I've Become the King of Villains in the Game
Chapter 1025 - 668 Collecting Bookmarks

Chapter 1025: Chapter 668 Collecting Bookmarks

Nightfall gradually descends.

The colorful lights illuminate the city.

The southeast corner of Splendid City.

Chen Lun walks down the street, carrying a white cane.

No passerby can see him.

Most of these people’s faces show joyful relief, chatting about the disintegration of the giant orb that disappeared hours earlier over Splendid City.

The local residents were almost scared to death at the time.

Fearing that the sky-covering "star" might crash down.

Fortunately, this catastrophic disaster was averted and the Federation’s relevant departments timely stepped in to provide a reasonable explanation.

All blame was shifted onto the deceased President Gu Qingshu, who had orchestrated all this, planning to join forces with rebels and consolidate power in the Federation.

Everything resolved with his death.

The Holy Church also sent high-ranking officials to endorse, increasing the credibility of the statement. Of course, whether the public believes it or not no longer matters.

Chen Lun walked into a street named "Rogue Street," a relatively inexpensive rental area in Splendid City.

He stopped in front of the seventeenth building.

Looking up towards the tenth floor, the window there is lit, but he knows that strangers live there now.

’Has it been two years since I traveled through time... everything familiar yet strange.’

Chen Lun gazed at his former home.

For a long time, he quietly left.

Before coming here, through divination and blink, he easily found his mother Xue Qiaoru, who abandoned him and his sister Chen Mo years ago. The woman formed a new family, living an utterly ordinary life like most Federation residents.

Chen Lun did not interact with her.

He just glanced from afar and left.

He had no feelings for his mother, and the hatred from his childhood seemed less intense.

Like she was just a stranger.

Chen Lun didn’t exercise any extraordinary powers, just walked through the city aimlessly, watching the night markets and street scenes and listening to the laughter and chatter of young men and women along the way.

Unknowingly, he left Splendid City along "Nerve Avenue" and arrived at a remote area in the suburbs.

Carrying an inexplicable complex emotion even he couldn’t fully grasp, Chen Lun came to a cemetery.

His father Chen Feng is buried here.

The family had no money and couldn’t afford burial in Splendid City, not even purchasing virtual data like an electronic tomb.

A gentle breeze blew, jolting the man watching small movies in the security booth, looking up to find no one at the gate.

Chen Lun found a tombstone in the southwestern corner under the pitch-black night.

He gazed at the black-and-white photo of the man on the stone, silent.

Chen Lun came here not for a memorial but to confirm something.

Had Chen Feng really died?

Yet the ashes in the tomb assured him, dead, truly dead.

Just like his own past experience, there was no deception, no conspiracy, his father indeed died of illness, ashes lay beneath.

But Chen Lun didn’t feel the imagined relief.

His mood grew more complicated.

His mind exploded with countless thoughts.

He thought, crossing to Sun Continent at the time was two years before the game’s "open beta," was it time travel?

However, it wasn’t necessarily so.

’Prophetic memory, most likely Ring Duke used the power of Destiny to transfer future events into my mind in the form of memory in advance... this is something I can do now.’

He lowered his gaze.

Chen Lun only needed to observe any individual’s destiny line, record events that will happen in the next two years, and silently place them into the person’s mind through "mental transmission."

Then the person would surely think they’ve reincarnated back two years ago.

Just like a magician’s sleight of hand.

What seems incredible to onlookers is quite clear and simple for a magician performing tricks.

Once these are revealed, they become tedious.

Without experiencing everything on Sun Continent, with the current authority and strength, crossing and reincarnation seem magical, just fantasy.

However, Chen Lun at this very moment saw through all these tricks.

Soon, he thought of another possibility.

’I thought of utilizing the Ouroboros’s ability to turn reality into illusion, to recreate a blank true self, to walk the "Holy Fire Pathway," in turn devouring the ten divine pathways. Ring Duke couldn’t possibly miss this... so could I be his fabrication?’

Chen Lun’s heartbeat gradually accelerated.

Even feeling fear of his own speculation.

’If so, once I complete all plans, devour the ten divine pathways and become the new god of destiny, would Ring Duke replace me...’

Chen Lun felt an inexplicable awe for Ring Duke.

The mysterious deity, hidden for epochs, guarding Sun Continent, always orchestrates developments of eras and major events with extraordinary strategies and plans.

For salvation, Ring Duke would spare no means.

He had ample reason to suspect Ring Duke would do so.

But soon, Chen Lun dismissed the speculation.

’I’ve really been spooked by Howard...’

He wryly shook his head self-mockingly.

’If I am truly the "true self" fabricated by Ring Duke, why bother with so much guidance and planning, redundant... acting for oneself is meaningless.’

However, Chen Lun is certain that he possesses some characteristics, ensuring Ring Duke is convinced that only he could save Anita World and Sun Continent.

Considering his sister Chen Mo’s experience.

Chen Lun speculated, perhaps his personality was more suitable.

Or his affinity with destiny was high enough, even uncovering the great concept between destiny and Holy Fire.

In conclusion, Ring Duke chose him.

"Phew..."

Chen Lun let out a long breath.

He took off his hat and hung it on a corner of his father Chen Feng’s tombstone, turned around, leaned on it, and sat down on the ground.

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The next day.

Federation Research Center.

The massive circular building was full of technological vibes, pure white throughout, and the rest was composed of large glass curtain walls. It served as structural support while giving a transparent and minimalist impression.

Many high-level individuals from the Azure Holy Church and Federation were already waiting at the entrance. The surrounding streets and even entry points were sealed by armed personnel.

Many uninformed residents were extremely surprised by this.

Although curious, they did not dare to approach and could only stop at the perimeter area, converse, and gaze from a distance.

A black, extended hover limousine drove straight in and parked at the entrance of the Federation Research Center.

The fourteen members of the Polaris Squad stepped out.

The gentlemen were in suits and leather shoes, while the ladies were dressed quite formally.

"Wei Yin, your family must be really wealthy. This car is so comfortable to ride in, and it even has an intelligent virtual driver..."

Su Keying whispered.

She was wearing a fitted women’s suit today, paired with a black skirt and high heels, with her hair up and some light makeup, looking much more mature.

"Memet IV, a luxury car among luxury cars, over six hundred million Credit Points!"

Doghead Gold explained.

Wei Yin just smiled and patted Polaris on the shoulder beside him.

"We’re here to accompany Brother Bei today. If it weren’t for him, how would we have the privilege to see such a grand occasion... Wouldn’t we bring out the best car from the family?"

"Thanks."

Polaris turned his head and smiled, thanking his friends.

At this moment, a high-ranking member of the Azure Holy Church came over.

"Mr. Subei, Ms. Zheng Ling, and everyone else, Your Majesty Jack has arrived, please follow me."

Everyone took a deep breath and followed this bishop, under the watchful eyes of many Federation high officials, walking into the entrance of the research center.

As soon as they entered, they saw three men with terrifying auras standing humbly behind a man in a black hat.

Those three men were Pope Su Hong, and two demi-god level archbishops Fang Yang and Gao Jing.

"Bei, come."

The man in the black hat spoke calmly.

Polaris’s expression tightened, and he respectfully said:

"Yes, teacher."

He strode forward, while the other experienced players in the squad fell behind him by a step and followed him.

Everyone passed through the hall, walked along the corridor, and went straight to the deepest part of the research room, where they saw the giant supercomputer.

The faces of the experienced players showed astonishment and shock.

They exchanged glances, all aware that this was the server for the "Era of Mystery."

"Your Majesty Jack, is right here."

Pope Su Hong bowed his head and gestured towards the gigantic machine, respectfully.

All around, dozens of researchers in white coats burned with ferocious interest. They cautiously watched the man in the black hat who was like the center of attention, with shock that couldn’t be expressed in words.

Is this the King in Azure?

Possessing power comparable to gods, even the high ranks of the Holy Church yield to him.

A man who walked out from the virtual game.

What kind of existence is he...?

"Bei, go retrieve that black disk."

Chen Lun calmly instructed, pointing at the disk plugged into the console.

Polaris nodded heavily.

"Yes, teacher."

He spoke, quickly walked to the console, grabbed the disk, then took a deep breath and pulled it out.

Everything remained normal.

No unexpected occurrences as imagined.

Polaris held the black disk with both hands and approached his teacher, respectfully offering it.

Chen Lun casually accepted it.

The next moment, his pupils contracted.

[S-grade Mysterious Object - Four Seasons Bookmark (fragment)]

Item Description: A bookmark containing the power of destiny, seeming to lack the other parts, currently one fourth of the whole, possessing infinite expansion power, represented as summer.

It has its own name—Blooming Flowers.

Item Effect: Provides immense enhancement to supernatural power’s potency for the holder, offering a certain boost to non-offensive abilities, granting a power increase, and the effect of mysterious expansion.

Item Cost: Uses Sanity as fuel, the rest unknown.

In Chen Lun’s sight, the disk in his hand slowly shed its black "exterior," revealing a card inside.

A pattern of a sea of flowers in the middle.

The shedding black substance didn’t disappear but instead gathered into a mass, forming a semi-transparent, ghostly bright cluster.

[Unique Divinity - Bubble Shadow Authority (Alienation)]

Item Description: The Unique Divinity of the Path of Destiny, possessing infinite "Power of Fabrication," inadvertently contaminated by an unknown outer god during an accident, and its power carrier underwent irreversible change, now possessing the ability to define "game rules."

’Two portions of destiny’s unique divinity!’

Chen Lun’s mind shook.

At this moment, when he held two portions of authority, his thoughts raced, and he instantly comprehended the truth...