High walls, watch towers, and different long-range heavy weapons were placed on the walls.
The city was more like a huge fortress than a city.
In front of him, farther away, was a sea of angry 'citizens',
Their fists raised, their faces full of rage, and they seemed to be rushing towards the city that he was standing in front of its gate .
But as if frozen in time, they were unmoving.
Behind him was a huge entrance leading to the city.
Row after row of guards with shields and 'anti-riot' equipment were standing, protecting a group of rich people behind them.
[ Stage 4 . Stop the riot.
A riot is taking place at this stage.
4 million citizens are going against their 'government' in an attempt to start a rebellion.
Among these citizens, there are 100 suicide bombers.
Your mission is to stop the riot without touching the hidden suicide bombers.
If you make contact with them, they explode immediately.
If any citizen dies on each side, the same number of participants will be kicked out randomly.
If you touch a suicide bomber, you will be one of the random participants who get kicked out of the stage.
The angry citizens' first target is the participant with the most activity close to them.
The final boss of this stage is a dark element assassin.
Anything can counter it, but you need to eliminate it fast, or even one casualty in this stage will be your loss as a solo player.]
Little Mortal immediately jumped up in the sky and started the stage with his minigun in hand.
*TTTTTTTT*
Sleeping bullets rained down from the sky on the heads of the protesters, who suddenly started running towards the city as if a 'play button' was pressed.
But from the back rows to the front, they started falling to the ground in groups of hundreds.
The sleeping bullet naturally hit one target and then spread between hundreds more, putting them to sleep.
With the minigun's fire rate of 10000 bullets per minute, the citizens were dealt with in less than a minute.
Seeing them all sleeping soundly, Little Mortal's eyes darted between the crowd, and he suddenly changed his weapon to a sword and kicked the air behind him.
The next moment, he was between the crowd, with his sword sunk into the shadow of a woman's body lying on the ground.
He chuckled and, while bringing out more swords and stabbing them into the shadow, said,
"For your information, I am the best hide-and-seek player in the world.
So... You really didn't have a chance against me from the start."
Something inside the woman's shadow started wriggling, as if struggling, and then it stopped.
The Final boss of this stage died without having time to show itself.
"These stages are indeed impossible to finish alone.
Only a P2W player like me is an exception."
The reason participants were happy that other tycoons might join them was exactly these unreasonable stages.
There was only one season-end reward for each planet, and you needed a bunch of them for each of these stages to clear it with the least casualty, let alone clearing it alone.
*Ding*
[ Stage 4 cleared.
Total time: 10 minutes
60% of the participants will be randomly assigned for you to face.
Proceeding to stage 5 ... ]
Little Mortal disappeared in a pillar of light and left a group of dumbfounded city guards behind.
....
[ Stage 5. Send the items back to the card.
There are millions of items scattered around at this stage.
1. Normal items
2. Items that were originally inside a card
You start with 1 hour.
For each item originally removed from its card that you find, an additional hour will be added if you return it to the card.
In team mode, if you run out of time, 1% of the participants will be kicked out randomly, and the remaining ones receive an extra hour.
This continues until nobody is left, or you send all of the items back to their cards.
Normal items can turn into traps or other dangers if you get close to or touch them.
The final boss of this stage will be a mix of the wrong items you made contact with and triggered the trap or the danger inside them, which doesn't matter to you.]
Little Mortal, 5 seconds after he appeared in this stage, activated the evolved cancel-card, and was done with the stage.
The items that were originally inside cards were just canceled and returned to their cards.
And because there wasn't a single object that he touched, no final boss was spawned.
*Ding*
[ Stage 5 cleared.
Total time: 10 minutes
75% of the participants will be randomly assigned for you to face.
Proceeding to stage 6 ... ]
Little Mortal shook his head,
These stages have been created just to prevent the participants from advancing to the ninth planet for whatever reason.
Even this cancel-card smells like a conspiracy..."
......
Meanwhile.
Level 3 civilization's mainland.
Xyron was now in a dimension deeply hidden inside the mainland.
In front of him was a big black metallic orb covered in shifting red and blue lights, pulsing with power.
A swirling vortex of energy crackling with lightning was moving around it alongside rotating rings.
It was like a beating mechanical heart, pumping liquid metal through massive cables and tubes to unknown places.
Xyron looked at the last report related to the new season.
They had already completely lost access to those 10 planets, but they were aware of the state of the sun-cards.
"3 sun-cards have been used, and the energy fluctuation came from the fourth planet ?"
Another voice sounded,
"Yes.
The cancel-card we sold was with a participant on that planet, too."
It was the female cyborg, called Zyren, who just spoke and walked out of another dimension.
Xyron asked in wonder,
"Is the cancel-card still functioning?"
And she nodded,
"It has been used 5 times after the 3 sun cards were used.
And it triggered again now.
Someone is using it."
Xyron looked at her,
"Any guess who used the sun-cards ?"
Zyren chuckled,
"You already know who it might be.
Either those bounty hunters dealt with that underworld troublemaker and somehow advanced to the fourth planet.
Or it's the troublemaker himself who arrived there and just blew everything up before stealing the cancel card.
I bet Hypermind is pretty angry now that its tower is gone. "
Xyron nodded,
"I thought of the same possibility.
How else could 3 sun-cards appear on one planet?
But I hope those participants didn't get killed.
We need them to advance to higher planets and advance to level 7..."
Then he sighed and looked at the huge beating mechanical heart.
"We still need a lot more law to feed this 'main core' and make it work..."
Zyren looked at the heart and asked,
"The only way for us to gather the original law from our exiled zone is to steal it from the participants who try to advance inside the seventh and ninth planets.
We even let one of them get his hands on the cancel card, and with the arrival of this underworld troublemaker, we found an excuse to send sun cards inside.
This way, the one with the cancel card could collaborate with the bounty hunters and finish the fourth planet that stopped so many participants. "
Xyron nodded,
"I indeed thought we found a rare opportunity...
I knew the effect of this move would continue until the eighth planet,
Because the participants on the fourth planet could push everyone to the eighth planet with their season-end rewards and the cancel card.
The 7 stages on the eight planets would be a walk in the park for everybody, with so many extra participants joining them.
This way, a big group of higher beings would advance to the ninth planet, and they even had a chance to finish the season, and all of them together advance to level 8.
That would be the best opportunity for us to gather the remaining original law we need to supply the core ... "
Zyren snorted,
"I think Hypermind already knows about our secret project.
That's why it altered the events on the fourth and eighth planets in a way that acts as a roadblock for participants.
It wants to stop us from succeeding."
Xyron shook his head,
"Hypermind might have some 'information' related to our secret project, but not everything.
However, I agree with you.
It tries to stop us from whatever it thinks we are doing.
Anything out of its calculation is naturally a danger in its 'eyes'.
Let's wait and see what will happen.
That minion wasn't a random warrior from the underworld that we faced many times before.
This one is unpredictable, fearless, and mysterious.
In all of our analysis, we didn't find what his law was.
He just used the fire law from Lilith stored in his armor and his physical power.
Even his ability to travel between dimensions and the law it's related to is unknown to us!
His dimensional travel happens instantly, not like us using different devices, passages, and chips ... "
Zyren asked thoughtfully,
"Is it possible he is backed by Lilith and sent here for a certain mission?
I'm pretty sure Lilith could 'lock' the fire law inside that armor if she wanted to, so he can't use it. "
Xyron shrugged,
"Maybe yes, maybe no.
If I were Lilith, I would be happy to let a psychopath from my side go and start a rampage on the enemy side.
Anyway, things are progressing too fast in this 'season'.
There might be an opportunity for us somewhere.
Tell everyone to be ready at all times."
.......
Eighth planet - Day 30.
[ Stage 6. Lost ancient civilization.
You start with a piece that can open the door to the Final boss and the next stage.
This piece has 7 more identical pieces, spread in different places that you need to go and discover.
In addition to environmental dangers,
2 participants per hour will be kicked out.
This number will be doubled each hour.
Those who are getting kicked are the participants farther from the 7 pieces.
These rules apply to the solo mode too.
The final boss of this stage is all of the bosses from previous stages.
Normal bullets can counter all of them, but with 50% damage. ]
Little Mortal looked at the 'ancient piece' in his hand, then at the vast area with mountains and rivers in front of him.
"I'm sure this stage is well designed.
Finding each of the pieces should be an interesting adventure.
But..."
He shook his head in disappointment,
"For P2W players, it's a waste of time."
And separated 7 out of 10 duplicate cards from his chain strike cards.
Then he used it on the ancient piece and got the 7 pieces he needed to trigger the final boss battle.
Not long after, huge entities started falling from the sky.
The 2-headed fire chicken, the ice giant, and the thunder eagle.
The boss who died in the 'shadow' last time,
Tried to sneak attack him from his own shadow,
But Little Mortal rolled his eyes at it, and before it could make a move, stabbed 10 swords into his own shadow and killed the boss that never had the chance to enter the scene.
And no boss was spawned in the 5th stage that he used the cancel card, so nothing represented the boss from that level.
It took Little Mortal 20 minutes to eliminate the remaining 3 bosses.
He had 7 fewer duplicate cards, and his bullets lost 50% of their power, so it wasn't surprising that it took more time.
*Ding*
[ Stage 6 cleared.
Total time: 30 minutes
90% of the participants will be randomly assigned for you to face.
Proceeding to stage 7 ... ]
A pillar of light descended as always to take him to the next stage.
This time, Little Mortal jumped out of the pillar, retrieved his duplicate cards left behind on the 'ancient pieces',
and jumped back inside the 'elevator' while chuckling,
"Yeah, good luck scamming me again, you stupid system!"
The system that tried to take away his duplicate cards,
[...]
....
[ Stage 7. Game of tiles.
Impossible to finish in solo mode.]
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Little Mortal looked at the note left for him and snorted,
"This system is completely rigged.
But it left a way out for every impossible task."
In front of him was a desert-like ground, filled with square tiles.
As far as he could see, there were tiles to no end.
How many participants were needed to reach the other side?
It seemed like nothing but luck on the surface, but it was a rigged system in reality.
Little Mortal shook his head in disappointment,
And used the 'skip-card' he received as a season-end reward from the seventh planet.
*Ding*
[ Stage 7 cleared.
Total time: 30 minutes
100% of the participants will be reserved for you to face.
Proceeding to stage 7+1 ... ]
As always, a pillar of light descended and transported him to an empty ground.
The ground was covered with a stone layer and an iron dome covering the area.
There was a timer hovering in the air.
[ 00:29:55 ]
Little Mortal ignored the timer and took out his notebook, writing the number of bullets he used.
[....
Eighth planet ( scamming theme ) ?
Bullet used :
1 used by Agent Morthy Meven.
9 for the seals.
399990 for the bosses and the citizens.
999,500,000 bullets left ]
Lilith on his shoulder, who knew he couldn't feel it, said,
"Partner, you are currently in a place without any suppression of your power.
The 'free-for-all arena' with original power is currently in effect."
Little Mortal, without reacting, changed his white suit appearance to a white martial arts outfit.
Then he stomped his foot on the ground.
*Rumble*
The whole stone ground of this so-called 'free-for-all arena' trembled, but no footprint was left behind.
Little Mortal nodded, as if he approved of the ground residence.
Then he stomped his foot again.
This time, cracks spread like spider webs in all directions.
"Ops! That was too much?"
Then he walked a little farther and stomped again.
This time, only a footprint was left.
"Alright, this is the maximum power this ground can withstand.
Now let's check the barrier."
And stepped forward.
One step and he was at the end of the arena, where the iron barrier and the ground met.
*BAM*
He throws a punch at the barrier, and his fist passes through it.
When he took out his hand, the hole in the wall repaired itself.
Little Mortal waited, and when it was completely repaired, punched again.
This time, only a fist imprint was left.
He nodded,
"Alright, and this is the barrier insurance level.
I think if I want to kill all of those sinners in the fastest way possible, I should use that technique!
The one my Dictator Queen always used to stabilize the underworld condition!
What was it called again?"
Hearing him muttering to himself, Lilith's eyebrows raised, wondering what he was talking about.
She had a technique that could stabilize the underworld?
The notebook and Crystal were ready to record whatever it was!
Hypermind, tracking the system's database on this planet, received his voice record and watched carefully too.
With the sudden change in the underworld, and the ceiling being so strongly strengthened that it lost contact with the 'world' inside, it remained in the dark about how it happened and what was going on inside!
Now it finds a clue, even though the source wasn't reliable and might be unreliable.
Little Mortal first reduced the timer to 2 minutes.
This way, the system would bring everyone here for the 'free fight' after 2 minutes.
Then he started doing some random hand seals while mumbling some words that nobody, even himself, knew the meaning of.
After 1 minute, he suddenly stopped, clasped his hands together, and shouted,
"Category: underworld divine technique!
Creator: Queen of hell, Lilith the dictator!
Name: Heaven and earth under my feet never fall!"
And the next moment, he disappeared.
Lilith the dictator, the one who created this technique as her signature move, was dumbfounded.
Not because she saw the view of the ground and the ceiling suddenly changed places,
But because even she didn't know she created such a technique!
Hypermind was watching Little Mortal's movements closely.
The move that supposedly helped Lilith stabilize the underworld's condition to such a solid state!
Only when Little Mortal appeared on the ceiling, *BAM*, the sound of him jumping up from the ground came, and a footprint appeared where he was before.
The next moment, he disappeared again, and when he appeared somewhere else on the ground again, the *BAM* sound came from the ceiling.
He didn't stop, though, and continued bouncing around between the ceiling and the ground.
*BAM* *BAM* *BAM* *BAM*
As if getting faster and faster, the impact sound kept coming with more delay.
Now, when he bounced 4 or 5 times between the two surfaces, the sound of the impacts would echo through the 'Free for all arena'.
At some point, his figure, because of his white martial arts outfit, became a 'white line', connecting different points on the ceiling and the ground.
But it wasn't over, as he got faster and faster, the 'white lines' connected more and more points.
The ground and the barrier were covered by footprints and palm imprints.
Hypermind could clearly tell from the data it was receiving that both surfaces were becoming increasingly compressed, as if they were getting denser and strengthened somehow!
[ ! ]
Hypermind couldn't understand the logic behind it at all!
What was supposed to destroy the whole arena was strengthening it?
It didn't know that a certain Dark law user was secretly condensing the surfaces of the arena!
The 2-minute timer reached zero.
[ 00:00:00 ]
Outside, all of the participants, regardless of where they were or what they were doing, had a light pillar descend on them and take them away!
The participants,
"O_O"
The next moment, they appeared in different places of the free-for-all arena on the ground or in the sky.
But before they even had time to check the message the system sent and know someone had actually finished the 'solo mode challenge', they were sent to the waiting room.
Those who died in the first moment after their arrival at the 'free for all arena', only saw something white, and that was it.
Those who died in the 'next moment' after the first moment they arrived at the 'free for all arena', only saw something red, and that was it.
+180,000 participants were eliminated in the blink of an eye.
Some died at the first part of the 'blink of an eye', and some at the end of it.
The now red line that was connecting the ceiling and the ground suddenly disappeared.
And Little Mortal, covered in blood from head to toe, with an evil smile, raised chin, and both hands open, as if someone who was enjoying the sunlight,
Appeared at the center of the arena.
But there was no sunlight at this moment for him to enjoy.
Instead, it was raining.
But not a normal rain.
Instead, the rain of blood and body parts!
When the 'rain' stopped, he slowly opened his eyes, sighed in disappointment, and said,
"The power wasn't even 0.000000000001% of what that Dictator Queen is currently using in the underworld..."
And span once.
All the blood on his body that changed him from white line to red line in the eyes of his victims, splashed in a circle around him.
His red martial arts outfit turned white again, and an innocent smile appeared on his face.
Looking at him now, you couldn't tell at all that he had anything to do with the horrifying scene around him.
Lilith, the two birth treasures, and Hypermind shivered for different reasons.
Lilith shivered because she felt like throwing up, not because of the 'bloody scene' around here, though,
But because her partner moved around at such a high speed.
The two birth treasures shivered because they remembered how scary this little guardian could become if he let loose.
And Hypermind shivered because Little Mortal said this is 0.000000000001% of Lilith's power!
To it, a creation old enough to even see the birth of ancient ones, it didn't make sense at all to hear that Lilith is this strong.
With everything it did to weaken the underworld, it was basically impossible, and it should be the opposite!
And sure enough, Hypermind heard another piece of information.
"But for how long can you continue like this, Dictator Queen?
The underworld is dying, and so are you, who is burning your life essence to keep it together, using this technique you created..."
The Underworld minion shook his head as he sighed...
When Hypermind heard Little Mortal's next comment, it could still consider the possibility that the underworld's sudden change was indeed Lilith's doing,
But it seems it was temporary.
A last struggle...
Lilith, who was supposed to be in the underworld, burning her life essence,
"-_-"
The system,
[ - SYSTEM MESSAGE-
The Eighth Planet event has officially ended.
[ Analyzing for possible cheating...]
[ Scanning participant's activity logs...
Cross-referencing actions with event data...
Checking for unauthorized behavior or system exploits...
No signs of cheating related to participant detected.
Verifying participant identity...
No presence found.
Proceed to facial verification...
Facial recognition confirmed.
Database match found:
Participant, the annihilator of realms, Mortal, the strongest.
Reviewing historical records...
No cheating attempts recorded.]
[Congratulations!
Participant, the Annihilator of Realms, Mortal, The Strongest, has achieved 1st place and successfully completed the 'impossible Solo Mode'.
All remaining cards and retrievable items will be sent to your inventory.
Season-end reward, The Emperor-card, has been sent to you.
You may now choose to:
1. Travel to Ninth Planet and continue your journey into the next season.
2. Enter the Waiting Room and remain until the season officially concludes.
Awaiting your decision...]
Little Mortal raised an eyebrow and said mockingly,
"The old system is back again?
You remembered to calculate the points and see if I cheated?"
He didn't know because Hypermind's attention —the system on this planet — tried to act 'perfectly' since its Boss was watching.
Little Mortal first transferred all of the citizens and newborns to his own storage card and then chose to travel to the ninth planet.
The pillar of light descended and took him away.
On the way, Lilith transferred the citizens and managed the 'citizenship' of the new newborns.
Another 10 million newborns were added to Little Mortal's 'strongest army' after collecting his 'lost soldiers' from the seventh and eighth planets.
These people were indeed rich when it came to resources and newborn cards.
.....
Ninth planet - Day 30.
*MEEe**BeEe*x20
Hearing some weird noises, Little Mortal, who had just arrived at the ninth planet, looked around.
Some sheep-like animals were eating grass around him.
He was on top of a hill at this moment with snow and blue crystalline grasses all around.
*munching*x100
Little Mortal looked curiously at the animals munching on the grass.
Some of them were deep blue, and the rest were light blue.
He looked down the hill and saw a small village with a couple of houses in the middle of the snowy ground.
*Ding*
His infopad received the system message.
"Alright, let's see what kind of rigged game we have here."
[ - SYSTEM MESSAGE -
Ninth planet - Neo-Eden
Current number of Participants: 2000
Theme: Ambition
System guidelines:
- You start as a shepherd, and you have 3000 years to become an Emperor/Empress.
- Each participant's 'spawn region' is protected for 100 years against the invasion of neighboring participants.
- Only as a King/Queen can you invade your two other neighbors.
- When you become a King/Queen, you can temporarily advance to level 8.
- When you become a King/Queen, your territory can be attacked by others, regardless of the 100 years protection's remaining time.
- The King/Queen can send a diplomat to the neighboring territories to ask for an alliance or for any other reason.
- The King/Queen can go to any territory personally, but that will be a declaration of war if it's without further notice.
- Your name will be registered after becoming a King/Queen, and you can start gaining points from then on.
- 'You', Higher beings, the sole 'kings/Queens' of the universes, cannot be the subject of another 'king/Queen',
Thus, the newborns, as the king of incomplete universes, cannot be used as subjects in your journey.
Cautions:
- You are not the only level 7 creature in your region.
- Flying is disabled.
- The use of modern world equipment is disabled.
- Killing the King/Queen of your region means immediate disqualification.
Final Goal:
- Conquer and unify all of the territories under your banner or gain universal support through other means, and become the Emperor/Empress.
Season-end reward:
-For kings/Queens, you start your next season at Level 8. (In the new season, you are prohibited from attacking other territories for 100 years.)
-For the Emperor/Empress, the reward is advancing to the tenth planet.]
After reading the system guide, Little Mortal looked at his 'handgun-card'.
It was disabled.
He snorted,
"That's even better.
Who likes gunfights? Real men fight face-to-face!
With their fists!"
*DING*
[ SYSTEM MESSAGE -
Privilege for Eighth planet's rank 1, and solo mode finisher:
- Emperors are different.
Kings and citizens alike are the Emperor's subjects.
You, as the holder of the Emperor-card, are excluded from the rule that Higher beings cannot be your subjects.
- You can use your Emperor card when you become a king, gain the title of Emperor(temporarily), and bestow the title of king to your allies.
(Be aware, kings can advance to level 8, and threaten your position as the Emperor.)
- If the Emperor enters another territory and kills the king/Queen, he can gain the 'king/Queen title' for 10 days in that territory,
And the region's army will listen to your command during that time span.
- If you manage to take over the territory in those 10 days, you will be the permanent 'king/Queen', and the territory will be part of your 'Empire'.
- If the Emperor enters any territory and kills the king/Queen secretly, the 10-day title extends until the time you are exposed.
- The participant with the title of Emperor can be attacked after 10 days by all of the other participants, regardless of whether they are neighbors or not.
- The participant with the Emperor title can attack any other region and bypass the 100-year protection phase, even if the participant in that region is not the current king/Queen.
- The Emperor can bestow the title of King/Queen on any number of his subjects.
- The Emperor title is only a title.
To be a true Emperor, you need to conquer the whole planet.]
After reading the system guide,
Little Mortal took out a newborn card to take a look.
"It can't be used until I become an Emperor?"
The card with the newborn inside was 'locked'.
The cards with modern technology were 'disabled'.
Which means he could at least bring them out of the card, even if they didn’t function, to use them as materials.
But the newborn cards were completely 'locked'.
This means there won't be any newborns running around on this planet because no participant finished the 'solo mode' on the previous planet to obtain an 'Emperor-card' that allows them to have a higher being as a subject.
"And what does it mean by I'm not the only level 7 creature in this region?
Is it talking about the current king or Queen?"
The Crystal, which had hidden 'cameras' everywhere, vibrated, saying,
Every region already has a level 8 participant as king or Queen, though.>
Little Mortal didn't react as if he didn't hear anything, and just started going towards the small village.
"Let's go, boys.
There is a region to buy."
The sheep-like animals behind him naturally listened to their 'shepherd', but not all of them.
Little Mortal stopped and looked at them.
The deep blue color ones followed him, but the light blue ones were still munching on the grasses.
After a pause, he said,
"And girls?"
The light blue ones, which turned out to be female, reacted to his command this time and followed him too.
......
Level 3 civilization.
Xyron received an emergency message from the female cyborg, Zyren.
"Hypermind sent a message to the tenth planet?
Why would it take the risk and make an indirect move now?"
Zyren shook her head,
"No idea.
The only time Hypermind sent a message to the system was when it detected an anomaly between participants.
And after that, the 'suspected anomaly' always disappeared."
Xyron was surprised,
"Who could be an anomaly except our underworld psychopath?
But he should already be at the ninth planet if Hypermind is contacting the Tenth planet's system in advance.
Doesn't he need to stay for 1000 years on the planet that everyone is forced to experience 'loneliness'?
How could he be there so fast?"
Zyren said thoughtfully,
"If he is just killing everybody in his path, then he might have killed everyone there, too, and triggered a special event?"
Xyron frowned,
"That's close to impossible.
Those cyborgs acting as monsters are all stronger than the participants.
Even if he has a way to hide his presence because of his undetectable underworld law, he can't-"
He suddenly stopped, and after a brief moment remembered something,
"Wait!
The lantern-card that allows the participant to feel the 'true loneliness'!
Does that have another use?
Did he use it to get rid of the 'monsters' altogether?"
Zyren nodded,
"That should be it.
Or the system of the seventh planet would kick him out for cheating.
So if he is really at the ninth planet now, it means he 'played' by the rules until there, and finished the 7 stages in the eighth planet too.
There is even the possibility of him finishing it through solo mode with all of the cards he gathered on the way..."
The two were speechless.
Xyron still wondered,
"But why is Hypermind interfering now?
It always used the tenth planet to take away the higher beings and replace them with a fake version out here, using its information law.
It can just let this rat finish the ninth planet and advance to the tenth planet.
It can then take care of him directly, because the tenth planet is part of its domain, and Hypermind can act directly there without fear of being exposed...
Why bother sending new orders?"
The two became silent.
They didn't know it was because Hypermind miscalculated something.
From Little Mortal's behavior, Hypermind calculated that he is going to release the newborns on the eighth planet, so they can advance to level 7.
And when he did that, Hypermind was sure the advancement of millions of newborns would be the 'opportunity' Xyron was looking for to fill up the 'Core' of his secret project with the origin law he was desperately looking for.
Hypermind still didn't know what Xyron was making that needed a 'Core' that big, because it couldn't directly go to investigate, and it couldn't peek into it through Fate either.
The exiled zone of the sinners' race was formed by the original world law from before the Fate's independence.
That's why Fate didn't have any knowledge or foresight of the events happening here in the future.
But Little Mortal's arrival could be the chance for Hypermind to peek into Xyron's secret project.
It only needed to wait for the 'ocean' of origin laws that the newborns were going to attract as they advanced.
At that time, Xyron was going to 'steal' part of the law, and Hypermind could sneak a peek.
But there was a problem now, the little minion from the underworld actually forgot, or didn't care about the newborns, and arrived at the ninth planet without letting his 'soldiers' advance.
And with the rules on the ninth planet, he couldn't release the newborns anymore, even if he wanted to.
Hypermind could easily calculate that this crazy minion, after becoming a king, is going to use his Emperor-card, become the Emperor, release all of his newborns, give them the title of the king or Queen, and let them all advance.
But not to level 7, instead to level 8!
As kings and Queens, all of the newborns could advance straight to level 8!
Hypermind didn't have a problem with that part because level 8 creatures weren't that big of a deal for it.
It even knew Xyron would be pleased with so much origin law being drawn to them, and this would be its opportunity to see through his secret project.
Hypermind even calculates that after that, the underworld minion might try to go and conquer the underworld with his army of level 8 newborns if he finds a way back to the underworld!
Even though that was impossible because the newborns wouldn't cooperate with him,
And the title of underworld manager was something bestowed by the underworld itself.
Hypermind, which failed to find the Hunters mainland with its 500-level 2 civilization, could gain access to the underworld through this minion.
It only needed to allow him to run away from the Exiled zone and wait for him to find his way back to the underworld.
If Hunters Mainland, as Fate predicted, was the Only Mainland out there by now,
Hypermind could even find the Hunters Mainland through him and his connection with the lava sea.
All of the Newborns had a chip, and the minion himself would have one too when he goes to the tenth planet.
This way, Hypermind, having lost contact with its most important asset —the cyborgs in the sealed area —could examine the underworld seal to understand the situation there.
But there was a big problem here, and that was the aftermath of the Newborn's double advancement.
Hypermind couldn't determine what kind of phenomenon or effect this type of group advancement might have on the other hidden dimensions connected to the ninth planet.
Would it expose them?
The probability was 80%!
So it immediately sent a message to the tenth planet's system, which was a final trap for the winners and anomalies, to be prepared.
The Ninth planet's winner was always the fated ones, the same 'actors' that Fate chose for its 'storyline'.
To catch them, Hypermind allows them to become 'lucky' during specific seasons and be the final winner as the Emperor.
This enables it to send them to the tenth planet and, if they didn't already have a chip, implant one in their bodies before sending them to the hidden dimensions.
Hypermind didn't want to risk the exposure of hidden dimensions.
Those were its biggest secrets.
So it ordered the system on the tenth planet that if the hidden dimensions with 100 million higher beings inside were going to be exposed due to the newborns' group advancement,
It should drag everyone there, so Hypermind can take action personally.
At the same time, Hypermind itself tried to keep those hidden dimensions 'disconnected' from the planets temporarily.
Meanwhile, its agents could use their information law to cover up any exposure and prevent others from seeing what they shouldn't.
And so, the 'Trickster’s Triangle' between Little Mortal, Xyron, and hypermind, without their notice, was formed.
Each of them with their own goals and secrets.