Immortal I Speedrun Supernatural Game

The audition site for "Suicide Show" was filled with residents from all sorts of different professions.

This is a rare spectacle in the Eternal City every year.

Among this group of people was one who looked unremarkable, with almost no distinctive features. He was the kind of guy who would disappear into the crowd as soon as he entered this city full of handsome men and beautiful women.

His name is Haier.

His gaze, like that of the general public, was fixed on the contestants participating in the program.

However, unlike the people around him who were just looking for fun and excitement.

What he wants is not that simple.

"Tsk, the quality of the contestants at this preliminary selection is so-so. Can't they come up with something more original?"

"How could someone of this level possibly compete with that legendary enforcer!"

"That guy's popularity is probably among the top in Eternal City now."

Yes, although Haier thinks Yan Shuangying's current popularity growth trend is tricky, it does not think that the other party's popularity is already the highest in Eternal City.

The so-called legendary law enforcer Yan Shuangying is actually only special because of his identity as a "law enforcer".

Few residents pay attention to the group of law enforcement officers, let alone those who are over a hundred years old.

This year's "Suicide Show" participants include many past champions, and even veteran contestants who have trained multiple champions and are considered by the public to have retired.

They were all there for the [Eternal Pass].

These people are the ones who get the most attention on the show.

I really don't understand why the White Pagoda insisted on letting such an old relic win the championship.

Fortunately, the White Pagoda also spoke up.

These other heretics were also able to each choose a contestant as their representative.

As long as you can persuade others, there are no restrictions on the means.

If the person you choose defeats Yan Shuangying, then after the White Tower seizes the [City System], it will also allocate more system computing power to itself.

Haier is well aware of just how powerful the computing power of the "City System" is.

This city is essentially controlled by the [city system].

The more computing power one can control, the more one can do whatever one wants in this city.

Haier doesn't have many lofty ideas; he just wants to live a more fulfilling life in his own little corner of the world.

Therefore, he needs to find a better competitor.

Those past champions are not being considered at this time.

They have already been chosen by a stronger heretic.

He was not confident that he could snatch their representatives from other heretics, and might even clash with these powerful heretics as a result.

Haier is very clear about this.

You can have conflicts with anyone in the Eternal City.

Even if you provoke the law enforcement, it doesn't matter. The only consequence is that you'll waste a few days arguing with the law enforcement at headquarters.

But provoking powerful heretics is a different story.

They really will kill you.

This is different from the [Suicide Show] in the Eternal City.

Those killed by these heretics cannot be resurrected through the [Rebirth Pool].

They will face death in the true sense of the word.

Haier didn't want to be killed, so naturally it wouldn't provoke those powerful heretics.

He would then have to personally select candidates at the audition site.

"Hmph, what's so great about being a champion? Didn't those guys also stand out from the auditions before they became champions?"

Haier firmly believes it can find new talented players.

The opponent will carry their hopes and defeat one strong player after another from previous years, eventually surpassing Yan Shuangying to become the champion!
However, just as Haier was eagerly anticipating the next competitor's appearance.

A hand quietly landed on his shoulder.

Haier didn't realize what was happening until the two made contact.

"who!"

He was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly.

His left hand unconsciously gripped the ring on his right pinky finger, ready to turn it at any moment.

This scene naturally caught the eye of the person who had placed their hand on it.

The other person said with a grin, "Dude, looking for someone? Have you found them yet?"

Haier frowned and examined it carefully.

But then he discovered that he didn't even recognize the guy.

He was dressed rather casually, wearing a big hood even though it was a sunny day, with earrings and nose rings underneath, looking every bit like a non-mainstream teenager.

Haier replied warily, "I don't know you, please don't try anything."

After that, he turned around and left.

However, the other party did not seem to intend to let him off so easily.

The moment Haier turned around, that hand reached out again.

This time, Haier quietly wiped the ring on his right hand.

According to his "heretical ability," the opponent will instantly feel dizzy and out of control.

That way, this strange guy shouldn't be able to bother me anymore.

Snapped--

Unexpectedly, the slap landed precisely on Haier's shoulder.

This time the force was slightly greater than before, and he even felt some pain.

"Hey bro, don't be too nervous."

"We are the same kind of people."

As Haier listened to the other person's words, he tried to break free from the hand that seemed to be casually placed on his shoulder, but found that he couldn't remove it no matter what he did.

That hand felt like an iron clamp, locking him tightly.

This made him grit his teeth and say, "Who are you to talk to! If you keep this up, I'm calling the police!"

Haier's head is a bit fuzzy now.

Why did my "heretical ability" suddenly stop working?

As he was still thinking about how to leave the scene, he suddenly realized that the guy who was restraining him looked somewhat familiar.

The other person's eyes, facial contours, and skin quality are changing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Before long, Haier was horrified to discover that this guy looked exactly like him!

But it was precisely this strange phenomenon that allowed him to regain his composure after a moment of terror.

He gasped for breath and said, "Damn it! You're a newbie?"

Possessing such a seemingly supernatural ability, there is only one possibility in the Eternal City—

The other party is also a heretic.

Sure enough, after hearing Haier's words, the guy grinned and said, "Yeah, what a coincidence, I'm a heretic too."

After he finished speaking, the other person also raised his hand.

Without anyone noticing, a ring identical to his own suddenly appeared on his right hand.

He gently turned the ring, looking at the Haier in front of him, which remained unchanged.

The other person's eyes looked somewhat forlorn.

He muttered to himself, "Almost there."

Haier, somewhat annoyed, struggled free a couple more times and asked curiously, "Aren't you a newcomer brought in by the White Tower? Did you awaken on your own?"

Currently, almost all the heretics in Eternal City are those who were chosen by the White Tower after it became heretics, and were given independent thoughts, no longer accepting the control of the [City System], ultimately becoming heretics and wanted by the authorities.

But this does not mean that there are no other heresies.

There will always be some residents who, at some point or after experiencing something, suddenly awaken to become heretics.

Such beings are simply rare. However, once discovered and recruited into the organization, the White Tower will offer substantial rewards.

For example, reward yourself with a new "heretical ability".

That's right, these heretics who were awakened with the help of the White Tower do not have their own [heretical abilities].

Even the miniature city beneath the Eternal City, exclusively for heretics, was taught to them by the White Tower.

In addition, the White Tower will give each of them a special object. Using this object in a specific way will grant them [Heretical Abilities].

Haier's special item is naturally the ring on his hand.

The reason why those powerful heretics are powerful is that they possess more special items and know how to kill the residents of the Eternal City.

As long as the White Tower provides more items to me, I will eventually learn about that method of killing.

Thinking of this, Haier's gaze towards the other party became increasingly intense.

It seems that the other party must have awakened to become a heretic and then locked in their heretical identity through some kind of ability.

They were so excited to see their own kind that they came to recognize them.

This unusual ability to alter one's appearance must also be part of the other party's [heretical ability].

My God! A heretic who has just awakened to self-awareness and already possesses two abilities!
If I bring him to the White Pagoda, what kind of powerful and special item will he reward me with?

He immediately said, "Friend! Brother! How about this, you let go of me first, and I'll take you to see someone, okay?"

“There are plenty of heretics like us! It’s too easy for you to be surrounded and arrested by the law enforcement in the Eternal City all by yourself. Let us, your kind, help you!”

However, after hearing Haier's words, the other party did not reduce the force.

Instead, he gripped Haier's shoulder even tighter, and you could almost hear the bones cracking.

If he continues to increase the pressure like this, he might really break Haier's shoulders.

The man said, "I have proven my qualifications. Now it is your turn to prove that you are qualified to be my kind."

"Find a way to escape from me."

As soon as he finished speaking, a dizzying sensation swept over him.

Clearly, Haier spun the ring in his hand again, and this time the rotation was much greater than before.

The non-mainstream teenager fell backward, his head hitting the ground hard with a dull thud.

If this happened to a normal person, it wouldn't necessarily be fatal, but it would at least cause brain damage and render them unable to control their body.

However, even in this state, he stubbornly refused to let go, still gripping Haier's shoulder tightly, and even pulling him down to the ground as he fell backward.

Haier was in despair, feeling intense pain in his shoulder.

What the hell did I do to deserve this?

This newbie is amazing!

"Hiss... wait a minute... this thing of yours should be able to play a bigger role."

The non-mainstream teenager's head was bleeding profusely, and his eyes were bloodshot from the sudden, violent impact.

He coughed twice, seemingly dissatisfied.

There was still some anticipation in his eyes about what Haier would do next.

"Damn it! Is this new guy a lunatic?" Haier was a little stunned.

In truth, those people whom the Eternal City calls heretics are actually just thinking like normal people if they were in the real world.

After all, it's this city that's acting abnormally.

However, the behavior of these non-mainstream teenagers is clearly outside the realm of normal people.

Even heretics would shake their heads and say that you are the real heretic.

The problem now is no longer how Haier will bring the other party to the White Tower, but how he should get rid of this madman.

Do you take the other person directly into an underground mini-city?
But looking at the crowded scene around them, Haier hesitated again.

If we were to take them down here, and if this non-mainstream teenager were to grab someone else, then with everyone in contact, who knows how many people would be pulled underground in an instant.

The White Tower explicitly forbids bringing more than two normal Eternal City residents into the Mini City at a time.

Such a large-scale disappearance of people would attract the attention of the [City System].

In this way, the mini-city where the heretics are located could very likely be located by the [City System] by following the disappearance of its residents.

I don't want to bear such a serious fault.

Just as Haier was thinking about how to get rid of the other party.

Suddenly, I felt my vision start to spin.

Before he could react, he saw the non-mainstream teenager, with his own face on his head, slowly release his hand from a headless corpse.

"Huh? Where did this headless corpse come from?"

This was Haier's last consciousness; after that, all that remained before him was eternal silence.

On the neck of the headless corpse, there was a clear mark of skin that had been stretched and torn, as if someone had forcibly twisted his head until it broke.

The next second, the face under the hood gradually reverted to a dead fish-like appearance.

Wu Wang gently turned the ring on his hand and said softly, "That's more like it. Your ability shouldn't just make people dizzy, but should be able to truly rotate things in front of them, even their body structure is under your control."

Yan Shuangying's account holds the unique title of "Heretic".

The account "Widow" also has a special title—

【Playing God (Rare): When this player assumes other identities, they will steal some of the target's memories over time (can be used in conjunction with 【Flying Dragon Cloud-Piercing Hand】)】

[The body will gradually improve the details of the disguise. When the deduction reaches a certain level, it can also gain some of the deduction target's abilities.]

[Note: I am who I am, a firework of different colors]

That's right, Wu Wang was using the effect of the title "God of Drama" earlier, transforming into the other person's appearance and performing their abilities.

Perhaps it was influenced by the previous "distortion of the common origin of enemies and friends".

Wu Wang felt that the "God of Drama" was becoming increasingly adept at portraying the abilities of others.

Of course, the [God of Drama] does not possess the same power as [Twisting Enemy and Foe from the Same Origin], which is enough to distort and surpass the original owner's abilities.

Wu Wang's current display of "heretical abilities" that surpass Haier's is mainly because he is better at exploiting bugs than his opponent.

He had been thinking about this for a while—

The special abilities possessed by the "heretics" seem quite supernatural, but once it becomes clear that the entire city is an electronic program and everyone is a data character, it becomes clear that they are all data characters.

Doesn't this mean that their so-called "heretical abilities" are actually a malicious use of code bugs?

For example, Haier's ability to make people dizzy can be understood as using a piece of meaningless code to interfere with the code that makes the target think, causing it to lag and fail to function properly, thus resulting in dizziness. Furthermore, this bugged code should also be able to cause more serious changes to the target's body.

Wu Wang tried, and he succeeded.

This further confirmed his belief.

The White Pagoda is more than just a "heresy".

It's even a piece of virus code!
He is releasing viruses into more normal code, causing it to carry code similar to his own, thus being judged as a heretic by the [City System].

This guy has a very far-reaching plan!

Of course, there's also good news—

That is, Wu Wang discovered that he could actually be another virus code.

After all, the label of "heretic" is there.

Wu Wang attempted to thoroughly analyze the structure of this bug by using the virus code given to others by the White Tower—that is, the "heretic abilities" used by these people through special objects.

Simply put, Wu Wang intends to become another bug.

While White Tower, as a virus-like code, might affect normal code and cause bugs, it cannot affect code that already has problems.

One Haier is far from enough.

Wu Wang still needed to come into contact with more heretics.

This forces them to use more of their "heretic abilities" on themselves.

He will learn, absorb, and make the data that makes up his body remember these bugs.

Thus, they were able to master and find ways to create new bugs.

"If you want to build your [heretical abilities], then I'll create my [law enforcement methods]!"

"Use magic to defeat magic, use bugs to fight bugs!" (End of Chapter)