Chapter 150: The New Authority of the Divine Spark of Contracts

“The Prayer has been sent. Good luck!”

Yu Sheng’an patted Godzilla and rushed off into the distance.

This Godzilla was really quite a chatterbox!

Yu Sheng’an had no mood for idle talk now, so he hurried away.

Not long after leaving, a flicker in the soul fire of the skeleton warrior he controlled made Yu Sheng’an glance back.

Just then, Godzilla had logged onto the Internet using the undead clone!

This unremarkable detail surprised Yu Sheng’an and sparked a strange idea in his mind.

The core of the undead is the soul; essentially, it’s a spirit.

Naturally, it could also nurture Source Essence.

Thus, a player-controlled undead clone is essentially an independent living entity.

Does this mean he could spread the Internet among the Underworld God’s followers and tap into the underworld’s undead Source Essence?

If so, how should he do it?

Develop a game accelerator? A plugin?

The thought briefly flashed through Yu Sheng’an’s mind.

After rushing dozens of miles, he finally spotted wild undead.

Yu Sheng’an immediately killed some and absorbed their souls, feeling a slight increase in his realm, giving him a clearer understanding and data about the Underworld God’s followers.

Then, he decisively logged out.

In the Shrine’s Ancient Castle in the Velia Main Plane.

Yu Sheng’an’s main body suddenly opened his eyes.

“Phew…”

He exhaled softly, descending from the divine seat, pacing in the Great Hall as he pondered and analyzed.

Through hands-on experience, he gained an intuitive understanding of the dark web.

Setting aside the content, let’s talk about the framework first.

The dark web and the Internet each have their pros and cons.

The dark web directly manifests in the soul, offering greater concealment. Once it spreads in the Kewell Empire, it’s exceedingly hard to detect.

The Internet presents itself visually through the Contract Document, with significantly less concealment.

Of course, the advantages are obvious too.

It can serve as a virtual screen. If unsuppressed, it can be used in numerous scenarios in life.

For example, acting as signs, PPTs, display boards, TVs, cinemas, etc.

The commonality between the Internet and the dark web is that they both utilize the power of the Divine Spark, making interference and blocking impossible.

This means as long as the Underworld God is not dead or rather as long as the Nether Divine Spark doesn’t fall into Yu Sheng’an’s hands, the dark web will always exist.

The same could be said in reverse.

As long as the Divine Spark of Contracts doesn’t fall into the Underworld God’s hands, the Internet will always exist.

Their next direction of competition should be in seizing market share.

To capture market share, besides competing in the Internet’s soft power the most crucial aspect might still be the competition in real territory!

By conquering the other’s territory and imposing administrative bans, achieving results with half the effort is possible. After all, with a high-pressure policy in the front and substitute products in the back, most users naturally wouldn’t risk losing their heads by forcibly using another network.

So, are the new gods simply circling back to traditional territorial battles?

Yu Sheng’an sighed deeply.

Having covered the network framework, the rest is about the network content.

When it comes to network content, Yu Sheng’an was furious.

First mover advantage has its perks; latecomers have their advantages too.

The Underworld God evidently maximized the latecomer advantage!

– That is, referencing the experience of first movers and even directly copying Yu Sheng’an’s initially created content. Not only did it save countless detours, it also borrowed from the first mover advantage.

Promoting the dark web on this basis was naturally effortless.

Thinking about this, what rage Yu Sheng’an felt towards the Underworld God!

Amidst swirling thoughts, he devised a countermeasure.

He wielded the Divine Spark of Contracts. Why not set up a Privacy Agreement?

Publicly announcing respect for users’ privacy, while secretly embedding anti-plagiarism clauses. That is, forbidding users from transcribing Internet content.

What? Users unwilling?

Unwilling means no Internet access!

Now is not the time for promotion—you’re the client; I’m the contractor.

The supply and demand relationship has undergone a 180° shift.

Forget the spread of magical knowledge, Khazad-dûm’s wealth, or Source Essence from item malls, the social stickiness of the Internet alone is enough to make most users unwilling to part with it.

Right, since content transcription is already forbidden, might as well go all the way and add another clause – forbidding dark web access!

Thinking of this, Yu Sheng’an was thrilled, immediately halting in place, as a Contract Document appeared before him with a thought.

As thoughts guided actions, countless contract clauses were listed one by one in the Contract Document!

However, just as he tried to write a ‘forbid logging onto the dark web’ clause, a mysterious intuition arose in his mind!

– This contract couldn’t be written! Or even if it was written, it would be an invalid clause.

Yu Sheng’an was horrified!

How could this be?

It’s merely a behavior restraint clause. Why be invalid?

Could it be the Divine Spark of Contracts has a flaw?

No!

Yu Sheng’an carefully contemplated the information fed back by the Divine Spark of Contracts. After a long while, his pupils suddenly dilated in shock.

The reason the dark web log ban couldn’t be written wasn’t due to a flaw in the Divine Spark of Contracts, but that this clause involved the Nether authority wielded by the Underworld God!

What is a contract?

The essence of a contract is that intelligent beings voluntarily sign self-restricting clauses, enforced by contract authority.

It directly acts on the soul.

For example: confidentiality, oaths, sharing, enslavement, etc.

And the soul belongs to the Nether Divine Spark’s authority.

Forbidding dark web access means negating Nether authority.

That is not possible within the authority rules framework.

Faced with this situation, Yu Sheng’an was both infuriated and delighted.

Furious that a powerful tool couldn’t be used;

Delighted that the Divine Spark of Contracts surprisingly possessed some soul authority.

This is undoubtedly a power from the mystical side!

Previously, he hadn’t even considered it, let alone explored it.

For a moment, Yu Sheng’an felt a mixed flood of emotions.

The ancestors spoke wisely!

“Misfortune is where fortune dwells; fortune is where misfortune hides.”

His Internet inspired the Underworld God;

Unexpectedly, the Underworld God also prompted him to discover the soul authority of the Divine Spark of Contracts.

The absurdity, drama, and wonder of it all truly evoked countless sentiments!

Yu Sheng’an sighed.

He attempted to use the virtual Prophecy Divine Spark to predict the soul authority of the Divine Spark of Contracts, only to find the required Source Essence was incredibly substantial.

Currently, his Source Essence reserves are slightly insufficient, estimating at least another month to gather it.

Of course, even once gathered, not all could be used for divination. Some needed to be reserved for self-protection.

Therefore, at least three months are needed to predict the soul authority.

Unless he can quickly develop users.

“Three months?”

Yu Sheng’an murmured the time limit, appearing somewhat anxious.

He was eager to gain soul authority.

On one hand, directly copy the dark web’s concealment advantage, presenting the interface within the soul;

On the other hand, if his soul authority was strong enough, at least in the vast underworld with its endless army reserves, he would have a solid position.

His fourth calamity could just open up a completely new occupation—undead.

‘Three months is too long. Seize the day is the key! The critical point now is where to massively develop users.’

‘Distribute flyers? Not feasible. Too aggressive. It would anger the gods.’

Thoughts whirled in Yu Sheng’an’s mind, and he had an idea.

He decided to advance on three fronts!

Yu Sheng’an immediately began to consider specific execution plans.

“Tap, tap, tap!” Suddenly, the crisp sound of footsteps echoed for a long time within the Shrine’s Ancient Castle.

When the footsteps ceased, Yu Sheng’an had an idea.

He looked at the drowsy dark dragon, Dillon Adam, and said, “Dillon, would you like to take a walk?”

Dillon Adam groggily opened his eyes, “Is there something?”

Yu Sheng’an smiled, “How about coming with me to meet your kind?”