Douluo Continent: On Becoming a God Through Science

Chapter 84 A Year in the Blink of an Eye (1)

You Chen had considered the possibility of Tang Hao appearing.

The best outcome would be for him to be able to use Tang Hao's power to help him achieve the Spirit Hall's mission objectives.

However, he had actually guessed that Tang Hao would most likely not risk being discovered by the Spirit Hall by showing himself in front of him.

One can glean some insight from the original work.

After Tang San enrolled in the academy and became Yu Xiaogang's disciple, Tang Hao chose to leave without saying goodbye without hesitation.

Then, hiding in the shadows, he protected Tang San while quietly recovering and improving his own strength.

During this period, despite his deep-seated hatred, he still did not take any retaliatory action against the Spirit Hall.

The purpose was to minimize the chances that the Spirit Hall would discover any connection between Tang San and themselves.

Taking personal action should only be a last resort when absolutely necessary. The best way to protect Tang San is to prevent him from being targeted by the Spirit Hall before he grows up.

Tang Hao wasn't particularly clever, but to understand this point didn't require an exceptionally sharp mind.

Therefore, no matter how great the temptation, as long as it conflicts with this point, Tang Hao knows how to choose.

You Chen is not a god, and he cannot have a godlike perspective to completely control Tang Hao's mindset.

Countless different fan fiction universes offer varying interpretations of the same character. In one fan fiction universe, the psychological portrayal of Tang Hao, differing from the original work, is correct, but it may not be so in this universe.

You Chen always knew that he was not a strategist who could make all the plans. He simply proceeded step by step, minimizing the risks and maximizing the rewards of each step, and then connecting these steps as much as possible.

So You Chen simply assessed in his mind the probability that Tang Hao would choose to meet with him, and then returned to his own life.

Unlike his first time staying up all night, after these several attempts to probe from afar, it was basically certain that Tang Hao wouldn't suddenly rush out to kill him. You Chen simply pretended not to know of Tang Hao's existence and continued his cultivation as usual.

Otherwise, constantly being on guard against a Title Douluo 24 hours a day would be mentally unbearable.

If it really turns out to be a deus ex machina ending with death, You Chen will accept it.

And so... once everything was on track, time began to fly by.

The plan to "train Tang San to be Xiao Wu's devoted follower" is progressing very smoothly.

With You Chen, the mastermind who held both of them by the reins, in her heart, Xiao Wu maintained a sense of concern for the mentally challenged and kept a relatively friendly classmate relationship with Tang San.

Tang San, on the other hand, became increasingly infatuated with Xiao Wu, his gaze gradually becoming unable to leave her. After realizing that his relationship with Xiao Wu had progressed, his attitude clearly indicated that he had begun to consider himself Xiao Wu's good friend in his heart.

On the other hand, You Chen certainly wouldn't kindly allow Tang San to maintain a consistently positive competitive spirit towards You Xing.

Whenever Tang San was at his peak fighting spirit, You Chen would always arrange for Tang San to witness You Xing and Xiao Wu flirting.

That feeling... was like having shit mixed into chocolate—disgusting.

At times like these, Tang San would know it was wrong, yet he would still harbor strong hostility towards Youxing and offer him a task to defeat.

In fact, You Chen had the idea of ​​experimenting when Tang San and his disciples broke into his house.

The subsequent tests largely confirmed some of You Chen's ideas...

Regarding the task objects of system tasks, You Chen gradually introduced the concept of "fate power".

Simply put, the more important and extensive a character is in the original work, the greater their destiny power will be.

If the author is the creator god, then the protagonist is the chosen one of the world's destiny.

The chosen ones possess the highest level of destiny power, while the destiny power of those important figures is equally considerable.

When You Chen was fighting against them, he was probably not only fighting against them, but also against the luck emanating from them.

The stronger one's destiny, the lower the threshold for triggering a mission. Simply put, situations that can barely be considered conflicts will only be transformed into missions if the "safety net" is triggered.

However, characters with high destiny power may trigger the quest directly when encountering this situation.

For example, if You Chen and Mu Feng bumped into Tang San at the same time, both of them would feel dissatisfaction and hostility. If this negative emotion were quantified, it would probably only be 1 or 2 points. Tang San would most likely trigger the mission directly, but even if the value of You Chen's negative emotion were increased tenfold, it wouldn't trigger the mission.

In addition to a lower threshold for triggering tasks, the rewards for completing tasks will also be higher relative to the difficulty and requirements of those tasks.

If the strength and status of the task target are the "basic values ​​of the task reward", then fate power and task difficulty are similar, both belonging to the conditions of "reward amount bonus".

Tang San, the protagonist of the original work, is naturally among the top tier of beings with the highest destiny power in the world. This allows missions that would normally only yield Soul Master-level rewards to have rewards that are at least Soul Venerable-level, and there is also a possibility of rare rewards such as "Soul Ring Limited-Time Cards".

Furthermore, high-fate targets also have a "first big hit" mechanism.

For example, Yu Xiaogang's "Adaptive Soul Bone" and Tang San's "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force".

Their first task will disregard their existing strength and status, and directly award them a reward based on the strength of their destiny power.

As the chosen one of the world, Tang San is undoubtedly among the top tier with the strongest destiny power. There are very few people in the entire world whose destiny power can compare with his. The "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force" that he obtained in the first mission has the potential to directly reach the peak of the world's power system just by cultivating it.

As a key character throughout the entire Douluo Continent series, Yu Xiaogang's power of destiny, even if not second only to Tang San, is at least among the top of the third tier. The "Adaptive Soul Bone" she revealed is the most advanced cultivation resource in this world's Soul Master cultivation system, enough to allow ordinary people to defy fate.

Such a generous reward made You Chen mentally prepared to at least extract a mission from an important character in the original work.

Even if this person doesn't want any more tasks afterward, it doesn't matter; at least we have to get the first piece of the pie!

In fact, You Chen had also wondered if he might be a character created by some author.

But even if that's the truth, so what? Should You Chen worry about such nonsense?!

The Douluo Continent case illustrates this: the seemingly all-powerful creator god, who appears to control the fate of all characters, may have simply created this world by chance, and was himself just an ordinary person.

And authors who write fanfiction where they portray themselves as the protagonist are even rarer!

Who knows, he might just be a lifelong single, fat otaku who doesn't know where his next meal is coming from and can only eat instant noodles every day!

It seems like he could turn beauties from the original work like Xiao Wu, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue into sows with a flick of his finger, but in reality, he can't even touch a single one of these beauties. He's the one living like a pig!

In comparison, someone who possesses extraordinary power, can change into beautiful women like clothes, and can even pursue their ambitions is definitely the winner in life that the author envies!

(End of this chapter)