Am I going to be controlled by the players too?

The messages were both familiar and unfamiliar. Although Mu Yuan kept sending these messages on repeat, Cheng Cheng had the feeling that he hadn't seen them for months.

Okay, it's just that we haven't seen each other for several months.

He sat up, stretched his neck, opened the system panel, and began to examine the immense potential for immortality he had accumulated over months of dedicated play of only one game, *Destiny: Immortal Crown*.

"End of Light Judgment - Sylvia"

Level: 59 (Maximum Level)

Combat Power: 99999

"Intimacy: 80 (90% attribute sharing)"

"Inherent Talents: Collector, Baki, Favored by Heaven"

"Killer Move: Subordinate Overthrowing Superior"

"Legendary Spark: Death (Unequipped)"

Because the two confessed their feelings to each other, their intimacy level increased to 80%, and their attribute sharing reached 90%. The attributes shared by Sylvia alone were enough for Cheng Cheng to reach the peak of the Gold rank.

After all, when Cheng Cheng was fighting the Jingguan Bodhisattva, the immense experience points had already propelled Sylvia to the peak of the Golden Nine Revolutions, half a step into the Legendary Realm. However, she was stuck at this step because the ritual was difficult to complete.

In addition, as the game progresses, the system stops displaying ordinary fire seeds and instead displays the ultimate moves directly—after all, with Sylvia's current cultivation level and status, ordinary fire seeds are readily available, and listing them would just lead to a barrage of criticism for not being enough.

As for her inherent talents, "Baki" is practically useless now, while "Collector" is quite useful when the opponent has invincibility... But isn't "Heaven's Favor" the Jealousy card she just drew? Has the system already assumed that Sylvia will be constantly cheated on?

Can't you trust me a little?

Huffing and puffing, Cheng Cheng opened Freya's panel and continued looking at it—

"Freya: A Dream of the Past"

Level: 61

Combat Power: EX

"Intimacy: 85 (95% attribute sharing)"

"Inherent Talents: As Love Writes (Selected), As Hate Is Engraved, Past Events Become Books"

"Legendary Spark: Queen (5%)"

Source Quality: [Understanding] - Forgetting the Scepter (5%)

The leap from Gold to Legendary is a true qualitative leap, and the fighting style changes from a clash of magic and killing moves to a collision of power and concepts, making ordinary combat power difficult to quantify.

The key lies in the shared legendary spark and source essence—although Freya has not played the role for long enough and her mastery is limited, the "Queen's" "Staring Pregnancy Gu" and "Strong Person Appraisal Technique" are enough to instantly kill any being below the legendary level.

Although the method involves making the other person exhaust their life force to give birth to their child, and then having them call them "Mom" after the birth...

The effects of the Source Essence are self-evident. Even if one's mastery of it is not high, its rank is still there. Whether it's forgetting oneself to enter a perfect invincible stealth state, directly deleting enemies, or deleting attacks already dealt to achieve a healing effect, its limits are the highest, and even ordinary legends cannot resist it.

Therefore, my current data panel looks like this:

"Cheng Cheng, the One Who Never Dawned"

Level: 60

Combat Power: EX

Special items: Pride, Greed, and the Thunder God Idol

Special Ability: Intelligence-Depressing Aura

"The ultimate move: to provide shelter for all the poor and needy, so that they may all rejoice and return to their ancestral roots."

"Legendary Spark: Queen (4.5%)"

Source Quality: [Understanding] - Forgetting the Scepter (4.5%)

Compared to when I first entered Witch's Night, when I was just a Silver-ranked player, I'm now not just experiencing a numerical expansion, but a complete dimensional reduction.

He could even single-handedly take down the entire world without any problem.

To give an example, Cheng Cheng's current combat strength compared to that of other countries in the world is like when the darkness descended on "Yuan Shen" and Liu Shui overpowered all the other second-tier games, firmly holding half of the country. Unless a sneak attack is launched, it would be difficult for even ordinary nuclear bombs to penetrate his legendary holy domain on the front line.

Cheng Cheng himself is a humanoid hydrogen bomb with a speed exceeding Mach 3. His ultimate move, "Protecting the World and Making the Poor Rejoice," is enough to lift the Twin Towers and crash them into airplanes. His ultimate moves, which are built from fire sources such as lightning and burning, are also at the level of street-shaking. As for his powers, they are even more powerful—he can make all the men, women, and children in a city have his children with just one glance!

Back then, even going to the basketball court to play basketball would be suspicious to Mu Yuan, who would take him to have his seed genes tested; but now, even if he went to the White House and declared that he was the son of God, that Brother Ye and Brother Hong had handed over divine power to him, and that he was the savior who should rule the world, probably no one would dare to object.

After all, if even a member of the motherland can do it, why can't I?

As the saying goes, "He who possesses a powerful weapon will naturally have a murderous intent." When an ordinary person has the power to confront the world, it is hard for him not to consider "whether or not to rule the world"—and making such a decision is not because he is an ambitious person, but simply because of the mentality of "since I can do it, why not give it a try."

So, should we do that?

Cheng Cheng's eyes were only momentarily confused before he quickly regained his senses: Although he could do it, what was the point of doing it?

Just to gain power, money, and the most beautiful woman?

I was able to experience these things in Fate/Immortal Crown a long time ago!

I am the Regent Prince of the Kingdom of Konoma, whose territory is comparable to the entire New World. Sylvia and Freya are beauties who could not possibly exist in reality—after all, in a world with magic, beautiful girls can truly not poop, nor do they need cosmetics to keep their skin fair and flawless; invincible magic can solve everything.

If that's the case, is it still necessary to go through all the trouble and effort in reality?

Having enough money is enough, and having enough power to protect my family is enough... Wait, it seems like my family in Genshin Impact doesn't need protection?

If you have enough power, you can just rule over MiGame. Then you can use salary incentives and pressure to force all employees to work overtime and update "Yuanshen" every three days. Wouldn't that be much more fun than ruling the world?

Thinking of this, Cheng Cheng rubbed his face and admonished himself in the mirror, "Alright, stop thinking about these things. You only have one goal now, which is to break the cycle of Witch's Night and then go back to marry Sylvia and Freya."

"Don't forget, the person you love most is still waiting for you there."

After composing himself, Cheng Cheng replied to Mu Yuan's message and walked out of the room. Just as he was about to leave, he found his mother sitting on the sofa watching a traditional Chinese medicine professor talk about traditional culture on a public WeChat account. The professor was talking about the story of how Westerners invented the steam engine based on the Yongle Encyclopedia two hundred years ago, and then jumped down from a tree to establish a country.

"Mom, stop reading this nonsense."

Cheng Cheng rubbed his temples and sighed, but still walked over to his mother and sat down next to her—after all, he had been in the game world for far too long, and even his parents from the Genshin Impact family missed him to some extent.

"What nonsense! This is a century-old traditional Chinese medicine professor, a specialist in traditional culture!" the mother frowned. "You, a sports student, should learn from this. This is all seminal fluid, the essence left by our ancestors!"

"I mean, the claim that Westerners established their countries based on the steam engine described in the Yongle Encyclopedia is clearly false!" Cheng Cheng pointed at the professor's nose and said, "Back then, Westerners clearly established their countries based on the Yuan Shen Ben Pian section of the Yongle Encyclopedia! The Ming Dynasty True History records that the Gauls established France based on Fontaine, while the Germans established Germany based on Mondstadt!"

"Do you know why Eastern Europe developed slower than Western Europe? It's because the land of the Winter Solstice emerged the latest, so the Russians were the last to copy it..."

Mother: "...Oh, right, right, right."

Tsk, what a perfunctory response. I can't explain this to parents who have never played "Gen Shen".

"Actually, I have something important to tell you today." Cheng Cheng sighed, then said seriously, "Mom, I'm getting married."

"Oh."

The mother didn't even look up, continuing to watch the video on the official WeChat account. After a long while, she finally turned her head to him, seeing his expression that seemed to say, "Aren't you curious about who the bride is?" She sighed, "Is it Ayaka Kamisato or Furina this time?"

“It’s Freya.” Cheng Cheng paused. “And Sylvia, Cuckoo, Li Xianyu, Tong Chuxue, and Ji Yushen…”

"...Just tell me, which game?"

"Fate/stay night: Immortal Crown".

"Thank goodness, at least it's not the 'Primordial Spirit' anymore. It seems I've fixed it for you using the ancestral formula."

Cheng Cheng twitched the corner of his mouth, utterly unable to understand how his mother could steer any topic toward traditional Chinese medicine.

First of all, I admit that my brain-computer interface was removed, and it was indeed my mother who removed it for me—but the mother who helped me was Freya's mother, not you, so what does it have to do with traditional Chinese medicine?

I have two "mothers": one is the mother from the Genshin Impact family, and the other is Freya. When I see my mother, I don't want to talk; but when I see Freya, I wish I could make her wear a wedding dress.

Sigh, I really can't take it anymore. Even the Primordial Spirit knows what kind of parents I want. How could such a dog mother and dog father with no cultivation of the Primordial Dao give birth to such an unparalleled genius as me?

Thinking about this, Cheng Cheng couldn't help but wonder, "Mom, am I really your biological son?"

But to everyone's surprise, the mother froze on the spot upon hearing this, then covered her face and wept:

"That's not true. Actually, your birth mother... according to what you sports students say, your mother was quite famous in Dongshui City. Later, she was targeted by a notorious womanizer who found an opportunity to kidnap her... A few years later, the womanizer was deported back to his country by the immigration bureau, and your mother was rescued, but she already had a child..."

"...Could it be?" Cheng Cheng was momentarily at a loss for words.

The mother said with a hint of self-deprecation and a sigh:

"Sometimes, you can only look on the bright side. Otherwise, how could I have found such a disrespectful son of our ancestors in the girls' dormitory toilet? He's got some foreign blood mixed in with him!"

Cheng Cheng: "..."

"So, are you satisfied with this explanation?" The mother rolled her eyes and continued watching the video.

...I thought the martial arts path sequence 0 had been invaded by divine will in reality.

Cheng Cheng sighed: "...I'm such a grown man, and you're still trying to fool me with that 'picked up from the trash can' nonsense. Why don't you just say your mother was a virgin when she conceived you, and that I'm a holy spirit sent down from heaven by an angel?"

Who would believe that?

"Billions of people around the world believe in it."

"Ha, it's obvious that Westerners believe it. After all, their culture is only two hundred years old, their foundation is very weak, and they believe a few words from a swindler..."

Mom, you're just as good.

With a sigh, Cheng Cheng turned and left the living room. After washing up, he opened the door and walked out of the house.

Then, with a light touch of his toes, he flew out of the residential area like a cannonball and headed straight for Mu Yuan's laboratory!

…………

According to Mu Yuan, the name of Witch's Night is related to a certain witch.

But by now, Cheng Cheng had met three witches. Two of them were witch A and witch C, who gave him witch trials and mission rewards. The third was witch R, who directly issued a decree in the system to exterminate Jingguan Bodhisattva and rewarded him with the most useful "Thousand Star Odd-Even Soul Body".

Each character is aware of their physical body in reality and seems to be connected to both worlds, but there is no mention of the Witch's Night.

The essence of Witch's Night is a large-scale demonic event, a massive disaster caused by a demon lord leading countless high-ranking and low-ranking demons to simultaneously flood into reality.

If it were an ordinary Witch's Night, they would simply be wiped out; but this time, the demon lord of the Witch's Night is likely the "Wheel of Fate" reincarnation demon, thus plunging the world into an endless cycle.

Therefore, Cheng Cheng alone cannot solve the problem; he still needs the help of other forces. The Primal God Cult, to which Mu Yuan belongs, is the most suitable choice.

"If even a demon lord on par with a legendary figure can descend upon Earth, what about the Primordial One?"

This is also what Cheng Cheng is most worried about right now.

Just to defeat the demon of war, they mobilized two portions of primal essence and ten portions of legendary fire seeds. It was only through Ji Yushen's years of planning that they barely managed to win. If a primal demon were to descend upon Earth, even if Cheng Cheng's power were enough to rule the world, he would be no match for it.

Therefore, the true background and strength of the Primal God Cult are very important in reality. If they also have legendary-level combat power, at least the burden of saving the world will not fall on Cheng Cheng's shoulders alone—this is also one of the things Cheng Cheng wants to explore on this trip.

Mu Yuan's laboratory was located deep in the affluent suburbs of Dongshui City. Cheng Cheng used the oblivion effect of the source material to fly in the sky without attracting much attention or panic from the citizens.