Transcending Godhood: I Extract Keywords and Crush the Gods

Virtual Star Network, affordable neighborhoods.

Lin Yuan stepped into a teleportation array, preparing to disconnect his mental connection and return to reality.

The personal terminal on my wrist vibrates.

An encrypted invitation link popped up, sent by the homeroom teacher, Lei Yan.

A text message followed immediately: "Commander Xiao Lie of the Military Region personally made arrangements and specially approved this quota. This virtual chat group is called [Star Ring Truth Salon]."

"Inside are the top few monsters of this year. Go in and broaden your horizons. Don't talk, just observe."

Lin Yuan looked at the message on the screen.

Special approval from the military region commander.

This seems to be one of the hidden perks of signing the Starfire Legion Strategy Specialist contract.

Resources are not just faith points and materials, but also access to intelligence networks and top circles.

Lin Yuan clicked "Agree".

A new perspective is emerging.

The cheap neon lights of the budget neighborhood have disappeared, replaced by a high-end virtual conference hall with a futuristic feel.

A slowly rotating galaxy map floats above the hall.

A circular black stone conference table, surrounded by dozens of floating virtual thrones.

There is no privacy setting here, and all group members are registered with their real names.

Each name is preceded by a prominent prefix indicating its family or power background.

Lin Yuan sat on a throne at the edge of the room, scanning the list.

I don't know many people.

[Jiangcheng Su Family - Su Yueying], [Jiangcheng Chu Family - Chu Yunxuan].

These two top tycoons, who wield immense power in Jiangcheng, don't even rank in the top ten at this salon.

Those ranked higher up were all major provincial powers that Lin Yuan had never heard of.

[Murong Bai of the Murong Clan of Tianhai Province].

【Thunder Military Industry - War Maniac】.

[Xiao Ting, Xiao Family of Tianhai Provincial Capital]

As soon as Lin Yuan joined the group, the system automatically announced that a new member had joined.

[Jiangcheng - Commoner Sequence - Lin Yuan] joined the salon.

This prefix stands out conspicuously among the numerous wealthy and powerful families listed on the screen.

The voice channel that was in the middle of a discussion paused for a second.

"A newcomer? That commoner who came in twelfth place in Jiangcheng's real-world exam?" A lazy male voice rang out, the prefix indicating that he was the young master of a chamber of commerce in the provincial capital.

"I vaguely remember. I heard they used an F-level Wasteland God Domain, and their achievements were built on low-level mutants. To be recruited into the Star Ring Salon, it seems Jiangcheng really has no talent left."

I made a few casual comments.

The people in the group quickly lost interest and went back to their previous topic.

Lin Yuan leaned back in his chair, turned on silent mode, and listened quietly.

He quickly understood what Lei Yan meant by inviting him to join the group to "broaden his horizons".

The people here are discussing things on a completely different level from what Chu Yunxuan's salon was talking about.

"A miniature source crystal vein has been discovered in area 774 of the Sirius star system."

"I'll lead 30,000 heavily armored Behemoths as the vanguard and secure 40% of the mining rights. Who will take over logistics and supplies?" [Murong Clan - Murong Bai] sent out a holographic star map.

"I accepted. My high-level mechanical legion has just completed its iteration."

"However, I want 30% of the purest source crystals, plus exclusive control of the shipping routes in that area," the other person quickly replied.

Lin Yuan sighed inwardly as he listened to these terms that frequently involved interstellar coordinates and mineral extraction.

While ordinary geniuses are still worrying about food for their followers, these monsters from the provincial capital have already started forming groups to explore outer space.

A few minutes later, another auction list popped up in the channel.

"Next week, a complete fifth-tier dragon skeleton will be auctioned on the provincial capital's underground black market. The starting price is 30 million faith points. Anyone interested in pooling resources to acquire it and study the Dragon's Might Law?"

"Thirty million is too expensive. I've seen that skeleton; the dragon marrow has been severely depleted. It's worth at most twenty million. I'll offer five million for the dragon crystal fragments."

After watching for a while, Lin Yuan prepared to close the voice channel and leave the game.

Suddenly, a text message appeared on the light screen in the center of the circular table.

"The Starfire Legion is really going backwards. Instead of choosing one of the many orthodox military families in the provincial capital, they insist on using some trash from the wasteland to fill this year's S-level strategic quota."

Spokesperson prefix: [Xiao Family of Provincial Capital - Xiao Ting].

The voice channel quieted down, everyone ready to watch the excitement unfold.

Xiao Ting's comments didn't stop; a second one followed immediately.

"Invest 200 million Faith Points, plus three high-level items of your choice from the Military Region's Pollution Treasury."

"Has Commander Xiao Lie lost his mind? To throw such strategic resources into a wasteland divine realm that's destined to never break through the True God barrier—aren't you afraid of tainting the military's treasury?"

Lin Yuan sat in the corner, his fingers that were tapping the armrest stopped.

He roughly figured out the logic.

A two-hundred-million-dollar military fund, plus three unlimited selection rights from the Abyss Storage Vault.

This S-level resource is extremely valuable.

The military's pie is only so big.

Xiao Lie granted this special approval to Lin Yuan, so the descendants of the military faction in the provincial capital naturally didn't get one.

This Xiao Ting, with the prefix "Xiao Family of the Provincial Capital," clearly has some kind of clan or factional connection with Xiao Lie.

It's perfectly normal for someone who's envious of having their resources snatched away to jump out and cause trouble.

Xiao Ting didn't have the guts to confront Xiao Lie directly, so he could only vent his anger on himself, a commoner.

Just then.

A female voice came through the voice channel.

"Young Master Xiao is really meddling. Since when has it become the business of a high school senior to question the decisions of the military region's highest command?"

The speaker is Su Yueying from the Su family of Jiangcheng.

"We clearly saw Lin Yuan's strength during the real-world test on the Shattered Continent."

"To lead a group of mutated goblins and escape unscathed, securing 1200 million points—that war sense is more than enough to earn an S-rank spot."

Su Yueying's words made the atmosphere in the group chat subtle.

Lin Yuan sat in the corner, his heart completely unmoved.

This school beauty, who was highly regarded at school, was definitely not acting out of a sudden act of kindness to stand up for the wronged.

The Su family's main business is medical and biotechnology, and they are mortal enemies of the Xinghai Consortium.

Lin Yuan rejected Xinghai, and Su Yueying stepped in to help him out, simply hoping to build a good relationship with Lin Yuan.

The friendships of chaebols are all priced.

"Su Yueying, if your Su family wants to recruit watchdogs, don't try to do me a favor." Xiao Ting's voice finally appeared on the voice channel.

His tone was filled with arrogance and disdain.

"A major test? Killing a few low-level silver-rank monsters, you call that strength?"

Xiao Ting sneered and pointed directly at Lin Yuan: "Lin Yuan, is it? Don't think you're something special just because you managed to get through the assessment mechanism by using cheap cannon fodder."

"Midterm exams for the entire province to determine student placements."

"I'll show you that those mutated monsters you built from scrap and corpses are less than reptiles in front of true top-tier troops."

"If you dare to take 200 million in military investment, I will make sure your divine realm completely collapses during the major test of diversion."

Straightforward and arrogant.

Everyone's attention was focused on the ID 【Jiangcheng-Commoner Sequence-Lin Yuan】.

Wait for his response.

Or wait until he backs down.

Lin Yuan looked at Xiao Ting's ID on the screen.

He raised his hand and tapped a few times on the interface.

There were no lengthy rebuttals, nor any heated arguments.

Lin Yuan only sent three words.

"You said it."

Sending complete.

Lin Yuan clicked to exit the salon, severing the neural connection.

Inside the virtual hall, Lin Yuan's virtual projection dissipated.

A group of young men from the provincial capital were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

"This kid... just like that, he's gone?" Murong Bai looked at the empty throne, his tone strange.

Xiao Ting sat in the main seat, his expression as gloomy as water.

ignore.

A piece of trash from the slums, how dare he ignore what he's saying?

"Interesting." Su Yueying looked at the spot where Lin Yuan disappeared, a strange light flashing in her eyes.