453: Chapter 452 Jointly Punish Chu Xuan

Although it had only been a few short hours, countless people had already posted shared cases of their participation in mandatory missions across major video networks, forums, and message boards, sparking intense discussion.

In response, the authorities specifically established a forum named "Transcendent Alliance" for people to share and discuss.

The authorities also pinned and publicly displayed basic information regarding Transcendent Ranks, skill usage, and Specters—such as power classifications and basic identification methods—on this forum for everyone to view for free.

The forum had just been established, yet the number of followers had already exceeded ten million, and the number of posted thread pages had already reached 999+.

[As a participant, I have summarized the shared cases. Although the failure penalty for these mandatory missions is mandatory erasure, in reality, the difficulty is mostly matched to one's own Rank and strength.]

[Indeed! The residential compound next to mine turned into a zone of The Gloom. I saw over a dozen people go in one after another; they must have become Transcendents long ago. However, as someone who also bound to the System, I haven't received any mandatory missions yet. This likely has to do with the fact that I am only Rank 1.]

[Although I didn't participate in a mandatory mission, I have seen too many people die! I don't know if everyone has paid attention to the World Channel on the System? The original number of online users was over 5 billion, but now only about 4 billion remain. Where did those missing people go? It hasn't even been 8 hours yet!]

[Although the apocalypse has arrived and Specters are running rampant, humanity may not be without hope. As long as everyone completes the daily missions, they can obtain the corresponding spirituality value.]

[But the daily mission requires killing a Specter! I just bound to the System, and although I already have one Transcendent Skill, my average attributes are only 7 points. Yet, it requires me to kill a Specter today. Where am I supposed to find a Specter? With someone like me, even if I found a Specter, could I kill it?]

[Hehe! I have already obtained a 10-point spirituality value reward today. The daily mission was to prepare meals for one hundred people and then have the System recycle them. Completing the mission grants another 10 points of spirituality value—it's awesome!]

[Mine is even simpler! My mission today is just to stay alive. I have already decided to stay at home today and not go out... Someone come and save me! There is a monster banging on the door outside, my house is located at...]

Chu Xuan briefly browsed through the posts on the forum. His gaze fixed on the information posted by one person, and he couldn't help but shake his head.

This person clearly didn't have enough time to finish sending their distress message before a Specter broke through the door.

At the same time, Chu Xuan also discovered that his previous guess had some errors. It wasn't that everyone's daily mission was to slay a Specter; clearly, this was related to their current situation.

However, what surprised him slightly was that there were actually people whose mission was to cook?

Soon, Chu Xuan's attention was drawn to several other posts that were clearly published by veteran Transcendents.

[Everyone, do not be deceived by Revelation! I just came out of a zone of The Gloom; it was a large river. Twelve of us were being chased by Specters, and we just needed to cross the river within the specified time. But damn it, that river had a targeted restriction; only those whose stamina and strength attributes matched their Rank could swim across. Several of my companions all died there! Revelation bewitched us into using all our resources to increase the Charm attribute—it is a massive scam!]

[I am in a similar situation! Most of my spirituality value was used to increase Charm. I just went through a road racing mission; if not for my ability to fly, I would definitely have died there...]

[Everyone pay attention, the rules have changed! From now on, the attributes that can be increased at each Rank are limited! I am the one who gullibly believed Revelation's words and focused on increasing the Charm attribute! I was previously Rank 7, but now my strength can only be added to 62 points before it cannot be increased further, until I just promoted to Rank 8, then I can continue adding points! But with the increase in Rank, more spirituality value is needed... Besides that, when I reach Rank 10, my strength attribute can only be increased to a maximum of 92 points! And my stamina, agility, and spirit—these attributes are even lower. If there are no accidents, it will be impossible for them to ever reach 90 points. Do not doubt my words; I know a Rank 10 big shot whose agility and strength attributes are only 72 points. Before today, it only required 8 attribute points to increase, but now it requires a full 10 attribute points. It's too much of a scam...]

[I regret it so much! I should have firmly believed in Chu Xuan!]

[Chu Xuan, I know I was wrong. Where are you? Can you come out and issue a statement to tell us what we should do next?]

[Chu Xuan, you must know something, right? I heard your Talent is Heaven's Secrets, and that there is guidance from destiny in the dark. Please, tell us how we should walk the path ahead?]

[Chu Xuan, I kneel before you. I sincerely repent. Please give us another chance...]

[Haha! You all deserve it! He was live-streaming the slaying of an S-rank Specter to the whole internet, and even then, people still doubted him. Where is your brain?]

Chu Xuan lowered his eyes, continuously scrolling through his phone, when suddenly a pop-up window jumped out and appeared on the phone screen.

It was a video frame.

A figure wearing formal attire, with their face shrouded in a soft glow emanating from their entire body, sat upright on a high-backed chair. They spoke solemnly in a low voice:

"Everyone, I have received the Revelation given by the world! This is the Gloom Invasion, a collision of rules, which has derived a restriction targeting all of humanity.

But please do not panic. As long as you kill Chu Xuan, the culprit, this restriction will naturally be lifted. Your other shortcoming attributes will automatically increase, and depending on the level of your Charm attribute, you will additionally awaken different Talents."

"Otherwise, only after promoting your Rank and converting all attributes into real attribute will you be unaffected! However, if your base attributes are insufficient, completing the Rank promotion trial is almost impossible..."

"Therefore, Chu Xuan must die! He is the biggest obstacle for all of humanity in resisting the Gloom Invasion!"

"I ask all aspiring individuals to go to the capital together and help me slay Chu Xuan!"

"It happens today!"

Having said this, the person's voice paused slightly. Their gaze looked directly into the camera; although their appearance could not be seen, a pair of dazzling eyes suddenly flashed with light.

"Chu Xuan, you betrayed humanity, turned your back on the world, and willingly fell into becoming a weird creature. Do you not have even a shred of shame? I know you have been looking for me. I am giving you a chance; I hope you do not run away..."

As the voice finished, the video frame instantly disappeared from the phone.

"Still spouting demagoguery..."

Chu Xuan's eyes revealed a murderous intent.

Today happened to be the day the national Night Watchers offline conference was set to begin.

And Revelation had appeared once again to bewitch people.

No need to think; there would definitely still be people who believed Revelation's words, especially those Transcendents who had already chosen to increase their Charm attribute.

Today, a large number of Transcendents would inevitably head to the capital.

"Could it be that there is some conspiracy..."

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly and continued to browse through the relevant information.

The vast majority of people scoffed at Revelation's remarks, believing that the other party was further slandering Chu Xuan and bewitching more people to continue adding to Charm. It was definitely a conspiracy; the more Charm points added, the faster they would die later on.

[Can this be believed? It's fooling fools!]

[Support Chu Xuan, Revelation go to hell! I am rushing to the capital right now. Whoever dares to slay Chu Xuan, I will be the first to steal their peaches!]

[Let's go to the capital together!]

[At such a critical juncture, what everyone should do is stay in their own cities and not run around. That is the greatest contribution to the country and to resisting Specters.]

[I think heading to the capital is still the best choice. We can't just watch Chu Xuan get besieged, right? And gathering a large number of Transcendents can not only help Chu Xuan but also better ensure our own safety...]

However, amidst the overwhelming number of posts, quite a few people also expressed belief in Revelation and listed various arguments. Although they were quickly refuted by others, and their accounts were even directly banned, they still kept popping up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

Subsequently, an emergency press conference represented by the Minister of the Inspection Department, Liu Fumin, was live-streamed across the entire internet.

The press conference was not long, but the words were concise and to the point. The theme was "Fully support and cooperate, unite closely with Chu Xuan as the core, jointly resist the Gloom Invasion, and resolutely and severely crack down on all lawbreakers inciting public opinion."

Afterwards, it urged those who had already embarked on a path against humanity not to continue making mistakes and to turn back as soon as possible.

Afterwards, the video was broadcast, and investigations were carried out in various places. In a short time, they traced the IP addresses along the network cables to find some Transcendents who were inciting public opinion and arrested them on the spot.

It turned out that some of the Transcendents who resisted arrest actually transformed into terrifying-looking monsters on the spot.

"Most people find it very difficult to recognize their own mistakes; they are either deceiving themselves, or they are prepared to go down a dark path to the end..."

Taking a deep breath, Chu Xuan put his phone back into his Exclusive Space, took out the greed tank, tilted his head back, and chugged a large mouthful of high-grade life essence, then transformed into a blurred afterimage and left the hilltop.

It was already nearly 8 o'clock. He wanted to... next was to prepare for today's dream entry.

In the last dream, [Future Tang Zheng] had said they would head to another world to track down the whereabouts and traces of Revelation.

He just didn't know if he could find traces related to this blank history, especially regarding what was about to happen today.

Besides that, there was also another consciousness within his body that was clearly related to the [Purifier] sequence; it was necessary to ask that entity as well.

However, before that, he still had to convert all the gains from this time into strength first.