Master of Kaidan
Chapter 405: Perhaps People Just Seek Peace of Mind

Chapter 405: Chapter 405: Perhaps People Just Seek Peace of Mind

"It’s really turned into complete chaos!"

Back in Infinite City, Feng Xue stood on the staircase of the Babylon Tower, looking out at the signal fires of the residential area, the corners of her mouth lifted slightly.

Although Hundred Tales still had Tamamo no Mae and the Great Heavenly Dog as its deputy leaders, after Green Lantern ran off with all the money, they no longer had the ability to monopolize the residential area.

Thanks to the increasingly frequent exchanges between Infinite City and the real world in recent years, organizations that had managed to gain a foothold in the Four Major Landfills almost simultaneously received relevant intelligence. They immediately invaded the residential area, tacitly wiping out Hundred Tales’ remaining influence there, and some well-informed peripheral forces also joined in, starting to unseat managers who occupied the outer landfills through nepotism.

However, due to the last afterglow of Hundred Tales, many managers became Kaidan during this Midsummer Night’s Festival, so there were still a few landfills that were able to maintain gang self-regulation, and some even managed to pull together their own teams.

According to Feng Xue’s estimation, once the Kaidan of Hundred Tales that had absorbed the Ancestral Kaidan rejuvenated (implying Resurrection), they would likely start assembling their own minor forces, gradually shedding the banner of Hundred Tales. But for now, they had to face round after round of purging.

Of course, there would still be some special ones who would be sought after. For instance, the Kaidan who had just been resurrected would definitely be a sought-after prize by all major organizations.

However, these matters only affected Feng Xue to the extent that she often encountered brawls when trying to purchase items. In such situations, Feng Xue would typically take out an electric guitar plugged into a socket, making everyone present quiet down and wait until she finished buying things before they continued.

"Tsk tsk, looks like it will take quite some time to re-establish order."

Feng Xue twisted open the cap of the freshly concocted Lucky Milk and gulped it down, while simultaneously beginning to ponder what to do next.

Old Li’s explanations had resolved many of her doubts, but at the same time, they had also cast her into a state of confusion about what to do next.

If before learning these things, her goal was merely to embed herself into the history of Yan Country, then create a couple of Kaidan terms that could prolong her life, produce Immortality Elixirs, or simply engage in Immortal Cultivation, and then she could live a carefree life.

But with the unveiling of Infinite City’s secrets, Feng Xue felt a new sense of urgency.

Fear comes from the Unknown, and the Unknown expands with the increase of one’s own Knowledge.

When she was merely a ’no one,’ whether Infinite City had Consciousness or what it wanted to do didn’t concern her, because compared to Infinite City’s objectives, ensuring her personal ’Identity’ had the means to survive was the priority.

But as she gradually became a Kaidan, and even pushed on the teetering tower that was Hundred Tales, that intense unease began to appear.

The reason was simple—

Hundred Tales and Infinite City were just too similar.

Green Lantern had shaped Hundred Tales, led Hundred Tales, but in the end, she had devoured most of its members, achieving a state that Feng Xue found Hard to Understand.

And wasn’t Infinite City also a seemingly collective Kaidan?

Is ’nothing’ really just what Infinite City brought in at random when collecting trash? And does the act of Infinite City lending its labels to ’nothing’ have something in common with how Hundred Tales used the Night Parade of Hundred Demons painting to turn ’nothing’ into a Kaidan?

If it truly does, then could there be a day when Infinite City, like Green Lantern devouring Hundred Tales, would swallow the whole of Infinite City?

Although this speculation had no actual basis, Feng Xue found it hard not to think this way after witnessing the "sublimation" process of Green Lantern.

Thus, in his heart, a new goal slowly began to emerge—

To become like the Heavenly Dog and Tamamo no Mae, who could survive even if devoured by the Hundred Tales.

He had no idea how to accomplish this, nor was he sure if these two great Kaidan who escaped the clutches of the Hundred Tales could also evade the Infinite City, but he believed that if he just kept climbing, he would understand.

"Surt, Michizane Sugawara..." Thinking of these two names he had heard from Old Li, Feng Xue couldn’t help but look up. These two Kaidan, each with at least a thousand years of history, how did they appear in Infinite City with only fifty years of history? What were they doing here? Feng Xue felt this might have something to do with his current unease.

The renowned management guru Dio had once said that people live for peace of mind, and nothing is more troubling than the void, for it could disappear at any time, never allowing one to be at ease, always driving one to climb higher.

And there is only one solution to find peace of mind—

"Victory, and then dominance!"

With this thought, Feng Xue took a step forward, crossing the staircase to the 21st floor. He was determined to climb even higher!

...

The moment he stepped onto the staircase, it also signified that Feng Xue had forfeited his eligibility to challenge the rooms below the 20th floor. But for Feng Xue, who had already made his resolution, that was no problem.

He stood quietly on the vast plain, watching the cavalry stir up dust in the distance. A red orca pillow popped out of the guitar case and he grabbed it lightly in his hand.

With the power in his toes and a twist of his waist, the shadow of an orca flew out from the pillow, unleashing the power of the waves and sweeping forth. The several hundred cavalry, who hadn’t even built up their charge, crashed head-on into the slash powerful enough to dissipate miles of reinforced concrete into nothingness.

As the cavalry brigade vanished, the multiple scenes before his eyes instantly collapsed, leaving nothing but the familiar dim staircase and the door corresponding to the 21st floor.

Feng Xue had no intention of pushing open the door, but instead continued to walk upwards. The guards from floors 21-30 posed no threat to him, and he had no interest in the owner of these floors.

Or rather, if one does not plan to settle down, putting one’s property in the 11-20 floor range is a good choice. After all, most Kaidan, even if they start challenging, generally won’t venture beyond ten floors due to the rule the precludes returning once ascending, which means it’s highly likely they won’t face too many challenges from other Kaidan.

As for experts, Feng Xue didn’t really need the doors of Babylon Tower right now. After all, he could always travel to the Cyberpunk and Cthulhu Martial Arts realms through the Descent rule—the former allows for constant troublemaking, while the latter has a stable foundation. Combined with the baseline that people from Yan Country practice martial arts, unless Mechanical gods deploy an alien force to bomb the real world to oblivion, Feng Xue’s basic survival should no longer be a problem.

Feng Xue easily passed the guards from floors 30 to 40 without any pressure. They couldn’t even force him to use a second move. This made him realize that he had inadvertently become overqualified.

"This really is..."

Feng Xue gained a new understanding of the rapid expansion of power within the Kaidan system. But recalling how Old Li had once fought his way to the sixty-seventh floor with the "Qigong Master," his slight satisfaction gradually faded.

"Don’t get too cocky now!"

Murmuring to himself, Feng Xue stepped onto the staircase towards the sixty-first floor...