RPAGF Chapter 84, Phase 2 Begins: The Mastermind
Chapter 84, Phase 2 Begins: The Mastermind
Chapter 84, Phase Two Begins: The Mastermind
After hearing Bai Su's words, Ke Ze remained slow and deliberate. After a long while, he finally spoke softly, "You're wrong about one thing. He's not called Luo Sheng anymore; he calls himself Guangming."
Bai Su finally felt like she was about to laugh out loud at the incredible person in front of her.
"So this is what you're focusing on now? There are only three Heavenly Kings in the entire Jianghai Province, and now one of them has made it into the Rookie Tournament. Even if he just used a smurf account to smurf, he's still a Heavenly King!"
"You're just going to let them in like that?"
"What else can I do? Even though we're both Heavenly Kings, do you think I can stop him?"
Ke Ze calmly explained, only to see Bai Su looking at him with an expression as if he were an idiot.
Keep pretending, I'll just watch you pretend.
Others may not know, but how could I not know you?
"Did you put that thing in there on purpose?"
After a moment, Bai Su finally sat down and asked this question. Upon hearing this, Ke Ze picked up a handful of sunflower seeds, cracked them open, and calmly replied, "I suppose so."
"Have you gone this far?"
"He's gone mad, there's nothing we can do about it."
Ke Ze smiled helplessly, then his tone suddenly turned cold: "Well, if that's the case—if you want to beat up a mad dog, you have to have some guts, right?"
"So you, you bastard, chose to use the entire Rookie Game as a deposit?"
Ke Ze smiled but didn't speak. Bai Su looked at him for a while, then remained silent.
"You bastard."
Finally, Bai Su spoke softly.
"Thanks."
He politely thanked Bai Su, then asked, "And then? What are you planning to do? Fight me, and tell me that scoundrels like me should be reformed?"
"I'm past your idiotic age. Besides, I'm not really interested in fighting a Heavenly King."
Bai Su rolled her eyes. Ke Ze, hearing this, smiled meaningfully and said, "It's just that you don't want to, not that you can't beat them, right?"
This time, Bai Su did not answer Ke Ze's question. After looking at him for a while, she unceremoniously took out a handful of melon seeds.
"Nobody asks you that kind of thing—all I care about is the child I've invested in."
"Don't worry, he'll be fine."
"But this is not a reason to put in an overpowered super-powerful alt account to disrupt the ecological struggle."
"As for that—what if? Have some faith in the child. Besides, if he wins, it will be a great benefit for him too—"
"Rising to the top by stepping on a king's alt account, the future prospects are...tsk tsk, I can't even imagine how bright they will be. At that time, the potential of the ecological sequence will be guaranteed to be a master, and the king will be in sight."
Listening to Ke Ze's extravagant promises about the future, Bai Su felt utterly exhausted.
You haven't mentioned a single word about how to win the most crucial part.
"Oh, but don't worry—since I've lured him here, I won't completely expose him."
Suddenly, Ke Ze said, "Although my ability to interfere in the rookie game is limited, and I have to save my intervention for last—but I do have some undercover agents planted in there, okay?"
"Who?"
Bai Su frowned slightly and asked, while Ke Ze simply tossed a handful of sunflower seed shells, stood up, and said calmly, "Ai Mu."
Bai Su was stunned for a moment, then she remembered Ai Mu. And the strange feeling she had when she first met Ai Mu.
"She's my trump card—huh? Haven't I told you before?"
Ke Ze spoke with great enthusiasm, but then, seeing Bai Su looking at him with the same eyes as before, he calmed down a little.
"Fine, I can guess something even if you don't say it—it's the legacy of the pivot from back then, isn't it?"
"Ah, yes, yes, yes."
Ke Ze nodded repeatedly, then said with a smile, "That's right, she might receive a little more legacy—"
"I usually describe this as an orphan left behind by a widow."
Inside the rookie competition arena.
"Is this the place shown on the map?"
"Yes, I just saw someone here—"
"Sigh, those people outside are terrifying. I don't know why, they're all acting like they've lost their minds. I hope this one is a normal person—"
"Yes, the situation is not good right now, and we need to unite our forces as much as possible."
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Five people walked over to the spot where Lin Wu had just been, searching around and discussing amongst themselves.
At the same time, he couldn't help but show a look of lingering fear.
"Hey? Speaking of which, where are they? They're supposed to be around here on the map, aren't they?"
Suddenly, someone uttered a puzzled sound. The crowd stopped and began to discuss amongst themselves again: "Could it be hidden underground?"
"Perhaps—should we flip through it and take a look?"
"Just shout! They're definitely here. Hey! Is anyone there?!"
Then the five people shouted, and Lin Wu, who was hiding in the corner, watched this scene with a slight twitch in the corner of his eye.
These five people look like they've come looking for allies?
Judging from their tone, everyone outside seems to have lost their minds, and many have probably been brainwashed.
The situation is really not optimistic.
Although everyone thought they would all be eliminated, Lin Wu couldn't be happy because of the presence of that dirty thing and the realization that it was gradually achieving its goals.
He frowned, staring at the five people in front of him. After a long period of contemplation, he secretly made a backup plan before slowly emerging from his stealth state.
"Stop shouting, I'm here."
After he stepped forward, he shouted something, and immediately the five people turned around, their faces showing surprise and delight.
"Brother, are you all alone here?"
The leader spoke enthusiastically, looking Lin Wu up and down, his expression a mixture of surprise and delight: "You don't seem to have lost your mind—great thing, we've finally found one!"
"What do you want with me?"
"Everyone outside is crazy. We're having a tough time. We're looking for someone to team up with."
The leader put on a bitter face and said, then slowly approached Lin Wu: "We've been searching for a very, very long time, we've been searching non-stop—"
"We've finally found it!"
He spoke with great joy, and the five of them moved a little closer, but Lin Wu seemed to have discovered a key word and became alert in an instant.
You just said you've been looking for a very, very long time?
The next moment, the five men rushed forward, their smiles vanishing and replaced by empty, lifeless expressions.
Then, he tried to hug Lin Wu's neck, but the next moment, he suddenly froze on the spot, unable to move.
All five people were frozen in place, unable to move!
Only Lin Wu watched this scene. After a long while, she sighed and looked at the leader, who appeared stiff and dull.
Countless silk threads burst forth from Lin Wu's hands as he activated the Silk Shaping Technique, binding these ordinary students to their original positions, rendering them unable to move.
"How did you find out?"
"It started when someone came to me. And the fact that you all have such strong convictions yet haven't been brainwashed is quite strange; it's normal to be a little wary, isn't it?"
Lin Wu sighed and replied to the monotonous words.
Then, in the next moment, he noticed that a hint of liveliness had appeared on the other person's dull face, and they were looking him over.
"You weren't affected at all?!"
Then, a soft murmur came from the other person's throat. Lin Wu frowned and the silk threads tightened, but the leader couldn't help but laugh.
"What a pity. Their spirituality isn't quite high enough; they don't know how to adapt to changing circumstances."
Immediately afterwards, the five bodies turned around at the same time towards Lin Wu. Lin Wu's pupils contracted sharply, and he subconsciously stepped back. But in the next instant, he found that the five people had all disappeared.
Withdrawal from the competition?!
Lin Wu stared at the scene in surprise, feeling a strange sensation in his heart. After a moment, he began to try to analyze what was happening before him.
First of all, these five people have definitely been brainwashed—and, based on the information they revealed, it's very likely that everyone outside has been brainwashed as well.
But the states they displayed were very different.
Could this be the outcome I had previously guessed, the result of being brainwashed to the extreme?
For a moment, the thought flashed through Lin Wu's mind. After pondering the other party's behavior just now, he couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.
Could it be that what just happened was a manifestation of these five people being controlled?
Once brainwashing reduces someone to only obsession, they may become susceptible to control.
However, this control doesn't seem to be complete. Specifically, it appears to manifest in intelligence.
Lin Wu scratched his head, and couldn't help but think this way.
Continuing to push forward based on my own assumptions, it is clear that the control is not strong, at least not because I directly micromanage it.
It can only control the general direction and issue commands; therefore, the execution result will likely depend on the personality and action ability of the controlled person.
These five people are relatively easy to deal with.
The immediate withdrawal from the competition, was it to prevent the exposure of some information? — The mastermind behind this must be that dirty thing.
Why are you jumping around like this, yet it still feels like you're hiding something so deeply?
Lin Wu rubbed his temples, thinking with a headache, and then searched the people's belongings.
Finally, there was a pleasant surprise.
An ecological seed of a water system.
He deftly collected the ecological seed, then opened the map and immediately began to check the current situation.
The number of bright spots for the ecological seeds on the map is gradually decreasing, indicating that most of the ecological seeds have already been harvested.
"Their approach to me was clearly purposeful—it's possible that someone like me, who hasn't been brainwashed, is a very noticeable presence to them."
Lin Wu thought to himself, feeling an increasing headache.
"We need to consider relocating—but the safe zone hasn't shrunk yet, and relocating now might put us at a disadvantage—"
Lin Wu pondered for a moment, but then the last two bright spots on the ecological seeds disappeared. Lin Wu was stunned for a second, and then he saw the words lit up on the screen.
All ecological seeds have been acquired.
[Phase Two is about to begin]
[The circle is about to shrink]
Lin Wu remained silent for a while, and finally, looking at the circle displayed on the map, he withdrew his hand.
All right.
Now there's no need to think about where to go.