Chapter 647 - Overnight
Chapter 726 of "Player Reload" opens introducing characters: The latest Level 40 player is the acting president of the Witch Alliance, "Jia Li".... Find out more!
The latest Level 40 player is the acting president of the Witch Alliance, "Jia Li". She reached Level 40 because she has persevered long enough; Michael is Level 40 because the current versionâs level cap is only forty â he hit the ceiling almost two years ago.Therefore, Michael has every right to say, "Adaptation is not random editing, and dramaturgy is not nonsense. No one understands the Level 40 power tier better than me."
Li Cheng considered for a moment and asked, "Do we need to spare the Phase Change Demon to extract its memory and gather intelligence on the Otherworld?"
"No need."
Michael shook his head, "This Phase Change Demon is set up so that any attempt to probe its memory will trigger a forced self-destruction, and there isnât enough time."
Sure enough, the Phase Change Demon, now the size of a basketball, was quickly dissolving and vanishing. Even being hit by two Ape-man Degeneration Gun bullets couldnât stop it.
This in some way involves the Causality Lawâthe snail-like Transcendent from the Otherworld foresaw that it would be spied upon at the start of the deathmatch task.
Hence, even if it could have given the Phase Change Demon an Emergency Escape Card in advance, allowing the latter to forcibly retreat midway through the task, or erase the Phase Change Demonâs memory beforehand, it couldnât succeedâthat would cause a causal paradox.
Uh... if it were Li Cheng, knowing in advance someone wanted to search the Phase Change Demonâs memory, he might intentionally disgust the opponent by stuffing some bizarre content into the Phase Change Demonâs mind.
Such as,
Or, overlap critical memories with bizarre video footage. If human civilization wants to utilize memory to analyze the aspects of the Otherworld, then the brain trusts and expert teams of various forces must watch bizarre videos over and over, a hundred times.
While pondering, Li Cheng stepped forward and used the Condensed Qi Internal Explosion Fist to completely kill the Phase Change Demon.
The system notification sounded. Michael quietly watched Li Cheng retract his fist and said, "If you donât mind, could you sell the Phase Change Demonâs corpse to us at GOC? Weâll dissect it to analyze intelligence from the Otherworld."
"I donât mind, go ahead."
Li Cheng waved his hand. The Phase Change Demon only had a tiny bit of remains left, and besides using it as Eight Diagrams Demon Cannon ammo, it was not very useful. It would be better to sell it to GOC as a support for human survival.
"Moreover, thereâs something I find odd,"
Li Cheng discovered that Michael was not as cold as some forum posts firmly asserted; communication was still possible. So he spoke, "Just now on the ground in San Francisco City, the FBIâs special affairs division was not professional at all."
During the ground battle, Li Cheng had almost crippled the Phase Change Demon when the FBI folks suddenly burst into the battlefield, especially a player named Buddy, who had networked mechanical prosthetics produced by the Prometheus Guild implanted into his body,
directly allowed the Phase Change Demon to possess some player essence, regaining much status, leading to the subsequent satellite going out of control.
Buddy was a Level 20-something mid-level player, and the FBI was a huge entity with original shares in the slum. They shouldnât be, or rather, couldnât be so amateurish.
Unless... they did it on purpose.
"I understand now."
Michael paused; as a man-made concept being, the Phase Change Demon had full resistance to assault, self-healing ability, and erosion assimilation capability, and was highly valuable for research,
not to mention that behind it was an extremely advanced and powerful unknown civilization that could invade other universes across dimensions.
The FBI likely intentionally dispatched personnel who would be eroded into the field, waiting for the Phase Change Demon to perform possession.
If they could capture the Phase Change Demon and research it themselves, that would be best.
If the plan failed and only part of the Phase Change Demonâs essence was intercepted, they wouldnât lose out either. They could still declare externally that they were attempting to protect human civilization, only that their efforts faltered.
The risk of things going wrong would be shouldered by all humanity, anyway they knew Michael had returned and personally acted, feeling there was a safety net in place.
Michael gently stepped on the edge of the satellite wreckage with her war boots, shifting the mass center and adjusting the satellite wreckage tilting towards Earthâs surface.
Then she held the sword sheath, and towards the faraway Earth, casually swung down.
Thousands of kilometers away,
The West Coast of America, California, Livermore, Sandia National Laboratory Livermore Branch.
This research facility is a national comprehensive research institution of the United States, under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Energy, researching fields such as nuclear weapons, quantum technology, energy systems, and defense technology.
Alarms blared nonstop, red warning lights lit up the hallways, and the orders broadcast from the loudspeakers restricted the thousands of researchers in the laboratories to their rooms, only a few scientists could make their way to the halls,
Looking at dozens of fully armed US Army soldiers dragging a wheeled stretcher bed with a lead coffin on it, sprinting wildly through the research facility.
The lead coffin vibrated and shook violently,
the head of the lab ran alongside the stretcher, holding a phone, "...Yes, Mr. Secretary, Buddy is brain dead, and his body is accelerating into a Phase Change Demon.
I recommend immediately forming a cross-department special team, prioritizing celestial biology and quantum physics experts to analyze the biological energy and cross-dimensional technology of the Phase Change Demon..."
Before he finished speaking, the research facilityâs ceiling, theoretically capable of withstanding heavy bunker-busting bombs, assembled from steel fiber concrete and composite steel plates, was torn apart by a terrifying force.
The building materials collapsed like a sandcastle, and the researchers in the sealed room saw through the narrow window on the door the last scene being the lead coffin compressed into an iron plate,
all the US Army soldiers, the accompanying Transcendents, and the head of the lab were buried under thousands of tons of building materials.
The rolling dust billowed, and from a high altitude, a deep sword mark a hundred meters long and five meters wide was carved into the Livermore Laboratory.
Level 40 revenge never waits overnight.
Michael turned his head and looked far into the morning twilight line at a certain Boundary Earth satellite, then waved the sword sheath, and Gray Rain appeared out of nowhere, landing beside Li Cheng.
It takes 90 minutes for a low-earth orbit satellite to circle the Earth, and with the mission complete, Gray Rain was kicked out of network status and followed the satellite around, Michael cut the space and brought her back ahead of time from the other side of the twilight line.
"Holy crap, Mi!"
Gray Rainâs eyes widened as she looked at Michael, lowering her voice to say to Li Cheng, "Is Chaoâs favor so big now? Even invited Michael as a guest appearance.
Can we ask her to take a signed photo together, I want to put it on the table to ward off evil."
"Can you act normal."
Li Cheng awkwardly scratched his toes on the ground, top Transcendents are akin to gods, and a hallmark of gods is the ability to sense prayers, hymns, and their own tokens from afar.
Putting Michaelâs photo on the table might be inviting her to watch Gray Rain both picking her nose and fighting with middle school test papers.
Perhaps having long known about Li Cheng and Gray Rainâs style from the Side of Truth, or maybe not caring much, Michael calmly said, "I represent the GOC to thank you two for your efforts and contributions in this mission, is there something that GOC can do for the two of you?"
"Uh..."
Li Cheng scratched his head, with Michaelâs backing, the Global Supernatural Alliance is basically equivalent to the village head of Earth Village, but Li Cheng has money and leisure, really canât think of anything to ask GOC for help with for now.
Li Cheng couldnât come up with anything, but Gray Rain was eager to try, "Can you beat up a certain Cart Sanae who doesnât want to reveal her name? Because sheâs messing with the world order, many cultural works have stopped being introduced."
With that, she raised her phone, only to see a striking text message on the screen,
"Due to special reasons, Japanese literary activities coming to China are suspended. All your itineraries have been upgraded for free:
Saito Shuka concert â KFC Crazy Thursday
Roselia band concert â Wallace Happy Friday
Non-sting have-sting concert â Pizza Hut Scream Wednesday
Bandai Namco Carnival â Dustin Real Beef New Product Tasting Festival
Finally, wishing you good health and everything goes well."
Michael fell into silence, while Global Supernatural Allianceâs The Hague Headquarters had restored signal, and the expressions of elites from various countries were filled with annoyance, complaining furiously in their hearts.
Damn it, youâre really leisurely, arenât you. As a Magic Pet, not considering exercising to enhance strength every day, going out to concerts all the time? Also, why are they all burger fast-food brands? Arenât you afraid of becoming David Dai?
Perhaps sensing how the GOC would complain, Gray Rain scrolled the screen, and there was even a Demon Slayer movie rescheduled to Mixue Bingchengâs "Snow King Birthday Season."
...paired with a drink, so you wonât be thirsty while eating, huh? You win.
The top brass in the command hall of GOC rolled their eyes wildly, Michael was momentarily silent, rare traces of hesitation in her voice, "In theory, the Global Supernatural Alliance wonât interfere in domestic affairs of other countries."
"Then forget it."
Gray Rain readily agreed, thought for a moment and said, "Is winning the World Cup in football and LPL with an all-Chinese team possible?"
"...Letâs discuss the matter of beating up Sanae instead."