Kenya, Amboseli.

Starlight fell, and a grand rift valley that even the darkness couldn't conceal stretched across the vast land.

Amboseli was a border city between Kenya and Tanzania, poor and remote, but it was famous in Kenya for its national park where one could see vast groups of fierce wild animals mating.

However, the staff of the national park and the surrounding residents typically evacuated during the daytime.

Now, the ones camping near the Great Rift Valley, aside from the Kenyan local military that was dispatched, were Transcendents from various countries who rushed over from thousands of miles away in response to the urgent situation.

The Kenyan authorities had virtually given all Transcendents the green light, not daring to obstruct their passage. Warships from the Federation, the Mysterious Country, and other nations were passing through East Africa under various pretenses. Some were sending Battle Wolf Troops to assist with a Mysterious Country factory, while others reported Federation soldiers lost in some city. It was almost as if they would blast open Kenya's gates if obstructed.

The most important survival skill for a small country is to maintain a balance among the powers. If there was pressure from only one side, Kenya would certainly have plenty of international support and would not be intimidated at all.

But now, with nobody standing behind Kenya, even shouting 'Teammates? Where are my teammates?' was in vain. The international community had already made Kenya's situation crystal clear.

The countries didn't necessarily need to pass through Kenya; the East African Great Rift Valley spans several countries. It's just that Amboseli, Kenya, was closest to the live broadcast location, and Nairobi, Kenya had an international airport, making it the best choice.

Three jeeps sped towards the entrance of the rift valley cliff, drawing the attention of everyone at the camp entrance.

The camp was well-lit, and filled with people of various skin tones and appearances, who watched coldly as the first jeep unloaded a cloaked person, a young man, a bald man, and a lady, raising their alertness—the Mysterious Country's people had arrived.

They also remembered the cloaked person. He was a powerful figure in *Mysteries Return* who held his own against the Federation's ace Pallbearer, Roy, and a member of the Mysterious Country's official supernatural organization, the Great Wall!

After all, the Mysterious Country hadn't done much to conceal them. The three major organizations—the Hundred Thousand Countermeasures, the Yellow River and Yangtze River, and the Great Wall—had long been known by other countries. Since this was an international mysterious event and obviously unsuitable for large troop movements, sending the elite Great Wall was reasonable.

"Are you really not considering becoming my consort? Although with your looks you can't be the chief wife, rest assured, I'm quite loving and ensure equal favor to all..." The young man, dressed in a tracksuit with hands tucked in his pockets and hunched over, went on and on, spouting typical emperor-flavored narcissistic talk to the exasperated lady by his side.

Seeing the scene at the camp entrance, he couldn't help but burst out laughing, stepping out of the formation and waving to the people at the camp:

"Hey, hey, hey... you're too kind, all this reception for me. Alright then, kneel in greeting if there's nothing else."

Nobody paid attention to the young man, or perhaps no one present had the cultural level to understand the sarcasm in his tone.

From the Federal Watchers, a Blue Steel armored person stepped forward and asked in a measured tone, "Three Thousand Li?"

A handsome Onmyoji from the Flourishing Sakura Martial Soul Hall, clad in a Hunting Garment, chuckled, "It's true what they say, seeing is believing. I didn't expect to meet the Mysterious Country's star Transcendent here."

The tall priest in a black robe didn't speak, but like a statue, he stood on the inevitable path of the Mysterious Country's people, radiating a mild white glow, adopting the awe-inspiring stance of a Shepherd.

So the Federal Watchers, Flourishing Sakura Martial Soul Hall, and the Cross Holy Realm's Defector Thirteenth Division are all here... Nan Xi, following Mr. Chuan, felt a surge of anxiety.

Before arriving, Nan Xi knew that there might be an attempt to intimidate the Mysterious Country's Transcendents, but she hadn't expected that the most renowned supernatural organizations from several countries would stand united to intimidate the Mysterious Country.

As the lead investigator of the 'Ren Naiser, Fairy Palace, World Tree Special Case Group,' Nan Xi had a good understanding of the supernatural organizations from around the world.

The Federal Watchers, the cutting edge of the Federal Government, didn't need mentioning. Although they still couldn't compete with the Federal Tax Bureau in terms of power, they had gradually grown into a massive new interest group.

The Flourishing Sakura Martial Soul Hall, supported by multiple wealthy consortia and the emergence of a powerful leader, had a reputation that far surpassed the government's. It had developed a special Magic System and was renowned worldwide for its strength.

The Defector Thirteenth Division of the Cross Holy Realm was the elite Supernatural Squad of the Cross Church. Originally, with the rise of atheism in the 21st century, the strength of religious sects waned. But ever since the resurgence of Spiritual Energy, Transcendents and mysterious phenomena had been appearing, leading to a huge increase in the number of followers. Seizing the moment, the Cross Holy Realm leveraged its historical advantages and the growth in faith to become the officially recognized Supernatural Organization in France and other Western European areas.

Nan Xi naturally understood why they were wary of the Mysterious Country. Firstly, all countries had learned from Ren Naiser's videos that the Transcendents from the Mysterious Country were not weak. Secondly, on paper, the Fairy Palace had the closest ties with the Mysterious Country!

The subjects of Ren Naiser's live broadcast were the Fairy Palace's Supreme Supreme and their pawn, the Great Sword Maiden!

Everyone was here for the opportunities left by the Fairy Palace. What if the Mysterious Country's people and the Fairy Palace's people hit it off? If the Fairy Palace people directly handed over the opportunities to them, wouldn't their trip be in vain?

As the saying goes, excessive favoritism invites the envy of other countries, while insufficient favoritism leads to their bullying.

Everyone is here to try their luck in a draw, so how can you use backdoor tactics to snatch the grand prize?

Thinking this way, it wasn't surprising that the Supernatural Departments of various countries would unite to give the Mysterious Country a show of force. Even allies wouldn't look favorably upon this. Business is business, but now it's a scramble for rare opportunities; who would bother talking about money or feelings?

Nan Xi stealthily glanced at the three people in front of her, knowing they were all members of the Great Wall, but she had never seen them in action and was unsure if they could handle the challenges from other countries.

However... Nan Xi looked at the Bald Monk in front of her, knowing that a significant proportion of Transcendents came from the Buddhist and Taoist paths, so it was only natural for a Buddhist Transcendent to join the official Supernatural Department.

The Bald Monk also looked quite normal: holding Buddha Beads in his hand, draped in a Kasaya, wearing straw sandals, with a dignified appearance, he resembled —

The problem was that the Kasaya worn by the Bald Monk in front of her... the pattern engraved on it was... Hatsune Miku Guanyin Bodhisattva?

Indeed, the Great Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva has various manifestations, even able to appear as male or female, so transforming into this kind of appearance seems acceptable... but it still makes the monk look unreliable.

Not to mention that young man with his emperor complex, rumored to be a genius well-versed in the Thousand Sutra Taoist Scripture. If it weren't inconvenient to strike someone, Nan Xi would have already used a grappling technique to beat him half to death.

As the Mysterious Country's contingent drew closer, the atmosphere grew as tense as a kettle about to boil. The young man suddenly stepped forward, his expression colder, "If there is nothing to report, and you won't kneel and retreat, are you attempting to commit the crime of disrespecting and deceiving the monarch!? PAH!"

He spat out a glob of saliva which suddenly transformed into a viscous black liquid in the air. Like quicksilver, it flowed towards the camp entrance, attacking everyone. Their expressions turned grave, and they each used their skills to block the black liquid.

However, the black liquid seemed to be alive. It was unaffected by fire, ice, sword slashes, or energy waves, and even contaminated the Spells used to attack it. The liquid multiplied, turning into a Water Monster that swept over everyone!

The Federal Blue Armored People roared mightily, and bursts of air from their armor gave them the speed of lightning to charge at the young man!

The young man still had his hands in his pockets and didn't even straighten up. Then, the black liquid on the ground turned into a giant hand that enveloped the charging Blue Armored Person.

The Blue Armored Person didn't care. With their explosive speed, they could collapse a reinforced concrete column. What harm could a mere layer of black liquid do?

Yet, the moment his armor touched the black liquid, black electric shocks surged into his body. The insulation layer in the armor was completely useless, instantly causing him to foam at the mouth and fall into an incoherent state.

But because the Blue Armored Person had been charging rapidly through the air just moments before, their intense inertia carried them forward. They skidded to a stop at the young man's feet, their body occasionally jolting with black lightning and trembling uncontrollably. This made the others recoil in shock and swiftly avoid the black liquid.

The young man crouched down, flicked the Blue Armored Person's helmet, and huffed, "Wouldn't it have been easier to kneel and withdraw? Why insist on lying down?"

Just then, the ground suddenly began to quake. Everyone was startled and turned towards the rift valley cliff, realizing with a chill that the rift was splitting further open!

"Hold on tight!" someone shouted, and everybody grabbed onto something stable to avoid being flung about by the quake.

Fortunately, the campsite was situated at an ideal distance from the cliff, and aside from the tents, there was nothing else around, so it was relatively safe.

The Bald Monk, on the other hand, was undisturbed, with his hands together, silently chanting. Radiating from him, a golden light began to shine, illuminating everyone around him. Those touched by the light heard the monk's voice chanting in their hearts.

Listening to the monk's... no, the Buddha's sound, everyone quickly regained their balance amidst the quake, their nervousness vanished, and they even felt like dancing!

The vibrations soon subsided, and when everyone looked at the people from Mysterious Country again, their eyes had completely changed.

In addition to the 'Three Thousand Li' of the Great Wall, the other two were no ordinary people either!

The young man could easily subdue the Federal Watcher 'Blue Steel Shadow'; the Bald Monk could bestow powerful supportive effects on everyone through his singing... no, the Buddha's sound, even affecting their moods!

The young man then dispelled the Spell, and the black liquid dissipated into the air. The Blue Armored Person was pulled up by their companions, shaking as they spoke, "What—what kind of Spell is this? At least let me know what Ability I lost to!"

"Muddy Water Thunder," the young man said casually. "It's not anything respectable."

He turned his head to Nan Xi. "Beloved Consort, have there been any earthquakes in this barbarian land since the live broadcast yesterday?"

Nan Xi pulled at the corner of her mouth, but as the leader of the investigation team, she was not a pushover, and she asserted, "Eunuch, this is the first earthquake since the live broadcast."

"The first time?" The young man raised his eyebrows slightly, took out his phone, and asked, "Come on, someone tell me what the wifi password is here!"

"Quiet."

Mr. Chuan suddenly spoke up. Everyone was slightly taken aback; soon after, they all heard the ground rumbling.

"Wow."

Everyone looked outside the camp, seeing clouds of dust rising under the starlight, and the savage shadows of beasts within the dust.

"How is that possible!" someone shouted, "Why would the wild animals suddenly attack us!?"

"Besides lions, there aren't many nocturnal animals. How come they're not fighting each other, and instead coming straight for us?"

"Could it have something to do with the Great Rift Valley?"

"Is it a plot by the Fairy Palace?"

"Impossible, if the Fairy Palace wanted to deal with us, why would they need such tactics?"

The young man narrowed his eyes. "So, African elephants are nocturnal animals now? Xiao Chuanzi, do we run or fight?"

Mr. Chuan paused for a moment, then said, "Suppress, study, No Kill."

The young man said, "That's quite difficult. How about you give me a more spirited battle song, Baldy? And stop with the Great Compassion Mantra, it's making my ears fill up with wax."

The Bald Monk smiled slightly. "All conditioned phenomena are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow, like dew or lightning; one should view them thus. If you could perceive with your intuition, what difference would there be between the Great Compassion Mantra and Thousand Cherry Blossoms?"

"The difference is huge. So, my Beloved Consort, why don't you hum 'The Eighteen Touches' for me?"

The young man exhaled gently, and a peculiar flame that was blue on the outside and white inside spontaneously combusted in front of him, turning into a fire dragon that swirled around him.

He also straightened his back slightly, his aura growing ever more intense. "Just wait, I'll make you a pair of ivory chopsticks from elephant tusks as your betrothal gift."

"Haven't you brushed your teeth? Your breath is so bad it could catch fire."

Nan Xi ignored him, took two steps back to the middle of the camp, pulled out her cellphone to connect to the wifi, and her expression changed slightly.

Indeed, the livestream had started again.

「* * *」

「At 6:15 a.m. Sky Capital time, Ren Suo turned on his Mini-World Game Console on schedule to enter *Hand of Fate*.」

He checked the upload option to make sure it was correct, and then formally began playing the second chapter of *Hand of Fate*.

But when he started the game, Ren Suo saw a notification:

'Since 24 minutes and 36 seconds have passed, some Despair energy has already leaked.'

Ren Suo scratched his head. I don't quite understand what that means. What, does playing a game require clocking in for work now?

However, he was quickly drawn in by the scene on the screen—

The vast underground space was no longer swarming with people, but covered in black oil stains. A bloated, gigantic, black footless monster with thousands of hands was the lonely existence in the underground space, covered in mouths with only one huge eye, wrapped in innumerable chains.

It was munching on a giant One-Eyed Monster, savoring it so deliciously that Ren Suo felt like he had to go to the bathroom—because he wanted to vomit.

"Living Beings' Despair towards reality scattered everywhere, transforming into the Source of Disaster. Their Despair towards death settled beneath the ground, becoming the Nest of Strange Creatures.

Despair is indestructible. It's impossible to completely eradicate it unless all Despair unites, turning from fragmented to whole.

The Despair monsters, throttled by Hope, finally became one through devouring each other.

This is the only chance for Despair to snatch back Hope and the only chance for Despair to be purified.

Despair is indestructible, but it can hide within living beings."

The Cloaked Girl with Blue Hair said, "Nothing is born from the void. The cries exhaled to the world will also usher in the world's echoes. If you expect suffering to sweep across the world, Despair will quietly arrive.

Unless there is no longer suffering in the Human World, Despair will still silently boil over."

It sounds like Players can choose to fight or not, because after fighting, there will still be similar phenomena of Despair boiling up. But in fact, there's nothing; this is just a background explanation.

The reason for waiting a day before fighting is that, after the One-Eyed Monsters are killed, they will quickly be reborn from the bodies of other One-Eyed Monsters, which is the so-called indestructibility of Despair.

Supreme Supreme: "Unless reduced to yellow earth and white bones, the Fairy Palace's guardians will ensure the Human World is carefree for a thousand years."

The scene switches to the underground space where a bloated monster, having consumed the last One-Eyed Monster, suddenly opens numerous cracks all over its body, revealing countless eyes!

All of its eyes fixate on the Great Sword Maiden inside the protective barrier, brimming with a 'What are you going to do about it' attitude.

With hundreds of thick arms crawling on the ground, it charged like a train. Ren Suo didn't hesitate and immediately controlled the Great Sword Maiden to leave the protective barrier!

CRACK! The green protective barrier that had always guarded the Great Sword Maiden shattered into pieces!

Unite Despair, and the Hope barrier breaks?

The Thousand Hands Thousand Eyes Monster seems to lack any sense of direction, but Ren Suo didn't hesitate and directly controlled the Great Sword Maiden to charge and swing her sword down!

"Flame Overlord" + "Two-Handed Greatsword" + "Just-In-Time Gauntlets"!

The monster is slashed deeply by this attack, and a horrifying black torrent gushes from the wound, turning into countless voices and characters that sweep across the scene:

"Why does everyone bully me? Why doesn't anyone protect me?"

"Both life and I are having a hard time."

"Dad left, mom left, I'm no longer anyone's child."

"Fat people shouldn't talk about being sad; no one cares even if they're depressed."

Even separated by a screen, the emotions of Despair could accurately penetrate through the graphics and voices into Ren Suo's mind, almost driving him to shut down.

But at that moment, silvery-white Bonds of Silk, moonlight-colored Bonds of Silk, void Bonds of Silk, storm-wrapped Bonds of Silk, red-and-white Bonds of Silk, and blood-colored Bonds of Silk all tugged at his soul simultaneously, quickly snapping him back to reality.

The very second Ren Suo regained his senses, he felt his Qi Cyclone spinning wildly!

"My body's Qi Cyclone... It's actually starting to cultivate the 'Mysterious Sovereign's Secret Records'?" Ren Suo was suddenly teary-eyed. "Has it finally realized it has grown up, learned to cultivate on its own, and not bother me anymore!?"

However, as the Despair on the screen lessened, Ren Suo distinctly felt the speed of his Qi Cyclone decreasing. He quickly grasped the truth: it was because he was thrashing the Thousand Hands Thousand Eyes Monster in the game, causing its Despair to wash over him, which then made the Qi Cyclone automatically cultivate!

"Could it be, could it be that I've finally found a game where I can fight monsters and level up in reality!?" Ren Suo was overjoyed.

The next second, the Thousand Hands Thousand Eyes Monster turned around and, with dozens of palms, smacked down the Great Sword Maiden just like a mosquito, squashing her into a pulp.

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