Overpowered, Much?

"Huh?"

Feng Xue stared blankly at the thing in front of her, feeling a little scared. However, more curious about how it should be classified than being captured and experiencing the School Hell, Feng Xue curious about how it should be classified.

First of all, judging from its name, it is undoubtedly a Phantom Object, but it does not possess the [Element] of Phantom Object, but rather Tag. More importantly, it even burns with a Supernatural Tale Fire.

But if you were to call it a Weird Tale story...

This thing doesn't seem to have any self-awareness at all, does it?

After thinking it over, Feng Xue decided to take a risk before the hype surrounding 22nd Century toys Cooldown.

Although there's a risk of being imprisoned and having to cycle through three years of high school, this thing doesn't have Tag like "[Imprisonment]" or "[Blockade]". If all else fails, you can always use a timer to return to town.

Ultimately, after this place became School Hell, it wasn't as dangerous as before, since at least there were no rules about death anymore.

His hand slowly slid down the edge of the sand table. Actually, at this point, he could easily tell whether the other party had independent consciousness by taking out Gynomorphic Filter. After all, it is difficult to judge the emotions and behaviors of a building, but if it becomes a person, it is much easier to judge.

The problem is that, given the precedent of the Ouija board incident, Feng Xue is very worried that the School Hell, which originally lacked self-awareness, will directly give birth to a personality under the influence of the Gynomorphic Filter.

Feng Xue's fingers slowly touched the foundation of the school model, then gently slid them—

[Plunder]!

As soon as her powers were activated, Feng Xue immediately felt a connection between herself and the Supernatural Tale Fire, but Feng Xue also felt a strong resistance. It wasn't a subjective resistance, but rather a self-protective mechanism.

"No subjective consciousness, or rather, subjective consciousness hasn't had time to develop yet?"

Feng Xue raised an eyebrow, and while the Plunder Authority was still in effect, she suddenly took out an expensive fountain pen from her breast pocket, flicked off the cap with one hand, and wrote on the wall at the main entrance of the school model:

"School Hell".

As the four large characters fell, the resistance vanished instantly, replaced by an interaction directly built on the information level. It was as if he could understand the powers he possessed through his own Supernatural Tale Fire. In that instant, the School Hell seemed to become his Companion Phantom, and he understood the power that School Hell possessed.

To be honest, he didn't do anything particularly significant. He simply used the Heavenly Emperor's power [Investiture of the Gods and Conferment of Immortality] when he was Plunder Authority and gaining ownership, thus incorporating the School Hell into the Underworld system. After all, the School Hell is still hell!

As this action took effect, information slightly different from the panel provided by the Golden Finger emerged, a feeling identical to when Feng Xue searched for her own Supernatural Tale Entry—

Trait: School Hell

Tag: Omitted

Brief introduction: (omitted)

Powers: [Assimilation], [Evolution], [Phantomatization]

"No Companion Phantom? Or are you yourself Companion Phantom?"

Feng Xue sensed the message conveyed by the School Hell and was slightly surprised. The Tag and descriptions were exactly the same as those provided by the Golden Finger, except that it had three additional powers that only the Weird Tale possessed.

First is [Assimilation], which can select an area of no more than 20,000 square meters and assimilate it to create a school. Anyone who enters the school will be bound by [School Rules] and gradually assimilate to the school, eventually becoming a complete part of the School Hell, turning into a faculty or student NPC. However, this assimilation does not affect the nature of the assimilated, but is an assimilation in the [setting].

Simply put, it's like nationality. Changing your nationality doesn't change your race; it only changes your affiliation in the system, making you subject to the laws of your new country. Of course, the School Rules of School Hell are far more enforceable than laws that require human intervention. In short, the higher your assimilation level, the less you can defy the School Rules of this School Hell school. Initially, you can skip classes freely, but once your assimilation level exceeds a certain standard, even daydreaming in class will be forcibly prohibited.

Secondly, there is [evolution]. It can grow by acquiring biological and non-biological characteristics through the process of assimilation. For example, if there is a shopping mall on the land it occupies when it expands, then there may be an additional small shop selling goods inside. If there is a physics expert among the prisoners, then the physics subject it teaches may be improved accordingly.

It is foreseeable that, over time, this school will inevitably become larger, more advanced, and more complex, eventually transforming into a high school community or even Academy City.

The final [Phantomatization] is not like the appearance Phantomatization in the game, but rather the literal Phantomatization of objects. It is similar to the power of [Make the Best Use of Everything]/[Item Master]. Although the Phantom Object created by this power are permanent, they have many limitations and are far less flexible than Item Master and Make the Best Use of Everything.

For example, this thing can only create [Exam Paper], [stationery], and [textbooks], and its abilities are relatively fixed. However, with assimilation and evolution, the types of Phantom Object it can produce will increase. For example, if you feed it to a restaurant with a chef, it might produce food-type Phantom Object.

However, compared to this promising future, what Feng Xue is currently more optimistic about is an [Admission Letter]. As long as someone's name is written on it and given to that person, that person can be transported to the School Hell.

"Goodness, so you're saying that as long as you feed it enough, this thing can be raised into a Mahora? But everyone has to endure the School Hell an equal footing? That really is hellish."

Feng Xue was astonished as she sensed the message from the School Hell. This thing was powerful, but for now, it was still manageable. For example, when the assimilation level was not high, as long as you escaped the school, you could escape the School Hell. However, as it continued to evolve, security guards and patrol personnel would appear inside, and the stronger they were, the lower the success rate of skipping school would be.

"Speaking of which, this thing is really similar to Infinite City. Whether it's its Growth Potential, its ability to capture people, or its function of creating Phantom Object, it's just missing the power to assign Tag. No, it's not that it doesn't have any, but the only Tag it can assign are [student], [teacher], [security guard], etc. In this light, Infinite City's many Tag must be due to its assimilation of a sufficient number of people and things."

With a flick of his finger, Feng Xue caused the School Hell, which had become part of the [Underworld], to activate the power of the [Disguise] Tag, slowly shrinking until it became a palm-sized Business Card Holder, which he then stuffed into his pocket.

With a flick of her finger, a business card-style Admission Letter landed in her hand. Looking at the blank space for her name, Feng Xue couldn't help but reveal a smile that exuded a villainous aura...

Damn, I messed up the scheduled release. I was wondering why it hadn't been released yet...