Transcending Godhood: I Extract Keywords and Crush the Gods

Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School, Campus Forum.

Late at night, a time when most students should be resting.

But tonight, the forum's traffic data showed a steep, vertical upward curve.

It all started with an anonymous post that contained no text description, only a holographic screenshot.

The screenshot is simple: Starry Sky Chess, the ranking interface of the province's rising stars.

Amidst a screen full of dazzling IDs bearing prefixes like "top provincial tycoon" or "ancient family,"...

A clean, somewhat shabby name, steadily hanging in the top 100.

[Rank 73: Jiangcheng - Commoner Tier - Lin Yuan. Current win rate: 98%. Highest winning streak: 55 games.]

For the first three minutes after this screenshot was posted, the thread was quiet.

Three minutes later, the number of comments exploded like an avalanche.

"???"

"Is this photoshopped? What's the poster's intention? Posting this fake picture in the middle of the night to disgust people?"

"An ordinary citizen from Jiangcheng can make it into the top 100 in the province? Why don't you say he crushed a god with one hand?"

"Tech expert verifies: the screenshot shows no signs of tampering, and the holographic projection source file is normal. This image... is real."

"Holy crap! Lin Yuan? Is he the guy who scored 12 million points in the real-world exam and ranked first among ordinary players?"

"Are you crazy?! That's the provincial rising star list! Su Yueying, who's ranked first in Jiangcheng, is only struggling around 50th place right now. How can he, a mere F-rank Wasteland God Domain, possibly jump to 73rd?"

"Wait, are you guys blind? Look at his win rate and winning streak—98% win rate, with a record of 55 consecutive wins. Is this the kind of statistic a carbon-based organism could achieve?"

"Holy crap! I was so focused on the rankings! A 98% win rate?! In Star Chess, the longer your winning streak, the more insane and higher-ranking opponents the system matches you with! This stat is a hundred times more outrageous than his 73rd place ranking!"

"55 consecutive wins... That must be achieved by consistently defeating opponents of higher level and enduring the system's win rate penalties to maintain such a winning streak... What kind of monster is Lin Yuan raising in his divine realm?"

Various comments expressing doubt, shock, and disbelief instantly flooded the screen.

Many chaebol heirs who are usually aloof and arrogant have broken down.

Their abundant resources are a source of great pride.

This screenshot makes it seem like a ridiculous comedy.

"He must have encountered some kind of system bug! Low-level mutants in the Wasteland God Realm can't even make a ripple when facing heavily armored legions or mages. How did he manage a 50-game winning streak?"

An ID with the prefix "second-rate aristocratic family" replied sourly.

This reply was posted less than ten seconds ago.

An account with the ID "Young Master of Jiangcheng Meat Processing Plant" suddenly appeared on the floor and started a crazy online battle.

It was Fatty Wang who came running after smelling the aroma.

In the real world, Fatty Wang is lying on the sofa.

While using his mind to monitor the group of black demonic pigs in the divine realm as they ate their feed, he typed out afterimages on the virtual keyboard with both hands.

"Is it so hard to admit someone is good? You little troll, you're showing your true colors now!"

"Bug? Go find me a bug in StarCraft and show it to me."

"That's a sand table jointly developed by the military and the Supreme God Alliance! If you're so awesome, why don't you go and get first place in the entire province?"

"My brother Yuan cut through silver-level monsters like it was nothing in the real-world exam. What were you guys doing? Getting chased and bitten by monsters!"

"Now that they've made it to the top of the list, they're starting to feel sour."

"Don't you understand basic operations? This is before my brother Yuan even uses his full power; if he did, he'd shatter a galaxy!"

As Lin Yuan's only subordinate deity, Wang Pangzi's fate is intertwined with Lin Yuan's; their fortunes rise and fall together.

His combat prowess on the keyboard is in no way inferior to the mutated black boars in his divine realm.

One man fights against a multitude of heroes.

He managed to shut down and flee from several arrogant and domineering scions of second-rate aristocratic families.

"I'm sticking to Brother Yuan's coattails for life," the fat man sniffed.

Seeing the screen full of "Brother Yuan is awesome" and "Brother Pang, take me with you" made me so happy I almost snotted out of my nose.

This is what it means to be a lackey, bah, it means to follow God's lead.

So fucking cool!

At the same time, in Tianhai Provincial Capital.

The training room at the Xiao Family Manor.

Xiao Ting stared at the light screen in front of him with a gloomy face.

The video playing on the screen was Lin Yuan's last game in Starry Sky Chess.

As a core member of the provincial capital's military faction, Xiao Ting possesses far more authority than an ordinary high school student.

He could not only see Lin Yuan's ranking, but also access unencrypted replays of the matches.

Half an hour ago, he was sitting on the sofa, swirling a glass of red wine.

Others mocked Lin Yuan, saying he was just lucky and had taken advantage of a loophole in the Jiangcheng exam.

But now, the back of his clothes was soaked with cold sweat.

In the video footage.

"Peak Platinum... Extraordinary level weaponry... Where the hell did this monster come from?" Xiao Ting swallowed hard, his voice trembling.

What terrified him even more and made his scalp tingle was the monster under Lin Yuan's command.

A black monster, 10 meters tall, engulfed in dark golden divine fire.

He actually withstood the attack from a Platinum Peak player and sent his opponent flying half a meter with a single punch.

Although the final monster was killed instantly by a concentrated attack from ten people.

But that fearless fighting power, which transcended social classes and posed a threat, sent chills down Xiao Ting's spine.

He couldn't help but recall the scene of himself spouting nonsense at Lin Yuan in the Star Ring Salon.

"If you dare to take 2 million in military investment, I will make sure your divine realm completely collapses during the major test of diversion."

Recalling what he had said, Xiao Ting now just wanted to slap himself twice.

"This combat power... If that monster gets close, my fourth-tier lion dragon might not be able to withstand that strange shock damage."

He originally thought his family had extremely high air superiority and mobility.

It was enough to outmaneuver and kill Lin Yuan's land troops in the major entrance examination.

But now, looking at the light screen, there are monsters that can forcibly blend into the shadows and cross space to attack face-to-face.

Xiao Ting knew very well.

His dragons and lions won't fare much better under the opponent's heavy blows.

"A madman! Where did Commander Xiao Lie find this pervert?!"

Xiao Ting stood up and kicked over the coffee table in front of him.

His attempt to show off backfired like a boomerang, hitting him squarely between the eyebrows.

The college entrance examination is a major event that attracts attention throughout the province, and all the military leaders will be watching.

If he's in the exam room at that time.

Lin Yuan publicly humiliated him in front of the entire province, and he will never be able to hold his head up in the Xiao family again.

"No! We absolutely cannot lose!"

Xiao Ting's eyes were bloodshot as he dialed the family's logistics chief.

"Young master, what are your orders so late?"

"Go to the warehouse! Withdraw the entire 30 million faith points budget that was originally scheduled for next month!"

Xiao Ting yelled into the communicator, "Go to the family trading network and buy me three high-level environment cards and time cards. I need to accelerate the Divine Realm deduction!"

"But young master, forcing a deduction will deplete the clan's resources..."

"Enough talk! It's better to overspend than to have your game destroyed by a commoner! Go buy it! Also, I need that sealed [Battle Formation] scroll!"

After cutting off the communication, Xiao Ting slumped into a chair.

He now has only one thought: to boost combat strength at all costs before the crucial test of streamlining.

"Lin Yuan...you damn pervert, I'll never let you climb to the top by stepping on me!"

……

Jiangcheng, Xinghuo Military Region detached villa.

Lin Yuan disconnected the virtual reality headset and casually placed it on the table.

He stood up, went to the bathroom, and washed his face with cold water.

Looking up at herself in the mirror, her eyes remained completely expressionless.

Even though he was instantly killed by ten top-tier Platinum players, he wasn't discouraged at all.

If you are weaker than others, you should stand at attention when you are about to be attacked.

StarCraft is ultimately just a simulation game.

The appearance of ten Platinum Warriors completely dispelled the slight complacency that had arisen in his heart due to the winning streak.

"The tyrant's performance was even better than I expected."

Lin Yuan wiped the water off his face and walked to the window.

Faced with an insurmountable gap in social status, the tyrant did not back down, but instead unleashed a fighting spirit that surpassed all limits.

This frenzied aggression is the core charm of Wasteland God Realm.

It's not shameful to lose to the opponent, as long as the Tyrant advances to Platinum.

It remains to be seen who will emerge victorious.

"We'll get our revenge sooner or later."

Lin Yuan murmured to himself.

He then opened his personal terminal and brought up the system backend of Star Chess.

Awards have been distributed to the top 100 rising stars in the province.

[1 million Faith Points have been transferred to your personal account.]

[A random Gold-tier resource blind box (1/1) has been added to your inventory.]

Looking at the long string of zeros that had appeared in his account, Lin Yuan smiled with satisfaction.

"Opening blind boxes."

Lin Yuan clicked on the treasure chest icon in his inventory.

On the light screen, the treasure chest exploded.

Golden light streamed through the room, eventually coalescing into a physical card with a gold-edged border.

The front of the card depicts a vast grassland teeming with life and a gentle breeze.

[Gold-level Environment Card: Abundant Green Grassland]

[Effect: After use, a high-energy grassland covering an area of ​​100,000 square kilometers will be generated within the Divine Realm. The grassland contains abundant life energy, which can accelerate the reproduction rate of herbivorous and plant-based creatures and improve the efficiency of life force recovery.]

Lin Yuan stared at the card and fell silent.

The stuff is good stuff.

A gold-level environment card can fetch at least tens of millions of faith points if placed outside.

Deities who specialize in nature or life pantheons are quite rare to find this kind of thing.

But to him, it was just a piece of waste paper.

The core principle of the Wasteland God Realm is corruption and destruction.

Insert this card, and it won't take more than half a day.

This vibrant grassland will be completely eroded by the dark gold poisonous miasma and the earth vein fire poison, leaving not a single blade of grass behind.

"It's useless to keep it; just cash it out."

Lin Yuan opened his personal terminal and logged into the military's internal trading network, which Commander Xiao had granted him access to.

Click on the item to put up for sale and scan the attribute illustration of the [Gold-level Environment Card: Abundant Grassland] onto it.

"Price: 20 million Faith Points. Or the equivalent in Gold-grade Abyss Ore, High-level Mechanical Remains, or Special Materials with Devouring Properties."

Lin Yuan added the substitution conditions to the notes.

His current living casting nest is desperately needing nourishment, and the more metal material the better.