Chapter 148: A Show That Leaves You Bloodied

Chapter 148: A Show That Leaves You Bloodied

"Ajef, what do you think about this?"

In the conference room of Dofi Temple within the Dofi domain, the Music Goddess Aphnora looked at Yu Sheng'an with concern.

Deep in the eyes of the Prophecy God Phoebus flickered a trace of exasperation.

He’d aligned himself too early!

Who the hell could’ve guessed that the God of Death would also create an "internet"?

After all, the God of Death already ruled over the Primary Domain—the Underworld—giving him boundless potential.

Now, with the aid of the "internet," his chances of success seemed even greater!

It was a pity Phoebus had already pledged allegiance to the Internet God. If things went south, he’d likely have to lie low for another few thousand years.

Of course, this was just Phoebus venting his frustration.

Truth be told, even if he wanted to switch sides to the God of Death, there was no guarantee the latter would accept him.

And even if he did, would the God of Death offer something as substantial as the virtual divine spark in exchange, like the Internet God had?

All in all, sticking with the Internet God was still the safer bet.

"How should I look at it? With my eyes, of course!" Yu Sheng'an replied offhandedly.

"Huh?" Aphnora blinked in confusion.

"Relax, relax. What’s the big deal? So he built an internet—it’s a bad thing, but it’s also a good thing!"

Yu Sheng'an waved his hand, his expression carefree.

"A good thing?" Phoebus eyed him skeptically.

"Do you know why I haven’t been flooding the world with propaganda leaflets to spread the internet?" Yu Sheng'an countered.

Aphnora and Phoebus instinctively shook their heads.

"Because I’m afraid they’d gang up and beat the crap out of me!" Yu Sheng'an leaned back in his high-backed chair, spreading his hands with shameless nonchalance.

Aphnora and Phoebus were stunned for a moment before bursting into laughter.

Crude as it sounded, it wasn’t wrong.

If Yu Sheng'an really had spammed propaganda leaflets everywhere, the sheer power of the internet’s spread would’ve likely driven the Five Great Righteous Gods and other deities to set aside their grudges and unite against them.

Honestly, flooding the world with leaflets was just too damn shameless!

"But now, things are different. Our faction has gained the God of Death. Tsk tsk, isn’t that a good thing?"

"Our faction?"

Phoebus was baffled. Since when had the God of Death joined their side?

"Don’t be so rigid in your thinking. Don’t define factions too narrowly!" Yu Sheng'an said. "Let me ask you: What’s the greatest advantage of the internet? It’s that despite having no physical form, it’s far more effective at gathering Source Essence than building churches to spread faith."

"In other words, the internet represents an entirely new concept—a new pantheon! Naturally, it’ll clash with the old pantheon. This is a battle of ideologies. Am I making myself clear?"

Aphnora and Phoebus wore expressions of half-understanding.

They wanted to shake their heads but felt embarrassed to admit they didn’t get it.

They wanted to nod, but damn it, they really didn’t understand!

"Let me put it even simpler. Before, if I’d spammed leaflets, they’d definitely have teamed up to crush me. But now, if I do it, the God of Death will surely follow suit. Do you think they can still unite then?"

"Even if the remaining gods do band together, who would they target first? Me, or the God of Death, who poses a far greater threat?"

That made sense!

Aphnora and Phoebus’ eyes lit up with realization.

"And the benefits don’t stop there!" Yu Sheng'an continued.

"Look at the vast wasteland outside the city. When the farmers were reclaiming the land, the noble lords all pretended to be dead. But the moment the farmers finished reclaiming it, they jumped out to claim the land as their own."

"Now, the God of Death is just like those farmers. He’s actually helping us reclaim the wasteland. As long as we defeat him, we can fully take over his ecological niche. Tell me, could there be anything more satisfying than this?"

Holy shit!

Is that really how things work?

Aphnora and Phoebus were stunned.

Yu Sheng'an looked at their dumbfounded expressions and thought, Shocked, aren’t you?

Never heard of "dialectical materialism's law of the unity of opposites," huh?

I learned that in high school.

"Of course, everything is both unified and opposing. If the God of Death defeats us, he can just as easily take over our ecological niche! So, after going in circles, where does the problem ultimately lead?"

By now, Aphnora and Phoebus had completely given up on thinking, shaking their heads while staring at Yu Sheng'an with wide-eyed fascination.

Yu Sheng'an then slammed his hand on the table and declared:

"Content! Content is the king of the internet! Whoever has better content will attract more users."

He couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

Competition fuels vitality!

When was the last time the internet had a major update?

He’d always said he’d handle "weather forecasting," but weather stations had already sprouted all over the Empire, and he still hadn’t rolled out the feature.

Why?

Simply put, there was no profit incentive.

Whether he introduced new features or not, his existing ones were already enough to shake this backward world!

Enough to attract countless users.

So why waste Source Essence on development?

But now? Now, new features were a must!

At this moment, a blazing fighting spirit ignited within Yu Sheng'an.

Oh, you wanna play dirty, huh?

Ever seen short videos?

Know what e-commerce is?

Ever watched live streaming?

Ever ordered food delivery?

Never experienced any of it, right?

Country bumpkin!

Watch me humiliate you beyond belief!

"So, what do we do now?" Phoebus asked.

"Don’t panic! Everyone stick to their roles and follow the plan. Stabilizing our foundation is the priority! Then we’ll see what moves the God of Death makes. If he spreads propaganda, we’ll follow behind and steal his users—let him take the heat."

Yu Sheng'an looked utterly confident, as if victory was already in his grasp.

"Alright."

Aphnora and Phoebus nodded. Compared to their heavy hearts when they arrived, they now felt much better.

Especially Phoebus, who couldn’t help but feel a deep sense of relief.

Truly the Founder of the Internet—his vision is ahead of its time, his strategy is explosive, and his maneuvering is downright slick. We didn’t pick the wrong side!

After the meeting, Yu Sheng'an’s consciousness returned to his main body.

He slowly opened his eyes, his expression turning grave, completely devoid of the relaxed confidence he had shown earlier.

His worst fear had come true.

—The clash of civilizations had triggered a technological explosion!

He was advancing, but so were his enemies—even secretly learning from his strengths.

Every world had its fools, but it also had its geniuses.

He had underestimated the multiverse.

Got too cocky. Need to stay grounded, learn from others, integrate my own resources, and keep improving every day!

As he reflected on this, a cold smile curled on Yu Sheng'an’s lips.

To battle with others is an endless delight!

The game has only just begun.

Now, the most important task is—know thy enemy and know thyself.

Yu Sheng'an closed his true body's eyes, sinking his consciousness into a divine projection. In the blink of an eye, his projection teleported into the God of Death's preaching zones.

By bending light, he effortlessly achieved invisibility and infiltrated the cellar of an inn within the preaching zones. He chose this location because several dark web users were gathered above the cellar. If the God of Death were to sweep his gaze over the area, he would most likely overlook Yu Sheng'an.

—As the founder of the multiverse's internet, he was well aware of the drawbacks when users clustered densely.

Of course, even if he were discovered, it wouldn’t matter. The worst-case scenario would merely be losing a single divine projection. With his current abundance of Source Essence, he could afford the loss.

Once everything was prepared, he sat cross-legged on the ground, holding the dark web's Mithril Ring between his fingers. After a brief moment of contemplation, he activated it.

Instantly, a stream of information flowed through the Mithril Ring and into his soul.

Damn, this really is a dark web!

—The dark web created by the God of Death projected information directly into the soul! By stimulating the soul, it simulated text, images, and even video effects.

To Yu Sheng'an's senses, it was like wearing a VR headset.

What a damn genius!

But compared to this creativity, the real bold idea was leveraging the soul's superluminal properties!

Perhaps this was inspired by him?

The key to constructing the internet lay in long-distance—or even superluminal—communication.

He had utilized the power of Contract Godhood.

The principle was roughly this: users weren’t browsing the internet but rather a multi-party contract. Every interaction was essentially signing a clause, except this contract’s terms were endless, thus achieving superluminal communication.

The God of Death, wielding Nether Godhood, was equally impressive—directly exploiting the soul’s superluminal properties.

For example:

No matter where Yu Sheng'an’s divine projections were cast, his primary consciousness could instantly transfer to any of them, even across domains. This relied on the soul’s superluminal properties—because each projection contained a fragment of his soul.

The underlying principle bore some resemblance to quantum entanglement.

When quantum particles entangled, perhaps the "superluminal" effect wasn’t as three-dimensional beings perceived it.

From a higher dimension, entangled particles might always remain tightly bound.

The soul might be the same.

In higher dimensions, the soul might never truly be divided.

Just as, to a two-dimensional being, the object above its head exists in a separate world, forever out of reach.

But to a three-dimensional being, that object and the two-dimensional entity have always been together.

Regardless of the final theory, the God of Death had indeed used Nether Authority to create the internet’s core function—superluminal communication.

This meant that fundamentally dismantling the God of Death’s communication system was nothing but wishful thinking.

Because divine authority was fundamentally unsolvable.

Better to first see what functions the dark web has… Yu Sheng'an sighed, shifting his focus as he carefully browsed the dark web’s contents.

The moment he did, he nearly spat out blood in disbelief!