I am a reincarnation player.

"Of course you can, but I think your familiarity with strength is the top priority. Senior, you've been promoted to epic, right?"

"There's nothing to be familiar with. I'm not a combatant to begin with." Mai continued chopping vegetables with a focused expression. "My main job is to keep him tightly tied to my side. Look, didn't he come back obediently this time?"

They never worried that Yuki would run away early, but this confidence had to be based on something, just like there is no love without reason.

"I acknowledge your value in this regard, but I also take half the credit."

"Hmph, at most a quarter, because Hiyori, Mana and the others also contributed to this."

"Senior sister means that you can enjoy half of it all by yourself." Hayasaka Ai showed a meaningful smile and covered her mouth with her hands. "With your mediocre skills, you can't compare with mine."

"Haysaka, I'm not good at fighting..." Mai turned her head and was stunned to see the maid's smile. She immediately knew what this "kung fu" referred to and her face flushed instantly.

"The two of them are having a quarrel."

"Don't worry about it. This is a common occurrence. Hiyori, do you want to go and try to persuade them?"

"I'm not suitable, so Kaguya-san should go."

"Why are you putting the blame on me again? I don't want to be annoying!"

In the living room, the elf with pointed ears and white hair held a teacup and looked around curiously. Because she knew too much and didn't want to embarrass Philen, she became a non-staff member.

'I didn't expect this to be so... uh, interesting.'

These are Taiyi's closest people and the core enemies of the reincarnation game. They may not be as high-ranking as a mysterious organization, but at least they have to be a little mysterious.

After two days of returning, I observed carefully and found that there was no sense of mystery, nor even a sense of edge or tension. They were just ordinary friends in the mortal world, not at all like mortal enemies in the game.

"Feel it strange?" Philen turned her head with a strange expression, because she had encountered the same thing.

"Well, have they figured out the current situation? The entire reincarnation game is full of enemies." Fulilian had a blank expression on her face. The elf was already used to indifference.

Before Philen could answer, Shiina Hiyori, who was quietly reading a book across the coffee table, raised her head and smiled at her new friend:

"Mr. Yuki said that tension is useful, but being too nervous can be harmful, so we need to maintain a 'normal' state."

"Psychological comfort?"

"To be precise, it's Mr. Yuki's psychological comfort. Personal likes and dislikes will change with power. All we can do is maintain his preferences, like the string of a kite, pulling him and preventing him from drifting into the deep space."

Hiyori lowered her head and continued reading. Fulilian was thinking and saw the big words on the cover.

"Epic Psychology"?

She began to understand. This was what was called maintaining the original intention. The Judge couldn't think of the reason no matter how hard he tried. It wasn't that Taiyi couldn't moisten the world, but that He wanted to moisten the world He loved most.

Who would have thought that the man who was said to have slaughtered all living things actually liked this feeling?

Fulilian didn't know whether this was good or bad, but just as she liked to study strange magic rather than use magic to kill people, the strong always had different quirks.

"At least it's nice to be here."

"Who likes the feeling of oppression? It's good as long as it doesn't delay the important things." Philen said softly, and suddenly moved to the side, and his little hands instantly fell into the air.

Philen's dodge has been trained into a passive skill, but Fulilian can't do it, and her hands immediately rest on her chest.

"Ah, Shinpei, Fearon is still the best."

Mana rubbed it twice and then it loosened. This elf was just like herself, with no feeling at all. Fulilian was not angry, but turned her head and looked at her seriously.

"Aside from players with fixed roots like Miss Mana, this faction is the only one that is rarely affected by the game."

"Oh, don't talk about such serious topics. Isn't Brother trying his best to escape as soon as possible?" Mana waved his hand, grabbed a biscuit from the table and put it in his mouth, gently swinging his bare feet:

"The time for regaining freedom is getting closer. I won't be able to enjoy this convenient life anymore. I can just say 'biu' and it will appear when I want something."

She hadn't even started yet, but she was already fantasizing about returning to her old life, and no one corrected her.

What Sky Island Yuuki wants to do will definitely be accomplished, and no one can stop it, whether it is the Judge or the Reincarnation Game.

"Don't be too happy yet. I don't want to disappoint you."

When the man's voice came, Hayasaka Ai and Sakurajima Mai in the kitchen stopped bickering, Shiina Hiyori closed the book, and the others turned around, and Ryougi Mana had already pounced over.

"Brother, you are still alive!"

Yuki raised his hand and slapped the female ghost. The female ghost really couldn't say anything good. Unexpectedly, the other party turned into particles and appeared behind him, and suddenly lay on his back.

"Don't make trouble, I just used up a lot of energy."

The soft and slender arm was placed on her neck, which made Sakurajima Mai grit her teeth, but she could do nothing about it.

This person is thick-skinned and has a high level of rank, so Mana doesn't bother to care about the threats from the senior.

"No, I feel safer when I hold you in my arms, just in case you run away."

"What are you talking about? Why would I wait until now if I wanted to run away?" Yuki was too lazy to argue with her, so he carried her to the sofa, walked around for a while, and then moved a stool to sit down. As soon as he raised his hand, a cup of coffee was stuffed into it.

"Are you ready?" The maid leaned forward, ignoring the reality of 'squeezing out', and was majestic.

"These are probably the things that are inherited from Taichi. That bastard really didn't give me anything." With someone hanging behind him, Yuki couldn't draw his sword, so he simply folded his arms.

"I have completely unlocked 'annihilation' and taken control of the outpost."

Chapter 2: A Natural Battleground

Yuki spent two days to completely unlock "Annihilation". After obtaining the permissions line by line, he looked very excited.

He knew with his ass that this outpost was definitely special, otherwise it would have been infiltrated like a sieve by the omnipresent judges.

Aizen knew that there was something wrong with the Thorn Rose, but he didn't even know where the door was. He could only use epic transformation to bypass it, but was exposed by Yuki.

"The Briar Rose is the place where the decisive battle has been prepared long ago. Even before the battle began, the 'place' was already secured among the three elements of time, place, and people."

Everyone nodded. They were no longer newcomers and had been to every outpost. There was no place safer than under their buttocks.

First, the authority is held by Yuki alone, which prevents infiltration. After the gag order is issued, it is useless even if the player who catches Thorn Rose is killed.

Secondly, if we only talk about fighting, there are countless castle towers with hundreds of demons parading at night. The demons took a lot of time to build those castle towers, but they just picked up a ready-made one.

These tall buildings are incredibly sturdy, eh...

Shiina Hiyori suddenly remembered something and asked, "We are prohibited from fighting here, just like the border area. Can we use it?"

"No, the rules of the reincarnation game are more important than the authority of the outpost. Moreover, like the Divine Torch, enough epic players can overwhelm the authority." Yuki answered immediately. He didn't understand why before, but now he understands after unlocking all the permissions.

Want to skip class? No way.

We still have to fight.

Everyone was a little disappointed, but if you think about it, it was too funny to see a group of judges just watching them run away.

"What other permissions did you get?" Sakurajima Mai was very curious. She remembered that the permissions could suppress players from other factions.

"Well, come with me." Yuuki finally threw Mana off, stood up and walked towards the door. He turned his head and found that no one had moved. "What's wrong? Aren't you curious about Taichi's legacy?"

"We are not qualified to enter."

Yuuki suddenly realized, then waved his hand: "Now I have it."

There were no special effects. Mai and the others looked at each other, feeling a strange sensation, as if they could touch the rules. This was exactly what Yuki had gained after unlocking the black knife and gaining the highest authority:

Actively divide the game among players instead of randomly assigning them in a round-robin game.

Now there is no problem. Just open a door at random, and the authority path will lead directly to the management office. Everyone followed in and looked at the broken starry sky curiously.

Each rift is a flashing image, some of which broadcast the situation inside the outpost in real time, some of which look back at the past of a certain player, and some of which focus on the player because of key words and then immediately begin a comprehensive analysis.

Isn't this an invisible surveillance system? Every player is automatically tracked?

Rihe finally understood why the leaders of each faction wanted to collect authority. If all authority was concentrated in one person, it would represent absolute control and absolute royal power.

The players under your command have no privacy at all. Even if they say something casually after drinking, they will be closely monitored. Then their memories will be searched to recall who you have met and what you have said inside and outside the dungeon.

Wait, doesn't that mean...

Mai Sakurajima's cheeks turned slightly red as she hurriedly searched for familiar scenes among the countless images.

"Ahem, let me make it clear first, I'm not spying on you, Philen, you're looking at me like trash again." Yuki was a little embarrassed. If he were in the company of his seniors, wouldn't he be a stalker?

"Really?"

"Well, love always needs to maintain some mystery, just like wearing underwear, it is always more tempting than being naked."

Yuki's strange metaphor made many people look away, but Philen looked more like he was looking at a monster.

How could this idiot bear it? No, I've already shown him everything. No, no, no, but he absolutely cannot see the contents of the bathhouse meeting.

Mai's mind was in a mess, but seeing that Kaguya and the others were even more confused, she coughed lightly and said, "I'll trust you for now, let's get down to business."

"Right, right, right. That's not important." Yuki immediately accepted the question. Only a fool would bother with such a question as "how many bowls of noodles have you eaten?" He waved his hand gently and said, "A complete pioneer has hundreds of different permissions, which can be called absolute kingship. But do you know why no one can achieve it?"

"Because you can't be friends with every player, every permission is broken into countless pieces. Some permissions are too small to be noticed, but as long as a fragment remains, it will not be complete." Hiyori, who has read a lot of travel notes and history, answered immediately.

"Well, unless you kill all but one person in the camp, but doing so would put you in opposition to all the players, unless you're like me, who can move quickly and create a huge gap."

Apart from the people around Yuuki, the strongest players in the current "Thorny Rose" are players like Yiye Zhiqiu, which is the level of Monster IV. This is already very fast in the border area, but the two are not comparable at all.

"It can't be copied. Don't forget that when we came up, the outpost was empty, and we skipped the 'closed world' stage." Hayasaka Ai added that her own camp was special.

According to the normal process, there will be a large number of players ascending from the Earth, and their strength will be similar. They will bring their own contradictions from the Earth era. As for the second, third, and fourth batches, the gap between them is not that big.

Maybe there will be internal fighting on the spot, with rivers of blood flowing, or maybe they will unite and eventually connect the border areas, but this process is long and there will always be various mistakes.

"Felen told me back then that during the closed world phase, the most powerful and earliest players would be the 'Pioneers.' Pioneers would be given supreme authority and shoulder the future of the faction. Because they were at the forefront, they would bear the most difficult tasks. If they fell, their authority would be shattered into dust."

"I, I heard that from hearsay, with some artistic processing." Philen's round face turned red. She was an extraordinary player in the beginning, and these settings were also heard from adventurers bragging.

"I don't blame you. After all, the consulting fee is just a cup of fruit tea. This represents part of the truth." Yuki deliberately teased.

Fruit tea.

Philen looked at the twinkling starry sky, feeling as if he were dreaming. This man was ignorant and stingy at first, unwilling to spend even a cup of fruit tea. Yet, not long after, he became the only 'king' in the border area.

"Mr. Yuki, what is the real setting?" Hiyori raised her hand. She loved studying the settings the most.

"It's a long story, but just remember, the so-called Pioneers and Judges were patches added to the Reincarnation Game after the great changes. Their purpose was to allow the game to run with minimal resources." Yuki was not here for a history class, so he skipped over these topics and waved his hand lightly, and countless images suddenly changed.

It was a nebula like the Milky Way, filled with dense lines that made one's scalp tingle. They connected to the center and twisted into a rope, climbing into the void.

"Is this the entirety of the reincarnation game?"

Everyone was stunned, and Shiina Hiyori even felt dizzy, because it was impossible to count how many stars there were in reality. This had nothing to do with astronomy. Each star was an independent plane and could be regarded as a universe.

Countless new players arrive, countless old players fall, and new tasks are launched every moment, issuing prompts, giving rewards, or erasing them upon failure. It is simply an infinite thread of calculation.

Fulilian's eyes reflected the starlight as she managed to utter, "The reincarnation game, it looks quite busy."

Hey, this elf is quite good at complaining.

Yuki glanced at her and then explained, "To be precise, this is the current reincarnation game. It used to be bigger, more complex, and also simpler. Do you see this thread?"

Everyone looked in the direction of Yuki's finger. The thread in the center led to a higher level world, but it was dim and lifeless.

"Taiyi cut it off?"

"Well, 'Taiyi' has actually done 90% of the work. The real computing power of the Samsara Game is actually above this, that legendary 'Great Game'. This huge pile below is just providing nutrients for the upper-level war."

Yuki drew a circle with his finger. "Before, there was no need for judges down there. The game dominated everything, eager for players to fight day and night so they could select the most powerful seeds. In other words, our current setting is already paradise."

Heaven? What kind of heaven is this place?

Mai Sakurajima and others felt it was ironic, but they had to admit that the previous reincarnation game was simpler and more brutal, and was completely based on the law of the dark forest.

The strong should get everything and then be eaten by the stronger ones. The borderland is just a rest station for the reincarnations, just like a racial game. Those monsters get bored of staying in the borderland and can even create a plane to rest. This entertainment plane has been preserved to this day and can still be regarded as a high-difficulty level.

Previous players were worthless before becoming reincarnations, and becoming reincarnations would mean facing even more terrifying wars.

"Is this the equivalent of a novice village in the reincarnation game? It's specifically used to raise reincarnators?" Shiina Hiwa's eyes sparkled. She liked these settings the most.

"That's about right. In the past, the factions were in disorder. Only through endless slaughter could a truly powerful person be forged."

"Then the reincarnationist is the best of the best?"

"How is that possible? They are just bigger cannon fodder. Besides, there is a huge gap between the reincarnations. There should be another set of power levels, but I guess you can get started by surpassing the epic and reaching the legendary level." Yuki could not forget that Taichi treated the reincarnations like pigs.

"So what is the reason for the reincarnation game to participate in the great game?"

"I don't know, and I'm not interested in knowing." Yuki glanced at the star map. It was a height that he could hardly imagine, with settings a hundred times more complicated than the current one. Just in the most familiar 'Pantheon', he saw the shadows of the Four Gods of Chaos and the Star God of Collapse Iron.

Perhaps in the Pantheon, these 'gods' are powerful 'reincarnations'.

"This road has no end. Otherwise, Taiyi wouldn't have taken a step back and seen the wider world. I'm not interested in endless upgrades." Yuki said with great foresight, randomly tapping a star. "What I need to do is sever the connection and free the star from the main body of the reincarnation game."

"Be a liberator?" Mana finally became more serious.