783: System and Lucky Guy

"Optimize the System so that 'supporting characters' can, under the System's guidance, reasonably snatch 'protagonist' Opportunities, eventually replace the 'protagonists', and drive the general trend of the Destiny Realm?"

Repeating what Ling had said, Yang Dian smiled again.

Ling's idea was exactly the same as his.

"I think so too, but it's not that easy."

As he thought this, Yang Dian glanced at his 11-digit energy count.

During the three months in the Destiny Realm, he naturally wouldn't just spend his time scavenging for resources.

Consuming resources while acquiring them to strengthen himself was something he had always been doing.

He also hadn't neglected the task of integrating the Dao of Fate into the System.

Unfortunately, Fate was too profound. Even with energy to assist his martial cultivation in comprehending the Laws of Fate, his insights into Fate remained minimal.

To summarize with data.

Currently, when Yang Dian used the power of Fate, he could only control people and objects within a radius of 800 kilometers, making events within this range play out according to the script he had set.

Moreover, the people in the script could not be too strong.

Because his comprehension of the Laws of Fate was not yet perfected, he could only fully control beings at Rank 2 (Star-Patrolling Realm) and below. Once he used the power of Fate to influence Rank 3 (Star Dome Realm) beings, they would notice something was amiss.

As for those of the same Rank?

He could influence them, but the duration was extremely limited.

During a battle, he might be able to decide the outcome through such influence, but if he wanted to make those of the same Rank act according to his scripted plan?

That was still somewhat beyond his capabilities.

This was the case even when he exerted his full power to unleash the power of Fate, let alone trying to add the power of Fate into the System and refining it into a 'Fate Treasure'.

After adding the power of Fate to the System, it could only peer into the 'Destiny' within a 30-kilometer diameter, slightly influence Mortals and Rank 1 (Transcendent Realm) beings, and was completely ineffective against beings at Rank 2 (Star-Patrolling Realm) and above.

Furthermore, the energy consumption was enormous; using the power of Fate within the System to influence others was a completely losing business.

After telling Ling about the whole situation, Ling had a different idea:

"Commander, first of all, you must know that the opponents you encounter and the opponents ordinary people encounter are not of the same Rank."

"Your opponents are at the level of Rank 4 Star-Shattering, with Divine Sense covering all directions and capable of exploding stars with a single thought."

"But most people in the country are only in the Mortal Body Realm or Transcendent Realm."

"Placed in the context of the Universe, they are just a bunch of unranked, newly entered Rank 1 small fries who don't even qualify as cannon fodder."

"A 'Destiny Guidance' with a 30-kilometer diameter might be just right for them."

"If the range were any larger, without the strength, they might not even have the power to travel to the location indicated by Destiny."

Yang Dian was stunned for a moment.

"What you say actually makes sense."

Rank 1, which is the Transcendent Realm, even at the Late Stage of the Transcendent Realm, is only at the level of destroying a city.

And that is only in the absence of powerhouses or technology of the same Rank; destroying buildings on the surface causes extremely limited damage to the earth itself.

With such strength, giving them an 'Opportunity Radar' that could scan a radius of several thousand kilometers might do more harm than good.

Thinking of this, Yang Dian subconsciously nodded slightly.

"In that case, I will first create the 2.0 version of the System."

Having made his decision, Yang Dian immediately began to design the 2.0 version of the System.

"First, the function of teleporting directly to the Emerald Dragon Star after encountering life-threatening danger remains unchanged."

Ling added:

"Commander, perhaps we can hide this function."

"The reason people can unleash their potential when facing death is because of their appreciation for life and their fear of death."

"If the citizens knew that facing death wouldn't result in death, it would undoubtedly mean losing an Opportunity for a desperate outburst of potential."

"Besides that, I have always acknowledged the citizens' ability to court death."

"If the citizens knew that even facing a fatal crisis they wouldn't die, they might treat seeking the thrill of death as a game of walking on the edge of life and constantly court death."

Yang Dian smiled upon hearing this:

"There are pros and cons."

"If we tell them, they might court death."

"But if we don't tell them, some people are too cautious and will lose too many Opportunities."

After thinking about it, Yang Dian decided to follow Ling's suggestion.

"Let's go with your idea first: don't tell them that encountering a fatal crisis will trigger a life-saving mechanism that teleports them to the Emerald Dragon Star."

"Besides that, we must make those who have encountered a fatal crisis keep their mouths shut, keep it a secret, and not go around shouting about it."

A trace of mischievousness appeared on Yang Dian's face:

"I'm really curious what kind of expression those people will have after they survive a fatal crisis."

The mischievousness on his face flashed and vanished, and Yang Dian turned his attention back to the 2.0 version of the System.

"Fate is one of the most essential rules in the world."

"Every fluctuation of Fate is the beating of the world's pulse."

"Every change in the thread of Fate will cause fluctuations in the Origin."

While murmuring, the crystal-clear thread of Fate in Yang Dian's hand became somewhat dim.

The light falling around it seemed to weaken inexplicably.

Devouring, this was Devouring.

Yang Dian had added Devouring into Fate.

Having roamed a thousand small worlds of the Destiny Realm and obtained countless Legacies within those small worlds, with the reinforcement of various secret techniques, Yang Dian was now more adept at using other rules.

This included the rule of Devouring.

Although he couldn't create black holes with a wave of his hand, using his innate abilities to add some ingredients to the threads of Fate was no longer a difficult task.

"Fluctuations in the Origin will create flaws."

"I can follow this flaw and let the rule of Devouring suck a mouthful of the Origin."

"Although it's not much at once, it excels in being long-lasting."

"If over a billion people install the System, the quantity will be substantial and fulfilling."

"If everyone could contribute a little energy every day..."

Thinking of the days when he could earn 1 billion energy daily with his eyes closed, Yang Dian felt a sense of anticipation.

"Add it, add it, add it all."

"And Ling, what you said is also right. Trying to fight for Opportunities without sufficient strength is just throwing one's life away."

"Therefore, the System will be tiered."

"Rank 0 Mortal Body Realm, the System can only peer into Opportunities and Destiny within a 10-kilometer diameter centered on oneself."

"Rank 1 Transcendent Realm, the System's influence range is 30 kilometers."

"Rank 2 Star-Patrolling Realm, the influence range should reach 300 kilometers or even further."

"It's just that I don't have enough strength right now to create such a System."

"It can be upgraded later."

"As for the upgrade method..."

"The Systems distributed are sub-Systems; the main System will be placed in the Earth's core, which is inside the territory map."

"Once they have enough strength, they can enter the territory map to load and upgrade..."

After a while, the main System, containing all of Yang Dian's insights into the Dao of rules, was completed, and Yang Dian began to manually craft the sub-Systems.

After crafting a batch of sub-Systems, Yang Dian blinked when he thought about crafting the second batch.

"Damn it, this shouldn't be happening. How did I become a workaholic?"

"I should comprehend the rule of Replication; with just a thought, I could replicate things a million times. Otherwise, it's too much of a waste of time."

"Forget it, let's keep crafting for now. While repeatedly manufacturing, I can search for traces of the rule of Replication within the repetition."

"Also..." Muttering, a trace of mischievousness appeared on Yang Dian's face:

"First, select a batch of lucky ones and send them the System..."