Transcending Godhood: I Extract Keywords and Crush the Gods

There are only five days left until the midterm exams when students are streamed into different majors.

The virtual classroom of Class 7, Grade 12 at Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School.

No one was whispering or discussing how many new units had been hatched in the divine realm.

boom.

The classroom door was pushed open.

Class teacher Lei Yan strode onto the podium.

He didn't bring any lesson plans, his eyes scanning over every young face below.

"Let's get straight to the point." Lei Yan's voice echoed in the classroom.

"In Tianhai Province, there were originally about one million awakened senior high school students this year." Lei Yan raised a finger, then slowly lowered it.

"Having gone through the real-world assessment and the initial elimination process, only 300,000 people are still standing here, ready to participate in the province-wide placement test."

The whole class erupted in uproar.

The attrition rate is 700,000 people.

This means that, apart from being transferred to a logistics support role, he is also going to be a support soldier.

A significant number of people died in those unknown tests.

"You might think you're lucky to have survived," Lei Yan sneered.

"But this major test is no longer a virtual simulation, nor is it about clearing out those broken continents on the periphery."

Lei Yan pressed a button on the holographic control panel.

A distorted star field was projected onto the blackboard.

In the center of the star field, a dilapidated planet with a dark red glow floats.

"The Provincial Department of Education, in conjunction with the military, has prepared a great gift for you 300,000 people."

Lei Yan said, enunciating each word clearly: "The assessment location is a classified military star map, [codename: Ember-07]."

"That's a real plane, and deep within that red wasteland lies a living, lower-level Abyss Demon!"

A living demon!

These five words struck the classroom like a hammer blow, shattering everyone's mental defenses.

A good ten seconds or so passed.

With a "whoosh," squad leader Li Xiuqi was the first to stand up.

"Teacher Lei...you're joking, right?" Li Xiuqi pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses. "A living demon god?"

"Most of us are novices who haven't even touched the threshold of demigods, and most of our clans are only at the second or third tier."

"You want us to invade the demon god's plane? What's the difference between that and delivering takeout?!"

Not only Li Xiuqi, but all the elite students in the class who possessed C-level and B-level divine domains also turned pale.

Invading the realm of gods implies that the other party is the ruler of that plane.

The other party can freely use the laws of planes to suppress outsiders.

Moreover, the opponent is a demon god.

This is suicide.

"Silence!" Lei Yan shouted angrily, suppressing the impending wave of panic.

"This demon was severely damaged by the combined efforts of the military high command during the interstellar war two years ago."

"Its divine essence has shattered, and it is currently in a state of extreme weakness and deep slumber."

Lei Yan clicked on a close-up image of the dark red planet.

"Its dimensional laws are riddled with holes, making it impossible to activate dimensional suppression."

"During the major test, the military's star matrix will be fully activated to protect your divine realm coordinates from being tracked in reverse."

Lei Yan's gaze swept over the crowd: "Your mission is to descend upon this shattered plane, plunder its resources, kill its followers, and even... steal its divine fragments!"

Upon hearing the military's matrix protection, the breathing in the classroom subsided slightly.

But Lei Yan's next words caused the temperature to drop to freezing point again.

"Although the Demon God is asleep, hundreds of millions of abyssal natives still live in its plane."

"Moreover, even when the demon god is asleep, the unconscious pressure he exudes is enough to drive your weak-willed believers insane and distort them, causing them to turn around and tear you apart."

Lei Yan crossed his arms: "For this major exam, 300,000 senior high school students from all cities in Tianhai Province will be tested simultaneously."

"This is a province-wide battle royale, and also a celebration for the strong."

"If you can't hold on, just crush the amulet issued by the military and go back to reality."

"The price is immediate elimination and lifetime relegation to logistics."

The rules have been read aloud.

For the vast majority of ordinary students, only despair remained.

Three hundred thousand people scrambled for food.

Hundreds of millions of Abyss natives are defending the area.

This level of difficulty is beyond the capabilities of ordinary civilians who only have Tier 1 or Tier 2 units.

If you go in, you probably won't even be able to defeat the low-level monsters on the outskirts, let alone face the pressure of the demon god.

"Teacher Lei," a boy from an ordinary family raised his hand, his voice trembling with tears, "we...we really won't survive."

Lei Yan tapped the blackboard and explained in a deep voice, "The laws of the Demon God have been shattered. The military has calculated that the strongest native inhabitant in this plane is currently no more than the sixth rank."

"Furthermore, you are allowed to form your own teams for this major test. The military will not let you die in vain."

The expressions on everyone's faces remained grim.

The strongest is no more than rank six?

Even the weakest sixth rank would be a devastating disaster for these ordinary students.

Seeing this, Lei Yan offered the appeasement policy he had prepared beforehand.

"If you're scared, you can hide at the very edge of the plane after landing. There are no high-level monsters there, and you can mine some low-level magic ore."

Lei Yan pointed to the edge of the star map: "As long as you don't go to the core area to join the fun and just behave yourselves as Cyberpalu, your survival rate is over 80%."

"With the points earned from mining, I can easily pass the exam and stay at No. 3 Middle School to continue my senior year."

Hearing this, the ordinary students breathed a long sigh of relief.

"That scared me to death! I didn't know you could survive like that."

"As long as I can survive, what's wrong with going in as a miner? I can just clock out and be safe."

"Let's team up, let's find a spot on the edge and squat down, we definitely won't wander off."

The tense atmosphere in the classroom visibly relaxed.

For most people, dignity and future prospects are worthless in the face of life.

Lei Yan looked at the group of students who were preparing to go mining, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes.

But instead of criticizing, he changed the subject and brought out the real highlight.

"However, high risk is always accompanied by high reward."

Lei Yan's voice suddenly rose in pitch, making everyone's eardrums buzz.

"All resources you plundered in the Demon God's plane, no matter how much, will be tax-free by the military! They will all belong to you personally!"

Upon hearing this, the eyes of those elite students lit up instantly.

duty free!

The transaction tax and cross-realm tax in the world of gods are extremely high.

The military's offer was tantamount to pushing a mountain of gold in front of them.

"In addition, the rewards for the major exam have been officially announced."

Lei Yan pulled up the final list of rewards on the blackboard.

The golden lettering danced on the holographic screen.

"Those ranked in the top 100 in the province will be directly awarded military rank and enjoy the resource allocation of a second lieutenant!"

"The top 10 will each receive 500 million Faith Points!"

Gasps of shock echoed throughout the classroom.

Five hundred million!

For many medium-sized families, this is a huge sum of money that would require selling off assets to raise.

"Third place: Platinum-level strategic building reward!"

"Second place winner: Choose any Diamond-level Divine Realm building blueprint!"

Lei Yan took a deep breath and announced the final reward.

"First place, reward... one Divine Shard of your choice!"

boom!

The entire virtual classroom erupted in excitement.

The elite students, represented by Li Xiuqi and Zhao Tianqi, were so excited that they jumped up from their chairs and almost overturned the table.

Fragments of Godhood!

This is a piece of the puzzle on the path to the true God.

If one can successfully fuse with this fragment, becoming a true god in the future is almost a certainty.

This immense wealth was enough to drive all the prominent families in Tianhai Province mad.

It is foreseeable that those prodigies hidden away by their families will become monsters created by throwing massive amounts of resources at them.

It will unleash a bloodbath in [Ember-07].

The fervent emotion was contagious.

Except for Lin Yuan, who was sitting in the corner.

Lin Yuan leaned back in his chair, staring blankly at the list of rewards on the blackboard.

"Another fragment of divinity."

Lin Yuan tapped his fingers lightly on the table, lost in thought.

The reward for the top spot on the Star Chess Rising Star Ranking is a Divine Fragment.

Currently, the reward for getting first place in the midterm exam is still a fragment of a god.

When did the authorities become so generous?

Is this strategic resource, capable of changing a person's destiny, being distributed like cabbages?

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Xiao Lie gave him a piece of the mother tree's stump and demanded that he trample the pride of the provincial capital underfoot.

There's only one possibility for the official to offer such an incredible reward.

With the situation on the front lines critical, the military urgently needs to act in the shortest possible time.

Using cruel methods of raising Gu (a type of insect), a batch of true god-like seedlings capable of standing alone were cultivated.

"The strongest native inhabitant is no more than level six?"

It might fool those who are planning to mine on the fringes.

Since the reward is a fragment of godhood, the danger level in the core area must be far beyond everyone's imagination.

"Looks like this money isn't easy to earn."