Ten Thousand Ways To Eliminate Players-Chapter 429: The Truth of Fairy World

The Dream Space was quiet. What had they been afraid of all this time? Nothing more than Lin Bai giving up reason to oppress them with Martial Power.

"So what if there's no Righteous Door? Once you've laid down your arms, you've lost any right to negotiate," Lin Bai said with a smile, looking at the changing faces of Dream Heavenly King and others. He released the Divided God of The Curse God. "Old Dream, you'd better believe that there really is a Righteous Door. Otherwise, you're hopeless. After all, when I'm no longer guided by the mission to save the world, I have nothing to fear."

The gods stirred. Lin Bai scanned the crowd, "Won't you speak? Are you really planning to test my methods?"

Dream Heavenly King glanced at Lin Bai and suddenly said, "All the Celestial Humans were once Players."

Lin Bai was stunned.

The gods were stunned.

Once Dream Heavenly King spoke, the other Heavenly Kings had no reason to persist. Gold Heavenly King, who had once been cursed by Lin Bai, said, "Old Dream, let me tell it!"

Lin Bai saw through his intentions at a glance and signaled him to continue. He had already dismantled their arms, so he didn't mind lifting the curse. As long as he got the truth, it didn't matter who told it.

Gold Heavenly King looked at everyone and said, "Many years ago, our world was like the Players' world now, with everyone living peacefully and orderly. Then one day, a game suddenly appeared in our world, called 'Expedition.' Game cabins were directly distributed to the public. Through this game, we came to the Fairy World. At that time, the Fairy World was inhabited by natives who mastered various magical Spells.

"When the Players first entered the Fairy World, they struggled. Although we have Undying Bodies and better talents than the natives, we were greatly restricted when the game started. The local natives were wary of us. But the human heart is complex, and under the Players' scheming, War broke out in the Fairy World. The undying Players were used as tools by the big shots of the Fairy World."

He paused, looking at Lin Bai, and said, "As you know, once Players seize an opportunity, they can't be restrained again. Divide, ally, suppress, slaughter, coupled with the game company constantly increasing the number of Players. Even if we later learned that the natives of the Fairy World are not NPCs, but real people, we couldn't stop in our desire for power. In less than a hundred years, the Fairy World was destroyed, and all the natives were exterminated."

Another Silence ensued.

Alea stared angrily at the Heavenly Kings, "You actually committed genocide on a world. It's too much."

The Master of the Abyss looked at the Nine Heavenly Kings. He suddenly wanted to laugh. Compared to these Players, it turns out he's the kind one...

All the gods were emotional. Their worlds also had Players, and they empathized with what the Fairy World had gone through. At this moment, they understood why Lin Bai was determined to unify the forces of several worlds. Only by gaining unified control could he deal with the Players. If they continued to fight on their own as before, they would probably end up being defeated by the Players one day, as the Nine Heavenly Kings said. Although they were powerful, they each had weaknesses. By then, even if they wanted to save the world, it would be too late. Players are invaders and probably wouldn't be as merciful as Lin Bai.

Lin Bai remained calm.

The Players' actions were all within his expectations. If allowed to continue their development, world destruction was inevitable. No matter how powerful the BOSS was, it wouldn't pose a threat to them. No single world could handle billions of undying ones. That was precisely why he was striving to stay ahead of the Players. If he weren't ahead of them, it would spell doom.

"Don't look at us like that; we had no other choice either," Dream Heavenly King said. "When caught up in a major trend, an individual's power is too negligible. Human greed is insatiable. Once they possess the power to change the world, who would opt to remain ordinary? Moreover, during our gaming days, there was nobody like Lin Bai making a last-ditch effort to avert disaster."

Gold Heavenly King said, "On top of that, our world was destroyed too."

"But haven't you all transformed into Celestial Humans?" Daisy asked.

"At the beginning, reality and the game worlds were in balance. But as more and more people made gaming their priority, the order of real-world production and life began to collapse. Nevertheless, some people insisted on living in the real world. The actual disaster struck when someone discovered that the Spells of the Fairy World could be employed in reality. Then, the order in the real world completely fell apart, and everyone was forced to enter the game because it was the only way they could save themselves," Gold Heavenly King recounted.

It seemed like Gold Heavenly King was reminiscing about that period of insanity, appearing somewhat melancholic. "Compared to the devastated reality, the Players found life inside the game to be much more enjoyable. They fought with the native creatures for resources, exacerbating the collapse of the Fairy World. It was a vicious cycle that no one could halt."

"How did you all transform into Celestial Humans?" Lin Bai asked.

"After the extinction of the Fairy World, Players started to fight among themselves. After all, we all had Undying Bodies, so do you think any of us would have willingly submitted to the others? You have Skills, but so do I!" Gold Heavenly King snorted. "The Wars amongst the Players lasted thousands of years. It was during this period that we emerged. Later on, we discovered a terrifying truth—that with each death, Players' memories of the real world gradually faded. By that time, we couldn't quit the game and return to the real world anymore."

Dream Heavenly King continued with a bitter smile, "Upon realizing that we couldn't return to reality and our memories were fading, there was widespread panic, and everyone started looking for a solution. But it was to no avail. Later, even without dying, the memory of some Players would suddenly disappear. They lost even the ability to drop levels after dying, and after death, they would directly respawn at the Resurrection Point and start from scratch. That was when we learned that the game company could tamper with our memories and even modify the game rules."

"Why are your memories preserved?" Lin Bai asked.

"Who knows? Perhaps it's because we possess the Holy Artifacts of Law, or maybe because we were needed to manage the Resurrection Points and maintain the stability of the Fairy World, or perhaps there are other arrangements. In any case, our memories are retained," said Gold Heavenly King. "Subsequently, as more and more Players began losing their memories, order in the Fairy World was gradually restored under our guidance. As time passed, all the Players lost their memories, and they began to believe that they were birthed from their mothers, blessed with language and names. We didn't bother to correct them."

"Perhaps you didn't want to correct them!" Atis interjected. "All of the Celestial Humans revere you, and you make the societal rules, living a life above others. Helping people recover their memories wouldn't serve your rule, would it?"

"We had no choice." Gold Heavenly King glanced at Lin Bai and said rather awkwardly, "We didn't expect that the game company's arrangements for us would involve becoming NPCs for the Players of another world."

Dream Heavenly King added, "That's why when you asked us about the game company, we were afraid to speak the truth. Firstly, we were worried that the game company would delete our memory and make us ordinary Celestial Humans, with our personalities completely obliterated. Secondly, we thought that if the truth got out, it would likely cause panic among the new Players. We even planned to leverage the Players to deal with Alliance Hierarch. Once they know about the terrible consequences of gaming, we were afraid they would not dare to continue playing."

"You sure have a good plan," Lin Bai sneered. "Perhaps you are still holding onto the hope that one day, the game company will reactivate the old Players, granting you some special privileges and enabling you to reclaim your influence from me!"

The Heavenly Kings looked at each other and fell silent.

"Indeed, we did consider this situation. Alliance Hierarch, it's embarrassing." Dream Heavenly King looked at Lin Bai and sighed. He then laughed bitterly, saying, "Coming clean does make things easier. All of our kind have lost their memories and are living in a state of confusion. Just a few of us retained our awareness, and it feels really bitter."

"Have you seen anyone from the game company?" Lin Bai asked.

All the Heavenly Kings shook their heads at once.

Dream Heavenly King remarked, "No one from the game company has ever appeared. Similar to the present-day Players, our information comes from the game forum. Alliance Hierarch, your emergence is the biggest surprise in the game."

Lin Bai gave him a glance and stopped talking.

At this point, things were quite clear. The game company is manipulating everything in the dark. They are devoid of humanity, not regarding the lives of these worlds as significant at all and playing with them thoughtlessly. It's not just the aborigines; the Players are also their playthings...

"The people from the game company are all Evil Spirits, right?" The Goddess of the Moon, Afura, waved her fist in anger. "What are they destroying these worlds for? Even the Undead Monarch initiated the Undead Cataclysm for his full force, but all along, they haven't even shown up once."

The Undead Monarch with his Skull Head glanced at Afura but said nothing.

"Perhaps the game company is collecting data to create a more perfect game," Light King suggested. "Or perhaps, they're just doing this for amusement, like leading a group of ants into another ant colony to watch them fight."

"At some point, we speculated that Lin Bai, the Alliance Hierarch, was a wasp the game company put into the ant colony to make the game more interesting, that he's the final BOSS in the game," Water Heavenly King said. "But then, he recklessly disrupted the game progression, and the game company had to revise so many game rules to deal with him. That's when we overturned this speculation, truly believing that the Alliance Hierarch is from the Righteous Door, opposing the game company."

Saying so, he glanced at Lin Bai as if expecting him to confess his origin voluntarily.

Lin Bai remained silent.

The Heavenly Kings' thoughts were also what he had once imagined, but now he was confused. After all, upon his arrival in this world, no one had told him of any mission but had only bombarded him with incomprehensible Systems. Saving the world and such was just a slogan he made up to win people's hearts. The System's tasks, on the other hand, had step by step forced him into his current position. Using his hands, they had thoroughly messed up the game progression. So it seems the people behind the System are truly enemies of the game company. But they are quite unsavory, not daring to show their faces and pushing a perfectly ordinary person living on Earth forward. What's their intention? Had they not considered that I might not complete these strange and disgusting tasks and die in this unfamiliar world? Perhaps they never cared about my life or death! Ultimately, I'm nothing but an ant. None of them are good!

"Alliance Hierarch, what shall we do next?" the Earth Goddess asked.

"We will publicize the situation in the Celestial Human World, let everyone know the truth, and destroy this game at its roots," Lin Bai said coldly. "Our fate should be in our own hands. No one should be someone else's puppet."

"And the game company?" Alea asked.

"They've never made an appearance before, have they? Let's restore the calm in all the worlds and see if they will show up. If they don't, their game will be over, and we'll have won, saving all the worlds," Lin Bai said.

"What if they personally step in?" Afura asked timidly.

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it!" Lin Bai became somewhat irritable. "Before we get to that, let's take care of current affairs. We don't even know what they are yet!"

"Lin Bai, does the Righteous Door really exist?" the Master of the Abyss suddenly asked. "Is the path of laws you mentioned real?"

"Yes, it's all true." Lin Bai pondered his Glib Lotus and nodded affirmatively. "The Righteous Door is real, and so are the laws. It's just that Players can't cultivate them."

In Lin Bai's setting, he is the greatest prodigy ever in the Righteous Door, a potential existence to become the Heavenly Dao, a treasured Disciple loved by many elders. If Glib Lotus actually took effect and brought the Righteous Door into reality, it would undoubtedly be advantageous for him. However, Lin Bai didn't hold out much hope. Not to mention the probability issue, if the Skills given by the System produced something more powerful than the self, it would be absurd. It's just like pondering whether an Almighty God can create a stone that he can't lift; there's a conflict in the setup. After all, in his setting, the Righteous Door is in the High-dimensional World. The elders in it are very powerful and have an enormous influence. Moreover, they are superior to the Three Thousand Worlds.

After exiting the Dream Space, with everyone's memories retained, Lin Bai returned to the real world. He took the truth about the Fairy World from the follower-style camera and handed it to the Immortal Realm's First Papparazzi. It was published through various channels of Justice Weekly.

However, the outside world's reaction wasn't quite as Lin Bai expected.

Below the game forum posts, there were all sorts of sarcastic comments:

"Fake! Lin Bai goes to more and more absurd lengths to create stories to prevent Players in the real world from entering the game."

"What's the point of the game company doing this? For fun?"

"It's a clear case of making a false countercharge. Up until now, we've only seen Lin Bai trying to make things difficult for us. The game company has only been giving us benefits and doing damage control."

"I'll never forgive him. Ever since Lin Bai, without distinguishing right from wrong or making any proper investigation, forced all Players entering the game to continuously perform talents, I've been his hater for life."

"Better to believe it exists than not. What if it's true? I told you before that the game pod can control your thoughts. You didn't believe me. I won't get into a game pod anyway."

"What's the point of just talking? Bring out evidence! Who can't make up stories?"

"If you ask Lin Bai for evidence, he can easily create a bunch of fake ones for you in a minute. Aren't there old Players in the Fairy World? Let them find evidence. Even the dinosaurs from tens of millions of years ago left fossils behind. Even if a civilization is wiped clean, it can't be without a trace, right?"

"Oh, Almighty Game Company, I beg you to bestow Divine Skills upon us and get rid of the monster, Lin Bai! He's already distorting you in every possible way!"