Awakening the worst talent? My clone can simulate it!

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Especially as the girl observed Zhou Yi, she noticed that, unlike the fear and unease of others, Zhou Yi's face genuinely showed no worry at all.

Even when the Envoy of Ascension told everyone how cruel this game of ascension was, the expression on Zhou Yi's face never changed from beginning to end.

Even the muscles on his body were quite relaxed, his composure frightening.

The girl had only seen this kind of composure on her own father!

It was an expression belonging to someone with absolute confidence, revealed when facing a crisis, but today she witnessed it again on a young man who looked only a few years older than herself.

Although Zhou Yi's initial attributes were all 1, the lowest among the eight of them, the Envoy of Ascension didn't even spare him a second glance.

But for some reason, the girl always felt that this young man was by no means as harmless as he appeared on the surface.

Perhaps it was because Zhou Yi had woken up before her, the first to talk to her in a strange environment, giving her a sense of security.

Or perhaps it was his calm demeanor.

But whatever the reason, the girl always felt that Zhou Yi could not be a simple, low-stat waste.

Especially when she saw a composure on Zhou Yi similar to that of her father, the girl hesitated for a moment, and ultimately abandoned Yu Chengjie, who was obviously not so easy to attach to, and walked towards Zhou Yi, who was standing aside in a daze.

"There are only five minutes left, and the game of ascension that the weirdo named MR3 spoke of is about to begin, but you don't seem nervous at all."

As the girl's silver bell-like voice rang crisply in his ears,

Zhou Yi, who was immersed in the beautiful future of taking advantage of the fact that this world had not yet given birth to a manager, using his superior strength to dominate, establish a sect, and even merge with the heavenly way to control a large universe, was immediately awakened from his dream.

When he saw that the one disturbing his beautiful dream was actually a little girl, Zhou Yi's face turned ugly almost visibly: "Why should I be nervous? It's just death, do I look like someone who is afraid of death?"

"You don't look like someone who is afraid of death, but you don't look like someone who isn't afraid of death either."

Not caring about Zhou Yi's bad attitude.

In Zhou Yi's dangerously narrowed eyes.

The girl decisively extended her white, scallion-like palm: "My name is Li Niannian, your name is Zhou Yi, right? I just saw your name on your Ascension Certificate. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet me?" Zhou Yi was slightly stunned, then couldn't help but laugh: "You're really interesting, not going to get to know that genius, but instead getting to know me? I think you don't want to get out of the game alive."

"I do want to know the genius, but..." She pointed pitifully at Yu Chengjie in the distance, who had a cold expression, surrounded by people, but maintained a distance from everyone.

Li Niannian revealed a pitiful expression: "The genius may not want to know me."

"Heh heh, so that's why he is a genius recognized by the Envoy of Ascension." Zhou Yi also laughed, lowering his voice: "Before the situation is clear, it's a wise move to keep a distance from people who might hold you back."

"Then do you think I'm someone who will hold you back?" Li Niannian asked in a delicate, tea-like voice upon hearing this.

"Then do you think I'm a genius?" Zhou Yi asked in return.

"..." Li Niannian was immediately choked, not knowing how to answer Zhou Yi's question.

If she said Zhou Yi was, wouldn't Zhou Yi be like Yu Chengjie, keeping a distance from someone like her who might hold him back?

If she said he wasn't, wouldn't that be slapping Zhou Yi in the face?

Just as Li Niannian was at a loss.

Zhou Yi suddenly smiled shyly, and in the latter's ignorant gaze, said shyly: "Just kidding, don't take it seriously. I just... I just didn't expect you to take the initiative to strike up a conversation with me, it's been many years since anyone has taken the initiative to strike up a conversation with me."

Being trapped in the bird-shitting Peach Blossom Paradise for a full fifteen years, how could anyone strike up a conversation?

Li Niannian, who didn't know how 'hard' Zhou Yi had been living in the past, thought that Zhou Yi was simply unpopular in the real world.

While secretly muttering in her heart, she skillfully revealed a weak expression that made people want to protect her, and softly asked: "Then are we friends now?"

Although young, Li Niannian, who had been working in society for several years, knew how to use her strengths.

She knew how devastating this expression of hers was to men, and she was confident that no man could resist her charm under this expression.

And Zhou Yi's reaction was indeed as Li Niannian expected.

"Of course!"

Almost without hesitation, he agreed.

In Li Niannian's heart, which was sweet on the surface but disdainful, Zhou Yi said with a smile: "From now on, you are my best friend!"

Although he could see through the childish tricks that the girl named Li Niannian was using at a glance.

"What genius, who are you putting on that cold appearance for? Without you, we can still complete the game of ascension! I want to see how powerful you are alone."

"Yu Chengjie, you are too cold-blooded, we have begged you so much, what else do you want?"

"Everyone, don't have to be humble to him anymore, it's useless no matter how much we beg him."

Saying that, several people with a lot of spirit immediately stopped surrounding Yu Chengjie, and walked aside angrily, leaving only the man in the suit and a woman in her twenties still standing around Yu Chengjie.

In just a few minutes, the mere eight newcomers, including Zhou Yi, were divided into three groups.

Of course, it's not accurate to say three groups.

Because Yu Chengjie didn't have the idea of forming a 'group' with anyone at all.

With his amazing hearing, Zhou Yi knew that the man in the suit and the urban woman were just stubbornly following Yu Chengjie's side, Yu Chengjie didn't recognize anything or promise anything, always with a cold expression that saw through everything.

"This Yu Chengjie is a bit strange." Touching his chin.

Zhou Yi glanced at Yu Chengjie, who was leaning against the pillar alone, always with a calm face, seemingly out of place with everything around him, and felt that this guy was a bit too rational.

Although in the novel stories of the previous life, many protagonists' personalities were as calm and rational as Yu Chengjie.

But that was only the protagonist of the novel, in real life, especially people living in a peaceful world, no matter how rational they are, it is difficult to be indifferent to so many people's pursuit and begging.

The only possibility for a guy who can always maintain such a cold attitude is that he knows very well what will happen next, knowing that maintaining a relationship with others is meaningless to him, or will only hold him back.

It's a pity that he is now in the category of the Ascension Game, and rashly acting may lead to unexpected troubles.

Otherwise, he would have to give Yu Chengjie a soul search to see what secrets he has hidden in his brain.

Just as Zhou Yi revealed such malicious thoughts.

Yu Chengjie, who was closing his eyes to rest, suddenly felt a strange chill rise all over his body.

When he vigilantly raised his head, Zhou Yi's gaze had already moved away from him, continuing to chat with Li Niannian, who was pretending to be a weak girl.

Not noticing the source of the abnormality, Yu Chengjie could only attribute it to the fact that he was too nervous.

After all, he himself didn't expect that he would be able to return to the initial period of the spiritual energy recovery, and even successfully seize the Ascension Certificate that should have belonged to his brother, becoming an Ascension Player known as the Heavenly Dao Hound in later generations!

Although the existence of the Ascension Game is no longer a secret in later generations, even the free people who are not Ascension Players can know the general rules and essence of the Ascension Game through the propaganda of the reconstructed government.

But in the final analysis, he was not an Ascension Player in his previous life, and he still had some trepidation in his heart about the Ascension information he had obtained through hearsay.

Although the Ascension Game is a cruel screening manipulated by the will of the world, the strength of those who become Ascension Players can often be rapidly improved at an astonishing speed.

However, what is equally famous as the rapid increase in strength in the Ascension Game is the terrifying mortality rate of the Ascension Game!

According to the disclosure of the reconstructed government in later generations.

Every year, the Ascension Game selects 9,100 ordinary humans in their prime and who have not cultivated any extraordinary power around the world to become Ascenders.

However, in the fifty-year history of the Ascension Game, apart from the new players selected in the past three years, the number of senior Ascenders who are truly active in the world has never exceeded two thousand.

Out of a total of 450,000 Ascenders over fifty years, only two thousand veteran Ascender players have managed to survive the three-year Ascender Game!

Even if some Ascender players have hidden themselves well and haven't been discovered by the Reconstructed Government, it's impossible for too many to remain hidden. Estimating generously, there would be, at most, around three thousand people.

This means that the survival rate for Ascender players after three years is less than one percent.

With such a terrifying mortality rate, even if Yu Chengjie is a reborn individual with the advantage of foresight, he can't guarantee that he will definitely survive in the Ascender Game.

'But all of this is worth it.'

He secretly strengthened his resolve.

Yu Chengjie was well aware that becoming an Ascender player was the only option for him, lacking power and talent, to secure a place in the future world of spiritual energy.

Otherwise, he would have no way to compete with the endless stream of innate sacred bodies, cultivation prodigies, and powerful aristocratic families.

Risks and rewards coexist!

From the moment Yu Chengjie decided to snatch the Ascender Proof that originally belonged to his brother, he had already prepared himself to face everything.

And fortunately, perhaps because of his rebirth, his initial mental strength reached a genius-level of 4 points! Not only that, but he also inherited his brother's newbie equipment from his previous life: the Cloak of Invisibility.

The Cloak of Invisibility played a crucial role in his brother's ability to become a veteran Ascender in his previous life.

It was precisely because of the Cloak of Invisibility that his brother was able to obtain an A-level rating in the newbie trial and awaken an extremely powerful A-level talent! This allowed him to snowball his way to power in the subsequent Ascender Games, eventually becoming a renowned expert among the veteran Ascenders!

And now, the opportunity that should have belonged to that person now belonged to him.

In this life, he would become an even more powerful veteran Ascender than his brother in his previous life! He would wash away all the humiliation he had endured in his previous life! And then, he would seek revenge on all those who had caused him suffering!

Harboring such a burning conviction.

Yu Chengjie closed his eyes again, 'watching' the countdown in his mind shorten continuously, silently counting down.

Meanwhile, inside the main hall, the three people who had left Yu Chengjie were turning their attention to Zhou Yi and Li Niannian.

Although they didn't know why Zhou Yi and Li Niannian hadn't gone to suck up to Yu Chengjie, they were now on bad terms with Yu Chengjie, whom they knew to be a bigshot. The anxious trio decided to unite as many people as possible.

Especially since the newbie equipment that Li Niannian had obtained was a pistol; it was the most powerful newbie equipment acquired by anyone present.

With this in mind.

The trio approached Zhou Yi and Li Niannian, expressing their desire to team up.

"Let me introduce ourselves. My name is Hao Liang, she's Zhang Chunmei, and she's Wu Ruyi. As you can see, we've fallen out with that guy."

Casting a deliberate glance at Yu Chengjie, who was closing his eyes to rest as if everything was unrelated to him.

The only male youth in the trio introduced himself and the other two women, and then got straight to the point: "Yu Chengjie is too selfish. He won't help anyone, including you. If we want to survive this strange game, we can only rely on ourselves. Although we don't know what the so-called instance is, having one more person is always one more source of strength, and our chances of survival will be greater."

"What do you say? Do you want to team up with us?"

Upon hearing this, Li Niannian immediately looked at Zhou Yi.

She thought it was a good suggestion. As long as she and Zhou Yi held the leadership of the small team, then having three more people would be better than just her and Zhou Yi surviving alone.

But Zhou Yi ignored her gaze and immediately rejected Hao Liang's invitation without even a moment's hesitation: "No need, we two have no intention of teaming up with others."

"...."

Hao Liang, who hadn't expected to be rejected so decisively by Zhou Yi, opened his mouth, but ultimately swallowed everything back down, then turned and left without saying anything more.

Only after Hao Liang had walked several meters away did the two female players, who had just recovered from their shock, hurriedly catch up with Hao Liang, anxiously saying something to him.

Li Niannian couldn't hear clearly, but Zhou Yi, with his amazing hearing, could clearly hear their conversation.

"Why are you leaving already? Shouldn't you try to persuade them a little more?" an older woman asked in surprise.

"Yeah, it's too dangerous with just the three of us," another girl named Wu Ruyi said, her voice even tinged with tears.

Faced with the two's questioning, Hao Liang, who had wanted to silently bear everything, could only helplessly explain: "It's useless. He and Yu Chengjie are the same kind of people. Continuing to pester him will only be humiliating. He won't be persuaded."

"..."

Zhou Yi, who was happily eavesdropping, suddenly looked unpleasant upon hearing this.

What level is Yu Chengjie at? That selfish guy dares to compare himself to me?

"Why did you reject them?" Li Niannian couldn't help but ask the question that Hao Liang didn't want to ask.

"Do I need a reason to reject someone?" Zhou Yi asked back in surprise.

"Don't you?" Li Niannian also looked surprised.

"Do I?"

"..." Li Niannian.

She finally understood why Zhou Yi had no friends in the real world. With this kind of willful personality, he deserved to be unloved!

And as Zhou Yi rejected Hao Liang's invitation.

In the following time, the atmosphere of the entire hall became visibly heavy.

The three small groups stood far apart in three directions, ignoring each other. An invisible, yet extremely thick wall stood in the center of the three small groups...

Until the countdown completely reached zero!

[Ding, countdown complete.]

[Ascender Game, start!]

Along with the mechanical prompt that sounded in his ear.

The space of the entire hall suddenly shifted. In the next moment, the eight people in the hall had already appeared before a canyon.

— — — —

[Instance Description: Jackal Lord Canyon]

[Instance BOSS: Jackal Lord (Level 5 BOSS)]

[Instance Monsters: Wild Wolves (Level 1 Common Monsters), Jackalmen (Level 2 Common Monsters), Jackal Guards (Level 3 Elite Monsters)]

[Clearance Time Limit: 120 hours]

[Introduction: This is a canyon occupied by the Jackal Lord. It is teeming with Jackalmen and the Wild Wolves they keep. Killing Jackalmen and Wild Wolves can earn a lot of experience and items to improve your level and strength. In addition, there are some mysterious boxes distributed within the Jackal Lord Canyon. The items contained in these boxes can help you defeat the powerful Jackal Lord.]

[Free Information: Attribute Information of Wild Wolves]

[Purchasable Information: None]

[Instance Monster: Wild Wolf]

[Strength: 1]

[Constitution: 2]

[Agility: 2]

[Spirit: 1]

[Skills: Sharp Claw Tear (Attacks cause bleeding)]

After glancing at the information that automatically appeared in his mind upon arriving at the canyon.

Zhou Yi ignored the reactions of the others and looked directly at Li Niannian beside him: "Where's the gun?"

"Wh..what?" Li Niannian didn't react for a moment.

But Zhou Yi clicked his tongue in disgust, because as soon as he turned his head, he saw that Yu Chengjie had already put on the rare equipment he had obtained. As Yu Chengjie put on the cloak, Yu Chengjie's entire person actually disappeared from Zhou Yi's sight.

'Its effect is invisibility? But fortunately, it's only visual invisibility. Moving so fast, this guy definitely knows something.'

'I can't let this guy slip away.'

With this thought in mind.

Zhou Yi released his divine sense, easily locking onto Yu Chengjie's location. At the same time, he pushed off the ground, and his entire person instantly appeared in front of Yu Chengjie, so fast that it looked like a teleport to Li Niannian!

And Yu Chengjie, who was blocked from his path, widened his eyes in disbelief.

Unlike the others whose vision couldn't keep up with Zhou Yi's speed at all, Yu Chengjie, who came from the future, had seen too many powerful experts in his later life, and his vision was not comparable to others.

Although Zhou Yi's movements were fast, he still barely saw a bit! However, it was precisely because he saw this bit that Yu Chengjie felt incredible.

How is this possible?!

Doesn't the Ascender Game only choose ordinary people who have not cultivated transcendent power to become Ascender players?!

If so, why is Zhou Yi, as an Ascender newbie, able to move at such an amazing speed?

Unfortunately, Zhou Yi, who had left the mysterious hall and had nothing to worry about, didn't give him more time to think.

In Yu Chengjie's horrified gaze, Zhou Yi stretched out a hand without saying a word and grabbed Yu Chengjie's head.

In the next moment.

'Crack ~!' Accompanied by the sound of cracking bones as the skull was crushed.

Yu Chengjie, who was tormented by the sudden severe pain and screamed out, was actually grabbed by Zhou Yi's hand and lifted into mid-air by his head!

The intense pain forced Yu Chengjie to struggle desperately in Zhou Yi's hands.

During this process, the Cloak of Invisibility on Yu Chengjie's body also slipped off, revealing this horrifying scene to the sight of everyone present!

Ignoring the stunned and horrified gazes of the surrounding people.

Zhou Yi tightly grabbed Yu Chengjie's head, and then unhesitatingly launched the Soul Searching Technique that he was also using for the first time!

'Boom ~!'

Boundless magical power, along with Zhou Yi's terrifying Golden Core divine sense, fiercely charged into Yu Chengjie's sea of consciousness.

Under the might of Zhou Yi's Golden Core cultivator's divine sense, Yu Chengjie's 4 points of Spirit, which were valued by the Envoy of the Gods, seemed like a laughable toy! Just a moment ago, Yu Chengjie was immersed in the pain of his physical body, but in the blink of an eye, he was dragged into the sea of consciousness by Zhou Yi, and then he saw the towering giant phantom manifested by Zhou Yi's terrifying divine sense!

Compared to this terrifying giant shadow in his sea of consciousness, which almost seemed to hold up the sky and support the earth.

His own soul, as small as a firefly, was almost scattered with a single glance from the giant shadow!

Just as Yu Chengjie's divine soul was teetering under the impact of Zhou Yi's Golden Core divine sense, already without any power to resist.

Just as Zhou Yi's divine sense was only a hair's breadth away from swallowing Yu Chengjie's soul, a palpitating sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart.

Before Zhou Yi could react.

A golden sound wave suddenly surged out from the depths of Yu Chengjie's sea of consciousness, accompanied by deafening chimes. A golden bell flew out rapidly from the depths of Yu Chengjie's sea of consciousness, and with a bang, struck Zhou Yi's divine sense shadow, which resembled a towering giant!

'Dong~!'

With a loud bang.

With just one blow!

Zhou Yi's vast divine sense shadow, which was large enough to stand tall in Yu Chengjie's sea of consciousness, was instantly shattered by the golden bell as if it were made of paper.

The golden bell, after shattering Zhou Yi's divine sense, did not stop. With a turn, it actually followed Zhou Yi's remnant soul and rushed back into Zhou Yi's sea of consciousness!

'Humph~'

Accompanied by Zhou Yi's muffled groan.

Sensing the danger, the Peach Garden Secret Realm quickly manifested from within Zhou Yi's sea of consciousness, fiercely colliding with the golden bell that dared to invade Zhou Yi's divine soul.

The two collided fiercely in the nothingness of the soul level, and a terrifying explosion, as if the chaos had been opened up, erupted! In the next moment, the golden bell that had flown into Zhou Yi's sea of consciousness flew back even faster. The originally golden bell instantly became dim and dull, as if it had suffered great damage.

However, Zhou Yi was not having an easy time either. The aftermath of the collision between the Peach Garden Secret Realm and the golden bell further severely damaged Zhou Yi's divine soul, causing Zhou Yi's consciousness to fall into collapse at this moment.

At this moment.

Yu Chengjie in the real world suddenly woke up from his coma. Taking advantage of the gap when Zhou Yi's divine soul was injured, he broke free from Zhou Yi's control and quickly fled into the canyon.