Chapter 812: Breeding

“Calamity is about to arrive…”

In the boundless sea of chaos, Wu Ming sat cross-legged on a lotus throne. Auspicious clouds floated above his head, parting the chaotic currents as he gazed down at the continent of Sear, deep in thought.

The secret of the Inner World had only been whispered among those of sixth level and above five years ago. Now, however, it was almost common knowledge among the upper echelons.

Both Eastern and Western nations, as well as various other races, were actively preparing for what was coming.

Because of this, divine pantheons from both sides had visited him several times, seemingly seeking some kind of support.

Of course, exploration into the Inner World by other parties had never ceased either. From the information Wu Ming had heard, the conclusions were all quite grim.

At this moment, the Inner World seemed to have transformed into a vortex of resentment. Entering was easy, but leaving was difficult. No one knew how many elites had been lost inside, even involving several deities.

The only information that had emerged was that the Inner World had undergone tremendous changes. Powerful demons had appeared, feeding on resentment and instinctively filled with hatred toward all living beings in the Outer World.

If they escaped, it would be a great disaster for the surface world.

“However, for the prepared Main World, no matter how numerous or powerful these monsters are, it’s not really a big issue. What is truly feared is the emergence of organized, regimented demon legions…”

Wu Ming’s expression was grave.

Given the accumulation within the Inner World, there would certainly be no shortage of eighth-level beings.

Those former evil deities, divine abominations born from the union of gods, or even unnamed monsters once sealed away due to their extreme danger, after surviving all these years in the Inner World and feeding on resentment, it was hard to say what they had become.

“I can only continue observing! Main Temple! Display the status of the Reincarnators!”

With a light call, a screen of light appeared before him:

[Recruited Reincarnators: 58,412!]

[Active Tasks: 3,976!]

[Special Scenarios: 9!]

…

With the Main Temple, Wu Ming had been cultivating Reincarnators on a large scale across the continent of Sear, without fear of being discovered by the gods.

After all, from their perspective, he was merely sending his people from the homeland to other planes, using differences in time flow and power infusion for cultivation.

In fact, in both Eastern and Western divine worlds, the gods were doing the same.

They adjusted the time ratios within their divine realms and selected large numbers of living believers to enter, beginning their training and cultivation.

Within the divine realms, the gods were absolute, and the flow of time could naturally be altered.

Of course, such rapid training methods still consumed far more resources than Wu Ming’s cultivation through the Main Temple, and keeping living beings in a god’s domain was always problematic, as they were easily assimilated into the system, truly becoming petitioners or celestial spirits.

“Nearly sixty thousand Reincarnators, plus priests and mages, should be sufficient to defend the continent of Sear…”

Wu Ming stroked his chin, shifting his attention to the options for special task scenarios.

The training of ordinary Reincarnators naturally took place in the Illusory Paradise. However, Wu Ming had specially selected troublemakers and farming teams, creating a special task known as “Punishment!”

Those who failed team battles, exploited new recruits, engaged in farming, or tested the limits of the Main Temple in any way that Wu Ming disapproved of were assigned to the Punishment Scenario under various pretexts.

This became a nightmare whispered among all Reincarnators—”The mortality rate in the Punishment Scenario is nearly one hundred percent!”

In fact, this so-called Punishment Scenario was none other than the Inner World itself!

The origin of this calamity was easy to enter but difficult to leave. Wu Ming didn’t hold much hope and merely made use of these troublemakers.

“The entire Inner World is filled with terrifying resentment. At first, Reincarnators entering without protection dying instantly wasn’t surprising…”

This was a conclusion Wu Ming reached after losing several teams of Reincarnators. However, by now, through numerous experiments with Reincarnators, he had developed corresponding countermeasures.

“This time’s task should give me a bit of a surprise, right?”

He murmured, directing his attention through the Main Temple to the image of a team of Reincarnators.

…

“The next task is the Punishment Scenario!”

Within the Main Temple’s space, several white men and women gathered together, their expressions as if they had just heard of the coming of the apocalypse.

A white woman with long, fiery red hair exploded in anger: “It’s all your fault, Dover! If you hadn’t suggested we ‘farm’ those newbies, lowering their evaluations too aggressively, how could we have ended up like this?”

“Angelina, when I first suggested it, none of you objected! Now you want to shift all the blame onto me?”

Dover immediately retorted.

He was a typical Western brute, with several scar-like lines across his rugged face, clearly not a good man. His expression was now so dark it seemed to drip water.

Not only him, but the other Reincarnators nearby, including the women, were also filled with a savage aura, completely different from the timid group of a dozen or so Reincarnators in the corner.

“Alright, we should focus on how to complete this task now…”

One of the team members tried to mediate: “Although the Punishment Scenario is terrifying, it’s not necessarily a death sentence. Otherwise, how could the information about it have ever emerged? As long as we are bold yet cautious, there’s still a chance of survival!”

Only those who received the Punishment Task could know about it. If everyone who entered died, there would be no way for such information to spread.

Realizing this, the other team members regained a bit of hope and confidence.

“What about these teammates? Should we dispose of them?”

Dover looked at the newbies beside him and suddenly grinned, revealing a terrifying smile.

The so-called farming teams were formed by a few elites joining forces to exploit the new recruits who joined later. Although the Main Temple had restrictions on this, there were still loopholes to exploit.

By using dozens of newbies to support a few individuals, they could rapidly enhance their strength.

Additionally, since the newbies dragged down their evaluations, they had an advantage in early missions.

—In fact, Wu Ming was aware of this situation. However, in his pursuit of cultivating the strongest Reincarnators, he wanted to test various modes and initially allowed it to proceed unchecked to observe the results.

The result proved that this farming method was inefficient, with high investment but low returns. These farming elites were only slightly stronger in equipment and enhancements. When it came to psychological resilience and other qualities, they were practically nothing.

Seeing this, Wu Ming could only shake his head and discard these farming teams.

He didn’t even need to act directly. Simply assigning them to Punishment Scenarios was enough to ensure their demise.

Considering their use as expendable test subjects for exploring the Inner World, whenever Wu Ming assigned Punishment Scenarios, he would send Reincarnators into the Inner World. Initially, they were sent in blindly, dying as soon as they arrived. Later, patterns were gradually discovered, including the existence of resentment.

Now, Wu Ming could basically ensure that Reincarnators wouldn’t encounter any problems upon teleportation, although exploration of the Inner World was still unsatisfactory.

“No way!”

Upon hearing Dover’s suggestion to kill the ‘meat pig’ teammates, Angelina immediately shook her head without hesitation: “It’s useless to do that now. Instead, keeping them around might at least allow us to use them as test subjects in the mission!”

She openly declared her intention to sacrifice their lives in front of the teammates, but under the overwhelming power suppression, the newbies had absolutely no chance of resistance.

“I’ve heard… the Punishment Scenario is actually very simple, probably just basic survival and exploration!”

One of the team members suddenly spoke up: “As long as we’re careful, we should still have a chance to survive! Damn it… if we manage to survive this time, we should also change our approach.”

“Agreed!”

“Agreed!”

Dover and Angelina nodded. However, in Angelina’s heart, she silently sneered: “Survival? This is clearly the most difficult task of all… indicating that the world is too dangerous. Even with our strength, we can only barely survive.”

As one of the more attractive women in the team, she had excellent sources of information within the Main Temple.

For example, Angelina had once heard of a team much stronger than theirs that had entered the Punishment Scenario, only to be completely wiped out, with only one lucky survivor.

Unfortunately, the survivor had gone slightly insane, with rumors claiming he had developed strange, violent, and bloodthirsty habits, eventually exchanging for some monster bloodline and disappearing without a trace.

—In reality, that survivor had been directly taken away by Wu Ming for research, as the first living subject to survive and return, making him extremely valuable for experimentation…

The farming team members openly discussed the upcoming Punishment Scenario, unaware that among the timid newbies who seemed to tremble constantly, a pair of wolf-like eyes skillfully concealed themselves. Only an occasional glance revealed a deep hatred.

“Damn farming bastards, they deserve to go to hell!”

In the heart of one ‘meat pig’, hatred had already consumed him completely.

Being brought into the Main Temple was already a great misfortune, but having his beloved used as bait and casually fed to monsters had been heartbreakingly painful.

From that moment on, he had sworn to take revenge, even if it meant selling his soul to the devil, becoming a demon himself, and paying any price necessary!