He Became It (Six Thousand Words)

And so began the craziest dinner party in the history of the Strangers' World.

When the frenzied, divided masses of people in City of Rest surged towards Xiao Xiao like a dark, surging tide, Xiao Xiao already felt that his invitation had worked. So he simply stood there quietly, facing the bloody monster that seemed to have transformed the entire city. He was actually very nervous, but he forced himself to smile, slowly raising his hands as if he were using his ant-like body to meet the intense pressure brought by this vast city...

But just as these countless fragmented groups of people, carrying all sorts of terrifying and horrifying powers, were about to surge towards him.

Large shadows began to appear beneath his feet.

The next moment, a group of fierce-looking figures, releasing frenzied mental energy fields, rushed out of the shadows around him, howling as they charged towards the large, split-up crowd.

No, it's not about splitting the crowd!

They were Mingming crops, but also prey.

As long as you harvest, you get a harvest. What else is this but crops?

This unconventional dinner event had an even stronger impact than Xiao Xiao had imagined.

Who wouldn't like a free lunch?

Those who responded to his invitation were the first to appear, those who had been punished for betraying the contract with City of Rest. They were already angry, and they knew that as long as City of Rest existed, they might one day be held accountable.

In addition, each person lost 20,000 points by making a wish. Where can this loss be recovered?

Therefore, they were very enthusiastic and even grateful for Xiao Xiao's invitation, since City of Rest was currently being suppressed and even dismantled...

... What's there to be afraid of!

Following closely behind this group were those who had previously maintained frequent contact with City of Rest, and some even had expressed interest in forming an alliance. They had been closely monitoring City of Rest's every move and knew that City of Rest was carrying out a major operation against Black Gate City. If City of Rest had succeeded, they would most likely have sided with City of Rest immediately and formally formed an alliance. However, the crucial point was that City of Rest had not succeeded and had instead fallen into unprecedented chaos because of the Black Gate City's guild leader...

The City of Rest is truly powerful.

Another interpretation of "powerful" is "very wealthy".

Those who are more inclined to ally with City of Rest understand City of Rest's power more clearly. The reason they want to form an alliance is simply to gain City of Rest's protection.

Now the opportunity has arrived. We don't need his protection; we can simply seize his fortune...

The logic behind this is actually very simple. If you were faced with a wealthy family, would you rather be their servant and receive the meager monthly allowance, or would you rather rob their entire household?

Human nature is complex, but it is also simple.

Many things don't need to be thought about too deeply. When these cities that were always paying attention to City of Rest discovered that City of Rest had been dismantled and received an invitation from the Black Gate City Guild Master, they immediately understood what to do.

In fact, some of them were forced to do it because they were compelled to.

After all, if I were to give up that free lunch and let my opponent take it, and then become stronger than me, wouldn't that be courting death?

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The powerful access of the mental field caused a tremendous roar that echoed throughout the city.

Xiao Xiao's current parasitic control over City of Rest has reached 40%, and he has done nothing with this 40% control, using it all to welcome these "guests" who have been teleported here through the Xu Yuan Altar.

With a smile on his face and his hands slightly raised, he resembled a proper and elegant host.

And the guests from various cities certainly didn't disappoint, or rather, they were utterly ruthless. Almost the instant they arrived in the city, they charged at the City of Rest, howling and screaming. Regardless of whether their opponents were men, women, old or young, they were all kicked down with a single kick. If they still didn't behave, they were slapped twice and then shot dead. At the same time, their bloodied hands reached into their bodies, searching for anything useful to them...

The Split People of City of Rest were bewildered, because they were not true outsiders; they had simply been activated with malice, and that malice was directed only at Xiao Xiao.

Therefore, they are at a loss when faced with attacks from others.

Before people could even react, they had already been killed once, their Enhancement Element taken away, and they were restored to their normal human forms, standing up blankly, looking at the chaotic scene around them.

"Holy crap, it really exists..."

A significant portion of the first group of "guests" who rushed over were sent to scout ahead.

But when they actually killed a split-person and obtained what they wanted through the monitoring equipment, they were so excited they almost cried, "Class B, Class B strong element! Several thousand of them..."

"Quick..."

Having confirmed this, they immediately relayed the message back to their respective cities. "There's real treasure here, people are rich and gullible, come quick, come quick..."

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

As a result, more people connected to the spiritual channels of City of Rest, some coming with their own small teams, some in groups, and some with their whole families...

No one wanted to miss this feast, even at the cost of going against the City Will.

Previously, Enhancement Element could only be done through points earned by risking one's life, which could then be exchanged for them. But now, they can be found everywhere...

There may be danger, or I may be too weak, but what is there to be afraid of?

Isn't there a wishing altar?

Feeling that his power was insufficient, he directly used 20,000 points to make a wish, and then went in to collect the time it takes to listen to a song.

With Enhancement Element everywhere, how could you not recoup your losses?

The enraged City of Rest was like a colossal monster, reaching the size of a city. Any outsider, including Xiao Xiao, would appear as insignificant as an ant before it. But now, this behemoth was covered with ants, a dark, greedy mass of them.

It started with two or three bold ants, then grew into swarms of ants, and finally turned into countless ants swarming in.

The enhanced army of Splits in City of Rest was thrown into chaos almost instantly. Xiao Xiao was now in the city center, quietly watching the city.

But almost none of the separatist army could get close to him.

But more importantly, it's not just these strangers. City of Rest is a vast city, and outside the city lies the deep and complex Mist Sea. Within the Mist Sea, there were originally many Mysterious Source. These Mysterious Source, unable to compete with the Mysterious Source of City of Rest, were driven into the Mist Sea. Sometimes, they are even controlled by the Mysterious Source of City of Rest with great power, driven to do things against their will, like the lowest-ranking and most oppressed lone wolf in a wolf pack...

But when City of Rest was powerful, they were dominated.

Seeing the chaos and division in City of Rest, their ambitions suddenly surged, and one by one they swam into the sea area of City of Rest, frantically devouring the Enhancement Element that had descended upon the split people.

Even the Mysterious Source, which initially recognized the City Will of City of Rest and understood that it should be on the same side as City of Rest, could no longer hold back.

Anyway, since everyone else is already grabbing them, what's wrong with me grabbing some too?

Why let outsiders benefit, when you can benefit your own people?

Like dominoes, it got out of control.

Even City of Rest didn't expect that its move was actually to vent its anger and to create a large army of Split People to kill the human who dared to provoke it.

But in the end, the army he had built turned out to be nothing more than prey.

"Ah, this..."

At this moment, on a small island in the Mist Sea City of Rest, even the two people dressed in white and gold robes and black suits were suddenly stunned.

They rarely showed such shock, but now they couldn't hold back any longer. They stared at each other for a long time before finally asking blankly, "You thought of that?"

"Absolutely not..."

The old man in the platinum robe murmured, "I originally thought he tricked other cities into setting up wishing altars in order to collect points from those cities, making it easier for him to visit them at any time..."

"But who the hell would have thought he was sending out this dinner invitation..."

"Who in their right mind would think of treating a city, especially a large city like City of Rest, as prey and inviting everyone over for a banquet?"

"..."

"I didn't expect this either..."

The middle-aged man in the black suit also said blankly, "That young man under my command named White Devil always said that this guy would be a perfect fit for our Hell Organization..."

"But..."

He paused for a moment before sighing, "How could our Hell Organization be worthy of such talent..."

"Things didn't turn out the way we expected at all."

The old man in the platinum robe gazed at the city, which had fallen into a frenzy of revelry, and sighed softly, "But in any case, I'm afraid the two of us can no longer contain this situation."

"This world will undergo its most fundamental change starting with this grand feast..."

"When strangers dare to accept the invitation and share a city, then the inviolability of the Mysterious Source in the eyes of the crowd vanishes..."

"..."

"..."

It seems that older people are more easily frightened by such things.

As more and more people gathered in the City of Rest, becoming increasingly engrossed in the pleasure of harvesting Enhancement Element, the leaders of the Hell Organization and the Dante Organization were lamenting the changes in the world.

Meanwhile, An Laoqian, the guild leader of City of Rest, stared blankly at the chaotic city before him. "How could this be?"

Even if he witnessed such a thing happening right in front of him, he still couldn't understand it.

Why did this happen?

He muttered to himself many times, and even suddenly turned his head to look at the young knight who had been following him. "Aren't they afraid?"

"Aren't they afraid of me?"

"Aren't they afraid that after City of Rest killed that madman from Black Gate City, they'll turn around and settle scores with them?"

"Aren't they afraid that offending the God of City of Rest will trigger some kind of mysterious punishment beyond their comprehension?"

"..."

The young knight also looked on with a blank expression.

He was actually a very important person in City of Rest. One of City of Rest's Grand Knight had died, and the other three were not very bright. Therefore, Old Man An promoted him, grooming him to be the future guild leader. He had always remained calm, silent, and reliable. So, when he heard the story of the young guild leader of Black Gate City, he felt resentful and even mentally devised a plan to grandly introduce himself to that Guild Leader Xiao.

"President Xiao, you have a great reputation, but unfortunately, this isn't how you survive in the world of strangers..."

"You are the most famous of all the strangers in this world, while I am the most low-key. But you see, it is precisely because of my low-key nature that I have become the master of this world..."

"..."

He reenacted this inner drama many times, sometimes even moving himself to tears.

But even after things had progressed to this point, he, who had never even been given a second glance by Xiao Xiao, suddenly realized an absurd problem. "Am I really a supporting character without even a name?"

"I think this is probably a problem with the persona?"

But just as Old Man An's question went unanswered and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward, a leisurely sigh suddenly rang out from not far away.

Old Man An and the young knight beside him both turned their heads sharply and found that they were not the only ones who were at a loss in this chaotic city. There was also a Ruan Ruan holding a notebook and a metal wrench in her other hand.

She seemed to have been forgotten as well, and looked at Old Man An with some sympathy, sighing, "Those people came as soon as they received our president's invitation."

"Because they really believed our chairman was capable of doing something like this..."

"Look, old sir, you summoned your allies before, saying that City of Rest had raided our Black Gate City's stronghold and killed three of our knights, but what was the result?"

"They were suspicious and didn't dare to actually make a move against our president."

"But when our guild leader told them that City of Rest was now full of good things and invited everyone to a feast, they immediately believed him..."

"... Ultimately, this is still a problem with the character's persona, isn't it?"

"..."

As she spoke, a hint of pride appeared on her face, and she puffed out her chest with a flourish. "And speaking of personas, we have to mention that post I made back then..."

Old Man An stared Ruan Ruan at Ruan Ruan, his gaze gradually turning fierce.

"Then why don't you show any fear towards us?"

"Do you really think that our City of Rest is doomed, and that even a child like you can stand in front of me and laugh at me?"

"..."

"..."

"A city like this probably has a scale of tens of millions of points or more."

"And City of Rest is the largest city in the world, its size far exceeding our imagination..."

Xiao Xiao watched the extravagant celebration sparked by the people he had invited, a smile on his face as he quietly calculated in his mind, "Such a massive amount of points, it would be wonderful if our Black Gate City could enjoy it all to ourselves, but unfortunately, that's too unrealistic..."

"Only a chaotic situation like this could possibly divide up such a massive city."

"But since we're already here, we have to get the biggest benefit out of it..."

"..."

He didn't rush to make a move; as the initiator of this grand event, he created a warm and joyful atmosphere with a proud and polite smile, just like a host.

And then its parasitism on the city never ceased.

The parasitism of a city can be divided into several stages. In the early stages, Xiao Xiao can use his understanding of the city to carry out a very secretive and imperceptible parasitism. He can also use the characteristics of the Hell Legion to create better conditions for his parasitism. However, once the parasitism exceeds 30%, he can no longer hide himself. Even the most oblivious Mysterious Source in the city can sense his presence and launch precise attacks and expulsions...

Small shrimp can hide in the waters where sharks hunt without them noticing, but the larger they are, the harder it is for them to hide.

Xiao Xiao's parasitism went smoothly. After reaching 30%, he immediately invited so many people to a dinner party, causing City of Rest to fall apart and fall into chaos, taking the opportunity to rapidly increase the progress of parasitism.

Now, the parasitism rate has reached over 40%, and is rapidly approaching 50%, making it even more impossible to hide.

Not only could he not hide, Xiao Xiao had to take the initiative to attack the Mysterious Source. Only by defeating the opponent head-on could his parasitism exceed the 50% threshold.

So, taking this opportunity, Xiao Xiao really looked ahead.

In his eyes, City of Rest seemed to have truly transformed into a sea—a deep, mysterious, and bizarre sea teeming with countless unknown creatures. Some of these strange creatures had just swum into this sea, while another had long dominated it, even considering it its own territory. He was originally powerful and ferocious, but he had just been stunned; his museum had been looted clean by the reveling crowd...

This museum is the treasury He accumulated over the years of dominating this place.

When He had such resources, Xiao Xiao dared not provoke Him. Even if the entire Black Gate City came to help him, he was not sure if he would have a chance of winning.

But now...

Xiao Xiao's smiling face suddenly turned extremely cold. He took a big step, and the Butcher behind him seemed to sense something, and the huge chainsaw began to hiss.

The entire spiritual sea began to tremble as Xiao Xiao advanced, creating huge whirlpools and currents.

The buildings throughout the city began to melt into flesh and blood, then rapidly reassembled, as if the world had been cut into fragments and placed into a kaleidoscope, shimmering with colorful and bizarre hues in the sunlight.

"Boom!"

The Mysterious Source of City of Rest also noticed Xiao Xiao, and suddenly turned its gaze towards Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao met His gaze and walked forward step by step, heavily, like an alien creature beginning to declare its takeover of this sea area.

"If... if we agree to your terms..."

On another level, the real-life governor of City of Rest's administrative hall began to tremble uncontrollably when faced with the Shepherds's demands.

He knew that the city was in turmoil, but he didn't know where it came from. He could also feel that his mind was constantly wandering uncontrollably today, sometimes unable to concentrate, sometimes filled with inexplicable hatred for something, but in the blink of an eye, that hatred would turn into fear. He could feel the riots outside approaching him step by step, and even his own army and his guards seemed to be gradually sinking into that unconscious madness...

This finally frightened him. He swallowed hard and said to the Shepherds on the phone, "Will you in the Black Forest guarantee that my position will not be affected?"

What are you thinking about?

The Shepherds laughed happily and said, "We in the Black Forest have no interest in politics. What does your status have to do with us?"

The highest-ranking official in the administrative office was slightly pleased, and was about to say something when he heard the Shepherds suddenly say on the other end of the phone, "Of course..."

"If you don't obey, whether you can save your life is another matter."

"But I can guarantee that when you die, you will still be sitting in your current position..."

"..."

"You..."

Faced with this blatant threat, the governor of City of Rest initially wanted to be furious, to slam down the phone, and to hurl insults, but in the end, he held back.

"Us..."

He said with difficulty, word by word, "We agree to all your conditions..."

Boom!

As Xiao Xiao approached the mysterious creature, he was ready to fight to the death.

He had killed secondary Mysterious Source before, but he had never truly fought against the Mysterious Source of a city, especially since this time he did not have the support of Black Gate City.

Therefore, he was unsure of the outcome of this direct confrontation.

But things have already progressed to this point; the Mysterious Source has been parasitizing the spiritual ocean of City of Rest and sucking so much blood has been weakened to this extent.

There's no reason to back down.

The banquet wasn't over yet, so how could I, as the host, let this main course pass me by?

So he gritted his teeth and walked forward step by step. Because his cheeks were taut, it was almost as if he was smiling...

His palm was slowly raised.

Behind him, the Butcher, whose body was already a hundred meters tall, also raised the chainsaw in his hand, which was like a steel crane arm.

He walked faster and faster toward the Mysterious Source that should have been revered as supreme by strangers and worshipped as a god, almost running, and issued a direct and most insane provocation to Him.

He was prepared for any disastrous outcome.

But he didn't expect that the mysterious creature had been watching him approach with a sinister gaze, and he could feel its angry stare.

Then, just as he was getting closer and closer to Him, and the Butcher's chainsaw had gathered unprecedented spiritual power, ready to fight to the death...

... The mysterious creature that had parasitized so many parts of City of Rest, and which City of Rest regarded as a god, suddenly trembled and then quickly swam away from the city.

... He actually escaped!

... He was actually afraid and fled without a fight, abandoning control of the city.

... He became it!