Survival on the Internet: A Bizarre Start at Sea

He first took out three pieces of material that shimmered with a purple aura and placed them on three specific energy nodes of the magic circle.

[Condensed resentment] whispers like a tangled shadow.

The twisted malice pulsated slightly, like a living thing.

The gratitude for liberation radiates a calm and warm glow.

These three epic materials will serve as the "fuel" to initiate and guide the ritual.

Then, he took a deep breath and focused his mind.

With his left palm facing upward, a pure, dark blue flame quietly leaped out and burned peacefully—the very source of the Night Watcher's Heart Flame.

His right hand held up the stark white bone ship pendant—the embodiment of the Redemption.

He carefully guided the primordial flame of the Night Watcher's Heart to the bone boat pendant on his chest.

The moment the pale blue flame touched the pendant, it did not burn it, but rather seeped into it smoothly, like water droplets merging into a sponge.

The original white bone boat pendant now faintly glows with a deep blue light, as if a heart lamp has been lit within it.

The two originated from the same source, and now, under Su Zhisu's conscious guidance, they began to slowly and steadily merge.

As a conceptual "object of order," the Night Watch Heart Flame slowly permeates the Redemption's conceptual essence as a "strange object," while the Redemption, with its unique materials and connections, becomes a stable vessel for the Night Watch Heart Flame.

This process requires meticulous control and absolute calm.

Su Zhisu remained calm and used his own strange power to guide this process between the two.

Let the Night Watch Heart Flame gradually take the lead, imprinting its characteristics little by little on the conceptual foundation of the Redemption.

Time passed slowly.

When Su Zhisu sensed that the concepts represented by the Night Watch Heart Flame and the Redemption were gradually connecting, and that the two forces were initially achieving a fusion and balance, he knew that the most crucial moment had arrived.

He needs to set the "direction" of the ritual circle.

Last night, while I was meditating, I seemed to hear my sister Beamon Krasin's languid yet caring voice again:

"...Little brother, when you level up, remember to direct the ritual towards your big sister~"

"...With your older sister keeping an eye on things, everything will be perfectly fine, there's absolutely no risk~"

The older sister's voice carried an undeniable confidence and doting affection.

Su Zhisu's fingertips unconsciously rubbed lightly against the cold pendant.

He believed his sister was capable of doing it.

But it was precisely this trust that made it even more difficult for him to make what seemed to be the simplest and safest choice.

"In the Atlantis incident, the 'R'lyeh Advent,' spearheaded by the elder sister, ultimately only achieved a conceptual fusion with Atlantis..."

"Atlantis is thus caught between dreams and reality..."

"My sister has paid the price for this; she's now being targeted by the strange forces of this world. If I were to..."

"Choosing her as the target triggers strange powers during the advancement, along with the 'pressure' from the rules of the world that comes with it..."

"Will it act like a lighthouse in the darkness, once again bringing unnecessary trouble or even danger to her and Atlantis?"

The thought, like a cold reef, sank to the bottom of his heart.

He could not, and absolutely did not want to, put his sister in potential danger because of his own promotion.

Even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance.

Silence permeated the Room of Ascension, with only the faint glow of flowing runes and the pendant in the center gradually turning a deep blue as it quietly changed.

Su Zhisu's gaze gradually hardened.

He had already made his decision.

"I'm sorry, sister... I can't listen to you this time."

He muttered to himself, as if explaining to relatives far away, or perhaps reaffirming his own beliefs.

"I need to walk my own path."

"I should bear the risks myself..."

"Or, find a 'safer' party to take responsibility."

His consciousness sank into his body, touching the mysterious connection that had existed since his arrival in this world, linking the endless void—[The Web].

"If there is anything that can defy the pressure of this calamistic world's rules and calmly withstand the overflowing, bizarre power..."

"Then, a comprehensive network spanning infinite dimensions and governed by absolute rules might be the most suitable choice."

"Using the comprehensive online world as a symbolic gesture..."

This idea was bold and crazy, but Su Zhisu felt that it might be the only option that would not involve others and was "stable" enough.

So, what about the symbolic object that points to something?

What could better represent the connection with the online game than "oneself" as a player of the online game itself?

Su Zhisu slowly got up and walked to the very center of the ritual array.

He himself is the best reference point, the "symbol" pointing to the comprehensive network.

He sat down cross-legged again, gently lifting the Redemption pendant, which was burning with a ghostly blue flame inside, and letting it float in front of him.

To the left was the strange power within his own body, swirling like dark purple mist.

On the right, the Redemption pendant and the Night Watch Heart Flame, which have already begun to merge, are now emitting a light that is a mixture of dark blue and deep white.

"Let's begin."

Su Zhixu closed his eyes, and his mental energy, like tentacles, ignited the epic-level materials placed on the three energy nodes at the same time!

[Concentrated resentment] Like oil thrown into a blazing fire, it suddenly bursts open, turning into a thick mass of shadow energy radiating resentment and anger.

【Twisted Malice】 emits a silent shriek, and twisted power surges out like a venomous snake, attempting to corrupt everything around it.

The gratitude for liberation radiates the gentlest yet firmest light, acting like a neutralizer to harmonize the turmoil of the other two negative energies, transforming them into a more easily guided and pure source of motivation.

Under the constraint of the magic array, the three forces converged into a torrent, flowing into the runes below.

Om-!

The runes throughout the entire Ascension Chamber instantly lit up with a dazzling light!

The patterns on the walls and floor seemed to come alive, with energy flowing through them, forming a huge cocoon of light centered on Su Zhisu.

The "House of Ascension" provided by Hydeland City began to show its effects, with the energy in the surrounding space being rapidly gathered and purified, forming a stable environment conducive to advancement.

At the same time, Su Zhisu felt that he had established a connection with a vast, cold, and absolutely rational being.

That's a comprehensive website.

It has no will, no emotions, only pure rules.

It is like an absolutely flat mirror, reflecting all the energy flow in the ritual, and silently "guiding" away those strange powers that were beyond Su Zhisu's control and about to go berserk, guiding them into the endless void of rules.

The pressure from global rules, when it touches this connection, is like a stone thrown into the sea, dispersed and borne by the rule system of the comprehensive network that transcends a single world level.

"It worked... the online variety show actually responded!"

With a firm resolve, Su Zhisu stopped being distracted and focused all her attention on guiding the power within her body.

He manipulated the pure, strange power on the left, slowly flowing it towards the Redemption pendant on the right.

At the same time, he did his best to ignite the flame of the night watchman's heart inside the pendant.

A faint blue flame suddenly rose from the pendant, carrying an undeniable light of order, as it met the surging, strange power.

Under Su Zhisu's precise control, the two forces collided, intertwined, and entangled in front of him!