AI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
"It is reported that the [Nameless Hero of Interest] has once again descended upon J City. This time, he thwarted a new monster, saving the lives of over two hundred citizens. This act was recorded by many passersby on their mobile phones."
"As we reported previously, the [Nameless Hero] represents the return of true heroism. We may have a chance to see the era of shining heroes return."
"After the Great Cataclysm, people are consumed by the Spirit Realm-infected zones every day, and people are killed by ghosts and monsters every day. Audience friends, can you really rest assured entrusting your safety to those [Professional Heroes] who won't even show up if you call them…"
The television continued with round after round of debates, but Bai Cangshu was calmly cooking the meat in the pot.
"You have completed the Milestone · Hero — When equipped, you will gain a minimum friendly reputation rating of 1/100 in any Lawful faction."
"You have unlocked new Milestones: Super Hero; Evil Hearted Hero."
"Super Hero: Save over 10,000 civilians in any single event."
"Evil Hearted Hero: Accumulatively kill 1,000 sinful individuals whose hands are stained with the blood of innocents."
Innocents?
Bai Cangshu paid attention to this description. The Space has always been very precise in its descriptions, but the description of "innocents" was very special.
Because this is not a concept that can be fully quantified. Innocence is a very subjective concept on a moral level.
Does someone who has not committed evil count as innocent? If so, how is the scope of "evil" defined? Is theft considered evil? Is arguing and fighting with others considered evil?
Bai Cangshu vaguely realized that in this Space, there existed a standard system completely different from the [precise, fully quantified, numerical, absolute] one.
Just like his own [Arrogant Vision], the passive effect of this ability allows him to mark targets weaker than himself in his field of vision, and within the field of vision, this mark cannot be negated by abilities such as invisibility or transformation.
Bai Cangshu previously thought that the Space would quantify Reincarnators' strength to determine if the opponent was weaker than him, but after entering the public space, Bai Cangshu found that it was not the case.
Even when no ocular technique could penetrate [Avatars] to peek into others' true strengths in the Space, his [Arrogant Vision] could still mark others.
In other words, this ability was completely subjective and idealistic.
As long as Bai Cangshu genuinely believed that the opponent was weaker than him, he could mark them. This mark had nothing to do with the opponent, only with Bai Cangshu himself.
Now, the description of "innocents" further solidified Bai Cangshu's speculation in this regard.
In this Infinite Dimensional Space, there probably did exist a purely idealistic power system.
He remembered now that indeed more than one person had emphasized the power of the [Mind] to him.
"Mr. Tao Bai Bai, I think…"
Lilith knelt on the ground. This special sitting posture immediately made Bai Cangshu understand which country she was from in the real world. He scrutinized this woman; she was undoubtedly an unqualified Reincarnator in his eyes.
Neither her strength nor her mentality was presentable at all.
At this moment, her heart was constantly contracting, overly nervous to the point that her thoughts completely scattered, with no resistance to [Mind Net]. Even a Lv1 Mind Net could probably read her thoughts.
Lilith's breathing was rapid due to nervousness, but she still mustered her courage and said,
"I think we'd better stop our actions…"
"If we become too famous, we will probably become targets for many people…"
Although she didn't know the information about this world, she could feel that as Tao Bai Bai's plan progressed, the fame of the [Nameless Hero] was growing, now almost catching up to [Jigoku Fubuki]. It would probably soon become the so-called most famous hero.
Not only Reincarnators, but even plot characters would be dissatisfied with this. Becoming a "one-man army" in a world related to one-punch man, even a Title-level Reincarnator would find it difficult to survive.
Bai Cangshu chuckled twice, not answering, but instead used his ability to finish cooking the monster meat.
"You consumed a piece of specially cooked monster meat. Ingredient Level: Normal, Deliciousness Level: Excellent."
"Gourmet Cell has grown significantly. Current: Lv2 (34/200)."
"Strength +1, Constitution +1, Agility +1. Current: Strength 34, Constitution 32, Agility 33."
"Milestone · gourmet triggered. You gained Temporary Buff · Rapid Regeneration (Rare)."
"Rapid Regeneration (Rare): Gain additional cell vitality, regeneration speed increased by 30%, lasts for 25 minutes."
Bai Cangshu ate the monster meat in a few bites, and his Gourmet Cell immediately leveled up. He now regretted not having obtained the [Cook] ability before entering the Naruto World.
Otherwise, the value of White Snake Sage and Tailed Beast Meat would have greatly increased.
Fortunately, although the monsters in this world vary in level, there are enough of them, so he still has enough time to raise his Gourmet Cell level.
Seeing that persuasion was futile, Lilith also scooped up a piece of monster meat.
Pfft!
The woman's expression was astonished. A huge wound appeared out of thin air between her waist and abdomen. As blood splattered, her eyes looked at Tao Bai Bai in confusion.
She seemed not to understand why she was attacked.
A blue light lit up between Bai Cangshu's eyebrows. [God's Eye] opened instantly, but he still didn't see the attacker.
Whoosh ~
The acrid smell of burning air and the extremely fast sound of air breaking appeared simultaneously in Bai Cangshu's mind. He instantly grabbed the woman, who seemed to move so slowly even when falling, and crashed through the wall with a bang, disappearing from the room.
Boom!
The next moment, a missile exploded from the dilapidated small building. Amidst the soaring flames, a violent impact swept all around.
"That female Reincarnator is in a dying state. She's a low-tier Reincarnator, not Moon Demon."
A report came through the earpiece of the man in the long black trench coat, but he already knew the answer.
The man stood in place, merely turning around, and saw Tao Bai Bai appearing a hundred meters away.
The other party casually threw down the woman whose abdomen had been almost cut open by the IBM (Black Ghost) he had summoned.
"Tao Bai Bai, since you didn't really want to save her, yet you brought her out of the explosion's center, so…"
"You're judging our attack method through her wound, aren't you?"
The man wore a black mask, his voice somewhat muffled, but in his deep tone, there was no fear whatsoever.
The name of the Fierce Man · Tao Bai Bai couldn't scare him.
Bai Cangshu saw that Lilith's waist seemed to have been cut by a sharp blade, but the wound was not as terrible as he imagined. The woman's physical strength was probably only twice that of an ordinary person, and she wasn't cut in half by a single blow.
This explained why the opponent didn't prioritize attacking him.
Bai Cangshu looked at the opponent, another Reincarnator he didn't know, but with similar eyes to the guy he killed yesterday.
"You're the guy who abandoned that Mental Ability User yesterday. Tsk, what a heartless fellow. That guy was a good Reincarnator."
Bai Cangshu's hands hung naturally as he walked towards the man. The [God's Eye] between his eyebrows emitted a blue-white light.
Bai Cangshu appeared casual, but his [Mind Net] was fully expanded. The movements in an area of several kilometers were simultaneously brought under his control.
Millennium Bug looked at Tao Bai Bai's posture, his eyelids lowered.
"Wildfire's excellence, I know better than anyone."
But such an excellent guy was killed simply because he encountered a guy like Tao Bai Bai during a chance mission.
This Space is rotten.
Millennium Bug had long accumulated much dissatisfaction with the current Space. In his opinion, their group was more adapted to the Space, more adapted to combat and slaughter than any ordinary person.
But despite being like this, they often couldn't match some lucky guys who, simply by good luck, triggered some special missions and gained powerful abilities. Even among those who awakened superpowers, some would awaken stronger abilities and obtain stronger bloodlines.
This kind of "randomness" caused many of his excellent subordinates to be easily killed.
Millennium Bug watched as Tao Bai Bai had already walked to within forty or fifty meters of him. With the movement capabilities of Reincarnators at their level, it was almost considered "close combat."
But Tao Bai Bai still didn't use the super-speed movement ability Wildfire mentioned. Millennium Bug knew that Tao Bai Bai was testing him. He already knew from the wound that his IBM's lethality was not enough to kill him, so he was waiting for him to make a move.
Millennium Bug slowly took off his mask. Bai Cangshu looked at his face and raised an eyebrow.
"It seems you're also a guy with artistic talent."
Under the opponent's mask, there were three mouths, one large and two small, quite bizarre, and black incantations were on the edges of the two smaller mouths.
Millennium Bug placed his hands in front of his mouths, looking indifferently at Bai Cangshu, then suddenly spoke.
"Die."
This voice seemed to have a unique penetrating power, directly entering Bai Cangshu's brain. A strong negative energy instantly transformed from [Language] into a brain suggestion.
Because he understood the concept of [death], Bai Cangshu's brain began to think about how he would die.
His heart began to stop beating, and his cellular activity began to decline.
"You suffered a Cursed Word effect."
"Mental check is in progress."
…
Lilith covered the wound on her waist and abdomen with one hand, while haphazardly applying hemostatic gel. She struggled to speak,
"It's a Black Ghost, he's a Demi-Human!"
But the next moment, she saw Tao Bai Bai's tall figure slowly falling backward.