306: Collaborative death, all villains

Inside the Main Control Room, Lin Fan felt the brand-new power within his body, woven from misfortune and Luck, and fell into deep thought.

[ Please name your new Divine Ability: _______ ]

Name it?

He thought about it. If he called it "misfortune Aura," it was too straightforward and lacked style. If he called it "Judgment of Fate," it was too chuunibyou.

"Let's just call it 'Word of Law'."

The corners of Lin Fan's mouth curled up slightly. He could feel that the essence of this Divine Ability was to distort the Laws of Luck within a small area, turning events with extremely low probabilities into certainties.

For example, if he said, "You will trip while walking," the probability of the other party tripping on flat ground would be magnified infinitely until tripping became an established fact.

Simple, brutal, and insidious enough.

He liked it.

After setting the name of the Divine Ability, Lin Fan's thoughts stirred, and his figure disappeared from the spot.

[ Spatial Anchor Jump — Initiated. ]

...

Immortal Alliance, Qingmu Star Base, Main Control Room.

Space rippled like water, and Lin Fan's figure quietly appeared.

"Boss!"

"Lin Fan!"

Fatty Zhang and Zhao Linger, who had been guarding the Main Control Room, rushed over almost at the same time.

Fatty Zhang's face was full of the relief of having survived a disaster. With snot and tears, he wanted to rush up for a hug: "Boss, you finally returned! I thought you... you were again and again and again..."

Lin Fan dodged his bear hug with a look of disgust.

Zhao Linger walked quickly to him, looking him up and down carefully. Only after confirming that he was completely unharmed, without even a wrinkle in his clothes, did her heart, which had been hanging the whole time, finally settle.

Her eyes were slightly red, and there was a subtle tremor in her voice: "It's good that you're back."

Lin Fan looked into her eyes, which were full of concern, felt a warmth in his heart, and nodded.

"I solved a little trouble."

A little trouble?

Fatty Zhang and Zhao Linger looked at each other, both seeing speechlessness in the other's eyes.

Going to two high-risk Forbidden Grounds—one being the "Land of Heavenly Condemnation" where the Heavenly Dao descends punishment, and the other being the "Star Tomb of the Abandoned" plagued by misfortune—in your eyes, this is just "a little trouble"?

"Boss, how was... the harvest this time?" Fatty Zhang rubbed his hands and asked curiously.

Lin Fan glanced at him without answering directly, simply waving his hand.

Hum— A wisp of extremely pure golden light of Karma, emitting a supreme and sacred aura, appeared at his fingertips.

Just this wisp of aura made the Spiritual Qi in the entire Main Control Room become docile and peaceful. Zhao Linger and Fatty Zhang felt their Divine Souls become clear, as if they had been cleansed, feeling indescribably comfortable.

"Heavenly... Heavenly Dao Karma?!" Zhao Linger exclaimed. She had once seen descriptions of this power in the oldest texts of the Sect.

Fatty Zhang's eyes were wide open, and drool almost flowed out. This was legendary good stuff!

However, Lin Fan, as if throwing away trash, casually put away this wisp of golden light of Karma, his face without a ripple.

Looking at their inexperienced appearance, he said indifferently: "The Great Calamity is approaching, and the strength of the Immortal Alliance is still too weak."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the Main Control Room became heavy.

The excitement on Fatty Zhang's face faded, replaced by shame and unwillingness: "It's that we are too useless, unable to help Boss with anything, and can only worry here..."

Zhao Linger also lowered her eyes, her jade hands clenched tightly.

That's right, Lin Fan was facing the Heavenly Dao and the Great Calamity of the Universe alone, while they could only watch like bystanders, without even the ability to share a shred of the risk. This feeling of powerlessness stung her heart.

Suddenly, as if she had made a decision, she raised her head abruptly, looking at Lin Fan with clear eyes and incomparable firmness: "Lin Fan, I want to become stronger!"

"Boss! I want to too!" Fatty Zhang shouted immediately, puffing out his fat chest high: "As long as I can help Boss, even if it means going up to a mountain of blades or down into a sea of fire, I, Zhang Dahai, wouldn't even frown!"

Lin Fan looked at them, especially Zhao Linger's eyes that were burning with fire, and was silent for a moment. His mind began to calculate rapidly.

Seeking death alone to farm rewards, while safe, had limited efficiency.

What if... he could form a team?

If the core members also possessed a certain "risk resistance" ability and went to some "dungeons" with moderate difficulty and good rewards to engage in "sustainable death," wouldn't the growth speed of the Immortal Alliance's overall strength be able to take a rocket?

Happiness shared is better than happiness alone.

Thinking of this, a smile slowly appeared on Lin Fan's face that made both Zhao Linger and Fatty Zhang feel a bit unnerved.

"Good." He spat out a word.

"Since you have this determination, from today onwards, the Immortal Alliance will establish a new department."

"Immortal Alliance—Special Operations Department." Lin Fan paused and added, "Externally, it can be called the 'Death-Seeking Vanguard'."

Death-Seeking Vanguard?

Zhao Linger and Fatty Zhang were both stunned.

"Zhao Linger, you will be the Minister."

"Ah?" Zhao Linger was dumbfounded.

"Fatty Zhang, Vice Minister."

"Alright, Boss!" Although Fatty Zhang didn't understand, as long as it was an official position given by the Boss, he was happy to do it.

Lin Fan's voice had just fallen when a cold, clear voice came from the doorway.

"Sounds interesting, count me in."

Li Hanyue, dressed in a sword robe with a sharp aura, had been standing there for who knows how long. In her beautiful eyes, there was no confusion, only a trace of eager Battle Intent.

Immediately after, a voice that was charming to the bone also rang out.

"Oh my, how could you not include me in such a fun thing? Alliance Leader Lin, you can't favor one over the other."

Su Meier, wearing a fire-red long dress, leaned against the door frame and gave Lin Fan a flirtatious wink.

They were clearly attracted by the commotion here.

Lin Fan looked at the suddenly assembled harem group and his mouth twitched. Fine, since they were here.

"You can join if you want." He scanned the crowd, "But you must first pass an entrance test."

He waved his hand, and the door to an empty Cultivation room nearby opened with a boom.

"It's very simple. Stay inside for one hour. Whoever can persist until the end will be considered to have passed."

Fatty Zhang was the first to pat his chest and walk in: "What's hard about this!"

Li Hanyue, Su Meier, and Zhao Linger also followed in one after another.

The moment the door slowly closed behind them, countless invisible, bizarre Laws full of prankish aura were instantly activated inside the room!

The next second.

"Ouch!" Fatty Zhang slipped, tripped by a banana peel that appeared out of thin air, and fell flat on his back.

"My hair!" Su Meier screamed. Her meticulously styled hair was suddenly blown into a bird's nest by a force of static electricity.

Li Hanyue's expression was cold. Just as she was about to draw her sword, the hilt was suddenly covered in slippery moss, and she couldn't grip it no matter what.

Zhao Linger had it the worst. She had just wanted to cast a Purification Spell, but a piece of coptis was stuffed into her mouth, and it was so bitter that tears almost came out.

Immediately after, wind rose on flat ground, blowing so hard that people couldn't open their eyes. Sticky syrup rain began to fall from the ceiling. The floor became like a trampoline, bouncing everyone around.

One hour later.

When the door to the Cultivation room opened again, four figures walked out, covered in dirt, with dull eyes, doubting their lives.

Fatty Zhang had a large bump on his head from being hit by a light tube.

Su Meier's dress was stained black and purple by ink.

Li Hanyue was covered in feathers.

Only Zhao Linger seemed to have realized something along the way. Although she was a bit disheveled, she was in the best condition.

Looking at the calm and composed Lin Fan, they finally deeply realized that the "death-seeking" the Boss spoke of was such a profound and technically demanding discipline!

Lin Fan looked at their appearance and nodded with satisfaction.

"Congratulations, you all passed."

He flicked his finger, and several golden talismans flickering with his Origin aura flew in front of everyone.

"This is a 'Substitute Death Talisman'."

"In a critical moment, you can activate it. I will remotely receive the fatal damage you are about to suffer."

"Remember, everyone has only one chance."

This sentence, like a thunderclap, exploded in everyone's hearts. Remotely... substituting death?

Holding the warm talisman, looking at Lin Fan's calm face, an unprecedented shock and a warm current surged in their hearts.

This was no longer just trust; this was binding his life completely with theirs!

"Boss!" Fatty Zhang's eyes were red, and he knelt down with a thud.

Zhao Linger, Li Hanyue, and the others also trembled violently, and their gazes toward Lin Fan completely changed.

"Alright." Lin Fan waved his hand, interrupting their emotional state, "Since the team is assembled, it's time to plan the first collective action."

"I suggest we go to the 'Ten Thousand Cries Demon Abyss' first!" Fatty Zhang immediately took out the star map excitedly, "Although the small demons there are weak, there are many of them. If we die, we can die in large groups, and the cost-performance ratio is high!"

Everyone immediately gathered around and discussed with great interest, completely failing to notice that the light in the Main Control Room was flickering at an abnormal frequency.

Just at this moment.

Beep—beep—beep—!!! A sharp, ear-piercing alarm sound, representing the highest level of threat, suddenly resounded throughout the entire base!

On the huge light screen in the center of the Main Control Room, the vast star map was instantly covered by a chaotic, waterfall-like stream of data!

[ Warning! Unknown high-dimensional information stream intrusion detected! ]

[ Warning! The Laws of the Immortal Alliance territory are being forcibly overwritten! ]

That cold, synthesized electronic voice echoed in everyone's ears. All gazes were cast at the light screen in horror.

In the center of that chaotic data stream composed of countless incomprehensible symbols and garbled code, a cold, strange, and peculiar mark emitting absolute Order and the will of "Purification" was slowly taking shape.