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Chapter 1554 Final Chapter: Crossing the Sea [33]: "The Thirteenth Seat, Su Ming'an".

Su Ming'an finished reading the memories of guarding the shoreline.

Since the information about the shoreline was far less than that about his own, he gained nothing more than knowledge of the cosmic cycle and that Su Liujin was a "world".

His left palm glowed with a scarlet light, and he felt a sense of satisfaction flowing through his body after consuming the World Tree Su Bread.

"Click—click click click—"

A violent tremor shook the ground beneath their feet, and the earth beneath their feet gradually crumbled into pieces. Due to the collapse of the World Tree and the devastation of the End Snow, this colorful planet finally began to shatter.

"Alright, now the final BOSS, the World Tree, is dead too~ My dear first player, it's time for me to take you away—" The white gluten boss rabbit finally waited for this moment, and reached out its big white hand towards Su Ming'an.

"You must leave." Seeing that the planet was about to collapse, Su Ming'an immediately said to the three of them.

“We can’t catch up with the small world anymore.” The god of Cloud City crossed his arms and said, “Instead of letting me wander the universe alone, I’d rather go to the World Game with you. Maybe one day we can find Praia’s location.”

“I’ll go with you.” Lu Shu looked at Su Ming’an resolutely: “If you are really taken away, at least you should keep a human companion as an anchor for yourself.”

“What I mean is…” Su Ming’an hadn’t finished speaking.

"Ding dong!"

Suddenly, he heard a system notification.

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[Congratulations to the ruler! You have completed the ruler's mission, "Slay the World Tree!"]

[You have completed all the tasks assigned by the ruler, and your ruler privileges have been upgraded to—Rule Master, Highest!]

[Gaining new rights: the right to be promoted to a higher seat and equal voting rights!]

[(Seat Promotion Power): You can become the thirteenth seat of the organizer, in charge of the two concepts of "devouring" and "faith".]

[(Equal voting rights): You have the right to vote at the host organization's supreme meeting.]

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[(After becoming one of the organizers, your life essence will transform from "god" to "higher dimension," granting you a certain degree of freedom within the world game's scope, and you will have an additional small space.)]

[(Once you become one of the organizers, you will accompany the World Game to the next civilization that can be advanced. In the early to mid-stages of the World Game, organizers other than Boss Rabbit are not allowed to show themselves in front of players at will, but are permitted to infiltrate secretly and issue special identities to players, the extent of which depends on your strength and status.)]

[Once you become one of the organizers, you have equal rights with other organizers. Unless you receive more than half the votes, other organizers do not have the right to dispose of you; they can only launch normal attacks against you.]

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After the "ding-dong" sound rang out, the boss rabbit's expression in the air changed visibly.

Lu Shu and the Cloud City deity also turned their heads at the same time, and they also heard the system notification.

“You have equal rights with the other organizers. Unless you get more than half the votes, the other organizers do not have the right to dispose of you. They can only launch normal attacks against you…” Su Ming’an muttered to himself.

This means that previously, when he was taken away, his power was unequal to that of the organizers. The organizers could easily devour him, and as the loser, he had no way to resist and could only be at their mercy. Yueyue and Xinghuo couldn't help him either. But now, because the person in power has reached the highest level of authority, he has become one of the organizers, with equal status to the other organizers. If they want to take him, they either need to vote with more than half the votes or defeat him directly.

The difference is that in the latter case, he can resist, and his allies can help him.

A quick thought suggests that the fourth seat, Aierya, should be neutral; the fifth seat, Xinghuo, will support him; the eleventh seat will support him; and the twelfth seat, Yueyue, will definitely support him. With the second, sixth, and seventh seats absent, the opposition only has five votes: the first seat, Boss Rabbit; the third seat, Lezi Demon; the eighth seat, Lord of Mind and Faith; the ninth seat, Laplace Demon; and the tenth seat. If just one of them sides with him, he'll be safe.

Aside from the Boss Rabbit, the most intense reaction came from the Devil of Fun. He was first stunned, even the paint around him seemed to freeze, then, covering his mask, he burst into unparalleled maniacal laughter:

"Hahaha—hahahaha! Hahahahaha!"

"You're dumbfounded, aren't you, rabbit! You've been drooling over it for twelve whole dungeons, just waiting to eat it, and then at the last minute, ding-dong, the meat flew away!"

"This guy named Su Ming'an... he's your biggest Waterloo. Before, that little glutton Thessalonians wanted to bring his stomach along, but he got countered by a single sun, it was laughable. If he hadn't come to deliver it, wouldn't your votes have been more than enough?"

"Which one of you eleven brilliant minds came up with the idea of ​​giving this guy the leadership role after the third instance ended? Hurry up and step forward! Don't be afraid of being scolded! This guy is practically a super war criminal who feeds resources to his opponent in a battle royale game!"

"Ha, hahaha... He gave him the status of a ruler, and then, in his cleverness, set up a large glass room in the auction house, thinking that this would divide the top player from the other players, thinking that this would make the humans suspect he was a lackey of the organizers... Hmm! It worked very well! The humans did suspect him of being a lackey of the organizers the whole time. Mizushima Kawai almost killed him in the sixth instance, and that idiot Edward almost destroyed him in the ninth instance. In the end, it was Noel who helped him put on his clothes. That holy sword in the tenth instance was also excellent! This guy almost had his soul completely shattered. What a pity, what a pity, he just persevered until now!"

The identity of the person in power was indeed a trap from the beginning.

The organizers cannot arbitrarily target players, except for those with special status. Su Ming'an gained the status of the one in power, and the organizers also gained greater power to target him. In fact, by the tenth world, the entire world was a trap set for Su Ming'an.

In fact, their plan was quite good and had a high probability of success. In the sixth instance, Mizushima Kawai Haru questioned Su Ming'an's identity as a lackey of the organizers, almost trapping him in a dead save file. In the eighth instance, Mizushima Kawai Sora also questioned Su Ming'an's identity as a lackey of the organizers, deliberately hindering other players and allowing Su Ming'an to be corrupted. In the ninth instance, Edward's actions in the thirty-third playthrough were the final blow.

He could have fallen into these predicaments countless times. In the sixth instance, when Boss Rabbit invited Su Ming'an to join, Su Ming'an's rank in power was not high at that time. If he had agreed, he would definitely not have become one of the organizers and would most likely have been devoured.

But coincidentally, Mo Yan is in the sixth instance.

Coincidentally, Noel is in the ninth instance.

As it happens, everyone is in the eleventh instance.

Each time, he was almost driven to his death, but managed to escape with his life.

The privileges granted by the person in power, aside from the last one, "become the organizer," are actually quite limited. The "forcibly raise NPC favorability to 100 points" is a clear trap; using it once will lead to certain death. "Bringing NPCs with maxed favorability back to the Main God World" is useful, having saved Lu Shu's life, but it doesn't significantly improve combat strength, as powerful NPCs are unwilling to leave with Su Ming'an. "Returning to previous instances during rest periods in the Main God World" is largely useless; aside from vacationing, it doesn't allow learning god-level abilities.

The benefits of being in power outweighed the disadvantages imposed by the organizers. Forcing Su Ming'an to complete the game on the highest difficulty and constantly separating him from other players nearly drove him mad. However, once Su Ming'an completed the final task assigned to him by the powerful, all the previous disadvantages paled in comparison to this final, immense benefit.

"Who would have thought—who would have thought this guy would complete all eight incredibly difficult Ruler quests in all eight dungeons!" Casadia slapped his thigh and laughed wildly, his thigh practically disappearing from his thigh in the process. "Except for the last one, he not only perfectly cleared all eleven dungeons on the highest difficulty, but he also completed all eight Ruler quests! Wow! This is truly a primordial world game physique; just how well-suited he is for this place! It's no wonder you lost to him!"

The fourth instance involves banishing the evil NPC Jasmine, exposing and expelling her in front of all the townspeople.

The fifth instance is to ensure Hui Shuhang's survival.

The sixth copy is to ensure Yang Xia's survival.

The seventh instance, arrive at the coordinates of Cloud City.

The eighth instance requires you to disguise yourself as the boss rabbit and remain undetected throughout the entire process, patrolling every corner of the world.

In the ninth instance, find the "real thing".

The tenth instance, Kill Fate.

Eleventh instance: Kill the World Tree.

Of these, only the fifth and eighth dungeons, which had relatively simple quests for the rulers, were easy. None of the others were easy, not to mention that all eleven dungeons were completed perfectly on the highest difficulty.

A human declares war on the "gods," who maliciously set him an incredibly difficult task. If he fails to complete even one task, he will suffer an extremely tragic end.

As a result, this human completed it all.

Just as the "gods" were basking in their triumph and preparing to seize the final spoils, humanity slapped them hard in the face.

The "gods" had been patient and hadn't gone all out to stop Zhai Xing from leaving because they felt that Su Ming'an's power was already in their grasp. Rather than expending a lot of effort to stop a low-level planet, with the possibility of being caught off guard, they thought it was better to conserve their strength and eventually snatch Su Ming'an away from the other organizers.

On the left side of the scale, thanks to the united efforts of the players at the top, humanity's future was preserved. On the right side, the first player ultimately survived.

The "gods" ended their long journey empty-handed, with nothing to their name.

The person standing at the top of the world, guarding the future of all mankind, gambles life and death with the planetary invaders.

He won.

It's extremely orthodox, relying solely on the "complete game" approach.

In the ever-fair world game, power and price are commensurate. When Su Ming'an paid the price of "clearing the game on the highest difficulty," the world game reciprocated with fairness, allowing him to become one of the organizers. After all, long ago, in the World Lord's palace, Su Ming'an had already speculated—

"The Story of the Lamb Opening the Seal".

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The story of the Lamb opening the seals tells of a book containing all wisdom, sealed with seven seals. The purpose of opening these seals is to test whether a person is qualified to read the book. Those who are qualified will gain knowledge of all wisdom.

This story suggests that there is a will that desires someone with similar thinking. Therefore, each instance serves as a selection process; whoever can grasp the solution strategies for all instances and complete them will be chosen by the will and receive a reward.

The "mark" is a "perfect completion mark." If you understand the strategy for clearing a dungeon, the "mark" will appear on the back of your hand.

Once you've collected all the "seals," you'll receive a reward.

Theoretically speaking, Su Ming'an is indeed the most deserving recipient of the reward. His strategy for clearing the levels always aligns perfectly with the system's requirements, resulting in a 100% complete clear each time. Therefore, his way of thinking is extremely similar to that will.

His perfect completion of the game was always the most thorough, so the marks "imprinted" on the back of his hand were the deepest.

This is like a game designer selecting players who best understand their design philosophy.

If this is the truth, then Su Ming'an isn't entirely alone. But so far, he hasn't received a single piece of information about the game designer. This person is definitely above the twelve organizers; the twelve are merely laborers trapped within the world game, while this person is the true driving force, even the creator, of the world game.

"Is it a person? Or a higher dimension... or even not life?" Su Ming'an pondered.

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In retrospect, what Su Ming'an considered the "game designer" at the time was the world game system itself. As a cosmic organ, it had no thoughts or emotions, but simply selected players from among the players who were compatible with the dungeon's concept, and selected brains similar to "Xiao Na," so that these players could accompany the world game and help each dungeon be completed more perfectly.

Su Ming'an, on the other hand, is clearly a "perfect score" player.

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"So," Noel interrupted Aland, smiling, "my friend, this is the meaning of a 'perfect complete player.'"

"So, having perfectly cleared all the most difficult levels, I'm considered a 'perfect student' in the eyes of the world's games..." Su Ming'an looked at the back of his right hand, where a white perfect clear mark appeared, like a blooming daffodil.

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In a self-consistent system, it's clearly unreasonable for such a once-in-a-millennium perfect player to be so easily devoured and destroyed. If Su Ming'an passes this test, he has a legitimate reason to become one of the insiders of the World Game.

Those in power, those in power, what power do they wield?

The player's rights are also... the rights of the world's games.

It's like a group of students who got in through connections, but one of them, Su Ming'an, actually got in based on his grades.

They rose to prominence without relying on any direct force, purely by achieving a perfect score in the game.

If Su Ming'an were to become the thirteenth seat of the organizers from now on, given enough time and sufficient ability, he could even replace Xiao Na, become the "brain," completely control the direction of the world game, and become the cosmic overlord, provided that his soul lifespan can last until the end.

At this moment, the gods of Cloud City noticed a slight abnormal golden-red color in Su Ming'an's soul.

"Cassadia, what do you mean?" Boss Rabbit wiggled like an Oreo: "You're saying we don't have enough votes, does that mean you're going to side with Su Ming'an?"

"Hahaha! Although I personally love watching anime where the brave warriors who fight to the end die tragically, Oliver told me to vote for him, so I can't help it~" Casadia frankly shrugged.

"You deadbeat simp," said Boss Rabbit.

"Huh? What? I can't hear you—what did you say—?" Casadia patted the side of his mask, as if he had ears.

"Go lick the air." This is the most powerful line the boss rabbit has ever said.

It looks really angry.

Su Ming'an kept observing Boss Rabbit.

This rabbit actually wanted to eat him? He thought the boss rabbit had some hidden story...

"Shall we go?" Lu Shu walked to Su Ming'an's side and said softly.

His green eyes were filled with confusion and fear, only finding some reassurance when he looked at Su Ming'an. This development was clearly far beyond his expectations. Although he had guessed about the bet, he never imagined he would have the good fortune to leave with Su Ming'an.

"Don't be afraid." Yueyue's almost vanishing clone grasped Su Ming'an's hand: "I will guarantee a tie and make sure you won't be split up. As long as... well, given enough time, I can teach you how to grow as a higher-dimensional being. In the future, the world game will be our game!"

“Before, I said I wanted to make a jumping game and play it with you.” She blinked. “Now, this huge cosmic organ is also our game. We can play it for a very, very long time… until the end of time.”

Su Ming'an knew she was comforting herself.

Let's play games together until the end of time, until the end of the universe...

“If you’re going to play a game, be a player.” Su Ming’an looked at her: “What’s the point of being a bystander who always cheats?”

“I can teach you how to play the trumpet,” Yueyue said.

"Shall we create a new account together?"

"Hmm! The world game is about to usher in a new civilization. We can create alt accounts together and mingle among the players. Wouldn't that be a lot of fun?"

"Won't this break the rules?"

"As long as you know how to handle it properly... I can teach you these little tricks of exploiting loopholes."

"Now it's your turn to teach me how to play games," Su Ming'an chuckled. He was always the one teaching her games; now, the roles were finally reversed.

She's so bad at games. How many years and how much hardship did she go through to develop such proficient gaming skills in such a large game?
"How are you?" Yueyue squeezed his hand: "I will protect you. Seat 12, Seat 13, our numbers are connected. So, don't be afraid, the future is bright. If you miss home, we can go to the dream world to see home."

That kind of future seems quite interesting.

"I..." Just as Su Ming'an was about to speak, the deity of Cloud City walked over and whispered a few words in his ear:
“Your soul… shows signs of infiltration, which I suspect was done by Noel before his death. If you become the organizer, you risk being possessed in the future. I suspect he—used his own body as poison to tell you not to go down this path.”

“I don’t know what the future holds, but I speculate that in order to counter Noel’s consciousness, your control over your physical body will become weaker and weaker. Gradually, your power to devour and your power of faith may get out of control, and in the end… it may lead to an outcome you don’t want to accept.”

Su Ming'an gently closed his lips.

His heartbeat gradually calmed down.

He smiled, stroking his white gloves, and looked at the god of Cloud City:

"Su Lin, I have a good idea, but it involves some risk."

"Want to—take a gamble with me?"

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(End of this chapter)