Those time travelers that year

Feudalism sought to monopolize knowledge, capitalism aimed to loosen some restrictions on knowledge, and communism went even further, implementing rote learning. The first of these three wanted everyone else in the world to be fools; the second, by opening up knowledge restrictions, aimed to cultivate and discover enough talent for their own development; and the last aimed to use a process of sifting through the sands of time to unearth the most outstanding individuals, while those who were discarded could fill all levels of society, thereby completely breaking the so-called monopoly.

In terms of knowledge, this is one of the biggest differences between feudalism and the latter two. It's no wonder that in modern times, feudalism was completely eradicated by the latter two, and what remained became mascots.

Of course, for the reincarnators, they would shamelessly align themselves with either side as long as it helped them complete their mission. However, these modernly educated individuals simply looked down upon feudal practices.

“But don’t rush into this. A year isn’t a long time, but it’s not short either!” AP said. “We haven’t fully figured out how this world and this country work, so let’s not be so quick to draw conclusions…” Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Then, let's put these political games aside for now..." Captain Wu said. "Although this is the easiest part, the returns are also the lowest. If we want to make a fortune in this world, or even advance the exploration process by more than 50%, then we have to make contact with the supernatural society hidden in this world."

"...On the other side of human society in this world, the Church and the Holy See suppressed all heresy and supernatural societies. However, with the end of the theocratic era, even the most powerful rule has its limits. The Holy War ended, and the remaining heretics licked their wounded bodies in the darkness, constantly yearning for revenge. At this time, the last vampire princess fled into the Empire's territory..." Old Wu solemnly recited the background information, then said, "From this, we can see that supernatural abilities exist, and quite significant ones at that. The One God Religion in this world should be the largest supernatural force in the world, even arguably surpassing secular royal power at one time. That theocratic era should prove it..."

"However, those heretics who can oppose religious forces are not much weaker! The fact that they have fought with religions for a long time but have not been completely wiped out shows how troublesome these guys are. In other words, this other camp is divided into two sides: religious forces and heretical forces."

"I don't really want to join that religious faction!" the ADC said. "As everyone knows, religious factions are very troublesome. Although I don't know what this world is like, it's probably impossible to get friendly reputation with them, given our identities..."

"But it's impossible for them to join a pathetic heretical faction, right?" Zhao Hao said. "...Being suppressed and unable to rise again shows what kind of trash they are. Reputation is easy to gain in heretical factions, but it also makes them mortal enemies of religious forces... We don't even know the specific power levels of this world yet. Besides, I think that A-level danger level, that hidden boss, should be within the religious faction. Nine times out of ten, it's a god of faith, monopolizing the mainstream beliefs of the entire human society. This is already considered a god of civilization or a racial god! In Dungeons & Dragons, after the rules were changed in AO, one could definitely achieve powerful divine strength through faith!"

“Yes!” Old Wu nodded in agreement. “Once we provoke that A-level boss, we won’t be able to deal with it. Moreover, this will accelerate the world’s progress, and the Reincarnation Center will continue to send people into this world. Our gains will be affected, and it might even trigger a team war.”

"Don't forget, in the last Advent Children storyline, Sephiroth, who descended in a thought form, reached a B+ level. If it weren't for the protagonist and those overpowered characters in the storyline, we would have been wiped out." At this point, recalling the cold glint of the one-winged angel's blade, all five present shuddered. Not being fully descended meant their strength was greatly reduced, and they had been constantly holding back against Cloud. Aside from basic swordsmanship, without using the renowned Supernova Sword of Heaven's Abyss or the power of the Materia, they had simply slaughtered their entire team, plus the protagonist's group.

If it weren't for Aerith giving Cloud a power-up at the end, triggering a flashback, and Sasuke constantly spouting nonsense and creating a bunch of FLOGs for himself, they would have been wiped out there.

Their team couldn't even handle a B+ level boss, let alone the A-level boss hidden in this world.

297. On Belief Systems

Moreover, this A-level boss is a deity of faith! Not one of those immortals with unparalleled martial arts cultivation who have developed supernatural powers, not one of those ghost immortals who have carved out their own realms from the void, and certainly not a self-sufficient bald monk of orthodox Buddhism. Although in the Eastern cultivation system, whether it's cultivating to become an immortal or a Buddha, while it involves the incense and offerings of faith to varying degrees, the presence of methods like divine attacks and invoking deities—methods that are clearly no different from blasphemous rituals—shows that the experts here don't actually rely heavily on incense and faith.

Or rather, having these things is fine, but not having them won't cause much loss! You could even say that the masters of the Eastern system are only slightly less troublesome than those who use technology and gadgets to an invincible level.

While worshipping a god has its flaws to some extent, it's undoubtedly a quick, convenient, and efficient method. As long as the god one worships can command enough faith and the world inhabits is relatively advanced, then worshipping a god is indeed a good choice. Take, for example, the local earth gods and city gods in Eastern fantasy worlds. Although they are at the bottom of the celestial pantheon, they are still far superior to ordinary people. Basically, according to the evaluations of these reincarnated beings' reincarnation centers, even the weakest earth god is equivalent to a C-level enhanced being. And this group of people are all C- to C-level; otherwise, they wouldn't have been so easily defeated by Sephiroth, a mere B+ level descending thought entity.

What is the status of the Earth God in the Heavenly God system? A village official! To put it bluntly, a village chief. Even though he's just a lowly errand boy in Heaven, his official rank surpasses that of the Earth God. Even so, he's still equivalent to a C- to C+. The City God is a bit higher; the weakest is at least B-level, and the stronger ones depend on the size of their territory. But it's just a change from village chief to town mayor. Both the City God and the Earth God have the right to gather ghost soldiers, essentially granting them military power from above. Some well-performing Earth Gods can gather dozens of ghost soldiers under their command, generally at the E- to D level. The City God can even appoint ghost generals and judges, commanding at least several thousand ghost soldiers and troops, sometimes tens of thousands, and their ranks are also quite high.

Above, haha... not a single reincarnator would want to see this. Even those S-rank guys wouldn't want to see thousands of B-rank and A-rank monsters standing in front of them, eyeing them menacingly! Not everyone is like the rebellious Sun Wukong in his rebellious phase; only S+ rank would dare to do such a thing... Moreover, in the real Journey to the West world, the Heavenly Emperor isn't as incompetent as depicted in TV dramas and animations. In fact, in the real Journey to the West world, the Heavenly Emperor didn't beg for the Buddha to come and kill the monkey. Even the dignified bald monk leader has to enter the Heavenly Court's bureaucratic system, which gives you an idea of ​​how deep the bureaucratic system in the Eastern mythological world is. Super S-rank monsters are plentiful, and even the main gods in the Eastern mythological world have to be as careful as turtles. Those evil gods in the void are even more likely to secretly deceive those weak-willed Buddhist thieves and naive Taoist qi-cultivating otaku.

As for the reason...

One of the Yellow-Clad King's clones was killed by those old Taoist immortals and used to refine pills. They even had a disgusted expression on their face, as if they had "If we can't find any precious natural treasures, we'll just have to make do with this little demon who looks promising but didn't manage to cause any trouble" written all over his face.

At that time, this guy became a laughing stock among the evil gods, and the one who laughed the most was the one who tricked him into entering that world—Silver-haired Nyaruko.

This is why, recently, this silver-haired guy has been in charge of finances, and apart from the Black Goat Mother, no other evil god dares to speak up. Actually, regarding Saya's issue, everyone belatedly discovered the silver-haired guy's machinations (why some ordinary human scientists can summon him using the Silver Key), only then realizing with horror that this guy truly deserves the title of evil god—he even betrays his own people.

Of course, these reincarnated beings were unaware of these tales that only circulated among evil gods. But that didn't prevent them from knowing about the defying nature of the belief system. In Eastern fantasy, city gods already possessed the authority to collect, judge, and investigate souls, not to mention those even more powerful ones.

While the gods in Western fantasy are not as overwhelming and shrouded in mystery as those in Eastern fantasy, they have their own unique system – the art of deception!

In Eastern fantasy, the ability to make one's words become law is a high-level supernatural power, something that ordinary immortals (A-rank to S-rank) can only dream of mastering. It's a technique that only the highest-ranking powerful figures can use.

But it's different in Western fantasy! Even a god with a meager amount of divine power can use their incantations to spread nonsense. And for weaker or mid-level gods with their own divine kingdoms, their incantations are already incredibly powerful; within their own kingdoms, their words are practically law. Even the blessed lands and celestial grottoes of Eastern fantasy can't achieve this. As for those with even greater divine power, their incantations are truly heaven-defying…

This is what the reincarnation team is worried about. That hidden A-level boss, after taking over the religious beliefs of the entire human society, even if he has been driven to madness by the faith, is still an incredibly powerful idiot capable of wielding [Extraordinary Divine Power - Life and Death]. Once this devastating weapon is unleashed, even if their team is dozens of times stronger, they will still be instantly annihilated.

Those who went to explore Faerûn back then, the ones who failed were wiped out because of this. Even if you were piloting an EVA and braving the AT field, it wouldn't help. They would just lock on and roll the dice. Oh, I forgot, mortals aren't allowed to roll the dice here, so they would just be instantly killed.

……

After much discussion, the reason why the supernatural society was so well hidden was that, no matter how much the vanguard team discussed it, they were unable to deduce anything without further information. But at least they agreed on one point: they absolutely must not provoke that hidden A-level boss.

In other words, if they don't align themselves with the secular forces, they can only go to the religious side. As for the heretical forces, just look at how bad they are, given how badly they've been decimated by the religious forces.

The vampire princess mentioned in the background caught their attention. Since she was specifically mentioned, it meant that for some time to come, this vampire princess would be considered a protagonist in a certain sense. Her story would essentially revolve around surviving the persecution of religious forces, gradually connecting with hidden heretical groups, and then forging close ties with secular humans who were at odds with the church. Finally, she would form a multi-force alliance to fight the enemy.

If things get a bit melodramatic, this vampire princess might awaken some first or third generation bloodline, become a true ancestor or a prince, and then acquire artifacts or divine attributes left behind by gods from other long-gone religions who were defeated in the war of gods.

Finally, with everyone united and carrying the momentum, they went to war with the A-rank god of faith who was the final hidden boss. In a situation where they were on the verge of death, they finally managed to make that god of faith fall into a deep sleep and pass away... This kind of trope has been used to the point of being overused in the infinite world.

After a brief discussion, the members of the vanguard team were inevitably a bit tired, so they quickly ended the exchange and went to take turns on duty and rest.

However, neither they nor the reincarnation center behind them realized that right here, in a mirror dimension, an evil god had overheard everything. Even under the twilight firelight, this being had held the world-burning demonic sword in his hand several times, contemplating whether to have a barbecue and hot pot...

298. Continue to release the main god of reincarnation.

The quest, the cycle space, the cycle squad… and that obviously Overwatch-style equipment… plus a bootleg Tyrael. This feeling was incredibly familiar! Hidden in the mirror dimension, having tracked these outsiders for most of the day, and then eavesdropping for a while, Sharl finally determined who these guys were.

Damn those infamous dimensional locusts and plot-crushing reincarnators! They're cannon fodder under the command of those damned gods who provide piracy and dimensional smuggling services!

Holy crap, so this world really does have a supreme god and a cycle of reincarnation! And to make matters worse, these dimensional locusts have already set their sights on his world! Holy crap...

Gods, reincarnators… they are synonymous with trouble, representatives of world change, they are… in short, if these reincarnators don't wreak havoc on a world they go to, then they're not truly reincarnators. The kinder ones mostly drop bombs, missiles, and nuclear bombs on the streets. The ruthless ones drop T-viruses, Blacklight viruses, aliens, insectoids, monsters, Ultraman… all over the world…

For these guys, profit is everything. Even if they released the T-virus into this world the next moment, creating a Resident Evil-like alternate world, Xia Er wouldn't be surprised. So, Xia Er immediately planned to eliminate these five bastards. However, just as Xia Er was about to leave the mirror space and strike with his sword, he suddenly remembered… to the main god, aren't reincarnators just cannon fodder? And they can easily produce a large number of new cannon fodder. With an endless supply, even the main god is playing a game of nurturing poison; would the main god care about the death of just five reincarnators?

Clearly, they don't care! If they don't care, who cares about the life or death of these guys? At worst, after this batch dies, the main god can simply send more cannon fodder into his world. These five cannon fodder are nothing in his eyes, even things he can kill with a flick of his wrist. But once these five are gone, will the main god behind them continue to send people over?

Taking down those five guys would be easy and effortless, but if the problem of the main god behind them wasn't resolved, then Xia Er felt he would never have a peaceful day. These groups of five, then ten... are they planning to treat him like a boss and grind him down?!

"The Supreme God? The Supreme God? The Supreme God!?" Xia Er muttered to himself, hiding in the mirror dimension, then looked up at the sky, at the threads connecting this world. Just now, these cannon fodder had arrived along one of those threads, and after they got here, that thread was severed. Did that mean that each thread could only transport one reincarnation team? If all these threads were severed, would that prove that the Supreme God behind these cannon fodder could cut off his means of interfering with this world?

"No! That's not right! Since the god behind these ants can find this world and then extend its tentacles directly, it means that it itself has the ability to find this world directly..."

"Moreover, the biggest problem is that I don't understand how much power these main gods actually have. If it's just a setting from a novel, the main gods basically have the ability to exchange, repair, and transport. Even resurrection requires obtaining items from the mission world to activate."

"If we alert the enemy, although I've never heard of a supreme deity taking action personally, we still can't afford to be unprepared..."

"...Regardless of the circumstances, the remaining threads prove that the main god still has the ability to transport more cannon fodder. Even if it alerts the enemy, we don't care; just to be on the safe side, we should cut them all off first!"

Some of the reincarnators, Xia Er, didn't care. Based on the level of the few below and their conversation, Xia Er could roughly estimate the overall level of these reincarnators. At least these few, within their reincarnation space, were at most slightly elite, around C-rank in their terms. Although he didn't know how the main god behind these cannon fodder had assessed them, Xia Er made a rough estimate.

In terms of physical attributes, even that squishy AP champion is comparable to Captain America. In other words, the average mage's frail physique is nothing compared to him. With a bugged shield and exceptional hand-to-hand combat skills, this guy could easily impersonate Captain America.

Of course, it's not surprising when you think about it. For reincarnators, so-called occupational or bloodline defects are practically non-existent. A certain saintly gorilla dared to combine a mutated vampire bloodline with Taoist qigong—clearly, this wasn't just mutually exclusive, but a completely different system of enhancement! The fact that it didn't explode like a bomb is entirely due to the protagonist's halo.

Anyway, even the physically weakest of these five is comparable to Captain America. Their average fighting ability, while not reaching the level of the Hulk or Thor, is still on par with Iron Man. This level is quite respectable in the Marvel universe; at least they won't be cannon fodder and die in the crossfire.

Five of these weaklings are nothing to Ciel; even if there were ten times that number, he'd still annihilate them instantly. But what about the more powerful ones? Who knows, next time some Hulk or Thor-level beings might appear, and then, who knows, a Celestial God on his level might emerge. A Cosmic God is impossible; that's a GM-level user with a bugged ability in the Marvel Universe. But a Celestial God is a possibility.

As for the five cannon fodder below, once the threads that still connect this world are dealt with, Xia Er has plenty of ways to handle them.

Overwhelmed with longing, Charles disregarded the few remaining cannon fodder and vanished from the mirror dimension in a flash. The next moment, Charles reappeared in the outer grid space of this world, the Blazing Sword in his hand, and slashed directly at the closest thread.

A flash of light, and the thread flickered and extinguished completely. Then, in a flash, Charles shredded the remaining threads one by one. Now, within the grid-like spatial barrier of this world, Charles pressed his hand down, his power reinforcing the barrier. While this might not stop the unknown god's spying, at least if that being sent more cannon fodder into this world, Charles could detect and intercept it immediately.

……

In that world where countless planes overlap, at the very core of the great sphere of light, a series of data began to flow across its surface.

World Number: SB-2333...

2、3、4、5、6号端口被中断……

The connection between port 1 and port 1 is intact; data is being re-evaluated...

Possibilities: 1. Intervention by the world's consciousness; 2. Action by individuals within a belief system marked as Grade A...

Judging from the possibility that the reincarnation center might be exposed, the backup plan is activated, the number of reincarnators deployed is increased, triggering a large-scale war in the target world...

Start execution!

It's past midnight!

299. The Supreme God's Wrong Judgment

Unbeknownst to Charles, after he annihilated all the tentacles of the main god that had reached into this world, the great sphere of light in the reincarnation center of another world swiftly responded.

As mentioned before, the main gods cannot directly access the records of beings like evil gods. If they could, they wouldn't have been hiding for so long, constantly using cannon fodder to conquer worlds. It's precisely because they can't access them that the existence of an evil god in this world wasn't among the first possibilities listed in the large sphere's intelligent judgment program. After all, everyone knows what kind of mess worlds possessed by evil gods are generally like.

They're either picking up trash or rushing headlong down the path to picking up trash.

Therefore, in the judgment of this large sphere of light, the port it used to connect to that world was just severed. In reality, either the original consciousness of this world suddenly sensed something was wrong, and during the automatic detection, it discovered that the port of the reincarnation center that contacted that world was interrupted by the counterattack of the world's original consciousness, except for port 1, which had already sent in the reincarnator and officially transformed into a virus that connected to that world.

Another possibility is that the A-level faith individual in that world, after accumulating sufficient faith, begins to actively integrate with that world, undergoing the process of establishing a divine or Buddhist kingdom on earth. At this point, they discover the port to the reincarnation center and, based on their own judgment, directly extinguish it.

Regardless of the possibility, it signifies the exposure of the Reincarnation Center. If it's only the first possibility, the world's fundamental consciousness won't proactively retaliate. Therefore, the large sphere of light within the Reincarnation Center isn't particularly concerned. However, the second possibility is more problematic. Once the earthly divine kingdom or earthly Buddhist kingdom is completed, it means that the individual will merge with the entire world. At that time, the entire world will become part of this individual, essentially a fully living world. In this case, the Reincarnation Center is very likely to suffer retaliatory attacks.

At that point, it won't just be a simple A-rank boss anymore; it will become a super S-rank monster. The fact that the Supreme God can cultivate S-rank reincarnators doesn't mean it can cultivate a super S-rank god or demon. Besides, that team of three S-rank and seven A+-rank members already completely disrupted the balance under the Supreme God's control. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been deliberately sent by the Reincarnation Center to a comedic storyline world where they came into contact with that overpowered rabbit and were wiped out.

In this situation, if the opponent is close to completing their earthly divine kingdom, the supreme god will definitely back down first, or deliberately leave some traces to lure those who pose a threat to it into encounters with other supreme gods who are equally formidable. For example, the evil gods in the void would be very happy to see such a large cake appear before them, while others, such as the powerful beings in the Eastern mythological world, would be happy to crush such a creature and then use it to refine a magical artifact or make pills. Or it will be devoured by those who have followed the same path and gone even further.

Of course, this world, as determined by the central authority of this great sphere of light, is not one that has reached the final stage. Therefore, at this time, it is advisable to continue sending out lower-level reincarnators to thoroughly disrupt that world. After all, devouring such beings who walk the path of earthly gods and their worlds would be a great boon to the reincarnation center.

Therefore, after the decision was made, those fiber-optic-like threads continuously extended from the core of that reincarnation world, spreading across the endless void and probing directly towards the world numbered SB-2333. At the same time, the members of the reincarnation team called the Vanguard Team, still connected to Port 1, received the mission change immediately.

……

World Number: SB-2333

Task type: Exploration

Mission World Grade: A+

World expansion progress: 5%

World Languages: Synchronized

Currently in the Reincarnation Squad: 1

mission target:

—1. Survival: Survive in this world. The longer you survive, the greater the reward. You must survive for at least one year.

—2. Faction Choice: Choose a faction in this world to join and help that faction defeat the opposing faction;

—3. Find and complete at least 3 side quests and survive team battles;

Completing the above three main tasks will allow you to return to the cycle of reincarnation.

Specific rewards are calculated based on the world's exploration progress. Purely technological weapons that surpass this era will have their power reduced, while magical systems will have their power slightly increased.

……

"Central government, you son of a bitch!!!" x2

"What the hell?! What the hell?!"

"What the hell happened? Did that black-hearted bastard, the Supreme God, explode?!"

Unsurprisingly, the members of all five vanguard teams simultaneously went into a frenzy. The five, who were just about to proceed with their next plan, were suddenly thrown into a panic by the God's unexpected change in mission...

Everyone here is a seasoned veteran; they all know that the missions issued by the main god are generally unchanging unless there's a major plot shift. However, those problems only arise when there's interference from reincarnators or during large-scale battles. But now, this world's reincarnation team consists only of them; they haven't even had time to do anything else, yet the unexpected has occurred.