novelraw Chapter 120 : Jiang Li’s Resolve
Chapter 120 : Jiang Li’s Resolve
Chapter 120: Jiang Li’s Resolve
Jiang Li stood there in a daze, his mind buzzing loudly.
Lin Zhihua was not a scavenger, not a vagrant. He had a respectable job, had money, and could be said to have lived a life free from worries about food and clothing.
However, in front of those Transcendents, in front of the so-called “Game of Gods”, everything he had amounted to nothing.
A living, breathing life had been erased so easily, simply because he happened to be at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and was “caught in the aftermath”.
What chilled Jiang Li’s heart and enraged him even more was the government’s attitude.
Not punishing the murderer, not protecting the people, but appeasement, currying favor, tacitly allowing the Transcendents to do whatever they pleased.
In the face of power, so-called law, morality, and order were as fragile as a sheet of thin paper.
The lives of ordinary people, in the eyes of Transcendents, might not even be worth as much as ants.
He recalled the thought he once had: selling the invitation and exchanging it for a lifetime of food and clothing without worry.
At this moment, that thought was like a flame doused with icy water, completely extinguished.
So what if he had no worries about food and clothing? So what if he had money?
When true Transcendent power descended, when the flames of war from the “Game of Gods” spread to his side, he would still be that unarmed mortal, at others’ mercy, liable to be slaughtered at any time, and to die inexplicably just like Lin Zhihua.
Looking at the grief-stricken Old Lin couple before him, Jiang Li clenched his fists tightly, his fingernails digging deep into his palms.
The fear and rejection he had always felt toward Transcendent power were, at this moment, completely replaced by a deeper rage and an instinctive desire to survive.
He felt an unprecedented pain—sorrow at the fate of the weak, and even more so despair at his own insignificance.
He no longer hesitated.
To live, he had to possess power.
To live, he had to become a Transcendent.
That black invitation was no longer a dangerous hot potato, no longer a commodity that could be exchanged for a comfortable life, but the only, and final, lifeline.
He was going to participate in the game.
He was going to grasp Transcendent power.
Even if the road ahead was a mountain of blades and a sea of fire, even if what awaited him was a bottomless abyss, he had no other choice.
He had to break free from the quagmire of being a mortal and reach for that forbidden fruit capable of changing fate.
He was going to fight for himself, fight for all the innocent lives that had perished like Lin Zhihua, and fight for all the mortals who had no power to resist in the face of Transcendents.
He turned around, bowed deeply to the dazed Old Lin couple, and then resolutely walked out the door.
After returning to his room, Jiang Li made up his mind, and then he took out that 【Eye of Destruction】.
The eerie aura emanating from this eyeball grew stronger and stronger, even making his palm feel a slight sting.
It silently reminded Jiang Li of its existence, and of what it represented… destruction.
Jiang Li took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the palpitations in his heart.
He was not someone willing to be manipulated by fate.
Since he was already at the center of the vortex, then he could only go with the flow, or even… swim against it!
“If it cannot be avoided, then control it.”
He stared at the invitation in his hand, his gaze gradually growing deep.
He began to calmly analyze everything before him.
He now possessed two of the rarest things: an invitation, and a Transcendent artifact.
This meant that he had the qualification to enter the game, and also a trump card to preserve his life, or even counterattack, in the early stages of the game.
The key lay in how to make good use of these two cards—this was the crucial factor in whether he could survive this Game of Gods!
Afterward, his gaze once again focused on the 【Game of Gods Invitation】.
“Since I’m going to play, then I’ll play a big one.”
Night had already fully fallen. In the distance, the lights of Zhucheng shimmered faintly, like a bizarre and illusory dreamscape.
And he, Jiang Li—an ordinary person who had just obtained a “Transcendent admission ticket”—was about to step into this dream with one foot, to stir up that unfathomably deep muddy water.
“Eye of Destruction… invitation…”
Jiang Li silently recited the names of these two items in his heart.
He knew that it was no longer possible for him to return to that kind of mediocre life he once had.
From now on, he had to become a brand-new Jiang Li.
A Jiang Li who could survive in this Transcendent era, and moreover… grasp his own destiny.
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After Jiang Li made the decision to participate in this Transcendent trial known as the “Game of Gods”,
he began searching online everywhere for information about the “Game of Gods” and “Transcendents”.
Although the government had already disclosed information about Transcendents to the public, and the “Game of Gods” was no longer a secret to ordinary people,
all he could find online was extremely vague information. Truly concrete and useful details—such as the abilities of Transcendents, or what kinds of Transcendent artifacts had appeared—were basically impossible to find.
All of this was monopolized by the official government and Transcendent forces.
Yes, after the United Nations announced the existence of Transcendents, the Dragon Nation government swiftly passed a series of laws concerning Transcendents, including laws permitting the existence of civilian Transcendent organizations.
The regulations stipulated that Transcendents unwilling to join the official system could form their own factions, but they had to abide by the Dragon Nation’s Transcendent management regulations. Otherwise, they would be deemed illegal organizations and be hunted down by the Dragon Nation’s official agencies and Bureau 869.
Therefore, aside from Bureau 869, many non-official Transcendent forces had now emerged within the Dragon Nation. Among them, the most famous civilian Transcendent forces within the Dragon Nation were Star Palace and the Ascension Alliance.
The Ascension Alliance was backed by formidable capital forces and accepted all Transcendents without discrimination. Its conditions were even no worse than Bureau 869, yet it was freer than Bureau 869, and thus was favored by many Transcendents.
Star Palace, on the other hand, was mysterious and unfathomable. They never recruited external Transcendents. They would issue game invitations to ordinary people they took a liking to, and only those who survived the Game of Gods could become members of Star Palace. Therefore, although Star Palace did not have many members, it was united and powerful.
After a whole night of searching, Jiang Li took a deep breath, trying to calm his complicated emotions through deep breathing, forcing himself to accept this cruel reality—today’s Game of Gods was simply too difficult!
Those players who held invitations from the official authorities or major powers formed a dimensional crushing advantage over other ordinary players.
According to the information he had gathered, the survival rate of ordinary players was only one-tenth that of players backed by major forces!
Just as Jiang Li’s head was aching, the invitation erupted with a powerful burst of light that merged into Jiang Li’s mind. Then a cold and majestic voice sounded directly in his consciousness, carrying an unquestionable authority:
【Welcome to ‘Game of Gods’】
【Matching player identity and faction】
【Identity match complete】
【Faction match complete】
【Player: Jiang Li】
【Identity: Medium】
【Faction: Radiance】
【Walking between life and death, seeing through the mist, glimpsing the truth】
【Current map: Zhucheng】
【……】
【Victory conditions: ……】
【Personal victory: if a player can kill more than half of all players, they may obtain a personal victory and will no longer be constrained by faction victory】
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