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Chapter 394: The 7th Official Copy World Settlement (Long - Please Subscribe, Bookmark, and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 394: Chapter 394: The 7th Official Copy World Settlement (Long Chapter Please Subscribe, Bookmark, and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

[Mission Evaluation in Progress···]

[You ignited the flame!]

He Ao lay in bed, not wanting to move an inch.

This Copy World experience lasted a full six days, longer than any he had encountered before.

During those six days, he had to enhance his strength to C-level and unravel the mysteries that shrouded the entire city, layer by layer.

He had to face a powerful and meticulous B-level boss who controlled the city government, the consortium, underground gangs, and a large part of the City Defense Army, practically dominating the entire city.

And his starting point was merely as an ordinary apprentice with unremarkable physical fitness.

Even after he unraveled all the mysteries, borrowed all the power he could, and made all the necessary arrangements, in the end, he still had to confront the advent of an overwhelmingly powerful Evil God, far beyond the norm.

Without good friends, he really wouldn’t know how to get through this Copy World.

So, when you’re out and about, it’s important to make more friends.

Unfortunately, three times is a charm, and this was already the third time he had summoned his good friends, who, no matter how violent, must have sensed something.

The advent of a Divine Being should require energy, which has always been paid for by the host of the ritual, but this time his good friend obviously came on his own dime. If there were to be a next time, it would likely be even more thrilling.

Moreover, this time He Ao had his good friend hold off the Grim Reaper, and after that, he completed the mission without giving the good friend a chance to catch him; next time might not be the same.

He felt his good friend would be very happy to "get intimate" with him by capturing him.

After all, friends should maintain a certain distance; it’s the distance that makes the heart grow fonder.

The next time he’s in such a situation, he should probably not rely on good friends but work on developing relationships with other friends.

He Ao was a person very adept at making friends, knowing that one can’t favor one friend over another; it’s important to consider the feelings of other friends.

So, what’s the overall evaluation this time? Such a tough mission surely deserves a high rating.

He Ao focused his attention on the subtitles before him.

A line of text appeared in his field of vision.

[Your mission evaluation is SSS]

Hmm?

He Ao sat up from the bed abruptly.

[Death Case Investigation Completion Rating: SSS (You started from nothing, uncovered the secrets that enveloped the entire city, identified the mastermind behind the layers of conspiracy, and your unmatched wisdom is awe-inspiring. Even Divine Beings are astonished by your intelligence.)]

[Death Case Reduction Completion Rating: SSS (You unraveled the ancient Ritual Array, disrupted the horrific sacrifices, used your mortal body to design and thwart the Advent of a Great Being, and woke the Federation from its peaceful dream. Millions of people owe their breath to your efforts, and tens of millions benefit from your actions. Your story will be told by many, and your fame etched into history.)]

[Side Mission Completion Rating: SSS (You took the first step into uncharted history, brought down a century-old consortium, enabling the establishment of a new enterprise unlike any before. We don’t know where it will lead, but the future history will record this brilliant Chapter, and the wheel of the age will change direction because of your push.)]

[Hidden Mission Completion Rating: SSS (You perfectly protected the light in Nell’s heart, safeguarded his family, and uncovered the ultimate truth.)]

A surge of power flowed into He Ao’s soul, gradually restoring the essence depleted from prolonged Life Consuming.

He Ao felt as if his soul were like paddy rice being winnowed, continuously consuming life to strip away the husk and impurities, then constantly being replenished with new grains, refining and purifying his soul endlessly.

He wondered what it would eventually become.

He shook his head, temporarily discarding these thoughts, and looked again at the text before him.

Main mission one; he had figured out the evaluation standards before.

The harder it was, the higher the score.

Actually, this mission was a bit different from the others; there was almost no room for taking shortcuts, and he nearly had to push forward with sheer grit.

According to the system’s usual practice, the requirements behind a death case probably wouldn’t be too high. Investigating up to the Evil God’s sacrifice and not having to touch upon Elijah might still complete the mission, but the rating would likely be the lowest.

Even if it were just up to that standard, this mission was still much harder than the previous ones.

And He Ao’s level of completion was supposed to be the highest bracket, with the difficulty also at the highest bracket, so he received an SSS rating.

Some surprise, but still within expectations.

After all, this mission was indeed difficult, starting with the near-death of an ordinary person being wanted, and ending with overthrowing a B-level, blocking the Evil God.

So He Ao did have an expectation of grabbing an SSS for the main mission.

He Ao’s gaze moved downward, to the second main mission: reduce death cases.

This standard was more ambiguous. He Ao found out about the Evil God’s Ritual Array, and tried to notify others as soon as possible, saving as many people as he could before running off to hide in the wilderness. This should also complete the mission.

But similarly, it was hard to get a high evaluation.

He Ao had already figured out that an important criterion for the second main mission was the impact after mission completion.

Although this time it was not as pioneering as changing the fate of the Wilderness Wanderers like last time, in a world without He Ao, most people in Rock City would have become sacrifices for the Grim Reaper by Elijah.

Saving a city was also an event that impacted the whole Federation.

The mission description also mentioned ’awakening’ the Federation.

However, this evaluation did not exceed expectations, as He Ao had anticipated it after the mission ended.

Then it was on to the third one.

SSS for the side mission.

This was somewhat unexpected for He Ao.

Side missions generally involve the opposing forces of the mission characters, and Nell’s opposition was the Mining Consortium.

He Ao overthrew the Mining Consortium, but if he had only overthrown the Consortium, even though he did it thoroughly this time, the evaluation would not be higher than that for overthrowing the Avis Energy Group.

This time, the key point in the side mission’s evaluation was ’the establishment of a young, new enterprise unlike any of the previous conglomerates.’

This remark made He Ao feel it was similar to the evaluation when he promoted the Wilderness Wanderer Immigration Act.

Seeing this evaluation, He Ao understood what Witt had done.

Witt most likely followed the Miners’ Mutual Aid Association’s longstanding demands for equality and mutual assistance, turning the new mining company into one owned by all the miners of the association, rather than just his own company.

This was a model different from all other mining consortiums and even from all other consortia, a fundamental innovation.

This new model might affect the entire Mining Monopoly Alliance and even the whole Federation, so the system gave a high evaluation.

In fact, He Ao had not planned the model for the new mining company because when the Mining Consortium collapsed, he was no longer in the Copy World, and a person no longer present could not intervene in such a big matter.

Anyone obtaining those mines would be able to quickly rebuild a new mining consortium and become the next big player.

Wealth stimulates desire; such huge interests cannot be swayed by a dead man’s last words.

That’s why, in the end, He Ao gave the small mining pick to Witt.

He did not return the pick to the Old Foreman, first because the Old Foreman had vanished without a trace after being taken away by the Pharmacist and was unreachable;

Second, judging by the Old Foreman’s character, after the collapse of the Mining Consortium, his wish was fulfilled, and he probably would not wish to return to Rock City.

Although He Ao had never actually met Witt, from Nell’s memories, Witt was very intelligent and had thoughts and convictions, many of which were avant-garde and shrewd.

He was merely burdened by family and worldly obligations, which kept him busy and left him no time to stop and reflect.

He Ao did not know what direction Witt would take the Miners’ Mutual Aid Association in, but he was willing to give Witt a chance to demonstrate his own worth.

With the military support of the fourth brother, Yvo, Witt could also firmly secure his own rights.

Now, it seemed that Witt had made his choice and brought He Ao an SSS evaluation.

An SSS for the side mission directly pulled He Ao’s overall evaluation up to an SSS.

However, the collapse of the Mining Consortium must have been an event that happened a long time after the mission ended. Even if everything went according to He Ao’s plan, it would take a month, which converts to one day after in the main world’s time.

Yet the system completed the evaluation as soon as He Ao returned, which was not the first time this happened; it was the same with Joey’s case, where future events were settled in advance.

If the timing between the main world and the Copy World is synchronized, this would prove that the system has some kind of ’ability to see into the future’.

It seems there are still many secrets to the system.

He Ao bowed his head, looking at the evaluation of the hidden task.

’Protect the light within Nell’s heart.’

Nell actually had quite strong psychological resilience; even when misfortunes followed one after another, taking his family members from him, he maintained his basic sanity and systematically investigated the truth, seeking help.

He even prudently didn’t hand over the original storage chip to the director of Rock City’s Federal Bureau of Investigation but gave a copy instead.

For an eighteen-year-old high school dropout, such a mindset and thought process is indeed very strong.

The thing that kept him mature, besides the hardships he had endured from a young age, was also a phrase given to him by the priest from the church school,

’God is fair.’

The time Nell spent studying at the church school was the happiest period of his life, and this phrase became the light that supported him through all his suffering.

He always believed that God is fair, believing that justice would eventually prevail, so even with his loved ones disappearing one by one and in the deepest abyss of despair, he never gave up.

It wasn’t until he was betrayed by the head of the Rock City Federal Bureau of Investigation and cornered in a dark alley that he truly fell into despair.

After that, He Ao arrived.

In a sense, the hidden task is bound to the main storyline; only by dealing with Elijah, addressing the Mining Consortium, and overturning these dark mountains, can He Ao ultimately protect the light in Nell’s heart that is on the verge of being lost.

But there is a very unexpected and cold truth: the priest who originally said ’God is fair’ to Nell,

was Elijah.

Or rather, it was a priest controlled by Elijah.

In Nell’s memory, he had seen the priest, who naturally kept his back straight and shoulders level while sitting on a chair, sometimes moving in an unusual manner.

Because the priest was the principal, Nell paid more attention, and he had many memories related to this ’distinguished principal.’

That year, Nell was in his second year of middle school, and it was also when the priest gave Nell a cross and when the church school library was built.

The classic bookshelf arrangement in Rock City’s library is from A to Z, while the arrangement in the church school’s library and in Elijah’s underground library room is from Z to A.

The layout of the church school’s library and the underground library are also quite similar.

Not long after the library was built, the priest went ’on a business trip.’

This business trip lasted until Nell’s graduation and then he was ’transferred away’.

Almost at the same time the priest went on the business trip, the ’Mayor’ came out to announce his candidacy.

The reason why Elijah could control the mayor so perfectly, leaving only the subtle flaw of his sitting position, is that she had already ’experimented’ on the priest and gained experience.

This was also one of the pieces of evidence He Ao had to confirm the strong correlation between Elijah and the War God’s contaminants.

The Grim Reaper, as one of the divinities that killed the War God, possibly possessing some War God-related items, wasn’t far-fetched. Being a top-tier C-level under the Grim Reaper, it wasn’t difficult for Elijah to get these things.

However, it seemed Elijah had long forgotten Nell, this ’student.’

She didn’t recognize He Ao, and He Ao didn’t point it out either.

This ’student’, who many years ago remembered a single phrase she uttered, ’God is fair,’ ended her life in the final battle because of that casual phrase.

In a certain sense, this is a form of dark humor.

In the final battle’s rage, He Ao (Nell) harbored not only the anger of his murdered family but also the fury of being deceived.

As He Ao reflected, the words in his field of vision rapidly changed.

[Congratulations on achieving an SSS comprehensive evaluation, player authority advancement mission progress is being refreshed]

[Refresh completed]

[Current task completion rate is: 39/38]

The mission is completed?

The subtitles in He Ao’s field of vision quickly flickered.

[Mission Completed]

[Congratulations on completing the authority progression mission, you have received a super super super invincible authority upgrade mega gift pack!]

The naming style of this reward feels somewhat familiar.

[Automatically unlocking your gift pack]

[Gift pack unlocked]

[Elevating your authority]

He Ao’s personal attributes panel appeared before his eyes.

[He Ao]

[Authority Level: Ordinary Player]

[Physical Attributes: 267]

[Skills: Talent Sequences 272: Super Memory (C-level) (Ritual Unfinished), Basic Firearm Mastery, Talent Sequence 40: Magician (D-level)]

[Mechanical Modification: None]

[Martial Arts: Essence Refinement and Qi Transformation (D-level)]

Soon, the [Authority Level: Ordinary Player] in He Ao’s field of vision was covered by a faint purple glow.

This glow, like clouds, floated slowly, and one could vaguely see the text within changing gradually.

Eventually, the light gradually faded, revealing the text underneath.

[Authority Level: Advanced Player]

From ordinary to advanced... Next up is VIP, I guess? What a simple and unadorned way of naming.

He Ao rubbed his brow.

He really shouldn’t have expected anything from the system’s naming conventions.

Then his gaze swept over his personal attributes.

It’s still the same old thing, nothing’s changed... wait, Super Memory is C-level now?

Then he quickly recalled the events after he swallowed the Thought Stone, when a severe pain surged through his soul.

But at the time, he was fighting to the death against Elijah with his life on the line, suffering from Elijah’s aging buff, his mind cluttered with the War God’s chaotic mutterings; he really had no time to pay attention to these things.

At the end, when he was using Mental Disturbance to affect Elijah, it felt like Super Memory might have gotten stronger, but the pain in his soul was still ongoing and hadn’t stopped, so He Ao didn’t pay it any mind.

Actually, swallowing the Thought Stone directly was somewhat risky.

After his ascension through the consumption of a Dancing Girl’s blood, he realized that Thought Stones emitting similar attraction might be key to advancing Super Memory, capable of enhancing its ability, strengthening his soul power.

At that time, he was laden with negative states, and the remnant will of the War God was crazily trying to take over his body, so he could only try swallowing the Thought Stone to see if it would strengthen Super Memory enough to withstand the War God’s will.

Indeed, after consuming the Thought Stone, although it caused intense pain, it did indeed enhance his soul and blocked the War God’s encroachment.

With the battle over and the pain in his soul gone, He Ao returned to the main world, and then the mission was settled. He had not paid attention to the state of Super Memory.

Because in his perception, Super Memory had become much stronger, but it wasn’t completely powerful and hadn’t reached the transformative leap to C-level.

He Ao’s gaze lingered on the small text in parentheses after the Super Memory line in his personal attributes.

(Ritual Unfinished)

Super Memory’s advancement requires a ritual?

This ritual can be stored up and completed gradually?

Is this special to Super Memory?

He Ao calmed his heart and activated Super Memory; he wanted to see what special changes Super Memory had undergone.