World’s End: My Keyword is One More Than Others

Chapter 257: There is no way out

In the name of the economy, chaos was wrought, discussing the harm the Seven Stars Sect's industry posed to society...

An article in the "Warning Record" revealed Wang Chong's true Keywords.

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Alien Star warriors who had sabotaged Wang Chong's industrial chain were suddenly bombarded with this news, their heads buzzing.

After all their efforts, not only had they failed to weaken Wang Chong, but they had inadvertently elevated him to the heavens...

This one was too cunning!

The feeling of being rubbed into the ground by such intelligence was truly frustrating...

The miraculous turnaround unsettled the Alien Star warriors who had previously been content to watch Du Ge become the butt of the joke.

Cursing their incompetent allies, they had no choice but to join the ranks of those restoring order.

Warriors associated with Keywords like order, discipline, stability, and calm, used their skills to persuade the public who had turned to banditry in the mountains to return home;

Encouraged wealthy landlords to initiate relief efforts and restart stalled projects;

Invented machinery to enhance efficiency and help resume production;

Influenced prestigious ministers to petition for the reopening of the stock market, taking over the Seven Stars Mountain stocks from investors, helping them to cash out...

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But it's hard to undo what's been done, and restoring order to a nation plunged into chaos is no easy task.

Their influence paled in comparison to Du Ge's, and trying to restore order to Yan Country on their own was like trying to extinguish a fire with a cup of water, leading to increasing despair.

So.

They could only curse those fools who had made a mess of things.

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One farce after another ensued.

In a small county town of Yan Country, a schoolteacher pondered the Keyword on his personal Interface—chaos.

A name flashed inexplicably through his mind—Du Ge.

Before heading to the battlefield, his instructor had shown him a special case: an eighteen-year-old examinee named Du Ge who, within a year, had forcefully cleared three Simulation Fields with top marks.

Maintenance, trade, happiness—Du Ge had turned all these Keywords into chaos.

He even crashed a Simulation Field.

The teacher admired Du Ge greatly.

But his instructor had used Du Ge as a negative example...

At this moment.

Wang Chong's actions were very similar to Du Ge's.

He was ninety percent sure that Wang Chong was Du Ge from Qi Yuan Star, but he dared not approach Wang Chong for recognition.

He feared that if Wang Chong went mad, he might kill even his own people, which would be a huge loss.

After all.

If Wang Chong took first place, it meant he could win by lying down...

Thus.

The schoolteacher's lips curled into a smile as he quietly closed his personal Interface, took out a ruler, tapped on the desk, and continued teaching the group of young children before him.

Let it be!

From now on, he was a native of this world.

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Meanwhile.

Heaven's Path Institute, Longevity Sect, Jixia Academy, and other Sects also received messages from Alien Star warriors.

The messages detailed the dangers of Wang Chong's Spiritual Power Mutual Aid Alliance and vividly described how Lan Ning Temple, Heavenly Demon Palace, and Bihai Palace had been humiliated by Wang Chong, painting him as a Demon Head of chaotic times...

The messages requested these major Sects to temporarily retreat and, once they found a way to confront Wang Chong, to unite and eliminate the cancer that was Wang Chong.

The letters were imbued with skills like bewitchment and exposed the existence of more individuals with special abilities in the world.

Heaven's Path Institute and other Sects immediately responded, sending people to investigate places like Lan Ning Temple and Heavenly Demon Palace, preparing to relocate while searching for those capable of standing against Wang Chong in these chaotic times.

But for Sects as large as Heaven's Path Institute, moving was no easy feat.

Moreover.

Even influenced by the skills in the letters, the effect was limited to those who read them.

A major decision like moving a Sect naturally brought various thoughts and opinions.

Some didn't believe that Heavenly Demon Palace had been taken over;

Some thought Heaven's Path Institute could stand against Wang Chong;

Some believed they shouldn't move, but instead unite with other Sects to eliminate Wang Chong and others like him...

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One man is a tiger, three are worms.

Just like the Alien Star warriors who opposed Du Ge.

Major Sects like Heaven's Path Institute fought individually, lacking a unified voice.

In the midst of endless discussions on countermeasures, the highly efficient Du Ge had already led an attack on their doorstep.

Then.

Heaven's Path Institute fell.

Luo Cang, like Niu Zilian of Bihai Palace, became a homeless wanderer.

Upon hearing this news, Luo Cang was close to despair. Chosen to participate in the Alien Star Battlefield, he was also a standout among his peers on their planet.

But entering the actual Alien Star Battlefield, he found himself so suppressed he could hardly catch his breath.

Constantly on the run, powerless to respond.

If Heaven's Path Institute's subjugation to Wang Chong was not enough,

What followed was an announcement from Heaven's Path Institute and Yan Country, pushed by Du Ge, that drove him to the brink of collapse.

"Heaven's Path Institute and Heavenly Demon Palace jointly call upon Sects not yet part of the Spiritual Power Mutual Aid Alliance to join within ten days to discuss reopening the path to ascension. Failure to comply will be seen as an enemy of the entire cultivation world."

"Yan Country mobilizes the public to report any man of chaos hiding among the people. After purging a region of such men of chaos, Seven Stars Mountain's Wang Chong will reopen the stock exchange and annually allocate twenty percent of Yan Country's treasury for shareholder dividends and public welfare construction.

Characteristics of men of chaos are as follows:

First: Their actions and words differ drastically from before;

Second: They oppose Seven Stars Mountain, spreading rumors detrimental to it;

Third: Ordinary people who suddenly possess extraordinary martial strength..."

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Both messages left everyone dumbfounded.

What's happening?

Wang Chong is helping to restore world order?

Isn't his Keyword chaos?

Tired of playing, is he weakening himself?

No one is foolish enough to do that.

So.

Wang Chong's Keyword is no longer chaos.

Besides chaos, what Keywords could match Wang Chong's actions?

Change? Reversal? Turnaround...

But at this point, discussing what Wang Chong's Keywords might be seemed meaningless.

Clearly, Wang Chong intended to unite the cultivation world and the public, to eradicate all opposition. Without finding a way to resist, there would be no way out.

To resist, one must grow their Keywords, but to do so, one must expose themselves.

Once exposed, one risks being reported...

Continuing to lay low might not reveal oneself, allowing for a period of safety.

But now, Du Ge had pushed them into a corner. Once he controlled the cultivation world and the mortal realm, forcing them out would be a piece of cake.

Without resorting to anything else, just by following the list of the top ten names.

One by one, it wouldn't be long before it was their turn.

Who would dare bet they'd be the luckiest of the nine to survive till the end...

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Damn it all.

Having watched so many replays of Alien Star Battlefield veterans.

Each of their lives was more exciting than the last.

Why, when it was their turn to enter the battlefield, did they encounter such a monster?

The most miserable were those with Keywords like coasting and low-profile.

To lay low or not to lay low.

Laying low would increase their attributes, but stepping out would not only halt growth, it could even lead to a decrease.

Truly caught between a rock and a hard place.

At this moment.

All the surviving Alien Star warriors had only one sentiment.

It's too hard!

The Alien Star Battlefield was truly too difficult.

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