I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Xue Jing reached out and flicked out a black flame, controlling it to pass through the pale blue light membrane and reach outside Yuan City.

Then a shadow leaped, and we officially arrived in the wilderness.

It took him nearly two hours to get here.

After wiping the sweat from his forehead, Xue Jing activated his Shadow Flame, and the black hole-like armor completely enveloped him, leaving only his eyes exposed.

In the pitch-black night, his figure was almost completely invisible.

Immediately, he flashed and sped toward the massive skyscraper center in the distance, which was flashing with countless lights.

……

Two hours later, at four in the morning.

The entrance is on the 1002nd floor of the Sky Center.

A small, almost imperceptible shadow slowly seeped into the entrance through a barely perceptible crack.

The armed security personnel were diligently patrolling back and forth, but they failed to notice the small shadow in their blind spot.

Xue Jing maintained his shadow form, proceeding along the route he had designed in his mind's simulation, avoiding security personnel and monitoring alarm equipment.

Although the security personnel's patrol route was different from the last time he came, it didn't have much of an impact on Xue Jing.

In his shadow form, he was already difficult to detect, and with the added effect of concealing his presence with [Hidden], his presence was almost nonexistent.

In addition, he himself has profound martial arts skills, extremely fast reaction time, and keen intuition, which allows him to accurately avoid all gazes directed at him.

He arrived at the 1052nd floor without any mishaps, after more than half an hour.

This was the floor he had visited before, the one that housed a large number of divine relics.

Xue Jing originally intended to avoid any unnecessary complications and, taking advantage of the quiet of the night, first went to 1097 and 1098 to check if the [Wind of the Beginning of All Things] was still there.

But after arriving at 1052, he hesitated for a moment, but still decided to do it!

How can a mouse enter a rice jar and not eat the rice?

Xue Jing stealthily approached a transparent compartment containing a fountain pen, but after searching, he couldn't find any entrance or gap.

The fully enclosed containment system is indeed fully enclosed.

But he naturally had a way.

Shadow Flame activated, black energy condensed and transformed into black flames. Under Xue Jing's control, the black flames began to deform, turning into a small black rod as thin as a chopstick.

The black rod was inserted into the transparent partition of unknown material, silently and slowly annihilating the partition, 'burning' a small hole in it.

Following the small hole, Xue Jing slipped inside using his stealth ability.

There was a surveillance camera inside the cubicle. Xue Jing went to the back of the platform where the divine relic was stored. In the blind spot of the camera, a hand stretched out from the shadows and gently placed its fingers on the pen-shaped divine relic.

[Divine matter detected; absorbing divinity...]

Judging by its appearance, this should be the [GOD-1661·Golden Pen].

Xue Jing thought to himself.

A pen that can turn the ink on a piece of paper into real gold, but it's not very useful.

Given human writing efficiency, it would take at least two hours to fill an A4 sheet with a fountain pen, and two hours for one sheet of gold paper is ridiculously low output.

This thing only works if written by a person; if given to a machine, it becomes just an ordinary fountain pen without ink…

[Divinity absorption complete]

[Possessing Divinity: 836]

'very good.'

Xue Jing raised an eyebrow, left the cubicle, and headed towards his next target...

……

written request for leave

I played Black Myth all day yesterday, but I was bad at the game and got carried away, and I still couldn't kill Yellow Wind without using the Wind-Fixing Pearl...

When I came to my senses, the sun was already high in the sky. I slept until six o'clock and got up to write. I've written two thousand words so far... My condition is really not right. Let me ask for a day off to rest (play) (play games).

The first divine incarnation is about to be released, but the abilities I've come up with still need to be revised and refined. They need to be very powerful but also have limitations so that the protagonist isn't truly invincible. It's quite a headache.

I am guilty, I am very sorry...

We'll be holding a monthly pass giveaway early next month, giving away a dozen or twenty Black Myth tickets as a thank you to our readers. If the winner doesn't want the ticket, they can get a cash refund.

It was so much fun! Although the map was a bit of a headache, getting lost was incredibly frustrating...

(The cat's human form is based on B from RWBY)

Chapter 253 Breaking 10,000 Divine Points! Shadowflame Divine Avatar Unlocks the Beast of No Return (4K)

For half an hour, Xue Jing kept sneaking into the hole to steal rice.

If it weren't for the fact that it was almost dawn and the employees of Xu's Biotechnology Company would be starting work soon, Xue Jing would have stolen them all.

Even though he didn't steal everything, his haul was still quite impressive.

[Possesses Divinity: 5966]!

In half an hour, I touched eleven divine relics and gained more than 5,500 divine essence!

I almost filled the huge hole in upgrading Shadowflame to Lv10 and adding Divine Avatar!

The last time I achieved this level of success was at the border 'Roaring Waterfall', but that was the fruit of hard work and near-death experience.

Unlike now, where one can acquire nearly six thousand divine attributes almost effortlessly.

Xue Jing left the 1052nd floor with a happy heart, but felt a little regretful.

These containment compartments are inspected daily, and the small hole he drilled with Shadowflame will definitely be seen. At that time, Xu's Bio will strengthen security. Once he leaves this time, who knows when he will be able to come back next time.

But it doesn't matter. You can't guard against thieves for a thousand days if you're a thief for a thousand days.

Even the most vigilant guards will have moments of complacency, especially if they discover that the divine relic was not lost at all. They will only wonder what the small holes drilled out are for, and will most likely only symbolically strengthen security, without becoming overly vigilant.

He'll come again later...

After passing the 1052nd floor, Xue Jing continued upwards.

From here onwards, this is an area he has never been to before.

However, based on the distribution of so many layers, he had a general understanding of Xu's Biotechnology Company's security tactics and style, and could basically make a rough guess.

Once on the new floor, after looking around a few times, he could tell where the surveillance cameras, trigger alarm devices, and other equipment would be located, and he also had a good understanding of the models, performance, and coverage of the equipment, moving through all the blind spots.

With his various stealth skills, Xue Jing made it almost unimpeded and quickly reached the 1083rd floor, only a dozen floors away from his destination, the 1097th and 1098th floors.

The higher Xue Jing went, the more futuristic the various machines placed on the floors seemed... Although he didn't quite understand them, he could roughly distinguish them from their appearance.

"these are……"

On the 1083rd floor, Xue Jing, lurking in the shadows, passed by a long, white corridor.

He glanced into a room through a window and stopped abruptly.

The room was extremely dark, with only a few faint blue-green lights flickering, illuminating the scene inside.

There were rows of neatly arranged transparent formalin jars, each containing a naked human body, both male and female.

"Human experiment?"

Xue Jing paused for a moment, but didn't have much to say about it.

When they entered the inner ring road, Ning Yuantai mentioned to him that some security companies would sell the 'criminals' they arrested to pharmaceutical, aquaculture, and biological companies for unscrupulous human experiments.

Although such human experiments on 'criminals' are theoretically illegal, for some reason the authorities have remained silent on the matter, making it a semi-public secret.

Because of this overly harsh 'punishment,' many people worry about being caught and subjected to human experimentation before committing a crime, which has led to a significant increase in the crime rate.

Passing by the room where human experiments were conducted, Xue Jing continued upwards.

Half an hour later, on the 1096th floor.

Inside the concealed ventilation duct, Xue Jing lurked in the shadows, his brows furrowed slightly.

"There's no entrance to go further... That's strange."

He had been wandering around this floor for quite a while, but had not found a way to get to the 1097th floor.

The elevator buttons inside Xu's Biotechnology Company also skipped 1097 and 1098, and 1096 was followed by 1099.

What's more troublesome is that he doesn't know what building materials were used on the 1097th floor. It seems to be able to isolate mental abilities, and his 'visualization' couldn't penetrate it, so he couldn't find out the details in advance.

"It seems these two floors are indeed special..."

Xue Jing's thoughts shifted, and he realized that it was almost dawn.

"Even if there were an entrance, it would be too late to find it."

"Should we go back first?"

Xue Jing pondered for a moment.

However, if he goes back now, the Xu Clan will strengthen security measures once they discover the hole drilled out of the Divine Relic Containment Facility, and he won't be able to come back for a while.

"Or should we force a breakthrough?"

If you really want to get up there, there are still ways.

He can use Shadow Flame to burn through the ceiling and use this method to reach the 1097th floor.

However, this is not a good idea. He doesn't know the structural layout of the 1097th floor, and he doesn't know where he will end up or whether he will trigger any alarms.

"No, no, the risk is too great."

Xue Jing shook his head.

If it were an ordinary place, it would be fine. With his abilities, even if he triggered an alarm and was discovered, he could easily escape unscathed.

However, this is Xu's Biotechnology, a super company under the Xu family, one of the thirteen great families of China...