Becoming the Lord God from Devouring

Chapter 147 Tests Human Hearts, Highest Score Mission.

The mission description was chillingly cold.

The first stage of the mission is the first and most important step in achieving the highest score in the entire mission. This step determines whether you can continue to the next stage, and it also provides a basic basis for judging the additional tasks after the fourth stage. Therefore, you must complete this stage of the mission carefully.

The tasks for this round are as follows:

In the Nine Nether Star of the Golden Lan Universe Kingdom, there is a human race called the Nine Nether Clan. This race once produced a genius at the Virtual Universe Heaven and Earth Secret Realm level.

However, this genius was recruited by the alien race as a spy, actively revealing the location of human geniuses to the alien race, and even betraying many secrets of the human race in exchange for cultivation resources.

This person has been secretly executed by my Virtual Universe Company, but there may be a large number of alien spies within his race. To ensure that the alien intelligence network is cut off... Wu Hao, you need to take action personally to deal with this race. It is better to kill a thousand innocent people than to let one escape.

Meanwhile, the Virtual Universe Company suspects that the twenty-one high-ranking members of the Nine Nether Clan are alien spies, and you are needed to deal with them.

The punishment options include killing, expulsion, and imprisonment in an overseas battlefield. The specific punishment is entirely up to Wu Hao to decide.

You can dispose of their race at will, and decide the life or death of each of them.

All choices are in your own hands, and you must remain synchronized with the virtual universe network throughout the mission. Everything you do must be transmitted synchronously; only by understanding your progress, your punishments, and your decisions in detail can your mission completion be assessed.

If the task completion rate reaches 80%, the second task can continue; if it does not reach 80%, the highest score task of the entire round ends.

If you need more information, you can contact the intelligence department for assistance. Please remember... from beginning to end, any killings, arrests, or punishments must be carried out personally by you; you are prohibited from sending any subordinates.

The email ended with information on 21 high-ranking members of the Nine Nether Clan, whose identities within the Golden Mist Universe Kingdom were recorded.

Many of them possess extremely high levels of wealth and resources, and some even hold positions in the business department of the virtual universe company. Wu Hao has even met some of them in real life.

Wu Hao didn't find dealing with these high-level figures troublesome; what was truly difficult to handle was dealing with the hundreds of millions of members of the Nine Nether Clan.

The Nine Nether Clan occupies more than 3,000 inhabited planets. If each inhabited planet has a population of 10 billion, the entire clan has 30 trillion lives.

The Virtual Universe Company actually wanted him to manage a population of 30 trillion.

It's true that the genius of the Nine Nether Clan was turned by the alien spies, but are all 30 trillion people turned?
Even the rebellious tribes that Wu Hao dealt with before, where the entire race rebelled along with the rebels, were dealt with by Wu Hao by simply selling them as slaves, without actually annihilating their races.

Although the mission information given to Wu Hao by the Virtual Universe Company did not directly require him to personally execute the race, the message conveyed the intention to eradicate them completely.

Standing in the cockpit of the Panlong, Wu Hao looked at the planet beneath his feet, which was displayed in a panoramic simulation.

This Nine Nether Star is the ancestral star of the Nine Nether Clan. If the Nine Nether Clan truly has a large number of alien spies, then as the ancestral star of the Nine Nether Clan, this place should have the most alien spies.

Wu Hao, carrying the Jade King, left the hidden Panlong and then stored it in his spatial ring.

He wanted to go to the Nine Nether Star in person to see if it was really as the Virtual Universe Company claimed, with a large number of alien spies present there.

If there were really many spies from other races, he would definitely not hesitate to take action.

The strongest member of the Nine Nether Clan is a military lord immortal who works in the business department of the Jinlan Universe Kingdom branch of the Virtual Universe Company. The bloodline of the Nine Nether Clan is at the fifth level, and they are at the planetary level upon reaching adulthood.

Even if the immortal military lord himself were stationed on Nine Nether Star, he wouldn't be able to see Wu Hao's Panlong spaceship arrive.

Therefore, once Wu Hao and Long Yu truly entered the interior of Nine Nether Star, the entire Nine Nether Star noticed anything unusual.

Botu is one of the strongest geniuses of the younger generation of the Nine Netherworld Clan. At the age of forty, he has just come of age and his strength has already reached the seventh level of the Stellar level. He has also mastered the Water Domain and is quite famous throughout the Nine Netherworld Star. He is the "other people's child" that countless Nine Netherworld parents talk about.

However, for Botu, this fame was just a minor thing; his real goal was to become someone like Randy.

"Today is the day of the Nine Nether Clan's once-every-fifty-years selection battle for geniuses. The person who comes in first place may be able to enter the Virtual Universe Company's branch for cultivation, and then take another path to become a genius personally nurtured by the Virtual Universe Company!" Botu stood on the top floor of the building, looking down at the masses below. "I must get first place, and then, like Lord Randy, make my name known throughout the entire clan!"

Recalling the ranking that Randy achieved in the previous Virtual Universe Company's Cosmic Genius Battle, he couldn't help but feel his blood boil.

A true man should act accordingly. As one of the best among the young people of his generation, Botu doesn't believe in himself and is absolutely no worse than the other.

Suddenly, two figures appeared in his line of sight. Their appearance was completely different from that of the Nine Nether Clan; they were two races he had never seen before.

But before he could think, he was interrupted by a voice.

"Young Master Botu, the clan's Genius Battle in the virtual universe is about to begin. Please enter the virtual universe immediately to participate in the Genius Battle." The butler's voice entered Botu's mind, bringing him back to reality from his gazing.

"I understand, thank you very much, Uncle Lin!" Botu said with gratitude, then put on the consciousness-sensing helmet and entered the virtual universe network.

At the same time, Wu Hao's mental power instantly covered the entire planet. As someone with the Zerg Queen's clone, his mental power was definitely much stronger than any domain lord.

With his mental energy covering the entire planet, Wu Hao began frantically performing soul identification.

The Zerg Queen's racial talent allows her to easily distinguish soul servants and even differentiate between races through fluctuations in mental energy.

However, there are nearly 20 billion people on this Nine Nether Star. Such a huge amount of data will definitely take a long time to process.

A whole day quickly passed. Wu Hao had screened billions of people but had not detected any spiritual fluctuations from any alien race. Although he had found millions of soul servants, most of the beings who enslaved them were from the Nine Nether Clan, and he could not detect anything unusual.

The next day, Wu Hao sifted through billions of people again, but he still couldn't find any trace of the alien race.

Undeterred, he continued his search. On the third day, 19.834567251 people announced the completion of the investigation, finding no alien spies on the entire planet.

Wu Hao knew that money and power alone could not possibly restrain a human race from rebelling. Only soul slavery or absolute death threats could make a race rebel.

Virtual Universe Company can make him the executioner, but they need to provide a clear chain of evidence. Otherwise, Wu Hao will not act like an obedient and loyal dog, following Virtual Universe Company's requirements, especially in something that is clearly misleading at a glance.

At this time, the battle of geniuses of the Nine Nether Clan had ended, but Botu did not become the first as he wished, and did not even make it into the top ten. This successfully broke his self-confidence.

Standing atop the high-rise again, he felt an urge to jump, but after several moments of hesitation, he abandoned this unrealistic idea. The difficulty of committing suicide by jumping from a star-shaped building is no less than falling to one's death on flat ground.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he spotted the two blurry figures from three days ago on the road beneath his feet. But in the blink of an eye, they vanished as if they had never existed.

He knew this wasn't a hallucination; two powerful, unknown human beings had descended upon their planet and were now leaving.

What he didn't expect was that their race, having teetered on the brink of life and death, had ultimately escaped this calamity by sheer luck.

"Wu Hao, why didn't you make a move? What have you been doing for the past three days?" After leaving Nine Nether Star, King Longyu asked Wu Hao for the reason.

Wu Hao's eyes were deep, and he seemed to be thinking about something before explaining, "I have a special secret method that can detect the life fluctuations of soul puppets, alien races, and alien races' soul consciousness, but I did not find any alien races on Nine Nether Star in my examination."

After Wu Hao finished speaking, he released the Panlong from his spatial ring and ordered the angel, "Next, we will randomly screen the three thousand life-bearing planets where the Nine Nether Clan resides. I will select ten of them for investigation. If the sampling survey does not find any alien races or soul puppets, then go find those 21 high-ranking members of the Nine Nether Clan!"

After Wu Hao finished speaking, he closed his eyes and began to wait for the spaceship to accelerate.

The planets inhabited by the Nine Netherworld Clan are mostly within a single star sector, and at the speed of the Panlong, any planet can be reached within three hours.

Twenty days later, having found nothing amiss, Wu Hao left the star field and had Longyu King activate the Divine Kingdom Teleportation to return to Emperor Star.

He then restarted the spaceship and headed to the commercial headquarters planet of the Virtual Universe Company's Jinlan Universe Kingdom branch.

Wu Hao only has a theoretical 20% chance of winning against a military-level immortal, but he must take action to personally eliminate this threat.

"The Inspector General!" "The Inspector General!"

Wu Hao's arrival unsurprisingly alarmed everyone in the Ministry of Commerce. Youyin Marquis personally led a large group of people to greet him, including Wu Hao, the target from the Nine Nether Clan.

"Inspector Wu Hao, it has been more than eighty years since we parted ways on Emperor Star. Now that we meet again after eighty years, your aura is much stronger than it was eighty years ago!" Marquis Youyin praised.

Wu Hao nodded, accepting the praise from Youyin Hou. His current strength was indeed much greater than it had been eighty years ago.

After consuming the Fruit of a Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation, his temperament, comprehension, and talent have all greatly improved, and he now possesses a level of temperament and comprehension that is no less than that of someone born on Earth.

"Thank you for your praise, Marquis Youyin, but I am about to witness some unpleasant events during my visit!"

"What?" Marquis Youyin felt guilty instantly, his hands clenched and then relaxed. He looked at King Longyu beside Wu Hao, and then cautiously asked, "You don't know what you've come here for?"

"None of your business!" Wu Hao's words were icy, yet they made Youyin Hou feel as if he were bathed in a spring breeze. Then Wu Hao looked at the immortal military lord of the Nine Nether Clan, "Youhai, come here!"

"What?" You Hai was a little confused, not understanding why Wu Hao wanted to see him, and even a little confused, thinking that he wasn't being called.

"Do I have to say it a second time?" Wu Hao's eyes were icy as he looked down at him. "Your clan's genius, Randy, colluded with alien races and sold out information about our human race in exchange for cultivation resources. Do you think the Virtual Universe Company can't find out about your dirty tricks?"

"Snap!" "Splash!"

The former refers to Youhai kneeling, while the latter is an uproar among the Ministry of Commerce staff.

"My lord, you are wise!" Youhai cried his heart out. "I really didn't know anything about this. I haven't been involved in anything with my clan for tens of thousands of years, and I haven't even returned to Nine Nether Star for nearly a thousand years. I really didn't know anything about this!"

Youhai's heart-wrenching cries caused a stir among all the Ministry of Commerce personnel.

"That's right. For the past thousand years, Youhai has been active on Venus and hasn't gone on any field missions. How could he possibly collude with alien races?"

"Yes, Youhai is known for not going out on missions. The geniuses in his clan probably don't have much contact with him, right? He didn't have time to collude during the last Cosmic Peak Genius Battle, did he?"

However, just as everyone was surprised, Youhai instantly burned his divine body and attacked, the violent water flow impacting Wu Hao's body and completely shattering him.

Everyone was stunned, unable to believe what they were seeing.

Youhai was indeed a traitor, and even killed the headquarters' inspector.

"Divine Light Flows Through the Ninth Level—Infinity!"

Just then, a figure appeared in the void. Wu Hao's Divine Light Sword shone brightly, and the power of the laws combined with the sword technique was launched in an instant.

'What kind of class are you to share a name with the Lord of the Nether Sea!'

The light in Wu Hao's hand shone with the laws of time, and the ultimate destructive power was released instantly at a single point.

When the lightsaber struck Youhai's body, it instantly shattered his divine form, leaving a terrifying and horrifying wound.

"Oh no, it's a soul puppet! It's about to self-destruct!"

However, as the sword light dimmed, an even more intense burst of light erupted, a sign that Youhai's body was about to self-destruct.

Wu Hao knew he had to quickly deal with the opponent's self-destruction, otherwise the evaluation score for this mission would definitely not be high enough to unlock the second stage of the mission.

"Innate Secret Technique - Soul Control!"

Wu Hao instantly activated the innate secret technique from the Zerg Queen's clone, attempting to seize control of the body before the Nether Sea exploded.

The moment his mental energy entered Youhai's body, Wu Hao immediately sensed a familiar soul fluctuation—his 'old friend', the Zerg, was there again.

The aura of that Zerg Queen was that of a soul with the strength of a Marquis and an Immortal.

When Wu Hao was vying with the other for control of his consciousness, the other party inexplicably released control of his consciousness instantly, allowing Wu Hao to gain control of the Nether Sea.

He then immediately stopped the self-destruction, ending the disaster that had nearly destroyed the entire planet.

(End of this chapter)