Chapter 125: It Seems That I Must Get a Huge Collection for HimTranslator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Elder Feng reacted in rage, “Don’t you dare act as if you’re all that, b*stard jailer! I’ll give you props for being able to capture Anderson, but your peaceful days won’t last for long!”
Fang Ning was stunned; this old man was still so unruly?
Anderson hushed, “Keep a low profile, Elder Feng, a low profile. The Chinese were right, we should lower their heads when under the eaves of a roof 1 . You only have a few days left so you can lash out all you want. I won’t be dying within the next five years, so I don’t want to be used to farm Aggro against my will.”
Fang Ning was shocked and immediately asked, “Elder Feng, are you saying that somebody will be here to rescue you?”
Elder Feng suddenly laughed maniacally, “Hmph, Anderson is the Vice President of our Global Power Balance a.s.sociation and he’s in charge of research and development of technology. He’s entrusted with a lot of technological projects, so that person will surely cause trouble for Vigilante A!”
Fang Ning’s heart fell; was this the cla.s.sic situation where the boss appears after a subordinate is harmed?
He then heard Anderson’s voice.
Anderson sneered, “Elder Feng, is your memory deteriorating from old age? We didn’t have materials for the experiment last time, so I killed that male personal a.s.sistant sent by that certain someone to make up for what was lacking. That certain someone then decided to tell everyone during the video conference that they could care less whether I die or not.”
Elder Feng vomited blood, “Anderson you idiot, shouldn’t you play along to whatever I say?”
“No, Elder Feng. This is but the truthful att.i.tude of a technical staff member, I like telling the truth, is all.”
Fang Ning had wanted to laugh after hearing Anderson’s reply, but he then came to a scary realization, ‘Anderson’s “Extremely Evil” alignment really is no joke; the way he talked about killing a person to be used as materials was as if he was talking about eating a meal.’
Fang Ning suddenly realized that Anderson’s plan might not work out after all and decided to reveal the things he wanted to find out.
He then cautiously asked, “Anderson, who is that certain someone you’re talking about? How powerful are they?”
Elder Feng quickly answered, “He’s our President; if he uses his full strength, even your nuclear weapons would seem weak in comparison. So, are you finally afraid? If you are, let me go immediately; I’m one of the President’s closest people. You can let only Anderson rot in here.”
Just before Fang Ning could express his shock, Anderson spoke again.
“Before me, not even the President can lift a finger. That’s why he couldn’t do anything about me killing his personal a.s.sistant to be used as materials in my experiment. As for Elder Feng, he’s already a ghost, so that certain someone definitely won’t waste their time and effort to save him. The President only categorizes his subordinates as useful, and useless.”
Elder Feng was at a loss for words. He repeated “You, you,” a few times but didn’t say anything else.
Fang Ning quipped, “It seems that he’s someone that needs to store his energy and doesn’t like fighting one-on-one battles.”
Anderson answered, “That’s right. He’s a demon summoner, to be precise, and he can summon a demon king’s… single finger.”
Fang Ning felt his heart drop; if someone like this were to pull strings from the shadows, who could go against them? Wouldn’t that mean a global Internet disconnection?
Fang Ning asked again, “Anderson, what technology did you want from the Truth Department that made them so nervous?”
Anderson answered with a hint of joy in his voice, “Haha, finally some that can talk about technology with me. Come on, let me tell you.”
Elder Feng was already long asleep in the jail cell next door.
Fang Ning could care less about the old man right now; he had to quickly dig for some information from this fascinating Boss.
Fang Ning proceeded to say, “If you phrase your words correctly, I’ll help you ask for mercy so you’ll be able to live more comfortably.”
“But of course, Sir Jailer. I snuck into China because I wanted to invade the Truth Department’s Nets Above Snares Below using spiritual sense so that I could steal the technology they had that could convert spiritual sense signals into electronic signals and vice versa. They’re currently using a game as a platform to test this technology out. The entire process involves cultivators using spiritual sense signals to connect to Nets Above Snares Below, which will then convert these signals into electronic signals using specialized equipment before connecting into the game.
“With this, they can achieve their aim of controlling game characters using spiritual sense. I have a brave suggestion: this technology is just a front for another aim they’re looking to achieve.”
Fang Ning was shocked; he had thought of this possibility too but if it were true, then the Truth Department’s future plans were definitely quite ambitious.
Anderson continued, “From my point of view, Your Excellency The True Dragon probably already has this technology developed. The True Dragon’s spiritual sense is hidden here yet it can cross s.p.a.ces to control the external body’s battle AI chip. Giving battle orders must involve quite a bit of conversion from spiritual sense signals to electronic signals. I predict the Truth Department is trying to recreate what Your Excellency The True Dragon has.”
Fang Ning thought, ‘I’m sorry but those can all be credited to Sir System. I am using spiritual sense to speak and influence his behavior, but it is quite different from what you’re talking about.’
Fang Ning then said, “Alright, seeing as how you were so honest, I’ll give you a present. Your Chinese is better than mine, so it shouldn’t be a problem.”
As Fang Ning spoke, he started to throw the printed books Sir System had given him into cell 1.
Anderson exclaimed in glee, “As expected, honesty really is the best policy. You see, Elder Feng, Mr. Jailer here has actually given me some spiritual food…”
Fang Ning quipped, “That’s right, as long as you perform well, the rewards only get better…”
Anderson hastily flipped open one of the books and nodded his head in agreement, “You can rest a.s.sured, Mr. Jailer. I will tell you everything I know and spare no detail… I work for whoever is willing to let me.”
…
About ten minutes later, a System Notification popped up, [Anderson’s Aggro towards the Host is increasing rapidly and has reached full capacity. Extraction complete, two Aggro Bars have been fully replenished.]
‘Oh sh*t, this spiritual sense powerhouse really is something. Once his Aggro reached full capacity, it was enough to replenish two Aggro Bars fully upon extraction. It’s about the same as when I generate Aggro, and this is just from gifting him books. If it were books I had written myself…’
A lightbulb went off in Fang Ning’s head and he quickly ordered, “System, from now on, change the authors of all printed books you come upon to Venerable White Dragon.”
The System praised, “You’re brilliant, Host.”
“No, I’m an idiot. I just thought of this; all those books have gone to waste.”
“I didn’t even think of this at all…”
After Fang Ning had given his orders, he thought, ‘It’s only been ten minutes but that Anderson has already managed to reach the climax of those cuckolding novels?
‘It was no wonder his profile showed him having no hobbies; I’m afraid these human recreations like soccer, novels or music are all just things that he can breeze through in a few hours.
‘Only research on technology garners his attention long enough. However, just like he said so, it was but a job to him, not a hobby.
‘Other than that, nothing possibly counts as his long-term hobby.
‘It seems that I must get a huge collection for him!’
…
After leaving the System s.p.a.ce, Fang Ning proceeded to wander around the courtyard of his own villa in his White Dragon form while breathing in some fresh air. Although it wasn’t much use to a spiritual sense form, it did help him relax greatly.
He lifted his head to gaze at the blue sky and its white clouds when he noticed a black dot falling from the white clouds.
After it had fallen to a certain depth, Fang Ning finally realized what it was:
‘Oh sh*t, why is the Relentless Swordsman falling from the sky?’
Fang Ning hastily called for Sir System.
Immediately, a Flame Dragon appeared instantaneously and flew towards into the sky.
The Flame Dragon caught the Relentless Swordsman Xue Feng and placed him gently on the ground; it was then they noticed he was dizzy.
Fang Ning scanned his body and noticed that he wasn’t injured, ‘Our driver isn’t hurt.’
“What happened?”
Xue Feng answered, “Nothing, I was flying too fast. I ran into a few birds so I’m slightly dizzy.”
Fang Ning was speechless, “I think your flying sword’s defense formation should be upgraded.”
Xue Feng pulled out a parcel wrapped thickly in paper, “These are herbs I exchanged just now, they’re for the Venerable Dragon G.o.d’s wounds.”
Fang Ning was touched; this Xue Feng was loyal to the bone, always treated him like an apprentice would treat their master and was never vague.
He must have heard from Qiao Zijiang that Vigilante A was hurt and immediately hurried over thousands of miles to deliver medicine.
Fang Ning was just about to use his dragon claws to take the parcel before it disappeared. As usual, Sir System had taken it.
Xue Feng then bid his goodbyes, “Hmm, Venerable Ones, I’ll be taking my leave.”
With that, Xue Feng left as hastily as he arrived.
The System spoke first, “These are all high-quality herbs. From the looks of things, this Xue Feng knows how to treat us right. Why hasn’t his indicator change to green on the System Map yet? Why isn’t he an ally yet?”
Fang Ning answered, “He’s just acting so because of business matters. That Long Fan was but a temp, so I doubt he would willingly die for the Truth Department; that allows the principles to judge him as an ally.”
“I see… Eh, funny of you to mention Long Fan because he’s just gotten into trouble.”
A System Notification popped up, [Stygian Snake Long Fan is fatally threatened. Nearby System Maps are temporarily unlocked for 24 hours. “Thousand-mile a.s.sistance” is active.]
Once Fang Ning saw the notification, he immediately returned to the System s.p.a.ce to check the System Map.
All he saw was a peculiar place; a forest with thick shrubbery stretched out far, and it was obviously a place with good Feng Shui.
The edge of the forest was developed land that featured gullies and fields lined up neatly.
Peculiar plants were planted in the fields; some had already bloomed in contests of beauty and fragrance.
There were also people in black s.h.i.+rts with leaf-shaped shoulder emblems working in the field; they were diligently caring for the plants. Some were watering them while some were ridding the plants of insects; n.o.body used machinery and they were even more focused on it than the most experienced farmer.
Fang Ning had no idea what the plants were but he could recognize the people in black; they were all the Truth Department’s entry-level staff.
Fang Ning looked into the distance and was shocked at what he saw; ten thousands of people dressed in black were in battle array as they fought against a group of beasts using a never-before-seen formation.
However, the beasts weren’t showing up on the map at all.
Was this ” The Battle of Beasts 2 “?!
Fang Ning knew why he thought of this name; from the looks of the beasts; some of them were greatly similar to the Bosses he had fought in-game, although they looked like bootleg versions.
Fang Ning started scrolling the System Map aggressively. It took him a while to reach the edge of the map but all he saw was white fog.
It seemed like this was an alternate s.p.a.ce; maybe something similar to the alternate s.p.a.ce the Elite Nightmare Demon had constructed.
However, it was obvious that this s.p.a.ce was much bigger and much more equipped since it could accommodate a complete food chain.
What was going on?
The System asked, “What’s wrong?”
Fang Ning retorted, “Are you reading my thoughts again?”
The System deadpanned, “Your thoughts are too strong, so I don’t have to. Just answer me.”
Fang Ning replied, “I don’t know either. All I know is that Celestial Weapon we had crafted a long time ago to lure monsters can finally be put to use…”
“I haven’t mentioned it in months, and here I thought you had completely forgotten the grave you dug for yourself…”
“Am I really someone like that?’
“We can’t go there for now, my wounds have to heal properly first. I can tell those beasts are all stronger than Anderson by a lot. That battle array isn’t too shabby.”
Fang Ning was shocked, “Didn’t you say Anderson is the strongest creature in this world?”
The System acknowledged, “Yes I did. But it’s obvious those beasts aren’t of this world…”