5: New member welcome ceremony

Gu Jianghan had no urgency whatsoever about Shi Hao accepting the invitation.

He could easily perceive the predetermined River of Fate.

But if his will were to interfere with it,

everything in the future would be shrouded in an unknown mist.

This kind of unknown, created by his own hands, which even he himself couldn't fully see through, was the ultimate pleasure.

He gently tapped his fingertip in the void, as if operating a most ordinary media player.

The next second,

at the center of the Multiverse Chat Group interface,

a perfectly clear, real-time light screen unfolded.

Like the highest-grade holographic projection,

it displayed the scene of another world before all the group members.

In the image,

it was a chaotic battlefield.

The young man named Shi Hao was awkwardly curled up in a muddy puddle,

hiding himself with tattered runes and messy mud.

He had a gruesome bloodied hole in his chest, and his aura was as weak as a flickering candle in the wind.

He had clearly survived a brutal battle and narrowly escaped.

As soon as the light screen appeared, the Multiverse Chat Group immediately reacted.

【Qi Refiner of the Dharma Ending Era - Gu Yanci】: "Yo, the live broadcast has started? This heavyweight guest's entrance is truly... unique."

【Lingxuan Continent Novice - Lin Moyan】: "He's trying to use runes to disrupt spatial perception, but the energy consumption is huge, and the effect is minimal. His inner Cave Heaven seems to have dried up."

【Qi Refiner of the Dharma Ending Era - Gu Yanci】: "More than dried up, it's practically parched. Look, the pursuers are here! Tsk tsk, three people, and their auras are all much stronger than his. They're going for a complete extermination."

In the light screen, three streaks of light descended from the sky, landing on the battlefield.

Leading them was a middle-aged man with sinister eyes. He looked around and let out a cold laugh.

"That little bastard is nearby. He can't have run far. What a tenacious rat, even after having his Supreme Bone dug out, he can still cause such a big commotion."

Another cultivator kicked away a broken stone, disdainfully saying:

"He's just a wild seed from the lower realm. Without that bone, he's nothing. Catch him and bring him back to the clan. Let him know what it's like to wish he were dead."

The complaints in the Multiverse Chat Group continued.

【Hunyuan World Weakling - Su Qingyuan】: "Filthy words! These mortals have no idea they are blaspheming an existence watched over by my Lord!"

【Qi Refiner of the Dharma Ending Era - Gu Yanci】: "Calm down, calm down, Brother Su. According to this script, next, the villains discover the protagonist, then a round of taunts, and finally the protagonist explodes with power and counter-kills... Oh, no, this unlucky fellow doesn't seem to be able to explode with power."

【Lingxuan Continent Novice - Lin Moyan】: "Based on the strength comparison, the probability of him being instantly killed is 97.8%. The remaining 2.2% is that the opponents might spare his life to torture him."

As if to confirm Lin Moyan's analysis,

the leading middle-aged man's gaze was like lightning, instantly locking onto the muddy puddle where Shi Hao was hiding.

A cruel smile hung on his lips as he walked step by step, his powerful pressure solidifying the surrounding space.

"Found you, rat from the lower realm."

He lifted one foot, and destructive divine light gathered beneath it, stomping down mercilessly towards Shi Hao's head!

The light was so scorching that it almost bleached the entire light screen white!

Just at this critical moment,

Gu Jianghan's thought stirred.

The entire real-time projection light screen instantly froze at that very instant.

A playful smile touched Gu Jianghan's lips.

He looked at the frozen, destructive kick in the light screen, as if appreciating a beautiful work of art.

His thought stirred again, and the paused image began to flow once more.

Just as that divine light was about to crush Shi Hao's head,

the young man in the muddy puddle suddenly opened his eyes. There was no fear in them, only a madness that would burn everything away!

He actually, without hesitation, detonated his last trace of Cave Heaven's origin.

At the cost of destroying his own Dao foundation, he activated the forbidden Blood Escape secret technique!

"Boom—!"

A dense cloud of blood mist exploded, and the powerful impact pushed the pursuer back half a step.

And Shi Hao's figure had already transformed into a faint streak of blood, tearing through the sky, shooting frantically into the distance.

He coughed up blood as he desperately fled, the pursuers behind him roaring in fury and giving chase.

His consciousness began to blur, and scenes flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern.

Why!

He let out a silent roar internally.

Other transmigrators either had systems to rely on or old masters to guide them.

They appeared as favored children of heaven, slaughtering all in their path, surrounded by beauties!

Why did I start in hell the moment I arrived?

My Supreme Bone dug out, hunted by my entire clan, scurrying around like a dog?!

Is it just because I'm unlucky enough to transmigrate to this damned world?

I'm not convinced! I'm not resigned!

This towering resentment and unwillingness became the last fuel that kept him from collapsing.

But fuel eventually runs out.

Escaping to a cliff face,

he could run no more. His body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground, as three streaks of light descended behind him, surrounding him.

"Run, why aren't you running, little bastard, rat from the lower realm?"

The leading middle-aged man looked down on him, his face filled with the cruelty of a cat playing with a mouse.

"Where's your backbone? Where's your unwillingness? Struggle! The more you struggle, the more excited we get!"

A fatal attack struck again.

This time,

Shi Hao didn't even have the strength to activate a secret technique.

The shadow of death completely enveloped him, and his vision plunged into darkness.

In that complete darkness,

only the translucent invitation panel, which he had ignored countless times, still emitted a faint glow.

【You have been invited to join the 'Multiverse 114514 Chat Group'. Do you agree?】

If I die... I'll take someone down with me... This was his last thought.

Not out of hope, but purely out of not wanting to die so ignominiously.

With his last shred of instinct, his scattered consciousness condensed into a point, and he clicked on the 【Agree】 button.

The next moment,

the entire world seemed to have been put on pause.

The cruel smiles on the faces of the three pursuers instantly froze, and the divine light they had unleashed hung suspended in mid-air.

Meanwhile, in the Multiverse Chat Group,

all the members who were lurking simultaneously heard two cold, emotionless system prompts.

【Ding! "Desolate" has joined the Multiverse Chat Group!】

【Ding! New member "Desolate" detected in a dying state, karmic lines on the verge of breaking. Emergency rescue mission automatically triggered!】

【Mission Name: Newcomer's Welcome Ceremony】

【Mission Objective: Eliminate all present targets hostile to group member "Desolate" and ensure his survival.】

【Mission Reward: 500 base points, with additional allocation based on contribution.】

【Do you accept?】

Gu Jianghan "leaned" on his throne of decaying flesh.

Watching the instant silence in the Multiverse Chat Group, followed by the eruption of astonishment,

he finally revealed a truly satisfied smile.

He hadn't done anything.

Yet, this game had already reached the checkmate stage, just as he desired.