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Chapter 649. [Hero] Job Advancement Quest Completed, Become [King of Men]

The familiar darkness made Mo Hao instantly realize that he had arrived in the settlement space.

But this time the settlement space is different from any previous one.

It was no longer the black that could swallow even darkness itself, but a dazzling golden light.

At the same time, this settlement had no extra images; there was only a pattern carved on a stone.

Although the patterns on the stone were somewhat abstract, Mo Hao could still tell what they were.

Mo Hao, Dr. Agumon, Nine-Tailed Fox Xiaobai, God-Man Jiechen...

Centered on Mo Hao, there is a picture composed of many other people, a picture of flood control.

At the same time, a human-shaped outline appeared in front of Mo Hao. The outline was only drawn with thin golden lines, but Mo Hao could clearly feel a familiar aura.

The aura of Emperor Shuntian.

The outline of Emperor Shuntian slowly opened his eyes, looking at Mo Hao, and at the same time looking at Mo Hao's previous methods of controlling the flood.

"Hmm, your methods for controlling floods are quite...unique."

Emperor Shun racked his brains but couldn't find a suitable way to evaluate Mo Hao's governance in his vocabulary. He first created a high-temperature apocalypse to evaporate all the floods, and then killed the Dragon-Snake Legion, the Four Fiends, Gun, and the Yellow River Heavenly Maiden.

To be honest, if Mo Hao hadn't brought all the humans and creatures on Earth into the Heavenly Book World, Emperor Shun would have had a hard time judging whether Mo Hao was on the side of humanity or the side of the Dragon and Serpent Legion.

In fact, after learning about Dr. Agumon's plan, Emperor Shuntian had been carrying his axe, intending to smash it at Mo Hao if anything went wrong.

After all, those plans sounded more like plans to exterminate humanity than to control floods.

A golden light appeared in Emperor Shuntian's hand, soft and not dazzling, yet incomparably sacred.

"It was agreed before that if you do things well, you can take Yu's position. But that's all you can do. If you want to go further, go to the divine kingdom of the Mountain and River God and cut him down."

After saying this, Emperor Shuntian's figure disappeared without a trace, and at the same time, the golden light slowly but resolutely merged into Mo Hao's body.

[Heroic class advancement quest completed.]

[Professional Advancement: King of Men]

[Control the waves, secure the nation, prevail by force, prosper by virtue.]

The blood of heroes can boil rivers and seas; the ambition of a king can tame the Yellow River.

[Standing alone on the edge of blood and fire, standing before the people, holding the lifeline of the land in his hands.]

Wherever his footsteps led, the land was filled with life-giving soil, mountains and rivers found their place, and all streams returned to their course.

When the victory is achieved, Heaven and Earth will bear witness, spirits and gods will be in awe, and all people will submit to its will.

This is the King of Men.

……

[Gained Personal Trait: Nine Cauldrons Suppress the World]

[The Nine Tripods Suppress the World: The king collected metal from the nine provinces and cast nine tripods. These were used to offer sacrifices to the Supreme God and the spirits.]

[The King's attributes are increased to nine times their original level; this effect has retroactive effect.]

[When the Human King incorporates the Nine Cauldrons into his body, he can unleash nine times his full combat power; this effect is the ultimate multiplier.]

……

[This Void Realm is a world for career advancement; there are no milestones or scenario-based settlements.]

[Fixed rewards for this scenario:]

[One chance to win the ultimate reward.]

[A complete system extraction.]

[One draw for ultimate equipment.] [One draw for random items.]

[Skill Points Gained: 10]

……

The career advancement quest was completed, and the job was changed to the "King of Men"—a job that sounds very impressive—but not much was gained; only one personal trait was obtained.

But this personal trait is far more powerful than all of the previous ones combined.

It provides a ninefold increase in attributes and has retroactive properties.

This effect alone has already made Mo Hao an exceptionally powerful numerical monster.

Previously, even with the combined effects of "Abundant Qi and Blood" and "Heroic Phenomenon," Mo Hao's power only increased fourfold at most.

Now, on top of the four-fold base improvement, it needs to be multiplied by nine times. This alone is equivalent to ten of Mo Hao's skills.

Not to mention, when fighting at full power, it can unleash a nine-fold power boost.

After advancing to the next profession, the [Human King] profession doesn't offer anything fancy; it only provides Mo Hao with the ultimate stats.

This imbued Mo Hao with a numerical aesthetic.

"If I throw a punch now, the Yellow River Goddess will probably owe me three tubes of blood."

After advancing his professional level, Mo Hao felt his power increase without limit. This power was so strong that he could easily tear apart a star.

Even in this settlement space, Mo Hao felt that if he wanted, he could easily tear open a gap and leave.

But he didn't do that because the reward hadn't been drawn yet.

Running to that dangerous place in the mythical world, not to mention facing the dragon and snake legion and the four fierce beasts who want to return the world to chaos, he also has to face the Yellow River that swallowed the Yangtze and Amazon Rivers. Just for such an experience, Mo Hao would not give up the reward he deserves.

This time, Mo Hao didn't pray to gods or Buddhas, mainly because he was now the "King of Men," which, although just a professional title, sounded good.

There are four rewards. The first one to be drawn is "A complete system draw". I chose this one simply because it is the first time it has appeared in the reward list.

Try out anything new first.

Soon, four options appeared before Mo Hao.

1. [Magic Foundation: A system pre-imprinted into the world in order to enable the use of magic, often in the form of academic or religious teachings. —From: Fate series]

2. [Icarus: An industrial intelligent mech used to perform interstellar energy collection missions. —From: Project Dyson Sphere]

3. [The Necronomicon: The ultimate sorcery of the Cthulhu Mythos, recounting the true history of Earth and the universe. It not only details the Old Ones, Nyarlathotep, Azathoth, Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, and Sathogua, but also records Earth's history before the emergence of humankind. —From: The Call of Cthulhu]

4. [Singularity Technology: "Wings of the World," comprised of 26 large companies that possess technology known as "Singularity." Each of the 26 wings has its own unique culture, and becoming a Wing of the World requires mastering at least one Singularity technology. —From: Lobotomy Corporation]

Quite unusual, four options appeared.

The moment he saw the option, Mo Hao's expression turned sour, not for any other reason than that he had seen something he didn't like.

"Cthulhu's stuff, and the world of Lobotomy Corporation..."

Mo Hao instantly ruled out both options in his mind. Most of the Cthulhu stuff is related to rationality, and the things Lobotomy Corporation creates are not much different from Cthulhu to some extent.

Of course, the most important point is that these two systems are not suitable for research within the Heavenly Book World, and even less suitable for being given to Dr. Agumon to study.

He was very clear about one thing: no matter which of the four options he chose, the final result would be that the item would be sent to Dr. Agumon for research.

After eliminating the Necronomicon and Singularity Technology, Mo Hao looked at the two remaining options.

Magical base plate, Icarus.

Which one should I choose?

(End of this chapter)