1: Chapter 1 Waste? SSS-Level Civilization Plunder Awakening

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"Trash should act like Trash, understand?"

A priceless gilded combat boot ruthlessly ground down onto a thin assessment card.

The owner of the boot was Li Ang, the young master of the top-tier Li family in Jiang City.

He looked down at the person in front of him, the contempt and cruelty in his eyes nearly overflowing.

"Jiang Xun, E-Rank Talent, tsk tsk, what a good omen."

Li Ang applied force with the tip of his boot, grinding the card—which symbolized the qualification for deityhood—repeatedly against the ground, as if crushing a disgusting cockroach.

"Do you know? Trash should stay in the Trash can, not come running to places like the Divine Kingdom assessment grounds to be an eyesore."

The corner of the assessment grounds entrance instantly became a small stage.

It was crowded with students waiting for the assessment, casting various gazes.

There was mockery, schadenfreude, and a few students from civilian families showed a trace of pity, but quickly lowered their heads.

Further away, the Proctor responsible for maintaining order glanced over, then turned away indifferently, as if nothing had happened here.

In this era of universal deityhood, Talent is life.

E-Rank Talent is original sin.

It is the bottom-tier cannon fodder destined to be trampled underfoot, where even breathing is a mistake.

Everyone was waiting to see Jiang Xun's reaction—would he throw a punch in anger, or beg for mercy in humiliation?

But Jiang Xun just stood there quietly.

He wore a plain, somewhat faded school uniform, his figure standing tall, with thin-rimmed glasses perched on the bridge of his nose.

His hands were in his pockets, his expression terrifyingly calm.

He even gave Li Ang a faint, almost imperceptible smile.

This smile completely infuriated Li Ang.

He wanted the terrified wails of his prey, not this eerie calmness!

"You f***ing dare to laugh?"

Li Ang grabbed Jiang Xun by the collar and slammed him hard against the cold wall, his handsome features twisted with rage.

"Do you think I'm joking with you?"

"Let me tell you, during the practical assessment later, I will match with you first!"

"I will personally crush your Divine Kingdom core in front of the whole school! Then I'll drag out your initial believers one by one, skin them, pull out their tendons, and turn them into the most lowly slaves for my Undead Legion!"

"I want you, and all the Trash who look down on me, to know what happens when you offend me, Li Ang!"

The vicious threat echoed in the corner.

The surrounding air seemed to drop several degrees.

Some female students were even scared enough to cover their mouths.

Brutally killing living believers and converting them into undead creatures was a cruel and taboo practice according to the Law of deities.

Yet Li Ang said it so recklessly.

Because he had the capital to do so.

An A-Rank Undead Control Talent, a Silver-Rank Undead Civilization, and a father who served as the director of the Deity Administration Bureau.

Jiang Xun was pressed firmly against the wall by him, his eyes behind the lenses showing no ripples.

He looked at Li Ang's face, twisted by jealousy and tyranny, but in his mind, he was thinking about completely unrelated matters.

As a graduate student in history, he had seen too many of these clowns in countless piles of old papers—those who thought they were something because of their family background, only to be crushed into dust by the wheels of time.

Compared to those people, the Li Ang before him was still somewhat immature.

Yes, a history graduate student.

Three days ago, he was still staying up late for a thesis on the rise and fall of ancient civilizations. When he opened his eyes again, he had arrived in this era of universal deityhood and become an eighteen-year-old boy, also named Jiang Xun.

A poor wretch who had just awakened an E-Rank Trash Talent, was mocked by the whole school, and was targeted everywhere by this Li Ang.

However, at the very moment Li Ang's threat reached its peak.

At the very moment when the surrounding mocking laughter was most piercing.

A cold, emotionless, mechanical voice exploded deep within his mind!

[Detected that the host's Divine Soul has received strong stimulation, Rank barrier broken...]

[Re-evaluating Talent Rank...]

[Evaluation complete!]

[Congratulations to the host, you have awakened the unique SSS-Rank Talent—Civilization Plunder!]

Boom!

It was as if a thunderclap of creation had split open the Chaos!

Jiang Xun's pupils suddenly constricted.

[Civilization Plunder]

[Rank: SSS-Rank (Unique)]

[Effect 1: After winning a Divine War, you will have a 100% chance to plunder all of the enemy deity's civilization achievements, including but not limited to: Cultivation Technique, technology, Law, troop types, building blueprints...]

[Effect 2: All plundered civilization achievements will undergo perfect, conflict-free Fusion and can be infinitely upgraded.]

[Effect 3: After plundering a civilization, you will obtain the complete memory of that civilization's rise and fall, automatically avoiding all development traps.]

A continuous stream of information, like a data waterfall, flashed across Jiang Xun's retina.

His heart, after being silent for three days, finally beat violently.

So, this was his true reliance.

Not some E-Rank Talent.

But the one and only, SSS-Rank!

"Scared? Too late!"

Seeing that Jiang Xun was finally no longer wearing that dead-man face, Li Ang thought his threats had worked, and the smugness on his face grew even more intense.

He released Jiang Xun's collar, straightened his expensive trench coat, and resumed his high-and-mighty Prodigy posture.

"Enjoy your last bit of time as a 'human'."

"Soon, you and your believers will become a part of my great battle record."

After speaking, he took his group of lackeys and walked arrogantly toward the VIP passage of the assessment venue amidst a chorus of flattery.

From beginning to end, he didn't look at Jiang Xun again.

A hunter never looks back at the prey that has already been locked on.

The farce in the corner was over.

The crowd gradually dispersed.

Jiang Xun silently straightened his wrinkled collar, then slowly bent down.

He picked up the assessment card from the ground, which was covered in dust and had a clear shoeprint on it.

He carefully wiped away the stains on it bit by bit with his fingers.

"Name: Jiang Xun".

"Awakened Talent: E-Rank".

The E-Rank label, looking at it now, was no longer so blindingly harsh.

Instead, it was like a perfect protective camouflage.

He adjusted his glasses, the lenses reflecting a sharp, cold light that no one noticed.

The roles of hunter and prey were about to be swapped.

Jiang Xun tucked the assessment card into his pocket, looked up, and gazed in the direction where Li Ang had disappeared.

The faint, almost imperceptible smile at the corner of his mouth reappeared.

"Li Ang is still waiting to see me beg for mercy on my knees."

"But he doesn't know that his Undead Civilization, which he is so proud of, is about to belong to the Jiang family."