I choose a C ranked hero in another world, I was mocked online-Chapter 401: The Lord God’s Invitation — “Do You Want to Understand the Meaning of Life?”

Chapter 401: The Lord God’s Invitation — "Do You Want to Understand the Meaning of Life?"

Morning.

Chen Ye was training.

In just a few minutes, he had completed every item in the Saitama Training Regimen.

And that was with him deliberately slowing down to finish everything at a relaxed pace—otherwise, he could’ve gone dozens of times faster!

The moment he completed the final exercise, that familiar sensation of enhancement surged through him once again.

Feeling a flicker in his heart, Chen Ye immediately opened his status panel...

Name: Chen Ye

Constitution: MAX

Spirit: 10,000

Strength: MAX

Agility: MAX

Talent: Saitama Physique

Available Potential Points: 25,271

The panel looked the same as yesterday—no apparent changes.

But the sensation of strengthening he had just felt was undeniably real.

Chen Ye judged that after his stats surpassed 100,000, the panel simply stopped displaying numerical values. But that didn’t mean he had stopped growing stronger!

At the same time—

He came to a realization: the Bald Demon King’s talent probably had no limit.

As long as he kept training, he would keep growing stronger—endlessly!!

With that conclusion in mind, Chen Ye was in high spirits.

In the next moment—

He walked from the villa he was staying in to the rooftop, then blasted straight into the sky.

BOOM!!

The air above the provincial capital shook as if struck by thunder. The roar left countless commuters stunned and terrified.

When people looked up, they saw violent air currents spiraling into the sky—forming a strange wormhole-like phenomenon!

As for Chen Ye himself, he had already broken through the atmosphere and vanished without a trace!!

"Six seconds..."

In outer space.

Chen Ye turned to look back at Earth and murmured to himself (silently).

Six seconds—that was the time it had taken him just now to launch from the ground and pierce the atmosphere.

The wormhole-like scene earlier was caused by his speed being so high that it dragged the airflow violently upward.

And more importantly—

That wasn’t even his limit!!

If he went all out, Chen Ye estimated he could break through the atmosphere and reach space in just three or four seconds.

Why had he suddenly flown into outer space?

Not because he was bored.

But because he wanted to test his current capabilities.

In fact, after finishing training yesterday, aside from seeing "MAX" appear on the status panel, Chen Ye could clearly feel changes in his body as well—signs of breaking past a bottleneck.

At the time, however, he was too focused on the panel, worried that "MAX" meant he could no longer improve, and so hadn’t paid attention to the changes in his body.

Now that he was reassured, he immediately wanted to test his growth.

The first test: speed!

In the next moment—

Chen Ye shot toward Mars.

Instantly, a small black figure could be seen traveling at absurd speed through the vacuum of space.

Would he get lost?

Of course not!

With his current vision, he was like a high-precision astronomical telescope. He could clearly see the position of Mars—there was no chance of getting lost.

...

Three hours!

In just three hours, Chen Ye arrived on Mars!

More than half a year ago, when racing the General Director Han Li, it had taken him over seven hours to get from Earth to Mars.

Even that was a shocking feat.

If the public knew about it, countless people would be terrified.

And now, Chen Ye had made the trip in just three hours!

More than twice as fast as before!!

And Mars wasn’t even at its closest point to Earth right now. That meant his current flight speed wasn’t just two times faster—it was likely over three times faster.

Most importantly—

During the flight, Chen Ye didn’t feel as uncomfortable as before.

Previously, he could only survive in space for about five days thanks to his immense physique.

But now, his body seemed to be adapting to outer space. His brain no longer felt starved of oxygen...

"What’s going on? Did reaching MAX cause my body and brain to mutate?"

Standing on Mars’s barren surface, Chen Ye’s expression was filled with surprise.

As for the harsh Martian environment—it had no effect on him whatsoever.

"Does this mean... I can now travel across the universe with just my physical body?"

With that thought, Chen Ye suddenly looked up.

His gaze locked onto that blazing red star.

In the next instant—

Chen Ye soared skyward, flying toward the Sun.

He had tested his speed—now it was time to test his physical endurance.

In the universe, danger lurked everywhere—far beyond human imagination.

To traverse space with just one’s body, powerful defense was absolutely essential.

...

The distance from Mars to the Sun was approximately 228 million kilometers.

Far more than the distance from Earth to Mars.

Which meant this flight would take significantly more time.

At first—

Chen Ye felt perfectly fine.

But after several hours, as he drew closer to the Sun, he began to feel increasingly hot and restless.

The fact that he could still feel heat despite his current fire resistance was truly unbelievable.

It only proved how terrifying stars really were as cosmic phenomena.

And in the vast population of stars, the Sun wasn’t even considered extreme.

In the Galactic Core, celestial bodies more dangerous than the Sun were countless.

Hypergiants, white dwarfs, neutron stars... even black holes.

To someone like Chen Ye, all of these extreme bodies were still immensely dangerous.

Another hour passed.

Chen Ye suddenly stopped.

He was now less than 100,000 kilometers away from the Sun.

At this range, his body was being pushed to its absolute limits!

The Sun’s intense heat and overwhelming radiation made him extremely uncomfortable. Not to mention its powerful gravity was relentlessly pulling on his body.

Chen Ye let out a sigh.

He had originally wanted to try bathing inside the Sun—enjoying a true solar bath... but now it seemed that was still beyond his reach.

The closer he got to the Sun, the more he could feel the overwhelming power of a star.

Chen Ye realized that even now, in the vastness of the universe, he was still small...

With that thought, a calmness settled over him. He turned around, preparing to leave.

As for why he didn’t just punch the Sun?

That kind of thing was sheer suicide—Chen Ye wasn’t that reckless.

The Sun constantly emits heat and radiation because of the stable nuclear fusion occurring in its core. If Chen Ye recklessly threw a punch and disrupted the Sun’s internal balance, it could trigger a premature "eruption," causing it to rapidly expand into a red giant!

What would that mean?

It would mean all of humanity on Earth would die by his hand.

Just like in the film The Wandering Earth, if the Sun began to swell, Earth would keep heating up. Within a hundred years, the Sun would engulf Earth’s orbit and eventually consume the entire planet, wiping out human civilization.

So, not even a single punch.

Chen Ye didn’t dare carelessly destroy any planet in the solar system, either.

Currently, the planets operated in a delicate gravitational balance.

If he shattered even one of them, the resulting shockwaves and debris would produce unimaginable effects on the rest.

For instance, if he blew up Mars, just the shock and meteor fallout alone could cause extinction-level damage to all life on Earth.

Therefore—

Chen Ye could test his speed and endurance, but he absolutely could not casually test his strength.

Because his current power... was simply too overwhelming.

With the support of the Law of Strength, shattering stars with a single punch was no exaggeration.

...

When Chen Ye returned to Earth—

It was already deep into the night.

After flying through space the entire day, he still felt perfectly energetic. Aside from a bit of hunger, his stamina consumption was practically negligible.

At this moment, Chen Ye...

Wasn’t a god—but surpassed one!

He was extremely satisfied with his current transformation.

After finding a late-night diner to fill his stomach, he returned home, completely content.

But once he lay down, he found it hard to sleep.

This breakthrough had left him exhilarated.

He could almost see the day he would traverse the universe with nothing but his physical body.

With that in mind—

Chen Ye opened his computer, deciding to research some information on the cosmos.

As of now, he still knew very little about the universe.

A short while later—

While browsing, a pop-up suddenly appeared on his screen.

It contained only a single sentence and two options.

[Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly live?]

[YES / NO]

Seeing this, Chen Ye was instantly stunned!

Having spent so long in the Reincarnation Bureau, he naturally knew—

This was the fabled invitation from the Lord God Space!! 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

As long as he clicked "YES," he would immediately enter the Lord God Space and become a certified Reincarnator.

But still...

Chen Ye had never expected—

That the Lord God Space would actually extend an invitation to him?

Good grief.

He was an adventurer of the Secret Realm! If he joined the Lord God Space, what would that make him? A double agent?

He had to admit—

Looking at the prompt, Chen Ye was indeed a little tempted.

With his current power, wouldn’t he effortlessly ace all the Lord God’s mission worlds, earning god-tier evaluations and massive rewards?

After all, the Lord God Space operated similarly to the Secret Realm: its early missions started off easy and gradually ramped up in difficulty.

Of course, that moment of temptation lasted only an instant.

Then—

Without choosing anything, Chen Ye smacked the laptop, forcibly breaking it.

Maybe it was just a normal invitation. But maybe... the Lord God Space had already discovered his identity and this was a trap.

According to what Director Han Li had once said, the Lord God Space had limited authority. If a Reincarnator committed violations outside the Lord God Space or mission worlds, it couldn’t punish them on Earth.

It simply didn’t have that kind of reach.

However, all Reincarnators eventually had to return to the Lord God Space. So, this was only a hypothetical protection.

Either way, Chen Ye had no intention of taking that risk.

With his strength now, there was no need to gamble.

As long as he stayed on Earth, even if his true identity was exposed, the Lord God Space couldn’t touch him. All it could do was send other Reincarnators to assassinate him.

But once he entered the Lord God Space and became a Reincarnator himself—then his life would be out of his own hands.

...

The next day.

Chen Ye set off for the capital and met with Director Han Li.

"Brother Chen, you’re here?"

Seeing him, Han Li immediately stood up and said, "Here to see Miss Qin Muyin, right? I’ll send you over."

Every time Chen Ye wanted to visit Qin Muyin in the Xianxia World, he needed Han Li to open the portal for him.

No way around it.

The authority to enter that world was held solely by Han Li and couldn’t be delegated.

Troublesome, yes—but thankfully, Han Li was good-natured and always willing to lend a hand.

"No rush on that."

Chen Ye got straight to the point. "Old Han, last night while using my computer, I got a pop-up invitation from the Lord God Space."

After working together for some time, the two had grown familiar enough that their speech was no longer overly formal.

Hearing this, Han Li was surprised. "The Lord God actually sent you a direct invitation? Then did you...?"

"Of course I didn’t accept. If it’s a trap, that’d be a disaster. So I smashed the computer," Chen Ye replied.

"You made the right call." Han Li nodded, his expression growing serious. "Although the Lord God appears to function like a programmed system, its very existence is a miracle. It may have unfathomable entities behind it... So this invitation could very well be a trap."

"In any case, with your power now, there’s no need to take unnecessary risks."

Chen Ye responded immediately, "If it’s a genuine invitation, fine. But if it’s really a trap... doesn’t that mean the Lord God already knows who I am? Could that drag you into it too?"

Han Li frowned.

After a moment of thought, he replied, "Let’s see how the Lord God reacts next. If you stay on Earth, the only way it can target you is through Reincarnators. If none come after you soon, then this was probably just a routine invite."

Chen Ye nodded. But then he noticed Han Li’s troubled expression and asked, "Old Han, you don’t look too good. Is it because of the tournament next month?"

"Exactly!" Han Li sighed and admitted, "The influence of the tournament keeps growing. And now, some foreign powers have spread word that they’ll be aiming to kill Huaxia’s participants—it’s scared off a lot of people."

"Across the vast Huaxia, with over a billion people and more than 300,000 Reincarnators, and yet no one dares to step forward... sigh."

He paused, then added, "I’m just venting—I’m not blaming anyone. The tournament is of immense importance. It’s not just a matter of life and death anymore. So I can understand why they’re afraid to participate."

But by the end, Han Li’s face looked grim.

If Huaxia couldn’t even gather enough participants—now that would be truly humiliating.

Chen Ye frowned upon hearing this.

After a moment of thought—

He suddenly suggested, "Old Han, how about we take the initiative and act ahead of schedule?"

[End of Chapter]

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