Chapter 542: Chapter 126: The Path of the Game

Everyone has different talents, and they are not born equal.

This is also beyond doubt.

Xu Kai has a special talent and can become an Extraordinary, more easily than others, with just a little guidance.

"So, Leader Su, what do I need to do to become stronger and become an Extraordinary? I’ll do anything."

Xu Kai clapped his hands, his expression gradually becoming excited. He looked like a simple person, with emotions easily shown on his face.

"Hmm, very ambitious, but there’s no rush. Let’s first take a look at your situation here." Su Changxing waved his hand, smiling.

The people in the gathering place appeared cautious upon seeing Su Changxing arrive, gripping their weapons, including guns, as they watched from a distance.

"Elder Xu, it’s fine, these are people from the Security Bureau, there’s no danger," Ge Yunhua waved and shouted.

At the same time, he turned his head to explain to Su Changxing:

"Outsiders can be very dangerous. Just over ten days ago, someone came here from outside, looking quite normal, but turned out to be a murderer who seemed to have escaped from a nearby prison."

"We accepted him just like anyone else, but he suddenly went on a killing spree one night, leaving four to five people dead under his knife."

"Fortunately, Leader Guo and the others arrived in time and killed him, otherwise, it would have been troublesome. Although he wasn’t an Extraordinary, he was extremely agile."

After Ge Yunhua’s call, the tension eased slightly, and at least their hostility wasn’t as strong.

Su Changxing thought for a moment and asked, "Why did he kill? He couldn’t have killed just for the sake of killing."

Ge Yunhua shook his head and said, "Not sure, it felt like he had a mental problem, just a lunatic."

A "cockroach," seemingly startled, darted across the street, its body appearing to be cut by an invisible blade, falling into two parts.

"Don’t you handle these creatures?"

Su Changxing frowned slightly, noticing many such "cockroaches" lurking in the nearby shadows.

Xu Kai stared at the body on the ground, shocked: "Leader Su, did you kill it?"

He didn’t notice any movement from Su Changxing, yet the roach had been sliced in the middle, falling to the ground.

Such power is terrifying!

"You could say that."

Su Changxing nodded.

Xu Kai came to his senses and said:

"There are too many of these creatures, we simply can’t clear them out. Even if we did, more would just come later... Plus, they behave similarly to cockroaches, not inherently aggressive."

Then, Su Changxing followed them to a building north of the gathering place, where many spare weapons, including swords and firearms, were hanging on the walls.

Guo Fengyan and the others didn’t directly manage this gathering place, operating as a separate small group and incidentally protecting this area, so their base wasn’t in the same location but adjacent.

Ge Yunhua turned on a bright electric lantern and placed it on the table, instantly making the environment brighter and illuminating the faces of several people around.

In the room besides Su Changxing, there were more than ten people, mostly young, the youngest being in their early teens and still in junior high school.

However, due to the environment, they were at an age of rapid body growth, and although not as strong as adults, they were close.

"It’s strange that those soldiers didn’t come to the gathering place, given how close it is." Su Changxing observed the people around, thinking aloud.

Xu Kai thought for a moment and said, "It might be because we’re all ordinary people, with little presence."

Su Changxing shook his head, saying, "No, if they were searching, they wouldn’t overlook this place. It seems more like someone informed them... Did any of you inform them?"

The people in the room exchanged glances, falling silent.

Informing would mean colluding with the enemy, right?

"There shouldn’t be anyone doing that, and we don’t have contact with those from the Otherworld," Ge Yunhua said, somewhat uncertain.

Su Changxing appeared nonchalant, saying, "Is that so? Who can say for sure? From the current situation, it seems to be the case. Guo Fengyan and the others seem to have been caught off guard and ambushed."

Xu Kai stood up seriously and said, raising his hand with a solemn expression:

"Leader Su, I can guarantee there’s no problem with us. As for others, I can’t say... We’ve basically been acting together during this time, so there’s been no opportunity for anyone to inform them."

Su Changxing shrugged, not particularly bothered, and said, "I’m just curious why those from the Otherworld captured Guo Fengyan... Normally, killing would be easier."

The means of the Wizard World were gentler than he imagined, and they didn’t harm ordinary people in the gathering place. It definitely wasn’t because they weren’t aware of their presence.

This suggests that the civilization level of the Wizard World is higher than he imagined, not as barbaric.

Xu Kai rubbed his chin and said, "Could it be for some kind of experimental dissection, like how we treat some novel creatures?"

The short-haired woman with arms crossed agreed, "Hmm, possibly."

A ghostly light flashed in Su Changxing’s eyes as he changed the topic, "Let’s talk about becoming an Extraordinary."

Xu Kai asked seriously, "Earlier, you said I have a chance to become stronger, what exactly did you mean?"

"Are you a Superpower User?" Su Changxing looked him over and asked.

Xu Kai nodded and said, "I should be. My body is exceptionally strong and powerful, stronger than most ordinary people, but that’s it."

The people in the room all had some combat ability to join Guo Fengyan’s group.

He probably wouldn’t tolerate any deadweight among them.

What Su Changxing valued wasn’t Xu Kai’s superpower, but his potential, his spirit that seemed to burn brightly and uniquely.

It required his high Spiritual Power to perceive.

Previously analyzing the "Game Butcher" cost over eight hundred thousand points, but he found shortcuts to increasing Mysteriousness.

At Tier Seven, the required Mysteriousness was as high as 180,000. Previously, using experience points compensated for 50,000, so 130,000 were still needed.

Yes, although he reached Level 26, his Mysteriousness was not even halfway, meaning that even if he reached Level 29 using experience points, his Mysteriousness would still be far from full.

Moreover, what puzzled Su Changxing was that after advancing, his Mysteriousness had not changed much. It was unclear if this was due to experience points or inherent to Tier Seven.

Fortunately, he could use his position’s analysis to find shortcuts to increase Mysteriousness.

"Game Butcher" wasn’t really about the butcher, but rather about the "game," which had already surpassed the scope of a "butcher."

[Pure Darkness is born from infinite Light; shattered Truth hides within perfect Illusion... Guiding others onto paths of Truth, Light, Life, etc., are outside the scope of the ’Game Butcher’s’ Extraordinary paths.]

"In other words, the ’Game Butcher’ should correspond to the path of Illusion, the path of Darkness, the path of Death... at least these three are entirely unrelated opposites."

Based on this hint, he needed to guide others onto paths that were not his own in order to increase his Mysteriousness.

And Xu Kai was an experiment for him, as he could perceive more positive Energy in Xu Kai’s spirit, more than the average person, which is perhaps generally referred to as being a good person.

In reality, good and bad are hard to distinguish. Ordinary people don’t have obvious attributes; they can be good, or bad, or both at different times.

This is also part of human variability. It doesn’t mean Xu Kai would never do bad things, just that the likelihood is lower and he’s less prone to negative influences from his environment.