At the same time, Brandon White was frowning at the messages Lin Fengjiao had just posted in the chat group.
From a vague foreboding in the dark… to the final pronouncement that a great demon was about to descend.
In Lin Fengjiao's very first premonition, it had been a danger capable of destroying the world.
If such a premonition came from an ordinary person, it would naturally be an exaggeration—something people on the technology side would even make jokes about. But in the eyes of the mystic side, this kind of premonition carried a considerable probability.
Ninth Uncle cultivated the Maoshan sect's arts; he was also a man of the mystic side.
Add to that Ninth Uncle's status as the child of fortune within the zombie world, and his premonitions simply would not be wrong.
In other words, this crisis really did carry the possibility of world destruction.
But if the threat were a demon of Ninth Uncle's own world, it certainly could not be done. No matter how powerful, no demon in that world could manage it.
Because the zombie world would never produce a demon that Ninth Uncle could not eradicate—let alone one that could destroy the world.
Therefore, that existence about to descend was very likely not a native demon of that world.
"Chat group, has a transmigrator appeared in the world of group member Lin Fengjiao?"
Brandon directly posed the question to the chat group.
"Ding. Detected inquiry from group member Nature's Child. Commencing response."
"Ding. Only the Group Owner may make this inquiry."
"…"
At the chat group's reply, Brandon was a little speechless, and he posted straight into the chat:
Nature's Child: "@Ordinary Group Owner, please ask the chat group whether a transmigrator has appeared in group member Lin Fengjiao's world."
Nature's Child: "I don't have the permission."
Ordinary Group Owner: "A transmigrator? Oh, crap!"
Ordinary Group Owner: "I totally forgot—in chat-group novels, there's basically always an event where a transmigrator shows up in some member's world."
Ordinary Group Owner: "This chat group went so many days without one, I forgot!"
Ordinary Group Owner: "Sure enough—we finally got one!"
Once she caught on, Roxie Vale's face lit up with excitement. A transmigrator—great!
Transmigrators mean money!
If he's got a system, that's a goldmine!
As for whether he was strong enough—Roxie didn't bother to think about it. With Brandon and Angel Yan and the others around, who couldn't they handle?
As for whether she'd get to join the mission herself—Roxie hadn't thought that far, either. In the chat-group novels she'd read, the Group Owner automatically filled a slot.
Boil Dagu into Soup: "A transmigrator?"
Dagu was a little lost. The word sounded familiar—wasn't it what they always used for the Group Owner and Brandon?
Could other worlds have transmigrators, too?
Oh—right. Before Brandon joined, he had been a transmigrator from another world.
Nature's Child: "Just as people come in good and bad, transmigrators can be good or evil."
Nature's Child: "Some transmigrators can push a world forward and create a perfect ending; some plunder the world's fortune and drive it toward destruction."
Brandon explained in the chat.
Nature's Child: "Any world may see a transmigrator appear. Some may know the plot; some may not. But one thing is certain: he will inevitably impact that world's future."
Lin Fengjiao: "So my world has a transmigrator?"
Ninth Uncle was a bit dazed. With all the worlds in the myriad heavens, how had a transmigrator come to his, and even taken the form of a demon?
At least be human, for goodness' sake.
Nature's Child: "Well, you are Ninth Uncle."
Brandon also recalled Ninth Uncle's title in his previous life's reading: Saint-Teacher of the Human Race (of the Myriad Worlds).
There had been a flood of "traveler-among-the-worlds" stories back then; the protagonist's starting world was the zombie world, where they apprenticed under Ninth Uncle, learned talismans, and took their first steps in cultivation; after reaching a certain threshold, they ventured out into the myriad worlds.
So many novels had used that model that readers gave Ninth Uncle the honorary title Saint-Teacher of the Human Race (of the Myriad Worlds), praising him for having trained countless powerful transmigrators for humanity.
If this transmigrator was following that kind of path, then even if the chat group detected him, it wouldn't move against him.
Because, among transmigrators, those counted under "good"—and their influence on the future was positive.
The others began to feel expectant as well. Apart from Brandon and Roxie, they had never encountered any other transmigrators.
If Lin Fengjiao's world had one… what about their own?
Judging from the Group Owner's reaction, she seemed thrilled at a transmigrator's appearance.
But this wasn't a case of a transmigrator joining the chat—a reunion with a friend in a foreign land. Whether the being in Ninth Uncle's world was a demon or a transmigrator, the chance of "evil" was high; in the end, he was very likely to die by their hands. What was there to be excited about?
After thinking it through, many group members came to the same conclusion: profit—benefits!
Eliminating this transmigrator would be hugely beneficial to themselves.
Think of the Group Owner, Roxie Vale, and Brandon.
Roxie had joined the chat group and become the Group Owner; Brandon possessed Natural Authority—even without the chat group, his future would have taken him to the summit.
Now imagine what Brandon said: every transmigrator, whether or not he knows the plot, will exert a major influence on his world.
Which is to say, every transmigrator is a special existence!
Talent, will, capability, fortune—they must, in some aspect, possess an extraordinary gift.
If it were only that, it wouldn't be enough to make the Group Owner this excited. There had to be something else special on them.
Eyes gleaming, the group members across the worlds all came to the same thought: this time, they were probably going to make a trip to Lin Fengjiao's world.
They did not have to wait long before the chat group's voice sounded in everyone's ears.
"Ding. Detected the appearance of a transmigrator in group member Lin Fengjiao's world. Update conditions for the chat group met."
"Ding. Task function enabled."
"Ding. Generating task… Task generation complete. Please consult the Task Template."
Task World: The zombie world where group member Lin Fengjiao resides
Task Difficulty: Medium
Task Slots: 4 people (including group member Lin Fengjiao)
Task Description: A high-tier demon race from a foreign world has descended, carrying a Rule-grade Item. Its purpose upon arrival is slaughter—until the planet contains no intelligent life recognized by the Rule-grade Item.
Task Rewards: 1,000,000 points (to be automatically deducted from group member Lin Fengjiao's backend upon task completion); Enhancement Attempts +1 (success rate 50%; the higher the base of the item being enhanced, the lower the success probability)
Richest Man: "Hiss~~~ If I'm not mistaken, this 'Enhancement Attempts +1' shows a fifty-percent success rate, right?"
Richest Man: "A one-in-two chance—I think that's a bet worth taking!"
Tony couldn't help feeling tempted. If he could obtain this chance, it would be great whether used to enhance his brain or his armor.
The former would make him even more brilliant, pushing his already terrifying research capacity to new heights; the latter could transform his suit into a piece of cutting-edge armor far beyond its era. Even setting aside sheer durability, the technological advances involved would be immensely valuable to Tony.
(End of this chapter)