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Chapter 512 The Hidden Service of Peace (6K Chapter)

Wu Chang used Star Escape to teleport his main body back to the location of the starlight phantom. He pretended that he had never left and continued to detect the data while pondering the changes in the sword star earlier.

Judging from Jianxing's state just now, he was clearly affected by some kind of force, and his cognition was blurred by that force, rather than deliberately concealing it in cooperation with the higher-ups of the Administration Bureau.

Blue Star, or rather, there exists a force in the Desolate Realm that corrects people's perceptions, causing them to subconsciously avoid thinking about anything from fifteen years ago regarding the Abyss Game or the extraordinary beings.

This force is similar to the absolute rationality of Wanghai City, but it is not so absolute; it is more like a relative rationality.

The absolute rationality of Wanghai City is that no matter what happens, you feel that it should be this way, and the concealment of the past is more like making people unable to recall it and automatically ignore it.

In a completely reasonable scenario, Jianxing wouldn't assume the archives department forgot to record it; instead, he would tell Wu Chang that the Bureau of Management simply appeared suddenly, without any prior indication of when it appeared.

Moreover, the degree of concealment of the past is less binding than that of absolute reasonable concealment.

For example, Wu Chang was able to remain unaffected and perceive the Wilderness Realm's concealment of what happened 15 years ago, and Shi Ning, who switched to the Void Realm personality, was also able to directly tell what happened to the Administration Bureau 18 years ago.

It makes perfect sense that no matter what strength the person who comes is, let alone Wu Chang or Shi Ning, even veteran evil gods like Lyman would not be able to realize the strangeness of Wanghai City.

So the question is, to what extent is it necessary to break through the seemingly reasonable practice of concealing the past?
Is it possessing supreme authority in the desolate realm, reaching the level of a mid-level god in terms of life level, or having an inspiration value of over 200?

Unsure which one it was, Wu Chang used his mind to contact Raven, telling her everything that had happened, and then asked her what the relatively reasonable essence was and how to break this relatively reasonableness.

After nearly a minute of deep thought, the raven answered:
"I do not know."

Wu Chang narrowed his eyes after hearing this. Raven's response was not that the information was incomplete and she could not answer, nor was it that she thought he should not know about this at this stage; it was a protective silence.

Rather, I didn't know.

Since obtaining the Omniscient Crystal, Raven has only answered "I don't know" in one specific situation.

That was when this matter became relevant to her.

Tsk.

He knew that uncovering that hidden past wouldn't be easy.

However, this exploration was not without its rewards.

Although the raven couldn't answer the question he wanted to ask, its answer provided the answer to another question.

Raven's ability to absorb the Primordial Spirit Pivot indicates that she is at the pinnacle of combat power in the Void Realm, and may have even entered the fourth layer of the Abyss.

In this situation, if the anomalies in reality and the wasteland are related to Raven, then Raven's identity can only be one of two things: either she is a player, or she is a great evil god of the level of Lyman and Christine.

Wu Chang had dealt with Lyman's projections quite a bit. When the evil god's projection descended upon the Desolate Realm, the power it could exert was extremely limited. The ability to cover both reality and the Desolate Realm was relatively reasonable, something even Eileen couldn't do, let alone the projection of an evil god.

So there's only one answer left: Raven was once a player of the Abyss game, and she was even involved in hiding her past.

Unfortunately, he couldn't find any records of the players in the virtual world. Otherwise, by comparing them one by one with the power rankings at the time or the records of the strongest players in the four major organizations, he could have found Raven's true identity.

After leaving the archives, Wu Chang followed Jianxing to see the Bureau's exhibition hall.

Just as he guessed, the exhibition hall contained a very detailed record of the Bureau's development history, with every player who made a significant contribution to the Bureau being recorded.

But looking back from the present, when we reach 2017, which is fifteen years ago, all records suddenly stop.

It ended abruptly without any transition.

Wu Chang looked at Jian Xing and found that Jian Xing had long forgotten what he had said to him before, and did not care about the lack of records, nor did he look for the so-called establishment date of the Administration Bureau.

This time, he didn't try to ask Jianxing again, but left the exhibition hall directly.

After the visit, Jianxing was preparing to take Wu Chang away from the Administration Bureau to find a place for dinner.

They had just reached the entrance of the Administration Bureau when they bumped right into Wu Chang's true self, which is peace.

Wu Changzhen waved to Jianxing and his main body, exchanged a few pleasantries with them, then parted ways with them and headed towards Hou Jingchuan's office.

Wu Chang had planned this encounter perfectly. The large number of people at the entrance of the Administration Bureau provided the perfect opportunity to have him and He Ping in the same frame and to demonstrate their connection.

Jianxing glanced at Heping, then at Wu Chang, hesitated for a moment, and finally said to Wu Chang:
"I'm sorry, I was planning to take you to eat some authentic local Yanjing cuisine, but I'm afraid that won't be possible tonight."

Wu Chang said nonchalantly:

"Don't worry about it. You have important things to do first. I happened to run into my roommate at Professor Shi Ning's research institute today, and I wanted to ask him to come out and have a chat."

Jianxing said goodbye to Wu Chang, then turned and jogged to catch up with Zhenwo, asking:
"Boss, is there anything I can help you with this time?"

Wu Changzhen said:

"No need, it's nothing serious. Didn't I promise to lend you a few Pillars of the Present World? I'm here to deliver some things."

Jianxing followed Wu Changzhenwo to the secret meeting room of the Administration Bureau.

Wu Changlai had already greeted Hou Jingchuan beforehand, and Hou Jingchuan, Shi Ning, Leng Shan, and other senior officials from the Administration Bureau were already waiting in the meeting room.

To demonstrate their commitment to the Pillars of Peace and the Present World, the other three major organizations not only sent representatives, but their top leaders also sat in their headquarters conference room for a remote video conference.

Wu Chang greeted everyone briefly, then took out five transparent identity cards from his personal space, placed them on the conference table, and pushed them in front of Hou Jingchuan and the others.

"These five identity cards contain the coordinates of the five Pillars of the Present World. Once you obtain the identity cards, you will gain temporary management rights over the Pillars of the Present World."

"The method of using the Pillars of the Present World is the same as when you controlled them, so we did not prepare instructions for you. The authority can be subdivided. Whether you divide each Pillar of the Present World into four parts, or each faction controls one and the last one is divided equally, is entirely up to you."

Everyone stared at the five identity cards on the table, speechless for a moment.

Previously, Wu Chang said he could lend them a few pillars of the present world, and they thought he was just making empty promises. They thought that if he could lend them two pillars of the present world, then Wu Chang would have real power.

But to their surprise, Wu Chang produced five seats in one go.

No, buddy, these are pillars of the present world, not radishes or cabbages that you can just dig up in the ground. How come you have so many all by yourself?

It's important to know that even before the Light Society's plan was launched, there were only thirty-six Pillars of the Present World in the entire Desolate Realm, and each of the four major organizations had only nine.

These nine pillars of the present world represent the wealth they accumulated over nearly twenty years. How long has Peace been in the Abyss Game?
100 days!
One instance every fifteen days, not counting trial instances and the final world instance, he experienced a total of six instances.

Even if Wu Chang borrows all the Pillars of the Real World, conquers six dungeons, and transforms five dungeon planes into Pillars of the Real World, what does that mean? You're entering real dungeons every time, and they're all real dungeons that are about to be upgraded.
With an 83% conversion rate for Pillars of the Real World, the probability of most players successfully completing a dungeon is not even that high.

The way everyone looked at Wu Chang became strange. The Pillars of the World of the four major organizations were attacked before. Could it be that besides the Light Society and the Evolutionists, this kid was also taking advantage of the chaos?
However, such words certainly couldn't be said openly. Hou Jingchuan handed the five identity cards to Shi Ning and said:

"Thank you. Without you, we really wouldn't know how to deal with the Evolutionists. Now that we have these five Pillars of the Present World, we can finally put up a fight against them."

"However, we do not intend to use the Pillars of the Present World first and provoke conflict. We will activate the Pillars of the Present World after the Evolutionists invade reality."

Wu Chang shrugged, seemingly unconcerned, and said:
"Do whatever you want, reality is your territory anyway."

"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you earlier that the five Pillars of the Present World that I lent you have some hidden services to choose from, in addition to their basic functions."

Hou Jingchuan couldn't help but ask:

"What hidden services?"

Wu Chang rested his elbows on the conference table, leaned forward, and gave a friendly, salesman-like smile, saying:
"Once the hidden service is activated, the Pillar of the Present's safe passage capability will be greater than in its normal state."

Although the Pillar of the Present World can connect the Realm of Reason and the Realm of Desolation, it is ultimately an unstable entity. Every time a player passes by, it causes the Pillar of the Present World to fluctuate and consumes a large amount of its energy.

Before the World Dungeon, the level cap for a single run of the Pillars of the Present was 45. Assuming that the players reached the level cap of 45, each Pillar of the Present could allow five players to safely pass through every fifteen days.

If more people are to pass through, a high price must be paid to stabilize the Pillars of the Present World, and this number cannot exceed eight.

In extremely rare cases, when a critical crisis arises in the real world that cannot be resolved, the only option is to summon a higher-level player from the Realm of Reason.

That would not only require arranging special ceremonies for this situation, but also incur even greater costs.

Thanks to the actions of the Light Society, more than half of Earth has sunk into the abyss, making the Pillars of the Present World more stable. The passage limit has been increased from 45 to 50, but the number of people passing through will not change much.

The Order faction knew very well that the Evolutionary faction of the Realm of Reason possessed at least ten Pillars of the Present World, twice as many as they did. Moreover, the extraordinary items produced in the Realm of Reason had higher energy, making them able to afford a greater price than those in the Desolate Realm.

If things continue to drag on, they will definitely be at a disadvantage. If the Evolutionary Faction of the Realm of Reason is dragged into a war of attrition, the energy stored by the Order Faction of the Realm of Reason will be quickly burned out.

War, in essence, is a contest of national strength, and so is the war between extraordinary individuals.

When the Order of Reason is no longer able to sustain the attrition, that will be the day the Desolate Realm falls.

Therefore, the hidden service mentioned by Peace is crucial to them. Even if only one person can pass safely, five Pillars of the Real World mean five more level 50 players, which is a powerful force in reality.

Thinking of this, not only Hou Jingchuan and others, but also the heads of the other three organizations on the other side of the video conference, began to breathe rapidly.

Hou Jingchuan suppressed his impulse and asked:
"How many people can be safely allowed to pass through per cycle?"

Wu Chang blinked and said with a smile:

"one hundred."

The meeting room was deathly silent. It wasn't that the people hadn't reacted; on the contrary, they could react, but their brains couldn't process the number for a moment.

Hou Jingchuan raised his voice and confirmed:
"How many?"

Wu Chang calmly took out an A4 sheet of paper, reached out and snatched the pen from Shi Ning's hand, and wrote 100 on the paper.

He held up the paper in his hand, showing it to Hou Jingchuan and the other three major organizations, and repeated:
"one hundred."

hiss.

The members of the four organizations who were present at this meeting were all worldly-wise, but when faced with the figures presented by Peace, they still felt that their knowledge was somewhat lacking.

Through the screen, Wu Chang could see that the meeting rooms of the other three major organizations were in complete chaos, with people discussing this unbelievable number and its feasibility.

Hou Jingchuan pondered for a moment, then cautiously asked:

"Your Excellency Peace, is this truly the case?"

If these words hadn't come from He Ping, Hou Jingchuan would have already started cursing.

The passage capacity of the Pillars of the Present World depends on their sturdiness. Each Pillar of the Present World allows passage for one hundred people. Two Pillars together are equivalent to the previous thirty-six Pillars. In other words, you don't need any other Pillars of the Present World. These five Pillars are enough to support the Desolate Realm and the Realm of Reason.

But since it was He Ping who said those words, Hou Jingchuan had to take it seriously.

Even if He Ping claims to be the chosen one of the plane, he still has to carefully consider the possibility. After all, He Ping has too many cheat codes, so one or two more won't make a difference.

Wu Chang tapped the table twice, addressing both Hou Jingchuan and the other three major organizations:

"I'm not joking, and I'm not playing any word games. As long as the hidden service is activated, each Pillar of the Reality that I lend you can allow one hundred level 50 players to safely return to reality through the Pillar of the Reality."

Upon hearing Wu Chang's definitive description, the crowd was initially overjoyed, but quickly calmed down, their faces filled with tension.

Hou Jingchuan took a deep breath and asked on behalf of everyone what they were thinking at that moment.

"So, Your Excellency Peace, what is the price?"

There's no such thing as a free lunch. Putting everything else aside, even if you go for a foot massage, if the masseuse says they have a hidden service, you have to pay to experience it.

Not to mention the hidden services offered by Peace, which are so tempting they could drive people mad, enough to determine the course of the war in the real world and the wasteland.

At this moment, everyone in the conference room of the four major organizations focused their attention on Wu Chang, holding their breath and waiting for his answer.

Feeling the gazes of the crowd, Wu Chang knew the fish had taken the bait, and he said:
"My request is simple: the four major organizations must take the lead in supporting the Everbright Church's missionary work in the real world. The strength of the pillars of the world does not come for nothing. Every effort should be rewarded. I believe everyone will agree with this."

The reason why the five pillars of the present world in his hands have such strong passage ability is that they are not simple pillars of the present world, but special products that combine a private plane, the Kingdom of Eileen, and the highest authority of the Desolate Realm.

In the past, the Pillars of the Present World created by the four major organizations always left the instance in a state of flux between upgrading and going out of control, with the instance never being truly conquered and its state being extremely unstable.

Unlike the pillars of the present world in Wu Chang's hands, they are all his private dimensions and are in a very stable state.

Moreover, within each Pillar of Reality grows a Tree of Miracles, which further stabilizes the planes and connects the five planes into one, transforming them into Eileen's vast divine kingdom.

Within Eileen's divine kingdom reside the Pillars of the Divine Kingdom, entities capable of elevating mid-level gods to high-level gods; their sturdiness goes without saying.

Furthermore, with the added blessing of Wu Chang's supreme authority in the Desolate Realm, the Pillar of the Divine Kingdom in his hands became unreasonably sturdy. The number of one hundred that he reported to the four major organizations was not really only enough for one hundred people to pass safely. If he wanted, he could easily double that number.

But he's not doing charity work. Although supporting the Pillars of God doesn't require any effort, Eileen needs to use divine power to fight.

The previous battle with the Demon Emperor and the sword strike against the Abyss Administrator had almost exhausted all of Eileen's accumulated faith power, and she had to regain it.

In 2034, Earth will have a population of 10 billion. Even if you reduce that number by two zeros, it will still be more than the number of followers Eileen has at this moment.

If they could take over the real world, they could not only use it as a multi-billion dollar subsidy for Eileen, but they might also be able to turn the entire real world into Eileen's divine kingdom in the future.

By then, it won't be so easy for either the Light Society or the Virtual Realm players to cause trouble.

After Wu Chang presented his conditions, he stopped talking, sat back in his chair, and quietly watched the four organizations discuss.

Opinions varied regarding Wu Chang's proposal.

The White Tower and the Western Union are opposed, and the four major organizations and the believers' circle are mortal enemies. Their countries also have their own faith, Yacob, so it is really difficult to ask them to support the Eternal Light Church.

But they didn't give a definitive answer; they just adopted a stern refusal, looking expectantly at the Administration and the Evolution Committee, hoping they would persuade them.

After all, the conditions offered by Peace were too tempting, so tempting that even without knowing what the Church of Eternal Light was, they were already able to rank it on the same level as Yego.

The Evolution Committee's viewpoint is quite straightforward: the Light Society has joined forces with the Church of Tranquility and the Church of Bliss in this world instance. The Evolutionists and the Light Society are standing together, which will inevitably lead to entanglements with the believers' circle.

The Evolutionists and Believers are entangled, and the Orderists are in a weak position, yet they refuse to cooperate with the native gods of the Abyss, which is tantamount to drawing a line in the sand and imprisoning themselves.

Moreover, compared to the Church of Tranquility and the Church of Bliss, the name Church of Eternal Light sounds righteous, full of hope and light. The native gods in the Abyss are not all evil gods; there are also lawful good and neutral good gods. There is no need to be so prejudiced.

As for the Administration Bureau, in Xia Kingdom, the most important thing about faith is whether it is effective or not, and they do not care about one's background or reputation.

Even if you pray to the Dragon King for rain, the result will be "If it doesn't rain within three days, we'll tear down the Dragon King Temple and then bombard your mother with cannons." Right now, the role that the Yongguang Church can play is ten thousand times more important than a timely rain. Such a powerful god, as long as word gets out, even if the Administration doesn't say anything, someone will help the Yongguang Church repair its temple and sculpt its image.

Hou Jingchuan and He Ping were old acquaintances. Although he dared not say he understood He Ping, he had some understanding of He Ping and knew that He Ping had his own bottom line. Moreover, with He Ping's power, he did not need to become a lackey of evil gods.

However, the necessary procedures still had to be followed. After all, since Peace himself was present at the Administration Bureau, he could only act as a mouthpiece for the other three major organizations, asking:

"We trust Your Excellency's choice, but let us ask, which deity is worshipped in the Church of Eternal Light, and what power does that deity wield?"

Wu Chang's face showed a pious expression as he said:
"The deity worshipped by the Church of Eternal Light is called the Light of Eternal Purity, who is the god of light, holy fire, purity, mercy, and order. I will send you the doctrines and tenets of the Church of Eternal Light later. His Majesty the Light of Eternal Purity is absolutely different from the evil gods in the believers' circle."

"In this world instance, I had to ask His Majesty the Eternal Light to help me defeat the Demon Emperor hiding in the Heavenly Gate and the Three-Legged Golden Crow that the Light Society put into the world instance."

Upon hearing what Wu Chang said, and knowing that the Western Alliance had just gathered intelligence related to the Light of Eternity, the Western Alliance representative said:

“I remember now. Before the world instance, there were believers of the Church of Eternal Light preaching within the Western Union. We learned about the doctrines of the Eternal Light at that time. They are indeed a true God full of love and mercy.”

After finishing his statement, the Western Union representative emphasized:

“After we learned about it, we did not stop the believer from preaching, and even gave him some help.”

“Since it is the Eternal Light Church, then we at Western Union also express our support.”

Wu Chang paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered that the Western Union leader's mention of missionary believers must have referred to "priests".

During the Steam Phantom Plane, when Cold Mountain, Sword Star, and the Priest were being hunted by the Executioner, the Priest briefly borrowed Eileen's Undying Holy Flame using his divine power. In return, he had to complete the missionary work of the Church of Eternal Light across three planes.

This brilliant strategist, upon having a sudden inspiration, chose Earth as the first plane of existence and began spreading his teachings extensively throughout the Western Alliance.

The reason why the White Wolf entered the Midnight Graveyard instance was because the priest's actions attracted the attention of the Light Society, which led them to discover the existence of the Church of Everlight and follow the clues all the way to the Midnight Graveyard instance.

Unexpectedly, the priest's previous actions have now become a stepping stone for the Western Alliance to agree to Wu Chang's demands.

Western Union also began to favor using hidden services, leaving only the White Tower side still hesitant.

After all, the country where the White Tower is located has a population where more than 85% of the population believes in Yacob, making it a purely religious country. For them, promoting a foreign deity would face great resistance.

If the authorities were to truly endorse the Eternal Light Church, they would certainly resort to forceful measures, and if possible, they would try to gain as many benefits as possible.

Wu Chang, seeing the concerns of the person in charge of the White Pagoda through the screen, cleared his throat and looked at everyone, saying:

"Your Majesty, the Eternal Light, greatly appreciates everyone's contributions to the Wasteland and reality, and hopes to reach a consensus with everyone present."

“If you are all willing to help the Church of Eternal Light spread light on earth, then I will do so for everyone present.”

Wu Chang paused for a moment, scanned the crowd, and repeated:
"It is through everyone present at the meeting that an extra spot is secured for free passage between the Realm of Reason and Reality, a spot that is not among the one hundred safe passage spots available at the Pillar of the Present World."

"I wonder what you guys think?"

(End of this chapter)