The White Night Person

"Very simple." Qin Li gave Yin Ge a deep look. "Become a White Nighter."

"To be honest, the purpose of my trip was to invite you to become a White Nighter."

Yin Ge looked puzzled. "A White Nighter?"

"Those who walk between day and night, traverse Godhead and Beasthood, yet still hold fast to their Personhood are called White Nighters."

Qin Li wore a reverent expression. "Of course, simply put, White Nighters are people who specifically enter the Son of Heaven Game to complete missions."

"Through our observation and analysis, if you come into contact with some trait similar to a Personhood during the game, there is a certain chance that you will acquire that Personhood."

"For example, if the bride is arrogant, and you happen to encounter a scene or object where she expresses that arrogance, part of the bride's arrogant Personhood may transfer to you."

"If your group fails its first Son of Heaven Game, then the scenes triggered by the second group to enter will no longer be related to the bride, but to you."

"The game fails, you die, and then you become the next person to trigger a Son of Heaven Game. The scenes experienced by the next group will no longer be about the bride's wedding, but scenes involving arrogance from your own experiences and memories."

"And so on."

At this point, Qin Li sighed. "Therefore, if a Son of Heaven Game appears somewhere, the best approach is to seal off the area, then gather and investigate information on everyone who entered it."

"Only after making thorough preparations do we send White Nighters in to resolve the game."

Yin Ge fell into thought.

The first thing that came to her mind was the bride's desire to spy, and the scene where she had used the bridesmaid's eyes to watch others through the reflection in the window.

That meant that if Yin Ge's group failed to find the Killer this time, they would all die.

After their deaths, the Son of Heaven Game's scenes would no longer be those of the bride getting married, but memories or scenes involving Yin Ge and her desire to spy.

If the next group failed again, the voyeuristic Personhood on Yin Ge would transfer to the next person, triggering a Son of Heaven Game centered on that person's memories and scenes.

If this continued, those who entered would keep dying, and this Son of Heaven Game would continue endlessly.

Qin Li said, "Of course, sometimes we also send ordinary people in, such as particularly intelligent ones."

"But White Nighters' abilities can be used on those without Godhead or Beasthood within the Son of Heaven Game, so it is still best to send White Nighters."

"The senior executive I mentioned earlier, the one who completed three Son of Heaven Game missions, is the highest-ranked White Nighter I know of."

"He has already become a Grand Physician-level White Nighter."

"A Grand Physician-level White Nighter?" Yin Ge sharply caught the key point. "Could it be that game mission ranks are divided according to Godhead?"

"That's right." Qin Li spoke slowly. "Game missions are ranked from highest to lowest as Son of Heaven, Feudal Lord, Court Minister, Scholar, Grand Physician, and Commoner. Son of Heaven rank is the highest, while Commoner rank is the lowest."

"What is the basis for the division?" Yin Ge asked immediately.

Qin Li answered at once. "The number of people drawn into the game."

"Commoner-level Son of Heaven Games have the smallest range. Usually fewer than ten people are drawn in. The bride game you experienced was a Commoner-level game."

"Grand Physician-level games usually involve ten to a hundred people."

"Scholar-level games involve one hundred to one thousand people."

"Court Minister-level games involve one thousand to ten thousand people."

"Feudal Lord-level games involve between ten thousand and five hundred thousand people."

"Son of Heaven-level games involve... more than five hundred thousand people."

"Of course, I mean the affected range."

"Generally speaking, at most there are only a dozen or twenty people with Godhead or Beasthood. Most of the others are ordinary people who have been dragged in against their will."

"For example, in the Commoner-level Son of Heaven Game you entered, the photographer, makeup artist, and others were affected. Fortunately, you won. Otherwise, they would all have died."

Five hundred thousand? Even if the White Night Faction won, they would still die? A Son of Heaven-level game's range could practically cover an entire city... Even though she had been mentally prepared, Yin Ge was still shaken.

But beyond the shock, Yin Ge also had doubts. If there had been a Son of Heaven-level game in the country, how could not even a hint of information have leaked out?

After all, that was five hundred thousand people, not five. No matter how tightly the news was suppressed, it could not be completely contained.

Seeing the puzzled expression on Yin Ge's face, Qin Li explained:

"I believe you've noticed that the Godhead ranks in the Son of Heaven Game are based on the social hierarchy of ancient society."

"Legend has it that in ancient times, there were sages and wise men who used powerful will, spirit, and other means to classify and organize information streams that had emerged from unknown places and were capable of destroying all humanity, forming Laws."

"The ancients guessed it was a great calamity or divine punishment, while we speculate that it may be aliens, unknown civilizations, or perhaps natural phenomena."

"But in any case, thanks to what our predecessors did, they used titles such as Son of Heaven and Commoner to contain those information streams within Godhead, Personhood, and Beasthood, ultimately preserving civilization."

"Even the name Son of Heaven Game and the names of the Godheads are things passed down through ancient historical records and texts."

"So, although the highest-ranked Son of Heaven Game we have discovered so far has only reached Grand Physician level—"

"There were actually Son of Heaven-level games in ancient times. It is just that this portion has not been uncovered, or has been misinterpreted."

"No wonder..." Yin Ge had indeed wondered before where the names of the Godheads came from. Now, she finally had an answer.

Qin Li was not finished.

"From the perspective of the present world, Son of Heaven Games have not been appearing for very long."

"In fact, not only the Godheads—our White Nighter system, the game rank divisions, and the criteria for those divisions were all defined based on historical records."

"People cannot imagine things they have never experienced. Just as people in ancient times did not know the term 'mobile phone,' while people a thousand years later do."

"I see." Yin Ge nodded slightly. Historical events involving large-scale casualties in ancient times immediately surfaced in her mind.

But since Son of Heaven-level games had appeared in ancient times and humanity had not gone extinct, there had to be a way to curb the spread of Son of Heaven Games. It was just that no one knew what it was yet.

If there was a way, then there was hope of survival—provided Yin Ge lived long enough to find it.

With that thought, Yin Ge returned to the problem before her and continued asking, "As long as I reach Grand Physician-level White Nighter, I can become a senior executive and obtain a way to slow it down?"

"For now, yes." Qin Li nodded.

"For now?" Yin Ge questioned again. "Does that mean the requirements for becoming a senior executive will change in the future?"

"I don't know, but I suspect so." Qin Li explained:

"Son of Heaven Games have not spread on a large scale yet, so most of them are low-ranked, and there are few White Nighters. Naturally, the requirements are not high."

"It is like scoring ninety out of a hundred among ten people and ranking third, but among fifty people you might only rank in the top twenty, and among a hundred people, in the top fifty. Everything changes."

"So if you want to become a senior executive, you should hurry."