Transcending Godhood: I Extract Keywords and Crush the Gods

In this world, if you haven't successfully opened up a divine realm by the age of eighteen, you don't even qualify to work in an electronics factory, and you can only go to the front lines to be a buffet for the abyssal monsters.

On the playground of the Third Divine Academy in Jiangcheng.

A sense of oppression spread through the hearts of every eighteen-year-old.

This is the world that Lin Yuan has faced every day for the past eighteen years.

This is a world of powerful deities resisting the invasion of the "Abyss Void".

The ways in which humans defend against external enemies and acquire resources.

At the age of eighteen, he opened up his own "divine realm," cultivated believers, and ignited the divine fire.

Before the awakening array, white light flashed continuously.

"Zhao Qiang, failed to sense the Star Realm, awakening failed. Next."

"Liu Bo, Divine Realm area: 300 square kilometers, Initial Environment: Swamp. Talent: E-rank [Toxin Resistance]. Next."

"Chen Fei, Divine Realm area: 100 square kilometers, Initial Environment: Wasteland. Talent: F-rank [Plant Growth Acceleration]. Next."

The instructor's voice echoed across the playground.

Among dozens of students, the best one could only achieve an E-level talent.

The divine realm is even more cramped and pitiful.

Lin Yuan stood at the back of the line, his fingers unconsciously rubbing the seam of his trousers.

He was a time traveler, and also an orphan adopted by a disabled veteran.

The old man used up all his retirement pension and welfare to buy him nutritional supplements to improve his health.

If the awakening fails today, all that money the old man spent will be completely wasted.

Everyone else who transmigrates gets a system, but I've waited eighteen years and haven't even seen a pop-up window.

Lin Yuan muttered a curse to himself.

"Su Yueying, step forward." The instructor's voice rang out.

The crowd automatically parted to make way.

Su Yueying stepped onto the magic circle and placed her hand on the Awakening Boundary Stone.

A pure white beam of light shot into the sky, and the data on the light screen fluctuated before finally freezing.

"Divine Realm Area: 100,000 square kilometers!"

"Initial Environment: Holy Light Plains!"

"Talent: S-Rank [Holy Light Judgment]!"

"Initial Familia: Silver-rank Light Spirit!"

There was a two-second silence, followed by gasps of surprise.

"Ten thousand square kilometers! S-level talent! Jiangcheng hasn't seen a genius like this in over a decade, has it?"

"The Su family is a huge conglomerate, already receiving massive amounts of resources. Now that the Holy Light Plains have awakened, they're about to take off!"

The instructor, beaming, gave Su Yueying a warm smile: "Student Su, the Holy Light Plains are very suitable for cultivating advanced races."

"If needed, the college's A-level resource library can be specially approved for you."

Upon hearing this, Su Yueying nodded slightly: "Thank you, mentor."

She stepped off the magic array, leaving her in her wake.

All the students bowed their heads spontaneously, an instinctive reverence for the future high-ranking deity.

"Next, Lin Yuan."

Lin Yuan straightened the collar of his school uniform and walked towards the boundary stone.

A hushed murmur rose from the crowd.

"Is he Lin Yuan, who consistently ranks in the top ten in theory classes? I heard he's an orphan."

"Just being in the top ten theoretically isn't enough; in the world of gods, birth and talent matter."

Lin Yuan ignored these voices.

He stopped, raised his hand, and placed his palm on the boundary stone.

Consciousness gradually left the body, drawn by a mysterious force into the boundless star realm.

In the void, Lin Yuan sensed his own space.

Space is expanding, ten thousand, fifty thousand, one hundred thousand... three hundred thousand square kilometers!

The area is astonishingly large.

But Lin Yuan's heart sank.

On this vast land of 300,000 square kilometers, there is no water, no greenery, only dry, cracked, and scorched soil.

There was no sun in the sky, only endless ashes falling.

It was devoid of life, a true death zone.

Just then, a tremor ran through the depths of Lin Yuan's soul.

Two distinct notification sounds appeared in his mind at the same time.

[External light curtain data synchronization in progress—]

Name: Lin Yuan

[Divine Realm Area: 300,000 square kilometers]

[Initial Environment: Scorched Earth]

[Talent Assessment: F-Rank Talent - Wasteland Descends]

Overall Rating: F- (Extremely dangerous, abandonment recommended)

On the outdoor playground, a light screen displays this set of data.

The students who had just gasped in shock at the mention of "300,000 square kilometers".

After seeing the subsequent reviews, a series of regretful sighs erupted.

"What a pity... a whole 300,000 square kilometers!"

"If the initial environment had been normal, even if we had only awakened a B-level or C-level talent, we could at least say that we have witnessed the rise of the common people's light today."

A student from a humble background looked regretful and couldn't help but pound his thigh.

Someone nearby sneered, mercilessly retorting, "Wake up! What 'shining light of the common people'? In this world, a commoner genius without a background is nothing more than a stepping stone for the tycoons."

"Look at those so-called ordinary geniuses who emerged in Jiangcheng a few years ago. In the end, which one of them didn't obediently bow down and sign a subservient agreement with a powerful conglomerate like the Su family, essentially selling themselves into servitude?"

Someone glanced at Su Yueying, who was being fawned over, and said cryptically:

"So, the placenta is the most important watershed in life."

Upon hearing this, the surrounding students fell silent.

The pity for Lin Yuan turned into a bitter feeling of shared sorrow.

The mentor listened to the discussions below the stage but did not speak up to stop them, because this was the ironclad rule of class in the world of gods.

His smile faded, and he looked at Lin Yuan standing in front of the boundary stone, shaking his head.

"Lin Yuan," the mentor's tone returned to its initial indifference, "the vastness of the Divine Realm is a good thing, but environment and talent determine its upper limit."

"If you forcibly ignite the divine fire and develop followers, your soul will be devoured when the divine realm collapses. At best, you will become an idiot; at worst, you will die on the spot."

"Go to the logistics department and collect the government compensation. Just live a peaceful life as an ordinary person. There's nothing shameful about it."

Lin Yuan stood on the stage, head bowed, his shoulders trembling slightly.

To outsiders, this appears to be a picture of a proud and arrogant academic star who has suffered a devastating blow and become utterly dejected.

But no one knew that Lin Yuan was actually biting his tongue hard, using the pain to suppress the joy in his heart.

Because in his mind, a second notification sound appeared before his eyes.

[Extreme mutation detected in the soul—]

[Awakening Hidden Unique Talent: SSS-Rank - Creation Extraction]

[Effect: Ignores all dimensional laws. The host can extract "conceptual terms" from any matter, corpse, or the core of a broken divine realm.]

(e.g., resilience, reproduction, berserk mode, division, divinity), and bestow these qualities upon their followers or divine structures.

[Warning: This talent has been detected to be beyond the current cosmic level. To prevent spying, a shielding mode has been automatically activated. External detection results indicate it is an F-rank talent, Wasteland Descent.]

Unique talent, SSS level, ignores the laws.

Lin Yuan was well aware of the weight of those words.

In this world, the methods of gods are incredibly diverse.

Plundering resources, devouring divine kingdoms, and enslaving lower-ranking gods are common occurrences.

There are even evil gods who specialize in the laws of the soul and can strip away other people's talents.

If I were to reveal my SSS-level talent in front of everyone today...

Tonight, countless demigods and true gods will descend upon Jiangcheng, cut themselves into pieces, and throw them into the laboratory.

Lin Yuan slowly raised his head, his expression showing three parts unwillingness, three parts desolation, and four parts despair.

He bowed deeply to his mentor.

"I understand, mentor. Thank you."

His voice was husky, just right.

Lin Yuan stepped down from the magic array.

Just as he returned to the line, a chubby body bumped into him and grabbed his shoulder.

"Old Lin, don't be scared!"

Wang Pangzi, Wang's best friend, lowered his voice.

"I just awakened my E-rank talent [Meat Processing]."

"The initial environment was a vast grassland."

"From now on, I'll take care of all the waste and scraps from my meat processing plant, and regularly send them to your divine realm!"

"As long as there is meat to eat, your followers will not starve!"

Lin Yuan looked at the cold sweat that had appeared on the fat man's forehead.

My tense nerves relaxed a little.

Wang Pangzi's family owns a meat processing plant, so he's considered a second-generation rich kid.

He has always been very supportive of me.

He stretched out his hand.

He patted the fat man's thick back.

"Thanks, Fatty. Don't worry, I can handle it."