I Don't Agree to the Terms

Chapter 912 482: The End of Dharma in a High-Energy World (Part 2)

This thing should be like the pages of the Time History Book, because he is not human, he couldn't be identified, which led to him being stuck on the screen.

He is not human, so he can't specifically probe himself.

"Strange, isn't identification supposed to use a corresponding scan? Why didn't I feel it." Gu Shanhai found it a bit odd.

He then reached out and tapped the monitor, hoping the other side would give some response.

"If I can't log in, I'll have to unpack it." Gu Shanhai was a bit exasperated; the official process was stuck, so he had to resort to unconventional means.

His Spiritual Sense ventured into the old computer and quickly located the game body of "Road of Civilization." This game was the virtual platform Gu Shanhai had previously pinpointed through the quantum collider, meaning the core was not the computer, but the game built by this virtual platform.

"Like a hedgehog, wrapped up tight, it's a bit difficult to unpack."

Gu Shanhai quickly found the core of "Road of Civilization," but the firewall was extremely sophisticated.

"The source of the energy environment's inertia and Transcendent suppression in this world seems to be caused by this game?"

As he delved deeper into the analysis, Gu Shanhai naturally saw quite a few issues.

"Or to put it more simply, this game is the source of the energy environment's inertia, likely because it absorbs essence-like things from other worlds through this game."

Commonly known as indigestion.

Which means despite having seized something and consumed it, the inability to digest properly led to the high energy level but unusable End of Dharma.

The next best method is to initiate a Spiritual Energy revival, completely activating the original energy inertia.

However, this difficulty is ridiculously large.

The energy level is too high to activate easily; facing an entire world's energy environment, even Gu Shanhai wasn't confident.

Of course, he wasn't planning to initiate a Spiritual Energy revival, no need to waste thoughts on it, little profit with high cost, better to study this "Road of Civilization" platform.

"Quite some means, I actually can't solve it!"

For once, Gu Shanhai showed a rare expression of shock.

"Could this thing be something similar to Heavenly Dao or world will?"

This identity's possibility is as high as eighty percent, expressing it as similar because its operational mode is different.

Take the world will as an example, it inherently possesses self-awareness, capable of further controlling and interfering with the world itself, while Heavenly Dao is more like a certain operational logic, existing not for Yao, and perishing not because of Jie.

However, this world's "Road of Civilization" is different; it manifests as a game, using the hands of intelligent beings for its planning and growth.

It must be said, perhaps it was this decision that enabled this world to have such a high energy level.

However, there are also many risks, for example, if the controller's own ability is insufficient, the plundered source would be much inferior.

"Finally found an access port." After a day of fiddling, Gu Shanhai found a breakthrough through a firewall test opening.

"This shows that 'Road of Civilization' definitely has more than one player, thus avoiding player ability issues."

Gu Shanhai's expression remained unchanged, but he was delighted at heart.

And he smoothly found the issue causing him not to be identified.

Normal players naturally don't need complicated registration because they are natives of this world, with a corresponding database in the world. Gu Shanhai, being an outsider, lacked a legitimate identity, plus his excessive power and race, the world's and his own concealment ability, among many reasons, prevented the game from letting Gu Shanhai in normally.

If the page of the Time History Book in his hand could be used normally, he could enter normally, as the page could upload his identity data into the world, granting him a legitimate identity as a native.

He could also do it himself, but it was risky; the Time History Book page was uploading, whereas he would be invading. So, he preferred using a less risky and more convenient way to tackle "Road of Civilization."

Fortunately, a new player had previously emerged, who went through one-click registration and identification programs, and Gu Shanhai took this opportunity to successfully register himself.

Then the screen started to change, transforming into a game options screen.

The options were New Game, Continue Game, and Exit Game.

"Damn it!"

Gu Shanhai was a bit helpless. Among the three game options, only Exit Game was selectable; both New Game and Continue Game were grayed out, and no matter how many sparks flew from their mouse clicks, there was no response.

"Have to do it myself again." Gu Shanhai could be sure this was definitely caused by the identification program malfunctioning again.

"It would be best to inherit the other party's game progress rather than starting a new game."

He guessed that if he continued the game, the chosen civilization would most likely be the world where the Da Xuan Dynasty and Demon Domain exist.

"So the Modern Law Demon's eternal proofing is actually a game mechanic?!"

"To be honest, it really is; as long as the level and skills improve, how could one fall?"

Upon arriving at this conjecture, Gu Shanhai couldn't help but exclaim inwardly.

Upon further inspection, doesn't that secret realm look like an instance?

As for the Demon Race, it's even simpler—wild monsters.

"This truth is indeed extraordinary."

Regarding the fate of gods and demons, Gu Shanhai suspected it also related to the game mechanics, but what the relationship was, he wasn't sure for the moment.

"Moreover, the time ratio might be problematic; the world I'm currently in likely has a much slower time flow rate than the world where the Da Xuan Dynasty is."

"Gotta resolve this quickly."

Gu Shanhai hacked into "Road of Civilization" again, and this time it was within the firewall since he had logged into the game anyway.

While making modifications, Gu Shanhai noticed the game options interface showed distortion and garbled text, evidently due to his invasion.

Using this as a springboard would certainly be affected.

"There are players already; it seems it's an inheritance system." Gu Shanhai attempted to import and inherit data, only to find a data conflict occurred.

Which meant a new player had already started in the world of the Da Xuan Dynasty.

"Unfortunately, my authority isn't enough, otherwise I would've found that player and killed them directly." Gu Shanhai felt a bit regretful.

Robbing isn't possible now; doing so at this stage would raise "Road of Civilization's" alertness, so his only choice now was to switch to another world.

Moreover, Gu Shanhai couldn't find the other party; he needed to control "Road of Civilization" at a fundamental level to acquire that player's data. If he had such an ability, he'd simply kick the other party out instead of resorting to physical annihilation.

"Wait a minute, it seems it isn't impossible either."

Gu Shanhai discovered that within a world, more than one player could exist; multiple players could also be present.

Currently, there's only one slot available in the world of the Da Xuan Dynasty, and if Gu Shanhai could open up another slot, he could squeeze in.

"However, doing so carries some risk."

The world of the Da Xuan Dynasty has only one slot, making such an action tantamount to challenging "Road of Civilization" itself.

"I'll gamble; if I fail, I can just change my identity. With my disguise and concealment, catching me won't be that easy."

Gu Shanhai didn't want to start from scratch and was rather planning to take a leap forward.

The loss actually wasn't that great.

"If I really fail, then I can control a player as a proxy, although finding one might be a bit difficult."

"Road of Civilization" doesn't have many players; although Gu Shanhai couldn't find specific information while hacking, he did see the number of players.

This indicates that "Road of Civilization" doesn't select players randomly but through a process of screening, requiring certain qualifications.

And these qualifications, likely only a few people possess.