#594Chapter 566: Protector Tao Baibai, Meme Curse Released (4K)AI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
5th Tao Pai Pai, Meme: Curse Released (4K+)
"This is... Paradise?!"
Lin Qinfu gazed at the city, which had been fully constructed in almost half a day. The streets were paved with thick black flagstones, laid out very neatly, and even differentiated according to the different districts.
In the commercial districts, the flagstones on the ground were more finely laid.
Lin Qinfu, leading the group of heavily armed militiamen, cautiously entered this new city.
Even holding guns, it did not give these local militiamen any sense of security.
Bai Cangshu watched Lin Qinfu and the representatives of the other local families walk in, then turned around and led them from the commercial street towards the inner city.
He had reconfigured this real-world city belonging to the Reincarnators according to the layout design of public spaces.
Arranged in a circular fashion, with the "Babel Tower" in the center of the city as its core, individual shops were rented out as "stalls" for Reincarnators, each shop directly molded by Reincarnators using "Shaping Magic."
And immediately, reinforcement magic and permanent enchantments would be applied to the barriers.
Bai Cangshu anticipated establishing over three large barriers within the city to repel ordinary people, reduce the destructive power of energy released within the urban area, and significantly suppress perception abilities.
Although it couldn't fully replicate the functions within the Reincarnation Space, here, the Reincarnators' stay time was... infinite!
Moreover, the moment anyone entered this city, they would be declared under his protection.
Given his current notorious reputation, this would be a powerful draw.
Subsequently, he would arrange for Jin Yue'an and others to refine the commercial district, making it more convenient for Reincarnators to find what they needed, and to establish patrol units to maintain order.
At the very center of the city, Bai Cangshu had specially set up a "Babel Tower."
The lowest level of the Babel Tower would serve as a dueling ground for resolving disputes between Reincarnators, where Reincarnators could completely resolve conflicts through force or vent their inner brutality.
As for the higher levels, Bai Cangshu had his own arrangements. He had always wanted to hunt down strong individuals, but here, he could completely use some rewards to attract powerful Reincarnators to willingly come to this tower and fight.
And he would wait on a certain floor within the tower...
Lin Qinfu was already too distracted to pay attention to White Oldest's expression; he was stunned by the scale of this city that had appeared out of thin air.
As someone who had coordinated multiple construction units and watched the previous city being built brick by brick, and that too under the financial offensive of the March Conglomerate, it was built at a speed that completely exceeded normal construction progress.
But compared to the construction speed of this solemn city before his eyes, it was not on the same level at all.
"Bai... White Oldest, are these people... Ability Users?!"
He also saw the few strangers leaning against the wall; these individuals exuded an aura that made people dare not approach.
Du Enqin walked over from behind at this moment. She wouldn't ask such obvious questions; she merely noticed something else.
"White Oldest, do you mean that ordinary people like us can also enter this city?"
She still remembered the terrifying disaster two days ago, but despite her inner fear, she dared not show it on her face. Lin Qinfu, perhaps having followed White Oldest for too long, had forgotten that the White Oldest before them was actually the most terrifying person.
The city had indeed collapsed two days ago, but White Oldest was perfectly unharmed!
Bai Cangshu's gaze swept over this woman, who was a little smarter than Lin Qinfu, and he pointed in the air.
Zzzzt~
In an instant, a faint current seemed to pierce Du Enqin's body, flowing rapidly through her. She felt as if her body had been activated in that moment; she trembled, yet felt an unusual clarity in her mind and a significant lightness in her body.
"White Oldest..."
Bai Cangshu extended his hand, and Du Enqin immediately stopped speaking, though her face still showed a mixture of shock and pleasant surprise.
"The era has changed. You two naturally need to board the ship of this new era..."
Du Enqin's face revealed pleasant surprise, while Lin Qinfu still felt inexplicable, even a little terrified; his mind was truly a bit slow to react.
But Bai Cangshu didn't care about their reactions, only continuing.
"Of course, the waves of the new era are turbulent... extremely turbulent..."
"A slight misstep, and you'll be shattered to pieces."
At this point, Bai Cangshu suddenly looked at the two, who both instinctively startled.
Bai Cangshu held the cursed meme in his hand and said to the two:
"To survive is the new era~"
Lin Qinfu felt the hairs on his back almost explode with a stinging sensation. That intense danger felt almost like a hand gripping his spine.
"Bai... White Oldest... can I not..."
Crack.
It was like something being crushed, or an invisible curtain wall being shattered.
Lin Qinfu instinctively retreated, looking at Bai Cangshu in horror. He saw that the few people who had been leaning far away all changed their expressions.
"Releasing the meme at this time, Tao Pai Pai, you?!"
The few quickly retreated, but Bai Cangshu seemed to not hear, laughing heartily.
"This is my extra reward for you. This is a good thing. With your Mental strength, be careful, you won't die~"
Doomsday Great Sun perhaps wanted to ease the conflict with Tao Pai Pai, or perhaps truly believed that Tao Pai Pai and he both shared the ambition to change the world, considering them fellow travelers.
Therefore, those sent to Bai Cangshu to rebuild Paradise were all Title-level spellcasting Reincarnators.
Their Mental attributes were quite high, so they wouldn't be easily devoured by the Meme: Curse (Desire).
Of course, if someone's temperament was indeed too fragile, then this special curse from the "Sweet Home" world could still pose a fatal threat.
Lin Qinfu staggered a few steps, clutching his throat. There was no smell, no taste, yet he felt something had entered his body.
He no longer cared about fearing Bai Cangshu and began running towards his jeep; he wanted to escape at all costs.
Du Enqin, however, touched her body. She didn't feel any changes, and the ability White Oldest had just used on her felt very magical and highly effective.
She was willing to accept the invitation of the so-called "new era."
Therefore, Du Enqin remained in place.
Bai Cangshu saw both their reactions. No matter what they chose, it made no difference to him.
The Meme: Curse had been released, and now, before dissipating, it would continuously spread. Everyone infected would have their most urgent desires linked.
Then, they would start bleeding profusely from their noses, enter a mutation stage, experience auditory hallucinations, and simultaneously begin to develop various special powers based on their own desires.
The stronger the desire, the more intense the transformation.
Those consumed by desire would completely turn into monsters, but those who maintained their Mental state could retain their sanity.
Monsters whose desires were fully satisfied would cocoon themselves and emerge as "new humans" stripped of all desires.
Bai Cangshu looked at Du Enqin, who showed no reaction, and clicked his tongue.
"You, you don't have that aptitude."
Instead, the timid and weak Lin Qinfu had already undergone some kind of change internally.
Du Enqin felt a sense of loss, but still remained silent behind Bai Cangshu.
Bai Cangshu also said to her:
"Next, the area around this city will fall into chaos. You will be responsible for guiding the Ability Users who successfully enter Paradise, as well as those special infected who maintain their sanity, to register."
"The shops within this city can be leased to registered individuals."
"As long as they stay within this city, they will not encounter danger."
After Bai Cangshu finished speaking, he leaped up, directly flying to the hundreds-meter-high tower under Du Enqin's astonished gaze.
And the few Ability Users who had remained there earlier had long since disappeared.
Du Enqin's heart pounded wildly. She knew that White Oldest had probably done something, Lin Qinfu was affected, and next, many people would be affected!
She took several deep breaths to calm down, then looked at the empty city. She decided to call her team over first...
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[You have been affected by Meme: Curse (Desire)]
[You have exempted this effect]
Bai Cangshu stood on the highest floor of the tower, looking at the prompt on his panel, feeling slightly disappointed. He had originally wanted to use this curse to intensify the desires within his body.
Turbulent desires, while not Mind Light, could bring him closer to that feeling.
All those who displayed such intense powerful movements before his eyes were almost always accompanied by strong emotional fluctuations.
Bai Cangshu sat cross-legged, his body naturally floating in the air.
Zzz~
Faint flashes of lightning flickered, disappearing into the air from his body, then spreading out in circles.
In the sky, dark clouds began to roll, and muffled thunder boomed.
Mind Net Lv9 was fully released, bringing the entire city within Bai Cangshu's perception.
Moreover, Bai Cangshu at this moment also possessed the ability to clearly perceive the coordinates and thoughts of someone by having his name mentioned. It could be said that within the Mind Net's range, he was no different from Enel on Skypiea back then.
Boom!
Thunderclouds rolled downwards, quickly pressing down above Paradise, echoing the black high tower.
Bai Cangshu closed his eyes.
[Magnetism Rotation, Current: 20,000 Horsepower (Rising)]
The lightning accumulated within Bai Cangshu's body, combined with abilities like the thunder emperor's heart, was still rapidly pushing Magnetism Rotation upwards.
With a thought, a Qi Sword appeared on Bai Cangshu's knee.
This item probably came from a world derived from a certain web novel. The Qi Sword was quite effective in combat when wielded, capable of harming people from a distance.
However, for Bai Cangshu, whose martial arts techniques had already reached the "Peak of Skill" realm, he no longer cared for this level of energy emission and condensation.
As long as the energy value was sufficient, he could release "Qi" and "Magnetism" much more freely.
[Arashi Tokumitsu EX051, you are absorbing the energy of the item: Qi Sword. This operation will irreversibly lower the quality of the item: Qi Sword and eventually destroy it.]
Bai Cangshu ignored the space's prompt. In his hands, intense Qi and Magnetism appeared simultaneously, enveloping the Qi Sword.
[You absorbed 1 point of Qi, Energy Attribute: Qi increased by 1 point]
[You absorbed 1 point of Qi, Energy Attribute: Qi increased by 1 point]
[You absorbed 1 point of Qi, Energy Attribute: Qi increased by 2 points]
...
The incomparably pure Innate Qi, like sweet dew, slowly seeped into Bai Cangshu's body, nourishing the increasingly dense Qi within him!
Bai Cangshu felt as if his cells were being nourished, and an endless stream of Qi continuously appeared. That feeling was extremely comfortable, making Bai Cangshu's aura grow even stronger.
Boom!
The thunderclouds rolled downwards, almost touching the black tower.
Suddenly, Bai Cangshu opened his eyes. Amidst the flashing electricity, his gaze pierced through nearly a hundred kilometers, landing in a dense forest on the outskirts of Paradise.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A figure constantly flickered, occasionally splitting into several shadow clones flying in all directions.
But intense freezing air emerged from the river, and soon, a person slid down along the ice on the river.
"Yang Yan, this is as far as you go. Hand over all your items and special anomaly point, and I can consider letting your family go."
The newcomer had white hair and was enveloped in freezing air. As he walked a few steps, the surrounding dense forest was completely frozen.
The man called Yang Yan had many bloodstains on him. He was wearing gray work clothes, and upon hearing the man's words, his face showed pain.
"Threatening with family, are all of you from the Far East Magic Society so despicable?!"
The white-haired man remained unmoved, still advancing. Yang Yan, with nowhere left to go, looked at the distant black high tower and the rolling thunderclouds, and suddenly shouted loudly:
"Tao Pai Pai!"
"I want to join Paradise, please grant me protection!"
His voice, amplified by Chakra, continuously rolled. The white-haired man's expression changed, and he no longer bothered with the other party's items and special anomaly point.
He extended a hand, and intense freezing air immediately swept towards the man.
Yang Yan twisted his body, stepped on a tree, and leaped out of the forest, escaping forward again through the air. But a huge ice pillar suddenly shot out from the forest, like a giant spear, piercing towards Yang Yan in the air.
Crack!
A bolt of lightning suddenly descended from the sky, shattering the ice pillar with a roar.
"Within the territory of Paradise, Reincarnators are not allowed to fight."
A cold voice, accompanied by the rolling thunderclouds, descended from the sky.
Yang Yan landed from the air, staggering a bit, his ankle suffering from frostbite. He looked at "Frozen: Yun Wugou" who had landed opposite him, grinned, and laughed with some lingering fear.
"Haha... I'm here, I've reached Paradise!"
"You can't touch me, Tao Pai Pai will give me protection!"
Saying that, Yang Yan immediately turned and ran wildly towards the black tower.
Yun Wugou frowned, looking at the rolling thunderclouds in the sky. Tao Pai Pai's momentum was too terrifying, and he dared not make another move for a moment.
After thinking for a moment, he also walked towards the black tower.
Tao Pai Pai promised protection, but he didn't say he couldn't enter himself.
He decided to go in and see for himself.
But after only a few steps, a new prompt suddenly appeared.
[You have been affected by Meme: Curse (Desire)]
[Detection in progress...]
[Check failed, you have been affected by Meme: Curse (Desire)]
Yun Wugou paused his steps. Many past images began to appear in his mind without warning.
The near-death sensation of being held down in the ice lake by that group of people when he was young, as if he would freeze to death the next second, reappeared.
Drip, drip...
Thick blood began to drip from his nostrils.
Yun Wugou shook his head, feeling an abnormal Mental state begin to appear in his mind, with intense malice continuously spreading.
Crack, crack.
Bone-chilling freezing air naturally began to spread from beneath his feet...
Yang Yan ran quickly, treading on the treetops, and soon left the dense forest, arriving at an open area.
The black high tower and the magnificent "Paradise" had fully appeared in his sight.
He was about to continue rushing over and ask Tao Pai Pai for a way to rescue his family. If necessary, he could even sell that secret to Tao Pai Pai.
At least, if Tao Pai Pai knew that secret, the people from the Far East Magic Society probably wouldn't fare well.
Roar!
A roar like that of some wild beast appeared, and the next moment Yang Yan saw a creature on all fours, with a human-like head but a beast's body, charging towards him.
The thing was grayish-blue all over, and as it ran, it roared again, its eyes completely black.
Yang Yan trembled all over, feeling his body sway.
Not good, is it infrasound?!
He touched his ears; his eardrums were already ruptured, and his balance was also affected.
He immediately formed hand signs, and his clones were released again.
Bang, bang, bang...
The monster directly crashed into them, and the clones shattered one by one.
Yang Yan, meanwhile, hid underground. His brain was dizzy, and his heart was filled with doubt and alarm.
What's going on? Are there monsters in the real world too?!
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