CHAPTER 82: AUTHORITY OF THE GOD OF WINE?

Ren couldn’t help but show an expression of mixed amusement and disbelief. Someone actually wanted to actively read His memories.

Even information leaked by deities was enough to drive ordinary people insane! Even corruption between deities relied on this information!

"To be honest, entering this place basically means your consciousness, your memories, everything about you is exposed. Everything is within my grasp." The drunkard couldn’t help but let out bursts of sinister laughter, seeming to think he’d already won. "Your mental barriers are the strongest I’ve ever seen, enough to make you proud. But in the face of depravity, no one can resist!"

"I really wanted you to become one of the Fallen Ones, but unfortunately, you don’t know how to appreciate it..."

"Since you want to see so badly, I’ll let you see!" Ren looked at the guy casually, but grew increasingly curious about this realm of depravity. Another characteristic similar to Data Craftsman’s virtual world!

Before the drunkard could react, Ren directly shut down the barriers. Instantly, endless information surged toward the drunkard.

Never mind anything else—just the data flood from hundreds of thousands of Magic Net users going online every day wasn’t something this Fallen One could handle, even if he held a divine artifact!

Sure, the book was the Magic Net’s server, but the Data Craftsman authority automatically backed up a copy. Besides that, the infinite knowledge of the King of Creation authority wasn’t something ordinary people could bear.

The instant Ren opened the barrier, the drunkard looked like a drowning man, eyes wide, extreme fear spreading through his heart. Suddenly, he began trembling all over, letting out bursts of howls. His body seemed to begin twisting too. "This... how is this possi—"

Before he could finish, his body shattered directly.

A legendary-tier cultist never imagined he’d die like this!

The moment he was shattered by the data flood, Ren, quick-eyed and quick-handed, rapidly used his authority to collect those fragments.

Through these fragments, He could learn some of this guy’s memories.

But though the cultist was already dead, Ren’s data flood didn’t stop.

Originally, he didn’t know how to corrupt the Mirror of Depravity, but this drunkard wanted to read His memories and actually took the initiative to use the Mirror of Depravity. The drunkard was already dead, but the data flood still kept washing over the Mirror of Depravity.

The surrounding collapse seemed to speed up even more.

Suddenly, the sky outside began to tremble. In just a few seconds, a massive worm condensed. The worm’s mouth was enormous, like it could swallow anything.

Countless teeth surrounded the worm’s mouth, making it look even more terrifying!

"Ren..."

Looking at this scene, Betty felt her core couldn’t quite process it. What happened today seemed to exceed her understanding a bit.

But before she could speak, the lighthouse in the distance—the one Ren had just created—began to shake. Gradually, the lighthouse stood up like some kind of monster, and a strange light spread from it.

The moment that strange light hit the worm, it immediately began to petrify and disintegrate. The light was like a materialized data flood... The instant the worm disappeared, Ren could clearly feel he could now fully control this world of depravity.

With a wave of his hand, everything that had been collapsing returned to normal.

Everything seemed to return to how it was before the drunkard appeared.

"They really did find inspiration from the Magic Net, but this technology... it’s seriously creepy!" After reading the drunkard’s memories, Ren couldn’t help but furrow his brow slightly.

"Maybe it’s precisely because this technology originated from the Magic Net that it can align with your authority!" Betty finally came to her senses. "If I remember correctly, the first time we talked about the Magic Net, you said, could everyone’s consciousness be uploaded to the same space..."

"You said it was impossible back then." Ren said. "But lots of things you thought were impossible have been realized!"

"When I said impossible, I meant it was impossible using scattered magic power. Besides, didn’t they fail to do it too? They can only pull a few people in now, right?!" Betty quickly denied it, almost excited enough to pull up the scene from her memory core from back then.

"Haha, I was just joking." Ren laughed. "But seriously, this world of depravity these Fallen Ones have—maybe we really can use it. We need to study it carefully later. It has many characteristics similar to Data Craftsman, but also quite a few differences."

Ren was also very interested in the Great World of Depravity proposed by the Fallen Ones. If he could fully master it and fuse it with the Magic Net, perhaps he really could create something like the virtual reality space from his previous life.

"But speaking of which, is the Data Craftsman authority complete now?" Betty hadn’t forgotten their main purpose for this trip.

"It’s been perfected somewhat, but there still seems to be a gap." Ren thought for a moment. "Maybe there are other worlds in this world constructed similarly to the Mirror of Depravity? Or maybe I need to take down all the Fallen Ones before I can fully reclaim the authority?"

"Hasn’t the Mirror of Depravity already been controlled by you? Why do you still need to take down the Fallen Ones?" Betty was somewhat confused.

"You’ll know in a bit. The Mirror of Depravity isn’t the Fallen Ones’ entire ’technology.’" After a pause, Ren added, "But, I seem to have gained part of the God of Wine’s authority... Things are really getting more and more interesting!"

"The God of Wine’s authority?" Betty was shocked.

The God of Wine was also one of the top deities. His faith was widespread, his rise swift—except for the Goddess of Magic, it was unheard of. Unfortunately, a thousand years ago, he suddenly disappeared. Now, to think you could steal part of his authority through the Mirror of Depravity—could it be that He also fell?

"I can’t be sure. Maybe it’s just the authority of this divine artifact?" Ren spread his hands. "This authority is called ’Spirit Realm.’ It’s similar to the divine realm I established in the network space, but also different..."

[Spirit Realm]: Read target’s memories, weave a real world!