Transcending Godhood: I Extract Keywords and Crush the Gods

Edge of the Death Star, outside Launch Pad 3.

Lin Yuan sat down cross-legged on the spot, his eyes closed, his chest rising and falling very slowly.

With each breath, a wisp of dark golden divine power surged around his body.

Half an hour later, the divine power within his body was replenished.

Lin Yuan opened his eyes.

The destructive glint deep within his pupils receded, and his former tranquility returned.

He stood up, brushed the rock dust off his clothes, and turned to walk towards the Multiverse Trading Street.

At the end of the street.

Under the wooden sign that reads "Stargate Key Specialist," the stall owner with his messy hair is lying on a chair.

He crossed his legs and hummed an unknown, cheesy tune.

Hearing footsteps, the stall owner lazily opened his eyes.

Upon seeing who it was, he sat up straight, and the physical book in his hand fell to the ground.

"Holy crap? You're back alive?" The stall owner's eyes widened as he scanned Lin Yuan's tattered clothes and unscathed skin.

How could someone single-handedly storm into Plane 093 and escape unscathed during a swarm uprising?

This freshman is a bit strange.

The stall owner's eyes darted around, and the shock on his face switched to a professional fake smile:

"Wow, junior, you're amazing! Judging by your posture, you've already checked it out? Want to keep trying? I have plenty of supplies here!"

Lin Yuan walked to the stall and tapped his finger on the obsidian tabletop: "Take another key to dimension 093."

The stall owner's smile widened.

"Alright!" He said, pulling out his compass and pointing to the price list projected on the holographic screen above.

"Junior, to be honest, the upstream supplier just raised the price."

"Now, one key costs thirteen million faith points."

Lin Yuan looked up and glanced at the price list.

The notice clearly stated that prices would increase by 30%.

"Ten million." Lin Yuan's tone remained completely flat.

"Junior, this is difficult for me, the costs are what they are..." the stall owner began to complain.

"Ten million, will you sell?" Lin Yuan interrupted him, staring intently into the stall owner's eyes.

"Your coordinates are exclusive, but you're not the only one selling keys to Starry Sky University."

"If you want to do business for the long term, don't try to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs with me."

"I will need a lot more keys later."

The stall owner's fake smile froze.

He detected a sense of certainty in Lin Yuan's calm tone.

This kid wasn't haggling; he was stating a fact.

If this deal falls through today.

Even if I lower the price in the future, the customer will not come back.

"Fine. Ten million." The stall owner gritted his teeth, quickly completed the writing of the Star Key permissions, and tossed it to Lin Yuan. "Junior, you're a straightforward person. I'll consider this making a friend."

"But I must warn you, those insects in plane 093 hold grudges very well."

"You just caused such a commotion, the area is now on the highest alert level."

"No need to trouble yourself." Lin Yuan transferred faith points and turned to leave.

Watching Lin Yuan's retreating figure, the stall owner lit a cigarette and clicked his tongue in amazement: "That kid is ruthless and steady."

"I just don't know how much capital he has to burn like this."

Airship Leasing Department, Logistics Division.

The fat guy is taking a nap and slacking off right now.

Upon seeing the Star Key handed to him by Lin Yuan, he instantly snapped back to reality.

"Going again? Two hundred thousand one way, not including the return trip."

"Swipe your card."

Payment successful. Lin Yuan boarded the shuttle-shaped airship and plunged back into the spatial turbulence.

The feeling of weightlessness disappeared.

The familiar dark purple fleshy mucous membrane appeared under my feet.

The sky remained overcast.

Lin Yuan activated the hidden laws of the Divine Realm, fully unleashing the [Withering and Flourishing Mark].

Deathly aura enveloped his figure, transforming him into a gray-black phantom.

He didn't rush to push things forward.

Slow down, following the same route as before.

Swamp area.

Lin Yuan's gaze was fixed on the surface of the mud.

This time, he compressed his mental perception to its limit and attached it to his eyes.

Finally, he saw it clearly.

These seemingly ordinary clumps of rotting flesh have a layer of subtle, undulating surface that appears to breathe.

The frequency is completely synchronized with the surrounding environment.

If you don't look closely, you won't be able to tell at all.

"Distribution pattern of camouflaged larvae: They are distributed radially every three meters from the main nest."

"Density doubles in blind spots."

Lin Yuan created a topographical map in his mind.

He stepped through the gaps in the larvae, like walking a tightrope.

After traversing the swamp, we arrived at the bottom drain of the bone nest.

The sewage outlet is tens of meters in diameter, and a dark green strong acid liquid flows inside.

Lin Yuan crept in, hugging the top of the pipe wall.

Upon entering the lair, the scene before him made him frown.

There is no direct passage to the bottom.

What comes into view are thousands upon thousands of crisscrossing fleshy tubes.

Every pipe smelled the same, and the walls were covered with glowing glands.

Every now and then, squads of patrolling insects exuding the aura of the Gold Rank would crawl by.

This is a three-dimensional, giant maze.

Lin Yuan stopped at the fork in the road.

He can forcibly use his divine sense to scan and explore the path.

However, this is the Zerg's home ground, and if divine sense is spread over a large area, it will inevitably alarm the high-level Zerg deep inside.

Without scanning, we rely solely on trial and error using our eyes and memory.

In such a complex labyrinth, divine power is constantly being depleted.

"Maintaining stealth consumes five percent of divine power per hour. Add to that the mobility cost of evading patrolling insects..."

Lin Yuan quickly calculated.

"If I go deep into the maze and get lost or encounter an emergency, and my divine power reserves are below 30%, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to forcefully break through the void and escape."

Even if they find the royal infant, without sufficient divine power to support a subsequent breakout, it will still be a dead end.

You can't gamble.

It is essential to ensure that divine power is in good condition.

Lin Yuan turned around decisively.

"Start the exit process".

A second later, a flash of white light appeared.

Lin Yuan returned to the Death Star III launch pad.

After paying the 200,000 yuan return trip fee.

Lin Yuan didn't stop and headed straight for the trading street.

"One more round."

The stall owner had just opened the physical book when he heard this sound, and his hand trembled so much that he almost tore the book apart.

He looked at Lin Yuan, who was now standing unharmed before him, as if he were looking at a monster.

"You...you're treating Dimension 093 like your own backyard?"

"Enough talk, swipe your card."

This is the third time I've entered.

Lin Yuan traversed the swamp area with practiced ease.

After entering the maze of the lair, he chose the leftmost passage and went three kilometers deeper.

Record the locations of the three intersections and the rotation patterns of the two patrol insects.

The divine power consumption has reached the warning line.

Evacuate.

This is the fourth time I've entered.

Choose the middle channel.

Go deeper into the area by five kilometers.

An abandoned incubator was discovered.

Record the propagation path of the shock wave inside the nest.

Evacuate.

Each entry and exit costs 10.4 million faith points.

After four such incidents, over 40 million faith points were wiped out.

Even students from prestigious families at Starry Sky University wouldn't spend money like this.

But Lin Yuan did it anyway.

Money is just numbers when it's sitting idle; it's real currency when it's converted into intelligence and strength.

The fifth infiltration.

Lin Yuan's movements were so skilled that they were appalling.

He could avoid all the larvae in the swamp with his eyes closed.

Enter the maze.

Turn left, go straight, jump to avoid the patrolling bugs, and glide along the top of the pool of acid.

Two hours later.

Lin Yuan stopped at the end of a dark passage.

Ahead, the view suddenly opened up.

This is a huge underground cavity.

In the center of the cavity, there is a giant amber-shaped egg that is hundreds of meters tall.

Mysterious patterns flow across the surface of the giant egg, and each shimmer creates a faint ripple in space.

Through the translucent eggshell, one can clearly see a larva curled up inside, its body crystal clear and not yet fully formed.

"Royal infant."

Lin Yuan's eyes narrowed.

It is it.

Once the conceptual terms within it are extracted, this money-burning game can end.

But he did not act rashly.

The security in the nursery was so tight it was suffocating.

Around the giant egg, twelve dark purple insect guards, each over ten meters tall, were stationed.

The aura it exudes is entirely diamond-grade!

What's even more troublesome is that these insect guards are positioned in a perfect twelve-pointed star formation, tightly protecting the giant egg in the center.

Their antennae intertwine, forming a mental defense network invisible to the naked eye.

Any physical proximity or energy fluctuation will trigger this network immediately.

Lin Yuan hid in the shadows of the passageway, observing quietly.

"Forced killing?"

impossible.

Even if Lin Yuan used all his trump cards, he couldn't possibly kill all twelve diamond-tier insect guards at the same time.

If even one is missed, or even if one of them lets out a scream before it dies.

The royal offspring inside the giant egg will be startled.

The screams of the royal larvae will ignite the mental seas of all Zerg in the entire 093 plane.

At that time, let alone these twelve insect guards.

The tens of millions of elites in the entire main hive will simply fill this place up.

They must be killed silently.

How do I do it?

Lin Yuan's brain was working at lightning speed.

Poisoning? The Zerg have extremely high resistance.

Assassination? The pain link of throat-slitting will take effect.

There is only one blind spot.

"Natural death".

A sharp glint flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.

The Zerg's Pain Link is a stress response based on being attacked by external forces or dying unnaturally.

If an insect dies of natural causes, its vitality will naturally wane.

Its death sends a signal to the entire swarm that it is "unusable," not "attacked by the enemy."

【Marks of Prosperity and Decline】.

The unique characteristics of the divine technique flashed through Lin Yuan's mind.

Withered marks, devoid of vitality.

In the past, when Lin Yuan used the Withering Seal, it was always a large-scale, high-intensity burst that directly drained the enemy's life force.

This violent way of dying naturally falls under the category of "unnatural death".

But what if we suppress the output power of the ink to the minimum?

Like simmering over a low flame, slowly extract their vitality.

This causes their physical functions to gradually decline, their spirits to become exhausted, and they eventually "die of old age" without realizing it.

Lin Yuan raised his right hand, and a ball of gray-black flame appeared in his palm.

He controlled his divine power, compressing the flames again and again.

Until it becomes a thin gray filament that is almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

With a flick of a finger.

The fine thread pierced through the air and disappeared into the gaps in the carapace of the outermost diamond-tier insect guard.

The insect guard's body trembled slightly, and its compound eyes flashed, as if it had sensed something unusual.

But it looked around and found no enemies, nor did it feel any pain.

It just felt like it was suddenly a little tired.

This is the natural decay simulated by the withered seal.

Lin Yuan hid in the shadows, staring intently at the vital signs of the insect guard.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes, half an hour.

The insect's breathing grew weaker and weaker, its hard carapace began to lose its luster, and its tentacles drooped limply.

Finally, it closed its compound eyes.

His body lay face down on the ground, the flame of life extinguished completely.

There was no shriek.

There is no feedback with a painful connection.

The other insect guards around him merely glanced indifferently at their companion's corpse before looking away.

In their simple logic, this is just a normal end to a life cycle.

"feasible."

Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, but then his brows furrowed.

The limitations of this kind of micro-management are too great.

To simulate natural death, the erosion of the withered marks is extremely slow.

It takes a full half hour to kill a single insect guard.

Moreover, you can only cast spells on one target at a time.

Processing multiple targets simultaneously can easily lead to excessive fluctuations in divine power, alerting the user.

It will take six hours to completely clean up all twelve insect guards.

Lin Yuan's remaining divine power is only enough to maintain his stealth state for two hours.

If he persists, his disguise will fail halfway through the fight.

If we are exposed to the remaining insect guards, all our previous efforts will be in vain.

"We can only kill them in batches."

Lin Yuan's gaze was cold.

This is the dumbest method, but also the only safe one.

Like peeling an onion, we peeled away the layers of these guards, leaving them completely clean.

Kill three to replenish divine power.

Come back and kill three more.

Lin Yuan glanced at the royal infant inside the giant egg, then slowly retreated, disappearing into the darkness.

"Start the exit process".