"Each level brings a qualitative leap," Wang Linchi mused. After ten days of survival, he was ejected from the instance, still gnawing on the core of the Night Hotel. As an Epic Level Erroneous Sin, Wang Linchi couldn't devour it all at once—it had to be consumed over three days.

Fortunately, he managed to bring this food out by sneaking it into his storage space.

Next, I need to find a suitable NPC to turn into an Abyss Offspring Egg, Wang Linchi pondered, quickly mapping out his plan.

All the conditions were right; he was just lacking the final touch. The fifth Soul Kind was the last piece of the puzzle. He swore he wasn't deliberately trying to wreak havoc on the Game System by doing this.

He opened the forum and was jolted by what he read.

Damn, the players are rebelling? Wang Linchi was astonished.

He discovered that after he'd sent the Black Dart Guest, Black Gun Guest, and Black Sword Guest—the trio—out of the instance, the Erroneous Sin they carried had become infectious. They could now willingly pass it on to others.

This revelation shocked Wang Linchi.

He couldn't claim to fully understand Erroneous Sins, as each one operated based on different principles, rules, and methods.

It was the same with Soul Kinds; he could only understand the ones he had researched. He wouldn't bother studying an Erroneous Sin, like those three human-like ones, unless he consumed it.

It's essential to understand what I'm ingesting—after all, one must always check if something is edible before putting it in one's mouth.

The Game System is a bit like the Qin Dynasty—powerful, yes, but that doesn't mean people under it live well.

This was the real world; not all players were born warriors or top detectives. What was mundane for high-level players could be extremely challenging for regular ones.

Especially after the Game System became an Erroneous Sin, the oppression it inflicted on humans increased significantly, making tasks impossible for many less capable individuals to complete.

Failure to complete tasks led to decreased attributes and contributions. Lower attributes meant reduced abilities, and fewer contributions made tasks even more challenging.

This resulted in a vicious cycle.

The high-level players weren't having it easy either. The Game System's algorithm behaved much like the Red and Blue Knight delivery platform's: if you could finish an order in ten minutes, the next one would be timed for nine. If you managed nine, the one after that would be eight.

It would relentlessly push you to challenge your limits until you finally failed.

Though the rewards were attractive, the Game System held absolute control over everything.

Now that a method to break free from the Game System had suddenly surfaced, it was natural for players to revolt.

As for the Abyss? Credit for handling it went to the Game System. However, there was one fatal point: the players hadn't actually suffered any direct harm from the Abyss themselves.

The only experience they had was being forced by the Game System to slay Abyssal Demons.

That was a different matter altogether. If they were invaded and forced to fight back, that would be a voluntary action. However, the Game System preemptively blocked the Abyss from reaching the real world and forced players to fight Abyssal Demons. This was done with good intentions, perhaps, but in the players' eyes, it was merely sending cannon fodder to their deaths.

Ever since the introduction of mandatory daily tasks, players' fondness for the Game System had plummeted. It was so low that barely anyone was willing to dedicate themselves to it.

Moreover, with the game merging into reality, death leading to attribute deductions, insufficient attributes resulting in forced erasure, and other such measures—modern people naturally found these conditions unbearable.

Therefore, after the phenomenon of 'Erroneous Transformation' emerged, a flood of converts immediately appeared. The Game System labeled them Fallen Players.

However, it seems the Erroneous Sins on those three players mutated, Wang Linchi noted while scrolling through the forum.

Firstly, players who transformed into Erroneous Sins still retained their player systems but had broken free from the Game System's control.

More importantly, these Fallen Players, including the Black Guest trio from before, now shared a collective Erroneous Sin rather than individual ones.

Perhaps this was due to numerous Erroneous Sins converging and fusing, forming a much larger entity.

Erroneous Sins are capable of fusion and evolution.

This was precisely why the Game System regarded them as a thorn in its side and offered such high bounties for these Fallen Players.

However, these efforts were largely in vain. It wasn't that players loyal to the Game System were unwilling to act, but these Fallen Players were extremely elusive. They appeared no different from regular players, looking perfectly human. They could even accept tasks from the Game System and use player channels, mailboxes, and other functions.

Their identities were only exposed if they erupted and transformed into their Evil Demon state—the inhuman appearance previously displayed by the Black Guest trio. Otherwise, it was almost impossible to identify them.

Their main strategy revolved around stealth and 'borrowing the hen to lay eggs'—exploiting existing systems for their own gain.

Of course, not all players wanted to undergo the Erroneous Transformation and become Fallen Players with an Evil Demon state. After all, some valued their humanity.

Currently, the total number of this Erroneous Sin, the Fallen Players, was still small compared to the overall human population. It wasn't a full-scale rebellion.

The Game System wasn't a pushover either. Although It couldn't actively detect these Erroneous Sins (the Fallen Players), It could patch players who hadn't yet transformed, installing 'firewalls' to prevent further conversions.

Furthermore, with these programs in place, if any player attempted to transform into a Fallen Player, the Game System would detect it immediately, followed by swift targeting and countermeasures.

This Erroneous Sin, the Fallen Players, had the potential to grow to the same level as the Game System itself.

Its only weakness was its reliance on a sufficient number of player supporters.

Players were the Game System's foundation. The fact that It seemed to be at the Mythology Level right from Its inception undoubtedly stemmed from Its own unique characteristics.

I merely lent a small hand, and now the whole world is descending into chaos. Has my influence really grown this significant? Wang Linchi couldn't help but find the situation absurd.

He had only intended to cause a little trouble for the Game System. Now, this trouble was anything but small; it was massive, potentially even capable of overthrowing the Game System.

Speaking of which, I haven't heard any news about Ye Tian lately.

Wang Linchi checked the leaderboard. Ye Tian still held first place. However, there were very few recent posts about him on the forum. Any mentions were old news; nothing had been updated in the last few days. He wondered where Ye Tian had gone.

Could he be brewing up something major again? Wang Linchi mused. When the protagonist goes quiet, they're definitely up to no good.

「...」

"So, it's confirmed now, huh...?" Ye Tian coughed out a mouthful of blood. A regular player wouldn't cough blood; they would merely show a 'bleeding' or 'Weak' status effect in their status bar.

It's confirmed. The Game System has indeed fully transformed into an Erroneous Sin. This is truly dreadful.

More importantly, I suspect the Game System has retained Its previous operational logic and data. This makes It akin to an infinitely evolving, super-quantum computer. Especially after Its transformation, Its original computational limits are no longer a bottleneck.

Humanity... was indeed being farmed. The Fate Devil God's voice was laced with helplessness.

He just felt incredibly unlucky. How could I have run into something like this?

"We need to find a way to counterbalance the Game System, and quickly," Ye Tian said, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, feeling a wave of powerlessness. "You previously estimated the world would face problems in three years. Given the current trend, I fear we won't even last three years before disaster strikes."

The Game System is too massive, the Fate Devil God stated. Unless we support another Erroneous Sin of comparable scale to fight It... but this action could be like drinking poison to quench thirst, or it might be like inviting a wolf into the house. The former means a slow death; the latter, immediate destruction.

"Then do you have any other solutions?" Ye Tian felt this world was utterly messed up, so full of disasters and hardships.

None. So, we can only gamble. The best outcome would be for both the Game System and the entity we support to crash simultaneously. The Fate Devil God sounded quite resigned to the situation now; after all, this world was too difficult, even for him.

"Let's choose the Fallen Players," Ye Tian decided. "We'll support them to contend with the Game System. There seems to be a certain dynamic of mutual generation and restriction between them." Ye Tian, of course, knew about the Fallen Players. He had investigated them and recognized the potential within this Erroneous Sin.

Therefore, when it came to choosing who to support, he unhesitatingly decided on the Fallen Players.

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