On how PhDs become human evil

"Although I don't know how far I can go, since Fafnir was able to go from the weakest to the strongest, I should be able to do the same. I will use my own methods to make [Alchemy] unleash its greatest power."

As he said this, Hajime Nagumo raised his gun again and pulled the trigger at the rat-man's head—

Before he could do so, Bai Jie pressed his hand down: "Since you've put it that way, I'll be kind enough to help you out."

"Commander Meld, I will be operating alone with Hajime Nagumo from now on. That's all."

After saying that, Bai Jie fired a magic cannon that pierced the ground of the Great Labyrinth without waiting for the knight commander leading the way to answer. He then pulled Nan Yun Shi down in a leap of faith.

"..."

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the knight commander seemed to finally realize the situation and roared, "Don't act rashly!"

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The crater created by Bai Jie's blast was at least ten kilometers deep. After nearly a minute of free fall, Nan Yun finally felt the ground beneath his feet.

"Ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh~~~~~"

Frantically spitting out rainbows, Nagumo Hajime wiped his mouth and said, "Fafner, what are you doing? You suddenly brought me to such a deep place!"

“Didn’t you decide to head towards where I am? In that case, we can’t use that slow training method anymore,” Bai Jie laughed. “Based on my feeling, this is about sixty stories underground. You can start your wilderness survival training here from now on.”

"Huh?"

Nagumo Hajime's thoughts paused for a moment.

What was the deepest recorded level in the Great Labyrinth of Orcus? I think it was over fifty, but it's currently over sixty.

"Fafner, are you trying to kill me?! No way, no way, how could I possibly survive here alone! Don't be ridiculous!"

Although he said he was going to start working hard, all Nagumo Hajime had so far was a gun and sixty rounds of ammunition. He had no other supplies.

To try and survive in this state, sixty stories underground? Fafnir, are you sure you're not trying to murder me?!

Bai Jie simply shrugged at Nagumo Hajime's resistance: "Well, if you want to become stronger, you have to go all out. Isn't it said that you have to be put in a desperate situation to survive? The more desperate the environment, the more it can promote a person's growth. That's how I got through it."

"And you don't need to worry. When things really come to a point where you're completely hopeless and there's nothing you can do, I'll save you—though it seems I can also resurrect you even if you die, so go ahead with peace of mind."

"Don't make it sound so simple about life and death!!!"

Section 228, Part 5: How can a top player not use a secondary account?

After leaving Nagumo Hajime alone on the sixty-plus levels, Bai Jie did not immediately return to the main group. Instead, he continued to advance deeper into the maze, as he was quite curious about who had created such a maze.

Yes, [create] a maze.

Although the outside world generally believes that the Great Labyrinth of Orcus is a naturally formed labyrinth, Bai Jie still managed to learn about the reason for its formation through various clues.

The Great Labyrinth of Orcus is half natural, including caves, rock pillars, cliffs, and so on. These are mostly natural formations. The other half is man-made, since it's impossible for all sorts of traps to form naturally, right?

"Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss!"

The whirlwind surrounding Bai Jie transformed into countless wind blades, radiating outwards in crescent-shaped patterns in all directions. The numerous two-tailed wolves that were pouncing on Bai Jie were instantly sliced ​​into minced meat.

Looking at the two-tailed wolves that had died on the spot, Bai Jie couldn't help but sigh: "I used to feel that I wasn't strong enough, that I was too weak, but now I feel that I'm too strong. It's all meaningless now."

Bai Jie's strength has undergone four major upgrades.

One instance was in the dungeon of Orario, where he received Talulah's Scourge power.

One instance was in Fuyuki City, where the evil of this world reshaped his body, making him the embodiment of the evil of this world.

One of them was in the Arctic Ocean, where his battle with the Beast of the World turned him into a villain among humans.

The last time was several months ago when he became a god-slayer.

The four upgrades brought Bai Jie pure and unparalleled violence, turning him into a mobile natural disaster and pushing his power to its limit.

Besides reaching the limit of strength, Bai Jie also reached the limit of knowledge.

All the knowledge of the Type-Moon world, from the beginning of creation to the end of the universe, was imprinted in Bai Jie's mind without missing a single detail, which directly led Bai Jie to the pinnacle of magic and technology.

It can be said that Bai Jie is now truly skilled in both literature and martial arts. The reason he was seriously injured by Vereslana, Athena, and Voban before was simply because he did not use his full strength.

After all, the non-gods and god-killers are only extremely resistant to magic, and are still incredibly vulnerable in the face of scientific weapons. If Bai Jie wanted to, he could simply materialize eighty-eight satellite orbital cannons for a devastating attack. There was no need for so many fancy tricks, not to mention the existence of planet-destroying beings like the predatory planets.

The reason Bai Jie didn't need to use his full strength was simple—for the sake of happiness and pleasure.

Bai Jie embodies both human evil and human love. He is a beast who loves humanity so much that he would even erode the world for the sake of human survival. As long as it is for humanity, Bai Jie is willing to do anything.

However, Bai Jie also knew that simply providing protection was useless; humanity also needed to grow on its own. That's why he didn't choose to unleash his full power, but instead did his best to force his enemies to squeeze out their potential.

Humans will unleash the most dazzling spiritual brilliance of their lives in desperate situations. Bai Jie wanted to see that brilliance, whether it was human or divine. To him, gods were also human, just with exceptionally powerful abilities.

However, Bai Jie is getting a little tired of it now. After all, his approach is basically to follow the pace of others. While this is interesting, constantly maintaining a slight advantage over others inevitably raises suspicions of disrespect. Although Bai Jie has always performed his ease and "desperate" act very well, there's no guarantee that he won't slip up.

Therefore, Bai Jie felt it was necessary to come up with a new way to play.

"How about this..."

Bai Jie placed his hand on his chest, and a purple light shone from the gap between his palm and chest, instantly expanding into a magic circle composed of countless lines and runes.

After flickering twice, the magic circle passed through Bai Jie's clothes and entered his body. Immediately afterwards, Bai Jie's originally vigorous aura and presence plummeted. If the original Bai Jie was a king, then the current Bai Jie was just an ordinary passerby, the kind who would get zero attention on the street.

"The self-sealing seems to be working well; I feel much heavier," Bai Jie said, stretching his arms.

Ninety percent of Bai Jie's strength is based on magic and spell power. Spells, magic, powers... his main combat methods all require the use of magic. Once the magic is sealed, all that is left for Bai Jie is his physical body and combat skills.

"As a mage, how can I not engage in melee combat? Anyway, all those combat techniques in my head are just sitting around getting stale, so I might as well take this opportunity to learn them properly—that's right!"

Halfway through his speech, Bai Jie suddenly broke his seal, projected a weapon, and then sealed his magic power again.

"Although the feeling of punches landing is not bad, I still prefer using a sword."

The sword in Bai Jie's hand was the kind of longsword commonly used by ancient Chinese knights-errant. It was three feet long, entirely silver-white, and utterly simple without any superfluous decorations.

He swung his longsword, unleashing a sword aura that cleaved the rock wall beside him, and smiled: "Well, that's fine for now. In this world, I'll just be a swordsman."

In Bai Jie's knowledge of the Type-Moon world, for some reason, all Heroic Spirits who are good at using bows and arrows also have extremely good melee abilities, and can even rival some Sabers, such as a certain nameless hero of justice, and even Gilgamesh is a top-notch existence in melee combat.

Don't be fooled by Gilgamesh's apparent talent for using Noble Phantasms. In mythology, Gilgamesh and Enkidu both killed the Bull of Heaven with their bare hands, which shows just how strong his fighting abilities are.

After reviewing the history of the Type-Moon universe, Bai Jie came to a conclusion: those who play ranged combat must be proficient in melee combat!

Archers and mages who don't engage in melee combat are useless!

So Bai Jie chose to switch from a mage to a swordsman, to experience what it's like to be a mage who likes to grab a sword and go into battle. After all, if they like to do that, there must be a reason, right?

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Bai Jie heard a strange sound, which was the sound of the wind moving irregularly.

"Roar..."

A deep roar echoed through the maze, the ground trembled, and a brand new monster emerged from the passage on the right, appearing before Bai Jie.

The monster had a huge body, about two meters tall, covered in white fur, and also had many dark red lines on its body.

It looks like a bear, except its arms extend to its feet and it has three sharp claws that are thirty centimeters long, with wisps of whirlwind wrapped around them. It seems that the unusual wind just now was caused by it.

Looking at the demonic bear, Bai Jie laughed.

He has only encountered two types of monsters on this floor so far—two-tailed wolves and rabbits with extremely high jumping ability, but he is already tired of these two types and has long wanted to see different monsters. In addition, he wants to test how much power he still has and urgently needs a testing stone. Unexpectedly, this stone has been delivered to his door.

"Come on, play with me, big guy."

P.S.: I set a bounty but no one gave me any rewards. You guys really don't love me anymore, QAQ. I gave you all a chance to write five chapters in one go, but you wouldn't take it.

Section 229, paragraph 6: If you're a man, go down one hundred floors.

Four months have passed since then, during which Bai Jie has been continuously exploring the Great Maze.

If we start counting from the floor where Bai Jie encountered the demonic bear, he has explored more than fifty floors so far. During this time, Bai Jie's swordsmanship has also increased at an incredible speed.

"Two moons!"

A cold voice echoed through the dark floors. Two streaks of silvery moonlight flashed by like fireworks, one above the other, across the air. Where they passed, two soft cracking sounds rang out, followed by the sound of something falling to the ground.

"Phew, finally it's done. This floor was really troublesome, with such thick fog that it interfered with visibility."

The one who emerged from the darkness, complaining, was none other than Bai Jie, carrying a long sword.

After shaking off the blood left on the blade, Bai Jie took out his status panel.

......

Bai Jie, 18 years old, male, level: 100

Duty: Godslayer Alchemist

Strength: 900 (8500)

Stamina: 1200 (8400)

Resistance: 20000

Agility: 2000 (9000)

Magic Power: 0 (100000)

Magic Resistance: 50000

Skills: Magic [+Divine Magic][+High-Speed ​​Divine Words] · All Attribute Adaptability · Composite Magic · Magic Manipulation [+Magic Radiation][+Magic Compression][+Body Enhancement] · Godslayer [+Divine Authority][+Ultimate Magic Resistance][+Language Comprehension] · Alchemy [+Precision Alchemy][+Copy Alchemy][+Compression Alchemy][+High-Speed ​​Alchemy][+Imaginary Alchemy] · Swordsmanship [+Increased Slash Speed][+Peaceful Mind]

......

Numerically, there weren't many changes; the only improvements were in agility and stamina. After all, he had been relying on his physical strength and swordsmanship to fight, so some growth was to be expected. As for skills, Bai Jie gained one more skill and two derivative skills.

"Well, it's a change I was expecting, but the status panel only shows the basic skills, not my sword skills."

Since the purpose of fighting is to use swords, then sword techniques, which are centered around the sword, are naturally indispensable. Bai Jie does not consider himself a sword genius and cannot create a completely new style, so he only thought of a few sword techniques.

One day, a lightning-fast slash

Double month, high-speed double attack.

Four-way high-speed four-hit combo.