trying to find out if Ren Suo had any connections they could use to get their children into the academy as transfer students or something similar.

Ren Suo was naturally unaware of such matters, as his family politely returned the gifts and graciously sent off these anxious parents, all yearning for their children's success.

However, even Ren Suo, who was just an emergency doctor on the payroll—not even one with regular clinic hours, and possessing no real authority—had crowds coming to his home, practically begging him to accept gifts in exchange for securing an educational opportunity for their children!

If even Ren Suo received such treatment, the barrage of sugar-coated bullets faced by other faculty members, deans of students, and principals must have been even more intense, not less.

After all, compared to when the Top Ten Academies were first established, the current teaching environment and quality had greatly improved. Moreover, Ren Naiser had released several videos over these past few months, making everyone who followed current events realize: the Transcendent era wasn't just coming like a Tornado; it was vitally connected to everyone!

This was a rising tide everyone could see; if you could catch the wave, even a pig could fly!

If you couldn't be the first to eat crab, then the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth bite was still perfectly fine!

Thus, Heavenly Lotus Academy expanded its junior and senior high school divisions to six classes per grade. The first-year intake at Heavenly Lotus Academy was directly expanded to 600 students across 20 classes, with plans for detailed specialization after the first year ended.

These matters were naturally unrelated to Ren Suo. What did concern him was that he was tasked with conducting physical examinations for the faculty and medical personnel.

News of Ren Suo's advancement to the second turn and his mastery of High-order Healing Spells had somehow quietly spread. Then someone—I feel like it was Zhao Huo—suggested that Ren Suo examine and provide Healing for all faculty and medical staff.

Reportedly, the dean of students had immediately approved it, perhaps feeling that Ren Suo had been getting too comfortable with his salary these past few months.

However, as Ren Suo conducted the examinations and Healing recently, he learned from various teachers that there had apparently been some debate.

It seemed a female teacher had raised a concern: physical intimacy between men and women was improper, and since a Healing Cultivator's treatments required close physical contact, how should this be addressed?

Many also thought it inappropriate. So, Bai Ji, the head of the teaching group, proposed, "Then female teachers will undergo a cursory examination and Healing, limited to the limbs, neck, and head, while male teachers will undergo a full-body examination and Healing. How about that?"

It was said that Dong Chengling immediately objected, "That's not good. Men and women should be treated equally; both should only undergo cursory examination and Healing. If someone feels they have other issues, they should go directly to the school infirmary for treatment. If there are indeed problems with the torso or internal organs, Monk Ren can also provide targeted Healing. How about that?"

I didn't expect Dong Chengling to understand me so well, going to such lengths to help reduce my workload!

During the recent examination and Healing session, Ren Suo naturally reciprocated Dong Chengling's kindness. He used all his strength to provide Healing to her hands, feet, neck, and face, making Dong Chengling's extremities turn red.

However, after the Healing and examination ended, Dong Chengling slipped away, almost at Teleport speed. Perhaps the Healing was successful, and she went to the restroom to flush out toxins, Ren Suo thought.

So, in the end, Ren Suo only spent one afternoon examining and providing Healing for all the faculty and medical staff. Although he didn't get a chance to obtain a Key, Ren Suo knew which of the new Cultivation teachers had one. He mentally noted their names, planning to find an opportunity to visit and chat with them later.

Ren Suo, at any rate, came from a sausage-fest major where the female-to-male ratio was like bleach, 1:99. If asked how to chat up girls, aside from talking big, Ren Suo basically couldn't offer any real advice.

But when it came to getting closer to guys, even to the point of becoming quite bromantic, Ren Suo was an absolute expert in this area; it was child's play for him, as easy as flipping his hand.

However, these few days, he needed to focus on conquering his game, so he set this matter aside for now.

After returning home, Ren Suo first turned on his computer, logged into the intranet, and checked the progress of the two latest discussions.

The ripples caused by the broadcasts of "Midnight Walker" and "High Energy Ahead" hadn't faded with time. Instead, wave after wave, they stirred up even greater commotion.

Early this morning, the Special Case Group invited Ren Suo to participate in a discussion about Ren Naiser's videos. However, he didn't have any particular insights on the topic, so he waited a few hours to see whose arguments made sense and then liked their posts.

The discussion topic was "The Connection Between 'Midnight Walker' and 'High Energy Ahead'." The Special Case Group posed a question: "Why are the occurrence and broadcast times of 'Midnight Walker' and 'High Energy Ahead' so close? Is there some kind of connection?"

Why… Because I just happened to beat both games around the same time…

Of course, Ren Suo couldn't say this answer out loud. But in the eyes of the Special Case Group and the Researchers, the short interval between these two events definitely indicated an unusual connection, hiding secrets of the Fairy Palace or hints from Ren Naiser.

Moreover, "Midnight Walker" has 'Ghost' in its title, and "High Energy Ahead" is also about Ghosts. This is clearly some kind of hint!

Ren Suo looked at the most upvoted answer, which already had 231 likes. Indeed, this answer, a masterclass in serious-sounding nonsense, was well deserving of those likes:

"'Midnight Walker' speaks of Ghosts in the Human World; 'High Energy Ahead' reflects humans among Ghosts.

In 'Midnight Walker,' apart from a few Monsters, the rest are mostly Half-Demons tainted with demonic nature and the resurrected dead.

Before consuming the delicacies of the Fairy Palace Food God, their hearts had largely lost their humanity, leaving only their individual obsessions and Desires. They became abhorrent, like living corpses lingering in the Human World. If they hadn't met the Food God, they would almost certainly have fallen into the Demon Path, wreaking havoc upon the Human World.

In 'High Energy Ahead,' apart from the adventurer, all the villagers are dead. But, though they are dead, they do not exhibit the Resentment, ugliness, or hysterical desire for Resurrection typical of the deceased.

They peacefully accept the outcome of death, living happily in Peach Blossom Land, receiving offerings from their families (this point is still debated), and are even willing to expend their own possessions to pray for their families' well-being (this point is still debated).

These two videos mirror each other, leading us to an inescapable conclusion: death is no longer the final punctuation mark of life.

Those dissatisfied with death, harboring strong obsessions, will live on as Ghosts in the Human World. Apart from a very few who can control their own rationality, most Ghosts will transform into unfeeling, tearless killing machines. After bringing death to other Living Beings, they will inevitably meet a Despairing end.

Those who accept death willingly, however, may retain their souls, becoming humans among Ghosts. They enter Peach Blossom Land, accept the worship of their relatives, and peacefully enjoy their beautiful years as the deceased.

But we have an old saying: 'A bad life is better than a good death.' Once thoroughly dead, one's very existence is directly tied to the memories of one's relatives. Isn't that extremely dangerous?

If given a choice, most people would probably prefer to become a Ghost in the Human World, treading a perilous path, rather than a human among Ghosts, living out their days in quiet serenity.

So, are the Fairy Palace and Ren Naiser trying to tell us the difference between these two, allowing us to analyze the pros and cons ourselves?

No! The Fairy Palace has already given us the correct answer!

Death is most certainly not the end for a Cultivator, because he appeared!

On a summer night in 270 AD, Ren Han—a Cultivator from the Late Eastern Han Dynasty and Early Western Jin Dynasty who should have died at the age of 20—appeared!

At this point, we must first establish two premises:

① The content of 'High Energy Ahead' is true; the events depicted have already occurred.

② The content of 'Over My Dead Body' is also true; the events depicted did indeed occur 2,000 years ago.

Both videos were released by Ren Naiser. Until we find any discrepancies in the videos she has released, we will proceed with these two premises.

In 'Over My Dead Body,' Ren Han is undoubtedly dead. But in 'High Energy Ahead,' set two thousand years later, he is alive again and identifies himself as a person of the Fairy Palace.

Therefore, the final conclusion I deduce is: The Fairy Palace possesses some Cultivation Technique that allows the dead to cultivate. Over these two thousand years, even without offerings from Ren Family Members, Ren Han has relied on this technique to sustain his life. His Cultivation may have even progressed further, and he can freely enter any Underworld Peach Blossom Land.

If Ren Han was already considered a living Immortal during the Late Eastern Han Dynasty, then he should now be... a Ghost Immortal.

And 'Ghost Immortal' is the greatest hint the Fairy Palace has given us: Death is not to be feared. If one cannot become an all-powerful Supreme Supreme who comprehends heaven and earth in life, one still has the chance to become a Yanluo Ghost Immortal after death, one who has Insight into life and death!

References:

[1]. 'Over My Dead Body,' Ren Naiser.

[2]…"

After reading this answer, what else could I do? I could only silently give it a 'like' as my own response to this question.

I can't believe these Researchers actually managed to conjure up a whole profession system like 'Ghost Immortal,' thinking Ren Han must be a super old Ghost who has lived for over two thousand years. But from my perspective, Ren Han's persona should be the state he was in just before he died.

This was because Ren Han showed a hint of anger due to the adventurer's arrogant attitude.

The Researchers definitely noticed this from the video, but they didn't dwell on it too much. Perhaps they thought Ren Han was the type of Qi Refinement Realm old ancestor who, over thousands of years, only increased his Cultivation but not his cunning, possessing no shrewdness at all.

By the way, the adventurer's current background was also a hot topic on the intranet. Almost all Researchers believed the adventurer must have been taken as a disciple by a mighty figure from the Fairy Palace; otherwise, why would he be so arrogant?

Ren Suo casually browsed the news on the intranet and found that, indeed, some foreigners who watched the "High Energy Ahead" video had misunderstood Chinese mourning customs. Above a cemetery somewhere in the Federation, fireworks were blooming, and dozens of relatives were dancing and celebrating in front of tombstones, trying to convey their happiness to the deceased.

In Britain, one family requested the driver of the hearse carrying the deceased to drive at top speed through all the city's roads late at night, with loudspeakers blaring information about the deceased on a loop, hoping to let the entire city know that someone had died that day!

After reading the news about "tombstone disco dancing" and "hearse drifting," Ren Suo stopped. He was worried that seeing something even more grotesque might ruin his appetite.

He turned on the Mini-World Game Console and entered "My Life is Not Your Game."

For some reason, every time I see this title, a malicious thought sparks in my mind—My life is not your game? Sorry, as a Player, I can do whatever I want! I *am* going to play you, and break you!

Humming a tune, Ren Suo started the game again, also opening his laptop. He had now recorded all the consequences resulting from all options for the 'Rebellious Female Demon,' 'Romantic White Emperor,' and 'Temperance Female Knight.'

Next, he would combine the actions of these NPCs to see if it would trigger any new developments.

Of course, Skills like the Female Knight's "Final Judgment" and the White Emperor's "Romantic Frost," Ren Suo definitely didn't plan to let them use again—those options would almost certainly incapacitate the Rebel.

Especially "Final Judgment." I even suspect the Female Knight might have directly eaten the Rebel.

This time, Ren Suo's chosen targets were the 'Female Demon' and the 'White Emperor.'

The option for the Female Demon was: "Attack the Rebel"

The option for the White Emperor was: "Invite the Rebel to dine together"

After giving them their instructions, the two NPCs walked outside the restroom. However, the Female Demon had to wait outside, while the White Emperor barged into the restroom again!

The Rebel, seeing the door open, tried to run, but of course, he was intercepted by the White Emperor!

The White Emperor extended an invitation to the Rebel!

The Rebel was entangled! Remaining time: 9s!

The Rebel broke free from the entanglement!

The White Emperor chased after him!

However, as the Rebel and the White Emperor left the restroom one after the other, the Female Demon rushed forward!

The Female Demon launched an Attack on the Rebel: "Sincere Malice"!

Just then, Ren Suo saw the White Emperor, moving almost fast enough to leave an Afterimage, run between the Rebel and the Female Knight!

The White Emperor used "Icy Wall Barrier," blocking the Female Demon's Attack!

The Female Demon launched an Attack on the White Knight: "Poisonous Tongue Blade: None of Your Business."

The White Knight used the Skill "Frozen Three Feet: Emperor's Wrath," blocking the Female Demon's Attack and inflicting 33 points of mental damage on the Female Demon!

The Female Demon launched an Attack on the White Knight: "Endless Blade: Critical Remarks"!

The White Knight used the Skill "Cold Flowing Fire," neutralizing part of the Attack, and was inflicted with an Imprisonment effect, remaining time 2s.

The White Knight launched an Attack on the Female Demon…

"Wow, they're fighting!" Ren Suo watched with immense excitement, then glanced over inadvertently. "Rebel, how did you escape again?!"