This time I chose Paladin.

Chapter 97 I said this is life
Since the city is large and located in a convenient location, it is natural that there is a lot of information related to previous civilizations.

There are at least 28 underground buildings around here, and there are more than 10 shelters.

The cafeteria was thick with smoke, a mingling of the aromas of various foods and the scents of people. One of the benefits of the new world's digitization of occupations is that most chefs no longer have to wonder why they're even allowed to hold a wok, making the cafeteria the happiest place.

While eating, Nie Weiyang recalled several underground buildings around him and finally locked on a target.

——[T6-C0501 Biological Research Institute].

This institute's main focus was insects and gene regulation. Nie Weiyang didn't know much about it, as his work had nothing to do with the field...

Well, it's not completely unbeatable, because there is a BOSS hidden deep in the institute, which is related to 'concealment' and 'secrets'.

They beat him, they really beat him, and not only beat him, they killed him.

After the meal, the people at the table grew closer. Nie Weiyang had always been accustomed to sorting out information from the surrounding noise. Some people were complaining about life, some were complaining about the theft of the granary, some were muttering about whether life in the settlement outside the city would be better, some were resenting their enemies, and some were reminiscing about the past...

There are so many things suppressed in people's hearts that when someone mentions some of the phenomenal games of the past, others will quickly start to talk about the past, the tactics, technology and art on the screen, and their favorite characters and stories, as if it is not far away.

The people at the table would occasionally talk about the past. Nie Weiyang listened with his ears perked up, but had no intention of joining in the discussion.

Those events may have been four months ago for others, but for him, they were already more than twenty years ago. Therefore, he just acted as an excellent listener and background board, with his head down and thinking about something.

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Today, Nie Weiyang is surrounded by all kinds of information, whether in the cafeteria or in the world.

When diners talk about the same topic, whether it is current affairs or old stories, they always start from different entry points, but they always revolve around the same theme.

And Nie Weiyang, the information surrounding him...

Is there anything they have in common?

The young man seemed to be lost in thought. He looked down at his hands, treating the pads of each knuckle as a column, filling them with different information and extracting keywords from the intelligence he already knew.
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[Character - Administrator No. 2]: I am a former civilization administrator, a leader-level guardian. I have obtained a rare item that can transform mental power into light energy, effectively affecting reality.

[Terrain Editor (Dream Eater)]: Planetary local management rights, former civilization facilities, current permissions are missing, related to the "Blood Moon", the second administrator has obtained read-only permissions.

[CSSS Shelter]: The strongest defense point on the planet, a former civilization facility, with the interior in a state of mutation. The management authority badge is called "Artificial Destiny", and the second administrator can obtain management rights. The story of the shelter copy where the light energy wonder appears is related to artificial empathy technology.

[CSSS Security System]: A former civilization facility, currently disconnected from the main hosts in various places and out of control. It has a mysophobia towards creatures other than Homo sapiens and has extremely strict criteria for judging Homo sapiens.

[Three Major Space Stations]: Their original locations are in interplanetary space, outside the world barrier, and are former civilization facilities. Currently, it is known that 'Hope' is strongly related to artificial empathy technology, 'Glory' is located in the underworld, and 'Dawn' has flown into the vast sea of ​​stars.

[City]: A former civilization facility, with shelter and security systems, and a large number of 'cordons' guarding it. The sound of the city can slightly change reality. Currently, one of the mainframes is directly connected to the underworld. There is another force behind the mainframe, ready to erase key information at any time. The Return Sect is very interested in these cities.

[Internet Server]: A pre-civilization facility related to information. Once activated, it will connect to all pre-civilization city hosts and enable "New World" to open new features such as leaderboard rankings and trading malls...

Nie Weiyang searched for server-related information in his mind.

...There are countless small servers in the new world, some of them are in cities, some in the wilderness, and some around shelters.

It has a total of nine large servers.

One of the platforms is located in Zhongzhou. This is one of the reasons why the Return Sect attaches great importance to Zhongzhou, and it is also one of the reasons why Zhongzhou became a battleground in the previous life.

But, it's very strange... Even without this server, the other eight servers can ensure the normal operation of the planet's Internet even if only half of them can be started.

So, why did the Return Sect and its allies try their best to attack Zhongzhou?

Is this server very important, or... is every server important?

Nie Weiyang shook his head slightly, ignoring the gazes of the people around him, and his thumb fell on the next knuckle.

[World Barrier]: Suspected to be a pre-civilization facility, but no direct evidence confirms this. It appears to be independent of any of the aforementioned systems. Currently at 91% integrity, it's unknown where the damage occurred. Repairing it requires linking most of the shelter nodes to the security system nodes and gaining control of the terrain editor.

[Hostile Target - Skywalker Tolienga]: A demon that meets the traditional definition to a certain extent, with high technological capabilities, its main body cannot enter the New World, has a very long history of conflict with Homo sapiens, and has a dog.

[Hostile Target - Returning Sect]: Dog.

[Target of Questionable Purpose - Netherworld Information Source]: Connected to the mainframe of the former civilized city, possesses all management authority over the logs and information database, knows a large amount of things happening in the material world, knows the identity and combat effectiveness of the No. 2 administrator, and did not initiate communication with the No. 2 administrator even when there was an opportunity for communication.

In addition, there are too many public hazards such as climate, natural disasters, and combat-type hostile targets, not to mention them.

But here, one thing is highlighted.

——In addition to the three parties currently on the surface, there is also a hidden fourth force in the New World...

Those are the "wild bosses." Those wild bosses that don't refer to Earth's visitors as "Homo sapiens" in their descriptions.

Who would call humans Homo sapiens? Only Homo sapiens. Because this name itself is a self-designation invented by Homo sapiens.

Who would call Homo sapiens just human?
There are many answers to this question, but here there is only one: — Intelligent non-human beings.
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“…” Nie Weiyang wanted to sigh, but he held it back.

What a mess this is, can he even fight those things?!
He tapped his thumb back and forth, connecting the pieces of information one by one. For about an hour and a half, he mobilized the memories and experiences of his previous twenty years, verifying them with the new information he had learned in the past four months, eliminating distractions and focusing on the key points. He repeatedly verified every detail he remembered, deducing the relationship between each thing.

Ultimately, he concluded:
[1. It is necessary to connect various shelters and cities as soon as possible.

But there were so many shelters and cities on the planet. The list of recommended shelters had hundreds of names, and their locations were scattered all over the planet on the holographic map. He would never be able to connect them all by himself until he died.

2. Hope that the "unity" of the space station may have created a huge "city voice", but it does not need to amplify signals from other sources, and its own signal is the power to change reality.

And its size is likely to cover the entire mainland of the planet.

3. Communicating with those unintelligent hosts of the previous civilization? No use. Regarding the Netherworld, we need to learn more from the Cult of Return.

4. The identity of the second administrator is very important. What is important is not that this identity can convert his mental power into direct combat power, but the authority of the "administrator".

This authority links everything, or rather, can link everything. As long as he can do this, the Second Administrator will become the core of all the turmoil in the new world, and strictly speaking, he will not truly belong to any of the aforementioned camps.

——I need him to be the core.

This identity can be used to divert the attention of enemies, both overt and covert, and put pressure on them!

But if he wanted to keep his identity absolutely confidential... he had to determine what the source of information was deep in the underworld.

Nie Weiyang's face was serious. He opened his hand and looked at his five fingers.

After a long time, he suddenly clenched his fists, making a crisp sound of air explosion.

——Let the return sect give an answer!
And now, he needs... an upgrade.

Moreover, he needs to find the stronghold of the Return Sect within the ancient city and blast them from the Return Sect’s own territory!

After all, now, he can't just rush to the Zhongzhou Bone Sacrifice Temple to fight his damn demon... The most important thing is to first figure out what the Return Sect wanted to do in the early stage and what it actually did in the previous life!
Nie Weiyang was almost certain that the events that would lead to the relocation of Religious Street in the future were most likely the work of the Returning Sect.

According to the person who had said this before, the mysterious person who appeared at the Artists' Market looked like a believer in a cult, and was setting up a formation. In this sect, most of these formations were related to sacrificial summons, while a few were solidified images of spells like alchemy.

At this point in time, if a second force related to "religion" and "summoning" could come up with something this big, Nie Weiyang would perform a live performance of gnawing on the Netherworld crystal!

Good, now the message is clear.

Nie Weiyang glanced at the official financial information displayed in front of the chef's counter, handed over a silver ring, and was about to leave quickly.

Everyone who had been waiting for him at the table for over an hour followed him. The two guards remained silent, but the old Taoist priest came forward and said, "You also know Xiao Liu Ren? No, Xiao Liu Ren is not done this way..."

Nie Weiyang walked with his head down and gave him a gentle smile.

"It's not Xiao Liu Ren, but it is indeed fortune telling," he said.

His features were strong and handsome, and he could have been quite aggressive, but with this smile, his aggression was neutralized. Now, combined with the affinity and appeal brought by his high Charisma, he knew that if he wanted others to believe or ignore something, he no longer needed to say anything.

Sure enough, the old Taoist priest completely ignored the fact that they were entering the artist's market and subconsciously asked, "What fortune is being told?"

"The lives of all people in the world." Nie Weiyang said.

The old Taoist priest was stunned: "...Huh?"

"The number one in the world counts the lives of everyone in the world. It makes sense, doesn't it?" Nie Weiyang smiled, and his fangs, which were longer and sharper than those of ordinary people, flashed. "You could also say... the greater the power, the greater the responsibility? Hmm? You see, as an official, we are responsible for the stability of the area under our jurisdiction..."

When he said this, a flash of inspiration suddenly exploded in Nie Weiyang's mind.

He suddenly realized that he could ask for help in this matter.

The task of Administrator No. 2 is heavy, and yes, it is not something that can be done by one person.

So...what if there's more than 'one person' establishing the link?

Just like feeling pain and crying, seeking help is a human instinct. Nie Weiyang has always considered himself a human being, and he has never strayed from the path of being a human. He has kept his bloodline at the highest level of purity, but in twenty years of fighting, he has forgotten the original instinct of being a human being.

Seeking help, helping, driven by emotions and beliefs, they have formed the foundation of human civilization.

As a member of a collective, fighting for the collective, if you can't do it, you should seek others to "do it together".

Walking side by side, just like when facing the blood moon in Langcheng.

This is the most basic connection between people.

(End of this chapter)