Transcending Godhood: I Extract Keywords and Crush the Gods

Each of the names listed at the very top carries immense weight.

These names usually only exist on federal news channels and in textbooks.

Lin Yuan's gaze swept from top to bottom.

A strange thought flashed through my mind.

Commander Xiao Lie is not on it.

Logically speaking, as a military commander who holds significant military power and was just able to suppress the Abyss Demon God outside the Great Wall, he should be able to command a large army.

Xiao Lie's strength absolutely qualifies him to be among the top ten.

But after searching through the top 100, he couldn't find the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the Starfire Legion.

Hiding their strength? Is the military using top-secret tactics to avoid suspicion?

Or perhaps, it's at Xiao Lie's level.

Do they no longer need or care to leave their names on such a public sand table?

Lin Yuan did not investigate further.

He knew very well who these people were on the overall list.

They are all ancient monsters who have lived for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years.

The divine realms under their command have probably long since evolved into complete star systems.

I am a senior high school student who has just ignited my inner flame.

Wanting to make a name for oneself on the overall leaderboard is nothing short of a pipe dream.

Lin Yuan slid his finger across the virtual screen to switch areas.

In the bottom layer of the Starry Sky Chess interface, he found a leaderboard exclusively for high school students who had not yet graduated.

[Provincial Rising Stars List]

Open the list.

Lin Yuan immediately skipped over the fancy names of the aristocratic scions and went straight to the reward mechanism explanation at the bottom.

Lines of text appeared.

[Top 2000 Rising Stars: One million Faith Points awarded monthly.]

[Top 1000 Rising Stars: Monthly reward of 10 million Faith Points and one random Silver-tier building blueprint.]

[Top 100 Rising Stars: 100 million Faith Points and one random Gold-tier resource blind box awarded monthly.]

Lin Yuan paused slightly, then continued reading.

[Top 10 Rising Stars: One-time reward of 1 billion Faith Points, and one military-supplied Star Source Baptism.]

[Rising Star Ranking #1: One billion Faith Points, plus a fragment of a divine essence.]

"No wonder Xiao Ting is so arrogant." Lin Yuan leaned back in his chair, looked at the long list of rewards in front of him, and smiled.

Fragments of Godhood!

Igniting the divine fire is merely stepping into the threshold of demigodhood.

To truly ascend to the throne of gods, one must cultivate one's own divine essence.

The list is incredibly lucrative.

With such incredible resources falling into their laps, how could those scions of powerful and influential families not go crazy?

"The Fiend has split into two paths: Titan and Shadow. I was just worried about not having a place to test the specific combat data," Lin Yuan muttered to himself.

A 100% realistic simulation of the rules of Starry Sky Chess Sandbox.

Fighting inside, the death of a believer in the divine realm will not result in any loss.

It can be used for training without any loss of resources, and it can also be used to snatch the rewards on the leaderboard.

There is no reason not to fight.

……

In the real world, time flies.

After 5 days.

As his consciousness descended, Lin Yuan once again descended upon the Wasteland God Realm.

At the edge of the Blood Abyss Sea, piles of mutated black demon boar corpses that had been teleported from Wang Pangzi's side were stacked up.

Lin Yuan's gaze was fixed on the [Star Spirit Gene Tablet] in the center of the Blood Abyss Sea.

Below the square monument, the demonic faction had completely split.

On the left is the "Titan" faction, bathed in dark gold light.

On the right is the "Shadow" faction, shrouded in black shadows.

Lin Yuan swept his gaze across the entire army.

He discovered that those who could withstand the baptism of the gene chain and initially grasp the rudiments of the gene map were currently able to do so.

They were all veterans who had survived the transformation brought about by the demigod's divine fire.

Only a very few exceptionally gifted newborns were mixed in.

That's enough.

Lin Yuan had a thought.

Below, more than two thousand elite freak demons that had initially successfully differentiated all raised their heads in unison.

Their eyes burn with a fervent flame of faith, awaiting the commands of the Creator.

Lin Yuan brought up the data panel.

These two thousand-plus elites, except for the newborns, are all of the same Silver Nine-Star rank.

There are even dozens of ferocious individuals who have torn apart countless members of their own kind in the arena, and have already crossed the class barrier to reach Gold One Star.

But what surprised Lin Yuan the most was the leader standing at the very front of the square tablet—the Tyrant.

The tyrant's height has reached ten meters.

It stood there, like an insurmountable mountain of metal flesh.

It has gone the deepest in comprehending the path of the "Titan," and its heavy living armor is so thick that it is outrageous.

The arms have evolved into a barbed structure similar to a battering ram.

Even more absurdly, the Tyrant's outer metal surface lacks the dark gold luster of the Titan route.

Instead, it presents a matte black that can absorb light, reminiscent of the "shadow" style.

Dual-line compatible!

It not only possesses the strength and defense of a Titan, but also the stealth properties of a Void Lurker.

A ten-meter-tall, extremely ferocious, heavily armored demon god with maxed-out defense.

If they can also conceal their presence in the shadows and launch a surprise attack, it would be a disaster for any enemy.

"Connect the Starry Sky Chess Game".

Lin Yuan did not hesitate and made a thought.

An invisible force of law descended upon the divine realm.

Lin Yuan's consciousness, along with more than two thousand elite monstrous demons, was simultaneously stripped away and placed into the vast virtual sandbox network.

After a brief period of weightlessness, Lin Yuan's vision returned to clear.

He stood in a void, with a sand table screen below him.

A synthesized voice sounded in my ears.

"System notification: Contestant Lin Yuan has been detected. Identity: Senior high school student at Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School."

"Your believer rank meets the sandbox entry requirements; we are currently performing your first province-wide match..."

"Match successful!"

Scene generation: Misty Swamp.

"Battle countdown: three, two, one, begin!"

The light screen in front of me shattered.

Lin Yuan's consciousness arrived in a gray, swampy area.

Five hundred meters in front of Lin Yuan.

Rows of well-equipped human swordsmen stood in formation, ready to fight.

They wore gleaming silver plate armor and held standard-issue longswords.

Behind them, dozens of apprentices in robes were frantically making fireballs.

Lin Yuan scanned it with his mental power.

Average rank: Bronze Five-Star.

Lin Yuan couldn't help but complain in his heart.

The underlying matchmaking mechanism of this Star Chess game is really primitive.

Judging from their formation and rank, the opponent is clearly a newbie who has only recently awakened and is built up by resources provided by their clan.

No instructions were needed from Lin Yuan.

The hundreds of Titan-type monsters standing behind the tyrant let out a roar.

Ignoring the muddy conditions of the swamp, they quickly exerted force with their lower limbs.

The mud and water exploded, and hundreds of black metal monsters crashed into the human swordsmen's formation on the other side.

Pure, overwhelming force.

The silver plate armor was barely better than paper against the monstrous beast.

The human swordsman's longsword struck the demon's armor, but couldn't even leave a scratch.

Severed limbs and pieces of flesh flew through the air, accompanied by warm blood.

The battle lasted less than ten seconds from start to finish.

Before the novice deity on the other side could even issue a command, his followers had already been torn to pieces.

"Battle won! 100% win rate, +1 point."

"Your ranking on the provincial rising star list has risen to 98541."

The mechanical voice announcement has ended.

Lin Yuan remained expressionless and uttered two words: "Continue matching."

The leaderboard domination mode for Star Chess has officially begun.

The interplay of light and shadow.

"Match successful! Scene generated: Extreme cold snow mountain."

The avalanche roared.

Before the Silver-tier Yeti on the opposite side could even make out the enemy, the Shadow Path Berserker had already blended into the shadows of the snow.

A silent, sharp metal blade sliced ​​open the Yeti's throat, and scalding blood stained the white snow red.

victory.

"Match successful! Scene generated: Death Desert."

A sandstorm raged across the sky.

Braving a sandstorm powerful enough to tear flesh apart, the Titan Demon punched through the skull of a golden sandworm that had emerged from the ground, ripping it in two.

victory.

"Match successful! Scene generated: Urban ruins."

In the concrete jungle, the orc army opposite them attempted to use the terrain to wage guerrilla warfare.

The tyrant finally made his move.

It took a step forward, and the metal hammer on its right arm smashed down an entire twenty-story abandoned building.

Thousands of tons of rubble collapsed, burying the orcs and their positions alive.

Victory, victory, victory.

No battle could keep Lin Yuan occupied for more than a minute.

He doesn't need to rest; the monstrous creatures that die in the sandbox will be resurrected with full health in the next battle.

This is one of the advantages of virtual simulation.

Thirty consecutive matches.

Thirty consecutive wins!

Lin Yuan's points skyrocketed, and his ranking jumped from over 90,000 to the top 2,000.

"Match successful! Scene generated: Steel Fortress"

Match number 31.

The scene stabilized.

Lin Yuan stood inside a military base made entirely of steel.

A kilometer away from him.

A technologically advanced armored force with an extremely complete organizational structure.

Thousands of believers were all dressed in highly futuristic exoskeleton powered armor.

At the front of the formation was a row of heavily armed infantrymen wielding heavy electromagnetic rifles.

Behind them, dozens of tracked self-propelled artillery pieces had already raised their gun barrels.

At the highest point of the base, there are several high-energy laser turrets with astonishing calibers.

Rank Assessment: All members are at the peak of Silver rank, and the lethality of their weapon systems is approaching that of Gold rank.

Clearly, Lin Yuan had finally run into a real tough opponent.

The other party is a wealthy, established family that has spent a huge amount of resources.

In the early stages of the development of the Divine Realm, the cost of building technology was extremely high.

But once it takes shape, its indiscriminate firepower, which ignores individual differences, is a nightmare for all traditional flesh-and-blood races.

Lin Yuan looked at the steel torrent opposite him, which was firing at full power.

Interest finally surfaced in his eyes, which had remained calm and still.

"An armored army on the technological side?"

Lin Yuan's lips curled up, and he chuckled, "Perfect, let your artillery fire test the mettle of these flesh and blood monsters."