Ascending the Heavens as an Evil God
chapter-557

Under Fu Cheng’s leadership, the game 《Origin of Light》 became very successful.

In Earth’s Federation,《Origin of Light》 was so popular that it already turned into a trend. Almost all RPG players would definitely buy one, and there were more and more high-level players.

It's just that the appearance of a Third Round player this early slightly exceeded Gu Nan's expectations.

Gu Nan projected his will on Earth again and found a random person to possess, arriving at Fu Cheng's house. Based on his earlier instructions, Fu Cheng had left all the data here.

Perhaps because Gu Nan usually only communicated with Fu Cheng via a notebook, the latter chose to print all the information out on paper and give it to Gu Nan that way.

In this era of advanced technology, it was actually quite rare to still use paper to record information.

Fortunately, Li Han didn’t have much information to record. Even if all his information was printed out, it only amounted to a stack of files the width of a finger.

Fu Cheng's house was a double-storey villa. Gu Nan entered quietly, then skillfully swaggered into Fu Cheng's study. He sat down and slowly started reading Li Han's information.

After all, information obtained through the notebook’s conversations were limited, so it was only at this time that Gu Nan was able to see the full picture on Li Han.

He seemed like an extremely ordinary shut-in gamer—to be the first to reach the Third Round while throwing the second-ranked player behind him far in the dust, no one would believe it if he claimed he wasn’t a serious shut-in.

Of course, just being a shut-in wasn’t enough.

To achieve this kind of thing, in addition to investing an enormous amount of time, one also needed extremely high gaming talent.

It was just like how Gu Nan was a top player. This wasn’t the cause, but the effect. It was because Gu Nan was a gaming genius himself and had also gone through a lot of training in order to get to where he was today.

The same went for Li Han.

In the profile photos, Li Han was a slightly handsome male who was twenty-six years old this year. He did not encounter any major events in his life.

He grew up in a normal middle-class family. They weren’t very wealthy, but they had enough money to not worry about food and clothing. He liked games ever since he was a child and became self-employed as an adult.

In this era, the term “self-employed” was no longer anything derogatory. Instead, it became synonymous with those with special skills. Many people envied how they didn’t have to work 9 to 5 jobs. They could freely allocate their time and also received a considerable income.

Li Han made a living in the gaming industry. His daily income mainly consisted of game guides, copyright fees for game videos, and some consulting fees.

Gu Nan was actually quite familiar with this kind of lifestyle—because he was in a similar situation back then.

And Li Han's in-game journey wasn’t much different from Gu Nan’s expectations. He basically followed the developers’ official path and reached the Third Round step by step.

Although he took advantage of some loopholes here and there, they were still within the scope of permissible gameplay. It was just like how Gu Nan himself also held off on leveling up at a certain point in order to simultaneously level up twice. These were all unique strategies in the game.

All in all, this was a very normal player—both in real life and in the game. The only abnormal thing about him was that… he did not disappear.

That’s right. After Li Han successfully completed the Third Round and theoretically cleared the entire 《Origin of Light》 game, he was still living normally on Earth.

《Origin of Light》 was like a completely normal—albeit excellent—game to him. It was something he devoted five years of his youth to, but that was all.

Transmigration? Leaving the Gap World? Those were nonexistent for him.

‘What does this mean…? Have all the conditions not been met yet, or has another Li Han already appeared outside?’ Gu Nan's imagination ran wild, speculating on the possibilities.

It was certainly reasonable to say that not all the conditions were exactly the same as Gu Nan’s. After all, this was just an imitation Gu Nan created. Neither the game itself nor the timeline could be said to have accounted for all unpredictable variables.

It's just that… if it was the latter possibility, then it seemed a little laughable.

Gu Nan seemed to see another him on Earth hundreds of years ago. After completing the Third Round, that Gu Nan continued to live a mediocre life, then slowly walked towards death.

And now, just a few hundred years later, not even a trace of that person was left.

These thoughts only stayed in Gu Nan's mind for an instant and were immediately thrown out. No matter what the truth was, he was already a Tier 12 Unified Dao existence. No one in this world could easily erase his existence anymore.

Regardless of whether the Gap World throwing people outside was a natural phenomenon or if there really was a mastermind behind it, that did not stop Gu Nan from finding out the truth and then killing any threats to him.

Instead, Gu Nan became more determined. After returning, he would tell his subordinates to keep an eye out for someone named "Li Han" and any newcomers wielding the holy light attribute.

"Perhaps Jiu Po is right." Gu Nan rubbed his chin and muttered to himself, "Only by controlling both worlds can we most conveniently explore the secrets here."

On the other hand, since he was already in the Gap World again, why not take a look at Lu Wen’s hometown?

Gu Nan also held a certain interest in the cultivation civilization that existed in the Gap World. According to Lu Wen, there were Unified Dao cultivators here, and perhaps they held a different perception of this world.

Just as Gu Nan was considering this, footsteps sounded from outside, followed by the sound of a door opening.

"Mom! Wait… Who are you?!" The startled girl stared at him. A girl with light gray hair pointed at Gu Nan and asked.

This was Fu Cheng's daughter, Chen Jingjing. Her last name was her father’s, and her hair color was the same—Fu Cheng's ex-husband was one-quarter white.

Chen Jingjing had just gotten home and was looking around to see if Fu Cheng was at home. She didn't expect to run into a stranger here.

Five years had passed, and Chen Jingjing was now an eighteen-year-old girl. She did not lose her cool and did not scream.

She just stared at Gu Nan warily. No matter how she looked at it, the latter didn't look like her mother's friend, but more like a burglar.

"There are surveillance cameras everywhere near my house. No matter how you entered, you must have already been caught on camera." Chen Jingjing took a deep breath to prevent her voice from trembling.

"If you leave now, I can pretend I didn't see anything."

Gu Nan's indifferent gaze swept over her. He didn’t respond to her and just slowly walked towards the window.

Under Chen Jingjing's stunned gaze, Gu Nan controlled the body he was possessing to open the window, then jumped out.

Boom!

A soft sound rang in Chen Jingjing's ears, and she quickly ran to the window, only to see that the stranger had landed steadily on the ground and was slowly walking away.

Chen Jingjing swallowed and looked down. Her house was a high-rise villa. Even if it only had two floors, it was still close to seven or eight meters high… ‘Is he a powerful Force cultivator?’

‘Should I call the police? I should just wait until Mom comes back…’