Chapter 267 - - 265 Friendship and Discrimination_1

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The Federation’s speed was rapid.

Two days later.

The simulation area specially set up for Duge was ready.

Duge lay in the familiar assessment pod.

Unlike before.

This time, lying in the pod, he felt no psychological burden at all, as relaxed as if he was heading on vacation.

As the countdown “five, four, three, two, one” ended.

Duge’s vision shifted, cutting directly into the simulation, and with his spiritual power as high as 120,000, he didn’t even feel dizzy.

Moreover.

With such high spiritual power, he could explore the world in his Soul Body at will, ultimately selecting the most suitable vessel to possess, securing a victory from the get-go.

This is also why there were no Alien Warriors in the new recruits’ assessment.

They influenced fairness too much.

…

This simulation was different from any before, with streets bustling with traffic and skyscrapers towering above; the city was so alive that occasionally planes flew across the sky and crowds thronged the streets.

Above the tall buildings.

LED screens in the square scrolled through various advertisements.

At first glance, it almost gave Duge the bizarre impression of being back on Earth.

“A modern urban setting, huh?”

With his five minutes of world observation time, Duge randomly drifted, not detecting anything unusual about this world.

It was simply a normal modern society.

Backgrounds related to modern society usually involved war, the supernatural, ancient martial arts, or possibly superpowers.

Of course.

It could also be the apocalypse since the world before an apocalypse is typically orderly.

In a modern urban setting, anything could happen.

In such a world, it’s naturally better to possess a vessel with higher status.

After all.

The higher the status, the greater the societal influence, and the better your starting advantage.

Besides, in such worlds, there are rarely any monsters with excessive spiritual power that could cause possession to fail, and judging by the level of technology below, it didn’t seem like they had developed high-tech capable of targeting souls.

…

After five minutes.

The protective shield vanished.

Duge hovered precisely over a large city.

Watching several Soul Bodies frantically enter a few hospitals, Duge couldn’t help but smile wryly.

The endearing kids in the simulation still adhered to the tradition of possessing the weak, the sick, and the elderly to improve success rates!

Those who had lived on Qiyuan Star for long had no idea that in the high-pressure modern cities, those overworked elites working 9-9-6 offered easier possession targets and were less likely to raise suspicion.

After all.

They had no time to exercise, living in a state of subhealth, and who knows how low their spiritual power might be, ensuring a spot-on possession every time.

But.

Great man Duge no longer deigned to partake in the despicable acts of bullying others by tailing them, leveraging his higher spiritual power.

Although this was only a simulation with no risk of losing life, he still prepared to treat it as an Alien Battlefield, a place where warriors seldom encountered each other at the start of the battle.

Every world’s experience was a treasure to Duge.

Up to now.

The worlds he had been through were relatively sparsely populated, rarely including such large cities with millions of people.

Skills were indeed important, but so was experience.

…

Modern society was filled with various electromagnetic waves, which harmed the soul just as much as sunlight did.

The two combined.

Inflicted double damage to the Soul Body, which explained why those examinees were in such a hurry to possess bodies.

However.

With his 120,000 spiritual power, Duge wasn’t afraid of this trivial consumption, leisurely drifting above the city skyline, searching for a suitable body to possess, and also trying to find out what the real storyline of this world was.

Speaking of which, this was his first time experiencing a modern urban background—the last apocalyptic one didn’t count.

Little did he know.

As Duge wandered at will.

In the city, many gazes followed his movements persistently.

At the same time.

In a private messaging group, information was flying rapidly:

“You all saw that, right? A Ghost King floating above us.”

“Holy shit, this is unprecedented, since when does a Ghost King dare to wander during broad daylight? Isn’t he afraid of being scorched by the sun?”

“I really want to go up there and take him down!”

“If a Ghost King dares to come out in daylight, you’re just going up there to be handed your own butt!”

“Is it the one from Beimang Mountain?”

“The one from Beimang Mountain wouldn’t dare to come out during the day, right?”

“Just because he hasn’t come out doesn’t mean he doesn’t dare to.”

“Do you think it’s possible that the seal of Heavenly Master Mountain broke, and they let out an ancient Old Ghost?”

“Hold on, let me ask my family.”

“Actually, just now I saw several ghosts entering the hospital. I was about to deal with them when this Ghost King suddenly appeared and scared the hell out of me.”

“It’s not just here, soul possessions are happening in broad daylight in other cities too. Some of our fellows have already taken out a few, and they say they’re quite weak…”

“With the Ghost King making an appearance, ghosts roaming in the daytime, could this mean some major event is about to happen?”

“Do you guys think the Ghost King in the sky is searching for something?”

“Can’t it search at night? Why does it have to come out in broad daylight? I think he’s just provoking us. Who has long-range magical treasures to attack him with? He’s being too arrogant…”

“Old Zhang has a Soul-Breaking Arrow.”

“Go to hell, asking me to use the Soul-Breaking Arrow against the Ghost King, you’re wishing for my death.”

“We should report this upward. A Ghost King is not something we can afford to mess with…”

“Holy shit, look, the Ghost King is heading towards the city government building.”

“Damn impressive, he’s not really planning to directly challenge the Bright Light Array on the government building in broad daylight, is he!”

“This Ghost King doesn’t seem too bright.”

“Perhaps he’s just overly confident in his own power!”

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Indeed.

Duge did intend to possess an official of high rank.

That simulation in the Sea God’s domain, where he possessed several pirate kings, gave him a huge advantage right at the start. With his high spiritual power, why would he bother to slowly progress by possessing an ordinary person?

It’s just a simulation, who cares about Nan Youlong’s rules.

But just as he was about to fly over the government building, ready to take a look inside,

Bang!

On the ground.

An Eight Trigrams Array suddenly appeared.

Immediately after.

A beam of white light shot out from the rooftop of the government building. Duge felt a piercing pain and was then catapulted outwards with force.

Fuck!

Formation!

Duge hovered in the air, looking at the government building now enveloped by the whole Eight Trigrams Array, utterly astonished.

Alright!

This definitely wasn’t an ordinary city backdrop.

Lucky for him, he had entered the simulation with 120,000 spiritual power points racked up from the Alien Battlefield.

If it had been before, even with just over two thousand spiritual power points, that one hit would’ve probably scattered his soul and eliminated him.

This strike woke Duge up for sure.

From simulation to Alien Battlefield, his victories had been too easy.

Even on Earth, he was only a twenty-year-old youth. With such accomplishments, how could he not be a bit carried away?

Especially since in the simulation, there was no death. Although he always kept in mind that experience was crucial, Duge still treated the simulation like a game to level up his skills.

Now, this unexpected blow brought him to his senses.

This was his first encounter with a formation targeted at the soul.

Indeed.

You should never be careless at any time.

Possession had to be quick.

Otherwise,

underestimating the enemy like this on the Alien Battlefield might get him killed without even knowing how he died, right?

Thank goodness it was just a simulation!

After giving one last glance at the Eight Trigrams Array, which he would remember for a lifetime, Duge turned and headed straight for the south of the city. There, he had seen a rather handsome man, surrounded by people offering flowers and asking for autographs.

Clearly a star.

In terms of social influence, some officials seemed to fall short compared to stars, whose fan groups were like natural advantages for an Alien Warrior…

Thud!

With a soft noise,

Duge effortlessly crashed into his body.

“What was that sound?”

To the side,

a woman asked, puzzled.

Duge pulled out a Jade Pendant that had cracked in two from his waist and said, “Maybe I accidentally shattered it just now!”

He knew very well that the Jade Pendant wasn’t broken by his touch; rather, it had emitted a white light in an attempt to stop him from forcibly possessing the star, and it hadn’t held up, breaking on its own.

“If it’s broken, it’s broken,” the woman beside him said, glancing at the Jade Pendant and furrowing her eyebrows slightly, “I’ll ask Daoist Suwen for a new one later.”

Daoist Suwen?

Duge noted the name, then looked at his personal panel:

Name: Duge;

Number: 48699527;

Spiritual Power: 120000;

Current Rank: 17／1088;

Match Keyword: Friendship;

Match Keyword: Discrimination;

Advanced Skills: None;

Derived Items: None;

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